WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.799 Willie's intro. But you don't have Willy today, it's me. 2 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:07.960 We want to only Mike Allen Senior in for the 3 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:12.919 great American Willie Cunningham today. I'm in for him today, 4 00:00:13.720 --> 00:00:18.679 tomorrow and Wednesday of next week. So I'm going to 5 00:00:18.760 --> 00:00:20.640 try to do a good show for you today. I 6 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:24.839 think we got a pretty good lineup. At one o'clock, 7 00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:26.800 we're going to talk to a guy by the name 8 00:00:26.839 --> 00:00:33.240 of doctor Robert Marbitt. He just finished producing a documentary 9 00:00:33.399 --> 00:00:36.640 on the fentanyl crisis. And you know, I know it's 10 00:00:36.640 --> 00:00:39.359 a holiday season and don't want to bring anybody down, 11 00:00:39.439 --> 00:00:42.240 but take my word for it as somebody who's in 12 00:00:42.280 --> 00:00:46.600 the systems, it is a real problem. We will talk 13 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:50.920 to doctor Marbitt at one o'clock. Two o'clock. This is 14 00:00:50.960 --> 00:00:53.640 going to be interesting. We're going to do a deep 15 00:00:53.799 --> 00:00:59.320 dive into the John Bennet Ramsey case with JT. Townsend. 16 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:04.079 He has just been all over this thing and he's 17 00:01:04.120 --> 00:01:07.200 got a timeline and a lot of interesting kind of 18 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:12.439 takes on it. There is a great Netflix documentary out 19 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:14.480 on it. I saw it about a month or so ago. 20 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:17.519 If you're into that stuff, you got to give it 21 00:01:17.560 --> 00:01:20.200 a try. So pretty good show lined up for you. 22 00:01:20.280 --> 00:01:25.239 I think, well, you know, obviously we're just getting out 23 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:27.799 of Christmas. I hope you all had a good Christmas. 24 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:31.200 Mine was good, but it was kind of interesting. And 25 00:01:31.799 --> 00:01:33.879 if you don't mind, I'll share it with you, and 26 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:36.319 if you want to share with me. Seven four nine, 27 00:01:36.439 --> 00:01:40.560 seven thousand, one eight hundred, the big one are the numbers. 28 00:01:41.319 --> 00:01:47.000 I spent last week in Mexico Port of Aarta. I 29 00:01:47.079 --> 00:01:50.239 love going to Mexico. This is probably, and I don't know, 30 00:01:50.359 --> 00:01:53.640 thirty forty years about my twentieth time down there. Just 31 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:58.560 absolutely love it. So went down there last week. It 32 00:01:58.680 --> 00:02:01.599 was a great trip. It really was. Weather was in 33 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:06.040 the mid eighties every day, not a drop of rain 34 00:02:06.280 --> 00:02:09.520 at all. And it's kind of interesting here in the 35 00:02:09.639 --> 00:02:13.719 Christmas carols when you're sitting out by the pool drinking 36 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:19.039 a beer in December, but you know, they celebrate Christmas. 37 00:02:19.039 --> 00:02:21.520 Obviously a lot of Catholics down there. It was just 38 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:25.599 interesting seeing that. But I gotta tell you too, I 39 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:30.400 was dreading. I've never flown around Christmas time. Like I said, 40 00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:33.240 I've been there a million times, but not around Christmas. 41 00:02:34.199 --> 00:02:39.360 It was near perfect. I mean, nothing went wrong, we 42 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:45.439 flew from Cincinnati into Houston and from Houston into Port 43 00:02:45.439 --> 00:02:48.759 of Aarda, and I was in Port of Aarda I 44 00:02:48.759 --> 00:02:52.240 guess about ten years or so ago. And man, it 45 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:56.639 has grown. I mean it's grown by leaps and bounds, 46 00:02:56.719 --> 00:02:59.240 and that's one thing I was kind of hoping that 47 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:03.199 didn't but it did. But at any rate, the flight 48 00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:08.080 was great. TSA. I mean, I can't say enough about 49 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:11.280 those guys. They take a lot of grief and I've 50 00:03:11.319 --> 00:03:16.680 been on the receiving end of some discourteous, if you will, 51 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:22.599 comments from them, but they were courteous, efficient. It was 52 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:26.960 just impressive. On the way home, It's something happened that 53 00:03:27.240 --> 00:03:30.560 has never happened to me before. From part of our 54 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:34.960 Arta to Houston, we actually got there a half hour early. 