Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - That’s Pretty Big… | 6/28/23

Episode Date: June 28, 2023

New Jersey last state standing… Flight delays not on us… Heat and Smoke in the air… Malaria in the U.S.?... Costco getting agonizing… Ryan gets the gig… Princess Leia’s Gown up for auction… Kim Skims going brick and mortar… Pepsi Colachup?... [e-mail] Who Died Today: Ryan Mallett 35… Julian Sands confirmed dead… Icon of the Seas… Is it deal or not with Hunter baby mama?... Gifts from listeners… Florida sharks pulling you out of boats… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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As the Highlander said many years ago, there can be only one. Oregon had the lawmakers there overturned a 72, year probation on pumping your own gas at gas stations, making New Jersey the only U.S. state that still requires an attendant to fill up your tank. I will never forget the first time I went to pump my own gas in New Jersey. I was living in Pennsylvania and I was going to New Jersey every morning to Trenton to hop on the train to go into Manhattan every morning. And I, there's a gas station right there by the train station, always had low prices,

and it's right there, you just fill it up, you don't worry about it. And I pulled in, I hopped out of my car, and I'm telling you, New Jersey gas SWAT team jumped out of the gas station, came running around saying, what are you doing? I mean, I was, I was lucky I wasn't shot. and arrested. But no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, and so you get kind of used to it. After a while, it's like, well, you got to pull in there because I don't have to pump it.

You just stay in your car, and they pump it for you. You either just fill it up, or, you know, you hand them a $20 bill, or you hand your card and say, you know, 20 bucks or 30 bucks, and they put it on the card for you. They take your cash, they put it in your car, and you drive away. It's kind of nice. You get kind of used to it. So Oregon, sorry about it. You're going to have to get out and pump your own gas now.

I know. I know. I didn't do it. I didn't do it. It was your damn lawmakers that did it, okay? If you want somebody to pump your gas for you, you're going to have to move to New Jersey. That's just the way it is.

Welcome. Welcome to Chewing the Fat. Well, we talked yesterday about all the flight delays around the country. And it is still ongoing. I mean, tens of thousands of U.S. flights have been delayed or canceled over the past several days. And it's going to continue. I mean, we have the Canadian wildfire smoke that's coming back into the country. We have the heat wave that is, I mean, it's going to be a thousand degrees in probably 90% of the country.

So get used to that. It's just going to be hot and muggy and sticky and just you're going to, want to stay inside and pray that the power companies keep the power on. And, you know, so, and Chicago, because of the smoke, is going to have the worst air quality in the world. At least they already had that. And we'll see if that continues today. But I want you to know that United, United Airlines said, hey, hey, hey, it's not on us. Okay. Don't blame us. The CEO, Scott Kirby said, no, no, no, no, no, no, that's the FAA. They've got air traffic controller shortages,

and frankly, they failed us this past weekend, okay? Just sorry about it. And hopefully, the air travel will be better over this 4th of July holiday. Good luck. Good luck with that. Now, not only do you have that, we also found out today. that the, well, the Centers for Disease Control have said that we have five patients now, four in Florida, one in Texas, that have malaria.

Yay! So we now have malaria in the United States. So malaria is caused, if you don't know, by being bitten by an infected mosquito. Now, according to this, people cannot catch it from each other. So you don't have to worry about somebody. that has malaria. They can't give it to you, but insects catch it from infected people.

So that's what continues the cycle. Now, it's most common in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, but not in the United States. So just be careful out there. The risk is always higher in areas where the climate means insects survived during most of the year.

Well, it's pretty warm out there. So make sure you, keeping track of where the mosquitoes can be born in your backyard. And travelers from malaria endemic areas are found. Huh. So people with malaria who, let's say for an example, just if you're, I don't think outside of the box, come across our southern border from countries, you know, Africa, Asia, Central and South America, and they have malaria.

And a mosquito bites them. And then that mosquito bites someone who didn't come across the border, say someone who already lived here. Huh. That means that they would get malaria. Funny how that works. Okay, so just remember use insect repellent and covering up can help protect against the mosquito bites. Now, the people who have it here in the U.S. have been treated. They are improving. U.S. doctors are being advised to consider malaria in any person with an unexplained fever, regardless of international travel history, particularly if they had visited or lived in Florida or Texas. So Florida is issued a mosquito-borne illness alert after cases were discovered in Sarasota County and Manatee County,

warning residents to drain standing water. I already told you to do that. Where mosquitoes can breed and wear long-sleeved shirts and pants. So the CDC is doing exactly what I told you to do. Good for them. Okay, this story has been eaten at me for. several hours now. I read this this morning, and it just pisses me off.

