Good morning, Wisconsin. Morning, world. It's a new day. Thanks for kicking it off with
us at WFHR.
Got your host, James J behind the mic. I am joined by CEO of your United Way of South
Wooden Adams County's Terry Johns. Good morning. Got the band back together. And of course
the best listeners and radio. Thanks for joining us, everybody. Let's go ahead and kick things
off the way we like to with our great friend, Brittany Merlot. Talk a little mother nature.
Good morning. Good morning. How are you guys doing today? Good. Good here. How are you doing,
Brittany? Pretty good. Pretty good. Is it an ice skate rink? Are you? Yeah. It is. It's pretty
icy. Oh, yeah. The whole state is just covered in it right now. So be careful as you head
outside, even just walking on the sidewalks parking lot. I don't even. I don't. I think it's
gone from black ice to to evil ice. It's not even right. You know, though, it's warm
enough. I was at I was at our office did all the snow clean up this morning before I came
over here. And by the time I left, like the salt was actually working. So I mean, that's
good. Because sometimes it's so cold. The salt doesn't even work. Yeah. It's been nice.
That's true. Yeah. Especially after 15 degrees, when that salt does not want to work anymore.
So good thing we're in the mid 20s now, but we're going to be falling cold throughout
the afternoon back to the mid teens pretty much down at the single digits overnight. And
then tomorrow we'll hang out in the low 20s with some sunshine. We're actually going to
see some sunshine later this afternoon, too. But we have to battle a feisty wind, vicious
wind, actually. It is going to be sustained, which is a constant wind anywhere from 20
to 25 miles per hour this afternoon, which isn't too bad. That's what it usually gusts
to. But what it's going to be doing this afternoon is gusting to 45 to 50 miles per hour.
That is extreme. So not only is that going to create a wind chill, knocking us down to
feeling much colder, but it's also possibly power outages, things like that because 50
mile per hour is vicious. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. That sounds terrible. I don't even know what
to do with that. I just wrap my brain around a birdie. These. I know. Stay inside today.
That's what I would do. Yes, there you go. But I'm not going out there. No way.
Don't get overthink this one. Just stay inside. Listen to the radio.
I'll take it. Hey, I'm all in. Oh, goodness. Good thing it's on the weekend, so we don't
have to worry about commuting to and from work, but it was looking like five to eight inches
right now. So a good chunk Saturday all day. That's the best. When it's like you're trapped
all snow globe. I do like, especially if I don't have to go out. Yeah, but I know a lot
of our winter enthusiasts are going to be excited about that. That's a good good news
for that. And our friends up north especially. That's good news, Brenny. We appreciate it.
Thanks so much for letting us know. We'll get people ready for the weekend tomorrow.
So good. Have a great day. You too. Best in the business, our friend, Brenny, we're
low joining us every morning, right in this time slot. Terry and I are going to get into
some fun this morning. We got the LCAP birthday anniversary club in a little bit. We have
how many of us are eating while we're watching TV, the stats on that. We got the real number
one Super Bowl food in all 50 states, getting into those as well. It's a Thursday. That means
we're going to be joined by our friends from the South of County of Maine Society to kick
off the nine o'clock hour. Looking forward to that. Terry will also hopefully be able to
know if it's going to stop coughing. I was going to best with you somehow, but we got
that coming up entertainment and plenty more in the nine o'clock hour. But of course, we've
got this other thing going on, Terry, that I wanted to talk about. And it's love on the
air. 80 style. Yeah. Got to wait for the beat to kick it. It really doesn't count unless
I wait until the beat kicks in. And then I can really get into the promo. But what I wanted
to do is talk about love on the air. There it is. I've got to be more fun watching the
video out of the way. I can't tell you. We're having a lot of fun with this one. We understand
that, you know, where prices can be and everything. God help you if you want to make an omelette
for your loved one this year. The price of eggs and everything. So what we're doing is
that got to do with the price of eggs. Everything is crazy right now with the prices and some
of that stuff. And we just want to make sure that you can have a good Valentine's Day.
That means everybody, whether you, you and your significant other are celebrating your
first or the first of many or our tons, your 50th, 100th, you know, even you lost count
or any single people out there. Maybe you're just hanging out by yourself. We've got things
for everybody. And honestly, our biggest Valentine's promotion we've ever done. It is huge.
It is gigantic. We're having so much fun with this one. What we're going to do is give
you a keyword to text to us at the top of the 8 o'clock, 10 o'clock hours and then again
at noon and one more time for the day at two. We give you that keyword and you text it through
the Civic Media app. And you're going to have a chance to get in on winning two tickets
to the bachelor's of Broadway from our friends at Performing Arts Center. I love ink and
some great stuff. Mission Coffee House has an ultimate dinner date and amethyst rising.
Full circle massage. Honestly, cranberry, pulgos, jewelers, within awesome bracelet. The
thing is really nice. And dance or dignity has DJ has something as well for us. All of these
things going on along with our friends from Quality Plus Printing and WAM Incorporated.
