Sudokuaholics Anonymous 8

Morning all!
June, MizT and Brenda, I don't know what I'd answer for that question! My first thought was that with A you are doing a second hand investigation with a potentially biased viewpoint, B could be inconclusive as the old lady might recognise a trick, with C, if you send a probe the old lady would hide the coins and you wouldn't find them, and D -what fingerprints? where? In the end I stuck with C, hard evidence - no coins, nobody hiding them. And I'm supposed to know scientific method!

Morning Viv, didn't see you there and had to go back to check how I got the TOPP!

Past Aussie papers can be accessed online, and the multiple choice answers are given. I don't know if you can do the same thing with the UK papers.

If you're interested in the Aussie ones you can find them here...
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_exams/hsc2008exams/

This is also interesting because it shows a list of all the different subjects that are available to be taken in the final 2 years of school. Most subjects are not available in most schools - if that makes sense. eg Arabic, Aremenian, Croatian and Hebrew are not offered in my area, but Dance is...

Just realised I put in the link for 2008 papers only,

http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_exams/

That one goes back more years and the earlier papers have the marking guidelines available.

Back with the ram. He's a big boy.... about 200 lbs. I got him on the second toss of the rope. Everyone was impressed. He's in with my ewes now, and really happy. He didn't know there were so many ewes on the planet..... he had been in with only 2 ewes.

Good afternoon. My answer to the science question was, ignore it. I was never good at science and when I see that word, my brain shuts down. I am going to post a 5th grade math question. I will not tell the answer, but will send a pm if you want to know if you are correct.

5th Grade Math Problem:

This is not a trick question. This is a real math
problem, so don't say that a bus has no legs. There is no bus driver.

There are 7 girls in a bus.
Each girl has 7 backpacks.
In each backpack, there are 7 big cats.
For every big cat there are 7 little cats.

Question: How many legs are there in the bus?

I've seen that question before Tami - and I think I got it wrong!

Morning rush....

As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with 40 wives.
Every wife had 40 sacks.
Every sack had 40 cats.
Every cat had 40 kits.
Kits, cats, sacks, wives:
How many were going to St. Ives?

Heidi, it is not the same as St. Ives. I learned St. Ives with 7 wives, 7 sacks, 7 cats etc. I know the answer but won't say it here to ruin it for others.

Suzy, you can always send me the answer by pm. I won't let anyone else know if you got it wrong.

I wasn't asking for answers. I just thought your question sounded like it.

Tami, should I pout my answer here? or PM it to you?

Heidi, your riddle is another my Dad taught me, years ago, but with 7s instead of 40s in it. I worked math for a long time, no calculators in our house, heck there were no hand held calculators back then!

It doesn't matter if there are 7's or 40's. The answer is the same.

Sure is Heidi, hehehe. I got so mad at my dad when I at last figured it out. All that math for nothing. but I did learn to read questions carefully.

I sent Tami my answer on the math thing. did I get it right teacher? did I?

Remember.... sacks don't have legs, and girls only have 2 each.

And I don't have enough fingers to count that high.

MizTricia, your answer is correct. Thank you sending it by pm in case someone else wants to try it.
Heidi, I wasn't saying you were looking for answers. The first time I was told the bus problem I also thought of St. Ives. I also wanted to say buses don't have legs.

Empty house! It seems to take longer to get empty every day....

Tricia, you get a gold star for getting it correct and for being the first person to answer it. I had to substitute a thumbs up as I don't have a gold star smilie.

Hi Suzy and bye Suzy, I have to go fling food.

Good Morning SA8, why is it every morning my first post disappears?

Hi Broni! I can't post some things. Like 'empty house' or 'good morning'. I have to add something to it or it doesn't go through. Could that be it?

Here's that gold star for MizT.

Hi Zusy, not sure, just seems to be my first post for the day.
Hi Heidi, googled lariat and all I got was jewellery but got the gist, lucky ram BYW how is Lucky?

I've done the puzzles, time to do ffuts... don't wanna!!!!! (Enough they say, we get enough tantrums from our kids without you throwing one too.)

lariat |ˈlarēət|
noun
a rope used as a lasso or for tethering.
ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Spanish la reata, from la ‘the’ and reatar ‘tie again’ (based on Latin aptare ‘adjust,’ from aptus ‘apt, fitting’ ).

I've named him White Bart. His grandpa was the best ram I ever had. His name was Black Bart. This guy looks like a white version of him. Very long and wide in body.

Lucky has figured out how to get out of the yard. He lays on his side and wiggles under the gates. Then he chases the cats and poultry for fun. Once he's tired, he goes back in the yard. I think he's TOO smart.

Hehe! Heidi, just wait until he gets too big to wiggle under the gate, will you train him to help you heard up the animals?
Yep time to do ffuts myself Zusy.

Hello, Everyone! I'm not really here, as it's food flinging time. I hope to get back later!

For those who have asked Indi has settled well into the household. Callie has accepted her but they are still in a struggle to see who has top position in this house pack.
She is nothing like her description from the re-homing centre. According to them she snatches at treats, she plays with toys and balls, she is very vocal when meeting other dogs. In actual fact she is exactly the opposite. She waits until she is told for treats, she is not interested in playing with toys/balls and she rarely barks at other dogs. She is also housetrained.
After a long walk yesterday she had to have a shower, now her fur feels silky soft, not greasy as it did before.

Heidi, lucky sounds wonderful.
Your new Ram must think he has died and gone to heaven, with all your ewes.

Morning everyone.

STill to read and catch up with SA news.

We here in the West, went off daylight savings yesterday morning.

Catch you all later, after I have been to the Gym.

Good morning lovely SA8 people - can't stop to chat this morning, have to help Col with some quotes. If he gets these jobs, we'll be laughing for a couple of months. They're big jobs.
Jewel back to normal today. Col gone for his Xray.
Heidi - so White Bart is in sheep heaven with all the ewes. I know how many people are going to St Ives.
The other one, I did know the answer but have forgotten it and remember how frustrating it was last time so I'll pass this time - sorry Tami.
Brenda - thanks for the update on Indi, glad she's settling in well.
Hello Rolanda, Suzy, Susan, Broni, MizT, Viv and anyone else I may have missed.

New puzzle update. Joining MizTricia with the correct answer is Julie and Suzy. I don't have gold stars but Heidi will provide them later I am sure. Thanks Heidi. I will post the correct answer and an explanation in a few days.

Cyn, no need to be sorry. You don't have to solve the puzzle. I just posted it for those who want to. Hope Col is feeling better and glad Jewel is better.

Here's a gold star for Julie
and a gold star for Suzy.

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