And I understand what they're doing, because Netflix is doing the same thing with their membership sharing. You can't share with anyone. If it's not in your IP address or your family, you can't share. And I, in fact, have had a family member get cut off from using a Netflix account, which is just agonizing to me. But Costco is now doing the same thing. they are going to crack down on unauthorized card sharing. Costco is now asking to see shoppers membership cards with their photo at self-checkout. This just pisses me off because I'm paying or someone is paying to walk through the door.

And so if I'm using the card, you're the one that's making me go. That means I'm not going to go through self-checkout because their deal is they're pissed because so many people are going through self-checkout. and they've noticed that it's different. The policy states, according to Costco, that our membership cards are not transferable, and since expanding our self-service checkout, we've noticed that non-member shoppers

have been using membership cards that do not belong to them. Well, okay, so how about you get yourself some more checkout people and don't have self-checkout? Because that kind of pisses me off, too. I'm already paying to come into your club, and now you want me to take.

check myself out too. How come I don't get a discount when I do that? Okay, so maybe that's what we need to do. And if I'm Sam's Club, maybe I start advertising, hey, as long as you have a card, you get in the door. We don't care. And just to slap Costco in the face, although Sam's Club will probably start doing the same damn thing. So Costco said employees are now asking to see shoppers membership cards with their photo itself checkout. If the membership card does not have a photo, then employees, ask for a photo ID. Costco is able to keep our prices as low as possible. Do you?

Are you? Because our membership fees help offset our operational expenses. That's how we keep our hot dogs a buck 50 with a drink and our chickens at $5. Because of that. Okay. All right. We don't feel it's right that non-members receive the same benefits and pricing as our members. Okay, so if I say, hey, go to Costco for me, here's my card, pick up some stuff.

Now you're going to tell them at the self-checkout, they can't purchase the goods. That is pretty amazing. That's the deal. It's non-transferable. Okay. So their basic gold card membership costs $60 a year and executive memberships cost $120 annually and come with extra perks. does it? Oh yes, you get to buy tires for cheaper. Okay. Both tiers allow for two individual cards per membership. And Costco is the third largest retail company in the U.S. Wow, by sales revenue. Much of Costco's profits come from membership fees, I bet. According to third quarter SEC filings, the wholesale club has more than 69 million members and nearly 125 million authorized membership card holders as of May

2023. It really just agonizes me that I can't purchase something and share it with someone if I want to. That's the deal. That's our membership policy, Jeff. So you just live with it.

You know, for a long time, I didn't have a Costco card. And I used, well, I won't say the person's name, but you know who he is. And I use his card because Costco sells a product that I like to purchase.

Just one product. They have one product that I like to purchase that Sam's Club doesn't have. Now, I can get the product online, but it's easier for me just to run into Costco and get it. So I just use this card, go in, purchase it, and get out. How does that hurt Costco? And then because of that, I ended up, you know, realizing that we still had some money left on a Costco card that we let expire. And so we decided, well, let's go ahead and just re-up the Costco membership, which adds to their 69 million members. and Wilson, my wife and I are both able to use the cards,

so that adds to the 125 million authorized membership cardholders at Costco. So I guess if I don't go through the self-checkout, then they're not going to check. So there's your ticket. If you go to Costco and you're using someone else's card, don't go through the self-checkout because they're making a big deal out of you going through the self-checkout. I'm sure that will change now that I'm telling you that, but according to this, they're only doing it at the self-checkout.

So go through the line if you're using someone else's card. Just a friendly tip from me. All right, let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink desperately. Be sure to follow me on Twitter at Jeffrey JFR. Facebook and Instagram is Jeff Fisher Radio. You can follow me on YouTube, chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher. and you can always email the show Chewing the Fat at theblaze.com.

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And so if you want a deal, you can go to blaisTV.com. Jeffie, J-E-F-F-F-Y, use the promo code Jeffie and save some money on your yearly membership to Blaze TV. Well, what we figured was going to happen did. Ryan Sechrest will replace the Wheel of Fortune game show host Pat Sejack at the end of this coming season. He said, I'm truly humbled to be stepping into the footsteps of the legendary Pat Sejack. Wow, Ryan Sechreast is 48 years old. Seems like he should not be that old yet. Seacrest signed a multi-year agreement.

