Pat Walsh visits Ivy Park assisted living facility in Roseville, California for heartwarming conversations with residents in their 90s and 100s about their life experiences, wisdom, and everyday routines.
• Introducing the beautiful Ivy Park assisted living community in Roseville
• Conversations with residents about whether they listen to Pat's radio show
• Discussion with a 99-year-old resident about his travels and life experiences
• Meeting a ham radio enthusiast who still communicates with other operators
• Residents sharing what they enjoy about living at Ivy Park, including the staff and dining
• Robert, age 100, reveals his 50s were his favorite decade when "everything was together"
• Visit with Virginia, almost 101, who shares the story of her husband's experience as a WWII POW
• Virginia recounts how her husband returned home to meet their 9-month-old daughter after the war
• Residents discuss their daily activities including happy hour and watching television
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Speaker 1 (00:17):
Welcome to the Patch Peeps podcast 280.
Number 280.
My friends, right man, it'srolling.
It's a beautiful day on this11th day of June 2025.
As I look out my studio windowsinto the beautiful foothills of
Northern California, the sun isshining and it is going to be a
(00:41):
hot one.
I'm Pat Walsh.
I'm the host of the Pat WalshRadio Show, the Pat Walsh Show
on radio KPK News Radio 93.1 FM,1530 AM, and streaming live
everywhere on your free iHeartapp, just like this podcast is.
And today, a special edition ofthe Pat's Peeps podcast.
As I went on location to IvyPark, I would ask I'm not going
(01:06):
to plead, but I would ask kindly, please.
We had this conversationyesterday at one of the local
businesses talking about someonewas talking about my Pat's
Peeps.
They said I love what thebusinesses that we're adding to
this all the time.
But what I'm trying to say isplease, if you would check out
patspeepscom, beyond thispodcast, patspeepscom, we have
(01:31):
businesses there that we'retrying to represent.
Please, if you could be a partof our community.
We as a community would be sovery, very grateful.
Yesterday, not yesterday, um,what was it?
Oh, we, we added anotherbusiness which I was super
excited about.
I can't say anything just yetand we've got some gatherings
coming up Again.
I'm not allowed to say anythingand I'm going to be on TV
(01:54):
representing Pat's Peeps.
As soon as everything isfinalized, then I'm going to let
you know, okay, but for today,what I did is I went to Ivy Park
Now this is in Roseville.
Thank you to Denise and Summerfor setting this up.
For me, this is an assistedliving home, and what it did is
it provided me with theopportunity just like it did in
(02:16):
an earlier podcast to speak topeople right around the age of
100, people whose voices I feelwe need to hear, and these
people are so very charming.
So let's head out to ivy park,which I highly recommend.
There in roseville, if you needa place, you're searching for a
(02:36):
place for loved ones who willbe comfortable in their own
apartments.
Assisted living hey man, localbusiness, okay, ivy Park in
Roseville.
So I went out yesterday I meantoday and I I had a chance to
(03:00):
talk with these folks and it wasgood to see some, some faces
that I hadn't, that I'd seenlast year.
So my name is Pat.
Hi, it's nice to meet you.
Was anyone here last time?
I was here.
You were here last time.
Hi, it's nice to see you again.
Oh my, gosh.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Stan was here, randall was here.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Hi, nice to see you.
Whoever was here last time,it's always nice to see you
again.
Oh, my gosh, stan was here,randall was here.
Hi, nice to see you.
Whoever was here last time,it's always nice to see you guys
again.
I'm at Ivy Park in Rosevillewith these wonderful people.
Ivy Park, by the way, is abeautiful place, and I want to
say thank you to Summer.
I want to say thank you toDenise for having me back today.
This is so wonderful.
I just love it Again.
(03:45):
I don't know what they told youabout me or if you remember
from last time.
I'm a talk show host.
Was it all bad?
Yeah, can you fill me in?
What's your name, sir?
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
What's my name?
What is that?
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (04:02):
I don't know who you are.
I'm trying to get all right onmyself.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Can you tell me what bad things they say about me
exactly?
I'd like to get this recordedso we have evidence of this.
Oh well, you talk a lot, I do.
I did realize it would be a badidea to be a talk show host and
not talk a lot.
For three hours you've got totalk.
I've learned how to do that,that's for sure.
Does anyone know about my show,the pat wall show?
(04:28):
Yes, she does.
You do you do, thank you.
Did someone else back there saythey did no?
Speaker 5 (04:36):
no, you can't find our radio you can't find a radio
.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
What do you mean?
You?
Speaker 5 (04:41):
can't find a radio either.
We can't find our TV cordeither.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
You can't find a radio or a TV cord Down there in
our little hole.
Do you need a radio?
I'll get you a radio or a TVcord if you need it.
Speaker 5 (04:52):
We've got several, we just can't find them.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Oh, you just can't find them.
Can you find your remotecontrol?
No, neither can I.
So there we go.
What's that?
Is it because you guys don'tlisten to the radio that you
don't know my show?
Or is it because you listen tothe radio, maybe, but you just
don't listen to it at night?
Or is it?
Frankly, who would want tolisten to this guy?
To begin with, that could be anoption as well.
Speaker 5 (05:16):
If we do listen to you at night, we never hear the
end of it.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
You never hear the end of my show, right?
What time is your show?
7 pm.
7 to 10 pm 10.
7 to 10 pm.
Speaker 5 (05:29):
Well, we'd never find it again, would we?
Speaker 1 (05:31):
You would never find it again.
Speaker 5 (05:33):
No, the end.
We would never get to the endof it because we doze oh is that
right.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
I was going to say Now, is it just because you?
What is your name?
By the way, what's your name?
Shirley?
Shirley?
Is it because you would justdoze off?
Speaker 5 (05:47):
We just doze off.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
It's not because you think I would be so boring, no,
that you're like.
I got to go to sleep to thisbecause I can't stay awake and
listen to this guy.
Speaker 5 (05:56):
It's just that you would get tired.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
If you came down to sit and talk to us now, we might
just go to sleep, some of us.
Well, I've done that before too.
I used to be the sports guy.
I worked a split shift.
I could be talking to youduring the daytime.
I'd be so tired, I'd fallasleep right there in front of
you.
I wouldn't even you know, Iwouldn't even know it.
7 pm, it's Monday throughFriday, 7 to 10 pm.
And I tell you guys, I talkedto a lot of groups very similar
(06:25):
Kfbk.
Now you guys got to know kfgroups very similar.
What channel are you on?
Kfbk, now you guys got to knowKFBK radio.
Sure, see, I can tell you do?
I can tell you do.
I'm on radio.
God bless you.
She knows Pat's Peeps.
Pat's Peeps, oh, thank you somuch.
You're on Pat's Peeps right now.
I don't even know what yourname is.
See, you won't even have todivulge that on my on my podcast
.
Does anyone listen to podcasts?
I say you won't even have todivulge that on my podcast.
(06:47):
Does anyone listen to podcasts?
I don't know how.
Does anyone listen to the radio?
I don't have a radio.
Only one person listens toradio.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
My father listens to you.
He's not here right now, but helistens to you every night.
You put him to sleep, thank you.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
I seem to have a knack for putting people to
sleep.
Maybe that's my niche.
Listen to me for a few minutes.
Bam, you're out like a light.
I didn't even know I had thatniche.
That's a new niche for me.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
He has your station on the radio and when he's
getting ready to go to bed helistens to you.
And he gets in bed, listens tothe news and then goes to sleep
Now.
Where is he?
He's walking the dog right now.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Oh, he's walking the dog.
That's not a metaphor.
What's your name?
My name is Ruth Ruth Golly.
It's so nice to meet you.
I just love your smile.
What is your name?
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Allah, allah, and you listen to the when I was
younger.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Why not?
Speaker 2 (07:42):
now.
Why do you not now?
Because I'm too old.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
You're too old to listen to the radio.
I've never heard of that before.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
At 7 o'clock, I'm in bed asleep.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
Okay, now that I get, Now that I get.
I was going to say I didn'tknow there was an age limit.
What about you guys back therebeing all quiet?
Speaker 4 (08:02):
Staying off the radar back there.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
I can't hear very good.
Oh, you can't hear very good,I'll come over here.
