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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I'm Emory Songer. Peyton high Lock is my producer. Say
hello to the people, Peyton.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
What's going on, Emory? Happy Tuesday. You know what I'm drinking?
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Drinking a bubbler yep, Yeah, bubbler antioxidant sparkling water that boosts, energizes,
and restores balance with natural caffeine. My favorite flavor of
these is the Triple Berry Breezer. It's got raspberry, BlackBerry,
and blueberry in it, no sugar, no artificial sweetener's and
only five calories in a can.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Yeah, those are pretty good. That's great stuff. I'm not
a huge fan of sparkling water. I know that's not
sparkling water, but it's that same sort of style. The carbonated.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Yeah, I mean it is, for whatever it's worth by
definition sparkling water, but it's not.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
But those are really clean, Yeah, clean drinks.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
It's antioccidant, so anyway, Yeah, and they've got great natural caffeine,
so it's great. Before I get into the news, I
had a very interesting thing that happened to me today.
So I do a morning show. Yeah, morning show, I
usually leave and I'll do any variety of things when
I'm on my break. We got a few hours in there,
(01:08):
and I wanted to take the dogs on a walk
because tonight I'm going to the Outsiders at the Orpheum,
so I'm not gonna have a chance to hang out
with the doggos after I leave work. So get them
a walk in, get me some steps, that kind of thing.
And I did that, and as we were walking, you know,
I live in a zarbon, So we walked down to
Elmwood Park and you like a two mile loop or whatever,
(01:31):
and there's a backup of cars that are sitting on
the corner of Happy Hollow and Leavenworth, Okay, like it's
like a hill. Yeah, And I don't know exactly what
all happened, but I approach and I'm looking and I
hear some cars like honking, getting very frustrated. There's probably
a line of like fifteen cars, very unusual, and I'm like,
(01:55):
what is going on here? So we get up to
the car in question, and it's empty. There's no one
in it. It's got flashers, it's at the front of
the intersection. It is, it's got flashers on, but nobody's
in the car. There are a couple of dogs that
are barking and I'm just like, this is very strange.
Not exactly, I didn't know. I was not sure what
(02:16):
I was looking at. So my first inclination is it
looks like the windows are up. This car is like
stalled out. The person who's supposed to be driving this
car is not here. I don't know where they are.
I can't say anybody nearby, and so I just want
to I'm gonna call it police because this is weird.
And I don't know if these dogs can breathe in there.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
That's always my biggest concern, so dog safety.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
And also, you know, there's fifteen cars in this line
and it's backing up, so this is an intersection. I
walked through here all the time. This is a trip intersection,
and the person like so basically it's like you have
to stop at a certain point while you're waiting to
trigger the light, but the car isn't close enough to
trip the light, so it's sitting back. Nobody can get
(02:59):
around it. It's a very dangerous situation. So I get
up there. My first thought. I'm an analytical person, so
my first thing is I want to call the police.
But that I'm with my wife and I tell her
to hit the crosswalk button to cross, because that's going
to trigger the light, so then we can start like
trying to get these cars to come around this car.
(03:19):
And so I'm like waving the cars on while I'm
on a phone, and I called the police and essentially
say like, I don't know where this person is. But
as soon as I do that, the person appears across
the street and it's it's a younger woman who I'm
(03:40):
sure is panicking, and she's got like jumper cables in hand,
and she's running across the street and says, it's my car.
It's my car. I needed jumper cables to start the car.
The car battery died while I was sitting at the stoplight.
And when I jumped the car, I already jumped it,
so it's probably probably been sitting there for a little while.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Yeah, you're catching the back end of it.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
It automatically locked her out of the car, and her
keys are in the car and her phone was in
the car.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Oh my goodness.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
So she can't get ahold of anybody or anything. So
she apparently lives just a few blocks away. Her in
her panic, like decided that she was gonna run where
she lives and knock on her neighbor's door and ask
for some help from the neighbor and then run back
and again. Like you said, I'm seeing like the end
of this. So I'm thinking, like my wife is basically
posting up with one of our dogs, just like in
(04:29):
every couple of minutes, just like as soon as the
light turns right again, just hitting that light that the
crosswalk button so the lights will trigger so the people
can go. And you know, we're trying to direct traffic.
