1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: It's Night Side with Dan Ray Boston's Radio. 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 2: All Right, we're kind of having a wild night here. 3 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 2: Here's the deal. I simply, you know when I when 4 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 2: I pick a non controversial topic, this is one that 5 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:23,240 Speaker 2: I thought would be kind of easy. I really did, 6 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 2: but I guess, I guess I miscalculated. 7 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 3: So. 8 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 2: Nicholas Christoph is a longtime journalist. He wrote an op 9 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 2: ed piece for The New York Times basically on what 10 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 2: he found to be something of an anomaly in education. 11 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 2: And he found. 12 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:50,560 Speaker 4: That that there were some things that were being done 13 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 4: in red states, specifically Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana, which were good, 14 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 4: particularly for kids who didn't. 15 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 2: Live in upscale school districts, And for some reason, everybody 16 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 2: seems to have an opinion on it. But I think 17 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 2: what I have done tonight is I have upset people. 18 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 2: Rachel got it. I talked with Rachel and Joe got it. 19 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 2: Dave was talking about something that was a little different, 20 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 2: but that's okay. GEO. I have no idea where GEO 21 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:34,400 Speaker 2: was coming from, other than to attack Nicholas Christoff. Now. 22 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:41,199 Speaker 2: Christoph is a self described Democrat, and he describes himself 23 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 2: as a progressive Democrat. Okay. Now, he's saying that New 24 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 2: York and California and Massachusetts and states like ours, big 25 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 2: blue states, spending a lot of money, a lot of money, 26 00:01:53,840 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 2: but our chronic absenteeism of students is higher in states 27 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 2: than some other states, such as Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana. He's also, now, look, 28 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 2: do we do well on our scores? Yes, we do. 29 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 2: I acknowledge that. I admitted that as a matter of fact. 30 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 2: The I was reading from a press release from the 31 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 2: governor's office recently. It was actually, I think released on 32 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 2: January twenty ninth, so within the last couple of week, 33 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 2: two or three weeks, and it's today. The US de 34 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 2: Private of Education now is that Massachusetts students ranked number 35 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 2: one among states on the National Assessment of Educational Progress 36 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 2: it's called the NEEP, also called the Nation's report Card, 37 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 2: and that we did very well in Massachusetts. Okay, fine, 38 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 2: that's good. That's good in a state like Massachusetts, where 39 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 2: a large percentage of people have bachelor of degrees or more, 40 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 2: and in many communities, including one in which we lived 41 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 2: for many years, sherborn, you have what you call double 42 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 2: degree parents, so well, each parent would have a master's degree, 43 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 2: and one would have a law degree, one might have 44 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 2: a master's degree or a doctorate in something else, and 45 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:14,079 Speaker 2: they had kids who were kind of at the higher 46 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 2: end of the economic the educational ladder. However, what Christophe 47 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 2: was saying was that in some states, some of these 48 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 2: lower performing states, their chronic absenteeism was actually better or 49 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 2: less than in Massachusetts, and that in some of these 50 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 2: so called, you know, less proficient educational states, some of 51 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 2: their students at the bottom end of the spectrum, we're 52 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 2: doing better than students similarly situated in Massachusetts. At California, 53 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 2: New York and California Massachusett, New York, HA spent a 54 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 2: lot of money on education, like thirty thousand dollars a student. 55 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 2: So my question is, if you have kids in public schools, 56 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 2: do you feel that you're getting the bang for your 57 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 2: buck here in Massachusetts. I mean, kids start off. It's 58 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 2: like one hundred yard dash. If I start one hundred 59 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 2: yard dash ninety yards down, I probably can beat the 60 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 2: fastest guy in the world because I only have to 61 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 2: run ten yards. So if I have a head start, 62 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 2: I'm gonna do fine. But the kids we got to 63 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 2: be concerned about educationally. The kids who do not have 64 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 2: a head start, that's all. Maybe maybe I'm channeling the 65 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,600 Speaker 2: late Jesse Jackson, Reverend Jesse Jackson tonight, but I think 66 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 2: that's who he was concerned about, and I think that's 67 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 2: what Nicholas Christoph is concerned about. I'm not here to 68 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:48,679 Speaker 2: knock Massachusetts on this. We have a good educational system. 69 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 2: It could be better, that's all. Six one, seven, two, five, 70 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 2: four ten thirty six one seven nine three one ten 71 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 2: thirty Bill in Pennsylvania, Bill, welcome, How are you, sir? 72 00:04:58,839 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 5: Good? 73 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 6: Did you have a couple good days off? 74 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 3: DN? 75 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, I did last Thursday, Friday, the weekend and and Monday. 76 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 2: I enjoyed myself. It was great to get away. And 77 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,840 Speaker 2: I came back tonight and all of a sudden, Man, 78 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 2: they were loaded from They've been loaded for beer tonight. 79 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:17,479 Speaker 2: I think, all of. 80 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 6: A sudden, you're gonna need another day off tomorrow. 81 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 2: No, no, no, no, I got to tell you, I 82 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 2: don't have much on my vacation calendar calendar in the weeks, 83 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 2: in the weeks and months ahead, so I'm I'm locked 84 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 2: and loaded and ready to rock and roll. 85 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 6: So well, welcome back. We missed you here in Pennsylvania. Hey, 86 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:39,480 Speaker 6: I just got an analysis from I lived in Alabama 87 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 6: for about six years Dan down in a little town 88 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 6: code Ozark, which is new south of Montgomery, Okay. And 89 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 6: when I first got down there, I thought, I'm not 90 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 6: gonna like it, but it grows on you. And I 91 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 6: can tell you my impression today, okay, twenty twenty six, 92 00:05:56,200 --> 00:06:00,600 Speaker 6: is that the quality the quality of life generally quality 93 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,919 Speaker 6: of life okay, down there is better than it is 94 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 6: up here. And and and it's not so much that 95 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 6: the South has improved, you know, but drastically compared up here. 96 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 6: It's just that up here is going in the tubes so. 97 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 2: Well, you know, I think I think it's difficult. It's 98 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 2: difficult to generalize. I mean, most people are happy where 99 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:27,919 Speaker 2: they live, uh, for a whole lot of reasons. But 100 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 2: we in Massachusetts have been losing a lot of people 101 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 2: over the last few years now. Some will say it's 102 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 2: because of older people deciding to move south for the 103 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 2: warmer weather. Others will say it's the taxes up here. 104 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 2: Others will say it's the it's difficult for young people 105 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 2: to get started up here because housing is is expensive. 