WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:02.919 It is six so five here Kentucky and it's Morning 2 00:00:02.919 --> 00:00:06.120 News with Nick Coffee on news Radio eight forty whas, 3 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:08.519 Good morning Kentucky and a happy Monday. 4 00:00:09.160 --> 00:00:10.279 Let's get the week started. 5 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:12.880 A short week for myself and I'm sure a lot 6 00:00:12.919 --> 00:00:15.400 of folks with the fourth of July coming up on Friday, 7 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:17.440 I'll be out on Thursday. So that gives me a 8 00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:20.920 four day weekend. Can I get a hell? Yeah, I 9 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:22.800 guess you've got a four day weekend as well, because 10 00:00:22.839 --> 00:00:25.960 you'll be with us. You'll be here Thursday, right, John's right, 11 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:26.920 but not Monday. 12 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:27.719 But not on Monday. 13 00:00:27.719 --> 00:00:29.879 How about us? A couple of four day weekends coming 14 00:00:29.920 --> 00:00:30.559 our way. 15 00:00:30.519 --> 00:00:33.320 And then I'm gonna have another a second straight four day. 16 00:00:33.119 --> 00:00:35.200 Week though, which is nice. Oh yeah, I mean that's 17 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:36.840 the way to do it right now. Absolutely, you're part 18 00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:40.719 time around here anymore, man. I kid, he's a hard worker. 19 00:00:40.759 --> 00:00:43.240 He's the hardest working man in show business. John Alden, So, 20 00:00:43.759 --> 00:00:46.159 but yeah, we always I mean, if you get vacation, 21 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:49.479 take the vacation. I this is just a testament to 22 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:51.280 how hard of a worker I am, and just how 23 00:00:51.399 --> 00:00:55.359 I mean just it's a labor of love. I for 24 00:00:55.479 --> 00:00:59.640 a couple of years, got to November December, and I 25 00:00:59.679 --> 00:01:02.359 took some time, but I had more time, Like I 26 00:01:02.439 --> 00:01:05.599 left some time on the books because it's a user 27 00:01:05.599 --> 00:01:08.439 to lose the situation, and I just one I think 28 00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:10.840 after I've been here five years, I ended up falling 29 00:01:10.879 --> 00:01:14.280 into having more vacation time than that, like a lot 30 00:01:14.319 --> 00:01:17.719 more than I than I had, and with it being 31 00:01:17.760 --> 00:01:21.200 the holidays that's usually prime time for me. When I 32 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:23.400 was when I was hosting sports talk radio, just because 33 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:25.959 like even though like ratings and whatnot aren't even factored 34 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:27.840 in towards I think the end of the year, I 35 00:01:27.959 --> 00:01:30.760 just felt like, I mean, when you've got usually UK 36 00:01:30.799 --> 00:01:33.200 and you've al playing in basketball around that time, obviously 37 00:01:33.319 --> 00:01:35.439 UK and youvel football now play around Thanksgiving. So I 38 00:01:35.519 --> 00:01:39.280 ended up I remember starting a new calendar year knowing 39 00:01:39.319 --> 00:01:43.000 that I didn't take like four or five days of vacation, 40 00:01:43.480 --> 00:01:46.079 and I said, never again, that's foolish, right, they give 41 00:01:46.120 --> 00:01:48.079 me the time off I need to I need to 42 00:01:48.200 --> 00:01:50.959 use it. I know I sound like the guy who 43 00:01:51.359 --> 00:01:53.599 when your interview, when you're getting an interview for a job, 44 00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:55.640 and what would you say is is your is your 45 00:01:55.680 --> 00:01:58.319 biggest weakness? Well, it's just that I worked too hard. 46 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:01.239 I just I'm just, I just you can't keep. 47 00:02:01.079 --> 00:02:04.000 Me away off. Yeah, exactly, no days off. 48 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:06.879 That used to be the brand, but not anymore because 49 00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:09.280 I need time off and look at the If your 50 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:11.000 employer's going to give you some time off, you should 51 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:14.000 certainly certainly take advantage of it. All right, So the 52 00:02:14.039 --> 00:02:16.800 big story so far this morning, especially here locally, but 53 00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:18.680 it's not just the local story. It's it's a national 54 00:02:18.680 --> 00:02:23.280 story as well as Hall of Fame. Four time Kentucky 55 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:26.639 Derby winning trainer d Wayne Lucas passed away on Saturday 56 00:02:26.680 --> 00:02:30.439 evening at the age of eighty nine. Churchill Downs released 57 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:33.719 a statement, a press release I should say yesterday to 58 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:37.439 I guess, get the news out there formally and obviously 59 00:02:37.479 --> 00:02:40.360 this is a guy who when it comes to what 60 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:43.360 he did, meaning he was a trainer in horse racing, 61 00:02:43.479 --> 00:02:46.080 and so much more than that, but clearly a legend, 62 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:49.840 a guy who had four Kentucky Derby wins, six wins 63 