Data Privacy Day & the Kazoo‑Apocalypse: Why Your Browser History Gets a Valentine’s‑Day Hug” Quote to Tease the Episode

(00:00) Here's today's B-Team Redux. Tom Mason. Tom, how are you doing? I'm doing good this morning, man. (00:24) I had to check to make sure I was to your left. I know there's nobody else in the room, but I still had to make sure I'm to the left. If I had it wrong, nobody would have known. You saw me do the turn, left shoulder, right shoulder, salute with my right hand. (00:38) Just remember, whenever you're confused, extend both hands in front of you. Extend your lindex finger and your thumb. The one that makes the L is your left hand. What if I unless you're dyslexic? (00:55) Hey folks, you listen to the BT morning show right here 100.3 K rocket classic rock station BT morning show brought to you by our friends over at Okaloosa gas stripes pub and grill and now Outcast sushi. Oh, yeah. Awesome. Yeah Skylar Skylar lied to me early in the week said the sushi chef was coming by gonna bring us some sushi Yeah didn't happen Do I look like I had sushi on Monday? (01:18) I'm not going to comment, Bobby. We've got a lot of things in store for you today, folks. You know, look, Skyler's gone, the Millennial's out. We've got a cusping boomer and another Gen Xer here running the show, so I'm sure it's going to go to hell. (01:35) You know what's kind of funny though is you is you put a you put a boomer and and and in here and Well, then we get to talk about tight it data privacy day. Yeah, it is national data privacy day. I know great Yeah, nothing says secure like a like a holiday there that nobody remembers in terms of service. Nobody reads I Yeah, there's a whole episode on that terms of service thing, right? (02:01) That's right. Well, you know, what's funny is, you know, one of one of the products I built takes a lot of texting and I was talking to one of one of the people about it the other day and he's like, well, you know, I think people just aren't really wanting to adopt it because they have to use their phone number. What? (02:16) And I'm like, okay, first of all, this is a group I belong to as well. Yeah. It is. Hey, you want to get that Tom? (02:23) It's a group I belong to as well, and so I'm like, you know, this information's not going anywhere but me within the group, and we have a directory where I have everybody's number. I mean, they're seriously concerned. I mean, these are the same people that put $4,000 in a FedEx envelope and send it because they don't want to go to jail. Anyway, all right folks say it is a data privacy day It's that magical time a year when corporations pretend to care about your secrets right right before selling them to the highest bidder Yeah, it's like Brown Valentine's Day for your browser history it except instead of flowers you (03:04) get a 47 page terms of service update and a warm hug from the NSA You know, the whole thing is cooked up to remind you that your data is valuable, mostly so someone else can profit from it while you Google what is data privacy. Think of it as a birthday party for the lock on a door that's, well, already off the hinges. I'm one of those guys that says, you know, if I don't have anything anybody can take, then there's no reason for them to invade my data and steal anything from me. I was kind of laughing about that the other day. (03:39) Somebody was like, you aren't worried about it. I'm like, well, when I used to actually have money in my bank account. I mean, the last guy that tried to commit fraud saw my bank account and put $5 in. Oh my goodness, he needs it so much more than me. (03:57) Oh, anyway. All right, folks. Hey, we've got Boston Peace of Mind coming up after that. Leonard Skinner, Simple Man, and so much more, all right here at 100.3 KROQ, the Classic Rock Station. (04:10) It's the BT Morning Show with Bobby and Tom, the only Bobby and Tom that matter. That's the police! That's Sting talking about always being the king of pain right there. Who do you think hurt him, Tom? (04:27) Somebody significant. Who hurt him? Somebody significant. His mom? (04:31) He's just always been the king of pain. It would be his mom. Don't you feel sorry for him? It just did half past the hour right here on 100 point 3k rock the classic rock station You know it's a it's a chilly one out there. (04:46) Oh, it's cold. Oh, yeah You know I was gonna. I was gonna talk about the weather and