WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:03.120 Thank you, John. Let's let's get this seven o'clock hour started. 2 00:00:03.160 --> 00:00:05.040 Shall we hit is seven oh five here at Kentucky 3 00:00:05.080 --> 00:00:07.120 and this morning news on news radio eight forty w 4 00:00:07.400 --> 00:00:11.439 h as we were expecting a sloppy start to the morning, 5 00:00:11.439 --> 00:00:13.080 and to look at as I look at the radar here, 6 00:00:13.119 --> 00:00:15.519 it looks like the rain is coming, but it may 7 00:00:15.839 --> 00:00:17.480 it may get here a little bit after a lot 8 00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:19.719 of folks have uh have got up out of the 9 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:22.399 house and uh on to work. I guess it all 10 00:00:22.399 --> 00:00:24.559 depends on how how far you travel. But if you 11 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:28.199 are somebody that travels often using the Kennedy Bridge, just 12 00:00:28.280 --> 00:00:30.839 know today that there are there's going to be a 13 00:00:30.920 --> 00:00:33.840 lane closure, and it's the left lane and the shoulder 14 00:00:33.880 --> 00:00:37.439 that is closed. And this is unfortunately one of the 15 00:00:37.479 --> 00:00:39.280 many times that that has happened. We've talked about that 16 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:42.799 throughout the morning. So in the last six years roughly, 17 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:47.119 there have been quite a few closures, and the average 18 00:00:47.119 --> 00:00:50.799 amount of time that these lanes are closed twenty or 19 00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:52.920 that this work goes on. I guess it sometimes it's 20 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:55.759 not maybe just lane closure, but anytime there's something that 21 00:00:55.759 --> 00:00:59.799 that delays your travel because of construction, lane closure, whatever 22 00:00:59.799 --> 00:01:02.479 it be, usually the average is twenty nine point three 23 00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:06.680 days on average in the last six years when this 24 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:09.400 does happen. So again, nobody wants this, but at least 25 00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:12.239 if you're somebody that uses this bridge regularly, it's not 26 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:15.359 something that you've never experienced before, and you probably have 27 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:19.000 some level of a range as far as the amount 28 00:01:19.040 --> 00:01:21.359 of time you may need to add to your You know, 29 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:22.920 you needed to leave early because you want to make 30 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:25.519 sure you get there on time. But one thing I 31 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:27.159 can recommend, and this is one of those things that 32 00:01:28.359 --> 00:01:30.640 I was gonna say, what another thing of that, because 33 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:32.480 we probably all had moments where you're like, wow, I 34 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:34.640 should have thought of that, And that's really not the 35 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:36.159 right way to describe it, because this is one of 36 00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:39.439 those things where whenever it was mentioned to me years 37 00:01:39.439 --> 00:01:43.400 ago by John Alden, it was a oh, yeah, he's 38 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:45.680 got common sense. I guess more so than I do, 39 00:01:45.799 --> 00:01:48.799 because it never once dawned on me that the GPS 40 00:01:48.840 --> 00:01:52.680 that we use often to get us places that we 41 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:55.519 need to go because we don't know the best route, 42 00:01:55.519 --> 00:01:57.439 we don't even know where it is. Like I've always 43 00:01:57.560 --> 00:01:59.959 nine out of ten times pulled out my ways at 44 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:02.480 UH to get me somewhere where I do not know 45 00:02:02.519 --> 00:02:04.760 how to get there. I've never once thought to use 46 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:09.000 GPS to you know, see if there's other quicker alternatives 47 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:12.759 of travel or to other routes because of traffic that's 48 00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:15.599 going on, And I now do it often, John, So 49 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:18.120 thank you for recommending to that, recommending that to me 50 00:02:18.159 --> 00:02:20.520 many years ago when we worked together on on the 51 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:23.159 sports station. But yeah, it's a game changer. So a 52 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:25.520 lot of you are probably thinking, yeah, that makes a 53 00:02:25.520 --> 00:02:27.719 lot of sense. Who wouldn't do that? Well me, I'm 54 00:02:27.719 --> 00:02:30.360 the one who just didn't have the h didn't have 55 00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:33.919 the the the the common sense to realize that you 56 00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:36.360 can easily just put in the GPS before you leave 57 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:39.319 and it'll one give you the quickest route. Maybe there 58 00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:41.439 is only one route that you would go because of 59 00:02:41.479 --> 00:02:43.199 the amount of time that it takes. But if