12.29: No Man's Land - Hour 2

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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wrapping up the twenty twenty five years. I've seen this week,
the last week of the year, the days of course
between Christmas and New Year's. I've heard it just and
seen it described in different ways. The dead week commons
sort of, I guess in business and in academia. As
far as school, what most people are on Christmas break anyway,

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when it comes to school. The Bermuda triangle of time.
That's a new one. I'm not sure. I've heard that
this is popular in the UK, but I don't like it.
Twix Miss, you heard that, twis Miss. I've not heard that,
but I think I like it. It's you know, it's
in bewixt Christmas, in New Year's and then No Man's Land.

Speaker 2 (01:01):
I like that. That's a good one too. That's where
I'm at with this look.

Speaker 1 (01:05):
I think it's it's an easy excuse for us to use. Well, hey,
what are you gonna do. There's just a few days left,
it's not a full week. Let's just I mean, timing
makes it to where you can easily say, well, I'm
just gonna wait till the new year because it's just
a few days away. But like, if you really wanted
to be productive, there's nothing I guess stopping you now.
I guess if your business what you do as far
as your job, sometimes you can't control that individually. But yeah,

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productivity seems to fall off. Employee productivity drops thirty to
fifty percent during this week. You know, people are logging in,
but are they really working meetings. I doubt there's nearly
as many scheduled as you see during a typical week,
and maybe some emails sent here and there to make
it look as if you're still working. But you know,

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maybe it's just a ployee to make it look like
you're working because you know you're not. I bet there'll
be many offices around the country today, specifically referring to
those that are there. We got a skeleton crew have
you heard that right, because yeah, because a lot of
you know, we've got that here, Matt. People taken the

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the last few days of the year off to really
have a nice long holiday break. And look, if if
that's you, then good for you. But this is something
that I hadn't thought about, but it makes total sense
forgetting really what day of the week it is during
these two weeks of the holidays. So there's a new
study that's a survey, i should say, from Talker that

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finds Americans forget what day it is an average of
four point seven times between Christmas and New Year's Day.
And it gets better or worse depending on how organized
you think you are. Forty percent of people say they
question what day it is six or more times during
the one week this weird week, of course, and then
the confusion apparently comes from being totally out of routine
and leading hard into relaxation mode. I don't think I've

(02:55):
forgotten at any point what day it is. Maybe just
in the moment you have to remind yourself. But I mean,
I don't know if there's many days where I like,
maybe when I get up in the morning, when I'm
you know, just kind of coming to life. That's where
I could see myself kind of Okay, wait a second,
what day is it? But usually I think we all
operate knowing.

Speaker 2 (03:13):
What day of the week it is.

Speaker 1 (03:14):
But I totally can relate to the relaxation mode and
being out of routine because I've enjoyed my time off
more than i have in a long time, because this
is the first time I can think of where I've
used a lot of my vacation time in the last
month of the year. I mean, when we get at

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it next week, it'll be my first full week probably
in like a month, maybe not that long. But the
last few weeks specifically, I've been out, not only because
of holidays that we get off of work, but also
just using some of my days, and it's been nice.
But man, I feel like I've never been It's never
been more of a reminder for me in these last
few weeks that I'm somebody that relies on a structured,

(03:58):
consistent routine, because if I don't have that after a while,
I just feel like I'm all over the place and
I'm in no man's land, you know.

Speaker 3 (04:06):
Last night for me too, Nick, it was something that
people call it the Sunday scaries. Right, It was a
pretty typical thing, but because we're coming off of the
Christmas holidays, you had that extra two or three days
off whatever might have been for you. There was an
extra a little bit of anxiety of coming. Not that again,
we talk about this all the time. We love what
we do, but also because we get up so early,

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the expectation that we put on ourselves to go to
bed at a good time, get a decent amount of rest,
that's already hard enough to do, and then when you're
coming off the holidays, it just makes it that much
more harder. And on top of that, I want to
throw this out there. It was so hot in our
house last night because we don't we didn't have the
air on, trying to sleep in you know, idea temperatures.

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I wanted to turn the air on so bad, but
I reluctantly refuse.