106 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 2: I'm happy where I live, but you know, I mean, 107 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 2: it's it's a tough place to it's a tough place 108 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 2: to live in Massachusetts right now. And I suspect Pennsylvania 109 00:06:58,080 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 2: is probably similar. 110 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 6: Well it's it's uh, it might be similar. But my 111 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 6: my idea, Dan is this, it's all about it's all 112 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 6: about down there, they seem to they seem to care 113 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 6: more about what how they use their tax money. I 114 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 6: can tell you they have their overall you know outlook 115 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 6: on Okay, we get the taxes from the people, and 116 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 6: we're gonna do something with it, and we're gonna and 117 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 6: they have accountability and the other thing there's other two 118 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 6: points is one is that the students then those schools 119 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 6: down there are more they receive more discipline, and I 120 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 6: think overall, the health, the health of the children down there, 121 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 6: they're they're the kids down there in better shape health 122 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 6: wise than up here. And then you have a you 123 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 6: have a winter like we just had up here, which 124 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 6: was terrible, uh, you know, with the cold and everything, 125 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 6: so a lot of kids would would not go to school. 126 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 6: So maybe that's part of it too. 127 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's tough to tell. I mean, obviously, different people, 128 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 2: whether they say different strokes for different folks. Yea again, 129 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 2: if you're if I think again, I think most people 130 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 2: like where they live. And as a matter of fact, 131 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 2: what I'm going to do is I'm going to try 132 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 2: to steer this conversation away from education because I think 133 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 2: I've ruffled a lot of feathers up here tonight. And 134 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 2: I don't know why. 135 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 7: But I don't know. 136 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 6: It's like somehow I was sitting there thinking, I was 137 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 6: sitting there thinking, boy Dan brought up a decent subject 138 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 6: and everybody's going crazy. But one other thing before I leave, everybody, Okay, everybody, 139 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 6: if you get a chance, Okay, you've got to visit Tuskegee, Alabama. Okay, 140 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 6: and the Tuskie Tuskegee Project down there with a Booker 141 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 6: t Washington and uh and uh and the uh that outfit. 142 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 6: And also right next door is the Tuskegee Airman, you know, 143 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 6: the the Redtails from World War Two. So just just 144 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 6: to see that is worth going down there. 145 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:56,839 Speaker 2: Oh no, it's a it's it's a great university. It's 146 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 2: one of the historically black universities. 147 00:08:59,000 --> 00:08:59,439 Speaker 7: I believe. 148 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, and yeah, we we have we're very familiar 149 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 2: with the Tuskegee Airman here in Massachusetts. Uh, it's it's 150 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 2: amazing what what they accomplished. I mean to be honest 151 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 2: with you. Yeah, you know in World War Two, that's Uh. 152 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 2: They they were amazing individuals. 153 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 6: But to be to walk around that campus Dan where 154 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 6: George Washington and uh and the Carver and all those 155 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:37,719 Speaker 6: guys were doing their experimenting and uh and anyways, it's 156 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 6: a it's a good it's a good history lesson to 157 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:41,959 Speaker 6: get down to some of your some of your guys 158 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 6: that we're talking tonight. Uh, they should when they go 159 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:47,319 Speaker 6: off the plank, they should head down to Tuskege and 160 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:47,959 Speaker 6: learn something. 161 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:54,199 Speaker 2: No, I hear you. I certainly do, do hear you. 162 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 2: We have a I have a friend of mine whose 163 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 2: son went to high schoo with my son, not in 164 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 2: the same class, but Enick Woodhouse, who's one of the 165 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 2: tux Tuskegee airman who is still alive. He's ninety nine 166 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 2: years old and he's been in many many events where 167 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 2: he was where he was honored here, and he's still 168 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 2: in great shape. So Inik Woodhouse a great tribute to 169 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 2: to Massachusetts. Yeah, oh you can. Oh, he's a historic figure, 170 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 2: no doubt. Hey, Belle, appreciate your call all right, thank 171 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:30,839 Speaker 2: you by it all right. 172 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 6: Listen, hang hang in there. It's gonna get it's gonna 173 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 6: get worse. 174 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:37,959 Speaker 2: Thank you much, Thank you for the warning. Appreciate that 175 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 2: I got wide open lines here. And what I'd like 176 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,439 Speaker 2: to do is just try to lighten this up a 177 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 2: little bit, because again, if you don't want to talk 178 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 2: about the Nicholas Christoph piece in the New York Times, 179 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:56,720 Speaker 2: I really feel it's an important piece, particularly coming from 180 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 2: the perspective of Nicholas Christoff. What I'd like to do 181 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 2: is I'm going to try to simplify it a little bit, okay, 182 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 2: and I'm going to simply ask the question, do you 183 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 2: like where you live? You don't have to tell me 184 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 2: where you live, and I want you to get in 185 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 2: trouble with your neighbors. You can just tell me. Normally, 186 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:19,479 Speaker 2: when you call Rob, we ask you to tell where 187 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 2: you call from, Boston, Worcester or whatever. If you want 188 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 2: to tell us where you live, fine, but at least 189 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 2: tell me the state where you live. And I'd like 190 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 2: to know. We only have forty five minutes left. But 191 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 2: I am I'm smart enough to know sometimes I pick 192 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 2: subjects that people do not either are comfortable talking about. 