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Yellow #83 Pawnbroking
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cogg
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I think I know why the card is called "Pawnbroking"
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Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of pawnbrokers and Isaac Newton was born on Christmas day.


PostPosted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:53 am
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caverat
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Joined: 23 Apr 2006
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Regarding the "typo" of the 6th ISBN number: it might not have been a type. The last ISBN number has orange hash marks around the first 4!? Could be a coincidence, but it also might have been meant as a clue to the real ISBN number for the 6th incorrect number.

As it appears they have corrected this, it's a mute point. Wink

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forensick
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As for the link between the title and the clue, I did come across this on wikipedia under pawnbroking...

Quote:
...for a thief to dispose of their goods through an outlet such as eBay or flea markets where items being sold are not subject to government regulations regarding the acquisition and sale of personal property.


I used amazon, but you could just as well use ebay to translate the numbers.

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pashnak
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cogg wrote:
I think I know why the card is called "Pawnbroking"
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of pawnbrokers and Isaac Newton was born on Christmas day.


Actually I think it's because of this:
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http://www.amazon.com/pawnbroking/lm/RJ75IETXH7AFA/ref=cm_lm_detail_ctr_full_1/002-3226657-7948807
or is that too basic Very Happy

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mcdon2401
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Quote:
Actually I think it's because of this:
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http://www.amazon.com/pawnbroking/lm/RJ75IETXH7AFA/ref=cm_lm_detail_ctr_full_1/002-3226657-7948807
or is that too basic Very Happy


Could have saved a few trawls through the isbn catalogue Smile

PostPosted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 11:12 am
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cmlobue
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pashnak wrote:
Actually I think it's because of this:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
http://www.amazon.com/pawnbroking/lm/RJ75IETXH7AFA/ref=cm_lm_detail_ctr_full_1/002-3226657-7948807
or is that too basic Very Happy


I think you have it in the wrong order. The Amazon list was made because of the Perplex City card.

PostPosted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:05 pm
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J-Hustle
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Did anybody notice that if you add up all the horizontal rows, it equals the same number as if you add up all the verticle rows? I only know this because it was my first way of going about solving the card, not that i figured this out after solving it.

PostPosted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 8:43 pm
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