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(Message started by: Three Hands on Jul 9^th, 2004, 6:31am)

Title: Re: No Gasoline
Post by Three Hands on Jul 9^th, 2004, 6:31am

::[hide]electric car??[/hide]::

Title: Re: No Gasoline
Post by Leon on Jul 9^th, 2004, 9:32am

The shop is steeply downhill from his house? ;D

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? ;)

Title: Re: No Gasoline
Post by BNC on Jul 9^th, 2004, 10:17am

He could use, e.g., [hide]his wife's car[/hide].

Title: Re: No Gasoline
Post by Speaker on Jul 9^th, 2004, 5:28pm

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.

Title: Re: No Gasoline
Post by Grimbal on Jul 9^th, 2004, 6:38pm

"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?

Title: Re: No Gasoline
Post by Speaker on Jul 9^th, 2004, 6:48pm

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.

Title: Re: No Gasoline
Post by BNC on Jul 10^th, 2004, 5:25am

::[hide]So maybe he had one of those "dual-" cars, that has both gasoline and "cooking gas" tanks[/hide]::

Title: Re: No Gasoline
Post by Speaker on Jul 11^th, 2004, 5:05pm

Maybe his car [hide] runs on hydrogen[/hide].

Title: Re: No Gasoline
Post by Grimbal on Jul 11^th, 2004, 6:05pm

"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?

Title: Re: No Gasoline
Post by tseuG on Jul 12^th, 2004, 1:33pm

::[hide] There is a gas station next to his garage [/hide]::

Title: Re: No Gasoline
Post by honkyboy on Jul 13^th, 2004, 10:05am

his car is a [hide] gas/electric hybrid[/hide]

Title: Re: No Gasoline
Post by Leon on Jul 13^th, 2004, 11:53am

on 07/13/04 at 10:05:13, honkyboy wrote:

his car is a [hide] gas/electric hybrid[/hide]

That would still require gasoline.

Title: Re: No Gasoline
Post by Cathos on Jul 13^th, 2004, 1:10pm

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

Title: Re: No Gasoline
Post by ponkere on Jul 13^th, 2004, 3:05pm

"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.

Title: Re: No Gasoline
Post by Speaker on Jul 13^th, 2004, 5:51pm

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...

Title: Re: No Gasoline
Post by Speaker on Jul 13^th, 2004, 5:54pm

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.

;D

Title: Re: No Gasoline
Post by honkyboy on Jul 13^th, 2004, 7:29pm

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.

Title: Re: No Gasoline
Post by Grimbal on Jul 16^th, 2004, 2:52am

Stop! Wait! I have another good answer.

::[hide]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.
[/hide]::

Title: Re: No Gasoline
Post by Cathos on Jul 17^th, 2004, 11:00pm

I'm confused, doesn't a diesel engine still require gas?

Title: Re: No Gasoline
Post by Speaker on Jul 19^th, 2004, 4:45pm

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.

Title: Re: No Gasoline
Post by honkyboy on Jul 19^th, 2004, 9:58pm

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.

Title: Re: No Gasoline
Post by Speaker on Jul 19^th, 2004, 10:11pm

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.