| Author | Message | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1191 Registered: 6-2006 |
Ten dollars got him the information that had eluded many others for years, so he was arrested. | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 241 Registered: 11-2003 |
Both he's the same? Did he buy the information from someone? Did he pay 10 dollars for something else that led him to the information? Crime involved? Relevant where? and when? this took place? Anything relevant about him? | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 242 Registered: 11-2003 |
Oh, BTW. He a male? human? adult? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1193 Registered: 6-2006 |
Both he's the same?no Did he buy the information from someone?yope Did he pay 10 dollars for something else that led him to the information?yesish Crime involved?yes Relevant where?yesish and when?yesish this took place? Anything relevant about him?about the first him, nosih, the second him, yes. Oh, BTW. He a male? human? adult?yes for both of them | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 622 Registered: 3-2006 |
So we have two men in the puzzle? May we call them Bill and Ben? Bill gets the information, and Ben is arrested: is this right? Does Ben supply the information? Are both men breaking the law? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1194 Registered: 6-2006 |
So we have two men in the puzzle? May we call them Bill and Ben? sure Bill gets the information, and Ben is arrested: is this right?yes Does Ben supply the information?yes Are both men breaking the law?no | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 320 Registered: 6-2003 |
Is this a true story? Fiction? FYOI? Is only one of them breaking the law? If so, is this man Bill? Ben? What is this law: copyright? data protection? confidentiality agreement? contractual? Does it matter in the slightest how much money was paid? In what form was this information given to Bill: email? access to a hidden webpage? in this post? fax? Is this relevant? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1196 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is this a true story?yes Fiction? FYOI? Is only one of them breaking the law?yes If so, is this man Bill? Ben? Ben What is this law: copyright? data protection? confidentiality agreement? contractual? none of these Does it matter in the slightest how much money was paid? noish or yope In what form was this information given to Bill: email?no access to a hidden webpage?no in this post?no fax?no Is this relevant?yes | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 248 Registered: 11-2003 |
Was it sent by letter? Are they working for some country's intelligence agency? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1198 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was it sent by letter? no Are they working for some country's intelligence agency? no | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 625 Registered: 3-2006 |
Was the info given verbally? Face to face? By telephone? SMS? Is Ben guilty of murder? Theft? Fraud? Smuggling? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1202 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was the info given verbally?no Face to face?hmm...yope? By telephone?no SMS?no Is Ben guilty of murder?no Theft?no Fraud?no Smuggling?no | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 627 Registered: 3-2006 |
Did he acquire the information by just looking at someone or something? Was it written down? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1204 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did he acquire the information by just looking at someone or something?yope Was it written down?yes | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 383 Registered: 9-2003 |
is Bens crime a violent one? was anyone injured? did he take anything? was it a crime on a person? a building? a group of people? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1213 Registered: 6-2006 |
is Bens crime a violent one?no was anyone injured?no did he take anything?no was it a crime on a person?no a building?no a group of people?yope | ||
| Foulglory (Foulglory)
New member Username: Foulglory Post Number: 17 Registered: 1-2007 |
Did Bill work for the police? Did he ask Ben for information that made Ben inadvertedly admit something that got him arrested? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1219 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did Bill work for the police?no Did he ask Ben for information that made Ben inadvertedly admit something that got him arrested?no | ||
| Foulglory (Foulglory)
New member Username: Foulglory Post Number: 20 Registered: 1-2007 |
Was the crime a scam of some sort? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1221 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was the crime a scam of some sort?no | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 69 Registered: 4-2007 |