you 60 00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:45.360 put it in GPS and you see, oh wow, there's 61 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:48.360 a there's a semi turned over and it's caused traffic, 62 00:02:48.439 --> 00:02:51.639 I'm gonna take away that. Yes, is a lot more miles, 63 00:02:51.960 --> 00:02:53.719 but man, it'll get me a lot It'll be it'll 64 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:56.039 get me quicker. Well, you know, it will get me 65 00:02:56.039 --> 00:02:58.000 there much quicker. So if you're somebody that woke up 66 00:02:58.039 --> 00:02:59.800 this morning and you knew they were eventually gonna have 67 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:02.240 the lank closure and the shoulder closure, and it's going 68 00:03:02.280 --> 00:03:04.879 to cause a delay for you. Don't worry. Maybe you 69 00:03:04.919 --> 00:03:06.800 can throw it in the GPS and it'll give you 70 00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:10.439 a potentially quicker way to get there compared to what 71 00:03:10.479 --> 00:03:12.000 you typically would have to sit in. 72 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:14.879 Well, and it sometimes ease my anxiety too, Nick, And 73 00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:16.639 that is when I get in the car. We were 74 00:03:16.639 --> 00:03:20.360 talking earlier about traffic not moving, and I would get 75 00:03:20.520 --> 00:03:22.840 very anxious if I didn't think I was gonna make 76 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:25.639 it to my place on time. But what the GPS 77 00:03:25.719 --> 00:03:29.080 does now, and it's pretty accurate. Sometimes it's off, but 78 00:03:29.159 --> 00:03:32.240 it'll give me my estimated time of arrival. So I go, oh, well, yeah, 79 00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:34.240 I'm sitting in traffic, but I'm gonna be there two 80 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:35.280 three minutes later. 81 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:36.159 That's not so bad. 82 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:37.680 And you don't realize that if you don't have that 83 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:40.000 GPS in front of you, and it makes sitting in 84 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:41.439 traffic a little bit more tolerate. 85 00:03:41.439 --> 00:03:44.280 I shouldn't admit this, but I'm going to. Since since 86 00:03:44.439 --> 00:03:48.560 I started to just put the GPS, it used the GPS, 87 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:50.759 not every single day, but way more often than I 88 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:53.639 used to, just to see how long it honestly, just 89 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:56.080 to see the expected arrival time, and then I use 90 00:03:56.120 --> 00:03:59.280 that as a challenge. Yeah, I do that on vacation. Ways. 91 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:01.759 You're telling me I'm going to be there at two 92 00:04:02.039 --> 00:04:05.680 twenty three pm. Yeah, I'll check in at two fifteen 93 00:04:05.879 --> 00:04:07.960 and we'll see, and we'll see, we'll see how accurate 94 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:10.639 you are. Sure, and then sure enough, I always lose 95 00:04:10.919 --> 00:04:15.759 because the accuracy is insane. They have to not only 96 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:18.360 base it off of what is in what is on 97 00:04:18.399 --> 00:04:20.720 the roads that you're going to be taking, and also 98 00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:24.160 the average time that you know it would take anybody 99 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:26.680 who commutes during that time of day in that stretch 100 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:30.079 of travel, but also they must know like your driving 101 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:32.720 habits as far as the speed that you go typically 102 00:04:32.759 --> 00:04:37.560 because the accuracy is really really impressive. But yeah, I've 103 00:04:37.639 --> 00:04:40.439 not had many wins against ways as far as getting 104 00:04:40.480 --> 00:04:43.480 there much quicker than they anticipated. But when I do 105 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:46.360 get those wins, they feel really good. But yeah, I 106 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:50.000 always get a little cocky, like, oh yeah, I'll show you, yes, right, 107 00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:52.600 you've seen me out here on the roads. I know 108 00:04:52.639 --> 00:04:54.680 how to avoid the red lights that kind of stuff. 109 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:57.160 So again, the good news is it looks like maybe 110 00:04:57.160 --> 00:04:59.199 the rain's going to be a little bit delayed then 111 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:01.720 as far as we expected it, which could make it easier. 112 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:04.480 But yeah, it's gonna probably be some slower travel time 113 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:06.839 with the other work being done on the Kennedy Bridge. 