
Oh, boy.
I'm good.
What were you guys doing this morning early?
Oh my god.
Okay, so go ahead I just woke up really fell asleep early early woke up really early did nothing but red type thing But so you go ahead and tell everybody wait because you came okay You came in looking like you just got done working at the afternoon shift at the mill and one of that one of the paper machines went down and you had to
So I'm leaving right after the show going to a resort, right?
And the restaurants, the lines are too long.
You have to wait too long.
I don't like eating at restaurants at this time of year because you have to wait.
So we're gonna cook food, grill food.
The problem at the resort, you have balconies, but you can't have grills on the balcony.
Like your
All places are like that.
So you have to use like a community grill.
And I talked to Donna, she goes, you know, there's a lot of people that are grilling out.
I don't want to wait, right?
And I can, I can just see, I'll get behind the guy that is like really slow, doesn't know how to grill.
And so I thought, you know what, um, heck with it, I'm going to grill the food
I never have done that.
And I'm thinking, because we're going to be there for five days ago.
My son-in-law's coming.
There's nine of us.
And I thought, wait a minute, I don't think I like that.
It's kind of my idea.
And this isn't going to work.
And so anyway, the more I thought about it, the less I slept.
And I thought, you know what?
Drive some place to Menards by a grill by the charcoal, but have my own so I don't have to deal with people which Which I'm shocked that you haven't done that before right?
Okay.
Go ahead.
That is a strategy, right?
The other thing I thought well anyway, but you would buy the charcoal instead of the gas, huh?
If I said I don't need a grill John, so I would buy it.
Okay.
Got it Get the charcoal use it and leave it for got it.
Okay.
All right the other thing I thought you know what?
The chickens there, the brats are there.
I'm just gonna get up and cook this stuff right now.
At what time?
Probably 10 to three.
So you're outside in your backyard?
At three o'clock.
Turn the light on.
I was like, it might have been a little bright for my neighbor, but he didn't call.
So I, yeah, that's what I did.
Milton comes down.
He's like, what are you doing?
I'm like, just go to sleep.
So I did that.
So now we're gonna have to heat it up, but it's gonna be, it's gonna work better.
It looks great.
barbecue sauce is on there.
So that's what I did.
I did that.
And I feel really, really good that I did that.
That was a good decision.
I am not joking about this.
You should.
Think about being a, not a huge, but almost like a party caterer, where you would cook this stuff for the people, you would grill it, you're doing your own kitchen, your own utensils, your own pots and pans, whatever, and then get those big things, you know, it keeps, and bring it right to the place.
so that's yeah, that's what I did and I feel really good because I would be here this morning thinking like I had to go buy this grill or I'd be even more stressed out thinking I'm gonna get there and I'm gonna and everybody's gonna be around the grill and I'm gonna want to Cook it like you know for and I'm not gonna get on the grill till six.
You know I mean like that and it's gonna stress me out so
It's done, I'm in control, and I happen to like being in control.
So- Can't picture you stressed out with the family on a vacation?
Or needing to be in control?
No, neither one of those.
So it's done.
It's done.
I feel really good.
Good.
Good, good, good.
And my mom's coming today too, and I don't want to make her wait.
That's special.
You bet.
That's awesome.
That's great.
It's done.
And how about you, John?
What did you, same thing, or what?
I read.
I just picked up a, at least, the good.
We neither of us slept though.
literally the alarm went off it like I'm just starting to like dream a little bit and boom though, you know Why is is there something psychological about a person that?
Right before they have to get up all of a sudden They can sleep.
I know is that crazy?
It's like it's unbelievable But anyway, you know what it is a beautiful beautiful morning out there the day before what what more can you ask for than to be in
State of Wisconsin the UP wherever wherever right now
and at this time like I was talking to some friends over last night The this I'm really in we talked about the spirit.
I don't if you call it like it's more the Christmas spirit, but Yesterday our show was like I like you said that I think was one of the best shows we had in terms of the and we've had some great guests I'm not taking anything away from any of our guests, but Big Mouth Woody that was just
And I don't mean anything.
No, I beg in religion a little bit sometimes.
I don't mean to.
But it's just I we go back to that era.
of, I mean, I got, when I learned how to be an altar boy, it was in Latin.
Yeah.
So, I mean, we go back to the hardcore.
Three hours of Friday.
And when you had, you were scheduled to, I mean, we'd be scheduled to do 530 mass all week long.
It's funny when you do step outside when you're not supposed to be in the Sun.
Yeah, like I'm not supposed to be in the Sun That's not as warm as you know, I haven't been like almost sequestered Wait for this thing to heal and it's like when you go out in that it's like whoa, but so you
Plastic bag, free day.
That'll never take.
You know what?
You remember it used to be paper or plastic?
Nobody ever took the paper.
Everybody takes plastic because you use them in garbage bags.