Did Ben discovered something he should have informed authorities about, but did not? Did information come from Ben? Did he reveal it knowingly? Was Ben paid or was someone else? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1247 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did Ben discovered something he should have informed authorities about, but did not?noish Did information come from Ben?yope Did he reveal it knowingly?no Was Ben paid or was someone else?someone else | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 80 Registered: 4-2007 |
The common scenarios that comes to mind: Bill meets Ben in a bar, buys him a drink ( pays bartender $10 ), and: arm-wrestles with him and spots a tattoo; is shown an old photo with an inscription; listens to a story which leads him to a news archive; gets beaten up by Ben, ends up under the table and reads the secret writing. Anything like that? :-) | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1249 Registered: 6-2006 |
The common scenarios that comes to mind: Bill meets Ben in a bar, buys him a drink ( pays bartender $10 ), and: arm-wrestles with him and spots a tattoo; is shown an old photo with an inscription; listens to a story which leads him to a news archive; gets beaten up by Ben, ends up under the table and reads the secret writing. Anything like that? :-) not even remotely similar. sorry. good story though...(although I wouldn't exactly call it common) | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 927 Registered: 8-2006 |
Please insert a LTPF list of crimes... I can't find it in any standing puzzles however | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1251 Registered: 6-2006 |
Please insert a LTPF list of crimes... I can't find it in any standing puzzles however The crime is perjury | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 955 Registered: 8-2006 |
So, Ben promised he would tell the truth and only the truth, but lies, and tells that the jury that he didn't give information to Bill? Relevant it was 10$? Would this work if the amounts were in the 100s? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1255 Registered: 6-2006 |
So, Ben promised he would tell the truth and only the truth, but lies,yes and tells that the jury that he didn't give information to Bill?no Relevant it was 10$?noish Would this work if the amounts were in the 100s?yes | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1274 Registered: 6-2006 |
Hint: Bill did not buy the information directly from Ben. Find out who he got it from and how. | ||
| E20 (E20)
New member Username: E20 Post Number: 289 Registered: 10-2004 |
Was Bill deliberately looking for the information? Or did he "stumble across it"? Did Bill read the information? In a book? Newspaper? Magazine? From a screen? In a document? Did Bill know Ben? Did Ben know Bill? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1334 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was Bill deliberately looking for the information?no Or did he "stumble across it"? yes Did Bill read the information?yes In a book?no Newspaper?no Magazine?no From a screen?no In a document? yes Did Bill know Ben?yope Did Ben know Bill?no | ||
| E20 (E20)
New member Username: E20 Post Number: 290 Registered: 10-2004 |
Did Bill realise the significance of his find as soon as he saw it? Did Bill yopeishly know Ben because Ben was famous? notorious? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1335 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did Bill realise the significance of his find as soon as he saw it? yes Did Bill yopeishly know Ben because Ben was famous?yesish notorious?yesish | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 473 Registered: 4-2007 |
So did Bill know of Ben, but had never met him? Or had met him once or twice, but didn't know him to speak of? Did the information contradict what Ben had said in court, proving that he had committed perjury? Did Bill buy the document for $10? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1336 Registered: 6-2006 |
So did Bill know of Ben, but had never met him?yes Or had met him once or twice, but didn't know him to speak of?not this Did the information contradict what Ben had said in court, proving that he had committed perjury?yes Did Bill buy the document for $10?yope | ||
| Grblizz (Grblizz)
New member Username: Grblizz Post Number: 3 Registered: 5-2007 |
Did Bill buy an article of clothing containing the document in its pockets? A piece of furniture with the document in it or on it? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1356 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did Bill buy an article of clothing containing the document in its pockets?no A piece of furniture with the document in it or on it?no...but both of these are kind of on the right track | ||
| Rabrab (Rabrab)
New member Username: Rabrab Post Number: 1362 Registered: 2-2005 |
