1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:00,800 Speaker 1: It's KMF. 2 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:03,880 Speaker 2: I am six forty and you're listening to the Conway 3 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 2: Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:12,719 Speaker 3: Mark Thompson sitting in for Tim Conway Junior. I hope 5 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:17,239 Speaker 3: you're managing wherever you're going. I just imagine the migration 6 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:20,079 Speaker 3: to wherever you need to be for tomorrow may have 7 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 3: already started, and I was just seeing you insane numbers 8 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 3: on flights. 9 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: And air travel. 10 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,599 Speaker 3: The other thing that is being spoken of is the 11 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 3: cost of Thanksgiving this this year. They are all kinds 12 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 3: of expenses that you're hearing from all sides. Are not 13 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 3: as expensive as last year, more expensive than last year. 14 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 3: Turkeys are less money, but everything I barked from a 15 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 3: turkey is more money. So it's a little hard to navigate. 16 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 3: But it does appear as though costs are rising in 17 00:00:57,560 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 3: many ways. 18 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 4: As Southern California, it's head to the growth restore to 19 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 4: stock up on all the items they'll need to prepare 20 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 4: the typical Thanksgiving feast a likely come. Is no surprise 21 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 4: at all that many of the items on their lists 22 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 4: are a lot more expensive than they were last year. 23 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 5: As suspense enough, in the bakery department, everything's rising there, 24 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,679 Speaker 5: definitely it has gone up compared to last year or 25 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 5: two years ago. 26 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: According I like that for a drop. 27 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 3: Everything's expensive this year written a suspens now, I. 28 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: Can I get that as a drop? Mark? 29 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 3: Can you break that out for me? Did I love it? 30 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 5: A suspense enough? 31 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: I think that. 32 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:41,040 Speaker 3: I just think that is a great drop. I want that. 33 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 3: I want to use it on my YouTube show. I 34 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 3: want to use it on this show for the rest 35 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 3: of this show. 36 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 6: Me when I get my iced coffee at Starbucks. 37 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: I'm telling about, oh that there's just nothing but Mark 38 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: up at Starbucks in a suspense enough? All right? So 39 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: uh you'll you'll break it out for me, Mario. 40 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 3: All right, here we go anyway back to the expensive 41 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 3: because you know everything is expensive. 42 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 5: Now wear it in a suspense and now the bakery department. 43 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 5: Everything's rising there. Definitely. It has gone up compared to 44 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 5: last year or two years ago. 45 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 4: According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, whole milk is 46 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 4: up over sixteen percent, frozen peas over seventeen percent, sweet 47 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 4: potatoes over a third more expensive than last year. 48 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 3: Wow, is that right? That is insane. Peas are seventeen 49 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 3: percent percent more expensive than last year, and sweet potatoes 50 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 3: are are thirty percent more expensive. 51 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:40,639 Speaker 6: I would have know I don't need vegetables, So how 52 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 6: dare you? 53 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,360 Speaker 1: That is my Thanksgiving dinner? 54 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 4: Rett Frozen peas over seventeen percent, sweet potatoes over a 55 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 4: third more expensive than last year, carrots and celery over 56 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 4: sixty percent more than last year. However, the biggest ticket item, 57 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 4: the turkey, is significantly cheaper than it was last year. 58 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 4: We spoke with doctor Lars Perner, a marketing professor at USC. 59 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: What has changed year to year with the price to turkey. 60 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 7: Well, this time we don't have the same birch flu 61 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 7: shortage that we had previously. 62 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: That's right. 63 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 4: If you remember last year we were in the middle 64 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 4: of the bird flu outbreak, and with turkey that much 65 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 4: less expensive this year, it actually is bringing the overall 66 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:22,839 Speaker 4: price of the Thanksgiving feast down a bit. 67 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 3: So this is really the way they play with the numbers. 68 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 3: So when they say it's cheaper this year, they're talking 69 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 3: about turkey's being less expensive than last year because of 70 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 3: this world event, right, this sort of a force masure event, 71 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 3: this act of god event of the bird flu having 72 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 3: forced farmers to call their herds, and you end up 73 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 3: with the price. You know, it's supply and demand situation. 74 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 3: The demand is what it always is. The supply is 75 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 3: reduced and turkeys are more expensive. This year you don't 76 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 3: have the bird flu turkey. He's plentiful, so that price 77 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 3: comes down. But everything else is insanely expensive compared to 78 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 3: last year. 79 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 4: But when it comes to other Thanksgiving related costs, especially 80 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 4: to those who travel, there seems to be a significant 81 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 4: jump compared to last year. 82 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: I'm from Oregon. 83 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,280 Speaker 4: I usually find of kids, but it was just too 84 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 4: expressive to do it this year. 85 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 5: Usually we have like about two family members that come 86 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 5: to you do Thanksgiving with us. This year we just 87 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 5: got it down to about four people. 88 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 4: Experts also say some might be cutting back on Thanksgiving 89 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 4: because of what they fear they might have to spend 90 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 4: this year. 91 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: On Christmas. 