you know I didn't have it pulled up Yeah, yes, okay folks. It's it's official. (05:00) It's burr yeah That's all you gotta say, man. It is cold out there. Oh, let's see. Man, I, this, wow. (05:10) I don't, okay, so I usually don't sit in this chair, and somebody else runs this, and I don't, you know, we used to just have weather up here, and now we, now we don't. We have more than weather. Now we got everything else. So this is my failed attempt at filler bustering. (05:31) I would not have made it in in the Senate Wow Just keep speaking keep saying that's right Bob. Just work salad. That's what I'm doing. I'm trying to trying to talk I'm trying to I'm trying to be like you you're such a big Kamala fan I figured you could I figured you could get through this and it's been gin of some word salad. (05:54) Yeah Yeah, here we go 29 degrees outside feels like 25 Going to hit a high today of 53 Tom 53 that's okay. Yeah. Yeah, you like that. Yeah, cuz I'll be inside. (06:10) Yeah, I know, right? If you're wondering, we are in a waxing gibbous stage of the moon. Okay, that's good to know. The sun will be going down at 519, which means it will go from cold to balls cold. (06:23) That changes a lot. Man you know and there's somebody I should be thinking for that Who's that well, but I can't because it's think a plug-in developer day. Oh, okay? Yeah? (06:39) Yeah, but you know if we had a decent plug-in around here. I could have done that You're gonna fix that yeah, that's right cuz you know nothing says society and decline like needing a calendar day to think the guy who made your weather app stop crashing Like you're just did yeah, yeah like Mike just did I'm not gonna thank him Sambu I'm mad because it might be you that's right That is true. Yeah Babu just isn't quite what he used to be. (07:05) Yeah, I gotta say Folks, it is think a plug-in developer day and well that's that magical time a year when you pause your caffeine-fueled scroll through the internet to show gratitude to the unsung heroes who duct-tape your digital life together. That's right, these are the folks who spend their weekends slapping code onto a flaming WordPress install because some blogger wants their contact form to sparkle. that's like valentine's day for people who whisper sweet nothings in php and cry during patch notes so go ahead send a thank you to tweet to donate a coffee or well just stop breaking their stuff for twenty four hours dammit I'm going to send something to my developer today. (07:49) You should. Can the letters on my website sparkle when people log in? Yeah. I'll see what kind of response I get. (07:56) What do you suspect I'll get, Bobby? You know, I'm not sure. I think I know the guy. I'm thinking it's going to rhyme with ducks and not on. (08:16) Oh, man. Well, folks, yeah, there we go. It's 6.30 and we're already off the rails this morning. But, hey, don't worry. (08:26) We got your Marine Report right now and then we're going to be back. We got this day in Oklahoma's history and we'll be back with, I don't know, Tom Petty, Jefferson Starship, stuff like that. So y'all stick around. Music. (08:39) Don't go nowhere. Tom I've said it before and I'll say it again. I think Jane was a whore Have you ever noticed that how many songs are I mean you got you got Jamie's crying you got Jane Jane He's got a gun. Yeah, Jane says Jane's addiction, right? (08:57) Is it is it that it fits in real good or I don't know that was Jefferson Starship singing about Jane So, I mean she goes back to the 70s. Maybe it does fit in good. I'm just saying I Don't think it's as tight as it used to be Folks, you're listening to the B-Team Morning Show, right here at 100.3 K-Rock, the classic rock station. B-Team Morning Show, brought to you by our friends over at Okaloosa Gas, Stripes Pub and Grill, and now OutKast Sushi. (09:23) Oh, nice. Yeah, we got next hour, we got Ask Uncle Bobby coming up, and I want to remind you to go out there and hit the B-Team Morning Show, right there, the B-TeamShow.com. That's our wonderful website that a very smart fellow put together. Smart guy, you know him, huh? (09:37) That's right, yeah. And remember, it's Think a Developer Day. Well, specifically plug-in developer day. I'm not one of those. (09:48) But anyway, you can go out there to thebteammorningshow.com and that's where you'll see all the events that we talk about on air, the things that we've got coming up. There's