Good morning, Wisconsin. Good morning, world. It's a new day. Thanks for kicking it off
with us right here at WFHR, locally grown radio. Got your host, James J behind the mic.
I am joined by Melissa K. Good morning. And the best listeners and radio. Thanks for joining
us, everybody. Good stuff on the way for you. And a little bit, Melissa, now you're going
to get into how many of us think about a vacation while we're on a vacation. And five things
in your house you can sell for parts. We don't get these all this stuff coming up for
you. But we kicked the hour off with entertainment news. And remember when everybody was kind
of jumping on and piling on the rock and Oprah Winfrey for trying to get people to donate
to the Maui Wildlife Relief. Even though they pledged to start things off with $10 million
per donation, people thought it wasn't enough given the mass of wealth. They also thought
it was tone deaf for rich people to ask for money from the 99 per cent. Well, if it helps,
it sounds like Oprah and Duane really put their money where their mouths are. A nonprofit
that helps manage the distribution of those funds says they ended up raising 60 million.
Whoa. And while 20,000,000 individuals and companies donated, the bulk of the money
came from Oprah and the rock. They didn't say exactly much. How much? And this story is coming
to us from the AP as the Associated Press. So certainly a noteworthy trusted new source.
It's interesting. It's noteworthy. But it also, I think it could be two sides to this.
It can feel very, very tone deaf for anybody in these positions to ask for any kind of thing.
That's kind of understandable. And I could see the push back to a degree, the first instinct of
that. Okay. There is also, and I know this isn't going to be popular. There's also us judging
others on what they do with their money. Yeah. Like I would love for the top 1% for the
Bay Zoses and these people to, you know, what? I'm going to take a percentage of my wealth.
And I'm just going to solve a hunger in Africa. Like I'm, you know, something like that. That
be great. And I think the majority of us out there would agree that that, you know, we would do
that or we would like to see, we would like to think we would do that or we'd like to see them do
that. Exactly. Yes. But Melissa, you're hitting it on the head. I'm sorry to run over your
sins there, but that's okay. That's the, that's the thing of this is that I, I've never, like, I'm
right now in my life. I have a decent paycheck. I've had maybe three or four times of my life
like that. I've never been anywhere close to rich. I have, I'd like to think that I would handle
myself just the same way I am my core at my soul and all those things. But I don't know. I mean,
I could, I could become a get Bayzo's money, become the world's biggest jerk. Like I don't think,
I don't think I would be that person. But I know that I don't know. And, and, and the thing,
we're not, we're not anywhere near the life situations or experiences that these billionaires
and some of the millionaires are. We've not experienced any of that. So it's really hard for us to say
what we would do with our money or judge them for how they choose to spend their money. The only
thing that I feel is justified in my judging of their money and, and how they, they do or do not,
what they do or do not do with it is they should pay their fair share of taxes. Yeah, that's, that,
that should even be a discussion. That, that, that should just be a given. Um, that, there,
there's no reason in the world for, for them not to, uh, you, you can, you can go ahead and throw
at me, but, but, but this, but that, no, no, no, uh, everybody should be paying taxes. Everybody.
And that includes corporations. There are a lot of things that could be solved in the United States
if everybody was paying what they should be paying for their taxes. If businesses, instead of paying
to find loopholes to not to avoid it, if businesses are going to be considered people shouldn't
they be paying taxes, just like people do. I mean, what, what, what, what the what? Um, I, look,
I'll even take it a step further and really aggravate everybody. I don't understand why churches don't
pay taxes. Oh, boom, boom, just did that one. Uh, James dot mail off at civic media. US, uh, the,
the comments from James are just James's. But, uh, it, in, in all, in all honesty, though,
everybody should be wanting to churches these top one per centers. Everybody should be wanting
to pay taxes because taxes are what make this world, this are at least our country move.
Like think about if we took away taxes. Where, where do you think our country would be? What kind
of infrastructure do you think we would have? Do you really want to have roads? You think we'd have
power lines? I mean, I think there are so many things that are, that are social safety
nuts that we need in society that are paid for by taxes, education. And it's so easy to tell
other people what to do with their money. And, and, and I don't think anybody would want
somebody else telling them what to do with their money. So we got to look at it this both ways.
I do think it is tone deaf for somebody who is in the top 1% to ask others to donate or something
like that. But they are also putting their money into this. And, and, uh, I mean, you know,
I think it would be very tone deaf if they weren't donating anything. But they're, if they're
coming at it with a, you know, Maui needs help. They obviously did. That was a horrible tragedy
that happened there. And they're saying, we're donating the amount of money if you can help help.
It's not a requirement. But if you can, great. I mean, uh, like, uh, the other part of this too,
that I think we really got to get around and get better at with social media is,
remember when you used to have thoughts in your head and you didn't share them.
