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14 Feb 2005OK, I took the weekend off, but I figured that, with my average number of posts per day I am still doing OK for hitting my 3 week goal. A young man I know is currently struggling with a very serious health issue, and it has had me pondering the BIG things in life all [...]
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11 Feb 2005Grandma was 72 years old. Let the two digits be A and B. Then 10A+B-10B-A=45 so 9(A-B)=45. This gives A-B=5. Of the pairs 5,0; 6,1; 7,2; 8,3; 9,4 only 7,2 are both prime numbers. Share this:EmailFacebookPrint
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11 Feb 2005The answer to yesterday’s riddle is that Mount Everest has always been the tallest. Even before it was discovered. Whitey was the first to respond correctly. Steven was the first to show that he is a product of the public school system. Riddle #3 “I’ve always been 45 years older than your Dad”, said Grandma.” [...]
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10 Feb 2005Today, I am going to reveal the variety of my blog reading, by spotlighting out-of-context comments from a number of those that I frequent. See if you can spot yours… Thus I believe, overall, that this is a good attempt to bring the budget deficit under control, which will have some notably positive economic benefits, [...]
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10 Feb 2005I am playing with a script to allow me to post my own blogs (on my own server). I am not sure I would want to move this whole thing, but I will certainly give you plenty of warning should that day arise. Share this:EmailFacebookPrint
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10 Feb 2005My PhD student brother-in-law figured that Cousin does not fit with the set in Riddle 2, because it does not denote gender. Todays (more trivia than a riddle) Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on earth? Share this:EmailFacebookPrint
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9 Feb 2005By the way, since a number of my “fans” are using other blogging sites, I have reactivated anonymous commenting. (just be nice to me)… Share this:EmailFacebookPrint
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9 Feb 2005A buddy of mine recently posted a blog entry about customer service. I thought I would piggy back on his sentement and share my story from this afternoon. One of our senior managers requested that we take the company card and purchase a digital camera. So, two of us headed out to Best Buy to [...]
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9 Feb 2005Here is the answer to yesterday’s riddle: There is no mother bull, since bulls are all male Today’s Riddle from MindTrap Which one of the following words does not belong and why? Father Aunt Sister Cousin Mother Uncle Have fun!!! Share this:EmailFacebookPrint
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8 Feb 2005Ok, Here is today’s riddle. If a daddy bull weighs 1,200 pounds and eats twelve bales of hay each day, and a baby bull, who weighs 300 pounds eats three bales of hay each day, how much hay then should a mommy bull eat if she weighs 800 pounds? Feel free to use the comment [...]