> What is your name, and where do you live (aliases are fine!  we
> just want to know what to call you!)?
>
> My name is Sally, and I live in Winston-Salem, NC, USA
>
>
> What is your occupation?
>
> DB2 Database Administrator, and part-time opera singer
>
>
> Besides solving logic puzzles, what are your hobbies and
> interests?
>
> My kids!  Also music, movies, knitting
>
>
> What's your favorite movie?
>
> Comedy - What's Up Doc, The Party
> Chick Flick - Return to Me
> Science Fiction - Fifth Element
> Any Humphrey Bogart film
>
> Coffee or tea?
>
> Definitely coffee
>
>
> How and when were you introduced to Paint-By-Numbers
> puzzles?
>
> Games Magazine, let's see, how many years ago?
>
>
> Do you prefer to work puzzles on a computer, or with pencil and
> paper?
>
> Depends on where I am.  I really enjoy using colored gel pens.
Can't stand to do them in pencil!  But you can't beat the computer
for fast, neat solving, too.
>
>
> Do you use any PBN computer programs?  If yes, which ones?
>
> I have Keith Wolcott's program on my Palm Pilot.  It's great!
>
>
> If you solve PBN puzzles online, at which site do you spend most
> of your time?
>
>  Kajitani's
>
> What other kinds of logic puzzles do you enjoy?
>
> Anything mathematical.  I also subscribe to Dell's Logic Puzzles
magazine.
>
>
> How much time, per week, do you spend working on PBN (or
> related) puzzles?


Way too much, according to my husband!

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From: Mitchell K. Dwyer

To: PaintByNumbers@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 9:51 PM

Subject: [PBN] Introductory Questionnaire

Hello Puzzle-holics:

Thanks for the feedback on the introductory questionnaire.  This
questionnaire will be emailed to everyone who joins the group. 
Since you're all already part o the group, would you please fill
this out and post it back to the list?

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your fellow puzzlers to be amiable friends, invaluable resources,
and--most importantly--sympathetic listeners who understand
your addiction and will encourage you to nurture it!

Help us get to know you.  Please take a moment to respond to
this questionnaire.  Feel free to leave blank any questions you do
not wish to answer.



What is your name, and where do you live (aliases are fine!  we
just want to know what to call you!)?

My name is Birgit, I live in Bergheim near Salzburg in Austria


What is your occupation?

 

I work as a nurse in an old people's home


Besides solving logic puzzles, what are your hobbies and
interests?

Most of my leisure time is invested in my activity as a scout leader, beside that there is not very much spare time - work, husband,  3 daughters (11, 14, 16), 2 cats, 1 rabbit and some fish occupy me enough


Do you have a webpage?  If yes, may we link to it?

No, I don't have one


What's your favorite movie?

Blues Brothers, Blues Brothers 2000, Crossroads.........


Coffee or tea?

Coffee - in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, at night.....


How and when were you introduced to Paint-By-Numbers
puzzles?

I stumbled over it at the website of PM-Magazin about 1or 2 months ago - since then I am addicted


By what name do you usually refer to them?  (examples:  Paint by
Number, Griddlers, Pic-a-Pix, etc)


I don't matter , meanwhile I find them under every name

Do you prefer to work puzzles on a computer, or with pencil and
paper?

I like solving them on paper, because it's much more comfortable to sit in the bed or on the couch than before the computer.

And I want to keep the results of this hard work - on the PC they are gone again with one click


Do you use any PBN computer programs?  If yes, which ones?

No, what for? I'm solving puzzles to train my brain and not a computer's chips and RAM's


If you solve PBN puzzles online, at which site do you spend most
of your time?

www.conceptistech.com and www.javacenter.sk/griddler , 2 very sympathic sites


Do you create PBN puzzles?  If yes, do you upload them for
others to solve?  Do you publish them in some other way?


No, I haven't got time for that

What size puzzles do you most enjoy solving?

About 30 to 50 rows


What other kinds of logic puzzles do you enjoy?


LAP (Conceptis), Logicals, Symbol-puzzles ( every symbol stands for a certain number)...

Do you subscribe to any PBN-publishing magazines?  If yes,
which ones?

now and then I buy the PM Kreativ-Trainer


How much time, per week, do you spend working on PBN (or
related) puzzles?


I'd rather not think about it - in any case too much




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> My favorite movies are (this is SO embarrassing...) Princess
Bride,
> The Legend, and Good Will Hunting.

Why should this embarrass you?  Those are fine movies, and
_The Princess Bride_ is one of the most re-watchable movies in
the history of cinema!  And of course, it's one of the most
quotable.


