Speaker 1: It was one of the greatest love stories of my life.
My nearly thirty four years with Ernie the Blue Crown Conyer.
We were both called to learn life by way of
studying a collection of trees. The lyrics from Ernie's forest.
You can find them all on Arrow dot Net A
r oe dot Net. You can find them on the
podcast four Stories, The Choice and View from the writing Instrument.
Get to know Ernie while you're enjoying your exploration Arrow
dot Net a r r oe dot Net. We see
it and we hear it every day. Those old Saints, phrases, idioms,
you know, those things your family and friends usually came
up with, and they came from out of nowhere, and
only some of the time they actually made sense. Well,
they had to start somewhere, right, Who, what, where, why,
when and how? Some of those old saints are not
only ancient, but still carry a powerful punch even today.
In fact, I live by one of those old saints.
Winning is a choice. The goal of these epps is
to help preserve not only a language, but lessons in life.
My name is Arrow Flash in the pan. It comes
from the days of flintlock muskets, when the trigger was
pulled sparks from the flint, ignited the gunpowder in the pan.
Now what they experienced was what's called a flash. It
was even a bigger flash when they didn't ignite the
first or second time. This led to an unbelievable, useless
misfire flash in the pan. From the trigger to the
flint to the gunpowder in the pan. Pull the trigger,
you had a flash in the pan. Oh, it has
a much different definition today. It means showy, impressive in
the first chapters, but failed to achieve anything substantial. A
flash in the pan. But but, but, but but there's
another theory here. Gold miners on a river panning for gold.
Something shiny catches their eye. Miners wanted it to be gold.
It was actually really a flash in the pan. Such
a statement or phrase has been heard a lot in
my forty six years of broadcasting. A newbie talent comes
into town. Ooh, I've heard a lot of great things
their first six months on the air. The rating shoot
through the roof, and then that was it. The radio
station program director has to sit down with a GM
and say, with great sadness, I think we hired a
flash in the pan. Something our parents would say my
name is Arro