Odd thoughts by Tenser

[Kugyince]

I tried to draw what I thought Tekka would look like in real life. Just a guess, let me know if I'm close.

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[thebird1003]

And i tried to draw what Tenser looks like in real life.
http://retrouprising.com/customavatars/avatar8_2.gif (http://retrouprising.com/member.php?u=8)
Funny how it looks like is avatar.

[Kraemer]

:@: Ten: Don't Tek have glasses in real life? And where do you go to make those?

:@: Bird: Sorry but, not very funny.....

[thebird1003]

I wasen't trying to be funny.

[Hobbes]

Split from previous topic, I wasn't sure why this was in the worker bees thread, I thought maybe it should go into the cartoon character thread, but I made it a new thread.

I tried to draw what I thought Tekka would look like in real life. Just a guess, let me know if I'm close.


http://www.retrouprising.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=31

I have never seen Tekka in real life, but that looks sorta like his Mii on the Wii (Revolution), so I'm guessing that you are close.

Stalker...


I wasen't trying to be funny.

That's good because you weren't
:D

[thebird1003]

Why you gota hurt my feelings like that Hobbies.:(

[fedor]

I can see that Tenser made his own avatar by that picture of tekka (Not bad tenser you draw good:D)

[Kugyince]

I'm gonna make one of Coz next. These may look nothing like what you look like, its just what I think you look like through your personality.

[Kugyince]

I present to you, The Coz:

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[BRODYMAN]

It's amazing how no one's personality has a nose.

You never answered what you use to make those. PS? Is it a trade secret?

[Kugyince]

Aye, trade secret. That makes you next Brody.

[Kugyince]

The Brody. Yeah, he's an old man...

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[BRODYMAN]

old man...classic


(ps I bookmarked it before you deleted it)

[Kugyince]

I didn't delete it, I moved it.

[TrakMastaTom]

Do me next!

[Kugyince]

TMT

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[thebird1003]

Do me? I wonder what you think i look like?

[Kraemer]

These may look nothing like what you look like, its just what I think you look like through your personality.
Even so, how in the world do you get that.....ginger....... from my personality?:whatthe:

[TrakMastaTom]

Haha. I like mine.

That kid looks like a reckless punk who never looks both ways before crossing the street.

He don't take no crap, and he probably skateboards.
Not entirely accurate, but I'll take it.

[Kugyince]

Do me? I wonder what you think i look like?

Done.

http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/images/tools/tool_donkey.jpg

[sabby]

Harsh Ten:mrgreen:. I'll step up, what do you think I look like.

[thebird1003]

Done.

http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/images/tools/tool_donkey.jpg No no no! I wan't you to draw me not you

[Kugyince]

Harsh Ten:mrgreen:. I'll step up, what do you think I look like.

Going from your avatar here.

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[Kugyince]

No no no! I wan't you to draw me not you

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[thebird1003]

Ok. Honestly how you get that from my personality?

[Kugyince]

Because you remind me of the weird kid from Rugrats. (Newer series)

[sabby]

Your close. Need a full on goatee and you'll be just about right on.

[Kraemer]

Because you remind me of the weird kid from Rugrats. (Newer series)
Holy crap that does look like Dill! Would have never noticed unless you pointed it out.:wow:Ok. Honestly how you get that from my personality?
Pfft! Better then mine. I want a revision!:razz:

[thebird1003]

Pfft! Better then mine. I want a revision!:razz: Pfft! To you thats better than yours i mean come on i can't wear that thing on my head i live in Florida

[Kraemer]

Yeah but mine has a piercing in his right ear!:gasp:

[thebird1003]

Yeah, and looks kinda chezzy

[tanc24]

Bird, you're like the kid brother that everyone likes to pick on.
Don't take it personally. Or, do take it personally and be miserable... :)

Any ideas on my mug, Ten?

[thebird1003]

Hey!!! Not every body picks on me.... Do they?

[sabby]

Bird, we only pick on you on days ending in "Y". I think it's in the rules (Cos, your the authority on rules around here, give me a hand will ya:mrgreen:)

[thebird1003]

Oh ok i guess tha....... Hey every day ends with a Y!!!!!

[Kraemer]

Accually, I think we decided that we pick on you on days ending "AY". Good news for you bird, the more letters, the less likely thoses days will pop up.;)

[thebird1003]

Oh, ok i guess thats cool.... Hey every day ends with a "AY"

[sabby]

You catch on quick there young grasshopper, there is hope for you yet.;)

[thebird1003]

That puts a smile on my face :)

[jeckel22]

So, what about me Tenser. What do you think I look like. (Hint: I wear glasses).

[thebird1003]

That's sad, makeing him draw pictures on his birthday. Oh don't think i didn't know buddy, happy birthday Tenser :birthday:

[Kugyince]

That's sad, makeing him draw pictures on his birthday. Oh don't think i didn't know buddy, happy birthday Tenser :birthday:

Thanks Bird.

Tanc:
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[jeckel22]

Lighter skin and without the razor sharp teeth. Also, my hair is only long in the front (my bangs stick up and the rest is down combed to the front. If you get it close enough, I will put it as my avatar (you don't need to if you don't want to though).

[Kugyince]

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[jeckel22]

HAH. That's pretty good. Try it with dark brown hair and I think you will be pretty much spot on.

[Tekkaman]

I'm flattered by your envisioning of me, Tenser. I wish I looked that wicked cool. :lol:

However, it's more of a rendition of my avatar, D-Boy, than of me. If you really wanted to give a more realistic rendition a try, you can consider me the real-life Peter Parker, Harry Potter when he's all grown up, or Eric Foreman from "That 70's Show" if he wore glasses. At the moment, I've also got a bit of a soul patch, so you could also consider me the real-life Shaggy from "Scooby-Doo" if he wore glasses. However, my facial hair changes on a weekly basis, so clean shaven is the safest way to go.

Bascially, if they're fair-skinned with moppy brown hair and glasses, you've got me pegged. It's not a hard look to imitate. :mrgreen:

[Hobbes]

Lighter skin and without the razor sharp teeth. Also, my hair is only long in the front (my bangs stick up and the rest is down combed to the front. If you get it close enough, I will put it as my avatar (you don't need to if you don't want to though).

Do guys have bangs?
:wow:

[jeckel22]

I didn't know what else to really call them. It is the hair above my forehead. If I don't put gel in my hair, it will lay down on my forehead. Any other name it should be called?

[Kraemer]

Well yeah there bangs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_%28hair%29). I don't think HAIR is gender specific.:rolleyes:

[Hobbes]

I hear bangs, I think woman. Maybe that's just me though.

[Kugyince]

HAH. That's pretty good. Try it with dark brown hair and I think you will be pretty much spot on.

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Got a pic Tek?

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[Tekkaman]

Not handy. I could try to snap one later. It shouldn't be too hard to make one of me. I mean, if you make Shaggy wearing glasses, you've got me pegged.

[Kugyince]

Close?

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[jeckel22]

I think I've found my new avatar. Tenser, your my hero.
:D

[Tekkaman]

Hehehe! Not too shabby. If you lose the goatee and the freckles, you've pretty much got it. :lol:

[Kugyince]

Saturday I was perusing F.Y.E. for a birthday present for my step-father. He's a huge Linkin Park fan (can't stand LP) but doesn't own the Jay-Z/Linkin Park Collision Course album. Just by a whim I strolled over to the Dredg section. I found out that Dredg has a live album out that I never knew about called Live at the Filmore! Even better, it was only $9.99 and contained four previously unreleased tracks. Dang skippy, the album is absolutely amazing. The other fifteen tracks span all three of their previous albums and aren't just regurgitated on the album with a crowd for background noise. They're unique takes that show how the band has grown and sound like they came right out or the studio. Amazing buy for any Dredg fan.

Sunday night I watched The Land of Plenty. It's an indie film that came out in 2005 that I've regretted forgetting to watch after it left my VOD selection a long time ago. Thanks to the Acadamy Awards, it was re-released to VOD with a bunch of other movies that have won the indie version of the Oscars, the IFC. It was worth the wait. For any indie movie buff that enjoys thought-proviking cinema I'd highly recommend shelling out the $3.95 to watch it while you can.
Somewhere in Trona, a near-ghost town you pass through on the road to Death Valley, the full extent of Uncle Paul's delusions is demonstrated. And at that same moment, I realized he was the personification of post-9/11 America, raging, raving, striking blindly at false targets, and kidding ourselves that we are safer now that we've invaded Iraq without justification and reelected the worst U.S. president in history. The film promises there may be some hope for us. But only if we have the courage to stand on the edge of the abyss. The line that resonated most for me was that the 3,000 innocent people who died in 9/11 could not have wanted their deaths to lead to more dying. This movie was a masterpiece. It finally offered me a way to think about 9/11 and subsequent events without making me crazy and despairing.
IMDb's The Land of Plenty page (http://imdb.com/title/tt0382357/)
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1) It always bothers me modding the NES games. I see all the amazing games with such tiny play counts. There are so many great NES games that most people haven't played. I'm thinking about making a list of the best of the best unknown NES games and doing a contest about them.

2) Last week we were talking about Bugsy's car collection. For the twenty plus years that we've known him, Bugsy has regaled us with tales about his Corvette restoration, his '63 Lincoln Continental Limo and lots of other classic cars that we've never seen and his wife didn't know he owned, until today. So we're sitting there and Tommy makes the following statement, 'Bugsy owns 50 cars. Maybe even more.'

Dougie says, 'No way. I know for sure that he owns fewer than 50 cars.'

