March 27, 2020 • 6 mins
Seemingly the biggest certainty about the Corona Virus is the uncertainty it gives all of us. Tom discusses why that means it’s most important to cherish every moment we have.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I heard radio presents Tom Broke off now here, this
where to begin? And you know what I'm talking about.
Coronavirus that praise none of us had ever heard of,
not that many days ago. But it is an international
threat to all things living, and that includes those of
us who live in western civilization, who live in the
(00:23):
most remote parts of the world. Wherever there is a
sign of life, coronavirus is a part of that life,
and it can be the most dangerous threat that I've
known in my lifetime to the continuation of life. It
resembles a Christmas stocking. As we keep seeing. It's already
chilled more than a thousand people in the United States alone.
(00:45):
There's no end in sight. The best scientists in the
world say, we have no idea about how and when
this might end. In China and Korea, the crowded countries
of Southeast Asia, India, also in South America, they're already
having a devastating experience with this because they can't find
(01:07):
a way to shut it down. It's already devastating not
just for the pourer who live in the favelas of Argentina,
but also the richest, the richest people, and only land
and controlling the banks. There's no way of determining how
this is going to end and win the United States,
despite presidential assurances that we will get this under control,
(01:32):
probably by the fourth of July or by Easter. Who
believes that even the President let's have some trouble when
he hears those words coming out of his mouth. None
of the great experts in this world believe that it
can come to an end that swiftly. We don't even
know for sure what all the sources of it are.
(01:55):
The economy is being hit hard. Even now. Those in
the car business can they could bet I'm most likely
to happen next In the farm country, where they were
already having trouble with the uncertainty of farm markets in
China and other places, they're beginning to wonder about how
this turns out for them. In Florida, there's a kind
(02:15):
of a war going on between the young and the old.
The young thinking I'm bulletproof, I came to afford to
have a good time. That's what I'm gonna do, and
the old thinking they're playing with what few days I
have left? What are they thinking? The older are the
most susceptible, of course, because their systems aren't not as
(02:37):
robust as they once were. Almost anything that they get
involved with can turn into something that is not only dangerous,
but it can be fatal. There is this war, as
I say, between the young and the old going on
in the Southern States. The retirement years are supposed to
be a time of great relaxation and enjoyment for the
(03:00):
kind of life that we worked hard to earn. But
now we don't know how that will come to an end.
Is there a code that coronavirus sends out into that
world and says time now to go get them folks?
We have no idea. I live in a village really
(03:20):
in Florida. I'm not going to tell you the name
of it, but it is a village of a lot
of older people, and they're playing by the rules. Most
of them are my age route I am eighty there
in the sixties and a little bit older than that,
but they're playing by the rules. At the same time,
I watch their kids come to the leeches which have
(03:44):
been blocked off, and ignore the signs and go on
and say, in effect of the world, hell with you,
this is my time. I'm gonna do what I want
to that is nothing less than a suicide pact with
Mother Nature. Out every small cough that any of us
will have is that it is that father time bearing
(04:05):
down on us. What about retirement plans. I had just
been talking with two of my granddaughters who live in
Europe now, about planning for some retirement trips together two
other granddaughters graduating from college. We're talking about their new adventures.
But how much will coronavirus interfere, not just interfere with that,
(04:28):
but shut it down. We don't know. At the same time,
my generation is the luckiest in the world because we
caused a good wave. We have good retirement programs. By
and large. We came to places like Florida to enjoy
these closing days of our life because we thought we
learned it. Now we have to rearrange those retirement plans.
(04:51):
We have to think more about what we're gonna do
in the future, not just for us, but for society.
For the people who wants to have their closing days.
To me, is rewarding for those who follows, it has
been for them. I have a friend who just lost
her dad, and she said the most striking thing was
she went to see him and she looked at him
(05:12):
and thought, God, he's had such a great long life,
how rewarding. And he looked back at her and he said, Chrissie,
just be aware of this. Time flies. It's already running
by me. So our perception of what is the life
changes with every generation. Time does fly. It is time
(05:34):
for us to think about what we want to do
with the closing days of our life. And for me,
I hope that it will not come down to some
kind of a retirement community in a dusty part of
the Southwest where I sit around with people and play
shuffle board. I can't emphasize this enough. We have to
treasure the moments that we still have left. We have
(05:56):
to say to each other what we may not come
out this. On the other hand, we're smart people. We
ought to be able to rearrange our lives in the
closing years so that we can not only enjoy the
time that we have with but we can make it
rewarding for the people who follow us. Now is the
time to look at each other and say that it's
(06:18):
been great. Let's let it go on for a while.
