Hey, it's Ray.

I just want to make sure you've heard about NPR's new CarTalk Plus.

For an insignificant little subscription fee, you'll get access to hundreds of previous

episodes whenever you want them and your subscription supports NPR.

If you like things the way they are, no worries, but if you're ready for an upgraded

CarTalk experience and who wouldn't, what the heck.

And you want to do your part to help NPR, you can go to the CarTalk Plus channel at Apple

or go to plus dot NPR dot org slash CarTalk, that's plus dot NPR dot org slash CarTalk.

Hello and welcome to CarTalk on National Public Radio with us clicking on the Tapet Brothers

and we're broadcasting this week from the gift shop here at CarTalk Plus.

Now, since this is traditionally the beginning of the holiday shopping frenzy, I've been out

every day shopping, no, just been out of the restaurant, he thought we would highlight

another one of the wonderful items from the CarTalk Plaza gift shop.

Oh, yeah.

Well, here's an item that's been updated for this year and we constantly are changing a

product line, you know, because we want to make it interesting, people and sell some

of this junk.

That's the CarTalk child punishment tapes, oh, Melissa Peterson edition.

Now, we know how hard it is to get kids to behave in the same old tried and true threats.

Tents are lose their bite, you know, if you know what I mean, I'm going to send you

to your room, no TV for a week, I'm going to bury up to your neck and common or I've

done all those things 10 times to my kids, there's no effect, they just don't absolutely

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