8.12: Honeymoon Phase - Hour 1

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning Kentucky. Aah, welcome in. It is Kentucky Anda's
Morning News with Coffee and Company here on News Radio
eight forty whas a Tuesday, August the twelfth, and we've
got the full team here once again, myself, Nick Coffee Scuff,
It's Gerald, John Alden and of course John Shannon and
I think fellas this was the closest I've pushed it

(00:20):
as far as arrival time. Were you worried about me,
I would have been worried.

Speaker 2 (00:25):
I gave you a call.

Speaker 1 (00:26):
Yeah that's right. Which it was five o'clock on the
dot when I pulled in and I hadn't heard from
you guys, and I thought, okay, they trust me. And
then by the time I made my way in, I
got the phone call. Because yeah, that was pushing it close.
And good thing is with this you can usually prepare
night before and there's not a ton that you need
you're going to be waking up to, right, So I

(00:47):
did a lot of that. Today's first day of school
for both kids, so I set up some things in
the house to kind of I'm not gonna be able
to be there with them to start school. And it's
my son's first day of kindergarten. So I just set
some stuff up to kind of you know, if they
remember the whole process of getting up, starting the day,
going to school for the first time, there'll be something
maybe they remember of that experience that ties to me

(01:08):
despite me not being there. That makes sense, that's a
great point.

Speaker 3 (01:11):
In fact, I texted my daughter this morning because I'm
on the flip side of that now it's her first
day of school.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
Yes, she's a teacher, and so I tended same with
John's wife exactly.

Speaker 3 (01:20):
So I'm right along the same mindset you are. A
texted my daughter, so she'll get it when she wakes up.
I just tell her, you know, congratulations, we're prior to you.
You're right where you need to be, that kind of thing.
And it's a big day for folks.

Speaker 1 (01:30):
Do you all remember the first day of school when
you were starting rather it be kindergarten, first grade? I mean,
oh yeah, I feel like I do, But I don't know.
There's a lot of memories I have that I start
to as I get older, wondered do I really remember
that or if I created a memory based off of
things I've been told for so many years that's valid.

Speaker 3 (01:53):
I think the thing that sticks out to me is
one the smell of the new pencil case, because we
always had those highlight texts Rubbert pencil cases.

Speaker 1 (02:00):
The smell of your lunchbox to right, smells for some
reasons stick.

Speaker 3 (02:03):
Yeah, and we had we had those metal lunch boxes,
and it would always smell obnoxiously some sort of mixture
of peanut butter and jelly, sandwich and banana by the
time you got to lunch. And I mean, it's just
those little things that come back and the rubber pencil
grips that everybody.

Speaker 1 (02:18):
I tell you what, I didn't really think of this
until you mentioned a smell. I remember at my elementary
school because schools starting it the school is as clean
as it's ever going to be on the first day.
And I remember the smell of the bathrooms always had
just a distinct and strong smell of like some kind
of a cleaner.

Speaker 2 (02:34):
Yeah, And it's just weird.

Speaker 1 (02:34):
How you you you remember those those little things. I
think for me, what stand and this might have been,
this might have been, this might have been first grade,
not kindergarten. But I do remember being scared to death
to know at the time, all right, Mom's leaving me here. Yeah,
and I'm with a lot of people that I don't
really know. I was really shock hit any me. Yeah,

(02:56):
and I just it was sort of a helplessness feeling, right, John,
I mean you were just help.

Speaker 2 (03:00):
I think I fired my first day of kindergarten, if
I remember right.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
I think I was more so scared to cry to
where I was just you know, I think you know,
I was sitting Indian style, you know, lex crossed them
and just kind of like, you know, looking around, like,
oh my gosh, I can't believe I'm all alone by myself,
my mama has left me. And then I don't remember
what it was, but something distracted me, and then I
was kind of good to go. But my son he
starts to get in kindergarten today, and I don't know,

(03:24):
I know for sure, I wasn't as excited as he is.
I mean, he's he would even go to sleep last night.
You think you think today was Christmas? With this guy?
I love it. And he'll learn soon that, you know,
I got to go every day. Something I gotta do
every single day, and then he'll probably get tired of it.
But he's excited and always.