114 00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:09.120 Right another update of trafficking weather is coming up right here, 115 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:13.759 right now on news Radio eight forty whas it's seven 116 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:16.600 sixteen here on a Thursday morning, Kentucky had his morning 117 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:19.720 news on news Radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee with you. 118 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:21.680 We'll have another update on sports coming up in about 119 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:26.759 ten minutes with Scott Fitzgerald. Something you oftentimes don't don't 120 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:30.920 see is a wild animal on the loose, and that 121 00:05:31.040 --> 00:05:33.920 is that's what's going on in rural Tennessee. There's a 122 00:05:34.040 --> 00:05:37.959 zebra that has been on the loose since this weekend, 123 00:05:38.639 --> 00:05:41.800 so going on five days now. Apparently somebody bought a 124 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:45.639 zebra from a breeder in Texas, brought it back to Tennessee, 125 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:49.000 and it didn't take long for the zebra to escape 126 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:53.319 its enclosure. And the videos that have surfaced in there 127 00:05:53.319 --> 00:05:55.519 hasn't been a recent one, but once, I mean, this 128 00:05:56.399 --> 00:06:00.879 zebra ended up out on Interstate twenty four near the 129 00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:04.560 Joe B. Jackson Parkway. It led to lane closures for 130 00:06:04.680 --> 00:06:07.680 obvious reasons, and obviously people get out their cell phones 131 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:10.680 now and take video. Those videos, as far as the quality, 132 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:13.240 are pretty crazy for it from a device, and it 133 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:16.000 looks if you told me it was AI generated, I 134 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:18.120 believe you, because you don't often see a zebra just 135 00:06:18.199 --> 00:06:21.079 running around on the interstate. But that's what's happened. So 136 00:06:21.519 --> 00:06:25.759 they're still searching for this zebra, and I just I 137 00:06:25.759 --> 00:06:29.680 can imagine the small town Tennessee conversations at the local 138 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:32.879 diner or at the gas station, people looking over their 139 00:06:32.879 --> 00:06:34.759 shoulder to see if this is because they're probably scared 140 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:36.160 of it. They probably should be. You never know what 141 00:06:36.600 --> 00:06:40.160 a zebra's gonna do, especially when the zebra realizes. I mean, 142 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:42.560 I would imagine that zebra's not spent much of its life, 143 00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:45.319 you know, just roaming around on interstates that kind of stuff. 144 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:48.079 But yeah, some people are having fun with it, saying, hey, 145 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:50.040 just just to be clear, there's somebody went viral with 146 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:52.920 like a million shares of seemingly on one of the 147 00:06:52.959 --> 00:06:54.920 social media platforms. It says, I just want people to 148 00:06:54.920 --> 00:06:57.160 know if I find the zebra. I'm keeping it. I 149 00:06:57.199 --> 00:06:59.959 was gonna say driving, they can do that, but you know, 150 00:07:00.199 --> 00:07:01.199 well what drives that train? 151 00:07:01.240 --> 00:07:01.959 Where does somebody go? 152 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:03.480 You wake up one day and go, you know what, 153 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:05.319 I like Zebras? I want one? 154 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:07.639 And when you keep it, what do you do? Do 155 00:07:07.680 --> 00:07:10.240 you have a vet that can care for us? I'm 156 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:11.040 sure Zebras had. 157 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:12.920 I just I can't relate because I never want to me. 158 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:14.720 I'm not a big pet guy anyway, not to say 159 00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:16.959 that I'm anti pett. I didn't grow up with a 160 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:19.680 family pet that was really close to us, so you know, 161 00:07:19.720 --> 00:07:23.360 it's just I didn't experience that. But this reminds me 162 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:25.920 of something that happened. Gosh, it's probably been over twenty years, 163 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:28.160 and you'll learn more about I'll have more Bullet County 164 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:30.399 stories for people, just because that's where I'm from, and 165 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:33.279 there are stories that I'll share that you'll see. You'll 166 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:35.040 say to yourself, Okay, yeah, I could see that coming 167 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:37.839 from Bullet County. But this was in two thousand and four. 168 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:41.600 There was a snow leopard that got loose and the 169 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:44.000 owner of this snow leopard he had some type of 170 00:07:45.959 --> 00:07:48.680 It wasn't a zoo, but some type of petting. I 171 00:07:48.680 --> 00:07:51.000 guess a petting zoo or something like that, although I 172 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:52.720 don't really know if I'd want to go pet a 173 00:07:52.720 --> 00:07:55.399 snow leopard. But anyways, he had the proper permits to 174 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:58.600 own the animals, so he wasn't cited for any crime. 