WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:01.320 Thank you, John. That's right. 2 00:00:01.399 --> 00:00:04.000 I'm the new guy Nick Coffee here with you Kentucky 3 00:00:04.040 --> 00:00:06.599 and this morning news on news Radio eight forty whas 4 00:00:06.719 --> 00:00:12.119 seven oh five here on a Monday morning. And what 5 00:00:12.199 --> 00:00:15.160 I was not expecting. Maybe I should have just expected 6 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:18.399 some type of perk that I didn't know about. 7 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:19.480 I get to wave at people. 8 00:00:19.480 --> 00:00:22.160 There's a window here I'm used to and you know this, 9 00:00:22.359 --> 00:00:24.800 you know this, this studio really well, Scott the cave 10 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:25.800 in the back studio B. 11 00:00:26.199 --> 00:00:29.000 Yeah, there's no window. It could be. 12 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:31.320 And there have been days where I'm finishing. I was 13 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:34.000 finishing my sports show in the afternoon talking about, oh 14 00:00:34.039 --> 00:00:36.439 it's still a beautiful day. In three hours, the weather's 15 00:00:36.520 --> 00:00:38.000 changed quite a bit. We could we could have had 16 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:39.960 sunny skies at two pm and at six pm, and 17 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:42.320 I'm when I'm wrapping it up, we could have terrible weathers. 18 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:45.320 So now I can actually see outside, but seeing folks 19 00:00:45.359 --> 00:00:48.079 walk by and wave and it's a nice way to 20 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:51.039 start your morning saying hello to folks. And there's a 21 00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:54.560 sign here on this on this glass that is I 22 00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:56.960 don't know when it was left, but it was clearly 23 00:00:57.039 --> 00:00:59.560 left for Tony Cruz who retired, which has has led 24 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:03.280 to to me here and him not, but it says 25 00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:04.719 thank you, we will miss you. 26 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:06.000 May God be with you. 27 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:09.400 So Tony retired, and I hope he's already off to 28 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:11.840 a good start to his retirement and enjoying himself. And 29 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:16.400 Scott Johnny asked me earlier what I think Tony Cruz 30 00:01:16.480 --> 00:01:18.319 is doing right now. This was earlier in the show, 31 00:01:18.680 --> 00:01:20.560 and I hadn't really given him much thought, and I 32 00:01:20.599 --> 00:01:22.680 don't know. I would hope that he's sleeping and taking 33 00:01:22.719 --> 00:01:24.280 advantage of the fact that he doesn't have to get 34 00:01:24.359 --> 00:01:26.439 up as early as he did for many, many years. 35 00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:29.359 But then I thought, as I'm sitting here in this 36 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:32.079 chair and there's this big window to my left here 37 00:01:32.079 --> 00:01:34.959 at four Street Live, if he crept up and looked 38 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:37.239 through the window at me and waved, I would not 39 00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:37.920 be shocked. 40 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:39.519 And you wouldn't either, right, you. 41 00:01:39.480 --> 00:01:42.359 Weren't with him for a long time, Tony. One thing 42 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:45.120 about Tony is his foe wall will kick in at 43 00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:46.879 some point. And I mean that in a positive way. 44 00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:49.599 I mean that in a good light. He's one person 45 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:51.840 that he likes to listen to the station when he's 46 00:01:51.879 --> 00:01:53.760 not working. He just likes to hear what other people 47 00:01:53.799 --> 00:01:56.560 are talking about, and it wouldn't surprise me if he 48 00:01:56.599 --> 00:01:58.840 got up this morning. And as we know, when you 49 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:00.920 work early in the morning, you don't sleep in anymore. 50 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:03.680 On the weekends, I'm up at six o'clock, and. 51 00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:06.599 A lot of folks have told me that this isn't 52 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:11.840 something that you just completely disassociate from Cold Turkey. Right, 53 00:02:11.879 --> 00:02:14.400 he's retired, he's not working, but it's probably not going 54 00:02:14.479 --> 00:02:16.919 to be normal for him to just not be tuned 55 00:02:16.919 --> 00:02:18.840 into this station that, of course he was a big 56 00:02:18.879 --> 00:02:20.960 part of for a long long time and one of 57 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:23.479 many that has made this station, News Radio eight forty 58 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:26.439 whas what it is. And that's that's something I've mentioned 59 00:02:26.479 --> 00:02:29.360 throughout the morning for those who don't know, I'm the 60 00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:31.759 new guy. This is day one for me taking over 61 00:02:31.800 --> 00:02:33.879 for Tony Cruz and joining a great team that's already 62 00:02:33.879 --> 00:02:36.879 in place with Scott Fitzgerald, John Alden and John Shannon. 