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Date:         Sat, 17 Jul 1999 03:07:01 -0400
Reply-To:     Noto-Gaudette <derwin@NET1PLUS.COM>
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From:         Noto-Gaudette <derwin@NET1PLUS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Westy brainteaser: Limbo Transporters By the Tunnel campout
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Answer to Brainteaser #2:

2 hours, 31 min.:

Ken and Jim go through (2 min.)

Ken returns with light (1 min.)

Mark, surprised by Ken's early return, is engaged in making popcorn, which he offers to Patrick and Ken with an soda (gotta be safe) for each. (27 min.)

Mark and Patrick start across but are blocked by Jim who, concerned about the delay, has started back across using his parking lights. Confusion ensues; Jim and Mark end up on the far side but Patrick just stays put until Jim comes back for him. (26 min.)

The three discuss. (15 min.)

Jim returns. (2 min)

Jim runs into Diane, who owns, in addition to her 84 Westie, an '84 GTI Rabbit. They eventually agree that while Jim's GTI engine swap worked quite nicely, there is just no way the cigarette lighter plug from the GTI will work in Jim's vehicle without changing the socket too. Not even if you use a hammer. (22 min.)

The headlight vandalism continues to be the subject of the day. It is determined by group consensus that the reason for the headlight failure is not corrosion on the grounding unit, failure of the headlight switches, nor wiring problems, nor dead batteries, nor failure the ingnition switches, but is in fact the headlight glass breakage--but not before tech-savvy Rick uses his cellular modem first to pose the question to the list serv and then to do an archive search (37 min.)

Jim is persuaded not to use GTI seat covers and GTI moniker trim pieces. (17 min.)

Jim and Ken return (2 min; MISSION COMPLETE!),

only to find Mark and Patrick have detached their interior dome lights, rerouted the wires, and hooked them up to the fronts of their buses. All return together in one twelve minute trip (Patrick stalled out and had to be push-started).

oh...wait, you said *optimal* strategy--my bad. ;-)

Scenerio #2: 17 Min.:

Ken & Jim go through(2 min) Ken returns w/light, hands it off (1 min) Mark & Patrick go through, hand off light (10 min.) Jim returns w/ light (2 min.) Jim & Ken (2 min)

Scenerio #3: 17 Min.: Same as Scenerio #2, but Jim returns instead of Ken; then Ken comes and gets him after Mark & Patrick go through. Have a good time, people!

George 83 Wet Westy

> Brainteaser 2: > ============== > Instead of just hiking to the historic Hoosac rail tunnel, this year > Jim has decided to drive though the tunnel. (Buy is he looking for > trouble this year ;-) This is a bit tricky since you have to be quick > in order to not end up as the hood decoration on one of the passing trains. > Yet worse, during the night vandals struck and broke the headlights of all > the busses. Luckily someone has one spare 7" light. At most two busses can > travel through the tunnel using the one light each time. And then the light > has to be delivered back by one bus. Four brave busses are going: > > Ken's 5cyl conversion goes though the tunnel in 1 minute. > Jim's Westy "GTI" takes 2 min. > Mark's splitty has lost 4th gear and takes 5 min. > Patrick's '71 hardly runs at all (Despite his garage full of engines). 10 min. > > What is the time-optimal strategy for getting all busses through the tunnel > and how long does it take? > > (And you think I'm kidding! Just read about how Jim got in trouble > two years ago: http://www.bcn.net/~limbo/TBT97.html) > > See you at Transporters By the Tunnel! > > Cheers, > Martin


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