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. 804 in the clock. Have your host, James
Jay. I am joined by Beth Habhacker. Good morning. Beth, it's good to have you
with us. Good to be back. I was going to say it's good to see you, and I'll try to
say it's good to see you and good to have you with us at the same time. Well, there you
go. A saving time. There you go. I was trying to actually kill a little time because we
are waiting to be joined by our good friend, Brittany Merlot, and our forecast wanted to
make sure that we got some time for that. Good morning, Brett. Hey, good morning. Sorry,
I was a little late today. That's all right. You're here. That's all that matters. Yes,
yes, and I've got to wait. We have a good feeling about the forecast. Sorry, sorry,
all right. Yes. I'll shut up. You talk. Yes. Okay, go ahead. I think we've got a little
delay. So I keep talking over you. I'm so sorry. But yeah, we've got a high pressure
in place today. So much calm or winds. It won't be breezy like yesterday was, but I
kind of liked that breeze. You know, the windows open, blowing into the house. It was refreshing.
But anyways, we're going to be a little bit cooler today. We're going to hit highs. I think
right into those low to mid 70s, maybe 73 degrees or so. We'll see a few clouds building
in this afternoon and becoming cloudy later tonight. That's, of course, because we've got
rain moving in by tomorrow morning. So waking up to a wet one, I think tomorrow afternoon
will be decent and more rain on Friday night. So a gorgeous day today. Just enjoy it. Yeah,
I should apologize to the audience. Brittany and I have been working on this bit where we
interrupt each other in eruption radio. That was on me. My timing was off. I apologize.
We appreciate you, Brittany. We'll get people ready for the weekend tomorrow.
Sounds good. Have a good day. You too. You too. Best of the business right there for
Brittany Merlot. Love joy. Hey, we're joining us every morning. We got some fun stuff lined up
for you today. Beth and I are going to get into L cafe birthday anniversary club in a little bit.
Looking forward to that. Also got a couple of other interesting ones, Beth.
Well, all stores have AI shopping carts soon. What? Yeah, I know. I just saw it this morning.
Do you really not want to do anything for ourselves anymore? I think that might be part of it.
Gen Z workers think being five or 10 minutes late is on time. Okay. We'll discuss.
We'll have all that for you. Of course, in the night of clock hour, we'll kick things off like we
do every Thursday with our pet of the week in the south of county main society. I've got a special
one lined up for us today. Tim is actually on location. He is going to be over at the barking
up a barking for birdies golf fundraiser over at Lake Arrowhead today. We see a shout out to
our friends of Lake Arrowhead and everybody attending the event. That kicks off in an hour.
That'll go from nine to seven today over at Lake Arrowhead, the Pines Golf Course. So Tim's going
to call us from the course to give us our pet of the week and everything. Wow. I have to let
the audience look behind the curtain a little bit. We figured this out late last night and he was
a little nervous about it because he was kind of throwing it at me at the last second. He was like,
I don't know, are you okay with this and this and like Tim, this is radio. That's radio 101.
That's perfectly fine. I'm excited about that. You'll still hear your voice.
Yes, that's the important part. It's a big deciding fact. Nine o'clock hour, we'll have a little
bit of entertainment news for you as well. I want to talk about Wisconsin's Rabbits Community
Theater a little bit. Some of the fun things they have lined up. Of course, good stories that
today we're getting to wear a schedule as well in the nine o'clock hour. But if you don't mind,
Beth, I would like to start with the Moravian Church, where for those in the audience, it's been
a while since you've been with us on the air. Beth is the Reverend over at the Moravian Church.
We appreciate you being able to join us with your busy, busy, busy schedule because Beth is also a
world Hall of Fame mom and everything. So you're busy. Got a lot on your plate, but you guys have
some fun things going on over there. We do. We do. Coming up on July 4th, we have our annual
brat fry. So come on over. There is a brat fry on the west side of town. Check us out. And we
also utilize our parking lot for handicap parking so that those that aren't physically able to walk
as far can park in our parking lot and watch the fight, you know, walk from there and watch the
fireworks. They get set off just a block down the road. It's very cool. That's a really cool thing
to be able to offer. Yeah. And we're also in the process of collecting books for our book sale.
That's coming up in October. So this is the time, you know, we get calls throughout the year.
The bin is out. If we happen to be at the church, usually from about 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., you can just
bring them on in. Or there's the book bin that's outside of the building and we make sure to try
to empty that out daily so that there's more room for more books to come. We'll be sure to get
make sure that you have plenty of books. We'll be dropping them off. We'll also be bringing this
up throughout the summer, making sure everybody is remembers that that's over there. We get busy
in the summer. Things get going going going on and everything, especially as we get closer to
the school year, I imagine we'll get some more books over there. We'll make sure of that.