Speaker 3 (03:41):
Was that honeymoon phase. I think back to school, they
were just excited and then all of a sudden, about
second third week, you're like.

Speaker 1 (03:47):
Okay, this And I think if I try, and I
do this often, I try to find things that I
was able to benefit from without knowing that I benefited
at the time, and now to know that that's not
a thing anymore makes me appreciate it. Whenever I was
really young, of course, but even whenever I was in
middle school to early high school, we didn't have the
digital platforms to keep up with people. I was excited

(04:09):
to see people I hadn't seen all summer. And now
that's just really hard to imagine you don't see any
of your classmates. I mean, maybe it is just depending
upon your lifestyle and what you do, but I remember this,
and I think it's I mean, I think it's still
this way today with teachers. That I know that even
teachers get sort of that honeymoon phase when they get
back to school. They're getting their classroom ready, they're they're
getting prepped to kind of see what students they have,

(04:31):
and that is a reminder that that at the end
of the day, and it's pretty obvious this day and age.
The people who get into education, it's part of its
labor of love. They do, they get something out of
what they do. And man, as I've said many times,
we need more people to do that. So shout out
to your daughter and of course John's wife, because again
we need folks that want to dedicate themselves to having

(04:54):
a career that really matters. And man, it's never mattered
more than now, it seems.

Speaker 3 (04:57):
Amen, brother, Amen, And that's they do it because my
are struggling all the time. She's either asking us for
money or helping out when she has to, only when
she has to. But I see the struggles and the
struggles are real for teachers, that's fact.

Speaker 1 (05:08):
No doubt about it. So happy back to school day.
If you're in Bullet County, that's where that's where my
family is, also where John's wife is teaching. And of
course I know JCPS is early in so the early
stage of school coming back is still in play, and
hopefully it's going smooth for everybody. All Right, it is
five eleven here at Kentucky and His Morning News Coffee
and company right here on news radio eight forty WHS.

(05:29):
Let's get an update on traffic and weather. Right here,
right now again on News Radio eight forty whas it
is five point sixteen here at Kentucky ed his morning
news with Coffee and Company on News Radio eight forty
whas Nick Coffee with you, the company man John All
on the alongside, And we've had some big news that I
think was in the works for a few years now,
and that is the big announcement yesterday with the electric vehicles.

(05:52):
That's a two billion dollar bet on Louisville's electric vehicle
future that Ford has made. And Ford, of course has
been a big lawyer in this city for quite some time.
I've mentioned this before, but growing up in the Bullett
County area, there were a lot of kids I grew
up with that their families moved to Louisville at some

(06:13):
point or in the Louisville area. And of course at
the time I was growing up, there were a lot
of people moving to that area and they were moving here,
relocating sometimes from far away because their parents, sometimes both
or maybe just one got a job at Ford. So
Ford has been good to Louisville over the years, There's
no doubt about that. And this is take away and

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again the big reason it's a story here locally is
because of the obvious impact it's going to have on
this city, especially when it comes to jobs. But this
is big for Ford in general, just because it's what
they're calling their biggest change since the Model T and
they're going to be introducing a universal electric vehicle system
and platform that'll be right here in Louisville. It's a

(06:57):
mid size, self sustaining electric pickup and it'll be rolling
out there in twenty twenty seven. So this to me
just still seems I don't know. To me, it still
seems not like and I wouldn't. I'm not the person
who would know if we should be, you know, trusting
the future here with with electric vehicles. I mean, if

(07:18):
you have confidence, I get it. If you have skepticism,
I get it. I'm just saying to me, it just
the thought of buying a vehicle, rather it be a
brand new vehicle or a used vehicle. I just electric
vehicle just does not come to mind for me. And
I don't know if I'm in the minority or I
think I am, But clearly, over the years, electric vehicles

(07:41):
become more and more popular, But to see four deciding
to roll one out, it just tells us that this
is the future, so designed for speed and affordability and
parts parts are reduced by twenty percent, assembly up to
forty percent faster than what they've typically done over the years,
and really just a huge cost cod for buyers, as
these new vehicles will start at thirty thousand dollars, so

(08:04):
again it's a two billion dollar investment and it's going
to secure twenty two hundred full time jobs. So certainly
a big deal here for this city. John, are you
interested in electric vehicles? You've trusted that old, trustworthy Toyota
City Camra, right, Yeah, it's.