A guy who was in line, I don't think he
knows this person, but he stops to help because he
sees something right. And then her neighbor does come by
(04:52):
and he's got like ropes and stuff. And I didn't
know what they were gonna do. I told the police. Still,
it was just like, hey, we got a car, and
we can't get into it because they'll have tools that
can maybe help us, you.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Know, jacket open maybe or something, get a.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Window opener or you know, like a locksmith tool or
something that we can like break into her car without
you know, like creating a real First of all, you know,
like the last thing we want to do is injure
the dogs inside. But we also don't want to like
destroy the car. We don't want to like hammer it open.
Turned out that there the passenger side window was cracked
(05:26):
a little bit, just a little bit, yeah, and so
they were able to get a coat hanger and like
like go in there and like press because the car
is on yeah, because she's just jumped it, and so
she's you just got to like get the window open
enough to where you can reach in there and like
flip the But then these two dogs that are in
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there are running on the seat and stuff and making
it hard for them to like actually like get the
window open. So after all this, and I'm standing there.
My job at this point, I said, you know, the
police said, if something changes, call us back. So I'm
standing there watching them. I don't you know. I'm with
my one of my dogs, and my wife's on the
other side of the street with the light just making
(06:09):
sure like every time the light turns red that she
triggers the light so people can still go. And so
I'm sitting there basically just watching these three people try
to open this door or try to open this window,
and then they eventually do they eventually one of the
guys is able to like get the window open, she
can unlock the door, she gets in, and then I
call the police back and say, hey, no need to
(06:32):
come to this intersection. But it was it was an ordeal.
It was interesting, and I was happy that we helped.
If we wouldn't have noticed, you know, I'm not here
to say that I'm a hero or anything, but if
we wouldn't have noticed the situation, I know this. I
crossed this street all the time, so I know it's
(06:52):
a trip light and there's no way this light was
going to ever get tripped. So lucky we came up
when we did, so we could trigger the light through
through because the other yeah yeah, I mean by hitting
the crosswalk button, because the cars go in the other direction.
It's busy enough on Levenworth that you can't just like
turn on red willy nilly or run the red light,
(07:15):
you know, So the only way to really do it
was the way we did it, and nobody else was
there to do it, So I don't know, it was
just good happenstance that we got through when we did.
Otherwise the backup would have just kept growing and growing
and growing.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
How much time do you think elapsed from well we
were when you walked away.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
We were there probably for I would say ten minutes,
but I don't know how long she would have been
sitting there in that situation. It was interesting because there
were only like fifteen cars. If she would have been
there for another ten minutes, basically on how many cars
were trying to get them that direction, I mean, that
(07:55):
line would have been a lot longer than fifteen cars.
So I would have bet she she'd probably been sitting
there for like twenty minutes total, would be my guess.
And I'm gonna go ahead and assume some other cars
saw the backup and like try to turn around all
this stuff. But yeah, it was. It's a weird little
situation there.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Yeah, that's pretty that's pretty crazy.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
But you know, I think it wouldn't have been as
bad if the light was just a timed light, yeah,
and let people get buy Yeah, because then people would
have figured out because she had her blinkers on, you know,
like people would have figured out.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
All she could.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Yeah, there's nobody to blame, you know. The only thing
I could say is maybe like just carry your phone
on you. And my wife was like, you don't understand
women clothing doesn't have the like pockets that you can
carry a phone like that. We don't have deep pockets
in our shorts or our skirts or anything. And you know,
I don't have anything to say to that because I
don't have that experience.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
But we don't experience that yet. And if they do
have pockets, they're definitely not big enough to hold a
phone far majority of the time. Yeah, it's just like
how are you gonna hold it?
Speaker 1 (08:53):
But that would be my only thing is now she
knows when she First of all, get your battery fixed. Yeah,
you know, like if you need a new back, you
need to charge it any or something. Yeah, that's a
problem that you can, like, you do not want to
be dealing with that problem when you're on the road.
