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I had my fun now and will let others have a go.

The poles need to be touching.

Which door would the other robot say is the safe door? Then whatever reply you get, go through the other door.

A more tricky chess puzzle. White to move and wins material permanently by move 3. Material means the number of points. Queen = 9, Rook = 5, Bishop and Knight =3, Pawn =1.

Turn on switch one for 5 mins. Then turn off and turn on switch two. Then open door. The bulb which is hot and off is controlled by switch 1. The bulb which is on is switch 2. The bulb which is off and cold is switch 3. Or you can just look through the gap at the bottom of the door or the key hole.

You are right. I must have gone mad with cabin fever...

B will take a7 and so pawn b7 is needed as 2nd move to mate

Turn both over. When the sand empties on the 7 mins hourglass, immediately turn it over again. Whe the 11 mins hour glass empties, the 7 mins hourglass now has 4 mins of sand. Turn that over to get the 4 mins needed.

Correct. (And I don't believe you are bad at chess) The alternative is R takes a7 check B takes a7 is the only legal reply. Pa7 mate

Unfortunately pawns take diagonally and so you can't have pxa5. Even if pawns can take by moving forward after you W: pb7, it is still not mate because K can move to a7. Really not a bad attempt for a non chess player.

Sorry, forgot to mention that it is White to move and mate in two.

Since we are all self-isolating, I wonder if members would like to post good puzzles, riddles, number games etc to help pass the time? How about starting off with a chess puzzle? Not difficult but needs a bit of thinking. It was actually composed by one of the most famous chess players of all time. Sorry, forgot to mention that it is White to move and mate in two.

I vaguely remember watching (at least a part) of the film, Dear John, and the following conversation has somewhat stuck in my mind: John the teenager: All the way up to Wooster for another coin show. l'm just--No, l'm not doing that. His Father: You're going to one every weekend now. John: Oh, that's good. l love warm milk. That's nice. [sarcastically] . You spend all of our money on coins. Get a fricking fridge that works. Thankfully, none of us are so obsessive here. 🙂

That's understandable. I guess some people don't want to give their full name and address because of security reasons. A PO Box address should be relatively safe though.

His full name and address details are on his ebay page. Just click on "Business details"

There is now a frightful number of "error" banknotes on sale with parts of the design missing (e.g. Queen's Head, wording, bits of designs etc etc) One problem with the new polymer banknote is that the ink can be removed relatively easily. E.g. this featured in the Sun after some one rubbed out the queen's head with a rubber. https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/4466648/watch-as-the-queens-head-is-erased-from-the-new-10-note-in-minutes-with-only-a-rubber/ Does this offer look similar to the note above? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Very-rare-5-note-printing-error-Queens-face-missing-Excellent-condition/302394991876?hash=item4668256504:g:~bIAAOSwHn1ZeIhb Some people are even selling "error" notes totally blank on one side. Some even come up with rather implausible stories of how they came by them. I rather suspect that someone must have found a solvent to dissolve ink off the notes.

A man told his wife that she is painting her eyebrows too high. She looks surprised.

For me buying something for my hobby is a treat. Hence, I only want to buy from dealers able to provide good photos and are not likely to give me the stress and hassle of returning afterwards. (I just hate returning things - anything!)

I imagine they will just refund the amount you asked for. It's not good business to lose a customer over £15.60

Pay attention. 😀 Danelaw gave that joke already (just one page back)!

U.S. News & World Report https://www.usnews.com/cartoons/donald-trump

Sounds like some sort of dodgy attempt to claim accidental damage on your insurance. 🙂

The slab is in MS condition though. No scratches visible.

There is a photo with the coin on a scale. Weight is 18.49g and so it is definitely not on a heavy flan.