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I was sent some pictures on email and asked tospot what is wrong in the picture. Me and puzzles are … well … ??!!

Can anyone help me spot the wrong as I really do not have the answers.

Here is one (of three pics) that I got! (Hans may be good with this one…)

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Here is another picture. Whats wrong here?

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W.H. Smith is a bookshop, not a builder

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I would have NEVER guessed.

Here is the last one! (Hopefully this one will give you a “challenge”

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The bicycle’s pedal’s don’t make an angle of 180 degrees – it would be very hard to ride it

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Geez…talk about eagle eyed!!!

Well done!

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I would say

Roof Tiles (agree with Leif)
Rung in ladder missing(agree with Rudi}

and

The builder is taller that the door/ground floor
His hod is not right-angled so his bricks/tiles would not fit

As for the bike, as well as the dodgy pedals, there are no rear brake pads

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The bike doesn’t have gears, so it would have the older style brake (you know, apply reverse pressure to the pedal).

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I belive the steering wheel is on the wrong side and they must be in Europe

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>> I belive the steering wheel is on the wrong side and they must be in Europe

And just why is that ‘wrong’…?

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And I guess no one reads the hidden text, even after they have replied; otherwise why no comments on Jezza bear’s reply?

“(agree with Leif)”
and
“(agree with Rudi}”

You read other people’s answer before posting?

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Weeellllll even more obvious that no one has pointed out so far; if you look at the bike, it has a saddle made for a woman and it is a man(?) selling the flowers

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In the house picture, there are no lintels above the first floor windows so the roof joists and rafters would come crashing through the window frames.

Regards

Graeme

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Yeah and the trees are blue ….that’s stupid

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Maybe they’re Colorado Blue Spruce Trees ?

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And the windows look like they are a Victorian sash design. A house built at this time would have had a slate roof. The roofing timber on a roof that size would probably not be strong enough to take the weight of that many concrete tiles. Or if it’s a new build then a mock Victorian window with a concrete roof tile looks well naff!

IMHO

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Actually, I suspect that the roof tiles have the wrong orientation

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Or that there is a rung missing in the ladder. It should be between the legs of the guy. Notice the gap is bigger than the rest???

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Apart from all that, the guy is behaving very dangerously – with the box of roof tiles balanced loosely on his shoulder, his center of gravity is much too high…

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I don’t see that basket being much use!

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The bike pedal which rests on the curb should be in the 5 0-clock position not 7.

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Haha…it turns out there is a LOOOOTTT wrong with the pics….

Jezza, its true what you say about the builder being bigger than the door…

If we look closer….there are probably 50 more things to spot in the pics…

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It appears to me that the Wind mill blade will cut through the steps.

DaveA I am so far behind, I think I am First
Genealogy....confusing the dead and annoying the living

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Hans also noted that above.

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On this one I have two possible answers

First, the pedals on the bike seem to be at odd angles to each other.

My second answer is more U.S. centric, the car steering wheel is on the wrong side.

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Hey MickeyMouse, I would have NEVER guessed that one since I am in RSA. I am sure that looked very abnormal to you though!

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bumper, basket on bicycle, color in windows

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I would have NEVER guessed.

Here is the last one! (Hopefully this one will give you a “challenge”

peddles on bicycle are not apposing
basket of flowers is larger than basket on bicycle (don’t see any straps to hold the load)
basket on bike has no means of supporting smaller loads
missing turn signal on top of passenger front fender
shadowing is not consistent/accurate with images
car is parked correctly for a right hand drive vehicle parked in Europe

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W.H. Smith is a bookshop, not a builder

That, and you shingle a roof from the bottom up not top down ;-}

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He’s roofing it from the peak down. The proper way is from the Eave up, they overlap!!

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I think he should have started tiling at the bottom, so that higher tiles overlap the lower ones…

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You must start laying roofing tiles from the eaves and work your way up the roof.

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My answer would be …

roof shingles start at the bottom or eaves edge of the roof, not from the top (ridge) down.

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the ladder term

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Here is another picture. Whats wrong here?

Hi Rudi… When roofing, the shingles or tiles are placed from the bottom of the roof up otherwise it is a tad difficult; i.e. to slide the tiles underneath the previous row above.

Good one.
Rob

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The arms of the windmill will slash through the stair railings as they turn.

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window, ladder, arm

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The arms of the windmill are neither at right angles to each other, nor equal in length.

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Very true! On a windy day that might cause a bit of a wobble on the entire structure…

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My answer,

It looks like the windmill vanes will hit the stairs

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The windmill” blades are too long to clear the steps.

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wings ar too long and out of line

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i forgot to say the steps

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windmill blades will behead and slice anyone entering the door. (1)

Ladder does not extend above the roof for safety and ties look like they will fall through the slats. (2)

Bicycle basket has no bottom or sides. (3)

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In the roof construction picture, the top of the windows on the second story are at the bottom of the roof line. People on that floor would hit their heads on the ceiling when looking out the windows.

Also, roof shingles and tiles are not packed in boxes with diagonally cut sides–shingles use no boxes and tiles would fall out the short side of the box.

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In the bicycle picture, the box of flowers is too long to fit in the basket.