I mean, you can at least change a tire. When
your tire blows out or something. You can't like, if
the car isn't going to start, you're kind of in
(09:14):
some trouble. The second thing is if you exit the
car for any reason, having your keys and your phone
would be what I would suggest. And if you can't
carry both, definitely carry at least one just in case.
You don't want to be stuck where you're locked out
of your car. And you can't get ahold of anybody.
And again, you know, she could have theoretically asked for
(09:37):
help from the car behind her. I'm sure she didn't
feel super comfortable doing that in that situation, so she
decided to try to run a few blocks to where
she was living and get some help that way. But
it was just an all time kind of snafu situation,
and like there really was nobody at fault. It was
nobody's fault. It was just really inconvenient for a bunch
(09:59):
of differ from people. And you know, you just kind
of have to think on your feet, so be willing
to help out if you feel safe, like this was.
Obviously I felt safe, and certainly the dog. If the
dogs wouldn't have been in the car, then I don't
think I would have thought about anything, maybe less less urgent,
because I may not have even stopped stopped right. But again,
when I realized what it was going on, that's when
(10:21):
I was like, oh, the light's not getting tripped, so
these cars are just kind of stuck here. So yeah, yeah,
everybody played a role in fixing it, and thankful, I'm
thankful for the patience of maybe some of the cars
that were behind this vehicle trying to figure out what
the heck was going on, because yeah, it could have
been really easy for people to get really.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Angry, escalated the situation, and gotten some anger.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
You know what it's like, You sit in your car,
it's already like a mildly claustrophobic situation, and then you
throw in the fact that, I, if you're not right
behind that car, you have no idea really what's going
on up now. And then when you're sitting there for
like two three four minutes, like the probably were, with
the light not changing, you can't figure out why, and
so you know, I don't know. It was cooler heads
(11:08):
prevailed in a situation where I could have gotten a
lot more ugly. The first thing I want to mention
is the Major League Baseball playoffs have begun today. The
first game is going on. The Detroit Tigers are taking
on the Cleveland Guardians, and this is in the bottom
of the eighth inning. Detroit leading two to one. Cleveland
has the tying run on second go ahead run at
(11:32):
the plate. I do in a lot of ways. I
love baseball. I love talking about baseball. I love understanding
what's going on with baseball. There's something magical about it.
It is a uniquely American game, and I love to
(11:55):
spread the joy that it brings to me through that.
For me, I'm a White Sox fan, that joy sometimes
is few and far between. But yeah, there you go,
find yourself in love with something that brings you true joy.
Even if my team doesn't give me a lot of joy,
(12:17):
I do get a lot of joy watching baseball sports
in general, but especially baseball playoffs. It's just something like
in the air where every pitch matters. The Cubs and
the San Diego Padres have just begun as well as
well for another game that's going on today. So these
wild Card series games going on, and we'll keep you
updated on that. Also, you were asking me about my shirt. Yeah,
(12:41):
so you're soccer guys, so like the Prefaces, you played
soccer collegiately. Yeah, and you first you'll notice soccer style
shirt that I'm wearing.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
Absolutely, yeah. I think you couldn't figure out what it is.
I could have figured out. I think you can learn
a lot from this bondser Well, first of all, I
just want to say, like soccer is what it is
in the United States, but pretty much blanket statement. Everywhere
else in the world it is the number one sport.
(13:13):
Not every country, but for the most part ninety percent
of countries. I would think that that's it is their
predominant sport, you know. So when I sit there and
I look at it, I'm like, man, that could be
really from anywhere geographically.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
But yeah, so it's interesting and the Tiger is going
to get out of this anyway. The way good for them. This,
interestingly enough, is I bought this where this team is located,
and I it is from Europe and it's the cress.
Is the biggest hint that you're going to have besides
(13:45):
the bottom of the shirt which says.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
And Dora. Ah, I knew it, you didn't know it.