Our text line sponsored by our great friends over at Johnson & Sons Jeep. Greatly appreciate
them as well. All this going on. And I have, I think, made the audience wait long enough,
Terry. I love to do the long promo. They're like, come on. You got the Civic Media app
set. You ready? All right. We'll text us that keyword for today, everybody. And that word
is chocolate. Chocolate. Chocolate. C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E. Chocolate. Go ahead and text that keyword
to us and get in on the winning. Thank you so much for everybody who has already downloaded
the app playing along with us. Shout out to our sales and marketing team and the great
work that they did. And of course, our wonderful sponsors. All this happens because of them.
We greatly appreciate them. By local support, local everybody, you heard those names of
those businesses, I mentioned. Those are businesses to put back into this community. We
greatly appreciate them. And having some fun with our audience and everything. This is
a fun contest. Again, text us that keyword chocolate to us. I got to find a different way
to use my radio voice for that chocolate. Go ahead and text that keyword to us. That's
the way to say it. There you go. I wasn't looking at you. Just set it up. Go ahead and say it
like that, everybody. And text it to us. But text it to us. You don't have to call us and
say it. Just text it. Like you're texting and saying it that way. And be listening at the
top of the 10 a.m. noon and 2 o'clock hours. We'll have another keyword for you today.
And we're going to be doing this right up until next Thursday, right up to 13th. We're going
to have some fun with this one and get somebody a great price for Valentine's Day. Love on
the air. We're having some fun with this one. All those businesses I mentioned putting into
their community. Wonderful, incredible establishments is what we talk about when we talk about
bi-local support local. We, of course, mean that deeply with our nonprofits in our area.
And we are really fortunate we have had a great relationship with our United Way for many years
and hanging out with you Terry and being able to catch people up on things. How are things going
over there? Imagine getting ready for a busy February. Yeah, everything's good. Just getting
a little crazy, you know, what going on? No breaks. No breaks. There's no offseason for non-profits
is there. There's no. We're going to wait for the offseason to see what happens. Just keep waiting.
Right. No, no, there's no going on. We do have some things going on. Actually, our funding
application is open right now. So if you are a partner, if you are a agency that offers programs
in the community in Southwood or Adams counties, now is the time to apply for funding for 2026.
Not that people really want to be thinking about that, but it is for 2026 funding. We pre-allocate
so that people know how to build their their budgets as it pertains to certain programs.
So that is open for the month of February. Deadline is 4 p.m. on Friday, February 28. Next week,
Wednesday, we have our annual meeting. So this is when we are shifting, you know, we are honoring
outgoing directors and officers and then electing our incoming officers and directors. So we have
Shelly Mondike from midstay, who will be outgoing. So she is she is done with her service to
United Way on the board. I mean, of course, she's a she's a big supporter. But then we are
electing new board members and those are Mandy Lang from midstay. So we'll have midstay
representation. Jamie Lisney, who is the CEO of Solaris and then Eric Pry, who is an attorney
with Rooter Ware and Dave Orkut from actually from DomTar, but he joined us mid year last year,
but he still he still will still give him new, right? Like this is his first annual meeting.
So we are looking so forward to having those four and it's kind of an odd year where we only
have one outgoing person. So, you know, we're just we're looking forward to that and getting everybody
rolling and moving forward on 2025. We're certainly excited about power of the purse as well. That
is up and running and you can get your tickets for it. I mean, absolutely. So power of the purse is
on Tuesday, March 11th and tickets are available now on our website at UWAC.org and you can purchase
those. The event is at Bullseye Golf Club. We do a, you know, that really awesome pasta buffet.
So that makes it fun. But what the event is really about is, you know, it's about gathering
up women around the common cause and love for early grade learning and literacy is what we're
raising funds for. But of course, this can just be a, you know, fun, happy hour event that you just
come to your girl, you know, come bring your girlfriends to and just enjoy the time. We will have
a purse silent auction. We've got some other great raffles and fun things that go on. Again,
all raising funds for literacy programs like Dally Parton's Imagination Library, reading
mentor program, classroom grants. So there's a lot going on with our Women United group, but power
of the purse has been going on for quite a while. I believe this is our 13th power of the purse.
So we're super excited about that. And, you know, looking forward to packing Bullseye, right? Let's
pack the house and get everyone there. And people, people are out there listening, Terry, and
there's women that would like to be involved in women's United. Did they reach out to you in a way
about that? Yep, so they can just get in touch with us. They could give us a call at 715-421-0390.
If they're, you know, want to consider maybe joining women United, coming to power of the purse
is another great way because you get a feel for a lot of the things that we do throughout the year.
But we do have four business meetings throughout the year. So if you get in touch with me, you can
also find my email on the website. But if you get in touch with us, phone call or email, we can get
you invited to one of those meetings. So you can, you know, kind of get a feel for what's happening.
There's also a list on our website of all of the women United members. So you also, sometimes it's
smart to, you know, take a look at that list and you might see a name that you know. And you're like,
oh, that person does this, you know, and so maybe it's just connecting with a peer, you know,
and asking some questions and getting a good feel for what's happening with women United.