Is the document a receipt for the purchase of something? a bill of sale? the record of some other transaction? a refund? an exchange? a trade? a letter? a memo? the minutes of a meeting? some sort of announcement [wedding? birth? death? divorce?] a traffic? or parking ticket? a will? a deed? a contract? some other legal paper? a bill? a bank statement? Had Ben written the document completely? written some part of it? not written it at all, but signed it? Neither written nor signed it? Was the document contained in something else that Bill purchased? For example, had it been used as a bookmark, and left in the book when it was sold? Should we find out what Ben said when he committed perjury? If yes, did he: say he was somewhere specific at a specific time, but the document proved that he was somewhere else at that time? say he was somewhere specific at a specific time, but the document proved that he was at that place at a different time? say he was not somewhere specific at a specific time, but the document proved that he was at that place at that time? Say he did something? Say he didn't do something? Say that he knew or interacted with someone? Say that he didn't know or didn't interact with someone? Say that he knew some fact or item of information? Say that he didn't know some fact or item of information? Say that he hadn't owned? or sold? or bought? some item or piece of property? Say that he had owned? or sold? or bought? some item or piece of property? Say that he had agreed to do some act, and had done it? Say that he had refused to do some act? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1362 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is the document a receipt for the purchase of something? unlikely a bill of sale? unlikely the record of some other transaction? a refund? an exchange? a trade? unlikely a letter? possibly a memo? possibly the minutes of a meeting? unlikely some sort of announcement [wedding? birth? death? divorce?] no a traffic? or parking ticket? no a will? no a deed? no a contract? unlikely some other legal paper? possibly a bill? unlikely a bank statement? unlikely Had Ben written the document completely? possibly written some part of it? possibly not written it at all, but signed it? possibly Neither written nor signed it? possibly Was the document contained in something else that Bill purchased?yes, but... For example, had it been used as a bookmark, and left in the book when it was sold? not like this Should we find out what Ben said when he committed perjury?noish If yes, did he: say he was somewhere specific at a specific time, but the document proved that he was somewhere else at that time? unlikely say he was somewhere specific at a specific time, but the document proved that he was at that place at a different time? not likely say he was not somewhere specific at a specific time, but the document proved that he was at that place at that time? not likely Say he did something? possibly Say he didn't do something? possibly Say that he knew or interacted with someone? not likely Say that he didn't know or didn't interact with someone? possibly Say that he knew some fact or item of information? not likely Say that he didn't know some fact or item of information? possibly Say that he hadn't owned? or sold? or bought? some item or piece of property? possibly, but not likely Say that he had owned? or sold? or bought? some item or piece of property? not likely Say that he had agreed to do some act, and had done it? not likely Say that he had refused to do some act? not likely Sorry for the vague answers, but this is based on a true event and I'm not positive of all the specifics. The specific document and specific act of perjury are not terribly relevant. How Ben came into possession of the info is the main thing here. | ||
| Rabrab (Rabrab)
New member Username: Rabrab Post Number: 1365 Registered: 2-2005 |
Had the document been sent from Ben to another person? from another person to Ben? From one person other than Ben to another person other than Ben? If yes to the last one, was Ben even aware that the document existed before Bill made it public? Had the document been deliberately hidden in the item that Bill bought? if yes, had it been hidden by Ben? from Ben? from someone other than Ben? Or had it been forgotten? Did Bill buy the item that the document was in? trade something for it? have it given to him for free? find it? [like finding a wallet on the street, or a briefcase on the bus?] salvage it? [dumpster-diving? curb-shopping?] Is it important that we determine what it was that Bill bought that had the letter/memo in it? where he bought it? who he bought it from? how long the letter/memo had been in it when Bill bought it? Are there any other relevant people beside Ben and Bill in this puzzle? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1365 Registered: 6-2006 |
Had the document been sent from Ben to another person? possibly at some point from another person to Ben? possibly From one person other than Ben to another person other than Ben? possibly If yes to the last one, was Ben even aware that the document existed before Bill made it public? YES Had the document been deliberately hidden in the item that Bill bought? yope, explore if yes, had it been hidden by Ben? yes from Ben? no from someone other than Ben? yes Or had it been forgotten? not likely Did Bill buy the item that the document was in? yesish trade something for it? no have it given to him for free? no find it?no [like finding a wallet on the street, or a briefcase on the bus?] salvage it?no [dumpster-diving? curb-shopping?] Is it important that we determine what it was that Bill bought that had the letter/memo in it?yes where he bought it? yope who he bought it from? yes how long the letter/memo had been in it when Bill bought it? noish Are there any other relevant people beside Ben and Bill in this puzzle? yes | ||
