1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: It's Nightsime with Dan Ray. I'm telling you Boston's. 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:10,400 Speaker 2: News Radio Palli. Thanks very much, Al Griffin. Good evening, everyone, 3 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 2: and welcome into the twentieth hour of the program. I 4 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 2: have only been on Thursday and Friday this week. I 5 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 2: will be back next week, as will my partner in time, 6 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 2: Rob Brooks, the producer of this program, who is back 7 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 2: at the control room. I'm broadcasting remotely. Rob and I 8 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 2: will both be here five nights next week. I believe, 9 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,279 Speaker 2: correct me if I'm wrong on that one, Rob, So 10 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 2: we will be here twenty hours Monday through Friday night, 11 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 2: from eight until midnight. I will remind you that on 12 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 2: Tuesday night we will be joined by William Martin. Bill Martin, 13 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 2: who many of you know, is the author of so 14 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 2: many great books, most recently December forty one, Cape cod 15 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 2: Back Bay, Annapolis, The Lincoln Letter, On and on the 16 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 2: list goes. He is a historical novelist who is just 17 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:04,039 Speaker 2: an amazing guest. We were we had Bill on in December. 18 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 2: It was on the night that the story broke about 19 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 2: the discovery the chase to New Hampshire of the shooter 20 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:19,119 Speaker 2: who killed two students at Brown University and then killed 21 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 2: a professor from MIT at his home in Brookline. That 22 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 2: was a huge story. So we had to actually had 23 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,040 Speaker 2: to take some news conferences, and I told Bill we 24 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:33,680 Speaker 2: would we would do have a redo. So we will 25 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 2: have Bill Martin with us, and any of you who 26 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 2: want to ask Bill Martin any questions about any of 27 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 2: his books. He's a great guest. He's a fabulous writer. 28 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 2: He is. You know how tough it is to make 29 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 2: a living as a writer. It's it's almost as stuff 30 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 2: as making a living as a talk show. It's actually 31 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 2: it's much tougher, much more work, and much more information dispense. 32 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 2: Now in the twentieth hour tonight, I want you to 33 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 2: know I was away for most of you know that 34 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 2: for quite a long time. For me. I think it 35 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 2: was nine days. We left shortly after Christmas, and we 36 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 2: ended up almost halfway around the world, both in terms 37 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:18,799 Speaker 2: of the other side of the globe, but also as 38 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 2: far south in the Southern hemisphere as we are north 39 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 2: here in the Northern hemisphere, or the base above the 40 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 2: area above the equator. So I will end the suspense 41 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 2: and tell you that we spent about seven days in 42 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:41,839 Speaker 2: New Zealand. Had never been to New Zealand before I'd 43 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 2: never been to what we used to know as the 44 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 2: continent of Australia, but now it is known as the 45 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 2: continent of Oceania because it represents not only Australia, but 46 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 2: New Zealand in many other smaller countries in the South Pacific. 47 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 2: Long airplane flight fifteen hours. We stayed on the North Island, 48 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 2: New Zealand. When you look at it has two islands. 49 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 2: The capital, Auckland, is in the north and we basically 50 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 2: traverse the entire North Ireland. Learned a lot about the Maori, 51 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 2: the native Maori population a country, that beautiful country. I 52 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 2: mean there are big hills and rolling roads and wonderful resources, 53 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 2: beautiful beaches, just one If they speak English, although it's 54 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 2: not quite the same English we speak, there's a lot 55 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 2: of words that are in their vernacula that I wasn't 56 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 2: used to. I would recommend it to anyone. We met 57 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 2: with so many nice people. We had great trips, great 58 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 2: airline flights. I should say, they were all on time, 59 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 2: very little turbulence. Anyone who travels that we were in 60 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 2: the air When you think about it, thirty hours that week, 61 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 2: fifteen to get there and fifteen to get back. Whatever 62 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,080 Speaker 2: the numbers were, might have been a little longer to 63 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 2: get there, a little quicker to get back. No direct 64 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 2: flights from Boston, which is something that you have to 65 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 2: take into consideration. Flew out of Boston to Los Angeles, 66 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 2: six hours to LA and then another twelve or so 67 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 2: to New Zealand. Eighteen hours coming back directly from Auckland 68 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 2: to JFK and then a quick flight on Delta up 69 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 2: to Boston. Everything was fine, No luggage was lost. It 70 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 2: was you know, you always have problems on trips. Nothing 71 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 2: seemed to have been forgotten. I might have lost one 72 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 2: electric adapter. I'll take the hit for that that I 73 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 2: left in the hotel room in a little town on 74 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 2: the southeast coast. Was it the Southeast Coast? 75 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 3: Yes? 76 00:04:52,800 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 2: Southeast Coast Cape Kidnappers, where the English first arrived in 77 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 2: about Yes was about seventeen fifty. It had been unpopulated 78 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 2: as an island until people from neighboring islands Tahiti Samoa 79 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 2: leanded there about one hundred years earlier, sometime in the 80 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 2: sixteen hundreds, around the time the United States was being 81 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 2: discovered by Columbus. So what I want to do is 82 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 2: I'll answer whatever questions you have, I would recommend if 83 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 2: you have an opportunity to go the friendly people. Food 84 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:34,720 Speaker 2: was good, all of the accommodations were great. So I 85 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 2: would clearly recommend it to anyone. We met some really 86 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 2: nice people. They were very welcoming to Americans. It was 87 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 2: a very interesting trip. Now, what I would like to do. 88 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 2: I don't want to talk about me. I want to 89 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 2: talk about you. I'd love to know where you have gone, 90 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:57,840 Speaker 2: particularly if you've gone somewhere that you thought was exotic. 