WEBVTT - aturday Morning w/ Gary Jeff Walker -- 12/13/25 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:02.360 Anyway before we look at to look back at significant 0:00:02.360 --> 0:00:04.720 events and people tied to this particular date in history, 0:00:04.720 --> 0:00:07.960 including but not limited to these. This was the date 0:00:08.000 --> 0:00:13.240 that the Louisiana Purchase was completed, as that territory formally 0:00:13.240 --> 0:00:18.439 transferred from France to the United States. South Carolina became 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:22.480 the first state to secede from the Union this date, 0:00:22.520 --> 0:00:29.840 in eighteen sixty the shots would be fired. Soon to follow. 0:00:32.040 --> 0:00:35.320 One of my top three favorite films of all time, 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:39.159 the holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life, premiered on this 0:00:39.240 --> 0:00:41.960 day in nineteen forty six. At the Globe in New 0:00:42.040 --> 0:00:50.560 York City, the United States launched Operation Just Cause. A 0:00:50.640 --> 0:00:54.840 familiar scene with the news headlines today. The year was 0:00:54.920 --> 0:00:59.840 nineteen eighty nine, and this is when we sent troops 0:00:59.840 --> 0:01:02.520 in to Panama at a top of the government of 0:01:02.640 --> 0:01:12.080 Manuel Noriega. Sound familiar with Venezuela and Maduro. Let's see 0:01:12.280 --> 0:01:16.360 nineteen ninety five tragedy. American Airlines Flight nine sixty five 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:21.440 from Miami to Cali, Colombia crashed into a mountain near Buga, 0:01:21.440 --> 0:01:24.840 Columbia at night while descending to the Cali area, killing 0:01:24.880 --> 0:01:26.880 all but four of the one hundred and sixty three 0:01:27.000 --> 0:01:32.360 on board and in twenty nineteen United States Space Force 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:41.720 established by President Donald Trump. Let's see, oh yeah, more 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:46.119 islamis terrorism. Sadly to remember just a year ago when 0:01:46.120 --> 0:01:49.640 the car slammed into a Christmas market in eastern Germany, 0:01:49.760 --> 0:01:55.720 killing six, entering more than two hundred. Rock drummer Peter 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:59.120 Cris of Kiss Is eighty today, Dick Wolf, Law and 0:01:59.240 --> 0:02:06.440 Order seventy mentioned, Alan Parsons, Michael Batteluco the Actor seventy one, 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:09.880 Chris Robinson of The Black Crow, still bouncing around at 0:02:09.960 --> 0:02:13.640 fifty nine. Actor Jonah Hill turns forty two. And if 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:16.560 it's your birthday, Iope, it's the best birthday you could 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:19.040 possibly imagine. And you get to spend that with the 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:21.320 people you love, doing the things you love to do. 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:24.480 That is truly my wish for you. It's five forty 0:02:24.480 --> 0:02:27.240 two and some change. Liam Tomlinson standing by as we 0:02:27.280 --> 0:02:29.680 get you. Going next with Weather in Sports on this 0:02:29.720 --> 0:02:33.520 Saturday morning to start this Saturday morning edition on seven 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:40.000 hundred WLW not I the Internet of Things world is 0:02:40.040 --> 0:02:43.640 the world we live in. And this morning I became 0:02:43.760 --> 0:02:46.960 very distressed. Right at the beginning of the show. I 0:02:47.040 --> 0:02:48.840 tried to cover it up with music, and that's what 0:02:48.919 --> 0:02:51.880 I did basicly, but my computer wouldn't work. My mouse 0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:56.600 wouldn't work. I brought Liam in here. He couldn't get 0:02:56.600 --> 0:03:01.360 it to work properly either, So I can you read 0:03:01.400 --> 0:03:05.240 stuff on my computer and bring people up on the telephones? 