The cartalk.com TIME KILL WEEKLY Special Polluting Your iPod Edition ______________________________________________ Killing Time, Unencumbered by the Work Process ______________________________________________ Maury Maille, Editor
What's new at Car Talk Plaza? Our lousy show on your iPod every week, that's what. Audible is the company that provides subscriptions to Car Talk for MP3 players and iPods, along with a variety of other public radio shows and audio books. It's not free--it's by subscription--but if you like the convenience and functionality of podcasts, you can now get Car Talk that way, too. For more information on buying Car Talk shows individually or getting a subscription to Audible, drop by http://www.cartalk.com/Radio/Show/ Of course, you can still/always listen for free via streaming audio right from that same page http://www.cartalk.com/Radio/Show/. But for those who want their Car Talk to go (Some weeks, everybody wants Car Talk to go!), subscription podcasts from Audible are now an option. (Note to you socialists out there--yes, we know Cat Box Talk and All Drill-Bits Considered podcasts are free, but until that big endorsement deal with Ralph's Falafel Emporium comes through, we have to pay for our lousy web site somehow.) In other news, all's quiet at Car Talk Plaza. There's no cackling laughter and no cries of, "boooo-gussss!" Just a few of us lackeys are left, along with the occasional, straggling Car Talk fan and tourist in Our Fair City, who managed to find Car Talk Plaza. See, we're in the midst of our official, Car Talk summer vacation. Ray has traded his steel-toed work shoes for Tevas and has his fingers working the gas grill, instead of a worn engine block. As for Tom, well.... nothing much has changed, actually. Except that, technically, he's on vacation, too. He's still his usual self, though-- namely, a one-man ranting and raving, wandering eyesore, sullying the landscape for every passing Boston Brahmin on Boston Common. (Keep up the good work, Tommy!) Ever wonder what Tom and Ray really do on summer vacation? Here's the lowdown: http://www.cartalk.com/content/features/Vacation/ That, of course, is in between Tommy's part-time job -- meticulously hosing down his old beaters: http://www.cartalk.com/content/features/Zen/ That's all for now. Hoping you're enjoying some quality time on the beach, Maury Maille Chief Office Watcher Car Talk Plaza P.S. Here's this week's Lame Joke Of The Week, courtesy of Rod Sams: A couple had been debating buying a vehicle for weeks. He wanted a truck. She wanted a fast little sports-like car so she could zip through traffic around town. He probably would have settled on any beat-up old truck, but everything she seemed to like was way out of their price range. "Look," she said, "I want something that goes from 0 to 200 in just a few seconds. Nothing else will do. My birthday is coming up so surprise me!" He did just that. For her birthday, he bought her a brand-new bathroom scale. Nobody has seen or heard from him since. *************************************** 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 Booklet or CD 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 or CD 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