55 00:03:35.599 --> 00:03:38.080 I don't know how the pilot did that. He must 56 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:41.439 have had his foot jammed on the accelerator, but it 57 00:03:41.479 --> 00:03:43.639 was just it was nice to go through all that 58 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:47.840 without any glitches. So TSA takes a lot of crap, 59 00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:50.759 but well, I'll tell you, I can't say enough about them. 60 00:03:50.919 --> 00:03:53.879 And that's just not on this trip. It's been on 61 00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:57.159 just about every trip lately. And by the way, just 62 00:03:57.280 --> 00:04:02.680 kind of by circumstance. Last night I watched on Netflix 63 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:08.719 a great movie about TSA. It's called carry On. It's 64 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:12.680 a drama. It's not a real life thing, but it's 65 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:16.040 really good and it's all about what some bad guy 66 00:04:16.560 --> 00:04:18.800 wants to do at an airport and if you get 67 00:04:18.839 --> 00:04:25.399 a chance, you ought to watch it. One downside though, however, 68 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:28.720 and this has only happened to me one time before, 69 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:33.519 came home and brought a little bit a case of 70 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:38.680 Montezuma's Revenge with me. And for those of you that 71 00:04:38.839 --> 00:04:42.079 might not know what it is, that's just look it 72 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:44.480 up because I don't want to talk about it too much. 73 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:47.360 But needless to say, it kind of put me on 74 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:50.920 the sidelines for a couple of days. So I missed 75 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:56.120 Christmas Eve with my family and Christmas Day as well. 76 00:04:57.000 --> 00:04:59.920 But I'm up and at them today feeling a lot better. 77 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:04.120 So you know the thing with Monozumer's revenge, it's don't 78 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:07.680 drink the water. Well I didn't drink the water, but 79 00:05:08.399 --> 00:05:12.600 I mean you can get it anywhere. They can be 80 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:16.680 transported through food and anything like that. But still a 81 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:19.839 great trip, but it kind of put a damper on 82 00:05:19.879 --> 00:05:24.319 the holidays. I kind of have a theory about Christmas, though, 83 00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:27.759 this is what I believe, and I really believe this. 84 00:05:28.839 --> 00:05:31.680 Christmas is great and it's fun when you're a kid. 85 00:05:31.720 --> 00:05:34.920 I mean, there's just nothing better when you're a kid. 86 00:05:35.959 --> 00:05:39.120 And then it becomes great again when you have kids. 87 00:05:40.759 --> 00:05:43.600 How much fun it is to watch them tear open 88 00:05:43.639 --> 00:05:46.560 their gifts and you know, knock each other on the 89 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:50.319 head with whatever they got, And it'll be fun again 90 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:55.160 if I ever have grandkids. Other than that, I mean, yeah, 91 00:05:55.560 --> 00:05:59.480 it's a holiday to hook up with family and friends 92 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:02.079 and things like that. But I don't know, just a 93 00:06:02.079 --> 00:06:08.439 little bit too commercial, starts way way too early, and 94 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:12.879 I don't know. That's just my thought. Hey, I want 95 00:06:12.920 --> 00:06:14.759 to ask you, and I want to hear from you. 96 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:17.759 Seven four nine, seven thousand, one, eight hundred, the big 97 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:23.519 one are the numbers your best Christmas gift ever? Best 98 00:06:23.600 --> 00:06:27.480 Christmas gift ever? And I'll start off with mine. I 99 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:32.120 probably was maybe I don't know, nine ten years old 100 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:37.319 and I got from Santa Claus to with my mother 101 00:06:37.399 --> 00:06:41.120 and father. And if you're in my age group, you'll 102 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:47.839 remember this a swim stingray bike with the banana seat 103 00:06:48.079 --> 00:06:51.439 and it actually had a shifter in the middle of it. 104 00:06:51.879 --> 00:06:54.120 That was a big deal back in those days, and 105 00:06:54.720 --> 00:06:58.399 I was not expecting it at all, And boy, I 106 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:01.360 tell you what, I was kind of the envy of 107 00:07:01.360 --> 00:07:05.720 the neighborhood for a while until of course I trashed it. 108 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:08.959 But that's my best Christmas gift. And I've got a 109 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:13.279 lot of good ones since then, but that's mine. And 110 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:16.519 you know, if you want to weigh in with yours again, 111 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:19.800 seven four nine, seven thousand, one eight hundred, the big 112 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:25.519 one are the numbers. How about Christmas traditions? Every family 113 00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:31.079 just about has a Christmas tradition, and my family's no different. 