March 25, 2005
Two winter bears play together!
Neo sure gave his teddy a mauling while was staying with us! As you can see most ot the stuffing has come out of the leg and some of the body! The pet has his own pet!
It's still snowy and cool around 3 degrees, but at least it's sunny!
Sunday is our family Easter supper and everyone is looking forward to it.
Guin and Allen packed more stuff yesterday and are now having a break playing video games! they have rented the U-Haul for next weekend and will leave on Saturday, boo!hoo!
Shelby phoned Alan and told him she now has a key to her new place so Alan and the boys will help her move the big stuff and boxes. It won't take too long if they can all pitch in!
There is a new musical now on in New York for all you Monty Python fans--"Spamalot"! It opens in England in 932 A.D. and King Arthur tries to assemble a motley crew of knights to seek the Holy Grail. There is a vacuous Sir Galahad, a bravely unstable Sir Lancelot and Sir robin who tends to soil his drawers at a mere hint of danger. The Black Knight, the Killer Rabbit, the Knights Who Say Ni and flying livestock are all portrayes in the musical. It sounds really funny!
For those of you who tried the latest LOGIC PUZZLE--here is the answer to 4B The Spelling Contest!
Considerations: From statements 6 and 7, Helen is not Knudson or Olsen and from statement 1, she is not North. Therefore, Helen is Salisbury. from statement 4, Eric placed second. Therefore from statement 6, he is not Knudson. From statement 4, Eric is not Olsen. Therefore, Eric is North. From statement 5, Gordie did not win, but placed higher than Jennings. Therefore, since Knudson placed fifth (statement 6), Gordie is Olsen and Lois is Knudson. Eleanor Jennings placed fourth , Gordie Olsen placed third , and Eric North placed second (statement 5) . Helen Salisbury was the winner.
From statements 1 and 2, Lois misspelled "physiognomy", Eleanor misspelled ""bivouac", Gordie misspelled "vicissitude", and Eric misspelled "isthmus".
Summary Solutions:
Eleanor Jennings bivouac 4th place
Eric North isthmus 2nd place
Gordie Olsen vicissitude 3rd place
Helen Salisbury 1st place (winner)
Lois Knudson physiognomy 5th place
Hope those of you who tried had fun! That's the main thing!! ")
Posted by Cas at 2:43 PM
January 23, 2005
SOLUTIONS TO THE LAST LOGIC PUZZLE!
The last logic puzzle was posted on Jan. 7th--"Fishing Vacation Plans". Here is the solution:
Considerations:
From statements 1,3,6 and 7, Barrott’s first name is neither Andy,Bill, Carl,nor Dennis. Therefore, one of these four statements is the false one.
From statement 5, Barrott was one of the two who are not married. This is contradictory to statement 3. Therefore, statement 3 is false.
Therefore, Barrott;s first name is Carl. From statements 4 and 6, Dennis is not Whelan or Crowley. Therefore, Dennis is Cole.
From statements 4,6 and 7 ,Whelan’s favourite destination was the third. Crowley’s was the last, and Barrott’s was the first. Therefore, Cole’s favourite destinationwas the second one.
Our conclusions so far are:
From statement 4, the third destination was neither Patagonia nor New Zealand. Therefore, it was either Alaska or Iceland. From statement 6, the trip to New Zealand was not planned to be the first or the fourth destination. From statement 2, the trip to Iceland was planned for the year
before the trip to Alaska. Therefore, the first trip must have been planned for Patagonia; the second trip, New Zealand, the third trip, Iceland, and the fourth trip, Alaska.
From statement 2, Andy’s favourite destination was not Alaska (which , from statement 6, was Crowley’s favourite). Therefore, Andy is Whelan and
Bill is Crowley.
Summary Solutions:
Andy Whelan Iceland third
Bill Crowley Alaska fourth
Carl Barrott Patagonia first
Dennis Cole New Zealand second
Hint--put this solution together with the puzzle to see how it all ties in.
It sounds complicated at first, but you can solve it with a bit of time!
I’ll post a new puzzle tomorrow!
I hope this all worked out on my blog--the copy paste stuff!!
Momxoxox
Posted by Cas at 2:32 PM | Comments (1)
January 7, 2005
Another Logic Puzzle!
This is Puzzle 2B FISHING VACATION PLANS
Carl and three of his friends who are avid fishermen decided to visit four of the world's finest sport fishing locations over a period of four years. Each friend had a different favourite location, so they chose the order in which they would take the trips ny drawing the place names from a hat. Based on the statements below, what is the first name (Andy, Bill, Carl or Dennis) and surname (one is Cole) of each friend, what was the favourite fishing location of each, and what was the order in which the trips were to be taken?