Really enjoying the broad fry over there on the fourths. That's going to be fun. Be sure to
attend that everybody. I do like to remind everyone that you invite everybody to worship summer
Sunday worship series 9 30 a.m. in person or via Zoom YouTube. Yes. Yes. Which reminds me as well
that you can go ahead to YouTube, type in your search bar, Wisconsin Rapps and Raven Church,
subscribe to their page, keep up the date of what they're doing over there. I know my dad appreciates
it. My dad enjoys taking it in service when he can. That is another example of it being open to
everybody. Yes. Absolutely. Especially over the summer as people are vacationing and things like
that Sunday mornings you might want to be sleeping in or spending time with family. But you may
still want to have an opportunity to worship so you can go to our YouTube channel and all of our
services stay online. Beth I meant to bring this up before we went on air. I apologize if I'm
putting you on the spot or in an awkward position but we don't get the talk very often. Okay.
And I do have a I think I don't know if it's a difficult question but a question to start off
our show and I don't mean to start off on a difficult note or anything. But do all dogs really
go to heaven? And if they do which I believe they do is just as far as my no-goes. A certain dogs
I would think would get like you know VIP status and I got one for you. Okay. I got one for you
to kick off our show. But I do want to remind everybody WR Moravian.org WR Moravian.org website and
go to find out all that information Beth and I were just talking about. Yes. Be sure to follow
them on social media as well everybody. Our opening story a long time runner up in the California's
world's ugliest dog contest finally got his crown. Oh goodness. On Friday. Fourth time was the
charm for wild thing or I'm sorry wild thing. It's saying it's well. Thank an eight-year-old
Pekingese from North Bend, Oregon who previously plays second in the annual competition three times
before. Wow. Wild thing is a survivor of a distemper a viral disease that infects animals
respiratory systems and can also suppress the immune system according to his bio. His owner says
he survived but not without permanent damage. His teeth and knuckle win causing his tongue to stay
out and his right front leg paddles 24-7 is but his owner and him and Lewis not only walked away with
$5,000 in bright prize money. Wow. That is pretty cool. Yeah. But the the the fair also really
highlighted him especially with him being a runner up for so many years. This contest has been going
on for 50 years. I didn't realize that. Amazing. I encourage you to look up wild thing. I'm going to
show a picture of him to Beth real quick here and I don't I don't care what anybody says that that's
beauty is in the eye of the mother. Absolutely. He's so ugly. He's cute. Exactly. And you know
I this is something that only animals can get rid of animals and babies. Yes. Baby that I
refuse to believe that there is an ugly baby. I don't believe there is. And if a baby is
quote-unquote not you know pretty beautiful whatever just makes them more human. And it's only
ugly in the conventional sense. I mean everybody has their own spectrum. So you know how can you say
it's it's very subjective. Look I've I've had dates like I mean if I come on if I can I mean
anybody especially wild thing here. Wild thing can definitely find a date. Yes. We will take
a quick time out. We'll get to our birthday and anniversary club with El Caffe coming up
in just a little bit. But before we do I did want to make sure to get to this Beth we haven't had
a chance to really talk about it yet but this is from the office of the mayor and the city
Wisconsin rabbits have announced their independence day celebrations. Talk about this. So the fourth
is one of our favorite holidays around here. We enjoy it. Beth was just touching on the fireworks
display that you can take in from the Moravian Church especially for disabled people out there
and such. I just read right from this on the the best fireworks fireworks display in the area will
be launched from the Wisconsin River in downtown Wisconsin rabbits. The display will begin at
approximately 930 and may be viewed along most of the river bank and downtown area except for the
launch in safety zones on the western bank of the river from the foot of the Grand Avenue Bridge
to the south and the Moravian Church. The DJ entertainment engines will be playing music
at starting around six. The National Anthem will be sung by Miss Wisconsin rabbits teen Addison
Morin immediately before the fireworks show begins. Food and refreshment vendors will be located in
the west Grand Avenue on the west side of the river and on second street south south of East Grand
Avenue and east side of the river. The Wisconsin rabbit city band is going to perform outside
the Centrelius center at two 23rd Avenue south from seven to eight. It's going to be a nice build
up to this. Oh yeah you can come get your meal over at the church watch the band. Yeah the
fire and that is a really good band. It is. The fireworks show relies upon donations from
citizens and businesses and donations are still being accepted. You can go to wirapids.org slash
donate to find out more information. wirapids.org slash donate. These things are not cheap. No.
And there are many communities around here that do not have fireworks displaces here. You want to
keep this going. You have to invest in it. Right. And it is an investment. It is an investment in our
city and investment in things that bring people to this city. Especially as I just said,
towns around us are missing theirs and losing theirs. They're going to have to come somewhere.
Want them to come here. Want them to spend their money here. It's a good idea to be able to
do this and along with having a good time yourselves in your family and everything.
If you're planning to attend this event, please consider the following is to make plans.