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:53.479 in the Preakness, four wins, and the Belmont Stakes. When 64 00:02:53.479 --> 00:02:56.840 it comes to the Triple Crown racist that I just 65 00:02:56.919 --> 00:03:00.080 mentioned here, I mean him having fourteen of them. I 66 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:03.319 think only Bob Bafford has more. He secured twenty Breeders 67 00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:06.840 Cup victories, which of course was a recent record and 68 00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:10.400 obviously just a legendary career. And I did not have 69 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:13.479 a chance to ever meet Dewayne Lucas, to have any 70 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:16.400 interaction with him. Certainly he had a presence about him 71 00:03:16.439 --> 00:03:18.759 that let you know just how much of an impact 72 00:03:18.800 --> 00:03:20.520 he had on horse racing and an impact that he 73 00:03:20.599 --> 00:03:22.639 had on people. Again, I didn't get to meet him, 74 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:25.439 but if I did, I feel like I would have known. 75 00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:27.840 It was a real privilege, just because you know, you'll 76 00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:30.120 hear about all of those accomplishments, and I didn't even 77 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:32.719 get close to listing everything that he accomplished in the 78 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:35.960 world of horse racing. But when you hear people who 79 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:38.800 did cover him in his profession, and they did it 80 00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:41.199 for a long time, and they were able to develop 81 00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:43.159 somewhat of a relationship with him, Rather it be just 82 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:44.960 professional or maybe it became a little more of a 83 00:03:44.960 --> 00:03:47.360 professional to where they were friendly. He certainly left an 84 00:03:47.400 --> 00:03:51.840 impact on them and that is something that really stands 85 00:03:51.879 --> 00:03:55.400 out when you are in whatever industry it is. For 86 00:03:55.479 --> 00:03:57.120 as long as he was I mean he was, I mean, 87 00:03:57.159 --> 00:04:00.120 he was a part of the Derby just a month ago, 88 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:02.000 So a couple months ago, I should say. So this 89 00:04:02.039 --> 00:04:03.560 is obviously somebody who did it until he was eighty 90 00:04:03.639 --> 00:04:06.680 nine years old for you to have such a long career. 91 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:09.280 And it's not to say that people claimed he was 92 00:04:09.319 --> 00:04:11.439 the most perfect human being ever, but I think he 93 00:04:11.479 --> 00:04:14.599 was genuine. I think he was consistent, and I just 94 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:18.680 think it's human nature for us as humans to just 95 00:04:19.160 --> 00:04:22.240 appreciate that. And he certainly had a lot of people 96 00:04:22.240 --> 00:04:24.839 who appreciated him in what he did for them and 97 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:27.040 the impact he had on not only the industry of 98 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:29.519 horse racing, but also the impact here in the community. 99 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:32.920 So rest in peace to de Wayne Lucas. Also over 100 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:36.680 the weekend, Tom Jurich came back to be honored by 101 00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:39.600 both the university and the city. The former U of 102 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:42.920 l athletic director had not been back in any kind 103 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:47.160 of a formal you know, he was effectively fired in 104 00:04:47.160 --> 00:04:51.079 two thousand and seventeen, and then after that, I mean 105 00:04:51.600 --> 00:04:53.680 you'd hear about him being in town, you'd see some 106 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:56.560 pictures pop up on social media. But last week he 107 00:04:56.560 --> 00:04:58.639 did a lot of interviews. In fact, he joined Terry 108 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:03.160 Miners on h midweek last week and obviously a lot 109 00:05:03.160 --> 00:05:05.120 of coverage of it, as you could expect, and we'll 110 00:05:05.199 --> 00:05:06.680 let you hear a little bit about what he had 111 00:05:06.680 --> 00:05:08.160 to say coming up here in just a few minutes. 112 00:05:08.199 --> 00:05:11.079 In fact, i'll share with you a story that he 113 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:13.920 shared on Saturday that has something to do with the 114 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:17.040 current Louisville basketball coach Pat Kelsey, which I think Louisville 115 00:05:17.079 --> 00:05:19.399 fans will like to hear that. But I was happy 116 00:05:19.439 --> 00:05:24.240 to see Tom very much visually, I guess I should 117 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:28.360 say visibly moved by those that showed up. And I 118 00:05:28.360 --> 00:05:29.720 don't know what the crowd was as far as the 119 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:32.120 amount of people, but you could tell there were people 120 00:05:32.160 --> 00:05:35.240 there that he was happy to see. And there's probably 121 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:39.759 some people that he lost touch with