114 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:34.319 I want to tell you about it. It's kind of funny. Okay. 115 00:07:34.519 --> 00:07:39.720 One year, when the kids were young, pretty young, we 116 00:07:39.759 --> 00:07:42.040 didn't have a lot of money for Christmas gifts. It 117 00:07:42.240 --> 00:07:44.759 just kind of worked out that way, and you know, 118 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:48.279 we got the gifts and thought, hen, that's not going 119 00:07:48.360 --> 00:07:51.639 to look like too much under the tree. We better 120 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:58.079 do something. So I went to Big Lots and got 121 00:07:58.079 --> 00:08:00.439 the kids a lot of cheap, cheap toy as well, 122 00:08:00.519 --> 00:08:05.480 kids being kids, you know, they didn't notice that. I 123 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:09.680 kind of kept that tradition up. I don't know if 124 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:12.959 you shop at Big Lots, if you ever have and 125 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:16.240 the people there are just so nice and so friendly, 126 00:08:16.319 --> 00:08:20.000 but they kind of have some off the wall and 127 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:24.879 unusual things. So usually on Christmas Eve I'll stop in 128 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:28.240 there and kind of try to find the goofiest things. 129 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:31.720 I can wrap them up like they're real gifts and 130 00:08:31.800 --> 00:08:35.559 exchange those on Christmas Eve. And it's kind of gone 131 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:39.600 over well for the last, oh my goodness, probably about 132 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:43.200 thirty years. So, like I said, I'd like to hear 133 00:08:43.799 --> 00:08:48.480 your Christmas tradition, your best Christmas gift ever? Seven four nine, 134 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:51.759 seven thousand, one, eight hundred the Big One. Give us 135 00:08:51.799 --> 00:08:53.919 a call and let us know. Hey, we're going to 136 00:08:53.960 --> 00:08:56.759 take a short break, but we'll be back. Mike Allen 137 00:08:56.840 --> 00:09:08.080 in for the Great American seven hundred WLW. Hey we're back, 138 00:09:08.799 --> 00:09:12.200 Mike Gallon in for the Great American. Willie Cunningham. And 139 00:09:13.399 --> 00:09:17.159 you know, just telling you about my great Christmas tradition 140 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:21.279 of going to Big Lots to buy goofy gifts for 141 00:09:21.440 --> 00:09:26.919 family members. My great friend Kurt Hartman, lawyer extraordinaire, just 142 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:30.159 sent me an article out of the useless A Today, 143 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:35.559 Big Lots plans to close all stores. See full list 144 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:40.639 of locations around the US. Just a couple of sentences here, 145 00:09:40.759 --> 00:09:44.440 America is preparing to say goodbye to another big name 146 00:09:44.519 --> 00:09:48.320 retail chain. Big Lots is planning to shudder all of 147 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:53.279 its locations following months of store closures and a September 148 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:57.960 filing for Chapter eleven bankruptcy protection. So you know what, 149 00:09:58.279 --> 00:10:01.519 I can just cross another thing off the list that 150 00:10:01.919 --> 00:10:04.519 I used to like that is gone. Yeah, the big 151 00:10:04.559 --> 00:10:08.600 one lately is Frishes and I don't understand that. I 152 00:10:08.679 --> 00:10:12.000 know the mayor family sold it, and well, i'll tell 153 00:10:12.039 --> 00:10:16.799 you what you talk about good stewards of that restaurant 154 00:10:16.879 --> 00:10:21.279 chain and that tradition. They sold it to some out 155 00:10:21.279 --> 00:10:25.120 of town concern and just want the hell in a handbasket. 156 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:28.799 And I just hate to see that. Also, and this 157 00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:35.320 is very, very very important, Hussmand's potato chips. Man, I 158 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:39.879 love their potato chips, especially the barbecue, but they are 159 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:43.240 long gone now too, So what are you gonna do? 160 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:47.720 I guess it's progress, but not really. Hey, getting back 161 00:10:47.720 --> 00:10:51.679 to the topic of Christmas, and again would like to 162 00:10:51.720 --> 00:10:55.639 hear your comments. Seven four nine, seven thousand, one eight hundred. 163 00:10:55.679 --> 00:11:00.320 The big one are the numbers. Christmas shopping, or as 164 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:05.039 they like to call it now, holiday shopping. I pretty 165 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:09.360 much did all of my Christmas shopping this year for 166 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:13.960 the first time online through Amazon, and a lot of 167 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:16.240 that was because I was going out of the country 168 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:19.320 for a while. But I'm going to continue to do it. 169 00:11:19.879 --> 00:11:22.120 You know, I'm one of these guys. It takes me 170 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:26.440 a while to buy into technology. It's just kind of 171 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:31.159 the way it is with my generation. But Amazon, I mean, 172 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:35.600 they are absolutely amazing. There have been a couple of 173 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:39.679 times when I've ordered some kind of obscure things on Amazon. 