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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, let's get this thing started. Shall we?
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Good morning and welcome in coffee and company with you.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
That's us.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
We are fueled by Thornton's here at news Radio A
forty w h A S Snick coffee. That's me, Scott Fitzgerald,
John Alden, John Shannon, that's the roster. And we're here
to uh to do what we do. Not really sure
what you would how you would describe what we do,
but we're gonna do it. We're gonna hope to keep.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
You with us.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
That's, of course the main goal, and we'll have some
fun along the way. We are now a week away
from Thanksgiving, and I'm thinking about my man, Scott Fitzgerald,
is if he's got like a big game coming up,
you know what I mean, Like he's getting ready because
he's hosting forty people for Thanksgiving and that's that's a
tall task.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
But I can tell you're built for it. You're already
I'm ready to do. In fact, they got to meet
the plumber. I have a toilet that I found out
needed to be fixed.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
And that's that's essential. When you have forty people for things.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Now, all you've done is added more more. Second, like
I have secondhand stress from your forty forty invite Chris
Thanksgiving dinner because you gotta make you gotta get plumbing.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
It's an easy fix. It's it's something though I don't
feel like doing right now myself. So we've got a
plumber reseaul, and I'm cool with that. But what was funny?
I just asked my wife last night. I said, so,
I was hoping to get well, someone's so decided they
were gonna go somewhere else.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
I said, So we all set.
Speaker 4 (01:16):
For thirty thirty five.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
She goes, actually we had five more added more.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
I'm gonna turn the ballgame, ond sit and just hang
out in vege for well, you'll be ready.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Oh yeah, no doubt out.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
You're gonna knock it out of the park. John, This
will be This will be first first Thanksgiving for you
with with the little one, right, that's true? You got
any big plans?
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Nothing new for us?
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Routine?
Speaker 5 (01:41):
Yeah, yeah, we we're responsible for all the green beans
and our family's Thanksgiving. So that's what we do that
morning when we're getting ready. And I don't believe that's
going to change.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
You just reminded me that first thing that came to mind.
Is you here we are. We're talking about Scott making
sure he's ready to host. He's ready to host forty people,
maybe more now and get and get the plumbing worked out.
But you just know, look, hey, we're gonna enjoy Thanksgiving,
but we've got one one task and that's to make
sure we make the green beans.
Speaker 5 (02:06):
That's the great thing about you know, potluck style thanksgivings.
Everyone's got one, maybe two responsibilities. You come over, you
bring over what you're supposed to bring, and everybody has
a good time.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
That is definitely a component to Thanksgiving for a lot
of folks is just having a role. Right, you bring this,
this is what you're responsible for. Make sure it's fresh,
make sure it's good, make sure you have enough. And
I think there's there's there's some some self pride and knowing, hey,
this is what I'm responsible for and to make sure
I get it done.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Do you guys do the cast role, John, or do
you do the straight up green straight up? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Because I'm doing a Carolina style green bean where we
do spices and bacon and that.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Sounds pretty good. Oh that's awesome, dude. I love those.
I can tell you.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Communication is key because we have a a blended family
that that on my on my wife's side, where there's
there's a lot of steps step mom, step dads to
where uh it's great, but not everybody communicates with everybody
because not everybody has like direct line of communication, we
(03:05):
don't what we probably need. And trust me, I'm not
signing up to create it, and I wouldn't want to
be in it. But a Facebook group or something right
old man to where everybody community that's the central point
of communication. Certainly don't want a group group text because
those are the worst things ever, but something just to
keep everybody on the same page. Because we have had
a couple of years where we got two different people
bringing the mashed potatoes, all different people bring in the
(03:27):
green beans. Then it gets competitive and that really can
put a that can put a damper on the Thanksgiving
spirit because look, if nobody needs to even it's not
like you're having a vote to see who's better. You know,
go go look see which which uh which plate or
which dish I guess has been has been hit more?
Then you'll know. You'll learn the hard way on Thanksgiving.
