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People seem to love making predictions of one sort or another – football results, presidential election… and, of course, the weather! And in some coutries and cultures, people love betting on these same things. The current craze, of course, concerns the...

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In the first two matches in this year’s Ashes tournament, the Decision Review System (DRS) has come in for a lot of criticism. Errors made, umpire’s decision controversially overturned, it has led to a debate as to what is the “Spirit of Cricket”. After...

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In an earlier post, I explained why I often use enigmas and lateral thinking problems in training (see http://petersanderson-dykes.over-blog.com/enigmas-to-solve) Here is the second one; enjoy! CARDIFF RAINBOW At long last, the rain stopped, and Stanley...

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In an earlier post, I explained why I often use enigmas and lateral thinking problems in training (see http://petersanderson-dykes.over-blog.com/enigmas-to-solve) Here is the first one; enjoy! WIMBLEDON RAIN People often think that it rains all the time...

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INTRODUCTION Over the years, I've collected a large number of lateral thinking problems and enigmas. Most of them, regrettably, seem to include stories of people dying in really strange and often far-fetched ways. Others appear as fairly ordinary stories...

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In an earlier posting, I mentionned the seven-year wait my wife endured before seeing the inauguration of her first sculpture fountain in the Parc Kellermann. A lot of people have contacted us with words of praise, encouragement and photos too. Only this...

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I’ve just watched a recording of the final match of the British & Irish Lions against Australia, and I’m really happy the Lions won the game and the series too, first time since 1997 against South Africa. Yet, with hindsight, I don’t think it was that...

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One of the first things that happens when you arrive in a company for the first time, is to be invited to a meeting of some sort. It could be set up in order to meet all your new colleagues, to find out how the company works, what is going on at the moment,...

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How many times has this question been asked over the past thousand years or more? And how many of the answers are open to debate? I stumbled across an interesting interpretation of this recently, and I find it very intriguing and debatable. It comes from...

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I intended to write an article today expressing my thoughts on the recent British & Irish Lions rugby series against Australia…but I had another idea instead when checking out the news headlines. The hard-right Spanish Prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, is...

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