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Hi there, Welcome to our November edition Heee...lllloo..ooo Evvvv...erryone and welcome to the November Edition, sorry about the typos above I just wanted to get across how cold I am whilst I’m writing this article this month, I have the heating on a big jumper and somehow I’m still shivering, which is crazy because I love wrapping up warm in the cold... usually! On this note of cold its the time of the year to really keep an eye on older friends, relatives and neighbours, I know a lot of us are living in the digital age but just a quick good morning, are you okay, do you need anything from the shop could go a long way this Winter, its definitely going to be a cold one! We have some more fantastic articles this month for you that are really worth reading! We have an article about helping the almost rare hedgehog before hibernation by putting together a hedgehog cafe. We also have our popular riddle and film article back from last month, be sure to look out for them and get those thinking caps on! Our Charity space this month
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Sudoku page 4 Head Scratchers of the Month page 8 Pumpkin Cornbread page 10 WinBrownies a Party for 10 Kids Appeal page 17 12 Make a Hedgehog Cafe page 16 Garden Section page 16-17 Win a Party for 10! page 19 Enjoy Yourself page 22 Fantastic Beasts Out Soon page 24 Keep Safe page 26
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OUR HEAD SCRATCHERS OF THE MONTH First things first, we would like to apologise to all our Canvey Readers for not putting the riddle answers in the index last month! Both last month’s and this month’s answers are there for you now. I hope you’re all ready for some more headscratchers! More to the point I hope you all enjoyed last months riddles and any one who managed to answer any, or all of the riddles correctly, a massive well done to you, I know I struggled!
You are given two ropes and a lighter. This is the only equipment you can use. You are told that each of the two ropes will take exactly one hour to burn. But it doesn’t have to burn at a uniform rate. In other words, half the rope may burn in the first five minutes, and then the other half would take 55 minutes. The rate at which the two ropes burn is not necessarily the same, so the second rope will also take an hour to burn from one end to the other, but may do it at a different rate, which is not necessarily the same as the one for the first rope. Now you are asked to measure exactly 45 minutes. How will you do it? I’ll give you a bit of clue with this one, there is no clever word play here, where the answer is hidden in the question, it’s simply a matter of working out a clever way to burn the rope!
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Education Genie Tutors 25 Entertainment A Night with Sugar Ray Leonard 3 Bella Berserk 5 Fencing Canvey Island Fencing Ltd 17 Foot Practitioner Martin James Foot Clinic 18 Garage Doors Prestige Garage Doors 15 Garden Maintenance Grass Roots 17 Granite Worktops Granite Transormations 4 Guttering Repairs Guttering Doctor 18 Ironing & Laundry Service Canvey Ironing 14 Landscaper DS Anderson 15 Grass Roots 17 Leather & Fabric Specialist The Leather & Fabric Workshop 12 Locksmiths 24 Hour Locksmith 23 Fast Keys 27 Mini Bus Hire Trans Safe Mini Bus 27 Oven Cleaning Oven Clean 7 Oven Sprite 13 Painters & Decorators K. Howlett Decorating 18 Mark Burton 10 Regents Decorating 3 Pet’s Services
Totally Barking 8 Pizza Takeaway Dominos 15 Plastering PJB Plastering 23 Public House The Haystack 2 Public Transport Castle Point Social Car Scheme 6 Recycling Nick’s 2nd Time Around 13 Roofing AJ Roofing 25 Island Roofing 21 Roof Cleaning & Restoration The Roof Restorer 9 Self Storage Easy Peasy Self Storage 1 Stairlifts Essex Stairlifts 21 Tree Surgeon Essex Tree Care 17 Tree King 16 TV / Aerial Services Trevange Services 27 Tyre Specialist Bang On Tyres Back Cover Vehicle Body Repairs Dr Bump 23 Will Writing Services Asset Wills 13 Window & Doors Specialist Economy Windows 19 Window Repair Cloudy 2 Clear 11 JJ Kingsley 23
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