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Episode Date: November 26, 2024

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the Santa Fe style, be made from sugar foods. Be careful. Be careful. because this salad topper, which was sold in 20 states, has been contaminated with wheat. I know, I know. So people who have a wheat allergy or severe sensitivity to wheat do run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume the product. Now, to be fair, no illnesses have been reported. Huh.

That's weird. Nobody was worried about the possible wheat contamination in the Santa Fe style tortilla chips. But just be careful because it's possible that people in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington, could become ill if they were. to eat the Santa Fe tortilla strips. I'm sorry, it's the fresh gourmet tortilla strips Santa Fe style from sugar foods

that doesn't say that it has wheat in them. So, be careful. Be careful. You may be the first person to report an illness if you were to eat this and had a wheat.

allergy. Welcome. Welcome to chewing the fat. The most sinful cities in America. Wallet Hub compared 182 cities, including the 150 most populated U.S. cities, plus at least two of the most populated cities in each state. The seven key dimensions, anger, hatred, jealousy, excesses and vices, greed, lust, vanity, and the laziness. And they put them in a big pot and they stirred it up. And they're going to give us the most sinful cities in America. Now, listen, I know every country has their own sinful cities. I mean, other countries that are listening to Chewing the Fat, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, Singapore, Japan, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands.

You're all saying, hey, what about us? Well, you know, talk to Wallet Hub. Because I'm looking at the story about the most sinful cities in America. But, you know, if you want to send me the most sinful cities in your country, I'm happy to talk about them. But right now we're talking about the most sinful cities in America. Okay, so we stirred them all up. We stirred, you know, anger, hatred, jealousy, excesses and vices, greed, lust, vanity, and laziness. That could almost be things that we talk about on this show.

all the time. We stirred them all up in a bowl, and they're going to give us the most sinful cities in the United States of America. Now, given your best guess, what city would you say is number one in America as the most sinful city, according to Wallet Hub? Now, I will say this. It's a pretty good call, but I am living in a city that is number one, or I mean number nine in the top 10. So we started number 10, St. Louis, Missouri. Number 9, Dallas, Texas. I am in the DFW

Metroplex as we speak. Now, Fort Worth is ranked 70th. So I'm in somewhere in between. I don't live in Dallas proper, but I'm somewhere in between number 9 and number 70 as the most sinful city in America. Number eight is Miami. Number seven is Phoenix, Arizona. Number six is Denver. Colorado. Number five is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Number four is at Atlanta, Georgia. Number three is Los Angeles, California. Number two is Houston, Texas. Where is Tampa? Okay, I feel a little bit better. I mean, Tampa is 27th. And Austin, Texas, both those cities I've spent time in is 26. So I'm a little bit better. The number one, most sinful city in the United States of America, when you mix up anger, hatred, jealousy, excesses and vices, greed, lust, vanity, and laziness.

Say it with me now. Las Vegas, Nevada. Yes, Las Vegas. Aviva, Las Vegas. Yes, it has the most casinos per capita. In addition, it has the most adult entertainment options per capita. I'm a little disappointed in Tampa in that ranking. I mean, they're 10th in the lust.

So come on, you can pick up the pace on that. So congratulations to all the cities who are ranked in the top 10 for the most sinful cities in the United States. And all your other cities pick up the pace because you don't want to be way down at the bottom of this list, do you? I mean, they said they ranked more than 180 and it's 182. So the bottom of the barrel is Columbia, Maryland. If you live in Columbia, Maryland, wow. I mean, is there anything to do in that city at all? What's that?

Oh, they traveled to Las Vegas for vacation. All right, well, then never mind. Hopefully they weren't traveling out of Boston Logan International Airport. A couple more planes, clipped wings at Boston Logan International Airport. What is happening at this airport? What is happening at airports around the country where their wing tips are touching? I don't recall this being an issue. Now, maybe with social media, we all find it out quicker.

so it does actually happen. No one was hurt. They touched that terminal E. The aircraft obviously, well, we got to check that for damage. Yeah, of course. According to the Massachusetts Port Authority, and I love them, they forced the cancellation of a frontier flight to Dallas during one of the busiest travel periods of the year.

Yeah, well, this week is, I don't know that yesterday was Monday, the 25th of November, but, you know, if you say so, later, then they had another wing clipping incident where a Cape Air hit a jet blue plane. Now, the Cape Air Flight only had three people on it, so I think we're okay. I mean, holy cow. No one was on that plane. But the other plane, the jet blue plane, actually did have passengers on it or, you know, multiple passengers on it, hundreds.