No, I can't hear.
No, damn good.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
I'm Patrick.
I'm 98 years old.
I'm Patrick.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
I'm Patrick.
What's your name, sir?
Dwight, dwight, dwight.
It's a pleasure to meet you,dwight.
What it's a pleasure to meetyou, sir.
I appreciate you.
My name is Pat.
I'm still around at 99 yearsold, at 99 years old.
What's it like to be 99 yearsold?
What do you think at 99 yearsold?
(08:34):
To be 99 years old, it's agoddamn thing to do no place to
go.
Speaker 4 (08:37):
I've been there already in my life.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
You've been pretty much every place right.
Where would you go today if youcould get the heck out of here?
Do you get out of here?
Pretty often you look like aguy that's out and about with
the family.
I don't know where I'd go.
I said I've been just aboutanywhere and everywhere in the
world I don't know.
I lost my wife, so what?
Ah, sorry to hear that, sir.
(09:01):
I don't do much traveling thesedays.
Yeah, ah, sorry to hear that,sir, I don't do much traveling
these days.
Yeah, yeah, no, I get it.
What's your name, sir Rendon?
Pleasure to meet you, rendon.
Likewise, pat.
Thank you.
You listen to the radio, Hamradio, ham radio.
Yes, I've known people that dothe ham radio.
Were you?
(09:21):
How did you get into ham radio?
Did you do it from your garage?
Because I always knew guys whowould always be our neighbor, oh
yeah, and he'd always be theguy He'd have the pocket
protector, like with the pens,right In his garage.
He got the pocket protector.
He's like.
Some of them were engineers,real smart guys.
You're an engineer, rocketscientist.
Are you kidding me?
(09:44):
See, see, see, right, I'veknown.
Were we neighbors at one point?
Because I think I may haveknown you.
I'm from Rancho Cucamonga.
Oh, you were in RanchoCucamonga, southern California.
Yeah, I knew people that didthe ham radio and I always
thought it was very fascinating.
They could be out in the garagetalking to people in other
(10:04):
countries and things you know.
As a little kid I thought thatwas pretty cool that they could
do that.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
And my mom got her license after I got mine.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Is that right?
Do you still do it?
You still have a setup?
Yes, is that right?
Yeah, it keeps me out oftrouble.
Yeah, darn it.
Well, that is really so.
Who do you speak to on a hamradio?
Who do you talk to on a hamradio, other ham radios From
other countries, and you justshoot the breeze, or what?
Speaker 3 (10:31):
Not here, because my antenna is in the window, oh
okay, and I can't get out veryfar.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
Okay, so how far does it go?
Speaker 3 (10:38):
Maybe up to Lincoln or something like that.
It's pretty local.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
And so it's just the guys that are into ham radio,
just kind of shooting the breezeabout stuff, about life.
Yeah, wow, remember when CBsused to be real popular?
Remember that CBs used to bevery popular.
Everyone was a CB craze.
Look at you over there, hi.
Hi.
What's your name?
Joan?
Hi, joan, I'm Pat, nice, lovelylady.
(11:06):
I mean, you just don't get abetter group of people.
Hi, what's your name?
Colleen?
Colleen, oh my gosh, it's soyou guys, ladies, it's just so
nice to meet you.
How are you?
This is a beautiful place,isn't it?
You like it here?
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Yes, we like it.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
What do you like about Ivy Park other than all
these really super nice people?
Speaker 2 (11:21):
Well, I love the nice people, I love the staff, I
love the dining area and thekids waiting on us and I just
love the place, god.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
I love your hairstyle too.
You ladies are, so what aboutyou?
Speaker 5 (11:38):
Everything, she said Everything she said Because I
really love it here and I'm soglad I am here yeah what it you
know I'm.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
I know I don't want to embarrass them, but those two
ladies down there, I'm prettyfond of those two ladies down
there, you know.
We think they're pretty nicetoo.
Did you know that Denise?
Denise is huh, you have thesame birthday.
Oh my god.
Denise is Huh, you have thesame birthday.
Oh my God, when is yourbirthday again?
(12:09):
March 8th.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
March 8th.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
Denise, do you know the story of her husband?
She's a widow and her husband,mark, was part of my radio show
for a long time.
Oh, I didn't know that.
Mark had a.
We called him Mark the VoiceGuy and Mark the Voice Guy had a
very unique job.
So on my radio, you know, onthe show you play, you go to a
commercial, you play somecommercials and you come back
(12:36):
and you know, you play somemusic, transition back from the
commercials back into the showand you start talking right.
So during over the music weused to play.
Her husband, mark, god bless,rest in peace, love him.
Love him went way too soon.
He's a young man but he would dothese little liners over the
music for my show, this portionof the Pat Wall Show brought to
(12:57):
you by Corduroy Pillows, makingheadlines since 1971.
If you get that joke, she gotthat joke up there.
I know she did.
See, he would do things likethat, little subtle things like
that, and there was no one likehim.
(13:18):
And so to see Denise here andto see that she's doing so well
here I'm just so very proud ofher and to bring you know, to
have her come in here so I cantalk to you and meet all of you,
is just such a wonderful thing.
I tell you it really is.
How are you doing, sir?
Speaker 3 (13:34):
I'm doing okay.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
He's got that look on his face, like I have when I'm
in this situation like, please,god, don't come to me next,
don't talk to me next.
I got nothing to say.
I'm Pat, you are Pat, pat.
Speaker 3 (13:46):
Nice to meet you.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
What's your name, paul?
Paul, it's a pleasure.
Hi, I'm Pat.
Hi I'm Sherry.
Sherry, you two together.
We're neighbors, you'reneighbors.
We used to be.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
Used to be neighbors.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
We lived at Sun City and she was a neighbor of mine.
Was your neighbors in here or,oh, in Sun City?
You said we were in Sun City.
Oh, no, kidding, you wereneighbors in Sun City and now
you're neighbors at Ivy Park.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Thank you, I think you came here first what you
came here first I think so.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Yeah, did you guys talk about.
So you guys must have knowneach other very well.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
I have profound hearing loss, so I'm not
understanding much of whatyou're saying.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
Oh, I'm sorry.
Well, it's nice to see that twoneighbors are in this beautiful
place together and stillneighbors and still, you know,
being friends, like that, youknow.
I just think it's awesome.
Thank you, look at this guyright here.
Hi, I'm Jim Jim.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
Tell us about yourself.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
That's my brother's name.
Oh, you want to hear somethingabout me.
Jim, that is a nice shirt.
That's the first thing I'mgoing to tell you about myself.
Come on now, Jim Go.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
Irish baby, let's go Irish.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
Our whole family's Irish.
Six kids were Irish Catholic,grew up in the 60s.
Well, tell us an Irish joke.
Oh God, oh God, oh God, theones I know, they're pretty
crass, they're pretty crass.
Yes, yes, I had a great uncleIn Dublin, though.
(15:22):
I did, you did.
He worked at a brewery there,Like a big brewery there, it's
like the Guinness.
Yeah, I was just at theGuinness brewery.
He was my great uncle actually,and he works at this brewery
and his job was to.
You know, he mans these bigvats, gigantic vats of beer.
So he's up there and he onetime no kidding now he falls
(15:45):
into the vat of beer.
He time, no kidding, now, hefalls into the vat of beer.
He fell into the damn thing.
So they got poles and they'retrying to.
They got ropes and they got alife saver preserver and they're
throwing it in there.
But like a good Irishman, hefought them off valiantly, thank
you, thank you, thank you Foranyone who got that joke.
(16:05):
That was my Irish joke.
I had some more crash ones, butthat was I was born in Elk
Grove.
Okay, from Sacramento, thank you.
There's some laughter overthere.
Yeah, from Elk Grove, and itused to be like Mayberry.
Andy Griffith is my favoriteshow of all time.
I think it's probably becauseMayberry it reminded me of
(16:28):
Mayberry back when Andy was thesheriff and Barney was the
deputy and Floyd was the barberand all of that.
So, yeah, went to Elk GroveHigh School, and that's one
thing I love about doing my showhere in Sacramento is because I
have a history of Sacramentowhich I can share with people
who may or may not have beenaround at that time, or people
who didn't live there at thetime or here at that time.