Speaker 2 (08:21):
Only a couple of years away from being classic, which
means I wanted to pay taxes on it anymore?

Speaker 1 (08:26):
Is it really?

Speaker 2 (08:26):
That's right? Yeah, once it's twenty five years old, isn't
that wild?

Speaker 1 (08:30):
It's awesome and it's so you because you're such an
old soul. Right.

Speaker 2 (08:34):
I nearly got rid of it over the summer too,
but in order to try to save some money now
with the new baby, I was like, you know what
this thing's doing, fine, we can get a few more
years out of it.

Speaker 1 (08:42):
Well, you get to a certain point in the life
of the of that car to where you want to
see how long it can go, right, Yeah, I mean
I haven't had that happen just yet. In fact, I
did with some vehicle that I have now is paid off,
and that alone makes me content and just not doing

(09:03):
anything until I have to. However, you know, these kind
of decisions oftentimes are made by my wife more so
than me as far as what we do when it
comes to vehicles. But yeah, that camera And by the way,
I don't know a ton about cars. I'm not a
big car guy. But what year is that?

Speaker 2 (09:20):
Two thousand and two?

Speaker 1 (09:21):
I would never believe that to me.

Speaker 2 (09:23):
I don't know. I don't know.

Speaker 1 (09:23):
If it's just that body style of a Toyota Camry.

Speaker 2 (09:26):
Well, there's so many of them still out on the
roads of it.

Speaker 1 (09:28):
Yes, yeah, it's because just I guess the longevity of
those of those vehicles. But uh yeah, I mean you
got to keep it now. I mean, I want to
see you with that classic uh as the license play
right where? Because that visual would really throw me off.
And I'll tell you what it would make me feel.

Speaker 2 (09:45):
Damn old if the longest person one of those things.

Speaker 1 (09:48):
Absolutely like that could be like a like that could
be like a national story now was it your first
car or sex second car? So what I thought, what
was your first car?

Speaker 2 (09:55):
In a Suzu Rodeo that they nearly blew up on me?

Speaker 1 (09:59):
Those are those? Are? You don't see many of those around?

Speaker 2 (10:01):
I don't think.

Speaker 1 (10:02):
Yeah. So again, a big news yesterday here in Louisville,
and it led to Andy Basher's showing up and of
course talking about how big it is for this city
and of course the state Pat Kelsey was on hand
there and talked about how big big the news is
for the city of Louisville. Good to see him out
and shaking hands and just and talking with a lot
of Louisville fans that of course work it for it.
And speaking of Andy b. Sheheer yesterday Terry Miners had

(10:27):
a good conversation with a guest that will play some
of that sound because when it comes to the issue
we have here with violence in Louisville that involves whether
it be victim or perpetrator, being a child, the juvenile,
there's something that clearly needs someone's got to give and
their discussion. I kind of want to pick up where

(10:48):
they left off yesterday, so we'll do that as we
roll along here. It is Kentucky and this morning News
with Coffee and Company on news Radio eight forty whas.
Thank you very much, mister Shannon. It is Kentucky Morning
News with Coffee and Company here on news Radio eight
forty whas, Nick, Coffee with you. And yesterday a big,
big topic of conversation not only on this show, but

(11:09):
I'm sure throughout the day here at news Radio eight
forty whas was the situation from Friday where a man
who was sentenced to fourteen years in prison after again
proving he's consistent he's a violent criminal, he was let
out on shot probation and continue to be a violent criminal.
We don't need to get into the details. I think
everybody knows just about the horrific situation as armand Langford was.