And they were waiting to take off. There were a couple hundred people on board. And they were preparing, according to the... this article they were preparing for department. I'm guessing that's just a typo and they were preparing to depart. American Airlines confirmed and you know,

hey, sorry, we made contact, what are you going to do? There were nobody injured and all customers were de-plained and we're good, we're taking care of it. The maintenance team is taking a look at it. And of course, we apologize to our customers for any inconvenience

this is called. You know, they always give you the stories of the horrible people that need to get places that were on these planes. One lady talked about you, a missing's precious time to spend with my family, my sister-in-law has stage four cancer. I'm trying to get to see her. One guy said, I've just scrambled to find a new ticket,

and there's just, I have to wait until Wednesday. Yeah, it's the most horrible thing. Now, the frontier flight was canceled, and they all said they had to wait a day or two for a new flight, during busy travel period. They're offering rebooking options or full refunds, as well as a hotel and meal vouchers and $100 credit toward a future flight. I have been held over on Thanksgiving travel time in North Carolina.

And they give you a hotel, they give you food, vouchers, yada, yada, yada. And while it is a pain, and it's very frustrating because you have people on the other end that are picking you up and they have to change their. schedule, at least back a hundred years ago. Now you just catch an Uber and you can go wherever you want to go when you get to the airport. But, you know, so

they always pick the worst stories to tell you, oh, and then we had to wait and I'm trying to get home to visit my family member with cancer. We know, but come on now. They're helping you out and doing the best they can. Now, that having been said, what is happening? Why are these airlines

that's parked at the gate and we're just coming too close? Who's driving these things? why are they coming too close? I'm really confused why this is happening on the tarmac because, I mean, don't they have some kind of instruments, control instruments on the plane?

Those work when we're flying, Jeff, not on the tarmac. Okay, well, maybe they should. I mean, I can't back up a vehicle without hearing a beep, beep, beep. Maybe you start getting too close to something. You look at the camera and you get a beep, beep, beep, beep

before you, you know, have the major jolt from hitting the parked plane. I don't know. Maybe it's just me. Maybe it's just me. 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, as I said, those of you listing live, today is the 26th of November, 2020.

We are just a couple of days away from Thanksgiving 2020. And I was looking at some fun facts, some holiday Thanksgiving fun facts. Like the average person spending over the five-day Thanksgiving period is $321, according to reports. 10 hours is the length of time the average American mail would need to spend on a treadmill to burn the 4,500 calories consumed at the average Thanksgiving meal. 1.2 billion dollars estimated amount of Americans spend on Thanksgiving turkeys each year with 46 million turkeys killed for the holiday. But we're all happy about the pardoning of the two turkeys at the White House. I mean, our president amazingly, who is still President Joe Biden, pardon the, pardon the turkeys just yesterday at the White House.

And man, what a celebration it was. Peach and Blossom, weighing 41 and 40 pounds, 40 pounds were hatched back in July. They traveled to Washington this week and were treated to a suite at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel before their big day on Monday. Biden said the birds were named after the Delaware State flower, the peach blossom. And, of course, they have to make their gobble, gobble jokes when they pardon the turkeys. And then they're going to make their way back to Minnesota.

and the agricultural ambassadors at Farm America, which is an agricultural interpretive center. Love that. And we were happy to do this. The man who is the chairman of the National Turkey Federation, love him, John Zimmerman, said that his nine-year-old son and other young trainers made sure their feathers wouldn't be ruffled in the spotlight.

so they took a lot of, they had lights on and played music and helped them out so that they would understand. You know, they wouldn't freak out when they got to the pardon celebration at the White House. So congratulations to peach and blossom. The other turkeys for the last few years that Biden pardoned was a Liberty and Bell. Ah! Chocolate and Chip. and peanut butter and jelly. So congratulations to all six and now eight of those birds.

I don't know if they all are going, live at the place up in Minnesota, but maybe they, at least they're somewhere alive and well and not being killed as Americans kill so many turkeys. Holy cow. We saw 46 million. and turkeys killed? We care about these two?

Give me a break. Okay. All right. So, congratulations to peach and blossom. They claim, now they don't know when I was reading a thing that said Bush, H.W., the first Bush, Daddy Bush, was the first president who pardoned a turkey in 1989. But there's stories back that, you know, Abraham Lincoln spared a bird when. And then his son, Tad, you know, didn't want him to kill the bird.

