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Post by Salzmank on Jul 5, 2017 23:36:10 GMT
Salzmank Re: Delinquent Decision Incorrect. Try agan  I'm sure I am incorrect, but where's the logical flaw? I've been trying to find it. |
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Post by alfromni on Jul 5, 2017 23:42:20 GMT
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Post by Salzmank on Jul 5, 2017 23:48:27 GMT
alfromniWhat would Geoff do? Scowl, try to go back to dictating his latest book ( The Marionette Murders) to Paula, and then slap his forehead with the answer? Ah, heck, I don't know. He's always been a better logician than I... No worries, I'll try the puzzle again.
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Post by Pete on Jul 6, 2017 2:16:29 GMT
How was he murdered?
You already told us. He was shot to death. |
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Post by Salzmank on Jul 6, 2017 2:19:27 GMT
How was he murdered?
You already told us. He was shot to death. Hah! Clever, and very riddly (to coin a new word). Shall I rephrase?-- how could he have been shot? |
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Post by Pete on Jul 6, 2017 4:13:20 GMT
How was he murdered?
You already told us. He was shot to death. Hah! Clever, and very riddly (to coin a new word). Shall I rephrase?-- how could he have been shot? The killer had a key and locked the door after shooting him |
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Post by alfromni on Jul 6, 2017 14:40:13 GMT
Salzmank --- Death in the Car The window was open when the man was shot. After the killing it would be a simple matter for the shooter to reach through the window to open the door. All he had to do then was close the window, reset the door to lock and shut the door. Some cars of course need a key, but this was old car perhaps?
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Post by Salzmank on Jul 7, 2017 0:24:54 GMT
Salzmank , jervistetch , brimfin , Pete , et al. Re- Two sons ---- This isn't an answer but a query? Is it possible for a woman to be impregnated (e.g. at a gang rape) by two different guys one immediately after the other, and the issue born at the same time but having different biological fathers? I could I suppose research it, but I'm wondering if the brains on this thread know. I know it's very long after the fact, but I just happened to read an article on the subject: when a woman is impregnated, the body near-immediately stops dropping eggs and instead begins the process of nurturing the fetus. The process to the contrary is called "superfetation," and is extremely rare: the Wikipedia article records only five cases. EDITED TO ADD: However, it can also occur in a process known as "heteropaternal superfecundation," in which the woman had to drop two eggs, both of which were then fertilized by different spermatozoa. |
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Post by alfromni on Jul 9, 2017 6:11:14 GMT
Salzmank, brimfin, BATouttaheck, @pete, and jervistetch, To any of you who know how the old UK currency works (i.e. before decimalisation) this little puzzle will be easy. But I wonder if any of you will be stumped by it. Multiply £6. 6s. 6 1/2d x 6 (i.e. Six pounds, six shillings, and sixpence halfpenny, by SIX) No tricks, just straight multiplication.
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Post by Salzmank on Jul 13, 2017 22:25:21 GMT
Apologies for taking so long to tell the answer to the car puzzle, everyone. brimfin and alfromni were largely correct: my solution was that the windows were automatic up-and-down (that is, you push the switch and it goes all the way up or all the way down), and the bullet was shot right as the window was going up, missing the window but hitting and killing the man inside. Though Pete gets the award for the most "riddly" of solutions. I haven't been concentrating on the "delinquent decision" puzzle, but I shall try to give it my attention again over the weekend. Al, I'm afraid I'm not very good with even my own country's currency (mathematics is nonsense to me), so I can try, but I doubt I'll be successful with the currency puzzle. |
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Post by brimfin on Jul 14, 2017 0:19:03 GMT
British currency multiplication: I get 38 pounds, 19 shillings and 3 pence - just 3 pence short of 39 pounds. This was based on 1 pound equaling 20 shillings and 1 shilling equaling 12 pence. |
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Post by alfromni on Jul 14, 2017 6:26:00 GMT
British currency multiplication: brimfin --- Your method is correct, but not your answer. Check your multiplication and subtraction again. |
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Post by brimfin on Jul 14, 2017 12:37:06 GMT
Yes, you're quite right. I should have said: I get 37 pounds, 19 shillings and 3 pence - just 3 pence short of 38 pounds. |
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Post by alfromni on Jul 14, 2017 12:56:03 GMT
brimfin --- Correct with the multiplication, but... "just 3 pence short of 38 pounds." is incorrect. Have another shot at this part. :-)
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Post by brimfin on Jul 14, 2017 13:06:40 GMT
Oh, right. Just 9 pence short of 38 pounds. |
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Post by alfromni on Jul 14, 2017 13:14:22 GMT
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Post by brimfin on Jul 14, 2017 13:17:04 GMT
Whew! Well at least all this back and forth increased my post count to over 400. |
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Post by alfromni on Jul 14, 2017 13:22:03 GMT
Not difficult to see why the UK's move to decimal currency wasn't objected to very much. Although some old-timers did. |
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Post by brimfin on Jul 14, 2017 21:20:32 GMT
Not difficult to see why the UK's move to decimal currency wasn't objected to very much. Although some old-timers did. I wish sometimes the US had decided to adopt the decimal system of measurement in the early days of the country. But I grew up on our system and so don't want to measure height in meters, weight in kilograms or mileage in km. But at least our money system was always decimal and uncomplicated. |
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Post by alfromni on Jul 14, 2017 21:35:53 GMT
brimfinDitto with weight and height etc. I was reared with the avoirdupois system, and find the metric system difficult to relate to.
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