RIDDLES/BRAIN TEASERS 2

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Grier said:
In a later and much clearer photo I saw your struts raising the shelf Thomas.
I confess not seeing the wavy bits on the bottom of the shelf.
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I 'm realising that there's been a misunderstanding here. I mistook the struts, or supports if you like, for the fascia boards (which I called gutter boards) the lower edge of which used to be wavy.
The struts did the job inside and the plain fascia boards, which I painted white, did the job outside giving the shed a more modern look.

Grier said:
m how to use his jack but made him do all the work. I'd given similar lessons to my 2 daughters decades back. Also the way to tighten the nuts on his spare, using leverage .... 🫡 I blame the Science teachers ....😅
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That's precisely what I taught my daughters, too. And one of them thanked me for that in her long letter for my birthday in March.
 
looker-on said:
I 'm realising that there's been a misunderstanding here. I mistook the struts, or supports if you like, for the fascia boards (which I called gutter boards) the lower edge of which used to be wavy.
The struts did the job inside and the plain fascia boards, which I painted white, did the job outside giving the shed a more modern look.


That's precisely what I taught my daughters, too. And one of them thanked me for that in her long letter for my birthday in March.
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Your shed's exterior certainly looks very modern and discreely elegant Thomas.
Love the colour scheme. 👨‍🎨

I taught both my daughters to drive, initially on my mother in law's farm, on big empty paddocks. A big automatic Ford Falcon EA which was a true Lemon with design flaws galore. My daughters loved it tho and are both very good drivers now. Especially my eldest with a ridged truck licence. My youngest is the lead foot!
Like you, Thomas, I taught my daughters the basics of car maintenance.

Growing up as a teen in the back blocks of Perth, with bush all about my home, I bought my first bush basher for $9 and wrecked another before I went for my licence.
It's much stricter nowadays.
 
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Grier said:
Growing up as a teen in the back blocks of Perth, with bush all about my home,
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Sounds much like me, firstly the emerging outer Sydney suburb of Engadine, then my new bush surrounded street in beach side Cronulla . Best past time was sledding down nearby sand hills with mates. My mid to late teens were spent in the hilly suburb of Coogee. which also boasted a great beach. I learned to drive there and almost pranged my first car when the brakes failed top of my steep street. Amazing I am still here to tell the story.
 
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You did ok with easy riddles, so some more for you.

How many months of the year have 28 days?
I can fly but have no wings. I can cry but I have no eyes. Wherever I go, darkness follows me.
Six letters it contains; remove one letter, and twelve remain.
What has to be broken before you can use it
 
Thinking of a counting number, if I multiply it by seven and then add four to the result, then the square root of that result is five. What was the number?
 
No worries Craig. Numbers are my thing.

How about this one?

What runs, but never walks. Murmurs, but never talks. Has a bed, but never sleeps. And has a mouth, but never eats?
 
Richie said:
Why do you think that Terry. Dont recognize him. Something to do with liteing?
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It was Murray Watt, a Labour minister.

Murray Patrick Watt (born 20 January 1973) is an Australian politician who has served as Minister for the Environment and Water in the Albanese government since May 2025. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has been a Senator for Queensland since the 2016 federal election. He previously served in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2009 to 2012.
 
I'm slowly getting better with IT.
A Google image search on a face might tell you who it is.
I tried that and it worked with a bit of fiddling.
It's amazing what our Tech can do. The AI is incredible too which is like a very good as a search engine.
 
Here's something I pondered recently because I hate mosquitoes.

Do Mosquitoes have any redeeming qualities ?

Have a Google.

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I once thought Ants were useless too. I was wrong.
Do ants have a good purpose?
Many species of ants prey on the eggs and larvae of other bothersome household bugs such as flies, fleas, silverfish, bed bugs, and even cockroaches.
In the environment. Ants turn and aerate the soil, allowing water and oxygen to reach plant roots.
They also eat white ants and clean up rotting plants and other debris, like dead animals, ... I have big black ants around my home that have a very nasty bite but I leave most alone to ward off any White Ants. My bio security warriors.
 
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