The cartalk.com TIME KILL WEEKLY Special Post-Blizzard Recap Edition ______________________________________________ Killing Time, Unencumbered by the Work Process ______________________________________________ Maury Maille, Editor
Did you survive the Great Blizzard of '05? Wait until you hear who almost didn't! You won't want to miss this week's show, as one brother revels in the stupidity of the other brother. As opposed to what, you say? Well, the roles are a bit reversed. Tune in and hear the whole story! Need to find your nearest Car Talk station? Here's how: http://www.cartalk.com/ct/carriagesRadio.jsp Or listen online, anytime, at http://www.cartalk.com/Radio/Show/ Meanwhile, looking for a way to stay warm during the next great storm? Our new Car Talk personals section just might be the ticket. Why use Car Talk as criteria for meeting someone? Well, at least there's one hour of the week you can agree on! You can fill those awkward quiet moments reciting our bogus staff personnel list -- and, who knows, you might even meet someone with the decent sense to enjoy some of the *good* NPR shows. On Saturday, we'll launch the personals via the homepage of our web site. Until then, they're available just to Time Kill Weekly subscribers, at http://personals.cartalk.com Set up an account on our new Car Talk Personals by Valentine's Day, and our lackeys have been ordered at mouse-point to give you three free credits, which will enable you to play around and contact a few potential babes (male or female) at no cost -- no strings attached. (Up front Car Talk hassle acknowledgement: This does require a few minutes to set up a profile, and the credits will expire after 14 days if you don't use them.) Just type in the following promo code: REG-CRTLKEMBARRASSED Feel free to share the code with friends who may be on the prowl. A final note: We have an opening here at Car Talk Plaza for an intern. Help us produce more lousy hours of Car Talk and consume a freezer full of Ben and Jerry's ice cream. Interested? Of course you are! Email us via Virtual Box 3500 at http://www.cartalk.com/email/email.html Back to the shovels. Maury Maille Chief Shoveler Car Talk Plaza P.P.S. Here's this week's Lame Joke Of The Week, courtesy of Denise DeMiranda: Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks are French, the mechanics are German, the lovers are Italian and it's all organized by the Swiss. Hell is where the police are German, the cooks are English, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss, and it's all organized by the Italians. ******************* USEFUL INFORMATION ALERT: Tired of paying auto club dues to an outfit that lobbies against environmental causes? Check out Better World Club. They're an auto club with genuinely decent values-- unlike some others we could name... whose initials happen to be AAA. Better World Club cares about... *Your environmental interests--they give 1% of their revenue to environmental clean up and advocacy. *Your consumer interests. They even have discounts on hybrid rental cars. *And, they have the nation's only bicycle roadside assistance program. Dump your AAA membership and join Better World! If you join via the Car Talk web site, they'll even give you an extra month's membership. Check them out now at http://www.cartalk.com ******************** Got more time to kill? This past weekend's new, lousy Car Talk show is now on the web site, at http://www.cartalk.com/Radio/Show/ ******************** Miss the puzzler? Losing sleep over it? Add your e-mail to our Car Talk Puzzler Psychic Friends Network and we'll personally hand deliver Ray's new puzzler to your inbox every Monday. http://www.cartalk.com/ct/maillist.jsp?puzzler_list=subscribe#psychic ******************* Embarrassed by having e-mails from Car Talk in your inbox? Can't say that we blame you. Unsubscribe any time, via http://www.cartalk.com/ct/maillist.jsp?mailing_list=subscribe Puzzler Dissemination Specialist Car Talk Plaza ******************* USEFUL INFORMATION ALERT: Tired of paying auto club dues to an outfit that lobbies against environmental causes? Check out Better World Club. It's an auto club with genuinely decent values-- unlike some others we could name... whose initials happen to be AAA. Better World Club cares about... *Your environmental interests -- it gives 1% of its revenue to environmental clean up and advocacy. *Your consumer interests -- it even offers discounts on hybrid rental cars. *And it has the nation's only bicycle roadside assistance program. Dump your AAA membership and join Better World! If you join via the Car Talk web site, you'll even get an extra month's membership. Check out Better World Club now at http://www.cartalk.com *********************************** Got more time to kill? This past weekend's new, lousy Car Talk show is now on the web site, at http://www.cartalk.com/Radio/Show/ ******************** Help Ray lose the night sweats he's been getting, trying to come up with a decent puzzler each week. E-mail him your suggestion any time, via http://www.cartalk.com/email/email.html ******************** Puzzled out? You can unsubscribe to the Car Talk Puzzler Psychic Friends Network anytime at http://www.cartalk.com/ct/maillist.jsp?puzzler_list=subscribe#psychic We'll forgive you.