It's certainly a great way to put back into your community to really impact our future.
Also, a lot of fun. You guys have a good time and enjoy. And there's a lot of good camaraderie,
which I know people out there are also looking for. So there's a lot of great reasons to
look into this and other great programs and all the great things that they're doing over at the
United Way. Find out more at uwac.org. They're a wonderful website and be sure to look them up
and like their page on Facebook up and running and share share share their stuff on there.
Yes, we are back at it. So let's go ahead and get that algorithm right and go ahead and
when you see posts from the United Way, share them on your page. You just never know who might see
them otherwise and it really helps you. You know, this stuff or they show up more in things.
Absolutely. So let's get them back onto that trend. Find them on just taping in your search bar,
United Way of Southwood and Am's counties. Terry, now I'll be back in more show coming up on
that morning show here at WFHR. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy.
It's time to do some celebrating with our great friends over at El Café and the birthday
and anniversary club. One of our favorite parts of the day, we get to celebrate you
and our great friends over at El Café. Go visit them today at 221 Market Avenue and beautiful
port Edwards. Treat yourself. Get on over there and wish them a good day from all of us.
Got some wonderful specials for you. Be sure to check them out. You can find out more by
going to their Facebook page and of course by going to their website, lcafewi.com, Lcafewi.com.
Get us those birthdays and anniversaries. Everybody would love to celebrate with you. You can email us
infoatwfhara.com, of course direct messages on our Facebook pages as well, just like the page
and send us a message. And of course you can call up 715-424-2600. You get that civic media app handy
anyway because you've been getting in on the love on the air contest that we've been doing.
So go ahead and pull that app up. Text us your birthdays and anniversaries or call up and
give them to us. We love hearing from you. Terry, you got possible four qualifiers today.
I never get to say four. Let's go ahead and get right into the celebrate. I was going to say we
met a mess with some golfers there, but no, not the not. We are in Wisconsin. If you can golf,
they're going to find a way. Maybe they're, yeah, they could be at the, I was going to
call it top golf, but it's not top golf. What does it know to me? Yeah, top flight in down by
deforestation. I mean, there could be people there. Those things are some interesting buildings.
I want to do that. Yeah. Oh, yeah, me too. Me too. Yeah, absolutely. I think it looks really fun.
It looks a lot of fun. Yeah, even though, even though there's other things to do there too,
that sound like they're pretty cool. Pretty cool. The birthdays we have today. They're all
birthdays today. We wish happy birthday to Jessica Beaver. Happy birthday, Jessica.
Enjoy your day, Jess. Hope it's a good one for you. We also wish very happy birthday. Do George
Merritt. Happy birthday, George. Have a good day, sir. And a good day to Jay Met Metzi.
Happy birthday, Jay. Jay Matise. Oh, Matise. Oh, yeah, Jay Matise. I know that is. So, yes.
Took me a second. I think we've had this before. So, yeah, Jay, Jay, Mr. Matise,
have yourself a great birthday. Hope it's a good one for you. And our qualifier today, Sharon Mahoney.
Happy birthday, Sharon. Enjoy the day, Sharon. Hope it's a good one for you. You're our qualifier. We
say brag to everybody, friends, family, strangers, animals, brag to everybody that you're our
L. Cafe qualifier of the day. And thanks again to everybody that got us these birthdays and
anniversaries. We take a look at our celebrity list. Let's see here. We were talking 80s earlier.
Right there. Rick Astley is 59. The godfather of Rick Rowling and also a big hit. Never going to
give you up. You know what I think I like about him and I like about this whole because obviously
he was big when we were kids. I'm never going to give you up his big head. I'm sorry. I was
going to say, is he a one hit wonder? I think so. I feel like he is. I can't think of any other
songs he did. But with that, obviously, there was the Rick Rowling thing that happened with the
the rise of the internet and the internet emails and punking people. And you would open up a
company email and all of a sudden, never going to give you up. We just play out a loop endlessly
for those that don't know what Rick Rowling is. That's what it is. You think you're opening an
email for one thing and it's actually just a snippet of that video with him saying that over
and over and over and over. Back when it was safe to click on a link. No, maybe not or open an
attachment. Yes. Yes. But with with that, he's had a lot of fun with that. And I don't know if
I would love to know if anybody is ever Rick rolled him. Oh, I'm sure they had to. And you know,
you can either as family like they had to. You can either fight it or embrace it, right? So
goodies haven't he had fun with it. And also Axler Rose is 63 speaking to the 80s and 90s
lead singer for guns and roses. Fabio Fabio is 82 or Fabian Fabian teen idol from the 50s and
the 60s. Not Fabio Fabian is 82. Okay. Tom Broca is 85. One of our better journalists that we've
been able to well, we grew up on especially. We were fortunate and had the big three when we were
kids. And he was one of a great broadcaster. Some people no longer with us like the great
rip torn one of the better character actors you ever saw. You may not know that name, but you know
that man. Agent Z and men in black patches and dodgeball. He was already on the Larry Sanders show
back in the day. You seen his face. You know exactly who he is. Rip torn great character actor.