91 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,720 Speaker 2: Now again, I guess exhouts I think might be too 92 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 2: strong a word for a country where English was spoken, 93 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:06,600 Speaker 2: But I'm going to just use that word. Somewhere you 94 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 2: have gone, Where is the furthest you have traveled to? 95 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 2: Could be by boat, could be by train, could be 96 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 2: by plane. I'm going to just open up the line 97 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 2: six one, seven, two, five, four ten thirty six one seven, nine, 98 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 2: three one ten thirty And would you? Would you recommend 99 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:25,360 Speaker 2: it to others? I have a couple of things on 100 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 2: my bucket list. I don't know that I will ever 101 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:31,480 Speaker 2: get to these locations, but if you have a bucket 102 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:35,919 Speaker 2: list opportunity, I will tell you in full disclosure. I've 103 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 2: never been to South America. I've never been to Asia, 104 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:41,719 Speaker 2: and I've never been to Africa, and of course i've 105 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,599 Speaker 2: never been to Antarctica. So Oceania or what was once 106 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:49,119 Speaker 2: known as Australia, becomes my third continent. I'm a native 107 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 2: of North America, and I traveled quite a bit in Europe, 108 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 2: both for vacation and for work in television as a 109 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,039 Speaker 2: TV reporter for WBZ. Some of you might remember my 110 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 2: work a couple of decades ago. Six one, seven, two, 111 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:08,559 Speaker 2: ten thirty. Those lines are full. Six one seven nine 112 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 2: three one ten thirty. There were two lines there. Let's 113 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 2: get it started. The twentieth hour of the week is 114 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:16,239 Speaker 2: always the hour of the week in which we try 115 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 2: to send you off on a happy note. Last night, 116 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 2: I only have two nights to report to you on 117 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 2: this week, so very quickly, we had Emily Sweeney at 118 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 2: the Boston Globe, the Cold Case Files, doctor Willie Jolly 119 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 2: about New Year's resolutions, John Grishpaul about tiny homes, small homes, 120 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 2: starter homes, doctor Richard Siegel about an FDA approval of 121 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 2: a weight loss pill. And we talked last night for 122 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 2: three hours about loss of life in Minneapolis. We had 123 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 2: a really good show last night. Tonight we talked about 124 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 2: with doctor Ashley Aker about a Aikler about ninety nine 125 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 2: Ways to Die that you want to avoid, with Ray 126 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 2: Shashka about a bait and switch pricing at car dealerships, 127 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 2: which was interesting. Spoke briefly with doctor Doug Coward about 128 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 2: his new book in Healing Both Ends of the Leash, 129 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 2: and talk with Jonathan Lane about the two hundred and 130 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 2: fiftieth anniversary of Henry Knox's trip from Lake from Lake 131 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 2: tykwond Roga all the way to Boston the Boston area 132 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 2: to help drive the British out during the Revolutionary War. 133 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:32,079 Speaker 2: And then we talked for two hours about Venezuela one 134 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 2: week later. The lines are full. I'm looking forward to 135 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 2: hearing from you. We're going to take a quick break 136 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:37,960 Speaker 2: back right after this. 137 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 1: You're on Night Side with Dan Ray. I'm Boston's news radio. 138 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 2: All right, let's wind it up and see what people say. 139 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 2: By the way, you can participate or you might learn 140 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 2: this hour about a place somewhere in the world that 141 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 2: you'd like to visit. Let's go to Gene and Brookline. Gan, 142 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 2: thanks for getting us going tonight in the twentieth hour 143 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 2: tell us some where that you have traveled that either 144 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:06,679 Speaker 2: surprised you or maybe displease you got right ahead. 145 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 4: Actually it's the same neighborhood of New Zealand, which I've 146 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 4: never been to. But my sister lives in Australia, so 147 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 4: I'm going back in a couple of months at this point. 148 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:22,560 Speaker 4: And you need to go to the Great Barrier Reefs. 149 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 4: It's Alsa North Queensland s n Q. It's the northern 150 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 4: eastern part of Australia. I closed my eyes and I 151 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 4: can still think about how gorgeous it was. I mean, 152 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:44,439 Speaker 4: I've been snorkeling in a Ruber and Nassa and watch 153 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 4: some other places, which is beautiful, but I I'm totally 154 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 4: like dating because they're not the great there. It is amazing. 155 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 2: Wow, you're going you're going back? Did you have to? 156 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 2: We had? You actually prompted us to get visas. You 157 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 2: do have to get a visa to go to New Zealand. 158 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 2: I didn't know you. 159 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:15,959 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah I didn't. 160 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 2: And all the times that I have traveled to Europe, 161 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 2: both in terms of working in television and doing UH trips, 162 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:27,959 Speaker 2: never had to worry about a visa. UH And I 163 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 2: maybe I'm surprised. Maybe I've just been lucky, but that's 164 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 2: not been my experience. 165 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 4: I've been to No, you don't, you don't need you 166 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 4: once for Olands. 167 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 5: I know that. 168 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 4: I'm not too sure about England. 169 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:46,079 Speaker 2: Oh. No, I've been to Ireland, New England. I've been 170 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 2: to the Netherlands. I've been to Belgium. I've been to Denmark, 171 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 2: to Sweden, to Norway, uh To, to Slovakia, to Hungary, 172 00:10:56,240 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 2: to Germany, to Italy. I've been to a lot to friends, 173 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 2: a lot of places. You never needed visa. 174 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 4: You need one of there. 175 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, when are you going to Australia? I think I 176 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 2: mentioned to you before. I hope you call in for 177 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 2: some The time difference is about eighteen hours, So that 178 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:19,680 Speaker 2: means right now in New Zealand or Australia, it's about 179 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 2: it's it's about it now. 180 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 5: It's eleven. 181 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:28,839 Speaker 2: It's eleven here, but it's now Saturday afternoon. It's about yea, 182 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 2: four to twenty or something like that or five. 183 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's right now, yeah, because it changes during the year. Yeah, 184 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 4: right now, it's sixteen hours difference. Yep, you know, right, Yeah, 185 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:45,959 Speaker 4: sixteen hours different. 186 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 2: Four twenty in the afternoon over there. They're already halfway. Well, 187 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,319 Speaker 2: they're halfway through the weekend because they're ahead of us. 188 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 2: We haven't even started our weekend. 