a couple of Mardi Gras fests going on, one up in Milton and a few others around town. It's that time of year. That's right. (10:03) All those calendar events are out there, not to mention all of our show notes, so any of the crazy stories, the holidays, all those things that you hear us talk about, plus your link to Ask Uncle Bobby that'll be coming up in the 7 o'clock hour. It's all right there on the show, not to mention two new features that we've got on it. We've got the B-Team Rewind. That's right. (10:23) For a few of you out there, Pappy, that don't Quite get up to see a six to nine show or listen to a six to nine show at about 915 or so It's usually published and it's the full three hour recording of our show live complete with all the music everything for you to replay on Demand when you want to just put it on a loop. That's the best thing to do Yeah, you could put it on loop and let it go man. You got to be team all day And then our newest feature which I'll be honest with you Skylar does most of the editing and since he's on vacation And I'm just left for me to edit It'll probably be piled up until next week But our next feature is (11:02) the b-team redux. That's the newest thing. Yeah, it's we boiled down We get rid of all the music, you know all that crap. You don't want to hear Yeah, and we package it into about a 30-45 minute show Just just of our bits and everything like that that you can hear and that usually runs about a day behind Yeah, but but it's a way to get us and you know Tom (11:20) you know where all this came from right the show notes the rewind the redux, you know and You know, what was the impetus behind all that what made it happen your brain? Nope It was Gary McCoy wasn't really yes. Yeah, I got tired of hearing from Gary McCoy I can only hear you for a couple of minutes, but oh, what was that funny thing? You said yeah, I Don't carry that was that was hours ago. (11:44) I I don't know what's coming out of my mouth when it's coming out of my mouth. And now you want me to remember. One of the guys that heard about us the first time we got announced on the show at Bitomcat, Bill Trexler, walks in and he will say, hey, did you hear this on the radio this morning? I'll be like, no, Bill, I missed it. (12:03) But now I can go back and listen to it. Now you can go back and listen. Yeah, because we talk about you a lot, Tom. Oh, I know. (12:08) Yeah, you might want to know what's happening. So there you go all of that all the holidays time. We got another holiday coming up. Where are we? (12:17) Where are we now on that? Well, it is a national kazoo day today Bobby. Oh Great great. Yeah, cuz nothing says musical talent like humming into a plastic tube shaped like regret, right? (12:30) Everybody's got musical talent when it comes to kazoo Oh, so National Kazoo Day, for those keeping score in the Department of Dubious Celebrations. Yeah, it's the annual reminder that America once looked at a vibrating piece of tin and said, yeah, that's music. It's a day where grown adults put their mouth on a plastic toy and pretend it's art, which, you know, come to think of it, explains most modern jazz. You know, the kazoo blessedly requires no talent. (13:01) Yeah, yeah, just breath and a lack of shame. the liquor, you know? So yeah, January 28th is when we honor the only instrument that sounds like a duck with asthma and still has its own holiday. Now I'm going to get online and go find some of those kazoo people that just do magic with them. (13:23) Tom's on a mission. Just what I needed this morning. We got more music coming your way But you know, why don't we start it off with what do we feel filled Fleetwood Mac tusk? Oh, yeah, that's sound love that song. (13:39) I'm pretty good. Yeah My favorite just for you favorite, but just it's good just for you Fleetwood Mac tusk right here 100 point 3k rock the classic rock station You're listening to the b-team morning show with the only Bobby and Tom that matter right here. Oh Just after 7 o'clock right here on 100.3 KROQ, you're listening to the B-Team Morning Show, brought to you by our friends over at Okaloosa Gas, Stripes Pub & Grill, and OutKast Sushi. I'm Bobby Durell, sitting over here in the big boy chair, because Skyler's playing hooky. (14:11) The big boy chair. That's right, that's right. Got Tom Mason off the bench over here, hanging out. Yeah, benchwarmer side. (14:18) That's right, that's