(03:47):
Your green beats kind of suck.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Well, what's the coffee family responsible.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
For Oh my wife is mac and cheese squeeze. Yeah,
she's uh, she's been.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
She takes a lot of pride in it.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Yeah, and she uh, she knows she's going to be
responsible every year for the macaroni and cheese because she
does it well. She takes pride in it. But it
is adorable to to see that she wants to wait
until somebody asks, like, just to make sure you're bringing it,
right of course? Yeah, yeah, but you know, I tell
you you're you haven't not like are you ready to you
(04:19):
have all the ingredients you need to make the mac
and cheese because she'll do it for two different Thanksgiving
dinners that we have and h and you know, she
was like, well, no, nobody's asked me, you know. And
I'm like, because it's a given, everybody knows you're going
to bring it. And then finally she did get the requests,
so she's she's excited.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
But yeah, to sample some of that, I will. It's
it's good stuff.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
It's got like a a hint of like a spice
to it, which which which makes it it makes a
little bit just a little bit different. Now I'm really
hungry at five to eleven in the morning.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
The big source of contention now that at least I'm
seeing on TikTok is the new thing now is to
get like plates like you put olives and stuff on
and use those as your dinner plates. And there's a
big argument with people on TikTok. They're like, no, put
all your food on one plate and just let it
blend together, and some people like their food separate.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
You may have given us a segment before the net
before we get to Thanksgiving, because that's an interesting topic
for sure. Right, good stuff, Thank you fellas. Let's get
this party started, shall we?
Speaker 1 (05:16):
At?
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Is five to eleven here on a Thursday morning. Looks
like we're gonna have another wet, wet morning, so be advised.
We'll keep you updated throughout when it comes to traffic
and weather, so stick with us. It's coffee and company again.
We're fuel about Thornton's right here at news Radio eight
forty whas. So it sounds like the cleanup at the
the plane crash site is still really an around the
(05:40):
clock kind of situation, which really shouldn't be surprising considering
the crash itself. But you got to wonder the rain
this week that that certainly can't help the situation. But again,
it'll be a while before that thing is I guess
completely clear, and not sure we'll ever see that area
like we once did. But yeah, still a little over
two weeks removed from from from that, and again a
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lot of people still feeling the effect of it, that's
for sure. It is five eighteen here at news Radio
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Speaker 1 (06:31):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
I like donuts, but I can only go one if
I go more than one glazed donut or chocolate donut
or any of the donuts that of course, you know,
have all the toppings and the sugar Uh, it's it's
too rich, just too much for me, especially in the morning.
I learned, uh pretty quickly that if I if I
was to load up on donuts, I would I would
really just want to curl up in a ball and
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go right back to bed. But one one is, uh,
is is just enough. And they've already got it. And
this is how you know, John that Thorns and I
are a match made in heaven because they're not afraid
to go ahead and embrace that the Christmas season is here. Yes, Thanksgiving,
that's right, you're on the same page. Thanksgiving. Yeah, Thanksgiving
is a week away. Hasn't happened yet. But I live
in a world where celebrating the Thanksgiving or celebrating the
(07:18):
Christmas season is not a disrespect to Thanksgiving, right. I mean,
there are some people that clearly believe that if you
have your Christmas tree up right now, that you're giving
the middle finger to Thanksgiving and you don't celebrate it,
which is nonsense. I think again, as I've said for
a while now, it's an insecurity that people have within.
They have a problem with Christmas that they've got to
deal with. They're feeling a way because seeing Christmas lights
(07:40):
up early. It does something to them, and I hope
that you deal with that, you process that whatever way
you can.
Speaker 5 (07:47):
I'll say this, we haven't put anything up yet, but
this is the first year where we've bought an entire
new set of Christmas lights for the outside of the house.
So I'm pretty I'm pretty excited to put up a
whole bunch of new stuffs.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Heck, yeah, that'll be that'll be exciting for sure. And
so the Thornton's what they've got here, and I wanted
to make sure I get it correct, and I got
to make sure I turn this down because I'm playing
it on my phone. They've got it on their social
media page. But the gingerbread cream cheese cake donut, the
peppermint donut. So again we're talking Christmas theme donuts. And
they look I mean, they're adorable, but they also I'm
(08:20):
sure they taste delicious too. So again, they've already got
them ready. They're not anti Thanksgiving, they're just celebrating what
is the Christmas season. Thanksgivings a holiday, one of the
best holidays we have. Christmas is a season. It's not
that complicated, folks. All right, stick around, We've got a
lot more to get into trafficking. Weather updates on the way.
Looks like the rain is coming back this afternoon. We've
also got a sports update coming your way, so don't
(08:41):
go anywhere. Keep it locked right here. Coffee and Company
Field by Thornton's on News Radio eight forty. Whas as
you heard there in the news up day from John
the Chris, Louisville's official Christmas Tree. Maybe I shouldn't say
official because I'm not sure really who would make that distinction.
But the tree that's going to be downtown Louisville, the
Christmas tree for light up Louisville, was cut down and
(09:03):
it's made its way into Jefferson Park. I saw some
photos that surfaced on Facebook and Instagram yesterday. I guess
folks who just happened to see this humongous tree being transported.
