| Author | Message | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 145 Registered: 7-2011 |
What endangered his life also saved his life ....and surprised me. After all, it's August! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14409 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are both "his"'s the same? "His" - H? A? M? "me" = you, Solitaire? Is "he" related to you? Do you know him? Did this actually happen? This month? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 146 Registered: 7-2011 |
Are both "his"'s the same? "His" - H? A? M? I should have said - yes "me" = you, Solitaire? Yes Is "he" related to you? Do you know him? No to both. Did this actually happen? This month? Yes to both. You may be on to something, Balin. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4242 Registered: 9-2010 |
May we call him Matt? If so, was Matt's life endangered by global warming? Saved by it? Did this happen in North America? South America? Africa? Europe? Asia? Australia/Oceania? Antarctica? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 147 Registered: 7-2011 |
May we call him Matt? Sure If so, was Matt's life endangered by global warming? Saved by it? irr. The only significance of the title is that this hemisphere _is_ warm in August. Did this happen in North America? Yes South America? Africa? Europe? Asia? Australia/Oceania? Antarctica? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4243 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did this happen in Canada? Mexico? The U.S.? If the US, in: AL? AK? AZ? AR? CA? CO? CT? DE? FL? GA? HI? ID? IL? IN? IA? KS? KY? LA? ME? MD? MA? MI? MN? MS? MO? MT? NE? NV? NH? NJ? NM? NY? NC? ND? OH? OK? OR? PA? RI? SC? SD? TN? TX? UT? VT? VA? WA? WV? WI? WY? o hay soli kitteh, kaylee kitteh'z dad wurkz foar postul servuce, haz known teh state postul codes foar forevur =) | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1632 Registered: 2-2011 |
was it ice that endangered his life? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 148 Registered: 7-2011 |
Did this happen in Canada? Mexico? The U.S.? If the US, in: NY was it ice that endangered his life?Yope, leaning to noish | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14418 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did he get frostbite? Hypothermia? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4244 Registered: 9-2010 |
upstate New York? NYC? Long Island? on Niagara Falls? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 150 Registered: 7-2011 |
Did he get frostbite? Hypothermia? No to both upstate New York? NYC? this Long Island? on Niagara Falls? was it ice that endangered his life?Yope, leaning to noish On 2nd thought, more like noish, leaning to yope. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1638 Registered: 2-2011 |
was it snow? frost? hail? dew? condensation? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4245 Registered: 9-2010 |
penguins eating cheezburgur? lol =D did this happen recently? did it happen in the 2000's? 1990's? 1980's? 1970's? 1960's? 1950's? 1940's? 1930's? 1920's? 1910's? 1900's? Earlier? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4246 Registered: 9-2010 |
after all, you didn't necessarily indicate you were alive when it happened, soli kitteh...could haz read about it =) | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 153 Registered: 7-2011 |
was it snow? frost? hail? dew? no to all condensation? yopish penguins eating cheezburgur? lol =D Neither penguins nor cheezburgurs in this puzzle. did this happen recently? YES did it happen in the 2000's? 1990's? 1980's? 1970's? 1960's? 1950's? 1940's? 1930's? 1920's? 1910's? 1900's? Earlier? after all, you didn't necessarily indicate you were alive when it happened, soli kitteh...could haz read about it =) You are beginning to catch on to how my sneaky mind works! But not in this case. I was alive. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1646 Registered: 2-2011 |
rain? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1647 Registered: 2-2011 |
mist? fog? smog? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 154 Registered: 7-2011 |
rain? yope mist? fog? smog? no to all | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14428 Registered: 4-2010 |
Acid rain? Freezing rain? Sleet? Falling monkeys from heaven? (What, you never know...) | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 155 Registered: 7-2011 |
Acid rain?no Freezing yope rain? yope Sleet? Falling monkeys from heaven? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4253 Registered: 9-2010 |
black ice? iz odd name, iz cleer aftur awl...sorree for no penguinz or cheezburgur...*sigh* | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1656 Registered: 2-2011 |
lightning? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 156 Registered: 7-2011 |
black no ice?yes; however no ice was actually present iz odd name, iz cleer aftur awl...sorree for no penguinz or cheezburgur...*sigh* lightning? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14448 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was it dry ice? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 157 Registered: 7-2011 |
Was it dry ice? No. No ice was present, though ice was involved. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4213 Registered: 9-2009 |
Wind chill relevant? Is the ice involved: of natural origin? Artificial? Both (such as icing on an airplane)? Does it melt? Is it on a surface? On a body of water? In the air? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1665 Registered: 2-2011 |
had ice been present previously? had it melted? or are we talking about hypothetical ice? the danger of ice? antifreeze? ice in drinks? ice skating? ice machines? ice ice baby? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 158 Registered: 7-2011 |