Also a good actor and a president, 40th US president. Ronald Reagan would have been celebrating
your birthday today. On this day in 1998, Washington National Airport was renamed Ronald Reagan
National Airport. There's a couple of roads in our country. I know one in Chicago in particular,
Ronald Reagan Highway. There's a number of them. Look at the singers we've got today. Natalie Cole
was born on this day in 1950. Daughter of course, Nat King Cole. In 1976, she became the first African
American to win the Grammy for Best New Artist. Her debut single, This Will Be and Everlasting Love.
A couple of big ones. Her, I'm not a fan of remakes. Let alone of songs that are like eternal to
me. And I just got done saying yesterday, I think unforgettable may be the greatest love song I've
ever heard. But her version with her dad at the Grammys, that's like probably my second third
favorite moment in Grammy history. It's such a cool moment. Not usually that into those. And I
honestly going into it didn't think much of it. It played. And there was something about the way
that she sang that song with him. Not, you know, it was just something about it. There's a good
clip. There's a good clip of it out there. And a great singer like her father, like her father.
Very in the jeans. Yeah, you might say. But it is a little odd day here. I don't know. I don't
feel like we see a lot of daughters and sons of singers necessarily be that successful always.
You know, Nancy Sinatra, but we don't see it as much as we used to. That's for sure. A lot of
people don't even go into the industry from that. You look at Lenin's kids and they became mostly
producers and those things. So upon Cartney, Ringo, most of their kids, they're studio musicians.
They're musicians, but they don't, they're not necessarily where they on that other side. And Bob
Marley would have been celebrating a birthday today. Born in 1945, passed away in 1991.
Reggie, superstar. But one of the one thing I think that gets lost with Bob Marley with all the,
you know, other stuff that gets said about him. What? Yeah, right. What a blissful word that
being. I don't understand what you mean. What do you talk about? The crossover that he was.
The crossover hit that he was while not really changing anything about himself. Just being him.
And just doing the type of music he liked. I mean, it's possible that a variety of people
resonating with his other activity. Huh. You know what? Yeah, you're absolutely right.
Anyone would enjoy the music. They didn't care about the music. 100% right. But I do think that it's
still counts. Oh, yeah, for sure. For sure. You don't see this that often where an artist is being,
is able to cross over while just doing what they do in their own style of music. It's pretty
interesting and a great writer, great, great songwriter. Again, another thing that has lost in
the Bob Marley shuffle is the wonderful songwriting that he could do. And a lot, some of his poem,
some of his writing is like poetry. It really is. If you just take it a step back and just look at
the lyrics, really good writer. And the great Bambino, Babe Ruth born on this day, the Bambino,
the Sultan of Swat. Oh, some of the best nicknames ever. And some of the funnest stats you'll ever
see are Babe Ruth stats. And really baseball did not needed something like Babe Ruth to happen.
Sports needed something like Babe Ruth to happen. We were lucky with Jim Thorpe and a couple maybe
names here and there in track and field and everything, especially Olympic stars. But there was
nobody that took the being a sports superstar to the level that Babe Ruth did. He was really the
first sports superstar here in America and set the stage for everything going forward. It's
pretty cool. Yeah, I gotta say too. I don't know how accurate or how good it is to other people.
But I love John Goodman and Babe. I love John Goodman as Babe Ruth. It's one of my favorite
castings ever. I love it. I thought that was a fun thing. You know, though, there's not much he
did that I didn't love. Like I just like him. John Goodman. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He was
really. Yeah. He's great. He's great. And a shout out to everybody out there celebrating their
birthdays and anniversaries. We wish you great ones that keep celebrating everybody. We'll be back
with more show coming up on the morning show here at WFHR. Welcome back everybody. Morning show here
at WFHR. James and Terry hanging out with you. We hope you're having a great start to your Thursday
morning. Happy Friday Eve in a little bit. We're going to talk about the percentage of us that
eat while we're watching TV or take the dinner to the TV or any of that. But we have right now a
good one for you. A poll of 3,000 Americans found the best super bowl foods in each state. Oh,
that's on it's fun. Mentalfloss.com shared this dubious study last week that found America's favorite
super bowl foods. And it does look like Buffalo chicken dip and baked potatoes were on the list.
Pretty high on the list for a lot of me. I want to thought of that. That'd be fun. A baked potato
bill bar. It's not a bad one. It's not about the toppings and stuff. I mean Buffalo chicken dip I'm
all in on that. So Buffalo wings was in 31 states, including almost everywhere east of the Mississippi.
