Good morning, Wisconsin. Morning, world. It's a new day. Thanks for kicking it off with
us at WFHR, locally grown radio.
Got your host, James behind the mic. I am joined to a CEO of your United Way of South
Wind and Ames County's Terry John. Good morning. Got the band together. It's going to be fun
Thursday around here. It's going to feel like a Friday. It's my Friday. Yeah, you'll
right out. Good. Let's go ahead and see what the weather's going to be like for this Friday
Eve from our good friend Brittany Merlot. How's it going, Brett?
Hey, good morning. Pretty good over here. How's it going by you?
Little drippy. Yeah, yeah. You know, missing. Yes. And it certainly seemed like yesterday
that the rain was just a consecutive or consistent. Not pouring 24-7, but sure seemed consistent.
So definitely a lot of concern about that around this area. We already, I don't know,
we can get a couple inches of rain and worry about flooding in this area. So certainly worrying
about that and thinking about it. But what are we looking at for today? How is it going to
is it going to dry up a little bit, Brittany? Not today, unfortunately. No,
as I said it to. Didn't exactly set you up there. Sorry, sorry.
It's okay. I usually bring the bad news. But during the week, we do have a beautiful weekend
ahead. We will dry things out by tomorrow. We're going to stay dry into Saturday.
Until after today's rain, it doesn't look like the next rain event won't start until Saturday
night and Sunday. And that's a line that quickly moves through the weekend. But overall,
it's going to be sunny, summery, hot, humid, nice weekend. But before we get to that, today,
that low pressure system has to move through. It's been stalled over the state the entire week.
Finally, the system will clear the area. So it's kind of like a bittersweet, right? We wanted
out of here, but we've got to go through the worst of it to get it out of here. So,
showers and storms will be sparking up likely around four or five o'clock, so early this evening.
But be isolated at first. That's when they could be pretty strong or maybe pack a tornado.
We are in slight risk for that. The storm prediction center just increased that,
included us into it. So we've got all the ingredients there for it.
Stay weather savvy early this evening. And then we're still looking at showers and storms continuing
through the rest of the night into about midnight or so. But the last line looking to cross
probably around 11 to midnight, and then we'll start to dry out after that. But in terms of rainfall,
still a happy chunk, at least a half an inch expected, probably pushing closer towards an inch,
maybe two or three inches. I mean, it is possible in spots. If we get underneath one of those
bad storms, I mean, it's going to hit hard and fast. So, flash flooding, still a risk. Obviously,
those rivers and streams. I mean, the streams could start rushing again this evening,
and the rivers are expected to be rising as we go into the weekend. So Friday, Saturday,
Sunday, we could see some flood warnings go out. So, do you're prepping now?
Can you feel the face? Can you feel the faces I'm making at you?
Is it kind of like a disgust face? Well, you're like, then you're like, keep going. I'm like,
jeez, stop. Welcome to my world, Brittany. This is my life. We appreciate you, Brent.
Thank you so much. And we got nice weather looking at this weekend and everything too.
So, and actually, from what I saw next week, it looks a little drier as well.
It does. I think we might get a few days strung together that are dry. I mean, that's happened
in a month. Fingers crossed. Keep our fingers crossed. Yeah. Appreciate you. We'll get people ready for
the weekend tomorrow. You have a good day. You too, thanks. Best in the business right there.
Brittany Merlot joining us every morning. Terry and I got a lot of fun this morning lined up for
you over in the next couple of hours. We're going to get into a science found, or a study,
I should say, found eating this fruit can help you sleep. Oh, I could use that. We've also got
four things you should keep by your bed, according to a Fung Shui expert. So we'll, we'll,
don't surprise it doesn't say what things to not keep by your bed. Yeah, that sounds like a much
one. Well, maybe we will get that. Yeah, maybe we'll get some of that. Yeah. We got a couple of
other fun stories for you. Well, line, we'll get ready even in the 10 o'clock hour to kick things
off with our friends from the Southwark County main society in our pet of the week. Denise will
be joining us for that. Shout out to Milhtown Coffee. I got a story for her as well to lead into that.
Some entertainment news. We'll get into, we got Laney Wilson showing up. Steve from Blue's Clues,
a couple of other Oskarler to Hanson as well. I gotta mention that. I want to talk about our newsletter,
which will be a new edition. We'll be premiering at noon today in your email box. Let's
you know how you can sign up for that. And Terry, the state with the cuddliest pets and the one
most likely to host a birthday party for their pet, we will get into this. Got all that lined up for
a cat cross state line. No, no, that's not hard off. But we kick things off and we'll book
on this. We'll start and end with an update from our United Way because we have so much to talk
about with them. And especially, I'm going to make you rewind a little bit, Terry, actually, to
kick off the show. One of my favorite events we have every year in this area is United Weekend.
