1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Teams podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:11,453 Speaker 1: from News Talks. 3 00:00:11,453 --> 00:00:14,573 Speaker 2: A'd be Aaron has flicked me. I noticed he so 4 00:00:14,653 --> 00:00:18,133 Speaker 2: often does on Saturday mornings to say Jack, sand flies 5 00:00:18,173 --> 00:00:20,853 Speaker 2: give up after a day or two. Mosquitoes are way 6 00:00:20,893 --> 00:00:23,653 Speaker 2: more annoying in my view. The different Hey, because the 7 00:00:23,693 --> 00:00:26,373 Speaker 2: sand flies are like the sand flies kind of hang 8 00:00:26,453 --> 00:00:29,053 Speaker 2: around and swarms and stuff. But you're totally right, Like 9 00:00:29,333 --> 00:00:33,013 Speaker 2: you never hear West Coasters moaning about sand flies for 10 00:00:33,093 --> 00:00:35,613 Speaker 2: whatever reason. After a day or two, you kind of acclimatized, 11 00:00:35,653 --> 00:00:38,613 Speaker 2: and then they get sick of eating you. The thing 12 00:00:38,653 --> 00:00:41,293 Speaker 2: about samd Flyi's two is that then they don't get 13 00:00:41,293 --> 00:00:43,293 Speaker 2: you at two o'clock in the morning. That's the thing 14 00:00:43,293 --> 00:00:45,253 Speaker 2: that kills me most about your mosquito. 15 00:00:45,333 --> 00:00:45,493 Speaker 3: Like. 16 00:00:47,573 --> 00:00:49,293 Speaker 2: At two o'clock in the morning and you just you 17 00:00:49,333 --> 00:00:51,173 Speaker 2: know you're not going to sleep. Christine says Jack, your 18 00:00:51,173 --> 00:00:53,133 Speaker 2: parents should have stayed in hockey ticket lovely day here 19 00:00:53,173 --> 00:00:54,893 Speaker 2: on Friday. Yes, they should have, Christina, I think they 20 00:00:55,013 --> 00:00:57,333 Speaker 2: learned that the hard way. Ben says Jack. We lost 21 00:00:57,373 --> 00:00:59,853 Speaker 2: power for two days just goes to show how having 22 00:00:59,853 --> 00:01:04,013 Speaker 2: a generator is an absolutely essential piece of life these days. 23 00:01:04,013 --> 00:01:06,173 Speaker 2: It's not a want, but a need. I'm shocked how 24 00:01:06,213 --> 00:01:09,893 Speaker 2: many many people weren't prepared for this. Thanks Ben ninety two. 25 00:01:09,893 --> 00:01:11,253 Speaker 2: If you want to send us a message, if you 26 00:01:11,293 --> 00:01:12,693 Speaker 2: are going to flick us a text, don't forget the 27 00:01:12,733 --> 00:01:16,893 Speaker 2: standard text costs apply. Right now, it is seventeen minutes 28 00:01:16,933 --> 00:01:19,213 Speaker 2: past nine on news talks, he'd been Kevin Millon is 29 00:01:19,213 --> 00:01:20,613 Speaker 2: here with us this morning. Call to Kevin. 30 00:01:22,053 --> 00:01:25,533 Speaker 3: Yeah, curler, it's interesting that your parents got stranded in 31 00:01:25,613 --> 00:01:28,253 Speaker 3: Machison because our whole family, or when I sell our 32 00:01:28,253 --> 00:01:31,053 Speaker 3: whole family, Mum, dad and one of the kids got 33 00:01:31,053 --> 00:01:34,413 Speaker 3: stuck in the car go in the opposite direction when 34 00:01:34,613 --> 00:01:36,853 Speaker 3: a rock the side of a car landed down on 35 00:01:36,893 --> 00:01:40,613 Speaker 3: the highway and they closed the highway because they felt 36 00:01:40,613 --> 00:01:45,213 