Wind chill relevant? No Is the ice involved: of natural origin? Artificial? Had ice been present, itwould have been of natural origin. Both (such as icing on an airplane)?no Does it melt? Is it on a surface? yes to both On a body of water? In the air?no to both had ice been present previously? yes! had it melted? yes, but n.r. or are we talking about hypothetical ice? yessish the danger of ice?Yes! OTRT antifreeze? ice in drinks? no to both of theese ice skating? ice machines? ice ice baby? no to all | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4228 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was there a risk that there would be ice somewhere? Which surprised you because it was august? Was his life saved because there was no ice? would his life be in danger if there was ice? Would he die if there was ice? High altitude relevant? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 163 Registered: 7-2011 |
Was there a risk that there would be ice somewhere?no Which surprised you because it was august? Was his life saved because there was no ice?irr would his life be in danger if there was ice?irr Would he die if there was ice? {irr High altitude relevant? As in, on a mountain? No. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1677 Registered: 2-2011 |
measures people might take because of the danger of ice? like putting salt or grit on roads or pavements? was it a road warning sign? or a "danger thin ice" sign by a lake? snow tyres? snow chains? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 166 Registered: 7-2011 |
measures people might take because of the danger of ice?yes! like putting salt YES or grit on roads or pavements? very much OTRT was it a road warning sign? or a "danger thin ice" sign by a lake? no; not a sign snow tyres? snow chains? no to both, but explore | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14516 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was salt put on a dry road to prevent ice from forming in the first place? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 167 Registered: 7-2011 |
Was salt put on a dry road to prevent ice from forming in the first place? No, f.a. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1702 Registered: 2-2011 |
had salt got into his car and made it dangerous? like maybe it had rotted the brake pads? or something to do with the effect of salt on te tyres? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 169 Registered: 7-2011 |
had salt got into his car and made it dangerous? like maybe it had rotted the brake pads? No to both. But (HINT) the danger was vehicle-related. or something to do with the effect of salt on te tyres? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14523 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the danger related to his car? Someone else's car? Any car whatsoever? Had salt caused a windshield to become pitted and/or foggy? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 173 Registered: 7-2011 |
Was the danger related to his car? Someone else's car? yope to both - the vehicle he was driving. Any carno whatsoever? Had salt caused a windshield to become pitted and/or foggy? No. There was a problem, but I'm not sure what caused it. | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 182 Registered: 7-2011 |
Too bad salt can't help with hurricaines or flodding. If it did, New Yorkers would be using it now, and we would use it in the South. Could I interest anyone in a recap? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4299 Registered: 9-2010 |
o yez plz, can we haz recat? also, put a link in the chatroom you might like, soli kitteh!! it iz not haz cheezburgur, but almost as good =D | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 183 Registered: 7-2011 |
Yes, I saw the post in the chatroom. Interesting. RECAP: ********* A man was driving a vehicle in NYC in August - this August, but before the storms, which are not relevant. It is _not_ a passenger vehicle. Something happened to his vehicle which endangered his life, exact cause not known. It is related, indirectly, to ice, but there was no ice on the roads. | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 184 Registered: 7-2011 |
And, in case you are wondering, there is no salt on the roads either. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1707 Registered: 2-2011 |
was he driving a cab? a bus? a lorry? a van? a police car? did the vehicle have snow tyres on? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 185 Registered: 7-2011 |
was he driving a cab? a bus? a lorry? this a van? a police car? did the vehicle have snow tyres on? AFAIK, no. In August? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14610 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did ice fall on his car? Did some part of his truck ice up? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 188 Registered: 7-2011 |
Did ice fall on his car? Did some part of his truck ice up? No to both. Remember, it's August! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14622 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the truck transporting ice? Did the ice melt? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 191 Registered: 7-2011 |
Was the truck transporting ice? Did the ice melt? No. The truck was designed to transport something, but not ice. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4275 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was the truck transporting something? Relevant? Was it transporting what it was designed for? Is it designed to transport something related to ice? Driving on ice? Or fighting ice? Did the truck: break down? Crash? Run off the road? Hit something? Catch fire? Lose tyre(s)? Wheel(s)? Cargo? Something else? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1723 Registered: 2-2011 |
was it a salt dispensing truck? I haven't forgotten it's August :oD | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 193 Registered: 7-2011 |
Was the truck transporting something?Not known Relevant? yope Was it transporting what it was designed for? If it was transporting something, it would be what it is designed for Is it designed to transport something related to ice? yes Driving on ice? Or fighting ice? this Did the truck: break down? Crash? Run off the road? No, but OTRT Hit something? yes - explore Catch fire? Lose tyre(s)? Wheel(s)? Cargo? no or unknown to all these Something else? Don't really know, but I think we can assume brake failure. was it a salt dispensing truck? YES! I haven't forgotten it's August :oD For a few more hours, anyway. It looks like this might be solved before September, so keep up the good work! | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4306 Registered: 9-2010 |