189 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:52,840 Speaker 1: Yeah. 190 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 4: In fact, I talked to my friend Margaret, so sometimes 191 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 4: I forget to flip it and she's like, well, you know, 192 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 4: you know it's Frida, it's Saturday, and like, oh, yeah, 193 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 4: you're right, it's Saturday. 194 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:05,560 Speaker 5: You guys. 195 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:08,719 Speaker 2: Huge difference, huge difference. Hey, Gina, thank you, best of 196 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:10,559 Speaker 2: luck on your trip. I know you have a lot 197 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 2: to celebrate going back to Australia. If you don't give 198 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 2: us a call from from over there, give us a 199 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 2: call when you get back. 200 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 4: Okay, oh no, this, I'll definitely go on the computer 201 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 4: and catch up as. 202 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 2: You sounds great. Thanks Gane, appreciating what. 203 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:23,959 Speaker 4: Thanks. 204 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 2: Have a great night. Let me go to Tim in 205 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 2: wilber and Tim, I got all of your messages and 206 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,200 Speaker 2: I wanted to call you, but I was so far 207 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:32,319 Speaker 2: away I couldn't. 208 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:36,119 Speaker 5: How are you, Tim, I'm good you got my messages. 209 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 2: I got them all and I was going to try 210 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 2: to call you, but with the time different. 211 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 5: Yeah, I understand at three. 212 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 2: O'clock in the morning, but yeah, I got all your 213 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 2: Happy New Year, Merry Christmas messages. 214 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 5: Thank you great. Anyhow, my bigges xog adventure. I went 215 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,080 Speaker 5: to Miami Beach when I was eighteen. 216 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 2: Well that was pretty exotic back then, Tim, I tell you, 217 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,839 Speaker 2: have you ever been out of the States or no? 218 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 6: No. 219 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 5: The only place I've ever been since then is a 220 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 5: New Hampshire man of Vermont. I've never been out of 221 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:09,559 Speaker 5: the country. 222 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:12,079 Speaker 2: Well, you know, sometimes you can drive to Canada. I mean, 223 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 2: Canada is pretty easy. You know. 224 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 5: Oh, I forgot I did go to Canada. 225 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 3: Do you remember, so you have. 226 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 2: Been out of the country. You become a world traveler 227 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 2: in this very conversation. 228 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 5: I forgot. There was a thing a year after Woodstock 229 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:30,199 Speaker 5: called Strawberry Fields in Ontario, and I went there. Most 230 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 5: of the people that at Woodstock played at Strawberry Fields. 231 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 2: Wow, same year or how much? 232 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 5: How it was a year aft? I think Woodstock was 233 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 5: in seventy I think it was seventy one. 234 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 2: Okay, for some reason, I think a Woodstock is being 235 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 2: sixty nine, but someone in the audience might might remind 236 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:52,439 Speaker 2: us whether. 237 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 5: It might have been sixty now and I have a 238 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 5: high school anyhow, I missed you. 239 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 2: I'm back, buddy, stuck with me now. 240 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 5: Right, this is the twentieth hour. I've been here all week. 241 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:08,440 Speaker 5: I really liked the other night the I talking about houses, right, 242 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 5: you know, small houses and that that was really interesting. 243 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, we had were trying to have a bunch of 244 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 2: guests during the eight o'clock hour. The Woodstock Festival was 245 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 2: in nineteen sixty nine, so you now know where you 246 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 2: were in the summer of sixty nine. 247 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 5: In seventy right, Yeah, that's right, summer sixty nine high school. Anyhow, 248 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 5: it was the next year Strawberry Fields, Canada was beautiful. 249 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 2: Yeah. Oh, Canada has some beautiful parts of their country, 250 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 2: no doubt. Tim. You be well. Thank you for all 251 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 2: those calls, and we will talk soon, I promise. 252 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 5: Okay, And I tell all my friends Carl night side. 253 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 2: Happy, Happy twenty twenty six. We'll talk many times. Thanks heady, Dan, 254 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 2: appreciate it all. 255 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 5: Right. 256 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 2: Let me go to the great state of Idaho, the 257 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 2: Potato State. Laurie is out in Idaho. Laurie, welcome back. 258 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 2: How are you tonight? 259 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 3: Oh? 260 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 7: No, welcome back really seriously, and I mean that so seriously. 261 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 7: But I'm well, you know, the potatoes are covered with snow. 262 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 2: Yeah. I talked to someone in Kansas tonight they're getting 263 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 2: hit with a huge snowstorm in Kansas. So you you missed. 264 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, well no, I. 265 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 7: Might not have experienced it, but I certainly didn't miss it. 266 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 2: I don't know. So where have you traveled that you 267 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 2: would consider to be exotic? Don't tell me. Don't tell 268 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 2: me you went to Wyoming or something like that. I 269 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 2: bet it's going to be more exotic than that. 270 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 3: I'm going to snuckle your forehead. Yeah no, I went. 271 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 7: It went not far from where you were. Actually, my 272 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 7: favorite vacation ever has been Tahiti and some of the 273 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 7: Society islands. Oh Tahiti gorgeous on a sail ship? 274 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 1: Oh wow? 275 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 3: Yeah it was. 276 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 5: How far is the beautiful? 277 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 2: How far is Tahati from New Zealand? I do not 278 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 2: have a gnatless in front of me down. 279 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 7: I think you should kind of go up to Fiji, 280 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 7: and then if you go up to Fiji heading north, 281 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 7: and then I think you kind of take a little 282 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 7: right at Fiji and then they're sort of out there. 283 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 7: So yeah, like the Polynesian islands of society. 284 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 2: So you're telling me you drive to Fiji and you 285 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 2: hook it, right, okay. 286 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 6: Right exactly? 