193 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 2: So I'd love to know do you like where you live? 194 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:46,559 Speaker 2: And I don't care how long you've lived there. I'd 195 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 2: just love to get a sense. And at this hour 196 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 2: of the night, there's a lot of folks listening around 197 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 2: the country. If you want to do a little bit 198 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 2: of a chamber of commerce add for your hometown, that's fine. 199 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 2: That's that's a question. We all should be really happy 200 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 2: that we live in America. I think all of you 201 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 2: know how I feel about that. Anyone who doesn't feel 202 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 2: that way, you could be a little down on your community. 203 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 2: But I don't want to hear anything about I heard 204 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:18,440 Speaker 2: that Rosie O'Donnell finally came back from uh from Ireland tonight. 205 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 2: My suspicion is they probably get tired of her act, 206 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 2: so lighten it up. It's a Tuesday night. Seems like 207 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:29,680 Speaker 2: Monday to me, but it's a Tuesday night. A smart 208 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 2: talk show host and I am not the smartest talk 209 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 2: show host, but I'd like to think that I'm smart 210 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 2: enough to know that the people, many of the people 211 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 2: last hour just were looking to to fight. I'm not 212 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,439 Speaker 2: looking to fight tonight. I mean, if you give me 213 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 2: a hard time, I'll plank it. Don't worry about that, 214 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 2: but I just love to know. Are you happy where 215 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 2: you live? Tell us about either your your state or 216 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 2: your region. Six one, seven thirty six, one, seven, nine, three, 217 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 2: ten thirty Some nights I with Dan joined the conversation 218 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 2: back after this, Chris, this is a quick break, so 219 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:06,719 Speaker 2: light it up quickly. Is this like a minute and 220 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 2: a half? Like to get some folks on right after 221 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:09,840 Speaker 2: the break. 222 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 1: It's Night Side with Dan on Boston's news radio. 223 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 2: Okay, let's get right to the calls. I'm going to 224 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:25,199 Speaker 2: go to Charles in Virginia. That was a quick break. 225 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 2: I was reading something about the Tustigee Tuskegee airman. Hey, Charles, welcome, 226 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 2: You're happy where you live? I missed that. Here we go, 227 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 2: Charles welcome. 228 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 5: I can you hear me? 229 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:42,320 Speaker 2: I can hear you? Now? That was my mistake. Charles, 230 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 2: not you gort ahead? 231 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:48,319 Speaker 5: Oh okay, the answer be no, tell me why? 232 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 7: Yeah? 233 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 8: And I can do not buy anything if there's a 234 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 8: homeowners association. So my homeowners associate, I have been there. 235 00:13:57,360 --> 00:13:59,199 Speaker 8: I never had any problem with them except for now. 236 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 8: So they said I needed to put up a new fence. 237 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 5: I put up a new fence, and then they said 238 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:08,559 Speaker 5: it was the wrong type of fence, and they wanted 239 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 5: me to tear it down and get a survey, even 240 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 5: though the fence has been there for thirty years, pay 241 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 5: for survey, and now they're finding me. So I am 242 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 5: at with the end. I guess I need to I 243 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 5: don't know, so. 244 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 2: Describe your situation. Are you in an area where you 245 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 2: are all living sort of like an area where all 246 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 2: the homes are kind of the same as like a development. 247 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 5: They're all the pretty much the saying there their rowhouses 248 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 5: are I guess the newer, their townhouses they were built 249 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 5: like in seventy eight. 250 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 2: Okay, And is this the first time you have I 251 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 2: have a. 252 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 5: Little tiny yard with a little wooden fence around it. 253 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, So how much did it cost you to build 254 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 2: this fence or to restore the fence? 255 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 5: Well, like a thousand bucks? 256 00:14:56,480 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 2: How much? Okay, Well, that's that's a bunch of money. 257 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 2: That's that's not that's not nothing. So why why are 258 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 2: they upset about your fence? Is it is it? Does 259 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 2: it have to look the same as all the other fences? 260 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 5: Is that it will for other fences like it? Because 261 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 5: the person who put it up before you put it up, 262 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 5: saw that there are other fence like this in my community. 263 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 5: So basically they said the boards are five inches and 264 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 5: they only should be three and a half inches. I say, 265 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 5: the winning fence, I don't know that the width of it. Yeah, 266 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 5: with the height they had to get their other fences 267 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 5: in the neighborhood that exactly that are over three and 268 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 5: a half inches. 269 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 2: When they told you that you had to put up 270 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 2: the fence, did. 271 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 5: They tell you was terribly wrong for the old fence? 272 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 2: No, I said, I get. My question is this, Did 273 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 2: they tell you the space the space. 274 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 5: Old fence is too old I needed to put up 275 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 5: a No. 276 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 2: No, no, I got that. I got that. I got that. 277 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 2: But I'm asking you, is this. Did they say that 278 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 2: you got to put up a new fence and it's 279 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 2: gotta look exactly like your neighbors fences? 280 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 5: No? No, they okay. 281 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 2: So okay, I understand. 282 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 5: Now, sure, I have to go and probably get the 283 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 5: rules and the books, and I don't know it. 284 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 2: Just how long you lived here? How long you lived 285 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 2: where you live? 286 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 5: I haven't lived I lived there for like I had 287 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 5: bought the house back in ninety two, but I only 288 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 5: lived there for like a year and then I've been 289 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 5: renting it out and then I've recently moved back and 290 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 5: I've lived there maybe oh man, going almost on ten years. 291 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 2: Now, Okay, so even there a while. 