> The site that I use to solve these puzzles is definitely the best
> site I have seen so far... I feel like I am telling a huge secret,
> but who else but you guys should know this more?  So, here
you go,

:)  The Griddlers site is on our Links page.  If you're reading this
from the yahoo site, just click "Links" to the left of the screen.  if
you're reading this via email, you can use your browser to see
the links at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PaintByNumbers/links


> my boyfriend is tired of seeing them and groans
> every time I pull out my pile and my pencil... he knows I'm going
to
> be a while.  ;o)

I think we can all relate to this!  I don't know why everyone around
me won't share my passion for these things!  This is actually one
of the gigantic pluses of the Internet--it makes the world small
enough for us to find people who share our interests.

>Let's just say - if it were an occupation... I
> would be employee of the month for twelve consecutive
months!!!

Hmm...I'll bet a lot of people on this list could give you a run for
your money!

My name is Sara North. I live in Wright City, Missouri USA. It's a
VERY
small town where I have lived throughout my entire life. I am 23
years old, with one child.

My occupation: I am the Secretary of the Marketing Department. I do
layouts for ads and our promotional items, etc. as well as normal
secretarial duties.

Besides solving puzzles, my hobbies would include playing with my
three year old son, reading, watching television, playing with my
parrot (sun conure) named Skittles, and anything to do with art:
drawing, painting, etc.

Do I have a webpage? Yes I do, but I haven't updated it in quite a
while, you are free to check it out if you would like to see my
picture, however: Just visit
http://www.geocities.com/sunnysara_at_home/My_Home_Page.html You are
welcome to link to it, if you are interested.

My favorite movies are (this is SO embarrassing...) Princess Bride,
The Legend, and Good Will Hunting.

Coffee or tea? Well, I guess I like both. I try not to drink too
much of either, but I really enjoy them. I really love a cup of hot
tea, but I only indulge a couple times a year. Coffee I drink on the
most regular basis.

I was introduced to Paint By Numbers through Games Magazine about
four months ago. I stumbled upon these puzzles totally by accident.
I had never even heard of them before. But, after doing them in two
issues I was totally hooked. I began to wait in anticipation for the
next issue just so I could enjoy my new favorite puzzles. Once I
realized I had received about six issues and had ONLY completed the
Paint By Numbers in them, I knew I had a problem... ;o)  I decided
to search for them online, and now am a full-on addict!

I now usually refer to them as Griddlers, because that's what the
site that I most commonly do them on calls them by. But, I found
them searching for the name Nonograms.

I like to work the colored puzzles on the computer, but I find I do
a much better job if I complete the black and white puzzles at home
with pencil and paper. I have completed piles of them in a very
short period of time.

The site that I use to solve these puzzles is definitely the best
site I have seen so far... I feel like I am telling a huge secret,
but who else but you guys should know this more?  So, here you go,
just visit:  http://www.javacenter.sk/griddler/index.jsp  You must
register, but it is totally free to do so.  I am listed as SunnySara
if you ever want to look me up while you are there.

I create puzzles using the site I listed above, almost everyone that
uses that site enters their own. The owner of the site has made it
VERY easy to create your own puzzles using her program.

I enjoy solving puzzles of all sizes and ranges of difficulty.

What other kind of logic puzzles do I enjoy?  There are OTHER kinds
of logic puzzles?!?!  Gee, I forgot they exist!!!  LOL

I do not subscribe to any other PBN publishing magazines other than
Games magazine, and that subscription has run out, and since I found
these puzzles so easily ready online, I don't plan on renewing the
subscription.

How much time per week do I spend working on PBN puzzles? It's
unncountable... my boyfriend is tired of seeing them and groans
every time I pull out my pile and my pencil... he knows I'm going to
be a while.  ;o)  Let's just say - if it were an occupation... I
would be employee of the month for twelve consecutive months!!!

Hi Mitchell, I don't know about the ethics of passing on the cds. What came
to my mind was the fact we can print off puzzles from that site, without
restriction. When I have done so, not seen a copyright sign. So where is the
difference between cds and paper.
Just my twopen'rth.
Enid.




Hello again:
>
>I recently downloaded every single PBN from the sekaibunka site
>(see the link at
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PaintByNumbers/links/Download
>able_Puzzles_001034888810/ ) and burned each PDF to a CD.
>I'm in the process of getting the number places and the color
>PBNs from the same site.  I'm doing this for a friend who doesn't
>have Internet access and for my own personal archives.
>
>My question:  would it be unethical for me to offer copies of this
>CD (at no charge) for listmembers who want it?  I would, of
>course, credit my sources (or cite my sites, if you will), but
>perhaps sekaibunka is offering the puzzles as an enticement for
>people to check the website every so often.
>
>What do you think?  Would it be okay?  And if it's okay, do you
>think anyone would want this?
>
>
>Mitchell
>
>
>


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What is your name, and where do you live (aliases are fine!  we just want to know what to call you!)?

