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Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 250 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Monday, January 24, 2011 - 12:56 pm: |      |
I wanted our earlier departure so much that we departed 1,5 hours late. |
Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli
Post Number: 1849 Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 24, 2011 - 2:13 pm: |      |
Departure from your house? by train? car? plane? bus? booking of tickets relevant? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 251 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Monday, January 24, 2011 - 2:26 pm: |      |
Eli: Departure from your house? yope by train? car? this plane? bus? booking of tickets relevant? no |
Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma
Post Number: 1265 Registered: 9-2009
| | Posted on Monday, January 24, 2011 - 4:35 pm: |      |
Relevant who were you traveling with? If so: H?A?M? Relevant where you were going? If so: in another city? to some location in the same city? Relevant exactly were you departed from? Did the car break or otherwise malfunction in any way? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 255 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Monday, January 24, 2011 - 5:34 pm: |      |
Rbruma: Relevant who were you traveling with? yes If so: H?A?M? yes to all Relevant where you were going? only a bit If so: in another city? yes to some location in the same city? yope Relevant exactly were you departed from? no, the situation could have happened elsewhere Did the car break or otherwise malfunction in any way? noish |
Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma
Post Number: 1268 Registered: 9-2009
| | Posted on Monday, January 24, 2011 - 6:05 pm: |      |
The person you were traveling with: family member? friend? stranger? Only one relevant person traveling with you? Was he the cause for you leaving late? Did you miss something because you left late? An appointment? A natural phenomenon? |
Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin
Post Number: 11444 Registered: 4-2010
| | Posted on Monday, January 24, 2011 - 6:23 pm: |      |
Is the weather relevant? Traffic? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 258 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 8:52 am: |      |
Rbruma: The person you were traveling with: family member? not yet friend? stranger? Only one relevant person traveling with you? yes Was he the cause for you leaving late? yesish, but it's more than simply his existence Did you miss something because you left late? no An appointment? A natural phenomenon? Balin: Is the weather relevant? no Traffic? noish |
Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana
Post Number: 470 Registered: 12-2010
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 9:44 am: |      |
If he's not yet a family member, is he your boyfriend? fiancé? Was something wrong with the car? Did he do something with the car? Did you? Did he forget something so that you had to go back or couldn't leave on time? Did you? Did he say something relevant? Did you? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 259 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 12:41 pm: |      |
Doriana: If he's not yet a family member, is he your boyfriend? fiancé? this Was something wrong with the car? yope Did he do something with the car? yes Did you? no Did he forget something no so that you had to go back yes or couldn't leave on time? thay was the final result Did you? no Did he say something relevant? Did you? no to both |
Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin
Post Number: 11479 Registered: 4-2010
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 5:07 pm: |      |
Was the car low on gas? Completely out of gas? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 263 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 9:25 am: |      |
Balin: Was the car low on gas? Completely out of gas? no to both |
Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin
Post Number: 11509 Registered: 4-2010
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 3:45 pm: |      |
Was the car idling for a long time? Did its battery die? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 267 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 4:25 pm: |      |
Balin: Was the car idling for a long time? no Did its battery die? no |
Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma
Post Number: 1293 Registered: 9-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 4:36 pm: |      |
Was he driving? Were you? Relevant? So you both left and some point turned around, right? Did you go to your point of departure? To the same town/city/village from where you left? Did either of you ask for help from a mechanic? Is anyone else relevant to this puzzle? If so, H?A?M? More than one? Did he decide to go back? Did you? Relevant? Is weather relevant? Police checks along the way? (though I hope you weren't transporting guns or a dead body :-) Is the title relevant in another way than its obvious meaning? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 270 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 7:53 pm: |      |
Rbruma: Was he driving? yes Were you? Relevant? I don't think so So you both left and some point turned around, right? yes Did you go to your point of departure? yes To the same town/city/village from where you left? FA Did either of you ask for help from a mechanic? no Is anyone else relevant to this puzzle? If so, H?A?M? More than one? well, the whole trip was to visit my fiance's grandpa, but it's irrelevant to the puzzle Did he decide to go back? yope Did you? yope Relevant? Is weather relevant? no Police checks along the way? no(though I hope you weren't transporting guns or a dead body :-) :-) Is the title relevant in another way than its obvious meaning? no, it only points the whole story that my initial rush resulted in a big delay |
Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin
Post Number: 11517 Registered: 4-2010
| | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 1:10 am: |      |
Did you have no choice but to turn around? Did you leave from a town/city/village? From somewhere else? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 272 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 8:22 am: |      |
Balin: Did you have no choice but to turn around? yesish Did you leave from a town/city/village? our departure point was my home city, if it's what you're asking. The point when we had to go back was still within the same city From somewhere else? so no |
Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli
Post Number: 1853 Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 3:11 pm: |      |
Would you? or your fiance? done something differently, if you hadn't rushed to get on the road early? Because you rushed it, did you? him? forget to check something vital? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 283 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 3:19 pm: |      |
Eli: Would you? no or your fiance? yes done something differently, if you hadn't rushed to get on the road early? at least he claims so :-) Because you rushed it, did you? no him? yes forget to check something vital? yesish to yope, be careful and look out for FA |
Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin
Post Number: 11529 Registered: 4-2010
| | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 3:22 pm: |      |
Did he? or you? forget something? Forget the other person? And drive off without them? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 284 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 3:32 pm: |      |
Balin: Did he? or you? forget something? when? Forget the other person? no And drive off without them? no |
Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma
Post Number: 1295 Registered: 9-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 5:21 pm: |      |
Let me get this straight: you and your fiancee go on a trip to visit a relative; at some point, you turn around, while still in the city. Correct? Wild guess: did you follow a map and mistakenly went into the opposite direction? (South versus North, for example?) Was his decision to turn back justified? Did you agree on that? Relevant? Relevant why you were anxious to be on time? Did either of you receive a message from the person you were trying to reach saying that he will not be available? Relevant when you left? If so, in the morning? Afternoon? Evening? In the middle of the night? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 285 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 7:34 pm: |      |
Rbruma: Let me get this straight: you and your fiancee go on a trip to visit a relative; at some point, you turn around, while still in the city. Correct? generally yes, but it's more to "turning around" Wild guess: did you follow a map and mistakenly went into the opposite direction? (South versus North, for example?) no, we know the way and we didn't use map Was his decision to turn back justified? yes Did you agree on that? yes Relevant? only that it was the only reasonable thing to do Relevant why you were anxious to be on time? no, that is my general anxiety about sticking to the plan Did either of you receive a message from the person you were trying to reach saying that he will not be available? no, that's not the case. Of course we had to contact our relatives and tell them about delay Relevant when you left? we left in fact twice... If so, in the morning? initial plan was this, as a result we departed at noon Afternoon? Evening? In the middle of the night? |
Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli
Post Number: 1858 Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 9:50 pm: |      |
Is it relevant how far you had come on your journey before you turned around? Oh, just a passing thought. Because you rushed him to leave as early as possible, did you fiance forget to bring something important? Like something he had promised to buy for his grandpa? Or something he had borrowed from him and was going to return that day? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 287 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 - 8:27 am: |      |
Eli: Is it relevant how far you had come on your journey before you turned around? yes, it wouldn't have worked if we had left our home city Oh, just a passing thought. Because you rushed him to leave as early as possible, did you fiance forget to bring something important? no, nothing important was left home. However, forgetting about something is relevant Like something he had promised to buy for his grandpa? Or something he had borrowed from him and was going to return that day? |
Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin
Post Number: 11544 Registered: 4-2010
| | Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 - 3:36 pm: |      |
Did you forget about another scheduled event? Something else you had to do? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 291 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 - 5:56 pm: |      |
Balin: Did you forget about another scheduled event? no, but exploring "another scheduled event" may be helpful Something else you had to do? no |
Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin
Post Number: 11554 Registered: 4-2010
| | Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 - 6:07 pm: |      |
