#2475: Men Before GPS

The Best of Car Talk

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Comedy, Automotive, Leisure

4.8 • 16.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

It used to be that the biggest obstacle to getting where you were going wasn't a poorly built or maintained car -it was the guy behind the wheel. Men famously hated asking for directions, preferring instead to try and read a paper map with one eye while keeping the other eye on the road, sort of. Journey back to the 'not-so-long-ago-days-of-pre-GPS-yore' on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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0:00.0	What can we learn about this year's election through the candidate's style?
0:05.0	From J.D. Vance's history-making beard, to Kamala Harris's sorority pearls, to Tim Wall's dad plaid,
0:10.0	the 2024 election cycle has been very fashion focused, but what are these politicians
0:15.8	communicating through fashion and how has power dressing changed? Listen to the
0:20.6	It's been a Minute Podcast from NPR. Hello and welcome to Car Talk from National Public Radio with us
0:43.4	click and clack the Tappert brothers and we're broadcasting this week from the
0:46.8	out placement division here at Car Talk Plaza now we were talking a few weeks
0:51.6	ago about some people just aren't really suited for certain jobs like that the fighter there what's his name Andrew Galata
0:58.0	Andrew Galata.
0:59.0	Now he couldn't grasp the difference between above the belt and below the belt.
1:03.7	It was obvious that he's gonna look for a new career.
1:07.0	Boxing isn't for him.
1:08.3	I mean, is there anything more basic than that?
1:10.6	I was mentioning at the time the the sports writer from from Santa Monica who said
1:16.8	well he's he just doesn't grasp some of the rules of boxing and this is a sport
1:21.4	which really doesn't have very many rules.
1:23.0	Well here's another example of a guy who doesn't quite have the swing of his desired career.
1:29.0	Okay, from the Vancouver Sun.
1:31.0	It's titled Best Witness Thomas Martin, remember that name,
1:37.0	yes, of Orville, California, former manager of a Jack-In-the-box restaurant
1:41.5	reported that he'd been robbed of $307 as the store was closing.
1:48.3	He provided police sketch artist Jack Lee with a detailed description of the suspect.
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