287 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 7: Well, yeah, but it's so it's it's in that area 288 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 7: in the in the Polynesian area, and but it's a 289 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 7: part of the Society islands. And it was the first 290 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 7: family trip we took after mom was so my dad 291 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 7: went all out. And there's this wind Star brand that 292 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 7: does they have four mass sailships. They have five mass 293 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 7: sales ships that they basically go under sail power as 294 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 7: much as they can. They of course have a bunch 295 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 7: of backup these engines that they need them. But so 296 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:00,920 Speaker 7: we flew to we had to fly TOI Obviously that 297 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 7: was not quite as long as your flight, but it 298 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,440 Speaker 7: was a long one. And then you're there for a day. 299 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:08,400 Speaker 2: You had a private boat. 300 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 7: No, no, no, this is a it's a ship. It's 301 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 7: it's a cruise ship. 302 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 5: But it's not both. 303 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 7: It's not like one of those floating apartments. It maybe 304 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:21,200 Speaker 7: maximum has maybe four hundred passengers on board, probably less, 305 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 7: but it's it's a four it's a big it's a 306 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:26,719 Speaker 7: foremast ship and it runs under sail as much as 307 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:29,639 Speaker 7: it can. So flew into Tahiti. We're there for a 308 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 7: day and then the boat picks us up and then 309 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:34,920 Speaker 7: it just sort of makes a cruise around, not all 310 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:36,679 Speaker 7: of the islands, but you know, it picked four or 311 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:39,160 Speaker 7: five and you get to spend part of a day 312 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 7: on one of them, and a couple of dinners were 313 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,159 Speaker 7: off the boat. But it was it was just amazing. 314 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 7: It's as beautiful, the people are beautiful, everything smells great. 315 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 3: It's it was. It was. It was the trip of 316 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:52,040 Speaker 3: a lifetime. 317 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:56,960 Speaker 2: But wow. And is Tahiti and individual country? 318 00:17:59,200 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 7: I think it is? 319 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:00,199 Speaker 6: Is? 320 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 3: I think it is. 321 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 7: I think they do. Yeah, because its Papa at Is 322 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 7: the capital. 323 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 3: So yeah, it is. 324 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 7: And then some of the islands around I'm not sure 325 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:10,880 Speaker 7: they're part of the society islands, so I'm not quite 326 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 7: sure where they're. 327 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, you're right, I'm looking at it right now. Yeah, 328 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 2: you're part of the Windward Islands. And you're not far 329 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 2: from Bora Bora. 330 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 6: Oh. We went. 331 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:22,640 Speaker 7: We went to Boribora, we went to Morea, we went 332 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 7: to Uahem. We went to there's this one islands not 333 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 7: very not very populated. So one of our knights off 334 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 7: the ship or or dinner off the ship was we 335 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 7: went to that and they had we had a beachside 336 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 7: you know, dinner picnically kind of thing. And then after 337 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 7: that we once it was a little bit dusk. There 338 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 7: was a fire dancer performance display which was. 339 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:46,160 Speaker 3: So cool and it was. It was a great trip, 340 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 3: it really was. 341 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:50,120 Speaker 7: And so in Bora Bora a lot of it's really 342 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:53,160 Speaker 7: famous for it's got those little huts over the water 343 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 7: on stilts over the water and it's all really private 344 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 7: and you can walk down this little you know, walkway, 345 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:00,359 Speaker 7: and it's it's a big it's a big honeymoon place. 346 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:03,359 Speaker 7: But so we didn't do that, but we we we 347 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:08,639 Speaker 7: have a tour that Heshian Vanilla fields. It was it 348 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 7: was a really cool ship. 349 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 2: Yeah. That that as as as exotic as New Zealand 350 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:18,640 Speaker 2: was for me. Uh that's you can't get much more 351 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:20,400 Speaker 2: exotic than than Tahiti. 352 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:21,879 Speaker 7: Who who was that? 353 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 2: You wasn't There wasn't Marlon Brando or someone like that 354 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 2: hanging out in Tahiti a lot. I thought there was 355 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:32,360 Speaker 2: some famous American actor who when they needed to find him, 356 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 2: to find him in Tahiti. 357 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 7: That I don't know if that were the case. It 358 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,159 Speaker 7: wasn't advertised down there. They're just I mean, and the 359 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:43,400 Speaker 7: Polynesians are wonderful and I love the food and they're 360 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 7: all super friendly. So I didn't I didn't see anything 361 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:49,359 Speaker 7: of that. But we weren't on Tahiti really very long 362 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:51,359 Speaker 7: because it was sort of the jumping off point for 363 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:53,640 Speaker 7: this tour. And then we went back and we did 364 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 7: spend a night before we took the flight back home. 365 00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 7: But that so that that would be that would be 366 00:19:58,840 --> 00:19:59,199 Speaker 7: it for me. 367 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 2: Well, I'll tell you that's that's as good as it gets. 368 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:05,200 Speaker 2: I don't know that anybody. I'm looking at a world 369 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 2: map here, and that's that is a great I'm just 370 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,439 Speaker 2: figuring out. We did go probably the easiest way to 371 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:16,000 Speaker 2: get there, uh, to where we were going. But it 372 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 2: is just it's another world out there. It's a New 373 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 2: Zealand was another world. And if New Zealand was another world, 374 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 2: Tahiti was probably really another world. 375 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 8: Wow. 376 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:27,600 Speaker 7: But but they're kind of still sort of in the 377 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 7: same that you're in the world of pirates and like 378 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 7: the early civilizations and some of the tribes or whatever. 379 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 7: But yeah, I mean all those islands down there have 380 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 7: like like you know, Cook Captain Cook history, pirate history. 381 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:39,920 Speaker 6: So yeah. 382 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,199 Speaker 7: But then the thing I love the most is, you 383 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,119 Speaker 7: know this this big old sale boat would pull a 384 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 7: sort of near near harbor, couldn't go into harbor and 385 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:51,640 Speaker 7: these local fishermen would come up to the little platform 386 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 7: on the aft and they'd bring local, just fresh caught fish. 387 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:58,399 Speaker 7: So we had fresh costs fish for dinner every night. 388 00:20:58,440 --> 00:20:59,080 Speaker 6: It was. 389 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 7: It was really a fun thing. 390 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, boy, that's a good that's a good one. Exotic 391 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:07,879 Speaker 2: that that kind of defines it. That defines it. Laurie 392 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 2: is always great to talk with you. Thanks for joining 393 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:10,960 Speaker 2: the conversation. 