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Dilemma and Question
It's the late 1930's and an uneasy Europe is on the brink of another war. A meeting is held in a secret location somewhere in Germany, where the top elite German officers are collected around a table with Germany's, and perhaps the world's, top engineers and designers. They're going over the plans of the new personnel carrier for the German forces. They want every little thing to be flawless.
Everything about the carrier seems to be beyond superb, but one German officer stands and asks about the fan belt. "How long do you expect this belt to last?" An engineer replies, "Thirty to forty thousand kilometers, sir." (I don't know how many miles that is. DOESN'T MATTER)
The officer replies "that is not good enough. We need it to last at least sixty thousand kilometers." The engineer came prepared, saying "you can manage that much distance by taking the belt off and turning it inside out." (This is a flat belt, not a V belt.)
The officer then says, "that is yet unacceptable. Our troops will be engaged in battle, we can't have them changing fan belts in the middle of battle!"
The engineers huddle together, and think of a clever and easy way to extend the life of the belt to 60 thousand kilometers. They do not change the material of the belt. In two minutes, they have a solution to the problem which satisfies the Colonel.
What did they do to the belt to extend its life???
ANSWERED
BY KILLERZEBRA
The first person to reply the proper answer gets a Defib Special Prize.
Dilemma and Question
It's the late 1930's and an uneasy Europe is on the brink of another war. A meeting is held in a secret location somewhere in Germany, where the top elite German officers are collected around a table with Germany's, and perhaps the world's, top engineers and designers. They're going over the plans of the new personnel carrier for the German forces. They want every little thing to be flawless.
Everything about the carrier seems to be beyond superb, but one German officer stands and asks about the fan belt. "How long do you expect this belt to last?" An engineer replies, "Thirty to forty thousand kilometers, sir." (I don't know how many miles that is. DOESN'T MATTER)
The officer replies "that is not good enough. We need it to last at least sixty thousand kilometers." The engineer came prepared, saying "you can manage that much distance by taking the belt off and turning it inside out." (This is a flat belt, not a V belt.)
The officer then says, "that is yet unacceptable. Our troops will be engaged in battle, we can't have them changing fan belts in the middle of battle!"
The engineers huddle together, and think of a clever and easy way to extend the life of the belt to 60 thousand kilometers. They do not change the material of the belt. In two minutes, they have a solution to the problem which satisfies the Colonel.
What did they do to the belt to extend its life???
ANSWERED
BY KILLERZEBRA
The first person to reply the proper answer gets a Defib Special Prize.
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