Speaker 1 (04:51):
You probably would have regred it this morning because it's,
oh my god, that's something.

Speaker 3 (04:54):
I was like, Man, it's going to drop fifty degrees
in the next several hours. So again, that was also
no man's land. So we were just kind of in
a big old cluster situation this past twenty four hours.

Speaker 1 (05:02):
I think if you're somebody that does deal with the
Sunday scaries, I think next Sunday, I guess this upcovering.

Speaker 2 (05:09):
Yeah, yeah, when reality comes back.

Speaker 1 (05:10):
Yeah, because that's where for a lot of folks, it'll
be the first full week in quite some time. And
who knows, maybe I doubt at that point you're still
recovering from New Year's but who knows, maybe you are.
But no, the like last night, I this for the
first time in a long time where I actually took
a half of a sleeping pill just because I felt
like I wasn't going to be as tired as I
typically am because obviously, you know, I was able to

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sleep in a little more than I usually do over
the last five days.

Speaker 2 (05:36):
But yeah, that that.

Speaker 1 (05:38):
Alarm clock going off this morning at three am, wasn't
thrilled to see it. But again, getting up and getting
a routine started, that's where I feel like I'm I'm
most comfortable. We'll talk a little more about the holidays
week holidays, Daz, because that's sort of what it feels
like again. I think you could you could pick whatever
you want as far as what makes sense for you,

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But for me, it is no man's land. But Hey,
we're making it work this morning. We'll continue to do
exactly that. We'll get you caught up on the roadway.
See how we're doing with traffic this morning. Also, the forecast,
we got a thirty degree difference right now than what
we had yesterday at this exact time. So Susan Horgan
of WLK why will tell us what we're looking at
the rest of the day here, So stick around. We'll
talk more about the biggest stories of the year here

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in Louisville. Some of them are pretty obvious, some others
you might have just briefly forgot about. So stick around
for all that and more right here at news Radio
eight forty whas.

Speaker 2 (06:30):
It is six eighteen.

Speaker 1 (06:31):
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dot com. So, as we put a bow on twenty
twenty five and we look back at the biggest stories
of the year, I do think the biggest story is

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the ups plane crash. I'm not sure that there's one
that will be remember quite like any other story in
twenty twenty five. And of course it was a national story,
really a global story when you consider what took place,
and I've seen some news outlets here locally ranks. I
don't really know how you rank a story. I mean,
I guess I just did it with that, but it's

(07:16):
a pretty obvious one when it comes to just the
magnitude of what the ups plane crash was. But I
think if you are ranking this is probably top ten, right,
maybe even top five. Again, I don't know how people
are ranking it. But the Crystal Rogers murder case, that
was a huge, huge story here in Kentucky. Guilty verdicts
that came in after a decade long mystery, so it

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was nearly ten years after she vanished that there was
finally some closure for the family. When it comes to
the convictions and the ex boyfriend, of course, brook Brooks
how convicted of murder, sentenced to life in prison. Trial
lasted a total of ten days. And when I think
back to that story, it's just a reminder of of

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really how we consume true crime content. This day and
age what this story was nationally. I mean, it interested
people from all over just because of the nature of
what it is. It's a murder mystery type situation. And
with us, it's just right here in our backyard, right
just south of us, down in Barchetown to where it's

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been a known thing for quite a while. But I
will say just the coverage of the trial reminded me
of how big this thing was nationally. Every single network
that does true crime type of content, TV shows, whatever
it may be, docuseries, they all covered it in one
way or another.

Speaker 2 (08:38):
And yeah, that was a huge story.

