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Swindlers & riddlers
« on: Jul 15th, 2007, 10:24am » |
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Tom was trying to con Timmy who saw through him, because Tom used Timmy's phone. What happened?
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Re: Swindlers & riddlers
« Reply #1 on: Jul 16th, 2007, 1:15am » |
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Timmy saw that Tom was using Timmy's cellular phone to make a long distance call.
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Re: Swindlers & riddlers
« Reply #2 on: Jul 16th, 2007, 1:58am » |
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No. It wasn't a cellular phone.
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Re: Swindlers & riddlers
« Reply #3 on: Jul 16th, 2007, 9:08pm » |
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Tom was trying to con Timmy into breaking up with Tom's fiance for him over the phone by claiming he didn't know how to use one, but Timmy realized that couldn't be true because Tom had used Timmy's phone to order pizza. 
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Re: Swindlers & riddlers
« Reply #4 on: Jul 17th, 2007, 1:37am » |
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Tom was pretending to be from the banks, requesting Timmy's PIN number, only problem is he called Timmy's cell from Timmy's fixed line.
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Re: Swindlers & riddlers
« Reply #5 on: Jul 17th, 2007, 5:09am » |
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It looks to me that both of you are headed in the right direction, but no smoking gun yet.
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Re: Swindlers & riddlers
« Reply #6 on: Jul 24th, 2007, 7:38pm » |
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Tom did made a mistake, yes, but he wasn't that stupid. And this happened in the previous century.
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Re: Swindlers & riddlers
« Reply #7 on: Jul 27th, 2007, 12:45am » |
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Gosh. It used to be that "from the previous century" means antique. That time has gone.
It is worse with "from the beginning of the century". It used to mean ancient, it now means quite recent.
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Re: Swindlers & riddlers
« Reply #8 on: Jul 27th, 2007, 1:10am » |
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on Jul 27th, 2007, 12:45am, Grimbal wrote:Gosh. It used to be that "from the previous century" means antique. That time has gone.
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My sentiments exactly. A phone from the previous century could range from the very basic-slightly-better-than-morse-code-tapping to quite acceptable cellphones.
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Re: Swindlers & riddlers
« Reply #9 on: Jul 27th, 2007, 4:14am » |
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Did you just offered an answer or you are chitchatting?
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Re: Swindlers & riddlers
« Reply #10 on: Jul 27th, 2007, 9:20am » |
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Uh? You are still there? Well, we are pondering on the meaning of the hint given. It seems the most meaningful part is "it happened".
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Re: Swindlers & riddlers
« Reply #11 on: Jul 29th, 2007, 6:11pm » |
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on Jul 27th, 2007, 4:14am, Iceman wrote:| Did you just offered an answer or you are chitchatting? |
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Hmm, is there any part of my comments that could be construed as an answer ? I guess I am chit-chatting. Hey Grimby, a/s/l ? 
Just to clarify Icey, when you say previous century, which century are you referring to ?
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Re: Swindlers & riddlers
« Reply #12 on: Jul 31st, 2007, 10:50am » |
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on Jul 29th, 2007, 6:11pm, JiNbOtAk wrote:
Just to clarify Icey, when you say previous century, which century are you referring to ? |
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The one that had phones.
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Re: Swindlers & riddlers
« Reply #13 on: Aug 1st, 2007, 1:04am » |
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Is the portable kind of phone the phone used? I don't mean mobile/cellular, i mean like the one where you can walk around with it in a certain area only, its a landline.
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Re: Swindlers & riddlers
« Reply #14 on: Aug 1st, 2007, 4:14pm » |
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Back then there were no cellular phones, or at least not sophisticated as today.
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Re: Swindlers & riddlers
« Reply #15 on: Aug 1st, 2007, 4:16pm » |
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Actually, it doesn't have to be the previous century. I just mentioned it because I thought it is more correct that way. Whatever.
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Re: Swindlers & riddlers
« Reply #16 on: Aug 1st, 2007, 11:29pm » |
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That didn't seem to answer my question 
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Re: Swindlers & riddlers
« Reply #17 on: Aug 2nd, 2007, 6:50am » |
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You can use it in your home, maybe even outside standing close to your home. Did this answer your question? It is the phone like any other. It cannot beam you up or sing 'don't cry for me Argentina.'
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Re: Swindlers & riddlers
« Reply #18 on: Aug 2nd, 2007, 7:31am » |
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on Jul 15th, 2007, 10:24am, Iceman wrote:Tom was trying to con Timmy who saw through him, because Tom used Timmy's phone. What happened?
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Maybe Timmy heard some background noise that he recognized to be from his apartment? For instance, Tom was searching Timmy's apartment and called him to set an appointment somewhere else to buy some time.
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Re: Swindlers & riddlers
« Reply #19 on: Aug 2nd, 2007, 7:56am » |
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*66?
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Re: Swindlers & riddlers
« Reply #20 on: Aug 2nd, 2007, 8:00am » |
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No.
on Aug 2nd, 2007, 7:56am, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
Huh?
When he used Timmy's phone, Timmy was in the same room.
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Re: Swindlers & riddlers
« Reply #21 on: Aug 2nd, 2007, 8:46am » |
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I suppose *66 only exists in America. 
Dialing *66 redials the last number you dialed on your phone. It works for both cell phones and land lines, just so you know. I would guess there is some kind of similar service in most areas but maybe I am wrong. Anyway, I was thinking along the lines of this: Tom called Timmy in an attempt to scam him. When Timmy dialed *66, he heard his own answering machine pick up and knew that it was Tom who had tried to scam him earlier. This seems to fit the original riddle but I don't know why Tom would need to be in the room for this to work, as you recently hinted he was.
Alternatively, perhaps after redialing he was connected him to the local How-To-Run-A-Scam Helpline.
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Re: Swindlers & riddlers
« Reply #22 on: Aug 2nd, 2007, 9:58am » |
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I suppose drop-calling is a tad silly when they can see you dialling and hanging up...
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Re: Swindlers & riddlers
« Reply #23 on: Aug 2nd, 2007, 2:39pm » |
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on Aug 2nd, 2007, 8:46am, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:I suppose *66 only exists in America.
Dialing *66 redials the last number you dialed on your phone. It works for both cell phones and land lines, just so you know. I would guess there is some kind of similar service in most areas but maybe I am wrong. Anyway, I was thinking along the lines of this: Tom called Timmy in an attempt to scam him. When Timmy dialed *66, he heard his own answering machine pick up and knew that it was Tom who had tried to scam him earlier. This seems to fit the original riddle but I don't know why Tom would need to be in the room for this to work, as you recently hinted he was.
Alternatively, perhaps after redialing he was connected him to the local How-To-Run-A-Scam Helpline. |
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Yes, you got it. The phone had redial button.
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Re: Swindlers & riddlers
« Reply #24 on: Aug 2nd, 2007, 8:47pm » |
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Out of curiosity, why did they need to be in the same room?
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