Speaker 3: that it was unsafe. And there was a lot of 37 00:01:45,293 --> 00:01:48,013 Speaker 3: discussion about whether Machison was a great place to get 38 00:01:48,053 --> 00:01:51,533 Speaker 3: stuck in. Well, I thought it was quite good. 39 00:01:52,093 --> 00:01:54,373 Speaker 2: So hang on, did your family get stuck in Murchison 40 00:01:54,413 --> 00:01:54,773 Speaker 2: as well? 41 00:01:55,373 --> 00:01:59,493 Speaker 3: Yeah? This week we got we got no, not this week, no, no, 42 00:01:59,613 --> 00:02:04,373 Speaker 3: this is about three years ago. It's so funny because. 43 00:02:05,133 --> 00:02:07,413 Speaker 2: Basis with my family. I mean, you know, there so 44 00:02:07,413 --> 00:02:09,013 Speaker 2: many people of merchant at any one time. 45 00:02:09,133 --> 00:02:11,493 Speaker 3: Yeah, I bet they were staying in the same motel, 46 00:02:11,533 --> 00:02:14,573 Speaker 3: and they probably ate at the same tiny restaurant, yes, 47 00:02:14,773 --> 00:02:19,333 Speaker 3: which we found very very satisfying, was very satisfactory I stayed. 48 00:02:19,373 --> 00:02:21,093 Speaker 2: The last time I stayed at Merchison was a couple 49 00:02:21,133 --> 00:02:23,373 Speaker 2: of years ago before I was doing the Old Ghost 50 00:02:23,413 --> 00:02:26,293 Speaker 2: Road and I went and had a couple of jars 51 00:02:26,413 --> 00:02:28,493 Speaker 2: down at the local pub, and I'll tell you what 52 00:02:28,613 --> 00:02:32,573 Speaker 2: it was, talk about character and talk about characters. I 53 00:02:32,573 --> 00:02:35,813 Speaker 2: mean the pub character characters were hanging out there. But 54 00:02:36,013 --> 00:02:37,613 Speaker 2: one thing I remember to is they still had the 55 00:02:37,613 --> 00:02:42,533 Speaker 2: PowerShell astrays, which I turning about the hands at time. 56 00:02:44,133 --> 00:02:45,573 Speaker 3: Hope you didn't steal anything. 57 00:02:45,373 --> 00:02:47,133 Speaker 2: No, no, no, I didn't know. It was very disciplined, 58 00:02:47,173 --> 00:02:47,893 Speaker 2: but yeah. 59 00:02:48,013 --> 00:02:50,653 Speaker 3: No. Anyway, a very good motel there, like quite a 60 00:02:50,693 --> 00:02:54,213 Speaker 3: new one and large and very very cool. And that's 61 00:02:54,253 --> 00:02:56,653 Speaker 3: the main thing. You've got somewhere decent, you've got a 62 00:02:56,693 --> 00:02:59,813 Speaker 3: decent bed, you get stuck there. Yes, And I think 63 00:03:00,013 --> 00:03:04,533 Speaker 3: we went to a tiny little restaurant and the poor 64 00:03:04,573 --> 00:03:08,133 Speaker 3: guy was running out on his own. But it was beautiful, 65 00:03:08,253 --> 00:03:09,613 Speaker 3: beautiful meal. It is. 66 00:03:09,693 --> 00:03:12,173 Speaker 2: It's you know, it's a beautiful part of the country 67 00:03:12,173 --> 00:03:13,853 Speaker 2: as well. You know. The thing I always think about 68 00:03:14,213 --> 00:03:17,173 Speaker 2: Murchison and this is a little bit, a little bit bleak, 69 00:03:17,613 --> 00:03:19,773 Speaker 2: but do you know, like back it would have been 70 00:03:20,213 --> 00:03:22,773 Speaker 2: probably one hundred and twenty hundred and thirty years ago, 71 00:03:23,253 --> 00:03:27,453 Speaker 2: there was a local farmer who was really unhappy, and 72 00:03:27,533 --> 00:03:31,773 