92 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,840 Speaker 7: We know that toys are going to like the cost 93 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 7: a great deal more this year because of tariffs, and 94 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:47,359 Speaker 7: I also suspect a lot of people are quite releatant 95 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 7: in spending, not necessarily because the price increases have kicked 96 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 7: in yet, but more because they're failful and don't know 97 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 7: what the net effect would be and what things are 98 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 7: going to look like in the coming year. 99 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: Sounds awful, really really rough. 100 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 3: It's a situation that appears to be escalating. That is 101 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 3: to say, cost appears to be escalating. There are some 102 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:22,720 Speaker 3: things happening, ways to navigate to holidays if you must, 103 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 3: to try to if you really are in need, provide 104 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 3: and to help out those in need. There's a skid 105 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 3: Row Thanksgiving that they do every year. I think they're 106 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 3: doing here again. 107 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:37,479 Speaker 8: In ninety years. 108 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:41,160 Speaker 9: The la Mission has been serving the day before Thanksgiving 109 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 9: a meal. 110 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 10: And also services as well. Let me step out of 111 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 10: the way here. 112 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:47,720 Speaker 9: Thousands of people are going to be showing up or 113 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 9: to be fed, to get back that sense of community 114 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 9: as well as get services and get some un much 115 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 9: needed clothing as well. 116 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 3: Now, the tradeoff is that you have to listen to 117 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 3: that music if you're on skid Row for the entire 118 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 3: length of the Thanksgiving county. 119 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 9: Eighty nine years to be exact, as the Mission's been 120 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 9: doing this here, they're going to serve about twenty five 121 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 9: hundred people and then another seventy five hundred people in 122 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 9: the area. 123 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 1: But here's the situation. 124 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 9: According to the folks we talked to with the Mission, 125 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 9: the need is growing. 126 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 3: I mean, this is the reality that the few fewer 127 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 3: and fewer. I just think that more and more people 128 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 3: need assistance, and it's a sad fact. And there are 129 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 3: fewer and fewer places together, definitely a need. 130 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,720 Speaker 8: During our last census count home a census count, I 131 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 8: want to say a number was around seventy five thousand plus, 132 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 8: and so dealing with food and security here in La County, 133 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 8: high cost of rent, people just can't afford to eat. 134 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 11: I'm thankful that I rebonded with God when I just 135 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:55,559 Speaker 11: fell by I lost everything, family and friends and work, 136 00:06:56,560 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 11: you know. So I'm glad that somehow I'm blessed with 137 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 11: having somewhere to live, because I see what's happening out 138 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:07,279 Speaker 11: and in the streets and it's not fun, you know. 139 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 11: So I'm just glad that I'm in the chapter where 140 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 11: I can't be safe. 141 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 1: And this chef again was telling you is there is 142 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 1: a great need. 143 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 9: More than ten thousand people are going to be fed 144 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 9: to a twenty five hundred here. 145 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 10: The resk in the area and the only. 146 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 9: Mission is teaming up with Pope Mission. They're teaming up 147 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 9: together because the need is growing. 148 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 3: So that's the situation. The need is growing. By the way, 149 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 3: there's a it's a marathon or a race. Tomorrow, the 150 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 3: tenth year they're doing this, Hope the Mission is putting 151 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 3: on the Drumstick Dash. It's the largest five k and 152 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 3: ten k in La County. It is tomorrow Thanksgiving Day. 153 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 3: Eight thousand participants, more than two hundred and fifty volunteers. 154 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 3: It's in an official certified five k to ten k course. 155 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: It should be a lot of fun. They say. 156 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 3: There'll be a dance contest, a costume contest, a little 157 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 3: Gobbler's race for kids, and that will actually kick off 158 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 3: the whole thing at seven forty five tomorrow morning. It's 159 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 3: a big fundraiser for Hope the Mission and the funds 160 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 3: raised aim to provide three million hot meals to unsheltered 161 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 3: families across La County. So it'll be beginning I think 162 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 3: people collecting there at six am, but the race kicks 163 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 3: off at eight thirty in the morning at the North 164 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:34,560 Speaker 3: Hollywood Redline Orange Line station that's on Chandler in North Hollywood. Again, 165 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 3: it's the Hope the Mission Drumstick Dash tomorrow morning. You 166 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:42,679 Speaker 3: can google it and find out more information. But it 167 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,559 Speaker 3: seems like something that could be a. 168 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 1: Cause worth supporting. 169 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,720 Speaker 3: You know, if you're in the mood a five to 170 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 3: ten k and you raise some money for a good cause. 171 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 3: When we come back, there are ways to save money 172 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 3: and maybe even some deals. We'll get into that as 173 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 3: we continue. We're still watching the situation in Washington. As 174 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 3: developments warrant, we will of course update that situation with 175 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 3: the National Guardsman and what is known. I Leen is 176 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,200 Speaker 3: standing by in the newsroom. She'll do a break right now. 177 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 3: But should anything more break in that area with any 178 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 3: kind of news events, of course we'll have it for 179 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 3: you here at KFI Thompson for Conway where KFI AM 180 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:28,079 Speaker 3: six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 181 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 12: You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI 182 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:33,959 Speaker 12: AM six forty. 