I here's the thing. I was going to say that
it wasn't from Spain, which is true. It's not like
it's not technically from Spain.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
But this, this team f C Anddora plays in Spain
with like the lower levels of league. I think they're
in the third division.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
So they're they're still in the LEGA, just in the
low huh.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
So this team is now Andorra has its own small
league that plays in the villages of Andorra. But this
team f C Andorra they play in the Spanish football system,
so yeah, it's in sports. Like I mentioned, I want
people to know that there are ways to escape. Man,
(14:33):
there there are ways to escape, and I want people
to understand as much as I want us to care
about news and to take the news very seriously, we
talked about so much that's heavy and discuss so much
(14:56):
that's heavy, that I want to promote the objectivity of
like just happiness and smiling, and that there are things
that we can discuss and talk about that are actually
incredibly joyful and I want to bring I want to
spread that I feel insanely responsible to coming here and
gravel rousing and shaking my fists at clouds and yelling
about things that I think are wrong with this world.
(15:17):
Because as much as there are things that are wrong
with this country and countries around the world, cities that
are around here, heck, you could say that you're not
happy here in Omaha. I can understand people having different viewpoints,
different perspectives. If you're from New York City, you move
to Omaha for the first time, you're trying to figure
out if you can become friends with people. All that
(15:40):
stuff I can get to that as like a major shakeup
and shift in somebody's lifestyles. Think about if you're coming from,
you know, a place very rural, like a really small place,
and then all of a sudden you find yourself in
the Omaha area. Know, like there's just way too much
going on here. I need some quiet, I need some peace.
I want my own piece of land. I want to farm.
(16:02):
You're not gonna be happy here either. Finding things that
help make you happy one hundred percent, something that's useful,
Just want to let you know. Also, apparently Andorra FC
Andorra got promoted to the second division for this season,
so they made it through the playoffs and now they're
in the second tier of Spanish football.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
And not only is that good for the team, but
also for the club and for the city that promotes
so much income and it's so good for the economy. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
Now, see Andorra geographically a country the size of Omaha,
Like the perimeter of Omaha is about the same size
the perimeter of the country of Andorra.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
I don't know if you told me this before.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
What do you know, the population like seventy seven thousand, Okay, yeah,
very small, very small, and I visited there. I had
a great time. It's a very unique place. Check it out.
I'm Emory Songer. Peyton high Lock is my producer. Say
hello to the people, Peyton.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
What's going on, Emory? Happy Tuesday. You know what I'm drinking?
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Drinking a bubbler yep, Yeah, bubbler antioxidant sparkling water that boosts, energizes,
and restores balance with natural caffeine. My favorite flavor of
these is the Triple Berry Breezer. It's got raspberry, BlackBerry,
and blueberry in it, no sugar, no artificial sweetener's and
only five calories in a can.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Yeah, those are pretty good. That's great stuff. I'm not
a huge fan of sparkling water. I know that's not
sparkling water, but it's that same sort of style. The carbonated.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Yeah, I mean it is, for whatever it's worth by
definition sparkling water, but it's not.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
But those are really clean, Yeah, clean drinks.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
It's antioccidant, so anyway, Yeah, and they've got great natural caffeine,
so it's great. Before I get into the news, I
had a very interesting thing that happened to me today.
So I do a morning show. Yeah, morning show, I
usually leave and I'll do any variety of things when
I'm on my break. We got a few hours in there,
(01:08):
and I wanted to take the dogs on a walk
because tonight I'm going to the Outsiders at the Orpheum,
so I'm not gonna have a chance to hang out
with the doggos after I leave work. So get them
a walk in, get me some steps, that kind of thing.
And I did that, and as we were walking, you know,
I live in a zarbon, So we walked down to
Elmwood Park and you like a two mile loop or whatever,
(01:31):
and there's a backup of cars that are sitting on
the corner of Happy Hollow and Leavenworth, Okay, like it's
like a hill. Yeah, And I don't know exactly what
all happened, but I approach and I'm looking and I
hear some cars like honking, getting very frustrated. There's probably
a line of like fifteen cars, very unusual, and I'm like,
(01:55):
what is going on here? So we get up to
the car in question, and it's empty. There's no one
in it. It's got flashers, it's at the front of
the intersection. It is, it's got flashers on, but nobody's
in the car. There are a couple of dogs that
are barking and I'm just like, this is very strange.