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:08.280 I need my mouse to work. I mean, Liam can 0:03:08.360 --> 0:03:12.480 do all of that. But yet I feel, because I 0:03:12.520 --> 0:03:14.920 am a control freak ultimately that I need to have 0:03:14.960 --> 0:03:19.680 total control of the show except things like answering the phones, 0:03:19.720 --> 0:03:21.960 which Liam does very well, and read the sports, which 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:26.560 Liam is much more than adequate at at this point. 0:03:28.360 --> 0:03:31.359 But I couldn't get the mouse to work properly and 0:03:31.480 --> 0:03:36.280 in my room, and then I realized the mouse was 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:41.720 upside down, so I just turned it the other way 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:49.560 and now it works perfectly. Well, I'm a genius. Good morning, Lynnette. 0:03:52.400 --> 0:04:11.880 How perstal so bat. 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:26.680 Studs now save inself for their proper it's taking. 0:04:29.360 --> 0:04:32.400 And is so felt. 0:04:35.040 --> 0:05:04.680 Serving stained off retal on underst. 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:02.960 See set. 0:05:07.040 --> 0:05:17.000 Fast befare, oh. 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:31.360 WoT frish cob oh oh hold. 0:05:49.440 --> 0:05:52.080 Ay man, Oh my gosh. I was a little concerned 0:05:52.120 --> 0:05:53.720 you weren't going to hit that last one, but you 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:57.160 sure did, like a champ That is my favorite. That 0:05:57.360 --> 0:06:00.160 is my favorite Christmas hymn. Thank you so much much. 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:03.720 God bless America, godless. 0:06:03.400 --> 0:06:07.039 That yell that you God bless you. Listen. What are 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:07.960 you doing on Monday? 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:09.880 Well? 0:06:09.880 --> 0:06:13.480 I wanted to come and surprise you both, but with 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:15.839 this cold stuff, I'm afraid. 0:06:17.000 --> 0:06:19.720 Well, I let's pray for healing so you can be 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:24.680 here Monday. Really, I would love for you to be here. 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:27.000 If you can't, I mean, if it's safe for you 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:29.880 to travel, I would love to see you on Monday. 0:06:30.240 --> 0:06:33.400 If it's just worry about the Exodi. Well, see, I 0:06:33.480 --> 0:06:34.800 could eat when I get back. 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:38.800 You fixed me up plate, and I don't. 0:06:38.920 --> 0:06:40.520 I don't know if I'm even going to have any 0:06:40.560 --> 0:06:41.040 food here. 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:43.200 Oh you're not going to have any food? 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:43.960 No? 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:48.560 Probably probably. Maybe Dave can pick you up something on 0:06:48.680 --> 0:06:49.800 the way back to the home. 0:06:50.920 --> 0:06:52.040 Yeah, that would work. 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:54.560 Oh all right, Lynette, Well let's let's kind of plan 0:06:54.640 --> 0:06:57.080 on it. Listen. I'm kind of rushed for time this morning. 0:06:57.400 --> 0:06:58.480 But I love you. 0:06:59.160 --> 0:06:59.560 I love you. 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:04.560 Merry Christmas, and hopefully I will see you on my 0:07:04.720 --> 0:07:06.440 birthday on Monday here in the. 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:12.680 Studio, Okay, out with God's willing great down Yes, right. 