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1/ What common English verb becomes its own past tense by rearranging its letters? SOLVED 2/ It occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in an hour. SOLVED 3/ A cowboy rides into town on Monday. He stays three days, then rides out of town on Monday. How? 4/ How was the October record set in March?

Done some digging, and although it looks dry on the surface, it's still like a bog underneath, making the soil heavy to turn. In fact, I thought I could hear it squelching as though there was water underneath. I'll post a photo like you've done Blake, when I've finished. Too ashamed at the moment. Anybody re-wilded their garden? It's a great excuse not to have to do any work in it.

Mine not especially wonderful to be honest. After all the rain followed by dry weather, parts of it look like a dried up lake bed. I've done some weeding, however, and am actually going out again soon to do a little digging, as it's now a bit cooler than earlier in the day. Had to try and fix a fence panel as well. I hadn't realised as it was hidden behind a tree so couldn't be seen from the window. Not sure when it happened, but it was kind of warped into a bow shape and had come out of its moorings. Neighbours never said anything, and I did try a contractor for a new panel to be fixed, but they're not operating because of Covid 19. However, after a bit of effort on my part, I did bodge it back into some semblance of position. Had to kick the lower part to get it reslotted into the concrete post. All good fun.

One only.

Wow - I thought when I paid £54 for mine, it was a bargain. Neat capture. One for Richard's rarest penny site anyway.

Definitely a F76, Blake. Quite apart from other pointers, look at the taller helmet plume. It's a surefire giveaway. Is it yours?

Looks as though Mal had two accounts and there are more details about the CD on the thread page immediately previous to this one.

Woofers, sub woofers or tweeters?

If you can't get the CD, Richard, you might like to know that Mal Lewendon is a member here. He's never posted anything, and was last active in 2016. But it might possibly be worth messaging him, as personal messages are also sent as an e mail to the member. link to Mal Lewendon's pre decimal page ETA: I tell a lie - one post, about halfpennies here

That 1861 Ka is very obvious when you look at it, with the "trial" 1 standing separately, just to the left of the main numeral 1. Also, as you say Ian, it's been catalogued, which lends an extra cache. Interestingly enough, in March 2019, I bought Lot 1253, a variation of a F33A from LCA for £240 hammer, which is described as 8 over wiry 6. It's an 8 over 6, but it's not the well known 33A, which is essentially a F33. This is the Gouby AA (D + d) shown on page 41. This is actually a 2 + D or an F18. Not brilliant pics, but the "wiry" 6 is visible.

Agreed. There are so many numeral variations and overstrikes of varying type, that it would be virtually impossible to catalogue them all. Moreover, any one "type" that you findmight be unique in the sense that it's the only one known. This renders them relatively unattractive to most collectors. Obviously the well known overstrikes such as the F30 & F33A and the 1865 5/3 are a different matter. There is a definite market for them. I can't see any evidence of a 6/G either - although I can see a 6 + G

One of maybe two possible reasons that I can think of: a) the hair of each barber must have been cut by the other. Therefore the logician favoured the barber with untidy hair as he cut the hair of the neatly trimmed barber. In that case the untidy surroundings, lack of shave and unkempt clothes are red herrings. The other possible reason, b) is that the logician favoured the untidy premises and unkempt barber, on the basis he must be a lot busier than the other guy, because more popular, giving better haircuts.

I knew my way was too cumbersome and detailed.

For a few seconds I was slightly thrown between the dog trotting and running, but had to assume that the dog would be doing a constant 5mph at all times. But it was always ever about the total distance/time run by the dog, whether in a straight line or back and forth. I calculated as follows - maybe more cumbersome than some. 7:15 to 8:15 1st man covers 2 miles 8:15 to 9:15 1st man covers another 2 miles making 4 miles in total. 8:15 to 9:15 2nd man covers 3 miles 9:15 to 10:15 1st man covers another 2 miles making 6 miles in total 9:15 to 10:15 2nd man covers another 3 miles making 6 miles in total Therefore the two men are parallel at 10:15am Meanwhile the dog started out at 8:15 moving at 5mph. At 8:55am, he catches up with the first man having by that time covered 3.33 (recurring) miles. The first man having also covered 3.33 miles by 8:55am Between 8:55am and 10:15am the dog continues to move at a constant speed of 5mph. As a result, he covers a further 6.66 (recurring) miles. Effective total distance covered by dog = 10 miles

Neh - it doesn't work. I never imagined for one millisecond that it would. The physics are that ice in water with an ambient background temperature above freezing, will be in a melt process immediately, and will be contracting in size all the time. The contraction itself will render another body sticking to it, implausible. Salt will merely accelerate the melting speed. For the string to stick to the ice, there has to be further refreezing, and that is impossible in such a situation. If I'd put the glass in the freezer (at minus 20 degrees), the string would have stuck to the ice cube after a fairly short period, with or without the salt. I tried the experiment as per the video (don't know what they did, but I strongly suspect it wasn't as it seemed), and the water was from the cold tap. The ice was ice, the salt was salt, and the string was string. The background temperature was 21 degrees.

10 miles as already stated.

Step 3 - pour the salt in, and Step 4 - after a minute pick up the string As you can see, it didn't work.

OK, so I conducted the experiment, having regard to the actions in the video:- Step 1 - assembled the necessary items, and Step 2 - place the ice cube in the glass of water and place the string across it

Amp ly done

Only about 3 minutes - but then I was supercharged. You mean your post wasn't your work?

Got to get some ice cubes first. It'll be interesting.

I'll give it a go myself and let you know.

Challenging times, and being static must be frustrating. Still, a pity he has to re fuse jobs for the time being, and his current financial situation is obviously pretty grim. However, he needs to be patient before switching to something else. Eventually though, he might need to step up to transform his prospects. You never know, maybe one of those light bulb moments might elicit a really good idea - enable him to become a real livewire again. I'd never judge his actions though - always wholly neutral in these things.

I don't see how it can work anyway. Salt is used to melt ice, not promote it still further.

I presume that's said tongue in cheek, given the damage that bleach could cause a coin. As JLS says, the risk is negligible. In any case, all the buyer has to do on receipt, is open the package, inspect the coin, put it way, dispose of the packaging, and then wash their hands thoroughly.