63 00:02:36.919 --> 00:02:41.319 And I really try to tell myself that from the 64 00:02:41.319 --> 00:02:43.840 beginning of time, since I first knew what radio was, 65 00:02:43.879 --> 00:02:47.479 that I did know what news radio eight forty whas 66 00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:50.960 is in just how long it's been around the resource, 67 00:02:50.960 --> 00:02:54.400 it's been to this community for so so long, I 68 00:02:54.439 --> 00:02:56.680 think I knew that. I believe I knew that, but 69 00:02:56.840 --> 00:03:00.120 the last week has really been just a reminder of 70 00:03:00.199 --> 00:03:03.719 just how how how awesome this opportunity is for me. 71 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:06.680 And I'm I'm grateful beyond belief, and I'm going to 72 00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:08.560 try not to screw it up. That's that's what Uh, 73 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:10.360 that's what those have told me, and I'm good. I'm 74 00:03:10.360 --> 00:03:12.599 gonna give it my best. But what I've really found 75 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:15.319 in appreciation for recently is the these the folks that 76 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:17.919 have that have worked here at some point, maybe retired 77 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:20.960 like Tony Cruz, maybe they've moved to a different market, 78 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:22.360 maybe they've gotten out of the industry. 79 00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:24.800 Uh, maybe they're still here. Some of them are. 80 00:03:25.560 --> 00:03:28.439 They've put so much into this being what it is 81 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:30.759 to where the brand, the standard has has never dipped, 82 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:33.800 never dropped. And I just wanted to use this first 83 00:03:33.879 --> 00:03:35.840 data to to let people know that as someone who's 84 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:39.240 worked alongside a lot of these people for years but 85 00:03:39.400 --> 00:03:42.759 not in this spot, they work really, really hard, and 86 00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:45.560 especially our news team. I know I mentioned this name earlier. 87 00:03:45.599 --> 00:03:48.439 I'm not sure people realize how hard Paul Miles works. 88 00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:52.599 I don't I don't think people realize the professionalism that 89 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:56.080 he that he has and that doesn't go unnoticed to 90 00:03:56.120 --> 00:03:58.319 a lot of folks, certainly not me. So you know, 91 00:03:58.560 --> 00:04:02.080 it's exciting. One everything about this opportunity is exciting. Again, 92 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:04.680 this doesn't seem real. Please don't wake me up if 93 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:07.000 in fact this is not real, because it's awesome, but 94 00:04:07.520 --> 00:04:11.159 to you know, to be on the team, if you will, 95 00:04:11.159 --> 00:04:13.919 with folks who really not only take it serious, she 96 00:04:13.919 --> 00:04:16.279 should always take what you do serious, but have such 97 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:19.519 a passion and a pride, and they could not work 98 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:24.000 here for ten years because of whatever reason retirement moving away, 99 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:27.040 it'll be impossible for them not to care about what 100 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:29.240 this is and the brand and the reputation and the 101 00:04:29.279 --> 00:04:33.240 standard that eight forty whas has And it's been real 102 00:04:33.399 --> 00:04:35.600 noticeable for me in recent weeks. And I'm going to 103 00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:37.920 try my best to you know, to do the same 104 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:39.920 and put as much as I can into it and 105 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:43.680 maintain what you can expect here, which is traffic, weather, 106 00:04:44.199 --> 00:04:46.720 conversations that are important to have when it comes to 107 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:49.480 the community, conversations with leaders in the area. 108 00:04:49.560 --> 00:04:51.160 And we'll also have some fun. 109 00:04:51.279 --> 00:04:53.120 I mean, I don't know if I'm as fun as 110 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:55.600 Tony Kruz, who could be right, he's a. 111 00:04:55.560 --> 00:04:58.839 Good times guy. But we'll have some fun and it's 112 00:04:58.839 --> 00:05:01.240 been fun so far. Right, you've been doing great, Nick. 113 00:05:01.279 --> 00:05:02.879 Can you think they may let me come back tomorrow. 114 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:04.920 I wanted to let you know that good friend of mine, 115 00:05:04.959 --> 00:05:07.120 Steve reached out send me an email already this morning 116 00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:10.120 said love that Nick is in the driver's seat. Absolutely 117 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:12.240 loves what you're doing. He says your tagline, by the way, 118 00:05:12.319 --> 00:05:14.160 enjoy your morning coffee with Nick Coffee. 