I just love the combination of the community coming together, sports, the area that it's held,
and certainly the cause behind it. I just love the event. And I wanted to recap it with you
a little bit because we had some winners and everybody was a winner, especially the people in need
of these food items and everything. But it does give me a chance to shout out paper city saving
some more time. They just blow me away every year with this stuff. They are very creative.
You know, when you said let's talk about United Weekend, I'm like, oh, that was only last week.
Yeah, it doesn't feel like it was at least three weeks ago, at least three weeks.
So the cool thing though is the food sculptures leveraged like 5,800 pounds of food, which is,
you know, really significant. That was then distributed to local food programs. We were able to
collect about $445 in our Miracle Minute. So then that was also distributed to the food program.
So we just, you know, pass all of that right through because this is, you know, this is an
initiative of ours that is a hunger awareness event. So, so that money moves right through.
One of the things that I think is really noteworthy is we did this the first time in 2013.
And we formed the hunger coalition in 2012 did the first event in 2013. And since then we've
leveraged about 85,000 pounds of food just through this event specifically. So, you know, that's,
I think that's really awesome. Now to add a little fun and a little competitiveness to this,
we have some awards. So we, we have judges and, you know, thanks to the three judges,
especially you James, thanks for taking the time to come on out. But we asked the judges to pick,
you know, which one they think is the most creative. And then with really no other guideline than that,
just which one's most creative. And everyone has a different thought about that, right? And then
also most nutritious and just thinking about maybe looking at the foods that were used to some,
to some level. Those are the two awards that are determined by the three judges. And then we have
two awards that are determined by those who attend the rafter games. So those are called community
choice awards. And we do one for the major league, one for the minor league. So based on sculpture
size, because we know not every organization or small group can, you know, can do a big huge
sculpture. So most nutritious went to Salaris. And they had a really cute bacon and eggs in a
frying pan. So that was, that was super fun. Yeah, that's some curvy bacon they got in there.
It was awesome. Most creative was paper city savings bank. And like you said, shout out to them,
they've been participating for a really, really, really long time, maybe almost every year. I
know there was a couple years they missed. And when they were doing their building remodel and
other times, but they did the, they recreated the hungry, hungry hippos game. And that was like
super fun. It's such a, it's so well thought out. It's so good, right? It was great. Then community
choice awards. So for the large sculpture, that was Dom Tar. And it was, and I, I'm not good at
this movie, but it was one of the characters from Lee Loan Stitch. Yeah, yeah. But I don't know
which one. I think Stitch. I'm not bad, but I just, I just, I'm not super familiar with
them. Dom Tar does a great job playing on your heart. They do a really good job of playing
at the heart. They every year they do it. They nail that. Yeah. And then the, the favorite community
choice for small sculpture went to Kinexus. And it was a box of crayons. Very crazy. So that was
super cool too. And you know, we thank everyone, of course, that participated. All of these teams
that came out, you know, spent the day with, with some of our team. And you know, there's some
learning going on too. We have new staff members. Our newest staff member is just this Friday going
to be there a month. So I mean, you know, we can as one of the things that falls in her area of
responsibility, you know, on week three of the job. And they did great. They did, yeah, they did
a fact. They did a great job. So, you know, we're really excited about that. And where, you know,
our opportunities are for future for leveraging food for the community as well.
We will encourage you to join the team next year, Dom Tarr, Irkord Worldwide,
Paper City Savings, Salaris, a big shout out to them. And certainly, I thank you and shout
out to the boys and girls club. But Wisconsin's rabbit area, Kinexus, ODC, quality plus printing,
and our Wisconsin's rabbits public schools. Everybody had great. I did a great job with these. I
was teasing Phil about his and everything. And I'm like, I really liked yours and stuff. He was,
he was all determined to come up with a better one next year and stuff. It wasn't that awesome.
The James Cappy machine. Like, what could have been better? That was awesome.
Our lunch ladies had a great one up there too. And it was really cool to see them represented
in this. It's just a really fun event. And we could use even more. We want more teams and more
people be involved in this next year. And again, nobody loses with an event like this. I shout out
certain businesses because I appreciate them. And I really do appreciate the creativity of these
things. But everybody wins with this one. It's a fun event. And including us is Raptor fans,
because the Raptors won that day. And they just, they have a knack of winning on that day. I'm
telling you. I mean, I kept track of this. They really do have a winning record on those. You
know we kept event days. It's something you really get excited about as a fun, fun fun event.
But of course, we're looking ahead a little bit to Terry. I do want to remind everybody that
there is a number of things going on over there. And we'll have time at the end of the show to
wrap up on some of these two. But anything you wanted to make sure we touched on right now.
