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 --> 00:00:11,733 Speaker 1: from News Talks at b. 3 00:00:12,693 --> 00:00:15,213 Speaker 2: Thank you for your messages. Jack, Sure, let's cycle over 4 00:00:15,253 --> 00:00:19,493 Speaker 2: the Harbor Bridge to work from the North Shore. Okay, 5 00:00:22,213 --> 00:00:25,533 Speaker 2: as I said, I thought very clearly actually, but perhaps 6 00:00:25,533 --> 00:00:28,173 Speaker 2: not as I said, cycling is not perfect for every 7 00:00:28,253 --> 00:00:30,973 Speaker 2: journey or every hushole. Nope, I'm not claiming it is. 8 00:00:31,253 --> 00:00:33,213 Speaker 2: All I'm saying is that I think many of us 9 00:00:33,773 --> 00:00:36,613 Speaker 2: could look at some of the journeys we do and 10 00:00:36,733 --> 00:00:39,293 Speaker 2: probably cycle them instead of driving. That's what I reckon, 11 00:00:39,613 --> 00:00:42,973 Speaker 2: Jack Aweso Edatorial, thank you on the email this morning. 12 00:00:43,013 --> 00:00:45,493 Speaker 2: Dean's flip me a note has been so often, does Jack. 13 00:00:45,573 --> 00:00:48,093 Speaker 2: It's been amazing to me for some time now that schools, 14 00:00:48,093 --> 00:00:51,693 Speaker 2: conscious of their carbon footprints, haven't been organizing walking school 15 00:00:51,733 --> 00:00:55,253 Speaker 2: buses and working with community groups to provide communal bicycles. 16 00:00:55,333 --> 00:00:58,253 Speaker 2: A huge improvement in child health, great savings for the planet, 17 00:00:58,293 --> 00:01:01,893 Speaker 2: losing the crazy school commutes morning and afternoon. Thank you 18 00:01:01,893 --> 00:01:03,693 Speaker 2: for that. Ninety two ninety two is the text number 19 00:01:03,693 --> 00:01:05,453 Speaker 2: if you want to send me a message. Jacket News Talks. 20 00:01:05,453 --> 00:01:07,693 Speaker 2: He'db dot code on. I just reckon even if it 21 00:01:07,773 --> 00:01:10,173 Speaker 2: was one and ten. Even if you even if the 22 00:01:10,213 --> 00:01:12,573 Speaker 2: commuter work's not going to work for you, even if 23 00:01:13,213 --> 00:01:15,373 Speaker 2: the taking because the school isn't going to work for 24 00:01:15,493 --> 00:01:19,173 Speaker 2: that's totally fine. You do you, But I reckon if 25 00:01:19,213 --> 00:01:21,933 Speaker 2: you're totally honest, there would be some journeys that you 26 00:01:22,013 --> 00:01:26,733 Speaker 2: do in which maybe cycling could be an alternative option 27 00:01:26,933 --> 00:01:29,613 Speaker 2: to driving and it would save your money over time. 28 00:01:29,813 --> 00:01:32,413 Speaker 2: Nineteen minutes past nine, Kevin Mill, there's with us this morning, 29 00:01:32,493 --> 00:01:34,573 Speaker 2: Kilder Kevinder Jack. 30 00:01:35,093 --> 00:01:37,253 Speaker 3: My wife won't let me go out on the bike. 31 00:01:39,573 --> 00:01:44,253 Speaker 3: She thinks I'm a better responsible and when you're in 32 00:01:44,293 --> 00:01:50,653 Speaker 3: a car being a responsible, which I don't believe I am. Yeah, 33 00:01:50,773 --> 00:01:54,573 Speaker 3: she you know you're projected by a wall of steel. 34 00:01:55,053 --> 00:01:56,613 Speaker 3: But I think she's a little bit worried that I 35 00:01:57,093 --> 00:01:59,253 Speaker 3: do something really is stupid and get run over. 36 00:01:59,493 --> 00:02:03,333 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it definitely takes. I'm not saying cycling 37 00:02:03,413 --> 00:02:05,973 Speaker 2: is a risk free exercise. I mean it never has 38 00:02:06,013 --> 00:02:09,453 Speaker 2: been said. I actually think if more of us cycled 39 00:02:09,813 --> 00:02:12,253 Speaker 2: that cars would be a little bit more aware, but 40 00:02:12,293 --> 00:02:16,293 Speaker 2: also collectively would probably get safer because the kind of 41 00:02:16,333 --> 00:02:21,013 Speaker 2: general cycling standard of general cyclists would would improve as well. 42 00:02:22,053 --> 00:02:24,053 Speaker 2: What about are there any cycle lanes in your neighborhood. 