119 00:05:14.199 --> 00:05:16.000 Thank you tells you to keep up the good work. 120 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:17.000 Exclamation point. 121 00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:19.199 So thanks Steve, we've got one that it's given me 122 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:23.920 the approval. Great boss, you're doing good. Thank you, Thank 123 00:05:23.920 --> 00:05:24.399 you very much. 124 00:05:24.399 --> 00:05:26.399 All Right, we've got trafficking weather coming up right here 125 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:27.680 on news radio eight forty. 126 00:05:27.480 --> 00:05:31.439 W h A S. It's seven fifteen here Kentucky. His 127 00:05:31.480 --> 00:05:32.160 morning news on. 128 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:35.240 News radio eight forty w h A S. Appreciate you 129 00:05:35.279 --> 00:05:38.560 guys joining us this morning. Nick Coffeeang. 130 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:41.519 Oh sorry, I just used to the new buttons in here, 131 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:43.839 min I I just got another text in from the 132 00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:45.360 folks out of the Kentucky truck Plant. 133 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:47.000 They're enjoying the great shot. 134 00:05:47.160 --> 00:05:47.319 Bro. 135 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:49.800 I like that, good man, good job. 136 00:05:49.879 --> 00:05:51.040 Joey sent that into. 137 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:52.759 Us appreciate that good stuff. 138 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:55.920 My buddy is Tony Thomas, no relation to famous Justin 139 00:05:55.959 --> 00:05:59.199 Thomas also says. 140 00:05:58.199 --> 00:06:01.160 Well, you know, if we can make this show just 141 00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:03.240 people saying that they're enjoying the show, I think they'd 142 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:06.079 be great radio. I just you know, but I'm sure 143 00:06:06.079 --> 00:06:08.560 there's many others that I'm gonna be an acquired taste. 144 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:09.120 But that's okay. 145 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:12.360 I'm well aware that you may just you know, Look, 146 00:06:12.360 --> 00:06:14.000 if you love Tony Kruz and you're gonna miss him, 147 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:14.279 I get it. 148 00:06:14.279 --> 00:06:15.959 I'm gonna miss him too. But I'm gonna try my. 149 00:06:15.959 --> 00:06:19.040 Best to keep to keep you with what you have 150 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:21.959 become used to getting every single morning, with the traffic, weather, 151 00:06:22.600 --> 00:06:24.480 all the news information that you need, and you know, 152 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:27.079 we'll have some fun along the way. One thing that 153 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:31.279 our partners over WLKY have recently, and I know they're 154 00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:33.279 not the only ones, but obviously there are news partners 155 00:06:33.279 --> 00:06:35.560 and that's where I read this over the weekend about 156 00:06:35.800 --> 00:06:39.399 there's gonna be an increase in an increase to parking. 157 00:06:39.399 --> 00:06:41.199 And I guess, before we get into the specifics, do 158 00:06:41.240 --> 00:06:43.800 you think that there are I mean, do you have 159 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:46.680 the expectation no matter where you go when it comes 160 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:49.319 to like a downtown city, including this one, that you're 161 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:51.360 gonna have to pay, I just assume at this point 162 00:06:51.399 --> 00:06:54.040 you should just people should know that more often than not, 163 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:56.120 finding a place where you're not gonna have to pay 164 00:06:56.160 --> 00:06:57.040 to park is rare. 165 00:06:57.360 --> 00:06:59.360 Yeah, exactly. And that's say, you know, and this is 166 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:00.920 where all plod city of the level? Do you use 167 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:01.759 the parking app? 168 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:02.519 I don't. 169 00:07:02.600 --> 00:07:03.959 Oh, I know of it, but I don't know. Oh, 170 00:07:03.959 --> 00:07:05.879 it's amazing. And the beauty of it is you get 171 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:07.519 out of your car. You don't have to have coins. 172 00:07:07.519 --> 00:07:09.319 You just find your meter number, you type it in 173 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:11.399 the app, and it goes and you say, I'm gonna 174 00:07:11.439 --> 00:07:12.480 stay here for three hours. 