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:16.080 All of that, all right, His will be done. Five 0:07:16.080 --> 0:07:19.440 point fifty four seven hundred WL do to the first 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:23.680 official hour of this Saturday Morning edition for Saturday, December 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:30.000 the twentieth, twenty twenty five. Garry Jeff Walker, Merry Christmas Seasons, Greetings, 0:07:30.080 --> 0:07:33.240 Happy holidays, and it's okay to say happy holidays if 0:07:33.280 --> 0:07:37.520 you remember that the root of the word holiday is holy, 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:41.520 because this is a holy time of year. Praise the Lord, 0:07:41.600 --> 0:07:44.320 Baby Jesus coming to save us all from our sins. 0:07:44.840 --> 0:07:49.320 Six oh seven and Gary Jeff Walker back into the 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:53.720 breach as they say, Oh, look who it is. It's 0:07:53.800 --> 0:07:59.440 our friend Dave from Harrison. That friend Dave. Good morning, friend, Dave. 0:08:00.840 --> 0:08:05.679 Take you more than their friend, Gary Jeff genius type guys. 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:10.600 Hey, Dave, Dave, Dave, Dave, Dave, Dave, are you coming? 0:08:10.720 --> 0:08:12.640 Are you coming to my birthday party on Monday? 0:08:13.400 --> 0:08:14.280 Wouldn't miss it, sir. 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:18.600 You know, Dave, I've often thought parallel lines have so 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:21.320 much in common, and it's a shame they'll never meet. 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:25.040 Yeah, yeah, that's true. 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:28.960 Hey, Hey, Hey, hey, Dave, Dave. I'm reading a book 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:36.360 on anti gravity. It's impossible to put down. I ate 0:08:36.600 --> 0:08:39.760 I ate a clock yesterday. It was very time consuming. 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:51.360 Hey, I have a guy who watch candy canes. Yeah, 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:54.480 they're all in mint condition. 0:08:56.840 --> 0:09:03.720 Actually funny, actually funny, Dave. You know, hey, I hope 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:06.360 that's not the best one, but it was actually funny. 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:10.240 Okay, Well, what do you call an elf who just 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:11.720 won the Queen of Hearts? 0:09:12.720 --> 0:09:15.199 What do you call an elephant that just won the 0:09:15.280 --> 0:09:16.080 Queen of Hearts? 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:18.120 Well? An elf? 0:09:19.080 --> 0:09:20.200 An elf? An elf? 0:09:20.360 --> 0:09:20.839 That just what? 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:22.800 I don't know. What do you call an elf that 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:24.800 just won the Queen of Hearts? 0:09:26.480 --> 0:09:30.960 Wealthy? Did you say? 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:32.360 Did you say wealthy? 0:09:33.400 --> 0:09:33.760 Wealthy? 0:09:35.640 --> 0:09:37.959 W E L F y? 0:09:39.120 --> 0:09:43.959 Yeah, indeed they're supposed to they're supposed to get better. 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:50.319 Well there so, uh so then conversely, what do you 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:52.199 call a broke Santa Claus? 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:55.160 What do you call a broke Santa Claus? 0:09:56.320 --> 0:10:07.360 I call it broke Santa Claus, Saint nicol Les, Dave, Dave, Dave. 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:10.160 I told my wife the truth. I told her I 0:10:10.280 --> 0:10:12.839 was seeing a psychiatrist, and then she told me the 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:15.559 truth that she was seeing a psychiatrist. Two plumbers and 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:16.880 a bartender. 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:21.079 Jokes told by Dave from Harrison are not necessarily considered 0:10:21.120 --> 0:10:24.640 funny by the staff, management or advertisers of seven hundred 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:29.080 WLW or his parent company, iHeartMedia. If these attempts at 0:10:29.120 --> 0:10:31.400 humor have caused you to roll your eyes, made your 0:10:31.440 --> 0:10:34.400 stomach churn, or you have considered the entire exercise to 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:38.360 be a colossal waste of time, we deeply apologize. Now 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:40.360 back to our irregular programming. 