183 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 3: Mark Thompson for Tim Conway Junior. What a gorgeous day 184 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 3: in southern California. Man, I think it was eighty degrees today. 185 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 3: I thought I saw that somewhere. I mean somewhere official. 186 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 3: I think I saw it. And tomorrow's supposed to be 187 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 3: very mild also then it gets cooler toward the weekend. 188 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:57,560 Speaker 13: Was amazing. I did not want to come into this 189 00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 13: little dark closet today. 190 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:01,079 Speaker 3: It is true, and it was one of those things 191 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 3: you just thought, Wow, we've had all that rain also, 192 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 3: which kind of is good in that Sometimes in November, 193 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 3: when you get those dry, warm days, you think. 194 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: Man, we need rain. We haven't had it in months. 195 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 3: But then coming off those storms, you feel like, wow, 196 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 3: we deserve a great, beautiful southern California day like today. 197 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 14: And the air feels cleaner. 198 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:27,839 Speaker 3: For some reason, I think it is cleaner, and I think, 199 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 3: I mean, I'm just judging by visibilities, you know, I mean, 200 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 3: all that particulate matter I think has just been churned out. 201 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 3: But it was really beautiful and tomorrow same story. 202 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: You know. I grew up in Washington, d C. 203 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 3: East Coast cold, you know, freezing rain, sleet, all of that. 204 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 1: Maybe November would. 205 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:53,200 Speaker 3: Be mild if it's in the fifties, let's say, maybe 206 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 3: sixty degrees. As winter settles in and you get toward Christmas, 207 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 3: it's cold and it's a wet cold. And I always dreamt, 208 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 3: I mean, I always dreamt of coming to southern California. 209 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 3: I used to watch football games, and when I'd see 210 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 3: the football games come on later in the east, the 211 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 3: sun is still shining here. It was dark back east, 212 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 3: and I see all the people in their T shirts, 213 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 3: and it just looked like the greatest life and the 214 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 3: California brand, you know, the beach and everything kicked back 215 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,559 Speaker 3: in California. It's just a great brand. And I dreamt 216 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 3: always of coming here. And I'll tell you that every Christmas. 217 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 3: And this is because I still get the paper, which 218 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 3: I know nobody gets anymore, but I still get it 219 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:53,719 Speaker 3: because I grew up with the newspaper. I go out 220 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 3: and I get that paper on Christmas morning and I'm 221 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,439 Speaker 3: in jeans and a T shirt and it's not even chili, 222 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 3: and I'm thinking, Man, dreams come true. 223 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 1: It's that simple. 224 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 3: I love Southern California, not just the weather, but the 225 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:11,679 Speaker 3: weather is a big part of it. It is a 226 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 3: wonderful place to live. 227 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 13: All these people that move away, like there are all 228 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 13: these people that move to Texas and I'm from Texas. 229 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 13: They move there thinking, oh, it's going to be so 230 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 13: much better there, and I just predict they're going to 231 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 13: come back. 232 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 1: Well, I mean, you're so spoiled with the weather. 233 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 3: It is true, we get I mean, you get drunk 234 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 3: on the weather here and it does make you overlook 235 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 3: a lot of things. 236 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:31,319 Speaker 1: Don't get me wrong. 237 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,719 Speaker 3: I know La has issues and Conway and I talk 238 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 3: about it all the time, and California's got issues, and 239 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 3: now I think those issues will be amplified by all 240 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 3: kinds of fiscal crises that are setting in both in 241 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 3: La County and La City and in California. It's generally 242 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:50,680 Speaker 3: but I think it really is a special place, and 243 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 3: there's an attitude in California. There's an inclusion in California. 244 00:12:54,960 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 3: I really like it. But the weather is so forgiving. 245 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 3: I mean again, this is accepting the horribleness of like 246 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 3: Santa Ana events, and you know, you know the flooding issues, 247 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 3: so please don't obviously, weather extremes can you know, ruin lives. 248 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 13: But that's everywhere. I mean, you go to Texas, like 249 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 13: I said, there's tornadoes. I mean I've covered severe, horrible, 250 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 13: deadly tornadoes. It just happens. 251 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, in Texas, you know that they're not on the 252 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:27,560 Speaker 3: national electric grid. So when the cold weather it hits there, 253 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 3: you'll remember that whole thing where Ted Cruz went to 254 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 3: Mexico because it. 255 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 13: Was just like poor mom didn't have any heat for days. 256 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 13: It was horrible. 257 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't think the Texas legislature is really you know, 258 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 3: so much better than the California legislature. And I don't 259 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:42,559 Speaker 3: think the California I don't think much of the California legislature. 260 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:45,320 Speaker 1: But I think that you're right. 261 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 3: The other thing that's happening in Texas is so many 262 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 3: Californians and others have moved there, but a lot from California. 