| Author | Message | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 228 Registered: 5-2007 |
(Hopefully this is harder than my previous "Temporal Paradox" puzzle...) I left home to catch a bus, but missed it. However, if I had left about 30 seconds later than I had, I would probably have caught it. Explain. | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1000 Registered: 3-2006 |
Did something relevant happen between leaving home and arriving at the bus stop? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 229 Registered: 5-2007 |
Did something relevant happen between leaving home and arriving at the bus stop? No | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 230 Registered: 5-2007 |
BLOOPER: Did something relevant happen between leaving home and arriving at the bus stop? No, other than that the bus got there and I wasn't there | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 293 Registered: 4-2007 |
If you had left home later, would you have decided to go to a different bus stop? try to catch a different bus? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 233 Registered: 5-2007 |
If you had left home later, would you have decided to go to a different bus stop? Noish try to catch a different bus? No | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 297 Registered: 4-2007 |
Do you live close to one end of a bus route? does bus make a loop near you house? Did you miss this bus completely, or were you able to catch it later? Is there an elevator in your building? | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 220 Registered: 6-2007 |
do all references to "Catching", "caught" and "missing" in your puzzle refer to a bus? and boarding/not boarding a bus? are actual times relevant? if you had left later you would have caught the same exact bus at the same exact stop? destination relevant? kind of bus relevant? public? private? school? when you missed the bus, were you late for it? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 234 Registered: 5-2007 |
Do you live close to one end of a bus route? No does bus make a loop near you house? No Did you miss this bus completely, or were you able to catch it later? Not the same exact bus, but I was able to catch the next bus that went along that route Is there an elevator in your building? No, irrelevant do all references to "Catching", "caught" and "missing" in your puzzle refer to a bus? and boarding/not boarding a bus? Yes to both are actual times relevant? No if you had left later you would have caught the same exact bus at the same exact stop? I would have caught the same bus that I missed the way I did destination relevant? No kind of bus relevant? Sort of public? Yes private? school? when you missed the bus, were you late for it? Yope | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 486 Registered: 4-2007 |
do you drive or walk to the bus stop? if driving, did you run into any red lights that you would have missed had you gone 30 seconds later? if walking, did you run into someone you knew that delayed you (someone you would have missed had you left 30 seconds later)? was the bus running on time? early? late? if the bus was not running on time, could you have possibly caught the same bus at another stop closer to home had you left 30 seconds later? | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 309 Registered: 4-2007 |
By how much did you miss the bus? Would bus driver wait for you if he saw you coming? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 236 Registered: 5-2007 |
do you drive or walk to the bus stop? I bicycled but it would work just as well walking if driving, did you run into any red lights that you would have missed had you gone 30 seconds later? N/A if walking, did you run into someone you knew that delayed you (someone you would have missed had you left 30 seconds later)? No was the bus running on time? Yesish early?No late?No if the bus was not running on time, could you have possibly caught the same bus at another stop closer to home had you left 30 seconds later? No By how much did you miss the bus? About 30 seconds Would bus driver wait for you if he saw you coming? Irrelevant | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 602 Registered: 11-2003 |
If you had left 30 seconds later would you then have used less time from your house to the bus stop? If so, because you would have taken a short cut? not been stopped/held up by someone or something? been given a lift by someone? other? | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 226 Registered: 6-2007 |
exploring these statements... did you arrive at the bus stop 30 seconds after the scheduled arrival of the bus? did you arrive at the bus stop 30 seconds after the bus arrived? is bus schedule relevant? is change in bus schedule relevant? is a misinterpretation of the bus schedule relevant? anything about the roads rel? road work? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 238 Registered: 5-2007 |
did you arrive at the bus stop 30 seconds after the scheduled arrival of the bus? Yes did you arrive at the bus stop 30 seconds after the bus arrived? Yes is bus schedule relevant? Yes is change in bus schedule relevant? Yes is a misinterpretation of the bus schedule relevant? Noish anything about the roads rel? Yes road work? Yes | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 604 Registered: 11-2003 |
You missed my questions from yesterday, but I think they might have been indirectly answered by your reply to Sixtyeight. But just to be sure, would you please answer? Thanks a million. | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 829 Registered: 9-2003 |
did the bus take a different route than normal? because of road works? would that different route have taken it somewhere where you would then have passed it and therefore caught it if youd left 30 seconds later? | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 605 Registered: 11-2003 |
Just want to clarify that you left the house at time x, then walked route y, arriving at the bus stop at time z, which was too late for the bus with appr 30 seconds? But if you had left the house at time x+30 seconds, walked along route y and arrived at the exact same bus stop at time z=30 seconds, you would have caught the bus? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 242 Registered: 5-2007 |
did the bus take a different route than normal? because of road works? would that different route have taken it somewhere where you would then have passed it and therefore caught it if youd left 30 seconds later? This is pretty much correct. The bus stop that it was supposed to go to was blocked by road work, so it came onto the street I was riding on at a different time. I passed a bus stop, then soon heard the bus come to that stop. I rushed back but it was too late. SPOILER |
