Fingerprints on Litter

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Thank you.

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iHeartMedia dot com already received a few emails, Yes, old
fashioned electronic mail messages. I'll be getting to I got
some emails to get to, got some voicemail messages to
get to. All of that to get to here on
the Uncle Henvers show. We've got news items to get into.
There's once again b VERSI are in the news here

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on the local level. Got to, in fact, a lot
of animal stories to get to on today Uncle Henry's show.
Right before I came in to do the show, the
President of the United States was making yet another announcement
in the Oval Office. And in case you missed it,
or if you're too busy with whatever whatever it is

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you're up to try to go find you're on the
hunt for your THC SODA's somewhere at some grocery store,
whatever it is. The President had a press conference with
one of the big pharma companies again just a few
minutes ago in the Oval Office, talking about bringing down
drug prices. Wouldn't that be nice, wouldn't it. I don't know.

(04:38):
Maybe you're not on a lot of drugs, but for
those of us to get prescriptions, many of us would
like the prices to go down.

Speaker 7 (04:48):
Yes.

Speaker 1 (04:48):
In fact, I've spent a lot of time this year
calling my insurance company to ask them to explain again
what is the insurance doing Again? I'm paying, we're paying
quie what a bit on these prescriptions. Could you explain
again what is it you're doing? Are you are you
really doing anything anyway? So that'd be nice, be nice

(05:08):
for them drug prices to go down. So we have
a lot. We just have a lot to get to here,
don't we. On the Elkle Henry Show two five, one,
four three, the telephone numbers, I said, before I go
into anything else, I got all these topics. I got
all these emails to get into. Let me get into
a quick voicemail from one of the the top callers

(05:31):
of the Uncle Henry Show these days.

Speaker 8 (05:34):
Hey, over Henry Snake taffer Man, I am devastated this morning,
Uncle Henry. Yeah, I'm on my tribute to work, Ok, Henry.
I'm on Maine Street and Richard.

Speaker 1 (05:45):
And by the way, congratulations to you on being able
to commute on Main Street and Prichard A beauty, a
scenic drive every day.

Speaker 8 (05:53):
Work on, go Henry. I'm on Main Street and Richard.
And what do I see? North America's only Marsupio laying
there on the road, smashed? And you know why, I'm go, on, Henry.
It ain't because it just wandered out in the road.
It's because somebody throwed out a dad gum ship pipe

(06:13):
eyes chicken box. I'm go, Henry, just throw them out
right there on the road. And the North America's only
marsupial and own is the possum of you know, they
eat scraps, over Henry, That's what they do.

Speaker 7 (06:27):
They're forgers.

Speaker 8 (06:28):
But man, it's horrible, over Henry.

Speaker 1 (06:31):
Now, and there's more to this. I just want to
stop in the middle of the message to express condolences
tooth Snake Trapper. I know his heart hurts. He has
a deep compassion toward the possum. This has been explained
in numerous episodes of this program. We even had a
possum oriented episode with Snake Trapper earlier this year. Stake Trapper,

(06:52):
condolences to you on on this death of this this
unnamed possum. Let us know, by the way, if you
did give it a posthumous name, so we'll know what
possum spirit to pray for now. He talked about people
throwing out their their stuff in the street, and that

(07:13):
is that lured the possum out into the roadway on
Monday mornings, Sunday and Monday mornings. The walk with my
dog is more interesting in midtown because that's where we
see more food in the streets.

Speaker 8 (07:28):
I mean, here, this here, we are one less marsupial
here in North America. And it's only because somebody wasn't
responsible and decide I'm gonna just eat my chicken while
I'm riding down the road and then throw my box
bones and all right out the window.

