tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post3358981085251355813..comments2024-03-18T19:20:51.036-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Oct 8, 2017): What did Henry Ford Do?Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger275125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-37377143413383719702017-10-15T06:25:20.051-07:002017-10-15T06:25:20.051-07:00You know a so called challenge is trivial when you...You know a so called challenge is trivial when you listen to the puzzle while doing an outdoor fitness walk and have the solution, without pencil and paper, before covering another 10 yards. SuperZeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024610786525654860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-26758497097036232142017-10-15T05:54:26.465-07:002017-10-15T05:54:26.465-07:00Done! Will must have misspoke; he actually meant ...Done! Will must have misspoke; he actually meant a two-minute challenge, not a two-week challenge.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-26090851632269959402017-10-15T05:50:07.814-07:002017-10-15T05:50:07.814-07:00OK, more than 720 possibilities, since you can mov...OK, more than 720 possibilities, since you can move digits to make numbers of more than 2 digits.<br /><br />"Over 2000 correct entries" this week, BTW.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-76476915325801531622017-10-15T05:33:58.402-07:002017-10-15T05:33:58.402-07:00Next week's challenge: This is a two-week chal...Next week's challenge: This is a two-week challenge, and it comes from Zack Guido, who's the author of the book Of Course! The Greatest Collection of Riddles & Brain Teasers for Expanding Your Mind. Write down the equation 65 – 43 = 21. You'll notice that this is not correct. 65 minus 43 equals 22, not 21. The object is to move exactly two of the digits to create a correct equation. There is no trick in the puzzle's wording. In the answer, the minus and equal signs do not move.<br /><br />Pretty easy. Sure didn't need 2 weeks.Berfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01569731248228555267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-20679988363821598032017-10-15T05:14:36.718-07:002017-10-15T05:14:36.718-07:00Doesn't seem worthy of a 2-week challenge. Th...Doesn't seem worthy of a 2-week challenge. There are only 720 ways to arrange those 6 digits.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-45027734639204442092017-10-15T05:04:40.449-07:002017-10-15T05:04:40.449-07:00Next week's challenge: This is a two-week chal...<b>Next week's challenge:</b> This is a two-week challenge, and it comes from Zack Guido, who's the author of the book <i>Of Course! The Greatest Collection of Riddles & Brain Teasers for Expanding Your Mind</i>. Write down the equation 65 – 43 = 21. You'll notice that this is not correct. 65 minus 43 equals 22, not 21. The object is to move exactly two of the digits to create a correct equation. There is no trick in the puzzle's wording. In the answer, the minus and equal signs do not move.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-46036619745376451652017-10-14T14:58:58.630-07:002017-10-14T14:58:58.630-07:00I was thinking that the shooter could have been li...I was thinking that the shooter could have been like a manchurian candidate..programmed to kill.Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139505187498448200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-1961033007739377072017-10-13T20:03:31.475-07:002017-10-13T20:03:31.475-07:00He doesn't look familiar to me. I just remembe...He doesn't look familiar to me. I just remember the '62 version. Was that guy in the '04 version? I was trying to find him on IMDB but no luck!68Chargerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08752278586155221236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-44490166462150359592017-10-13T18:58:55.485-07:002017-10-13T18:58:55.485-07:00Remember the movie Manchurian Candidate?Remember the movie Manchurian Candidate?Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139505187498448200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-22157063488759170152017-10-13T17:49:59.568-07:002017-10-13T17:49:59.568-07:00Yes, how are you posting without power? Yes, how are you posting without power? Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139505187498448200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-81076673743523376892017-10-13T17:46:56.751-07:002017-10-13T17:46:56.751-07:00First time I wanted to be de-moted. Thank you for ...First time I wanted to be de-moted. Thank you for your wishes. Now worried about Mendo Jim.Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139505187498448200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-73586414650414933192017-10-13T17:45:10.465-07:002017-10-13T17:45:10.465-07:00Please keep us informed. I wish you the best.Please keep us informed. I wish you the best.Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139505187498448200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-24951071197305842572017-10-13T17:06:41.332-07:002017-10-13T17:06:41.332-07:00MJ: Hope you are doing the right thing. I recall w...MJ: Hope you are doing the right thing. I recall when I evacuated the traffic was slow and crowded and people were rude and yelling. The flames were up to the sky it seemed. Last minute leaving might not be as fast as you hope as others may have the same idea. What if your phone runs out of power? Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139505187498448200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-440988636097838812017-10-13T17:03:42.147-07:002017-10-13T17:03:42.147-07:00I thought he fought somewhere.I thought he fought somewhere.Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139505187498448200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-81750644897215590552017-10-13T16:14:42.976-07:002017-10-13T16:14:42.976-07:00I know there is not an easy solution to mass shoot...I know there is not an easy solution to mass shootings, but there is <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LORVfnFtcH0" rel="nofollow">something</a> to consider.<br /><br />68Chargerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08752278586155221236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-33587727177404583222017-10-13T13:59:17.323-07:002017-10-13T13:59:17.323-07:00Of course the theories are all over the place, fro...Of course the theories are all over the place, from <b><a href="http://yournewswire.com/julian-assange-fbi-weapons-massacre/" rel="nofollow">Julian Assange asserting</a></b> it was an FBI plot, to the <b><a href="http://themostimportantnews.com/archives/was-las-vegas-shooter-stephen-craig-paddock-an-anti-trump-activist-with-ties-to-antifa" rel="nofollow"> right wingnuts claim</a></b> that Paddock was an anti-Trump shill for Antifa.ecoarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824602705492756728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-67149170826481045702017-10-13T13:59:11.129-07:002017-10-13T13:59:11.129-07:00Lack of motive.Lack of motive.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-42657093635512935152017-10-13T13:51:50.924-07:002017-10-13T13:51:50.924-07:00> What else but freedom of judgement and action...> What else but freedom of judgement and action does old age bring?<br /><br />We age steaks, too, before setting them on fire. (I've always found your <i>rare</i> wit to be <i> well done</i>. Stay safe!)janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-53049132963173158972017-10-13T13:50:34.509-07:002017-10-13T13:50:34.509-07:00"...why beholdest thou the mote that is in th..."...why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?"Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-18512515776601946142017-10-13T13:42:38.022-07:002017-10-13T13:42:38.022-07:00So, if power and cell service are out, how are you...So, if power and cell service are out, how are you posting?janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-63752281296663898202017-10-13T13:40:21.290-07:002017-10-13T13:40:21.290-07:00Maybe the Valium was just to steady his hands, to ...Maybe the Valium was just to steady his hands, to improve his aim. (Just kidding; with the bump stocks he was using, the rifle bounces around so much that aiming isn't really a thing.) Though competitive shooters have been known to use beta blockers for the same purpose.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-29138143047988397142017-10-13T13:39:19.599-07:002017-10-13T13:39:19.599-07:00Depends.Depends.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-75998182804683358802017-10-13T13:36:37.669-07:002017-10-13T13:36:37.669-07:00Cell phone service quit days ago.
The evacuation o...Cell phone service quit days ago.<br />The evacuation order was a poorly conceived unenforced cover-your-ass move, still in effect and causing way more trouble than help or safety. <br />What else but freedom of judgement and action does old age bring?Mendo Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481821676197739907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-34866114277576117942017-10-13T13:33:22.760-07:002017-10-13T13:33:22.760-07:00I suspect they will do something about the bumpsto...I suspect they will do something about the bumpstock issue, although I understand they are not available now anyway. Whatever they do, I don't expect it to be effective. I see this as another sideshow to deflect attention on all the destruction Trump and his administration are spewing. We really do need to wake up to what is happening.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-20507509851874846062017-10-13T13:29:05.894-07:002017-10-13T13:29:05.894-07:00Glad you're okay MJ; I appreciate the independ...Glad you're okay MJ; I appreciate the independence but question the wisdom of staying put. The air must be foul, it's putrid down here, almost like being in New Jersey.ecoarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824602705492756728noreply@blogger.com