Well, just that now is the time to register your children for stuff the desk. So if you qualify
for free and reduce lunch, you also qualify for free school supplies through this program. And you
have to pre-register. So I think that's the big thing. Registration is open for three months,
May 1st until August 1st. You have all of May, all of June, all of July. And we still have folks who
say, I didn't register. You have to register because it's the only way we know how to get enough
supplies and leverage, you know, the right things for kids. So, you know, help us, you know,
really what you can do is A, if you qualify great, get signed up. B, help spread the word.
You know, help get people because summer just gets chaotic.
Once school lets out, people are busy, a lot of stuff going on. So, you know, that's really the
big thing. And then of course, we are collecting school supplies to help support this effort. So
there's a lot of drop locations. You can find all the details on our website at UWSWAC.org. Of course,
you can always drop at the United Way office, which is 351 Oak Street. And here at Civic Media,
at WFHR, you can also drop off supplies or just hang on to them and bring them to us at lunch
by the river on August 7th. Yeah, we're looking forward to dropping those supplies off once we get a
bunch of them over to you guys. I'm excited about the opportunity to do that more, being a drop off
location and just seeing those items and everything. And we know what it means for our community and
getting excited about what this event means. So, and you guys will be a lunch by the river. We'll
talk more about that. Of course, when we get closer to it and everything and plenty of other
things to talk about with our United Way, follow them on social media. It's a great follow and
a great way to share the posts that they make and have them seen by people that might not see
them otherwise. Be sure to follow them out more at their website, Terry Gavie, UWSAC.org. Take a
time out. We'll get to the Elcafe birthday and anniversary club when we get back on the morning
show at WFHR.
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do things with my right hand and everything. Also taught me a little bit, I believe it was like
SOS or something. I don't remember it anymore, but I do remember him actually doing this whole
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We take a look at our list of local celebs. We just have one qualifier today, so Terry, you get
to take a little bit of the time off on this one. Oh, dang. How about number one? They're
nicely done. Nicely done, Terry. But we do want to wish one other happy birthday out there. My
brother-in-law, Nick Zowski. Nick is the brother of Mac who is my sister's husband and Nick is awesome.
Nick's somebody, I've talked with Nick a lot about this, and I told him years ago, when I first
mentioned his birthday, that I would mention this, and it's cool with him and everything, that Nick
is in a wheelchair. I have not of all the people that I've known in my life. I have not known a ton
of people with disabilities. Nick has been very integral and really helpful to me in that regard.
For me, my whole life, when I would be around people like that, I think I did what a lot of people
do and overextend and try to do things. Oh, let me get that for you. Let me get that for you
and every single thing. And Nick was a, Nick is just, he's a hilarious man and very funny and
very self-deprecating and also blunt. I was like, I got it. I'm good. Back off. Yeah, and it was
things like that. He's helped me with others and other individuals. Just a person I think
that gets life. I really enjoy being around Nick, enjoy him as a human being. Enjoy your day,
man. Hope it's a good one for you. Happy birthday. And an acoustic boy, an acoustic boy too,
local. And we wish happy birthday to our lone qualifier today, Blake Carter. Happy birthday, Blake.
Enjoy the day, sir. Hope it's a good one for you. Let's see who you're sharing your birthday with
Ariana Grande is 32 today. I would, I would say is probably her most known thing. I know she's
a pop star and everything. He's probably most recent. Yeah, I don't know how many hits she's had
recently or anything like that. So I, I know the wicked thing because that got her nominations and
a lot of respect in the industry did not go over well with not the easiest person to work with.
And that, that has not, that doesn't help her in a lot of future projects. Right now that
stuff can change overnight and she's 32. She's really young and incredibly talented. I'm not a fan
but I saw her in SNL and she really impressed me. But you know, and she hit that early, like when she
first came in the music scene, I feel like she was a diva then. So, you know, can't be completely
unexpected. Doesn't, doesn't, her, her talent is on, it's very noticeable. She's very, very talented.
Her off the stage. Not a really, yeah, it doesn't seem like a very fun person. And completely
different for Audrey Plaza, who is 41 today. A lot of people remember her as April and Parks and
Recks. She was in one division and Agatha all along. She's been in the handful of things throughout
her career and really, really strong actor, like her a lot. Jason Swartzman is 45, Max in Rushmore.
He was also in a, a handful of other movies too. He's got a couple of famous members who
he's Francis for Coppola's nephew, Nicholas Cage's cousin. Was in a band for a while too,
played drums for Phantom Planet or something like that I think it was. This is random. Yeah.
