| Author | Message | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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Home improvements enriched them | ||
| Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa)
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*looks at puzzle title* What the fizzle? | ||
| Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa)
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Let me figure out this title, first. Okay, let's see.... ordinary = usual Northumbria = I don't remember... Probably one of them Anglo-Saxon countries spoke-shaver = ???? I think a spokeshave is some kind of drawknife type thing, correct me if I'm wrong.... cockerel = young male chicken? So the usual ancient Anglo-Saxon country "resident" spokeshaver user's young male chicken? Or is my memory faulty? | ||
| Mosquito (Mosquito)
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Is the title relevant at all? If yes, is the relevance too oblique for us ordinary mortals to work out? They=Human? 2,3,....999, 1000? relevant? Improvements to "their" home? "They" carried out the improvements? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa) on Monday, June 27, 2005 - 07:10 am: Let me figure out this title, first. Okay, let's see.... ordinary = usual Northumbria = I don't remember... Probably one of them Anglo-Saxon countries spoke-shaver = ???? I think a spokeshave is some kind of drawknife type thing, correct me if I'm wrong.... cockerel = young male chicken? So the usual ancient Anglo-Saxon country "resident" spokeshaver user's young male chicken? Or is my memory faulty? no. But see below. By Mosquito (Mosquito) on Monday, June 27, 2005 - 10:29 am: Is the title relevant at all? not especially If yes, is the relevance too oblique for us ordinary mortals to work out? no, but it will not help very much They=Human? yes 2,3,....999, 1000? at least two, perhaps up to about six relevant? Improvements to "their" home? no "They" carried out the improvements? no | ||
| Mosquito (Mosquito)
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Are we talking about a family? Is it relevant whose home was improved? eg their neighbours'? Is it relevant who carried out the improvements? Is the "home" a house? Where people live? Do "they" own a DIY store? Or otherwise supply home improvement materials? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Mosquito (Mosquito) on Monday, June 27, 2005 - 01:44 pm: Are we talking about a family? yes Is it relevant whose home was improved? yesish eg their neighbours'? among others, possibly Is it relevant who carried out the improvements? not really Is the "home" a house? yope Where people live? yes Do "they" own a DIY store? no Or otherwise supply home improvement materials? no | ||
| Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab)
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Enriched them financially? emotionally? spiritually? in some other way? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab) on Monday, June 27, 2005 - 04:28 pm: Enriched them financially? this one emotionally? spiritually? in some other way? | ||
| Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab)
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Other people's home improvements in the area raised property values? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab) on Monday, June 27, 2005 - 06:53 pm: Other people's home improvements in the area raised property values? not this sort of thing | ||
| (Stuccosalt)
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On yope - is this a building? Is it the sort of building one would typically think of when one thinks of a "house"? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By (Stuccosalt) on Monday, June 27, 2005 - 09:21 pm: On yope - is this a building? yope Is it the sort of building one would typically think of when one thinks of a "house"? yope again. Remember Buzzard  | ||
| John Morahan (Wunderland)
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Several houses then. How many? (ltpflpi) Were improvements made to some houses? or did some people move into different and better houses? Did "they" receive money? something else of value? avoid losing money? something else of value? spend less than they would have otherwise? did something they owned increase in value? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By John Morahan (Wunderland) on Monday, June 27, 2005 - 09:39 pm: Several houses then. indeed How many? (ltpflpi) about as many as there were in the relevant street - say twenty, though it does not matter Were improvements made to some houses? no - good question or did some people move into different and better houses? no Did "they" receive money? this one something else of value? avoid losing money? something else of value? spend less than they would have otherwise? did something they owned increase in value? | ||
| John Morahan (Wunderland)
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Is the "home" a street of houses then? were some improvements made to the street itself? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By John Morahan (Wunderland) on Monday, June 27, 2005 - 10:33 pm: Is the "home" a street of houses then? indeed - there was a street of houses, in some of which... were some improvements made to the street itself? ..improvements, or at any rate redecoration, was to take place | ||
| Einar Berg (Grainbeer)
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I need to sort this out..: "They" (consisting of one or more of the households in this street) received money from someone. Right? From other neighbours? From the government or the municipality? From some kind of organization? From some kind of business enterprise? Were anyone employed or hired by the body giving he money? Money was given before any actual improvement/redecoration took place, right? Were the receivers supposed to spend the money on the redecoration? Did improvements actually take place? Relevant? Were "they" enriched in any other way than just receiving the money? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Einar Berg (Grainbeer) on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - 01:33 pm: I need to sort this out..: "They" (consisting of one or more of the households in this street) received money from someone. Right? no. "They", being a family who lived in a particular street, received money because other households in the street were taking steps to improve their homes. From other neighbours? From the government or the municipality? From some kind of organization? From some kind of business enterprise? the source of the money was none of these Were anyone employed or hired by the body giving he money? no Money was given before any actual improvement/redecoration took place, right? yes, for svv of "given" Were the receivers supposed to spend the money on the redecoration? no Did improvements actually take place? no Relevant? yes Were "they" enriched in any other way than just receiving the money? no | ||
| Ostap Bender (Ostap)
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Did this family plan at all to refurbish their house? (and is "refurbish" the right word here?) Did they take any steps towards home improvement? Did they just let it appear as if they were going to improve their home? Relevant what exactly the improvement was? Did they receive the money from someone? Did they find it? Did they sell something? | ||
| (Stuccosalt)
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property values relevant? did the steps taken by neighbors directly lead to this family getting money? was money in the form of cash? did the improvements doe by neighbors involve the insides of their homes? the external surfaces of the houses? the lawns/gardens? could it be any of these? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Ostap Bender (Ostap) on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - 11:52 am: Did this family plan at all to refurbish their house? no (and is "refurbish" the right word here? yes ) Did they take any steps towards home improvement? no Did they just let it appear as if they were going to improve their home? no Relevant what exactly the improvement was? yes, indeed Did they receive the money from someone? noish Did they find it? yes - good question Did they sell something? no By (Stuccosalt) on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - 02:28 pm: property values relevant? no did the steps taken by neighbors directly lead to this family getting money? yes, pretty much was money in the form of cash? yes did the improvements done by neighbors involve the insides of their homes? this one, though no improvements were actually carried out, becasue... the external surfaces of the houses? no the lawns/gardens? no could it be any of these? the redecorations were, or would have been, purely internal affairs |
