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TradIsGood
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Gunks end of country
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 24, 2006 - 10:46am PT
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If you already know the answer, please just let others have fun trying this puzzle.
You are given two apparently identical bars of metal. They are painted red at one end and gray at the other. You are told that one is a magnet, and the other is an ordinary bar of iron. The problem is to identify the magnet without using any other materials or objects. How can you do this?
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Tuan DeLusion
Social climber
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Feb 24, 2006 - 01:42pm PT
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Hey diddle diddle
poke a pole in the middle
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TradIsGood
Trad climber
Gunks end of country
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 24, 2006 - 01:49pm PT
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Hah - We now know Tuan = MotherGoose!
Nice rhyme!
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Tuan DeLusion
Social climber
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Feb 24, 2006 - 02:07pm PT
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I'm really Juan or Lois but Mother Goose is nice too.
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TradIsGood
Trad climber
Gunks end of country
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 26, 2006 - 07:32pm PT
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NFW on Lois. But Juan, I would believe.
Except he never writes poetry.
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Ouch!
climber
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Feb 26, 2006 - 08:08pm PT
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Juan is too angry to write poetry today. He is worried about today's youth.
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TradIsGood
Trad climber
Gunks end of country
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 26, 2006 - 08:11pm PT
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Possibly. OTOH - he could just be anxious about visiting an Islamic country, even if it is one of our allies. (or maybe because it is an ally!).
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Ouch!
climber
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Feb 26, 2006 - 08:19pm PT
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Somehow, I can't see Juan going to Turkey. Tijuana maybe.
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bwancy1
Trad climber
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Feb 26, 2006 - 08:50pm PT
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Arrange the 2 in a "Tee", first with Bar A as the top, and then with Bar A as the vertical part. The iron wont stick to the magnet when it is directly in the middle (between the poles), but the magnet will stick in all positions (centered or not).
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