Louie Cronin says, 'I know he owns at least one car.'

So Tommy says, 'Bugsy owns 50 cars, maybe more.' Berman says, 'No, no, no, he owns fewer than 50 cars, I know that for sure.' And Cronin says, 'I know one thing, he owns at least one car.'

Only one of these statements is true. How many cars does Bugsy really own?

[Kong]

Incomplete list of good games - http://www.retrouprising.com/nes.php?query=Recommended

0 cars

[Kugyince]

Wednesday - My Video on Demand went on the fritz. I called up the cable company and they couldn't fix it over the phone. said they'd have to send a representative over to my house but the earliest they could do it is on the 13th, two whole weeks! Now I'm pissy because VoD and the Science Channel are the only two reasons I own digital cable.

Saturday - Went to a niece's cheerleading competition. It's amazing what those high school kids can do. I kind of felt like a pervert there... It was awesome though, one of the girls got in the way of a tumbler and got drop kicked right in the face. Blood was spurting all over the place and she was flopping on the ground like a fish out of water. My niece (Casey) is a spotter which basically means she hoists the girls in the air by their asses. I always make fun of her and accuse her of being a lesbian, then she hits me with her shoe. :( Her school didn't win but they put up a good fight and I'm proud of her. She's a senior and this was her last chance too. She's planning on becoming a gym teacher when she graduates college.

Sunday - Went to the birthday party of the foreign exchange student my sister-in-law is hosting. Her name is Sophie and she's from Denmark and turns 17 Monday. She looks exactly like a Barbie doll and eats anything she wants without gaining an ounce of fat. So jealous....

[TrakMastaTom]

Sunday - Went to the birthday party of the foreign exchange student my sister-in-law is hosting. Her name is Sophie and she's from Denmark and turns 17 Monday. She looks exactly like a Barbie doll and eats anything she wants without gaining an ounce of fat. So jealous....

Well Tenser, I bet if you put your mind to it one day even YOU can look like a Barbie doll.

:proud:
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I just realized that you have a niece about my age, which means you are old enough to be my uncle. I think I'll start calling you Uncle Tenser.

[Kugyince]

I think I'll start calling you Uncle Tenser.

Good, because calling me Daddy was getting a bit uncomfortable.

I have three nieces and two nephews ranging from 16-20. Yeah, I'm old... :(

But in the grand scheme of things, Brodyman's like 70!

[jeckel22]

Good, because calling me Daddy was getting a bit uncomfortable.

I have three nieces and two nephews ranging from 16-20. Yeah, I'm old... :(

But in the grand scheme of things, Brodyman's like 70!

:gasp: That is old enough to be my great grandpa!!! Tenser your only 29, that isn't very old. :laughing: :papasmurf:

[Kugyince]

I re-rented Gloomy Sunday again. I just love the movie. I have it on my DVR now waiting to be recorded onto a DVD. It's just a simply amazing piece of cinema. A German film that subtitled, my wife wont watch it a she refuses to watch any movie with subtitles. It made me laugh, gasp, and almost cry...again.

If you enjoy real movies and not the slop that Hollywood spews out every week I HIGHLY recommend it!
Budapest in the thirties. The restaurant owner Laszlo hires the pianist Andr?s to play in his restaurant. Both men fall in love with the beautiful waitress Ilona who inspires Andr?s to his only composition. His song of Gloomy Sunday is, at first, loved and then feared, for its melancholic melody triggers off a chain of suicides. The fragile balance of the erotic m?nage ? trois is sent off kilter when the German Hans goes and falls in love with Ilona as well.
iMDB - Gloomy Sunday (http://imdb.com/title/tt0155722/)

[Kugyince]

You're driving in your automobile on a fine spring afternoon in your fair city, and you see in front of you another car with an interesting license plate. And the license plate has 6 characters. They are T-A-N-2-7-0. The question is: What make of car is the license plate attached to?

[wanman]

Em... well Hondas have NAO4 so no...
Never seen a ford with a license plate like that,
Benver, am not sure...

IS it a Range Rover?
OR a mercedies?
AM not sure :)

[Kong]

It is a trick question. License plates do not correspond to car make and models. And the pattern is different in every state.

[wanman]

AH, Am in The Uk and there in US, well, i dunno.

Honda,Benver,Ford,Range Rover, Mercedies.
That is all i can think now,
Is any of them right:)

[Hobbes]

Its a riddle, and a good one

[Kugyince]

Ah, but Kong, the plate number gives away what the car make is....

[Rune5]

Those drawing are pretty good Ten. Wish I had anything resembling artistic talent, but alas, these hands cannot create, they only can destroy...Draw me now:D

[Kugyince]

1) Who said I was drawing them?

2) What do you look like?
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If I told you a certain car had a license plate reading, BUG you'd probably know it was a VW Beetle. If you saw one that read, HEAP, it's undoubtedly a '63 Dodge Dart.

[TrakMastaTom]

I am gonna say the car is tan color, and it is from the year 270. Considering there were no cars in 270, I am going to say that this is a trick question, and it is really a tan horse.

Yep. There is no other explanation.

[Kugyince]

Wrong.

[wanman]

Those drawing are pretty good Ten. Wish I had anything resembling artistic talent, but alas, these hands cannot create, they only can destroy...Draw me now:D

I think i'd like a drwaing too if you don't mind.

I have spikey hair with gel, don't put too much. Black hair.
I don't have a beard or moustache (pretty obivious)
And i have no freckles or spots.
Am Mr cool guy at school :mrgreen:
No glasses
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No glasses too!!!

[Kugyince]

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[Kugyince]

Anyone with a scientific calculator should know that the car is an Infinity.

Such is the Tan of 270.

[wanman]

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I like it, its good and suits me:D :)

[TrakMastaTom]

It was a horse, and you know it!

[Kugyince]

Two undergraduate chemistry students at a major university had a highly successful semester in an introductory chemistry class. So their confidence is high, so high, in fact, that they decide to blow off their reading period, you know that period they give you to study for final exams. They go to a fraternity party in a town quite a distance away and they have a pretty good time, so good, in fact that they probably got a little drunk, met some girls, who knows.

So good, in fact, that they don't make it back in time for their final exam. They missed the exam. In a panic, however, they devise a plan. They agree to tell the professor that they had a flat tire and this prevented their returning in time to take the exam. They pleaded with him, "Let us take the exam, please. This could ruin us. We promise nothing like this will ever happen again." The professor agrees and tells them to return the next morning. The two return the following morning, and the professor gives them their exam, but decides he isn't going to hang around. He has them leave their books and backpacks in the office and sends them to different rooms to take their exams. The test consists of one five-point question, some molarity problem, and each, smiling confidently, answers the question. Then they turn the page, and the next question is a 95-point question. And our question is: What is the question? What is the question that the professor puts on the makeup exam?

Of course, the second question could have been anything, but with the information you were given, and if you were the professor and you suspected these two of devising, and inventing, and fabricating all of what had happened, you might ask what very question?

[sabby]

Was it worth it?

[Kong]

Which tire was it?

[Kugyince]

Good job Kong.

Kong - 2
Tenser - 1
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Some years ago when my son Louie got his driver's license, he asked to use my truck. He wanted to take a trip to the next town over to visit a friend of his, and I gave him my keys with the admonition, "Don't drive very far because you are not an experienced driver, and I certainly don't want you driving on the highway or out of state or anything like that." And he said, "Don't worry, Dad." Now, being the trusting soul that I am, I didn't bother to write down the mileage or anything like that. I am a fool, and this is the only time I made that mistake. Now, that night he returns and hands me the keys and I go out to the truck and I get inside, of course. And I didn't see anything on the seat or anything like that. It was dark and I didn't turn on the headlights, therefore I didn't see the 5,000 bugs that were smashed against the windshield. But I got in and I started the engine. And again, I had no idea what the gas gauge had read. Like I said, I had no idea what the odometer had read. I started the engine and sat in the truck for maybe a half a minute with the engine running, and I knew in an instant that he had gone much farther than he had said. Much farther from home. The question was, How did I know? And the hint is the Grateful Dead.

[Kong]

Wrong song playing on the 8-track.

[Kugyince]

Close but no cigar Kong buddy. You're on the right train of thought though.

[Kong]

concert ticket stubs

[Kugyince]

Too dark to see stubs. Your fist try was a lot closer.

Hint: It had something to do with the radio.

[Celinta]

It was tuned to a radio station they couldn't recieve in that area?

[Kugyince]

It was tuned to a radio station they couldn't recieve in that area?

You are the man! Err...woman? Girl? ...I dunno...:(

[Celinta]

Person? :p

[Kong]

If your son tuned into a local station when he left the state wouldn't he tune back into a local station when he returned. Or perhaps he was just scanning through the stations and happened to stop on static when he got out of the car.

[Hobbes]

If your son tuned into a local station when he left the state wouldn't he tune back into a local station when he returned. Or perhaps he was just scanning through the stations and happened to stop on static when he got out of the car.

I agree, what did he do listen to static all the way home?

Booo bad riddle.

[Kugyince]

Here's the official answer:

When I got in, I turned the engine on, and the tape was playing, the volume was turned up all the way, the song was "Friend of the Devil," I believe. I eject the tape, and upon ejecting it, it goes to default mode, which is the radio. And the radio is tuned to a station that we don't get in Boston. 'Cause what I hear is static. And I realize that he couldn't have had the radio tuned to that station, if he was just going two towns over. He had gone to Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. Got a tattoo.