and maybe just 122 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:43.360 forgot about, but them showing up to show that they 123 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:45.800 appreciated all that he did not a surprise by any means, 124 00:05:45.839 --> 00:05:49.000 because he was so impactful for not only this university, 125 00:05:49.120 --> 00:05:51.480 University of Louisville when it comes to just creating the 126 00:05:51.519 --> 00:05:54.560 athletic department to be what it is today, he also 127 00:05:54.600 --> 00:05:57.240 had an impact on the city here. So again we'll 128 00:05:57.240 --> 00:05:59.480 get into that and a lot more. It's Consucka in 129 00:05:59.519 --> 00:06:03.759 his morning news on news RADIOAATE forty WHS. It is 130 00:06:03.800 --> 00:06:06.160 six sixteen here at NUCAN. It's Morning News with Nick 131 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:08.519 Coffee on news Radio eight forty WHAS. 132 00:06:08.600 --> 00:06:09.399 Take us with you, REV. 133 00:06:09.439 --> 00:06:12.560 You go listen live at whas dot com or listen 134 00:06:12.639 --> 00:06:15.319 live on the iHeartRadio app. And also keep in mind 135 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:17.879 you can use that talkback feature to interact with us 136 00:06:17.959 --> 00:06:20.240 and share whatever it is that you want with us 137 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:22.879 here on news radio eight forty WHS. So the big 138 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:27.480 story nationally is what took place yesterday in Idaho, and 139 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:29.800 there's still a lot of unanswered questions as far as 140 00:06:30.439 --> 00:06:34.279 who this perpetrator was, what their motive was. But just 141 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:38.920 an awful, awful, tragic situation as firefighters were called to 142 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:41.079 what they believe was a fire that they needed to, 143 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:42.839 you know, go help. 144 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:46.560 And I mean that's that's I mean, I can't imagine. 145 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:49.240 I mean, I've never It's probably this probably won't shock anybody, 146 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:50.920 but I've never been in law enforcement or been a 147 00:06:50.959 --> 00:06:54.319 first responder or anything like that. And those who sacrifice 148 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:56.680 potentially their life to go keep people safe, I mean 149 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:00.560 those are special, special people, and I would imagine that 150 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:04.079 rarely do they ever end up going to save people 151 00:07:04.079 --> 00:07:06.639 potentially and do what they're do what they're supposed to do, 152 00:07:07.240 --> 00:07:10.600 and not know if they're Evron gonna come home, because 153 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:12.600 that's that's what you sign up for, and we need 154 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:14.720 people like that. We're so appreciative for those that do 155 00:07:14.879 --> 00:07:18.920 choose to be public servants in that way first responders, 156 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:23.279 but they became victims because the fire was believed to 157 00:07:23.279 --> 00:07:26.480 be intentionally set by someone who wanted to bring out 158 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:31.519 firemen to the area. So I assume he could. I 159 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:33.560 think they did say that it was a man, but 160 00:07:34.199 --> 00:07:38.040 they could just ambush these firemen, and it sounds like 161 00:07:38.079 --> 00:07:42.319 it was someone who had was a sniper. And yeah, 162 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:44.399 just just an awful, awful story. And here's what we 163 00:07:44.480 --> 00:07:47.920 know right now, as far as just the latest overnight. 164 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:50.680 They did in fact find the suspected shooter who allegedly 165 00:07:50.920 --> 00:07:53.560 again killed two Idaho firefighters and injured at least one. 166 00:07:54.160 --> 00:07:56.879 That suspect was found dead with the weapon. That was 167 00:07:56.959 --> 00:08:00.639 late last night. He has first responder cruise. We're pinned 168 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:03.360 down for hours when a hidden gunman opened fire as 169 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:06.480 they fought that blaze on Canfield Mountains just north of. 170 00:08:08.040 --> 00:08:09.160 Is It Court Aline. 171 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:12.879 I'm sure I'm butchering that name Portelaine, Yeah, in Idaho there. 172 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:16.800 So they first reached out about eight one in regards 173 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:20.439 to a fire and then rifle shots rang out roughly 174 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:23.399 thirty minutes later, which, of course forest deputies to return 175 00:08:23.439 --> 00:08:26.720 fire with helicopters. And just to you know, as far 176 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:29.399 as who this person is, I've yet to see that 177 00:08:29.399 --> 00:08:30.879 we have any kind of an update as far as 178 00:08:30.879 --> 00:08:34.240 a name, but I'm sure we'll know here soon enough, 179 00:08:34.279 --> 00:08:36.399 and there won't be any kind of explanation as far 180 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:38.240 as a motive it's going to make this make any sense. 