No tarps, blankets or chairs may be placed on the river bank or in any city parking before
6 a.m. on July 4th. No parking will be allowed on second streets south between East Jackson
Street and Mead Street from 6 a.m. on July 4th throughout the conclusion of the event.
No vehicle traffic will be allowed on Birch, Maple, Walnut, Pine, Whitter, Locus and Mead streets
between second streets south and third streets south starting at 3 o'clock on the fourth through
the event. No vehicles of traffic will be allowed on West Grand Avenue between second streets south
and third Avenue south. In parking spaces, a designated four individuals with disabilities will
be available at the Moravian Church on Goggin Street. Keep that in mind everybody and have a safe
fun time out there with this fourth. Spread the word about all of this. Make sure that everybody is
up to date on things. You can find out more information by going to the city's Facebook page,
just type in your search bar, WI Rapids and like that page and keep up the date on all the great
things that they have going on over there. Beth and I will be right back with the El Café
Birthday and Anniversary Club on Mornings with here at WFHR.
Little Tony, Tony Tone to play is in for the El Café Birthday and Anniversary Club.
We encourage you to treat yourself head on over to El Café. They're at 221 Market Avenue and
beautiful poor Edwards. Got some great specials going on today everybody. Be sure to check out
their paella breakfast burrito or paella omelette. They have some grilled chicken,
BLT salad or wraps for you for lunch. I got such a wonderful creative menu over there.
Amazing people, wonderful prices. Find out more. Go to their website,
lcafewi.com, lcafewi.com. Be sure to follow them on Facebook. It's a great way to keep up the
date. Not only what they're doing, but buying local and supporting local. Like they do us. We
appreciate those that support us, support them. We're going to dive right into the Birthday and
Anniversary Club in a second, but I did want to just note from our last conversation, Pam texted
it and we had two peeking these dogs when I grew up. Never let their hair get too so wild.
Congratulations to wild thanks. That was nice of Pam. Yeah.
Want to remind you you can get us those birthdays and anniversaries everybody sent to infoatwfhr.com,
james.mailoff at civicmedia.us. Direct messages on our Facebook pages as well,
and feel free to call up and join the conversation. 424-2600. Nicely done. Thank you.
I call up and join us everybody. We appreciate you hanging out with us and getting us your birthdays
and anniversaries. I have one to add today that can't qualify, but my uncle Jim and Aunt Joe
celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary today. Oh, happy anniversary to them. 60th. That's beautiful.
Oh, that made my heart sing. That's awesome. That's really cool. Congratulations to them. Happy
60th to them. Happy anniversary. Celebrate right through the weekend. Absolutely.
It's a Thursday. It's Friday. Celebrate right through the weekend. Beth, I need a one or a two
for me. Let's go with two. All right, gives us that qualifier. And when we get right into
celebrating the first step, we want to wish you happy birthday to Daniela Puts. Happy birthday,
Anniella. Love that name. Daniela. It's beautiful. It's beautiful name. Enjoy your day, Daniela.
Hope it's a good one for you and our qualifier today. Anna Grino.
Happy birthday, Anna. Congratulations. Anna, enjoy your day. Another name that I'm a sucker for. Both
my grandmother's were name, man. Oh, yeah. So I hope you find that so weird. But yeah,
love that name. Anna, enjoy your day. And you're our qualifier today. And keep listening
on Monday to see if you want. Yeah, it's right around the court. Thank you for that reminder,
Beth. That's right. That's right around the court. I should probably note that. We'll be
getting ready to get you that gift certificate whoever wins. I think thank you again to our
friends at LKFA, giving us the opportunity to do that. Yes. We take a look at our celebrity
birthdays. And first up on the list, Chandler Riggs is 25. Many will remember him as Carl on the
walking dead. Okay. Carl, I did a really good job on that show. It was a good kid. It's always
difficult as a child actor to be able to grow up on screen, especially in a TV series where
you're just growing so quick and so fast. And there's so many things that we overthink and worry
about when we're in that age and going through puberty and all these things. To do it on the camera
is difficult. To do it in a horror TV show is even I mean, you think even harder or everything.
I don't know how much interest he has in acting more. I don't know if he like a lot of child
actors may have had his fill for now. He may come back to it who knows. But wish him well. He
did a nice job on the show. Good. Madeline sweeten is 33 raised daughter Ali on everybody loves
Raymond. Okay. I think yeah, they were just they were really young on that show. Another child
child actor. Matthew Lewis is 35. Many will remember him as kind of the dorkier,
Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter movies who turned out to be a ridiculously handsome young
boss. Yes. Very handsome. I love what that happens. Me too. That happens. He has had a lot of fun
with that. He has really embraced that. But you know, this was me. I loved it. You know, I was okay
with it and it all worked out for. Well, and that's another person that you can point to because my
I have sons and one of them has started to enter that pre-pubescent era and going into puberty
and looks very down himself for his weight. And that's an example to say what you are now is not
who you are going to be. This is just a natural progression of how your body matures. Yeah, almost
nothing about you at that age will stay the same. You know, we grow, we change. Leah Nash is 48,
six pence none the richer singer. Okay. And I believe songwriter. They're big hit Kiss Me.