175 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:13.839 The better part. 176 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:15.480 About that is if I'm in a meeting or I'm 177 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:17.959 in an event and it goes longer, it alerts me 178 00:07:18.040 --> 00:07:19.759 that time is about to expire. And I've seen this 179 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:23.079 around the country, and so I can actually add more time. 180 00:07:23.639 --> 00:07:24.399 I have used that. 181 00:07:24.839 --> 00:07:26.600 I didn't know it was an app, but when we 182 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:29.680 parked for at Slugger Field a couple weeks ago for 183 00:07:29.720 --> 00:07:32.240 a game, you do the skin, you scan the QR code, 184 00:07:32.279 --> 00:07:33.439 and I guess if I just have the app, then 185 00:07:33.439 --> 00:07:35.240 I wouldn't need to go to the website every time, 186 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:38.240 but yes it does warn you, yep, and that that's convenient, 187 00:07:38.360 --> 00:07:39.560 but you know, you got to pay. 188 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:41.680 You got to pay. I understand that, you know, and 189 00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:43.480 let's be honest. I mean, the city has to pick 190 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:44.600 up revenue at some point. 191 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:46.600 So that's that's that's what's happening. 192 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:49.000 The parking authority of every city is going to They've 193 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:52.360 announced they're going to increase rates for monthly reserved, unreserved 194 00:07:52.480 --> 00:07:54.800 and residential parking. It's going to start July first, so 195 00:07:54.800 --> 00:07:57.800 it hasn't happened just yet, but park Board approve the 196 00:07:57.839 --> 00:08:01.639 twenty twenty six fiscal years operation budget, which included a 197 00:08:01.759 --> 00:08:06.360 five dollars rate increase for monthly reserved, unreserved and residential 198 00:08:06.399 --> 00:08:09.040 parking rates across all of the park facilities. 199 00:08:09.399 --> 00:08:11.040 So it's gonna be I mean, I. 200 00:08:12.519 --> 00:08:15.480 Know people probably that did not used to have to 201 00:08:15.480 --> 00:08:17.519 pay that now have to. It's probably a real like, 202 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:20.800 but it's part of it. And again I would be 203 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:23.040 frustrated too if parking went up and I already had 204 00:08:23.079 --> 00:08:25.600 to pay a monthly fee just to park to go 205 00:08:25.639 --> 00:08:27.680 to work, because if you've never had to do that, 206 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:29.560 you're thinking well, what the heck. 207 00:08:29.920 --> 00:08:31.680 However, if you've worked. 208 00:08:31.480 --> 00:08:35.240 Downtown in a parking garage for many, many years, like 209 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:38.399 my mother has, it's just always been a thing to 210 00:08:38.399 --> 00:08:40.320 where that's where you park, and there's a there's a 211 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:42.639 cost associated with it, and it's just kind of part 212 00:08:42.679 --> 00:08:44.240 of it. But if it just hits you out of nowhere, 213 00:08:44.679 --> 00:08:45.759 what do you mean, I got to pay to go 214 00:08:45.799 --> 00:08:48.039 to work? What it's going to be a surprise to 215 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:48.679 a lot of people. 216 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:50.639 It's funny you say that because my wife just started 217 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:52.919 working back downtown recently, and the place. 218 00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:55.360 She works for they pay part of her parking. 219 00:08:55.639 --> 00:08:57.799 But she went through the same thing and she's like, 220 00:08:57.799 --> 00:09:00.720 I got to pay to park, but that for about 221 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:02.960 a week and a half and then she realized, one 222 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:05.840 she loves the job too, She's doing well at the job, 223 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:08.559 so paying that little bit doesn't matter. And then my son, 224 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:11.559 who's got a summer job with the Reds up in Cincinnati, 225 00:09:12.039 --> 00:09:13.919 he has to if he wants to park closer to 226 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:17.120 Great American Ballpark, he has to pay. Instead, he parks it. 227 00:09:17.200 --> 00:09:19.919 For those that know Cincinnati, he parks over at hard Rock. 228 00:09:19.919 --> 00:09:21.200 They've got a deal. The Red's got to deal with 229 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:22.759 Hard Rock where he parks for free over there, but 230 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:24.759 he's got to walk all the way from hard Rock 231 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:27.440 down to Great American Ballpark. So I think it's kind 232 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:29.919 of a given. You make the point excellent, and that 233 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:32.440 is loock man, you're just gonna have to pay. I 234 00:09:32.519 --> 00:09:34.519 worked downtown before, and I've had to pay to park 235 00:09:34.559 --> 00:09:34.960 down here. 236 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:37.440 Yeah, I think it really just as mentioned. It comes 237 00:09:37.480 --> 00:09:40.399 down to, if it's always been a part of the 238 