43 00:02:24,053 --> 00:02:27,173 Speaker 3: Given, Uh, we don't really need them. Where we are 44 00:02:27,813 --> 00:02:29,493 Speaker 3: there are cycle lanes, yeah, I. 45 00:02:29,533 --> 00:02:31,773 Speaker 2: Mean because one option is just you take that, you 46 00:02:31,813 --> 00:02:37,373 Speaker 2: take the quieter streets and things, you know, like you don't. 47 00:02:35,773 --> 00:02:40,693 Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah. So no, it's I 48 00:02:40,733 --> 00:02:43,333 Speaker 3: think it's great. My mind goes back to the grade 49 00:02:43,373 --> 00:02:46,893 Speaker 3: old days of christ Church. Yeah, where all the kids 50 00:02:47,453 --> 00:02:50,813 Speaker 3: rode bikes to school. Yeah, you know it was terrific, 51 00:02:50,853 --> 00:02:51,173 Speaker 3: wasn't it. 52 00:02:51,253 --> 00:02:51,573 Speaker 2: Totally? 53 00:02:51,653 --> 00:02:55,013 Speaker 3: I was on my Robin hood classic from hob days, 54 00:02:55,093 --> 00:02:56,613 Speaker 3: bicycles and Edgeware roads. 55 00:02:56,693 --> 00:02:58,253 Speaker 2: There you go, how good? 56 00:02:58,413 --> 00:02:58,653 Speaker 3: See? 57 00:02:58,653 --> 00:03:01,333 Speaker 2: I still I used to ride. I rode my bike 58 00:03:01,413 --> 00:03:02,773 Speaker 2: to school when I was a kid all the time, 59 00:03:02,813 --> 00:03:05,093 Speaker 2: and all of my mates did too. It was actually 60 00:03:05,373 --> 00:03:07,853 Speaker 2: it was the first way out ahead independence, you know, 61 00:03:08,053 --> 00:03:11,533 Speaker 2: was to ride to school. And I felt like it 62 00:03:11,613 --> 00:03:14,773 Speaker 2: kind of built you know, built a little bit of 63 00:03:14,813 --> 00:03:15,533 Speaker 2: maturity in me. 64 00:03:17,413 --> 00:03:17,653 Speaker 1: Yeah. 65 00:03:17,693 --> 00:03:21,093 Speaker 2: Anyway, anyway, Kevin, you've been battling this week. You might 66 00:03:21,133 --> 00:03:23,413 Speaker 2: not be cycling fresh, but you've been battling to keep 67 00:03:23,413 --> 00:03:25,173 Speaker 2: your music fresh. 68 00:03:25,533 --> 00:03:28,933 Speaker 3: I tried to keep up with pop music that's fairly current. Jack. 69 00:03:29,493 --> 00:03:33,653 Speaker 3: It's good to avoid continually going to concerts why the 70 00:03:33,693 --> 00:03:37,613 Speaker 3: stars of the seventies and eighties fading stars, so it 71 00:03:37,653 --> 00:03:41,533 Speaker 3: won't bet the Guns and Roses concert nor Split Ends. 72 00:03:41,573 --> 00:03:45,933 Speaker 3: Probably I did go and see the Best at Miao 73 00:03:46,133 --> 00:03:50,133 Speaker 3: Nui and Wellington last night. I like the best. When 74 00:03:50,133 --> 00:03:52,893 Speaker 3: I told my friends I was going, no one had 75 00:03:52,933 --> 00:03:56,853 Speaker 3: heard of them. Disappointing. After all, the best one, best 76 00:03:56,893 --> 00:04:00,453 Speaker 3: group and best album I think at the Music Awards 77 00:04:00,493 --> 00:04:04,093 Speaker 3: a year or two ago. Naturally, I was keen to 78 00:04:04,133 --> 00:04:06,973 Speaker 3: share with the young people I know that I was 79 00:04:07,013 --> 00:04:10,613 Speaker 3: off to see the bests, particularly the uber call barista 80 00:04:11,013 --> 00:04:14,813 Speaker 3: at my coffee outlet. Her reaction, They're a Wellington band, 81 00:04:14,813 --> 00:04:18,733 Speaker 3: aren't they No, they're from Auckland. She was keen to 82 00:04:18,853 --> 00:04:21,133 Speaker 3: share that she too, had