| Rabrab (Rabrab)
New member Username: Rabrab Post Number: 1368 Registered: 2-2005 |
So Ben had previously had control of the document that Bill found and used to discredit him; Ben is the person who put the document in the item that Bill found it in; and Ben had placed the document there to hide it from some other person. All right so far? Had Ben also owned the item that the document was in? Did some other person own the item? did some organization own it? Did Ben rent the item from this other person or organization? Yesish to "Bill bought the item that the document was in." Is the -ish because the document wasn't in one item , but was in more than one? [for example, the document was in a wallet that was in a coat lining, and Bill bought the coat at a thrift store, not realizing that the wallet was there? or it was in a folder that was in a stack of presumed-empty folders in a file cabinet that he bought?] Is the -ish because he didn't buy the item, he bought the contents of the item? [Around here, banks turn over the contents of abandoned safe-deposit boxes to the state, which holds them for a certain number of years, then auctions off the contents, except for personally identifiable items and legal documents. Anything like that?] How many other relevant people besides Bill and Ben? Age, gender, occupation relevant for each? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1369 Registered: 6-2006 |
So Ben had previously had control of the document that Bill found and used to discredit him; Ben is the person who put the document in the item that Bill found it in; and Ben had placed the document there to hide it from some other person. All right so far? Yesish Had Ben also owned the item that the document was in?yope Did some other person own the item?yope did some organization own it?yope Did Ben rent the item from this other person or organization? yesish Yesish to "Bill bought the item that the document was in." Is the -ish because the document wasn't in one item , but was in more than one?yope [for example, the document was in a wallet that was in a coat lining, and Bill bought the coat at a thrift store, not realizing that the wallet was there? or it was in a folder that was in a stack of presumed-empty folders in a file cabinet that he bought?] Is the -ish because he didn't buy the item, he bought the contents of the item?see next answer [Around here, banks turn over the contents of abandoned safe-deposit boxes to the state, which holds them for a certain number of years, then auctions off the contents, except for personally identifiable items and legal documents. Anything like that?Very, very much like this! Explore!] How many other relevant people besides Bill and Ben?3, I suppose. They are all indirectly relevant. Age, gender, occupation relevant for each? Occupation only | ||
| Rabrab (Rabrab)
New member Username: Rabrab Post Number: 1379 Registered: 2-2005 |
Very very much like a safe-deposit box? A you-store-it storage area? The storage area that often comes along with an apartment -- a lockable area in the basement of the building? a locker [at the gym, in a bus station, in a mall?] Or very very much like the process I described? a lost and found auction? a Post Office unclaimed package sale? a sheriff's sale/court-ordered bankruptcy sale? a police seized-goods sale? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1372 Registered: 6-2006 |
Very very much like a safe-deposit box? yesish A you-store-it storage area? YES The storage area that often comes along with an apartment -- a lockable area in the basement of the building? no a locker [at the gym, in a bus station, in a mall?] no Or very very much like the process I described? yes a lost and found auction? no a Post Office unclaimed package sale? no a sheriff's sale/court-ordered bankruptcy sale? no a police seized-goods sale? no | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1373 Registered: 6-2006 |
Should be 2 other relevant people, not 3 | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1376 Registered: 6-2006 |
I'm leaving this afternoon to go on a vacation through Monday. Please continue to ask questions, and I'll answer first thing Tuesday morning! | ||
| Rabrab (Rabrab)
New member Username: Rabrab Post Number: 1391 Registered: 2-2005 |