Speaker 1 (08:41):
I can't think of the last time there was a trial,
a case in the state that commanded that kind of
attention at a national level. And I think I'll also
look back to just seeing the city of Bargetown right
after the verdict came in and that being I guess
really a I guess a moment of closure for the

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for the community as well. Obviously it's the family that
most are thinking of, right them getting justice and seeing
those responsible for murdering their family member, their friend, their daughter.
I mean, that's that's where the real victory is when
it comes to closure. But also you know, Barchtown is
one of the most beautiful cities in America. I mean
it has been. It has been tabbed as one of

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the most beautiful small towns in the country numerous times
over the years, and it's awesome. But unfortunately, there are
a lot of people that when they think of Barchtown
and they're not from here, they don't know anything about Kentucky.
If they know of it, they may know Bourbon and
they may know, oh, yeah, that's where the Crystal Rogers
situation took place. And oh, by the way, some weird
stuff going on there with Officer Jason Ellis and of

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course her father being murdered too. So you never want
to be known for that kind of stuff at all.
But that's at least I think, you know, having the
the case wrap up, meaning that one that could lead
to where maybe now people can get back to just
seeing the place for how awesome it is and not
instantly think of an awful situation that happened. I mean, again,
you can't control it if you live there. It's just

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it's part of life. But and I say that also
just now realizing that who knows, maybe this thing isn't
over because as we know there could be some more
indictments coming from those involved in the Crystal Rogers case, right,
maybe even the mother and brother of Brooks House. That
wouldn't shock anybody, right if that became something you see

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in the news wire at any moment really, And then
of course Officer Jason Ellis and Krystal Rogers's father, who
those are also two unsolved murder cases. But yeah, that
was a big story, no doubt. We'll talk more about
other big news items that of course came down the
wire here in twenty twenty five, and some of course
are still still out there, like the JCPS mess. All right,

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stick around traffic and weather updates or next we've got
a sports a date coming up as well, right here
at news Radio eight forty whas. Thank you very much,
John Shannon, six thirty five here on a Monday morning,
as we are wrapping up the twenty twenty five year.
What are some other ways we can describe.

Speaker 2 (11:05):
The end?

Speaker 1 (11:06):
Putting the finishing touches, I say that a lot putting
a bow on it? Is that count, John Alden?

Speaker 3 (11:11):
I think you fixed that also fits kind of the
Christmas spirit too, from these last couple of weeks.

Speaker 1 (11:15):
Yeah, so if you could think of some others, I'm
all ears. Yeah, there's a lot of different ways to
describe it. But just a few days left here before
we turned the page and hit twenty twenty six. And
there are some people in this state that have a
lot more money to their name at the end of
this year due to winning the lottery. So the powerball,
the one point eight billion dollar winner that was in

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Little Rock, Arkansas. It was the lone jackpot winning ticket.
It was sold at a gas station just outside a
Little Rock. That was, of course, I believe, on Christmas Day,
and there were a handful of tickets that were sold
that were winners here in Kentucky. Now again they didn't
win one point eight billion, but they won some money.
Two fifty thousand dollars winning tickets were sold here in Kentucky.

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Five Star on Commerce Drive and Scottsville, Kentucky had one,
and then a Volero on Main Street in Hartford, Kentucky.
So a one hundred thousand dollars winning ticket was sold online.
So congrats to those that win. And again I put
this rule in effect as soon as that took over
in this position in June. If you are somebody that
finds out. These people already know. But if you ever

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find out that you won, because I'm reminding you to
check your tickets while you're listening, then that means you
have to share ten percent? Was it ten percent, John,
that we put in the rules that ever we can
make it fifteen? Yeah, I think yeah, this year it's ten,
we go to fifteen and twenty twenty six.

Speaker 3 (12:39):
Okay, that's fair.

Speaker 1 (12:40):
Everybody agreed to it. It's it's just a rule. But again,
during the jackpot run here twenty one big winning tickets
overall in Kentucky. Total payout in the state during that
stretch four point five million. So yeah, congrats to those
here in the Blue gri. I mean ingrats to everybody.
Good for you. If you are a lottery winner and

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you're winning money, you won't win unless you play. And uh,
I don't play, but my wife does, and I help
her pick numbers because she hands the phone to each
of us, Hey, pick your numbers, and it is it's
it's it's really a waste, probably, but hey, the one
thing that keeps me at least intrigued enough to support
her playing and pick numbers myself is knowing that, hey,

(13:22):
if I'm ever gonna win. There's no way that would
happen unless I actually play. You're not a lottery guy, right, John.

Speaker 3 (13:28):
No, I have played it a couple of times whenever
seemed like it.

