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Episode #1201
title: “20 Miles Per Woodchip”
airdate: 2012-01-07
Department of Gerontology
George Carlin
Terms for different ages
Father watering down apple juice
time: 3:48
Megan from Atlanta, Georgia
Not sure if she can trust mechanic
CV joints dirty
Mechanic wants to replace the boots
time: 7:40
Aaron from Oakland, California
Windshield wipers stand straight up
Needs new wiper motor?
Could probably fix with a toggle switch or a capacitor from Radio Shack
time: 11:08
Victoria from Raleigh, North Carolina
Mother had hip replacement
Has cherry-red 1999 Chevrolet Camaro
Needs car where she can sit up straighter
#car[Subaru,Forester]
#car[Dodge,Colt Vista]
#car[Mazda,Miata]
#car[Honda,CR-V]
#car[Ford,Crown Victoria]
#car[Toyota,Matrix]
Buying American, multinational corporations
#car[Ford,Focus]
time: 15:43
Break
Music
time: 17:48
Answer to last week’s #puzzler
How does it know tire pressure is low?
Anti-lock brakes/ABS
Winner Gene Sager from Wessington, SD
time: 22:25
Isaac from Albuquerque, New Mexico
Changed the starter motor
Now car sputters now
Disconnected vacuum hoses?
When working on cars you need a spotter
time: 27:20
Mary-Ellen from Glen Rock, New Jersey
Bet with a coworker
Parked car on a steep incline
Coworker said she’s going to wear through brakes faster
time: 29:55
Hans from Chicago, Illinois
In WWII, fleeing from Russians in old truck, it ran on wood chips
Pull up in a lumber yard, and fill up on wood chips
How did that work?
Regular gas engine, converted
time: 34:45
Break
Music (“Workin’ for Gas”)
time: 35:45
New puzzler
#season[Right after Christmas]
From Dave Foster
NASA sending gear into unmanned missions
Equipment kept failing
Circuits overheating
Problems persisted
time: 38:10
Briony from Gunnison, Colorado
#car[1987,Subaru] Wagon
Started to howl
Strapped to the hood
Bad spedometer cable?
time: 44:45
David Kobler from Ypsilanti, Michigan?
Hershey’s Kisses through the air vents
Don’t leave food in your car!
Mice eating?
Callback to years-ago call where guy had 50lb bag of dog food in his car - TODO: link
time: 51:07
Close credits
“Our anger… I’m not doin’ that one!”
#season[New years]
#1201 @ 52:50
Episodes which mention this one:
2012-01-14: #1202: “Mud Chiggers in the Fuel Line”
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