(16:49):
So what's your name, sir,robert?
Robert, I knew it was.
You're 100 years old, yeah, andyour birthday was in January,
right, january 8th, 23rd, oh,january 23rd.
So I just got to ask you,robert, oh, january 23rd.
So I just got to ask you,robert, what's it like?
What's it like to turn 100?
(17:10):
Tell us what is that like?
Is it anything?
Speaker 3 (17:13):
Is it like Nothing different than 99 or 95 or 90.
Nothing different, it's justNothing different.
Another day at the yeah, youjust can't hear as well, you
can't see as well.
But life goes on.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
When does that happen ?
Because when does the notseeing?
Well, Because I'm starting inmy left eye.
I just realized I went to theDMV recently, Robert and I
realized oh my God, I couldn'tsee out of my eye, oh, mid-90s.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
Mid-90s.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
Well, I got about three years left then.
Yeah, before this begins, ohGod, I better make plans soon,
wow, but a hundred years old, nobig deal, a lot of people see
that as a.
So what is your being a hundredyears old and I hope you don't
(18:01):
mind me asking you this questionYou've seen a lot.
All of us have seen a lot In100 years.
What would you say?
What would you look back at,robert, as your favorite decade?
Is there a favorite decade, afavorite time for you in your
life in terms of years?
Speaker 3 (18:17):
or decades.
My favorite time was in my 50s,in your 50s.
Yeah, I felt like I really hadit all together then.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Which would have been what the 80s, 90s no, when
you're 50 years old.
No, no, but I'm saying thatwould have been in the 1980s, or
when would you have been inyour 50s?
I was trying to calculate in mymind.
You know I'm going to do a lotof math over there 75.
Huh, 1975.
(18:47):
75?
1975?
Yeah, somewhere in there, right?
Thank you for doing the math.
Speaker 3 (18:51):
Yeah, I got married the third time when I was 72.
Really, and he's looking for afourth wife.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Is that right?
Are you looking, Robert?
Speaker 3 (19:04):
That was the best marriage I had, oh.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
Is she not with us any longer?
Yeah, I'm sorry to hear that.
I'm sorry to hear that.
So, at 100 years old, could youmeet someone else?
Maybe do it again?
No, no, I gave up.
No, you're not how to hit thesingles bars, you gave up, you
just gave up.
It's like yeah, whatever, I'vehad enough of that right.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
I had a singles lady friend about two or three years
ago.
We used to go out on luncheondates.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
That sounds great.
Never romantic, but you're notdoing that anymore, just for
company.
Speaker 3 (19:44):
Possibly yeah, come on.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
I'm looking at you.
I know you want to do that.
I know you will.
It's a real pleasure to meetyou, sir.
It really is.
It really is a pleasure to meetyou.
Happy birthday to you, eventhough it's late, but still it's
Hi.
Look at the ladies.
They have the nicest smileshere.
These ladies, how are you?
I'm fine, what is your name?
Myrna Myrna?
(20:08):
Were you here last time, myrna,when I was here?
Oh, you weren't.
Well, you look lovely.
What about these rascals overhere?
What do you think of these guys?
You know, does everyone know,everyone here?
Everyone kind of mingles andhangs out together.
What do you guys do here?
Mingles and does, yeah, hangsout together.
(20:30):
What do you guys do?
Speaker 2 (20:31):
here.
What's the oh, it's bingo.
It's bingo, the thing bingohappy hour, happy hour.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
Oh, happy hour.
Huh little of that little bingo.
No, I don't drink it.
Oh, you don't drink at all.
Is that what we're talkingabout?
Happy hour, happy hour iseverything.
Cocktails, yes, she's like oh,yes, that's right, I can't.
Oh, you can't have a cocktail.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
No, but she stays with us during it.
Speaker 1 (20:55):
Well, I do, oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
Yeah, I drink my seven up.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Oh, wow.
So when's When's happy hour?
Speaker 2 (21:03):
Three, three.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
And you don't do the happy hour.
I have lemonade.
Oh, there you go, but you'repart of it anyhow, right, oh my
gosh, oh my gosh, that is, thatis.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
I really thank you guys forcoming out here today.
And what is your name?
Speaker 2 (21:21):
Norma.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
Were you here last time, norma?
Oh, you were not here last time, alma.
No, oh, you were not here lasttime no.
You looked very familiar to me.
Speaker 4 (21:27):
Oh, that's scary, Is that scary?
Speaker 1 (21:30):
Yeah, I don't know why.
Who were the two ladies thatwere here last time?
Leila Leila there she is, oh mygosh.
She just appeared in the chairover there and she still looks
very feisty, doesn't she?
Speaker 2 (21:46):
She is, she's very feisty she is.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
Huh, you can tell.
Just look at her.
She still reminds me of alittle girl just waiting, like
she's just ready for trouble,doesn't she have that look?
Oh my gosh, how are you again?
It's nice to see you.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
You interviewed me a year ago.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
You think I wouldn't remember you.
Of course I do.
Of course I remember you.
Now I have to go to the guy whowon't give me his name.
You can tell he's veryincognito.
How are you, sir?
Pretty good sir.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
Good, good.
Speaker 5 (22:21):
He's Sam, I Am, and he doesn't like green eggs.
Is that right you?
Speaker 1 (22:24):
He's Sam, I Am, and he doesn't like green eggs, is
that right?
You wouldn't eat them in a box,or eat them with a fox, uh-uh.
Or on a boat, or with a goat,or whatever you say.
Those are some of my favoritebooks of all time, sam.
It's nice to meet you, sam, Ihad a woman for 75 years that
took care of me and she saysdon't open your mouth, is that
right?
What's your name?
Frank?
Frank, it's a pleasure to meetyou guys.
(22:46):
Thank you, frank.
Yes, how are you doing today?
I'm doing great, yeah, yeah,yeah, now we met for a moment,
right, did we not, did we not?
And your name is ShirleyShirley.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
Shirley, I'm Shirley, See.
Speaker 1 (22:59):
I can tell she's the other feisty one.
She's the other feisty one overthere.
Speaker 5 (23:07):
I've known this guy 61 years how you 61 years is
that right?
Speaker 1 (23:12):
what's your name?
What's?
Speaker 3 (23:14):
your name.
Speaker 1 (23:15):
Delaine, nice to meet you.
I'm Patrick.
It's a pleasure to meet all ofyou guys.
Last time I was here, like Isaid, lila right, I don't either
cuz either, because you looklike you should be sitting right
there.
How are you doing?
Been a while, since a year ago,since we've seen each other
right.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
Well, I'm still going .
Speaker 1 (23:34):
You know, as I'm thinking about this, you might
be, I'd really have to thinkabout this, but you might be the
only return guest on my podcastso far, making a second time
appearance.
I don't think.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
I've ever Didn't you interview Robert before.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
No, we have not, not until today.
He sure is a nice guy, though.
Speaker 2 (23:56):
Virginia.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
Virginia.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
She's up in her room.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
Yeah, she's not going to come down today, virginia,
is she able to have visitors?
Speaker 4 (24:05):
I'll go check.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
If you check, I'd like to visit her and say hi to
her.
Hi, visitor, she's a sweetheart.
Speaker 4 (24:13):
Hi Pat.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
What's your name, sandra?
Sandra, it's a pleasure to meetyou.
Thank you.
I'm a talk show host at KFBKRadio.
Thank you, oh, you're welcome,absolutely.
I'm trying to show everyone howto listen to my podcast,
because sometimes people don'tknow how to do that, and you
guys are going to be on mypodcast today.
Yeah, all of this is going onthe podcast.
(24:35):
As soon as I leave here, I'llupload this.
Did you find it?
Oh, he's still talking to me.
Speaker 3 (24:42):
Oh, you got.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
You got some guy on there that ain't me.
I'll tell you that.
Speaker 2 (24:51):
Virginia would like to be the visit she would.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
She's up in her room.
Yes, okay, we'll stop by andvisit Virginia then.
That's when I decided.
So there we go.
So that's when I decided wewould go up and visit Virginia.
These people are so nice and,again, ivy Park is a nice place.
Here's my second visit withVirginia.
(25:18):
In the last year she was up ina room.
Apparently she's unable now, at100 years old almost 101, as
you'll hear.
