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John 5th Feb 2019 Retired

I am living in an Independent Living Retirement Village with 120 residents.
We have a Men’s Group meeting each week for about 90 minutes and I introduced a weekly puzzle time using “Quizzles” from books by Michael Pohl. These have been greatly enjoyed and I am sure that memories have improved over the weeks as they are usually solved within a few minutes.

Sadly I am almost at the end of the third book and I am looking for a replacement puzzle source. I was looking for “Rebus” puzzles on line but cannot trace any yet. I have tried anagrams, which are quite easy to compose, but harder to solve, and they are not popular as yet.

I cannot claim to be a carer but I am, at the age of 87, the chair of the Residents’ Committee and try to keep everyone happy.

Molly 6th Feb 2019 Activity Professional & Writer

Hi John, so good of you to look out for your fellow members - they are lucky to have you as their Chair! Here are a few links from Golden Carers. The first link offers over 300 Rebus puzzles! I hope these help and you all have a ton of fun.

Rebus Puzzles: https://www.goldencarers.com/rebus-puzzles---powerpoint-presentation/5425/

9-Letter Puzzle: https://www.goldencarers.com/nine-letter-word-puzzles/5540/

Riddles: https://www.goldencarers.com/riddles/

John 7th Feb 2019 Retired

hi Molly
Very many thanks for the king words and also for the three links.
I will certainly explore them and hope they will give me a fresh look at the possibilities of stretching the brains of my fellow oldies.
I am most grateful'
Cheers
John

Molly 10th Feb 2019 Activity Professional & Writer

Hi John,

Happy to share, and fully support your mission to have fun while keeping the mind active.

Have fun!

Best,

Molly

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