Say, by remember that, hey, it's used to be this thing we used to do where we thought things
that are ahead and we didn't immediately type it out with our thumbs and hit send. You mean,
you put a filter on? Yeah. Yeah. It's the thing with the thoughts in the rain. Write that down.
Filter. Uh, and tacked. And tacked. Yes. Uh, think before you hit send. Uh, that's an interesting
story. Uh, this one is even more interesting. I think though finance buzz wants to, uh,
pay a quote, wookie, rookie, a wookie, rookie, $1,000 to watch all nine Star Wars movies in the
Skywalker saga. Whoa. They want someone though who there's a catch. They want some of
those who has never seen a Star Wars movie or TV show before. Okay. The chosen people exist.
Yes. The chosen one will give an outsider's perspective and will rate and evaluate the movies
in their order and they are released. So starting order. They're released. Yes. So starting
up with episode four, um, since it's 25 hours and seven minutes of movie watching,
finance buzz will add $100 for snacks and streaming fees. You must be 18 to apply and applications
are being accepted until May 4th. Uh-huh. May the 4th. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Um, now the streaming
service thing, I believe everything's owned by Disney. So everything's on Disney Plus as far as
all those movies have to get one subscription. And I, I, I think the headline catches people
right away. Like there's a lot of Star Wars fans out there. Pay me a thousand bucks to rewatch
movies. I've already watched a thousand times. Sure. Like, yeah, give me the money. Oh, except you
don't qualify. Oh, no. Oh, the catch. Oh, it gets you. Um, yeah, that, I would think that would be
fun. Like, even like, especially if you're not a Star Wars fan, the, the, like the thing about
this to me, I noticed this with, like, especially during the Super Bowl. Usually the Super Bowl,
you get all kinds of fans, not just die hard, crazy fans like me, but people that could care less
about the football. And I, they are my favorite people to watch the games with.
Yeah, it gets a little old. Hey, what does that do? What is it? Why is you doing that? You know,
the questions and stuff? It can get a little old quick, but that's fine. What I enjoy is the,
is they're not caring. The, the idea of just being able to take this in with none of the added,
like emotions involved. Like I care about a lot of these characters. So if one of them gets hurt
or dies or something, I'm all in my feelings about it. Like, oh, how could they do that to Han Solo?
I'm still angry about that. Whereas for somebody who doesn't care, you just sit back and just
watch it. Just eat your popcorn. You know, I mean, there's no drama. There's no investment.
It seems like, and you get a thousand bucks. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it is 25 plus hours of your life
and let it get back, but that's true. That's true. You got to weigh that out. It is, is, is, is 24 hours?
That is a thousand bucks worth your day worth a day in your life. That's a tough quest. Like, no,
no right away. I'm saying no to that. But, but I guess, you know, if, especially if you got
none else to do. Well, I thought the other question is, are they watching them in the right order?
Well, um, yeah. Because there's, there's some debate about what order to watch. If you've never
watched the Star Wars movies, should you watch them in the order of, of release, which started in
1977? Or do you watch them in the order that they actually take place chronologically? Right,
right. Now, I have obviously a growing up with these movies. I've done both. I did go back and
watch them in a chronological order. Not all, not the most recent three, but the six others.
And it was kind of fun. It was kind of cool to do it and everything. There's a lot of holes in
that story, but it was kind of fun nonetheless to do if you just kind of take that out of the
equation. Um, I, I think it'd be really, I'm, I think it'd be really cool if you have never seen
any of these to be able to start and watch them in, um, the timeline, the way that they happen.
I, that seems like it'd be a really fun way to do it. But I don't, I, I also, I could see, um,
like if you're just sitting back and you're just watching these movies, not so much just for the
content, but just as a movie lover, a movie watcher, it would be really cool to watch those first
movies in the 70s. And then you see the advancement in all how far we came and everything with
technology and the other three and then the other three. Mm hmm. Yeah. There is that too.
It is a lot of time for your life. It is a lot of time. I mean, like, I try to spread that out
over some, some weeks. I'm sitting here realizing, um, then not only these, uh, nine movies, but
the multiple TV shows and specials and all those things of how much of my life I have given to
the Star Wars universe. And I did not get paid $1,000. No. In fact, you probably paid for some of that.