Speaker 1 (13:31):
And I mean that in a good way, not that
I'm king those to do, but yeah, it just doesn't
seem like to me.

Speaker 3 (13:35):
I mean I only say every like somebody's got to win, right,
But at the same time, the odds are so incredibly
not in your favor. At least, say it's more likely
that you get struck by lightning. It's one of those things.
If you were to win the lottery, you might think, well,
maybe I will get struck by lightning. Is my luck
just that ridiculous? So who knows?

Speaker 1 (13:53):
Yeah, I can't imagine the feeling in that moment when
you realize you want, especially if it's an insane amount
of money, It's got to be a feeling of disbelief.

Speaker 2 (14:02):
Pinch me.

Speaker 1 (14:03):
This can't be real, because I mean you can say
that you know, Hey, it's gonna be my Like my wife,
she's adorable. When she's picking number, she's already planning how
she's gonna spend the winnings. Who she's going to donate
money to who all she's gonna buy stuff for and uh,
you know, I let her live in that world and
maybe one day she'll be right. But no matter how
much you play, regardless if you play every day, or

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maybe you play every day and you buy a bunch
of tickets every day, there's going to be a level
of insane shock and disbelief if, of course you are
the winner, because of let's just look at the numbers,
how hard it is to win. So I'm sure I'll
never experienced that feeling, but I imagine it is pretty awesome.

Speaker 3 (14:42):
And here here's something scary to think about too, though.
Sometimes people who have that much amount of money. I
get why people stay anonymous sometimes when they win this.
I mean, some people try to try to come after
you or even kill you if you if you have
that amount of money on your in your.

Speaker 2 (14:55):
Pocket, no doubt.

Speaker 1 (14:56):
And you know, I used to ask this question all
the time. You know, why would anybody donate an insane
amount of money anonymously and not feel like they should
put their name on it. People should know they're doing
something that is great, and man, it speaks to just
the true root of someone's character. When it comes to generosity.

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If they're willing to donate maybe some life changing money
to something or to a cause, and they don't want
anybody to know they did it. First of all, that
is awesome for people to do. But one of the
big reasons, the obvious ones, is if you're able to
just donate that kind of money, that means you have
that kind of money, and that could make you a
target for people. So yeah, I mean winning that the
person who won the what eighteen was at one point

(15:37):
eight billion in Arkansas, I mean, good luck staying private
this day and age. But I could certainly see why
you would want to. All right, So if you were
thrown away trash, more so in the last week and
of course right now into the end of the year,
you're not alone because rumky, they say Americans throw away
about twenty five percent more trash during these holiday weeks,

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and they're a mind us what you can and can't
throw away, which I think some of these things you
can and can't throw away might surprise you. We'll get
to that in a lot more, including some other big
stories of twenty twenty five. Just a few days left,
and certainly a lot of big stories here locally in
Louisville in the last year. So we'll continue to recap

(16:19):
and I look ahead to twenty twenty six. Right here
it was Radio eight forty whas I know whenever the
trash came to pick up, and I guess it was
Friday of Yeah, it was Friday of this past week.
It was needed in a major way with all the
Christmas boxes and all that kind of stuff. And once

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again we've already found ourselves in need once again for
another pickup. But that's just what happens during the holiday
season and not a surprise to see twenty five percent
more trash is thrown away from Americans during the holiday season.
But here's some things that you cannot throw away that
may surprise you. Christmas lights, ornaments, Christmas trees, real or

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artificial lithium ion batteries. This makes no sense, ribbons and
bows what I don't Yeah, I don't see.

Speaker 3 (17:11):
I'm pretty sure I've thrown away Christmas lights too.

Speaker 1 (17:13):
By the way, if you have some of this in
your trash bag, like, how are they gonna know?

Speaker 3 (17:17):
Yeah, exactly, You're not going to go and search.