Couple of athletes, but they could not be on different ends of the spectrum really. Michael
Vic is 45 today. Very, very interesting person career, all of that. I grew up with the definition
of second chances with my father. It's very, very difficult for me to say that somebody doesn't
deserve a second chance or any of these things. And Michael, Vic, one of the most exciting athletes
we've ever seen. I probably shouldn't talk about him too much here in Wisconsin. I imagine that
bring the trigger some things. But certainly, you know, he gets in trouble off the field with the
dog thing and stuff. And we are just as a society really, really getting, really becoming more and
more of an animal society. And I mean, we always kind of were, but it becoming more and more of a
pop culture thing and a lot of that. And that just couldn't have, like, aligned worse for him.
Because I don't know that a couple years before that or even 10 years before that,
it would have been the story that it was. I am thankful that it was what he was doing was
incredibly sick and wrong and disgusted and disturbing and all of those things. And it's
because of that that I think that Michael Vic deserved a second chance in blue collar work,
like doing construction or something like that. I don't know that he deserves a second chance
in the NFL. I think that that's a privilege. I generally do. I don't think that just because
you can throw a football deserves that you get to. I think it should come with other things. I
think there should be a standard for athletes. I am saying this knowing full well that I'm like
a child saying this. I'm a grown man and I'm saying something that you would expect a kid to say.
I get all that. I'm just saying the way I would like it to be. But at the same time,
he's a wonderful example to a lot of young players out there. And by all means,
has been a very good citizen since then and has owned all of this too from what I understand.
He's very much owned had accountability for these things. And our society is built on
second chances. There's two things we love in this country more than anything. Apple pie and
comeback story. We love a comeback story in this world. And he's a good example of that.
Light, you know, the good, the bad, all of it. And then there's Derek Jeter who's 51 and nobody
has a bad thing to say about that. It's a credible athlete. I don't know. It's not bad to look at.
Yeah, I mean, he wasn't a great GM. He wasn't a great owner, but I mean, that's as close as
against the wonderful lyricist and voice of Gretchen Wilson, 52 today. Redneck woman.
He's got a couple of songs, Gretchen Wilson. Oh, yeah. Chris O'Donnell is 55. Most audiences
will know him currently and NCIS Los Angeles. But he was incentive woman, three musketeers,
Batman and Robin. He had a couple of, he had a run there. Nick Offerman is 55 and other
parks and wrecks actor. He was Ron Swanson on there. We're the Miller. He was in that really
well. But he was just in the most recent mission impossible tune was very good. Hilarious comedian.
Hilarious comedian. Nick Offerman. Oh, let's see here. Who else have we got? Sean Hayes is 55.
Just Jack. Jack on Will and Grace. He was Larry in the three stages as well. One of my favorite
singers from our old high school days, Terry Harriet Wheeler is 62 singer and songwriter from
The Sun Days. Sun Days. Not a huge band, but they had a couple of hits that I really liked.
I love her voice. She's got a very, very good voice. I think I had, remember for a while when
like just the single song cassettes were a thing? Like one song on each side? Yes. I think I have
that up there. I had so many singles. I had so many of those. And it's kind of like why? Yeah.
Oh, yeah. You look back and like, what were they thinking? Yeah, what was that? What was that?
What were we thinking? Although they were like 250 instead of 10 bucks, right? Exactly. Exactly.
That's what it was. Mark McKinney is 66. One of the few people who is an SNL,
and a kid's in the hall alone. He was on both shows and fantastic on both of them. Fantastic
singer. A writer and director as well. A big fan of the kids in the hall and obviously a
Saturday night live. Chris Isaac is 69. Wow. I didn't see that coming. Wonderful singer,
a songwriter. I had a good run there too. Let's see. And oh, Billy Davis Jr. is 87,
singer from the fifth dimension. Aquarius. That's their big hit. And let's see. People no longer
with us. Like Colonel Tom Parker. One of this day, 1909. Pest away in 97. Elvis Presley's famous and
kind of corrupt manager, first manager, but really a big part of Elvis's career. I believe Tom
Hanks played them in the Elvis movie that came out recently and everything. And the great, the
legend. When we're talking about greatest character actors of all time or the definition of a
character actor, I would not fight anybody if they said Peter Laurie is that. Peter Laurie,
you may not know him by name, but I promise every single one of you out there listening knows
who Peter Laurie is by look. The somewhat I hate to say bug-eyed, but bug-eyed character from
Casablanca and the Malta's Falcon, probably his best work. But a guy who on paper should never
have had an acting career. Like on paper, it just doesn't work. I know this industry and I can't
imagine I was back then when it was 50,000 times worse for actors that didn't look like Humphrey
Bogart. But him made an incredible career, an incredible career. And he took what was given to him
and made gold out of it. He would take a two, three throwaway lines and make it into something where
you remembered it years and years later, his scene or something. Just at the same time,
wonderful human being to work with. Really, really good actor. To me, what the industry should be
all about is actors like him that bring up other actors. It's not about me. It's not about the ego.