[BRODYMAN]

Like the little guy on the island?

[Kugyince]

NEW RIDDLE!

Ray: I was struck by the fact that most kids are out of school, or are about to be out of school, for the summer. And less their little brains turn to mush, I thought that this would be a good puzzler for school kids to ponder. Here it is: Potatoes are 99 percent water and one percent what? Potato. So say you take a bunch of potatoes, like 100 pounds of potatoes and you set them out on your back porch to dry out.
Tom: Yeah, when they are dry they should weigh about a pound.
Ray: Well not drying out completely. And as they dry out the water begins to evaporate. And after awhile enough water has evaporated so that the potatoes are now 98 percent water. If you were to weigh those potatoes at that moment...
Tom: They'd be lighter.
Ray: Yes, how much lighter? That's the question. Now you can solve this puzzler algebraically, and I invite our school age children to do this, and anyone else who wants to do this. Now if you don't solve it algebraically, you are going to get the wrong answer.

[BRODYMAN]

Does density come into play?

I don't know the exact breakdown, but I can only assume that one cc of water weighs more than one cc of dehydrated potato.

If not here are my thoughts:

If 1% Potato and 99% water weigh 100 pounds, then we have 1 lb Potato and 99 lbs water.

1 lb of potato will stay constant as the water decreases:

If the water by volume has decreased from 99% to 98%, as a result the potato by volume has increased from 1% to 2%. For this to happen, either the potato weight would have to decrease, or the water weight would have to decrease. We know the potato weight is constant.

I wish I knew how to set this up algebraically, but my take is that:


where p = potato weight and w= water weight:
for:
1p + 99w = 100 to change

we know that 1p is now 2 % which would make the total weight 50 lbs, 98% of which is 49lbs.

1p + 49w = 50 lbs.

100lbs - 50lbs = 50lbs lighter.

[Kugyince]

Awesome job old timer. Glad to see they taught that "new math" when you went to school. That makes it:

Kong - 2
Celinta - 1
Brodyman - 1

This calls for a new riddle...

A special vehicle was first produced in 1949. It was powered then by a Jeep engine but now uses a Volkswagen engine. It has a base price of fifty thousand dollars. It has never raced but can often be found in a closed course, so to speak. A famous sports celebrity was the first sales representative for this vehicle. What is the vehicle and who is the famous sports celebrity that we know so well.

NO GOOGLEING! THAT'D BE CHEATING!

[TrakMastaTom]

We have to tell you the sports celebrity?

I was just gonna start guessing cars that were first produced in 49.

[Kugyince]

I think I got you boys on this one.

[BRODYMAN]

I think I know the answer, but not the celebrity.

Should the celeb. be obvious, given the "vehicle?"

[Kugyince]

I think I know the answer, but not the celebrity.

Should the celeb. be obvious, given the "vehicle?"

BIG HINT: Indeed as the vehicle was named after the celebrity. I would even go so far as to say that the celebrity wouldn't be half the celebrity they are if it wasn't for the vehicle.

[BRODYMAN]

alright...here goes.

My answer is a zamboni...and the famous sales rep, who the zamboni was named after was Guiseppi Zamboni. He was a famous olympic skater in the 1932 Lake Placid games from Sicily.

He was so distraught over missing a double salchow (which was unheard of in those days) due to unfavorable ice conditions, that he made it his life long dream to learn english, come to America and invent an machine to keep others from having their respective dreams crushed. So with 100 lira to his name and an Italian -> English dictionary, he stowed away in an ocean liner in the summer of 1934 to create a machine to automate the job of "pulisca l'ardesia" as cleaning the ice was called back then in his parts; which literally translates to "cleaning the slate".

After he finished 15 years later and sold his first dozen machines, he sold off the rest of the unused Jeep parts, and was quoted as saying in broken english, about his new invention, and his fulfilling his dream, that he had "wiped the slate clean," which coincidently is where we get that figure of speech today.

[Kugyince]

Kong - 2
BRODYMAN - 2
Celinta - 1

Vinny Goombotz decided to do a tuneup on his brother Vinny's car. Which included changing the spark plugs. He knew he read some place that you were supposed to be careful trying to prevent dirt from falling into the spark plug holes. So he tried to vacuum the dirt away with his Click and Clack autographed-model shop vac. And it didn't suck enough. The space was so confined, he couldn't get close enough with his crevice tool to do it. So he decided to remove the plugs very carefully. And then with the plugs removed, he would get that wand in there and vacuum away the dirt so that when he went to put the new plugs back in, no dirt would fall into any of the cylinders. SO, he did this, and the results were, to say the least, disastrous. What happened?

[Rune5]

:scratch: :whatthe: :scratch: :whatthe: ...
...:whatthe:
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Did the wand happen to have any metal on it?

[Kugyince]

Did the wand happen to have any metal on it?
shop vac

[sabby]

Does the fact that the two men are both named Vinny have anything to do with it?

[BRODYMAN]

Does the fact that the two men are both named Vinny have anything to do with it?

Brothers named Vinny no less.
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So are we going to try to formulate this into Y/N questions until we have enough info make a real guess?

If so, here's my first real question:

Did the disaster destroy the engine?

[Kugyince]

:@: Sabby: No.
:@: BRODYMAN: Your question is unanswerable in its current form.

[Kong]

He lost the plugs after they were removed.

[Kugyince]

Something much more disastrous than that Big D.

[TrakMastaTom]

Vinny and Vinny were crushed by a meteor that hit the earth as they were putting the spark plugs back. Needless to say, the holes were filled with dirt.

Since I suck at these things I am just going to give you sarcastic answers. This riddle is so broad.

[Kugyince]

It's not broad. A specific thing WILL happen if you do this.

DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!!!!!

[BRODYMAN]

I'd like to see Adam and Jaime try this to see what happens.

[sabby]

DISCLAIMER:I don't know much about cars.

But doesn't the gasoline sit in kind of a reservoir below the plugs. Wouldn't a vacuum change either the compression ratio or increase the amount of gas in the chamber to such a high level that a spark from the plug at start up would cause the engine to explode.

[Kugyince]

You're close Sabby.

[Rune5]

Hmmmmmm...
:idea: . The gas got sucked up into the Shop Vac. Boom
http://re3.mm-a3.yimg.com/image/2772159511 (http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/clickit/search?r_aid=8686C368DBE64999AE686CD278D05680&r_eop=4&r_sacop=4&r_spf=0&r_cop=main-title&r_snpp=4&r_spp=0&qqn=wy04)YkZ&r_coid=372380&rawto=http://www.kinjokids.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1262)

[Kugyince]

Kong - 2
BRODYMAN - 2
Celinta - 1
Rune5 - 1

Ray: Many years ago there was this prisoner that was condemned to die.

Tom: It was actually my great-grandfather.

Ray: Right! And the warden came to visit him. And he said to him, "You're done for kid!"

Tom: "You are in big trouble."

Ray: "Tomorrow, you're history. However, being a betting man, I decided that I'm going to give you a fighting chance. You're odds of dying tomorrow are a 100 percent." Am I right or wrong?

Tom: You are right. "When the sun comes up tomorrow, man..."
Ray: "They are going to start warming up the electric chair and you're a goner. So I would like to increase your odds and make them 50 percent that you die and 50 percent that you live." And here's how he's going to do it is, he says: "I'm going to give you two shoe boxes. One box has 50 white marbles, and one box has 50 black marbles. And I'm going to come in tomorrow morning, just after they turn up the juice on the chair, and I'm going to pick a marble. I'm going to be blindfolded, so I can't see the marbles. And I'm going to pick a marble out. If it's white you live and if it's black, you're a goner."

Tom: "Now here's the thing. You can do anything you want with the 100 marbles. There are 50 black ones and 50 white ones. You don't have to leave them in the two shoe boxes as I have. You can put them all in one box. You can divvy them up in any way between the two boxes."

Ray: "But you must use all the marbles; you can't hide them."

Tom: You've got to use all one 100 marbles.

Ray: "Because when we are all done, and I have made my selection, we are going to count the marbles to make sure you've used all of them." So, of course, the person said, "Jeez, this is pretty good. I went from a 100 percent chance of dying down to a 50 percent chance of dying. Can I improve my chances any more?" Now, he was worried that he wouldn't get enough sleep that night, so he started working on it right away. The question is: Can he, in fact, improve his chances of surviving by any more than what they are?

Tom: And what is the best strategy for doing it? And there is no cheating allowed. All the marbles must be accounted for. You can't swallow them or paint them. So he's got to use all 100 of them and they'll be counted afterward.

[BRODYMAN]

Box 1 = 1 white marble
Box 2 = 49 white & 50 black.

The warden comes in and randomly picks a box, then randomly picks a marble from within. If the it's box 1 there is a 100% chance of survival. If it's box 2, there is still an almost 50% chance of survival. With this layout, he increases his chances to almost 75%.

[Kugyince]

BRODYMAN - 3
Kong - 2
Celinta - 1
Rune5 - 1

What man-made object first broke the sound barrier?

[jeckel22]

The bullwhip (a single tailed whip typically used by farmers). The end of the whip will go faster than the speed of sound, creating a sonic boom (although it is a small one)

[Kugyince]

BRODYMAN - 3
Kong - 2
Celinta - 1
Rune5 - 1
jeckel22 - 1

What is the largest company emblem to have been regularly displayed in ornamental form on a production passenger vehicle? It has to be on the car, not the building -- so the Chrysler building doesn't count. And it's got to be an attachable emblem, so the word Chevrolet painted across the back of the tailgate of a pickup truck doesn't count, either. It's an emblem and it's fixed.