263 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 3: That the price of housing is doing what it's going 264 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 3: way up. It's much more expensive now in Texas than. 265 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 1: It used to be. 266 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, so there's this idea. We have a grass's greener 267 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,439 Speaker 3: kind of view anyway, And I know a lot of 268 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 3: people are moving to Nashville. Nashville has become sort of 269 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 3: Hollywood East, and the people are moving to Nashville lot 270 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 3: of the time. They've got money, you know, they're in 271 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:17,840 Speaker 3: the entertainment industry. They've done well, producers, talent, and Nashville 272 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 3: is sort of growing up at Nashville's now beginning to 273 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 3: resent the infusion of Californians, even though they've got money, 274 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 3: even though they're rich, you know, Hollywood people. 275 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 13: They're housing markets skyrocket, adds to them, exactly. 276 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 1: Their housing market is skyrocket. 277 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 3: Apparently, the traffic situation has become far more problematic. So 278 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 3: even there in Nashville, and I was just there a 279 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 3: few months ago, and I love it there. I just 280 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 3: love the music. There's music everywhere. Everybody's an incredibly talented person. 281 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 3: They have live music at the airport, and you it's like, 282 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 3: you know, listening to the recording artist of your choice, 283 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 3: spin the wheel. It's incredible. And these people are busking 284 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 3: at the airport. 285 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 14: So much talent. 286 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 1: Incredible. 287 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 3: So but again, when you talk about the cost of everything, 288 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 3: it's it's expensive, you know what I mean. Nashville is 289 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 3: an expensive place to live. And as was once said, 290 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 3: you know, everything's getting more expensive. 291 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 1: Isn't it. Is that what you said, Mario? Isn't that 292 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 1: what was said? Wow? Spensive? Okay, and there you go. 293 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 1: All right, I thought you were standing by. 294 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 3: I thought we were I thought we we worked that 295 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 3: out and the whole thing. 296 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 1: He said, No, don't worry, man, I got it. I 297 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 1: got it. I'm gonna be I'm gonna work it out. 298 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: Just when I was in the middle of editing something, 299 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 1: I was hitting you over the head with the queue 300 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 1: no podcast this weekend. All right, I'm going to that's 301 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 1: a yellow card, but it's not a red card. All right. 302 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 1: But that's the point. 303 00:15:56,280 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 3: Even in places like Nashville and in an Inexis, everything 304 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 3: is getting a little more expensive. When we come back. 305 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 3: It's wild that you can actually negotiate in ways that 306 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 3: you may not have thought you could on prices. We'll 307 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 3: talk about that next. Here's the Conway Show. Thompson sitting 308 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 3: in on KFI AM six fort whore live everywhere in 309 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 3: the iHeartRadio app. 310 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 12: You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI 311 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 12: AM six forty. 312 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 3: You're live everywhere on the iHeart Radio app. Mark Thompson 313 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 3: for Tim Conway Junior. 314 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 1: We were it in a suspense and everything. 315 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 3: Is expensive now, that's exactly right. But there's one thing 316 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 3: that's free, and that's your participation in the pasta Thon 317 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 3: fifteenth annual Chef Bruno's charity, Katarina's Club Imagine fifteen years 318 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 3: have been doing the Pastathon thanks to Michelle Cube and 319 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:59,040 Speaker 3: Chef Bruno getting all of these people together to help 320 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 3: provide I had more than twenty five thousand meals every 321 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:05,679 Speaker 3: week to kids in need in southern California. Your generosity, 322 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 3: of course, makes it all happen. And we're doing a 323 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 3: lot broadcast to help showcase your generosity. It's Giving Tuesday, 324 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 3: This coming Tuesday, December second, five am to eight pm 325 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 3: at the Anaheim White House, right there at eight eighty 326 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:24,199 Speaker 3: seven South Anaheim Boulevard. I talked to my pals at 327 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:27,200 Speaker 3: Coachella Valley Coffee. They're going to be making coffee all 328 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 3: day down there, and their coffee is the best coffee 329 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 3: on earth. So come down, get a cup of coffee, 330 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:39,360 Speaker 3: get an espresso, whatever they're boring, and you won't be sorry. 331 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:42,480 Speaker 3: Hang out for all of the shows. That's right, we'll 332 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:46,920 Speaker 3: be there five a to eight p. Conway will be back. 333 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 3: I'll be down there with Conway. If you want to 334 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:52,119 Speaker 3: support the Pasta than you can do it without actually 335 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 3: coming through. You can just go to your magical device 336 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:59,120 Speaker 3: and type into that magical device kfiam six forty dot 337 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 3: com slash Pasta to don One of your donation goes 338 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 3: to Katarina's Club, and Katerina's Club helps so many kids 339 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:13,440 Speaker 3: in need. So more on the auction items there are 340 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 3: you know you can bid on various special experiences. Private 341 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 3: backyard barbecue with Bill Handle and Lindsey Handle and Neil Savedra. Wow, 342 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 3: that sounds oddly that's not some swingers thing, I hope 343 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 3: is it. I mean it's I say, private barbecue with 344 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 3: Bill and Lindsay Handle and Nil Savedra. It just sounds 345 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 3: very of course it's a private backyard barbecue. Of course 346 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 3: you said it's a backyard barbecue. I assume it's private. 