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:42.360 gig because of where you've worked for a long time, 239 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:44.720 you probably you probably still don't love it, but you're. 240 00:09:44.679 --> 00:09:45.000 Used to it. 241 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:45.399 Yep. 242 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:47.720 However, if if it's. 243 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:49.720 I mean, they probably don't even tell you when you 244 00:09:49.879 --> 00:09:52.279 get a job, it doesn't come to mind for me. 245 00:09:52.559 --> 00:09:54.960 For example, we fortunately do not have to pay to 246 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:57.679 park here at Port Street Love where our studios are, 247 00:09:58.240 --> 00:09:59.960 but if we did, I would think like, well, gee, 248 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:01.840 I've never had to pay to come to work before. 249 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:03.240 But then I would realize, well, I've never had a 250 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:05.720 job where I go downtown Louisville every day, So I 251 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:09.840 think I just I now no longer go anywhere, especially 252 00:10:10.200 --> 00:10:13.039 in a in a downtown area. But if we travel, 253 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:15.639 especially like especially if it's in some level of a 254 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:16.279 tourist spot. 255 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:18.120 Yes, they're gonna make. 256 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:19.639 You pay to park, and it's probably not going to 257 00:10:19.679 --> 00:10:21.919 be cheap. And I know I'm not the only one 258 00:10:21.960 --> 00:10:24.120 that is no longer surprised at all when I hear 259 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:26.679 something is now a more expensive price than it. 260 00:10:26.679 --> 00:10:30.159 Was, you know, a week ago. But you're saying everything expensive. 261 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:32.919 You're saying a five dollars increase a month. Don't get 262 00:10:32.919 --> 00:10:34.559 me wrong. Five That may be a lot for some people, 263 00:10:34.600 --> 00:10:36.600 and I want to be very sympathetic to that, But 264 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:39.600 for you and I and probably John, we're gonna blow 265 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:42.480 five bucks int a vending machine somewhere. It's true, you know, 266 00:10:42.799 --> 00:10:44.480 it's kind of I was that way with gas prices. 267 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:46.360 When gas prices will go up, you do the average 268 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:49.320 cost you about two dollars more a fill up. I'm 269 00:10:49.320 --> 00:10:51.279 gonna blow that. Buying an energy drinking, a candy bar, 270 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:52.039 I'm my way out. 271 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:54.639 Yeah, let's go, or some watermelon, as you mentioned. 272 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:58.080 That's right, John, And all those things that you're referencing 273 00:10:58.519 --> 00:11:00.480 are I mean, I'm sure a lot of people love 274 00:11:00.679 --> 00:11:03.080 enjoying energy drinks, candy bars, that kind of stuff. But 275 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:05.879 parking for your job employment, that's a little more important. 276 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:07.440 So it's worth it. It's worth it. Again. 277 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:09.279 It's not something people probably want to do, but it's 278 00:11:09.320 --> 00:11:11.000 part of it, all right. We got another update of 279 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:13.080 trafficking weather coming your way, and also another update of 280 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:15.759 sports with Scott right here on News Radio eight forty whas. 281 00:11:18.080 --> 00:11:19.080 Thank you, John Shannon. 282 00:11:19.440 --> 00:11:21.519 It is seven thirty five here Kentucky and it's morning 283 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:26.960 news on News Radio eight forty whas. So the Dave 284 00:11:27.039 --> 00:11:29.039 Ramsey Show, which, of course I'm assuming a lot of 285 00:11:29.039 --> 00:11:31.759 you are familiar with and familiar with Dave Ramsey and 286 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:34.279 how he has helped many many over the years get 287 00:11:34.279 --> 00:11:36.879 a better control of their budget, help them with their finances, 288 00:11:36.919 --> 00:11:39.720 and you can hear his program on our sister station, 289 00:11:40.039 --> 00:11:43.000 talk radio ten ady WKJK. He has a caller that 290 00:11:43.039 --> 00:11:46.159 recently went viral. Well, I guess the clip from his 291 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:48.320 show of a caller went viral. That's the better way 292 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:52.639 to put it, because Dave Ramsey was stunned, and oftentimes, 293 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:55.000 I guess in that position, he's probably not stunned to 294 00:11:55.080 --> 00:11:59.240 hear certain stories because people are pretty forthcoming about how 295 00:11:59.240 --> 00:12:02.200 they ended up being in the