Mac & Cheese Magic, Aging Hacks, and Fighting Fire with Drones

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Have you ever accidentally celebrated a national holiday without even knowing it existed? That's exactly what happened to one of our callers who serendipitously enjoyed mac and cheese on National Mac and Cheese Day!

The Morning Brew kicks off with a critical fire safety update from JD Pepper of the Timber Mesa Fire Department. He shares how their team successfully contained a lightning-caused fire before it could spread through our mountain communities. With monsoon weather patterns settling in, JD emphasizes the importance of immediate reporting when community members spot smoke. This vigilance has already saved countless acres from devastating wildfires this season. The department's innovative use of drone technology to locate fires in difficult terrain showcases how modern tools combined with community partnership create an effective defense system against natural threats.

Kirk Nurmi offers a refreshingly unconventional perspective on aging that turns conventional wisdom upside down. Instead of hiding from milestone birthdays, Kirk suggests embracing—or even exaggerating—your age to make your accomplishments more impressive. "How can he look that good at 50?" becomes the ultimate compliment when you're actually turning 45! This humorous take on aging reminds us all that confidence and self-deprecating humor never go out of style.

The show wraps with heartwarming stories during "Talk About Something Good Tuesday," featuring jockeys racing without horses for charity, a first-time golfer's miraculous hole-in-one, and the Philadelphia Phillies' new four-legged teammate being trained as a service dog for disabled veterans. These uplifting moments remind us that joy comes in unexpected packages.

Want more laughter in your life? Don't miss Chris Bennett's upcoming comedy birthday bash featuring America's Got Talent finalist Ryan Kneemiller on July 26th at the Elks Lodge. Have you grabbed your tickets yet? VIP tickets are already sold out, but $20 general admission tickets are still available at ChrisBennettComedy.com!

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
From the Horn Auto Center Studios Chris Bennett and
the Morning Brew.
Good morning, it's the MorningBrew with Chris.
Who's this?
Hey?
Good morning, chris, it's JD.
Jd Pepper, our fire marshalwith the Timber Mesa Fire
Department.
Do you have a fire marshalminute for us today?

Speaker 2 (00:17):
Yeah, buddy, hey, you know what?
Haven't been able to call inand talk to everyone since, I
think right before the 4th ofJuly, so we were able to do the
fireworks.
It always comes down to the thelast minute there really of the
day to know if we're going tobe able to shoot I mean.
So a lot of stuff goes intothat planning, but I hope it.
Uh, oh, I hope it went wentwell for everybody.

(00:37):
Hope you enjoyed the show thatwe put on.
Uh, so I want to talk about alittle bit of weather, hopefully
today.
I know we got a little bit ofrain last night, but I think
today we're going to startgetting that real monsoonal
weather pattern is going to comein.
I'm really confident of that.
We had a fire yesterday that wasstarted by lightning.
So this is kind of the contextof my call this morning.

(00:58):
We had a lightning strike twodays ago.
It was down in the canyon.
It was about two miles south,southwest of the Sierra Pines or
the Farnbrook area.
It was actually about a milesouth of the Farnbrook area and
our partners at the US ForestService, the Towers this lady

(01:19):
that works up in the Towers.
She's a wonderful lady.
She's been doing it for 30years and saw the puff of smoke
yesterday afternoon somewherearound two o'clock.
We were able to, after a littlebit of triangulation and
coordinating, we Timber Mesa,the prevention division we were
able to put up our drone and wewere able to locate that fire

(01:41):
because the wind had come in andknocked the column down, so the
wind was down in the canyon,but we were still able to get up
above it and find it with thedrone and we were able to direct
resources in it.
The US Forest Service, alongwith our crews, was able to go
out there and put that fire outbefore it spread.
So what I would like everybodyto do we've got this storm

(02:03):
coming in.
Lightning's happening.
Look, as soon as you see anytype of smoke coming up from our
areas, give us a call.
We have a couple green wasteareas out here east of town that
you might see some smoke in.
You know that's okay, they'redesigned to do that the pellet
plant.

(02:23):
They have a little bit of smokethat comes up every now and
then, but if you see stuff outin our areas that surround our
town you see some smoke outthere today, tomorrow please
call us.
The sooner we can get in onthat, the sooner we can knock
that out, and I just appreciatethe partnership that the
community's had over the pastseveral months and you're

(02:46):
helping us do a job and you'requite honestly helping save our
mountain communities.

Speaker 1 (02:52):
Heck.
Yes, if you see something, seeany smoke, call 911 immediately.
Jd.
Big shout out to everyoneinvolved in Timber Mesa Fire
Department for putting that fireout yesterday.
That was just.
That was amazing.