–Dave

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Only thing I see is the shadow on the front door is on the wrong side. Light is to the right and on door shadow is on the left. Maybe lower branches on tall tree also – no shadows on under side? If there is a color problem I am partly color blind and do not see it.

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The bicycle would be very odd to pedal, the cranks are not close to 180 degrees.

The main reason that shingles, slates, roofing tiles, are laid from the bottom up is so that the rain stays out of the building 🙂

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I’m no architect, but it seems to me the fan blades would not be able to clear the porch or rails either.

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How do I get the answers to the three pictures?

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How do I get the answers to the three pictures?

Hi Keith

This is a very old puzzle posted by one of our long term Loungers Rudi at the beginning of this year. The general unwritten rules of the Puzzle forum was that the OP would provide an answer if it went unanswered.

Knowing Rudi, he tended to ask quite general puzzles that would stimulate a discussion between the old regulars on the board and due to the nature of this one I don’t think it really needs an “official” answer.

It is only since the influx of new Loungers has this puzzle sprung back to life again by Pettit on 3rd Dec 2009

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1. The arm on the windmill is wrong it has another board attached and the others do not.
2. The roof is not done right and at the top cap you will see that alligns with the next down this will make it leak if it ever rained.
3. The bike is standing up on its own, I seen bikes stand up on their own but never with a peddle so slightly bent forward.

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The man on the ladder has the hod on his Left side in his LEFT hand with the stick passing to the RIGHT of the ladder. However he also has his RIGHT arm (in a black shirt?) crossing and over his left elbow and not very free to snatch at the next rung as he moves up the ladder. The door has no upper jambe and is wedged by the stone lintel.

The bicycle basket holding framework is attached to the front forks and will pivot left and right with the steering. When the box of flowers is in situ the box will foul the bicycle frame when turning sharp corners..

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One way of summarising the problem with the geometry of the Windmill sails is to say that either…

It should have 6 sails spaced equally apart

OR

It should have 4 sails spaced at right angles.

It has neither.

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I was sent some pictures on email and asked tospot what is wrong in the picture. Me and puzzles are … well … ??!!

Can anyone help me spot the wrong as I really do not have the answers.

Here is one (of three pics) that I got! (Hans may be good with this one…)

One of the arms appears to have both sides in wood and the other 3 do not?????

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The slats in the windmill arms are placed wrong. They should be turned so the openings will be in the position to make the windmill turn.

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tiles are laid from top to bottom so the roofer can stand on the battens – just lift the one above and place other beneath

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In the first picture the windmill blades will strike the stairs.

In the second the drawer doesn’t realise that tile-laying starts from the lower edge of the roof.

In the third the bicycle’s pedals are not at 180 degrees from each other.

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Yes as most have noted the obvious.
My thoughts are – on the windmill, not only will the blades wipe out the stairs and railings, but who would build an entry stairs and doorway with a massive fan blade in the way??? Would make entering and leaving the mill a very interesting excersice on a windy day.
Generally the tiling one is covered, the main issue is tiling is done from bottom up – I’m surprised there’s not a pile of broken tiles at the bottom of the wall
The issue of the car with steering wheel on wrong side – the wheel is on the RIGHT side as the steering wheel SHOULD be on the road side of a car, not the kerb side.

Well, where’s the next lot of puzzles?????

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The blades of the windmill are so low that they shall slice through the stairs to the windmill .

Am I correct?

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Windmill problem – What is the reason for the porch with railings. Normally, these buildings are built going simply down to the ground
Roofer – Tiles or shingles are laid from the bottom to the eaves, not backwards
Car – English car (steering wheel on the right) is obviously parked on the wrong side of the street

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The door to the windmill would be located on the back side – away from the blades.
The builder is installing shingles from the top down rather than the bottom up – higher shingles should overlap lower ones.
A Jaguar of that vintage would be in the shop and not on the street.

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the windmill bl;ades will take out the porch when it turns.and going in that door might get you killed but the blades
shingles get installed from the bottom up, not the top down
Unless they are in England, the steering wheel is on the wrong side

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I see several things.

1. On the windmill blades, one (bottom left) has an extra “ladder” part to it.
2. I think it looks like the blades are too long, looks like it would hit the steps, if it was actually moving.
3. and the door don’t look like there would be enough room, for you to get in it.

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looks like the windmill blades will not clear the stairway

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on #2, i think you start roofing from the bottom up.

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The arms are not at 90 degrees to each other. They have to be at 90 degrees to balance the blades for maximuim power from the wind.

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Windmill:

Dodging the windmill blades while entering the structure could be a bit dicy, this is aside from the fact that blades normally would not be mounted this low. ( lol, or door that high) :/)
Mounting of the blades to the spindle are not symmetrical, all blade shafts would be in line with opposing blades.
Slats on the blades would be of equal length and width and most likely an equal number of slats per blade would be employed.
Steps are uneven and of different heights.
Unequal number of riser posts for hand rails.

House:

Windows on front of house would all be same size on same level. Top right window is not centered with floor level window on same side.
He is holding onto rung rather than rail while climbing. Lots of lumber for a house that is built, few shingles.
Flashing is installed after shingles, not before.