Speaker 2: so he went and strapped some dynamite to himself and 73 00:03:31,853 --> 00:03:35,613 Speaker 2: detonated himself at the local court. Like it was. But 74 00:03:35,613 --> 00:03:37,293 Speaker 2: it was actually, dare I say, it is rather a 75 00:03:37,293 --> 00:03:42,213 Speaker 2: grim world first, but quite an extraordinary like yeah, you know, 76 00:03:42,413 --> 00:03:44,653 Speaker 2: I think they call it the Murchison incident or the 77 00:03:44,733 --> 00:03:47,413 Speaker 2: Murchison Trading or something like that. But yeah, it was 78 00:03:47,573 --> 00:03:50,253 Speaker 2: this really sort of quirky and quite macab piece of 79 00:03:50,253 --> 00:03:51,173 Speaker 2: New Zealand history. 80 00:03:51,453 --> 00:03:55,653 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, anyways, and everybody from the south will will 81 00:03:55,653 --> 00:03:58,053 Speaker 3: remember the earthquake, even if you lived in Greatio. 82 00:03:58,253 --> 00:04:01,773 Speaker 2: Absolutely. Yeah, of course it has been years. I suppose. 83 00:04:01,813 --> 00:04:03,853 Speaker 2: It's just a part of the country where all sorts 84 00:04:03,893 --> 00:04:07,573 Speaker 2: of you know, interesting historical little things happened. Anyway, Kevin, 85 00:04:08,413 --> 00:04:10,213 Speaker 2: you've got a story for us this morning about a 86 00:04:10,293 --> 00:04:11,453 Speaker 2: visit to the dentist. 87 00:04:11,813 --> 00:04:13,653 Speaker 3: Well, a very funny thing happened to me during the 88 00:04:13,653 --> 00:04:16,933 Speaker 3: Wheat Act. It all started a few weeks ago when 89 00:04:16,933 --> 00:04:19,213 Speaker 3: one of my wisdom teeth got a bit wobbly and 90 00:04:19,253 --> 00:04:22,013 Speaker 3: I decided it probably needed to come out, so I 91 00:04:22,053 --> 00:04:25,773 Speaker 3: went to the dentist. I have issues with dental extractions 92 00:04:25,853 --> 00:04:28,853 Speaker 3: because I'm on blood thinners, so I have to manage 93 00:04:28,893 --> 00:04:31,853 Speaker 3: my meds leading up to an extraction so I don't 94 00:04:31,893 --> 00:04:35,333 Speaker 3: bleed too much when the tooth pulled out. But dentists 95 00:04:35,333 --> 00:04:39,693 Speaker 3: agreed that my wisdom teeth tooth should come out, but 96 00:04:39,773 --> 00:04:42,293 Speaker 3: she didn't want to be doing it herself. She pointed 97 00:04:42,333 --> 00:04:45,973 Speaker 3: out that apart from the blood thinners, the steroids that 98 00:04:46,053 --> 00:04:49,973 Speaker 3: I'm ay depended on can occasionally react to other drugs 99 00:04:50,053 --> 00:04:53,493 Speaker 3: used in dentistry. Anyway, she said she would refer me 100 00:04:53,533 --> 00:04:56,613 Speaker 3: on to an oral surgeon in Wellington who'd be better 101 00:04:56,653 --> 00:04:59,653 Speaker 3: qualified to manage my blood thinners and deal with any 102 00:04:59,813 --> 00:05:03,813 Speaker 3: steroid problems should they arise. His fees would be higher, 103 00:05:03,933 --> 00:05:05,653 Speaker 3: but she felt it was a sense of a option. 