And I'm sure if you are standing in front of it,
once it's set up and it's got the lights on it,
it will look like a humongous tree that have you know,
that is essentially the tree of Louisville. But seeing it
(09:24):
on the back of a vehicle driving down the interstate,
is that really puts in perspective how massive. This Christmas
tree actually is a thirty one foot Norway spruce, as
John mentioned, donated by a South Louisville resident and they've
got it now in Jefferson Square Park. So be a
nice thing to be able to put on your resume.
(09:44):
I don't know where you put it on your resume,
but hey, I donated the Christmas tree to the City
of Louisville, and I'm sure the City of Louisville thanks you.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Something else you heard.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Mentioned there is the iron Man Race being put on
pause because of the construction going on here in Louisville,
which is a real bummer, just because I envy those
that can pull off an iron Man, and I also
realized in recent years how many people really dedicate a
lot of their time to prepare for these And it'll
be back, which is good. But you know, I'm sure
(10:17):
not only is it is the Louisville Sports Commission. It's
one of their bigger events for sure, but also brings
a lot of people to Louisville. But a full iron Man,
we're talking two point four miles of swimming, one hundred
and twelve miles bike, twenty six point two miles of running.
I mean yikes. That's a full iron Man, by the way,
(10:38):
a half iron Man seventy point three miles in total,
one point two miles swim, five point fifty six mile bike,
and thirteen point one mile run, So that's essentially a
half marathon. And the time limit for that one, the
seventy point three is essentially eight and a half hours.
So look, I try my best to stay in shape.
(11:00):
I try to try to try to run not a
few miles every day, but I try to at least
in a week's time, get four different runs in if
at least a couple of miles. And I don't do
it because I'm trying to, you know, train for anything specific.
I just actually like running, not because it's fun, it
just is. I guess it is fun in its own weird,
(11:21):
twisted way, because it's actually torture, to be honest with you,
but running is good for me when it comes to
just my mental state. But I will tell you there's
no scenario where I would ever attempt to train for
one of these, and there's many to do, so us
to shout out to you, I feel like the swim
would be the hardest for me. One point two miles swim. Yeah,
(11:41):
I don't don't. I don't think I could actually do that.
I mean if I if I attempted to give it
a shot, I don't think that would work out well
for me.
Speaker 5 (11:50):
I think swimming is one of the toughest exercises on
your body that you can do.
Speaker 4 (11:54):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Absolutely absolutely. And I feel like the bike ride, I'm thinking, Okay, well,
that wouldn't be so bad because a lot of us
rode bikes as kids and it didn't feel like exercise
or work. It's just what we did. But I'm sure
we would learn the hard way and learn quickly. Yeah,
this isn't like riding down to your friend Johnny's house
who lives a block down. This is much different. And yeah,
(12:17):
so I was really fascinated. I think it was last year,
just when I was able to see how big of
a deal it is that we have we have it
here in Louisville, and how many people dedicate so much
time to train for it. I mean I thought it
was Look, if you're out here staying active and you're exercising,
and it's not to train for anything good for you.
Some people try to stay active and train for a
couple of different mini marathons each year. So whatever you're
(12:41):
doing to keep yourself healthy, that's good for you. But
this is a different level of preparation. And yeah, I
envy those who can pull it off. I don't think
you'll ever see me attempt to do it, so again,
shout out to those that do. All right, we've got
Rory O'Neil set to join us coming up here in
just a few minutes, so stick around, looking forward to
our morning chat with him. Some of the things we'll
(13:03):
get into. We talked about this a little bit yesterday,
but we'll talk a little more about it today because
it's it's the agenda for Mayor Greenberg. As far as
the outline his priorities for Kentucky's upcoming legislation legislative session.
It's tough for me to say legislative session. So some
things that he wants he wants assistance with, as far
(13:25):
as just to make a littleville better. We'll talk about
what his priorities are. Is I'm sure many would would
would agree with the things that he's prioritizing, and I'm
sure some would say, hey, you should prioritize something else.
But we'll talk about it right here at News Radio
eight forty whas it is Coffee and Company, and we
are Fieldbeth Thornton's here at News Radio eight forty whas
we're now joined by mister Rory O'Neill who joins us. Rory,
(13:49):
I will start with a with a question about retirement.
When it comes to folks planning and saving for retirement,
what I mean or expect hatetions much different now for
folks entering retirement than they were many years ago. I
would imagine they're much different and substantially different really.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Well, and they can be.
Speaker 4 (14:10):
And look when we look at the higher cost of everything,
medical care, real estate where if someone may live in
their final years, you know, it can be daunting when
you look at your pittterly little flour.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
O one k and go oh, how is that going
to cover all that?
