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Re: No Gasoline
« on: Jul 9th, 2004, 6:31am » |
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::electric car??::
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Re: No Gasoline
« Reply #1 on: Jul 9th, 2004, 9:32am » |
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The shop is steeply downhill from his house? 
or, traffic is so bad that it takes him 15 minutes to drive 3/4 of a mile, so with no gas he walked at 20 minute mile pace (or it is 1 1/2 miles and he jogged at 10 minute miles, etc.)? Can you tell I live in California? 
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Re: No Gasoline
« Reply #2 on: Jul 9th, 2004, 10:17am » |
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He could use, e.g., his wife's car.
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Re: No Gasoline
« Reply #3 on: Jul 9th, 2004, 5:28pm » |
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He could walk across the golf course or park that is between his work and home. The park of course takes 15 minutes to drive around.
He could cross the river on a footbridge near his home, rather than drive 15 minutes to the car bridge and back.
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Re: No Gasoline
« Reply #4 on: Jul 9th, 2004, 6:38pm » |
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"he has no spare gasoline in the canister in his garage"
Maybe he has some gasoline in the canister in the garden, next to this lawnmower.
What I don't get is where the jewelry shop comes into play.
The car, is it a cable car?
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Re: No Gasoline
« Reply #5 on: Jul 9th, 2004, 6:48pm » |
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I think the riddle was created with answer given by Leon. The problem would be getting home after work. But, there could be a lot of different answers.
Maybe Jim is an alias for Lance Armstrong. So, he just gets his bicycle out and races to work really fast.
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Re: No Gasoline
« Reply #6 on: Jul 10th, 2004, 5:25am » |
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::So maybe he had one of those "dual-" cars, that has both gasoline and "cooking gas" tanks::
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Re: No Gasoline
« Reply #7 on: Jul 11th, 2004, 5:05pm » |
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Maybe his car runs on hydrogen.
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Re: No Gasoline
« Reply #8 on: Jul 11th, 2004, 6:05pm » |
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"he travels 15 minutes from his home to the shop by his car".
Does it mean the shop is nearby his car? If for instance he parks his car in front of the shop?
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Re: No Gasoline
« Reply #9 on: Jul 12th, 2004, 1:33pm » |
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:: There is a gas station next to his garage ::
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Re: No Gasoline
« Reply #10 on: Jul 13th, 2004, 10:05am » |
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his car is a gas/electric hybrid
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Re: No Gasoline
« Reply #11 on: Jul 13th, 2004, 11:53am » |
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on Jul 13th, 2004, 10:05am, honkyboy wrote:| his car is a gas/electric hybrid |
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That would still require gasoline.
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Re: No Gasoline
« Reply #12 on: Jul 13th, 2004, 1:10pm » |
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As Grimbal pointed out
"he travels 15 minutes from his home to the shop by his car".
So, everyday he walks to work. He has a car at his work for business meetings or whatever. The lack of gasoline at home shouldn't hinder him in the slightest from getting to work. Hopefully he has a spare gas tank at work, though
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"But still, without hitchhiking, or using the public transport or cab service, he is in the shop within usual 15 minutes."
this seems to imply using those modes takes 15 minutes to get to the shop. further, he is a salesman at a jewelry shop, doesn't look like a job which needs him to park his car by the shop.
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Re: No Gasoline
« Reply #14 on: Jul 13th, 2004, 5:51pm » |
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Is it all semantics? This is a question of understanding the grammar of the question.
"Each working day he travels 15 minutes from his home to the shop by his car."
He travels 15 minutes from his home to the shop. The shop is by his car. ("by" as in "next to")
He walks to the shop everyday. He parks the car by the shop because his garage is full of gem stones and polishing equipment.
I still like rolling down the hill though...
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Re: No Gasoline
« Reply #15 on: Jul 13th, 2004, 5:54pm » |
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OK, just thought of a new twist.
He travels 15 minutes from his home to the shop by the river.
But, he doesn't use a boat, or jetski, or canoe, or kayak, or raft, or waterwings, and he cannot swim.
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Re: No Gasoline
« Reply #16 on: Jul 13th, 2004, 7:29pm » |
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He travels 15 minutes from his home to his shop by his mother's house. His mother's house is a late model colonial and wouldn't start. Yet he still made it to work ontime.
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Re: No Gasoline
« Reply #17 on: Jul 16th, 2004, 2:52am » |
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Stop! Wait! I have another good answer.
::Since he has no gasoline, he just starts walking. On the way, he gets picked up by a colleague who passed by and saw him.
It goes like this:
His boss passes by and sees him:
- Hey, Jim are you walking to office today?
- Yes, what happened is ....
- But you will be late! And sweaty.
- I know, but ...
- I want to see you in my office now.
- Sure. Should I come with you?
- Climb in.
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Re: No Gasoline
« Reply #18 on: Jul 17th, 2004, 11:00pm » |
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I'm confused, doesn't a diesel engine still require gas?
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Re: No Gasoline
« Reply #19 on: Jul 19th, 2004, 4:45pm » |
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A diesel engine requires diesel fuel. Derived from petroleum, but different from gasoline. It burns at a lower temperature, which offers some advantages, like no spark plugs.
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Re: No Gasoline
« Reply #20 on: Jul 19th, 2004, 9:58pm » |
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Diesel fuel is still a type of gasoline. The term 'diesel' refers to a specific type of gasoline engine...and since the diesel engine requires a specific type of gasoline...hence diesel fuel. Yes distillation is done differently, but it's still gas.
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Re: No Gasoline
« Reply #21 on: Jul 19th, 2004, 10:11pm » |
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I don't think you can call diesel a type of gasoline. It is distilled from petroleum (sometimes) just like gasoline. So, you could call both of them a kind of petroleum product. But, they are different.
You do not call kerosene a type of gasoline, but it has the same relationship with gasoline as does diesel. That being that they can both be refined from petroleum. Of course, I am not a petro-chemical engineer.
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