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Riddle of the month
Riddle of the month
You have two pieces of string and a lighter. Each piece of string takes 1-hour to burn but not in a predictable or linear way (eg. it could burn 90% in 1 minute and the remaining 10% in 59 minutes). Using the two pieces of string, can you reliably measure 15 minutes?
Think you have the answer? First 3 to email me the correct answer get a signed post-card.
Hint
Hint
Can you measure 30 minutes? How?
Book of the month
Book of the month
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Follows a young Japanese protagonist who makes sense of her very challenging life by learning her family's backstory from her grandmother who lives a quiet and secluded life of meditation. Presents the challenging juxtaposition of forced (kamikaze pilots) and compelled suicide.