Not exactly, I didn't know. I was not sure what
(02:16):
I was looking at. So my first inclination is it
looks like the windows are up. This car is like
stalled out. The person who's supposed to be driving this
car is not here. I don't know where they are.
I can't say anybody nearby, and so I just want
to I'm gonna call it police because this is weird.
And I don't know if these dogs can breathe in there.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
That's always my biggest concern, so dog safety.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
And also, you know, there's fifteen cars in this line
and it's backing up, so this is an intersection. I
walked through here all the time. This is a trip intersection,
and the person like so basically it's like you have
to stop at a certain point while you're waiting to
trigger the light, but the car isn't close enough to
trip the light, so it's sitting back. Nobody can get
(02:59):
around it. It's a very dangerous situation. So I get
up there. My first thought. I'm an analytical person, so
my first thing is I want to call the police.
But that I'm with my wife and I tell her
to hit the crosswalk button to cross, because that's going
to trigger the light, so then we can start like
trying to get these cars to come around this car.
(03:19):
And so I'm like waving the cars on while I'm
on a phone, and I called the police and essentially
say like, I don't know where this person is. But
as soon as I do that, the person appears across
the street and it's it's a younger woman who I'm
(03:40):
sure is panicking, and she's got like jumper cables in hand,
and she's running across the street and says, it's my car.
It's my car. I needed jumper cables to start the car.
The car battery died while I was sitting at the stoplight.
And when I jumped the car, I already jumped it,
so it's probably probably been sitting there for a little while.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Yeah, you're catching the back end of it.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
It automatically locked her out of the car, and her
keys are in the car and her phone was in
the car.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Oh my goodness.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
So she can't get ahold of anybody or anything. So
she apparently lives just a few blocks away. Her in
her panic, like decided that she was gonna run where
she lives and knock on her neighbor's door and ask
for some help from the neighbor and then run back
and again. Like you said, I'm seeing like the end
of this. So I'm thinking, like my wife is basically
posting up with one of our dogs, just like in
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every couple of minutes, just like as soon as the
light turns right again, just hitting that light that the
crosswalk button so the lights will trigger so the people
can go. And you know, we're trying to direct traffic.
A guy who was in line, I don't think he
knows this person, but he stops to help because he
sees something right. And then her neighbor does come by
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and he's got like ropes and stuff. And I didn't
know what they were gonna do. I told the police. Still,
it was just like, hey, we got a car, and
we can't get into it because they'll have tools that
can maybe help us, you.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Know, jacket open maybe or something, get a.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Window opener or you know, like a locksmith tool or
something that we can like break into her car without
you know, like creating a real First of all, you know,
like the last thing we want to do is injure
the dogs inside. But we also don't want to like
destroy the car. We don't want to like hammer it open.
Turned out that there the passenger side window was cracked
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a little bit, just a little bit, yeah, and so
they were able to get a coat hanger and like
like go in there and like press because the car
is on yeah, because she's just jumped it, and so
she's you just got to like get the window open
enough to where you can reach in there and like
flip the But then these two dogs that are in
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there are running on the seat and stuff and making
it hard for them to like actually like get the
window open. So after all this, and I'm standing there.
My job at this point, I said, you know, the
police said, if something changes, call us back. So I'm
standing there watching them. I don't you know. I'm with
my one of my dogs, and my wife's on the
other side of the street with the light just making
(06:09):
sure like every time the light turns red that she
triggers the light so people can still go. And so
I'm sitting there basically just watching these three people try
to open this door or try to open this window,
and then they eventually do they eventually one of the
guys is able to like get the window open, she
can unlock the door, she gets in, and then I
call the police back and say, hey, no need to
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come to this intersection. But it was it was an ordeal.
It was interesting, and I was happy that we helped.
If we wouldn't have noticed, you know, I'm not here
to say that I'm a hero or anything, but if
we wouldn't have noticed the situation, I know this. I
crossed this street all the time, so I know it's
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a trip light and there's no way this light was
going to ever get tripped. So lucky we came up
when we did, so we could trigger the light through
through because the other yeah yeah, I mean by hitting
the crosswalk button, because the cars go in the other direction.