There she goes. They did a nice job of. They did a cover of Don't Dream It's Over. That is
really good though. It's not as good as the original, but it's good. It's nice job. They did a nice
job with it. She's very good. I like I like the way she sings. She's a very unique sounding voice.
And that's one of the wildest things to me. It's all of our voices are individual. All of our voices
are unique, but hearing unique singing voices is just never I never get used to it. I think it's
really interesting. Toby McGuire is 49. No, he's not. That's insane. That's insane. That's just not
that can't be right. That can't be right. Let me double check there. I can't believe. I'm a big
fan of Toby McGuire. I think he's a wonderful actor. I feel like he was a good spider man,
but too old to play the role. And that's not on him. I'm not turning that down. That rolled down
at 47 if I get offered it. Let alone when he was in the 30s doing it and everything. But that was
the it was the catch about that character that for too long they were casting people like Toby or
other other actors in that age range when getting Tom Holland in there, a younger actor,
that really changed it. And I think that's the way it's probably going to be going forward.
I don't know who else is going to play the role after Holland, but they seem to get it right.
The most recent Spider-Man movie we're talking about was in there. The multiverse. That was so
much fun. That was a beautiful way to age the character. It was so well written. And I don't think
we say that a lot about superhero movies. But to combine all those worlds and to make it all
make sense and the storytelling was well done, I actually think that it was kind of underrated
the way that that that script came together and all the copyright stuff that they were able to pull
off to bring that in. A big shout out to Toby McGuire and Andrew Garfield for moving their
schedules around because it meant that much to them to play it. These roles mean something to these
guys, especially when you're playing in that kind of character. If you see any of the names or
backstage stuff where they were just, they just had a ball together. If you look up anything,
them doing the Spider-Man meme. Yes. Looking at each other.
JJ Abrams is 58. No, he's not. Brilliant creator of Aliess Lost, directed The Force Awakens,
the Rise of Skywalker, the new Star Trek movies, Mission Impossible 3. One of the most sought-after
directors and creatives in the business. Oh, yeah. Aliess really put him on the map.
That was such an underrated show. That's what I heard. I didn't get to see it, but I heard a lot of
people say that. Jennifer Garner did a phenomenal job in her role there. It was lost that kind of
put him on the map. But really, it's been all of these other projects that he's been doing as a
director that's really, really put him to the place where he's up there with the Jordan Peels and
some of those other most sought-after names, especially if you are going to restart a franchise.
He was the main force behind the, no pun intended. I've been doing that too much lately.
The most recent Star Wars movies. He was the main guiding force behind them, and it was his
big decision. He had to fight for this, that we're not going to use green screen for everything.
We're going to have animatronics, we're going to have puppeteers, we're going to have a lot of
that. Whatever you think of those most recent three movies, that was my favorite part. By far
in a way, I enjoyed some of the actors. I enjoyed some of the characters, certainly seeing some
of the throwback characters coming back. But it was seeing those characters being done by animatronics
and puppeteers that I missed about the originals. I don't need a green screen. I don't need things to
look perfect. I want them to look more real. He honored the foundation of the series and went back
to the classic, and it worked. I thought it did a phenomenal job.
Yeah. Laurie Morgan is 65 today. Oh my goodness. They say here, country singer, great songwriter.
Also, amazing human being. Yes. We had one of my earlier interviews with Sally Kissner with the
arts council. She brings on guests. We had Laurie Moore on the air with us, and we're having a
little phone trouble getting her on. And this is when we did the show live. So it was a little
panicking and everything. And we're getting things going. Not for her. She could not have been
smoother or more cool about it. And it was just working with us on everything. Couldn't have been
nicer. And talked to me for a couple of minutes after the show too. It was really nice. But so
that was a couple of years ago. We were fortunate enough to win some WBA awards recently in the last
couple of months. And I want to say it was about a month or two ago. She reached out and congratulated
us. Really. Just out of nowhere. Just for no reason whatsoever. Other than she's just an awesome
human being. So a great one. Happy 65th, Laurie. Let's see here. Some people no longer with us.
Oh, wait, I do want to mention Julia Duffy, 73 today. Stephanie, I knew heart.