What is your occupation?

Besides solving logic puzzles, what are your hobbies and interests?

Coffee or tea?

How and when were you introduced to Paint-By-Numbers puzzles?

By what name do you usually refer to them?  (examples:  Paint by Number, Griddlers, Pic-a-Pix, etc)

Do you prefer to work puzzles on a computer, or with pencil and paper?

If you solve PBN puzzles online, at which site do you spend most of your time?

Do you create PBN puzzles?  If yes, do you upload them for others to solve?  Do you publish them in some other way?

What size puzzles do you most enjoy solving?

How much time, per week, do you spend working on PBN (or related) puzzles?

-- 

Actually, Mitchell, Sekaibunka is using the site so people can
contribute puzzles and also for puzzle rankings. I'd send them an email
and see what they think. The reason I've passed along some of their
puzzles is to try to get people to try their magazines.

lol,

Dave

"Mitchell K. Dwyer" wrote:

>  Hello again:
>
> I recently downloaded every single PBN from the sekaibunka site
> (see the link at
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PaintByNumbers/links/Download
> able_Puzzles_001034888810/ ) and burned each PDF to a CD.
> I'm in the process of getting the number places and the color
> PBNs from the same site.  I'm doing this for a friend who doesn't
> have Internet access and for my own personal archives.
>
> My question:  would it be unethical for me to offer copies of this
> CD (at no charge) for listmembers who want it?  I would, of
> course, credit my sources (or cite my sites, if you will), but
> perhaps sekaibunka is offering the puzzles as an enticement for
> people to check the website every so often.
>
> What do you think?  Would it be okay?  And if it's okay, do you
> think anyone would want this?
>
>
> Mitchell
>
>
>
>
> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
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Hello again:

I recently downloaded every single PBN from the sekaibunka site
(see the link at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PaintByNumbers/links/Download
able_Puzzles_001034888810/ ) and burned each PDF to a CD.
I'm in the process of getting the number places and the color
PBNs from the same site.  I'm doing this for a friend who doesn't
have Internet access and for my own personal archives.

My question:  would it be unethical for me to offer copies of this
CD (at no charge) for listmembers who want it?  I would, of
course, credit my sources (or cite my sites, if you will), but
perhaps sekaibunka is offering the puzzles as an enticement for
people to check the website every so often.

What do you think?  Would it be okay?  And if it's okay, do you
think anyone would want this?


Mitchell

What is your name, and where do you live (aliases are fine!  we just want to
know what to call you!)?

  Jeffrey Hitchin. Redmond, Washington, United States of America

What is your occupation?

  Software Tester

Besides solving logic puzzles, what are your hobbies and interests?

  Singing, playing music, reading Japanese comics (I live for Manga), rubber
stamping

Do you have a webpage?  If yes, may we link to it?

  http://www.serv.net/~santa

  I'd rather you didn't link to it

What's your favorite movie?

  Don't have one. Currently I've been watching a lot of "Cardcaptor Sakura"
which doesn't qualify as a movie, but it's my current favorite.

Coffee or tea?

  Neither.

How and when were you introduced to Paint-By-Numbers puzzles?

  GAMES Magazine back when they were first introduced.

By what name do you usually refer to them?  (examples:  Paint by Number,
Griddlers, Pic-a-Pix, etc)

  Oekaki

Do you prefer to work puzzles on a computer, or with pencil and paper?

  Pencil & paper. I'm a traditionalist in that way. Besides, a magazine and a
pencil are much easier to tote around than my desktop box.

Do you use any PBN computer programs?  If yes, which ones?

  No, I don't.

If you solve PBN puzzles online, at which site do you spend most of your
time?

  I don't solve them online.

Do you create PBN puzzles?  If yes, do you upload them for others to solve?
Do you publish them in some other way?

  Tried to create a couple, but ended up with unsolvable pictures, so I
haven't tried in a while.

What size puzzles do you most enjoy solving?

  Usually 20x20 and higher.

What other kinds of logic puzzles do you enjoy?

  Abstract thinking and once in a while a regular logic with the chart.

Do you subscribe to any PBN-publishing magazines?  If yes, which ones?

  Tsunami (UK), Tsuper Tsunami (UK), Logic Paradise (Japan), and Oekaki Mate
(Japan). I want to start getting Oekaki Logic (Japan, aka "Paint by
Numbers") and Oekaki King.

How much time, per week, do you spend working on PBN (or related) puzzles?

  Egad, way too much. Usually six to ten hours.

Jeff
jhitchin@...
http://www.serv.net/~santa
So da ne!