Also serve as consulting producer. Wow. And that's what the press release from Sony Pictures Television, the company that produces Wheel of Fortune said. And my favorite part of the story, remember we talked about this, I don't know, a couple of times, but that Whoopi Goldberg, I don't know that she was legitimately being considered for the job,

but she was always named in all of these stories. And she's named in this story, too. talks about Whoopi also announced her interest while discussing Say Jack's retirement on the air. Yeah, you're not getting the gig, Whoopi, okay? No, we barely put up with you on the view. You're not doing that joke. I mean, I will say, just as a fun part of me, I would love to see Whoopi do it. I think we talked about that as well.

She would promote Moos by Jeffie. Maybe Ryan can too. You know, maybe Ryan, I'll send Ryan a couple of Mummoos by Jeffie, see if he wears them. out there on the show or maybe Vanna can. Vanna's working out a new deal. She just wants more money and she deserves it so I hope she gets everything that she wants and get it while you can, Vanna.

I mean, you can quote me on that. Get it while you can. You never know when you want to spend some money on something like, say, I don't know, the ceremonial gown worn by Carrie Fisher that was believed to be destroyed after the production of a new hope. The garment was recently discovered

after being tucked away in a London attic. Of course. After its discovery, though, it underwent a meticulous museum caliber restoration conducted by professional textile conservators in London, of course. The costume designer John Molo created the gown for Fisher's legendary character, Princess Leia. Sharing that ceremonial gown was created to reflect the purity

and beauty of Leia's character. And it's the only known Princess Leia, costume from the original film in existence. It's going to start out at $500,000. They would like to fetch $1 to $2 million for it. They may even get more than that. And I know I wouldn't be surprised to see a guy by the name of Glenn Beck by that. It sounds like something he would want for his museum history, his collection of history

for the museum. He's actually showing off, I don't know, $70 or $80 million worth of it in Utah this week. his blueprints of history museum tours going on in St. George, Utah. So I'm not sure. This particular auction is today through Saturday. So today, if you're listening live, is the 28th of June, 2023. And the auction goes through the 30th of June, 2023. Pretty cool.

Also at the auction, they have, they claim they have 1400 Hollywood costumes, props and movie paraphernalia that are going to be available in Los Angeles. It's at the prop house auction. It's going to be held at the Peterson Automotive Museum. Who doesn't love the Peterson Automotive Museum? They have Batman's motorcycle from the 2008 film The Dark Night. That'd be kind of cool. They have the shield used by Brad Pitt in Troy.

And this I would not be surprised to see if it was purchased for the Mercury One Museum, a mud-splattered cloak and glasses worn by Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. I would not be surprised to see that show up at Mercury 1 in Texas very, very soon. But for sure, I mean, they found this thing in an attic. They found her, this dress, this ceremonial gown. Somebody took it and just put it in their attic. Why? I mean, okay. I wish it was in my attic. No kidding. I bought paintings at from a thrift stores before.

And I always open the back when I get home. I always want to see if there's some signature or some other painting or some other photo. Uh, or some cash or something in the back of it. And that has sadly not happened yet. But it still could. We can all dream, can't we? I mean, like Kim Kardashian, uh, you know, she's got her, uh, you know, she's got her skims underwear brand that is doing tremendous and kim's only worth i don't know a billion

dollars or more uh apparently now she's going to go brick and mortar she's going to open up her first permanent stores next year so we'll see if that works out for kim i mean there's plenty of open storefronts uh especially in the cities that kim frequents so be on the lookout for skims brick and mortar coming to a neighborhood near you next year. Also, I saw this come across the social media algorithm last night. And I don't know if it's real. I think it is. And it's kind of agonizing.

It's kind of cute. It's whatever. But, you know, it's, we'll see. A Pepsi is releasing its first ever condiment for the 4th of July. It's called Pepsi colichup. And it's Pepsi. It's a Pepsi ketchup. No, thank you.

I am a Heinz man, a through and through. I'm a Heinz police officer, by the way. I'm a badge carrying Heinz police officer that covers America. And I'll shut a place down. And do not put lowly cheap brands of ketchup in Heinz ketchup bottles in your restaurants. I will shut you down. people try that all the time because Heinz is the standard and so when you have a Heinz ketchup bottle on your restaurant table people know this is a good restaurant but then they try to put in the low cheap ketchup into the Heinz ketchup bottles and I won't stand for it I'll shut a place down so if I mean I guess it'd be something cute to try you know no problem whatever you're at a Fourth of July party and you have you know, Pepsi Cola chup

to put on a hot dog. But no, thank you. I will just take the Heinz, please. 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 who died today? Who died today? Former NFL and University of Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett died at the age of 35. Rest in peace, Ryan. I know what you're thinking.