Speaker 4 (14:24):
And that's really the shaker here, or at least that reminder,
especially as we start to enter a new year, that
this new report shows that people who are in lower incomes,
even middle incomes are actually saving less and it's no
surprise those in the higher income brackets are squirreling away
more money for the future.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
So are you seeing is there data that suggests that
in recent years we have seen folks just put off
retirement more so than they used to.
Speaker 4 (14:53):
As far as the age, the age and the income
is a big part of it as well. This report
from day fours finds that among full time workers who
make less than fifty grand a year, retirement participation actually
dropped from fifty eight percent down to fifty three percent
in twenty twenty four, and workers that were making between
(15:14):
fifteen one hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year they
also saw their participation numbers drop, although those over one
fifty work contributing more. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
I just think of looking at that four oh one
k and seeing a number that ten years ago you
would feel pretty good. Not necessarily, you know. I mean
the worry of just having a fixed income is that alone.
I can think that that can add some stress. But
just now, with the cost of everything, you see that
number and it's it's now, Yeah, that ain't going to
cut it. I'm sure that's I'm sure that's the thought
(15:44):
a lot of people have.
Speaker 4 (15:46):
Well, right, wait, how much do I get from Social Security?
What's this all going to be? And how much is
it going to cost for me to live the way
I want to live, and a lot more Americans are
just saying I'm just going to work until I drop,
and that's really the only way forward. And look there,
you know, there are paths to make things a bit
more comfortable in those later years, but it requires some
(16:07):
strict discipline.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
Today, I'm fascinated by creative things that people do, and
I think we're going to see rory people find creative
ways moving forward to just try to make it a
little bit more easy to get to that point of retirement.
Because it's clear the way in which our parents spent
a lot of time preparing. It's just a different world now.
Speaker 4 (16:28):
Well, especially as we hope our life, our lifespan gets extended,
that we live longer, right because you know, we live
longer now than we did one hundred years ago, and
that also means it's going to be we need to
squirrel away more money because of that. So it's a
you know, maybe people are working later into their lives,
(16:50):
more frequently into their seventies, especially as you can work
remotely and maybe just a few hours here and there
to keep some revenue coming in. But yeah, there are
some pretty harsh realities when you look at these numbers
and what we all should be saving in order to
have that comfortable retirement.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
Roory o'nils our guest joining US serial News Radio eight
forty whas Rory is the United States quietly working behind
the scenes here to plan the end of a war
in Ukraine. It sounds like there's an organization that says, yes,
there's a secret plan going on here. What can you
tell us?
Speaker 4 (17:20):
Well, right, there have been back stage negotiations, I guess
we'll say secret talks trying to bring an end to
this conflict. There's a big meeting in Kiev happening today.
We've got a Pentagon delegation who's over there. And the
idea is that Ukraine would have to give up a
lot of the territory now occupied by Russia. And if
they do that in exchange for security guarantees from the US,
(17:43):
essentially you give up all this land and then if
Russia does anything again, the US and Europe will come
to your defense. And that's essentially what's happening. Although look,
Ukraine does not want to give up land. They're saying, look,
we're the victim here, why should we give up land
this country? Russia came in and invaded a sovereign nation,
Why are you rewarding them by giving them property. So
(18:06):
that's the debate that President Zelenski is having in his
head right now. And let's see how this goes moving forward,
if there's some sort of a breakthrough here, because more
than three years of this, it's starting to obviously take
its toll, and it's straining relationships and whether or not
there's long term support for Ukraine from Europe and America.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Rory is always appreciate the time, Enjoy the conversation. Enjoy
the rest of your day, my friend. We'll talk tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (18:33):
Talk to you that Nick. Thanks.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Rory O'Neil, NBC News. Always appreciate his time, Always enjoy
the conversation. I got to ask him tomorrow. We didn't
have time to do it today. I got to get
Rory's thoughts on is he like some of you that
just judge those who decide to put the Christmas tree
up before Thanksgiving? Because I've made it clear this week
I'm taking a stand. I'm no longer going to be
shamed as if I'm disrespecting the great holiday that is Thanksgiving.
(18:57):
You can absolutely celebrate Thanksgiving with a Christmas tree up
and it's not. I mean, I'm thankful that I'm able
to put the tree up right. Anyways, we'll move on traving.
Weather updates on the way another rainy day, gloomy day expected,
so be prepared. Also a sports updates on the way
with Scott Fitzgerald right here at news Radio eight forty
whas
All right, let's get this thing started. Shall we?