394 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 7: Well, thanks for being back. 395 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:18,680 Speaker 2: I'm back and I'll be here a whisks much doctor soon. 396 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 2: Let's take a break here for the news at the 397 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:22,920 Speaker 2: bottom of the arab I only have one line open. 398 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 2: It's at six one, seven, two thirty. I got Doug 399 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 2: in North Carolina, Ron and Newton, Linda and Waymouth, Nick 400 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 2: and Winchester. We got a lot of folks who are 401 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:34,600 Speaker 2: going to tell us where they have traveled, and we're 402 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 2: going to span the globe here. So far we got Australia, 403 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 2: Canada and Tahiti and of course my trip to New Zealand. 404 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:44,560 Speaker 2: Back on nightside, if. 405 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 1: You're on night Side with Dan Ray on w Boston's 406 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 1: news radio. 407 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 2: Back to the phones we go. We're finding we're asking 408 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:57,399 Speaker 2: you your exotic travel. I mean, it can be close. 409 00:21:57,440 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 2: It can be far. Certainly we've had Tahiti. That's a 410 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 2: pretty pretty good distance. Let's keep rolling. You're going to 411 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 2: go to Linda in Weymouth. Linda in North Weymouth. Hi, Linda, 412 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:08,399 Speaker 2: how are you tonight? 413 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 9: I'm saying thank you, Dan. I'd just like to share 414 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:16,000 Speaker 9: with you. I had the beautiful experience of going to 415 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:18,399 Speaker 9: the Philippines in twenty seventeen. 416 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 2: Whoa Philippi and that's a hall. Yeah. 417 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 9: It was twenty four hour flight. We had a layover 418 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:31,119 Speaker 9: in Dubai, which is a beautiful, beautiful airport, but I 419 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 9: would more or less more concentrate on the Philippines when 420 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 9: I arrived there. I flew into Clark International Airport and 421 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 9: went to Bali rod Bulakhan. And the people there greet you, 422 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:51,879 Speaker 9: especially if you're an older person. They bowed down to 423 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 9: you and they put their hand to your forehead really 424 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 9: and yes, yes, and they're so respectful. 425 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 2: Uh. 426 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 9: And on every single corner, and I mean every corner 427 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 9: that I walked, I would walk every morning at seven 428 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:11,919 Speaker 9: in the morning. You needed an umbrella to keep the 429 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:16,879 Speaker 9: sun out. And it was these beautiful, I mean beautiful, 430 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:22,280 Speaker 9: huge churches almost like you would call cathedrals here. They're 431 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:28,879 Speaker 9: very religious, very Catholic, and their food was amazing. I 432 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:33,440 Speaker 9: experienced a pig roast. I experienced They're putting food out 433 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 9: on the table on banana leaves. 434 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:37,760 Speaker 7: And they just threw stuff. 435 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:42,880 Speaker 9: They threw rice and you know, the pig, the pig meat, 436 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 9: and all different kinds of fruits and stuff and we 437 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 9: ate with our fingers and it was it was just 438 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 9: and the food was outstanding. But I was just so 439 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:57,439 Speaker 9: impressed with the people. The people are beautiful, beautiful, beautiful people, 440 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:03,119 Speaker 9: and they loved Americans. They loved the people from here. 441 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 5: What brought you there, Well, my husband. 442 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 9: And I had cruised a lot, and my husband had 443 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:16,960 Speaker 9: passed away a year ago, and we made friends with 444 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:21,919 Speaker 9: one of the fellows that was on the ship, and 445 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,720 Speaker 9: he ended up coming here after my husband passed away 446 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 9: on a visa and would do some work around the 447 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:35,679 Speaker 9: area and then he would go back and then he 448 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 9: said to me, would you like to come to my country? 449 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:43,640 Speaker 9: And I said, I've never My husband wasn't a flyer. Yeah, 450 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 9: he was a navy man and he was born in 451 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:52,160 Speaker 9: Ireland and he loved to see. He wasn't comfortable in flying, 452 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,400 Speaker 9: So the only place they ever flew was to Florida 453 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 9: to see my mom and dad when they moved away. 454 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:02,439 Speaker 9: So that's how I got to so he he brought 455 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 9: me back with him and I stayed there for eight 456 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 9: weeks and and as I said, I I would love 457 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 9: to go back again, but now I live here alone 458 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:18,159 Speaker 9: now and I wouldn't. I'm not too comfortable traveling alone. 459 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:23,359 Speaker 2: Well, I understand that, but you've had the pleasure of 460 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:26,359 Speaker 2: the trip. I've never been to me. I assume you 461 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:27,880 Speaker 2: must have spent some time in Manila. 462 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 9: Actually I did go to Manila. I went to the 463 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:37,680 Speaker 9: mall in Asia. I also went to a beautiful church 464 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 9: that has a lot of miracles. It's called the Holy 465 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:48,920 Speaker 9: Church of Manawaga monoguay Uh and it was, as I said, 466 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:50,720 Speaker 9: they're very religious there. 467 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 2: Extremely Well. Well, I got Linda, I don't. I don't 468 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 2: mean to cut you off here, but I think that 469 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:58,360 Speaker 2: we got Philippines in the group here, and I got 470 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:00,440 Speaker 2: a full line, so I got to give everybody else 471 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 2: a little bit of a chance as well. But thanks 472 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:06,159 Speaker 2: so much for calling and best of yo. Look, that 473 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:10,119 Speaker 2: is a memory you'll have forever. It is, and hopefully 474 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:12,320 Speaker 2: maybe someday you're able to get back. You never know. 475 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 9: I hope, so, I hope. 476 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 2: So Heylynda, have a great weekend, Happy New Year, Thank 477 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:22,440 Speaker 2: you so much. Great. Let me go to Nick in Winchester. Nick, 478 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,200 Speaker 2: where have you traveled that you'd consider to be exotic? 479 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 6: How you doing, buddy? 480 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 2: I'm doing great and I hope you're doing a little better. 481 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 2: To go right ahead. 