Don't look at me like that. He drowned off Florida's Gulf Coast. So it wasn't that. So stop thinking that, okay? He was, they were out in the water from a beach in Destin, Florida, up with the Panhandle. And then he went to a local hospital. said that a tourist died in a pair

drowning offshore of Gulf Shore Drive in Destin. A group of individuals were reportedly struggling offshore when a man went under. He was not breathing when lifeguards found and pulled him out. Tragically, life-saving measures weren't successful. Very sad. He was coaching his high school. Now he played in the NFL in college.

We played in the NFL for, I don't know, several years. I don't say he played in the NFL for eight, nine years, something like that. Anyway, so he was coaching high school football now. And so very sad. Now, I get this in this story, though, and I hadn't heard this. Eleven reported deaths attributed to rip currents along the Gulf Coast in recent weeks. So when they tell you to be careful, when you go out swimming in the Gulf of Mexico,

and they tell you to be careful of the rib currents, they mean it, okay? And I'm sure Ryan is bigger than life and thinks he can handle anything and thought he could handle anything. And he was wrong. Those rip currents will take you now. A lot of people will tell you

you got to just roll with the rip currents and, you know, hopefully that will save your life. I have never been caught in one or close to one. I don't know the answer to that. I'm just telling you, when they tell you, hey, if you go swimming out there,

don't go too far because you've got the rip currents. Maybe you ought to listen to him. Yeah, he played seven years in the NFL. He played for the Patriots. He played for the Houston Texans. He played for the Baltimore Ravens. He came out of high school as one of the best ever high school quarterbacks in the state of Arkansas ever.

Went to the University of Michigan. Lloyd Carr, the head coach, retired. So he was out of there, went and played in Arkansas. And he played very little for the Patriots. Wonder why? Oh, that's right. Tom Brady was there. And then he played for the Texans for a while.

Then he played for the Ravens. And then, of course, he retired. So he was seven seasons in the NFL. Anyway, Ryan Mallet, rest in peace, dead at the age of 35. Then we do have confirmation that Julian Sands has been found. His death in the mountains. We don't know. I can't wait.

I really, I can't wait to find out actually how he died of what. killed him. So he went missing in January after going out on a hike, right? And we've been looking for him since January. Then they had to halt the hike because of weather, and it was up, you know, Mount Baldi area. And so the San Fernando Sheriff's Department, uh, restarted the search last week and they found remains of a body. And that identification, uh, process has taken place. And it was Julian Sands at the age of 65, rest in peace. His family. His brother said, I know he's gone. I feel it in my heart.

He's gone. He was an incredible hiker. He said that in the story, when they were talking about Julian in his life, how he almost died one other time when he was hiking in the Andes, in the early 90s. He said that they were caught in an atrocious storm above 20,000 feet. And he said he and three others, were struggling. We were all in a very bad way.

Some guys close to us perished. We were lucky. So he had seen bad stuff before in the mountains. And so I'll be interested to see what and how, if we ever and will know, caught him off guard because he hiked all over the world. And, you know, this caught him off guard in Mount Baldy. Okay.

All right. All right, fine. Just very sad that it was him. Now, his, I told you, his brother believed that he was gone. He said, I know, you know, he's declared missing and presumed dead, but I know in my heart he's gone. So he felt it. And apparently they were really close, you know, their entire lives.

So you can understand how you could have that feeling. So he was in the movie Seneca with John Malkovich. he's got the Piper that was released this year and he's got three other additional projects in post-production so we're going to still see him on the big screen or on your television soon because he still had work out there so rest in peace Julian Sands

very sad at the age of 65 so I was looking at the what will or is the world's largest cruise ship which is ready to set sail for the first time in the initial sea trial. It is amazing. The Royal Caribbean's icon

of the seas. Now, it's supposed to embark on its maiden voyage out of South Florida in January of 2024. So it's, I mean, it's a huge ship. It's called the icon of the seas,

man. Wow. It's completing its first phase of sea trials. right now in Europe. It's going to be the largest cruise ship and the company's first icon class ship. It's been under construction in Finland. It's going to offer vacationers

the world's largest water park at sea, dubbed Category 6 and featuring six water slides, also offers a resort getaway, a beach escape, a theme park, and over 40 ways to dine, drink and be entertained inside you're going to have the ultimate family townhouse which is a three-story sprawling adventure filled pad with an in-sweet slide a karaoke station and hidden areas to discover the ships look at this thing i look i'm just going to hold the picture up for you to take a look take a look look at

that water park that's amazing look how big this thing is the ship's 20 decks will include the Royal Caribbean, first ever dueling piano bar, eight neighborhoods, the largest pool at sea, and experiences for thrill seekers like Crown's Edge, described as the fear-inducing challenge that's part skywalk, part ropes course, part thrill ride, and an all-out test of courage. It weighs an estimated, I guess they don't have a lot.

