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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good Monday morning, Kentucky, Ina, thanks for hanging out with us.
It's coffee and Company and we are fueled by Thornton's.
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So go to refreshing Rewards dot Com or download the app.
I think you'll be happy that you did. Been a
busy morning for us so far. We'll get back into
the JCPS early proposed changes from Doctor ear What I
say early, because they've got to be early in the
(00:44):
stages of trimming one hundred and thirty two million dollars, right.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
I mean we found out.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
That the proposal to close two schools, relocate one and
merge a couple was only going to take four million
dollars off the one thirty two. So again early stages,
but we'll talk a little more about that. Also, I
want to reset something for those that missed it earlier.
Potentially the charitable gaming is in a real bond here
where they've they've had machines shut down. I mean, you've
(01:08):
got organizations like Shirley's Way that essentially are not I mean,
their entire existence has changed substantially for the time being.
Hopefully it's for the time being, but it's because of
some fishing going on within these machines that has led
to the States saying you got to shut them down.
So a scary situation overall. So we will reset those things.
But over the weekend. If you are somebody that is
(01:30):
active on the platform X formerly known as Twitter, Elon
Musk of course made the change from Twitter to X
and has made a lot of changes to that platform,
and one of the more recent changes, in fact, it's
the latest update, is the about this account feature. So
turns out a lot of these loud, chest thumping political accounts,
(01:52):
some that are strongly right maga side, some are very
left liberal.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
They don't.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
They're not based in our country. They're they're operated entirely
from other countries. And that may not surprise some of you.
I don't oftentimes look at these accounts and think much
of it. But yeah, the uh, you know, you've got
an account with nearly a million followers that is strongly
pro right, anti left. That's all the account really is.
(02:20):
But they're based out of Morocco or Bangladesh, some of
these accounts, I mean, it's everywhere but America. And the
reaction to this is has led to some chaos on
the timeline. So the new feature shows the accounts country
by clicking on the sign up date area, and X
says it's the first step towards protecting integrity and authenticity. Authenticity.
(02:45):
Authenticity is what I'm meant to say, excuse me. It
also says that data may still be a little messy.
They say updates are ongoing. I'm just looking here at
the bullet points as far as just this rollout, this update,
because this is the This isn't the only thing they
rolled out, but certainly it's the one that right now
seems to be getting a whole of attention. But There's
there is an account called America First that has sixty
thousand followers from Bangladesh.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
There is a.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Mag nation x account that has three hundred and ninety
thousand and it's based in Eastern Europe. So again, there's
others that are that are strongly like for example, you've
got a Black Lives Matter aligned account that that has
looks to be about a half about two hundred thousand followers,
(03:30):
and it's it's not based in America at all. It's
based in it looks to be Chile. So I mean,
are we really surprised that somebody you know that there
that that somebody's behind putting these accounts in motion and
knowing what to churn out from a content standpoint, that's
going to grow and it's gonna I mean, I'm not
(03:50):
I guess I'm not really that surprised, But I'm not
somebody that sits around and is looking for these types
of accounts to form my own opinion on things. So yeah,
this is it's one of those it's actually rare that
this happens. What I mean is where a social media
platform can make some changes just on the fly that
completely ruin your existence on said platform. I mean, there's
(04:15):
often some minor changes to these apps that we use,
to social media apps. But as far as like privacy
and what kind of information it gives to those that
are looking at your account your profile from that app,
that usually never changes, or if it does, you got
to go like, you know, or put it this way,
(04:35):
if you've set up some privacy settings in your account,
because a lot of people do that on Facebook and
Instagram whatever, they've got it to where you know, you
can only look at my account and my profile if
I allow you, You've got to send like a request
sure on private. Well, this is one of those things
that regardless of what your settings ever were, people can just
click on and see what country your your tweet, you know.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
What your location is.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
So some have deleted a entirely, and you got to wonder,
like who's running it, right, Like is it a?
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Is it a?
Speaker 1 (05:04):
It's probably not an individual, right, it's probably not some
random guide in Morocco who strongly charged up about Republican
versus Democrat in a country he doesn't live, right, So anyways,
a lot of finger pointing on both sides from that.