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:43.920 My friend, who I think is listening in right now. 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:46.360 His name's Art and Bolo. He's also known as Radio's 0:10:46.440 --> 0:10:50.319 best Friend, has been bugging me for a picture of 0:10:50.520 --> 0:10:55.680 me and Liam together. For what purpose? 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:56.840 I have no idea. 0:10:57.840 --> 0:11:01.880 Art's kind of a different guy, but it kind of 0:11:01.960 --> 0:11:07.160 reminds me of the the Robin Williams movie Good Morning Vietnam, 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:11.959 where the Vietnamese bartender or bar owner is always asking 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:14.640 him for naked pictures of Walter Brennan. It kind of 0:11:14.679 --> 0:11:17.200 reminds me of that. So Art, Liam's in the studio 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:19.160 right now and figured we just go ahead and get 0:11:19.160 --> 0:11:21.760 it done because he bugged me again this morning. Liam 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:27.200 all right, uh que, there you go, you look less 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:31.960 like a hostage. Now here we go, picture made. It'll 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:38.040 be sent forthwith Art. Thank you, Liam, appreciate that. And 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:40.360 now that we've got that little piece of business taken 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:43.280 care of. Let's talk to mister Washburn all radio. Rick, 0:11:43.320 --> 0:11:45.560 good morning, how are you receiving us? 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:50.440 I'm sorry, I'm distracted thinking of the old George Carlon 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:53.240 routine of somebody broke into my house and stole my 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:55.440 nude pictures of Ernest bordnine. 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:01.040 Who doesn't Who doesn't have nude pictures of Ernest borgnine? 0:12:01.440 --> 0:12:01.600 Right? 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:07.760 That's see everyone, I hope that's there's probably a website 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:07.959 for that. 0:12:08.120 --> 0:12:11.839 Anyway, Merry Christmas to you, my friend. 0:12:13.760 --> 0:12:16.560 You're coming in four by four, which is better than expected, 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:20.520 quite frankly, really on a Majestic Model one four. This 0:12:20.720 --> 0:12:23.839 radio is for nineteen fifty one. It's an AM radio 0:12:23.960 --> 0:12:29.160 boasting four tubes and nothing else, oh except that it's 0:12:29.240 --> 0:12:32.880 a marbled Catlan, which means it costs a lot to 0:12:32.960 --> 0:12:35.720 buy one now. And it's in the shape of Rudolph 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:38.320 the Red Nose reindeer. And it has a dial likee 0:12:38.400 --> 0:12:40.160 that doesn't like the dial, but it lights up his 0:12:40.240 --> 0:12:44.559 little red nose. It's really cute. It was based on 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:47.320 the Oregond four forty four, which was the Mighty Mite. 0:12:48.400 --> 0:12:51.560 But I'll tell you what the Rudolph obviously being for kids. 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:54.520 And by the way today's money, it actually sold for 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:57.719 less than two hundred bucks, so that's not bad for 0:12:57.920 --> 0:13:02.920 radio back then. Absolutely. But the one nice thing is 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:05.840 that it is Catlin because the the Arvin Mighty Might 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:08.439 that was based on was a metal cabinet and what 0:13:08.520 --> 0:13:11.439 they called the hot chassis. Depending upon which way you 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:15.760 plug the plug into the outlet. Yeah, if you touch 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:17.600 did it might send you across the room? 0:13:19.160 --> 0:13:19.480 Okay? 0:13:20.679 --> 0:13:20.920 Nice? 