a scale big enough to figure it out. 250,800 tons. Yeah, the scale's now weighing that bad boy. My scale wouldn't even work on that. It measures close to 1,200 feet long. It holds 5,600,10 passengers. Now it says here it holds about. So I don't know where we get the about,

but it holds about 5,610 passengers 2,350 crew members Wow So we have 450 Specialists Running four days of preliminary tests

On the ship's main engines Bow and propellers As well as checking noise and vibration levels Between preparations and trials The Journey to Bring ICON to Life Involved more than 2,000 specialists hundreds of miles traveled, 437 to 67-ton tugboats, and more than 350 hours of work. All that. We'll prepare the cruise for its second round of sea trials, and they're going to ready to launch it out of South Florida in January of 2024.

It'll set sail from Miami on a seven-night eastern and western Caribbean vacations all year round. You can visit popular destinations like the Bahamas, Mexico, Saint Martín, the Honduras, and the Honduras. Okay. And of course, the Royal Caribbean's private island at Cocoa K. The CEO Michael Bailey described the ship literally the best performing new product launch we've ever had. Now, they already have the biggest ship, the wonder of the seas. they're just knocking themselves out of their own record with the wonder of the sea icon of the seas spits on the wonder of the seas okay spits on it and even with all of that

that does not make me want to go on the cruise i know i don't know what to tell you it just doesn't look you're still on a ship i know there's 20 decks and there's neighborhoods and believe me everyone isn't going to be staying in the townhouse there's going to be some people down in the lower decks with the rats okay that's just the way it is

so now everyone's not going to have the in sweet slide you're going to be looking up to you know up to that deck up there that's where the that's where the slides are that's not where you're staying I don't know it just doesn't look appealing

I mean it is uh you can quote me on this as well it's a big ass shit but it does not make me want to go out on it. But, you know, maybe, I guess, maybe if someone said, hey, here's a ticket, hop on, maybe, maybe. And that's a big maybe, because it really just doesn't appeal to me. But if it appeals to you, tear it up, the icon of the seas. I will be coming in January of 2024.

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It just doesn't, this, this grandchild doesn't exist. And they went back and forth over Hunter and the financials and all that. But the attorney for Roberts, the mother, the baby mama, said that the deal had not been done. There was no deal. and so is there a deal or is there not a deal? We'll see. I mean, we said in Hunter's filings, now I said all along that she really didn't care about the Biden name,

that was just to push him because he wouldn't give, you know, the financials and they were having such a big deal to get him and they finally got him to come in for deposition. And they ended up changing the venue for that. and she showed up for that. And I mean, it was a big to do. But it's all about the baby, right? And the baby Navy, Joan, I believe is her name.

Now, Hunter has opposed her becoming a Biden, insisting, and I know this is just in the filings, but he insisted that he wants a peaceful existence for her free of the political scrutiny associated with his family dynasty. well I got to tell you that's kind of true I said that to begin with I mean I don't know why legitimately you would want the Biden name

especially with what's coming down the pipe I just have a feeling that in years to come Navy Jones is going to be real happy her last name is not Biden but it doesn't matter because she's still a bloodline she's still a bloodline and the press knows about her now so they'll never let

that go. But we'll see if it's actually a deal or not a deal. Hunter's supposed to go before a judge, I think, tomorrow and see if his deal with the government goes through. Who knows? This guy is such a nightmare. And more WhatsApp communications has come out in the dealings with Hunter and his dad. Who is, who's his dad again? Oh, yeah, that's right. The president of the United States. So we'll see. I try to stay away from politics as much as possible. But I got to talk about Hunter. I mean, Hunter's my man. I mean, he's married now again and has other kids with this new wife.

And they still refuse to recognize this girl. I don't understand it. It's too much. It's duchiness. And I don't like the duchiness. And I know that's not a surprise coming from Hunter and the Bidens. But I just, I don't understand the duchiness of not even recognizing this child. I get it.