That was an awesome show. That was a great show. That was a really good show. There was no bad cast
members on that show, including Julia. Darryl and my other brother Darryl. Yeah, my other brother
Darryl. Ross Perot born on this day in 1930 passed away in 2019. This one of more interesting
notes and politics, I think, with Ross Perot. I think for some people, it was the first time a third
party candidate had gotten into the running. Yeah. And a lot of people learned a lot about politics
and that as far as the pullaway vote or other terms that you want to use. Whether you
agreed with him running or not, whether you liked him running or not or anything, I think it's
an important note in American politics. Yes. Because it was this didn't hadn't been happening
that much and kind of going forward now. We've seen this more than a couple of times where a third
party candidate comes out. Yes. I'm more curious about that happening more and more as we go forward
and we try to get politicians to realize that we don't care about party. We care about your policy.
We care about the people. We want that. We're not interested in you pushing your agendas ahead
and you making sure that you have more of your buddies in the Senate or Congress so that you can
get your things ahead. We're talking about us. Remember why you're in that position. It's not
to take money from lobbyists. It's not to have people in your pocket. It's to do what the American
people are telling you to do. You have a job to do. Do it. If we don't have that, then you have
Ross Perrose. You have third party candidates coming out and I think I welcome that.
India, if you and I want to start a campaign, if you and I want to run for president of India,
we can. We even have government funding for it. India has like two, three hundred some categories
and people running for their offices all the time and they can work it out. They can make it work.
I want more candidates. Absolutely. I want more and more people out there. There are many
politicians out there that will tell you the American people are not smart enough to handle this
just like they will say that they are not smart enough to handle ranked choice voting.
Let's show them how wrong they are. Absolutely. Let's show them what happens when you underestimate
Americans and let's vote good people in. Let's get out there and vote. Make democracy ring.
That is what I got for Ross Perrose birthday. Bob Keishan would have been
born. I would have been celebrating his birthday today. Born in 1927 Pesto in 2004. You may not
know that name but I guarantee you know Captain Kangaroo. Oh yes. Just I love that show.
Yes. Love that show. Cookie. Cookie on that day. Yeah. There's a lot of great characters on that
show. Captain Kangaroo Keishan served in the United States Marine Corps and was a member of the
Clown Hall of Fame. We thank him for his service and great, great entertainer for children.
Great one. Those of us that grew up in that era helped us learn our alphabet and out of count.
Yeah. It was wonderful. And we also on this day it's a Helen Keller day and that's because it
would have been a birthday today. Born in 1880 Pesto in 1968. One of the more impressive and inspiring
individuals that have ever existed at an integral point in time for it to exist. Yes.
For her to exist when books are starting to get more and more publishable when we're getting more
more radio when we're getting more of these things where we can get Helen Keller out there
as an example and as representation. Yes. This was going on back then even. And anybody who was
deaf who was blind who was dealing with the disability automatically had somebody that they could
not only look up to and be inspired by but also champion. Like hey I can do this Helen Ken.
We didn't have much of this before her and she has been one of the you know the shining lights
when it comes to this cause and when it comes to just people and an example that you shouldn't
just push people aside because they don't fit a certain mold. Everybody has a place.
Well said. We encourage you to celebrate with our friends over at El Café. Treat yourself.
Get on over there right now. Wish them a great day from all of us here at WFHR.
Welcome back everybody. Morning show at WFHR.
You can dial out number 715-424-2600. Call up and join the conversation. Hang out with Beth and I
in this morning. We appreciate you doing so beautiful day out there. Yes. I want to know what
you guys think of this one. Instacart has been testing AI-powered shopping carts that might
change the way we shop. They do a lot more than just hold groceries. There's a touch screen to
keep track of your shopping list, a scale to weigh vegetables, and a scanner that automatically
tracks what you're buying and adds it all up. Once you're done you don't need to scan everything
at the register. It just tells the cashier your total or you can pay on the cart itself.
Okay. It's not a brand new idea. A company called Caper AI launched the carts in 2019.
Then Kroger stores started testing them in 2021 and Instacart bought the company for 350
mill the same year. Wow. So they've sure believed in this one. More major retailers recently
started rolling them out including shop right and Chinooks. So they might be something more and
more of us seeing them in supermarkets soon. A reporter in New York tried one the other day
and liked it but did say they're a little bulkier and harder to maneuver than normal carts.
You're also not going to be able to throw these around like you do normal carts or leave them in
the parking lot or any of those things. So I think that's going to be something they're going to have
to make these things durable. Right. There's a couple angles on this just real quick that I have
because I don't have a whole lot on this one. But I do think that as we are worrying more and more
about pricing and how much how affording food and being able to that the idea of the cart collecting
the you know how much you're adding up here. Right. I like that. I like people knowing that my
mom used to carry a calculator with her everywhere and add all that up and it drove her nuts because
of course you know you hit the clear button on accident or something like that. But that's the
world that I grew up in where every penny you had to make count and it just was very difficult
to do some days. And I think that that would make everybody a little bit more on even level and
everybody struggles with this and in some way or another. So I do like that part of it.