Air conditioning appreciation day.
We didn't have air.
We only needed it three days a year growing up.
We didn't have air conditioning.
Did you?
Yeah, you'd never.
But fried clam day like that.
Do you?
I don't know if I would.
Really like Tom Cruise is 62.
Aaron Tippin 66.
Montell William 68.
Jan Smithers.
I knew you would like that one.
My goodness gracious.
I'm not even joking about this.
She's like my all time cute girl who I would have wanted as a girlfriend.
Yeah.
In the day.
You know, it's not like the whole voluptuous yada, yada, yada, which is, you know, unreachable anyway.
But the Jan Smithers, the cute Jan Smithers, when she wear a little sweater over a tight t-shirt and tight jeans, not to even pay attention to that.
But she, I still love Jan
this.
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63 in Green Bay, 66 in Abton, 65 in Oshkosh, high in the lower 80s.
What a perfect, perfect day to head into the holiday weekend.
This is phenomenal.
It really is.
I wish that, you know, I know when they messed around with it.
Okay.
Okay.
It should always be on a Friday.
So you can have that long weekend.
So when it's like a Tuesday and you want to go to fireworks, if it's not, you know, if you have a party, everybody has to go.
I have to work tomorrow.
I have to get up early.
I think it should always be.
Don't you?
Right.
It's kind of tough.
Exactly.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I have to give the UK some credit because they do a lot of bank holidays over there.
There's at least one.
They call them bank holidays.
Bank bank bank.
So basically, it's kind of like
our our president's day or our and they do them on Mondays or Fridays so people get three day weekends perfect thank you well we do that with president's days yeah but nobody gets that that's only if you're in
And these girls.
I mean, I shouldn't call them girls.
Young 20s.
OK.
They were selling and I actually bought one they were selling those things that a lot of golfers use where you put them in the little sticky pads, then they vibrate You know where they hit you in the Lord Lumber
yeah, I loaned it to Duke right and I never got it back by the way Call Peg I'll get her on the line, but
Hey, what are you guys?
Well, you know where we got to go back for service next week.
Oh, yeah, I thought service.
I thought some, you know, religious.
She don't know where every couple of years or something we do a month or two of blah blah blah.
And they were sort of, they sort of like very, very attractive young girls.
Okay.
And it's like, oh, we love it.
We absolutely, that's, we look forward to it.
We love it.
We had that other kid play basketball at Green Bay from Norway.
He's, oh my God, it's the best thing ever.
So everybody that I know that has done it, has really enjoyed
She thought it was the best decision she ever made.
You just learn so much about people's skills, management skills, even though it's not specifically the career.
I think it's great.
Other countries do it.
That is something I wouldn't mind adapting.
Some of the case there's there's things we can learn from other countries.
I think we do it better.
I think overall We do it better than anybody else.
It's almost like that.
I just read some of that stuff I know a lot of it's BS.
We just read some but it's like, you know, think about this
you work, you know, how many hours a day for four hours off, you work, how many hours for, and another thing, you know, what they're talking about, and this hit me, because I'm starting to get up there a little bit age-wise, I'll
Come on, stop it.
I can say that.
Turn his mic up.
Turn his mic up.
Turn his mic up.
No, no, no.
John, you're the one who showed me.
Turn his mic up.
No, Todd, turn his mic up.
And he showed me the planning committee.
And it was a picture of, what, nine people?
Maybe it's more than that, 12 people.
And I'm like, John, what's the lunch lady doing in that picture?
One person aged a little bit.
No, no, they're all.
No, they did.
It looked like that.
And then I said, well, was this guy your teacher?
And it wasn't just they looked old.
Their hairstyle was old.
Quick
Wow.
We've got a kind of a.
combined theme happening here.
We're talking a lot about the 4th of July because it is the 4th of July weekend.
And so we've got stories on PTSD and fireworks and fireworks safety and stuff like that.
But we also are our code theme is rock and roll because Monday, June 7th is National Rock and Roll Day.
I'm telling you.
So yeah, we feature them.
And then our cover story.
this week is a little bit off topic, but it's something that's very important.
And it's an interview that our Melissa K did with Feeding America on just how those federal cuts are going to affect food insecurity here in Wisconsin.
So that's a very good interview with Melissa K as our cover story.
John.
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If you didn't, I mean, there were times I would have to have like paper towels or something holding the steering wheel.
Yeah, that's plastic would get so hot.
It was mind boggling.
And then the dashboard would like crack.
Oh, yeah, all the time.
That would happen.
I mean, we talk about crazy things, but that heat is inside of it.
And that's what I hate to say.
But you know, with people, if they're tragically kids or or animals or something, no idea how hot a car can get with those windows.
I like the fourth.
I like the fourth.
Damn it.
But I'm going because of the food trucks.
Yeah.
