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Old December 30th 04, 03:03 AM
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"Mark Edwards" wrote in message
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I didn't figure it out either, and I've been a member of Mensa for

many
years.


Twenty-seven years, and a life member, here (and no, I didn't solve
the puzzle, either). I'm in the Mensa 76 group.


Hugs and Purrs,
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Hi Mark! Would that be Philadelphia? I'm not familiar with a numeral
designation for a group. I'm part of GLAAM - Greater Los Angeles Area
Mensa.

Joy


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Old December 30th 04, 03:09 AM
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"Seanette Blaylock" wrote in
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"CatNipped" had some very interesting things
to say about [OT} Puzzle thats driving us nuts:

LOL. I was once at a Mensa Party at a member's house and we were sitting
beside the pool watching as three guys were setting up a standing lamp

since
it was getting dark out. My friend looked over and commented, "Hmmm,

three
Mensans, an electrical appliance, and a large body of water. Should I

call
911 now to save time later?"


[snicker] At least they weren't using liquid oxygen to jumpstart a
barbecue grill. :-)


There was a member of Inland Empire Mensa, who was an engineer or a
scientist of some kind. I met him several times, but I wasn't at the party
where he decided to demonstrate a volcano he had built. It blew up in his
face and put him in the hospital with third degree burns.

Joy


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Old December 30th 04, 03:10 AM
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"Yoj" wrote in message
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"Mark Edwards" wrote in message
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No cluons were harmed when Yoj! wrote:

[snips]

I didn't figure it out either, and I've been a member of Mensa for

many
years.


Twenty-seven years, and a life member, here (and no, I didn't solve
the puzzle, either). I'm in the Mensa 76 group.


Hugs and Purrs,
Mark
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Hi Mark! Would that be Philadelphia? I'm not familiar with a numeral
designation for a group. I'm part of GLAAM - Greater Los Angeles Area
Mensa.

Joy


No, Mensa 76 is in Fort Worth, Texas. Here's a link to their site:
http://mensa76.us.mensa.org/

Hugs,

CatNipped


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Old December 30th 04, 03:14 AM
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My sister tells the story from her work - 5 radiologist/oncologists, all
with PhDs and many years experience, plus her, the technician, fresh out

of
highschool. She was always called to cut the cake, as none of the other 5
could figure out how to cut it properly so everyone got the same sized
slice. When my sister said to start by cutting the cake in half - they

did.
And then they had two much thinner round cakes and still none the wiser.


LOL! That sounds like something Mensans would do. They often make things
more complicated than they need to be.

My old boss (who is a great bloke when he's not being the boss) says that
the place I work is a "sheltered workshop for the gifted". I am one of the
least educated there, most people have PhDs, and a goodly portion of my
colleagues are what the English would politely call "eccentric". Oh, they
are are *brilliant* all right, the IQs would be off scale, and they know

all
there is to know about their specialisation, but most of 'em don't have a
*clue* about the outside world. Only in a sheltered workshop for the

gifted
would a man who insists on doing animal impersonations before and after he
talks to you would be tolerated. Or a man who will happily tell you

anything
you could ever think of about the London Underground and keeps cpoious

notes
on every single train he has ever seen (logged to the *second*). Another
talks to himself *all* the time, you can happily eavesdrop on his entire
thought process if you can keep up (I can't). My current boss is an utter
literalist, so you have to be careful to say exactly what you mean, or

he'll
get confused. Me, I'm just as nuts, there's cat paraphenalia all over my
office, and I meow at the guy who does animal impersonations and we have
proper conversations in Cattish. And everyone takes this as perfectly
normal. And its always a big shock when I start reading the internal work
newsgroup and discover just how - errr - how different the folks out on

the
production line are to the people I usually work with. I guess if we can

put
up with the Train mad person, The Animal Impersonator, the Mad Cat Lady,

The
Guy That Must Whistle In the Corridor and the rest of the eccentricities

in
tbe building, we are a very tolerant and accepting lot. And if I throw in
you here in RPCA, and the rest of the people I hang out with, it always
comes as a bit of a surprise and shock that not everybody on this planet

are
as tolerant and accepting as the people I spend my life with.

Yowie


Tolerant and accepting is good. Many Mensans are, but some are snobs, and
truly believe they are both smarter and better than everybody else.
Actually, your entire gang, including you, would probably qualify for Mensa
membership - both in intelligence and eccentricity. I actually know two
Mensans who are millionaires. One of them buys all his clothes at garage
sales, goes to Happy Hours so he can fill up on free food while nursing one
drink, and leads "urban hikes" that always end up at a buffet restaurant
just in time to get the lunch prices.