Yes. Exactly. Disney got my money. Uh, and, and so are a lot of our local theaters. They are
definitely going to get my money and get a, and, and, and rightfully so, which is, which is a very
great investment in our community. Mm hmm. Uh, we're, we're going to talk about some local theater
real quick. Want to get to a couple of the kids shows coming up. Uh, and one of them going on
this week, my fair lady from Lincoln High School's theater and music departments. Uh, they're
presenting my fair lady. It is going to be, uh, premiering this Thursday at 630. Uh, they'll
have a show on Friday at 730 Saturday, also a 730 show. And then on Sunday, it'll wrap up with
the two o'clock matinee. All these shows will take place at the performing arts center right here
on Wisconsin Rapids. Mm hmm. If you're curious about the show, you'd like to get a little bit of a
tease a little bit of a preview. Encourage you to go to, uh, civicmedia.us. Look for, uh, midday
magazine and look for our interview with the kids. Mm hmm. Yeah. It's a fun interview Melissa.
It was a lot of fun. But it was. They are great. I haven't gotten to see it yet, but I, I do hope to get
to the pack to watch the show because my fair lady is my absolute favorite musical. I, you know,
one of the things that I enjoyed about this coming up is learning that about you. I, I, that's a
great choice. That's a great choice. It holds up. It's still a great one. Um, uh, you can check out
these performances and get your tickets for them at show ticks for you. That is show ticks for you
or you can get them right there at the front, uh, front desk or right as you come into the studio.
The pack office. The pack office. Uh, go ahead and check that out and keep in mind that, um,
this is not only supporting local theater, but enjoying a great show and helping the kids build
their confidence in all more on that moment because I want to get into this as well. Our good
friends over at WRCT have their, uh, fantastic, uh, a bunch of great shows coming up for this summer
for kids. Yes. And auditions very soon. Yeah. Gretchen powers, uh, a new chair over there at WRCT
joined Seth and I and directors cut a little while ago. Encourage you to also check that out as long
as you're going to civic media, WS when I check out that episode of directors cut. Um, we, we really
got into the upcoming season here, uh, summer season of kids shows. And it kicks off with
Disney's newsies junior, uh, directed by our good friend, Gretchen powers. Nice.
As Melissa was touching on there, audition dates are April 29th in the 30th from five to eight
with the performances being in July. The auditions will take place over at Wisconsin
Rabbits Community Theater, but right there you can go and check it out. Um, and this is one of
those things where everybody gets to play, you know, uh, you bring the kid down, you're probably
going to get a part and, uh, get them an opportunity to be a part of this show. It's, it's a really
hard to include everybody and in its newsies as a huge cast. Yes. Yeah. It's such a fun time. Um,
I, I will say that, uh, one of our better directors, one of our better creative minds is Gretchen
and, and so good with kids. Gretchen literally grew up in this, uh, business in this industry, uh,
or with this company and, uh, with this theater. Yeah. Yeah. It means the world to her and,
and she's going to treat your kids like that, like her own, um, and her, you become a family at
the theater real quick. Yeah. Uh, uh, we should warn people. If you do something with WRCT,
get used to going to WRCT because you are going to become family and because you will enjoy it.
Yes. Yes. Uh, not only do they have niz, uh, Disney's newsies juniors coming up again,
auditions, uh, April 29th and 30th, five to eight over at the WRCT theater. Uh, but hope
of production says it's a madhouse directed by our great friend, Stephanie, uh, that'll be coming
up auditions will be in July for that. More on that when we get closer to it. And then there'll be,
there's going to be mid-summer-ish, uh, a play totally not borrowed from Shakespeare at all,
ever. Not at all. No. Uh, this will also be directed by Gretchen. Uh, and that'll be coming up a
little bit later in the summer. We'll give you more information on that when we get closer to it.
But whether it is a local high school show or a hope of production, cannot encourage, uh,
you enough to get your kids involved in local theater. Yeah. Uh, the, uh, the people that you hear
on these airwaves nowadays are pretty much all theater heads. Um, I made a note of that when I got
the opportunity to bring people in, uh, there's a lot of great radio personalities in this state,
a lot of them. I felt that what we were doing as a station and what the direction we were going
in the direction radio is going. To me, I, I wanted actors. I wanted people that could improv,
people that could think on their feet, people that could, uh, have some charm and some personality
while also being versatile. Got my money's worth. Got my money's worth. Uh, between Seth and Melissa
and the other personalities we brought on, Laura recently being brought on, um, so much of that.