>
>
>
> What is your name, and where do you live (aliases
> are fine!  we
> just want to know what to call you!)?
>
>    Laura - from Des Moines, Iowa, USA
>
>
> What is your occupation?
>
>    Currently - stay at home Mom, previously worked
in Human Resources
>
>
> Besides solving logic puzzles, what are your hobbies
> and
> interests?
>
>     Cooking something other than kid food, reading,
classical music
>
>
> Do you have a webpage?  If yes, may we link to it?
>
>      no
>
>
> What's your favorite movie?
>
>      Oohh, hard question.  An old favorite is "The
Sound of Music" but I have eclectic tastes.  Dramas,
musicals, most comedies, a little sci-fi/fantasy.  No
horror, and not much of the blow-em-up/shoot-em-up
action movies.
>
>
> Coffee or tea?
>
>     I like both - depends on my mood - but it has to
be good quality.  I can't drink cheap coffee anymore.
If we are admitting to our caffeine addictions, I
can't leave out the Diet Coke either.
>
>
> How and when were you introduced to Paint-By-Numbers
>
> puzzles?
>
>      Through Games magazine whenever they first
started publishing them.  I've subscribed off and on
for 20+ years.
>
>
> By what name do you usually refer to them?
> (examples:  Paint by
> Number, Griddlers, Pic-a-Pix, etc)
>
>      Paint by numbers
>
>
> Do you prefer to work puzzles on a computer, or with
> pencil and
> paper?
>
>     I've come to prefer the computer - it's easier
to go back and correct an error or make an educated
"guess" to work out of a tough section
>
>
> Do you use any PBN computer programs?  If yes, which
> ones?
>
>      no, didn't know there were any
>
>
> If you solve PBN puzzles online, at which site do
> you spend most
> of your time?
>
>      Kajatani's site, other's have given the link
>
>
> Do you create PBN puzzles?  If yes, do you upload
> them for
> others to solve?  Do you publish them in some other
> way?
>
>     no
>
>
> What size puzzles do you most enjoy solving?
>
>
>      25x25 and up
>
> What other kinds of logic puzzles do you enjoy?
>
>      crosswords, cross sums
>
>
> Do you subscribe to any PBN-publishing magazines?
> If yes,
> which ones?
>
>      Games World of Puzzles
>
>
> How much time, per week, do you spend working on PBN
> (or
> related) puzzles?
>
>      varies, anywhere from 0 to 5-6 hours
>
>
>
>
>


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>What is your name, and where do you live (aliases are fine!  we just
want to know what to call you!)?

   My name is Rachel and I'm from West Virginia.

>What is your occupation?

    Right now I'm a substitute teacher, but I may get a regular job soon!

> Besides solving logic puzzles, what are your hobbies and interests?

   I could answer this one all day.  I read, scrapbook, cross-stitch,
Bible study, genealogy, onomastics, do math and logic puzzles.....

> Do you have a webpage?  If yes, may we link to it?

    Not a good one.  <G>  I'm working on making it nice.

> What's your favorite movie?

   Gone With the Wind.  (Though lately I've been watching Run, Lola, Run a
lot)

>  Coffee or tea?

   Neither.  I'm a water drinker (with the occassional Dr. Pepper thrown
in for good measure.)

> How and when were you introduced to Paint-By-Numbers puzzles?

   My aunt got me a subscription to Games Magazine when I was still in
high school.  They were my favorite of all the puzzles.

> By what name do you usually refer to them?  (examples:  Paint by
Number, Griddlers, Pic-a-Pix, etc)

   Paint by Numbers

> Do you prefer to work puzzles on a computer, or with pencil and paper?

   I've gotten so used to the computer now, that I prefer it.

> Do you use any PBN computer programs?  If yes, which ones?

   No

> If you solve PBN puzzles online, at which site do you spend most of
your time?

   http://www02.so-net.ne.jp/~kajitani/index.html

> Do you create PBN puzzles?  If yes, do you upload them for others to
solve?  Do you publish them in some other way?

No

> What size puzzles do you most enjoy solving?

Anything.  Sometimes I'm in big moods, sometimes small or medium.  I do
prefer them to be close to the same size in both directions (you know
30x30 or even a close 40x35 as opposed to the drawn out 20x40)

> What other kinds of logic puzzles do you enjoy?

   I do lots of the old fashioned chart kind.  I love them.  I have
several practice books for tests like the LSAT and GRE and love working
their logic sections.  I enjoy Cross Sums a lot too.

> Do you subscribe to any PBN-publishing magazines?  If yes, which ones?

   No but every couple of years I'll subscribe to Games or World of
Puzzles, if I have the extra $$$.

> How much time, per week, do you spend working on PBN (or related)
puzzles?

   Just depends on my work schedule, etc.



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What is your name, and where do you live (aliases are fine!  we
just want to know what to call you!)? Dave Hutcheson, El Centro CA
 
 
 

What is your occupation? semiretired teacher (I still sub.)
 
