Spares for Everything
How come in cars and trucks they only have a spare tire? Why not a spare everything? PS. Is there a spare Dr. Science?
———- from Neda, age 9 of Bloomfield Hills, MI
Good question. The fact is both European and Japanese auto manufacturers do equip their vehicles with spare tires, transmissions, even engines. These are stolen before the cars reach the States. For some odd reason thieves only steal three of the four spare tires; that’s why you generally have one on cars sold here. As to your question about a spare Dr. Science, yes, there is one. Right now he’s a 9-year-old as well, one of a family of 16 living in a paper shack on the edge of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Fate will propel him towards the microphone and Internet in good time. No use rushing these things, not as long as my vocal chords still produce an unctuous baritone
Good question. The fact is both European and Japanese auto manufacturers do equip their vehicles with spare tires, transmissions, even engines. These are stolen before the cars reach the States. For some odd reason thieves only steal three of the four spare tires; that’s why you generally have one on cars sold here. As to your question about a spare Dr. Science, yes, there is one. Right now he’s a 9-year-old as well, one of a family of 16 living in a paper shack on the edge of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Fate will propel him towards the microphone and Internet in good time. No use rushing these things, not as long as my vocal chords still produce an unctuous baritone 