175 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:01.680 But the snow leopard got loose and nobody knew where 176 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:04.920 it was. And you know, I just remember anywhere you'd go, 177 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:07.199 it would be the conversation when you're checking out at 178 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:10.120 the gas station. You heard about that snow leopard. And 179 00:08:10.399 --> 00:08:12.199 I remember I was I was a lot younger at 180 00:08:12.199 --> 00:08:15.240 the time, and parents in the neighborhood were making sure 181 00:08:15.240 --> 00:08:17.600 their kids were in an hour or two earlier than normal, 182 00:08:17.600 --> 00:08:20.399 because you never know, the snow leopard may appear and 183 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:23.079 and you know, I mean, do whatever. It's just they 184 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:25.480 ended up finding it. But it was just a wild 185 00:08:25.519 --> 00:08:27.759 thing that it was all anybody in the little area 186 00:08:27.800 --> 00:08:29.800 I grew up was talking about, and everybody looking over 187 00:08:29.839 --> 00:08:32.240 their shoulder, and because you never know, what I mean, 188 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:34.399 you would have no clue what that animal would do 189 00:08:34.600 --> 00:08:36.279 if if you you know, and they would tell you 190 00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:38.120 not to try to, you know, catch it or anything 191 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:40.320 like that. In fact, call who you need to call 192 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:42.200 if you do think that you have spotted it. But 193 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:45.120 when I was this was when I was a teenager, 194 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:48.240 we had a trampoline in our backyard. One of the 195 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:50.919 and my sister. It was mostly her she was She 196 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:53.799 did gymnastics and cheerleadings, so she usually used the trampoline 197 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:55.879 and it had a little bitty tiny hole in it, 198 00:08:56.279 --> 00:08:59.039 and one of my buddies was jumping on it, just 199 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:02.279 you know, messing herud around, and his toe happened to 200 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:05.759 hit the tiny hole in the trampoline at the perfect 201 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:08.399 spot to where it just ripped our trampoline in half. 202 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:10.519 And he tried to tell her because I was like, 203 00:09:11.039 --> 00:09:13.120 I told him, look, my sister's gonna be really upset, 204 00:09:13.240 --> 00:09:15.720 like that's kind of a big deal. And he thought, well, 205 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:18.440 maybe I'll blame it on the snow lever. Ah, the 206 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:21.000 snow leopard got a hold of it, and of course 207 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:23.759 he tried that it didn't work out. But yeah, yeah, 208 00:09:23.399 --> 00:09:26.879 I can't. I mean, I'm scared of dogs. Have you 209 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:29.279 seen coyote? If I saw if I saw a snow leppard, 210 00:09:29.279 --> 00:09:30.120 I would lose my mind. 211 00:09:30.279 --> 00:09:31.360 Have you seen coyotes yet? 212 00:09:31.480 --> 00:09:31.559 No? 213 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:34.519 I remember I saw I saw coyote in our neighborhood 214 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:36.120 because they're prevalent now in neighborhoods. 215 00:09:36.240 --> 00:09:38.759 Is it so obvious to know that it's not I 216 00:09:38.840 --> 00:09:40.799 know it? You know what it is from afar though, 217 00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:42.519 I mean you probably think, like, hey, that kind of 218 00:09:42.519 --> 00:09:44.559 looks like it made Yeah, and then you get closer 219 00:09:44.559 --> 00:09:46.600 than you realize that is not a dog, cat. That's 220 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:49.559 not a typical animal that you see or a pet 221 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:52.320 you see that people walk in the neighborhood. So yeah, 222 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:56.039 there's probably more rare. There's probably more animals out there 223 00:09:56.080 --> 00:09:57.960 that we just wouldn't expect. And I mean the types 224 00:09:57.960 --> 00:09:59.960 of animals right, like coyotes are probably way more calm. 225 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:01.480 And then people realize that exactly. 226 00:10:01.559 --> 00:10:03.559 Yeah, there's one running around Hikes Point for the longest 227 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:05.639 time and it's just the most bizarre thing. But you 228 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:08.120 do when you see it, you're like, that's coyote. 229 00:10:08.159 --> 00:10:10.200 I'm telling you, haven't seen these videos of the zebra 230 00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:13.440 on the interstate. It's it's wild. It is wild, all right. 