Pretty much everywhere. I'm not a wings guy. I lose my friends on this one every time. Like, oh,
more for me. I don't get it. I don't. There's like barely any meat there usually. I'm not in the
big hot sauces though. And that's that tends to be a lot of what a wings can be. Yeah, it's not my
thing. Chips seven states, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota, New Mexico, Massachusetts,
and Alaska all said chips are their favorite. What does that mean? Yeah, that's like playing
ladies with we don't like with homemade French onion dip or like tostitos with salsa. Like,
what does chips mean? Little broad. It's not right. Pizza was big in three states. California
Michigan and South Dakota. I don't know. Pizza's a snack. Yeah, that's a good question. That's a
good question. Okay, let me clarify. I will snack on pizza. But when I think about making snacks
or appetizers, I don't really think about pizza. Yeah, maybe pizza flavor things, but not maybe
little pizza rolls. Oh, that's not bad. Yeah, I actually, yeah, I can see that one. That's a good one.
I think that's good. But it's also what threw me was that usually these states are near each
other like with the Buffalo wings. It's everywhere east of the Mississippi kind of thing. With that,
pizza and three states at California Michigan South Dakota, they're all over the place. That's
a little weird to be that one. Cheese-curated boards, the cheese boards. Oh, charcootery.
Charcootery boards. Three states for those. Iowa, Kansas and Montana. Cool. And those are
giant. Those are super fun to make. So I don't know if that's this isn't the same thing, of course.
But the way I've also been seeing and I had a bunch of students in the class that we're going to be
doing tomorrow night or not tonight. Sorry. Talking with them in the pregame. What they were talking
about what I really do. I really do get to get my day straight. We were talking about they were
all excited because they were turning their cab their counter into a whole charcootery board.
Yeah, that's pretty cool. It's pretty fun. Yeah. So I saw pictures of it and stuff and I was like,
oh, man, that's really cool. I saw thing that I was like, oh, my God, I'd love to do that. You
definitely have to have a dog if you do this. Like, turn your island into a huge nacho plate,
right? So like, if you line it and then just do the whole thing as nachos,
but you know it's going to be on the floor. Yeah. And all over. Yeah.
It would be super fun. You definitely got to be ready for that. And loaded potato skins were
number one in Hawaii. That's a good one for a lot for those like, okay, here's what I wanted
this list to be. I wanted it to be 50 different things. Like, you know what I mean? Like, if you answer
as a state, but somebody another state already answered that, you got to have a backup. Yes, I like
that. Or so we could add 50 snack ideas. Something unique to the state. Like for nachos are the last
one on this list. And five states had that Colorado main Oklahoma, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.
Wisconsin nachos were the biggest snack here in Wisconsin. That's great, but I would have
liked cheese curds or something more specific to the state. And Philly, they're mowing down on Philly
cheese dakes, you know, whatever stereotype I can throw out there. I would have liked that part of
it too. Nothing sweet made the list. 84% of people said that they prefer savory game day foods
over sweet ones. You know, and I don't remember how this was started. Did you say the best snack?
Yeah. I also don't think about, um, well, it says foods. Oh, it just food. Yeah. Okay. But I guess
we're thinking because I just don't, you know, that's the other thing. Like, I don't necessarily
think of dessert as the snack. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. Yes. 100%. Yeah. So I don't know. I don't, I also don't,
I don't know. I don't even, I'm thinking about this. And I eat like candy and I graze like you do
it all that. But during the like sports, I don't do it very much. I'm really locked into the game.
If I'm able to watch a game, I get kind of locked into it. I don't even think about really eating.
Well, we'll get together with some friends for the Super Bowl. So I mean, just not not too many of us,
but we just always do that where I was like, let's just do apps. You know what I mean? Not a,
not a whole meal. So there will be some grazing going on. I haven't figured out what I'm
going to make yet. And I was not inspired by this. No, just being honest. Yeah. Same, same. The
Super Bowl is a little different for me. That one, unless it's a, you know, teams that I really,
really am locked in and care about, that is a little more social. That is a little more. You're
talking, you're having this year. I don't even, I mean, I don't even need to see a TV. Look,
I don't care. I do love Andy Reed, though. I will, I will go there. But I just, you know,
I mean, like I don't, I'll glance at the game, but I don't need to be sitting watching the game.
Dinner is a great time to connect with your kids, your family, maybe catch up on conversation.
We're going to talk about that in a second. But first, we got to take a phone call.
Good morning. You are on the air. Good morning, Terry and Jane. I've been so worried about you.
You didn't call last week when I was here. You were there last week.
Oh, rude. Was that Friday? Yeah. Yeah. I was off and I was busy getting ready for the weekend.
Okay. Well, I hope you slept in. All right. So what do you want today?
All right. Terry, here's, here's an idea for you. Okay. You guys like, you guys like spicy.
Not too spicy. Yeah. That's too spicy. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I got a couple for you. All right.
You want the hot, you get to give it your breakfast sausage. Yep.
Roll it up and get a can of, um, of the, uh, rotel, uh, rotel, yeah, rotel,
um, and do you put cheese in yours too? I put cream cheese. Okay. I like to put some shredded
cheddar in there too. Mm-hmm. Just gives it a little, yeah, I love it. It gives it a little
color and it gives it, but I like the cream cheese in it too. Yeah. That's awesome. That's one of my
things. I love the cream cheese. My dad is writing this down right now. You guys, yeah, it sounds good.
