Great to hear Don's Gfell's voice in this piece. Fun idea as well, to think of him having Edison's voice recite "Our boys made good in France..." on the town square amid the revving engines of the vintage vehicles on a summer's eve.
It's enlightening also to listen to the audio and read the article at the same time. Some things get as lost in the media jumble as if they were translations from the Chinese on inexpensive product instruction sheets. For example, in the audio, when Nancy Wargo describes the "air conditioning" on her '49 Chevy as being "two windows down at 55 mph", the text version of the article translates it this way: "...even in this heat, she says it can hit 55 mph". I have a '29 Chevy and it'll do slightly better than 60 mph with its original drive train, and it's geared considerably lower than a '49. I should think that Nancy's '49 would do at least 80 or 85, so it's too bad readers (but not listeners) will get the wrong idea. If anyone on this list knows Nancy, it would be interesting to find out. Not the end of the world to get such a simple piece of information so wrong (not to mention completely missing the humor of it), but just the vagaries of a media machine that cares little for accuracy of details, such as Don Gefell's last name. Andrew Baron Santa Fe On Aug 7, 2012, at 4:36 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Here's the link to hear the story. You'll note that they MISPELLED Don > Gfell's name in the test. > > _http://www.wbur.org/npr/158201577/cruisin-for-classic-cars-on-a-steamy-summ > er-night_ > (http://www.wbur.org/npr/158201577/cruisin-for-classic-cars-on-a-steamy-summer-night) > > > Steve Ramm > > > In a message dated 8/6/2012 9:33:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > While setting at the dinner table in Montana tonight, I was listening to > NPr, which made a reference to Milan Ohio. They were talking about > restoration of vintage cars. > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