First Name Surname Favourite Location Order of Trips
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One of the statements below is false.
1 Andy and Barrott work for the same company, Bill is self-employed.
2 The Iceland trip was planned for the year before the Alaska trip, which was not Andy's favourite
destination.
3 Carl and Barrott and their wives frequently play bridge together.
4 Whelan's favourite fishing location was the third trip which was neither Patagonia nor New Zealand
5 Whelan and Cole are married, the other two are not.
6 Dennis was disappointed that his favourite destination, New Zealand, was not to be the first; Crowley's favourite destination was planned for the last trip, so he was unsympathetic.
7 Barrott's favourite destination was the first.
I will post the solution soon!
Posted by Cas at 7:06 PM
November 12, 2004
New Logic Puzzle!
I hope you all finished the vacation trips puzzle! Here is the new one--Puzzle 5A 
ACCOMPLISHED SISTERS:
Four sisters, daughters of a Canadian diplomat, are musicians and also fluent in four Europen languages.Each plays a different musical instrument (the four instruments are the clarinet, the flute, the piano and the violin) and each speaks a different language.
From the statements below, which sister plays which instrument and speaks which language (one is Italian)
1. The sister who plays the clarinet does not speak French or German.
2. The sister who speaks Spanish especially likes her musical instrument, as she doesn't have to carry it to her music lessons.
3. Sheri doesn't speak German or Spanish, nor does she play the clarinet.
4. Ellen is not the girl who speaks German.
5. Neither Theresa. who doesn't play the flute, nor Ellen plays the clarinet.
Instrument Language
Ellen
Renee
Sheri
Theresa
Posted by Cas at 11:31 AM
November 8, 2004
Answers to the last Logic puzzle! At last!
Puzzle 4A--Vacation Trips
This puzzle had me struggling! I ended up with 2 different answers! What a loser! I guess it wasn't one of my better weeks!
Considerations:
From statements 1,2 & 3, Joyce's husband is not Jack or John. Therefore, it is James. From statements 3 and 4, their surname is Adams. From statement 1 they are going to Atlanta.
From statement 5, Joan is not Abernathy. Therefore, her surname is Anderson. From statements 2 and 3, her husband is John. Their destination is Santa Barbara. Therefore, Jean and Jack Abernathy's destination is Tucson.
Summary Solutions:
Jack and Jean Abernathy Tucson
James and Joyce Adams Atlanta
John and Joan Anderson Santa Barbara
Keep up the good work and pat yourself on the back if you got it right!!!
I just re-read some of my earlier blogs and realized I didn't say anything about the new auditorium!
It certainly is a special place--we now have a place for, not only educational but cultural as well!
There are padded seats which are tiered in the concert hall itself, so no matter where you are sitting, you can see the stage as the seats are all staggered. Also, for the concerts, you can buy tickets ahead of time and choose your own seat. The concerts are organized by the Dryden Entertainment Series.
For the opening week, on the First Night, there was a Gala Opening and Michael Burgess sang. he has starred in Les Miz, Cats, Phantom of the Opera and Miss Saigon. In the first half he sang songs that were not too familiar to everyone, but once he got going on the musicals, we were really loving it! He had a wonderful tenor voice. His accompanists were excellent --pianist, saxophonist and guitar.
The next night was a combination of the Thunder Bay Symphony and a band from the East coast who played Celtic music--a mix of lively and quieter. Roy and I enjoyed the symphony more. On Friday night they had "Local Talent"! It was great! A big variety--songs,keyboard, dancing--both the Dryden School of Ballet (they did ballet and Jazz) and also the Zurka Dancers danced their little boots off!
The last three concerts that week were a country western singer (we skipped ) and Fred Penner.,
Posted by Cas at 4:46 PM
October 31, 2004
blog for this week!
I will put this Logic puzzle in my Aapple Works and then copy, paste in case I run out of time!
Puzzle No.4A Vacation Trips
Three couples from Santa Fe, New Mexico, planned vacation trips, each couple to a different location. The three destinations were Atlanta,GA, Tucson, AZ, and Santa Barbara, CA.
From the following statements, determine the first names, (one is James and one is Jean) of the individuals and the surnames (one is Anderson). of each couple and their destination.
1. Joyce said that they were going east to visit relatives.
2. Jack and his wife planned a golfing trip to Tucson.
3. John, his wife, and the Abernathys discussed their trips west while play-
ing bridge together.
4. The Adamses don’t play bridge.
5. Joan is not an Abernathy.
Surname: Destination:
Jack
James
Jean
Joan
John
Joyce
Have fun! I will post the answer next Friday!
From--Yorkshire Lass!
Posted by Cas at 8:55 PM | Comments (2)