Obesity

Today, Doug Pike interviews Dr. John Higgins about obesity.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
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And now fifty plus with Doug Pike.

Speaker 4 (00:46):
Okay, welcome to fifty plus, Land of the Free, Home
of the Gray. I kind of like that, and you know,
right off the top here I read yesterday that some
of the younger people, some of the younger folks who
now technically qualify as seniors discounts in all, by the way,
and there are plenty of them around town if you'll
just ask, uh, some of these people are offended by

(01:10):
the term senior and want it changed. I'm not exactly
sure to what, chronologically, I'm chronologically challenged. Maybe that that
seems kind of weird. There was a suggestion in one
source I saw that these younger seniors, and again I

(01:31):
think I mentioned yesterday. It's kind of oxymoronic, but be
called generation Jones. Whatever that means, I don't know really.
Now seniors are going to have their own pronouns. I
bring that up again because it's just it's it's somehow
like a backward step to me. We're not copycats. We're trailblazer.
We put a man on the moon when half the

(01:53):
world still thought the moon was made of green cheese.
That's significant. I don't know of anything that's come quite
close to that level of significance, unless you wanted to
count the introduction of AI, which still isn't sending now.

(02:13):
AI would have an easier time and require less calculation
to put a man on the moon if we chose
to do so again. The challenge now is going to
be going to Mars, they say, and more power to
whoever's going to make that trip. I think the last
estimate I heard was that it was going to take

(02:34):
about eight months to get there, and then you'd have
to sustain yourself while you're there, and then you have
to somehow have enough food and fuel and all of
that to make the eight month journey back. And I
think that's what's holding it all up as just the
logistics of it all be like walking from Miami to Alaska,

(03:00):
only you Yeah, that's just not gonna happen. I foresee
a trip to Mars for humans. I don't know that
it's gonna accomplish much other than to poke a flag
into the surface. And I really don't think the first
trip there is gonna involve a landing. I don't know
that the first people who go all the way there

(03:21):
will drop on down and make a soft landing and
plant a flag before they come back. Maybe hit a
golf ball, but it still will be no small feet
to get all the way there and then all the
way back. I think, honestly, and back to seniority for
a second, I think it's something we ought to celebrate
because not everybody makes it. You know, you hit seventy

(03:43):
four somehow this is I look this up. If you
make seventy four, you will have outlived half the people
on Earth. Half the people on Earth are gonna cash
out about at on average seventy three years and change.
You make seventy four, you've beat the curve. Now, it's

(04:05):
a little shorter curve for men, a little longer curve
for women, but nonetheless that's the overall average, and women,
for whatever reasons, outlive men almost in every country on
the planet. Anyway, let's move away from there. Weather gets
a little sus this afternoon. To borrow a word from
my son when he was about five years younger than

(04:27):
he is now, I don't even know if they still
use that one thirty percent chance of showers settles out tomorrow,
then gets worse from Monday through Wednesday, so far as
shower chances go on the bright side, though, high temperatures
all the way down that same road don't climb above
Tomorrow's ninety two, So that in and of itself is

(04:52):
cause celeb It's reason to bang a tambourine and maybe
go stand outside and soak up a little sunshine. Ninety
two is ninety two, I get it. It's still in
the nineties, but it's not ninety nine, and there's a
huge difference between ninety two and ninety nine with or
without humidity. Who was it I talked to? Oh, yeah,

(05:15):
there was a young man visiting our office for working
on some tech stuff. I'm not sure what, but they
flew him here all the way from Brazil and we
got to chatting to yesterday, no, two mornings ago, his
first day here, and we talked about temperatures, and I
asked him if he was acclimating to the heat up here.

