The Shark Deck. I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. Congratulations Jamie
McDonald. Jimmie set the world record by visiting every world wonder in just six
days. Can you name the world wonders? I could not. I'll tell
you what they are in a second verse. The story Jimmie is a British
adventurer who goes by adventure man. He made it to the six world Wonders.
Here they are ready. How'd you do on trivia? The Great Wall
of China, the Tsaja, Mahal Patra, the Colisseum Christ, the Redeemer,
Machu Picchu, and Chichen Itza. He traveled across four continents, landed
in nine countries, flew on thirteen flights, rode in sixteen taxis, nine
buses, four trains, and one toboggan twenty two, eight hundred and fifty
six miles in six days, sixteen hours and fourteen minutes. Now listen to
this. He was ready to sign a mortgage he had saved up twenty thousand
pounds, and he decided I'll go on a life of adventure instead. He
said, I got this gut feeling as I was signing the papers, and
I thought what's this all about? Instead, I bought a bike for fifty
pounds from a newspaper and I cycled fourteen thousand miles from Bangkok to Gloucestershire through
twenty five different countries. As for this trip, he began the trip at
the Great Wall of China and the world record clock started ticking the moment he
left Vietsuboggin that runs down the hill. He only spent fifteen minutes at the
taj Mahal. Wow, this is crazy, you could say a John,
this is crazy. Then he traveled by bus, how boring, to the
ancient city of Petra and Jordan flew to Rome to see the coliseum, headed
off to Brazil to see Christ the Redeemer. Machu Picchu drew him to Peru.
I guess that's relatively close. Well. Then he finished at Chichen Itza,
which is an archaeological site that was a hollowed piece of ceremony in the
Mayan culture. He did all this to raise money for the Superhero Foundation.
As a child, Jamie was diagnosed with a rare spinal condition. Doctors warned
his parents that he might lose the ability to walk. After giving a motivational
talk about his fundraising adventures before the pandemic. Jamie was approached by somebody from
travel Board who asked, I'd be willing to take on the Wonders Challenge if
they were to organize the trip for him. That's pretty cool, Jamie said.
There were forty three different types of transport that needed to go right during
the trip, only two didn't go so well. One Jamie was late for
a train, thought he missed it, but the train was also late,
so that worked out. The other one, he went to the wrong terminal
at the airport wound up missing his flight, but the travel agent was able
to correct it straight away. He had so little time he even had to
leave the meter of the taxi running for fifteen minutes while he looked at the
tash Mah Hall. At the end of the trip, Jamie visited Orchie,
who has several pausey This was part of these Superhero Foundations efforts. He gave
Orchie a check for twenty two thou eight hundred and fifty six at dollars one
dollar donated by Travelport for every mile that he had traveled. You know,
as a dad, sometimes you just want to get away from the family,
so I totally understand why dad of three, David Massey, converted his garage
into a nineteen forties inspired hideaway, complete with submarine doors at a whiskey bar.
It spent like twenty five grand doing this. At first, it was
meant to be a place of relaxation where he could kick back with a whiskey,
but now he has plans to use it as a shelter in the event
of a nuclear attack amid the Russia Ukraine War. John getting the lilt out
of you've voiced that's not funny, but it kind of is. He's equipped
it with military suits and enough food and water to last a month. The
one and eighty square foot space also has its own toilet, shower and fifty
five inch TV. Dave said it's worth every penny. His inspiration, he
said, when I was a lad, there was a pizza place called Winston's
where my mom and dad used to take me if I did well at school.
It was fully immersive. You'd go in. They had bunkers in the
basements, sandbags around the door. The waitresses were all dressed in nineteen thirties
gear. They had artwork from the War Museum. I felt like it was
an underground London during the Blitz. They did it well, and not just
that they had the best pizzas. As for those submarine doors, they're like
thirty five hundred dollars each and they had to be welded on and especially designed
steel frame concreted three feet into the ground. Asked how long he could survive
in the bunker, he said, well, I have about fifteen bottles of
whiskey, but jokes aside, I've got supply for a month from four.
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Harmel, and I'm Kristy Woodson Harvey. Friends in Fiction is led by four
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City has passed a bill outlawing discrimination based on weight. More than forty percent
of American adults are considered obese. Studies show waight stigma is pervasive. City
Councilman Shaun A. Bray You said weight discrimination was a silent burden people have
had a carry. He says people are being discriminated against with no recourse and
society saying that's perfectly fine. Good news if you care about the environment.
The way I do a foldable cup is changing the disposable plastic takeout industry.
The Good Cup is a foldable, recyclable cup that acts as a mini takeout
container for hot and cold drinks. It's fully recyclable. It's made with compostable
paper and recyclable bio based coding. If one million twelve ounds Good Cups are
used, ten thousand pounds of plastic would be saved, and good news for
your hamster. Fashion brand Shine as a bunch of new items for your hamster.
One hamster black headphones showcasing the latest and pet headwear. Those will cost
you about a dollar. Maybe your hamster would like a hammock. You can
get a banana hammock for your hamster. No, not a banana hammock.
Banana hammock. This is a hammock shaped like a banana that'll run you like
three bucks. You can get the same thing in gray with metal sheens for
about three bucks. Are you sure these aren't banana hammock? Banana hammocks?
Get your mind out of the gutter, Chun. You can also get your
hamster a toy motorcycle for like two dollars that comes in various colors, so
let your hamster choose your favorite. And those your five kod new stories for
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