174 00:11:40.440 --> 00:11:43.879 Maybe I don't know, early afternoon, by the time I 175 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:47.200 go to bed, it's already there. Now that's not everything, 176 00:11:47.320 --> 00:11:50.639 or even close to everything, but still they do a 177 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:54.080 great job, I think, And boy, what a great way 178 00:11:54.399 --> 00:11:59.240 to avoid the nonsense of the shopping malls in the 179 00:11:59.279 --> 00:12:02.919 box store, which you know, talking about things going out 180 00:12:02.960 --> 00:12:05.360 of style. They're going the way of the Dodo too. 181 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:10.919 I think at some point it's just so much easier now. 182 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:14.759 The one thing I haven't had to do yet, and 183 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:18.919 I've been told that this actually goes pretty smoothly, is 184 00:12:18.960 --> 00:12:24.159 to send something back through Amazon. Supposedly they got a 185 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:28.480 relatively simple process to do that, and I'm sure at 186 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:31.360 some point I'll have to deal with it, But the 187 00:12:31.440 --> 00:12:36.519 malls themselves, I can't. I just can't do it anymore. Yeah, 188 00:12:36.559 --> 00:12:39.720 I'm also too last. What about two or three times 189 00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:43.799 grocery shopping? I just have Kroger bring it to me. 190 00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:47.200 I hate going to the grocery store. So as much 191 00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:52.759 as I bitch and moan about automation and things like that, 192 00:12:53.080 --> 00:12:57.200 it's making people's lives easier, even old farts like me. 193 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:00.879 But the malls in the box to, like I said, 194 00:13:00.919 --> 00:13:04.120 they're going the way of the Dodo bird. I think, 195 00:13:04.559 --> 00:13:06.919 although you know, you look out the window here where 196 00:13:06.919 --> 00:13:10.720 we are, it looks directly on the parking lot of 197 00:13:10.879 --> 00:13:14.840 the Kenwood Shopping mall, and man, there are people coming 198 00:13:14.879 --> 00:13:17.799 in and out of there and have been, I don't 199 00:13:17.840 --> 00:13:23.039 know since Thanksgiving. Christmas starts way way too early these 200 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:25.840 days too. Hey, good, we got a call here Mike 201 00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:30.440 and Alexandria. Hey Mike, how you doing good? 202 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:33.639 Mike, Hey, glad to hear you every Saturday on your show. 203 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:34.279 Thank you. 204 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:39.440 I just had a story. You were talking about all 205 00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:44.320 the franchises and stuff that are closing. Yeah, my dad's 206 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:49.000 a Westsider. Went to elder hell Y Ben been gone 207 00:13:49.080 --> 00:13:53.120 about twelve years now, But he used to when I 208 00:13:53.240 --> 00:13:56.879 was growing up, Mike. He used to eat so back 209 00:13:56.919 --> 00:13:59.320 in the day when husbands have the big. 210 00:13:59.120 --> 00:14:02.559 Bags, the four bags or small backs. 211 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:02.960 Inside of them. 212 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:08.039 Oh yeah, he would eat a bag of chips, trout, 213 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:12.960 French onion dip, and free burger beers almost every night. 214 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:16.039 How did he get free burger? Now? And my day 215 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:18.519 burger was pretty darn cheap. But how did your dad 216 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:20.000 get it for free? 217 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:23.039 But he didn't get it for free. He drank three 218 00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:23.519 of them. 219 00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:26.759 Oh I thought you said free. Okay, there three of them. 220 00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:27.360 I'm sorry. 221 00:14:27.679 --> 00:14:31.080 And and that was his kind of routine, huh. 222 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:34.279 That that was his evening after dinner and stuff. 223 00:14:34.399 --> 00:14:37.399 And he owned his own he owned his own business, so. 224 00:14:37.480 --> 00:14:39.080 He worked a ton of hours. 225 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:41.879 Yeah, but I'll never forget that. 226 00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:45.519 So that's pretty fun, you know. If you remember husbands too, 227 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:48.799 remember they used to come in like a kind of 228 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:51.600 like a big drum if you like had a party 229 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:53.879 or something like that. But I don't know, I mean, 230 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:56.120 you know, people are probably thinking, now, you know, get 231 00:14:56.159 --> 00:14:58.639 over it, Mike, But a lot of things that you 232 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:00.919 grow up with are gone. 233 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:02.840 Yeah exactly. 234 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:04.600 I just I just. 235 00:15:04.519 --> 00:15:05.559 Wanted to I don't. 236 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:06.919 I rarely call. 237 00:15:06.840 --> 00:15:09.919 In, so I appreciate that, give you that story. 