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7,8,9, and 10


New puzzler time. This one is quick. This was one my brother liked. Not automotive in nature, but very interesting. Here we go. 

As many of our listeners and fans know, the Latin words for 7,8,9, and 10 are the route words in the English language for the months of September, October, November, and December.

Septem - September

Octo - October

Novem - November

Decem - December

Now, since these months start with Latin words that literally mean 7, 8, 9, and 10, you would think that these months would be the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th month of the year. 

But they are not. They are the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th months. 

September - Sept means 7, but this is the 9th month.

October - Octo means 8, but this is the 10th month.

November - Novem means 9, but this is the 11th month.

December - Decem means 10, but this is the 12th month.

So here is the puzzler for today. 

Why are these months not the 7, 8, 9, and 10th months in our calendar, since the words they are based on literally mean 7, 8, 9, and 10?

Good luck.

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Remember last week's puzzler?



The Last Carburetor

This is about automotive history, sort of. 

There have been a lot of changes recently in the ways cars are built. These days, there are so many changes! Onboard computers and cameras, advanced safety technology, and EV engines... So many changes. 

But there have been many changes throughout history too. Back in the 1990s, the new cars then had many changes from the cars of the '60s, '70s, and '80s. Advancements in the industry are ongoing, of course. But back then, new cars in the 90s were beginning to be made without something that the cars in the years before then all had. And that was a carburetor. Right about the early 1990s the car companies started moving away from carburetors. They stopped putting them in new cars at that time. 

So here is the historical automotive puzzler question. 

Which car company is the last manufacturer to use carburetors? Who was the last hold out, and who took the longest to abandon the use of the carburetor?

Good luck.
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puzzler winner:

elimdiv /  Ron Gori

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