All right, quick time out, we'll talk a little bit
a little bit about the JCPS situation, because it's not
just these proposed changes as far as closing two schools
(05:27):
and relocating one and combining to that has some parents upset.
They're going to potentially change when your kids starts school,
which could impact a lot of folks routine, which is
never a good thing. And of course we'll talk a
little more about this Shirley's Way situation because we real,
real shame if the state gaming shuts this down permanently
(05:49):
and that leads to a charitable ch charitable organization no
longer being able to give back like they have for
a long time. Now, all right, stick around, a lot
more to come right here in News Radio eight forty uhis. So,
there's been a major blow to the charitable gaming across
the entire state of Kentucky, but especially right here in Louisville,
as the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Office has ordered
(06:11):
nearly all of the electronic pulltab machines to be shut
off after a wave of phishing scams has led to
tens of thousands of dollars being stolen. Big, big fall
out here, especially for charities like Shirley's Way Here in Louisville,
where they depend almost entirely on these machines, and without
them being able to be used right now, this is
(06:31):
essentially cut off their lifeline. And you know, there are
certain industries where you could be at any moment shut
down with things you don't have any real control over,
and that's what's happened here. So if you don't know
what phishing is, it's inserting cash, then pulling the cash
back out using some type of plastic fishing line to
where the machine thinks the money stayed, but it didn't.
(06:54):
So this has allowed people to play with cash they
never actually deposited, and that is of course a no no.
So the order calls this illegal fishing activity something that's
happening across the entire state. So you've got regulators now
saying that these organizations that have these machines did not
do enough, they failed to stop this activity. So I'm
(07:15):
sure there's some truth to that, but also I can
see that being a very tough thing to really totally regulate.
But again you have to for obvious reasons, because now
you've got tens of thousands of dollars that have been
that have been one fraudulently so it's theft. So nearly
ninety percent of Louisville's pultab machines are from Light and
Wonder Gaming and Creative Game Technologies, and all of those
(07:38):
now must be disabled for the time being, hopefully it's
not permanent. But Shirley's Way, I mean, they've raised money
for cancer support, food programs. They feed thousands of kids
every week with money raised youth sports. They've also supported
with that homeless outreach. I mean, it's a big operation
(07:59):
that has helped in a lot of ways. And without
these machines being able to be used, their existence is questionable.
So it's tough, and it's you know, people taking advantage
of nonprofits that exist to help others. So it's not
just the local impact here, not just Shirley's Way. Many
(08:20):
machines across the whole state have fallen victim to this,
and now there's new requirements to get it reopened. You
must stay off the machines at each location. I guess
the machines must stay off, I should say, I mean,
I'm not.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
Sure if if.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
You know you can't, there's not anything I guess as
the owner of the machine you can just up and
do to get it. To get it fixed, you now
have to wait for a new process and written approval
from Charitable Gaming in order to be able to open
them back up. So some of the new conditions include
a designated chairperson on site, oversea gaming and venues now
must confirm gaming areas are twenty one and up. So,
(08:57):
I mean, it sucks. It sucks just because again it's
just people take it doing something that of course nobody
would dispute is wrong, right, stealing from machines, But your
behavior has led to you know, they're no longer being
money raised to help people that are in need. So
again it sucks, but hopefully they can get it figured out.
(09:18):
Because I know you're in Louisville, the Kentuckian area. I'm
sure you've heard of Shirley's Gaming and your in Shirley's Way.
I'm sorry, I should say, And you know somebody or
maybe even you've even benefited from all they do to
raise money for those for those good causes. All right,
quick update of Travick and weather on the way. We've
also got a sports update coming your way, Governor's Week.
Governor's Cup Week is here, and neither fan base seems
(09:41):
to be excited about where their team is, understandably so,
so we'll talk about that also. Roy O'Neil gonna join
us coming up at eight thirty five right here news
Radio eight forty whas. It's our final segment here on
a Monday morning at news Radio eight forty whas Coffee
and Company, fueled by Thornton's. We're gonna hand it off
to Tony and Dwight come up here shortly but just
(10:01):
a few minutes left with us. Tony Vinetti has joined
us in studio. We are also here with John Shannon. Tony,
your mustache is looking phenomenal, man.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
Yes, the mustache. I did it in honor of my
son and his shipmates as they graduated from Nuclear Power
School in Charleston, and so if anybody saw pictures on Facebook,
I tried to match it, but I didn't look as
cool because they were in No.