238 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:11.840 I appreciate that. Thank you, Mike. 239 00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:14.639 Hey, you have a good happy New Year. 240 00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:18.519 You too, Thank you. By bye. I'm glad he called 241 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:24.240 Burger beer. My goodness, I haven't heard that brand uttered 242 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:27.559 in quite a long time. Uh. And you know, back 243 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:31.759 in the day, we would occasionally and bibe and Burger 244 00:15:31.799 --> 00:15:34.320 when we couldn't find the Hootie. And I'll tell you 245 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:39.799 one thing, it was cheap. It was really cheap. At 246 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:44.799 some point, I think in the seventies Burger merged with Hootipol, 247 00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:48.080 and Hohodipol was making Burger, and you know what, they 248 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:52.960 hung in there quite a bit. Linda from Springboro, got 249 00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:55.240 just a second here to Linda, what you got. 250 00:15:56.799 --> 00:16:00.399 Hello, Yeah, I'm getting off of speaker. 251 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:02.519 Just some moments, okay, all right. 252 00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:06.720 So hey Linda, Hey Linda, Linda, can you hang on 253 00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:08.399 through the news because I want to talk to you 254 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:10.919 and I don't want to give you short shrifts, So 255 00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:12.679 hang on and we'll get to you right when we 256 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:17.000 come back. Mike Allen in for the Great American seven 257 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:30.360 hundred WLW Well thirty eight News Radio seven hundred WLW 258 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:36.000 Mike Allen in for Willie Cunningham today and tomorrow as 259 00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:41.919 well as next Wednesday and next Thursday and Friday. I'm 260 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:47.799 in for Sloaney. Anyway, we were talking about Christmas traditions, things, 261 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:50.519 all things Christmas, I guess, and I want to get 262 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:54.840 back to Linda here from Springboro. Linda, thanks for hanging 263 00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:55.120 in there. 264 00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:57.480 Oh that's all right, thank you. 265 00:16:58.519 --> 00:17:01.159 I want to let you know that it is easy 266 00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:05.079 to do returns from Amazon. Really send packaging that you 267 00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:08.319 can reuse to send things back. Or actually I'm on 268 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:11.079 my way to the Cools to go ahead and return 269 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:14.160 a guest that I got for a daughter that doesn't 270 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:18.160 fit and I've already ordered the right size, so so 271 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:22.400 it's incredibly easy. They sent me, uh uh that one 272 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:25.000 of those codes QR codes, whatever they are, and that 273 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:28.680 I will they'll scan there and that shows that, hey, yeah, 274 00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:30.920 they have started the process of a return. 275 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:36.920 So incredibly easy. However, I will tell you that I 276 00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:37.839 I also. 277 00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:40.359 Think it's very important for us to get out there 278 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:43.119 and shop. Maybe not during Christmas time was so busy, 279 00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:46.960 but those are big box stores because you know, some 280 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:51.960 of us are traditional sizes. Also, a lot of sizes 281 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:54.039 are different depending on a brand name. And what I'm 282 00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:57.920 speaking of is clothing, shoe runs and that sort of 283 00:17:57.960 --> 00:18:02.000 thing that that that you're just you need to try 284 00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:04.279 something on, you need to feel the fabric, you need 285 00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:08.480 to write how it's, how it's made, and and that's 286 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:12.880 what is frustrating. I'm tall, and so it's that's always 287 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:15.519 been a difficult challenge for me in terms of clothing. 288 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:18.640 I have large feet for a woman, and so wear 289 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:21.799 size eleven, and so that can be a challenge because 290 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:24.640 those often sell out first as soon as they come in. 291 00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:25.279 To a store. 