She's having trouble gettingdown to the main floor, but
we're going to try to help herwith that.
Get her hair done and do somenice things for Virginia.
Well, it's nice to see youagain, virginia.
Speaker 4 (25:38):
Well thank you.
Speaker 1 (25:40):
You turned 101.
So last time we spoke you werejust a spry 100.
Now you're 101.
Speaker 4 (25:49):
Yeah, feel any different.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
Were just a spry 100.
Now you're 101.
Yeah, feel any different spry,not so spry now you still seem
very spry.
I still love your sense ofhumor and I still love your
smile and all that.
Speaker 4 (25:55):
Yeah, I have a hard time hearing yeah, that's okay
how you been doing.
Speaker 1 (26:01):
Okay, when was your birthday?
Speaker 4 (26:04):
when was it?
When was your birthday?
July 15th.
Speaker 1 (26:09):
Oh, so you have another birthday coming up.
Yeah, so you're going to be 102?
No, 101.
Oh, you're going to be 101coming up.
Oh, so you're still 100.
Oh my God, you say yourbirthday is July 15th.
Speaker 3 (26:21):
Yes, oh my gosh, wow, all right.
Speaker 1 (26:24):
You're doing okay.
These days, though, you'redoing alright.
Speaker 4 (26:27):
Yeah, you know as good as I'm gonna be.
You still doing daily push-ups.
The only push-ups I do is outof this chair.
Speaker 1 (26:42):
So what's anything interesting with you?
Anything interesting in yourlife that you're doing, any new
hobbies, anything like that, areyou?
Speaker 4 (26:49):
kidding.
No, what hobbies would I have?
I don't know.
You seem so nice and fun.
My hobby is sitting Is thatyour?
Or watching TV.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
What's your favorite TV shows?
What do you?
Speaker 4 (27:06):
watch Anything that's on TV, anything that's on no.
Speaker 1 (27:11):
I usually, even if it involves Adam Sandler.
Speaker 4 (27:14):
No, oh God, I like the Mysteries.
Oh, I can't think of it rightnow.
Speaker 2 (27:22):
What is it, elsbeth?
It's a new show.
Speaker 5 (27:24):
I'm sorry.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
Elsbeth, I think it's a new show, yeah.
Speaker 4 (27:32):
Yeah, she plays a detective, she's a detective.
Speaker 2 (27:35):
Yeah, I know what you're talking about, I just
can't remember the name.
Oh, it's fantastic.
Speaker 4 (27:39):
It's new.
Also, it's a new show shepresented an Emmy this time Okay
, because I tried to get her onTV and she was in the show, okay
, and delivered the Emmy Award,aw, okay, and delivered the Emmy
Award, aww.
So I thought she must bemarried to a wealthy man or
(27:59):
something to get up in thatposition.
I don't know, because her showis only on once a week.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
I think they were just testing the waters with the
show and then, once it doeswell, they're going to have it
on a regular schedule.
So it's pretty popular now.
Yes, yeah.
Yes it is.
It's a good show.
Speaker 4 (28:21):
She's really funny, yes.
Speaker 2 (28:23):
I can't remember the name, but I know what you're
talking about.
Speaker 4 (28:25):
She's a good actress, but you know she presented an
Emmy Award this time, okay, theother day when she was on TV.
That's great.
She's married to an executivesomeplace along the line to get
up that far Right or she'sreally good at her job.
Yeah, she's very good, I likeher show.
Speaker 1 (28:48):
It sure is nice seeing you again, virginia,
thank you.
Thank you for letting me say hito you.
Speaker 4 (28:53):
I don't know if I'm happy to see you again.
Okay, no, I understand, that'sanother year.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
Yeah, that's true, that's true, yeah.
Speaker 4 (29:03):
That's true.
No, I didn't mean that.
That way I meant to be.
I was surprised.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
Me too Went by pretty quick, doesn't it, oh my?
Speaker 4 (29:15):
Yeah, it does and it doesn't.
It seems like I've been here 40years.
Speaker 3 (29:24):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (29:27):
What was your husband's name?
Keith?
K-e-i-t-h Thompson and he was aprisoner of war, uh-huh, can
you tell me about that?
You say he was shot down.
Speaker 4 (29:41):
Yes, can you tell me about that.
Speaker 1 (29:44):
I'm sorry.
Can you tell me about yourhusband and what happened with
him being a POW?
He was a prisoner of war.
Speaker 4 (30:01):
And then when, during that time, Patton was coming
this way, the Russians werecoming this way, the Germans
were scared to death of theRussians, so they opened the
gates and let the prisoners outthrough the woods Vienna woods
(30:26):
and stole chickens to eat, heand another buddy, and they
wandered until they met up withother United States service
people.
So then he went to Paris andcame home from Paris and did you
say, his plane was shot down.
Yes, a B-52.
Speaker 1 (30:46):
And so they captured him and they made him a prisoner
of war.
And you're at home, and did youhave children at that time?
I was pregnant.
At that time, you were pregnantwith your first child, with
your first child.
What was that like for you,knowing that he was a prisoner
of war?
Speaker 4 (31:05):
Well, I lived with my parents, so I was well taken
care of.
Yeah.
Because, I lived with Motherand Daddy in Roseville, here in
Roseville, in Roseville, andthey helped me with.
Diane is my firstborn Diane.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
What was it like when he came home finally?
Speaker 4 (31:36):
Well, he called and said he's on his way home.
He was in New York at that timeand then on his way home and I
was living with mother and daddy, so he came home and that was
it.
From that time on we livedthere at mother and daddy's
house in roseville and then heeventually got a job with fuller
(32:00):
paint company and, uh, did verywell with that company and
advanced in it and, um, then hetraveled, of course, with the
salesman you know for coolerpaint.
Speaker 1 (32:16):
Okay, so that must have been quite amazing for him.
He's a prisoner of war, he isreleased, finally, and he comes
home to his beautiful wife,because I'm looking at the
picture of you two.
You're beautiful, you make agreat couple.
But then he comes home and hegets to meet his child for the
(32:38):
first time.
What?
Speaker 4 (32:40):
was that like?
Yeah, she was nine months oldwhen he got home.
Yeah, and I was living withmother and daddy.
Yeah, it was.
It took a little while for himto adjust to all that.
Yeah, you know, being with allthe fellas in a prisoner of war
(33:02):
camp, whatever they do, I don'tknow, but it took him a long
time to get adjusted.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
Was that something that he talked about very much
when he came back?
Did he talk about being aprisoner of war?
Speaker 4 (33:15):
No, he never talked about anything he didn't talk
about that no, not to me To myyounger daughter.
He kind of talked to her, butshe's a better listener than I
am Sure.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (33:27):
And then you were married 60 years.
How many children did you endup having?
Speaker 4 (33:32):
Two girls Two girls, diane and Cindy.
Speaker 1 (33:36):
Oh my gosh, do they come and visit you?
Speaker 4 (33:38):
Oh yeah, they live in Roseville.
Oh good, good yeah.
Speaker 1 (33:43):
Yeah, and tell us your husband's name again Keith,
keith, right, k-e-i-t-h.
God bless him.
Yeah, god bless your husband,keith for what he did.
And what a beautiful marriage,60 years.
Speaker 4 (33:55):
What a beautiful thing that is Well fortunately,
I had a place to live while hewas a prisoner of war.
Mother and daddy were verygenerous in letting me stay
there with him.
Speaker 1 (34:11):
Virginia, it sure is nice to see you again.
Speaker 4 (34:13):
Thank you.
It sure is a pleasure to seeyou.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
You're as sweet as I remember you are.
You're a very kind person.
I really appreciate you lettingme in to say hi to you again.
Speaker 4 (34:25):
I'm surprised Leila didn't come in.
Speaker 2 (34:29):
I put the tadpole on the door.
Speaker 4 (34:32):
Well, she started to.
Then I told her I was havingthis, so she said she'd go.
Then I told her I was havingthis, so she said she'd go.
Then she left.
She said good luck, orsomething.
Speaker 1 (34:44):
And there it is, my visit to Ivy Park in Roseville.
Thank you to Denise McKee,Thank you to Summer, thank you
to everyone there at Ivy Park.