right. Well, I don't know if this is the benchwarmer side, because you sit here normally. Well, you're off the bench, yeah. You're normally a benchwarmer, but you're actually in the game. (14:26) Yeah, you're like that's true. You're like the Rudy of this show Hey, have you ever seen and I guess McPherson I guess that makes McPherson the water boy Maybe we call, do we call him radio? Easy. There you go. (14:46) Not to derail the show, but have you ever seen the documentary about Rudy, the movie? Yeah. What a fantastic, what a fantastic documentary. I actually liked it better than the movie and I love the movie, but the documentary about that guy and what he did and how he ended up getting into the program and everything like that is just absolutely amazing. (15:08) Yeah, really it really is it really is yeah, I it's that's one of those great great stories out there Yeah, it certainly is yeah, I love the part where he goes back to the school You know he's probably 50 years old or whatever and goes back to the school And he's just standing there talking to the students and stuff like that, and then he tells him who he is and they're just floors You know oh my god Yeah Yeah, you gotta love a story like that. All right. Well. (15:36) Hey Tom. It's gotten all the way up to 29 degrees Hasn't really yeah, I'm enough. It's that's right. That's balmy out there. (15:41) I don't know why you brought my jacket you got a Gotta hit a high today of 53 Yeah, it's it's chilly folks so bundle up. Hey. It's a good time to remind you if you're a little cold outside You know who's got hoodies? Yeah? (15:54) I had by Tomcat by Tomcat custom apparel though. You can put your name on it. Yeah, we will I've made quite a few lately. That's right Tom is in a hoodie making mo. (16:05) Oh my gosh Well, we had a bunch of a bunch of good friends going up to Minneapolis, but not for excuse you said that wrong again Yeah, I believe it's pronounced mini Somalia. Yeah True, but technically they're going over to st. Walls. Yeah, they are So, I'm sorry you were saying yeah, they got a big festival going on up there and So they're heading up and they need to do it. (16:28) He's to keep warm So we we knocked out a bunch of them over the last week week and a half, but yeah Yeah, it's gonna be interesting the stories they come back with I'm I'm I'm waiting. Yeah, I hope they get some time at the quality learning The direction that hey you guys you guys haven't got a hair if you don't get a picture in front of the quality center And I gotta tell you I'm I am I'm I'm a little less enthused about paying my taxes this year Yeah Learning all that that does get kind of frustrating yeah, it really does I mean I As a taxpayer, you know money's going to things that maybe you don't necessarily approve of, but it's a coalition, and you take the good with the bad, but something like that just digs at you. (17:16) When you're thinking, hey man, can you imagine if that money was just dispersed out between the citizens? Mm-hmm how much money you'd put in your pocket and how how much good that could do yeah people yeah I mean when you when you look at some of the other problems that we have and yeah And where we are and how that could have been useful yeah for something other than lining the pockets of a few greedy individuals Yeah, yeah, who am I to talk? I mean I you know I'm the same guy that that thinks that maybe these college Athletes don't need to make a few million dollars a year. (17:47) Yeah, yeah, but yeah, who am I right? Who am I? Anyway, Tom, don't we have something else to talk about something goofy? I think we got one last holiday coming up, don't we? (17:58) It's the best one. It's National Lego Day. Oh, really? Oh, wow. (18:02) The beautiful reminder that stepping on your kid's dreams hurts just as much as stepping on the damn bridge. Man, I love Legos man except when I step on them. Yeah It's the time to celebrate that tiny little plastic brick. You know the lifelong foot trauma. (18:18) They've inflicted since run innocent parents since 1949 We've all experienced it. If you've had kids, you've experienced it. Oh, God. And why is it always 2 a.m.? (18:30) Now, where did it come from? Exactly. The cat. The cat brought it in. (18:34) We have to set this right here. It is International Lego Day, folks. A sacred time when grown adults pretend stepping on plastic bricks is the worst pain known to man. And