Car:

Parked on wrong side of road.
No need to remove box of flowers from bicycle, they are close enough not to need removing.
Using bicycle pedal as a kick stand, I could never get this to work for me.
Wearing a suit to pedal flowers …. hmmmm
Gas gauge is on empty.

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The windmill blades would have to go thru the stair case in the first one.

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peddles on bicycle are not apposing
basket of flowers is larger than basket on bicycle (don’t see any straps to hold the load)
basket on bike has no means of supporting smaller loads
missing turn signal on top of passenger front fender
shadowing is not consistent/accurate with images
car is parked correctly for a right hand drive vehicle parked in Europe

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Windmill
The picture fails to show how the mill can be rotated to face the wind.
Two methods are available.
Ancient method. The whole mill is rotated manually by the miller and for this to happen, the bottom of the steps must no touch the the ground.
Modern method. The base of the mill is fixed and only the crown+sails rotates. This requires a clearance gap below the crown and a training wind tail to follow the wind direction. Neither of these are visible.
House
Tile overlap requires starting at the bottom and working upwards with the top going on last.

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Roofing in the wrong direction (as already stated), but it looks like he is using bricks.

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The windmill blades are too long and will hit the stairs and possibly the gound.

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For the man putting on a roof — tiles are started at the bottom and progress to the peak of the roof – this picture has it reversed ???? not going to work very well

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bicycle picture:

Why must the flower-holder be from the bicycle? Perhaps his vehicle is just out of the picture (or maybe he is working from a stationary flower stand just out of the picture view. . . it is entirely reasonable to assume the drivers of both the auto and the bicycle are visiting the flower seller’s stand, perhaps one man is answering the question “where did you get those beautiful flowers?” or the exceedingly boorish “how much does a pot/bundle that size cost?”

The man holding the flowers might be showing off one of the group of flowers he had already purchased (put in the box, for his convenience in carrying them home to plant.

Are we certain the flowers are being sold?

If the street is one-way, parking on that side is perfectly legal.

For the roofing picture:

“W.H.Smith” could be the name of a company. Anyone may use their name (in US, not sure of elsewhere) for their business. Especially in that the name shown is “W.H.Smith Builder.” Especially in this case where there would be no reasonable basis for assuming the two companies are in competition.

Why must the man be putting the tiles on the house? My son worked last summer for a roofing contractor who would often be required to tear the old roof material off carefully, to avoid hitting pedestrians, damaging flower beds, breaking windows, etc.

You certainly would not be walking all over this tile roof if you were taking the tiles down to make some sort of change to the roof, then re-roofing with the salvaged tiles. Tiles will last hundreds of years as long as you don’t start walking on them!The man might be descending the ladder with the box of removed tiles on his shoulder so that he can make some structural change to the roof, planning to reuse the tiles on the new roof. The most expensive part of tile roofs–especially specialty tiles–is the tile itself.

The builder might be taking the tiles off the roof from the bottom up–they often will have a hook and lip design so that only the first and last rows are fastened to the rafters.

You would secure the top row to the rafters or decking. Then for the second row, you would gently pick up the bottom edge of the tile and slip the next row under the top row. For successive rows, each tile slips under the tile above it. The small raised ledge on the bottom of the tile catches and hangs on the tile above it. Thus the wood directly under each tile helps support the weight of the tiles above the current row–the lip and edge design does not have to support the weight of the tile, only to keep the tile from sliding down the roof.

Thus tile roofs are often laid top-to-bottom. This is especially the case if your tile will not support the weight of a full-grown man carrying a box of tiles!

Probably the most important/least explainable problem in the picture is the dimensions of the human figure against the house. I suppose he could be tiling a large playhouse–with only a 4- or 5- foot ceiling. That would be an expensive play house! Yet it certainly would not be unique, especially if the main building on the lot is also tiled.

The windmill picture seems to be the most graphically flawed, for the reasons given often above.

The only account I could come up with for the non-functional arms/blades was that the structure might not be a working windmill, perhaps a decorative outbuilding? I can not see how the blades could turn, or even that they would turn, if allowed.

Interesting pictures, especially if you “think outside the (frame) box.”

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Since it was never mentioned in all the thread: on the windmill, the individual slats on the 2 upper sails are the opposite pitch from the slats on the lower 2.

Not having the 2 pairs of sails be at 90 degrees to each other will not cause significant problem. As long as each sail has another opposing it, it can still be in balance. It’s unusual and would serve no purpose for a windmill but it would work and i have seen many fans in this configuration to alter the sound and vibration produced at high speed rotation. There’s also a common 7 blade fan designed with completely asymmetrically angled blades that works just fine too. (see attached). The greatest point of instability is when the sail passes in front of the structure at the bottom of the rotation; at which point if its close to the structure, the air flow will be disrupted to go around the building and change the localized air pressure or even direction between the sail and building. The result will be a change in force only on one sail at a time as it passes through the bottom of the rotation, however; in all the centuries windmills have been operating, they seem to deal with it just fine. As mentioned of course, this windmill will strike its stairway thus disrupting the delivery of force from the sail somewhat more.

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