Had you made any other plans? |
Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli
Post Number: 1861 Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 - 11:01 pm: |      |
Did he forget to do something important? Something that most people would do before leaving their house? Like checking if the cooker was off, or that no candles were lit? Did he forget to lock the door? Or maybe he was doing something outdoors and had forgotten to bring something back indoors before you left? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 292 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 9:20 am: |      |
Balin: Had you made any other plans? yes and this is important Eli: Did he forget to do something important? yes Something that most people would do before leaving their ...yes house? ...but no Like checking if the cooker was off, or that no candles were lit? no to these Did he forget to lock the door? no, but... Or maybe he was doing something outdoors we were both doing something relevant outdoors and had forgotten to bring something back indoors before you left? but no |
Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana
Post Number: 478 Registered: 12-2010
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 12:26 pm: |      |
Were you gardening? Did he forget to close the tap for the garden hose? Did he forget to unplug the lawn mower? Did he forget to lock/close something? The garage? The garden shed? A window? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 293 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 3:56 pm: |      |
Doriana: Were you gardening? no Did he forget to close the tap for the garden hose? Did he forget to unplug the lawn mower? so no Did he forget to lock/close something? no, quite contrarily... The garage? The garden shed? A window? so no to these |
Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma
Post Number: 1305 Registered: 9-2009
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 4:05 pm: |      |
Pets relevant? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 294 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 8:38 pm: |      |
Rbruma: Pets relevant? no, sorry |
Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana
Post Number: 487 Registered: 12-2010
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 8:39 pm: |      |
Did he lock/close something that shouldn't have been closed? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 295 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 9:18 pm: |      |
Doriana: Did he lock/close something that shouldn't have been closed? yesish |
Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli
Post Number: 1865 Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 9:47 pm: |      |
Were you supposed to leave something unlocked, like your garden shed or your garage, so that someone could go in and collect something while you were away? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 298 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 10:22 pm: |      |
Eli: Were you supposed to leave something unlocked, like your garden shed or your garage, so that someone could go in and collect something while you were away? no, it's not the case |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 299 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 10:33 pm: |      |
RECAP: Last Sunday my fiance and me were going to another city to visit my fiance's grandpa. Due to my anxiety to leave early (the details are still to be determined), we departed 1,5 hours late. You established so far that we were yopishly going to another location in our city, that we made also another relevant plan, that something was yopishly wrong with the car, although it worked properly, had enough gas and didn't run out of battery. You know also that we had to go back home, and it was only reasonable thing to do, however nothing important was forgotten from or about the house. The scenario couldn't have happened if we had already left our home city. The situation involves forgetting and yesishly locking something that shouldn't have been locked (although the latter will need clarifying). |
Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana
Post Number: 490 Registered: 12-2010
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 10:33 pm: |      |
Wild guess: Did you want to defrost your fridge/freezer so that you had to keep the door open, but he closed it? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 300 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 10:35 pm: |      |
Doriana: Wild guess: Did you want to defrost your fridge/freezer so that you had to keep the door open, but he closed it? no, it's not the case either |
Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana
Post Number: 491 Registered: 12-2010
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 10:44 pm: |      |
Oh well, I just realised that it's not something in the house, right? Is it something you had with you? Like a suitcase that was locked and you had to go back to get the key? Or a part of the car? Is it important why going back would have been impossible if you had already left the city? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 304 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 10:49 pm: |      |
Doriana: Oh well, I just realised that it's not something in the house, right? right Is it something you had with you? yope Like a suitcase that was locked and you had to go back to get the key? no, but... Or a part of the car? yope Is it important why going back would have been impossible if you had already left the city? yes |
Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin
Post Number: 11572 Registered: 4-2010