Speaker 4 (10:22):
I think you're setting the standard for what the mustache
should be. I just want to say, as somebody who
grew on and kept one in the military for twenty
three years.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
Well, it doesn't look like it's one like to be funny.
It looks as if like that's that's got some miles
on it. That's what that's built naturally. So did you
enjoy Charleston?
Speaker 3 (10:40):
I did. Charleston is an interesting town there you either
have a lot of money or no money at all.
The socioeconomic divide in Charleston is there's no middle class
in Charleston. It's either rich really pretty people that you
feel like you're in the Stepford Wives, or somebody's on
a BMX bike smoking a cigarette they're sixty two.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Well, I've never I've never been there, but it sounds
like that that that's the case, but it's the extreme.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
So like the wealthy is wealthier than.
Speaker 3 (11:08):
Most of oh my god.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
And then the poverty is a little bit worse than
what a lot of people would consider that.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
Right.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
I paid thirty eight dollars for a candle.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Oh my god, that stresses me out. It's not even
my money.
Speaker 3 (11:20):
We didn't buy much because you can't afford anything in Charleston.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Just afterwards on that.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
But it's beautiful and they make so the gas stations
look like they make the whatever. The rules of the
code is that they have to look like the old time,
you know gas stations with the real wood on the
side and the tin roofs and all that. So the
gas stations, like the stopping goes all look like they're
not They don't look like normal gas stations. You would know.
Speaker 4 (11:45):
Interesting.
Speaker 3 (11:45):
It's pretty cool. It's a cool area.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
If I mean that.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
That gives you consistency throughout an area as far as
the look and can Yeah, I mean I think Charleston
has become I don't have any data to back this
s ub, but it's become a destination place where people
only want don't just want to go there, people want
to live there, but they probably realize, oh, I can't
afford it. No, Yeah, I want to live like how
If I want to live like how Charleston has been
been shown to me, I need I need five more jobs.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
Yeah, the sneaking Deacon lives there or he's got a
house on the beach. So I don't know. We're during
his secret service days, whether he discovered some gold somewhere
man and did whatever. But uh, it is it's beautiful.
The base was awesome. Uh, it's it's weird because they
have real issues with d U I s with the enlisted,
and they have a car that's just smashed up, destroyed
(12:30):
and it's parked at the front of the base and
a big banner that says, don't drink and drive. This
is what's gonna happen to you. But it's a beautiful base,
mostly because it's half air Force and the air force.
Air Force bases are and live. Army bases look like uh,
army bases. They look like air Force bases look like condos.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
Okay, So I would never know that there's a difference there.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
Let's put this way.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
You when you eat it at an Air Force dining facility,
you do not put away your own trays your place. Yeah,
it's uh, the income take them away for you.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
As a general's wife told me once, Oh the fly
boys get all the money.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
The flyboys. So did you did you fly or did
you drive?
Speaker 3 (13:09):
We drove?
Speaker 2 (13:09):
What's the drive like?
Speaker 3 (13:10):
Uh, it's actually not bad. It's nine and a half hours.
But the only part is it's really that they are
still trying to rebuild Ashville through the mountains because of
that whatever, the remnants of that hurricane with the rain
and it just wiped everything out. So you're still driving
through those those roads and the three hundred feet down
it's it's it's a foot from your tire and they
(13:32):
have a little curb there.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
I forgot all about that.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
I remember hearing how there were certain there were certain
interstates essentially that we're going to be like it was
gonna take.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
Forever to get them back.
Speaker 3 (13:40):
You're gonnach, But let me tell you the Smoky Mountains
in the fall. We pulled over just like, what are
we watching right now? It's so beautiful? How how long
are at all? Were you in North Carolina?
Speaker 2 (13:53):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (13:54):
Not very long at all?
Speaker 2 (13:54):
Because I've just.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
Heard the Carolinas in general, people lump them together that
that it's really one of the most beautiful areas to
drive through it certain times of the year.