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:23.800 Yeah, because it was it was an electronic travel agent. 0:13:25.960 --> 0:13:26.559 I like it. 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:32.760 So the catalogs the Arvin says smart, trim and dainty, 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:36.439 so small and compact. Okay, so far they're bat and 0:13:36.480 --> 0:13:40.000 two for two so big in power and tone. No, 0:13:40.160 --> 0:13:44.600 that's not true. So attractive in design when you remove 0:13:44.880 --> 0:13:48.440 Rudolph it's no, it's not. But solo in price, yes 0:13:48.480 --> 0:13:52.640 it is. Most families need three or more Arvins. Okay, 0:13:52.760 --> 0:13:57.720 then there's one way to sell them upstairs, downstairs, anywhere. 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:04.000 They were really reaching for anything. 0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:07.880 No, I mean you know they're trying to upsell those suckers, 0:14:07.960 --> 0:14:10.240 no doubt about that. I mean, you know, the more 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:12.560 the merrier, how do you do it? Volume? 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:16.000 It's right, they made one with Rudolph, and they made 0:14:16.040 --> 0:14:19.760 one with the lone Ranger and the the marbled Catlan 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:24.680 cabins like this one. Well, they'll bring in two grand 0:14:24.760 --> 0:14:28.520 or more today. And then Ward's Airline also had a 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:31.840 bake light version that was not the marbled color, and 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:36.200 it was a more fragile plastic. But nonetheless it will 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:37.320 still bring in a grand or so. 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:42.360 Oh, no doubt, no doubt. So uh you need? I mean, 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:43.640 how many Arvins do you have? 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:49.120 I actually had six of the little Mighty Mites and 0:14:50.040 --> 0:14:53.240 always and I put polarized plugs on them, so they 0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:55.440 will not send you across the room. 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:57.600 They will across the room. 0:14:58.040 --> 0:14:58.640 So what do you do? 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:02.280 What are you and Marie doing for Christmas? 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:02.560 Rick? 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:05.800 What's the usual traditional Washburn Christmas? 0:15:06.960 --> 0:15:07.000 We? 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:11.520 Well, traditional Washburn Christmas. We actually celebrated two days ago 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:15.040 with our daughter and had a uh we went out 0:15:15.080 --> 0:15:18.920 to Ford's Garage for dinner, which is a really cool 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:21.720 restaurant that has a model a hanging over the bar 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:27.560 and a great menu and lots of old antique signs 0:15:27.640 --> 0:15:31.480 from from old Ford dealerships and repair places. 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:31.800 And so forth. 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:36.000 And since basically that's that's our only family, we uh, 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:39.880 celebrated early because she and I both unfortunately have to 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:40.960 work for the whole next week. 0:15:41.920 --> 0:15:44.960 Oh my, what a bunch of draconian ogres you must 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:48.920 work for on Christmas. Not on Christmas. 