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Off on a side track, here's a puzzle I've been observing casually and considering for some years.

Do some things last longer when used regularly than not?

I'm thinking appliances, locks, mind, body, ...,
maybe not sheets! 😄
My 40plus yo corded B&D drill still works flawlessly. 💪
I tried a battery drill. "Batteries bother" back then for an occasional user, and my old faithful B&D kept on going on!
I still use it ... despite long power cords.
With masonry bits I'll use it soon for another little project.

I digress but feel for many things, some do last longer when used frequently.

What do you my friends think? Any examples?
 
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Grier said:
Off on a side track, here's a puzzle I've been observing casually and considering for some years.

Do some things last longer when used regularly than not?

I'm thinking appliances, locks, mind, body, ...,
maybe not sheets! 😄
My 40plus yo corded B&D drill still works flawlessly. 💪
I tried a battery drill. "Batteries bother" back then for an occasional user, and my old faithful B&D kept on going on!
I still use it ... despite long power cords.
With masonry bits I'll use it soon for another little project.

I digress but feel for many things, some do last longer when used frequently.

What do you my friends think? Any examples?
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Sorry to befuddle so, I taught Senior Probability Maths with Calculus and Physics intertwined. My clockwork mind often considers the minutiae of the life spans of things. For example five of my 30yo clothes pegs still work fine from a big pack from way back. A bit like radioactive decaying exponential curves with half lives.

I don't like our throw away culture and prefer to maintain appliances and all sorts of things. I even darn socks.
Sadly I had to buy a new kettle recently as the old one was making strange noises.

What is the largest prime number less than a hundred ?
 
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More proper riddles.

1)If you have me, you will want to share me. If you share me, you will no longer have me. What am I?​

2)What goes up but never comes down?​

3)What has to be broken before you can use it?​

4)What has many keys but can't open any doors?​

5)I travel all around the world, but never leave the corner. What am I?​

 
Richie said:
More proper riddles.

1)If you have me, you will want to share me. If you share me, you will no longer have me. What am I?​

2)What goes up but never comes down?​

3)What has to be broken before you can use it?​

4)What has many keys but can't open any doors?​

5)I travel all around the world, but never leave the corner. What am I?​

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Why the sad face Terry. These are considered easy riddles mate. Need a bit of a think tho. There are two answers for 4.
 
Richie said:

1)If you have me, you will want to share me. If you share me, you will no longer have me. What am I?​

2)What goes up but never comes down?​

3)What has to be broken before you can use it?​

4)What has many keys but can't open any doors?​

5)I travel all around the world, but never leave the corner. What am I?​

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1. ??
2. Your Age
3. An Egg
4. A Piano or Keyboard
5. ?

Here's 5 more riddles:

1. What has a head, a tail, but no body?
2. What can you catch but not throw?
3. I am always coming but never arrive. What am I?
4. What is black and white and read all over?
5. What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
 
Grier said:
1. ??
2. Your Age
3. An Egg
4. A Piano or Keyboard
5. ?

Here's 5 more riddles:

1. What has a head, a tail, but no body?
2. What can you catch but not throw?
3. I am always coming but never arrive. What am I?
4. What is black and white and read all over?
5. What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
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Correct on the three. Think a bit more on the other two. You will get em.
 
Richie said:
a coin
a fever
the past
a book
a clock
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Warm on the third but not the past.
The others are correct.

Yours:
1)If you have me, you will want to share me.

A Secret ?

5)I travel all around the world, but never leave the corner. What am I?​

A postcard stamp?
 
Richie said:

I have a head, but never weep, I have a bed, but never sleep, I have a mouth, but never speak. What am I?​

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It sounds like a flower but does a flower have a mouth?
Probably not unless it's one of those insect eating plants?

Is it a living thing?
 
Richie said:
It is a natural thing
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How about a Cave?
Or a magma tunnel?
A underwater river cave flowing downards? But that weeps?

Want another crack at this one. You were very close.
3. I am always "coming" but never arrive. What am I?
 
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