I'm playing a character here and I'll do whatever it takes to make that character believable.
That's a good character actor. You don't take away from anything. You add to it. Peter Laurie
was fantastic at that. And did it with those, yes, those bug eyes. And maybe not a look that
I'm only a mother with love or something like that. I don't know. I thought he was fantastic.
I really enjoyed his work. And that is going to do it for our birthday and anniversary club.
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And we'll come back talking a little bit about what is this food that will help you sleep.
We got a fruit. I'm sorry, a fruit that will help you sleep. Coming up on the morning show
at WFHR. Welcome back everybody. Morning show here at WFHR.
Locally grown radio, 97.5 FM, 13.20 AM on your dial. Thank you so much for checking out and
hanging out with us today. Terry and James with you and want to dive into an interesting one here.
They say an apple a day might keep the doctor awake, but this other fruit could keep you from
lying awake at bed at night. So that seems interesting to me. That's how that catches my
attention right away. A fruit that can help you sleep. Is it tequila? It is.
It is. Is it tequila? Is it tequila? Point of fruit or vegetable?
It doesn't matter. It's a certain point in the night. It doesn't.
Well, a study at Penn State found eating avocados might help you sleep better.
Researchers had people eat one avocado a day for six months and they were surprised to find
that their sleep improved. So they weren't going into the study trying to figure this out.
It just was a byproduct of this. I think the study was something about something else with
avocados. This was something that kind of came out of it out of the study. It also lowered
people's cholesterol, which might have been where this started, which they were expecting.
Okay, so that is where it started. But they're not sure why it helped them sleep better.
Their best guess is that it just all the extra nutrients avocados have. They're loaded with fiber,
potassium, full-light, vitamin K, and a couple of other good things for you that also can help
you rest and relax. Or if you were eating an avocado suddenly, intentionally, one a day,
you maybe were replacing something else that you were, you know what I mean? Maybe a less
healthy snack or something that maybe that was part of it too. That's a great angle. I didn't
even think about that. I hope the researchers did because that's a really, I think an interesting
part of that. I mean, some people might have added it. Sure, sure. But I'm guessing it probably
took the place of something else. Yeah, yeah, it replaces it. And you know, this is something,
because you and I, one of our parallels, we both were both snackers, we're grazers, you know,
and so I could see that. For me, if I'm replacing, I've tried to do this. I ate a lot of cookies
that night. I'll be honest. I'm a cookie guy. I'm trying, I've tried to replace that with like
granola and stuff. It's granola with dark chocolate, and it's so I'm not really helping myself.
Then you just shape it into a cookie on your plate. Yeah, pretty much, yeah, pretty much, yeah.
Just to consider you're trying to smash the granola together. They say more research is needed to
figure out exactly why avocados might help. But sleeping well is important for your overall
health and aging. So it could be an easy way to improve your health in general, just including,
especially if you already like avocados. Boom, there you go. You just maybe have that. Can you be
guacamole? Because it has to be like a fresh avocado. I mean, I guess guacamole is a fresh avocado.
Yeah, yeah. I have to be- No chips, I guess. I'm not an avocado guy. I'm not. I got burnt. Like,
I was- I started to get it- I literally got into carpenteria in California where I was staying.
And it was like this big festival they were having, an avocado festival, and everything. Like,
they're handing you a shake with avocado and it and stuff and all these different things. And
it was just too much. And I got burnt out right away, like 24 hours.
I like- I do like fresh avocado. I like guacamole, but the idea- and sometimes I even like it on a
burger or on a sandwich. But the idea literally for me when you said they eat a whole avocado every day,
just for me, the idea of that just sounds mushy. Yeah, yeah. But you know what I mean? Like, I don't-
I think I'm mushy food. It just doesn't- it sounds like I like it. But there's a lot of other fruit
that I would be like, oh yeah, I could definitely eat one of those a day. You know what I mean? Like,
I just- I don't know. I feel like there's definitely other stuff. And I would- but I'll eat it fresh.
Slice it up and eat it before I'm putting it in a shake. Yeah. Yeah. No, no, no, definitely.
Like, the color gets me a little bit and it like in a, you know, in a protein check. Yeah. Now pass.
Nope, nope. You know, the other thing is just like, go to bed I have not earlier.
There is that. There is- I've heard about this. I have heard about this. Yeah. What did they touch
on this other story that I thought was a pretty good one too? Terry, if you know a lot of twins
before or any twins and- Some. I was thinking about it this morning looking at this story.
I think I've maybe known one set of twins. And I don't even know how many I've interacted with
or been around. I don't know why. There's tons and tons of people that are twins out there and
stuff. But I don't- and all the people in all the interactions I have- We're about like in school.