Speaker 3 (14:02):
And don't be a dumbass, don't put Charleston, North Carolina in.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
Oh that'll get you, Okay, So you know, right, it's.
Speaker 3 (14:08):
Like, why are we still in North Carolina?
Speaker 2 (14:11):
Have you all ever done anything like that?
Speaker 3 (14:12):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Yeah, I'm getting.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Like PTSD thinking back to a trip back from Panama
City when we were like nineteen twenty and we went
like four hours yeah, right way, and it was like,
I mean I went, I mean I was hungover from
a week of drinking. It was the first week I've
ever had where I spent a week drinking and I
just questioned my existence the rest.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
I just thought, well, early in our marriage, when it
was a new we were basically newly wedged, we still
talked a lot. So we talked. We It reminds me
of the time d twenty five years later, it's like
silent for two hours. But early in our you know,
we were still just two or three marriage two.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
What showed you that you were in the wrong area?
Speaker 3 (14:55):
We just were talking so much. We went right by
the exit for an hour and a half, so we
saw signs for shores. Yeah, wait a second, we're going
we need to be going north.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
When you knew it was bad, it's like it's like
the Dumb and Dumber scene John Denver's full But you
thought the Rocky Mountains be a little bit rockier than this. Yeah, yeah, good.
I'm glad that you had a good trip, Glad that
you're back for Thanksgiving. And uh, we'll talk tomorrow about
this Governor's Cup game. Oh boy, everybody hates their team,
but somebody's got to win. And I certainly on mind.
I hope it's the Red side. But Battle of the
(15:23):
Blue Trash is what I've been hearing. That's fitting, That's
Fitty Kentucky's down forty five to thirty going into the
fourth quarter against Bandy Lowell unscore, touchdown. Yeah, I think
that's fitting all right, See you guys tomorrow
Good Monday morning, Kentucky, Ina, thanks for hanging out with us.
It's coffee and Company and we are fueled by Thornton's.
Make sure you keep Thornton's in mind for whatever you
need to stay fueled for the day ahead. They've got
a lot of good breakfast options, but also keep them
in mind. And when it comes to lunch or really
just a bite to eat at any time, They've got
a lot of good items to choose from. And you
can get in and get out quickly. So you can
(00:22):
also save money at Thornton's. If you become a member
of the Refreshment Awards program, you'll save money at the
pump every time you fill up, and you can also
save up to twenty cents off per gallon once per week.
So go to refreshing Rewards dot Com or download the app.
I think you'll be happy that you did. Been a
busy morning for us so far. We'll get back into
the JCPS early proposed changes from Doctor ear What I
say early, because they've got to be early in the
(00:44):
stages of trimming one hundred and thirty two million dollars, right.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
I mean we found out.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
That the proposal to close two schools, relocate one and
merge a couple was only going to take four million
dollars off the one thirty two. So again early stages,
but we'll talk a little more about that. Also, I
want to reset something for those that missed it earlier.
Potentially the charitable gaming is in a real bond here
where they've they've had machines shut down. I mean, you've
(01:08):
got organizations like Shirley's Way that essentially are not I mean,
their entire existence has changed substantially for the time being.
Hopefully it's for the time being, but it's because of
some fishing going on within these machines that has led
to the States saying you got to shut them down.
So a scary situation overall. So we will reset those things.
But over the weekend. If you are somebody that is
(01:30):
active on the platform X formerly known as Twitter, Elon
Musk of course made the change from Twitter to X
and has made a lot of changes to that platform,
and one of the more recent changes, in fact, it's
the latest update, is the about this account feature. So
turns out a lot of these loud, chest thumping political accounts,
(01:52):
some that are strongly right maga side, some are very
left liberal.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
They don't.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
They're not based in our country. They're they're operated entirely
from other countries. And that may not surprise some of you.
I don't oftentimes look at these accounts and think much
of it. But yeah, the uh, you know, you've got
an account with nearly a million followers that is strongly
pro right, anti left. That's all the account really is.
