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[flame set] #134 - Four Friends Acting Up
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SilentlyBroken
Boot

Joined: 02 Mar 2006
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[flame set] #134 - Four Friends Acting Up

No signature that I can spot.

The text reads:

Quote:
Fixing four friends up for a date
I traced my courses far from home:
Wick to Bath; then Tain, Derry,
Blackpool, King's Lynn, Weymouth, Rosslare,
Lancaster, Tynemouth, Tain again;
Stirling, Dublin, Cardiff, Hull, Glasgow;
Bath to Montrose; and when I was done
They met, and talked about their past.
My question is a simple one -
Which friend was it joined last?

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:38 pm
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Magma
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Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Tried something, got something back, don't know what to do with it.

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There are four groups of vectors seperated by semicolons.

I drew them on a map of the UK.

Wick-Bath makes a vertical line

Tain-Derry-Blackpool-Kings Lynn-Weymouth-Rosslare-Lancaster-Tynemouth-Tain makes a figure of 8 (two diamond shapes)

Stirling-Dublin-Cardiff-Hull-Glasgow makes an 0 shape

Bath-Montrose makes another vertical line.

Overall, the picture looks like 3 interlocked diamonds with a thin tall V in the middle, but taking each set in turn it spells 1801.

Any ideas?


PostPosted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 2:17 pm
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SilentlyBroken
Boot

Joined: 02 Mar 2006
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Tried:

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"you" "me" "I"


for my three attempts. All rejected

PostPosted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 4:22 pm
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Austin
Boot

Joined: 28 Feb 2006
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Location: uk

OK - solved, thanks to Magma's post.

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1801 -> Act of Union of Great Britain and Ireland. Ireland joined last.


Accepted.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 6:48 pm
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Kvasir
Boot

Joined: 15 Oct 2005
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I really enjoyed this one, and was pleased to get the first solve.

I followed magma's route and got to the same point. Slightly confused I tried what he came out with as the solve, but it didn't work. The next morning I was stood in the shower and it just came to me. Except I thought of the wrong friend but I knew where the link was and got it.

Very nice card, and I really recommend that people try to solve this themselves rather than reading the answer on here. Way too nice a puzzle to ruin like that.

Congratulations to mind candy for another great card.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 8:45 pm
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hairysocks
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Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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Location: Exeter, Devon, England

Yes. I agree it is a good card. I worked out the 1801 bit in my head but then went and googled "1801 friends four" and it blurted out the answer from this forum! Argh! I wanted to solve it and was obviously on the right track. Maybe there should be a "no robots" option set on these forums so people can't get the answers from search engines so easily. Mad
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PostPosted: Mon May 01, 2006 7:09 am
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Magma
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Happened to me once. Now when I search I cover up most of the screen, squint a lot and ignore bits that start "forums.unfiction" - I hate not being able to unlearn things...

PostPosted: Mon May 01, 2006 10:01 am
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dragonskeep
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Joined: 29 Mar 2006
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I got the date wrong and ended up with
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1861. So I was looking for who joined the Confederate States of America last. I completely missed the "four friends" bit as well as the actual map I was drawing all over.

Ah well. Still a very enjoyable puzzle.

PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 6:47 pm
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kksweety
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wow mentions sunny weymouth, my hometown Smile

PostPosted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 1:30 pm
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EnigmaDude
Kilroy


Joined: 03 Jul 2006
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Map with Vectors (spoiler!)

For those that are interested, here's what a colored vector map looks like. Definitely an awesome card. Vectors in order are: black, red, blue, green.

Enjoy,
EnigmaDude
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:26 pm
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Rand0m
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I hate to rain on your good work with that map, but you've linked Warwick and not Wick, which is in the far north of Scotland. Other than that...


I think, on reflection, this may be my favourite card of them all. Just 'cos.
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