Otherwise, I'm, that I've been kind of, um, first fishing ice fishing. Well, we grow on
on the ice and I've been kind of deemed for doing this is doing the stuff. Bacon, our bacon
rap polypino. So three and cheese. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, that sounds terrible. No, I know. That's
all the amazing. That's not bad. Yeah. That's, that's some good. You had me at bacon. So here's
my problem with bacon stuff. Bacon, my bacon has to be crispy. I can't handle wiggly bacon.
And so a lot of times when stuff gets bacon wrapped, you know what I mean? Like even if you get
like a bacon wrapped pork tenderloin, like that bacon doesn't from up enough for me. And I just,
whoop. I will eat bacon hard or soft or whatever, but what I prefer in that middle ground,
where it does have a little, I like it a little, I like a little wiggle to it. I like a little
chew to it. Yeah, I feel like, I feel like when it's cooked too hard, I don't even taste the bacon.
You almost cook the flavor. Well, the flavor is in the fat. That's true. But I hear you. I know
that because there's a line, it could be to my Nana. I love I miss my Nana every day and I miss
her cooking almost as much. But the way she would make bacon, it was on there for like two seconds.
Yeah, like they could eat it almost raw. Yeah, like no, no, no, no, no, it's got to have a little
more cook to it. Those are good choices, Kev. Yeah, good stuff, man. I was thinking about some
little smokies. That's a pretty good, that's a good fallback. Kids like, um,
pigs in a blanket, they ain't done wrong with it. They go stop wrapping them up. No,
nobody else can wrap them up. There's somebody else you've done a lot of that.
Kev, safe travels out there today. I appreciate you. Thanks for calling him.
All right, guys, have a great day. Yeah.
I meant to ask him. I'm curious how he, you know, if he is like the percentage of Americans
here that love to dinner while watching TV and stuff because this used to be the catch up time,
this used to be the time that we, we all sat down together and we caught up on our day or how
was your day or some of that, which never made a whole lot of sense to me because also in my house,
one of the big number one rules. Yeah, don't put your elbows on the table. Don't talk with your
mouth full. My mother would lose her mind over that. Yeah, I get that. We're supposed to catch up
and talk. But we eat still. We eat dinner at the table. No TV. Even at this age, I try at least once
a week to have dinner with my folks where we're just sitting there. At the very least, my mom and I
are just sitting there talking, catching up and everything. Yeah. And there's even a TV in our kitchen.
And no TV is on. It can be on while supper's being prepped. And it can be on during cleanup.
But when we sit down to eat, TV is off. Everybody sits at the table.
Around two-thirds of Americans say that they usually watch TV while eating dinner. Now,
63% do compared to 41% who talk to people while they're eating. Watching TV isn't the only thing
we're up to at dinner. 28% are used their phone. 16% are listening to music. 8% read. 6% make
phone calls. Another 6% play video games while eating in 3% do chores. So also no phones at the
table at our house. Yeah. And it's very funny because my daughter's boyfriend, everyone's
well, I'll be like, you know, I'll hear somebody's phone vibrate. I'm like, no phone at the time.
Yeah. Yeah. You know, funny that when my kids were little, they're like, when you're not here,
we eat in the living room with dad. Not even when no one's home. You know what I always laugh.
And sometimes kids have to feel like they're getting away with something and that's okay.
And so they would haul their food to the living room, whatever I was at home. But even now,
if it's just Randy and I home, we eat at the table. Did you ever find out or did you hear from your
parents things that you thought you were getting away with, but it turns out they knew the whole time.
Oh, yeah, because I feel like every other day I'm hearing so not maybe that much. But every
couple of years I'm hearing stuff from my mom and dad, like, you know, I got to tell you guys
something like, yeah, we knew. Yeah, remember, or they're like, you thought you were so smart.
You know, we were just letting you get away with it. But, you know, even at my parents house,
my parents eat in front of the TV. And, but when I'm there, I literally sit in their kitchen at
the table. And, you know, and it's kind of like they kind of are like, like they feel guilty,
like they have to come sit there with me. But I just, I don't know. I don't know whether it's
tradition or what? Kev let us know. He does watch TV. I do watch TV while they're sitting there at the
eating dinner. So that there, you know, there's plenty of people doing that. There's plenty.
Well, yeah, it's fine. You can do what you want, Kevin. Well, and I think that I also think that
there's plenty of people that will, well, will, will be able to talk during this. Like they,
you build a routine with each other. And so you learn, you know, it's very similar to what we do
here on the air and everything. I can't see Melissa when she is on the air with us sometimes.