children pretend they're architects instead of tiny demolition experts with sugar addictions. (18:50) And we honor the Danish toy that taught us how to dream big and choke small. Yeah. Yeah. It's not a real holiday, but neither is half the stuff we celebrate. (18:59) So looking at you Arbor Day, right? Anyway, mark your calendar, build a spaceship and well, try not to sue. they cost lately. Oh man, I know. (19:11) Isn't it crazy? Oh my gosh. Isn't it crazy? Some of those things are unbelievably expensive. (19:15) You know, it was funny. I had a guy that worked for me. We were talking about when the Lego movie first came out. Yeah. (19:24) We could relate most with, spaceship! Spaceship! I'm gonna build a spaceship! The sword of exact zero. (19:32) That's right. Alright, folks, stick around, we've got more to come. We've got Uncle Bobby coming up later this hour, but right now, it's NXS with New Sensation, right here at 100.3 KROQ, the classic rock station. You're listening to the B-Team Morning Show. (19:48) It's the only Bob and Tom that matter. A little born-to-be-wild some Steppenwolf out there for Junebug. I was June. I hope you're I hope you're listening I was that was for you, sweetie. (20:01) I Hope you everything's going great with you and Dub. Yeah, Junebug and Dub, honey. Yeah born-to-be-wild. That's right That's her. (20:09) That's her song born-to-be-mild I don't think she's mild. No, she's not. No, she's not. Hey, you're listening to 100.3K Rock, the classic rock station. (20:18) It's the B-Team Morning Show, brought to you by our friends over at Okaloosa Gas, Stripes Pub & Grill, and OutKast Sushi out in Miramar. You got Bob and Tom here. You know, the only ones that really matter. Yeah. (20:29) The real Bob and Tom. That's right. That's what I'm going to say. That's right. (20:31) Tom some fun stories out there. I know we got some stories to get through this this hour We've got ask uncle Bobby coming up at close to the end of the hour But how about this one this school principal? Yeah gotten a little bit of trouble at Walmart He's not stacking method. Oh, yeah, yeah So a long-time elementary school administrator in Cherokee County, Georgia was arrested after authorities say she spent months stealing nearly $1,000 in merchandise from a local Walmart using stacking self-checkout trick. (21:05) That's right. Police alleged 47 year old Courtney Janelle Shaw repeatedly placed many items together at self-checkout But scanned only one before walking out okay netting 98 items worth about nine hundred forty four dollars between early November and the end of December investigators tied surveillance footage and vehicle matches to shah and she was taken into custody shah was booked on a felony shoplifting charge released after posting bond and placed on administrative leave for both law enforcement and her school district investigate interesting now you heard about so we had a story yesterday about a uh... a florida man uh... (21:43) retired man down in uh... central florida that did the same thing roughly a thousand dollars worth of merchandise okay So stat, you know what stacking is right? Yeah, that's where you take that cheap item You put it in front of a more expensive item and scan only the one. Yeah. (21:56) Yeah. Yeah. So there you go Yeah, I yeah, I just I I don't have the I don't have the ability to do that. All right It just takes too much time Well, that, you know, being a shop owner and a business owner, I mean, you understand, man, theft is, theft hurts. (22:12) Yeah, it's crazy. I mean, you know, and I'm sure we'll hear some stupid things about it, but, you know, Skylar and I were talking about it the other day. I think what's happening with some of this stuff is people are confusing your need for something as a right to something. Exactly. (22:29) Just because you need it doesn't mean you have a right to it. Andy, you really need it. You know, there's that, too. Yeah. (22:36) Well, I mean, hey, look, I go as far as food. Just because you need food doesn't mean you have a right to free food. Right. Exactly. (22:44) And steal it. And especially what you're stealing, you know. There's a lot of ways to go with this. Well, you know, the problem is, Tom, is, well, maybe this next one will help us. (22:58) It's coming up. It's Marshall Tucker Band. Heard it in a love song. Maybe we just need a little more love in our life. (23:06) We do. That's what it