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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