But I've learned her enough and she's learned me enough to where not we're not talking over each
over all the time. And that kind of thing. So I think that you do a little of this. I got to,
I'm a little outlier here. And I found this out in our meeting yesterday, our teachers meeting,
we share way too much information, creatives. And we're sitting there talking and they get talking
about, well, who doesn't bring their phone to the bathroom? And I'm like, I'm slowly raising my
hand. I'm like, yeah, I don't, I don't really, I'm not saying I've never done it. But I don't,
I tend to do that. Like at home? Yeah, no. Yeah. And I don't tend to eat while while using my phone.
Because my phone is already, I'm sure it's already got enough fingerprints and everything out of
it. I don't need to put not your cheese on it too. I don't need to be, you know, getting peanut butter
jelly out of that stuff. And I definitely take it into the bathroom funnel after. I'm saying the
only time when mine might go in there is just when it's coincidentally in my pocket, you know,
you know, you know, I mean, like all of a sudden, it's like, oh, yeah, my phone. But otherwise,
no. Only 17% of Americans usually eat dinner in 10 minutes or less. That's compared to 44%
who eat breakfast that fast. I have been, my non-apoppa used to make fun of me all the time,
call me a human vacuum because I would just inhale my food. I think that part's kind of interesting,
too, of the way that so many people don't necessarily eat to enjoy. They eat to, you know, okay,
I have to. The breakfast part I can see, you know, on the fly or just sitting down quick and eating,
but 10 minutes or less for dinner. Yeah. That's fast. Yeah. I mean, I guess it depends what
you're eating. But if you're actually having like a protein, you know, a main course and a potato
and a vegetable or something like that, wow. I don't think there's, there is as much doom and gloom
on this one as that might might seem like, well, people aren't talking to each other or anything
like that. I think people are just finding different times to talk to each other and times to
unwind or to catch up. See, and I just, I don't know. And I like it. And I, oh, I'm with you,
100%. I don't like it. I'm not saying it should be mandatory, but I definitely think that families
should, you know, definitely keep this going and keep it up. This is a good tradition, I think.
But I will say that in, in to be on both sides, to look at both sides of it, I think that a lot of
the catching up we do tends to be in text or social media, a lot of that nowadays. So by the time
you get to dinner, maybe there isn't as much to catch up on. I'm admittedly, you know,
looking, trying to look at this with rosy colored eyes a little bit. Because I, I do think that the
the focus of people disconnecting, I don't know that it's with family and in close friends as
much as it is with each other just in a society. That's the part that I worry a little bit more
about, the detachment with that, just like with the younger generation. They're growing up with
tech. They're born with this stuff. They don't know a world without it. So they're adapting to it a
lot better. And I think that the younger generation, while there is stats and things to worry about
with them, disconnecting and social skills and some of those things that I think are noteworthy,
I'm not as worried about them connecting with each other or connecting with friends and family.
I think as some of these other things I just mentioned are keeping those things intact.
What I do worry about is like our generation and some of those things where we're not, we didn't
grow up with this stuff. And our brains are just as susceptible to anybody else. This is getting
attached to this. When I see people driving and looking at their phone 99% of the time, it is
our generation or right around our generation. Oh, you think I see kids all the time?
I'm not saying I haven't seen that, but the majority of the time, that's what I'm saying.
What I was going to say before is like if they're feeling they need to break or that they should
take a break from their phone, I'd appreciate it if they did it when they were driving.
You can eat with your phone at home all night long if you are, but if you can set it down when
I'm on the road with you, that'd be really nice. Fair point. That's a strong, good boy.
I'd appreciate it. Yeah, I'd be really appreciate it. We'll take a quick time out. We'll
come back and have some more fun on the morning show. Welcome back everybody.
Morning show here at WFHR, locally grown radio. Terry and James hanging out with you. Thanks so
much for joining us. Get into this one with you, Terry. According to a new health guidelines,
kids and teenagers between five and 18 should never have caffeine.
Okay, yeah, that's a good look. Good luck everybody.
Says the guy who was drinking jolt. Yeah, yeah. I remember jolt.
Yeah, I remember you opened the can of jolt and immediately you were awake,
but like that was like the thing. Yes, yes, and it wasn't, you know what,
and if you think about that now, oh wow, yeah, it's it's nothing compared to some of these
garbage drinks. Sorry, I'm I'm I'm on the no caffeine boat. Yeah, yeah. They should also they
say that they should also limit their intake of 100% juice in flavored milks and avoid sugar,
sweetened beverages and drinks containing artificial sweeteners. It's so bad for their teeth.
Instead, they should stick to water and plain milk. Experts are concerned because a lot of
energy drinks have large amounts of caffeine and too much can cause sleep issues, high blood
pressure and anxiety, teeth issues, so many things that can really, you know, you're going
to affect you the rest of your life. You know, it's funny with our kids, we were always
literally at home, water and milk, just exactly what they just said. And but then of course,
all things in moderation, right? Like if we went to a birthday party or we were hosting a birth,
you know, like their birthday party or something, we would have soda, but in general, no soda,
no juice, you know, like that, you know, occasionally, but, but just in general. And now,
you know, it's funny is as they've gotten older teenagers and stuff, neither one of them
drink soda hardly at all. You know, maybe once in a while, a root beer, but just in, but just as a
general rule, it's just not there. But all kids are walking around now with a water cup or a water
jug and they're dry. I mean, I don't know, maybe because my kids are athletes, like it was drilled
into them so much, but, but I mean, they are, I'm quite impressed actually with the amount of water
that my kids drink. I think those are great ways to do it. I also think that you, you kind of,
it's a tough line to walk because you also want to make sure that your kids understand what
these things are. So when they're 18, 19, they're not discovering caffeine for the first.