Like we, this is just an example of the kind of fields that kids can go into when they have more,
have the confidence and have this experience of speaking and being in front of others. Maybe they
do go on to be the next great actor or actress or something like that. Or maybe they go on to work
in management and have to speak and become a CEO of a company. Yeah. Yeah. Whatever they end up
doing, there's no kid who isn't going to be made better for, uh, having some experience
speaking in front of people and having some fun. Build their self confidence, um, you know,
create a network of, of friends and, and people that you, you don't, you may not keep touch with,
on a regular, regular basis, but when you see each other, they're like, uh,
I'm, yeah, it's such a good way to put it. Oh, it's such a good way to put it. Yeah. Uh, it's
perfect. I'm not in this chair because of my looks, um, especially in radio. I,
it's because of doing plays in sixth grade. It's because of doing the local talent show. It's
because of taking speech classes and debate classes and these things. Um, all this stuff matters,
the arts matter. And, you know, getting your kids involved in these things early on is never
a bad idea. And while you're at it, why not look into it yourself because there's a lot of great
shows going on, uh, for a W R C T as well. And if you don't want to be on the stage, they always
need backstage help or in front of the house help, you can usher, you can work hospitality,
you can build sets, you can help with costumes. There's just a lot of opportunity to get involved.
Directors are needed. They're seeking directors for the 2425 season, which is going to be a
panger. Man, they got a great season lined up next year. Um, if you would like to direct people
like Melissa and I or anything like that, if you're thinking about it, get a reach out to them
about that. And be sure to get your tickets for rumors. Mm hmm. That's coming up soon. May 3rd
is the premiere of rumors. Uh, the great Neil Simon play. Uh, you're going to see some of your
favorite, uh, W personalities from town here on that W R C T stage as a part of their main stage
finale. Um, right. Our own, uh, our good friend Phil Hartley who's going to join us tomorrow with
their wicked awesome word of Wednesday from quality plus printing on that stage along with many
others. Uh, be sure to, uh, check that out. Get your tickets and find out more at W R C theater
dot org W R C theater dot organ by local support, local support the arts. Everybody. Yes indeed. Uh, I
will keep reminding people of this until it changes. Uh, Wisconsin finished dead last in the union
when it comes to the arts. Mm hmm. That can happen. That can happen. Whereas your pride was
consonights. Whereas your pride in your state. Show it. Uh, make sure the politicians know that, uh,
people that are in these positions to do something about it. No, we care about the arts. Yeah.
And our kids care about the arts. I mean, Tomas show choir. Just one grand nationals in the entire
country. That's awesome. That is just shout out to them. Congratulations to them for that. How
cool is that? Uh, that is really cool. And, and where have you heard about it? Oh, where?
No, where? No, where? Uh, we need to cover these things better. That includes myself. Uh, and,
and it certainly means that we need to celebrate these things more, uh, cheer these things on more.
If one of your local high school teams won a sports championship, you wouldn't stop talking about it.
We need to treat the arts the same way. Yeah. In fact, you know, we're doing all this talking
about encouraging people to take in the arts and everything. Melissa, I think we need to put our
money where I'm out this. Oh, hey, let's give away some tickets. All right. Let's do it. Let's
give away some tickets. My fair lady, the Lincoln High School and music theater department
presentation is coming up this Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We got open tickets for
any of these shows. I've got tickets for Friday here. I've got tickets for Saturday. If you want
to go, let us know. I've got two for Friday, two for Saturday. I think I've got some for, let me
double check here. I got some for Sunday as well. Yeah. Hey, whatever day works best for you.
Whatever day works best, get let us know seven one five four two four twenty six hundred four
two four twenty six hundred. Call up and let us know one of your favorite characters for my fair lady.
That yeah, but it can even be one of the actors that played in the movie and everything.
Oh, you know, anything like that. Anything but one of the songs from it or something like that.
Sure. Any of the above. Let us know seven one seven one five four two four twenty six hundred.
Let us know and we'll get you these tickets to see my fair lady this week. Melissa, as we're wrapping
up real quick. Do you have a dream role in my fair lady? Oh, Eliza, of course. I didn't want to
assume. I didn't want to you would kind of aged out of the at this point in time though. I'm pretty sure,
but you know, I as soon as you said yesterday that you liked my fair lady, I immediately saw you as
I lie Eliza and you would knock it out the park. You'd be great. Oh, I want is a room somewhere
far away from the cold night air. We'll be back with more morning show here at WFF.
Sure. Welcome back everyone. Morning show here at WF HR.
Melissa and James hanging out with you. Hope you're having a good Tuesday.
Welcome back everybody.
Hope you're having a good one out there. Thanks so much for joining us.
Melissa and I are going to get into a couple of fun topics before we wrap up this show. Five
things in your house. You can sell for parts that is coming up a little bit later. Sorry Kevin,
not you. No, never Kevin, never Kevin or Sammy over at my parents house. We do have to get
into a couple of other things and this one is an interesting one Melissa. The end of an era they're
saying. Oh, there are two schools of thought when it comes to reclining seats on airplanes.