Speaker 1 (07:44):
Didn't Hey, I've got to stop the voicemail there because
you've sparked the story. Uh, the late Senator hal Heflin,
very large man. The late Senator hal Heflin, he represented
Alabama as a Democrat in the United States Senate. Somebody
that used to work for him said that they would

(08:06):
drive through the state of Alabama, Hym and hal Hefflin
in a car on the Interstate and that one of
the things that hal Hefflin would do was pull into
a town and get a bucket of chicken. I'm going
to assume it was Montgomery or Birmingham or somewhere with
the KFC back in the day, and that hal Heflin

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would eat the bucket of chicken while driving down the Interstate.
Hal Hefflin in the passenger seat eating the chicken and
would throw the chicken bones out the window. The Senator
would eat pieces of chicken and then throw the bones
out the window onto the Interstate Highway as they drove

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throughout the state of Alabama, plotting policy for our country.
Back after the break, it is five twenty the un

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Clamory Show proceeding forward. We have news headlines coming your
way in ten minutes. News headlines from Fox ten and
from Fox Radio National News Now, in the last segment

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of the show, I was sharing with you a message
from Snake Trapper. He was devastated this morning. He was
on his way to work this morning, on this beautiful
Friday and this beautiful fall folish autumnal top weather on
his way and he saw the remains of apossible that
was just stricken. This possum was stricken in the prime

(10:08):
of its possum life, laying dead in the middle of
the road. And Snake Trapper says it's because somebody threw
out a Pompey's chicken box in the road and the
possum was lured out into the traffic trying to harvest
the chicken. And snake Trapper just devastated by this news Now,

(10:32):
I paused the voicemail. I didn't get to share all
of the voicemail with you because I was reminiscing about
other people that throw chicken out of their cars. So
here is And then if you think about it in
terms of what is dangerous to eat when you're driving
down the road, well I would say fried chicken's got

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to be at a top five simply because it's fried chicken.
And if it's greasy. You're going to be handling the
steering wheel with lubricated hands, so it's a very dangerous
thing to eat while you're driving.

Speaker 8 (11:10):
But anyway, back to the message, I mean here this here,
we are one less marsupial here in North America. And
it's only because somebody wasn't responsible and decide I'm gonna
just eat my chicken while I'm riding down the road
and then throw my box bones and all right out
the winter. Not in the middle of the road. Man, people,

(11:33):
please be responsible. That animal did not have to die.
It would have found something else and definitely would not
have found nothing in the middle of the road, like
you said over, I'm devastated. People, Please be aware. Don't
do that kind of crap. Don't throw your chicken bones

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out in the middle of the Dane road. And our
great friend Pat Nelly, I think he lives up toward
the midtown. Are yes, say bad about doing that there? Yes,
I'm surprised he hadn't seen dead possums where you know,
people's hit them because they're trying to eat the chicken bones.
You know, possumly just about anything, and I imagine a

(12:17):
chicken bone probably there's better than a dead stunk. That's horrible,
over ny, but that's life. But man, yeah, people think
before you tell your chicken bones out.

Speaker 9 (12:29):
You have a good day, my buddy.

Speaker 1 (12:30):
Sank Rereper. Thank you for sharing your compassion for the
possums once again on the Unclaimers Show and your request
that people just not litter in general. You just provide
an example of how litter can can actually cost the
universe the life of a possum. But as I mentioned
last segment, the weekends Sunday and Monday mornings, when I'm

(12:54):
walking my dog through midtown, that's when I find the
sacks of what I assume are fast food remains. And
I say I assume because I don't want to open
the bag to look in there. But my dog is
very interested. Oh my dog is like, wow, what is this?

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It's a Christmas said, No, you cannot have that bag.
You get to stay away from that bag over there.
Two five to one four seven nine two seven two three.
The telephone number that's two five to one four seven
nine two seven two three. Email address Uncle Henry at
iHeartMedia Dot. Huh. Now, speaking of animals, we have another

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situation with beavers. Being euthanized, and this we had a
lot of people very upset about beavers getting euthanized or
removed from Mobile County the city of Mobile earlier this year.
Well now this is happening in Baldwin County. In Spanish Fort,

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here is a report from Fox ten on beavers and
coyotes being removed from Spanish Fort that has some animal advocates,
like the Snake Trap are just very upset.

Speaker 5 (14:15):
Spanish Forward is taking action against what the city calls
a dangerous and destructive wildlife.

Speaker 10 (14:21):
The mayor snay contract with the USCA to start a
trapping program to remove coyotes and beavers.

Speaker 9 (14:26):
It's a move that many concerned neighbors have been hoping for.