kittehz no liek salt dispensin truck, iz getz salt on teh cheezburgur...meltin ice getz kittehz all wet an stuffz! also, iz confuseded kitteh...can haz recat plz? so did the salt dispensing truck endanger someone's life and save it, too? the truck had brake failure...what else? *tries to take it all in* | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 195 Registered: 7-2011 |
also, iz confuseded kitteh...can haz recat plz? so did the salt dispensing truck endanger someone's life and save it, too? the truck had brake failure...what else? *tries to take it all in* ********RECAP********** The driver of a salt-dispensing truck had his life endangered, probably because of btake failure. The truck hit something. (Explore?) But because he was driving a salt-dispensing truck, his life was saved - possibly because of the salt, possibly just because of the configuration of the truck. Some pretty broad hints there - explore! | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4307 Registered: 9-2010 |
iz hit...other truck? person? kitteh? cheezburgur? (was it a cheezburgur truck, soli kitteh? o.O) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14639 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did the salt absorb most of the impact? Did the truck catch fire from the crash? But the salt put out the fire? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 196 Registered: 7-2011 |
iz hit...other truck? person? kitteh? cheezburgur? (was it a cheezburgur truck, soli kitteh? o.O) No to all - especially cheezburgerz and kittehs, so put your mind at rest. Did the salt absorb most of the impact? IDK, from the story, if there was any salt in the truck. See my recap above. Did the truck catch fire from the crash? But the salt put out the fire?No fires, thank goodness. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4308 Registered: 9-2010 |
*iz puts mind at rest* kaylee kitteh iz much relieved, soli kitteh, thanx yuo...also, iz had cheezburgur tonite =) soli kitteh haz had recently? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1729 Registered: 2-2011 |
did the truck hit something while reversing? going forward? on the side? did it hit a bridge? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 197 Registered: 7-2011 |
*iz puts mind at rest* kaylee kitteh iz much relieved, soli kitteh, thanx yuo...also, iz had cheezburgur tonite =) soli kitteh haz had recently? Nowt recently, but twomorrow is paydey! did the truck hit something while reversing? no going forward? yes! on the side? ?? Explain? did it hit a bridge? No. OTRT | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1741 Registered: 2-2011 |
our gritter lorries have spraying things at the back but I seem to remember that they have something sticking out at the sides as well - I was thinking these protrusions might have scraped against something or caught on something did the top of the truck hit something? did it go into a tunnel? hit a road sign? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 201 Registered: 7-2011 |
our gritter lorries have spraying things at the back but I seem to remember that they have something sticking out at the sides as well - I was thinking these protrusions might have scraped against something or caught on something Well, the US trucks apparently have a hopper thing on the back to distrubute the salt, and this tilted and caught on something, and saved him. did the top of the truck hit something? Not the top - the entire truck. did it go into a tunnel? No - explore. hit a road sign? no; it was not on a road. Just a little bit more and you will have it! Remember, this is a _lateral puzzle_ with a typical lateral puzzle twist in the solution. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1751 Registered: 2-2011 |
was it on a railway line? in a car park? at an aerodrome? did the truck smash into something and the impact caused the hopper to lift, then that caught on something and prevented the truck going even further into the thing? I quite like the idea of an aeroplane, then the hopper might have caught on a wing. did this happen outdoors? if not on a road, on some sort of paving or tarmac? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14660 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the truck distributing the salt at the time? Was it in a field? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 207 Registered: 7-2011 |
was it on a railway line? in a car park? at an aerodrome? No to all did the truck smash into something and the impact caused the hopper to lift, then that caught on something and prevented the truck going even further into the thing? That's more or less what happened. I quite like the idea of an aeroplane, then the hopper might have caught on a wing. I like the idea too, but it was much simpler than that. did this happen outdoors? No! or noish. if not on a road, on some sort of paving or tarmac? irr Was the truck distributing the salt at the time? Was it in a field? No to both. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1759 Registered: 2-2011 |
was the truck just leaving or entering the depot? the garage? a petrol station? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 214 Registered: 7-2011 |
was the truck just leaving or entering the depot? the garage? YES! a petrol station? ********SPOILER*********** While drwoning my sorrows and trying to cool off with an iced coffee at the local Starbucks, I saw a headline in the NY Times that attracted my attention, so I had to spring the $2 for a copy. This was from Augut 18. A salt-spreading truck had driven through the wall of the 2nd-story garage, where it had been driven for maintenance. It was 3/4 of the way out, and only the fact that the hopper part tilted and caught prevented it from plunging, with its driver, to the sidewalk. I've been in NYC, but only in the summertime, and I'd just as soon leave it that way. Thx to all the brillilant posters, and esp. to Shez! | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1767 Registered: 2-2011 |
tee hee! | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4317 Registered: 9-2010 |
soli kitteh iz was sad? =( well, kaylee kitteh hopez teh puzzeling made foar a happiur kitteh! =) fun puzzel soli kitteh! here, can haz cheezburgur. *givz* And iced coffee. =) |