0:15:49.360 --> 0:15:51.240 Well, listen to draconian ores. 0:15:51.320 --> 0:15:51.720 I like it. 0:15:53.200 --> 0:15:57.400 I hope you both have a wonderful, blessed Christmas at work. 0:15:58.080 --> 0:16:02.400 I will I'm gonna work on Monday and Tuesday. I'm 0:16:02.480 --> 0:16:06.000 doing Willie Show on Monday afternoon and then the nightcap 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:11.600 on Tuesday, and then we'll be going to Middle Tennessee 0:16:11.800 --> 0:16:16.440 to see Mom and Dad to the lovely village of Ripley, Ohio. 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:21.840 How now Brown County Main Street in Ripley. The place 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:24.480 is called Brookies, and the Gang has assembled there once 0:16:24.520 --> 0:16:28.480 again on an early Saturday morning. Good morning, gang, Good, 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:35.080 good to hear your lovely voices all fresh tailed and 0:16:35.320 --> 0:16:39.160 bushy eared or something like that. How are you this morning? 0:16:40.800 --> 0:16:40.960 Hi? 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:44.280 We're doing pretty good. We're all down here, nots Mormon, 0:16:44.760 --> 0:16:47.120 just having a good time and joint Tell's Company. 0:16:47.600 --> 0:16:50.520 We had a we had a we had a Queen 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:54.600 of Hearts winter on Wednesday night at Brookies. Bill German 0:16:54.640 --> 0:17:00.360 as that was, that was his name, That was Bob Bob. Okay, 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:03.000 Bill was out of the money, but Bob won the 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:07.680 money because, as as Doug said at the time, he's 0:17:07.760 --> 0:17:10.639 a lucky s ob. So he I knew he was. 0:17:10.640 --> 0:17:14.800 Gonna I think he just said that right before you call. 0:17:19.440 --> 0:17:22.600 For Christmas, our weather's gonna be almost sixty degrees. 0:17:22.760 --> 0:17:25.080 It's gonna be wonderful for Christmas. 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:27.000 Well, I mean because I don't care for him. 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:29.159 Yeah, see I'm not. I'm not a big fan of 0:17:29.200 --> 0:17:31.639 the cold either, but I'd like a little snow on 0:17:31.840 --> 0:17:34.399 Christmas just to look at in the morning, you know, 0:17:34.880 --> 0:17:38.639 and then sunshine and sixty is fine with me. So, uh, 0:17:39.200 --> 0:17:41.600 what else is going on? How is the weather beaver? 0:17:42.160 --> 0:17:44.560 Sherry, the weather beaver. 0:17:44.720 --> 0:17:47.159 He's in good shape. He can't wait to come to 0:17:47.240 --> 0:17:52.399 my Christmas celebration. You know, he's going gonna uh you know, 0:17:53.640 --> 0:17:54.080 the party. 0:17:54.480 --> 0:17:58.440 Oh it's gonna say he should be the star, the 0:17:58.560 --> 0:18:02.880 star if when we're just discussing, uh, this cold weather 0:18:03.160 --> 0:18:04.960 that we've had off and on here lately, and we 0:18:05.119 --> 0:18:08.080 just found out that Buzz has a real nice battery 0:18:08.200 --> 0:18:10.840 power keeted coat, which surprises me. 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:12.639 A battery. 0:18:14.640 --> 0:18:17.080 Yes, he's gonna full charge to this. 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:20.680 Yes he's he's on level two. 0:18:23.400 --> 0:18:28.280 Well up coat, Well that interchangeable man. 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:31.040 Most of them most of the time. Buzz is on 0:18:31.240 --> 0:18:33.520 like level thirteen and it has nothing to do with 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:34.960 an electric powered coat. 0:18:38.480 --> 0:18:42.120 Well, you guys, we don't have We don't have any 0:18:42.200 --> 0:18:44.920 really anything going on out Berties right now, which other 0:18:45.000 --> 0:18:48.520 than just our regular things since the queen is over 0:18:48.680 --> 0:18:50.960 until probably next March, maybe in February. 0:18:51.040 --> 0:18:51.240 March. 0:18:51.359 --> 0:18:53.000 Yeah, we don't need anything. 0:18:53.119 --> 0:18:53.560 We just need. 0:18:55.760 --> 0:18:56.719 We don't need anything. 0:18:56.880 --> 0:18:57.439 We just need. 0:18:57.680 --> 0:19:01.600 We just need holiday cheer, goodwill towards men, peace on earth. 0:19:01.640 --> 0:19:03.480 And if you've got that, you've got everything. 0:19:04.800 --> 0:19:06.919 Yes, that is true. We do have to cook us 0:19:06.920 --> 0:19:08.080 out of jail, so we do have. 0:19:08.240 --> 0:19:14.280 Food and uh a good company, Yeah, always good company. 0:19:14.440 --> 0:19:16.840 Uh is Miller there? Matt Miller? 0:19:18.080 --> 0:19:22.320 Yeah, Dad, Okay, I know, I know you like all 0:19:22.359 --> 0:19:24.000 the jokes, and we finally got one for you. 0:19:24.400 --> 0:19:27.639 Okay, I mean you mean beside besides you. 0:19:30.160 --> 0:19:34.200 Know, I, uh so, what has a small unit and 0:19:34.320 --> 0:19:35.280 hangs upside down? 0:19:35.440 --> 0:19:39.320 What has a small unit and hangs upside down? 0:19:40.920 --> 0:19:41.320 A bat? 0:19:43.000 --> 0:19:43.240 Yeah? 0:19:43.440 --> 0:19:46.560 A bat? So it has a large unit and hangs up. 0:19:47.440 --> 0:19:51.040 I don't know what, Oh I get it? 0:19:52.080 --> 0:19:52.199 Uh? 0:19:52.560 --> 0:19:57.080 Steve from Edna is standing by with the pithy phone 0:19:57.119 --> 0:20:00.720 called News of the Week, a commentary revolve and regarding 0:20:01.160 --> 0:20:05.040 Christmas kind of and that peace on earth, goodwill toward 0:20:05.119 --> 0:20:09.440 men thing. And you know what, before we talk to Steve, 0:20:09.480 --> 0:20:13.840 I'm gonna talk to this lady real quickly. Good morning, Pat, Good. 0:20:13.680 --> 0:20:16.480 Morning, sugar lips. I want to wish you a happy birthday. 0:20:17.240 --> 0:20:21.160 And I also I want to give the praises to Lynette. 0:20:22.240 --> 0:20:24.440 Her singing this morning was beautiful. 0:20:24.880 --> 0:20:28.520 Oh I'm like I said, that's my favorite Christmas hymn 0:20:28.720 --> 0:20:31.880 hands down is Yeah. 0:20:32.680 --> 0:20:39.840 Well, how well, sweetheart, I've been fine, trying to get 0:20:39.960 --> 0:20:41.520 back into the groove. 0:20:42.880 --> 0:20:43.080 Yeah. 0:20:44.520 --> 0:20:52.240 Well, anyway, I just pray for the kids and especially 0:20:52.400 --> 0:20:57.240 the lost children. So anyway, sweetheart, you just have a happy. 0:20:57.040 --> 0:20:59.560 Birthday, Okay, all right, Pat, Merry Christmas. 0:20:59.640 --> 0:21:03.120 Dear saying to you babe, bye bye bye. 0:21:03.320 --> 0:21:07.800 Six at seven l our friend Steve from at Ohio. 0:21:08.160 --> 0:21:09.679 Good morning, Steve, and Marry, Good. 0:21:09.600 --> 0:21:15.399 Morning Gary, Jeff. Indeed, it was on Christmas Eve and 0:21:15.720 --> 0:21:20.320 Christmas Day of nineteen fourteen, just a couple of months 0:21:20.359 --> 0:21:24.720 after World War One started. US wasn't involved yet, you 0:21:24.880 --> 0:21:29.240 are correct. The soldiers on both sides came out of 0:21:29.280 --> 0:21:34.520 their foxholes, they shook hands. The Germans actually produced a 0:21:34.680 --> 0:21:41.720 Christmas tree. I did a little digging in just to 0:21:41.880 --> 0:21:44.959 see how many books and how many papers had been 0:21:45.000 --> 0:21:49.160 written about this incident, and I came up with this one. 0:21:51.119 --> 0:21:55.119 This particular author acknowledges the fact that, beginning in the 0:21:55.200 --> 0:21:59.879 nineteen eighties, the Brits suddenly took a very active interest 0:22:00.160 --> 0:22:03.440 in exactly what happened. Now, let me read a few 0:22:03.520 --> 0:22:08.520 paragraphs at the end of this report. I've tried to 0:22:08.680 --> 0:22:13.879 counteract two popular misconceptions of the truths. One is that 0:22:14.080 --> 0:22:18.280 only common soldiers took part in it, while officers opposed it. 0:22:19.200 --> 0:22:22.920 No few officers opposed it, and many took part. The 0:22:23.000 --> 0:22:27.840 other is that neither side wished to return to fighting. No, 0:22:28.280 --> 0:22:33.840 most soldiers, especially British, French and Belgium, remained determined to 0:22:33.960 --> 0:22:38.639 fight and win. Sadly, I also had to admit the 0:22:38.760 --> 0:22:42.479 Christmas Day games of football or soccer as they call 0:22:42.560 --> 0:22:46.399 it in the US, often falsely associated with the truth. 