(05:38):
He said, well, it's hot where I'm from too, in
the summertime, but it's dry heat. And I, as a
native Houstonian who has suffered through the humidity of a
lot of years on this planet, a lot of years
in Southeast Texas, I understand that I bought. The first
real experience I have with dry heat was during a

(06:01):
competitive shooting event up in North Texas somewhere. I can't
remember exactly where it was, to be perfectly honest, but
we were way up there and it was ninety seven
ninety eight degrees that day, and I noticed that I
wasn't really perspiring much what's going on here? And it
dawned on me that the humidity was down and that

(06:25):
made it at least bearable, if not comfortable. It wasn't
It wasn't terribly comfortable, honestly, anyway, Like I said, the
weather gets a little sus no big deal. Markets opened
undecided more or less, but around ten thirty they were
all bright green. Nasdak and the Rustle each were up
more than a full percentage point oil and gold, both
red gold a little bit more so than oil. Yesterday's

(06:49):
FED ratecut, would I have about a minute or less
seconds or minute? Okay, well, I'll wrap this up with
that rate cut yesterday a quarter of a point, which
does open up some fresh IPOs that have been kind
of sitting around waiting. These young companies wanted to push
themselves out there into the public, and it makes better
sense to invest in a company maybe than in a

(07:12):
bond or something like that. When the race night right,
I wish they'd gone ahead and hacked a bigger chunk off, honestly,
just to get things moving forward more quickly. I'm not
sure why the hesitancy, and there's all kinds of reasons
being tossed about, but we should see some more before
the end of the year, and at least that will
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Speaker 2 (09:26):
What's life without a net? If I suggest you go
to bed, leave it off, just wait until the show's over. Sleepy.
Back to Doug Pike as fifty plus continues.

Speaker 4 (09:36):
Come back to fifty plus. Thanks for listening, certainly to
appreciate that sharing your lunch hour, even though I think
in the history of our program, will we've never been
brought lunch, have we? Everybody gets fed but us. We'll
talk in this segment about obesity and how it's defined,

(09:57):
how it's defeated, and how avoiding it can help you
live a better life. And to answer those questions and more,
I will welcome back to fifty plus doctor John Higgins,
cardiologist at Mcgovernment Medical School at UT Houston and sports
cardiologists for the Rockets and Rice Athletics. Welcome back, Doc,
Hey Doug.

Speaker 3 (10:16):
And hey, we'll have to fix that lunch situation for
you guys.

Speaker 4 (10:21):
No, I don't know. I think we're okay, but I
appreciate the offer, you know that. So square one? What
is the textbook definition of obesity?

Speaker 3 (10:33):
All right? So Doug, we have this calculation. We call
it the body mass index, right, and it's sort of
it factors in, you know, how tall the person is
and kind of how heavy they are. So it's kind
of like to correct because as you know, I mean,
as you get tula, you should get heavier, so it's

(10:54):
to kind of correct for that. And it's a simple calculation.
We just get your weight in kilograms and divided by
your height in meters square. That's in the metric. Or
you can just go to a calculator and they define obesity.
A normal person should be you know, around about twenty
for that number, want to do that calculation. An obese

(11:17):
person we define as when that gets to thirty or
higher for the body mass index, and it's measured in
kilogram per meter squared. So that's how we generally define
diabetes so in other words, they're putting on more weight
and going outwards and they're not getting taller, you know

(11:37):
what I'm saying.

Speaker 4 (11:38):
Sure, Oh yeah, I know what you're saying. Are some
people just genetically destined to be obese?

Speaker 3 (11:46):
A good question, Doug. Yes, The answer is there are
some individuals that are born with slower metabolic rates, you know,
or they have conditions which slow down their metabolic rates.
On the one hand, so the burning less energy. And
there are some people that are born to eat more,

(12:06):
you know, or they're eating the wrong way so they're
taken in more energy. So it could be a combination
of your taking in too much energy or you're not
burning enough or both. And of course, you know, we
can do things ourselves to work on each part of that,
each side of that equation as well.

Speaker 4 (12:26):
Would it be would it be right or wrong to
consider obesity for most people.

Speaker 3 (12:31):
To be a choice that is actually correct?

Speaker 2 (12:35):
Doug?

Speaker 3 (12:36):
The cases that we we just mentioned about, the genetic cases,
that those are a very small percentage. So you are correct,
and we you know, we can we know that by
just looking at countries like the US and other First
World countries, and looking at countries where you know, the

(12:57):
healthy option is is of exercising more as well as
eating healthier, and they just don't have nearly the amount
of overweight or obestee. I mean, you know here in
the US now most of our population, the majority are
overweight or obese, but in other countries it's the reverse.

Speaker 4 (13:16):
And for children, And correct me if I'm wrong. I
think obese parents sometimes either unknowingly or not lead their
children down that same road by serving serving the kids
the same fattening foods and the same portions that cause
those parents to gain weight. Is that right?