just bought tickets for his 83 00:04:21,213 --> 00:04:25,933 Speaker 3: show Split Ends for goodness sake. Keeping up with the 84 00:04:26,253 --> 00:04:30,093 Speaker 3: younger mob has its challenges, though, Jack. After I bought 85 00:04:30,133 --> 00:04:34,333 Speaker 3: the Best tickets for Linda, my son Jake, and I 86 00:04:34,333 --> 00:04:38,533 Speaker 3: I discovered that they were standing. Only this didn't appeal 87 00:04:38,613 --> 00:04:42,573 Speaker 3: to my arthritic knee. Jake did me a favor. He 88 00:04:42,733 --> 00:04:45,853 Speaker 3: texts the venue and explained his dad was coming to 89 00:04:45,893 --> 00:04:48,893 Speaker 3: the Best show. He had a dodgy knee. Could they 90 00:04:49,093 --> 00:04:52,893 Speaker 3: spring the old fellow a seat, Sure, they said, when 91 00:04:52,893 --> 00:04:54,853 Speaker 3: he gets here, let's know and we'll set him up 92 00:04:54,893 --> 00:04:59,693 Speaker 3: on a chair at the back. Now, Jake wasn't sure 93 00:05:00,013 --> 00:05:02,773 Speaker 3: that I'd accept this, He said, I beat you when 94 00:05:02,933 --> 00:05:05,733 Speaker 3: asked for the chair. Your pride won't let you sit 95 00:05:05,813 --> 00:05:08,573 Speaker 3: in an old man and cheer out the back. He 96 00:05:08,613 --> 00:05:11,853 Speaker 3: had a damn good point, as it turned out. When 97 00:05:11,853 --> 00:05:14,333 Speaker 3: we got there, all three of us were given seats 98 00:05:14,373 --> 00:05:20,933 Speaker 3: in the flash upstairs area. Ashley Bloomfield was there, Sir Ashley, 99 00:05:21,573 --> 00:05:24,853 Speaker 3: that meol knew is a terrific new venue in Wellington. 100 00:05:25,413 --> 00:05:28,253 Speaker 3: Totally enjoyed the show. The beds are a hell of 101 00:05:28,253 --> 00:05:32,093 Speaker 3: the band rockier than I expected. But I now await 102 00:05:32,213 --> 00:05:35,653 Speaker 3: bad Bunny to hit down. You're never too old to 103 00:05:35,693 --> 00:05:40,653 Speaker 3: get into some Puerto Rican pop. You'd be into Latin track, 104 00:05:40,693 --> 00:05:41,613 Speaker 3: wouldn't you, jack. 105 00:05:43,773 --> 00:05:46,693 Speaker 2: Ah, isn't it a bad bunny for you this morning? 106 00:05:47,413 --> 00:05:47,933 Speaker 3: Do you know? I? 107 00:05:48,733 --> 00:05:51,773 Speaker 2: I do like a little bit of Latin music from 108 00:05:51,813 --> 00:05:54,053 Speaker 2: time to time. Kevin, he wouldn't be my He wouldn't 109 00:05:54,053 --> 00:05:55,693 Speaker 2: be my go to. I'd usually go for a little 110 00:05:55,693 --> 00:06:00,293 Speaker 2: bit of Rosalia maybe, or when she's singing singing in Spanish, 111 00:06:00,373 --> 00:06:02,253 Speaker 2: maybe go for a little bit of Miguel as well. 112 00:06:02,253 --> 00:06:05,333 Speaker 2: They kind of crossover problem is that I struggle to 113 00:06:05,373 --> 00:06:08,373 Speaker 2: understand what they're saying. But yeah, I mean, how good 114 00:06:08,373 --> 00:06:12,773 Speaker 2: to be diversifying your tastes given. 115 00:06:13,653 --> 00:06:16,373 Speaker 3: It's great. It's great to hear a vocalist who's still 116 00:06:16,373 --> 00:06:18,853 Speaker 3: got a bit of voice left. Yeah, yeah, I mean, 117 00:06:18,893 --> 00:06:25,333 Speaker 3: she's had her what's her name, Elizabeth Slokes. She's she's 118 00:06:25,373 --> 00:06:28,773 Speaker 3: like at the peak of her career and and her 119 00:06:28,853 --> 00:06:32,533 Speaker 3: voice is just brilliant. And you know, you just get 120 00:06:32,613 --> 00:06:34,493 Speaker 3: tired of going along to see some of these old 121 00:06:34,613 --> 00:06:39,213 Speaker 3: stars and clearly, clearly their voices are not good. 122 00:06:39,933 --> 00:06:42,333 Speaker 2: I don't know that's not good, Kevin. They might just 123 00:06:42,333 --> 00:06:44,933 Speaker 2: be a slightly different experience in the past. But yeah, 124 00:06:45,013 --> 00:06:46,093 Speaker 2: I know I think. 