Thomas Guide
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Nov 3, 2026
Matt JonesGUEST
So there's no GPS.
Matt JonesGUEST
So I had like a Thomas guide next to me.
Joe VulpisHOST
The Tom Tom.
Matt JonesGUEST
Yeah.
Matt JonesGUEST
No, not a Tom Tom, a Thomas guide.
Joe VulpisHOST
What's that? It was a
Matt JonesGUEST
map, a paper map.
Connor MacIvorHOST
the mobile thing.
Connor MacIvorHOST
We went from paper maps, laminated paper maps, if you had the high dollar version of the Thomas Guide, here in Southern California, or an atlas.
Connor MacIvorHOST
Atlas? Yeah, atlas.
Connor MacIvorHOST
An interstate book, all 50 states, all 50 states in a book.
J.J. SpaunGUEST
Technically, you're correct there, Kenny.
J.J. SpaunGUEST
Thomas Maps.
J.J. SpaunGUEST
Technically, it's the peninsula hole.
J.J. SpaunGUEST
We'll call it the peninsula hole from now on.
Josh GrobanGUEST
I remember, Dad, I remembered when she asked me that question that before there was GPS, I'd get lost a lot in the car.
Josh GrobanGUEST
And I would have to actually call you at 2 a.m. so you could get out the, what was it, the Thomas Guide? you'd have to tell me on the phone how to get home at 2 a.m.
Josh GrobanGUEST
So thank you for those 2 a.m. calls as well.
Josh GrobanGUEST
Jack
Holly RandallHOST
It's fine.
Silvia SaigeGUEST
Should we talk about Thomas Guides? The Yellow Pages.
Silvia SaigeGUEST
What do you guys want to know? We have all of it.
Silvia SaigeGUEST
Oh, shit.
LaurenHOST
I mean, do you use MapQuest
TerrenceHOST
or Thomas Guide? Like, yeah, I mean, I don't know where they are.
TerrenceHOST
Take a left at the light.
PaulaPANELIST
Well, speaking of driving.
Ron CorningHOST
As you pointed out yesterday, I'm a bit older than you as I dress to be Grampula this Halloween.
Ron CorningHOST
We were saying that I grew up as a reporter with the Thomas Guide, and you had to know the streets and where they were.
Ron CorningHOST
You have the benefits of that GPS.
Ron CorningHOST
You're not nearly as Rand McNally map-worthy as me.
Matt MoghaddamGUEST
Back in the day, we didn't have Google Maps.
Matt MoghaddamGUEST
We had something called a Thomas Guide, which is a book that was about this thick, and it had a bunch of maps on it.
Matt MoghaddamGUEST
And so I used to sit in the passenger seat on her showings, and I would you know, get her to the, to the homes that she was showing her clients.
Matt MoghaddamGUEST
Um, and then, you know, during that same time, my dad's brother, my uncle, he, he's been a mortgage broker for about 40 years.
DanHOST
Oh, shit.
DanHOST
Thomas Guide? Thomas Guide.
DanHOST
Was that what it was? Thomas
TonyHOST
Guide, absolutely.
Jeff AtlasGUEST
You had your map, uh, old school.
Jeff AtlasGUEST
This is, this is called a Thomas guide.
Jeff AtlasGUEST
You ever heard of that? It's like a map that you have to look and see where I go.
Jeff AtlasGUEST
And here's Wilshire.
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