Like in- In school? Like in primary school. I think that's where I kind of ran into the only set
of twins I have. Otherwise, I had not really run into that a lot. I was just trying to think of how
many like we're in our class. I think we had three sets of twins maybe. And in the twins I
knew I think weren't even- I think it was a boy and girl. I think that so they weren't even identical.
And our niece has twins so- But those- That was also like through an IVF kind of thing. You know,
we're the probability is quite high. So they're not yeah. So it's not like it runs in the family
or something. That's wild. My aunt Sandy, her and Michael Duke were trying for a long time. They
did that kind of gave up on it. Then boom, boom, boom. She gets- She has her first son and then she
had twins right after that. And they were identical. So that's the- and it's the only set of twins in
our whole family. Like on either side of my family. It's interesting. So while attendees at a
high school graduation in New York certainly ran into some twins right over on Long Island. They
were seeing double 15 sets of twins walked across the stage to accept their diplomas. Wow. The
class of 2025 at Plainview Old Beth Page John F. Kennedy High School walked across the graduating
stage somehow after the name of their school was announced. Imagine that took a while. It's a
long name for a school. And among them were 15 sets of twins which they are saying is a bit of a
record. Some of the students said that they didn't even notice the unusually high number of twins
until some mothers started noticing during the graduation. So that is- that is a lot. But I guess
I don't know what their school population is either but that seems like a lot. Yeah. Yeah. It really
does. Quote, we are friends with a lot of them but we never counted until our mom and a few
others twins. Moms took account. I mean, leave it to moms. Yeah. Yeah. Moms would definitely notice
something like this I would think. All sets of twins in the class of 2025 are fraternal not
identical. So teachers had been spared the possibility of mistaken identity. I love that movie.
I was just thinking of a bunch of twin movies. So you thought you went parent trap. I went twins
with Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger. That's the first thing the popped up I had.
I guess I wonder if it's different if you do actually know twins. Like if that's your first
thought is the twins you know or something or for like us just you know the random famous twins
we may have known or something along those lines. I don't know. Quote, most if not all have been in
the district since kindergarten the school assistant principal told today.com many met as infants
because of the parents joined a parents of twins group. So I was curious about that. Like I would
think that that would be a thing. There was one around here because I know a lady who was in they
called it twin mothers and I'm like what do you mean twin mothers? Like you're in and she's like
oh no we all have sets of twins you know just just a social group. Yeah yeah. I think that would
be kind of cool and I like the little subsets we kind of get in society sometimes like that. It's
interesting to me I think. So that was an interesting one but maybe not as so we got siblings and we
know what it's like to have you know if you like helped your sibling with something or you you
had a good piece of advice or something like that. It feels good to do that for a friend to do
that for somebody a heck to do that for your kid. There's a little bit something extra when you
are able to have that with your sibling. You know there's just something there. I don't know if it's
because you've known each other your whole lives or sibling rivalry or any of these kind of things.
I think it comes from a more good place than bad but it could be a little bit of both. A little
calm a little calm B. Well then there's this story because then if my brother and I had this I don't
know how that would go. On either side if he did this for me or I did this for him. A North
Carolina man said some advice from his brother led to him winning a hundred million dollar prize
from a scratch off lottery ticket. Hickory resident Patrick Kelly told North Carolina education
lottery officials he doesn't normally buy scratch off tickets but his brother was on him about it
and convinced him to try his luck at a twenty dollar ticket and sure enough
he he he he he recommended this specific ticket and in general the company you know the type
they got another different types of lottery tickets out there and he selected a 100 x race ticket
or something that would be times if he won that on a scratch off. Yeah quote I was dumbfounded
Kelly recalled of the moment he discovered the prize amount Kelly said his brother was equally
excited for him. We hugged it out it was a good feeling Kelly said his winnings will go towards
paying off his student loans and investing for the future and probably buying his brother some
kind of saying you got to do some for the brother ever you got to do some that it that's pretty cool
it doesn't it doesn't you know what was the total it was a million you got I mean a hundred
thousand I'm sorry a hundred thousand hundred thousand okay I might just let you just really
just wondering oh he stood at loads he had right right what is going on okay but yeah a million
would be a stretch it is a stretch even that is a stretch but yeah that that is awesome it's a great
story I just feel like so if if my brother did this for me it would be me like never he get
he get annoyed with my thank you's like in five minutes but I feel like if it was the other way
around Nick wouldn't say anything but I know I know in his eye I know that like when he wouldn't be
thinking about it all the time but ever once in a while like something would happen and just I
would look at him and I'm like he's thinking about that time you offered that lottery ticket to me
he I know he's thinking about it I know but you know I feel like because we're both the oldest right
so like if you made this recommendation to your brother and he won you'd be like cough up at least
