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Speaker 1: It was one of the greatest love stories of my life.

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My nearly thirty four years with Ernie the Blue Crown Conyer.

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We were both called to learn life by way of

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studying a collection of trees. The lyrics from Ernie's forest.

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You can find them all on Arrow dot Net A

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r oe dot Net. You can find them on the

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podcast four Stories, The Choice and View from the writing Instrument.

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Get to know Ernie while you're enjoying your exploration Arrow

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dot Net a r r oe dot Net. We see

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it and we hear it every day. Those old Saints, phrases, idioms,

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you know, those things your family and friends usually came

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up with, and they came from out of nowhere, and

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only some of the time they actually made sense. Well,

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they had to start somewhere, right, Who, what, where, why,

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when and how? Some of those old saints are not

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only ancient, but still carry a powerful punch even today.

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In fact, I live by one of those old saints.

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Winning is a choice. The goal of these epps is

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to help preserve not only a language, but lessons in life.

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My name is Arrow Flash in the pan. It comes

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from the days of flintlock muskets, when the trigger was

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pulled sparks from the flint, ignited the gunpowder in the pan.

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Now what they experienced was what's called a flash. It

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was even a bigger flash when they didn't ignite the

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first or second time. This led to an unbelievable, useless

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misfire flash in the pan. From the trigger to the

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flint to the gunpowder in the pan. Pull the trigger,

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you had a flash in the pan. Oh, it has

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a much different definition today. It means showy, impressive in

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the first chapters, but failed to achieve anything substantial. A

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flash in the pan. But but, but, but but there's

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another theory here. Gold miners on a river panning for gold.

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Something shiny catches their eye. Miners wanted it to be gold.

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It was actually really a flash in the pan. Such

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a statement or phrase has been heard a lot in

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my forty six years of broadcasting. A newbie talent comes

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into town. Ooh, I've heard a lot of great things

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their first six months on the air. The rating shoot

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through the roof, and then that was it. The radio

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station program director has to sit down with a GM

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and say, with great sadness, I think we hired a

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flash in the pan. Something our parents would say my

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name is Arro