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The Best of Car Talk

#2310: Patty Settles the Bet

The Best of Car Talk

NPR

Comedy, Leisure, Automotive

4.716.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

A few shows back we got a call from Patty in nearby Somerville, MA who wondered whether her mother should be driving an old Toyota from Texas up to see her. Our knuckleheads couldn't agree and instead decided to make a bet: if she makes it, Ray has to replace the '65 Rambler of Tommy's that he sent to the crusher years ago. Will she or won't she? Find out on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Card Talk on National Public Radio with us clicking

0:19.4

collect the tap at brothers and we're broadcasting this week from the

0:22.8

administrative offices of Geek Week here at Card Talk Plaza. We have to we have

0:27.2

to open an entire office just to handle this. We had a successful week.

0:30.6

Don't you think so? I thought so. We should kind of recap a little bit. You know

0:35.0

we realized some time ago that a lot of money was being spent by parents of

0:39.8

course. So any kids to specialize camps of various kinds like computer camp,

0:44.5

tennis camp, botchy camp. But were your kids when botchy camp? Yeah, botchy camp.

0:49.5

But we noticed that there was no place for the aspiring Geek to go for

0:53.8

fellowship and inspiration. And we felt a need here and we had to probably think

0:59.8

that it comes natural. But it doesn't necessarily come natural. I mean you have to

1:04.3

learn certain things. That's right. So that's why we founded Geek Week this

1:08.1

summer here at Card Talk Plaza for kids eight through 14 and we taught the

1:13.0

fundamentals and courses like how to buy pants that are three inches too short.

1:17.9

How many pocket protectors is too many? And my personal favorite, 15 minutes a day

1:23.2

to a thinner, more pencil like neck. Anyway, in order to improve the

1:27.8

curriculum for next year, we've asked people to write in and make suggestions

1:31.4

for next year's Geek Week because you know we're always at a loss for things

1:34.7

of course. I mean there are lots of things that are

1:36.9

seminars that could be you know workshops, all kinds of things. And out of the

1:40.8

mail that we got, I mean we got some good mail. The best one. We got voluminous.

1:44.8

I'd say the best one was from Eric Bauer from Sherman, Oaks, California. Eric says

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