 
 

Besides solving logic puzzles, what are your hobbies and
interests? Reading, Cryptic crosswords
 
 
 

Do you have a webpage?  If yes, may we link to it?
No
 
 

What's your favorite movie?
 
 
 

Coffee or tea?
Tea, please! Be careful now or I might break into a chorus of Tea for Two
 
 

How and when were you introduced to Paint-By-Numbers
puzzles? GAMES magazine, a long time ago (also known as the dim distant past)
 
 
 

By what name do you usually refer to them?  (examples:  Paint by
Number, Griddlers, Pic-a-Pix, etc) PBN although I sort of like Conceptis's PaPs (Pic-a-Pix)
 
 
 

Do you prefer to work puzzles on a computer, or with pencil and
paper? Definitely computer.
 
 
 

Do you use any PBN computer programs?  If yes, which ones?
Yes, usally LogicPict
 
 

If you solve PBN puzzles online, at which site do you spend most
of your time? I solve very few online now, but used to be among the top solvers at

 
 
 
 

Do you create PBN puzzles?  If yes, do you upload them for
others to solve?  Do you publish them in some other way? No, I've tried a couple of times, but am not very artistically oriented.
 
 
 

What size puzzles do you most enjoy solving? Mostly 30 by 30 and larger, but enjoy smaller when I don't want to think too hard or don't have much time.
 
 
 

What other kinds of logic puzzles do you enjoy? All kinds particularly the types made popular by the WPC.

 
 
 
 

Do you subscribe to any PBN-publishing magazines?  If yes,
which ones?
Paint by Numbers from Sekaibunka in Japan, Picture Logic Mate from Sun Magazines in Japan
 
 

How much time, per week, do you spend working on PBN (or
related) puzzles? You don't really want to know, see my limerick at

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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What is your name, and where do you live (aliases are fine!  we
just want to know what to call you!)?
Enid Mary Shaw

What is your occupation?
Housewife

Besides solving logic puzzles, what are your hobbies and
interests?
Knitting/crochet/crime fiction/penpals

Do you have a webpage?  If yes, may we link to it?
No web page.

What's your favorite movie?
''Paint Your Wagon''

Coffee or tea?
Tea

How and when were you introduced to Paint-By-Numbers
puzzles?
Found in magazine

By what name do you usually refer to them?  (examples:  Paint by
Number, Griddlers, Pic-a-Pix, etc)
PBNs

Do you prefer to work puzzles on a computer, or with pencil and
paper?
Pencil and paper.>>>Limited computer time.

Do you use any PBN computer programs?  If yes, which ones?
What are these?

If you solve PBN puzzles online, at which site do you spend most
of your time?
N/A

Do you create PBN puzzles?  If yes, do you upload them for
others to solve?  Do you publish them in some other way?
Don't create.

What size puzzles do you most enjoy solving?
25x25 and upwards.

What other kinds of logic puzzles do you enjoy?
Logic problems.

Do you subscribe to any PBN-publishing magazines?  If yes,
which ones?
I don't subscribe, but buy Tsunami every month.

How much time, per week, do you spend working on PBN (or
related) puzzles?
At least 3 hours a day.



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> What is your name, and where do you live (aliases are fine!  we
> just want to know what to call you!)?

Mitchell K. Dwyer, Honolulu, Hawaii


> What is your occupation?
High school teacher (English, math, computers, drama)

> Besides solving logic puzzles, what are your hobbies and
> interests?

music, sports, reading, movies


> Do you have a webpage?  If yes, may we link to it?

http://mitchell.dwyer.net


> What's your favorite movie?

Casablanca


> Coffee or tea?

I love them both, but I prefer coffee.  Still, I'll take mediocre tea
over mediocre coffee any day.


> How and when were you introduced to Paint-By-Numbers
> puzzles?

A friend showed me one from Games magazine about a year
ago.  I was instantly hooked.


> By what name do you usually refer to them?

I call them Paint-by-Numbers, but isn't that a Games Magazine
name?  I'd rather call them something generic, but nothing
seems to stick.


> Do you prefer to work puzzles on a computer, or with pencil and
> paper?

Definitely paper and PEN.


> Do you use any PBN computer programs?  If yes, which ones?

No, but I have some on order.  I'd really like to get ahold of
whatever Dave H. is using!


> If you solve PBN puzzles online, at which site do you spend
most of your time?

I don't like them much online, but if I do explore them, I kind of
like the Griddlers site.


> Do you create PBN puzzles?  If yes, do you upload them for
> others to solve?  Do you publish them in some other way?

I've tried; I'm still developing a technique..

> What size puzzles do you most enjoy solving?