231 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:15.360 We got a quick we got another update of traffic 232 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:18.000 and weather coming your way is also an Another update 233 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:19.960 was on sports with Scott Fitzgerald right here on News 234 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:24.399 Radio eight forty whas. Thank you, John. It is seven 235 00:10:24.440 --> 00:10:27.159 thirty five here Kentucky had It's Morning News. You heard 236 00:10:27.159 --> 00:10:31.480 there from Jim Ryan about the big I guess release 237 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:35.919 date of the Nintendo Switch to which I guess it's 238 00:10:35.960 --> 00:10:38.480 I feel like I can say that I've benefited from 239 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:41.000 not really catching the video game bug really at any 240 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:43.879 point in my life, because I probably would have spent 241 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:45.919 a lot of time playing video games and I'm not 242 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:47.320 really sure what would have come from that. 243 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:47.440 Now. 244 00:10:47.480 --> 00:10:49.519 Again, if that's what you do as a hobby and 245 00:10:49.559 --> 00:10:51.600 that's how you spend your down, that's how you spend 246 00:10:51.639 --> 00:10:53.600 your downtime, then great. So I don't want to insinuate 247 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:55.200 if you play video games then all you're doing is 248 00:10:55.200 --> 00:10:57.440 wasting time. In fact, you could actually like you know, 249 00:10:57.440 --> 00:11:02.120 I mean, can't you like major in video games nowadays? Mediatimes? Sports, yeah, 250 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:05.519 e sports, Yeah, times have changed. But this is Nintendo's 251 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:10.600 flagship switch to It is the successor of the more popular, 252 00:11:10.679 --> 00:11:16.200 the very popular original Nintendo Switch. And I mean they're expected, 253 00:11:16.240 --> 00:11:19.840 meaning Nintendo to sell fifteen million units of the Switch 254 00:11:19.879 --> 00:11:22.960 to console in the fiscal year ending in March twenty 255 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:26.519 twenty six. So this is really really popular you've got 256 00:11:26.600 --> 00:11:30.559 people lined up to get it. There's certain places that 257 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:34.600 I guess you can, certain retail places will have some available. 258 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:36.919 But as far as the pre order, pre sale, that's 259 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:40.240 sold out long long ago. And look, I'm not passing 260 00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:43.159 judgment because people can do whatever they want. I just 261 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:46.639 can't think of anything I would wait hours in line 262 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:51.039 for like that. Yes, I mean, but that's just me. 263 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:53.120 Have you ever waited in line for like a release 264 00:11:53.159 --> 00:11:58.159 of an album, of a of a video game console, 265 00:11:58.960 --> 00:12:00.679 of a shoe. I used to work at a shoe 266 00:12:00.679 --> 00:12:03.320 store in the mall many years ago, and there were 267 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:06.639 certain release dates where we knew there'd be people overnight 268 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:09.200 staying outside because they wanted to get in line to 269 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:11.799 get their hands on it. So it's not that uncommon. 270 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:14.279 It's just I can't think of well than anything. It's 271 00:12:14.320 --> 00:12:17.240 not it's not necessarily the weight. It's just there's not 272 00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:21.320 any specific item that I've been that no, that ready 273 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:22.159 to get my hands on. 274 00:12:22.279 --> 00:12:24.639 I remember when my son wanted a PS five for 275 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:27.039 the longest time, Remember the rush, Yeah with those, and 276 00:12:27.639 --> 00:12:30.000 I did go a little crazy. We actually played it 277 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:32.159 out on the air that I was, I mean, I 278 00:12:32.279 --> 00:12:35.000 was Russell Crow beautiful mind and everything. Dude trying to 279 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:36.559 find a way to get him this PS five and 280 00:12:36.840 --> 00:12:38.840 he said, line, I think it was an Xbox one 281 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:41.919 is the alternative. But did you know And one thing 282 00:12:41.919 --> 00:12:44.480 I discovered in this there are people that you can 283 00:12:44.559 --> 00:12:47.039 pay to sit in line, and people were paying top dollars. 284 00:12:47.039 --> 00:12:48.639 That's a nice hustle, it is. 285 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:51.159 And people were paying when the iPhone would come out, 286 00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:54.039 for example, they would pay people to sit in line 287 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:56.960 for days and just wait outside. And of course we've 288 00:12:57.000 --> 00:13:00.039 seen that locally here with folks that wait outside for 289 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:01.240 Big Blue Nation tickets. 