181 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:40.919 But again, we will let you know the latest throughout 182 00:08:40.960 --> 00:08:42.600 the morning. Here wouldn't shock me. By the time we 183 00:08:42.639 --> 00:08:45.159 wrap this thing up this morning, we'll have some more 184 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:47.639 some more details for you, all right, So real quick 185 00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:51.559 on the Tom Jurich honor this weekend where he was 186 00:08:51.559 --> 00:08:53.679 brought back by the city and the school to have 187 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:57.639 a part of Floyd Street named after him. Jurich Way, 188 00:08:58.279 --> 00:08:59.759 this is a little bit of what he had to 189 00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:03.919 say on on on Saturday. As many fans, supporters and 190 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:07.519 I'm sure friends of Tom showed up to uh To 191 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:10.080 to be there for him on this special day. And clearly, 192 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:11.919 as you could tell here, it was it was a 193 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:14.600 special day as he had a tough time controlling his 194 00:09:14.639 --> 00:09:17.559 emotions as as you know one would expect given given 195 00:09:17.559 --> 00:09:18.120 the situation. 196 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:20.879 Overall, this is Eric Crawford's fault. 197 00:09:21.799 --> 00:09:24.799 Yeah, Taryln and I were driving on Tuesday to come 198 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:29.679 up here from from our from South Carolina, and Eric 199 00:09:29.720 --> 00:09:32.879 said it's gonna be really emotional. It's no no, no, 200 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:36.600 Aryln says, can you can you handle it? I said, 201 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:39.679 oh yeah, this piece of cake? We this is not 202 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:42.320 a piece of cake. I got off right here at 203 00:09:42.360 --> 00:09:46.279 the Cardinal Boulevard and it hit me hard. I haven't 204 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:49.919 been back in eight years, and this is a place 205 00:09:49.960 --> 00:09:54.200 I love dearly and President. I wish you's so so 206 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:57.919 much luck you. I've heard so many great things about you. 207 00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:01.720 I got to visit Josh yesterday. You got a great 208 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:03.360 team together. You and Josh You're going to make a 209 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:05.200 great team. And I just wish all of you the 210 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:08.600 best of luck. This has never been a job to me. 211 00:10:08.759 --> 00:10:10.720 This was so we'll have some more of that for 212 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:12.320 you guys a little bit later on. Also, I wanted 213 00:10:12.320 --> 00:10:15.039 to share a story that Jurrett shared about Pat Kelsey 214 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:17.360 that I think Louisville fans will like so happy that 215 00:10:17.399 --> 00:10:20.360 Tom had that moment. I think I don't know if 216 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:23.000 he didn't believe that he was appreciated around here, but 217 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:25.799 if he didn't, then I would imagine after this past 218 00:10:25.840 --> 00:10:28.799 week and certainly Saturday morning, he has to know now 219 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:31.279 right and good because he made an impact here that 220 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:34.399 I don't know if there's anybody that's been as impactful 221 00:10:34.399 --> 00:10:38.320 on Louisville Athletics than Tom Jurche. All right, we've got 222 00:10:38.320 --> 00:10:40.360 an update of trafficking weather coming away and another update 223 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:42.559 on sports with Scott Fitzgerald right here on news Radio 224 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:47.279 eight forty WHS. Thank you very much, John Shannon. It 225 00:10:47.320 --> 00:10:50.279 is six thirty five here Kentucky ANDAs Morning News with 226 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:55.279 Nick Coffee on news Radio eight forty WHAS. So parking 227 00:10:55.320 --> 00:11:00.320 meters may end up in the Highlands area, and that 228 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:04.559 of course has business owners and obviously residents of the 229 00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:08.159 area sharing their thoughts and doesn't not a surprise that 230 00:11:08.159 --> 00:11:11.799 there's some that don't like this idea. But the parking 231 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:15.039 Authority of River City Park they plan to add three 232 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:18.080 hundred and twenty eight parking meters along Bargetown Road in 233 00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:22.440 the Highlands area to increase revenue and also parking turnover 234 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:26.080 for businesses, meaning if you, and I guess is if 235 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:27.639 you are, if you're a business owner, you would worry 236 00:11:27.679 --> 00:11:29.679 that if people are in fact going to have