I like them at least 30 x 30; if the puzzle is rewarding, I like them
bigger.  Smaller ones are good for standing in line at the bank.

> What other kinds of logic puzzles do you enjoy?

I didn't used to enjoy the Link-a-pix puzzles, but lately I find them
quite engaging.  Number-places are fun, too, and of course, I
love the old logic problems with the charts.

  > Do you subscribe to any PBN-publishing magazines?  If yes,
> which ones?

Yes.  I subscribe to _Games World of Puzzles_, _Oekaki King_,
and another whose title escapes me at the moment.  I'm
planning to post reviews in the very near future.


> How much time, per week, do you spend working on PBN (or
> related) puzzles?

Way, way too much.  It varies with my work schedule, of course,
but it ranges from three to maybe sixteen hours a week.

I hated to do this, but we were getting more spam than I felt
comfortable with.  I have changed the group settings from
"anyone can join" to "membership must be approved."

This doesn't mean anything.  I'm going to hit the "approve" button
on absolutely everyone, unless the email looks like
asjsdfai@... or something similar.

Just thought you'd want to know.  Messages are still readable by
non members at the website.


Mitchell

What is your name, and where do you live (aliases are fine! we
just want to know what to call you!)?

Grover


What is your occupation?

Office Worker


Besides solving logic puzzles, what are your hobbies and
interests?


Do you have a webpage? If yes, may we link to it?


What's your favorite movie?


Coffee or tea?

c

How and when were you introduced to Paint-By-Numbers
puzzles?

through a search


By what name do you usually refer to them? (examples: Paint by
Number, Griddlers, Pic-a-Pix, etc)

don't know


Do you prefer to work puzzles on a computer, or with pencil and
paper?

pencil & paper


Do you use any PBN computer programs? If yes, which ones?

n


If you solve PBN puzzles online, at which site do you spend most
of your time?

n


Do you create PBN puzzles? If yes, do you upload them for
others to solve? Do you publish them in some other way?

n


What size puzzles do you most enjoy solving?

these. paintxnumbers


What other kinds of logic puzzles do you enjoy?

crossword


Do you subscribe to any PBN-publishing magazines? If yes,
which ones?

n


How much time, per week, do you spend working on PBN (or
related) puzzles?

20 mins.

>What is your name, and where do you live (aliases are fine!  we
just want to know what to call you!)?

Katherine Johnston, call me Kath. I live in Manchester in the UK


>What is your occupation?

I work in telesales/sales support for British Airways


>Besides solving logic puzzles, what are your hobbies and
interests?

Reading, watching Movies


>Do you have a webpage?  If yes, may we link to it?


>What's your favorite movie?

The usual Suspects


>Coffee or tea?
Tea


>How and when were you introduced to Paint-By-Numbers
puzzles?

I found some in a mixed puzzle magazine and then statred
buying the dedicated Tsunami Puzzler.  I found the paint by
numbers site buy accident.


>By what name do you usually refer to them?  (examples:  Paint
by Number, Griddlers, Pic-a-Pix, etc)

Paint by numbers or Tsunami

>Do you prefer to work puzzles on a computer, or with pencil and
paper?

Either


>Do you use any PBN computer programs?  If yes, which ones?

No


>If you solve PBN puzzles online, at which site do you spend
most of your
>time?

Up until now the Paint by numbers site at puzzle ring, but as I
can't get them to load at the moment I will be trying all the links!!


>Do you create PBN puzzles?  If yes, do you upload them for
others to solve? Do you publish them in some other way?



>What size puzzles do you most enjoy solving?

The more detailed ones tend to be more rewarding but for a
quick fix a small one is excellent


>What other kinds of logic puzzles do you enjoy?



>Do you subscribe to any PBN-publishing magazines?  If yes,
which ones?

Tsunami and Tsuper Tsunami both available at
www.puzzler.com or WHSmith in the UK


>How much time, per week, do you spend working on PBN (or
related) puzzles?

Far too much.  I take the paper ones to work where i fill them in
between calls and the online ones at home

Hello Puzzle-holics:

Thanks for the feedback on the introductory questionnaire.  This
questionnaire will be emailed to everyone who joins the group.
Since you're all already part o the group, would you please fill
this out and post it back to the list?

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Thanks for joining the PaintByNumbers mailing list!  You will find
your fellow puzzlers to be amiable friends, invaluable resources,
and--most importantly--sympathetic listeners who understand
your addiction and will encourage you to nurture it!

Help us get to know you.  Please take a moment to respond to
this questionnaire.  Feel free to leave blank any questions you do
not wish to answer.



What is your name, and where do you live (aliases are fine!  we
just want to know what to call you!)?




What is your occupation?




Besides solving logic puzzles, what are your hobbies and
interests?