0:22:47.680 --> 0:22:50.640 The truth is that the terrain of No Man's Land 0:22:51.480 --> 0:22:55.600 ruled out formal games. Though certainly some soldiers kicked around 0:22:55.680 --> 0:23:00.760 balls and make shifts substitutes. Another false idea about the 0:23:00.880 --> 0:23:04.640 truce was held even by most soldiers who were there, 0:23:05.520 --> 0:23:09.919 that it was unique in history. Though the Christmas Truce 0:23:10.680 --> 0:23:15.960 is the greatest example of its kind, informal truces had 0:23:16.040 --> 0:23:22.040 been an outstanding military tradition during the American Civil War. 0:23:22.800 --> 0:23:28.240 For instance, rebels and Yankees traded tobacco, coffee and newspapers, 0:23:29.080 --> 0:23:33.880 fished peacefully on opposite sides of the stream, and even 0:23:34.000 --> 0:23:40.399 gathered blackberries together. Some degree of fellow feeling had always 0:23:40.440 --> 0:23:45.280 been common among soldiers sent to battle. It got me 0:23:45.400 --> 0:23:50.119 to thinking, there's a lot of hate going around. As 0:23:50.119 --> 0:23:52.639 a matter of fact, there's more hate this Christmas than 0:23:52.680 --> 0:23:55.920 anyone since I've been alive and aware of what was 0:23:56.000 --> 0:23:59.520 going on around me. It's despicable in every respect. It 0:23:59.520 --> 0:24:02.680 would be just speakable even if it wasn't Christmas. But 0:24:02.800 --> 0:24:07.400 I got to thinking, can I ask God on his birthday? 0:24:08.680 --> 0:24:12.239 Can I ask Jesus? Could you give us another one 0:24:12.320 --> 0:24:20.480 of these Christmas truces in Australia, Ukraine, the United States? 0:24:22.040 --> 0:24:26.000 Wouldn't it be wonderful? And I know you can do it, Jesus. 0:24:28.040 --> 0:24:33.040 I want to end, as we always do at Christmas time, 0:24:34.200 --> 0:24:37.640 happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to Jim le Barbara, 0:24:38.560 --> 0:24:42.960 and happy birthday to my great grandchild first one, all 0:24:43.080 --> 0:24:47.000 of whom were born on the twenty second. God bless y'all, 0:24:47.320 --> 0:24:48.800 and God bless everybody else. 0:24:49.320 --> 0:24:54.200 Thank you, Gary Jeff, Thank you Steve. Great Christmas message. 0:24:55.160 --> 0:24:58.320 Can it be so? My friend Ray will join us 0:24:58.440 --> 0:25:00.960 Ray Scott here in just a moment as we continue 0:25:01.680 --> 0:25:04.560 on this Saturday before Christmas six fifty one at seven 0:25:04.680 --> 0:25:12.120 hundred WLW actually heard during a report recently the alleged 0:25:12.240 --> 0:25:17.160 killer died of a gunshot wound from a gun No kidding. 0:25:18.520 --> 0:25:22.359 Our friend Steve Shilty, who also has a birthday coming 0:25:22.480 --> 0:25:29.040 up this coming week, his on Christmas Eve. He has 0:25:29.080 --> 0:25:35.280 a birthday on Christmas Eve every year, and he is 0:25:35.359 --> 0:25:41.240 also our resident environmental engineer. You know, environmental engineers never 0:25:41.400 --> 0:25:45.280 really retire, They just appear on the radio once a week. 0:25:45.720 --> 0:25:49.200 Steve Shilte, good morning and merry Christmas, my friend. How 0:25:49.280 --> 0:25:49.600 are we? 0:25:51.280 --> 0:25:53.760 Good morning, Gary Jeff? Better than I deserve as always, 0:25:54.000 --> 0:25:58.040 and again I'll join the chorus wishing you and the 0:25:58.119 --> 0:26:02.479 music professor a very happy and blessed birthday on Monday. 0:26:02.720 --> 0:26:06.040 Well, thank you very much, and hopefully hopefully you can 0:26:06.119 --> 0:26:07.800 do that for us on Monday. What are you doing 0:26:07.880 --> 0:26:08.760 on Monday, Steve? 0:26:11.840 --> 0:26:12.240 Right now? 0:26:12.400 --> 0:26:16.040 Nothing starting two, one thing after another. 0:26:16.920 --> 0:26:20.040 So yeah, well, you know noon to three, you know 0:26:20.119 --> 0:26:23.200 where we'll be. You wanted to give some shout outs 0:26:23.280 --> 0:26:25.080 first this morning? What have you got for it? 0:26:25.520 --> 0:26:29.080 First of all, shout out to my fellow Golden LaSalle 0:26:29.119 --> 0:26:33.439 alumni as we enjoyed our third annual Class of seventy 0:26:33.520 --> 0:26:37.560 three Christmas party at the firehouse at Covington Yard, hosted 0:26:37.680 --> 0:26:42.560 by our fellow classmate Steve Hamburger. Okay, so were was 0:26:42.600 --> 0:26:46.600 about fifty somewhere between fifty and sixty guys joined us, 0:26:46.840 --> 0:26:47.520