Speaker 11 (14:29):
As our house sharek found out, not everyone is on
board with it. Jenny Brewer and her dog barnabas we're
out for an afternoon stroll with Spanish Florida State Subdivision.
Her home on Signal Hill is right in the heart
of an area targeted by the city for coyote trapping,
and for good reason. Over the last year, there have
been several reports of family pets, both cats and dogs,

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attacked and killed by coyotes.

Speaker 5 (14:54):
People with small pets, especially cats, have had them go miss.
In fact, last year, our neighbor his cat was attacked
in his front yard and unfortunately, he did not survive.

Speaker 11 (15:10):
It's a story that has repeated itself enough to cause
real concern, so much so that the city council voted
Monday in favor of starting a trapping program with the
US Department of Agriculture to remove and kill the nuisance animals.

Speaker 1 (15:23):
I'm pausing there just to reflect that when I think
of the Department of Agriculture, I never this is something
I never think of them doing, having to go and
trap coyotes, and I think of agriculture, I think of
growing things. It's specifically growing stuff for me to eat.
I don't think about them trapping animals.

Speaker 11 (15:42):
As Fort Mayor Mike McMillan signed the four thousand dollars
contract Thursday morning and says the trapping will focus on
more than just coyotes.

Speaker 12 (15:51):
Other issues that have raised its dead or beavers where
we've done some to make your repairs and in drainage
work that have you started building damns back on them,
So we need to get that cleared out. So we
all have issues with your careers that we just completed.

Speaker 11 (16:12):
While there's no argument that there have been serious conflicts
with both wildlife species, there are some who wish the
city would have given more consideration to non lethal means
of removal. Tracy Glover is the executive director of art
or Awakening Respecting and Compassion, the nonprofit animal rights group
appealed to the city council prior to their vote to

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start trapping. Glover says she still has hope a compromise
can be found during this contract period or before the
contract is renewed.

Speaker 10 (16:41):
There are studies, including a recent today from the University
of Georgia, that show that when we kill off coyotes,
more just move in. And the only really effective.

Speaker 1 (16:49):
Determined really when you kill off coyotes, more move in?
What is there? What is there? A network? Is there?
You need to have a certain number of coyotes? What's
going on?

Speaker 10 (17:04):
A deterrent is deterrence, not killing. So we can deter
them from coming into our communities by pulling up attractive
so removing food and water overnight that they come in for,
you know, making sure that our garbage cans are sealed.

Speaker 11 (17:18):
Those are things Jenny Burr says she already does to
keep Barnabus safe.

Speaker 1 (17:22):
All right, Well, study claims that when you remove coyotes,
more show up. That doesn't sound that doesn't Maybe it's true.
Sure sounds dumb though. All right, there's more to get to. Yes,

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there's more on beavers and other topics. As the show continues,

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It's five thirty five telephone number here two five one
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Speaker 7 (18:36):
Hello, Coller.

Speaker 6 (18:39):
Gooding, the Uncle Henry Bert Bert.

Speaker 1 (18:41):
You are live on the radio.

Speaker 6 (18:45):
Your comments have been about littering, and I got to
tell you, I've been all over this country and Mobile
has got to be the single most littered city I
have ever seen in my entire life. I've never seen
anything like any else.

Speaker 1 (19:00):
Why do you think that is? Why do you think
it is?

Speaker 6 (19:03):
That's what I'm trying to figure out. The cops not
see people throwing stuff out there, Linda, Uncle Henry. One
time I was driving down Highway ninety and I saw
an median strip between the lanes on fire. There's only
one reason a median strip would be on fire, somebody
threw a lip cigarette butt out the window. Right, that's

(19:27):
not only littering that's putting people in danger.

Speaker 1 (19:31):
But I have a solution, Uncle Henry.

Speaker 6 (19:33):
I don't know if the police would be willing to
devote money in time to this, or whether volunteers could
be trained to do something like this. I think the
vast majority of pieces of litter, especially soda cans things
like that, would hold fingerprints. If somebody has been in

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the system, which quite a few people have for one
reason or the other, nts run it through the AFIP,
find out who it is. There's your litter bug. Then
increase the penalties, not just a monetary find but sentence
these people to having to pick up litter themselves on

(20:15):
their weekends.