292 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:29.240 But so I do utilize them when I know a 293 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:31.680 particular brand I have that the shoes work. 294 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:36.440 But I would never order close through Amazon. But you know, 295 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:37.359 it's a great company. 296 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:43.240 I think it's a great compliment, compliment to. 297 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:43.359 Our big box stores. 298 00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:46.039 But please, we need to get out there and shop 299 00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:48.759 at our Macy's and our Coals and our you know, 300 00:18:48.880 --> 00:18:52.920 and our discount drug stores and also our regular pharmacies 301 00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:53.799 and that sort of thing. 302 00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:55.960 We need to have them. 303 00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:59.880 My concern is if we just go to online purchasing 304 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:03.799 and we close down too many of these big box stores. 305 00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:09.119 Right now, there are free returns, are there going to 306 00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:11.400 be free returns if they have us over a barrel, 307 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:13.440 because their choice. 308 00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:15.200 Sounds like a lost sight ranking. 309 00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:18.559 Well, no, I'm not going to go that far, but 310 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:19.960 I'm going to say we really. 311 00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:21.599 Need to think in terms of that, you know. 312 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:24.440 So I like that that there is a diversity of 313 00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:28.799 choices for people, you know, during COVID, I certainly when 314 00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:30.720 I had it and when I didn't have it, there 315 00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:32.759 were times I've glad that I could order things I 316 00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:35.519 need it to be delivered to me. I've had things 317 00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:37.839 delivered to a daughter. I've ordered a Chris's gift for 318 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:41.359 a daughter that lives in San Francisco. So it has 319 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:45.799 its place, but there's definitely we've got to preserve our 320 00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:46.640 big box stores. 321 00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:47.799 You have to. 322 00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:50.279 And I wanted to ask you if you had seen 323 00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:54.880 Macy's has a place now at Rookwood where I think 324 00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:58.119 it's where bed Baff and Beyond used to be, and 325 00:19:58.279 --> 00:20:01.960 it's it's a department store in the traditional sense, but 326 00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:05.599 a very scaled down one. I went in there and 327 00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:07.279 I don't know, a couple of weeks ago, and it 328 00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:10.920 seemed like they had a pretty good selection. So hopefully 329 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:15.440 they hang on, because that's somewhat of a local company, 330 00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:16.519 or at least it used to be. 331 00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:20.759 Yeah right, yeah, way back to the Chilitou's days, was 332 00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:24.240 a beautiful Christmas windows that my parents would take us 333 00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:29.000 to see when we were a little myself here. So, yeah, 334 00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:30.799 I want to this is off topic, but I do 335 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:32.440 want to say something real quick, because I listened to 336 00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:35.440 your news in the meantime and do frequently. And about 337 00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:38.480 the bridge, I'm glad that I'm not having to deal 338 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:41.400 with that. I don't get down to that area. However, 339 00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:45.359 safety comes first, so people need to think they want 340 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:47.839 to hurry and get this done. I think it should 341 00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:54.519 be expedited, but it safety has to be number one. 342 00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:56.680 Absolutely. I wanted to say, all right, I appreciate it. 343 00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:58.160 I'm trying. 