125 00:06:46,693 --> 00:06:49,133 Speaker 3: No, I'm not putting I'm not putting down splod ends 126 00:06:49,133 --> 00:06:49,533 Speaker 3: of course. 127 00:06:49,613 --> 00:06:51,973 Speaker 2: No, No, it's true that over time most of us 128 00:06:51,973 --> 00:06:53,213 Speaker 2: would see a bit of a change. 129 00:06:53,413 --> 00:06:57,213 Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, I saw crowded house and in the last year, 130 00:06:57,533 --> 00:07:00,933 Speaker 3: that's enough for me in that sort of area. Yeah, 131 00:07:01,093 --> 00:07:03,733 Speaker 3: but yeah, I just thought it was it was a 132 00:07:03,773 --> 00:07:06,093 Speaker 3: great night at a fantastic venue. 133 00:07:06,573 --> 00:07:08,373 Speaker 2: Very good, Kevin. I'm pleased to hear it, And good 134 00:07:08,373 --> 00:07:11,333 Speaker 2: on you for trying something new. Kevin milm with us 135 00:07:11,333 --> 00:07:12,853 Speaker 2: this morning, and thank you very much for your text. 136 00:07:12,893 --> 00:07:13,053 Speaker 3: Check. 137 00:07:13,053 --> 00:07:15,613 Speaker 2: My high school in Hawk's Bay in the nineties had 138 00:07:15,693 --> 00:07:19,013 Speaker 2: twelve hundred kids, four hundred of them bike. My son's 139 00:07:19,093 --> 00:07:22,173 Speaker 2: high school in Auckland today has two thousand kids. Seven 140 00:07:22,453 --> 00:07:27,333 Speaker 2: bike to school. Jack, I say about three hundred bucks 141 00:07:27,333 --> 00:07:29,293 Speaker 2: a month by biking to work. I still drive if 142 00:07:29,293 --> 00:07:31,173 Speaker 2: I need to, but the bike is much more fun 143 00:07:31,253 --> 00:07:35,253 Speaker 2: and I never get stuck in traffic. Simon, right on, Jack, 144 00:07:35,293 --> 00:07:37,693 Speaker 2: how do you get by riding your bike in Auckland 145 00:07:37,693 --> 00:07:40,213 Speaker 2: and all of the Auckland rain, says Charlie. Good question. 146 00:07:40,293 --> 00:07:41,893 Speaker 2: I mean it was a little bit damp this morning. 147 00:07:41,893 --> 00:07:44,333 Speaker 2: I'm in Auckland this morning, a little bit damp. So 148 00:07:44,373 --> 00:07:47,813 Speaker 2: what I did is I rode in shorts and I 149 00:07:47,893 --> 00:07:50,813 Speaker 2: put my trousers in my back, and then when I 150 00:07:50,853 --> 00:07:52,973 Speaker 2: got to work, I changed out of my I changed 151 00:07:52,973 --> 00:07:54,813 Speaker 2: out of my shorts and put on my trousers. Was 152 00:07:54,853 --> 00:07:57,333 Speaker 2: pretty simple. I mean, it's true that you do get 153 00:07:57,333 --> 00:07:59,373 Speaker 2: caught sometimes if it's absolutely pouring with that. And this 154 00:07:59,413 --> 00:08:01,533 Speaker 2: is the other thing. If it's absolutely pouring with rain, 155 00:08:02,213 --> 00:08:04,773 Speaker 2: I will take the bus, or I will get an 156 00:08:04,853 --> 00:08:07,973 Speaker 2: uber or I'll drive. I'm just saying, if you cut 157 00:08:07,973 --> 00:08:10,853 Speaker 2: out a little bit of driving a few journeys from 158 00:08:10,853 --> 00:08:13,453 Speaker 2: time to time, especially when petrol's going through the roof 159 00:08:13,453 --> 00:08:17,093 Speaker 2: and our supplies looking a little bit uncertain, then maybe 160 00:08:17,093 --> 00:08:18,453 Speaker 2: you'll find you actually save a bit of money. 161 00:08:19,053 --> 00:08:22,173 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live 162 00:08:22,253 --> 00:08:25,093 Speaker 1: to News Talks ed B from nine am Saturday, or 163 00:08:25,173 --> 00:08:27,053 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.