It's a good place if you'reever looking for a place, for
you know your loved ones need anice apartment.
(35:04):
Whatever, you know assistedliving and it's a beautiful
place.
All right, and thanks to all ofthese wonderful people for
having the nerve to go on mypodcast.
I appreciate all of you and I'mso grateful.
Okay, we'll see you for Pat'sPeeps podcast number 281.
I can't believe it.
See you on the radio.
(35:26):
© transcript.
Speaker 2 (35:34):
Emily Beynon.
Welcome to the Patch Peeps podcast 280.
Number 280.
My friends, right man, it'srolling.
It's a beautiful day on this11th day of June 2025.
As I look out my studio windowsinto the beautiful foothills of
Northern California, the sun isshining and it is going to be a
(00:41):
hot one.
I'm Pat Walsh.
I'm the host of the Pat WalshRadio Show, the Pat Walsh Show
on radio KPK News Radio 93.1 FM,1530 AM, and streaming live
everywhere on your free iHeartapp, just like this podcast is.
And today, a special edition ofthe Pat's Peeps podcast.
As I went on location to IvyPark, I would ask I'm not going
(01:06):
to plead, but I would ask kindly, please.
We had this conversationyesterday at one of the local
businesses talking about someonewas talking about my Pat's
Peeps.
They said I love what thebusinesses that we're adding to
this all the time.
But what I'm trying to say isplease, if you would check out
patspeepscom, beyond thispodcast, patspeepscom, we have
(01:31):
businesses there that we'retrying to represent.
Please, if you could be a partof our community.
We as a community would be sovery, very grateful.
Yesterday, not yesterday, um,what was it?
Oh, we, we added anotherbusiness which I was super
excited about.
I can't say anything just yetand we've got some gatherings
coming up Again.
I'm not allowed to say anythingand I'm going to be on TV
(01:54):
representing Pat's Peeps.
As soon as everything isfinalized, then I'm going to let
you know, okay, but for today,what I did is I went to Ivy Park
Now this is in Roseville.
Thank you to Denise and Summerfor setting this up.
For me, this is an assistedliving home, and what it did is
it provided me with theopportunity just like it did in
(02:16):
an earlier podcast to speak topeople right around the age of
100, people whose voices I feelwe need to hear, and these
people are so very charming.
So let's head out to ivy park,which I highly recommend.
There in roseville, if you needa place, you're searching for a
(02:36):
place for loved ones who willbe comfortable in their own
apartments.
Assisted living hey man, localbusiness, okay, ivy Park in
Roseville.
So I went out yesterday I meantoday and I I had a chance to
(03:00):
talk with these folks and it wasgood to see some, some faces
that I hadn't, that I'd seenlast year.
So my name is Pat.
Hi, it's nice to meet you.
Was anyone here last time?
I was here.
You were here last time.
Hi, it's nice to see you again.
Oh my, gosh.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Stan was here, randall was here.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Hi, nice to see you.
Whoever was here last time,it's always nice to see you
again.
Oh, my gosh, stan was here,randall was here.
Hi, nice to see you.
Whoever was here last time,it's always nice to see you guys
again.
I'm at Ivy Park in Rosevillewith these wonderful people.
Ivy Park, by the way, is abeautiful place, and I want to
say thank you to Summer.
I want to say thank you toDenise for having me back today.
This is so wonderful.
I just love it Again.
(03:45):
I don't know what they told youabout me or if you remember
from last time.
I'm a talk show host.
Was it all bad?
Yeah, can you fill me in?
What's your name, sir?
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
What's my name?
What is that?
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (04:02):
I don't know who you are.
I'm trying to get all right onmyself.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Can you tell me what bad things they say about me
exactly?
I'd like to get this recordedso we have evidence of this.
Oh well, you talk a lot, I do.
I did realize it would be a badidea to be a talk show host and
not talk a lot.
For three hours you've got totalk.
I've learned how to do that,that's for sure.
Does anyone know about my show,the pat wall show?
(04:28):
Yes, she does.
You do you do, thank you.
Did someone else back there saythey did no?
Speaker 5 (04:36):
no, you can't find our radio you can't find a radio
.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
What do you mean?
You?
Speaker 5 (04:41):
can't find a radio either.
We can't find our TV cordeither.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
You can't find a radio or a TV cord Down there in
our little hole.
Do you need a radio?
I'll get you a radio or a TVcord if you need it.
Speaker 5 (04:52):
We've got several, we just can't find them.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Oh, you just can't find them.
Can you find your remotecontrol?
No, neither can I.
So there we go.
What's that?
Is it because you guys don'tlisten to the radio that you
don't know my show?
Or is it because you listen tothe radio, maybe, but you just
don't listen to it at night?
Or is it?
Frankly, who would want tolisten to this guy?
To begin with, that could be anoption as well.
Speaker 5 (05:16):
If we do listen to you at night, we never hear the
end of it.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
You never hear the end of my show, right?
What time is your show?
7 pm.
7 to 10 pm 10.
7 to 10 pm.
Speaker 5 (05:29):
Well, we'd never find it again, would we?
Speaker 1 (05:31):
You would never find it again.
Speaker 5 (05:33):
No, the end.
We would never get to the endof it because we doze oh is that
right.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
I was going to say Now, is it just because you?
What is your name?
By the way, what's your name?
Shirley?
Shirley?
Is it because you would justdoze off?
Speaker 5 (05:47):
We just doze off.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
It's not because you think I would be so boring, no,
that you're like.
I got to go to sleep to thisbecause I can't stay awake and
listen to this guy.
Speaker 5 (05:56):
It's just that you would get tired.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
If you came down to sit and talk to us now, we might
just go to sleep, some of us.
Well, I've done that before too.
I used to be the sports guy.
I worked a split shift.
I could be talking to youduring the daytime.
I'd be so tired, I'd fallasleep right there in front of
you.
I wouldn't even you know, Iwouldn't even know it.
7 pm, it's Monday throughFriday, 7 to 10 pm.
And I tell you guys, I talkedto a lot of groups very similar
(06:25):
Kfbk.
Now you guys got to know kfgroups very similar.
What channel are you on?
Kfbk, now you guys got to knowKFBK radio.
Sure, see, I can tell you do?
I can tell you do.
I'm on radio.
God bless you.
She knows Pat's Peeps.
Pat's Peeps, oh, thank you somuch.
You're on Pat's Peeps right now.
I don't even know what yourname is.
See, you won't even have todivulge that on my on my podcast
.
Does anyone listen to podcasts?
I say you won't even have todivulge that on my podcast.
(06:47):
Does anyone listen to podcasts?
I don't know how.
Does anyone listen to the radio?
I don't have a radio.
Only one person listens toradio.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
My father listens to you.
He's not here right now, but helistens to you every night.
You put him to sleep, thank you.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
I seem to have a knack for putting people to
sleep.
Maybe that's my niche.
Listen to me for a few minutes.
Bam, you're out like a light.
I didn't even know I had thatniche.
That's a new niche for me.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
He has your station on the radio and when he's
getting ready to go to bed helistens to you.
And he gets in bed, listens tothe news and then goes to sleep
Now.
Where is he?
He's walking the dog right now.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Oh, he's walking the dog.
That's not a metaphor.
What's your name?
My name is Ruth Ruth Golly.
It's so nice to meet you.
I just love your smile.
What is your name?
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Allah, allah, and you listen to the when I was
younger.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Why not?
Speaker 2 (07:42):
now.
Why do you not now?
Because I'm too old.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
You're too old to listen to the radio.
I've never heard of that before.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
At 7 o'clock, I'm in bed asleep.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
Okay, now that I get, Now that I get.
I was going to say I didn'tknow there was an age limit.
What about you guys back therebeing all quiet?
Speaker 4 (08:02):
Staying off the radar back there.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
I can't hear very good.
Oh, you can't hear very good,I'll come over here.
No, I can't hear.
No, damn good.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
I'm Patrick.
I'm 98 years old.
I'm Patrick.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
I'm Patrick.
What's your name, sir?
Dwight, dwight, dwight.
It's a pleasure to meet you,dwight.
What it's a pleasure to meetyou, sir.
I appreciate you.
My name is Pat.
I'm still around at 99 yearsold, at 99 years old.