And I can see you know the shopping cart hasn't really evolved. Well and when you first were
talking about this I didn't think it was the physical cart. This is a physical shopping cart that
you get when you're at the grocery store because I'm so used to Instacart being an app on your
phone so that when you said it weighs it for you. I'm like but how am I supposed to know?
And it's showing me as they're shopping for me. So there are pros and cons to all of this because
how much of the information about what you've purchased stays in the cart and what are they
keeping with that which can be again a pro and I'm a part of the loyalty customer with a grocery
store and I will get coupons in the mail monthly that are specific towards the things that I buy.
Which is nice. It's great. It's great because that's helping to save me money and that's a way
of luring me back to shop at the store. And like you said having it calculate for you so you're
not going okay I only have X amount of dollars to spend. How much have I earned towards that? Do I
need to put something back on the shelf that maybe a luxury and not a necessity? So it's a pro
and a con. The fact that it has a scale in it. It's kind of interesting. What if you accidentally put
something on the scale that isn't a weighed thing? So like if I have my bananas there that it's
weighing for me and I put a different product in there. Yeah. Yeah. That's a good question.
That's a good question. I'm showing Beth a TikTok of these carts and what they look like.
They are much more futuristic looking. That's for sure. Yes. They do look a little bulkier.
I guess one of the big differences to me is they seem. How do I put this? Deeper. Thank you.
Yeah. Deeper. They're going to say longer. That does not work. Deeper is a much better way to put that.
They do seem deeper. That part is different. I got to try those Oreos. The space don't go.
Yes. I have to try those. Okay. Now what it shows is the scale is on the bottom of the cart itself.
So when you scan it it compares what the weight was before and then what it is when you put the
product. But what if you take a product out? Yeah. Yeah. That's a good question. Does it take it
off? I'm curious about that because we all do that. You grab something and put it back or what
have you. I'm also, I didn't expect this to make me hungry. This is making me, I really want
pineapple right now. And it's like an iPad screen. Yeah. Yeah. It is. Yeah. I mean, I don't,
I don't, I feel like there's a lot to push back in in life and I'm going to choose my
battles wisely and I'm not going to get bent out of shape over a shopping cart. But I,
you know, I do think that it's important to note certain things and and and I just got done
talking of our representation of how important that is. Yep. And I think it's important at times
to, for us adults as adults, remember, remember the kids and what about little kids in shopping
carts and putting them in the cart and them hanging on the edge and all of that. Like, are they
going to be able to do that on these things? That's, that's important to me. That's a type of
shopping cart that right now the way that it looks, no, that's a, you go by yourself kind of
shopping cart, not a family shopping cart. Yeah. And especially with the way we are as
parents with our kids with other people's things. Yes. We're like, uh, easy, easy with that,
easy with that, you know, like in these shopping carts, you're not going to want your kid to
get off of that. And the ironic thing is that's when you need it is when you have the little
kids who are distracted and you constantly, you'd have something keeping track for you.
You know, you put my sister in that front yard and get put something in her hand and she was
distracted for at least 20 minutes. Well, and then you can check to see, did they grab something off
the shelf and throw it in there without you knowing it? Because that happens a couple times.
Yeah. Yeah. I'm not willing to throw the idea out completely. I mean, think of what we thought
about the internet when it first came out. Everybody was skeptical about it. And it's okay to be
skeptical. But be open. You know, is this something that's going to be beneficial? And, and,
you know, what are the cons here? What are the things that we're not aware of yet?
I think you brought up something intentionally or not. Really, and like that I think would be
even cooler or maybe another added addition to the shopping cart. And distracting children.
Yes. Like keeping them busy. Like can the cart do that?
If you could do that, then we're talking. No, we're now we're talking about something because
regardless of if you shop a lot with your kids or not, if you shop once in a year with your kids,
you want something on that thing. It's not a bad idea. And you bring up a strong point too about
putting things in the cart going back to what you were wondering about if you take it out.
Does it take it off of the off of it? Right. I'm really curious about that part.
And can you sink a list that's already created? Yeah. You know, we use our our I'll say dot because
if I say the ladies word name, it'll have a whole bunch of devices going on. But we use that for
our shopping list. And then I can pull that up on my phone and there's my shopping list. So,
I kind of already do this in a way. Could I sink that list with that cart?
That's not that's an interesting question. I do see that it does look like these are starting
down south and coming up and then reaching out to the west coast. So, California, the west coast,
probably going to see some of these if they haven't already us in the Midwest here in the east coast,
probably going to be getting these late, probably going to be the last ones in the country to get these.
So, you probably got some time here to hang on to your old shopping cart or go to a major city
and shop there for a day and see if you can find them. Yeah, there we go. Yeah. And one of their
factor here, and I think of this, I worked back when there was a cop's in town. I worked a
night shift at a cops for a couple of years, stocking shelves and everything. And one of the things
we did a night, we had to go out right before the end of our shift and grab the carts and bring
them up and everything. And there was always some knuckleheads that had a cart like 50 miles away
from the store or something. People are probably not going to treat these carts much differently than
they did those. So, how durable these things are is a genuine question. Like, I really am one,
I really am curious to hear how the Kroger stores and some of these more bigger chains are doing
with these. And who's there to take care of them and fix them if they go wrong? Right.