Hope you had a good vacay... So, Bill bought the contents of Ben's old storage locker at auction? Did Ben remember that the document was in the locker? Did Ben even remember that he had the locker or had he forgotten all about it? The other two relevant people: is one of them the owner of the locker yard? the auctioneer? an authenticator of some nature? an appraiser? a journalist? an author? someone else associated with news- or information-gathering? a lawyer? a judge? a police officer? someone else associated with law enforcement? Was there even an auction, or did Bill have a standing deal with the owner of the storage yard to buy the contents of abandoned lockers? Does it matter exactly where Bill found the document among the goods he bought? if so, was it: in an item of furniture? of clothing? in a box or bundle of other papers? in a box or bundle of miscellaneous other items? separate from everything else? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1377 Registered: 6-2006 |
Hope you had a good vacay... It was great! Thanks! So, Bill bought the contents of Ben's old storage locker at auction? yes Did Ben remember that the document was in the locker?probably Did Ben even remember that he had the locker or had he forgotten all about it?either is plausible...explore The other two relevant people: is one of them the owner of the locker yard? yes the auctioneer? no an authenticator of some nature? no an appraiser? no a journalist? yes an author? no someone else associated with news- or information-gathering? noish a lawyer? no a judge? no a police officer? Well, come to think of it, yes. I guess that does make three. someone else associated with law enforcement? no Was there even an auction, or did Bill have a standing deal with the owner of the storage yard to buy the contents of abandoned lockers? There was an auction Does it matter exactly where Bill found the document among the goods he bought?no if so, was it: in an item of furniture? of clothing? in a box or bundle of other papers?this in a box or bundle of miscellaneous other items? separate from everything else? | ||
| Rabrab (Rabrab)
New member Username: Rabrab Post Number: 1394 Registered: 2-2005 |
I hope you don't mind my doing these mini-recaps at the start of my posts. I find that it helps me keep things clearer than trying to re-sort all the information from the various posts... Does the Storage Locker Owner have any relevance to the puzzle beyond the fact that he existed, and owned the locker? Is the Journalist's relevance that Bill told him about? or showed him? the document? Is he relevant in more than that way? In some other way completely? Is the Police Officer's relevance that Bill showed him the document? told him about it? gave it to him? Does he have more relevance to the puzzle than that? or is it something else entirely? Ben knew that the document existed, and very possibly knew that it was in the storage locker, but he still allowed the contents to go to auction, right? Did he not know that the document could expose his perjury? not care that it could? think that the perjury had been sufficiently long ago that he was safe even if the document was produced? assume that no-one would go through all the papers in the locker and that the document would not be found? I know that you can't know exactly what he was thinking, but I can't figure out why someone who had committed perjury would knowingly allow an incriminating document to be sold to who-knows-who, and that's leaving me rather up a tree. <grump> | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1379 Registered: 6-2006 |
I hope you don't mind my doing these mini-recaps at the start of my posts. I find that it helps me keep things clearer than trying to re-sort all the information from the various posts... not at all Does the Storage Locker Owner have any relevance to the puzzle beyond the fact that he existed, and owned the locker? yope Is the Journalist's relevance that Bill told him about?yes or showed him?yes the document? Is he relevant in more than that way?yope In some other way completely? no Is the Police Officer's relevance that Bill showed him the document?yope told him about it?yope gave it to him?yope Does he have more relevance to the puzzle than that?yope or is it something else entirely? not entirely... Ben knew that the document existed, and very possibly knew that it was in the storage locker, but he still allowed the contents to go to auction, right? yope Did he not know that the document could expose his perjury? he probably knew not care that it could? no think that the perjury had been sufficiently long ago that he was safe even if the document was produced? no assume that no-one would go through all the papers in the locker and that the document would not be found? noish I know that you can't know exactly what he was thinking, but I can't figure out why someone who had committed perjury would knowingly allow an incriminating document to be sold to who-knows-who, and that's leaving me rather up a tree. <grump> There may be an FA here...that could be what's throwing you off. | ||
| Rabrab (Rabrab)
New member Username: Rabrab Post Number: 1400 Registered: 2-2005 |
Hummmm. Hmmmm. And Arrrrrrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhh, too. OK, going back to the very beginning and picking up some loose ends: May 20th:
The ish'es: Bill yopeish knew Ben: he didn't know him personally, but he knew of him? recognised Ben's name? because Ben was only moderately famous/notorious? only famous/notorious to people in a certain group? in a certain profession? with a certain interest? of a certain age? in a certain geographical area? June 4th: "It had been deliberately hidden by Ben" got a yope. Please Yes or no each part individually: It -- The document [singular] had been [past] deliberately [for the purpose of] hidden [concealed] by Ben. Was the storage locker rented under a false name? Did Ben forget the name he had rented it under? Is the FA that he "allowed" the contents of the locker to be sold? was he unable to prevent it? Is the FA that there was only one document that could reveal his perjury? was there more than one? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1381 Registered: 6-2006 |
Hummmm. Hmmmm. And Arrrrrrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhh, too. OK, going back to the very beginning and picking up some loose ends: May 20th: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- quote: Did Bill yopeishly know Ben because Ben was famous? yesish notorious? yesish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The ish'es: Bill yopeish knew Ben: he didn't know him personally, but he knew of him?yes recognised Ben's name? yes because Ben was only moderately famous/notorious? yes only famous/notorious to people in a certain group? yes in a certain profession? noish with a certain interest? noish of a certain age? noish in a certain geographical area? yesish You can take all the noishes to mean it could possibly have an influence on whether a person knew of Ben, but not really. The yesish would mean that it's a major factor, but others could know of him too. June 4th: "It had been deliberately hidden by Ben" got a yope. Please Yes or no each part individually: It -- The document [singular] yes had been [past] yes deliberately [for the purpose of] yes hidden [concealed] yes by Ben. yes The yope was because the question was worded as whether Ben deliberately hid the document IN THE ITEM THAT BILL BOUGHT...and a while Ben deliberatly put the document in the locker, Bill bought the contents of the locker, not the locker itself. Was the storage locker rented under a false name?no Did Ben forget the name he had rented it under? no Is the FA that he "allowed" the contents of the locker to be sold? yes was he unable to prevent it? yes, at least this is my understanding of events. He likely didn't know until after it happened. Is the FA that there was only one document that could reveal his perjury?no was there more than one?possibly, but irrel | ||
| Rabrab (Rabrab)
New member Username: Rabrab Post Number: 1401 Registered: 2-2005 |
Thanks for the clarifications. I shall now go mull them over for a bit... | ||
| Rabrab (Rabrab)
New member Username: Rabrab Post Number: 1407 Registered: 2-2005 |
Was the storage locker in a different location than where Ben was living? Were the contents sold due to non-payment of the rental fees? Had the owner of the locker tried to notify Ben that the contents were in danger of being sold but been unable to reach him? Around here at least, there must be a good-faith effort to notify before the contents of a locker can be sold. But that could be as simple as a letter mailed to the address of record, or a call to the phone number of record. So it's not too difficult for someone who's moved to not be notified. | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1382 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was the storage locker in a different location than where Ben was living? yes Were the contents sold due to non-payment of the rental fees? YES Had the owner of the locker tried to notify Ben that the contents were in danger of being sold but been unable to reach him? I would imagine so} Around here at least, there must be a good-faith effort to notify before the contents of a locker can be sold. But that could be as simple as a letter mailed to the address of record, or a call to the phone number of record. So it's not too difficult for someone who's moved to not be notified. I think that just about covers it really.... ************SPOILER**************** Doug Guetzloe, one of central Florida's most prominent political operatives (and a subject of investigations by the Florida Elections Commission and a highway agency in Orlando), had long eluded criminal charges by denying any knowledge of unethical activities that prosecutors were sure he was involved in. However, late last year, Guetzloe missed a payment on his rental storage locker, and 50 boxes of his personal and professional records were seized and auctioned for $10 to a curious citizen, who then gave them to Orlando's WKMG-TV, which had several earlier investigations of Guetzloe still pending. Based on early readings of the storage-locker papers, Guetzloe was indicted for felony perjury in March, and the case continues. [WKMG-TV (Orlando), 3-28-07] Good job Rabrab! | ||
| Rabrab (Rabrab)
New member Username: Rabrab Post Number: 1421 Registered: 2-2005 |
Nice puzzle. Lots of directions that could have lead to finding the solution. And I see now where all the -ish'es were coming from. |
