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The New Pulley

It is time for the new puzzler. This puzzler is automotive in nature. 

Here we go.

This involves one of our mechanics, Crusty. We talk about him a lot. 

A long time ago Crusty is at the end of his workday, and he's over in the parking lot with his truck. He had a '55 Chevy. And he's trying to pry off the pulley for the generator.

And I said to him, "What are you doing?" 

He says, "I'm sick and tired of having a dead battery all the time. This generator doesn't turn fast enough, and as a result, it doesn't charge the battery at low speed, which is all I do. I drive around town. I've got the headlights on, the radio, the heated seat, CD player. Generator doesn't produce enough electricity. The battery gets weaker and weaker, until one morning I come out and the battery is dead. It happens every couple of weeks in the winter and I'm sick of it. So I'm gonna replace it with a pulley that's half the size, so that when this thing isn't running at idle speed or around town, it will charge my battery. What do you think?"

So I say, "Go for it." You know, it isn't my truck. And I wanna see what happens. 

So, he does it. 

Then, about a week later, he is forced to take a little trip on the highway. He has to visit his mother. So, he gets on the highway. 

On the way back, something happens that he and I should have been able to predict as a consequence of this new pulley he installed. 

And that is today's puzzler. What happened to Crusty and his truck on the way back as a consequence of the new pully in his generator. 

Good luck.
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Remember last week's puzzler?

Citizens

Two girls are born of the same parents in Boston, Massachusetts, obviously not at the same time, otherwise they'd be twins. They are not twins. 

One of them is a citizen of the United States, and the other is not.

How could this be?

So, to be clear, they were both born in Boston, Massachusetts, one of them is a citizen of the United States, and the other one is not a citizen of the United States.

And the second one, she has not given up her citizenship to the United States, she did not renounce her citizenship or anything like that. 

How is this possible
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