I don't know. Who knows if that's true? And they say that Harry Truman in 1947 started the poultry-less Thursdays to try to conserve various foods in the aftermath of World War II. Okay. Sure, fine. Hens for Harry counter-initiative, the National Turkey Federation, and the Poultry and Egg National Board.

I love that. Presented Truman with a bird as a peace offering, although the turkey was not saved for a holiday feast. Kennedy publicly spared the turkey, given the White House in November 63. That was just days before his assassination. Then, I don't know, Nixon and Carter, guests kind of did it in honor.

The wives did it in honor their husbands. So Bush was, it doesn't say this. Yeah, George H. W. Bush offered the first official presidential pardon in 1989. So there you have a little presidential Thanksgiving turkey pardon history. And happy Thanksgiving. I'm looking forward to it. This will be the last chewing the fat until Monday, December 2nd. Wow.

I mean, we're almost in December. So enjoy Thanksgiving. Have a great time with your. family, you know, do what you have to do. The average number of calories consumed on Thanksgiving, 3,150 to 4,500. Yeah, I mean, if you're not doing 4,500, what are you doing? I guess 8.3 billion is the number of calories consumed by Americans at Thanksgiving every year from Turkey alone?

And according to this, 100,000 questions are answered by. butterball turkey hotline by the butterball turkey hotline each November and December come on now come on okay so I mean if you have any issues and you're not sure how to cook your turkey you can call 1 800 butterball or text 844 877 3456 to launch a live chat and talk turkey oh that's that's great So if you have questions about what to do with your turkey, like, how long should I thaw it out for? Should I leave it on the counter or put it in the refrigerator? You should allow one day of thawing for every four pounds of turkey.

So if you have questions, don't be embarrassed. There are other people calling as well, 1-800 butterball. 1-800-butterball. Now the favorite dishes, according to this, for Americans, is 83% turkey. Yeah, you got to have turkey. I mean, you can have ham and all that other stuff, but you have to have turkey. That's the holiday. 78% mashed potatoes, duh.

77% stuffing or dressing, yes. 74% bread or rolls. Duh. 65% sweet potatoes or yams. Duh. 52% cranberry sauce. Now, nobody likes cranberry sauce, but you. You got to say nobody.

One person usually in the family loves the cranberry thing. And so you got to put the can. You got to put the can on the table. I get it. But nobody likes it. This poll says 52%. That's a lie. This is not 52%.

The most essential Thanksgiving foods, turkey. Yes, hello. Stuffing and dressing. Yeah. Gravy, yes. And gravy is a food. And you must have it. That's a plus.

Now, there are different ways to make gravy. I will give you that. But you have to have it. Now, some people just think that the fatness juice from the turkey is the gravy. You can use that. You know, you can open up the jar of Heinz turkey gravy. I guess that counts as well. But really, you should use some of the meat sauce and some other little pieces of the chicken that you're not going to eat.

And you mix that up along with some other gooey goodness. you put that all together for the gravy. If you're not sure, you're because you could call, you know, Butterball, 1-800 Butterball, and they can help you on your gravy mix. Actually, I should call Butterball and ask them what they tell me how to make the gravy. That is fascinating. 1-800 Butterball. Let's do that.

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All right, so no gravy making on the menu. You have to probably talk to a real human about. that and they may tell you to investigate some other way and I don't know how many turkey experts does Butterball have on the line? I don't know if they make everyone hold when you call maybe they have two, three

and you would hope that they had a lot more but they're busy at this time of the recording of chewing the fat and I don't I don't know how to make the gravy. What am I going to do? Just use the

fat droppings in the bottom of the pan. You're fine. Let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink desperately. Hey, be sure to follow me on my social media sites. At Jeffy JFR on X. Jeff Fisher Radio on Instagram and Facebook. You can follow me on Cameo at Jeffy JFR on the Cameo app.

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In fact, later, the joke of the day comes from an email sent to chewing the fat at the blaze.com. One of the things I am looking forward to and do look forward to every year is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. I know I love it. I've been there. I've seen it live in person. I took the kids there when I was working in New York. It's really cool. And I know I get it.

I don't talk to me about all the woke coverage and all the announcers. I get all that. But the parade itself is fun to watch. And it's on Thanksgiving morning every year other than the year that we were there. and then we recorded it and watched it later. But you're going to have, you know, Jennifer Hudson and Kelly Minogue and Billy Porter. They're all going to be there.