Speaker 3 (13:32):
Yeah? No, that is absolutely right, Doug. If you have
a parent, you know, if your parents are obese, there's
a one hundred and fifty percent chancel more that you
are going to be obese yourself unless you, you know,
do something.

Speaker 4 (13:45):
Different, all of which can lead to just all sorts
of adverse medical conditions, can it?

Speaker 3 (13:51):
Oh, absolutely, Doug. Starting with, you know, getting into a
situation where you have increase in your risk factors, you
know in my neck of the woods, so you know,
they are more likely these people are more likely to
have high blood pressure, they are more likely to have
high cholesterol, they are more likely to develop insulin resistance

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and then you know diabetes, which is you know, a
very very bad risk factor, and you know, they get
to a point where they sort of, like a lot
of them just give up and so they go full unhealthy.
You know, they don't exercise, they smoke, you know, they overdrink,
They you know, kind of go to that end of
the spectrum and then it's a vicious cycle to try

(14:35):
to you know, rehabilitate them back.

Speaker 4 (14:38):
Yeah. I feel like it's never too late to throw
in the towel. Let's talk about that. How can people
with fairly normal body types now avoid even having to
deal with that avoid obesity?

Speaker 3 (14:49):
Well, I think, Doug, like we were talking about a
month ago, I think we have to look at number one,
the diet, you know, what's coming in. And interestingly, Doug,
you know, some more recent research is talking about not
only what you're eating, but how you're eating. So, for example,
if you are eating in a rush, you know, and

(15:09):
you're just wolfing that food down in you know, a
couple of minutes versus another person that is eating that
food over a longer period of time, maybe ten or
twenty minutes, and chewing that food more. That person that
the latter person is much less likely to become a
beast than the person who is wolfing it down because

(15:32):
the newer studies are now showing that the time you
actually spend with the food itself and the number of
chees you do for each mouthful of food that directly
relates to how your brain feels about well, Am I
full or not? And you know, if you are doing
it slow and you're chewing more, you actually get to

(15:56):
that fullness level quicker and you know you're not you're
not hungry, and you don't get the the Also, you
don't get the sudden kind of surge of of the
nutrients and then the crash after that, which which can
also lead to people snacking as well. So the proper diet,
you know we've talked about before, the Mediterranean diet, you know,

(16:18):
lower meat, more kind of leaned meats, salads, you know,
olive oil, nuts, fruits, that sort of thing. That's generally
the way to go for most people, Doug. And then
on the other side of it, you know, you've got
to get get up and you've got to exercise and
burn burn those calories. Yeah, and whatever it takes, Doug.

(16:42):
You know, I look I don't care what exercise you
do as long as you're actually moving, you know, and
if there's something that you can do, if you can
do five minutes each hour through the day of something,
or you want to do it all before work or
after work, you know, whatever works for you in your
current situation. But I think it's safe to say you've

(17:02):
got to try to get get up to that, you know,
thirty to sixty minutes total each day of some sort
of exercise Doctor.

Speaker 4 (17:10):
John Higgins on fifty plus here with about a minute
and a half left or so's the what's the bottom
line on avoiding obesity?

Speaker 3 (17:19):
The bottom line is slow down. When you're eating. Eat,
eat things that are on your plate that are colorful.
You know, you want at least five different colors on
your plate, so that means you want some lean meat,
you want some you know, vegetable, nice vegetables, some fruit.
You want to increase your shoes. Most people these days,

(17:40):
Doug do ten shoes or less per mouthful of food.
The recommendation now is to go up to about twenty
to forty, so double the amount of time and slow down,
you know, instead of grabbing that next to a bit
of food, make sure you just pause, maybe talk, say,
have a bit of a conversation, then reach for that

(18:01):
drink lots of water, Doug, before, during, and after your meal,
make sure you're sleeping while the seventy to nine hours
has also been shown to be a vaccine against obesity.
And then finally, getting lots of exercise each day. I
want you you all to try to target that one hour.
If you target an hour, you should be getting thirty minutes,
which I'll be happy with.

Speaker 4 (18:21):
Okay, fair enough, doctor John Higgins. Thank you so very much.
I avoid it until just right now telling you that
somebody delivered baby cupcakes and single bite brownies to the
office this morning, but I am proud to say I
restricted myself to just one of those little brownies. Is
that okay?