290 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:02.000 Oh yeah, you know. 291 00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:04.360 And I was telling you off the air, my son's. 292 00:13:04.320 --> 00:13:06.559 I think a ticket's different because that's just you want, 293 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:10.159 you want to experience. That's so bad. But as far 294 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:13.360 as and again, whatever game you're in line for for 295 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:15.519 a ticket, whatever event like who knows, it may never 296 00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:17.799 happen again, it can be special to you. These are 297 00:13:17.840 --> 00:13:20.399 items that eventually you'll be able to purchase and probably 298 00:13:20.399 --> 00:13:21.960 not pay the amount of money that you'd have to 299 00:13:21.960 --> 00:13:23.759 pay per S day. Well, and you can get on 300 00:13:23.799 --> 00:13:26.240 wait lists too. You can get a wait list to purchase. 301 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:28.799 But I told my wife after we finally got we 302 00:13:29.039 --> 00:13:31.840 we didn't get the PS five. But man, I've never 303 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:34.000 been through an experience like that. I mean that is 304 00:13:34.039 --> 00:13:37.360 like you are F five ing every retail website. There's 305 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:40.600 you're reading websites that are just you think conspiracy. 306 00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:43.000 So it was it mostly online looking to fund one 307 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:45.799 order or was going to places and seeing if they 308 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:46.080 had it. 309 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:48.320 No, you looked online and then what you did was 310 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:50.919 you waited and then you read all these you think. 311 00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:52.879 Like I said, you think conspiracy theorists were bad. 312 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:55.559 There were people that tracked this stuff and they would 313 00:13:55.639 --> 00:13:58.240 they would send out on Twitter like Okay, go now 314 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:01.480 to said retail store and they've got six of them 315 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:03.120 that are on hand. And I talked to some of 316 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:04.600 the folks in the retail outlets because I did a 317 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:06.559 little piece for it on Kentucky Focus, and it was 318 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:08.600 it was they would tell me they go, yeah, we 319 00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:10.879 would literally have these in on the truck. And I said, 320 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:14.159 do any of you guys ever give inside information? And 321 00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:16.039 I had one person tell me off the air they would. 322 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:17.960 They would tip off like a friend or a family 323 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:21.080 that we're looking forth that hey, these are by the way, 324 00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:22.519 and then but then you'd have to go and you'd 325 00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:24.159 have to actually F five and be able to get it. 326 00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:26.480 I've had stuff in my cart waiting for a PS 327 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:28.480 five and by the time I got ready to pay check. 328 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:30.840 Out, it's gone, Yeah, no longer available. Yeah. And there 329 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:32.840 are certain things you'd wait in line for because you 330 00:14:32.960 --> 00:14:35.039 know they're only going to like a shoe, a rare 331 00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:37.399 shoe that you know they'll only make a certain amount 332 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:41.039 of them, Therefore years later it'll only obtain more value 333 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:43.799 because of how rare it is. But items like an 334 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:49.360 iPhone or a PlayStation and Nintendo switch to they'll continue 335 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:52.000 to manufacture it if you continue to buy it, So 336 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:53.840 it's not like you're going to have a rare one 337 00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:56.720 maybe long long down the line. I'm just trying to 338 00:14:56.720 --> 00:14:59.159 think of if you're somebody that is going to pay 339 00:14:59.399 --> 00:15:03.240 top dollar or for somebody to sit in line for you, 340 00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:06.000 and you're gonna pay way more than the already expensive 341 00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:10.200 retail price just so you get it early. Seven years later, 342 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:15.360 will that added price that you paid to get it 343 00:15:15.399 --> 00:15:18.240 early really be worth it? Again, it's up to you 344 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:20.919 to determine what's worth it, right, it's your money, it's 345 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:23.360 your time. But I just think if you really consider it, 346 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:25.159 I'll eventually get my hands on it, I'll play it 347 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:28.080 and I'll be able to enjoy it, and I could 348 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:29.799 maybe save I don't know, five hundred buck. I mean, 349 00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:31.840 if you're a hustler sitting in line for somebody and 350 00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:34.519 you're not even going to get the device yourself, I mean, 351 00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:37.679 you're probably charging a lot of money. Especially I never early. 