482 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:34,399 Speaker 6: Good, thank you. Well, it was a family trip in 483 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:37,480 Speaker 6: two thousand. My father said it was going to go 484 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:41,159 Speaker 6: somewhere special. So my mother said she didn't want to 485 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,200 Speaker 6: know till we got to the airport, and the answer 486 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:50,359 Speaker 6: was Hawaii. Yeah, we ended up going to Hawaii. My 487 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:53,199 Speaker 6: father went all out. You call my cousin. She was 488 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 6: the vice president of a hotel. We stayed at a 489 00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:01,720 Speaker 6: beautiful hotel for three weeks. It was the best vacation 490 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 6: I ever had in my life. 491 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:09,640 Speaker 2: Wow, wow, yeah, unbelievable that What year was that? 492 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 6: That was? That was in two thousand, in two. 493 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 2: Thousand, Wow, boy, yes, that's an excellent, excellent adventure. I 494 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 2: went to Hawaii once. Beautiful, just beautiful country. I mean, 495 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:25,879 Speaker 2: obviously he's part of our country at this point, but 496 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 2: just unbelievably different than than anything you'll find anywhere else 497 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:35,800 Speaker 2: in the States. I mean, I guess Florida might be 498 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 2: close to it, but given a choice between Florida and Hawaii, 499 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 2: Hawaii is just very exotic. I remember we were over 500 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:48,159 Speaker 2: there and in the because of the time difference, it 501 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 2: was about a six hour time difference. So on a 502 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:54,679 Speaker 2: Sunday you could watch the Patriots game at ten o'clock 503 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 2: in the morning, get up and you have breakfast and 504 00:27:56,520 --> 00:28:02,240 Speaker 2: watch the Patriots. It's kind of weird. NFL was over 505 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 2: by the end of the day. 506 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:04,960 Speaker 6: Yeah. 507 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,159 Speaker 2: Yeah, oh man, that's a good one. That is a 508 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:13,639 Speaker 2: good one. Hawaii. Yeah, thank you, buddy. Appreciate the call. Rick, 509 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 2: hope you're feeling better. That's a memory to save. That's 510 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:17,119 Speaker 2: a memory of a lifetile. 511 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:19,080 Speaker 6: Happy New Year, buddy. 512 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 2: You two. Thanks, Thanks Nick, Thank you soon six thirty. 513 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 2: Where we're going to go next, Let me go to 514 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:28,120 Speaker 2: Ron and Newton. I have an idea where Ron might 515 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:29,000 Speaker 2: be going to talk about. 516 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:33,399 Speaker 3: Hey Ron, Hawaii Hi again, terrific, Ken, wonderful to have 517 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:35,880 Speaker 3: you back. Thank you, thank you very much. I'm delighted 518 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 3: to be back. My my journey was to Iran. 519 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, very special set of circumstances. Tell us about it. 520 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, so we were we were deployed through President Bush 521 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:56,480 Speaker 3: to try and take care of the many thousands of 522 00:28:56,520 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 3: people who had been many who had been killed, but 523 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 3: many who were hundreds of thousands that were injured. And 524 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:10,760 Speaker 3: it was basically I had no notice. I got a 525 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 3: phone call and this is where we're going at eleven 526 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:21,320 Speaker 3: o'clock at night. We flew from Westover air Base, from 527 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 3: there to Frankfurt for a shortstop, and then from there 528 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 3: to to Kerman, Iran because it was the only airport 529 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:37,760 Speaker 3: that would support the way of a plane. And we 530 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 3: refueled twice in mid air. Dan, that's an experience. 531 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 2: I have ever experienced that, and I'm not looking at 532 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:49,760 Speaker 2: I'm not looking forward to it. 533 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:50,920 Speaker 6: Dan. 534 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 3: I'll have to show you the picture some day that 535 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,480 Speaker 3: the pilots allowed me to get a picture from the 536 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,600 Speaker 3: plane above us. It was phenomenal. 537 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:05,800 Speaker 2: Uh could you hear that? 538 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:06,239 Speaker 6: Or no? 539 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 2: But could you could you hear the refueling going on? 540 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:13,880 Speaker 2: Or no? 541 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 8: No? 542 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 3: Not really, I mean you could see the tube. Come. Uh, 543 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:20,120 Speaker 3: if you ever get a chance, you can watch it 544 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,560 Speaker 3: on YouTube. Have they refueled those in mid air? It's 545 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:28,400 Speaker 3: quite a uh you know, it's just amazing how they 546 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:32,760 Speaker 3: can line up at that speed, drop the tube down 547 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:36,600 Speaker 3: and refuel us. And we did. We did that twice. 548 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:44,080 Speaker 2: So that's never gonna happen, I assume with commercial civil flights. 549 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 2: But with the with the military, that's a different story. 550 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:53,280 Speaker 3: Yeah. And when we got there, the uh, the the 551 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:58,280 Speaker 3: people of course were so happy to see us. We 552 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:01,800 Speaker 3: did we did take uh, we did take care to 553 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 3: honor a lot of their customs, their cultural customs, and 554 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:12,640 Speaker 3: we we also learned how to say a little fire sea, 555 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,640 Speaker 3: where's the where's the hurt? And then thank you? 556 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:21,000 Speaker 2: What are the cultural customs that you just decided to honor? 557 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,920 Speaker 3: Well, all the women had the hair, had to wear 558 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:33,000 Speaker 3: headdress yeah he jops right, yes, but we made them 559 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:40,240 Speaker 3: up out of arm bandages. So they weren't they weren't fancy, 560 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:47,480 Speaker 3: but they never Nevertheless, they they appreciated that when you 561 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:51,960 Speaker 3: approach a group of guys, you you should be speaking 562 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:57,640 Speaker 3: with the guy and not the woman. Yeah, there were 563 00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:02,280 Speaker 3: and you're not supposed to shake their hands, but the 564 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:06,160 Speaker 3: two women physicians that were there were so happy to 565 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:09,360 Speaker 3: see us. What we did we shook their hands anyway. Yeah, 566 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 3: but you know, Dan, the people on balance it's not 567 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:22,560 Speaker 3: like the theocratic folks that are running the country. They're people, 568 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:28,320 Speaker 3: they're just you know, they they have the same desires 569 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:28,840 Speaker 3: that we do. 570 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,959 Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, particularly in that set of circumstances, when you 571 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,480 Speaker 2: think about it, I mean, you were there to help them, 572 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:40,080 Speaker 2: they were dealing with the aftermath of an earthquake. You 573 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:43,240 Speaker 2: would expect that they would they'd be happy to see you, 574 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:47,080 Speaker 2: and they would treat you as respectfully as possible. And 575 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:49,000 Speaker 2: particularly how many days were you there? 576 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:52,440 Speaker 3: A little over two weeks? 