344 00:20:59.640 --> 00:20:59.680 That. 345 00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:01.359 Okay, thank you so much. 346 00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:05.039 All Right, you're welcome. You know. Linda's right, And you 347 00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:09.839 know I use that route, the four seventy one south. Well, 348 00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:14.000 I'm not using it now, but I do frequently. And 349 00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:16.440 you gotta do what you gotta do, I guess. But yeah, 350 00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:21.519 one thing I can't wrap my mind around. Why would 351 00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:25.480 you want to burn a bridge down? Number one? Number two? 352 00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:29.279 How in the hell do you do that? I guess 353 00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:32.000 that must have been one heck of a fire, and 354 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:36.519 I'm glad they charge some people on that and we'll 355 00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:40.119 see what happens as far as a possible conviction. But 356 00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:42.119 it's kind of hard for me to wrap my brain 357 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:45.079 around how you do that. But it is a mess 358 00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:48.160 and we do have to just kind of be patient 359 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:51.759 with it. And you know, I'm known in many circles 360 00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:55.519 as mister Patients, so I don't have a problem with it. 361 00:21:55.880 --> 00:21:58.400 And if you believe that, I got a bridge to 362 00:21:58.480 --> 00:22:02.000 sell you anyway, Let's go to Dick from Dayton. 363 00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:05.119 Hey, Dick, Hey, Merry Christmas. 364 00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:06.799 Mark you too, buddy, Mike. 365 00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:08.400 How are you doing, buddy? 366 00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:10.519 I'm good, I'm good. What you got for me? 367 00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:11.279 Oh? 368 00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:14.640 I just wanted to tell you of a big shop 369 00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:17.680 where I've been going to the swift stores and since. 370 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:20.680 The Bengals are doing good in Ohio State, I've stocked 371 00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:23.880 up in all the jerseys and I say, with four 372 00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:26.799 or five bags, I've only paid like five or ten bucks. 373 00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.400 How about that. 374 00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:30.240 That's pretty cool. You know, you'd think, like you said, 375 00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:34.279 with them doing well, that there wouldn't be too many 376 00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:37.519 out there at the thrift stores. But that's a great idea. 377 00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:42.119 Yeah, yeah, yeah, And I've always well my family, as 378 00:22:42.119 --> 00:22:45.920 you probably know, my musical and my uncles. 379 00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:47.720 I used to go up to Cleveland and. 380 00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:50.240 We played for two or three days and my aunt 381 00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:54.119 would buy me like all CDs and stuff like that, 382 00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:57.119 and we played for a lot for my family. And 383 00:22:57.359 --> 00:23:00.240 I'm down here now, I've been retarded four years from 384 00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:03.519 low So I'm a little bit bummed out because I'm 385 00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:06.000 going to try to go tomorrow to play, you know, 386 00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:07.960 because it's part of my life music. 387 00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:11.240 As you there, where are you gonna play? Can you 388 00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:12.279 tell us where you're gonna be? 389 00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.400 Oh? 390 00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:17.039 I'm usually at uh well, the strummers play in Beaver 391 00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:20.400 Creek and then I go and Xenia and then uh, 392 00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:24.480 let's see the Henry banjo will start up and another 393 00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:26.039 week because it's. 394 00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:29.440 Here in the Dayton area. But sure I get, you know, 395 00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:31.880 and I played the dulcimer a little bit. But but 396 00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:34.720 everybody loves it, you know. They always say we can 397 00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:39.279 count on Dick. Debbie always says, we hear Dick promoting us. 398 00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:41.319 So h it's a good little band. 399 00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:41.599 You know. 400 00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:44.839 It sounds like and I tell you what, you can 401 00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:47.920