| | Posted on Sunday, January 30, 2011 - 3:51 am: |      |
Was it the car itself? Something near the house? The house itself? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 306 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Sunday, January 30, 2011 - 2:39 pm: |      |
Balin: Was it the car itself? YES Something near the house? The house itself? and no to the rest |
Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma
Post Number: 1316 Registered: 9-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, January 30, 2011 - 2:57 pm: |      |
Did you first try to use public transportation and for some reason you turned back and took the car instead? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 309 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Sunday, January 30, 2011 - 5:46 pm: |      |
Did you first try to use public transportation and for some reason you turned back and took the car instead? no, quite contrarily |
Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana
Post Number: 515 Registered: 12-2010
| | Posted on Sunday, January 30, 2011 - 6:00 pm: |      |
Did you leave by car, go back and use public transport then? Hmm, I'm wondering how you can lock a car when you're already in there. But you were in there, weren't you? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 310 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Monday, January 31, 2011 - 8:49 am: |      |
Doriana: Did you leave by car, yes go back and use public transport then? not quite. That's where our another plan is relevant Hmm, I'm wondering how you can lock a car when you're already in there. But you were in there, weren't you? no, not us... well, our car is old and it all couldn't have happened if we had a brand new car |
Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin
Post Number: 11596 Registered: 4-2010
| | Posted on Monday, January 31, 2011 - 5:07 pm: |      |
Did the car have manual locks? Manual windows? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 319 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Monday, January 31, 2011 - 6:53 pm: |      |
Balin: Did the car have manual locks? what is manual lock? It has not a central lock, all doors must be locked manually, if it's what you're asking Manual windows? yes, but irrelevant |
Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma
Post Number: 1317 Registered: 9-2009
| | Posted on Monday, January 31, 2011 - 8:41 pm: |      |
Did you lock the keys of the car in the car? Like leaving them in the trunk and closing the decklid with them inside? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 324 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2011 - 12:20 am: |      |
Rbruma: Did you lock the keys of the car in the car? YES! You've got it! Like leaving them in the trunk and closing the decklid with them inside? So, what was the whole story and how it has to do with my eagerness to leave early? |
Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin
Post Number: 11628 Registered: 4-2010
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2011 - 3:19 am: |      |
Were the keys in the ignition while locked in the car? Did you leave the car idling? And accidentally locked the car? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 326 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2011 - 10:48 am: |      |
Balin: Were the keys in the ignition while locked in the car? yes Did you leave the car idling? the engine was not working, if it's what you're asking And accidentally locked the car? yes |
Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin
Post Number: 11633 Registered: 4-2010
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2011 - 2:12 pm: |      |
Did the car not start? Did you leave the car to try and fix the engine? But accidentally left the keys in it? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 330 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2011 - 5:42 pm: |      |
Balin: Did the car not start? Did you leave the car to try and fix the engine? But accidentally left the keys in it? no, that's not it. The car was perfectly good. We did the whole journey there and back in this car. You're forgetting about something You established before... |
Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin
Post Number: 11638 Registered: 4-2010
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2011 - 12:49 am: |      |
Were either of you locked in the car with the keys? Were you unable to remove the keys to unlock the car? Or did you just forget they were in the ignition? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 332 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2011 - 11:46 am: |      |
Balin: Were either of you locked in the car with the keys? no, we were outside the car Were you unable to remove the keys to unlock the car? the keys were locked inside the car... Or did you just forget they were in the ignition? that was rather a question of habits, my fiance usually locks all the door besides his one from inside, not to run around the car locking doors |
Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin
Post Number: 11646 Registered: 4-2010
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2011 - 1:17 pm: |      |
Did you have a spare set of keys? Was the car locked from the inside? The outside? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 336 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2011 - 2:49 pm: |      |
Balin: Did you have a spare set of keys? where? Was the car locked from the inside? yes The outside? no |
Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma
Post Number: 1322 Registered: 9-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2011 - 3:56 pm: |      |