situation they're in financially, 296 00:12:02.759 --> 00:12:04.879 and sometimes that's what makes for good radio. I believe 297 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:07.120 he'll tell them, well, here's your problem. You're spending money 298 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:09.200 on this when you shouldn't, and anyways, I'll bring it 299 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:12.080 up because this was just something you often don't hear 300 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:14.360 on that program, at least that I'm aware of, And 301 00:12:14.919 --> 00:12:17.679 it seems like something that I would say most would 302 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:21.120 not would not agree with. But I want to throw 303 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:24.480 it at you guys, So the caller wanted to. He 304 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:26.360 didn't really ask many questions, which was kind of odd, 305 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:29.360 but he went During the conversation, he alluded to the 306 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:33.519 fact that he has recently come into some money from 307 00:12:33.559 --> 00:12:36.840 a variety of ways to where he's got a million 308 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:39.440 dollars in a bank account, but his wife has no 309 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:42.840 clue that they have that much money. And it just 310 00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:44.879 it started to back and forth between a lot of 311 00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:48.480 people reacting, how this is this a husband that's just 312 00:12:48.519 --> 00:12:51.879 being responsible and understands maybe that if his wife knew 313 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:54.399 that they had a million dollars, that that million dollars 314 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:57.159 maybe wouldn't last that long. Or is it just him 315 00:12:57.200 --> 00:12:59.519 being you know, is he is he not being on me? 316 00:12:59.559 --> 00:13:01.600 He's clearly not being honest with his wife. But it 317 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:04.960 does seem as if most people think that it's that 318 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:07.440 you should you should let somebody know and rather than 319 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:09.399 keeping that from them. But again, when you keep good 320 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:12.399 news from somebody, it doesn't appear to be as big 321 00:13:12.440 --> 00:13:14.039 of a deal that if you're keeping bad news that 322 00:13:14.120 --> 00:13:15.600 of course you know they would upset them. 323 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:19.440 If he's not going out and say spending the money, 324 00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:22.039 you shouldn't keep things. As far as I'm concerned, you 325 00:13:22.039 --> 00:13:24.840 shouldn't keep things like that from your spouse. And a 326 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:27.320 million dollars is enough. It's not like he went out 327 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:28.960 and just got an extra twenty bucks in your check. 328 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:30.759 Well, when I can't relate, I typically have a lot 329 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:33.320 of questions. So I don't know, is he keeping it 330 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:37.039 a secret because he's worried, because maybe maybe he's someone 331 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:39.840 that that a lot of folks are different when it 332 00:13:39.879 --> 00:13:41.919 comes to money. I learned this when my wife and 333 00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:44.480 I when we first started living together, right before we 334 00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:46.600 got married, and we you know, grew up a little 335 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:48.240 bit and had full time jobs and had to pay 336 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:50.960 rent in an apartment at that point, and we're talking 337 00:13:51.080 --> 00:13:53.320 roughly twenty years ago, we put all of our money 338 00:13:53.399 --> 00:13:55.679 in one account and that's how we've lived ever since. 339 00:13:56.159 --> 00:13:58.279 But I also know that not everybody does that, and 340 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:01.039 that's you know, do whatever is most comfortable for you. 341 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:03.720 I've benefited from this because my wife's the one who handles. 342 00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:04.519 I mean, look, I. 343 00:14:04.519 --> 00:14:06.279 Don't think we have a million dollars, but I'm kind 344 00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:09.759 of in this situation that if we did, I think 345 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:12.440 I would know, but I don't really know. But yeah, 346 00:14:12.600 --> 00:14:14.679 I think this guy's not really getting the ben from 347 00:14:14.720 --> 00:14:16.360 the benefit of the doubt from a lot of people, 348 00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:18.480 because most just assume that there's got to There's gotta 349 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:20.360 be some shady reason on his end why he wouldn't 350 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:22.600 tell her that, Because when you have that kind of news, 351 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:25.519 and I guess it really depends upon their financial situation overall. 