You either think they're one of the few options for comfort availability or you think that they
are way more trouble than a few inches of reclining or worth. Yeah. An article has
airplane experts saying that reclining seats on airplanes is the is in the process of being
phased out for good for economy class at least. Yeah. There are multiple reasons but the main ones
are seats that don't recline are lighter which keeps fuel costs down and they don't need mechanical
parts which means less maintenance reclining seats also spark a lot of issues with passengers
and flight attendants including spilled drinks and damaged electronics. So some say this could be
a blessing in disguise. The movement has already started budget airlines have plans with upright
pre reclining seats and newer planes have reduced the average recline from old standard to four
inches to just two. Even if this does and does end up happening there are no immediate plans to
nicks reclining seats on all existing planes. Anything to make it cheaper for the airline and
comfort doesn't matter. Yeah. Did anybody bring up safety? With so many of these things that we do
whether it is in so much of business nowadays the over managing or so many people trying to prove
their paycheck or some of these things it's so misguided. If just make them safer like focus on
making planes safer. Focus on making the industry more less of a monopoly. Focus on these things
then we can get to the reclining thing. Then we can get to some of this stuff. What they said about
the lack of need of maintenance and keeping fuel costs down. Certainly that's important and that's
why some of this should be in consideration. But that's not where this ball got rolling. That's not
why it got started. That's just an added bonus to these things. This started with hey how can we
cut costs? That's what most of these airlines are focusing on is that where the number one thing
should be safety. And if you're saying well they're already doing that then why are we having the
issues that we're having? Yes. Why are doors flying off? Why are doors flying off?
That's why we're not falling off mid flight. It shouldn't be happening.
To Eris human accidents happen. I get all that. There are certain things in life. This should not
happen. There should be multiple checks. There are a billion checks and then a couple more checks
just in case. The need for speed, the need to get things going or convenience or any of this
stuff. Nothing should ever come before safety. And flying is a privilege. Yes. If you look at pictures
of the first, not not the first, but early on passenger flights and you see the amount of space
they had, the amount of space the stewardess had to deliver drinks and food. They were smoking on
planes. The difference between them and now, can you imagine what they would think? It's incredible.
The idea of smoking on planes is one of the most far out there thoughts. Even when everybody was
smoking, like whatever days those were and everything, even then I would think well,
smoking on a plane seems like a pretty dumb idea. It's like smoking on a train or any kind of
thing like that. I don't know how we ever had a moment in society where it was kind of like,
you know what? Babies can breathe that in. That's all right. I mean, doctors used to smoke
in their doctor's offices during exams. Man, if there was ever a sign of like, hey, people can
be bought. I would think that those old, old commercials of six out of seven dentists recommend,
Charlie's nicotine sticks. Go ahead and get yourself some Charlie's. You would think that that
would have been a good side of like eight a minute, but I don't know. I don't know. I do think that
this is going to be interesting to see and I do hope that whether it's the reclining seats or
whatever that we do get the airline industry in check, we get a lot of it. Are any of these cost
savings that they're putting into place going to be passed down to the passengers?
I don't see costs coming down. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. And people are speaking on this,
not so much voicing it, but doing it by going by train, going by bus. People are traveling a lot of
other ways if they can. I'm just going to walk. Yeah, just walking it. Just walking it. Just
just going to walk. I'm going to get a walk in during our news break here. We'll go ahead and come
back and we'll talk about how many of us think about being on vacation or our next vacation while
we're on vacation. And some other good topics for us coming up on the morning show with Melissa
and James here at WFHR locally grown radio. Welcome back everybody. Morning show here at WFHR
locally grown radio. Melissa and James hanging out with you. Let's get into some new stuff here,
Mel. Alright, some people think that their next vacation, think about their next vacation when
they're burned out at work, others start thinking about it their next vacation while they're
sipping my ties on the beach. In a new survey, about 20% of Americans say that they aren't always
thinking about their next vacation while they're on vacation. Okay, the average person spent
11 days on vacation last year and is hoping to spend 15 days on vacation this year. That little
boost would be a good thing because 86% of people consider vacations to be a form of self-care.
Yeah. About 80% of people would be interested in a do nothing vacation where they sit on the beach
and you know, didn't do nothing. They didn't ask about stay vacations but the nice thing about going
somewhere else is that it's easier to separate yourself from your usual chores and obligations.
Even if you're not actually going to the office. Because if you just stay home,
you're going to still feel the pressures of the things that you have sitting around to do at
home because we all do. Come on. Journalistically, I should mention that I have never been on a
vacation. I don't know what I'm talking about when it comes to vacations. And there are a few
things that seem more far fetched to me in my own personal life that being able to take a vacation.
But I will say the first thing as an outsider, if you will, looking at this, the first thing I think
of, we're not in the moment enough. Yeah. If you're thinking about your next vacation on your
vacation, then yeah, you're not in the moment. I get the chance to be on vacation. Now granted,
it's probably going to give me, I'm going to need at least a day or two to like not think about it.