We still have miles to go before we sleep. I'm
back to my most trustworthy phrase the UFO, the unforeseen
will occur. I just wish the hell it we knew
a little more about what the e FO is likely
to turn out to be. I'm Tom broke off our
(06:41):
I Heart Radio now hear this
I heard radio presents Tom Broke off now here, this
where to begin? And you know what I'm talking about.
Coronavirus that praise none of us had ever heard of,
not that many days ago. But it is an international
threat to all things living, and that includes those of
us who live in western civilization, who live in the
(00:23):
most remote parts of the world. Wherever there is a
sign of life, coronavirus is a part of that life,
and it can be the most dangerous threat that I've
known in my lifetime to the continuation of life. It
resembles a Christmas stocking. As we keep seeing. It's already
chilled more than a thousand people in the United States alone.
(00:45):
There's no end in sight. The best scientists in the
world say, we have no idea about how and when
this might end. In China and Korea, the crowded countries
of Southeast Asia, India, also in South America, they're already
having a devastating experience with this because they can't find
(01:07):
a way to shut it down. It's already devastating not
just for the pourer who live in the favelas of Argentina,
but also the richest, the richest people, and only land
and controlling the banks. There's no way of determining how
this is going to end and win the United States,
despite presidential assurances that we will get this under control,
(01:32):
probably by the fourth of July or by Easter. Who
believes that even the President let's have some trouble when
he hears those words coming out of his mouth. None
of the great experts in this world believe that it
can come to an end that swiftly. We don't even
know for sure what all the sources of it are.
(01:55):
The economy is being hit hard. Even now. Those in
the car business can they could bet I'm most likely
to happen next In the farm country, where they were
already having trouble with the uncertainty of farm markets in
China and other places, they're beginning to wonder about how
this turns out for them. In Florida, there's a kind
(02:15):
of a war going on between the young and the old.
The young thinking I'm bulletproof, I came to afford to
have a good time. That's what I'm gonna do, and
the old thinking they're playing with what few days I
have left? What are they thinking? The older are the
most susceptible, of course, because their systems aren't not as
(02:37):
robust as they once were. Almost anything that they get
involved with can turn into something that is not only dangerous,
but it can be fatal. There is this war, as
I say, between the young and the old going on
in the Southern States. The retirement years are supposed to
be a time of great relaxation and enjoyment for the
(03:00):
kind of life that we worked hard to earn. But
now we don't know how that will come to an end.
Is there a code that coronavirus sends out into that
world and says time now to go get them folks?
We have no idea. I live in a village really
(03:20):
in Florida. I'm not going to tell you the name
of it, but it is a village of a lot
of older people, and they're playing by the rules. Most
of them are my age route I am eighty there
in the sixties and a little bit older than that,
but they're playing by the rules. At the same time,
I watch their kids come to the leeches which have
(03:44):
been blocked off, and ignore the signs and go on
and say, in effect of the world, hell with you,
this is my time. I'm gonna do what I want
to that is nothing less than a suicide pact with
Mother Nature. Out every small cough that any of us
will have is that it is that father time bearing
(04:05):
down on us. What about retirement plans. I had just
been talking with two of my granddaughters who live in
Europe now, about planning for some retirement trips together two
other granddaughters graduating from college. We're talking about their new adventures.
But how much will coronavirus interfere, not just interfere with that,
(04:28):
but shut it down. We don't know. At the same time,
my generation is the luckiest in the world because we
caused a good wave. We have good retirement programs. By
and large. We came to places like Florida to enjoy
these closing days of our life because we thought we
learned it. Now we have to rearrange those retirement plans.
(04:51):
We have to think more about what we're gonna do
in the future, not just for us, but for society.
For the people who wants to have their closing days.
To me, is rewarding for those who follows, it has
been for them. I have a friend who just lost
her dad, and she said the most striking thing was
she went to see him and she looked at him
(05:12):
and thought, God, he's had such a great long life,
how rewarding. And he looked back at her and he said, Chrissie,
just be aware of this. Time flies. It's already running
by me. So our perception of what is the life
changes with every generation. Time does fly. It is time
(05:34):
for us to think about what we want to do
with the closing days of our life. And for me,
I hope that it will not come down to some
kind of a retirement community in a dusty part of
the Southwest where I sit around with people and play
shuffle board. I can't emphasize this enough. We have to
treasure the moments that we still have left. We have
(05:56):
to say to each other what we may not come
out this. On the other hand, we're smart people. We
ought to be able to rearrange our lives in the
closing years so that we can not only enjoy the
time that we have with but we can make it
rewarding for the people who follow us. Now is the
time to look at each other and say that it's
(06:18):
been great. Let's let it go on for a while.
We still have miles to go before we sleep. I'm
back to my most trustworthy phrase the UFO, the unforeseen
will occur. I just wish the hell it we knew
a little more about what the e FO is likely
to turn out to be. I'm Tom broke off our
(06:41):
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