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Post by cleglaw on Feb 27, 2007 15:09:39 GMT
Hmm..I thought you only had one dollar bills? That's all I got when I made change in New York anyway There are silver dollar coins, but they are not in common usage.
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Post by Dark Phoenix Rising on Feb 27, 2007 17:31:13 GMT
I think this would work in US$ 4 * 25 cents. 1 * 10 cents 1 * 5 cents. Wrong. 4 quarters will give you change for a dollar. We have no 2c pieces. We do have: 1.00 .50 .25 .1 .05 .01 .50 .25 .10 .10 .10 .10
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Post by Elliot Kane on Feb 27, 2007 18:25:28 GMT
We have no .25 coins in England. I suspected there were differences after Peter posted You can't make change for a dollar, meaning no subtotal can add up to one dollar... Did I ever mention I was bad at maths problems? ;D .50 .25 .10 x 4 = $1.15 with no change Edit: Or I could have just saved myself a headache and left it for DPR ;D
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Post by rossoneri13 on Feb 28, 2007 15:22:12 GMT
Two friends are skiing in the mountains. As they are coming down, they notice a cabin. They approach the cabin, but can't see into it. There is nothing else around it. Then one of the guys says to the other, don't bother, everyone is dead.
How did he know that? or why did he think that?
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Post by peterh on Feb 28, 2007 15:54:44 GMT
because there were no footprints. Had the people been alive chances are there'd be plenty footprints - unless a snowstorm had hidden the tracks, of course.
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Post by cleglaw on Feb 28, 2007 16:08:41 GMT
No smoke out of the chimney.
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Post by Elliot Kane on Feb 28, 2007 16:19:34 GMT
They can't see into it because it's totally crushed under an avalanche.
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Post by rossoneri13 on Feb 28, 2007 21:34:49 GMT
because there were no footprints. Had the people been alive chances are there'd be plenty footprints - unless a snowstorm had hidden the tracks, of course. in that case, why wouldn't he think it was just empty? why would he think there were dead people inside?
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Post by rossoneri13 on Feb 28, 2007 21:35:47 GMT
They can't see into it because it's totally crushed under an avalanche. thats actually what I thought the first time I heard this riddle. But then again, if an avalanche crushed it, they wouldn't see a cabin in the first place
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Post by hector on Mar 1, 2007 8:18:30 GMT
The bastard killed them!
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Post by Elliot Kane on Mar 1, 2007 13:18:48 GMT
That... Makes sense! Nice one, Hec! No idea if it's right or not, mind ;D
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My rather less impressive guess: the place is boarded up? OR - the two skiiers are ghosts and it's them dead inside the cabin...
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Post by Dark Phoenix Rising on Mar 1, 2007 14:03:20 GMT
logically, a symbol of some kind was visible that had been put there by someone who'd found the cabin before them, and the man recognised it for what it was.
Alternitivly it could be an airoplane cabin which crashed into the mountain...
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Post by Dark Phoenix Rising on Mar 1, 2007 14:21:25 GMT
This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching.
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Post by Ubereil on Mar 1, 2007 15:41:37 GMT
There's not a single e in it.
Übereil
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Post by cleglaw on Mar 2, 2007 16:10:14 GMT
There are two brothers, well versed in automotive technology. Elliot drives around in a 1974 Chevy. The other brother, Peter, drives race cars. Every year he drives in the Indianapolis 500, and in fact owns an Indianapolis 500 race car.
Elliot challenges Peter to a 50 mile race around the Indianapolis track. There are only two stipulations. The two stipulations imposed by Elliot are these. One: neither brother can make any alterations to his vehicle other than the way it happens to be right now. So the first stipulation is no changes to the car. And the second stipulation is Elliot says when they race. Peter says, "You're on...piston-puss."
Elliot phones Peter a few weeks later and says, "NOW." So they go out to the track and indeed Elliot beats Peter badly.
Why did Elliot win?
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Post by Dark Phoenix Rising on Mar 2, 2007 16:16:38 GMT
Peter had taken his car to pieces to tune/repair it and as such wasn't actually able to run the car properly.
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Post by LaFille on Mar 2, 2007 16:16:57 GMT
He chose a day where there had been a big snowstorm or something similar.
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Post by cleglaw on Mar 2, 2007 16:33:33 GMT
Peter had taken his car to pieces to tune/repair it and as such wasn't actually able to run the car properly. No. Peter's car was race ready.
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Post by Elliot Kane on Mar 2, 2007 16:33:41 GMT
Elliot used his mobile to call Peter when Elliot's car was already on the starting line. Peter had to get to the track before he could even begin.
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Post by cleglaw on Mar 2, 2007 16:34:05 GMT
He chose a day where there had been a big snowstorm or something similar. How does that explain it?
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