Speaker 3 (18:38):
Well, Doug, I first I would say omg. At about
second I would say you are the terminator, because if
you were able to resist that, Doug, you are not
going to fall into the obesiti trap.

Speaker 4 (18:49):
Thank you so very much. All right, doc, Thank you
doctor John Higgins. I I appreciate it. Thanks, yes, sir,
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if we happen to get one before the end of
the storm season, which is still going on and we've
been spared so far. Knock on Wood. John Eidman is

(19:31):
the guy who owns that company, always has and he
and now his son, Zach excuse me not Jack, Zach
are perfectly willing to come out and inspect that roof,
and then if necessary, they will bid to get the
work done to repair something small, large, whatever it is.
They will bid a full roof replacement if you like,

(19:52):
and I'm confident that you will be very happy with
the way they work with you. One of the things
that John has asked me to let everybody know is
that he and his company will never ask you for
money upfront. He says that tends to be kind of
a red flag with roofers, and I understand that. And
if you do get the bid, and you do want
to do it, but it seems like a lot of money.

(20:13):
He's working with a financing company now that can help
you make those payments a little easier make sure you
get the roof you need. Also easier is the fact
that if you are an educated educator, if you are
military past or present, or if you are in law enforcement,
you get a discount fifteen hundred dollars off a full roof.

(20:35):
And even if you don't qualify for any of that,
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That's pretty dog on generous. He doesn't have to do that,
but he does because that's the kind of guy he is.
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(20:55):
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Speaker 2 (21:05):
Yeah, they sure don't make them like they used to.

Speaker 1 (21:07):
That's why every few months we wash him, check quarids,
and spring on a fresh coat o wax. This is
fifty plus with Doug Pike, come back.

Speaker 4 (21:17):
Third segment of the program starts right now. Thank you
all for joining us today. I'm my buddy Dan Wade in.
I'll go to Mars. Yeah, yeah, I'll go to Mars. Oh,
there's a guy I have to deal with when I
get finished with the show. He's got a question I
need to answer for him and we can get something

(21:37):
going business wise, if you have anything you would like
to ask me to cover on this show, by the way,
I've talked about it before, probably the best way, the
fastest way to reach me is going to be through email. Honestly,
just shoot me an email Dougpike at iHeartMedia dot com
and say, hey, wow, I would really like to hear

(21:58):
you talk about this or about that. I had somebody
do that just recently, and I've I've sent out word
over to ut Health to let me know when they
can find someone to talk about perry menopause because a
listener wants to know. I think it might have been
the listener's husband actually who asked about it, because that's

(22:20):
a very significant change and it it really it's the
precursor to full menopause. And hey, I'm not qualified to
talk about that, and that's why I'm going to find
somebody over at ut Health who can. So that's the
best way to do that. And again there's room for maybe,
I don't know, maybe one or two more sponsors of

(22:42):
this show, if you if your business likes reaching seniors
and people in their thirties and older. Really, because we
have some very dedicated children, adult children of older parents
who listen. I've heard from them over the years as well,
and I'm I'm happy to help them find answers for

(23:02):
their parents, whether it's for housing, whether it's for medical transportation,
any of that stuff. I've got access to a lot
of people who do a lot of good things for seniors,
if you didn't know it. By the way, today is
National Cheeseburger Day. Will you be celebrating at all? Will anyone? Yeah?

(23:22):
You know, maybe maybe not. I'm trying very hard not
to eat fast food and I don't feel like grilling
a hamburger or a cheeseburger. There was a list of
strangest toppings released today somehow, and who knows who they asked?
You never especially with some of this stuff. It seems
kind of sus to use that word twice in the

(23:44):
same show peanut butter on a cheeseburger up or down?
Give me thumbs will upper down? Peanut butter on a cheeseburger? Yeah,
maybe not? Maybe maybe not. A glazed doughnut on a cheeseburger,
absolutely not. I'm with you, we're side by side. A
slice of balogney on your cheeseburger? Why would you do

(24:07):
that to a perfectly good cheeseburger?

Speaker 2 (24:09):
Kim Chi? What is that?