to 237 00:11:29.679 --> 00:11:32.919 start paying to park to come and give you business, 238 00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:37.320 then maybe they would they would go elsewhere because they 239 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:40.399 don't want to pay to park. Right, you're competing with 240 00:11:40.519 --> 00:11:42.600 a lot of folks depending upon what your business is, 241 00:11:42.639 --> 00:11:44.759 and maybe you offer something that nobody else can give you. 242 00:11:44.799 --> 00:11:46.720 But if you're a restaurant or really just when you 243 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:50.399 consider the businesses in that area, I'm sure there are 244 00:11:50.440 --> 00:11:53.200 other areas of Louisville that also have similar businesses and 245 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:56.919 if there's not a strong preference on one or the other, 246 00:11:57.519 --> 00:12:00.440 I think with the economy certainly being the way it is, 247 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:02.360 folks deciding to go to the place where they don't 248 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:05.120 have to pay to park, if it's relatively the same 249 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:06.679 distance like they wouldn't shock me at all. 250 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:09.120 So there's there's I guess, a potential. 251 00:12:08.639 --> 00:12:10.879 Benefit that people wouldn't just wouldn't just set up, set 252 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:14.480 up shop and not leave all day. But also there'll 253 00:12:14.519 --> 00:12:16.120 be people that maybe just don't want to have to 254 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:19.080 pay to park in the Highlands because one they just 255 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:20.919 want to save money, but also they've never had to 256 00:12:20.919 --> 00:12:24.919 do it before. So the meters are expected to generate 257 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:27.720 two hundred and eighty five thousand dollars annually and it'll 258 00:12:27.759 --> 00:12:32.120 fund parks operations and not local projects. Residents, including friends 259 00:12:32.159 --> 00:12:35.600 of Bargetown Road, they opposed the plan, and they mentioned 260 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:38.960 really that it's unfair that other areas like Frankfort Avenue 261 00:12:39.039 --> 00:12:41.000 remain meeter free. And that's where if you if you're 262 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:45.120 competing with with other businesses similar to yours that are 263 00:12:45.320 --> 00:12:48.759 that are in the New lou area or in the 264 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:51.879 Frankfort Avenue area, which again newlu may have parking as 265 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:53.240 far as you have to pay out. I don't know 266 00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:55.360 that for certain, but Frankfort Avenue is an area that 267 00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:57.759 does not have meters now, and that may lead to 268 00:12:57.840 --> 00:13:01.279 people in that area this is benefiting from people that 269 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:03.840 don't want to come and pay to park. So apparently 270 00:13:04.159 --> 00:13:07.320 they aim to have this completed by June of next year, 271 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:11.440 pending community feedback. And I don't want to sound so cynical, 272 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:14.600 but I just assume eventually, no matter where we go, 273 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:18.559 there's going to be some type of parking fee associated. 274 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:21.039 I mean, it's already that way now in a lot 275 00:13:21.039 --> 00:13:24.240 of places, and I don't like it. I try to 276 00:13:24.279 --> 00:13:28.440 find the cheapest option to park whenever I'm going somewhere, 277 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:30.320 and there's clearly going to be a cost associated for 278 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:33.200 me parking. But as far as just trying to find 279 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:35.960 a space where I know I don't have to pay 280 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:38.440 at all, I mean, maybe I'll get lucky, but there's 281 00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:41.120 certainly no expectation on my end of being able to 282 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:44.279 find that, especially in big cities. In Louisville, of course, 283 00:13:44.679 --> 00:13:46.919 is the biggest city in this state, but obviously there's 284 00:13:46.960 --> 00:13:49.399 other cities to where. I mean, when's the last time 285 00:13:49.440 --> 00:13:52.000 you could be downtown Chicago and not have to pay 286 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:54.559 to park somewhere. I mean, you get out of your 287 00:13:54.559 --> 00:13:56.879 car for five minutes in Chicago, they're getting fifty bucks 288 00:13:56.919 --> 00:13:59.360 out of you. I mean, I'm exaggerating a little bit, 289 00:13:59.399 --> 00:14:00.919 but maybe I'm not. I haven't been in Chicago in 290 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:03.120 a while, and certainly the cost of everything has gone 291 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:05.320 up quite a bit since my last trip to. 292 00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:06.039 The Windy City. 293 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:09.919 But we went to the to Slugger Field for the 294 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:13.759 Banana Ball event on Thursday, and we parked right there 295 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:16.200 in that that lot that is I guess you'd call 296 00:14:16.240 --> 00:14:18.960 it the it's not the main lot for the stadium, 297 00:14:19.320 --> 00:14:21.720 but it's if you're looking out towards the river in 298 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:23.519 front of the stadium, it's that lot to the left, 299 00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:25.879 and you scan the code and you put your card 300 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:27.279 in and you put your plate number. 