You had sex with the barmaid or the stripper or your former worker, your do girl at your business. I got it. And, you know, she gets pregnant and she doesn't want to have an abortion. And so she has a kid. So you're pissed about that. It's still your kid. It's still your kid. And the DNA proves it, which they forced your hand into, you wouldn't even acknowledge it until you have the DNA test forced on you.

And then that proved that that was your kid. So in the end, you're still not going to acknowledge it at all. And he acknowledges it by paying child support, but he doesn't want to give it the name. And the dad won't even recognize it at all. It's disgusting. That's all. It's just disgusting.

Now, do I want Joe Biden, you know, hug at my kid? See, that's the thing. I'm mad that they don't recognize it, but it's kind of probably a good thing because, You don't really want that kid around them. You just don't. All right, I got some gifts in the mail today, and I'm not really sure who they're from,

but I really appreciate it. One came in an envelope that said, Handel with Care, Do Not Bend. And I didn't, and they didn't, and it arrived unbent, and it's a pen, or a pen. No, it's not a pen. It's a stick pin.

With, of the convict number nine, 9653 for president. Remember I had said when we talked about he ran for president while in prison. He ran for president as convict number 9653. And I really wanted a one of those one of these pins because they were, that's what he, that was, that was out and about at the time. Okay. So this is great. Thank you very much.

I appreciate it. However, and I know this is, you know, I'm sorry about this, but what I really wanted was an original. original pen that had this. So thank you for this, and I will, you know, I'll wear it from time to time proudly. I'll store it and have it with my other, you know, who doesn't have a huge stick pen collection. But I really want the original. So if you can look for that and find that for me, that would be great. Thank you.

Then I got another gift that came in a clothes bag. And it was a magazine, a big and tall magazine called King Sond. and it someone ordered a shirt for me and because they ordered this shirt it the they came with the with the magazine the catalog from king size now it's a big and tall magazine which i have you know shopped at before in my life i know that's going to come as a surprise but i have and i love a lot of the king size uh shirts and clothes very nice and you can order them online but the person, and I don't know where it came from, they sent it to me, they bought me a shirt, and the shirt is really cool. It's a Hawaiian shirt. Let me put down here to pick it up. It's a big,

it's kind of a, it's kind of a purplish navy blue. I'm kind of colorblind, so I should have showed my wife this before, so I knew what colors. It's kind of a purplish, black, flowery, Hawaiian shirt. It's really cool. I will wear it, all right? I'm going to have to try to squeeze into it. It's a 6x. I appreciate it. I appreciate it. I appreciate it. I appreciate it. it very much. It's really nice. And when I can squeeze into the old 6x, I'll wear it and post it online, okay? And I really appreciate it. Thank you very much. I'm not sure who sent this, but whoever did, thank you. And I really appreciate it. And I will, I will sport it. And thank you to the person who sent me the convict pen for president. I really appreciate it.

Let me know how your search goes for one of the originals. All right, and I'll leave you with another story out of Florida. You've got to be careful in Florida. I mean, this is a third story from Florida today. We had malaria. We had the drowning. And now we have sharks attacking humans. This cannot stand.

This could not stand. So there's a video showing a guy getting pulled into the water from his boat after a shark bites his hand and pulls him into the water. One of the big lemon sharks. I said there was no chum or blood in the water. the sharks were unprovoked and there are no joke in the Everglades so keep your hands out of the water is not an exaggeration

apparently they were having a great day and the guy went to he had some fish on his hands and he went to wipe the fish off his hands in the water leaning off the side of the boat nope not having any of that with the lemon shark and you can see the video the shark pulls him

right in wow it doesn't say how badly he was hurt but it does say that they rushed back to the dock and the park rangers were a lifesaver literally. He was airlifted to the hospital and is in the best care possible.

So, I mean, I don't know when they talk about, in the story, they say the captains shared their first-hand perspective. Makes you think that, you know, he didn't lose his hand. But apparently these lemon charts are lurking below.

Some of them are, you know, 250 pounds plus. Apparently there's a real problem with sharks in the Everglades these days. So just, we had firsthand reporting. And we also have video of the guy getting pulled overboard from a shark. And he is alive, still living. But I don't know. The first hand reporting didn't go into detail about what was wrong. with them. I hope everything is fine. I hope everything is fine. But it didn't sound like it.

So when in Florida, man, be careful. You have malaria, mosquitoes, you got drowning, riptides, and you got lemon sharks pulling you out of the boat. Oof. Stream and subscribe to more Blaze Media content at theblaze.com slash podcasts.