the 20 bucks at least 20 bucks you got to take me to a brew game you know it like I mean I
think we would just be like here's how it is yes yes there is no debate here there's no there's no
you know whoa whoa there's no good Samaritan thing you just fork over something we don't need
to negotiate we can figure this out between the two of us we got this yes absolutely yeah yeah
after percent we will take a quick time out when we come back we got four things you shouldn't
keep uh shouldn't keep by your bed according to a Feng Shui expert I think earlier I said should
I think I know I think you said shouldn't yeah yeah I am oh no you didn't say should I did I knew
because I said because then I said what about things you shouldn't keep there I could tell you
do you even know what's going on a little bit a little bit find out with us when we come back
on the morning show at WFHR welcome back everybody morning show at WFHR locally grown radio
gotta be dramatic with this music Terry hey got you trained
I want to be in the room when they're writing this like no I got an idea man some glasses at night
no haters oh no serious the like how true how the like serious that writing room was I want to
just I'm sorry no didn't Feng Shui is the idea that how you organize your home affects harmony
and balance in your life and if you think all that is nonsense you don't even have to listen to any
of this or you might actually take some notes from it I don't know yeah I was just thinking I
haven't heard Feng Shui talked about that much anymore yeah I know for I mean we in our generation we
experienced a lot of this around for a long time of course but it had its run there a little bit
um and you're right I haven't heard anybody mention this in a long time I know there was a point
where there were people that were making a living like as Feng Shui experts and I say that with
quotes that the audience can't see um but I don't you know I also I say this as a bit of a skeptic
in some ways at the same time I do think that there is a balance to things and I think that there
is a you can use the word harmony you can use whatever verb you'd like for it but when you're
you have your your space organized to a degree whatever that means for you it could be insane like
me or it could be just whatever is loose for you but when you have organization when you have
cleanliness or even something that's remotely you know like that I do think there's something to
that to the brain absolutely and I don't know how I don't know how real it is but I also don't know
that it's not real you know what I mean like there's nothing yeah and if it makes sense for you if
you feel more peaceful I'm completely Switzerland on this one and and I think that you know I'm I'm
open to the idea that it could be better the or more you know do more than I realize it could
and I'm a big believer in placebo effect uh if it if it works for you hey that that's great
I mean if they say like keep your socks in the kitchen drawer then I'll be like
I'm probably gonna have to call pullback yeah yeah so a thanksway expert on tiktok uh
so the the uh listed the top four things you should never keep by your bed
never never which is the list that Terry thought would have been better at all there we go we got
the list right one sharp metal objects okay yeah really yeah thanks for that one thanks I really
needed that uh advice oh I'll have to put my knives away so that the butcher knife I shouldn't
keep by the bed oh you can just put it on your you can just put it on your pillow instead well now
where else am I supposed to keep my chainsaw what is that what I don't I don't I don't understand
the world anymore I thought that's where you kept the chainsaw right next to the bed I mean it's
right there if you need it buddy okay yeah that does seem to make a little sense things like
scissors and nail clippers he says sharp metal but easily uh easily uh pierces your energy shield
apparently oh wow wow uh and and the effects aren't good okay so uh I just learned today I have
an energy shield I did not know I didn't I really did you're sick with your nail clipper yeah
I'm really not I don't think my toes very good it's not I'm not trying to make fun of any of
people are into it yeah well you know we got to take a little side a trash can trash holds
murky energy even if it's just crumpled up paper he says breathing in the energy can negatively
affect your health oh I I guess I've never even thought of having a trash can by my bed yeah even
when I was I don't even have I don't have a trash can in my bedroom but like when I was a kid I did
you know I mean because I was just cool to have your own stuff yeah but it wasn't I don't know
wasn't by my bed no I don't keep it now not really near the bed but I do have a trash can in
my room um and and I will say that thing never gets too too crazy you know so I I empty it quite a
bit so I don't know if that's helping my murky energy or not but I'm maybe kind of murky yeah
I probably shouldn't I probably should be trying this stuff because it's like one of the
few things I haven't tried and you know why not I mean I mean while you're eating your avocado
avocado today move your garbage can yeah yeah and I got to look up a a Feng Shui expert
doesn't see a Feng Shui expert in Wisconsin see if I can find that um medications and medical
records go well that's where I keep all my important documents is right next to my bed I don't
buy although I wonder if people have like a nightstand like with drawers you know what I mean like
that might be kind of a go-to because in your head it's keeping it kind of close you know what I
mean like it's organized I don't know does anybody else do this I notice and obviously I don't
get enough sleep and all that but on nights when I I'm really bad and it's it's even worse for it's
even bad for me I'm a little more sarcastic that morning I don't know why oh really and I don't
it's not a good thing it's not a good thing I think it's your what was that your murky yes it
must be my murky energy yes or or maybe I having a trash can about a room I don't know I mean