And that's going to happen, you know, before the football games. And then we have the dog show, which I love. I love watching the dog show. We watch it as a family and try to pick who's going to win. And we're pretty good at it. Plus, one of my favorite things that I always wanted to do, other than, you know, a line judge at the U.S. Open or Wimbledon. Oh!

I always wanted to be a... a dog runner. I really pay attention. That's an important job as those dog shows, are the dog runners. And some people choose the wrong shoes. They don't look good with their dog. Some people choose the wrong clothing that doesn't look match with the dog.

You've got to do it all. You've got to do it all. And you've got to have the right treat for your dog as you, you got to know how to bend down just right. You got to hold the dog leash just right. I mean, it's a tough job. And a lot of people don't pull it off right. And I believe that I could be a dog trainer, runner coach.

And I don't want to coach the dogs, but I could be the trainer and the runner coach. So, it's a tough job. And I love watching for that. Now, all you people thinking about going to the theaters this weekend and seeing either Wicked or Gladiator 2, which I will be seeing at some point in the very near future, I will not be seeing Wicked. Although, you know, I wouldn't be surprised if other people in my household want to go see Wicked. But they better follow the rules.

Okay. Now, usually the theater closest to my house, I think, is a Cimar. It's not an AMC. But I don't know, I don't know that they are allowing people to do this or not. But AMC said that you can't be singing during the show. Wait, what? Yes. Even if you know the songs, any of that, refrain from singing during the show.

All right. That's why we have the sign out. front and we also put it in the preview that you're going to watch on the big screen that says at AMC theaters silence is golden no talking no texting no singing no wailing no flirting and absolutely no name calling enjoy the magic of the movies what how am i supposed to enjoy this if i can't sing along i thought wicked was going to be the new rocky horror picture show and now i guess there's a rise. And I didn't, I don't know that I knew this.

Some people at the theaters are doing this demon scream at concerts and at movies where they drown out the headliners by shrieking over the singers and the movies. No, we're not going to do that, okay? Somebody, and if that happened to you at the theater, what would you do? I mean, Wicked's been around a long time. And everybody, you know, you used to the songs. And I know this is the new. woke version, but everybody knows the songs, and everybody knows, you know, what happens in the movie.

This is just made for a film and not Broadway. What happens if you get that? And I don't think people are going to be demon screaming over the wicked songs, but they will want to sing along. And I feel like if I'm at the theater and people are singing along with the songs, you're there, sing along too. You know, go ahead. But they said, if you're at AMC, don't do it. They didn't say that they would shoot you dead, but they might. They have armed guards.

looking out of the movie projector windows along the back wall and you start wailing, you start wailing, you start texting, you start singing, yeah, you start name-calling, we would just put you down.

So the gun will be on, the silencer will be on, so it won't disturb the movie. So you won't hear the gunshot, but you will have your friend just fall over on you. It's just a joke. Stop it.

Do you know they're not AMC? The MCC is not shooting people. However, would you be opposed to it? That's a tough call. I guess some theaters are having sing-along showings. That's a good idea. Let's just do that. If you're going to bring your kids,

I don't know about that either. What's this is a kid showing? But if you want to bring your kids or you want to come and sing along, go to the interactive showings. So apparently on Christmas, or starting on Christmas, a thousand theaters across North America are going to host interactive showings of the film. So there you go. If you can't control yourself and you're worried that you're going to sing or you want to sing and don't, you can go see it and sit through it while you're biting your lip, and then you could go to the interactive showing and sing along to your little heart's

content. You know, speaking of movies, I saw a clip from Russell Crow. and Ryan Gosling was with him so it had to be a while ago and I looked yes it was it was back in I don't know 2016 when these two were pairing up to do a press junket for the movie

Nice Guys way back in I mean it's 2016 movie it made I don't know it made like 70 million according to according to box office Mojo it made 71 million 261,761,763

and the budget was $50 million for the film I don't know what the I don't know what the promotion was for the movie. So it broke even. Did it make any money? It doesn't look like it unless they made some money on streaming from nice guys back in 2016. But the clip was Russell Crow being asked about what kind of acting method he uses.

And I'm a fan of Russell Crow. I have been, you know, since forever. Gladiator comes to mind. And so it was fascinating to hear him answer the question because he was so annoyed with what the acting method was that he used. I have a question for Mr. Russell Crowe, whether he uses the Stanislavsky method. He's sitting right next to Ryan Gosling here at this press junket. Is the Russell Crow method?