It's busy enough on Levenworth that you can't just like
turn on red willy nilly or run the red light,
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you know, So the only way to really do it
was the way we did it, and nobody else was
there to do it, So I don't know, it was
just good happenstance that we got through when we did.
Otherwise the backup would have just kept growing and growing
and growing.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
How much time do you think elapsed from well we
were when you walked away.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
We were there probably for I would say ten minutes,
but I don't know how long she would have been
sitting there in that situation. It was interesting because there
were only like fifteen cars. If she would have been
there for another ten minutes, basically on how many cars
were trying to get them that direction, I mean, that
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line would have been a lot longer than fifteen cars.
So I would have bet she she'd probably been sitting
there for like twenty minutes total, would be my guess.
And I'm gonna go ahead and assume some other cars
saw the backup and like try to turn around all
this stuff. But yeah, it was. It's a weird little
situation there.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Yeah, that's pretty that's pretty crazy.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
But you know, I think it wouldn't have been as
bad if the light was just a timed light, yeah,
and let people get buy Yeah, because then people would
have figured out because she had her blinkers on, you know,
like people would have figured out.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
All she could.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Yeah, there's nobody to blame, you know. The only thing
I could say is maybe like just carry your phone
on you. And my wife was like, you don't understand
women clothing doesn't have the like pockets that you can
carry a phone like that. We don't have deep pockets
in our shorts or our skirts or anything. And you know,
I don't have anything to say to that because I
don't have that experience.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
But we don't experience that yet. And if they do
have pockets, they're definitely not big enough to hold a
phone far majority of the time. Yeah, it's just like
how are you gonna hold it?
Speaker 1 (08:53):
But that would be my only thing is now she
knows when she First of all, get your battery fixed. Yeah,
you know, like if you need a new back, you
need to charge it any or something. Yeah, that's a
problem that you can, like, you do not want to
be dealing with that problem when you're on the road.
I mean, you can at least change a tire. When
your tire blows out or something. You can't like, if
the car isn't going to start, you're kind of in
(09:14):
some trouble. The second thing is if you exit the
car for any reason, having your keys and your phone
would be what I would suggest. And if you can't
carry both, definitely carry at least one just in case.
You don't want to be stuck where you're locked out
of your car. And you can't get ahold of anybody.
And again, you know, she could have theoretically asked for
(09:37):
help from the car behind her. I'm sure she didn't
feel super comfortable doing that in that situation, so she
decided to try to run a few blocks to where
she was living and get some help that way. But
it was just an all time kind of snafu situation,
and like there really was nobody at fault. It was
nobody's fault. It was just really inconvenient for a bunch
(09:59):
of differ from people. And you know, you just kind
of have to think on your feet, so be willing
to help out if you feel safe, like this was.
Obviously I felt safe, and certainly the dog. If the
dogs wouldn't have been in the car, then I don't
think I would have thought about anything, maybe less less urgent,
because I may not have even stopped stopped right. But again,
when I realized what it was going on, that's when
(10:21):
I was like, oh, the light's not getting tripped, so
these cars are just kind of stuck here. So yeah, yeah,
everybody played a role in fixing it, and thankful, I'm
thankful for the patience of maybe some of the cars
that were behind this vehicle trying to figure out what
the heck was going on, because yeah, it could have
been really easy for people to get really.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Angry, escalated the situation, and gotten some anger.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
You know what it's like, You sit in your car,
it's already like a mildly claustrophobic situation, and then you
throw in the fact that, I, if you're not right
behind that car, you have no idea really what's going
on up now. And then when you're sitting there for
like two three four minutes, like the probably were, with
the light not changing, you can't figure out why, and
so you know, I don't know. It was cooler heads
(11:08):
prevailed in a situation where I could have gotten a
lot more ugly. The first thing I want to mention
is the Major League Baseball playoffs have begun today. The
first game is going on. The Detroit Tigers are taking
on the Cleveland Guardians, and this is in the bottom
of the eighth inning. Detroit leading two to one. Cleveland
has the tying run on second go ahead run at
(11:32):
the plate. I do in a lot of ways. I
love baseball. I love talking about baseball. I love understanding
what's going on with baseball. There's something magical about it.