(02:20):
But they're based out of Morocco or Bangladesh, some of
these accounts, I mean, it's everywhere but America. And the
reaction to this is has led to some chaos on
the timeline. So the new feature shows the accounts country
by clicking on the sign up date area, and X
says it's the first step towards protecting integrity and authenticity. Authenticity.
(02:45):
Authenticity is what I'm meant to say, excuse me. It
also says that data may still be a little messy.
They say updates are ongoing. I'm just looking here at
the bullet points as far as just this rollout, this update,
because this is the This isn't the only thing they
rolled out, but certainly it's the one that right now
seems to be getting a whole of attention. But There's
there is an account called America First that has sixty
thousand followers from Bangladesh.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
There is a.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Mag nation x account that has three hundred and ninety
thousand and it's based in Eastern Europe. So again, there's
others that are that are strongly like for example, you've
got a Black Lives Matter aligned account that that has
looks to be about a half about two hundred thousand followers,
(03:30):
and it's it's not based in America at all. It's
based in it looks to be Chile. So I mean,
are we really surprised that somebody you know that there
that that somebody's behind putting these accounts in motion and
knowing what to churn out from a content standpoint, that's
going to grow and it's gonna I mean, I'm not
(03:50):
I guess I'm not really that surprised, But I'm not
somebody that sits around and is looking for these types
of accounts to form my own opinion on things. So yeah,
this is it's one of those it's actually rare that
this happens. What I mean is where a social media
platform can make some changes just on the fly that
completely ruin your existence on said platform. I mean, there's
(04:15):
often some minor changes to these apps that we use,
to social media apps. But as far as like privacy
and what kind of information it gives to those that
are looking at your account your profile from that app,
that usually never changes, or if it does, you got
to go like, you know, or put it this way,
(04:35):
if you've set up some privacy settings in your account,
because a lot of people do that on Facebook and
Instagram whatever, they've got it to where you know, you
can only look at my account and my profile if
I allow you, You've got to send like a request
sure on private. Well, this is one of those things
that regardless of what your settings ever were, people can just
click on and see what country your your tweet, you know.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
What your location is.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
So some have deleted a entirely, and you got to wonder,
like who's running it, right, Like is it a?
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Is it a?
Speaker 1 (05:04):
It's probably not an individual, right, it's probably not some
random guide in Morocco who strongly charged up about Republican
versus Democrat in a country he doesn't live, right, So anyways,
a lot of finger pointing on both sides from that.
All right, quick time out, we'll talk a little bit
a little bit about the JCPS situation, because it's not
just these proposed changes as far as closing two schools
(05:27):
and relocating one and combining to that has some parents upset.
They're going to potentially change when your kids starts school,
which could impact a lot of folks routine, which is
never a good thing. And of course we'll talk a
little more about this Shirley's Way situation because we real,
real shame if the state gaming shuts this down permanently
(05:49):
and that leads to a charitable ch charitable organization no
longer being able to give back like they have for
a long time. Now, all right, stick around, a lot
more to come right here in News Radio eight forty uhis. So,
there's been a major blow to the charitable gaming across
the entire state of Kentucky, but especially right here in Louisville,
as the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Office has ordered
(06:11):
nearly all of the electronic pulltab machines to be shut
off after a wave of phishing scams has led to
tens of thousands of dollars being stolen. Big, big fall
out here, especially for charities like Shirley's Way Here in Louisville,
where they depend almost entirely on these machines, and without
them being able to be used right now, this is
(06:31):
essentially cut off their lifeline. And you know, there are
certain industries where you could be at any moment shut
down with things you don't have any real control over,
and that's what's happened here. So if you don't know
what phishing is, it's inserting cash, then pulling the cash
back out using some type of plastic fishing line to
where the machine thinks the money stayed, but it didn't.
(06:54):
So this has allowed people to play with cash they
never actually deposited, and that is of course a no no.
So the order calls this illegal fishing activity something that's
happening across the entire state. So you've got regulators now
saying that these organizations that have these machines did not
do enough, they failed to stop this activity. So I'm
(07:15):
sure there's some truth to that, but also I can
see that being a very tough thing to really totally regulate.