Speaker 1 (20:18):
That would probably that would probably.

Speaker 6 (20:20):
Do it, you know what I mean. It's not rocket science.

Speaker 1 (20:26):
No, that is definitely not rocket science. And and uh,
you know that reminds me Bert. I think during this
do you remember, I think during the Sam Jones years,
the city wanted to catch people littering. They were encouraging
people to rat on litter bugs. They wanted you to
turn them in. Do you remember that.

Speaker 6 (20:45):
I don't remember that, but I think that's an excellent idea.

Speaker 1 (20:50):
Well, Bert, I don't know.

Speaker 9 (20:51):
If we do, I would do it?

Speaker 6 (20:53):
Well do it? If I saw somebody throwing something out
the out the window, I would call police. I would
take down that tag number.

Speaker 1 (21:01):
Well, I just these are outstanding ideas. But I wouldn't
hold my breath that they would start fingerprinting litter. I
just don't.

Speaker 12 (21:11):
Well.

Speaker 6 (21:12):
I offered that suggestion in the sound off section of
the late Great Mobile Press Register.

Speaker 8 (21:18):
Yes and Uh.

Speaker 6 (21:20):
The caption to it that the newspaper gave was CSI
land Park. That was just it's funny, but in the
way it's heartbreaking, Henry, because I used to live within
walking distance of land Park and to see this go
completely to hell, it's one of the most heartbreaking things

(21:42):
I've ever seen. That. That's another thing. Why there's there's
people that patrol that place, right, I don't I don't
doubt that they see people literally? Why is nothing being
done about it? Why don't cops and park personnel report
people who do that?

Speaker 7 (22:01):
There?

Speaker 1 (22:01):
I don't know, this would be This is a good question.
You're raising a lot of excellent questions. We need to
get to the bottom of this.

Speaker 6 (22:09):
Absolutely thanks to taking a call Okay.

Speaker 1 (22:12):
Thank you Bert, thank you for listening, Thank you for
calling in about that. Yeah, I do, I remember. I
think it was during the Sam Jones years. Now they're
probably less cigarette butts being thrown out of car windows
these days because a lot of people have switched from
cigarettes to vaping, and so maybe the cigarette butt problem
isn't as bad as it used to be. But I

(22:34):
seem to remember during the Jones years, I think there
was an effort to trying to get people to rat out.
I mean they had a number you could call and
everything where you could rat out people if you saw
them throwing stuff out their car window. And I think
they were advertising the fines. It was like a couple
of hundred bucks or more if you got caught littering.

(22:57):
But have a I have a suspense that the police
are a little busy trying to catch people that are
shooting each other and taking a machete at each other's
heads and things like that that happened in Mobile. Probably
a little busy and just can't take the time. I mean,

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what's what's worse litterbugs or people running stop signs?

Speaker 7 (23:21):
Because we do it.

Speaker 1 (23:21):
We have a lot of people running stop signs in
this town. Oh, that reminds me. I got an email.
Let me go to the the Uncle Henry Show email inbox.
I got an old fashioned electronic mail message. This email
came in last night at nine forty five pm. The
subject line on the email is top twenty five cities

(23:46):
with the worst drivers. And then the email is from
Mary Booth of Mixed ninety nine point nine. The station
that plays Journey in Areo Beeadwagon and then additional journey.
And Mary sent me a link to a story and

(24:09):
her email. All her email says is check out number twelve.
So I went to the story she sent me, and
the story is let's see. The headline is where are
the worst drivers? In the US data ranks the top
twenty five cities with the worst drivers, a list created

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by measuring aggressive, careless, erratic and reckless driving, inexperience in
disobeyed traffic signs. Now. Mary said check out number twelve.
So number one on the list is Memphis, Tennessee. For
bad drivers, Memphis is number one, Knoxville, Tennessee, number two, Waterbury, Connecticut,

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number three, Aurora, Colorado, number four, Tucson, Arizona, number five.
Skipping all the way down to number twelve, number twelve,
Mobile Alabama. Yes, Mobile Alabama number twelve for the worst
drivers in the United States of America. This is something