Joy


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Old December 30th 04, 03:20 AM
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No cluons were harmed when Yoj! wrote:

[snips]

I didn't figure it out either, and I've been a member of Mensa for

many
years.


Twenty-seven years, and a life member, here (and no, I didn't solve
the puzzle, either). I'm in the Mensa 76 group.


Hugs and Purrs,
Mark
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Old December 30th 04, 06:49 AM
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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:28:56 +1100, Yowie wrote:

For Christmas, my parents were given a Mensa calender with a puzzle for each
day. They haven't opened it yet, but the sample question was:

A toy shop prices toys on the whim of the owner:
A doll is $12, a kite $15, a skateboard $34, and a ring toss $24. How much
is a blackboard?

My whole family has been working furiously on this puzzle, but even though
we know the answer (it was printed on the box) we have no idea *why* $31
right

Can anyone out there in RPCA land explain the solution? It will save the
Greater Chapman Clan from going utterly bonkers.

Yowie


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Definitely not a Mensa person. My first reaction was -- why not ask the
owner? MLB

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Old December 30th 04, 07:50 AM
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"Mark Edwards" wrote in message
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[Mensa 76]

Hi Mark! Would that be Philadelphia? I'm not familiar with a

numeral
designation for a group. I'm part of GLAAM - Greater Los Angeles

Area

Oops, sorry. That's the 76xxx zip-code area, which is basically Fort
Worth, Arlington, and a few isolated towns in the west end (or
thereabouts) of the Dallas/Fort Worth area, in Texas.


Hugs and Purrs,
Mark


Okay. Now I know where you are.

Joy


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Old December 30th 04, 07:55 AM
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I saw that! I think he put it on at the "Black Gold Blowout" (50th
anniversary of American Mensa) AG (annual gathering of American Mensa) we
held here in Houston a few years back (or it could have been at another

AG).
It was amazing some of the really idiotic things supposedly "smart" people
have done. I also think it's great that they can admit it and not take
themselves too seriously.


I'll have to see if I can't get hold of the words to "The Mensa Song". It
was written by a San Diego Mensan, and is hilarious. It is very much to the
point about not taking ourselves too seriously.

When I first joined I was afraid to go to a meeting. I thought I had
somehow fluked the test and I was scared stiff that I would feel really

out
of place and dumb around all those "geniuses". After years of being a
"silent" member I finally volunteered to do the program book for the
above-mentioned AG and I was pleasantly surprised that the people were

just
as, ahem, eccentric as I am - and they were very down-to-earth and humble.


I talked to a lot of people at my first RG (Regional Gathering). I felt the
same way (about it being a fluke), and found that most of the people I
talked to felt the same way. There are a few arrogant jerks, of course, but
you get those in nearly every group. This one seems to be an exception.

But then again, the requirements allow for one out of every fifty people

to
qualify, so we *do* cover a broad spectrum of the population. Judging by
the comments and quality of conversation here in rpca I've always felt

that
there are just *tons* of people on this group who would qualify.

Hugs,

CatNipped


I agree.

Hugs,

Joy


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Old December 30th 04, 07:57 AM
Seanette Blaylock
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"Yoj" had some very interesting things to
say about [OT} Puzzle thats driving us nuts:

[snicker] At least they weren't using liquid oxygen to jumpstart a
barbecue grill. :-)

There was a member of Inland Empire Mensa, who was an engineer or a
scientist of some kind. I met him several times, but I wasn't at the party
where he decided to demonstrate a volcano he had built. It blew up in his
face and put him in the hospital with third degree burns.


OWIE!!! An *engineer* did this?

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Old December 30th 04, 07:58 AM
Seanette Blaylock
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"Yoj" had some very interesting things to
say about [OT} Puzzle thats driving us nuts:

Tolerant and accepting is good. Many Mensans are, but some are snobs, and
truly believe they are both smarter and better than everybody else.
Actually, your entire gang, including you, would probably qualify for Mensa
membership - both in intelligence and eccentricity. I actually know two
Mensans who are millionaires. One of them buys all his clothes at garage
sales, goes to Happy Hours so he can fill up on free food while nursing one
drink, and leads "urban hikes" that always end up at a buffet restaurant
just in time to get the lunch prices.


What's wrong with not wanting to pay more than necessary? ;-)

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doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding.
:-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL
 




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