577 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:54,360 Speaker 2: That's a long time. How was the. 578 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 3: Food military meals? Ready to eat? 579 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:03,760 Speaker 2: Fr MRIs? All right, I got it, got it? So 580 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 2: so the Eurodians didn't didn't have like a barbecue for 581 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:07,400 Speaker 2: you or something like that. 582 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:10,880 Speaker 3: Right, Oh yeah, your your standard is that you eat 583 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:13,880 Speaker 3: MRIs And we kind of got to know after a 584 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:18,840 Speaker 3: while which ones were the better tasting ones. But but 585 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:25,920 Speaker 3: they did bring us pistachios. The pistachios are phenomenal fresh. 586 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:29,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's that's one of the big exports. And maybe 587 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 2: if the revolution that's going on there tonight continues, we'll 588 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:35,720 Speaker 2: get pistachios from a round again. Ron, great story. I 589 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 2: knew it would be a good one. Thank you man. 590 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:40,320 Speaker 2: We'll talk soon. Happy New Year, damn you too. 591 00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:41,000 Speaker 3: Thanks blessing. 592 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:43,360 Speaker 2: All right, if you're on the line now, Doug, you're next. 593 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:45,800 Speaker 2: I got Ron in Weymouth, I got John in New York. 594 00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:50,280 Speaker 2: Got a little room if you want, six six seven. 595 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:54,040 Speaker 2: About to wrap the program. Coming back for the week 596 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:56,720 Speaker 2: on night Side the weekend approaches. I'll be back Monday 597 00:33:56,800 --> 00:34:00,280 Speaker 2: night again on Tuesday night at nine o'clock. The great 598 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:04,400 Speaker 2: author here from Massachusetts, Bill Martin. William Martin has written 599 00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:09,959 Speaker 2: Cape Cod Back Bay, Annapolis, Lincoln Letter, and his newest book, 600 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:13,839 Speaker 2: December forty one. A great story, a great story, and 601 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,799 Speaker 2: we'll talk about that. And we had him on a 602 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,279 Speaker 2: few weeks ago briefly. That was the night that all 603 00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:23,760 Speaker 2: the news broke about the Brown shooter, you Brown University shooter, 604 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,759 Speaker 2: his body being found in news conferences. We had to 605 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,120 Speaker 2: cut it short and we will. We'll make it up. 606 00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:31,480 Speaker 2: We've got to make good. Tuesday night at nine o'clock. 607 00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:34,040 Speaker 2: Tell your friends. Coming back on Nightside. 608 00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:39,520 Speaker 1: Night Side with Dan Ray. I'm YOUBZ Boston's News Radio. 609 00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:43,480 Speaker 2: Okay, we've heard from a two different places around the world. 610 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,400 Speaker 2: Go to Doug in North Carolina and Doug where have 611 00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:50,759 Speaker 2: you traveled to? Welcome Doug, Hello and happy New Year. 612 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:51,399 Speaker 6: Welcome back. 613 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:52,520 Speaker 8: Good to have you back on. 614 00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:56,600 Speaker 2: Thank you very much, good to be back on. Where's 615 00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:58,120 Speaker 2: the most exotic spot that you have? 616 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:03,359 Speaker 8: I'll tell you yeah, thank you. You have told us 617 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:06,359 Speaker 8: tonight that you've never been to South America. Well, yes, 618 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:11,480 Speaker 8: even though Venezuela is on sale right now. I'd like 619 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:16,160 Speaker 8: to take you with me when I go back and 620 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:19,719 Speaker 8: forth to Bolivia. My wife is from Bolivia and I've 621 00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:21,360 Speaker 8: been there about twenty two times. 622 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:25,120 Speaker 2: Wow, how do you you must love it? I assume. 623 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:29,800 Speaker 8: Hey, it's it's not a bad place. I've never been arrested. 624 00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:32,440 Speaker 8: The food is good, the people are very nice, the 625 00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:38,880 Speaker 8: scenery is breathtaking, beyond belief. And I've never had a problem. 626 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,640 Speaker 8: I know a lot of people. They are very paranoid 627 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:45,560 Speaker 8: about South America. But I've either just been stupid and 628 00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:48,399 Speaker 8: dumb and lucky, or maybe I've been on the right 629 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:49,160 Speaker 8: side of the street. 630 00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:49,680 Speaker 6: I don't know. 631 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:53,200 Speaker 2: No, what is it Lapase? Is that the capital? 632 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:58,200 Speaker 8: Yeah, that's the capital. Very good. That's the highest airport 633 00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:01,080 Speaker 8: in the world. You get a little woozy if you 634 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:04,360 Speaker 8: go in there. Sometimes. My wife is from coach to Bomba. 635 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:09,400 Speaker 8: That's between La Paz and Santa Cruz. Very good climate. Also, 636 00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:15,440 Speaker 8: they never see snow. Very moderate temperature, almost like San Diego. 637 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:20,960 Speaker 8: But uh, the bigger city, Santa Cruz, is like Miami, 638 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:22,400 Speaker 8: very hot and humid. 639 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:26,120 Speaker 2: Wow, boy, this is I'm just looking at. I don't 640 00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:29,440 Speaker 2: know much about Bolivia, but when you decide to go 641 00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:30,279 Speaker 2: down there, let me know. 642 00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:35,560 Speaker 8: Yeah, absolutely probably can. We can stuff you in a suitcase. 643 00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:38,280 Speaker 2: You got it perfect. Hey, Doug, have a great weekend 644 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:42,120 Speaker 2: and happy New Year. Okay you too, Bye bye, Thanks Doug, 645 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:44,600 Speaker 2: thanks to calling in. Always great to your voice. Thanks. 646 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:47,680 Speaker 2: Let me go to Ron in Weymouth. Been a while, Ron, 647 00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:48,799 Speaker 2: How are you welcome back? 648 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:51,080 Speaker 10: Oh, it's been a while. I haven't called in for 649 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,400 Speaker 10: a while, and I'm glad to hear you back. Although 650 00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:55,839 Speaker 10: I did like your predecessor that was on there. 651 00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:56,840 Speaker 6: He was really good. 652 00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:01,440 Speaker 10: He really kept kept a steam up there. So welcome 653 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:05,399 Speaker 10: back anyhow. And I have traveled to put a brief 654 00:37:05,719 --> 00:37:09,160 Speaker 10: travel all over the United States and Canada and Puerto Rico. 655 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:13,480 Speaker 10: And the most memorable was a few years ago. It 656 00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:16,200 Speaker 10: was back in seventy nine. I went to Sydney, Australia, 657 00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:19,520 Speaker 10: in Melbourne. What a What a different world? What a 658 00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:20,240 Speaker 10: different world. 659 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:23,360 Speaker 2: So I assume you flew back in the day. 660 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:28,040 Speaker 10: Yeah, we did, and we well, we took a I 661 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:30,719 Speaker 10: guess started off with the basically say, we took a 662 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,120 Speaker 10: shuttle to New York and New York we took a 663 00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:35,200 Speaker 10: I think it was American Airlines, and we went to 664 00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:38,520 Speaker 10: San Francisco. We had to lay over there, and then 665 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:42,480 Speaker 10: we left for Honolulu. We stopped at Honolulu to uh, 666 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:45,759 Speaker 10: these are the old days, to reschool, and then Honolulu 667 00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:49,160 Speaker 10: directly to Sydney. And I thought we'd never get there. 