Did you have the spare keys at another location? If this is so, is the following sequence of events correct: 1. You decide to leave by car to another city 2. Somehow before leaving you manage to lock the keys in the car 3. You travel by public transport to another location where you keep the spares 4. You take them, return to your car and finally set off for the journey you originally planned 1.5 hours late Were you anxious to leave early because of the traffic? And finally you failed to avoid it? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 337 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2011 - 9:58 pm: |      |
Rbruma: Did you have the spare keys at another location? other to the one where we locked the keys in the car, yes If this is so, is the following sequence of events correct: 1. You decide to leave by car to another city yes 2. Somehow before leaving no you manage to lock the keys in the car yes, you're missing an important element before this 3. You travel by public transport yes to another location see above where you keep the spares yes 4. You take them, return to your car and finally set off for the journey you originally planned 1.5 hours late yes Were you anxious to leave early because of the traffic? no, we just set a plan and I wanted to keep it And finally you failed to avoid it? no, look rather for what my fiance could find as an excuse :-) |
Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana
Post Number: 531 Registered: 12-2010
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2011 - 10:38 pm: |      |
Did you stop somewhere on your way and locked the keys there so that you had to go back home, get the spare keys and go back to your car by public transport? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 338 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2011 - 11:04 pm: |      |
Doriana: Did you stop somewhere on your way and locked the keys there so that you had to go back home, get the spare keys and go back to your car by public transport? yes, exactly! Well done. So, what that all have to do with early leaving? |
Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin
Post Number: 11665 Registered: 4-2010
| | Posted on Thursday, February 03, 2011 - 3:28 am: |      |
Did you leave while it was still dark outside? While it was light? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 339 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Thursday, February 03, 2011 - 9:49 am: |      |
Balin: Did you leave while it was still dark outside? noWhile it was light? yes, we planned to leave at 10.00 am, I wanted to bake fresh cookies for grandpa in the morning :-) |
Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana
Post Number: 534 Registered: 12-2010
| | Posted on Thursday, February 03, 2011 - 10:48 am: |      |
Did you want the cookies to still be warm when you arrive? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 340 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Thursday, February 03, 2011 - 9:54 pm: |      |
Doriana: Did you want the cookies to still be warm when you arrive? no, I mentioned the cookies just that there was much time in the morning |
Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin
Post Number: 11687 Registered: 4-2010
| | Posted on Thursday, February 03, 2011 - 10:01 pm: |      |
Did your grandpa have something going on that day? That evening? |
Larru (Larru)
New member Username: Larru
Post Number: 9 Registered: 2-2011
| | Posted on Friday, February 04, 2011 - 1:26 am: |      |
Is it relevant whose car it was? Yours? His? Whose house you left? Yours? His? Is where you stopped relevant? If so, his or your house? A public place? Is reason for stopping relevant? If so, to buy something? do something there? obtain something? drop something off? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 341 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Friday, February 04, 2011 - 12:35 pm: |      |
Balin: Did your grandpa have something going on that day? That evening? no to both Larru: Is it relevant whose car it was? Yours? His? no, it's not really relevant. It's his, by the way Whose house you left? Yours? His? ours, irrelevant Is where you stopped relevant? not really, only the fact of stopping and that we had to go outside was relevant If so, his or your house? A public place? it was cemetery, by the way Is reason for stopping relevant? If so, to buy something? do something there? this, light a candle obtain something? drop something off? The story is pretty much complete, only element missing is what I did in order to leave early, what was later an excuse for mindless locking the keys inside the car |
Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin
Post Number: 11699 Registered: 4-2010
| | Posted on Friday, February 04, 2011 - 1:27 pm: |      |
Did you want to light the candle while it was still dark? |
Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma
Post Number: 1342 Registered: 9-2009
| | Posted on Saturday, February 05, 2011 - 10:01 am: |      |
I think I'm missing something here... did your fiance lock his own door from the inside (I suppose with the door open :-) and then exited, shut the door and it remained locked? And the fact that he locked the door from the inside has something to do with something that you did to leave early? Did you both walk to the cemetery? Did you forget to take cigarettes, so while he was waiting in the car, he had to go to buy some? Or you put something in the trunk and he had to go outside and retrieve the thing? Did you both exited the car at approx. the same time? Is it correct that the locking system is fully manual, so in order to lock the doors one must either go around and lock them with a key or else physically press the buttons of each door from the inside? Did you get off first? Did he? Relevant? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 349 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Monday, February 07, 2011 - 12:46 pm: |      |