Speaker 2 (03:06):
You bet you know we've had a couple the fuel
mitigation thing for folks atyour home is really important or
past work.
You know you can still do thatwork, but you know let's try to
do that work in the fall.
We had that great big housefire last week.
That was real touch and go, putout a lot of heat, a lot of
energy, a lot of embers andflame.

(03:27):
So we were able to get that oneout as well without that
spreading to the forest.
And that's just because, again,folks are really being Johnny
on the spot with this stuff.
They're calling us and we'reable to get there and get into
action really quick and do whatwe do well.

Speaker 1 (03:46):
So thank you for that absolutely thank you for
everything you guys do, and atthe timber mesa fire department
and all our first responders andfirefighters out there.
You are all heroes.
Good morning, it's the morningbrew with chris.
Who's this?
I'm amy hilton.
Amy hilton, what can I do foryou?

Speaker 3 (04:05):
I was going to tell a funny story.
Last night, my boyfriend and I,we went to Diddy's I'm from
Eager Arizona and oh my gosh, itwas so funny.
We both had mac and cheese.
I had the buffalo chicken styleand he had the bacon mac.
And right after we ate we heardon your guys' radio station

(04:25):
that it was National Mac andCheese Day.

Speaker 1 (04:28):
Heck, yeah sweet.
You celebrated and you didn'teven do it on purpose.

Speaker 3 (04:32):
Yeah, and then my boyfriend last night we saw on
Facebook it was National Mac andCheese Day.

Speaker 1 (04:38):
Oh, heck, yeah, sweet .
That's awesome.
What a coincidence.
It's a crazy world.
Yes, it is Good morning.
It's the Morning what?
A coincidence, it's a crazyworld.
Yes, it is Good morning.
It's the Morning Brew withChris.
Who's this?

Speaker 4 (04:49):
Good morning Chris.

Speaker 1 (04:50):
It's best friend Kirk Nermy Holy moly Kirk Nermy
always brings a smile to my facewhen we hear from him.
He is the show's officialgritty true crime correspondent.

Speaker 4 (05:02):
Chris, I'm calling because you know this whole deal
.
You're turning 50.
You're protesting against it.
I don't know.
Think about what a favor I'mdoing you, chris.
You're obviously super goodlooking and super athletic right
.

Speaker 1 (05:19):
We know that.

Speaker 4 (05:21):
What if people thought you were 50 and you were
that good looking?
How more impressive would thatbe If you just let that rumor
out there?
What if people thought you were50?
And you were that good looking,oh how impressive would that be
If you just let that rumor out.
There people say, my God, he's50 and he's that good looking
and he's that athletic Right.
My goodness, chris is even moreof a role model than I thought
before.

Speaker 1 (05:40):
That's a good point.
I've heard about lying aboutyour age, but I've never heard
about lying up.
Well, maybe you know whenyou're like 18, 19, 20, or you
know when you're younger, right,yeah, but this is an
interesting approach.
I might consider it, but I wanteveryone to know I'm turning 45
this year, not 50 yet.

Speaker 4 (05:59):
See you're ruining it , Chris.
You're ruining the whole thing,Okay you know what I'm turning
65.
You let it sit out there.
You don't have to say you knowI'm 45 or I'm 50.
Just don't protest against it.
Let the rumors spread.
And then everybody's oh my God,he's so impressive, how can he
look that good at 50?
How can he look that good?
That's a good point.

(06:20):
I'm just saying, chris, you'vegot to think about this when you
hit your old age.

Speaker 1 (06:26):
Well, thank you to my fellow AARP brother.

Speaker 4 (06:30):
Appreciate it.
That's right.
And for anyone who asks, I'mlike 70.
It's amazing.

Speaker 1 (06:35):
Oh yeah, dude you sound amazing for 70.
Yeah, you know what?
I'll consider it.
I'll consider it I might beturning 50.

Speaker 4 (06:43):
Yeah, you better think of these points.
Yeah, run it up the flagpolethere, Chris.
Talk to Janine.
Get some consulting work done.
I think it'll work good.

Speaker 1 (06:52):
All right, sounds good.
We love you, kirk Nermy, andthank you so much for calling in
and enjoy your summer breakwith your wife.
Love you, buddy, bye.
Bye, janine, you there?
Yes, I am.
How are you, chris, I'm doinggreat.
How are you?

Speaker 5 (07:05):
doing on this talk about.

Speaker 1 (07:06):
Something Good Tuesday.

Speaker 5 (07:08):
Awesome, awesome.
I love Tuesdays.