For it to sink in. Yes. Yes. I'm not even kidding. Like I definitely would need that.
But once that happened, man, good luck getting a hold of me. Good luck. I am going all in. I've
thought about this a lot, especially since the pandemic and the idea of actually like taking
a real vacation. In May, we've got the WBAs coming up and I'll be going doing that with you guys.
And we have a celebration of life for my papa coming up in May that I'll be going to Illinois for.
These are not vacations. These are not. I've been told they're not vacations. They're getaways.
Yes, I've been told it's the big difference of that. So like those aren't things you planned,
right. Right. And it comes to like an actual vacation. I'm going all out. I'm going all in. I
am definitely doing this. And I encourage everybody to that is planning vacations or has one coming up
or anything like that to do the same. Go all in. Be in the moment. Because if you're thinking about,
I may not know much about this stuff, but I know one thing. If you're thinking about your next
vacation while you're on your current vacation, you're not in the moment. You're not appreciating
your vacation. Probably not. And there's a lot of people that would like to be out of vacation.
There's a lot of people that would like to be able to do that. You're just very privileged and
get to take a lot of vacations. Good for you. Very good for you. I'm happy for you. Enjoy the moment.
Be in the moment. That is important. And it's not just a note to this subject or to people
out there taking these vacations. We all could do better about that. In everyday life. Yes.
I am so bad at it. I am really, really bad at doing that kind of thing. And I'm trying to get
better about it. One of the things that has been a big help for me is animals. My fur brother
or my friend's animals or anything like that. I love stopping, petting an animal like most of us.
When I do that, I almost can't help but be in the moment and remind myself to be in the moment more.
Well, it's fun to do that with kids too. I mean, I'm not a parent. But when I have a moment to
actually have a conversation with a kid and by kid, I mean like we're talking like, you know,
five to eight is such a fun age to just ask them what they think about something or how their
day is or just, you know, delve into the thought processes of a kid because the possibilities
are endless at that age. Kids are all right. No, you're right. You're 100% right. You're 100%
right, Melissa. You just have to push back. 100% right. Kids really do make you do that. They
really, they have you in the moment. You can't help me in the moment. You ask them a question
about something. They're going to give you an answer that you maybe wouldn't have even
have occurred to you. We got next here. Seeing articles like this can't be a good sign for
the economy. Someone did it right up on the best things in your house to sell for parts.
The first one is only in your house if you count the garage. But this is still a topic that is
becoming more and more out there and more and more people are covering these things. What I
think though is important too is everybody could use a couple bucks like a couple extra bucks
or whatever. So I think that's some that's part of it too. And going back to a just glancing at
this list, going back to a previous conversation, we have a lot of items that we're looking to get rid
of that we don't need anymore. Like number one on this list, computers. Rip that old laptop up
and sell the parts on eBay. Even stuff from old computers could still be worth a few bucks.
Yeah. And that's a better use of it than just throwing it into an electronic recycling event.
Board games. eBay has a whole section dedicated to buying and selling old gain pieces and parts.
It may seem because you lose pieces and parts. Yeah, especially if they're old.
I wish we still had the original monopoly set that I grew up with because it didn't it had the
hat. It had the shoe. It also had like a bullet and like a bunch of other like little like a
bottle cap. Yeah, because we ran out of pieces. So we just had our own. Somebody used the cannon
with their soldiers playing in grandma's backyard. Yeah, that was definitely me. That was definitely
electric guitars. You might only need a screwdriver to take it apart. Things like old pickups and
tuning pegs can do get you some decent money. Chances are if you have a guitar that you're
willing to sell, you already know some people that were willing to buy it though. You don't even
have to strip it apart or anything. But you know, but if there's if it's damaged, you know,
if the next got some warping issues or whatnot, you might be better off selling it for parts.
Yeah. And Lego pieces, specifically spare pieces for old Lego sets. There's a whole website
called brick link that's dedicated to just looking for old Lego pieces. That's cool. It's interesting.
You can find like if if if this is an item, there is somebody that'll buy it. There is something for
you know, there is a market out there. Yeah. And a great use of, you know, keeping these
these things being in use. If you can't use it, somebody else likely can. And if you can make
a few bucks off of it, more power to you. It says a lot about our economy that this is becoming such
a normal conversation. I think that, you know, that's certainly noteworthy. Along with the the
fact of, you know, people, people that are doing well have garage sales all the time. So there's
also that part of it where because we all have excess stuff, actions say all a lot of us. A lot
of us. Yeah. Too much stuff. We're going to go ahead and get rid of the rest of the stuff we have
for our show here. We've got a couple of topics left. We're going to get all that out. In our next
break, when we come back after hanging out with our partners here on the morning show at WFHR
locally grown radio. Welcome back to the show, everybody. Melissa and James hanging out with you.
