The Shark Deck. I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. Do you
like women's sports? You should hang out at the Sports Bra. You'll find
trophies, soccer scarves, and team flags coating the walls. There's beard taps.
But if you pay more attention, two things will stick out. One
the TV's only show women playing sports, and two the bars named after underwear.
Jenny's the founder. She was all excited the night of the twenty eighteen
women's NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. She and her friends headed out to the bar
to watch Notre Dame take on Mississippi State, and they discovered the only viewing
option was a tiny, soundless TV in the corner. She learned that women's
competitions make up only four percent of televised sports, so she decided to open
a place that would only show women's sports, even it meant turning off the
TVs when there was absolutely nothing on. That's why if you go in sometimes
in the mid days you'll see tech ball, TEQBA L. I'm sure you're
curious what tech wall is, and I've tried to research it. Not sure
I understand it. Wikipedias as tick wall as a ball sport played on a
curved table combining elements of tack raw and table tennis. I don't know what
tack raw is and we don't have time, but back and forth. The
players hit a football with any part of the body except arms and hands,
so kind of sort of socker ping pong. That makes sense. Maybe let's
move on. Good news for Lucky the sheep. Lucky the sheep ran into
an eight year old girl who helped nurse Lucky the sheep back to health.
When Lucky the sheep was rejected by its mom as a lamb. That's sad.
Lacy found Lucky the sheep close to death. She took her home to
bring her back from the brink with cuddles. Lacy put her in a box,
brought her home, placed her in front of the fire. Didn't take
long for Lucky the Sheep to come back around. Lacy nursed her back to
health. That's how she got her name. She bottle fed Lucky and kept
her warm by wrapping her in blankets in the house and giving her lots of
cuddles. We've used the word cuddles along this storage anyway. Lacy tells people
that the reason Lucky survived was because of how much she loves her. It's
so special to see the relate ship. He could just tell they're going to
be friends for life. They even recently threw Lucky the sheep a birthday party
for her first birthday. But it's not just good news for sheep, it's
good news for squirrels too. A woman has formed a bond with a squirrel
that she helped raise, and now that squirrel's not going back to the wild.
Oh no. Patricia adopted Bunk the squirrel. He too, was rejected
by his mother. What's going on? Animal Kingdom? Patricia found Bunk the
squirrel back in twenty sixteen. He was rejected by his mother. He had
to fend himself. Tricia's original plan was to get Bunk the squirrel healthy enough
that he could be released into the wild, but Bunk didn't want to leave
the house, kind of like me. He tried to release her into the
wild, and he returned five days later. Refused to leave. Pun holding
on he fell asleep in my hands. Getting him ready to go again,
I quickly found he refused to leave. I wasn't aware that squirrels had that
much personality. But my favorite part of raising bunk the squirrel was the time
we had to bond. I cherished this time the most, so Patricia has
created a wild space for the squirrel, complete with a tree house made up
of a variety of wood for him to chew on Climb up you made out
of furniture she found on the side of the road. A boy has raised
some money to help out his favorite waiter. Kaizen is an eight year old
regular at the waffle house. He always asked to be seen in the same
place. His favorite waiter is DeVante Gardner. However, recently Kaizen found out
Davante was gone through a hard time. Davante and his family had to leave
their apartment due to a mold infestation. They wound up living in a motel
and DeVante had to walk miles each way to the waffle House and Little Rock.
Kazin set up a fundraiser to help out, describing Davante as one of
the most joyous and positive people you've ever met. He was looking for a
decent priced cars. Family was unfortunate and he ended up an apartment riddled with
mold. He had to get his kids out at set him back a lot.
The fundraiser raised over fifty thousand dollars. Davante was able to get a
new car and get an apartment for his family for at least a year.
Davante said, I love working at waffle House because I have an opportunity to
make people feel good every day. I loved people come in, especially Kaysen
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Congratulations to Peter Bailey, he has been named best Dad in the World.
Why he converted his Porsche into a Ghostbusters theme racer for his seven year
old son. Peter said, my son watched the Girls version that came out
in twenty sixteen when he was probably three or four years old, and he
loved it. I was like, you need to see the original ones,
and that was it. He was really into it, and he got me
into it because we had the father's son bond going on. Then they announced
Ghostbusters Afterlife and Peter said he knew he had a gear up for it.
See the pun there. He had a good job. So he decorated his
Porsche to look like an Ecto one mobile and he and his son wants to
see Ghostbusters Afterlife. Dressed in matching shoes, hoodies and Proton packs. The
Porsche is equipped with flashing ill of lights, hazard warning tapes, and a
Ghostbusters logo. Dad says it was well worth spending fifty pounds on stickers for
the car, especially after his long work hours left him feel guilty about not
spending warm time on this family. Good job, Dad, and that's your
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