I've never been to drama school, man. I've never been to acting school. The only time I did any formal lessons, I studied classical texts for about three weeks. weeks. But I've been acting since I was six years old. You know, it's, uh, and over time, you get more and more efficient, I suppose, is the word, and getting to the center of what, the character that you're portraying. So, um, yeah, I don't, I don't even know what the Stanislavski method may be. I have no, I don't, I don't care to know, you know. You know?

Just trashed a hundred years of tradition. Oh, fuck it, mate. Seriously, it's not that complicated. If you want to be an actor, work it out yourself. Think about it. That's Russell Crowe method of acting for Hollywood. Get the job and then work it out. Really, I mean, that's what many actors will tell you,

and I don't know that they all actually believe it, because it's a lot of luck. But, I mean, they would talk about know your lines. Show up on time, know your lines, and don't run into the furniture. Right? I mean, that's what I think, Olivia, said that 100 years ago.

Know your lines and don't run into the furniture. Pretty simple task. This episode is brought to you by Peloton. A new era of fitness is here. Introducing the new Peloton Cross Training Tread Plus, powered by Peloton IQ. Built for breakthroughs with personalized workout plans, real-time insights, and endless ways to move. Live with confidence while Peloton IQ counts wrapped. corrects form and tracks your progress.

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She was 91. Rest and peace to Barbara Taylor Bradford dead at the age of 91. She died following a short illness and was surrounded by her loved ones, according to HarperCollins, UK. I mean, her debut novel, A Woman of Substance in 1979, was a bestseller. Actually, I mean, they call it a super seller. Stayed on the New York Times list for 43 weeks. She wrote 40 novels during her career, which became worldwide bestsellers.

And her most recent, The Wonder of It All, was published in the UK and Commonwealth by HyperCollins. in 2020. Just amazing. So many of her books have been made into films and she was the Grand Dame of Blockbusters. So I'm sure Harper Collins is

disappointed. I mean, they're, you know, she made them a lot of money. She made herself a lot of money, but she made Harper Collins a whole bunch of money. So I know that she was a, you know, storyteller of substance,

but for sure, they loved her. And she moved New York in, I don't know, 63, after she married her husband, and they lived together for 55 years. He died in 2019. And so she's been, you know,

stuff away writing books all this time. So rest and peace to Barbara Taylor Bradford, dead at the age of 91. We have a new UN report, the Femmicide Report. Apparently, according to them, roughly 104. 40 women and girls are killed every day by a partner or family member.

Interesting. No word on whether they're talking about abortion or I know they're not talking about abortion. So just stop it. About one woman or girl every 10 minutes. Experts say this is likely an undercount as some women deaths are either misclassified or go unrecorded and some global data wasn't available. We see the numbers in this report as the tip of the iceberg said the U.S. woman's deputy executive director whose name I'm not going to try to pronounce.

Nayar da Zazia, Gambon Zavanda. I guess I did just try to pronounce. NYA-R-A-D-Z-A-Y-A is her first name. G-U-M-B-O-N-Z-V-A-D-A is her last name. She is the U.N. Woman's Deputy Executive Director. The report reveals that 85, thousand women and girls were killed by men last year, with 60% of those deaths caused by someone

they knew. That means that women are safer at work or in public spaces than in their own homes. Advocity groups tried to raise awareness about the high rates of a femicide or the killing of women and girls for decades. There's a haunting, traveling art installation featuring hundreds of empty red shoes, heels, ballet flats, tiny toddler booties to represent live lost through gender-based violence. There was an outrage after the Olympic... Oh, yeah, the Olympian was killed by her ex-partner in Uganda earlier this year. And women in Turkey, Kenya, and India have recently protested rising famicide rates.

Some countries like Chile have passed laws increasing penalties for gender violence, though many experts say the solution needs to start early and go beyond the criminal justice system. Yeah, because there are already laws on the books for murder. So these are just, you know, extra hate crime additions to the actual law. And so good luck. And whether it's true or not, you know, I believe, do I believe that many women in Kenya and many women in Turkey and many women in India and Chile are being murdered by their men?