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Good morning and welcome in coffee and company with you.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
That's us.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
We are fueled by Thornton's here at news Radio A
forty w h A S Snick coffee. That's me, Scott Fitzgerald,
John Alden, John Shannon, that's the roster. And we're here
to uh to do what we do. Not really sure
what you would how you would describe what we do,
but we're gonna do it. We're gonna hope to keep.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
You with us.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
That's, of course the main goal, and we'll have some
fun along the way. We are now a week away
from Thanksgiving, and I'm thinking about my man, Scott Fitzgerald,
is if he's got like a big game coming up,
you know what I mean, Like he's getting ready because
he's hosting forty people for Thanksgiving and that's that's a
tall task.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
But I can tell you're built for it. You're already
I'm ready to do. In fact, they got to meet
the plumber. I have a toilet that I found out
needed to be fixed.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
And that's that's essential. When you have forty people for things.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Now, all you've done is added more more. Second, like
I have secondhand stress from your forty forty invite Chris
Thanksgiving dinner because you gotta make you gotta get plumbing.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
It's an easy fix. It's it's something though I don't
feel like doing right now myself. So we've got a
plumber reseaul, and I'm cool with that. But what was funny?
I just asked my wife last night. I said, so,
I was hoping to get well, someone's so decided they
were gonna go somewhere else.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
I said, So we all set.
Speaker 4 (01:16):
For thirty thirty five.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
She goes, actually we had five more added more.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
I'm gonna turn the ballgame, ond sit and just hang
out in vege for well, you'll be ready.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Oh yeah, no doubt out.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
You're gonna knock it out of the park. John, This
will be This will be first first Thanksgiving for you
with with the little one, right, that's true? You got
any big plans?
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Nothing new for us?
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Routine?
Speaker 5 (01:41):
Yeah, yeah, we we're responsible for all the green beans
and our family's Thanksgiving. So that's what we do that
morning when we're getting ready. And I don't believe that's
going to change.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
You just reminded me that first thing that came to mind.
Is you here we are. We're talking about Scott making
sure he's ready to host. He's ready to host forty people,
maybe more now and get and get the plumbing worked out.
But you just know, look, hey, we're gonna enjoy Thanksgiving,
but we've got one one task and that's to make
sure we make the green beans.
Speaker 5 (02:06):
That's the great thing about you know, potluck style thanksgivings.
Everyone's got one, maybe two responsibilities. You come over, you
bring over what you're supposed to bring, and everybody has
a good time.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
That is definitely a component to Thanksgiving for a lot
of folks is just having a role. Right, you bring this,
this is what you're responsible for. Make sure it's fresh,
make sure it's good, make sure you have enough. And
I think there's there's there's some some self pride and knowing, hey,
this is what I'm responsible for and to make sure
I get it done.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Do you guys do the cast role, John, or do
you do the straight up green straight up? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Because I'm doing a Carolina style green bean where we
do spices and bacon and that.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Sounds pretty good. Oh that's awesome, dude. I love those.
I can tell you.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Communication is key because we have a a blended family
that that on my on my wife's side, where there's
there's a lot of steps step mom, step dads to
where uh it's great, but not everybody communicates with everybody
because not everybody has like direct line of communication, we
(03:05):
don't what we probably need. And trust me, I'm not
signing up to create it, and I wouldn't want to
be in it. But a Facebook group or something right
old man to where everybody community that's the central point
of communication. Certainly don't want a group group text because
those are the worst things ever, but something just to
keep everybody on the same page. Because we have had
a couple of years where we got two different people
bringing the mashed potatoes, all different people bring in the
(03:27):
green beans. Then it gets competitive and that really can
put a that can put a damper on the Thanksgiving
spirit because look, if nobody needs to even it's not
like you're having a vote to see who's better. You know,
go go look see which which uh which plate or
which dish I guess has been has been hit more?
Then you'll know. You'll learn the hard way on Thanksgiving.
(03:47):
Your green beats kind of suck.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Well, what's the coffee family responsible.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
For Oh my wife is mac and cheese squeeze. Yeah,
she's uh, she's been.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
She takes a lot of pride in it.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Yeah, and she uh, she knows she's going to be
responsible every year for the macaroni and cheese because she
does it well. She takes pride in it. But it
is adorable to to see that she wants to wait
until somebody asks, like, just to make sure you're bringing it,
right of course? Yeah, yeah, but you know, I tell
you you're you haven't not like are you ready to you
(04:19):
have all the ingredients you need to make the mac
and cheese because she'll do it for two different Thanksgiving
dinners that we have and h and you know, she
was like, well, no, nobody's asked me, you know. And
I'm like, because it's a given, everybody knows you're going
to bring it. And then finally she did get the requests,
so she's she's excited.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
But yeah, to sample some of that, I will. It's
it's good stuff.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
It's got like a a hint of like a spice
to it, which which which makes it it makes a
little bit just a little bit different. Now I'm really
hungry at five to eleven in the morning.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
The big source of contention now that at least I'm
seeing on TikTok is the new thing now is to
get like plates like you put olives and stuff on
and use those as your dinner plates. And there's a
big argument with people on TikTok. They're like, no, put
all your food on one plate and just let it
blend together, and some people like their food separate.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
You may have given us a segment before the net
before we get to Thanksgiving, because that's an interesting topic
for sure. Right, good stuff, Thank you fellas. Let's get
this party started, shall we?