Speaker 4 (24:12):
Is it a seasoning or a oh oh oh, I've
seen that. I've seen that, and I'd take that. That
would be good. And the final one, I think we'll
both agree, is just a waste of time and a
waste of gummy bears. Would you ever put a gummy
bear on a cheeseburger? That wouldn't work out well on
the grill? I would think if you tried to, if

(24:35):
you tried to warm them up? Oh my word. All right,
back into the news for a couple of minutes. Let's
see here in case you missed it. By the way,
former late night host Jimmy Kimmel opened his mouth wide
enough last night and shoved both feet into it, and
for his insensitive remarks in regard to the slanging of
Charlie Kirk was canceled indefinitely by Next Star. The statement

(24:59):
from Next Star was this, mister Kimmel's comments about the
death of mister Kirk are offensive and insensitive at a
critical time in our national political discourse, and we do
not believe they reflect the spectrum of opinions, views, or
values of the local communities in which we are located.
I would agree, and clearly this carte blanche privilege that's

(25:23):
been afforded late night hosts for many years, most of
them in they've really openly expressed their dislike for our president,
that privilege has been revoked, and I hope the dismissal
of Kimmel kind of serves as a caution to the
rest of them who've been so quick to say insensitive

(25:44):
and incendiary things about high profile conservatives. It's just not right.
They have a right in this country. They have a
right to say whatever they want, but that doesn't mean
those words don't have consequences. And that's exactly what a
lot of people are finding out. This was the assassination
of an American, and regardless of his politics, nothing he

(26:07):
ever said or did could validate what happened to him.
They're just words, and we all have words we'd like
to say. Now when they become when they lean into
encouraging violence, then that gets really close to a line.

(26:29):
We'll see how it works at ABC. Speaking of ABC
reporter Matt Gutman, the guy who said some dumb things
about the assassination, well actually specifically about the text exchanges
between the accused shooter and his partner. At least Gutman
had the courage and good thought to apologize publicly for
what he said. He issued that apology I think today

(26:51):
or maybe yesterday. I'm not sure how the public and
his bosses responded. That apology is going to determine his future.
But to his credit, he didn't. He didn't just bow
up and muscle up. All right, We got to bounce
out of here for a little bit. Ut Health Institute
on Aging. If you are a senior, I have no
problem with that term whatsoever. It gets to me discounts

(27:12):
in a lot of places I go. If you are
a senior and you are dealing with some sort of
health issue, where your primary care doctor or whoever it is,
or maybe it's a specialist elsewhere, somebody outside of the
Institute on Aging and they're not really helping you the
way you think you should be helped. You might want
to take a look at the Institute on Aging's website

(27:34):
uth dot edu slash aging, not only to learn about
all the services that are provided free of charge at
that site, but also to connect yourself to a list
of providers, more than a thousand of them around here,
who primarily work in the med center, but also travel
several days a week to outlying communities and hospitals and

(27:56):
clinics and whatever offices so that anybody who needs their
help can get their help. And the help you'll get
from one of these providers who is in that Institute
on Aging is that of a person who has taken
it upon themselves. After all the time they spend in
school to do what they do to get the credentials

(28:16):
they have, they've gone back and learned more about how
to apply that specific book of knowledge in their brains
to seniors. How we're affected by all of these things
with our eyes and our ears, and our lungs and
our veins and all of that. Every aspect of senior

(28:37):
medicine covered by people who understand seniors. It's a pretty
dog on good resource and that's just not available in
more than you could count them on one hand. Areas
around this entire country of ours. Ut dot edu slash
aging a tremendously valuable resource. Utch dot edu slash aging.

Speaker 1 (28:59):
Old guys rule. And of course women never get old.
If you want to avoid sleeping on the couch.

Speaker 2 (29:06):
Okay, well, I think that sounds like a good plan.
Fifty plus continues. Here's more with Doug.

Speaker 4 (29:13):
Thanks for listening. Forth and final segment of the program.
Already hear good, heavens already here. And the only unusual
thing I've talked about is it's National Cheeseburger Day. That's
kind of weak, to be perfectly honest from the view,
Joy Behar this week told anyone in the show's audience.