What's it like to be 99 yearsold?
What do you think at 99 yearsold?
(08:34):
To be 99 years old, it's agoddamn thing to do no place to
go.
Speaker 4 (08:37):
I've been there already in my life.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
You've been pretty much every place right.
Where would you go today if youcould get the heck out of here?
Do you get out of here?
Pretty often you look like aguy that's out and about with
the family.
I don't know where I'd go.
I said I've been just aboutanywhere and everywhere in the
world I don't know.
I lost my wife, so what?
Ah, sorry to hear that, sir.
(09:01):
I don't do much traveling thesedays.
Yeah, ah, sorry to hear that,sir, I don't do much traveling
these days.
Yeah, yeah, no, I get it.
What's your name, sir Rendon?
Pleasure to meet you, rendon.
Likewise, pat.
Thank you.
You listen to the radio, Hamradio, ham radio.
Yes, I've known people that dothe ham radio.
Were you?
(09:21):
How did you get into ham radio?
Did you do it from your garage?
Because I always knew guys whowould always be our neighbor, oh
yeah, and he'd always be theguy He'd have the pocket
protector, like with the pens,right In his garage.
He got the pocket protector.
He's like.
Some of them were engineers,real smart guys.
You're an engineer, rocketscientist.
Are you kidding me?
(09:44):
See, see, see, right, I'veknown.
Were we neighbors at one point?
Because I think I may haveknown you.
I'm from Rancho Cucamonga.
Oh, you were in RanchoCucamonga, southern California.
Yeah, I knew people that didthe ham radio and I always
thought it was very fascinating.
They could be out in the garagetalking to people in other
(10:04):
countries and things you know.
As a little kid I thought thatwas pretty cool that they could
do that.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
And my mom got her license after I got mine.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Is that right?
Do you still do it?
You still have a setup?
Yes, is that right?
Yeah, it keeps me out oftrouble.
Yeah, darn it.
Well, that is really so.
Who do you speak to on a hamradio?
Who do you talk to on a hamradio, other ham radios From
other countries, and you justshoot the breeze, or what?
Speaker 3 (10:31):
Not here, because my antenna is in the window, oh
okay, and I can't get out veryfar.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
Okay, so how far does it go?
Speaker 3 (10:38):
Maybe up to Lincoln or something like that.
It's pretty local.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
And so it's just the guys that are into ham radio,
just kind of shooting the breezeabout stuff, about life.
Yeah, wow, remember when CBsused to be real popular?
Remember that CBs used to bevery popular.
Everyone was a CB craze.
Look at you over there, hi.
Hi.
What's your name?
Joan?
Hi, joan, I'm Pat, nice, lovelylady.
(11:06):
I mean, you just don't get abetter group of people.
Hi, what's your name?
Colleen?
Colleen, oh my gosh, it's soyou guys, ladies, it's just so
nice to meet you.
How are you?
This is a beautiful place,isn't it?
You like it here?
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Yes, we like it.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
What do you like about Ivy Park other than all
these really super nice people?
Speaker 2 (11:21):
Well, I love the nice people, I love the staff, I
love the dining area and thekids waiting on us and I just
love the place, god.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
I love your hairstyle too.
You ladies are, so what aboutyou?
Speaker 5 (11:38):
Everything, she said Everything she said Because I
really love it here and I'm soglad I am here yeah what it you
know I'm.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
I know I don't want to embarrass them, but those two
ladies down there, I'm prettyfond of those two ladies down
there, you know.
We think they're pretty nicetoo.
Did you know that Denise?
Denise is huh, you have thesame birthday.
Oh my god.
Denise is Huh, you have thesame birthday.
Oh my God, when is yourbirthday again?
(12:09):
March 8th.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
March 8th.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
Denise, do you know the story of her husband?
She's a widow and her husband,mark, was part of my radio show
for a long time.
Oh, I didn't know that.
Mark had a.
We called him Mark the VoiceGuy and Mark the Voice Guy had a
very unique job.
So on my radio, you know, onthe show you play, you go to a
commercial, you play somecommercials and you come back
(12:36):
and you know, you play somemusic, transition back from the
commercials back into the showand you start talking right.
So during over the music weused to play.
Her husband, mark, god bless,rest in peace, love him.
Love him went way too soon.
He's a young man but he would dothese little liners over the
music for my show, this portionof the Pat Wall Show brought to
(12:57):
you by Corduroy Pillows, makingheadlines since 1971.
If you get that joke, she gotthat joke up there.
I know she did.
See, he would do things likethat, little subtle things like
that, and there was no one likehim.
(13:18):
And so to see Denise here andto see that she's doing so well
here I'm just so very proud ofher and to bring you know, to
have her come in here so I cantalk to you and meet all of you,
is just such a wonderful thing.
I tell you it really is.
How are you doing, sir?
Speaker 3 (13:34):
I'm doing okay.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
He's got that look on his face, like I have when I'm
in this situation like, please,god, don't come to me next,
don't talk to me next.
I got nothing to say.
I'm Pat, you are Pat, pat.
Speaker 3 (13:46):
Nice to meet you.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
What's your name, paul?
Paul, it's a pleasure.
Hi, I'm Pat.
Hi I'm Sherry.
Sherry, you two together.
We're neighbors, you'reneighbors.
We used to be.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
Used to be neighbors.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
We lived at Sun City and she was a neighbor of mine.
Was your neighbors in here or,oh, in Sun City?
You said we were in Sun City.
Oh, no, kidding, you wereneighbors in Sun City and now
you're neighbors at Ivy Park.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Thank you, I think you came here first what you
came here first I think so.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Yeah, did you guys talk about.
So you guys must have knowneach other very well.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
I have profound hearing loss, so I'm not
understanding much of whatyou're saying.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
Oh, I'm sorry.
Well, it's nice to see that twoneighbors are in this beautiful
place together and stillneighbors and still, you know,
being friends, like that, youknow.
I just think it's awesome.
Thank you, look at this guyright here.
Hi, I'm Jim Jim.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
Tell us about yourself.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
That's my brother's name.
Oh, you want to hear somethingabout me.
Jim, that is a nice shirt.
That's the first thing I'mgoing to tell you about myself.
Come on now, Jim Go.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
Irish baby, let's go Irish.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
Our whole family's Irish.
Six kids were Irish Catholic,grew up in the 60s.
Well, tell us an Irish joke.
Oh God, oh God, oh God, theones I know, they're pretty
crass, they're pretty crass.
Yes, yes, I had a great uncleIn Dublin, though.
(15:22):
I did, you did.
He worked at a brewery there,Like a big brewery there, it's
like the Guinness.
Yeah, I was just at theGuinness brewery.
He was my great uncle actually,and he works at this brewery
and his job was to.
You know, he mans these bigvats, gigantic vats of beer.
So he's up there and he onetime no kidding now he falls
(15:45):
into the vat of beer.
He time, no kidding, now, hefalls into the vat of beer.
He fell into the damn thing.
So they got poles and they'retrying to.
They got ropes and they got alife saver preserver and they're
throwing it in there.
But like a good Irishman, hefought them off valiantly, thank
you, thank you, thank you Foranyone who got that joke.
(16:05):
That was my Irish joke.
I had some more crash ones, butthat was I was born in Elk
Grove.
Okay, from Sacramento, thank you.
There's some laughter overthere.
Yeah, from Elk Grove, and itused to be like Mayberry.
Andy Griffith is my favoriteshow of all time.
I think it's probably becauseMayberry it reminded me of
(16:28):
Mayberry back when Andy was thesheriff and Barney was the
deputy and Floyd was the barberand all of that.
So, yeah, went to Elk GroveHigh School, and that's one
thing I love about doing my showhere in Sacramento is because I
have a history of Sacramentowhich I can share with people
who may or may not have beenaround at that time, or people
who didn't live there at thetime or here at that time.
(16:49):
So what's your name, sir,robert?
Robert, I knew it was.
You're 100 years old, yeah, andyour birthday was in January,
right, january 8th, 23rd, oh,january 23rd.
So I just got to ask you,robert, oh, january 23rd.
So I just got to ask you,robert, what's it like?
What's it like to turn 100?
(17:10):
Tell us what is that like?
Is it anything?