But again you have to for obvious reasons, because now
you've got tens of thousands of dollars that have been
that have been one fraudulently so it's theft. So nearly
ninety percent of Louisville's pultab machines are from Light and
Wonder Gaming and Creative Game Technologies, and all of those
(07:38):
now must be disabled for the time being, hopefully it's
not permanent. But Shirley's Way, I mean, they've raised money
for cancer support, food programs. They feed thousands of kids
every week with money raised youth sports. They've also supported
with that homeless outreach. I mean, it's a big operation
(07:59):
that has helped in a lot of ways. And without
these machines being able to be used, their existence is questionable.
So it's tough, and it's you know, people taking advantage
of nonprofits that exist to help others. So it's not
just the local impact here, not just Shirley's Way. Many
(08:20):
machines across the whole state have fallen victim to this,
and now there's new requirements to get it reopened. You
must stay off the machines at each location. I guess
the machines must stay off, I should say, I mean,
I'm not.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
Sure if if.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
You know you can't, there's not anything I guess as
the owner of the machine you can just up and
do to get it. To get it fixed, you now
have to wait for a new process and written approval
from Charitable Gaming in order to be able to open
them back up. So some of the new conditions include
a designated chairperson on site, oversea gaming and venues now
must confirm gaming areas are twenty one and up. So,
(08:57):
I mean, it sucks. It sucks just because again it's
just people take it doing something that of course nobody
would dispute is wrong, right, stealing from machines, But your
behavior has led to you know, they're no longer being
money raised to help people that are in need. So
again it sucks, but hopefully they can get it figured out.
(09:18):
Because I know you're in Louisville, the Kentuckian area. I'm
sure you've heard of Shirley's Gaming and your in Shirley's Way.
I'm sorry, I should say, And you know somebody or
maybe even you've even benefited from all they do to
raise money for those for those good causes. All right,
quick update of Travick and weather on the way. We've
also got a sports update coming your way, Governor's Week.
Governor's Cup Week is here, and neither fan base seems
(09:41):
to be excited about where their team is, understandably so,
so we'll talk about that also. Roy O'Neil gonna join
us coming up at eight thirty five right here news
Radio eight forty whas. It's our final segment here on
a Monday morning at news Radio eight forty whas Coffee
and Company, fueled by Thornton's. We're gonna hand it off
to Tony and Dwight come up here shortly but just
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a few minutes left with us. Tony Vinetti has joined
us in studio. We are also here with John Shannon. Tony,
your mustache is looking phenomenal, man.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
Yes, the mustache. I did it in honor of my
son and his shipmates as they graduated from Nuclear Power
School in Charleston, and so if anybody saw pictures on Facebook,
I tried to match it, but I didn't look as
cool because they were in No.
Speaker 4 (10:22):
I think you're setting the standard for what the mustache
should be. I just want to say, as somebody who
grew on and kept one in the military for twenty
three years.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
Well, it doesn't look like it's one like to be funny.
It looks as if like that's that's got some miles
on it. That's what that's built naturally. So did you
enjoy Charleston?
Speaker 3 (10:40):
I did. Charleston is an interesting town there you either
have a lot of money or no money at all.
The socioeconomic divide in Charleston is there's no middle class
in Charleston. It's either rich really pretty people that you
feel like you're in the Stepford Wives, or somebody's on
a BMX bike smoking a cigarette they're sixty two.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Well, I've never I've never been there, but it sounds
like that that that's the case, but it's the extreme.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
So like the wealthy is wealthier than.
Speaker 3 (11:08):
Most of oh my god.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
And then the poverty is a little bit worse than
what a lot of people would consider that.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
Right.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
I paid thirty eight dollars for a candle.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Oh my god, that stresses me out. It's not even
my money.
Speaker 3 (11:20):
We didn't buy much because you can't afford anything in Charleston.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Just afterwards on that.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
But it's beautiful and they make so the gas stations
look like they make the whatever. The rules of the
code is that they have to look like the old time,
you know gas stations with the real wood on the
side and the tin roofs and all that. So the
gas stations, like the stopping goes all look like they're
not They don't look like normal gas stations. You would know.
Speaker 4 (11:45):
Interesting.