352 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:40.080 I never understood the iPhone thing, dude, Yeah, I never 353 00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:40.840 understood it. 354 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:44.559 Yep, especially when there's you know, the newest one. There's 355 00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:46.360 new bells and whistles and all that kind of stuff, 356 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:49.039 new features. But as somebody who's had an iPhone for 357 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:52.399 fifteen plus years, you know, I'll keep the current one 358 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:55.279 I have and just get the latest one whenever I can. 359 00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:57.240 I'm not in such a rush. All right, we got 360 00:15:57.279 --> 00:15:59.759 another update of traffic and weather coming your way right 361 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:03.879 here news radio eight forty w h as. It's seven 362 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:06.200 forty six here at Kentucky and it's morning news on 363 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:08.919 news Radio eight forty WHS. Let's get another update on 364 00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:11.840 sports with Scott Fitzgerald's Sports. 365 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:13.600 I was gonna say, man, we're coming a little early, 366 00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:14.559 aren't we. About forty four? 367 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:18.120 Here's your three day kicking buddy, here's your three day kids. 368 00:16:20.559 --> 00:16:21.679 I knew it was gonna happen. 369 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:24.440 You're great, but we do more sports. 370 00:16:24.440 --> 00:16:26.759 But no, it's sorry, No, dude, it is so awesome 371 00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:29.120 because I was telling you off the air that the 372 00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:31.240 beauty of working this part right here now is that 373 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:33.679 I can see others like I was John, I was 374 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:34.960 bragging on you in and break. 375 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:38.440 Down just what's funny. I knew that it that it 376 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:40.559 wasn't sports. I know I did that. It's your three days. 377 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:42.039 I have in front of me what we were going 378 00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:43.759 to discuss. So I'm sorry, No, you were. 379 00:16:43.879 --> 00:16:46.600 It's catching up with you, Bud. It's it's finally hitting. Yeah, 380 00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:48.320 and it does all of us. In fact, Nick and 381 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:51.080 I were talking last hour about there's a certain time 382 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:53.240 in the morning that I get really tired, and I 383 00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:56.519 when I was producing like John is when Bob's color 384 00:16:56.600 --> 00:16:58.559 was on this show. I'm not gonna lie, there was 385 00:16:58.600 --> 00:17:00.799 a time where I kind of dozed off board. And 386 00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:02.799 it hits every morning about the same time. 387 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:04.839 I could be a liar and blame this on me 388 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:07.119 being tired. I think it's just me being an idiot, 389 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:10.839 and you'll learn. You'll learn that that doesn't that's not 390 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:14.839 something that that you know, you mean, you're hereable at times. 391 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:17.319 There's a lot of things this show. Well today I 392 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:20.400 just completely made a big goof there, and I guess 393 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:23.279 we can blame it on being tired, but I don't know. 394 00:17:23.400 --> 00:17:25.200 I don't know if that was actually what it was. 395 00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:28.799 But also I'm surprised it took me. I'm surprised I 396 00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:32.960 got three plus shows in before I ended up saying 397 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:37.200 sports instead of staying News Radio eight forty whs I went. 398 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:39.680 I went to say Sports Talk seven ninety because that's 399 00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:42.359 what I've said for a long long time now. So yes, 400 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:44.240 I'm human. I'll make mistakes and I'll get better. But 401 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:46.440