Speaker 1 (07:09):
Sweet.
Oh, you want to hear somethingexciting on this.
Talk about Something GoodTuesday.
Yes, yes, and it's comedyrelated.
There's a comedian down in thevalley that I know, Sandra Rizer
I believe Sandra Riser.
She's going to make her debuton America's Got Talent tonight.

Speaker 5 (07:25):
Oh my gosh, we have to watch.

Speaker 1 (07:27):
Yeah, an.

Speaker 5 (07:27):
Arizona comedian.

Speaker 1 (07:28):
Yeah, so tune in and cheer her on.
That's pretty exciting.
And then my comedy birthdaybash, july 26th at the Elks
Lodge.
Yeah, With national headliner,ryan Kneemiller, who was
America's Got Talent top threefinalist in season 14.
He's headlining that show.
Vip tickets sold out.

(07:49):
Oh, sweet Very nice, but westill have a $20 general
admission.
Tickets available atChrisBennettComedycom.

Speaker 5 (07:57):
It's going to be a fun time Get ready to laugh?

Speaker 1 (07:59):
Yep, janine, how about when we come back, we
share some good news stories?
I love it Always good news,heck yeah, On this Talk About
Something Good Tuesday.
All right, Janine.
What's your good news story onthis?
Talk About Something GoodTuesday.

Speaker 5 (08:13):
Okay, I looked at the stuff.
I love to look at the thingsthat are kind of viral and I
like this idea.
I love this one Horse racingjockeys.
You know, you always see thehorses come out of the gates and
stuff.
You need to watch this.
It's going viral.
It's just really cute.
The horse racing jockeys inPeru.
They raised money for charity.
I think everybody should dothis by racing without their
horses and they're in the gates.

(08:34):
They open up the gates, justlike, and then they line up at
the starting gates, all thoselittle jockeys, and then they
sprint down the track and it'sreally cool.
The racing fans loved it andthey raised a ton of money.
And then the other one that'sgoing viral.
You have to look up.
It's a woman near Calgary,canada.
She went golfing for the veryfirst time.
She's a young gal, really cute,guess get this.

(08:55):
She got a hole in one.
It happened on the fourth holeand her first ever par three.
She hits the ball and it goes.
I mean perfect, hit the driver99 yards and it goes right into
the hole.

Speaker 4 (09:10):
Yeah, yeah, she needs to buy a lottery ticket.

Speaker 5 (09:13):
I know They've got it all and I can't pronounce her
last name.
It's called Kananakis Golf.
It's like on this site RightK-N-A.
Yeah's like on this site RightK-N-A.
Yeah, it's way way long, butlook up the girl hole-in-one
Really cool, cool video.

Speaker 1 (09:30):
I don't know if that would be a blessing or a curse
your first time golfing ever toget a hole-in-one.
I don't know if that would likeruin golf for you or if you
would just become obsessed andbecome a really good golfer.

Speaker 5 (09:42):
Yeah, you.
Or if you would just becomeobsessed and become a really
good golfer?
Yeah and yeah because golf.
I'll tell you what it.
It just it's great, like thatone day, and then it's horrid
for yeah it's so tough, it'salways tough.
There's nothing consistent.
Well, maybe it's because I'mnot consistent.

Speaker 1 (09:55):
No, that can't be it could be it well, thank you for
your good news story, janine.
All right, janine, here's mygood news story on this.
Talk About Something GoodTuesday.
The Philadelphia Philliesbaseball team just added a brand
new teammate, and Janine, he'sa cutie.
That's right, he's got four legs, a wagging tail and a future in

(10:16):
service.
His name is Tugger and he's a10-week-old yellow lab and he's
sponsored by the team to becomea fully trained service dog for
disabled veterans.
And he's named in honor of aPhillies legend, tug McGraw, who

(10:36):
was a Marine and World Serieschamp and also the father of
country star Tim McGraw.
Wow, yeah, pretty cool.
So Tim McGraw said his dadwould be honored to know the pup
will one day change a veteran'slife and that it's named after
him.
Oh, I love that.
Yeah, tucker's going to betrained over the next two years
by Warrior Canine Connection andplaced through Team Foster,
which has helped match over 500veterans with service dogs.

(10:56):
And he made his ballpark debutthis week and even napped in a
player's arm during the game.
I love it.

Speaker 5 (11:05):
I love it.

Speaker 1 (11:06):
A future hero in the making.
That is my good news story onthis Taco Bout.
Something Good Tuesday.

Speaker 5 (11:12):
Aw, puppy love, I love it, puppy love.

Speaker 1 (11:14):
Well, awesome, janine .
Thanks so much for having funwith us, and I hope you have a
great rest of your day.

Speaker 5 (11:18):
You too, chris, have a good one.
That was awesome.
Bye-bye.