Take you to the top of the hour. Hope you're having a good day out there.
Got good stuff coming up for you today, everybody. We'll get into that in a little bit of our
schedule and some more stuff. We got a bunch of good stories of the day, but we got to that name
right story to touch on first. Sixty nine year old man in Australia named David just broke a
world record by hitting 120 different bars in a single day. The previous record was 99.
Okay. He started at a hotel bar in Sydney and spent the next 24 hours walking around to
119 more bars around the city. Wow. The rules said that he had to order a drink at each place
and consume at least 125 milliliters of each one. That's just over four ounces or about a third of a
beer. The rules didn't say the drinks had to be alcoholic though. So we're guessing and hoping
he mixed in plenty of water. Yeah, for his own health. If he had had a third of a beer at each
place, he would have taken down 40 in a single day. It looks like he did order a beer at plenty of
them though. And he finished with a full pint. Guinness showed a picture of that up there.
Now you're asking yourself, James, this man's 69. He's retired. He's, you know, of able
mind and body. If he wants to do this, that's his, you know, right. But his kidney, his kidney's
people. His kidneys didn't ask for this. And that's where the, that a right part comes in. His
kidneys, I'm defending his kid. I don't know. I just thought this was a funny story and I wanted to
share it. It's in defense of his kidneys. James may laugh. I like the idea. I'm just sitting
back. You're retired and you're kind of like, huh, I wonder if I could beat that record. Yeah,
just go ahead and do it. Like that's all it was. He didn't put a ton of like planning or thought
to do it. Yeah. The impressive part is that he could walk to that many different bars in that
amount of time. Very good point. Yes. Yes. Very true. Yeah.
And say, man, at 69, too, that's none of the sneeze at that. That's a pretty good one right there.
And to be awake for 24 hours, drinking, you know, that is also noteworthy. I'm not sure at 47.
But I can do that. So I know I couldn't. It's pretty impressive. Not bad at all. Not bad at all.
Did want to also touch on this one too. This is kind of interesting. The innovation of
in doorbell cameras is going quite a ways. And maybe this is a future of that a right story.
So the next innovation in doorbell cameras devise devices that are armed to shoot someone.
Paintballs. Paintballs. Oh, okay. You had me worried for a moment. I'm still a little worried,
but not as. There's apparently a Kickstarter on the way for a device called paint cam
Eve, which has the capability to fire paintballs at a target with ultra high precision as in a
true and intruder or somebody trying to toilet paper your house or something like that.
It's a small device with a facial recognition and the paintball firing can be triggered by you
as you you're watching on the app or it can be automated depending on your choice.
And get this. It doesn't just shoot paintball pellets. It also can be loaded with cartridges
to release tear gas and some other things. This is a lawsuit waiting to happen.
This is never going to get off the ground. I don't care how popular this Kickstarter is.
This I should say let's hope this never gets off the ground.
This is something you like you you maybe plan when you're 13. Yeah, yes. And you're like,
I'm going to build a house and I'm going to have a pool and I'm going to have this and that.
I'm going to have a big giant trampoline in the backyard and I'm equipping it with lasers. Yeah.
This is something that turns and bait you know like no. This is a good idea.
If you're writing a set on a live sketch like that that's that's the only place this is a good
idea for is is sketch comedy like that. Or you're or you're remaking home alone.
Yes, yes, yes. Actually, it might end the movie a lot quicker though. They don't even get
the house. They don't even get it. Yeah. Otherwise, what the what? That ain't right, man.
That ain't right. Somebody's going to get hurt. Absolutely. Somebody will and somebody that isn't
trying to do anything bad. Yeah, that only ends badly. Facial recognition is not it doesn't work
right. No, no facial recognition. This is something we we never talk about. But fake facial
recognition for if you what it does for Seth is one thing. What it does for somebody like me
and people that have darker questions than me. Whole different ballgame. You talk about two
Americas. There are two very different Americas when it comes to some of these things. That is a big
one. Most of people creating this tech, most of people creating these kind of devices tend to be
look like Seth and not like me. And that's that's something that has been a big issue with this
stuff, especially on a lot of layers. Like we don't have the time to get into this one. But there's
a lot that needs to be done in the facial recognition front that isn't being done and that needs to be
done in order to go forward with that. If they want to use it for anything, it needs a lot more work.
