Can you solve this week's puzzler?

View in browser » The Short Puzzler time. Here we go. This one is automotive, from something that happened in the shop many years ago.  A customer came in to the garage a while back. Back many years ago now.  Anyway, she came in and she was complaining that she had a short circuit in her vehicle. She said that the fuse was blowing repeatedly. It was the fuse that ran like the tail lights, the dash lights, the courtesy lights...  She put a new fuse in, and sometimes five minutes later, it would blow, or an hour later, or whatever. She had been through this a few times, so finally decided to bring it in.  So I assigned this task to a kid named Manny, a young guy. He's got a little experience in electrical work, and I told him to hook it up to the short tester.  Now basically, the short tester is a device which is nothing more than a circuit breaker that resets, that you put in place of the fuse, and then the other piece of it is an ammeter that you go around and you try to find the weak part of the circuit. So I go over after a few minutes, I had given him a chance to hook the thing up, and I asked him how he's doing. And he says, "Well, I know where the short is, but I didn't have to use this meter thingy to figure it out." And I said, "Oh really?" And he says, "There's something on her dashboard that tells me that the short is nearby, something sitting on her dashboard." And I said, "Really?" And here is the hint. Her vehicle was filled with stuff to go camping. Tents and gear, coolers full of beer. Stuff like that.  So what was it? Good luck. Answer the Puzzler » Remember last week's puzzler? Ninth Inning Puzzler time.  This one is about baseball. I know baseball season is over, but we are big fans of the sport here at Car Talk. So, here ya go.  I'm going to set the stage. It's the ninth inning. The batter is at the plate. The pitcher throws the ball. The batter hits it. It's a long fly ball into the right field corner. The outfielder runs into position to catch the ball, and in fact, he catches it. But at the last second, he drops the ball on purpose. Why does he do this?  Find out here » Congratulations to this week's puzzler winner:  Deane Ranch Congratulations! This correct answer was chosen at random by our Web Lackeys. 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 » Ninth Inning Puzzler time.  This one is about baseball. I know baseball season is over, but we are big fans of the sport here at Car Talk. So, here ya go.  I'm going to set the stage. It's the ninth inning. The batter is at the plate. The pitcher throws the ball. The batter hits it. It's a long fly ball into the right field corner. The outfielder runs into position to catch the ball, and in fact, he catches it. But at the last second, he drops the ball on purpose. Why does he do this?  Good luck. Answer the Puzzler » Remember last week's puzzler? Puzzler of Yesteryear This is a very old one. This puzzler is the reason we use the phrase, 'our fair city,' so, we like to bring this back every so often.  So here we go. The puzzler from yesteryear.  Here it is. Back in the day, a well dressed gentleman enters a bank, approaches a teller and begins to tell the tale of woe. "Pardon me, madam, I hope you can help me. You see, I'm an English professor at Northwestern University, and I am a visitor to your fair city. I find myself in need of someone's help. I'm here visiting your fair city with my wife and my two daughters, and I have no money with me, because my wife and my oldest daughter have gone out shopping this morning and taken my wallet, which contained my cash and credit cards and identification. I've been left alone with the other daughter, who has taken ill, and I must buy her some medication, but I have no money. If you would be kind enough to cash a check for me for $50 that would be a great help to me and my daughter." The bank teller looks him over. He appears well dressed, distinguished looking, obviously, quite articulate, an intelligent person.  After a moment, the teller looks at him and says, "I won't be able to help you, sir, because you are a fraud and a liar." The man gasps and says, "Pardon me!" But the bank teller was correct. He was a fraud.  The puzzler is, how did the bank teller know this? Find out here » Congratulations to this week's puzzler winner:    rabaggett271 Congratulations! This correct answer was chosen at random by our Web Lackeys. 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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