292 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 5: So yeah, and the house has been I've owned the 293 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 5: house since almost over thirty years. 294 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 2: Well, see you said, you said I'm one of. 295 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 5: The senior people. I'm one of the senior people. I'm 296 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 5: sure in my neighborhood. 297 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 2: You said you own the house, and you've also referred 298 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:04,160 Speaker 2: to it as a townhouse. When I think about. 299 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 5: The it's a I can describe it. It's two bedrooms 300 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:13,440 Speaker 5: on the top, a living room, and a kitchen, stairway 301 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 5: in one bathroom up top. So it's very small. Now 302 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,880 Speaker 5: some of them are bigger than that, like they're three units, 303 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 5: so but it's a very small house. 304 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:26,000 Speaker 2: Let me ask you a question. Are these houses attached 305 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:28,120 Speaker 2: or are they separate houses? 306 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:30,440 Speaker 5: No? No, no, mind's an end unit, which I think. 307 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:32,919 Speaker 5: But they are catched. They're like eight of them in 308 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:35,400 Speaker 5: a row. They're they're they're they're attached to each other. 309 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 2: So what are you going to do? What are you 310 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 2: going to do? What's your plan? 311 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:42,879 Speaker 5: Well, I mean my plan is to go talk to them. 312 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:45,480 Speaker 5: I don't know. I'm you know, and see if I 313 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 5: can have some mercy or something. I mean, if we've 314 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:50,639 Speaker 5: had an awful winner, we can't be doing anything the 315 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:55,200 Speaker 5: sub degree. I'm just thankful my heat work the whole time. Well, 316 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:57,360 Speaker 5: nothing worse. 317 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 2: I'm going to ask you another question again, Charles. I'm 318 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 2: trying to I want to hear what you pay for 319 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:06,880 Speaker 2: this house back in ninety two. I bet you didn't 320 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:07,879 Speaker 2: pay a lot of money. 321 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 5: Oh it was, Oh gee, I think sixty eight thousand. 322 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 2: Good, Okay, sixty eight thousand. What could you get for 323 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 2: today if you wanted to sell it? 324 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 5: I think it valued over three hundred You know something. 325 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:22,159 Speaker 2: That's not a bad ROI you made a good investment. 326 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 2: Here's what I would do. If you're not happy where 327 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 2: you are put on the market, sell it and move 328 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:33,639 Speaker 2: somewhere else, whether in Virginia elsewhere, and get happy. Because 329 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:37,119 Speaker 2: guess what, Charles, at some point we're all going to 330 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:41,439 Speaker 2: check out of this big hotel. You might have enjoyed 331 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 2: the days you have left, you know what I'm saying. 332 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 5: Yeah, that's good advice, Dan. 333 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 2: I hope to do that, all right, Charles, Thank you so. 334 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 5: Much are letting me Ben, all right, well you did. 335 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:55,360 Speaker 2: You did you? You were my best vendor of the night, 336 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 2: which I do appreciate. 337 00:18:57,520 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 9: Well. 338 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:00,359 Speaker 5: I mean, I had a slight problem when I was 339 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 5: running it out one time. The person had a pitbull, 340 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 5: and all of a sudden I were finding me for 341 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:07,159 Speaker 5: the trash can being out. But as soon as my 342 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:09,199 Speaker 5: renter moved out in the pin bull moved out, all 343 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 5: the everything stopped. So I think they were using it. 344 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:14,240 Speaker 5: I don't know. Maybe they're just using it to get 345 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:15,199 Speaker 5: me out. I don't know. 346 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:15,920 Speaker 7: I haven't. 347 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:17,640 Speaker 5: I don't think I've pissed anyone off. 348 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 9: It sounds to. 349 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 2: Me, Charles, this is just I'm not a licensed practitioner 350 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:27,400 Speaker 2: of anything. Common sense sounds to me like you are 351 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,439 Speaker 2: gonna be a happier man and your blood pressure is 352 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:32,399 Speaker 2: gonna go down. What's your blood pressure right now? Do 353 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 2: you know? 354 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 3: Oh? 355 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 5: I'm sure it's high? 356 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:37,200 Speaker 2: Okay. Uh. Do you see a doctor every year? 357 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:41,359 Speaker 5: I hope, yeah, I need to see one. I'm in 358 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:43,720 Speaker 5: my sixties, so you're a young man. 359 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 2: Come on, come on, come on, come on. You're retired. 360 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:50,960 Speaker 5: That's another thing. I not retired. I kind of enjoy 361 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 5: my work, but I'm eligibly to retiring and probably you'll. 362 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 2: Be a favorite. I'm gonna I'm gonna change your life here. 363 00:19:57,640 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 2: Put the put the damn thing up on the on 364 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 2: and sell it and move ten miles away, find a 365 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:07,400 Speaker 2: nice place You'll you'll be You'll be happier. It's you 366 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 2: sound to me like this has really got under your skin. 367 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:10,879 Speaker 2: I'm telling you. 368 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 5: Yeah, that's why I called right away. 369 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:15,320 Speaker 2: Well I'm happy you did. And guess what, maybe that's 370 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 2: why we did the show tonight to help you out 371 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 2: and do me a favorite. Call me back and keep 372 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:21,439 Speaker 2: me posted. And you're going to make a nice profit 373 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 2: on this, Okay, all right. 374 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:26,919 Speaker 5: Well, thank you and yeah, all right, thanks Dan, I 375 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:27,400 Speaker 5: bye bye. 376 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 2: Thanks, Charles, appreciate it. I want to know, are you 377 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 2: happy where you live? Charles is not, so we'll have fun. 378 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:39,399 Speaker 2: I got Porky and Florida coming up, which is great. 379 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 2: I got Craigan, Ohio, and I got room for you 380 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 2: one line at six one, seven, two five, four ten 381 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:46,760 Speaker 2: thirty and one line at six one seven, nine three 382 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 2: one ten thirty. I'm very happy where I live. I 383 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:55,439 Speaker 2: have my complaints, but all in all, I'm happy, and 384 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,400 Speaker 2: I hope you are too. But if if you are, 385 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 2: you can tell me why if you're not. That's okay. 386 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 2: I just thought that we would kind of kick back. 387 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 2: We talked about the Nicholas Christoff article on education in 388 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:09,439 Speaker 2: the New York Times. It's an interesting piece. It was 389 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 2: in the Times on February ninth. It got some interesting 390 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:16,960 Speaker 2: conversations last hour, and I'm just trying to turn it. 391 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:19,479 Speaker 2: Tone it down just a little bit here. It's only Tuesday. 