Do you have a webpage?  If yes, may we link to it?




What's your favorite movie?




Coffee or tea?




How and when were you introduced to Paint-By-Numbers
puzzles?




By what name do you usually refer to them?  (examples:  Paint by
Number, Griddlers, Pic-a-Pix, etc)




Do you prefer to work puzzles on a computer, or with pencil and
paper?




Do you use any PBN computer programs?  If yes, which ones?




If you solve PBN puzzles online, at which site do you spend most
of your time?




Do you create PBN puzzles?  If yes, do you upload them for
others to solve?  Do you publish them in some other way?




What size puzzles do you most enjoy solving?




What other kinds of logic puzzles do you enjoy?




Do you subscribe to any PBN-publishing magazines?  If yes,
which ones?




How much time, per week, do you spend working on PBN (or
related) puzzles?

Hi Mitchell!

No Problem!
Put it in the links if you want.

Joar

--- In PaintByNumbers@y..., "Mitchell K. Dwyer" <mr@d...> wrote:
> --- In PaintByNumbers@y..., "melanierunge"
> <melanierunge@y...> wrote:
>
> > I have a little linkpage with links only for
> PaintByNumbers-Puzzles.
>
> Thanks for the link, Joar!  It's a great list--I'd like to steal
your
> links directly, and also add your page as a link i the "resources"
> folder.  Do you mind?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Mitchell

I've been looking at this thing for hours and I am stuck. I can't
come up with anything. ANY help would be greatly apprecaited!

Here are the two questions.

You have the words: rated,lion, wedding

The next word would be.............................because the list
is based on.............................

Words to choose from: creator, loud, toward, suntan


Next question.

You have the words: dispatch, reject, hear, lever, playtime.

The next word should be............................because the list
is based on......................

Words to choose from: sand, sensitive, doctor, deflect

PLEASE EMAIL ME DIRECTLY IS YOU CAN BE OF ANY HELP.

Thanks,
Kellie
Sparklingstar@...

Hi Mitchell, it seems okay to me.

Enid.



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Hi Everyone:

I have revised the Introductory Questionnaire, and set Yahoo! to
automatically send it to new subscribers.

Would you please give me feedback on this?  Do you think we
need more questions?  Please, let me know anything at all that
you might like new subscribers to share with the group.

Until I finalize it, please don't respond to the questions
themselves.  After I look at your feedback, I'll re-send the
questionnaire to the group, and ask for your responses then.

-----


Thanks for joining the PaintByNumbers mailing list!  You will find
your fellow puzzlers to be amiable friends, invaluable resources,
and--most importantly--sympathetic listeners who understand
your addiction and will encourage you to nurture it!

Help us get to know you.  Please take a moment to respond to
this questionnaire.  Feel free to leave blank any questions you do
not wish to answer.



What is your name, and where do you live (aliases are fine!  we
just want to know what to call you!)?




What is your occupation?




Besides solving logic puzzles, what are your hobbies and
interests?




Do you have a webpage?  If yes, may we link to it?




What's your favorite movie?





Coffee or tea?




How were you introduced to Paint-By-Numbers puzzles?




By what name do you usually refer to them?  (examples:  Paint by
Number, Griddlers, Pic-a-Pix, etc)



Do you prefer to work puzzles on a computer, or with pencil and
paper?



Do you use any PBN computer programs?  If yes, which ones?



If you solve PBN puzzles online, at which site do you spend most
of your time?



Do you create PBN puzzles?  If yes, do you upload them for
others to solve?  Do you publish them in some other way?


What size puzzles do you most enjoy solving?


What other kinds of logic puzzles do you enjoy?


Do you subscribe to any PBN-publishing magazines?  If yes,
which ones?




How much time, per week, do you spend working on PBN (or
related) puzzles?

--- In PaintByNumbers@y..., "melanierunge"
<melanierunge@y...> wrote:

> I have a little linkpage with links only for
PaintByNumbers-Puzzles.

Thanks for the link, Joar!  It's a great list--I'd like to steal your
links directly, and also add your page as a link i the "resources"
folder.  Do you mind?

Thanks again.

Mitchell

Great to see this group online again, i missed it!

I have a little linkpage with links only for PaintByNumbers-Puzzles.
The URL is

http://www16.brinkster.com/pbndatabase/default.htm

It's very simple in design but i hope it will help the group started.

Joar

Hi, here are two.
www.plala.or.jp/plala/logic#
www.fukicompu.co.jp/trendweb/w/PicturePuzzle/main.asp

I know they are very long, but I copied what appears in the address line
when I opened these sites. The clever people among you may be able to find a
shorter version.
Both of these have archives.
I did have other sites, but a certain person decided to tidy up our
favourites section. What he didn't recognise was deleted. So I am going to
buy a whetstone tomorrow.
Enid.