104 00:05:06,373 --> 00:05:08,573 Speaker 3: I agreed with it. A week or so later, I 105 00:05:08,613 --> 00:05:12,573 Speaker 3: was contact by the oral surgeon's reception an appointment made 106 00:05:12,653 --> 00:05:16,253 Speaker 3: for yesterday. Meantime, I had to fill out a post 107 00:05:16,333 --> 00:05:22,053 Speaker 3: operation instruction sheet, a lengthy questionnaire outlining my personal details, 108 00:05:22,133 --> 00:05:27,893 Speaker 3: my health issues, my current medications and my health insurance details. Again, 109 00:05:28,173 --> 00:05:31,093 Speaker 3: no complaints about all this, except that it was turning 110 00:05:31,133 --> 00:05:35,733 Speaker 3: into the most lengthy and complex dental appointment I'd had 111 00:05:35,773 --> 00:05:38,613 Speaker 3: in my life, and my tooth wasn't getting any better. 112 00:05:39,493 --> 00:05:45,333 Speaker 3: But yesterday's specialist appointment never happened. On Thursday, my tooth 113 00:05:45,653 --> 00:05:48,373 Speaker 3: fell out. I touched it with my tongue and it 114 00:05:48,573 --> 00:05:51,333 Speaker 3: just fell out. And while I wouldn't want that to 115 00:05:51,373 --> 00:05:53,493 Speaker 3: happen to all the rest of my teeth, Jack, it 116 00:05:53,613 --> 00:05:58,253 Speaker 3: seemed to me the perfect extraction, no dentistry, no pain, 117 00:05:58,613 --> 00:06:02,533 Speaker 3: no bleeding, no reactions, and no bill. 118 00:06:03,333 --> 00:06:08,493 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a that's a a relief in a sense, 119 00:06:08,693 --> 00:06:11,973 Speaker 2: although it's always slightly disconcerting when things like that happen 120 00:06:12,013 --> 00:06:14,133 Speaker 2: as well. And how weird does it feel afterwards? 121 00:06:14,893 --> 00:06:17,853 Speaker 3: Yes, that's right, And as I say, yes, I wouldn't 122 00:06:17,853 --> 00:06:20,053 Speaker 3: mind that to go, I wouldn't mind normous teeth to 123 00:06:20,093 --> 00:06:23,053 Speaker 3: disappear in the same way. But it certainly put an 124 00:06:23,133 --> 00:06:26,053 Speaker 3: end to the complications of that of that particular point. 125 00:06:26,213 --> 00:06:28,093 Speaker 2: Do you ask, do you know why it's why it 126 00:06:28,213 --> 00:06:28,733 Speaker 2: just fell out? 127 00:06:28,893 --> 00:06:30,253 Speaker 3: Kevin, No, don't. 128 00:06:30,413 --> 00:06:33,413 Speaker 2: It's no sort of well radio got around the Millen 129 00:06:33,453 --> 00:06:35,573 Speaker 2: household or anything that you haven't noticed. 130 00:06:35,653 --> 00:06:38,253 Speaker 3: Yeah, no, I think wisdom teeth can be a bit 131 00:06:38,373 --> 00:06:41,373 Speaker 3: like that because your gums at the back there, when 132 00:06:41,373 --> 00:06:45,173 Speaker 3: you get a bit older, they get a bit effective. 133 00:06:45,413 --> 00:06:48,213 Speaker 2: Yeah right, Okay, I'm glad at the very least that 134 00:06:48,213 --> 00:06:49,893 Speaker 2: it'll save you some pain. So thank you for that. 135 00:06:51,053 --> 00:06:52,693 Speaker 2: Keep it well but this this morning, and thank you 136 00:06:52,693 --> 00:06:55,933 Speaker 2: for your feedback. Jack Murchison is a fantastic place, is Jackie? 137 00:06:55,973 --> 00:06:57,213 Speaker 2: I totally agree, Jackie. 138 00:06:57,893 --> 00:07:00,973 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live 139 00:07:01,093 --> 00:07:03,893 Speaker 1: to news talks he'd be from nine am Saturday, or 140 00:07:03,973 --> 00:07:05,893 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.