It is a uniquely American game, and I love to
(11:55):
spread the joy that it brings to me through that.
For me, I'm a White Sox fan, that joy sometimes
is few and far between. But yeah, there you go,
find yourself in love with something that brings you true joy.
Even if my team doesn't give me a lot of joy,
(12:17):
I do get a lot of joy watching baseball sports
in general, but especially baseball playoffs. It's just something like
in the air where every pitch matters. The Cubs and
the San Diego Padres have just begun as well as
well for another game that's going on today. So these
wild Card series games going on, and we'll keep you
updated on that. Also, you were asking me about my shirt. Yeah,
(12:41):
so you're soccer guys, so like the Prefaces, you played
soccer collegiately. Yeah, and you first you'll notice soccer style
shirt that I'm wearing.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
Absolutely, yeah. I think you couldn't figure out what it is.
I could have figured out. I think you can learn
a lot from this bondser Well, first of all, I
just want to say, like soccer is what it is
in the United States, but pretty much blanket statement. Everywhere
else in the world it is the number one sport.
(13:13):
Not every country, but for the most part ninety percent
of countries. I would think that that's it is their
predominant sport, you know. So when I sit there and
I look at it, I'm like, man, that could be
really from anywhere geographically.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
But yeah, so it's interesting and the Tiger is going
to get out of this anyway. The way good for them. This,
interestingly enough, is I bought this where this team is located,
and I it is from Europe and it's the cress.
Is the biggest hint that you're going to have besides
(13:45):
the bottom of the shirt which says.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
And Dora. Ah, I knew it, you didn't know it.
I here's the thing. I was going to say that
it wasn't from Spain, which is true. It's not like
it's not technically from Spain.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
But this, this team f C Anddora plays in Spain
with like the lower levels of league. I think they're
in the third division.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
So they're they're still in the LEGA, just in the
low huh.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
So this team is now Andorra has its own small
league that plays in the villages of Andorra. But this
team f C Andorra they play in the Spanish football system,
so yeah, it's in sports. Like I mentioned, I want
people to know that there are ways to escape. Man,
(14:33):
there there are ways to escape, and I want people
to understand as much as I want us to care
about news and to take the news very seriously, we
talked about so much that's heavy and discuss so much
(14:56):
that's heavy, that I want to promote the objectivity of
like just happiness and smiling, and that there are things
that we can discuss and talk about that are actually
incredibly joyful and I want to bring I want to
spread that I feel insanely responsible to coming here and
gravel rousing and shaking my fists at clouds and yelling
about things that I think are wrong with this world.
(15:17):
Because as much as there are things that are wrong
with this country and countries around the world, cities that
are around here, heck, you could say that you're not
happy here in Omaha. I can understand people having different viewpoints,
different perspectives. If you're from New York City, you move
to Omaha for the first time, you're trying to figure
out if you can become friends with people. All that
(15:40):
stuff I can get to that as like a major shakeup
and shift in somebody's lifestyles. Think about if you're coming from,
you know, a place very rural, like a really small place,
and then all of a sudden you find yourself in
the Omaha area. Know, like there's just way too much
going on here. I need some quiet, I need some peace.
I want my own piece of land. I want to farm.
(16:02):
You're not gonna be happy here either. Finding things that
help make you happy one hundred percent, something that's useful,
Just want to let you know. Also, apparently Andorra FC
Andorra got promoted to the second division for this season,
so they made it through the playoffs and now they're
in the second tier of Spanish football.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
And not only is that good for the team, but
also for the club and for the city that promotes
so much income and it's so good for the economy. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
Now, see Andorra geographically a country the size of Omaha,
Like the perimeter of Omaha is about the same size
the perimeter of the country of Andorra.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
I don't know if you told me this before.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
What do you know, the population like seventy seven thousand, Okay, yeah,
very small, very small, and I visited there. I had
a great time. It's a very unique place. Check it out.
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