The cartalk.com TIME KILL WEEKLY Special Dear Old Dad Edition ______________________________________________ Killing Time, Unencumbered by the Work Process ______________________________________________ Maury Maille, Editor
What's new at Car Talk Plaza? Father's Day is coming! Father's Day is coming! ***SOONER THAN YOU THINK*** This public service message is being brought to you by the greedy (yet helpful) folks at the Car Talk Shameless Commerce Division. Because they claim to have, what? Just the thing for Dad this year! And they can ship it directly, with a nice note, so you won't even have to lift a finger for the old goat. Interested? We thought so. Check out our special CD featuring calls about fathers and cars, "Why You Should Never Listen to Your Father When It Comes to Cars"; our two CDs of disrespectful car tunes; our silk, Car Talk necktie (featuring our fictional staff members in tiny print); and Car Talk shirts, mugs, hats-- even a special Mother and Father CD gift pack that'll help keep the peace in the family and save you some money in the process. Here's the link, right to our Shameless Commerce Division: http://www.shamelesscommerce.com You can shop right up until Wednesday, June 15. (Hardened procrastinators can shop until the 16th at 2 pm, but will pay for the errors of their ways on their credit cards, with overnight shipping costs.) Now, the news related to our lousy little web site. We've just created a new area, which we hope will help you get instant answers to your car questions. (Note we said "instant," not "good." We've never promised *that* to anyone!) We're calling it "Ask Someone Smarter Than Us: The Car Talk Instant Answer Service." To check it out, see http://www.wondir.com/partners/CarTalk We think it's got potential. It's faster than a traditional bulletin board, offers instant messaging Q&A, and also returns information from a number of additional online sources. For quick, simple answers, it could be preferable to the boards, which, of course, are still the preferred route for more in-depth, ongoing discussions. Please let us know what you think of it. You can e-mail us any time via http://www.cartalk.com/email/email.html Back to the tanning butter, before it rains again-- and it will. Why? Because we live in Our Fair City, that's why. Maury Maille Chief Procrastinator Car Talk Plaza P.S. Here's this week's Lame Joke Of The Week-- two very short and especially lame offerings, this time around. The first is courtesy of Scott, who wisely spared public humiliation by not sharing his last name with us: Heard about the restaurant on the moon? Great food, no atmosphere. And, from Eric Potter: A man with a dog walks into a bar. The bartender says, "What is this, a joke?" Lame, eh? We sure thought so. Thanks guys. *************** Write Tom and Ray -- Please! Been meaning to write us a witty, genius, evocative, insightful letter? No? All right, forget genius then. How about sending us something funny we could read on the air? Write Tom and Ray right now at http://www.cartalk.com/email/email.html *************** Useful information alert: How to Get a Free Car Talk CD or Booklet Tired of paying auto club dues to an outfit that lobbies against environmental causes? Check out Better World Club-and in the process get a Car Talk booklet for free! Better World is 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 now, you'll get a free Car Talk CD, or a copy of our booklet, 10 Ways You May Be Ruining Your Car without Even Knowing It. 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/ ******************** 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