Speaker 3 (17:13):
Is it like Nothing different than 99 or 95 or 90.
Nothing different, it's justNothing different.
Another day at the yeah, youjust can't hear as well, you
can't see as well.
But life goes on.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
When does that happen ?
Because when does the notseeing?
Well, Because I'm starting inmy left eye.
I just realized I went to theDMV recently, Robert and I
realized oh my God, I couldn'tsee out of my eye, oh, mid-90s.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
Mid-90s.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
Well, I got about three years left then.
Yeah, before this begins, ohGod, I better make plans soon,
wow, but a hundred years old, nobig deal, a lot of people see
that as a.
So what is your being a hundredyears old and I hope you don't
(18:01):
mind me asking you this questionYou've seen a lot.
All of us have seen a lot In100 years.
What would you say?
What would you look back at,robert, as your favorite decade?
Is there a favorite decade, afavorite time for you in your
life in terms of years?
Speaker 3 (18:17):
or decades.
My favorite time was in my 50s,in your 50s.
Yeah, I felt like I really hadit all together then.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Which would have been what the 80s, 90s no, when
you're 50 years old.
No, no, but I'm saying thatwould have been in the 1980s, or
when would you have been inyour 50s?
I was trying to calculate in mymind.
You know I'm going to do a lotof math over there 75.
Huh, 1975.
(18:47):
75?
1975?
Yeah, somewhere in there, right?
Thank you for doing the math.
Speaker 3 (18:51):
Yeah, I got married the third time when I was 72.
Really, and he's looking for afourth wife.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Is that right?
Are you looking, Robert?
Speaker 3 (19:04):
That was the best marriage I had, oh.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
Is she not with us any longer?
Yeah, I'm sorry to hear that.
I'm sorry to hear that.
So, at 100 years old, could youmeet someone else?
Maybe do it again?
No, no, I gave up.
No, you're not how to hit thesingles bars, you gave up, you
just gave up.
It's like yeah, whatever, I'vehad enough of that right.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
I had a singles lady friend about two or three years
ago.
We used to go out on luncheondates.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
That sounds great.
Never romantic, but you're notdoing that anymore, just for
company.
Speaker 3 (19:44):
Possibly yeah, come on.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
I'm looking at you.
I know you want to do that.
I know you will.
It's a real pleasure to meetyou, sir.
It really is.
It really is a pleasure to meetyou.
Happy birthday to you, eventhough it's late, but still it's
Hi.
Look at the ladies.
They have the nicest smileshere.
These ladies, how are you?
I'm fine, what is your name?
Myrna Myrna?
(20:08):
Were you here last time, myrna,when I was here?
Oh, you weren't.
Well, you look lovely.
What about these rascals overhere?
What do you think of these guys?
You know, does everyone know,everyone here?
Everyone kind of mingles andhangs out together.
What do you guys do here?
Mingles and does, yeah, hangsout together.
(20:30):
What do you guys do?
Speaker 2 (20:31):
here.
What's the oh, it's bingo.
It's bingo, the thing bingohappy hour, happy hour.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
Oh, happy hour.
Huh little of that little bingo.
No, I don't drink it.
Oh, you don't drink at all.
Is that what we're talkingabout?
Happy hour, happy hour iseverything.
Cocktails, yes, she's like oh,yes, that's right, I can't.
Oh, you can't have a cocktail.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
No, but she stays with us during it.
Speaker 1 (20:55):
Well, I do, oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
Yeah, I drink my seven up.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Oh, wow.
So when's When's happy hour?
Speaker 2 (21:03):
Three, three.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
And you don't do the happy hour.
I have lemonade.
Oh, there you go, but you'repart of it anyhow, right, oh my
gosh, oh my gosh, that is, thatis.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
I really thank you guys forcoming out here today.
And what is your name?
Speaker 2 (21:21):
Norma.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
Were you here last time, norma?
Oh, you were not here last time, alma.
No, oh, you were not here lasttime no.
You looked very familiar to me.
Speaker 4 (21:27):
Oh, that's scary, Is that scary?
Speaker 1 (21:30):
Yeah, I don't know why.
Who were the two ladies thatwere here last time?
Leila Leila there she is, oh mygosh.
She just appeared in the chairover there and she still looks
very feisty, doesn't she?
Speaker 2 (21:46):
She is, she's very feisty she is.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
Huh, you can tell.
Just look at her.
She still reminds me of alittle girl just waiting, like
she's just ready for trouble,doesn't she have that look?
Oh my gosh, how are you again?
It's nice to see you.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
You interviewed me a year ago.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
You think I wouldn't remember you.
Of course I do.
Of course I remember you.
Now I have to go to the guy whowon't give me his name.
You can tell he's veryincognito.
How are you, sir?
Pretty good sir.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
Good, good.
Speaker 5 (22:21):
He's Sam, I Am, and he doesn't like green eggs.
Is that right you?
Speaker 1 (22:24):
He's Sam, I Am, and he doesn't like green eggs, is
that right?
You wouldn't eat them in a box,or eat them with a fox, uh-uh.
Or on a boat, or with a goat,or whatever you say.
Those are some of my favoritebooks of all time, sam.
It's nice to meet you, sam, Ihad a woman for 75 years that
took care of me and she saysdon't open your mouth, is that
right?
What's your name?
Frank?
Frank, it's a pleasure to meetyou guys.
(22:46):
Thank you, frank.
Yes, how are you doing today?
I'm doing great, yeah, yeah,yeah, now we met for a moment,
right, did we not, did we not?
And your name is ShirleyShirley.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
Shirley, I'm Shirley, See.
Speaker 1 (22:59):
I can tell she's the other feisty one.
She's the other feisty one overthere.
Speaker 5 (23:07):
I've known this guy 61 years how you 61 years is
that right?
Speaker 1 (23:12):
what's your name?
What's?
Speaker 3 (23:14):
your name.
Speaker 1 (23:15):
Delaine, nice to meet you.
I'm Patrick.
It's a pleasure to meet all ofyou guys.
Last time I was here, like Isaid, lila right, I don't either
cuz either, because you looklike you should be sitting right
there.
How are you doing?
Been a while, since a year ago,since we've seen each other
right.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
Well, I'm still going .
Speaker 1 (23:34):
You know, as I'm thinking about this, you might
be, I'd really have to thinkabout this, but you might be the
only return guest on my podcastso far, making a second time
appearance.
I don't think.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
I've ever Didn't you interview Robert before.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
No, we have not, not until today.
He sure is a nice guy, though.
Speaker 2 (23:56):
Virginia.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
Virginia.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
She's up in her room.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
Yeah, she's not going to come down today, virginia,
is she able to have visitors?
Speaker 4 (24:05):
I'll go check.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
If you check, I'd like to visit her and say hi to
her.
Hi, visitor, she's a sweetheart.
Speaker 4 (24:13):
Hi Pat.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
What's your name, sandra?
Sandra, it's a pleasure to meetyou.
Thank you.
I'm a talk show host at KFBKRadio.
Thank you, oh, you're welcome,absolutely.
I'm trying to show everyone howto listen to my podcast,
because sometimes people don'tknow how to do that, and you
guys are going to be on mypodcast today.
Yeah, all of this is going onthe podcast.
(24:35):
As soon as I leave here, I'llupload this.
Did you find it?
Oh, he's still talking to me.
Speaker 3 (24:42):
Oh, you got.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
You got some guy on there that ain't me.
I'll tell you that.
Speaker 2 (24:51):
Virginia would like to be the visit she would.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
She's up in her room.
Yes, okay, we'll stop by andvisit Virginia then.
That's when I decided.
So there we go.
So that's when I decided wewould go up and visit Virginia.
These people are so nice and,again, ivy Park is a nice place.
Here's my second visit withVirginia.
(25:18):
In the last year she was up ina room.
Apparently she's unable now, at100 years old almost 101, as
you'll hear.
She's having trouble gettingdown to the main floor, but
we're going to try to help herwith that.
Get her hair done and do somenice things for Virginia.
Well, it's nice to see youagain, virginia.
Speaker 4 (25:38):
Well thank you.
Speaker 1 (25:40):
You turned 101.
So last time we spoke you werejust a spry 100.
Now you're 101.