Speaker 1 (05:16):
At?
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Is five to eleven here on a Thursday morning. Looks
like we're gonna have another wet, wet morning, so be advised.
We'll keep you updated throughout when it comes to traffic
and weather, so stick with us. It's coffee and company again.
We're fuel about Thornton's right here at news Radio eight
forty whas. So it sounds like the cleanup at the
the plane crash site is still really an around the
(05:40):
clock kind of situation, which really shouldn't be surprising considering
the crash itself. But you got to wonder the rain
this week that that certainly can't help the situation. But again,
it'll be a while before that thing is I guess
completely clear, and not sure we'll ever see that area
like we once did. But yeah, still a little over
two weeks removed from from from that, and again a
(06:02):
lot of people still feeling the effect of it, that's
for sure. It is five eighteen here at news Radio
eight forty w h as Coffee and Company with you.
Thanks for hanging out with us. We are fueled by Thornton's.
Make sure you keep them in mind. They've they've got
a lot of good breakfast options, and I mentioned the donuts,
a lot of good don't donuts to choose from, and
you can get the donut and coffee combo for just
three bucks. Nice little uh, nice little way to start
(06:24):
your day light breakfast. You know, you get a little
a little bit of both the coffee that of course
is is fuel for you to to get your day started,
and then a donut.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
I like donuts, but I can only go one if
I go more than one glazed donut or chocolate donut
or any of the donuts that of course, you know,
have all the toppings and the sugar Uh, it's it's
too rich, just too much for me, especially in the morning.
I learned, uh pretty quickly that if I if I
was to load up on donuts, I would I would
really just want to curl up in a ball and
(06:53):
go right back to bed. But one one is, uh,
is is just enough. And they've already got it. And
this is how you know, John that Thorns and I
are a match made in heaven because they're not afraid
to go ahead and embrace that the Christmas season is here. Yes, Thanksgiving,
that's right, you're on the same page. Thanksgiving. Yeah, Thanksgiving
is a week away. Hasn't happened yet. But I live
in a world where celebrating the Thanksgiving or celebrating the
(07:18):
Christmas season is not a disrespect to Thanksgiving, right. I mean,
there are some people that clearly believe that if you
have your Christmas tree up right now, that you're giving
the middle finger to Thanksgiving and you don't celebrate it,
which is nonsense. I think again, as I've said for
a while now, it's an insecurity that people have within.
They have a problem with Christmas that they've got to
deal with. They're feeling a way because seeing Christmas lights
(07:40):
up early. It does something to them, and I hope
that you deal with that, you process that whatever way
you can.
Speaker 5 (07:47):
I'll say this, we haven't put anything up yet, but
this is the first year where we've bought an entire
new set of Christmas lights for the outside of the house.
So I'm pretty I'm pretty excited to put up a
whole bunch of new stuffs.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Heck, yeah, that'll be that'll be exciting for sure. And
so the Thornton's what they've got here, and I wanted
to make sure I get it correct, and I got
to make sure I turn this down because I'm playing
it on my phone. They've got it on their social
media page. But the gingerbread cream cheese cake donut, the
peppermint donut. So again we're talking Christmas theme donuts. And
they look I mean, they're adorable, but they also I'm
(08:20):
sure they taste delicious too. So again, they've already got
them ready. They're not anti Thanksgiving, they're just celebrating what
is the Christmas season. Thanksgivings a holiday, one of the
best holidays we have. Christmas is a season. It's not
that complicated, folks. All right, stick around, We've got a
lot more to get into trafficking. Weather updates on the way.
Looks like the rain is coming back this afternoon. We've
also got a sports update coming your way, so don't
(08:41):
go anywhere. Keep it locked right here. Coffee and Company
Field by Thornton's on News Radio eight forty. Whas as
you heard there in the news up day from John
the Chris, Louisville's official Christmas Tree. Maybe I shouldn't say
official because I'm not sure really who would make that distinction.