Yes, I do. Do I think that's happening in the United States in these numbers? No, I do not. But, you know, well, again, what do I know? and I just, I haven't read through the entire UN report on Femicide, but I'm sure it's horrific. And I don't want to see the display. When you start coming back to me about abortions,

and maybe we can see that when I see the traveling, haunting art installation on abortions, then get back to me. Then we have Elton John who claims that he can't see anything. He apparently. lost the sight in his right eye due to an infection. And he said that his left eye isn't the greatest. So he said there's hope and encouragement that it'll be okay.

But he said he was kind of stuck in the moment because I can't do, I could do an interview, but I can't go to the studio and record because I can't see a lyric. Wow. Said he's taking an initiative to improve his vision. That's good. but he said it kind of floored him and he i can't see anything i can't read anything i can't watch anything oh okay so he's 77 now who apparently you know the grand world tour is done and uh he's doing it so he's able to spend more time with his husband and his kids that's what he said uh why he was

retiring and he was sick of touring and he wanted it wasn't sick of touring he wanted to spend more time with his family and his children so uh you know there you go so i guess now he gets to spend all kinds of time. You just can't see him. Look, Daddy. No, I can't right now. So I guess he'd been dealing with this severe eye infection since September. He said he reported that he has limited vision in one eye and he said healing.

It's extremely slow process. It will take time before sight returns to the impacted eye. Maybe Elton becomes the spokesperson for an eye implant. and he gets some eye implants so he can still be, you know, Elton John, but he's able to see stuff. So we'll see. We'll see. He was, I know he slipped and fell not long ago. I mean, he's 77 now. So he went to the hospital and he was in good health. He was immediately discharged, so it was fine. And, you know, it's, it's all, it's all good. So Elton is suffering now from some infection in his right eye and his left eye vision is not,

that good. So, hey Elton, look out. Oh, I'm sorry. I mean, that's so hard. When you're so used to, we're all so used to, and I say we all, for those of us that can see and have vision, we're so used to using our vision that without it, it's another world. And it takes so much to get used to doing that. Just amazing. You know, you try to do stuff I do anyway, sometimes, you know, in my own home. You close your eyes and you try to maneuver around your home. And you live here and you know all the, and you know all where the furniture is and where things are.

And it's still difficult because you can't see. So, man, I do not wish that on anyone, especially Elton. I mean, hello. Elton is the man. Marshall's buyers travel far and wide, hustling for great deals on amazing gifts, so you don't have to. They've bagged this season's Italian leather handbags. Designer.

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We get the deals. You gift the good stuff. So when you're sitting around the Thanksgiving table with family and friends or you're over at someone's house this extra long weekend and they're telling you about I'm just feeling bad. I'm feeling unlucky. Just remember this story. Okay. Ron Wayne, an Apple co-founder in 1976, made a choice that he was worried about financial risks. So he sold his 10% stake in Apple for $800, thinking that it was a smart move to avoid debt. that 10% share would be worth $320 billion today.

I mean, so would you start feeling unlucky or Uncle Bill starts talking about how unlucky is? Remind them of Ron Wayne, the Apple co-founder who said, man, I've got to get out of this deal. I've invested $800 and this debt is killing me. that $800 would be worth $350 billion today. So, I mean, we all have, you know, the Bitcoin thing is very annoying. Many of us had an opportunity to purchase Bitcoin between, you know, $30 and $300 each, and it's what, almost $100,000 of Bitcoin now. So there's plenty of people, the guy that bought pizza for the first time with, I don't

know, $10,000 Bitcoin or whatever. It's just, you know, an opportunity. So just remember that there's still hope, though. There's still hope because we have the lotto. All hope is not lost when we still have the lotto. So Mega Millions draws tonight the 26th of November 2024 for $489 million. That's a $229.3 million cash payout. That would be a pretty sweet Thanksgiving.

And then Powerball draws tomorrow night, which would be the $2.25,000. which would be the 27th of November, for $196 million with a, it would be a $90.7 million cash payout, which would not be as sweet as the mega, but it would be pretty darn sweet. So see, there's still hope. All right, let's get out of here. I'll leave you with the joke of the day

that was sent to chewing the fat at the blaze.com. Apparently, one in five people in the world. world are Chinese. And there are five people in my family, so it must be one of them. So it's either my mom or my dad, or my older brother, Colin, or my younger brother, Ho-chan Chu. But I think it's Colin. See, because there's one in, yeah, I mean, you got it. All right. Hey, have a happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy your holiday. And you all be safe. Okay. And thanks for listening to chewing the fat. I appreciate it very much. Stream and subscribe to more Blaze Media content at theblaze.com

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