Speaker 4 (25:49):
Yeah, feel any different.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
Were just a spry 100.
Now you're 101.
Yeah, feel any different spry,not so spry now you still seem
very spry.
I still love your sense ofhumor and I still love your
smile and all that.
Speaker 4 (25:55):
Yeah, I have a hard time hearing yeah, that's okay
how you been doing.
Speaker 1 (26:01):
Okay, when was your birthday?
Speaker 4 (26:04):
when was it?
When was your birthday?
July 15th.
Speaker 1 (26:09):
Oh, so you have another birthday coming up.
Yeah, so you're going to be 102?
No, 101.
Oh, you're going to be 101coming up.
Oh, so you're still 100.
Oh my God, you say yourbirthday is July 15th.
Speaker 3 (26:21):
Yes, oh my gosh, wow, all right.
Speaker 1 (26:24):
You're doing okay.
These days, though, you'redoing alright.
Speaker 4 (26:27):
Yeah, you know as good as I'm gonna be.
You still doing daily push-ups.
The only push-ups I do is outof this chair.
Speaker 1 (26:42):
So what's anything interesting with you?
Anything interesting in yourlife that you're doing, any new
hobbies, anything like that, areyou?
Speaker 4 (26:49):
kidding.
No, what hobbies would I have?
I don't know.
You seem so nice and fun.
My hobby is sitting Is thatyour?
Or watching TV.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
What's your favorite TV shows?
What do you?
Speaker 4 (27:06):
watch Anything that's on TV, anything that's on no.
Speaker 1 (27:11):
I usually, even if it involves Adam Sandler.
Speaker 4 (27:14):
No, oh God, I like the Mysteries.
Oh, I can't think of it rightnow.
Speaker 2 (27:22):
What is it, elsbeth?
It's a new show.
Speaker 5 (27:24):
I'm sorry.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
Elsbeth, I think it's a new show, yeah.
Speaker 4 (27:32):
Yeah, she plays a detective, she's a detective.
Speaker 2 (27:35):
Yeah, I know what you're talking about, I just
can't remember the name.
Oh, it's fantastic.
Speaker 4 (27:39):
It's new.
Also, it's a new show shepresented an Emmy this time Okay
, because I tried to get her onTV and she was in the show, okay
, and delivered the Emmy Award,aw, okay, and delivered the Emmy
Award, aww.
So I thought she must bemarried to a wealthy man or
(27:59):
something to get up in thatposition.
I don't know, because her showis only on once a week.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
I think they were just testing the waters with the
show and then, once it doeswell, they're going to have it
on a regular schedule.
So it's pretty popular now.
Yes, yeah.
Yes it is.
It's a good show.
Speaker 4 (28:21):
She's really funny, yes.
Speaker 2 (28:23):
I can't remember the name, but I know what you're
talking about.
Speaker 4 (28:25):
She's a good actress, but you know she presented an
Emmy Award this time, okay, theother day when she was on TV.
That's great.
She's married to an executivesomeplace along the line to get
up that far Right or she'sreally good at her job.
Yeah, she's very good, I likeher show.
Speaker 1 (28:48):
It sure is nice seeing you again, virginia,
thank you.
Thank you for letting me say hito you.
Speaker 4 (28:53):
I don't know if I'm happy to see you again.
Okay, no, I understand, that'sanother year.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
Yeah, that's true, that's true, yeah.
Speaker 4 (29:03):
That's true.
No, I didn't mean that.
That way I meant to be.
I was surprised.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
Me too Went by pretty quick, doesn't it, oh my?
Speaker 4 (29:15):
Yeah, it does and it doesn't.
It seems like I've been here 40years.
Speaker 3 (29:24):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (29:27):
What was your husband's name?
Keith?
K-e-i-t-h Thompson and he was aprisoner of war, uh-huh, can
you tell me about that?
You say he was shot down.
Speaker 4 (29:41):
Yes, can you tell me about that.
Speaker 1 (29:44):
I'm sorry.
Can you tell me about yourhusband and what happened with
him being a POW?
He was a prisoner of war.
Speaker 4 (30:01):
And then when, during that time, Patton was coming
this way, the Russians werecoming this way, the Germans
were scared to death of theRussians, so they opened the
gates and let the prisoners outthrough the woods Vienna woods
(30:26):
and stole chickens to eat, heand another buddy, and they
wandered until they met up withother United States service
people.
So then he went to Paris andcame home from Paris and did you
say, his plane was shot down.
Yes, a B-52.
Speaker 1 (30:46):
And so they captured him and they made him a prisoner
of war.
And you're at home, and did youhave children at that time?
I was pregnant.
At that time, you were pregnantwith your first child, with
your first child.
What was that like for you,knowing that he was a prisoner
of war?
Speaker 4 (31:05):
Well, I lived with my parents, so I was well taken
care of.
Yeah.
Because, I lived with Motherand Daddy in Roseville, here in
Roseville, in Roseville, andthey helped me with.
Diane is my firstborn Diane.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
What was it like when he came home finally?
Speaker 4 (31:36):
Well, he called and said he's on his way home.
He was in New York at that timeand then on his way home and I
was living with mother and daddy, so he came home and that was
it.
From that time on we livedthere at mother and daddy's
house in roseville and then heeventually got a job with fuller
(32:00):
paint company and, uh, did verywell with that company and
advanced in it and, um, then hetraveled, of course, with the
salesman you know for coolerpaint.
Speaker 1 (32:16):
Okay, so that must have been quite amazing for him.
He's a prisoner of war, he isreleased, finally, and he comes
home to his beautiful wife,because I'm looking at the
picture of you two.
You're beautiful, you make agreat couple.
But then he comes home and hegets to meet his child for the
(32:38):
first time.
What?
Speaker 4 (32:40):
was that like?
Yeah, she was nine months oldwhen he got home.
Yeah, and I was living withmother and daddy.
Yeah, it was.
It took a little while for himto adjust to all that.
Yeah, you know, being with allthe fellas in a prisoner of war
(33:02):
camp, whatever they do, I don'tknow, but it took him a long
time to get adjusted.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
Was that something that he talked about very much
when he came back?
Did he talk about being aprisoner of war?
Speaker 4 (33:15):
No, he never talked about anything he didn't talk
about that no, not to me To myyounger daughter.
He kind of talked to her, butshe's a better listener than I
am Sure.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (33:27):
And then you were married 60 years.
How many children did you endup having?
Speaker 4 (33:32):
Two girls Two girls, diane and Cindy.
Speaker 1 (33:36):
Oh my gosh, do they come and visit you?
Speaker 4 (33:38):
Oh yeah, they live in Roseville.
Oh good, good yeah.
Speaker 1 (33:43):
Yeah, and tell us your husband's name again Keith,
keith, right, k-e-i-t-h.
God bless him.
Yeah, god bless your husband,keith for what he did.
And what a beautiful marriage,60 years.
Speaker 4 (33:55):
What a beautiful thing that is Well fortunately,
I had a place to live while hewas a prisoner of war.
Mother and daddy were verygenerous in letting me stay
there with him.
Speaker 1 (34:11):
Virginia, it sure is nice to see you again.
Speaker 4 (34:13):
Thank you.
It sure is a pleasure to seeyou.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
You're as sweet as I remember you are.
You're a very kind person.
I really appreciate you lettingme in to say hi to you again.
Speaker 4 (34:25):
I'm surprised Leila didn't come in.
Speaker 2 (34:29):
I put the tadpole on the door.
Speaker 4 (34:32):
Well, she started to.
Then I told her I was havingthis, so she said she'd go.
Then I told her I was havingthis, so she said she'd go.
Then she left.
She said good luck, orsomething.
Speaker 1 (34:44):
And there it is, my visit to Ivy Park in Roseville.
Thank you to Denise McKee,Thank you to Summer, thank you
to everyone there at Ivy Park.
It's a good place if you'reever looking for a place, for
you know your loved ones need anice apartment.
(35:04):
Whatever, you know assistedliving and it's a beautiful
place.
All right, and thanks to all ofthese wonderful people for
having the nerve to go on mypodcast.
I appreciate all of you and I'mso grateful.
Okay, we'll see you for Pat'sPeeps podcast number 281.
I can't believe it.
See you on the radio.
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