352 00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:27.519 How much money is a million dollars to them? It 353 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:29.080 would be a lot to me, maybe not as much 354 00:14:29.080 --> 00:14:31.440 to them, but I wouldn't be able to control my 355 00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:34.240 excitement if I was able to share that from a 356 00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:37.120 financial standpoint. This is now where we are, and we should, 357 00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:38.919 you know, enjoy it together. And I don't mean go 358 00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:41.440 spend it all, but just you know, is it stale 359 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:44.120 a level of security? Well, is it safe to say 360 00:14:44.159 --> 00:14:47.080 that in marriages? And maybe you've experienced, maybe you haven't. 361 00:14:47.240 --> 00:14:49.799 There's one person in the marriage that if you give 362 00:14:49.840 --> 00:14:52.960 them a dollar, they'll spend ninety nine cents. There's another 363 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:54.879 person in the marriage that if you give them a dollar, 364 00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:57.360 they'll put seventy five of that aside and leave it 365 00:14:57.360 --> 00:14:59.559 there and live very cheaply. I would say that's pretty common. 366 00:14:59.600 --> 00:15:01.759 There's one it's a little bit more willing to spend 367 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:04.360 than others. I just have this plastic cart in my 368 00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:07.000 wallet and I swipe it when I need to eat 369 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:09.559 and put fuel in my car. I am very I 370 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:12.080 shouldn't admit I should admit this on day one, but 371 00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:14.440 my wife is very much in I don't want to 372 00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:16.279 say it. I mean, she is in charge, but it's 373 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:18.440 not because I'm you know, she's my boss. She just, 374 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:20.240 you know, I feel like I'm kind of a kid 375 00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:22.080 when it comes to that kind of stuff, which, honestly, 376 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:23.360 financial stress is. 377 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:24.919 A big, big deal for a lot of people. 378 00:15:25.200 --> 00:15:26.879 I believe at one point maybe it still is the 379 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:29.399 biggest factor in why people get divorced because of just 380 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:32.440 financial issues causing such a strain on their marriage. Which 381 00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:35.320 I can totally understand that happening, so I benefit from 382 00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:39.159 it in that aspect. But I also think there's a 383 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:41.759 similar story. This wasn't from Dave Ramsey, but there was 384 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:44.080 somebody who won the lottery and the reason they wanted 385 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:47.519 to remain anonymous was because they didn't want their children 386 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:50.559 to know that, hey, they're always going to have millions, 387 00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:52.240 that's going to come to them at some point. Rather 388 00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:54.840 they need the resource just in life or maybe whenever 389 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:56.600 they inherit it. And I think that's a different, totally 390 00:15:56.639 --> 00:15:59.200 different thing. I think with your kids to want to 391 00:15:59.399 --> 00:16:01.000 want to go out there work for themselves and not 392 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:02.639 just know, hey, I can do whatever, and I'm gonna 393 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:03.559 get mom and Dad's money. 394 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:05.320 And I think what you're doing, Nick, you're bringing up 395 00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:08.159 a great point, and that is everybody's got a different story. 396 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:08.360 Yep. 397 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:11.919 So when you see something like this, dig deeper into 398 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:14.200 it and look at what's underneath to your point, because 399 00:16:14.200 --> 00:16:16.399 there's probably a lot going on that we're not prevous. 400 00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:18.480 It's just a reminder to me again whenever I can't relate. 401 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:20.399