[Squall]

im thinking Rolls-Royce here...

[Rune5]

My guess is BMW.

[Squall]

the BMW emblem is small...

[Kugyince]

You'd both be guessing wrong.

Hint: This company's emblem is normally smaller, but on one specific production passenger vehicle, it was quite large.

[jeckel22]

I would guess either Ford or Dodge. I'm not really a car person though.

[Billy Hoyle]

Every hippie knows it was the Vokswagen emblem on the microbus.

[Kugyince]

There ya go dicky! Another one tomorrow.

BRODYMAN - 3
Kong - 2
Celinta - 1
Rune5 - 1
jeckel22 - 1
dickysimpkins30 - 1

[Kugyince]

Ray:
An 11-year-old boy is standing at the bus stop, waiting for the bus. The number 12 bus. And it's about 12:30 in the afternoon. And he's standing there with the new fishing rod he just bought.

Tom:
How long is the fishing rod?

Ray:
Five feet. The bus stops and the boy attempts to enter the bus and the bus driver stops him as he puts that first foot in the door and the driver says, "Nah, you can't get on." And the kid asks, "Why?"

Tom:
Wait, how many times did the kid ask why?

Ray:
Just one time. And he says, there's a city ordinance, number 113, which prohibits anyone from carrying packages on the bus longer than 4 feet. And the kid says, "How am I going to get home?" The bus driver says, "That's your problem. That fishing rod is about 5 feet long and I'm booting you out."

Tom:
That's ridiculous! Is this Cincinatti this took place in? They're a bunch of morons.

Ray:
So, he kicks him off the kid stands there bewildered. He says "I'll have to go back to the store and return it." He goes back to the store and they say no returns after 15 minutes. So, he's stuck with the fishing rod and no way to get home. He can't take a cab. He's got to take the bus and the fishing rod is 5 feet long. He walks back to the store again, realizing he can't return it. Five minutes later he's on the bus with the fishing rod. Without altering it, breaking it, sawing it in half, collapsing it. He does nothing to alter the fishing rod. How does he do it?

[sabby]

The kid finds someone who is over five feet tall (he may be over 5 feet tall, so he would do this himself) who is willing to hide the fishing pole under the back side of his/her clothes. It would probably have part of the pole tucked in their shoe. They would have to walk straight-legged and stand up in the bus until the bus stops at the destination.

[BRODYMAN]

He hooks the line (with a hook) to the eye closest to the handle, and reels in the line, bending the rod to a point where the arc's chord (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chord_%28geometry%29) is less than 4 feet, making the "package" now legal for transportation on the bus.

I'm not sure if this is considered "altering" the rod.

[Kugyince]

:@: Sabby: LMAO, nope.

:@: Brody: I thought about that too but I guess that would be considered altering the rod.

You should also know that nothing else is altered either. Same driver, bus, bus company, city, yadda yadda yadda....

[BRODYMAN]

So after 5 minutes, he and the fishing rod are on the bus...right?

[Kugyince]

Correct. Its not a trick question in any way. There's a way to make the rod comply with the ordinance without altering the rod itself in anyway.

[Billy Hoyle]

The boy took whatever type of material that the manufactuer had put on the pole and he bought bait and a hook to put on the rod. The rod was no longer a "package".

[Kugyince]

Nice try but nope.

[Celinta]

He puts it in a bag so he's no longer 'carrying' it. Either that, or he's levitating it in the air.

Yes, I realise how much sense that does not make.

[BRODYMAN]

Now since the rod is ~5' tall, this is actually defined as the package's "height" and not how long the package is, which is it's length. In this context, the package is really only about 3 inches long...sound familiar Ten =} ?

Since ordinance 113 specifically refers to an objects length - "longer than 4 feet" - as opposed to saying "if any dimension is (Longer, taller or wide) greater than 4'.", there is actually no limit to how tall a package can be. Hence, rod on bus.

Stupid ordinance.

[Kugyince]

He puts it in a bag so he's no longer 'carrying' it. Either that, or he's levitating it in the air.

Yes, I realise how much sense that does not make.

Your parents are paying for private school? Seems like they could find better things to spend the money on.:razz:

Now since the rod is ~5' tall, this is actually defined as the package's "height" and not how long the package is, which is it's length. In this context, the package is really only about 3 inches long...sound familiar Ten =} ?

Since ordinance 113 specifically refers to an objects length - "longer than 4 feet" - as opposed to saying "if any dimension is (Longer, taller or wide) greater than 4'.", there is actually no limit to how tall a package can be. Hence, rod on bus.

Stupid ordinance.

Yes, your wife has told me all about your "little" problem there. It's okay though, all men weren't created equal after all.

Let me help you here. No package may exceed four feet in length, width, or depth. If you stand the rod up or lay it down, it still exceeds four feet. You're getting closer though.

HINT: Remember, he went back into the store before getting on the bus.

[Hobbes]

Alright let's break this down people:
He did not alter the fishing pole in any way, let that part go, what we need to focus on is the writing of the ordinance, and what he could have done at the store to have them allow him to take it on the bus.

Tenser was he still carrying the pole?

[Kugyince]

Yes, he got on the same bus with the same exact, unaltered pole.

[sabby]

He goes back to the store and buys the man's fix all - DUCT TAPE.

He proceeds to tape the fishing pole to the side of the bus, then gets on the bus.

I still think my first option is better.

[Hobbes]

Yes, he got on the same bus with the same exact, unaltered pole.

Was he carrying the pole?

[BRODYMAN]

You should also know that nothing else is altered either. Same driver, bus, bus company, city, yadda yadda yadda....

...different stop?

The store where the rod was bought is just across the city line. He walked back and got on at a different stop in the new town, where there is no ordinance preventing the kid from "carrying" the package on the bus. After he gets on the bus he is allowed to re-cross the town line and ride the bus home.


Edit: CRAP, I missed the "same........city" stuck in there....


EDIT2: Alright, now I got it for sure this time. He had the guy at the store repackage the rod in a square box, with the rod extending from one corner to the farthest, so the rod would be a make-shift, shared hypotenuse of two right isosceles tirangles, that make up the square. Using the pythagorean theorem, we know that a^2 + b^2 = c^2

Given that the rod is the hypotenuse is C= 5 ft we know that 5^2 = 25. Since the package is square shaped, we know that A=B so we can take A and B (length and height) to be = 12.5^(1/2) ~ 3.54' which is less than 4' in all dimensions.

;)

[sabby]

Just to add to BRODY's post. If they didn't have the 3.54 x 3.54 square box, a 3 X 4 box would work:

3 squared + 4 squared -----> 9 + 16 ------> 25 square root = 5

Man! Pythagoras came back to bite me in the butt again, just like in junior high.

[Hobbes]

I knew I had heard that riddle before.

Brody I believe you are correct.

[Kugyince]

EDIT2: Alright, now I got it for sure this time. He had the guy at the store repackage the rod in a square box, with the rod extending from one corner to the farthest, so the rod would be a make-shift, shared hypotenuse of two right isosceles tirangles, that make up the square. Using the pythagorean theorem, we know that a^2 + b^2 = c^2

Given that the rod is the hypotenuse is C= 5 ft we know that 5^2 = 25. Since the package is square shaped, we know that A=B so we can take A and B (length and height) to be = 12.5^(1/2) ~ 3.54' which is less than 4' in all dimensions.
Just to add to BRODY's post. If they didn't have the 3.54 x 3.54 square box, a 3 X 4 box would work:

3 squared + 4 squared -----> 9 + 16 ------> 25 square root = 5

Man! Pythagoras came back to bite me in the butt again, just like in junior high.

Yeppers, Brody's correct in a complicated way. I'm giving Sabby a point as well for simplifying the horrid morass of mathematics that was in Brody's post. He bought a box that was 4'x3' which has a diagonal of 5'. Good job you two!

Did you boys like this one?

[sabby]

I used to be a math major before I decided there was no money in mathematics and went into accounting. I personally would like more of those puzzles.

Tenser, I like to think the point you're giving me is more for my creative answers that could work. LONG LIVE THE DUCT TAPE FIX!!!!LONG LIVE RED GREEN!!!!

[Kugyince]

BRODYMAN - 4
Kong - 2
Celinta - 1
Rune5 - 1
jeckel22 - 1
dickysimpkins30 - 1
sabby - 1

Alright here's another math one:

There's a hallway with 100 light bulbs in it. They are numbered in consecutive order of 1 to 100. The kind that attach to basement and attic ceiling with the pull-chain switch. They're normal light switches which only have an on/off setting. Yes, they're all in a single file row and they're all currently turned off.

Now this is a one way hallway, which means any time you go down this hallway you're always starting at the same end and ending at the opposite.

You're going to travel down this hallway exactly 100 times. The first time you go down this hallway you will turn on every single light bulb, one right after the other. The second time you go down, your going to pull every second switch (light bulb 2, 4, 6, 8, etc...). The third time you go down the hallway you're going to pull every third switch (lightbulb 3, 6, 9, etc...). You're going to continue this pattern until you've traveled down the hallway 100 times.

The question is, after your 100th trip, which light bulbs are left on?
BUT THE TRICK IS YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO FIGURE IT OUT IN YOUR HEAD!

Enjoy.

[Hobbes]

1,4,9,16,25,36,49,80,99

It's a building sequence 3,5,7,9,11,13,15, ect. if you subtract them. I think I tested it a bit but not the whole way through.