Balin: Did you want to light the candle while it was still dark? no, it wasn't that early Rbruma: I think I'm missing something here... did your fiance lock his own door from the inside (I suppose with the door open :-) and then exited, shut the door and it remained locked? you may assume so, it's fairly close And the fact that he locked the door from the inside has something to do with something that you did to leave early? see hint below Did you both walk to the cemetery? yes Did you forget to take cigarettes, so while he was waiting in the car, he had to go to buy some? no Or you put something in the trunk and he had to go outside and retrieve the thing? no Did you both exited the car at approx. the same time? yes Is it correct that the locking system is fully manual, so in order to lock the doors one must either go around and lock them with a key or else physically press the buttons of each door from the inside? yes, and the latter happened in our case Did you get off first? Did he? Relevant? irrelevant HINT: you know all you need to know about the car. What can one possibly say as an excuse for upsent-mindedly locking the keys inside the car? |
Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin
Post Number: 11749 Registered: 4-2010
| | Posted on Monday, February 07, 2011 - 1:31 pm: |      |
Did each of you think that the other had the keys? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 350 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Monday, February 07, 2011 - 1:53 pm: |      |
Balin: Did each of you think that the other had the keys? no, I do not drive this particular car and my fiance knows it well |
Redwine (Redwine)
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Post Number: 351 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Monday, February 07, 2011 - 2:01 pm: |      |
RECAP: My fiance and me wanted to visit my fiance's grandpa who lives in another city. We planned to leave by car at about 10 a.m. In order to keep the plan, I did something ordinary which everyone does if he wants to leave early. On the way, but still within the city, we took the stop at the cemetery, to light a candle at my little sister's grave. When we came back to the car, it turned out that all the four car doors are closed while the keys are in ignition. We had to go by public transport back home, take the spare keys and go back to the cemetery and the car. That all resulted in a delay of 1,5 hours. And as I expressed my annoyance about how one can lock the keys in the car, my fiance referred to the thing I did in the morning, saying that if I hadn't done that, he wouldn't have locked the keys inside the car. |
Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin
Post Number: 11755 Registered: 4-2010
| | Posted on Monday, February 07, 2011 - 5:37 pm: |      |
Did you wake up early? Set your alarm clock earlier? |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 357 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Monday, February 07, 2011 - 10:01 pm: |      |
Balin: Did you wake up early? YES! You've got it! Set your alarm clock earlier? *****SPOILER********** My fiance and me wanted to visit my fiance's grandpa who lives in another city. We planned to leave by car at about 10 a.m. My fiance claims he likes to wake up early, so he set his alarm clock on 7.00. I woke him up finally at 8.30 and he really didn't want to get up. I baked the cookies for grandpa and we left about 10.00 am. On the way, but still within the city, we took the stop at the cemetery, to light a candle at my little sister's grave. When we came back to the car, it turned out that all the four car doors are locked while the keys are in ignition. We had to go by public transport back home, take the spare keys and go back to the cemetery and the car. That all resulted in a delay of 1,5 hours. And as I expressed my annoyance about how one can lock the keys in the car, my fiance said simply: If only you had let me sleep half an hour longer... And for those wondering how one can lock the keys inside the car... The back door of our car can be locked while open, without using the keys. You simply press the tiny black button and shut the door, and they are locked. The front doors cannot be shut like this, just for nobody can lock the keys inside the car. However, they can be locked from inside while closed. My fiance has a habit of locking as many doors as possible without using the keys. That day I got out of the car and he - still inside - locked passenger's front door. Then he opened the back door from driver's side, because he put the candle on the back seats. While in the back, he locked the front driver's door from inside, then locked the back door while open and simply shut them. And that's the whole story. |
Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin
Post Number: 11773 Registered: 4-2010
| | Posted on Monday, February 07, 2011 - 11:35 pm: |      |
Wow, that's an intricate locking system. And a great puzzle, to boot! Though I do express my sympathies for your little sister. I'm not sure exactly how I should properly express condolences, so...yeah. |
Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine
Post Number: 367 Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 08, 2011 - 8:34 am: |      |
Balin: Though I do express my sympathies for your little sister. I'm not sure exactly how I should properly express condolences, so...yeah. Thank you. And that's ok. I have never met her, in fact. She died soon after birth and I was a little child then. |