Seriously, we're going to we're going to have about 20 food trucks in Oshkosh Ground Menominee Park.
on Friday.
So I'm going to go and I'm going to sample me some yummy food.
Nice.
You can tell.
I mean, look at me.
Well, you know,
So for burgers, Jim and I both agreed that
hamburgers are you got to have cheese and it's got to be melted on there and you don't need a whole bunch of other things and I that's the only thing he and I agree on what about yourself how do you like your burgers
You want to know what the greatest combination, when I lived in Flint, Michigan, the greatest combination of a place you go to, there was a laundry mat connected with a baby ribs joint.
And those baby ribs, you put your clothes in the thing and you go over and you have your baby ribs.
Oh, I love a good baby rib.
I mean, those combinations are, you know, you need to do that.
Mixed with protein powder and tang and it's a man a little bit of yogurt Greek yogurt unflavored.
It's phenomenal.
It's so healthy for you But my sandwiches get this Lisa.
You love this.
It's it's sliced colorabi.
Okay, it's good.
Yes sliced colorabi with sliced onions Okay, a piece of cheese light mayo in a lettuce
Back in.
And they did.
By the way, what comes to mind when you say picnic hamburgers, old fashioned Fireman's Park picnic burgers?
Scotty.
You're right.
Old.
So is that?
The old.
Fireman's Park type of burger.
Oh, yeah, okay.
It's like almost a smash burger.
Yeah, exactly.
Yeah, let's make a smash burgers Mark Houston.
Implify.
Sports matters.
How you doing, buddy?
No, I was just saying, okay, we're going to talk about high school sports, physicals, right?
In our day, that's all you did was turn your head and coughed.
Yep.
I don't know anybody that ever flunked their high school physical.
Didn't matter.
That's all the doctors.
They're just next cough, next cough, cough, cough.
But I did have a serious sports injury that I told you about.
Yep.
And they had to use a hyperthermic hyperdermic needle like the size when they inject horses with steroids or whatever they do.
Okay.
That's what they used on me.
So I'm just saying that ended your career.
All right, stymied it.
Didn't end, but, you know, it was a roadblock.
We were we talked about going to I'll say it.
I think it's the dream beach of all of Wisconsin to the show to the show I think it's one of them get around Green Bay or door colony.
Sure.
Yep.
I'm just telling you that I have friends who told me about this beach Thank You Terry and Sue Beck many
I think it's the biggest thing in Wisconsin.
Oh 15 years ago, right?
That beach is one of the best beaches to go to in Wisconsin.
And even I think the biggest thing, even if you go there today.
And it could be it'll be cooler.
You know it'll be cooler.
Yeah, but you love it when it's 98 here.
You know where there it's 85.
They market that as a cool spot in Wisconsin.
But even if the water is cold and it can be.
if you go there early enough.
Depending on the wind.
But you can have a great day on the beach.
Yep.
You guys just talk about food trucks.
They got food trucks.
They got concessions.
They got bathrooms.
Very reasonably priced.
Yeah.
Everything.
And there's music on some nights.
And I'm not calling you guys old, but if that's when, that's how long it's gone, it must say something about what it is.
Absolutely.
You know, I mean, if they've held that tradition, man, why not go to it?
And you know, I think so many times we go to the, we have to, so it goes back to your question, Jim, it just break it out this weekend.
If you guys are listening on this radio,
run down there for a day.
You know, I mean, you got three days.
Now, that's what my wife just said this morning.
Oh, maybe some rain, but every day is probably rain.
Every
Yeah.
But I'll tell you what, Two Rivers has a couple of other places.
Waverly Beach.
Waverly is good.
Waverly is great pizza.
And then a place I've never gone and I can't believe I have it because you know why?
Because we always eat and then you're so full.
But that ice cream parlor in that building, that's like 150 years old.
I just had a friend from my home.
So I'm home.
My home town is Janesville, Southern Wisconsin.
And a friend of mine, I don't even know why he was up here a couple weeks ago.
And they pulled in at like 9 30 at night into two rivers and his family's big baseball fans.
And they're like, what is going on here at 9 30 on a Friday night?
You know, and they were he had a post.
No, it's a train.
By municing on Lake Superior.
Oh when we had Dom up there a couple of years like I can't believe this This is like unbelievable and how clear the water is now It's like superior so it's but you know he could handle it You can't believe how beautiful how big this beach is up by municing, Michigan Anybody has anybody been up there to a train?
Unbelievable beach haven't heard of that one.
I mean, I still remember we had friends.
It was back when it was like 98 one year.
We're all sitting here on July 3rd going, what are we all going to do?
And it's like, whole bunch just went over there and it was just, you know, three, four hours.
You know, grab, grab, even if you want to grab a sub and eat, I mean, it's just, you do have to get there early.
Otherwise you'll be walking.
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