People should try writing it out, it's a nice pattern of staircases.

I had to jot down stuff Ten as I can't keep numbers in my head, I'm a very visual learner. Therefore I unapproved my post for breaking the rules, and to let the others have a go.

I'm sure that there is a simple way to do this-

[Celinta]

Your parents are paying for private school? Seems like they could find better things to spend the money on.:razz:


:p I go to a government run school. ;)

[Squall]

i say the first light is the only one left on;) if you think about it, it works...

[BRODYMAN]

i say the first light is the only one left on;) if you think about it, it works...


...not exactly...light 4 will definitely remain on.
after the first pass, with every other light it's turned on.
after the second pass it's turned off
on the third pass it remains untouched
the fourth pass turns it back on, and it's never touched again.

Light 4 is one of the lights that stays on.


Lot's of these lights will be toggled many times.

Given that I can't use scratch paper, are there any other resources that I may use too look at? Maybe some sort of standard tool used in grade school?

If I may, I have the answer, if not...well then, I still have the answer, but I won't submit it.

[Kong]

Here are the results. I wrote a script to out put the results. You can still show the math required to get the final line with skipping the previous 99 lines.

Trip 1: - 1 never goes off again.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100
Trip 2:
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99
Trip 3:
1, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, 41, 42, 43, 47, 48, 49, 53, 54, 55, 59, 60, 61, 65, 66, 67, 71, 72, 73, 77, 78, 79, 83, 84, 85, 89, 90, 91, 95, 96, 97
Trip 4: - 4 never goes off again.
1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 49, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 59, 61, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 71, 73, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 83, 85, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 95, 97, 100
Trip 5:
1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 28, 29, 31, 32, 37, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 56, 59, 60, 61, 64, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 83, 88, 89, 91, 92, 97
Trip 6:
1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36, 37, 41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 56, 59, 61, 64, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 79, 83, 84, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 96, 97
Trip 7:
1, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 52, 53, 59, 61, 63, 64, 67, 68, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 79, 83, 88, 89, 90, 92, 96, 97, 98
Trip 8:
1, 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 29, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 50, 52, 53, 56, 59, 61, 63, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 76, 79, 80, 83, 89, 90, 92, 97, 98
Trip 9: - 9 never goes off again.
1, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 27, 29, 30, 31, 35, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 50, 52, 53, 54, 56, 59, 61, 67, 68, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 79, 80, 81, 83, 89, 92, 97, 98, 99
Trip 10:
1, 4, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 27, 29, 31, 35, 37, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 52, 53, 54, 56, 59, 60, 61, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 79, 81, 83, 89, 90, 92, 97, 98, 99, 100
Trip 11:
1, 4, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 41, 42, 43, 47, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 59, 60, 61, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 79, 81, 83, 88, 89, 90, 92, 97, 98, 100
Trip 12:
1, 4, 9, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 36, 37, 41, 42, 43, 47, 48, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 59, 61, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 73, 75, 76, 77, 79, 81, 83, 84, 88, 89, 90, 92, 96, 97, 98, 100
Trip 13:
1, 4, 9, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 42, 43, 47, 48, 53, 54, 55, 56, 59, 61, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 96, 97, 98, 100
Trip 14:
1, 4, 9, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 43, 47, 48, 53, 54, 55, 59, 61, 65, 66, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 96, 97, 100
Trip 15:
1, 4, 9, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 48, 53, 54, 55, 59, 60, 61, 65, 66, 67, 68, 71, 73, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 88, 89, 91, 92, 96, 97, 100
Trip 16: - 16 never goes off again.
1, 4, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 53, 54, 55, 59, 60, 61, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 71, 73, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 88, 89, 91, 92, 97, 100
Trip 17:
1, 4, 9, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 51, 53, 54, 55, 59, 60, 61, 64, 65, 66, 67, 71, 73, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 85, 88, 89, 91, 92, 97, 100
Trip 18:
1, 4, 9, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 51, 53, 55, 59, 60, 61, 64, 65, 66, 67, 71, 72, 73, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 85, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 97, 100
Trip 19:
1, 4, 9, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 60, 61, 64, 65, 66, 67, 71, 72, 73, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 85, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 95, 97, 100
Trip 20:
1, 4, 9, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 45, 47, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 64, 65, 66, 67, 71, 72, 73, 77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 85, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 95, 97
Trip 21:
1, 4, 9, 16, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 47, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 71, 72, 73, 77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 95, 97
Trip 22:
1, 4, 9, 16, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 71, 72, 73, 77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 85, 89, 90, 91, 92, 95, 97
Trip 23:
1, 4, 9, 16, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 69, 71, 72, 73, 77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 85, 89, 90, 91, 95, 97
Trip 24:
1, 4, 9, 16, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 85, 89, 90, 91, 95, 96, 97
Trip 25: - 25 never goes off again.
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 85, 89, 90, 91, 95, 96, 97, 100
Trip 26:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 84, 85, 89, 90, 91, 95, 96, 97, 100
Trip 27:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 83, 84, 85, 89, 90, 91, 95, 96, 97, 100
Trip 28:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 83, 85, 89, 90, 91, 95, 96, 97, 100
Trip 29:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 83, 85, 87, 89, 90, 91, 95, 96, 97, 100
Trip 30:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 95, 96, 97, 100
Trip 31:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 96, 97, 100
Trip 32:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 100
Trip 33:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 100
Trip 34:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 100
Trip 35:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 100
Trip 36: - 36 never goes off again.
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 77, 79, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 100
Trip 37:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 79, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 100
Trip 38:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 100
Trip 39:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 100
Trip 40:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 100
Trip 41:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 100
Trip 42:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 100
Trip 43:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 100
Trip 44:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 100
Trip 45:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 100
Trip 46:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95, 97, 99, 100
Trip 47:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 97, 99, 100
Trip 48:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 100
Trip 49: - 49 never goes off again.
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100
Trip 50:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 51:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 52:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 53:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 54:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 55:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 56:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 57:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 58:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 59:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 60:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 61:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 62:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 63:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 64: - 64 never goes off again.
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 65:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 66:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 67:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 68:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 69:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 70:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 71:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 72:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 73:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 74:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 75:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 76:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 77:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 78:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 79:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 80:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 81: - 81 never goes off again.
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 82:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 83:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 84:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 85:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 86:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 87:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 88:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 89:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 90:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 91:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 92:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 93:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 94:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 95:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 96, 97, 98, 99
Trip 96:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 97, 98, 99
Trip 97:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 98, 99
Trip 98:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 99
Trip 99:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81
Trip 100: - 100 never goes off again.
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100

[Squall]

i know all prime numbers will be switched off... so that cancels out a lot of numbers...

[sabby]

i say the first light is the only one left on;) if you think about it, it works...

i know all prime numbers will be switched off... so that cancels out a lot of numbers...

Isn't 1 a prime number;)
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1 - ON, 2 - OFF, 3 - OFF, 4 - ON, 5 - OFF, 6 - OFF, 7- OFF, 8 - OFF, 9 - ON, 10 - OFF, 11 - OFF, 12 - OFF, 13 - OFF, 14 - OFF, 15 - OFF, 16 - ON...OK I got it.

The lights that are on are 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100. Just happens to be the squares of numbers 1 through 10.

[Squall]

one is a prime number, but you dont classify it as one because there are no postiive numbers above zero that are below one;)

[BRODYMAN]

Yeah...that's what I came up with too. But I did it in my head...sort of.

After doing a few in my head, I realized that any number with an even number of factor sets, would remain off, I checked a multiplication table to see what numbers would have an odd number of factor pairs. Then it slapped me in the face when I saw the diagonal line of perfect squares down the middle.

The perfect squares is your answer.

[Kong]

Mine (http://www.retrouprising.com/9238-post152.html) and Hobbes' (http://www.retrouprising.com/9231-post148.html) posts above were hidden until now. Letting you know in case you want to go back and have a look. ;)

[Kugyince]

You got it first Kong. Good job. This was an easy one if you wrote it out but that wasn't the challenge. The real challenge was how to approach it where you could solve it in your head. If you approach the problem focusing on one bulb at a time its very solvable, especially when you notice the pattern.

Took me 7 mins in my head. :P

[Hobbes]

Took me 7 mins in my head. :P


Don't hurt yourself patting yourself on the back...:razz:

I can't keep track of things like that in my head.

[Kugyince]

Ray: Back in the old days when my brother used to work, my brother used to have his wife drive him to the train station and then he'd take the train and go to work. Right after lunch he'd get to the train station and his wife would meet him there and they'd drive home. Well one day, he decides to leave work early at 11 am. Needless to say, he gets to the train station an hour early. Rather than call his wife, it's a nice day and he decides to hoof it. So he starts walking in the direction she'll be driving. And low and behold, he sees his wife coming up the road and she sees him by the side of the road taking a haircut. They get in the car and they drive home and arrive 20 minutes earlier. Don't forget - she left home at the usual time.

Tom: Of course, she didn't know he was going to leave work an hour early.

Ray: They get home 20 minutes earlier than they would have gotten home. How long was he walking before they met? Notice, there's no mention of how long she was driving, how fast he walked, what train he took, and what any other the distances were. How long was he walking before she picked him up?

[BRODYMAN]

"taking a haircut"?

does not compute...

[Squall]

i think he meant a shortcut...

[Kugyince]

"taking a haircut"?

does not compute...
i think he meant a shortcut...

Take a haircut: to accept a valuation or return that is less than optimal.

It's slang, basically It's just pointing out that he might have gotten out of work an hour early but he had to either wait around an hour or start walking because of it.