is. Let's not get too far with this, Bob. That's the cars with the good times roll right here on 100.3k rock, the classic rock station. (23:24) You're listening to the B team morning show with Bobby and Tom. Oh, just all the fun that everybody could have. Skyler's out and they put a boomer and an X-er in here and got rid of the millennial. All the fun that you can have without a, uh, without a, without a permit, without, yeah, without a permit. (23:40) I was going to say without Skyler, but you can have a lot of fun without Skyler. A lot more fun when he's not babysitting. Is he gone yet? No, he's got another hour before he's got to get on the airplane, I think. (23:50) Yeah, something like that. He's sitting at the airport right now. I'm sure he's listening. Yeah, I'll bet. (23:57) What else has he got to do? That's right, that's right. He's critiquing everything. He is. (24:02) I'm sure he's writing down notes, going to send them to us right afterwards. Don't worry, we'll get right on that, Sky Sky. Hey talking about good times rolling. Well, not a lot of people felt like the good times rolled in 2025 You know, I keep hearing that but I don't I I mean it was it the best year No, but it I didn't see it as that bad. (24:21) See I really I'm I'm out of touch I don't think I was more ready to put a year behind me really than 2025. Yeah, I I did not like the year it was just I needed that year to go by Yeah And a new national poll says most Americans gave 2025 a meh That's right, yes, yeah, that's that was their grade I saw a lot of positive things during the year, you know nationally and personally Yeah, well, so everybody said 2025 was about average when asked to rate their year on a scale of 21 to 10 Okay on average people scored it a five point three out of ten. So just better than Yeah One quarter called it a poor year. (25:06) I'm definitely in in that side. Yeah. Yeah And only about one in five saying it was a really good for them personally. Okay, cuz they're crackheads anyway Now funny and this this kind of this is hilarious time for us talking about it So across generations Gen X rated the year the lowest. (25:27) Okay, while Gen Z, which what the hell do they know? Yeah, probably the only year they remember and And baby boomers were a bit more positive, but the overall mood was still just lukewarm See, I'm a baby boomer. Yeah. Yeah, I fit right in there. (25:43) Yeah, you know, yeah things weren't bad I mean it was it was a lot of it was a lot of big wins during the year for me personally anyway way to live up to the stereotype Even so a large share of respondents said they experienced personal growth in 2025 Whether in their personal life emotional or mental well-being or other areas suggesting that people found value and quieter internal progress even if the year itself felt just Average, okay. Yeah Yeah, I get it. Personal growth, yeah. (26:13) I will say, I mean, I can, you know, the further I get away from it, I can look back and, you know, hey, there's, you know, yeah, I definitely learned some things, stuff got better. I mean, I think it set me up for a good 2026, but, you know, nobody likes being in the valley, Tom. We like being on the mountaintop. And I would say, as years go, that was a year in the valley. (26:32) We got rid of the sleepy guy. That's true. That is true. So that was a big win. (26:38) Yeah, but there was still I mean there was still a lot of economic pressure all through the year. Yeah, right I mean there was just a I Mean, you know again, I I think new president in office doing new things at getting there You know, I think we're still we're still seeing some of that kind of shake out Yeah, people that don't understand that, you know, you lost get over it right exactly. Yeah, you know, I mean I Didn't see all of us stomping up and down, you know, because we didn't like the guy that was in the White House, but yeah Yeah, I don't get it sometimes. (27:10) Yeah Anyway, all right. Well, we're not getting into that right? That's right. That's right We're gonna try to we're gonna try to move on and I still love my fellow man, you know, even though they're wrong The idiots out there, yeah And they are the little people they got to make us something to make us look good, right? (27:27) That's right That's right, and you know as I told somebody not too long ago. It is very hard to argue with me when you're wrong All right, we've got the great