392 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 2: We got the whole week here to get mad at 393 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:24,919 Speaker 2: each other. Are you happy where you live? Wherever you 394 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 2: wherever it is, tell me about where you live? Six one, seven, two, five, four, 395 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 2: ten thirty six one seven, nine three one ten thirty 396 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 2: back right after this, It's Night. 397 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 1: Side with Dan Ray on w Boston's news radio. 398 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 2: Carl, let's get going here, my buddy Porky don in Florida. Porky, 399 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:48,360 Speaker 2: I know you are going to brag about where you live, 400 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 2: and I think rightfully so. 401 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:55,200 Speaker 5: Well, I like where I live. 402 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 9: Dan. You know that we've talked about it. 403 00:21:57,800 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 10: Yeah, I don't. 404 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:01,119 Speaker 9: I don't want to get away from the main issue 405 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 9: of the reason why I called. And sure we still 406 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 9: have an open forum. It's after eleven o'clock, right, all right, Well, 407 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 9: we had a terrible tragedy down here in Dixie County 408 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 9: in Florida. A family burned up in their home. I 409 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 9: knew these people. They were good people, and I just 410 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 9: wanted to point out to everybody that it's very important 411 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:30,960 Speaker 9: that you have a smoke detector in your house. Wow, 412 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 9: because thousands of people burn up, and not only talking 413 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 9: people here, Dad, and you know, I love animals. We're talking, 414 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:44,399 Speaker 9: you know, pets that needlessly burn up because they don't 415 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 9: have working smoke detectors. And I personally have a working 416 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:59,199 Speaker 9: smoke detector in every room of my home. And you know, 417 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:05,680 Speaker 9: Easter was coming up, Passal's coming up. You know, I've 418 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:10,640 Speaker 9: got eleven great grandchildren and one of the things that 419 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 9: I do for him is I make sure they have 420 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:20,119 Speaker 9: a working smoke detector because you know, fifty it decreases 421 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 9: your chances of being burned up in a house fire 422 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:27,680 Speaker 9: by fifty percent if you have a working smoke detector. 423 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 2: Well, you know, Porky. One of the last TV stories 424 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:35,359 Speaker 2: that I worked on was the Channel fire that was 425 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:39,359 Speaker 2: down in Rhode Island. This is going to be at 426 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 2: least now twenty years ago. It was a nightclub, one 427 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:51,600 Speaker 2: hundred people died and I was there early in the morning. 428 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:56,360 Speaker 2: You know. The fire took place at one o'clock and 429 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,440 Speaker 2: I was there probably with my camera guy by four 430 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:04,879 Speaker 2: o'clock in the morning, and it was pretty tough. It 431 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 2: was called not the Channel should be the Station nightclub fire. 432 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:10,679 Speaker 2: It was in two thousand and three, so it's twenty 433 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:14,800 Speaker 2: three years ago. One hundred people died and two hundred 434 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:19,440 Speaker 2: and thirty people were injured. There was a pyrotechnic display 435 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 2: that probably should not have been used. There was a 436 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 2: band there called Great White and as it was horrible, 437 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:32,080 Speaker 2: it was horrible. So when was this fire in Dixie 438 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 2: County that you're talking about, how recently? 439 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 9: This was yesterday? And I knew these people. They went 440 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 9: to my church and they were well loved. It's just 441 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:50,679 Speaker 9: a horrible, horrible tragedy. And you know a lot of 442 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 9: these these tragedies can be avoided by a working smoky gar. 443 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:56,639 Speaker 2: Oh, absolutely, there's no question. 444 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 1: Yeah. 445 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 9: And most communities and fire departments, if you don't have 446 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 9: the money for working smoke detector, they will give you 447 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 9: a working smoke detector. 448 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 2: Absolutely going to make sure. The other thing, right, The 449 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:20,880 Speaker 2: other thing that is important is the batteries can die. 450 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:25,880 Speaker 2: So yeah, make sure to check the batteries and make 451 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 2: sure that every once in a while it's it's working. 452 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 2: There was a I saw a video a couple of 453 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 2: days ago. There was a shed fire somewhere and there 454 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:38,479 Speaker 2: was this huge snapping turtle which was a pet in 455 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:41,879 Speaker 2: the in the shed and as the shed was just 456 00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 2: fully engulfed, this turtle was scrambling to get out, and 457 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,959 Speaker 2: he did get out. But I never saw a turtle 458 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:53,439 Speaker 2: most so fast in my life. Porky, I'm sorry the 459 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:55,679 Speaker 2: loss of your friends, and I'm glad you took the 460 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 2: opportunity to to advise people tonight. There may be some 461 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 2: people who will take your advice and maybe a life 462 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 2: or two has been saved. So I appreciate you. 463 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 9: I hope so, Dan and uh you all keep warm 464 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 9: up there. I'm sitting on my porch and my rocker 465 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:16,639 Speaker 9: and overlooking my acreage watching a half a dozen deer feed. 466 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,200 Speaker 1: Wow, and you know. 467 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:21,919 Speaker 2: We'll do me. Just do me a favor. When you 468 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:25,880 Speaker 2: get that night side sweatshirt and T shirt. I want 469 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 2: to know if how comfortable, how good they fit, you'll do. 470 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 2: We'll do a good job for you. 471 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:35,880 Speaker 9: Okay, I'll take a picture with a pitchfork and and 472 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:38,399 Speaker 9: my wife and I'll send it to you with with 473 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,919 Speaker 9: my Dan Ray night side shirt. 474 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,640 Speaker 2: You got it, all right, Porky? Be well, My friend 475 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 2: will talk soon. Okay, thanks, thanks for calling. You appreciate it. 476 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 2: Let me keep rolling here though. The question we're asking 477 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:53,919 Speaker 2: basically is are you happy where you live? Now? Porky 478 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 2: lives down in Florida. He's I'm not going to tell 479 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 2: you where because he didn't tell you, but uh, he 480 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:00,920 Speaker 2: lives in a in a more rural part of Florida, 481 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:06,199 Speaker 2: you know, not Orlando or Miami, and not necessarily you 482 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 2: know the the Jupiter area where you know all the 483 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 2: big skyscrapers and you know the big condominiums are. So 484 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 2: it's kind of simple question. You're happy where you live. 485 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:21,320 Speaker 2: Let me go to Craig in Ohio. Craig, how are 486 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:21,680 Speaker 2: you sir? 487 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 7: All right? I I thank Porky for the public service 488 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 7: Messially is all right, you know, but I'm very happy 489 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 7: where I live. I live in southeast Ohio and a 490 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 7: small town village called Byesville, Ohio. And you know, I'm like, 491 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 7: you know, half hour from West Virginia, forty minutes from Pennsylvania. 492 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 7: I'm in between two lakes. My neighbors are fantastic. You know, 493 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:58,199 Speaker 7: I have no complaints. You know, I drive for the 494 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:02,199 Speaker 7: VA in the small morning. Has in Columbus. Columbus is 495 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:08,440 Speaker 7: like a big little city, and I was in Columbus, 496 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 7: has like people drive like this every day. 497 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 2: Come to Boston, crack you if you want to see 498 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:25,119 Speaker 2: insane drivers, come to Boston. We have bike lanes everywhere. 499 00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:28,760 Speaker 2: We have scooters, we have mop heads. We have every 500 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:30,680 Speaker 2: form of vehicle. I mean. The only thing that we 501 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:36,639 Speaker 2: don't have I think a rickshaws. It's unbelievable, you know. 502 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:40,480 Speaker 2: And no one follows traffic lights the roads make don't 503 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 2: don't make any sense. We get gridlock. 504 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:49,360 Speaker 7: So sellage I live in has one red light. 505 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 5: Good for you water light? 506 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 7: And yes, yes I am happy. And uh, you know, 507 00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 7: the neighbors all look up for each other. You know, 508 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 7: I have a neighbor. If she makes too being a 509 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 7: part of soup, she's calling me come out. 510 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:15,000 Speaker 2: So well, you know, you're in what you're gonna hopefully 511 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:17,640 Speaker 2: take this as a comment, but it's a compliment. But 512 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 2: you're in what is quintessentially Middle America. There are thousands, 513 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:27,720 Speaker 2: tens of thousands of communities like yours, which no one 514 00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:31,360 Speaker 2: has ever heard of, thank god, and that every the 515 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,000 Speaker 2: people who are there are very happy. They live comfortably. 516 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 2: I'm sure you've got a couple of diners that you 517 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:40,600 Speaker 2: like there and that you go to. You try to 518 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 2: find a good diner in Boston. That's tough. And even 519 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 2: if you find a good diner in Boston, you can't 520 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:49,880 Speaker 2: find a parking space anywhere near that diner, you know. 521 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:57,320 Speaker 2: So yeah, I'm very happy for you, and it's nice 522 00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 2: to hear someone who's happy. I don't know if you 523 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:01,240 Speaker 2: listen to my last ho but man, I had some 524 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 2: angry callers. They all they were lined up like ready 525 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 2: to They were like airplanes landing at the airport, you know, 526 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 2: once you get one in Okay. That was a rough one. 527 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:21,200 Speaker 2: This was even worse, you know. Yeah, that's that was 528 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 2: That was my last home. But I'm trying to just 529 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 2: light it up here a little bit. It's Tuesday, this 530 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 2: is not this is not Friday. But I was off 531 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,000 Speaker 2: for a few days, and so I came back in 532 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,320 Speaker 2: a pretty good I came back in a pretty good mood. 533 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,080 Speaker 2: I think we planked half the callers last hour, Craig, 534 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:42,120 Speaker 2: I really don't like to do, but you know, when 535 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:44,840 Speaker 2: they're asking for it, we don't have any choice. You 536 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:48,680 Speaker 2: gotta keep gotta keep controlling. 537 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:51,240 Speaker 7: That was the most I've ever heard. 538 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:58,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, well it was a plank orama. Hey Craig, thanks man. 539 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:04,040 Speaker 2: That's always great to hear you boys. Okay, keep calling it. 540 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:07,200 Speaker 2: By the way, thanks for what you do for the VA. 541 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,840 Speaker 2: You've mentioned that to me before and they never mentioned that. 542 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:13,760 Speaker 2: You know, it's good that you would do that for 543 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:17,720 Speaker 2: the veterans who who gave their time and you're now 544 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 2: giving your time in helping them. So thank you very much. 545 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:23,600 Speaker 7: Great also, I. 546 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:24,680 Speaker 2: Am I am as well. 547 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:27,560 Speaker 7: But you know it's like you someday we may need 548 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:31,080 Speaker 7: a ride, you know, give me like tomorrow. 549 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:38,440 Speaker 2: That's great, talk to you. Okay, we will take a 550 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 2: very quick break. I got Peter up in Maine. Peter, 551 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,680 Speaker 2: you were next. I got some open lines here. Come on, people, 552 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:48,240 Speaker 2: it's Tuesday. Wake up. Are you happy where you live? 553 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 2: And if you're not? Charles wasn't happy in Virginia. He 554 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:57,000 Speaker 2: was a definite no. Porky talked about smoke detectors, which 555 00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:59,640 Speaker 2: I think is important. I believe is important and I 556 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:04,360 Speaker 2: think in view of what Smokey's or rather Poky's community 557 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:08,360 Speaker 2: suffered in the last few days. It's very important. So 558 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,760 Speaker 2: six one, seven, two, five, four ten thirty, six one seven, 559 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 2: nine three one ten thirty. This is a much more 560 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:17,400 Speaker 2: relaxed hour than last hour. I like this hour. I 561 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:19,120 Speaker 2: need a few more of you to call and tell 562 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,320 Speaker 2: me if you're happy where you live. Now, we haven't 563 00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:24,880 Speaker 2: heard from anyone here at Massachusetts. This is also a 564 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:30,280 Speaker 2: Massachusetts opportunity as well. So we're gonna We've been to Pennsylvania, Virginia, Florida, 565 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:32,760 Speaker 2: and Ohio. We're gonna go to Maine next. Come on, 566 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:36,160 Speaker 2: Massachusetts people, are you happy where you live? You don't 567 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:38,680 Speaker 2: even have to tell me what town. I just want 568 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:43,760 Speaker 2: to know, are you happy where you live? Six one, seven, two, five, 569 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:46,320 Speaker 2: four ten thirty Two lines there and six one seven, 570 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:49,280 Speaker 2: nine three, one ten thirty Back on night Side right after. 571 00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:53,520 Speaker 1: This, you're on night Side with Dan Ray on w BZY, 572 00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:55,080 Speaker 1: Boston's news radio. 573 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:59,960 Speaker 2: Let's go. We're gonna go up to Peter in Maine. Hey, Peter, welcome, 574 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:00,560 Speaker 2: How are you. 575 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:05,320 Speaker 3: I'm doing, Fred Daring good? I'm I'm driving back from 576 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:08,640 Speaker 3: Boston because I just flew in from Arizona. 577 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:13,240 Speaker 2: You f so you flew from Arizona to Boston. Good flight, 578 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:15,120 Speaker 2: I hope it was. 579 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:17,840 Speaker 3: I got on the airplane, it was eighty degrees. I 580 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:19,600 Speaker 3: got off the airplane it was thirty. 581 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:22,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a little bit of a shock there. Kind 582 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:25,479 Speaker 2: of went through the same thing myself yesterday. So are 583 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:26,720 Speaker 2: you happy where you live? 584 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:28,640 Speaker 9: I am. 585 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:32,600 Speaker 3: I'll tell you. I'm a retired Army guy and I 586 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:36,000 Speaker 3: live up on island up the coast of Maine. And 587 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:38,920 Speaker 3: I mean, at night, there's ten thousand stars, and I 588 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:42,600 Speaker 3: live in a nice size little house. Yeah it's warm inside. 589 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:47,720 Speaker 3: It could be twelve blow zero, but inside it's closely warm, 590 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:51,800 Speaker 3: and the neighbors will take care of each other, keeping 591 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:54,200 Speaker 3: eye on each other. But all the time, what I've 592 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:59,880 Speaker 3: learned is, I think it's your attitude. I've bringing your Army. 593 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:04,040 Speaker 3: I lived in Arizona for about six years, and I've 594 00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:07,120 Speaker 3: lived a lot of places in the arm I've even 595 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:12,279 Speaker 3: lived in the abandoned police stations in Iraq. And I think, 596 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:17,600 Speaker 3: and I think the more important thing is your attitude. 597 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:20,720 Speaker 3: Know whing you're talking about. All these guys are called 598 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:24,360 Speaker 3: up and they're all angry and stuff. Some people basically 599 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:27,240 Speaker 3: that there was a hobby. Some people, their favorite habit 600 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:28,040 Speaker 3: is being angry. 601 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,399 Speaker 2: Hey, thank you for your service in Iraq. I hope 602 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:35,959 Speaker 2: you that well. I kind of figured out what years 603 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:39,120 Speaker 2: you might have been there. I'm assuming seven eight or 604 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:39,800 Speaker 2: something like that. 605 00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:45,120 Speaker 3: And there I took the extended package. I was there 606 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:46,359 Speaker 3: a few times, but uh. 607 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:47,360 Speaker 2: Huh, I was there. 608 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:52,120 Speaker 3: Four or five, and then I was there later in there. Yeah, 609 00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:55,080 Speaker 3: I guess around ten stuff like that. But I was busy. 610 00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:57,560 Speaker 3: They kept feed minutes, kept showing up. That worked out good. 611 00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:00,799 Speaker 2: Yeah, Okay, well it was a dangerous to be that's 612 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:03,600 Speaker 2: for sure. Thank you very much, Peter for your service, 613 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,799 Speaker 2: and thank you. We're going to keep your company at 614 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:10,239 Speaker 2: least until midnight tonight. Thanks for taking us along for 615 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:10,800 Speaker 2: the ride. 616 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:13,160 Speaker 3: Okay, stay safe. 617 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,600 Speaker 2: Hey, Peter, have you called before. It's your first time, 618 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:17,160 Speaker 2: my first. 619 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:20,560 Speaker 3: I've every reason to this radio station. They're caught in 620 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:21,200 Speaker 3: your car. 621 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:24,040 Speaker 2: And giving you, giving you a round of applause. This 622 00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:27,560 Speaker 2: is wb this is WBZ and Boston. Peter. Thanks for 623 00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:29,280 Speaker 2: checking in. I hope you become a regular. 624 00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:31,719 Speaker 3: Okay, good night, Thanks. 625 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:34,120 Speaker 2: Have a great one. Good night. Let's keep rolling here. 626 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:37,080 Speaker 2: We're gonna get everybody, and I promise Eddie and Freetown. Hey, Eddie, 627 00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:42,799 Speaker 2: welcome next on nightside. First call from Massachusetts in this hour. Hey, 628 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:45,200 Speaker 2: are you happy down in Freetown? Eddie? 629 00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:50,440 Speaker 11: It's Andy and yes, yes, I am happy down here. 630 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:54,880 Speaker 2: Well, Andy, I apologize and on behalf of Rob, my producer. 631 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:58,200 Speaker 2: I'm going to apologize for him because he wrote Eddie 632 00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:02,680 Speaker 2: and it's thanks man. I apologize. 633 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:05,920 Speaker 11: I'll answer to anything. It's fine by me. 634 00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:08,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, just don't call me late for dinner. I know 635 00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:08,640 Speaker 2: that one. 636 00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:09,160 Speaker 3: So. 637 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:12,720 Speaker 2: So you're happy where you live here in Massachusetts. 638 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:18,840 Speaker 11: I am happy with my area and all of my 639 00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:21,799 Speaker 11: families within an hour drive. I would say the most 640 00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:24,800 Speaker 11: annoying thing about Massachusetts are the things we all know, 641 00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:30,480 Speaker 11: the ridiculous taxes, and the and the and the drivers, 642 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:35,200 Speaker 11: and this arrogance about the state audit that's been just 643 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:39,000 Speaker 11: dragging on. It's so painfully obvious. They have many things 644 00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:39,480 Speaker 11: to hide. 645 00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:42,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, and again you know we will. We will have 646 00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:47,000 Speaker 2: the auditor back on soon. Diana to Zaglo, I think 647 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:49,880 Speaker 2: is one of the auditor is one of the most courageous. 648 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:53,719 Speaker 2: She's a Democrat and she's taken on the Democratic establishment 649 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:57,080 Speaker 2: in Massachusetts and I think when people understand what a 650 00:36:57,120 --> 00:37:00,520 Speaker 2: great job she's done, she could become governor two or 651 00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:02,520 Speaker 2: three years down the road in twenty twenty eight. 652 00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:07,399 Speaker 11: Well she would certainly, she would certainly have my vote. 653 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:12,319 Speaker 11: The political system in this state is probably the most aggravating. 654 00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:14,600 Speaker 11: If my family wasn't all around me, I would be 655 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:17,400 Speaker 11: head and so for you somewhere. 656 00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:19,239 Speaker 2: Else more a night side listener. Then, by the way, 657 00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:21,520 Speaker 2: let me strike that it would be twenty thirty the 658 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:25,319 Speaker 2: earliest she could become governor, because obviously it's a four 659 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:29,000 Speaker 2: year term, whether or not Governor Healy is re elected. 660 00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:31,480 Speaker 2: But I think that I ended as ugly and will 661 00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,959 Speaker 2: get re elected as auditor, and she's doing a great job. Eddie, 662 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,759 Speaker 2: thank you so much. Have you called before or no? 663 00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:44,200 Speaker 11: Not Eddie and Andy, Yes, I'm probably a year or 664 00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:46,600 Speaker 11: two ago. I was involved in the fight to try 665 00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:50,759 Speaker 11: to get Sheriff Tom hodst And re elected, but that 666 00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:51,319 Speaker 11: didn't work. 667 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:53,800 Speaker 2: On strange, don't be a stranger. I'm here for you 668 00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:56,560 Speaker 2: Monday through Friday, eight to midnight. I'm here. 669 00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:00,840 Speaker 11: I got you. I heard the last Well that was 670 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:03,960 Speaker 11: with all the stuff you were talking about with the 671 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:08,520 Speaker 11: court systems. Uh, some of those things are just so infurious, saying. 672 00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:10,279 Speaker 2: Well, that's what we talk about here on Nightside. So 673 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:13,440 Speaker 2: we're you, you and I. You need to become a 674 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:15,560 Speaker 2: regular Okay. I want to hear from you more often. 675 00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:18,400 Speaker 2: Make that your New Year's at Thanks Andy, Tuck to 676 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:22,239 Speaker 2: you soon. Right now, I'm gonna get too in. You're 677 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:25,239 Speaker 2: gonna start with Chris and east Bridge Water Bridgewater. Chris 678 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:26,200 Speaker 2: next on Nightside. 679 00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:29,239 Speaker 5: Hey Dan, longtime, no talk has it been. 680 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:32,360 Speaker 2: I've been going great, but we miss hear from you. 681 00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:35,160 Speaker 2: Tell me? Are you happy with where you live? 682 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,200 Speaker 5: Mostly it's peace and quiet. 683 00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:41,399 Speaker 10: I grew up in Hangham, which is a very quiet town, 684 00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:45,319 Speaker 10: and the East Bridgewater where I'm at, it's pretty much 685 00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:49,279 Speaker 10: that without the excessively high taxes. And some of the 686 00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:53,040 Speaker 10: people will say and close enough to things they need, 687 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:55,160 Speaker 10: but I'm far enough away from them that they're not 688 00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:58,480 Speaker 10: working my backyard and I can enjoy my privacy. Okay, 689 00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:03,399 Speaker 10: three seasons out of this four seasons in Massachusetts are good. 690 00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:05,759 Speaker 2: Let me guess which one is it. I think I'm 691 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:06,520 Speaker 2: gonna guess winter. 692 00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:10,960 Speaker 10: I've never liked it because I'd ever be outen my 693 00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:13,880 Speaker 10: pool or riding my old bikes, and when you have 694 00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:16,239 Speaker 10: to climb your roof and shovel your roof. You'll grow 695 00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:16,800 Speaker 10: to truly. 696 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:20,880 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I've been there, done that, so I can 697 00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:24,319 Speaker 2: identify with not so far this year, but we get another. 698 00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:27,360 Speaker 2: Talking about another big storm this weekend. We'll follow that 699 00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:28,520 Speaker 2: for you, that's for sure. 700 00:39:29,239 --> 00:39:32,560 Speaker 10: Christ Yeah, I would like to relocate self eventually. My 701 00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:34,600 Speaker 10: parents are here and I've tried to get them to move. 702 00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:35,400 Speaker 10: They won't hear of it. 703 00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:38,319 Speaker 2: I know, I know, but that time will come when 704 00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:41,840 Speaker 2: you when you be able to become a snowbird and 705 00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:43,040 Speaker 2: get out. 706 00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:45,359 Speaker 5: Of the whole way out of here. 707 00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:47,520 Speaker 10: I would miss I would miss the music scene because 708 00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:48,920 Speaker 10: they go to a lot of concerts and there's a 709 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:52,920 Speaker 10: lot of good venues that aren't too far away. In family, 710 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:54,399 Speaker 10: you know, I still have some family here. 711 00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:57,840 Speaker 2: That's what keeps most of us here. To be honest 712 00:39:57,880 --> 00:39:59,759 Speaker 2: with you, Hey, Chris, I want to get one more 713 00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:02,080 Speaker 2: real quickly in here. But thank you so much for calling. 714 00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:04,000 Speaker 2: This was a great hour. You guys have helped me 715 00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:08,120 Speaker 2: out here. I appreciate it very much. Oh talk soon, 716 00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:10,600 Speaker 2: good night. We got Steve and Waltam. Steve, you're gonna 717 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:12,879 Speaker 2: wrap it up for us. We got one minute left, Steve, 718 00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:14,879 Speaker 2: you got to go go quickly for me. Go ahead, Steve. 719 00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:17,799 Speaker 12: All right, Hey, how you doing doing great? 720 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:20,400 Speaker 2: Doing great? Are you happy here in Massachusetts? 721 00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:21,760 Speaker 5: Very happy? 722 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:22,600 Speaker 9: Well. 723 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:25,399 Speaker 12: I travel a lot, and when people ask where I'm from, 724 00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:26,920 Speaker 12: I love saying Boston. 725 00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:31,000 Speaker 2: Wow, you are the very happiest guy we've had tonight. 726 00:40:32,719 --> 00:40:34,680 Speaker 5: You know, I listened a lot. 727 00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:36,960 Speaker 12: This is the first time I ever called. But I 728 00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:38,800 Speaker 12: was on the highways that I got a call. It 729 00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:40,960 Speaker 12: because I actually felt bad nobody was calling from the 730 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:41,560 Speaker 12: Boston area. 731 00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:45,320 Speaker 2: Now the first time call here. Okay, I gotta be 732 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:47,200 Speaker 2: quick with you because we're running out of time. 733 00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:48,399 Speaker 5: Yep. 734 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:51,960 Speaker 12: Not a problem to make a comment on every topic 735 00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:53,680 Speaker 12: you had tonight, but I won't. 736 00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:57,000 Speaker 2: Well, do me a favor. Call back more often. We 737 00:40:57,120 --> 00:41:00,760 Speaker 2: got plenty of opportunity to make comments. Okay, thanks Steve, 738 00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:05,160 Speaker 2: Thanks pal, Thanks very much. Great call, great call. Done 739 00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:07,480 Speaker 2: for the night, Rob Brooks, great job, Marie, a great job. 740 00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:10,719 Speaker 2: We're back tomorrow night. I'll see you on night side postgame. 741 00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:12,640 Speaker 2: All dogs, all cats, all pets, go to heaven. That's 742 00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:16,120 Speaker 2: Mike pel Charlie Ray, who passed sixteen years ago, sixteen 743 00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:20,799 Speaker 2: years ago, this very month, this very week, He's in heaven, 744 00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:23,279 Speaker 2: and I know all your pets are as well. They 745 00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:25,120 Speaker 2: loved you and you love them. I do believe you'll 746 00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:27,240 Speaker 2: see them again. Thank you so much, good night, Charlie.