But the tree that's going to be downtown Louisville, the
Christmas tree for light up Louisville, was cut down and
(09:03):
it's made its way into Jefferson Park. I saw some
photos that surfaced on Facebook and Instagram yesterday. I guess
folks who just happened to see this humongous tree being transported.
And I'm sure if you are standing in front of it,
once it's set up and it's got the lights on it,
it will look like a humongous tree that have you know,
that is essentially the tree of Louisville. But seeing it
(09:24):
on the back of a vehicle driving down the interstate,
is that really puts in perspective how massive. This Christmas
tree actually is a thirty one foot Norway spruce, as
John mentioned, donated by a South Louisville resident and they've
got it now in Jefferson Square Park. So be a
nice thing to be able to put on your resume.
(09:44):
I don't know where you put it on your resume,
but hey, I donated the Christmas tree to the City
of Louisville, and I'm sure the City of Louisville thanks you.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Something else you heard.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Mentioned there is the iron Man Race being put on
pause because of the construction going on here in Louisville,
which is a real bummer, just because I envy those
that can pull off an iron Man, and I also
realized in recent years how many people really dedicate a
lot of their time to prepare for these And it'll
be back, which is good. But you know, I'm sure
(10:17):
not only is it is the Louisville Sports Commission. It's
one of their bigger events for sure, but also brings
a lot of people to Louisville. But a full iron Man,
we're talking two point four miles of swimming, one hundred
and twelve miles bike, twenty six point two miles of running.
I mean yikes. That's a full iron Man, by the way,
(10:38):
a half iron Man seventy point three miles in total,
one point two miles swim, five point fifty six mile bike,
and thirteen point one mile run, So that's essentially a
half marathon. And the time limit for that one, the
seventy point three is essentially eight and a half hours.
So look, I try my best to stay in shape.
(11:00):
I try to try to try to run not a
few miles every day, but I try to at least
in a week's time, get four different runs in if
at least a couple of miles. And I don't do
it because I'm trying to, you know, train for anything specific.
I just actually like running, not because it's fun, it
just is. I guess it is fun in its own weird,
(11:21):
twisted way, because it's actually torture, to be honest with you,
but running is good for me when it comes to
just my mental state. But I will tell you there's
no scenario where I would ever attempt to train for
one of these, and there's many to do, so us
to shout out to you, I feel like the swim
would be the hardest for me. One point two miles swim. Yeah,
(11:41):
I don't don't. I don't think I could actually do that.
I mean if I if I attempted to give it
a shot, I don't think that would work out well
for me.
Speaker 5 (11:50):
I think swimming is one of the toughest exercises on
your body that you can do.
Speaker 4 (11:54):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Absolutely absolutely. And I feel like the bike ride, I'm thinking, Okay, well,
that wouldn't be so bad because a lot of us
rode bikes as kids and it didn't feel like exercise
or work. It's just what we did. But I'm sure
we would learn the hard way and learn quickly. Yeah,
this isn't like riding down to your friend Johnny's house
who lives a block down. This is much different. And yeah,
(12:17):
so I was really fascinated. I think it was last year,
just when I was able to see how big of
a deal it is that we have we have it
here in Louisville, and how many people dedicate so much
time to train for it. I mean I thought it
was Look, if you're out here staying active and you're exercising,
and it's not to train for anything good for you.
Some people try to stay active and train for a
couple of different mini marathons each year. So whatever you're
(12:41):
doing to keep yourself healthy, that's good for you. But
this is a different level of preparation. And yeah, I
envy those who can pull it off. I don't think
you'll ever see me attempt to do it, so again,
shout out to those that do. All right, we've got
Rory O'Neil set to join us coming up here in
just a few minutes, so stick around, looking forward to
our morning chat with him. Some of the things we'll
(13:03):
get into. We talked about this a little bit yesterday,
but we'll talk a little more about it today because
it's it's the agenda for Mayor Greenberg. As far as
the outline his priorities for Kentucky's upcoming legislation legislative session.
It's tough for me to say legislative session. So some
things that he wants he wants assistance with, as far
(13:25):
as just to make a littleville better. We'll talk about
what his priorities are. Is I'm sure many would would
would agree with the things that he's prioritizing, and I'm
sure some would say, hey, you should prioritize something else.
But we'll talk about it right here at News Radio
eight forty whas it is Coffee and Company, and we
are Fieldbeth Thornton's here at News Radio eight forty whas
we're now joined by mister Rory O'Neill who joins us. Rory,
(13:49):
I will start with a with a question about retirement.
When it comes to folks planning and saving for retirement,
what I mean or expect hatetions much different now for
folks entering retirement than they were many years ago. I
would imagine they're much different and substantially different really.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Well, and they can be.