You know, when I was at cops in a wheel got busted, we tightened it. Yeah. You need IT. I would
know what I call IT. We don't have an IT department. Well, get one.
Makes me wonder if they if you would have to transfer your groceries to a different cart just to
take them out to the grocery, out to the parking lot. Oh, that part too. Yeah. Well, which, no,
then you lose me. No, no, no, no, no, no, I wouldn't, I wouldn't not be up for that. Because otherwise,
they, if they get left out there and they're electronic and it's raining. Yeah. Yeah. You've got
a whole different set of things that you have to set up for that. Yeah. And the amount of money
this will cost any, any grocery store chain, especially mom and pop ones. You, I have a hard time
believing you'll be able to see these in those. Right. So I don't think we're getting rid of all the
standard traditional carts anytime soon. But this is a different world and this looks like the way
we are going is with these. I just hope that they think of the kids. Yes. Kids need distractions.
The way for parents, because parents need kids to have distress. Yeah, just true. We'll take a
break. We'll come back and have some more fun on the morning show at WFHR.
Welcome back everybody. Morning show here at WFHR locally grown radio. Beth and James hanging
out with you. We hope you're having a great one out there. Thanks so much for joining us.
Good things coming up for you in the 9 o'clock hour. We're going to have our pet of the week
from the South of County of Maine Society. We'll live Tim on location from Lake Arrowhead. We'll
be talking with him and getting that pet of the week looking forward to it. We'll get into a
couple of other fun things in the 9 o'clock hour. Have some entertainment news. I want to talk
about Wisconsin rabbits community theater a little bit and we have the best tourist attractions
in the world in the world in this US landmark. The trip advisor at a release day. It's bliss
of the best tourist attractions in the world. We'll get into that. Touch on that one a little bit.
Should have some fun with that. But right now this is interesting. What is late and what is
fashionably late and does that apply to work? No, it doesn't. No, no, let's go ahead and cut that
off right now. No, it doesn't. If you're supposed to be at work at 9 a.m. what time do you get there?
845 9905 915 or if you like me an hour early. According to a survey almost half of Gen Zers between
ages 16 and 26 believe that being between five or 10 minutes late is essentially the same as being
on time. The importance of punctuality increases as you get older because you become sick of people
thinking that their time is more important than yours. I think that's one of the factors. I think
there's a number of factors there just maturing a little bit more or understanding the world a bit
better and how important timing is. If you are new to the work especially if you're 16 and you're new
to the workforce, I'm not going to put it on you that you maybe five, 10 minutes late. This is how
you learn to be on time. I'm not saying that you just you know nothing you don't say anything or
none you got to say something but you also don't have to treat them like to supposed to be 56 when
they're 16. That's have some understanding remember when you were 16. Well and use it as a teaching
opportunity. You know this is what it means to be a part of the workforce you have to be here
at certain times. I know different companies will give fines if you're late so it's not like they'll
fire you and say well you can't work here anymore. It's that here's the consequence and helping
our prefrontal cortex doesn't solidify until we're 25. So this is the age group where
you're still learning you're still trying to figure this out and so finding ways to help them
understand that there are consequences to actions and not all consequences have to be severe
but something to say okay if you're going to continue to do this this is the consequence to that
action. I think there's a big difference of teasing each other and teasing the other generations
and oh we did this and you do this and blah blah blah I think that's all a good fun and not
meant that seriously but I do get really tired of this generation doesn't blah blah blah blah blah
we've all had that done to us by the older generation and it's something that we continue to do
and it's just one of the more silly things to me to do right because for one again we've all had
it done to us and didn't like it exactly but also you were young you should have understood you
should understand I imagine that you took notes in your head of a memories of of you doing this
at a job or this at a job and making mistakes and that's how we learn nobody I don't believe
that anybody learns from being talked down to or being treated poorly. We learned from accountability
yes we learned from like you said a fine or these kind of things but I don't think we're going to
learn if we're just sitting there and talking trash about the younger generations or that they
don't get this or don't get that if they have a trouble with time how about we do something really
unique and take a little responsibility ourselves and how we're raising these kids or how that we
are treating them in different circumstances right or become a mentor and help them learn and grow
be that role model that they need they didn't learn this from nothing you know I mean they picked it
up somewhere and and it's so easy to that do you see this younger generation they think that it's
okay to be five or ten minutes late where did they learn that where that didn't come from Waldo
that didn't and then no kid is watch Waldo 20 years I really have my kids are old my kids are old
that was about to mention blues clues I was about that blues clues is making to come back that's right
yeah that's right that's right so that one they might be able to get yeah 40 percent of millennials
said that they're forgiving of colleagues running ten minutes late but just 26 percent of Gen Z
a Gen Xers are okay with it and a whopping 70 percent of boomers say that they have zero tolerance
for any lateness and they that's also a generation that didn't have a pandemic where you were