(29:33):
I don't remember which morning it was, It's irrelevant, but
this just kind of shows you how she thinks told
that show's audience anybody who was in it but wasn't
vaccinated should not come back to which I would have
said it cool, I'll leave now. Well, frankly, I wouldn't
have been there. This is just another example, though, of
how one sided the left kind of views this world

(29:56):
of ours. There's no room whatsoever for people who don't
accept what they say is gospel. On both sides of
the vaccination, Now there's enough evidence at least to listen
to what the other side has to say and then
draw your own free thinking, draw your own conclusion once
you've heard both sides, bear proud as you'd Yeah, I'm vaccinated.

(30:20):
I'm presuming with her for the flu, for COVID, and
I'm presuming for civility. She's vaccinated from that perfectly. You
can tell by when she talks. She just stood there
and bowed up against anybody who dared not do what
she told them to do and not be what she
told them to be. Because she's a TV host after all,

(30:42):
and as most Americans are beginning to realize, contrary to
what she might think, her opinion is not any more
valuable or valid than anyone else's. She's got a platform
because she is on television, that's true, and movie stars
have a platform because they're in the public eye. But
that doesn't mean they know more than us. That's just

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if you want to if you want to learn something,
at some point you have to close your mouth and
open your ears and hear what others have to say.
That's how this country was created. That's how it works,
how it's supposed to work anyway. Very unusual speaking of
free speech in a manner. They've been talk of legally

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prohibiting hate speech in the wake of the confidence made
after Charlie Kirk was killed a week ago Wednesday. Attorney
General Pam Bondi said Tuesday that freedom of speech is
sacred in our country and that she would never impede
on that right. Her intention, what she's talking about recently
is to address specifically threats of violence. I agree one

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hundred percent free speech is critical this nation's future, but
specifically threatening violence or encouraging violence against other people, it's
got to have some consequences. That's just that in a
nation of people who a lot of whom are still
easily influenced and maybe think they're doing other people of

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favor by acting out, that's just that's something we've got
to at least address and figure out how to deal
with it. Got to figure out how to deal with it.
We've seen since Kirk's death that free speech has gotten
a lot of people fired from their jobs. Those are consequences,
and those people, those people were entitled to say whatever
they wanted, but their words went against some of their

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companies and institutions standards, and those entities in this society
of ours, in our country retain the right to remove
people who publicly choose to disobey the rules of their employment.
I understand that in Great Britain now it's gone. Free
speech is all but gone. Really, from what I understand,
I've read something recently about that somebody just made kind

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of a an off the cuff remark that offended someone
else I think in a pub Imagine that, and that
person wound up being arrested and facing potential prison time
just for speaking something that not many, if any other
people in that place would have been bothered by. This

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one's this one's gonna go a long ways. I think
there's gonna be some There's gonna be a lot more discussion.
And we're not there. We're not where Great Britain is
on free speech, thank god. But if the Left for
gains congressional majority at some point, we may we may
start down that path because there's a lot of things
they would rather not have heard, uh than than I

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think any of us would imagine. I'm gonna lighten it up.
It's time it really is. I've got enough to get
through tomorrow if I don't look up another thing at
in T is testing an AI receptionist. This story says,
which can answer and screen calls and a drum roll,
please block spam. I might sign up for that because

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I get on average, eight to ten spam calls a day,
and every one of them leaves a message. It's a
blank message. But I have to go back and listen
to my phone. Tell me call number two from seven
one three four zero who It's just this long drawn

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out thing was received. It gives me the date and
the time, and then there's nothing there.

Speaker 2 (34:45):
But if I don't push.

Speaker 4 (34:46):
The the erase button within two seconds, if I push
it after that, it says message saved. Oh dear god.
Now I got to go back in and listen to
that whole speech about where the phone call came from.
And yeah, if they can get rid of the spam calls,

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I'm all for it. I am one hundred percent all
for it. Oh this was interesting. I like this policy.
I'll end it with this one because a lot of
us go through fast food lanes still, and every now
and then somebody's gonna kind of cut you off. But
here's what In and Out burger shops are doing. A

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woman in La saw a guy cut in line at
In and Out okay, but they told her he actually
didn't get away with it. And here's what they do
when they see it happen. They'll still take the person's order,
they'll still usher them up to the window to pay
and confirm the order. But then at that point they
make them pull forward and wait just as long as

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they would have had to wait if they hadn't cut,
while other people behind them get sent through. That's gonna
do it for today. I like that idea. I hope
they'll also doing that. We'll see it tomorrow. Thanks for listening,
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