301 00:14:27.320 --> 00:14:29.519 That's that's that's a pretty convenient way to do it. 302 00:14:29.559 --> 00:14:31.799 But because of it being an event that was not 303 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:34.840 a Bats game, it was Banana Ball with the Savannah 304 00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:37.960 Bananas in town and clearly a sellout crowd thirteen thousand 305 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:40.519 people there, it was it was a flat rate fee 306 00:14:40.559 --> 00:14:42.600 for six hours, and I believe it costs like fifty 307 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:45.120 five to sixty dollars to park. So I mean that 308 00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:48.440 I didn't like that, but I'm not at all surprised. 309 00:14:49.320 --> 00:14:50.799 The other thing, good John. 310 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:53.240 I'll just say one thing. I wish places and events 311 00:14:53.279 --> 00:14:56.000 would just include the parking fee with your ticket, so 312 00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:57.440 you have to pay something separate. 313 00:14:57.960 --> 00:14:59.879 Yeah, and then that's that's a good that's a good 314 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:04.120 point because if you own your own, if you own 315 00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:08.519 your own, if you have property that like for example, 316 00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:11.679 like the Bats don't own that lot that I've parked in, 317 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:13.759 so therefore they may not have certain control over it. 318 00:15:14.039 --> 00:15:16.399 I mean, most places that I guess that are gonna 319 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:18.799 host a huge crowd, where again, parking is gonna be 320 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:21.240 a fee, and it's not going to be cheap. It's 321 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:23.519 really just people taking advantage. I mean that's why for 322 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:27.200 from now, and I mean you could go back. I'm 323 00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:29.480 sure you could go back many many, many years. And 324 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:32.080 it's certainly the case today and it probably isn't changing. 325 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:36.639 But as Churchill Downs has purchased many a lot of 326 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:39.200 the land that's near their track, I mean it's the 327 00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:41.799 expansions they've made over the years. There are still people 328 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:44.720 who own homes that are within walking distance of Churchill 329 00:15:44.720 --> 00:15:46.840 Downs and I would love to know what kind of 330 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:49.600 money they make when they set up their front yard 331 00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:52.039 for a full week of people making their way to 332 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:54.799 Churchill Downs that don't mind walking a little bit farther 333 00:15:55.279 --> 00:15:57.600 if in fact they you know, they can save a 334 00:15:57.639 --> 00:16:00.559 little bit of money. But yeah, I mean parking is 335 00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:04.200 it's uh you should now in a lot of instances, 336 00:16:04.440 --> 00:16:06.799 I say, just assume when you're when you're trying to 337 00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:08.720 in your mind think of what it's going to cost 338 00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:13.399 you to to to go somewhere and do something. You're thinking, okay, uh, 339 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:18.799 maybe estimate fuel cost maybe estimate dinner and drinks budgeting, 340 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:20.159 you know, the meal if you're going to dinner with 341 00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:23.080 the family. But also I would just keep in mind 342 00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:25.799 there maybe don't be don't be so surprised if there's 343 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:27.799 always going to be some fee added because you have 344 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:30.159 to park your car somewhere. I don't like it, but 345 00:16:31.039 --> 00:16:33.480 I just that's the way it is now. Unfortunately, which 346 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:35.240 we'll talk about coming up here just a minute. Some 347 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:37.120 things that used to just be free and now you 348 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:39.960 know you're paying for parking is certainly becoming one of those. 