Needless to say, it has no relevance to the problem or the answer.

[BRODYMAN]

Ray: Back in the old days when my brother used to work, my brother used to have his wife drive him to the train station and then he'd take the train and go to work. Right after lunch he'd get to the train station and his wife would meet him there and they'd drive home. Well one day, he decides to leave work early at 11 am. Needless to say, he gets to the train station an hour early. Rather than call his wife, it's a nice day and he decides to hoof it. So he starts walking in the direction she'll be driving. And low and behold, he sees his wife coming up the road and she sees him by the side of the road taking a haircut. They get in the car and they drive home and arrive 20 minutes earlier. Don't forget - she left home at the usual time.

Tom: Of course, she didn't know he was going to leave work an hour early.

Ray: They get home 20 minutes earlier than they would have gotten home. How long was he walking before they met? Notice, there's no mention of how long she was driving, how fast he walked, what train he took, and what any other the distances were. How long was he walking before she picked him up?


At first glance I don't see how you can nail this down without knowing how fast either of them were going, or at least a ratio of their speeds (she traveled 10x faster) but I'll try a guess.

35 minutes...

[sabby]

I'm going to say 80 minutes.

His wife does not leave until the normal time - 60 minutes of walking there.

They get home 20 minutes early, where is that time made up, him walking - 20 minutes.

I know that he could not possibly walk/run as fast as a car so the 20 minutes is a little shaky, but I'm almost positive about the hour.

This is assuming that he does not stop walking at anytime during his journey.

[Kugyince]

Both answers are wrong. There is a way to compute this mathematically. There's no "trick" to this, just finding a way to approach the problem correctly.

[Kong]

Solve for X
Pick up time at train station = T = 12
Wife departure time = D
Arrive at house time = A
Saved drive time = S = 20
Pick up time at road side = R
Start walking time = W = 11
Time walking = X

T - D = A - T
R - D = A - S - R
R - W = X

Known values filled in:
12 - D = A - 12
R - D = A - 20 - R
R - 11 = X

That was fun and challenging. :)

[Kugyince]

While your letters and numbers are fun to read, you still haven't answered the question Big D. How long was he walking for?

Like I said about the lightbulb question, you need to approach these differently. It's not about the solution, it's about rearranging your thought process.

HINT: It's a nice whole number.

[Kong]

He was walking for X. I thought that was obvious. I will PM you what X is.

[Kugyince]

My approach for us who didn't take Calc....

WARNING: The answer is in here so don't read it if you want to figure it out on your own.

Because if they arrived home 20 mintues earlier than usual, he saved by walking 10 minutes of her travel time to the station and 10 minutes of her travel time from the station. Therefore, he was walking for 50 minutes when she picked him up. You have to put all of the pieces together. He left an hour earlier but she left at the same time and saves 20 minutes off the total trip. It's as if he moved the station 10 minutes closer. (10 + 50 = 60, 10 + 10 = 20)
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Everyone knows that from planet Earth, the moon and sun appear to be about the same size, even though we know they're not the same size (from our vantage point they're the same size) hence we can get things like eclipses. The moon can go between us and the sun and block out the sun and if they didn't appear to be the same size we wouldn't have an eclipse. Now, knowing this, you can take the tip of your finger and at arms length you close one eye and you can block out the sun with the tip of your index finger. However, you go out at night and you hold that same finger up and close one eye and you can't block out the moon. How come?

[BRODYMAN]

This would happen when the moon is close to the horizon...where the Moon appears larger in the sky.

Since the sun is much farther away, this isn't affected as greatly.

Yes, no?

[Kugyince]

You're on the right path (sort of) Brody.

You think the Moon appears larger when its near the horizon because you have things in the foreground to compare it with. That wouldn't effect the finger trick.

P.S. The horizon optical illusion also effects the Sun.

[TrakMastaTom]

15 minutes?

[BRODYMAN]

You're on the right path (sort of) Brody.

You think the Moon appears larger when its near the horizon because you have things in the foreground to compare it with. That wouldn't effect the finger trick.

P.S. The horizon optical illusion also effects the Sun.


So am I also correct in thinking that the whole, "finger at arm's length won't block out the moon" thing isn't always correct?

Are you saying that my finger isn't actually bigger at the horizon as well?

Is the answer that since the moon's orbital path is elliptical, it is closer to the earth at certain times, and as such appears bigger at these times?

15 minutes?

We're past this. Click tenser's spoiler above for the answer.

[Kugyince]

So am I also correct in thinking that the whole, "finger at arm's length won't block out the moon" thing isn't always correct?

Are you saying that my finger isn't actually bigger at the horizon as well?

Is the answer that since the moon's orbital path is elliptical, it is closer to the earth at certain times, and as such appears bigger at these times?

1) It will always be correct under normal nocturnal circumstances. You can alter the test in a way to make it work but you would have to intentionally go out of your way to do it.

2) I'm saying that the answer has nothing to do with the horizon optical illusion and that the fact that the same thing happens to the Sun as well makes the point mute anyhow.

3) The ebb and neap of the Moon's elliptical orbit is not sufficient enough to effect this. This point is also mute because the Earth's orbit is elliptical to the Sun as well.

[Squall]

is it the fact that peoples arms are different lenghts or something? (long shot there;))

[BRODYMAN]

1) It will always be correct under normal nocturnal circumstances. You can alter the test in a way to make it work but you would have to intentionally go out of your way to do it.

2) I'm saying that the answer has nothing to do with the horizon optical illusion and that the fact that the same thing happens to the Sun as well makes the point mute anyhow.

3) The ebb and neap of the Moon's elliptical orbit is not sufficient enough to effect this. This point is also mute because the Earth's orbit is elliptical to the Sun as well.

I think the key word here is "nocturnal." I'm guessing that if I saw the moon out faintly during the day, I could block it out with an extended index finger. And maybe, if it were possible for the Sun to be out while it was dark out, I might not be able to block it out with that same extended finger.

I'm guessing it has to do with the amount of light in the sky at a given time...either that or the fact that one is a source, and the other is a reflection...:whatthe:

[TrakMastaTom]

This whole thing is way to weird for me.

Makes no sense at all.

[Kugyince]

You're on the right track again Brody.

[BRODYMAN]

You're on the right track again Brody.

Well, without research, I believe I've reached the end of my ability to solve this one. If this has anything to do with refractive/reflective properties of light, or the physics of the light wave, I'm lost, unless I can research and re-learn what I've forgotten from high school.

This is Brody, respectfully admitting defeat, unless research is legal here.

[Kugyince]

I'll allow research but you're over-complicating the problem.

[BRODYMAN]

to block out the sun, the moon would have to appear either the same size, or bigger in the day's sky than the sun.

Is the extended finger between the two in size, to where is it just big enough to block the sun, but too small to block the moon?

[Hobbes]

The moon appears larger at night since during the day it is too bright to see the edge edges of the moon.

[Kugyince]

Is the extended finger between the two in size, to where is it just big enough to block the sun, but too small to block the moon?
The moon appears larger at night since during the day it is too bright to see the edge edges of the moon.

Nope.

[Hobbes]

Well I found the answer, but would never have thought of it myself. Brody you are on the right track sorta...

[Kugyince]

I need a new user title, but I cant think of one right now.....

[Hobbes]

I need a new user title, but I cant think of one right now.....

How about "You Suck" since you use that all the time.

[hotmonkeytail]

hi how would i look

[BRODYMAN]

At night, it is darker (by definition) which causes your eyes to dilate, allowing in more light. with bigger pupils, your extended finger will not block out the moon.

[Kugyince]

DING DING DING!

Give the gentlemen a cupie doll!

[Kugyince]

WARNING: This is a devilishly good one.

There I was sitting at the counter at Sam's Luncheonette in our fair city. The sky had been angry that day, but it was clearing with faint white whisps, clinging desperately to a promise to be a blazing blue sky. There I was spilling egg on my shirt and I noticed a woman and her son next to me at the counter doing his arithmetic homework. And they're adding a bunch of decimels. And I'll give you the numbers;

6.2, 1.1, 2.2, and 3.2.

If you add that up normally you'll get 12.7. But that's not the answer the mother got, she got 14.1.

I was about to butt in and point out that they'd made a mistake in adding up the numbers, but just then, they got to leave and put on their hats and coats. Hats and Coats. And I realized that they had not made a mistake. What were they adding to make 14.1 a perfectly legitimate answer?

[BRODYMAN]

WARNING: This is a devilishly good one.

There I was sitting at the counter at Sam's Luncheonette in our fair city. The sky had been angry that day, but it was clearing with faint white whisps, clinging desperately to a promise to be a blazing blue sky. There I was spilling egg on my shirt and I noticed a woman and her son next to me at the counter doing his arithmetic homework. And they're adding a bunch of decimels. And I'll give you the numbers;

6.2, 1.1, 2.2, and 3.2.

If you add that up normally you'll get 12.7. But that's not the answer the mother got, she got 14.1.

I was about to butt in and point out that they'd made a mistake in adding up the numbers, but just then, they got to leave and put on their hats and coats. Hats and Coats. And I realized that they had not made a mistake. What were they adding to make 14.1 a perfectly legitimate answer?

This is devilishly good

they're counting someone's innings pitched.

It's common in baseball stats, to write a pitchers innings pitched as:

total innings.extra outs

So, with that said, we have 6, 1, 2, and 3 total innings for 12

plus 2, 1, 2, and 2 extra outs for 2 more total innings and 1 extra out. making 14.1 innings pitched.