347 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:51,919 Speaker 3: I just want always now there's no code in there. Anyway, 348 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 3: it's a special that really is a special event. And 349 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 3: I think the Fork Report will be broadcasting live as 350 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:05,199 Speaker 3: well from the at same private barbecue. Anyway, it's a 351 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 3: priceless kind of offer. You can bid and the minimum 352 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:11,919 Speaker 3: bid on that is five thousand dollars. There's a Dodger 353 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 3: game with Gary and Shannon. There is an hour you 354 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 3: can co host an hour with John Cobel. That's a 355 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 3: thousand dollars minimum bid. But again, go to the Pastathon 356 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,360 Speaker 3: and you can check all of this stuff out. Kfi's 357 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:35,120 Speaker 3: pastathon website is kfiam six forty dot com slash Pastathon 358 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 3: and you can bid on all of these auction items 359 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:42,880 Speaker 3: and good luck. Whole Foods will be open in many 360 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 3: places with modified hours tomorrow from seven am to one pm. 361 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 3: Sprouts stores will be open from seven am to two pm. 362 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 3: CBS hours vary, but most stores will close at five pm. 363 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:01,159 Speaker 3: Pharmacies are going to to close at two o'clock in 364 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 3: the afternoon. Walgreens, the chain will close most of its 365 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 3: stores on Thanksgiving, but twenty four hour locations are going 366 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 3: to remain open for essential pharmacy services. Kroger, which owns 367 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 3: Ralph's and Food for Less, those stores will be open 368 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 3: on Thanksgiving Day, closing at five pm. Most pharmacies will 369 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 3: be closed on Thanksgiving Day. Albertson's hours vary, most stores 370 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 3: will close at four pm, and Vaughn's again hours vary, 371 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 3: but most stores there will close at four pm. Closed 372 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 3: completely on Thanksgiving. Trader Joe's, Costco, Target, Walmart, Aldi, Bjay's 373 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 3: Wholesale Club, Sam's Club closed on Thanksgiving. They'll reopen day 374 00:20:54,720 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 3: after Thanksgiving. Can you actually negotiate bills at a time 375 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 3: time when things are so very expensive? In a suspense 376 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 3: and now, can you negotiate bills? 377 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:09,880 Speaker 1: The answer is yes. 378 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 15: The old saying it doesn't hurt to ask also applies 379 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 15: to your finances. Nerd Wallet's personal finance expert Kim Palmer 380 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:20,359 Speaker 15: showed us how to negotiate to save money. 381 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:24,439 Speaker 16: So we're talking about phone bills, cable bills, even subscriptions. 382 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 16: It's always worth calling and asking if you can get 383 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 16: a better deal, because the worst thing that can happen 384 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 16: is that they say no and you've just lost five minutes. 385 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:35,880 Speaker 16: But it's possible that they say yes and you walk 386 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 16: away with savings. 387 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 14: Is there any sort. 388 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 15: Of trick in what you should say to them when 389 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 15: you're asking for this, Well. 390 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 16: The biggest trick is to go in with information. You 391 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 16: want to first check if there are better deals out 392 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:51,360 Speaker 16: there for similar services, because that gives you some empowerment 393 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 16: to say, hey, I could get this better deal somewhere else. 394 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 16: Can you match that? Another trick to consider is to say, hey, 395 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 16: I'm considering canceling my service because it's just too expensive, 396 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:06,680 Speaker 16: And that word cancel triggers some special offers in many 397 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 16: cases if you're struggling with your fine. 398 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:14,280 Speaker 3: I remember that that was the case. I actually was 399 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 3: trying to cancel and I called and I I said, according, 400 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 3: now I'm gonna come canceling the service. 401 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 1: I've had enough of this. This is I'm no more. 402 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 1: And I canceled whatever. 403 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 3: It was DirecTV Spectrum one of those you know, And 404 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,639 Speaker 3: I called and they put they said, wait one second, 405 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,440 Speaker 3: of course, well you know, certainly, you know you can 406 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:32,919 Speaker 3: cancel and there won't be a problem. 407 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:34,160 Speaker 1: Let me take care of it. 408 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,120 Speaker 3: But before you cancel, let me just take you over 409 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:39,440 Speaker 3: to the I think they were called the retention department 410 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 3: or something, and they literally were called retention, I believe, 411 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 3: and they threw more stuff at me to the point 412 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 3: that I thought, all right, I won't cancel after all. 413 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 3: I mean, so it does work that if you mentioned 414 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,959 Speaker 3: that word cancel, it does change the arithmetic on the conversation. 415 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 16: Some special offers In many cases, if. 416 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 15: You're struggling with your fine answers, should you be open 417 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 15: about that? 418 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:05,359 Speaker 16: You should absolutely be open about your financial struggles, because 419 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 16: often there are things called hardship programs where the service 420 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 16: can give you a special credit or a special discount 421 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 16: because you're going through a hard financial time. 422 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 15: Aside from phone and cable bills, Kim suggests negotiating down 423 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 15: a host of bills, including your cell phone, car insurance, 424 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 15: home security, newspaper subscriptions, gym memberships, utilities, bundled services, even 425 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:31,920 Speaker 15: credit card interest rates. 426 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 3: What are you kidding me? You can negotiate down all 427 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 3: those things? Are you kidding? Insurance, cell phone utilities. This 428 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:48,680 Speaker 3: is amazing to me. 429 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 14: Car insurance, home security, car insurance. 430 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 3: My car insurance. They won't move off. I pay a 431 00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:02,119 Speaker 3: jillion dollars in car insurance for some moving violation from 432 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 3: you know, wrongly accused. Of course, it was a witch hunt. 433 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 15: Car insurance, home security, newspaper subscriptions, gym memberships, utilities, bundled services, 434 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,120 Speaker 15: even credit card interest rates. 435 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,679 Speaker 16: With credit cards, a lot depends on your history with 436 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,400 Speaker 16: the credit card issuer. So if you are a longtime 437 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 16: loyal customer, you've always paid on time, and now suddenly 438 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,359 Speaker 16: you're facing some financial hardship, you'll be in a better 439 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 16: position as a loyal and long term customer. 440 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,920 Speaker 3: I mean, I can see that. Okay, I understand that 441 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 3: maybe you know you could work out a payment plan 442 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,919 Speaker 3: or something, but well, it seems they seem immovable on 443 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 3: some of those other areas that they say you can negotiate, 444 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:48,639 Speaker 3: but wow, maybe take a shot get. 445 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 14: Them to work with you. 446 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 15: You can even haggle over prices at major retailers. 447 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 16: One of the best types to negotiate is when you're 448 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 16: in a store, because often store clerks have the power 449 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:00,080 Speaker 16: to give you a lower price, especially if they're there 450 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 16: is a floor model, there. 451 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 3: Is a what I mean, So you're telling me that 452 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:07,359 Speaker 3: like Rudy there, who is like working on the weekends 453 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:12,399 Speaker 3: at Nordstrom, has the power to negotiate down the amount 454 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:12,919 Speaker 3: you're paying. 455 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 1: That's extraordinary to me. 456 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:17,680 Speaker 16: One of the best types to negotiate is when you're 457 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 16: in a store, because often store clerks have the power 458 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 16: to give you a lower price, especially if there is 459 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:26,880 Speaker 16: a floor model, there is a mark or some kind 460 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 16: of minor damage on an item, but you still want it. 461 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 16: You can often ask for and receive a discount. 462 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:36,199 Speaker 15: And there are bill negotiation services that will do this 463 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:38,359 Speaker 15: for you. They typically take about fifty percent of what 464 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 15: you say, but if you're short on time, it could 465 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 15: still be worth the money. 466 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 1: I am. I'm not a good negotiator at all. I'm not. 467 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 1: It scares me. 468 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 3: I'm a conflict averse, so already when I'm into it 469 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 3: back and forth, I'm uncomfortable. 470 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:56,399 Speaker 1: I just don't. 471 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:58,840 Speaker 6: I don't like it, not even at flea markets or 472 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:00,120 Speaker 6: anything or parking lot. 473 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 3: I tried to with Yeah, it's not as though I've 474 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:06,679 Speaker 3: never done it, but I'm just uncomfortable with it. I 475 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:11,360 Speaker 3: feel like I don't know it's very It's a problem 476 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:15,680 Speaker 3: for me. I just don't like to disappoint people. I think, 477 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 3: you know what I mean. I really bond with people. 478 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 3: I try to interact. I know it's not conscious, it 479 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 3: just is happening. I'm almost embarrassed at how bad at 480 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:25,800 Speaker 3: it I am. 481 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 14: So you would not do well at a Turkish bizarre. 482 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 8: No. 483 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:33,399 Speaker 3: I was in Egypt many years ago, and tell you 484 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:37,160 Speaker 3: this real quick, and I bought a box with all 485 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:41,960 Speaker 3: kinds of inlay. It was very beautiful. And I forget 486 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:43,919 Speaker 3: what I paid for it. Now, let's just say I 487 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,719 Speaker 3: paid sixty dollars for it. And I went back to 488 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,199 Speaker 3: the bus where we were all there, and everybody had 489 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:53,879 Speaker 3: been turned loose in the bazaar right, And I said 490 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:57,000 Speaker 3: to the lady who was leading the tour, She said, 491 00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 3: what did you get? And I said, oh, I got 492 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 3: this really nice box. And I opened it up and 493 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 3: she said, you pay for it? I said sixty dollars. 494 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:06,480 Speaker 3: She said, let's go back. I want to I want 495 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 3: to take you back to you. She said, could you 496 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:10,399 Speaker 3: find the place I want to go back? We're going 497 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:12,360 Speaker 3: to get you some money back. That's you paid too much. 498 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 14: What was it worth? 499 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:13,919 Speaker 1: I don't know. 500 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 3: I think she said you should probably could get it 501 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:19,119 Speaker 3: for thirty or twenty and I but you know again, 502 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:23,919 Speaker 3: And that was a situation where they brought out the 503 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 3: box that I wanted, and then I said, oh, that's 504 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 3: too expensive. And then they started bringing out well how 505 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:30,240 Speaker 3: about this box, and one was bigger, one was smaller, 506 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 3: and I lost myself in all the different boxes they 507 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:35,720 Speaker 3: brought out. We weren't even negotiating over the box that 508 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 3: I wanted anymore. Now there's so many boxes in play 509 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 3: that I just lost the plot. So they saw me coming. 510 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 14: You need someone's day. 511 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,359 Speaker 3: I I'm telling you, I need this person to, you know, 512 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:51,320 Speaker 3: help me with the you know, I may have to 513 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 3: farm it out to somebody suspense now, and that's everything 514 00:27:55,440 --> 00:28:00,399 Speaker 3: is expensive. So all right, I've confessed. Thank you my 515 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:04,679 Speaker 3: greatest weakness. Uh Mark Thompson for Tim Conway Junior. We 516 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 3: continue KFI AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 517 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 12: You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI 518 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:16,159 Speaker 12: AM six forty. 519 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:19,520 Speaker 3: If you are traveling, we are being urged if we're 520 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,439 Speaker 3: traveling by air to dress it up. 521 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 10: Is there a fashion revolution underway at airports this Thanksgiving, 522 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 10: These travelers are taking extra care to look stylish. 523 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:31,359 Speaker 1: You wanted to go looking nice? 524 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:32,920 Speaker 14: Yes, it makes me feel good. 525 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:37,200 Speaker 10: US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is asking people to dress 526 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 10: better when they fly on. Let's try not to wear 527 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 10: slippers in and in pajamas as we come to the airport. 528 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,280 Speaker 1: His request is being the slippers there are fashion. 529 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:50,239 Speaker 3: The slippers and uh, pajamas thing is kind of a 530 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 3: thing now. I feel like that's a very American way 531 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 3: to go. Headphones, hoodie, pajamas, slippers, Yeah, glasses, all of 532 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 3: that's you, ritchie, that's your Yeah. You know back in 533 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:09,400 Speaker 3: the sixties, uh huh, they used to coat and tie 534 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 3: it no way, Yeah, I mean look at the pictures. 535 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 3: People were in coat and tie. Of course they were 536 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 3: also smoking and drinking. I mean it was just a 537 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:20,400 Speaker 3: different time. Yeah, a kind of a different time. 538 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:22,920 Speaker 8: And pajamas as we come to the airport. 539 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 10: His request is being met with, shall we say, mixed reviews. 540 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,240 Speaker 17: If I wonder if if Sean Duffy would say that 541 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:30,760 Speaker 17: if he had to sit through it to nine hour 542 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,520 Speaker 17: flight and a brin a girdle, I fly. 543 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 3: For there's something about joy behar with that New York thing. 544 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:41,200 Speaker 3: I love New Yorkers. I wonder if Sean Sean Duffy 545 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:43,720 Speaker 3: would say that if he had to sit there for 546 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:48,680 Speaker 3: ninef hours, I just love New Yorkers with that in 547 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:52,760 Speaker 3: your face, you know what I mean? The attitude is magic. 548 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 17: If Sean Duffy would say that if he had to 549 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:56,760 Speaker 17: sit through it to nine hour flight and a brin 550 00:29:56,760 --> 00:30:00,480 Speaker 17: a girdle. I fly four times a week. Sometime I 551 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 17: am tired of seeing people's cheeks. 552 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:05,240 Speaker 1: Come fly with me. 553 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:08,960 Speaker 10: Duffy's request to look spiffy while traveling hearkens back to 554 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 10: a time when women looked elegant and pearls and dresses 555 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:15,240 Speaker 10: while flying men and children were decked out in suits. 556 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 10: It was also a time when airplanes were more spacious, 557 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,240 Speaker 10: with five more inches of legroom, and passengers were treated 558 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 10: to goreme meals. 559 00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:25,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, that is really also part of the equation. 560 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:28,200 Speaker 3: I mean, I was supposed to dress up for being 561 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:30,920 Speaker 3: locked into what is as close to a hostage situation 562 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:34,280 Speaker 3: as I can possibly imagine. Everything from the waiting area 563 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:36,920 Speaker 3: to the way that you were you're treated by TSA 564 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:39,680 Speaker 3: I mean, and then finally you make it into your 565 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:44,280 Speaker 3: seat and it's a hunger's game kind of run for 566 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:47,680 Speaker 3: the overhead rack space, and I mean everything's just. 567 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 14: Awful and just a bag of crackers. 568 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:50,720 Speaker 1: If you lucky, thank you. 569 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 3: There's absolutely no service, and they treat you like their 570 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:57,000 Speaker 3: prison guards, some of them, I mean, and by the way, 571 00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:58,640 Speaker 3: many are so tolerant. 572 00:30:58,680 --> 00:30:59,520 Speaker 1: Please don't get me wrong. 573 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:02,360 Speaker 3: In fact, I think being a flight attendant now, where 574 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:05,719 Speaker 3: everybody you know is live streaming and they're looking for 575 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:10,200 Speaker 3: some kind of performance moment and they're defiant and they're jerky, 576 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:14,480 Speaker 3: I think being a please do mist understand me. Being 577 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:18,080 Speaker 3: one of those flight attendants now is rough. But that said, 578 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:22,120 Speaker 3: I mean there can be a lot of attitude coming 579 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:26,560 Speaker 3: from flight attendants as well. I'm just saying, you know, 580 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:31,520 Speaker 3: dressing up for this like it's some kind of banquet 581 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:35,000 Speaker 3: that you're attending seems to me like a big ask. 582 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:37,800 Speaker 10: It was also a time when airplanes were more spacious, 583 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,680 Speaker 10: with five more inches of leg room, and passengers were 584 00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:41,959 Speaker 10: treated to gourmet meals. 585 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:44,240 Speaker 1: So how are passengers. 586 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:47,280 Speaker 10: Responding today to the government's call to dress up? At 587 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:49,880 Speaker 10: Newark Airport, we found this traveler in a suit. 588 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 15: It's a more pleasant public experience if one is dressing up, 589 00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:55,080 Speaker 15: especially around holiday time. 590 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 10: At LAX, this woman says she concurs with the transportation 591 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:03,680 Speaker 10: secretary present class. It's time this mom and daughter are split. 592 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 10: Mom's dressed in high end knitwear. Daughter is in pajamas. 593 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,240 Speaker 10: Your daughter is in what pajamas? 594 00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:11,040 Speaker 14: Yeah? 595 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:13,360 Speaker 15: Well, I don't agree with honestly, I think it's more 596 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:15,200 Speaker 15: important to be comfortable on a plane so you can 597 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:15,680 Speaker 15: like sleep. 598 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:18,920 Speaker 10: Other passengers also say they will stick to wearing comfy 599 00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:20,160 Speaker 10: clothes while flying. 600 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:20,760 Speaker 1: Blways. 601 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:22,520 Speaker 8: Suits every day for work, so there's no way I 602 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:24,400 Speaker 8: would I would wear one on a plane. 603 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:27,040 Speaker 15: I wouldn't dress up for a car ride. I wouldn't 604 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:29,760 Speaker 15: dress up to get on the bus, So why would 605 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:31,880 Speaker 15: I do any different for a clean fight. 606 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:34,440 Speaker 3: I mean, I hate to say it, but she's kind 607 00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:39,840 Speaker 3: of right. I mean, it's a long, brutal experience. You 608 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:42,880 Speaker 3: definitely want to be comfortable. You could dress it up 609 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:46,280 Speaker 3: a little richie, you can kind of. I mean, nah, no, 610 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,800 Speaker 3: you really you're committed to that. I'm bumming it up 611 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:51,440 Speaker 3: Ellen all the time. 612 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:52,080 Speaker 1: Yeah. 613 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,960 Speaker 6: Also, while we're on the top of flying and everything, 614 00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:58,480 Speaker 6: just wear socks if you're gonna wear slippers, because no 615 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,520 Speaker 6: socks and exposure feet not it. 616 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:04,480 Speaker 3: That is so gross one hundred percent with you on that. 617 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:05,800 Speaker 1: I mean, it really is. 618 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:08,760 Speaker 3: I mean I understand wanting to be comfortable, but there's 619 00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:12,840 Speaker 3: no reason to sort of assert yourself that way. Huh 620 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,800 Speaker 3: with the bare feet, putting the bare feet up on 621 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:18,560 Speaker 3: the you know, the rest, Yeah, on the wall. 622 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,320 Speaker 1: It's just like, yeah, really man, I don't. 623 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:23,560 Speaker 13: Even want to see socks, to be honest, because they're 624 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:26,160 Speaker 13: probably steamy after walking through the airport. 625 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:27,560 Speaker 14: I just think it's gross. 626 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:29,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I understand. 627 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:32,479 Speaker 3: Also, there's some expansion of your you know, with the 628 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:34,840 Speaker 3: flight and everything. I can see taking your shoes off. 629 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:36,400 Speaker 3: I don't do it, but I could see doing it. 630 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:37,160 Speaker 14: I don't know anymore. 631 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:39,040 Speaker 1: I don't really know. I don't have I don't you know, 632 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:41,360 Speaker 1: I don't I don't know. I don't do it. I 633 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:41,680 Speaker 1: don't know. 634 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:41,920 Speaker 5: I know. 635 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:43,840 Speaker 3: I would tell you, I say, I take them off. 636 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:48,640 Speaker 3: I tell you no, I think it. Somebody can tell 637 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,840 Speaker 3: me whether or not it's like healthy to take them off, 638 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:53,600 Speaker 3: you should take them off, or is there a you 639 00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 3: know what I mean, there's that expansion you're supposed to 640 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:57,600 Speaker 3: get up on a flight, like you're not supposed to 641 00:33:57,640 --> 00:33:59,239 Speaker 3: sit there the whole time, because I guess there can 642 00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:01,800 Speaker 3: be some kind of blood clots that develop, like and 643 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:02,800 Speaker 3: yet I don't do that either. 644 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:03,480 Speaker 1: I don't get up. 645 00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:06,200 Speaker 6: Bellioll told me before I went to Spain this past summer, 646 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,480 Speaker 6: She's like, you need to get some compression socks. And 647 00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:11,400 Speaker 6: it's like for what she's like for you, so you 648 00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:14,319 Speaker 6: can circulate your blood as you're a flying x y 649 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:15,600 Speaker 6: amount of time on the air. 650 00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:17,319 Speaker 14: And I think you're young enough for You're okay. 651 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:20,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, you're probably fine because of your your youth, but 652 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:23,799 Speaker 3: you know, but your borderline like another couple of years, 653 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:25,280 Speaker 3: You've better get those compression socks. 654 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:26,279 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's right. I lean. 655 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:28,839 Speaker 3: I think you're okay too, but you know, never heard 656 00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:34,480 Speaker 3: to bring the compression socks. But anyway, apparently they're not 657 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:36,400 Speaker 3: going to be joined by any kind of dressing up 658 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:40,080 Speaker 3: that Richie's going to do. I'm kind of with Jorge 659 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:42,279 Speaker 3: Behar on this one. I think you want to kind 660 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:46,360 Speaker 3: of be comfortable. But I always shower. I always, like, 661 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:49,839 Speaker 3: I've never you know, I think that there's just a 662 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:53,360 Speaker 3: certain basic decency for the people who are around me 663 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:56,839 Speaker 3: that I'm trying to always represent. But I'm not into 664 00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:59,840 Speaker 3: legislating it. It just seems like the right kind of 665 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:04,680 Speaker 3: social compact to make, you know, but I'm not. And 666 00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:07,840 Speaker 3: I also completely understand what your your your deal, Richie, 667 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:08,440 Speaker 3: I get it. 668 00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:12,520 Speaker 13: So you know, it used to be comfort and luxury 669 00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:14,680 Speaker 13: and now we've got these cramp seats. 670 00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:18,359 Speaker 14: It's far from luxurious, right. Why am I dressing up right? 671 00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:20,960 Speaker 3: Don't cram me in like this, treat me, you know, 672 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:24,040 Speaker 3: like crap. You know, heard me in and out like coming. 673 00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:25,799 Speaker 3: You dress up right and then tell me to dress 674 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:29,640 Speaker 3: up for it. It just it ain't cool. So we continue. 675 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:33,879 Speaker 3: The Power Hour is next. It's the Conway Show. Mark 676 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:36,400 Speaker 3: Thompson's sitting in for Tim on KFI AM six forty 677 00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:39,800 Speaker 3: We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 678 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:44,399 Speaker 2: Conway Show on demand on the iHeart Radio app. Now 679 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:47,239 Speaker 2: you can always hear us live on KFI AM six 680 00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:51,440 Speaker 2: forty four to seven pm Monday through Friday, and anytime 681 00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:54,240 Speaker 2: on demand on the iHeart Radio app.