(11:34):
Home invasion and kidnapping, stabbing, bank robbery. Quite the day
for him, and of course it's left a family I'm
sure with an experience that they'll never get over or
I should say they'll never forget. That's for certain. As
far as getting over it, I hope that they do.
But just an awful thing, and for me is what

(11:54):
I hit on a lot was just it was avoidable.
This was someone that didn't need to be available to
do the kind of crimes. He should have been in
prison where he was sentenced to fourteen years. So yesterday
Terry Miners had a guest on and I thought, for
the most part that Anthony Pageantini was was pretty spot

(12:15):
on when it comes to just the issue with with
juvenile crime. And we'll get into a little bit of
it later on because I've got some sound I want
to share with you guys. But there needs to be
a juvenile detention center, and it needs to be I
mean that to me, that that is the best option

(12:38):
as far as just if these if these children are
going to continue to be in the streets and committing
violent crime, living a lifestyle that some of them are living,
including when you have the first day of school last Thursday,
a kid shows up and fires off a bunch of shots.
I mean these that that's just that that's happening. And

(12:58):
clearly there are many reasons as to why this is happening, because,
as I think a lot of people agree, it starts
at home. I mean these whoever's respond actually those who
are supposed to be responsible for these children clearly are
not and they're not doing their part. And even if
you're a great parent and you can't control your kid
who's a violent criminal that is wrecking havoc on the city,

(13:23):
they need to be in jail despite being children, if
they can't be controlled by parents or parents are non
existent and they are somehow ending up I guess, kind
of under the wing of gang members and being you know,
given a purpose by doing some work and you know,
living that lifestyle. And I mean it's like these gangs

(13:46):
are probably getting some free labor from these kids who
nobody else is watching over, and yet they're they're falling
in line and wanting to be like gang members. Maybe
they already are gang members. I don't know. But if
nobody can control them and and they just keep ending
up out in the streets, making Louisville a more violent city,
they need to be in jail or the city will

(14:08):
continue to get worse when it comes to violent crime.
I mean, so again, I'll let you hear it from
from himself, because again I thought Pageantini was pretty spot
on as far as the state Basher specifically is who
he called out and saying that they got to stop

(14:29):
dragging their feet essentially on this because it's needed, And
it's true, I know you don't like the idea. Nobody
likes the idea of a child being incarcerated, But what
is the other option if in fact nobody is I mean,
it makes no sense to just do what we're doing
right now, right, And it does sound like the city
itself is all for this. It just you know, comes

(14:52):
down to the need. They need approval from the state,
or the state has to initiate the process in some way.
So I'll let you hear some of that couple of
different clips from that interview that Terry Miners had yesterday afternoon.
All right, So something else I want to get into
here before too long. We got Roy and' neil coming
your way on the other side, so stick around for that.

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But I did some digging yesterday. I was just fascinated
to learn that AOL dial up Internet still existed, because yesterday,
I guess, was the last day of it. You could
have told me it ended ten years ago and I
would have believed you. But it was interesting to me
to see who was still using it and why. And
we'll get to that later on. It is Kentucky and

(15:34):
it's Morning News with coffee and company here on News
Radio eight forty whas it is Kentucky and it's morning
news here on a Tuesday morning, News Radio eight forty
whas Nick Coffee with you. We now bring in Rory
O'Neil of NBC News. Rory tell us how the state
of Kentucky stacks up when it comes to our latest

(15:54):
study that tells us which states here in the United
States are the best to live in. Shoot hit hit
us with the news. I'm gonna assume I'm gonna I'm
gonna assume the worst, hope for the best.

Speaker 4 (16:04):
Well, it's not the worst, but clearly not the best either.
According to this wallet hub survey, they rank Kentucky thirty
seventh out of the fifty states. Again, this is a
survey that took takes a look at affordability, the economy, education,
healthcare access, quality of life, and safety as well. So

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that's they put it together and that's where Kentucky came in. Now,
Kentucky didn't come in number ten on the list specifically
in affordability, but then forty ninth, near the bottom of
the barrel when it comes to the economy of the state.