told to stay at home and not go anywhere you know they're having to relearn some of the societal
norms that we were taught and had consistency in their consistency got taken away for a year
I think it's in it's it's on all of us to understand that we don't always understand things
you can empathize with something or you can have an opinion about something while also understanding
you know I don't know what that was like I didn't go through that I think of a lot of subjects
in in the current climate like that bullying is one of those things I dealt with a lot of bullying
growing up but I also had a sanctuary I also had my house where my dad believed me a little bit
but there was a more teasing and I bullied him too that that was different but I had that these
these kids nowadays you get bullied in school you come home and it's right there for you on social
media yes you can't get away from it there's certain things that while I know what it is like when
I was when I was young I have no idea and completely understand that I have no idea what it's
like to be a kid in 2024 it's a very different world it absolutely yes and when more of us need to be
okay with understanding that we don't understand everything and that's okay that that that makes
this world move that makes this world work right I'd be interested to see how this develops
going forward and seeing how much that changes because I guarantee you a lot of these kids that you
interview now at these ages you interviewed them 10 years later they're probably going to be on time
or they're probably going to think everybody should be on time or something along those lines
didn't want to touch on this one real quick and while we only have a couple minutes left to tell
you how you can live longer it's pretty basic it's pretty basic I want to make it do a lot
to breathe yes yes there we go
breathing I've never been great at breathing I'm gonna work on that all right I want to make it
to 100 a study found three things that will that all up your chances by over 20% wow none of them
will shock you but it's interesting the study found even getting better about them in your 70s
or 80s can actually improve your chances to making it to 100 okay don't smoke people in a study
who never smoked were 25% more likely to make it to 100 than smokers exercise even if you've
never worked out doing it now can help people who get regular exercise are 31% more likely to hit
100 and eat a diverse diet that means healthy things like fruits and veggies not hitting five
different fast food places a week that'll help you a bit yes that can improve your odds by up to
23% the study found two surprising things might not make a big difference body mass index and
drinking works in difficult factors really and that's pretty interesting I kind of figured that
with a BMI because of different studies and my husband telling me all about that but the drinking
one that one but if you think about cultures in Europe where drinking isn't this doesn't have
the same societal yeah taboos around it they live well into their 90s and older there's a lot
of parts of Italy that have gotten a lot of research and a lot of attention because of the the
citizens there tend to live to old age and some of those spots are actually from some old stomping
grounds for my family and everything and one of the things it is note is the way they are with
their wine yeah and they love their wine oh yeah they don't drink in excess necessarily but it is
definitely a daily thing oh yeah and it is nothing that is that is just a cultural thing to them
and sit to your point I don't know that yeah how much that plays into this or not
what I really take from this study is not the don't smoke exercise eat well the things that we've
been told our whole lives right what I love and I really I hope is encouraging to those out there
is that if you're in your 40s 50s 60s and you're looking at this and like well it's already done for
me I'm just gonna phone it in for the rest of this you can always improve you can always get
better you can always make your I'm at 47 I don't think I've ever been a better shape exactly
that's weird but here we are it can happen it does go that way sometimes encourage people to
I don't care how old you are pick up some of this stuff add some of this stuff we want you around
every day is a day to try something new and to look to the future real quick I did have one
other note about this because I don't know if it's just our generation or if it's just a
people out there but growing up and I remember what a big deal it was to see if George Burns made
it to 100 yes and and and and and there's something about that mark like I don't really care
much about age or anything but if I'm gonna make it like into my 70s I want to make it to 100
exactly it actually really does mean something to me and I don't know why it doesn't know I've any
like like big factor or anything behind it and as far as the smoking thing goes George Burns
didn't like that cigar for 20 years like he carried that thing around as a prop yep you didn't
see him smoking very ever once in a great while you might have but he kind of quit smoking towards the
end of his life Gracie asked him to and that was part of it that was part of it I have a big big
George Burns fan over here some of the greatest comedic time and you will ever hear in your life
yes part of it speaking to that prop part of what he would do is use the prop to give his
Gracie or whoever he was working with they're cute or two and a cue yes he used it as like it really
intelligent comedian then I don't think a lot of a lot of people just kind of look at him as oh he's
the guy with the cigar that lived to 100 or whatever right now George Burns was good yes he was smart
good comedian yes he was we are going to get to a break but before we do I want to let everybody
know not only do we have Raptor baseball on a radio dial tonight but WFHR will be taking the
Raptors over the presidential debate today we'll be having that now we will after the program join
regular programming in progress afterwards which maybe that will be the debate but it'd probably
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