medications and medical records I could see that I could see that that uh especially um so he says
or this expert says allegedly affects your mood and mental state I could see well well and he's
not saying this but if you had bills by your bed oh sure I could definitely see that is there
anything in here about when a machine starts making noise it has never made noise before you
actually look like you're scared it sounds maybe like the fan is doing you know what you know
that piece here's here's the unhealthy part of that Terry I'm not scared I'm worried for the
station I've worried that the station would like my health or my body I'm not worried I'm suspecting
also your murky energy yeah yeah yeah all right that stopped that's good uh and finally on this
list fresh flowers but only if you're in a relationship if you're single it's fine if you're
married it invites third party involvement so if you keep fresh flowers by your bed apparently
that means that you're you know uh tempted by the fruit of another I don't know
did you actually just say that I did I did I don't know what is that song really uh squeeze squeeze
uh it's good song so it's your fault it's the 80s stuff it was the 80s music the guy in my head
I mean I wear my sunglasses at night but what okay everybody should be wang chunging right now
so if you know they should not okay if you have flowers if all of a sudden I have like
I go out in my garden and clip flowers and have them out on my nightstand does that imply does
that imply to your significant other that they came from someone out like I don't I don't even understand
that's where he's going with it okay and that is ridiculous I will tell you that this time
of year I do have fresh flowers and but not it's not on my night stand by my bed but I have like
this little table like a little kind of dressing table and I always if I have fresh flowers outside
I clip new ones and put them there all the time yeah yeah I don't I guys weird yeah um and again if
this is helpful to anybody out there or or you're like what I was saying before hey I've tried
everything why not try this more power to you and gosh I hope it helps you I really do what if
you have a flower in a pill bottle oh huh I love this I love the challenging this with a poker
you know like a condiment poke like you have a poker stick you know I I really feel like
all of this stuff is good it is good and bad for the given individual but even if you are
somebody that wholeheartedly believes in all these things I don't know that you necessarily have
to live your life by it or completely rearrange your bedroom or your room for it or something maybe
some of this everybody's different and everybody's going to be affected differently buys different
things so you know maybe incorporate a little of it see what works see what doesn't or you just
don't even give a try do it at all well yeah and I guess I don't have to be so skeptical do you
think it's weird that an electronic devices didn't make the list I thought for sure would I
thought for sure that was going to be one of the number one things well it's fallen or can you
laptop or whatever but nothing about nothing about any of that and and maybe there's a reason for
that too I don't know but I sway is pre electronics true very true very true maybe it doesn't come
into play but I electronics literally give off you know stuff so I would think that that would be
one of the major things which are up here I still don't see the problem with your chainsaw yeah
come on come on I wonder if I supposed to be some you know caveman am I a chainsaw in the garage
or something like that not I have mine right by my bed that way I'm ready whenever I need like
it what happens in the middle of the night he sleeps alone people yeah definitely definitely
definitely not completely alone I got the chainsaw just I don't like we got here we got to wrap
up the first hour it's your murky murky over here murky energy is it an aura I think it's an
aura I think it's your yeah we are going to have our auras better because we're going to be joined
by our friends from the South of County main society coming up at the top of the 10 o'clock
hour get to our CBS news Melissa's news break and after that we will of course be hanging out with
Denise and I do I saw a live dog out there haven't looked I haven't seen the yes I heard
from the reporting of Terry we do have a live dog today so that's going to be fun we're going
to learn about a new pet of the week and we're going to able to do that thanks to our friends
and mill town coffee mill town coffee should we go out on location yeah to the other room for this
oh yeah maybe we can be like investigative reporters I like that actually um uh yeah yeah we
might actually have to do that here that's not a bad idea um but mill town coffee just I opened up
shop and uh over it by mid-state I believe and I want to encourage you to check them out everybody
they got a great uh Facebook page they're actually in um counter in the chat about story yep
they're normally normally they're at mid-state um mission coffee house and for I think for
summer and maybe extended thereafter um they are on 80th Street in Kellner yeah 38-21
80th Street South you head on over there check that out love Kellner uh any chance get over there
I like Kellner a lot head on over wish them a good one and thank them uh we appreciate businesses
like that l cafe so many of you out there that uh by local support local and sport what we're doing
here we appreciate it uh shout out to of course quality plus printing and family natural foods
they're gonna be joining us a little bit later today during our rapids report I have got some very
heavy strong questions for steve to Katrina we'll see if they can hit no really oh we're gonna have
fun we're gonna have fun babies not even know what they bring you something nasty to taste now I
can't now they should be really sure I deserve it uh we will come back and have some more fun I'm
the marting show this is locally grown radio wfhr 13 20 amp w24 ad e was gonson rapids and always
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