Again, I liked this one Ten!

[Kugyince]

What do the following men have in common? Ulysses S. Grant, Rudyard Kipling, Woodrow Wilson, Grover Cleveland, and Calvin Coolidge. Now we know they're all dead. And they do have certainly that in common. What do they have in common other than the fact that they are all famous and that they're all dead?

[Hobbes]

I remember this one from a trivia calendar, they all go by their middle names.

[Hobbes]

I remember this one from a trivia calendar, they all go by their middle names.

Assuming I'm right I have one for you:
A kid at a fair meets a man who says I bet you $50 that I can write your weight on a piece of paper. The man has no scale and the kid does not see how the man could determine how much he weighs so he figures no matter what the man writes down he'll just say he's incorrect and take the money. The kid agrees, but when it's all said and done the kid ends up paying the man $50.

How did this happen?

[Kugyince]

He wrote the words "your weight" on the piece of paper.

[Hobbes]

He wrote the words "your weight" on the piece of paper.

Dang that was quick, I bow to the master, err salute you.
:Salut:

[Kugyince]

A major league umpire enters the subway by walking down the stairs with the assistance of his seeing eye dog. In fact, he had just come from Yankee Stadium where he had worked an afternoon double-header behind the plate. Anyway the dog leads him to the bottom of the stairs at the subway station where he arrives at a cage, behind which is sitting a woman who is the token vendor. And there's a sign below the window that says 'Tokens - 40 cents.' The dog pees on the sign while the guy rummages around in his pocket and through the slit in the cage he hands her a dollar.

No words are spoken. No gestures are exchanged. No little notes handed between them. She has never seen him before and he obviously has never seen her before. She hands him two tokens and 20 cents change. The question is very simply, how did she know he wanted two tokens and not one?

The dog is not involved. Is the fact that he is blind involved? Only tangentially.

[jeckel22]

I have never taken the subway so I am not sure exactly how it works, so I will guess that it takes two tokens or all trains from that point have a layover and they will need to get on two trains......just a guess.

[Hobbes]

He had to come back to work the second game of the double header.

[Kugyince]

I have never taken the subway so I am not sure exactly how it works, so I will guess that it takes two tokens or all trains from that point have a layover and they will need to get on two trains......just a guess.

One token, one ride.

He had to come back to work the second game of the double header.
he had just come from Yankee Stadium where he had worked an afternoon double-header behind the plate.

Note the past-tense. It has nothing to do with baseball. Just a poor attempt at humor.

[TrakMastaTom]

I do love Click and Clack. I have heard this one, so I won't say the answer. I like this riddle. It seems like one I could do if I didn't already know.

[Kong]

I have heard this one, so I won't say the answer. I like this riddle. It seems like one I could do if I didn't already know.

ditto

[Kugyince]

Yeah for me. Yesterday I took down the storm windows, removed the patio furniture and grill from storage, and put together a swing set and slide. All in the rain.

Why am I just randomly posting this here? Because I can. The thread title says so.

[Hobbes]

Are you enjoying your swing set and slide?
Wheeee!

[Kugyince]

I was thinking about drilling a screw half-way into the slide right in the middle so I'd never have to become a grandpa... Anyways, it gave me the chance to be lazy today. I'm wholeheartedly taking the chance whilst I can get it.

[Tagen]

Where do you make those faces? On these other forums this one guy has one of those as an avatar, maybe you're the same person...but I doubt it.

[Kugyince]

Just maybe I am. Perchance we're identical twins?

I finally gave in to the wife and went out and purchased a new cell phone yesterday. I spent the better part of the day adding in all of my business and personal contacts and what-not.

You know how you end up with some random number unless you carry yours over? I received the coolest and most fitting random number for my cell. My last four digits are: 6666 No lie. How perfect. :D

[jeckel22]

Fits like a glove. What kind of cell phone and what service?

[Kong]

Fun fact. I have never had a cell phone. I love the technology revolution but I am violently fighting the communication revolution. I don't fell it should be that easy to get in touch with me. Perhaps because I am an introvert.

My only phone right now is skype.

[Hobbes]

Fun fact. I have never had a cell phone. I love the technology revolution but I am violently fighting the communication revolution. I don't fell it should be that easy to get in touch with me. Perhaps because I am an introvert.

My only phone right now is skype.

I'm going to start IM-ing you all the time now.

[Kugyince]

Some kind of Virgin Mobile. I'm still upset that my ringtones are only 24 seconds long.
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Yesterday my boss "volunteered" me to coach our team for the local business league softball season. On the positive side of things is I still get to play. Unfortunately I now have to deal with people bitching about their batting order and field position.

I didn't think it'd be bad until I had a fat man tell me he plays center or nothing at all and another guy who thinks that because he's good, he can blow off practice. Such a headache.

My position? Third baseman, batting 7th. It's all yard from here on out baby!

[wanman]

Some kind of Virgin Mobile. I'm still upset that my ringtones are only 24 seconds long.
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Yesterday my boss "volunteered" me to coach our team for the local business league softball season. On the positive side of things is I still get to play. Unfortunately I now have to deal with people bitching about their batting order and field position.

I didn't think it'd be bad until I had a fat man tell me he plays center or nothing at all and another guy who thinks that because he's good, he can blow off practice. Such a headache.

My position? Third baseman, batting 7th. It's all yard from here on out baby!


Good luck on the team. :thumright:

[Kong]

Coaching a team of your work mates seems like it would be hell.

[Hobbes]

Tenser go and rent Major League 1 and 2, take notes.

[XERQ GRANITE]

got one fer me tens?? (i wanna see wat u come up with fer me, this should be interesting)

[Kugyince]

got one fer me tens?? (i wanna see wat u come up with fer me, this should be interesting)
:?: :?: :?:
Good luck on the team. :thumright:
Thanks, I think we're going to need it.:blank:
Tenser go and rent Major League 1 and 2, take notes.
I don't think we're going to be that..."unique". Maybe we can get sponsored by Chico's Bail Bonds though.
Coaching a team of your work mates seems like it would be hell.
Actually there's a story behind that. You see, my boss kind of forgot about the whole league thing until the very last minute. He told me about the whole thing exactly one week before our first game which is this coming Friday. We had 15 people sign up including myself. Since teams can only be of 8 to 12 people by league rules 3 were going to have to be cut. Our first practice was yesterday morning and instead of cutting the weaker players like everyone else would have, I cut the three most irritating players. It wasn't too bad after that. And two of the three jerk-faces actually decided to grow up and help out in other ways. One is now our third base coach and the other is keeping our book.

On a lighter note, I was the big winner in quarter poker last night. Tripled my money.:D

[jeckel22]

got one fer me tens?? (i wanna see wat u come up with fer me, this should be interesting)

I think he meant he wants you to make a face for him.

[XERQ GRANITE]

I think he meant he wants you to make a face for him.
ya, the faces :p :D

[Kugyince]

Well tell me about yourself.

Hair color and style?
Hat?
Facial hair?
Skin color and complexion?
Glasses?
Eye color?
Chin?
Freckles?
yadda yadda yadda....
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Lets see. What did I do yesterday...

I took the Beast Mother's Day shopping for his grandmother. He picked her out a Tinkerbell lamp which is fine since grandma's crazy over Disney right now. $29 and change.

Then we went to Lowe's and purchased some new gutter brackets to replace the ones that were broken during a nasty ice storm in February. $72 and change.

Later that day, after dinner I DM'd one of my two weekly D&D sessions (the other being Fridays). The Sunday night one is actual campaign style, this one loosely imitating the PoA story-arc from Neverwinter Nights. It's becoming really critical as we're nearing the end of it. Hopefully it will end with one of the PC's becoming a Lesser Deity in my home brew setting.

[XERQ GRANITE]

Well tell me about yourself.

Hair color and style?
Hat?
Facial hair?
Skin color and complexion?
Glasses?
Eye color?
Chin?
Freckles?
yadda yadda yadda....


Lets see. What did I do yesterday...

I took the Beast Mother's Day shopping for his grandmother. He picked her out a Tinkerbell lamp which is fine since grandma's crazy over Disney right now. $29 and change.

Then we went to Lowe's and purchased some new gutter brackets to replace the ones that were broken during a nasty ice storm in February. $72 and change.

Later that day, after dinner I DM'd one of my two weekly D&D sessions (the other being Fridays). The Sunday night one is actual campaign style, this one loosely imitating the PoA story-arc from Neverwinter Nights. It's becoming really critical as we're nearing the end of it. Hopefully it will end with one of the PC's becoming a Lesser Deity in my home brew setting.
hair color and style: black and spyked
hat?: upside down backwards visor
facial hair: black mustash (err however thats spellt :p)
skin color and complexion: pale
glasses: no
eye color: im really not sure, i think there blue :p
chin: what about my chin?? :p
freckles: no, not really, maybe one or two, but i dont think so
yadda, yadda, yadda: black eye-liner and lipstick

i think that might be enough?? :D

[sabby]

facial hair: black mustash (err however thats spellt :p)

When have you ever really been concerned with spelling:lol:

[XERQ GRANITE]

When have you ever really been concerned with spelling:lol:
lawl :p :D

[Kugyince]

hair color and style: black and spyked
hat?: upside down backwards visor
facial hair: black mustash (err however thats spellt :p)
skin color and complexion: pale
glasses: no
eye color: im really not sure, i think there blue :p
chin: what about my chin?? :p
freckles: no, not really, maybe one or two, but i dont think so
yadda, yadda, yadda: black eye-liner and lipstick

i think that might be enough?? :D

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[XERQ GRANITE]

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hat?: upside down backwards visor


but other than that, its almost perfect :D

[Celinta]

If it's not too much trouble, could you please make one for me? :)

[Kugyince]

Sure hun, just give me some specs like Xerq (crappy name btw) did. Or would you want one like your avatar?