Speaker 1 (16:39):
Yeah, that's the affordability I think is due to things
that may be contributing to the state being at thirty
seven out of the fifty. Who are some of the
best and some of the worst.

Speaker 4 (16:51):
Some of the top three, it's a mix. The number
three on the list is New Jersey, which scored very
well when it came to public safety and the quality
of life there. Idaho was number two. The economy rank
was although we up to number seven on their list
and cutting into number one my Casey casem impersonation. Go

(17:14):
google who that is kids the states of Massachusetts, which
are ranked number one in education and healthcare, at number
nine in their economy, but number forty four affordability.

Speaker 1 (17:26):
Did you know that Casey Kaseum did, in fact have
I don't know if he lived here, but he had
he had some some roots in Kentucky. I think he
had property here at some point. So nice you mentioned
Casey Caseum. I'm gonna I'm gonna mention Kentucky having it
not a claim to him, but he liked us enough
to where he at least you know, was here at
some point. But when it comes to this, the states

(17:49):
that are that are the worst. I mean, what from
the study is there's a specific part of their criteria
that clearly can just crush you and and make it
much more difficult for you to not be towards the bottom.

Speaker 4 (18:01):
Well, when they take the yeah they have, everything is
all weighted by different things. So when they look at
the economy, for instance, that's twenty points of the score.
Affordability is twenty points of the score. Quality of life
is twenty points. But then when you look into quality
of life, they look at average hours work, So the
average commute time, miles of trails for bicycles and walking,
is it a bike friendly state, quality of roads, performing

(18:24):
arts centers, museums per capita, access to beaches, which would
be tough for number two Idaho, But there you go.
So they put that fall together and compile all those
different data points. States at the bottom of the barrel
and ones you might suspect. Number forty six is Alaska,
number forty seven, Mississippi forty eight, Arkansas, forty nine, Louisiana

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and dead last in the survey at number fifty. You
might not expect it, but little Green Men seem to
like it.

Speaker 1 (18:51):
New Mexico interesting. Would not have guessed that, but good
to know, all right. So when it comes to food stamps,
they're now it's now called SNAP and this program is
designed to provide nutritious food to those who simply can't
afford to get it. But there's also some things that
don't necessarily fall in line with being considered nutritious or healthy.

(19:14):
Are we going to see some of these items banned
as far as being able to use SNAP benefits to
purchase items that just clearly there's no real health benefit, right,
So more and.

Speaker 4 (19:23):
More states are getting waivers to have exclusions on what
you can buy with your food SAMs through the SNAP program.
Things like soda, energy drinks, candy, prepared desserts is something
else that will be banned in some states, and some
of the states are doing different things. Some just have

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soda and candy, Others say energy drinks and prepared desserts.
Others have rule about hot soups and rotisserie chickens, whether
not they're good or bad. This is an effort, they say,
to improve health outcomes. It's part of that Maham movement.
But there really is any hard data to show that
this is going to have an effect, so we don't
really know. I think this is just wishful thinking. What

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we're seeing is a lot of the states so far
are Republican states, with one exception of Colorado.

Speaker 1 (20:13):
Interesting, Rory, you are the man whos always we appreciate
your time. Enjoy the rest of your day, and we'll
talk tomorrow.

Speaker 4 (20:18):
Thanks Nick, talk to you then.

Speaker 1 (20:19):
All right. That's Ory O'Neil the NBC News always appreciate
his time. And I did a little digging. I knew
there's no way. I just randomly thought that Casey Kaseum
had roots in Kentucky, and it turns out he had
a farm in Kentucky raising both crops and cattle that
was in central Kentucky. Why I have that absolutely useless
piece of information installed in my brain, I don't know,

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But now you know. All right, we've got an update
on Travick and weather coming your way right here, right now. Also,
we've got another sports update coming from Scott Fitzgerald on
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