349 00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:42.399 We'll get to that and uh, something else I want 350 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:43.720 to take a look at here before we get to 351 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:48.600 our next update on sports. We've got a breakdown here. 352 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:50.919 If you've ever wanted to be on a reality TV show, 353 00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:53.799 there's a casting director that has spilled some secrets as 354 00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:56.840 far as what your best chances of getting selected in 355 00:16:56.879 --> 00:16:59.840 a highly competitive field as far as being on reality TV. 356 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:01.279 Don't go anywhere. It's Kentucky. 357 00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:03.039 It's morning news right here, our news radio way forty 358 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:07.920 to BHS. So things that used to just be free 359 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:10.359 and there was never a thought of ever having to 360 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:13.240 pay for it that now it's much different. 361 00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:14.240 Many many years later. 362 00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:18.119 This is one where I mean it's still technically free, 363 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:19.519 but what you have to do in. 364 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:21.680 Order to utilize this service you have to pay. 365 00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:25.119 And that is just TV TV was free with just 366 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:28.599 that antenna, which, John, you're younger than I. Was that 367 00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:30.279 a thing when you were a kid. Do you remember 368 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:33.880 television when you were a youngster where you had those 369 00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:37.240 bunny ears on the TVs they just set on the floor, 370 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:38.359 you know those bill bricks. 371 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:40.559 I've bought TVs, I've seen them, but we never have 372 00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:41.400 one in our house. 373 00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:43.880 It was the thing when I was really young, but 374 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:46.359 it wasn't super common at that point. But yes, you 375 00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:50.480 could get networks like NBC, CBS, ABC with no subscription anything, 376 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:53.079 if you just used if you just used in antenna. 377 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:56.039 Cable has existed a while, but it was optional for 378 00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:57.799 a lot of people, and I guess early on when 379 00:17:57.880 --> 00:18:00.400 cable was new, you didn't know what you didn't have, right, 380 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:03.519 so a lot of people probably weren't as excited to 381 00:18:03.640 --> 00:18:05.559 just go sign up to get more channels. But of 382 00:18:05.599 --> 00:18:08.759 course now things are much different. So technically now you 383 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:12.079 can you can get the local channels with the Hulu 384 00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:14.839 Live YouTube TV, but that's not free. That that costs, 385 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:17.000 and it's also not super cheap, to be honest with you, 386 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:19.960 but you can still use the free version of what 387 00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:23.359 of what was done many many years ago with the antenna, 388 00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:28.519 but you have to now get a digital converter that that, 389 00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:32.400 of course, you know, is it's something that is not free. 390 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:35.279 I don't know what it costs, but yeah, TV is 391 00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:38.400 certainly one of those things. And this is maybe not 392 00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:42.559 every financial institution, but banking service like the basic banking service, 393 00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:46.799 checking accounts and savings accounts and basic transactions. Back in 394 00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:49.079 the day, I mean they were free. I mean ATMs 395 00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:51.559 were free. In fact, it still is, I think if 396 00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:54.359 you use your own banks ATM, but now you've got 397 00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:57.279 monthly fees that are there for checking accounts and less 398 00:18:57.359 --> 00:19:01.279 than minimum balance is maintained ATM fees of course if 399 00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:04.000 you're out of network. I mean, this is I don't 400 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:07.640 remember this, but airlines, like in the seventies flights included 401 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:13.039