[Celinta]

Hair: Black, wavy (well, at the moment it's pretending to be straight and failing miserably) It's about shoulder length.
Skin colour: Light brown
Glasses: You can do me with or without them, since they tend to come on and off depending on if I want to look like a nerd or not.:rolleyes: Or if I actually need to look at something in the distance They're rectangular.
Eye colour: Brown
Other stuff: Well, there isn't really any other stuff! |:dizzy:

[Kugyince]

Two things. I can take out the bow if you want. I just thought it needed some color. Also if you want earrings I can add them but to be honest, you look better without them.

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[Kugyince]

My little wanna-be blog goes on.

I do gardening on the side mainly because I enjoy it so much. I have a couple of customers that I go to once a month and take care of their lawn and gardens for a few hours. Mowing, weeding, fertilizing, planting and what not. I don't know, there's something really relaxing about it.

After getting all that done I helped my step-father clean up a house his ex-tenents left in shambles. I dislike the work but it always feels good to help other people. Must be the socialist in me. Anywho, the coolest part is his houses are all out in the sticks and come with a lot of land. So we get to pile up all the crap ex-tennents leave like tables and beds in one huge pile and watch the mother burn. I guess I'm one part pyro.

So here's yesterday's summary:
Woke up at 2am
Got to work at 3am
Got out of work at 11am
Took the wife and kid out to lunch.
Gardened for someone from 12pm to 4pm
Went home and made dinner
Went off to help my step-father at 5:30pm
Got home around 7pm
Went to bed around 9pm

Maybe not an exciting life, but its a full and happy one.

[sabby]

I'm in agreement with you Tenser. There is something about gardening that is very relaxing. On the back third of our acre my wife and I are starting a garden this year. Problem is that the land were on is full of *!@$% rocks (been told that it was a riverbed, long, long ago). I already busted my tiller once, snapped the bolts right off. We probably won't see anything this year, but it is very relaxing out there.

[Hobbes]

My little wanna-be blog goes on.

I do gardening on the side mainly because I enjoy it so much. I have a couple of customers that I go to once a month and take care of their lawn and gardens for a few hours. Mowing, weeding, fertilizing, planting and what not. I don't know, there's something really relaxing about it.

After getting all that done I helped my step-father clean up a house his ex-tenents left in shambles. I dislike the work but it always feels good to help other people. Must be the socialist in me. Anywho, the coolest part is his houses are all out in the sticks and come with a lot of land. So we get to pile up all the crap ex-tennents leave like tables and beds in one huge pile and watch the mother burn. I guess I'm one part pyro.

So here's yesterday's summary:
Woke up at 2am
Got to work at 3am
Got out of work at 11am
Took the wife and kid out to lunch.
Gardened for someone from 12pm to 4pm
Went home and made dinner
Went off to help my step-father at 5:30pm
Got home around 7pm
Went to bed around 9pm

Maybe not an exciting life, but its a full and happy one.

There's something to be said for the simple life.
I too enjoy yard work, (I have advanced degrees in Hort) I also like helping on the inlaws farm.

Ten I can't believe that you can get by on that little sleep.

[Kugyince]

:@: Sab: I'm more into flower gardening and landscaping than vegetable gardening. I love fresh sugar snaps from the garden though...

:@: Hobbes: Yeah, I almost always average around 3 to 5 hours of sleep a night. I've been doing it for years and I've grown use to it.

We won our one and only scrimmage 11 to 9 yesterday. I don't think we'll be too bad this year. I also strapped the beast on the bike and we hung out at the library right after work. It was nice to spend some quality time with just the boy and I.

[sabby]

So how did you do coach?

[thebird1003]

So do you coach Ten? Football, Baseball, or Basketball?

[wanman]

Some kind of Virgin Mobile. I'm still upset that my ringtones are only 24 seconds long.
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Yesterday my boss "volunteered" me to coach our team for the local business league softball season. On the positive side of things is I still get to play. Unfortunately I now have to deal with people bitching about their batting order and field position.

I didn't think it'd be bad until I had a fat man tell me he plays center or nothing at all and another guy who thinks that because he's good, he can blow off practice. Such a headache.

My position? Third baseman, batting 7th. It's all yard from here on out baby!


;)

[Kugyince]

So how did you do coach?

Not to bad. It was just a scrimmage mind you but I batted .333 (2B) 1RBI and a big 'ole E. I was trying to get my RF to back up when a bouncer came at me. My mind wasn't in it and I threw to 1st instead of 2nd for the DP.=}

[thebird1003]

So you went 1-3 with a double and an RBI that's nice, but the error make your day suck

[sabby]

Not to bad. It was just a scrimmage mind you but I batted .333 (2B) 1RBI and a big 'ole E. I was trying to get my RF to back up when a bouncer came at me. My mind wasn't in it and I threw to 1st instead of 2nd for the DP.=}

By your explanation, it was a fielder's choice, not an error. Unless you muffed the throw to first.

[Kugyince]

Nah, I didn't muff the throw. While it doesn't go down in the book as a big E we're counting bad infielding when it comes to the error kitty.

[Hobbes]

By your explanation, it was a fielder's choice, not an error. Unless you muffed the throw to first.

Also you can never assume a double play, so it's a fielders choice. No E for Ten, but the manager should chew him out, I hope you gave yourself a stern talking too when you got to the dugout.

[Kugyince]

We were slaughtered last night. 16 - 1 after 3.5 innings, an automatic forfeit....

[Hobbes]

We were slaughtered last night. 16 - 1 after 3.5 innings, an automatic forfeit....

Wow the old 15 after 3 rule came into effect. These things happen.

[TrakMastaTom]

Haha. That's a killing.

Maybe you should hire Darryl Strawberry, Ozzie Smith, Ken Griffey Jr. and Roger Clemens to play on your team. It worked in The Simpsons.

[thebird1003]

Don't forget about Barry Bonds. They could use the power, for some runs insted of 1

[TrakMastaTom]

But Barry Bonds wasn't in that episode. It was before his time.

Back when I watched baseball.

[Kugyince]

I've got a lot of catching up to do.

Friday - Yeah, the game was a mess. We wouldn't have done nearly as bad if it wasn't for our poor out-fielding. Singles and fly-outs were turned into doubles and triples. That'll be the biggest thing we need to work on.

Saturday - Right after work I went and raked my mom's lawn. For one reason or another, it was never raked in Fall. Thirty-one bags of leaves in all. After that, the wife went to bingo so I stayed home with the boy, helped him with his homework for pre-school, and after we ate popcorn and watched cartoons together.

[sabby]

Sorry, you had problems in the outfield, if I was closer, I'd help ya out, unless it is an employee only team.

I start softball practice (I think it's a practice) on Thursday. The glove has been dusted off, the cleats have been shined up(not really, I did manage to get all the dry dirt off of them though), and the bat is at the ready. I know I'm starting in either Center or Left Field, just not sure where they are going to put me in the lineup. If I start stretching now, I might be ready physically.:p

[Kugyince]

Saturday continued -
We usually have poker night on Saturdays but a cousin of mine was in labor for most of the day, she's also the older sister of one of the other regs, so we called it off.

We did try to make up for it with some online poker in pogo.com. Pogo's an interesting gaming site that my wife's addicted to. It's also where I stole the whole badge idea from. If anyone's interested in playing some poker on there let me know, though you do have to pay for a membership there.

While playing poker online (after the boy was to bed) I received a call from my aunt saying there were complications during birth. He had dislocated his right shoulder during the birthing process and it was discovered that he had defecated in the amniotic sack and feces had entered his lungs. Sunday he was transported to Albany Medical Center which is a really amazing hospital that we're lucky to live within an hour from (Newsweek ranked it 23rd in the country). I got a final call Tuesday night saying that baby Jacobb was finally out of the woods and will hopefully be going home today or tomorrow.

Sunday - We were woken by a phone call from my sister-in-law Tammy. Apparently the prom is a short time away and she had five high school girls who needed to go to the mall and pick out shoes for their prom dresses. One of which was her own daughter while the other four were foreign exchange students (Tammy's the school librarian). The problem being she could only accommodate four in her small vehicle. We agreed to bring one of the girls in our car since we wanted to go to Home Depot, which is near the mall, anyways. So the day was consumed up mostly with driving. Forty-five minutes westward to Canajoharie where Tammy lives. Then about ninety minutes eastwards to Albany where the mall is, and then all back again. On the positive side, I did manage to grab the materials needed to repair the garden fencing.

We left around 10 a.m. and got back home around 5:30p.m., just in time to host some D&D at 6p.m.

Monday - The majority of the day (after work) was spent repairing sections of the welded wire garden fencing that was destroyed during the winter months. About 75 feet of it out of 300 feet needed to be replaced or mended. I was able to mend/replace about 2/3 of the damage before the sun started to set. Spent the rest of the time watering the lawn.

Tuesday - After work I finished mending/replacing the last 1/3 of the damaged fence. Still feeling energetic I tackled the basement and completely cleaned it out. Nice and productive day, good times.

There, now I'm all caught up. :D

[Hobbes]

Ten how can you gamble on pogo? I thought the US banned all money accounts to online casinos?
:scratch: