Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Ep 820 | Closing Window of Opportunity…

Episode Date: March 1, 2022

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And now, chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher. So Michigan and Delaware have joined the club. Yay! What club is that? The Bird Flu Club. I know. So over the past decade, we know that the bird flu has become common and spread to more places across the world. But since the start of this year, uh, 20, 22, but.

by the way, Maine, New York, Virginia, South Carolina, and Indiana, along with Delaware and Michigan now, have reported cases of the bird flu. So how you doing? I mean, do you have a little conjectivitis, fever, diarrhea, some vomiting, maybe some severe respiratory issues, some neurological changes? Well, if you have that going on, you could be infected with the bird flu because the virus gets into your eyes and your nose and your mouth. Now, you can't get the disease from poultry or eggs that are properly handled and cooked to, you know, 165 degrees Fahrenheit internally. But if you're handling it wrong or cooking it wrong, it could be an issue. so don't let the kids pet the chickens you can write your own jokes with that and don't go out and handle poultry without you know doing it properly so i know look there's not enough to worry about just make sure that you're handling your chickens properly okay all right good I mean, whatever poultry it is, right?

I mean, bird flu. Bird flu. It's not just chickens, but I mean, we have a healthy love for chickens here in the U.S. And turkeys. So, and a lot of people have pet chickens, and maybe they're not pets, but their chickens in the backyard, getting ready to, you know, snap the neck and eat them. Make sure the kids aren't playing with the chickens. Or, you know, make sure they have proper gloves. on and suits on and wash everything thoroughly.

That'd be fun for your kids. Just put them in Asmat suits and let them play out back. That's where we're at. I know. Welcome. Welcome to chewing the fat. Today, for all the people listening live, or who aren't listening live, same thing, really. today is

Tuesday the first of March 2022 which makes tomorrow Ash Wednesday which means today is fat Tuesday yay it's a day we I mean we have to celebrate

all right I mean this is chewing the fat after all so it's fat Tuesday a day that you know celebrates this program sure cities across the globe are set to celebrate something called Marty Graw but it's fat Tuesday and that's just the way it is. So I know this is the, you know, it's a big Christian holiday or we're coming up on that. That's the way it's supposed to be.

But New Orleans is having the big Mardi Gras celebration this year after canceling it last year. So we'll see. 1.4 million people normally visit New Orleans during a typical Mardi Gras. I guess that would be normally. And generates, I mean, the city, generates some big money for Mardi Gras. And it also generates almost 100,000 pounds

of discarded beads. I'm a fan of beads. You know, Marty Gras and a Gasparilla. I know Mardi Gras is a week, and it's, you know, we're not about Gasparilla and Tampa. Same kind of fun. Same kind of fun, baby. I don't know that 100,000 pounds

of beads are discarded, but it's probably pretty close for a day on average. average is probably about the same. You know, you're looking at, you know, thousands of pounds of beads per day. And you know what you have to do to get beads. Right?

Okay. Just put your, put your shirt back down. I'll throw some beads at you. No problem. Anyway, happy Fat Tuesday. To all of you listening, whether it be in New Orleans, Louisiana, whether it be in,

Brazil or Venice. And remember, after all the fun you've had with your, you know, at Mardi Gras or Carnival, you're supposed to then, you know, have 40 days of fasting and penance between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. So have fun today, because for the next 40 days, you've got to be on your best behavior. Them's the rules. So the church bells have been taken. down in a city named Dolina, which is in Italy.

It's a Slavin community. It's close to the border of Slovenia and Italy. Slovenia, Slovenia. Yeah, you know where it's at. Right there on the border with Italy. Anyway, they have all these churches, and they ring their bells constantly. I mean, they start in the morning with, hey, good morning.

morning and then morning mass and then feast day and then when someone dies and it also serves as a clock but that loud and excessive ringing all right that's only a few i can only take so much which was exactly the point so a judge it says here the unprecedented ruling uh the judge removed the bells so i don't know if he had them taken out and driven and thrown off the cliff or you just had to shut them off because now they're fighting the 48 hundred people in the city is, you know, they're pissed at each other. They're fighting each other. They're mad.

They had a petition that everybody signed, but they claim that perhaps the people were duped into signing the petition, believing that they were supporting a cause to get the bells fixed. Yeah, we're going to get them fixed. All right. We're going to shut them down, okay? And when you think, you're going to be able to. yourself, well, you know, you get up in the day and maybe you hear a couple of, you're like,

I can live with that. Could you? Because the organizer of the petition counted 550 strokes a day between Monday and Saturday, 1,350 on a Sunday. It would start at 6 a.m. with 70 strokes for the A.M. then at 7 a.m. Then every 15 minutes until another long ring

for the start of evening mass. It was crazy. But nobody wanted the bells to be silenced. We just wanted them to be operated within the norms. And in no way was this an attack against Slovenian traditions. Of course not.

No way. We just wanted them to be operated within the norms. Well, those were the norms. right seven it does see well i love church bells i got it i love church bells i got it i love church bills although i don't know i have lived across the street from uh well it was a school and a church and a nunnery is not where they keep the nuns yeah the nunnery and uh so the bells there at that church were

ringing uh quite often and you know the church bells always run at particular churches we would go to, but I wasn't living in the neighborhood. You would hear them throughout the city on Sunday is very few during the week. So if you had 550 bell rings during the day, I mean, I can kind of think, you know, maybe, let's go to coffee, okay?

We'll just sit out and, you know, have a drink and talk. a little bit and hang out on the city streets what do you think oh I would love that oh thank you the Jesus the bells have stopped ringing again I know but it's time again and we can just sit here and drink our coffee and take it easy I mean all day long you can kind of understand why people may have had enough right I think so and then we We had the story coming out of the United Kingdom where the guys fixed the bells. And it was a big story.

You know, everybody loved the story of the two guys that fixed the church clock and bells with some WD40, which was the headline. Now, really, the WD40 was just an ad? I mean, they did, because when I saw that, I was like, oh, I hope they used more than just WD40 because, you know, after a little while, I mean, I'm not Mr. Fix It, but after a little while, I do know that the old WD40 dries. out and it can dry out some stuff. So you really want to use some, you know, some grease is what you want. All right. That's what you need. You need some, you need a little bit of, uh, of lub, some oil

and some grease. The WD40, you know, maybe a little bit just to get in there. That's exactly what they did. But they, uh, and it claims even in the story that, uh, you know, hey, uh, we, we gave it grease and WD40 and we got her running. Well, the big deal was is that the church was, you know, given an opportunity, hey, we can get that thing fixed for you for 50,000, no problem. And so this guy decided that, hey, you know, maybe my friend here, my 15-year-old friend here and me can just give it a little moral and try to figure out what's going on with this thing. And, you know, it's not going to cost $50,000. And I know officials want to try to get this big fundraising appeal to go to fix the time. It's been stuck at 1202 for 12 years.

And I mean, they're fixing Big Ben for like 80 million. Maybe we sent these guys over there. So, you know, they climbed up into the bell ringing chamber and they said, well, there's the clock workings. And we'll just check it out to see what's going on. So they opened her up and, oh boy, oh boy, there was a bunch of pigeons. and pigeon goo, and I hope they were, you know, washed very well afterwards because of bird flu. But we haven't had any reports in the United Kingdom. But so they got up in there and they cleaned her all out, got rid of the pigeon poop, got rid of the pigeon goo.

And now they lubed up all the little timepieces. And guess what? ding, ding, ding. So there's four clock faces on the tower. So it is one or two minutes out because it took that long to tighten everything up. Okay. So they used their mobiles to set the time on the four clock pieces on each side of the tower. And tightened everything up, got everything running.

And now we've got a clean clock telling us the exact time. and joy we've got Ayeh! So, how long before this city turns into the Italian city and says we've got to do something and turn that thing off? All right, let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink desperately. Hey, for those of you on TikTok,

and that's more and more every day, I'm told, less than a year ago, they extended the video length from 60 seconds to three minutes. Before that, you had like a 15 second time limit when it first started the 15 seconds. Well, now they are trying to compete, you know, with Facebook and Instagram

and Snapchat, Spotlight, YouTube shorts. They all want your programming. And so they are going to, let you have 10 minute video uploads on TikTok. So if the three minutes wasn't enough, the three minutes of fun on TikTok wasn't enough. They are going to roll out globally 10 minute video uploads. Yay!

It's going to be available on both the TikTok app and the website. So they're looking for creators. A lot of people on those TikTok lives, man, they are making some money. TikTok is making some money on that too. I saw what, okay, so I have to buy these prizes for so much money from TikTok. Okay. And then I go to the TikTok lives and I'm watching the lives and I can give different awards to the presenters posting their programming on the TikTok live on the TikTok.

Ticktacks. That's my social media account Ticktack and on the TikTok lives. So I spend like, I think the biggest one was 500 bucks. I don't remember. I don't remember. I got to go back and investigate. But there's so much cost so much money. So I can give this prize to you on your live stream and you get like 250 bucks or 200 bucks from the $500 prize. That's that I gave, that I bought from TikTok. So TikTok is taking my 500 bucks and giving 200 of it to whoever I decide, you know, when you get, I give the prize to you on your live and then you cash it in. TikTok is making a fortune off of that, man. Just incredible.

And there's a lot of people on TikTok making some money themselves on it. So I, you know, I'm torn because, you know, that's good. but it seems like it's a lot. You know, there's a small percentage going to the programmers, and TikTok is making quite a little bit of money off of that. I'd like to see what they're making off of that, and I'm sure that TikTok will make all those numbers available. So anyway, just, whatever, just rambling about TikTok.

But you're going to be able to make 10-minute videos on TikTok. So, man, if the Instagram reels isn't enough and the YouTube videos and lives aren't enough. And how about Snapchat? And you're looking at what else is, spotlight and Facebook. I mean, you're going to have the 10 minute TikTok. So huge, huge news. I know. I know.

Oh, and who died today? Who died? today. Ned Eisenberg, dead at 65 years of age. And I know what you're saying. What are you just grabbing names out of the obituary? No, Ned Eisenberg, the actor, dead at 65.

I mean, he's had a huge list of television shows and movies that he's been in. And he's one of those guys that you, when you see him, go, oh yeah, I know him. Ned Eisenberg passed away at 65. Look, the guy was really sick, and he continued to work so that he would

pay all his medical bills. He had two, he said that he was attacked by two very rare assassins. He had bile duck cancer, which I don't even like saying it, let alone thinking about what it would be like. and ocular melanoma.

So over the course of two years, he fought both of those cancers pretty much in private, and he continued to work so that his medical coverage was paid for for himself and his family. You know, incredible, incredible. And when you see who Ned Eisenberg is,

you're going to say, oh, yeah, I know him. I mean, he was in all the law and orders. I mean, the law and order special victims unit, regular law and order. He was in Mayor of East Town. He was in Detective Houser and he was Detective Houser in

Mayor of East Town. And then when you start looking at his other acting credits, a million dollar baby, world trade center, limitless, air America, flags of our father, last man standing. Again, Ned Eisenberg, when you see him

and you're going to watch a show and you're going to go, oh, and they're going to all the credits and they're going to say, you know, Ned Eisenberg and you're going to go, oh yeah, that's him. Ned Eisenberg, rest in peace, dead at the age of 65. So I see where the CEO

of Esté Lauder and, you know, me fashion and makeup, man, I am. I am on the cutting edge of all of that. Estee Lauder's CEO, John Dempsey, who was 65, terminated from the makeup company after he posted a cartoon, to his personal account that contained a racial slur.

All right. So I think the one post, there was two posts. One post he posted on the Estee Lauder account and one he posted on his own account. But we know in today's world that the one and both are really the same. It doesn't, you know, you're tied to your corporate account. No question. But he apologized for posting the picture on social media. The one he was a.

suspended from his role as executive group president of the American multinational and publicly apologized saying, oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. I just reposted it. It doesn't, you know, Estee Lauder said, hey, now you know what, he's fired. He does not reflect the values of Estee Lauder. And so the one post was one of those little golden book posts that we see making the rounds now. There was a golden book of Joe Biden peeing his pants.

And this particular funny little golden book was, and this is what kills me. Okay. So I, I'm trying to understand it. Okay. So the account contained a racial slur. Okay. Did it?

Did it contain a racial slur? Okay. So it, they claimed. they keep saying that it contained the N word. Okay. So I found the little golden book. And it's my N star, star, star, a snuffy, done gone, got the Rona at a Chingi concert.

And it's the Sesame Street characters. Okay. So, first of all, it doesn't even say the racial slur. It's inferred that it is, you know, NIGGA, right? It's inferred that it's that. And you obviously know it is. My NIGGA, Snuffy, Dungan got the Rona at a Chingi concert. Now, he just reposted that.

He didn't create it. He didn't do anything. He just reposted it. So that's, you know, he got in trouble for that. Then he got in trouble for posting. And this one I did actually see, which was really funny. So you remember in the Dutch fashion duo Victor and Rolf at Paris Couture Week, they had, you know, which was being called,

they threw out the fashion rule book. And they, you saw all the models walking down the runway, with the really tall, padded shoulders, and their head was, you know, they were looking like the square shoulders and their head was down in the shirt, in the blouse with their pants real high and high. It was, you know, funny looking,

but that's what you get in fashion weeks, right? I mean, that's what you're going to get. You try to get the cutting head. You want people to recognize you, and they most definitely did. So he posted the picture of, Now, when I first saw this from Paris Couture, like I said, I am fashion. So I was, you know, the only thing that didn't happen is I wasn't there.

I mean, I should have been. But there is a black model and a white model. Okay. So he posts on the Instagram account that with the tag, bad guys in Scooby-Doo when they get their mask yanked off. and it's the post of the black model in the outfit from on the runway. So would he have been in trouble if he posted the same tag bad guys in Scooby-Doo when they get their mask yanked off? But it was the white model.

I don't know the answer. I'm just asking the question. I mean, I kind of know the answer. I kind of think in my head what the answer would be. I believe you do too. But, you know, it didn't happen that way, so we'll never know, will we? And because they were so close together, he gets the axe. Have a nice day.

And he apologized. The one he said he posted without looking at it first. Right. Okay. Now you're lying to me. You ought to be fired as a CEO. You just lied to me. Instead of coming out and saying, yeah, I looked at it.

I thought it was funny. I posted it. And, you know, I'm sorry. You didn't think it was funny? I'm sorry. I did. Have a nice day. Now, the little golden book, that pushed the limit for him.

He probably should not have posted that. He should have thought twice about posting my NIGGA, Snuffy, done and got the Roma at the Chingi concert. That's not funny. I am not laughing at that. And don't you either. Don't let me catch your smiling at that. Boarding for flight 246 to Toronto is delayed 50 minutes.

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But we talked about how the International Judo Federation stripped Putin of his honorary presidency and ambassadorship. We also know now that FIFA and the UEFA, the two major. governing bodies for soccer, announced that they were suspending Russia and Russian club teams from competing in international competitions until further notice. Remember, they started with the, wow, you're not going to be allowed to play under Russia's team, but you can, we're going to, you can't play under the football union of Russia name. Oh, okay.

Well, now they're not going to be able to play at all. And I know the joke, you know, was now you've lost FIFA. I mean, now you're done if you've lost FIFA. You know, FIFA is, of course, known for its accountability. And there's no corruption there involved. Just like the IOC, the International Olympic Committee, man, if you're losing them, I mean, they gave you an out for the Olympics, for gosh sakes. But now they have said they've called on sports organizations to ban,

Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in international events to preserve the integrity of global sports competitions. And man, you know again, you've lost FIFA and you've lost the IOC. So times are tough for Russia and as well it should be. Formula One canceled its Russian Grand Prix that was scheduled for September. Do you think it's still going to be going on in September? I mean, I don't blame them for canceling. Get the hell out of there. But, man, if this is still going on in September, there's...

And we also know that Disney, Warner Brothers, and Sony said that they are pausing all of their upcoming theatrical film releases in the country. So, darn, you're at war in Russia, but you're not going to be able to see movies. And so this is where it's going to hurt. This is what's going to hurt, Glad, when the people, you're going to hurt. when the people, you know, they've cut off their income on social media sites, and now you're cutting off their entertainment. It's going to be tough, man. He's going to have a tough time.

And to think that, again, the Formula One canceled their event in September. I mean, let's pray that it's long over by September. The Eurovision Song Contest, it's the annual European Song Writing Competition. My gosh, I mean, who doesn't love that? They banned Russia from entering this year. So no Russians are going to be entering the European songwriting competition. The Metropolitan Opera is cutting ties with artists and institutions that have expressed pro-Putin sentiments. So if you've expressed a pro-Pooten sentiment, oh, yeah, you're out.

You're not going to be, we don't even want you walking past the Metropolitan Opera. Okay? We don't want that at all. Good news from Airbnb, the CEO of the company, said that it's going to offer short-term housing for the, I mean, thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of displaced Ukrainians. And asked hosts in neighboring countries of Poland, Germany, Hungary, and Romania to open their homes. And so right now they're saying that over 500,000 Ukrainian refugees have. fled the country in the last four days? Wow.

So at least they'll have some housing opened up thanks to Airbnb. And they're going to hunt down the Russian billionaires. So they're looking to cut off the Russian billionaires with the banking. And the billionaires are, you know, running, they're getting their yachts out of the country. So, I mean, okay. I know that they're setting their course to get their yachts down to Montenegro or the Maldives so that they'll be safe because there's no, the Maldives, you know, is a country in the Indian Ocean and it doesn't have an extradition treaty with the U.S. Okay. All right.

And one thing I didn't know, and I guess I kind of did, but I didn't realize that it was called something. um the uh you know london has uh you know been a haven for russian dirty money and you know we knew that but i didn't realize that uh it was nicknamed london grad for being a safe place for russian billionaires to park their laundered riches so i knew london was you know obviously a safe place. And there's plenty of places that are, you know, love to have that Russian money, no matter where it comes from. But I didn't realize that London was nicknamed London Grad because of that. So that's a quick update on the Russian-Ukraine battle going on in the world. Of course, we have President Biden's state of the Union tonight, as a matter of fact, 3-1, 2022. And, man,

it's going to be good. I am looking forward to it. So much of importance is going to be held on what he says tonight. And we'll see. See how he does. We'll see how he does. Because it's getting kind of late in the evening for President Joseph Robinette Biden to be up and speaking coherently. So it might be fun. But in the words of Lumer, From Beauty and the Beast, then again, maybe not. With Amex Platinum, $400 in annual credits for travel and dining means you not only satisfy your travel bug, but your taste buds too. That's the powerful backing of Amex. Conditions apply. So I see where California, Oregon, and Washington announced plans to end school mask mandates.

Huh. And New York has made similar announcements earlier in the week as well. Huh. Are we getting close to elections or something? Is that what's happening? I don't know. I don't know. But speaking of Oregon and Washington and the northwest,

they are predicting some huge flooding going on. And it might not be safe. Get ready to get ready to get all the climate change news. and fearmongering going on. Atmospheric river slamming Pacific Northwest. Floods, very large avalanches,

possible. A flood watch is in effect for more than 5 million people in Washington and Oregon. Oregon, Oregon. Oregon. An avalanche, a warning is also in effect

for the mountains of Washington. This is definitely a positive event. as far as, ah, they need the rain. They desperately need the rain. But they don't need the flooding and the avalanches affecting the area. But holy cow, they're talking about a parade of storms. We'll keep the weather active across the northwest through this week.

So be ready for all that climate change news. I mean, they're already talking about this highly anticipated report from the UN's intergovernmental panel on climate change. And it has concluded that there is brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a livable and sustainable future for all. Now, to be clear, it says

there is a brief and rapidly closing window. So it's still possible. Good. We could still secure. a livable and sustainable future for all. Now, there's certain tipping points that, you know, could increase the climate risks if global temperatures exceed, oh, I don't know, 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Now, according to this report, it's already at 1.1.

So, I mean, you've got 0.4 to go. And if we, if it hits the 1.5, that could be the tipping point. It could be over. It could be over. There could be flooding and avalanches. Oh, my gosh. It's already happening. Oh, no.

So be safe. Be safe out west, man. Out of the northwest. Seriously. That does not sound like fun. I'm happy you're getting the rain and you need the, you know, obviously the entire region across, I mean, the whole United States. The world needs drinking water. So as much rain as we can get great.

I don't want any flooding or avalanches, harming humans or animals. that matter. So be safe out there. And I guarantee you, not only are the climate change madness reporters going to be out, but you're going to have more stories of animals surviving the flooding and the avalanches that are going to happen. I mean, we saw that last week with, they had, they had torrential rains in New Zealand. And there was one bull. They got swept away during the flooding on the West Coast miraculously survived the ordeal. So the farmer thought that, yeah, he was gone.

He's no, no way. And he got a call from another farm down the way after all the flooding and over the mountains and through the woods. And they, it's alive. The farmer said, hey, got your cow here. Got your heifer here. It's got your tag on it. So how about you come and get your damn cow?

Okay. So now it's being swept away in the river made this heifer this star. And the farmer's like, yeah, you know, I was happy when I got the call. I think he'll get legend status now and be put in a paddock to retire with some cows. So if you survive being, you know, flooded and washed away in a river as a heifer, you don't get killed. So good luck to all the cows. Maybe that's I mean, who knows? Perhaps.

I mean, I don't know this. Maybe the cow was trying to kill himself. And jumped in the raging river like, I got to go. I don't care. They're not going to cut me up and sell me for food. I'm out of here. And then he survives. So now he gets to live, I mean,

happily ever after, because he's not going to get cut up now unless, you know, times really get tough in New Zealand. And then it doesn't matter. Legend. Stats. status or not, you're going down. But for now, congratulations. And there was some serious damage in New Zealand

done because of this flooding, too. I mean, they lost hundreds of homes, and many were deemed uninhabitable after the flooding. And one of the farmers talked about, you know, losing 70 dairy cows to the flooding. So, you know, it's

not a pretty thing, and it's not funny. I don't mean to be making light of the flooding. I just concerned about this one particular heifer that wanted to kill himself, get away from being killed and then survived. So now he gets to live with the life-taking event or the attempt at the life-taking event. And now he gets to live life free

and not unafraid of being cut up for now. So yesterday we talked about how UPS was cutting the part-timers from $18 an hour. down to $15 an hour. Yes, sorry. I know he said it was permanent, but sorry. And so today I see a big promotion from Target saying that they are going to adopt a minimum wage system that will pay company employees up to $24 an hour. Now, again, remember what I said, up to $24 an hour.

It's a great ad campaign going against, you know, you have people, companies like UPS saying they're cutting part-time hours. or wages, but the new minimum wage from Target says it will range from $15 to $24 an hour, depending on the job and the local market. Oh, okay. Now, they plan to spend an additional $300 million on its labor force, which is, you know, good. I'm happy about that. It includes expanded access to health care and coverage and an enhanced benefit package for employees.

So, I mean, good. I mean, Target is kind of a woke nightmare company overall, but I mean, that's good for their employees. And I love the promotion of today's world. You know, one company is saying, well, we got to cut our part-time employees out of nothing. And Target's saying, you know what? We're going to pay them $24 an hour. You know, and then in the fine print, up to $24 an hour. So maybe they got one guy in Minneapolis making $24 an hour part-time,

and the rest are making $15 or $7. $16 an hour. But still, that's not bad and gives them good promotion. So that's where we're at with Target. $24 an hour part time, though? That's a good gig. Is it? That's what Target says.

Speaking of part-time and $24 an hour, when you think of part-time and making so much money an hour, you think of Derek Jeter, don't you? Hall of Fame, Major League Baseball player, Mr. man about town taking care of business and he has been the CEO of the Miami Marlins and he just and he by believe is the first black chief executive officer in major league baseball uh oh yeah first and only according to this story so I mean he's got he's got some pull he's stepping down as the CEO of the Marlins Wow. I mean, that's big news.

He announced that they're officially ending their relationship, and I will no longer serve as CEO nor as a shareholder in the club. I mean, he is walking away. He said we had a vision five years ago to turn the Marlins franchise around, and as CEO, I have been proud to put my name and reputation on the line to make our plan a reality. Through hard work, trust. and accountability, we transformed every aspect of the franchise, reshaping the workforce, and developing a long-term strategic plan for success.

That said, the vision for the future of the franchise is different than the one I signed up to lead. Now is the right time for me to step aside as the new season begins. Ooh, that's tough for the Miami Marathon. Marlins and Major League Baseball, for that matter. But the other thing that's tougher is that the new season begins really isn't beginning. Baseball is in a bad place.

Man, they've extended the deadlines for the collective bargaining. Baseball season was supposed to start at the end of this month in March. Right. So all of that, I mean, we'll be lucky to have a baseball season. And now you've got Derek Jeter stepping down. as the CEO of the Marlins. Baseball is in a bad place right now, and you can quote me on that.

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I'm some kind of multi-numbered name on his social. media account. But I did get an email from Rob and I just want to say, okay, I got it. Okay, thank you. I got it. All right. Rob sent an email and he said, Jeffrey, I'm sure you will be bombarded, but yeah, each hive is anywhere between 50 to 80,000 females and not counting the drones, males. Okay, Rob, I got it, okay? Rob doesn't say that he was mad about being called the beehivist. but it sounds like he's a little upset it doesn't matter

if it's a single deep or several but the larger colony the more deeps you need okay all right Rob I got it I got it I understand I was just asking I was just wondering that's the whole thing started with me just

not believing that there was that many bees in a hive the smaller bees on the hives hold the hogs hold the honey that a beekeeper will harvest. Yeah, I get the process. I do. I get the process, okay?

I was questioning the amount of bees in a hive. The cost of an individual hive is anywhere between $500 and $1,000. Okay, I didn't say anything about how much it cost. I was concerned. I mean, you could get just one of those little squares for like $100 on a Amazon. So, I mean, I don't know, I guess 500 bucks would be five of them and that would be a hive, I guess. And that is just the equipment, the bees, not counting the time, etc. You put into managing the hive. No, I got it, Rob. Okay. I got it. And I appreciate you reaching out and reminding me of that,

you know, I already said that amazingly, you know, I got it. I was wrong. You know, that is a hive. 50 to 80,000 bees are in a hive. I questioned that. And I appreciate every one of the beehives that reached out to me. Keep the honey coming. I appreciate it. Thank you. Okay. We good now? All right. Good. Stream and subscribe to more Blaze Media content at theblaze.com slash podcasts. Unwrap holiday magic at Holt Renfrew with gifts that say I know you. From festive and cozy fashion to Lux Beauty and Fragrant Sets. Our special selection has something for every style and price point.

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