Well, as soon as you're a hard no one, something, then they go crazy, right? Like what
am I missing? So that's why I was always like, wow, there's a reason of this. I don't know,
buying this crap and having it at home, you know, like if you, you know, if you're somewhere,
you're with a friend and you, you know, but, but just in general, we never had that stuff at home.
Caffeine withdrawal adds to its own problems, including headaches, anxiety, and a high blood pressure
as well. Caffeine is a stimulant and pediatricians say it can impact younger bodies differently than
adults and kids may be less equipped to manage the mental and physical side effects from it.
You know, I personally though, I'm also not a caffeine person. I mean, I always was, right? Like,
I drink jolt too. I think my mom, I suck her, my mom, I like a two liter bottle. Yeah,
sure with my friends. But, um, but just in general, probably about 20 years ago, I gave it up,
well, well, I was pregnant and I just was like, I'm not drinking caffeine, you know, like I'm
doing everything 100% right in this, you know, it or as right as you can. But, but then I just
never went back. So occasionally, you know, there might be some that slips into something, but in
general, um, and I like a soda once in a while, but I always get that like the zero, like, like,
like the ginger ale zero, I love that stuff. But, but it's just, I don't know, I, I feel better,
personally, when I don't have exactly what you just said, the ups and downs from it. So, um,
so think about how that then affects kids. I mean, maybe not, right? Like teens kind of,
you got to let them figure some stuff out. Absolutely. When you're talking like you're six, seven,
eight year old, there's no reason for them to have those ups and downs. And, and to me, while you
can control that stuff, can, you know, do your best to control it. While you still have a safe, yeah.
That's right. I don't know if I'm boarding that right. Yeah. I feel like that's kind of what you
do. Coffee culture has become firmly entrenched, even from any teenagers. So, that's where a lot of
the concern comes from. Virtually every drink that's targeted at kids has sugar, artificial sweetener,
or caffeine, quote, energy. That's true. Um, and caffeine also shows up in sneaky ways in some
other foods, like stuff like charged drinks or chocolate bars or protein bars or herbal bars.
Okay. I do. I do. I do. I do. And energy boosting gums and snacks. They are finding every
way that they can, uh, by stock and caffeine, apparently. I got to go. At research shows that
nearly a quarter of teens have caffeine all or most days of the week. So again, I, but only a
quarter, honestly, think about that. That's not so bad compared to probably what that said. That's pretty
good. We actually, um, and I think you hit the work key word in this moderation. I, I don't think
that, um, you know, it's, it's a real weird thing, but it's the way that this works with the
economy and with our system and the FDA and all these other things. Hey, these things don't do this,
don't do this, don't do this, don't do this. Then you go to the grocery store and every product has
that. Like, what do we do it? Like that doesn't make a lot of sense, but you got to give people
choice. You got to give people options and, um, and that's where we as per, as people have to make
these decisions. Uh, and as I go back to when you can, you know, kind of run game on the,
on the food and the drinks in their house doing it. But also being able to, um, I, I don't think
you could turn a blind eye to the world. I don't think that you can quote shelter your kids from
these things. I think it's important when they go to a birthday party and they're, they come across
caffeine for the first, you want that to be the first time they come across caffeine. And that's
that line you got to walk. And any, anything forbidden becomes wanted. Oh, yeah. Yeah, you have
to just use good judgment. Uh, I don't, I don't, um, I use it just as an example. I don't use it,
like my parents had the perfect method for this or anything. But my mom and dad learned real quick.
Oh, Jimmy's a rebel. Oh, Jimmy's going to push back on air. How do you think we do? Uh, like,
I mean, I, so you were like five, six, five, six, even they realized this stuff. I probably
earlier than that because of my sleep patterns. Um, yeah. Um, so they found ways to work around
that. And like I was saying earlier, things that I thought I was getting away with, I, I was not,
no, and, and things that I, I thought we were, oh, well, we got a little bit of this and that,
no, actually, my mom watered that, so did that, that juice down or something like that. And I,
I think, you know, that's, that's, uh, part of a parenting 101 is, uh, tricking your kids.
It's, right? Yeah. Well, aren't you kind of entitled? It's an earned right of passage, I think.
But, you know, right? But this whole, you know, just caffeine, just moderation. And I think it's
just, that's the big thing. It's just being smart about it and teaching them about it. And, um,
you know, I don't know, not everybody, not everybody's good at that. Not everybody has time for that.
But, um, you know, I think if you can moderate it somewhat and make sure you slide some milk
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