(25:18):
that many of us. Many of us have suspected that
mobile would belong on a list like this, but it's
never we've not had this stat But now, according to
the and who put this together, this was Consumer Affairs
dot Com. Consumer Affairs dot Com, Mobile Alabama number twelve

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for aggressive, careless, erratic, reckless driving, inexperienced, disobeying traffic signs,
all that kind of stuff. Mobile Alabama number twelve. And
I've driven in Memphis and I didn't it didn't seem
as bad to me. Maybe because of my experience driving

(26:04):
in mobile since I was fifteen years old. Maybe that
got me ready for Memphis. So I'd like to thank
all the lousy mobile drivers. I want to thank you.
Thank you for preparing me so that I can now
easily drive in Memphis, Knoxville, all these other cities. What
are the other cities worse than US? Kansas City, Missouri, Bellin's, Montana, Charleston,

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South Carolina. So thank you to the bad mobile drivers
for all of your your help and getting me ready
for driving in mobile. All right, there is more to
come on the Uncle Henry Show real quick. Want to
mention to you that tomorrow, not tomorrow Sunday, my wife
and I are going to be walking in old Town

(26:51):
Daphne as part of the Out of the Darkness Walk
for Suicide Prevention put. I did a video on this
topic earlier today. You can find that video on my
personal Facebook page or you can find it on my
YouTube channel. In fact, I'm live on the YouTube channel

(27:11):
right now Uncle Henry on YouTube. The video talks about
why we're doing the walk, and I'm mentioning it now
not just not to seek donations from you, but if
you have lost a loved one from suicide, you want

(27:33):
to go to this walk. I think you'll find a
community willing to support you and help you.

Speaker 7 (27:39):
Back.

Speaker 1 (27:39):
After the break, it says the Uncle Henry Show, it
is five point fifty. Let me go right to the
Uncle Leanders Show voicemail. Somebody in the Uncle Henry Show

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listening family is celebrating a birthday this weekend.

Speaker 9 (28:09):
Bo title Googday here at the west Locksley Household on
this Friday, ten your October two, k twenty five. That's right,
eleven years ago today, so Rita was.

Speaker 1 (28:26):
Born, oh sixty eight year old Christal West Locksley daughter
Sireta born eleven years ago today. Happy birthday to si Rita.

Speaker 2 (28:37):
Happy birthday to you. Happy by birthday to you.

Speaker 1 (28:44):
Happy birthday, Sireta of Locksley, Happy birthday to you.

Speaker 7 (28:54):
Very good.

Speaker 9 (28:56):
We got plans for the birthday weekend tomorrow. Be taking
it over to big brother's house in Westmobile birthday party
by the pool side. Watch some Alabama Missouri football, probably

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a stake off trager grill well, want some birthday cake
and ice cream? Oh man, I'm looking forward to it.
I know that you have a good one road tie road.

Speaker 1 (29:33):
Congratulations Chris on having that beautiful family and uh not
just on your daughter, your a eleven year old daughter,
but your great son who's I've met. I've met Chris's
son of several times now, great guy himself. So congratulations
on your family and being able to spend time.

Speaker 7 (29:52):
With with all that.

Speaker 1 (29:54):
Uh, let's see while I've got time before we're out
of time. In this segment, I want to go to
the Uncle Henry show email inbox. Got another old fashioned
email message. Let's see the subject line on the email. Now,

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now my company's making me authenticate my email in the
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Where's my email? Here we go. The email subject line

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on the email is Uncle Henry. Jingle in the email
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in that email from Nevada John. So let's listen together.
I think I've got time to play this. Yes, and

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Nevada John. I want to know is this AI generated
or not? But you can let me know next week.
Here is the jingle that Nevada John sent in for
the show.

Speaker 7 (31:17):
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Speaker 1 (33:08):
Nevada John. I'm very confused, all right, Nevada John. Look,
I thank you for that. I appreciate that very much.
Thank you for creating that now, but I'm confused. It
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Speaker 3 (33:44):
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I admire the lyrical simplicity of the jingle, and I
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