DD> TBH - both the mechanic shop and the radio show are sidelines to these   
    DD> guys.    
      
   To be equally honest and perhaps more exact, the garage   
   was their actual main source of income when I met them   
   - well, one of them, at least, I am not sure which, nor   
   did I care, as I thought he treated my then girlfriend   
   with some high-handedness and major sarcasm, or at least   
   she thought so.   
      
    DD> Dr. Tom Magliozzi (Boston U) is/was also a college   
    DD> professor. Ray is a graduate   
    DD> of the Humanities program at MIT - and is/was a science teacher before   
    DD> getting into the car fixing business. They are retired, currently, from   
    DD> Car Talk. "The brothers have been taping Car Talk at WBUR in Boston for   
    DD> 35  years, and the show   
    DD> has been a staple on NPR Member stations for the last 25 years. With   
    DD> older brother Tom turning 75 this year, the guys decided it was time to   
    DD> "stop and smell the cappuccino.""   
      
   And as I understand precious little about automotive   
   things and have even less interest, I was left out in   
   the cold when my friends would stop whatever they were   
   doing every Saturday I think it was morning to tune in   
   on the show.   
      
    DD> I was the varsity ice hockey goalie (and sometime defence man) on my   
    DD> high school team. Lost NO teeth to that experience.   
    ML> Says something for your quick reflexes - or for the   
    ML> lack of competency of your opponents.   
    DD> Says more for my powers of observation. I got the varsity position   
    DD> after the previous guy ate a puck and lost nearly all his teeth, not to   
    DD> mention getting his jaw broken in three places by a slap shot that came   
    DD> perfectly through the rectangular "spit hole" in the baseball catcher's   
    DD> mask that we wore for protection in those days.   
      
   You were perhaps smarter than my other goalie friend.   
      
    Before I skated my   
    DD> first varsity game I went to the metal shop and had the instructor weld   
    DD> a bar mid-way in the "spit hole" - rendering the mask useless for a   
    DD> tobacco chewer but securing my teeth and jaw.    
      
   So why weren't other masks made that way?   
      
    DD> am jonesing for some Popeyes spicy chicken - and that's not something   
    DD> one can gum with any measure of success or enjoyment.   
    ML> I'd be tempted to make full use of the food chopper.   
    DD> Doesn't help me with the crispy, crunchy skin - which is half (or   
    DD> more) of the pleasure of Popeyes. I can manage chicken fairly well.   
    DD> Just can't gnaw it from the bone nor crunch the crunchy bits.   
      
   Ah, so. It must be impossible to enjoy textury foods at the   
   moment. It'll make the day when you can enjoy them again all   
   the sweeter.   
      
   Burnt Raybird   
   cat: booze   
   servings: 1   
      
   1/4 oz amaretto   
   1/4 oz dark creme de cacao   
   1/4 oz Kahlua   
   5 oz hot coffee   
   whip cream   
      
   Serve in mug   
      
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