Yeah. Yeah. Oh, need a pellet cleanser. Let's go ahead and get into our schedule. We got a good one
lined up for you today. We kick off midday magazine for the week with our good friend Lacey Ailing
from the heart of Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce. Excellent. Looking forward to that. And in part two,
always a deep, good, wonderful conversation with our friends at the family center. We have Amy
Shai joining us. We're going to be talking about volunteerism and how ways that the whole community
can be a part of the things that the family center. You could be a part of that. You'd be on the
right side of history. You can help in some of the most impactful work you could do in our community.
We'll be talking with Amy about that a little bit later at 330 today. Wonderful. And we have got
Bucks basketball. It's playoffs playoffs. I've got a, I got my Bucks shirt on. I'm, I'm supporting
the Bucks. The Bucks are in action tonight. Game two against the Indiana Pacers. No, Yannis. But
you got Dame time. You do got Dame. One of the most exciting players in the NBA playing right
in here for you in Milwaukee. It's going to be a good game. We'll have that. We'll have all of the
Bucks playoff games for you. As far as they go in the tournament, we will have them right here.
As far as what scheduling goes, we've got another Bucks game lined up for you on Friday and if
necessary on Sunday. Also one of the keeping keep in mind some other great local events like tomorrow
is Heroes Cafe. Yeah. Be sure to check that out. Heroes Cafe. We'll talk more about it tomorrow.
But Heroes Cafe kicks off over at Crossview Church at 730. All firefighters, EMTs, veterans,
police officers are welcome. Free of charge. Enjoy a positive good. Get a good breakfast,
some camaraderie fellowship. Shout out to all of our friends over there involved with that. Again,
Heroes Cafe open tomorrow at 730. Over at Crossview Church. Nice. Our friends at the United
Way are looking for teams for the United Weekend event. It's a wonderful event where you can help
out raising food and awareness for families in our area that are in need. Plus have fun building
a sculpture. It's so much fun. If I wasn't a judge on this thing, I'd be trying to get us a team.
I really would, but I'm going to be judging and I'll be down there and having one of the toughest
jobs that I have every year is trying to pick these sculptures. Everybody does such an amazing job.
You're probably why there was a tie last year. Yeah, probably, probably. Get your team ready to
go and reach out to our friend Ben to get a part of things into register. 715-420-390 is the number
you can call Ben at or reach out to him at Ben at UWAC.org. That's Ben at UWAC.org. Find out more
by following along with the United Way at UWAC.org. Looking at some world good stories. If you
haven't seen this footage, it's nuts. A 71-year-old guy crashed his SUV on I-95 in Minnesota
last Thursday. His driver's side doors were pinned shut by a guardrail and his car caught fire,
but random people rushed in and saved him. They couldn't pry the doors open, but someone managed
to smash out the windows. They got him out in time. They reacted this quick. Just regular people
doing heroic things. Amazing. No, it's such a chilling video to watch. We can never normalize this
stuff. That is so cool. We'll shout out to all those people. Just random to his. I didn't know
how old he was. I've seen the video and it honestly almost brought me to tears this morning when
I was watching it. Me too. It's incredible. A 35-year-old guy in England proposed to his girlfriend while
running the London marathon with a fridge strapped to his back. Couldn't carry the ring honey.
This fridge is heavy. But will you marry me? You put the ring in the freezer. He proposed
at the 25 mile mark and finished it under six hours. Oh my goodness. Now you might remember Dan
from when cops stopped him during a training run a few months back because they thought he was a
burglar. He was stealing this refrigerator. That's how you do it. When you're going to steal a fridge,
don't bring a vehicle. Just carry it on your back. They'll never see a cup. This guy's been ahead
of an eventful year. That's pretty cool. Congratulations to him and his fiancee. That's awesome.
Another runner did break a world record. A 19-year-old Lloyd Martin also ran in the race and
became the youngest person with Down syndrome to complete a marathon. Oh wow. Good for him.
That's beautiful. That is awesome. Congratulations Lloyd. Nicely done.
Yeah. We could go after your dreams. These stories taking place in England,
speaking of England, a couple named Jack Richardson and Brownie Tracy first met as babies in the hospital
30 years ago and they were both born premature. Now they are married and recently had a baby of
their own. Their daughter, Sienna, just turned one. Was she born premature? No. It's a good question.
No. It's a good question. I mean, hopefully not. Yeah. Obviously it's much better to carry your
baby to full term. It would just be coincidental. Yeah. It's a good story. We encourage you to
be the good story and share the good stories of the day. Join us tomorrow on the show. Melissa
Seth and I will be hanging out. We'll have quality plus printing joining us with our wicked
awesome word of Wednesday. We'll have plenty of other fun topics. We'll get into a lot of good stuff
when we're looking forward to doing tomorrow. Yes indeed. Let's have a great day. You two, James.
Be good to each other. We'll talk to you soon in the later right here at.