Speaker 4 (14:10):
And look when we look at the higher cost of everything,
medical care, real estate where if someone may live in
their final years, you know, it can be daunting when
you look at your pittterly little flour.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
O one k and go oh, how is that going
to cover all that?
Speaker 4 (14:24):
And that's really the shaker here, or at least that reminder,
especially as we start to enter a new year, that
this new report shows that people who are in lower incomes,
even middle incomes are actually saving less and it's no
surprise those in the higher income brackets are squirreling away
more money for the future.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
So are you seeing is there data that suggests that
in recent years we have seen folks just put off
retirement more so than they used to.
Speaker 4 (14:53):
As far as the age, the age and the income
is a big part of it as well. This report
from day fours finds that among full time workers who
make less than fifty grand a year, retirement participation actually
dropped from fifty eight percent down to fifty three percent
in twenty twenty four, and workers that were making between
(15:14):
fifteen one hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year they
also saw their participation numbers drop, although those over one
fifty work contributing more. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
I just think of looking at that four oh one
k and seeing a number that ten years ago you
would feel pretty good. Not necessarily, you know. I mean
the worry of just having a fixed income is that alone.
I can think that that can add some stress. But
just now, with the cost of everything, you see that
number and it's it's now, Yeah, that ain't going to
cut it. I'm sure that's I'm sure that's the thought
(15:44):
a lot of people have.
Speaker 4 (15:46):
Well, right, wait, how much do I get from Social Security?
What's this all going to be? And how much is
it going to cost for me to live the way
I want to live, and a lot more Americans are
just saying I'm just going to work until I drop,
and that's really the only way forward. And look there,
you know, there are paths to make things a bit
more comfortable in those later years, but it requires some
(16:07):
strict discipline.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
Today, I'm fascinated by creative things that people do, and
I think we're going to see rory people find creative
ways moving forward to just try to make it a
little bit more easy to get to that point of retirement.
Because it's clear the way in which our parents spent
a lot of time preparing. It's just a different world now.
Speaker 4 (16:28):
Well, especially as we hope our life, our lifespan gets extended,
that we live longer, right because you know, we live
longer now than we did one hundred years ago, and
that also means it's going to be we need to
squirrel away more money because of that. So it's a
you know, maybe people are working later into their lives,
(16:50):
more frequently into their seventies, especially as you can work
remotely and maybe just a few hours here and there
to keep some revenue coming in. But yeah, there are
some pretty harsh realities when you look at these numbers
and what we all should be saving in order to
have that comfortable retirement.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
Roory o'nils our guest joining US serial News Radio eight
forty whas Rory is the United States quietly working behind
the scenes here to plan the end of a war
in Ukraine. It sounds like there's an organization that says, yes,
there's a secret plan going on here. What can you
tell us?
Speaker 4 (17:20):
Well, right, there have been back stage negotiations, I guess
we'll say secret talks trying to bring an end to
this conflict. There's a big meeting in Kiev happening today.
We've got a Pentagon delegation who's over there. And the
idea is that Ukraine would have to give up a
lot of the territory now occupied by Russia. And if
they do that in exchange for security guarantees from the US,
(17:43):
essentially you give up all this land and then if
Russia does anything again, the US and Europe will come
to your defense. And that's essentially what's happening. Although look,
Ukraine does not want to give up land. They're saying, look,
we're the victim here, why should we give up land
this country? Russia came in and invaded a sovereign nation,
Why are you rewarding them by giving them property. So
(18:06):
that's the debate that President Zelenski is having in his
head right now. And let's see how this goes moving forward,
if there's some sort of a breakthrough here, because more
than three years of this, it's starting to obviously take
its toll, and it's straining relationships and whether or not
there's long term support for Ukraine from Europe and America.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Rory is always appreciate the time, Enjoy the conversation. Enjoy
the rest of your day, my friend. We'll talk tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (18:33):
Talk to you that Nick. Thanks.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Rory O'Neil, NBC News. Always appreciate his time, Always enjoy
the conversation. I got to ask him tomorrow. We didn't
have time to do it today. I got to get
Rory's thoughts on is he like some of you that
just judge those who decide to put the Christmas tree
up before Thanksgiving? Because I've made it clear this week
I'm taking a stand. I'm no longer going to be
shamed as if I'm disrespecting the great holiday that is Thanksgiving.
(18:57):
You can absolutely celebrate Thanksgiving with a Christmas tree up
and it's not. I mean, I'm thankful that I'm able
to put the tree up right. Anyways, we'll move on traving.
Weather updates on the way another rainy day, gloomy day expected,
so be prepared. Also a sports updates on the way
with Scott Fitzgerald right here at news Radio eight forty
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