Speaker 1 (17:19):
Yeah, so again, use your own judgment, I would suppose,
But When I think of what you can and can't
throw away, I think of things that wouldn't fit inside
a bag. It's something that you would leave outside next
to the trash. And then of course something that would
be noticeably in the trash bin that you know would

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would not be able to put in a bag, you know,
like a like a prop a little like a little
propane thing for your grill. Like I would imagine that's
something that you know you can't. I mean, I'm not
sure if you can or can't throw that one away specifically,
but just something like that that may not be in
a bag, but I don't. I feel like there's new
rules of what you can't throw away every year, and

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I've not been impacted by it in like a big way.
But I mean I feel like I used to be
able to, Like I've had a beat up piece of
crap car, I feel like I can just leave it
at the end of the driveway years ago and they'd
come and take it. Now you have to make arrangements
for certain things. In fact, that's that's where we did
have to. You know, we had a bunch of older
carpet that we had from both one carpet that was

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that was flooded, and they didn't take all of it
when they replaced it. Whenever our basement flooded years back,
and then we had a bunch of some leftover carpet
scrap essentially, and we had to make arrangements for them
to come and pick it up at a different time,
and then they didn't come the day they were supposed to,
two days in a row, so then we just looked
like those neighbors that just had, you know, trash sitting
at the end of our driveway, not in a bin.

(18:46):
But I feel like they've gotten more strict with that.
Have you noticed that at all.

Speaker 3 (18:49):
I haven't noticed that specifically. But one thing that you
made me think of as you were talking about all
this is that there are people. There's a lot more people,
and I think you realize if you put old and
use things that you're trying to, you know, use his
trash out at the side of the road, they'll come
and use it as scrap. There's a lot of people.
If you use something out for a day, or maybe
not even a day, sometimes people will come by in

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less than a couple of hours and snatch up whatever
you've left up at the end of the driveway for
whatever use they want out of it.

Speaker 2 (19:16):
So that did.

Speaker 1 (19:18):
I haven't noticed that as much in my neighborhood where
I'm at now, but where I used to live, there
was somebody. There was a lot more houses, I believe
where I was previously, and there was a truck that
like every every other day.

Speaker 2 (19:31):
You'd see him.

Speaker 1 (19:32):
And if it's at the end of the driveway, I mean,
I guess he knows his rights to where he I mean,
technically people can take that. That's not stealing, but it
was a truck that just had junk all in the
back of it, and I mean I would just think
to myself, like is that a hobby or is that?
Is that a financial thing to where this person's able
to make a living doing that.

Speaker 3 (19:52):
We've got a house in our neighborhood that we I
guess this is affectionately known as the scrapper house, and
they'll they'll go around and take stuff and you know,
like you said, make a living out of selling or
repurposing that stuff.

Speaker 2 (20:05):
And I couldn't do that sort of thing.

Speaker 1 (20:08):
But I wouldn't want to go through anybody's trash. That's
one thing of it's just sitting out and I guess
that's technically what somebody they're not literally running through your
trash can. But I mean I see stuff all the
time that's left and look, I guess now that there
have been some changes as far as what you are
and are not.

Speaker 2 (20:23):
Allowed to throw away.

Speaker 1 (20:25):
I guess this guy, who whoever it is, that's out
there grabbing stuff at the end of people's driveways, they're
benefiting from it, right because they'll grab it right. They're
not worried about any any specific rules. But yeah, the
guy that would come around my old neighborhood, it's almost
as if I don't think he was looking for confrontation,
but I think he oftentimes expected it cause he didn't
want to do it and act like he was hiding.

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Then it would look like he was just, you know,
a thief, a porch powate or something like that. But
he was always willing to let people know that if
you've left it out there, he can take it. And
maybe he alled to me.

Speaker 2 (20:56):
I don't know.

Speaker 1 (20:56):
I just took him at his word, and honestly, sometimes
I was happy if he was taking something that I
was worried. Maybe uh, you know, waste management rum key,
maybe who you know, maybe one of.

Speaker 2 (21:04):
Those wouldn't wouldn't pick up.

Speaker 1 (21:05):
But yeah, when it comes to when it comes to
trash placed out for collection, it's considered abandoned property in Kentucky.

Speaker 2 (21:16):
So if it's out.

Speaker 1 (21:16):
There, you've abandoned it in the in the eyes of
the law, and people can grab it if they want.
All right, let's get to a quick time out Trafvick
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