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| Tommy (on the right) and Ray (on the left) |
I was greatly saddened to hear this morning that we
have lost a really, good guy. Well…at
least someone who could greatly improve the mood a cloudy Saturday morning with
his wit and antics... Tommy Magliozzi, the older of the two “Tappet
Brothers” on NPR’s Car Talk. I’ve been a
loyal listener for most of the 25 years or so that they have been on the air.
In case you did not "know" Tommy, he and his brother
Ray had an 11 AM (at least here in Pittsburgh) Saturday morning show that
ostensibly was about cars and car repairs but as the newscaster said this morning, “…was really more about two brothers who loved life and each other.” My wife, who is not a car buff by any
stretch of the imagination, looked forward to listening to the show any time we were riding around
together on a Saturday morning. One time,
she was even able to answer a caller’s question about “spongy brakes” because she
had heard a similar question on a previous show and had retained the
information.
Anyone who has heard the closing of the show
is familiar with their list of fictitious “staff members” with unique names (all puns), like
“Picov Andropov”, the Russian Chauffeur.
When I was first got into wood carving, I did
a number of pieces based on these names and I thought that this would be a good
time to show them off. (Note: These were "early works" so I don't feel that they are quite up to my "more recent" standards:-( but I wanted to show them off in memory of Tommy).
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| Chief of Tire Technology -- Yessar Itsaflat |
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