Speaker 3 (11:45):
It's pretty cool. It's a cool area.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
If I mean that.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
That gives you consistency throughout an area as far as
the look and can Yeah, I mean I think Charleston
has become I don't have any data to back this
s ub, but it's become a destination place where people
only want don't just want to go there, people want
to live there, but they probably realize, oh, I can't
afford it. No, Yeah, I want to live like how
If I want to live like how Charleston has been
been shown to me, I need I need five more jobs.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
Yeah, the sneaking Deacon lives there or he's got a
house on the beach. So I don't know. We're during
his secret service days, whether he discovered some gold somewhere
man and did whatever. But uh, it is it's beautiful.
The base was awesome. Uh, it's it's weird because they
have real issues with d U I s with the enlisted,
and they have a car that's just smashed up, destroyed
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and it's parked at the front of the base and
a big banner that says, don't drink and drive. This
is what's gonna happen to you. But it's a beautiful base,
mostly because it's half air Force and the air force.
Air Force bases are and live. Army bases look like uh,
army bases. They look like air Force bases look like condos.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
Okay, So I would never know that there's a difference there.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
Let's put this way.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
You when you eat it at an Air Force dining facility,
you do not put away your own trays your place. Yeah,
it's uh, the income take them away for you.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
As a general's wife told me once, Oh the fly
boys get all the money.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
The flyboys. So did you did you fly or did
you drive?
Speaker 3 (13:09):
We drove?
Speaker 2 (13:09):
What's the drive like?
Speaker 3 (13:10):
Uh, it's actually not bad. It's nine and a half hours.
But the only part is it's really that they are
still trying to rebuild Ashville through the mountains because of
that whatever, the remnants of that hurricane with the rain
and it just wiped everything out. So you're still driving
through those those roads and the three hundred feet down
it's it's it's a foot from your tire and they
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have a little curb there.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
I forgot all about that.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
I remember hearing how there were certain there were certain
interstates essentially that we're going to be like it was
gonna take.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
Forever to get them back.
Speaker 3 (13:40):
You're gonnach, But let me tell you the Smoky Mountains
in the fall. We pulled over just like, what are
we watching right now? It's so beautiful? How how long
are at all? Were you in North Carolina?
Speaker 2 (13:53):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (13:54):
Not very long at all?
Speaker 2 (13:54):
Because I've just.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
Heard the Carolinas in general, people lump them together that
that it's really one of the most beautiful areas to
drive through it certain times of the year.
Speaker 3 (14:02):
And don't be a dumbass, don't put Charleston, North Carolina in.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
Oh that'll get you, Okay, So you know, right, it's.
Speaker 3 (14:08):
Like, why are we still in North Carolina?
Speaker 2 (14:11):
Have you all ever done anything like that?
Speaker 3 (14:12):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Yeah, I'm getting.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Like PTSD thinking back to a trip back from Panama
City when we were like nineteen twenty and we went
like four hours yeah, right way, and it was like,
I mean I went, I mean I was hungover from
a week of drinking. It was the first week I've
ever had where I spent a week drinking and I
just questioned my existence the rest.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
I just thought, well, early in our marriage, when it
was a new we were basically newly wedged, we still
talked a lot. So we talked. We It reminds me
of the time d twenty five years later, it's like
silent for two hours. But early in our you know,
we were still just two or three marriage two.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
What showed you that you were in the wrong area?
Speaker 3 (14:55):
We just were talking so much. We went right by
the exit for an hour and a half, so we
saw signs for shores. Yeah, wait a second, we're going
we need to be going north.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
When you knew it was bad, it's like it's like
the Dumb and Dumber scene John Denver's full But you
thought the Rocky Mountains be a little bit rockier than this. Yeah, yeah, good.
I'm glad that you had a good trip, Glad that
you're back for Thanksgiving. And uh, we'll talk tomorrow about
this Governor's Cup game. Oh boy, everybody hates their team,
but somebody's got to win. And I certainly on mind.
I hope it's the Red side. But Battle of the
(15:23):
Blue Trash is what I've been hearing. That's fitting, That's
Fitty Kentucky's down forty five to thirty going into the
fourth quarter against Bandy Lowell unscore, touchdown. Yeah, I think
that's fitting all right, See you guys tomorrow
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