668 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:51,200 Speaker 10: I'll tell you, I never had so many cups of 669 00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:55,760 Speaker 10: coffee in my life. And it was a wonderful trip. 670 00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:58,920 Speaker 10: It was a business social trip mixture, you know. 671 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:02,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, we flew and we flew Boston to LA and 672 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:05,680 Speaker 2: then La to Auckland and then coming home we threw 673 00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:09,960 Speaker 2: we flew Auckland all the way to New York. JFK. 674 00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:10,840 Speaker 1: Wow. 675 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:15,120 Speaker 10: It was a long Yeah, well mine was. We were 676 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:18,160 Speaker 10: closer to twenty one in those days we had. It 677 00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:21,440 Speaker 10: was a different The whole route was different. It was 678 00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:25,040 Speaker 10: just completely different. Then when we left from Sydney to 679 00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:27,360 Speaker 10: go to Melbourne for forty eight hours there because we 680 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,719 Speaker 10: had left in July, in our summer of July, so 681 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:32,759 Speaker 10: of course when we were there was already almost winter, 682 00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:37,320 Speaker 10: so that's quite a difference. We took a small feet 683 00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:39,640 Speaker 10: of jet they called it the inset at that time. 684 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:43,839 Speaker 10: They may still be there from from Sydney to Melbourne 685 00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:47,760 Speaker 10: and it was. It was an amazing, amazing trip. 686 00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:50,439 Speaker 2: What year was this again? What year? Run? 687 00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:55,440 Speaker 10: Seventy nine and that was when the spacecraft was coming 688 00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:59,680 Speaker 10: down into the Kalgoli Desert and we were trying to 689 00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:02,320 Speaker 10: get out there because I had an international driver's license, 690 00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:05,120 Speaker 10: but we couldn't get any petrol, couldn't get gas for 691 00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:06,640 Speaker 10: these You're going to be stuck out there. 692 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:09,480 Speaker 2: Seventy nine you had, you had the oil crisis, the 693 00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:12,520 Speaker 2: OPEC crisis. Ron, I want to get one more in here, 694 00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:15,319 Speaker 2: but that says exotic. We've had a really have some 695 00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:18,120 Speaker 2: very interesting stories. I got to get one more, guying. 696 00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:19,160 Speaker 10: I've been listening. 697 00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:22,600 Speaker 2: Thanks Ron, you keep listening. Call more often, Thanks buddy, touching. 698 00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:25,080 Speaker 8: You have a great night now than. 699 00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:26,800 Speaker 2: You tube bye bye. Let me go to John in 700 00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:29,080 Speaker 2: New York. John, we got about a minute and a half. 701 00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:30,839 Speaker 2: You called late, but you're going to wrap it up 702 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:33,640 Speaker 2: for us. Where was the most exotic place that you 703 00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:35,040 Speaker 2: have ever ventured to? 704 00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:37,960 Speaker 6: I went to China? 705 00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:40,160 Speaker 2: Really what year. 706 00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:43,560 Speaker 8: It was in the early nineties. 707 00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:47,120 Speaker 11: I don't remember an exact year, but uh, it was 708 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:48,600 Speaker 11: on business. 709 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:51,319 Speaker 2: For work business. Wow. You know it's great when you're 710 00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:54,200 Speaker 2: traveling on business because someone else is paying for that. 711 00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:57,640 Speaker 5: Oh yeah, you got it big times, you know. 712 00:39:58,560 --> 00:39:59,800 Speaker 7: I went for ten days. 713 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:03,600 Speaker 11: I went to Shanghai in city called man Chang. 714 00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:08,640 Speaker 2: Wow. Boy, I've never been to China, never had a 715 00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:11,000 Speaker 2: real desire to go to China, to be honest with you. 716 00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:14,479 Speaker 2: But I'm envious that that you were able to get 717 00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:19,480 Speaker 2: there that early. That was relatively recently in terms of 718 00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:25,560 Speaker 2: when when we began to have you know relations, you know, financial, economic, 719 00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:30,160 Speaker 2: commercial relations back and forth after Richard next year, Yeah 720 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:30,600 Speaker 2: are there? 721 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:34,200 Speaker 11: Happy Happy New Year to you by the way, And 722 00:40:34,239 --> 00:40:36,720 Speaker 11: I missed you on the program while you were gone, 723 00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:39,880 Speaker 11: but you have to have a vacation and you know, 724 00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:42,080 Speaker 11: take care. I'm gonna say good night because I know 725 00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:44,879 Speaker 11: you need to go and make a few comments. 726 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,560 Speaker 2: You got you got it? Hey, John, Happy New Year 727 00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:51,439 Speaker 2: to you. Hope everybody has a grete twenty twenty six. 728 00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:55,239 Speaker 2: Thank you my friend. Okay, good nights, John, have a 729 00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:58,040 Speaker 2: great weekend. Okay, so we are done. What do we 730 00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:00,840 Speaker 2: got left here? Rob A bout a minute? One minute 731 00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:02,759 Speaker 2: on the button, Okay, so we can wrap it all up. 732 00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:05,480 Speaker 2: I want to thank everyone who called last night and 733 00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:09,759 Speaker 2: tonight had two good shows. We've dealt with Minneapolis, We've 734 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:13,600 Speaker 2: dealt with Venezuela, and we talked with travel about the 735 00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:16,960 Speaker 2: time that I've been away and I'm back Monday night. 736 00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:19,759 Speaker 2: We started new for a full week. I have the 737 00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:23,160 Speaker 2: couple of days now to pull myself together after the trip, 738 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:26,200 Speaker 2: and I am looking forward to talking with all of you. 739 00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:29,319 Speaker 2: If you were a listener, become a caller. If you're 740 00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:32,320 Speaker 2: a caller, be sure to follow us on Instagram, on Twitter, 741 00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:35,120 Speaker 2: and on Facebook. Anyway, we're gonna wrap it up. I 742 00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:37,960 Speaker 2: want to thank Rob Brooks, want to thank Marita for sure, 743 00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:40,120 Speaker 2: and want to thank all of you for listening and calling. 744 00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:42,560 Speaker 2: And as always, all dogs, all cats, all pets go 745 00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:45,080 Speaker 2: to heaven. That's where my pell, Charlie Ray is, who 746 00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:48,200 Speaker 2: passed fifteen years ago in February. That's why your pets 747 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:50,080 Speaker 2: are passed. They loved you and you love them. I 748 00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:52,360 Speaker 2: do believe you'll see them again. We'll see again tomorrow 749 00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:54,480 Speaker 2: on Monday Night. They're going to be on Facebook with 750 00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:56,239 Speaker 2: Dan Ray. Go to Night Side with Dan Ray, and 751 00:41:56,239 --> 00:41:58,040 Speaker 2: I'll see in a couple of minutes on Facebook. We'll 752 00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:01,320 Speaker 2: wrap the hour and wrap the week. Have a great weekend. Everybody, 753 00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:02,040 Speaker 2: go Patriots.