Can you solve this week's puzzler?

View in browser » The Night Watchman Okay, the new puzzler is here.  There is a night watchman who works at a large automotive company.  One Tuesday morning, he runs into the fancy offices upstairs looking for the president of the company. He demands to see the president of the company immediately. The secretary tries to turn him away, but the night watchman will not take no for an answer.  He finally gets into the president's office and he says, "I had a horrible dream last night that you were flying on an airplane that crashed and everyone on board was killed. It was so real that I had to come here and tell you immediately." The president in fact did plan to fly to Los Angeles that very same day for a business meeting. He decides to cancel that flight based on what the night watchman told him because he is a very superstitious guy.  That night, on the 11pm news hour, the president learns that the airplane he was supposed to be on had crashed killing everyone on board. The next morning he summons the watchman to his office and fires him on the spot. Why did he fire the night watchman? Good luck. Answer the Puzzler » Remember last week's puzzler? Lover's Lane Puzzler time.  This one is automotive and kind of historic. Here we go.  There was a guy back in 1935. He had a brand new Chevrolet 6. He was so excited about it so he took his girl for a ride.  So he took her for a drive across the newly opened George Washington Bridge and parked in Lover's Lane in Alpine, New Jersey overlooking the New York City skyline. Very romantic.  To make it more romantic, he turned on the radio to listen to some music. Now in 1935, radios in automobiles used vacuum tubes which had a grid that had to be heated up, in that part of the tube, for the current to pass through. And this radio drew heavily from the six-volt battery. When it came time to leave Lover's Lane, the starter would not turn fast enough to start the engine. It was cranking too slowly. And this was a problem because he had to get his girl home by 11pm.  So he started the car using the only tool he had in his possession, a pair of pliers.  And the puzzler is, how did he do it? Find out here » Cartalk.com Community This Week's Show Podcast Add to address book Unsubscribe from list Email preferences Shameless Commerce Care of WBUR, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 Contents © 2024, Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe.

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Can you solve this week's puzzler?

View in browser » Lover's Lane Puzzler time.  This one is automotive and kind of historic. Here we go.  There was a guy back in 1935. He had a brand new Chevrolet 6. He was so excited about it so he took his girl for a ride.  So he took her for a drive across the newly opened George Washington Bridge and parked in Lover's Lane in Alpine, New Jersey overlooking the New York City skyline. Very romantic.  To make it more romantic, he turned on the radio to listen to some music. Now in 1935, radios in automobiles used vacuum tubes which had a grid that had to be heated up, in that part of the tube, for the current to pass through. And this radio drew heavily from the six-volt battery. When it came time to leave Lover's Lane, the starter would not turn fast enough to start the engine. It was cranking too slowly. And this was a problem because he had to get his girl home by 11pm.  So he started the car using the only tool he had in his possession, a pair of pliers.  And the puzzler is, how did he do it? Good luck.  Answer the Puzzler » Remember last week's puzzler? The Toy Puzzler time.  Okay, here we go. When I was a young lad, many many years ago, I was given a toy by my brother.  This was so many years ago, I'd rather not say how many... This was a very popular toy back then. Remember we didn't have video games and cell phones and stuff like that. We had sticks twigs and marbles to play with. This toy back then was so popular, that I am willing to bet that 95% of the adult population had one and knows what this is.  Now, I didn't know this at the time, of course. But later on in life, I realized that there was a mechanical connection to this toy.  Here is the connection, and from there, you'll have to guess what the toy is.  When World War II was over, there was this vast demobilization. And because the war effort was ending, tremendous amounts of material and machinery became available as surplus junk. There was among that pile of surplus material, something that some enterprising individual took and cut up to make this toy. So this individual cut these things up and actually sold them in this very form as the toy that we all have come to know and love. It was only later on that these things were refined, and eventually made out of plastic instead of metal.  Note that there are a few origin stories about this toy. Another one involves a ship and an engineer who accidentally invented this toy.  So, what was the toy? Find out here » Cartalk.com Community This Week's Show Podcast Add to address book Unsubscribe from list Email preferences Shameless Commerce Care of WBUR, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 Contents © 2024, Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe.

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