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Hey, Mitchell,

The number place and other weekly puzzles are archived quarterly. Click
on the number place and just under the list of the latest uploads click
on the red. If you look as you move your cursor over the red it should
give the url at the bottom which contains gallery back index. This takes
you to a page of archived puzzles listed by the quarter and all the way
back to when Sekaibunka began posting puzzles at a regular rate.


You might also want to try the puzzles from the puzzle setters' school
which are also archived. And the Japan test for the WPC is also on site.
The first can be found by clicking on the third button under what's new
on the left of most pages and the second by clicking on the fifth button
under what's new. At the bottom of the puzzle setters' school page (you
can recognize it as it has a pbn of the teacher (moderator) at the top)
is a menu which you click and hold to select archived puzzles. This site
has to be one the best for all sorts of puzzles.

lol,

Dave


"Mitchell K. Dwyer" wrote:

>  I have spent some time updating the links section.
> If you signed on after the first post, please take a look at it:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PaintByNumbers/message/1
>
> I'd like to have Yahoo! send new members a quick survey,
> perhaps similar to the one Jane sent out, but I'd like it to also
> include questions relevant to logic problems.  Some questions
> I'm thinking of including:
>
> 1.  How did you get introduced to these puzzles?
> 2.  What are your favorite types of logic puzzles?
> 3.  Do you prefer to do them with pencil and paper, or on a
> computer?
> 4.  Where do you get most of your puzzles?
>
> Can you think of others you'd like to see data on?  Please post
> them to the group!
>
> Hope you're all puzzling in good health!
> I haven't been spending as much time as I'd like with the
> puzzles, but I received my first issue of Oekaki Puzzle Land last
> weekend, and hope to post a review of it in the next few days.
>
> Lately, I've been hooked on the number place puzzles--I didn't
> expect them to be so fun.  I went to the puzzler.ne.jp site to get as
> many as I could, but they seem to be only archiving 2 weeks'
> worth now.  :(
>
>
>
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I have spent some time updating the links section.
If you signed on after the first post, please take a look at it:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PaintByNumbers/message/1

I'd like to have Yahoo! send new members a quick survey,
perhaps similar to the one Jane sent out, but I'd like it to also
include questions relevant to logic problems.  Some questions
I'm thinking of including:

1.  How did you get introduced to these puzzles?
2.  What are your favorite types of logic puzzles?
3.  Do you prefer to do them with pencil and paper, or on a
computer?
4.  Where do you get most of your puzzles?

Can you think of others you'd like to see data on?  Please post
them to the group!

Hope you're all puzzling in good health!
I haven't been spending as much time as I'd like with the
puzzles, but I received my first issue of Oekaki Puzzle Land last
weekend, and hope to post a review of it in the next few days.

Lately, I've been hooked on the number place puzzles--I didn't
expect them to be so fun.  I went to the puzzler.ne.jp site to get as
many as I could, but they seem to be only archiving 2 weeks'
worth now.  :(

1) For restarting the group
2) For sending me an invite. I feel honoured you had my address.

Sally Mir contacted me about the group disappearing, I will pass on the good
news. When I go Kajitani's(sp?) site, I'll check the bulletin board. They
will hear from me if no one else!!. In my favourites section, there are
other sites, I'll let you have the links.
Take care,
Enid.

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Hello everyone.

I don't know about you, but I've really missed the interaction this
group provided, which is testimony to the friendly vibe created and
maintained by Jane for the past few years.  I missed it so much that
I asked Jane if she wouldn't mind if I restarted the group, and she
agreed.

For now, I will be the moderator of this group, with the
understanding that when (or if) Jane decides she wants it back, I
will immediately hand it over.  Mostly, what I hope to do is get us
talking about and sharing these great puzzles again.  I know Dave
must be backlogged with puzzles he's dying to share, and I have a few
to share, too, thanks to my recent subscriptions to two Japanese
magazines.

Just before the old group went down, I spent a few days reading every
single post since the group's inception, with the purpose of creating
a PBN FAQ.  I have a rough outline, which I will share with you in
the next week or two, and am looking forward to whatever input you
can contribute to it.

I also want to get the links and polls sections of the Group back up
and running.  Links, especially, may take some time to assemble, so
if
you know of any, please send them along.  Please don't assume I know
of any link, no matter how obvious or popular.

Finally, I sent personal invitations to those people whose email
addresses I could find in my email archives (that means Jane, Enid,
Richard, Dave G, and Dave H), but that's not very many.  If you know
of anyone who was here and would want to rejoin us, please either
send me the person's email address, or send him or her one yourself.
The more the merrier, right?

Thanks for whatever help you can provide in reconstructing our little
addicted community!


Mitchell
mr@...