karaoke song wheel in the sky right now 100.3k rock the classic rock station uncle Bobby coming up shortly so stick around they're gonna miss me singing Hey, well, that was Ramblin' Gamblin' Man, little Bob Seger. You know, nothing like playing 60-year-old music, huh? (27:56) Yeah. Seeker yeah, yeah. Yeah. Okay. (28:01) He goes back to the 60s. Well, I know he does. Yeah, I know he does Yeah, that's that was like walking walking through the other day There was a Kathy was watching something on TV and it was I'm like, what are you watching? She's like Chernobyl. (28:14) It's like oh, yeah, man. That was what like 86 or 87 She was like, yeah 86 and I kind of stopped and looked at her I went it's kind of hard to believe that was 40 years ago. I know I You know, I I will say I have gotten to that stage where you know, I look at something and I go oh my god, that was forever ago and and then I I I kind of realized how old I am well I I never I never think I'm that old. (28:48) Yeah, it's all until I'm that old. Yeah Get out of your chair 40 years ago, but I'm only In my brain I'm still like 36, right? Yeah Exactly. Well, I'm still six. (29:11) Yeah, except when I instead when I wake up on a cold day and somehow I'm magically 102 I mean, you know mentally I'm in my 30s physically. I'm a Civil War vet. Yeah All right folks well It's it's it's come that that time. Oh, yeah, maybe it's oh, there we go. (29:32) There's the there's the music Let's start that over again. So Skylar usually does this for me. So with that music we know it's that time and That's right, we've got another caller with a little bit of question and worry in life. Well, they've turned to the one place they know. (29:48) Ask Uncle Bobby, where you get all of life's worst advice that you never knew you needed. Brought to you by Tomcat Custom Apparel, where Tomcat says, hey, cold or hot, doesn't matter, we'll brand it. Hoodies to t-shirts, you name it, we've got you covered. That's right. (30:05) That's right. So stitching it together, Tom. How do you like that? Stitching it together. (30:09) I love it. Yeah. All right. So, Tom, who do we have? (30:12) What's the question before us today? Exhausted friendship janitor asks, I have a friend who has become toxic and draining. And I feel overwhelmed every time we interact. I want to distance myself or end the friendship. (30:28) But I feel guilty and I'm worried about causing drama in our shared social circle. How do I handle this without making things worse? Well, Tom, you just have to tell Jim. Listen, guilt is adorable, okay? (30:46) What it is, is it's your brain trying to keep you trapped in a social contract written in invisible ink by someone who thinks, well, boundaries are a personal insult. And if this friendship is toxic, you don't need a discussion. You need containment protocol. That's what you need. (31:03) Because listen, here's the real crisis. You're trying to do sanitation work with your bare hands while also worrying the trash might feel judged. You know how you're overwhelmed every time you interact? Because this isn't friendship anymore, it's maintenance. (31:17) And you're done being a janitor. So first, you gotta start treating this like a heartfelt farewell tour, okay? This isn't a breakup, it's a controlled demolition. And the cleanest version, well, that's the Vanishing Act. (31:32) That's right, one day you're busy, the next day you're permanently busy, and within a month, you're a myth people argue about at brunch. That's right, if they chase you, don't you reward the behavior with explanations? No, explanations are just snacks for toxic people, okay? You gotta give them boring nothing. (31:49) Short plies, delayed replies, the emotional temperature of a corporate help desk that has already decided your ticket is closed. And now the social circle, well, People fear drama, so give them something safer to repeat. You're not mad, you're just refocusing. You're tired, you're working on things, or you're keeping your calendar light and you're becoming low availability like an exclusive restaurant with no reservations. (32:17) You know, you've been there, right? You've seen that, where they can't give you that table because it's reserved, yet it stays free all night. Yeah. If you want to make it airtight, then you got to create a decoy version of your life that is aggressively uninteresting. (32:32) Look, become obsessed with early bedtimes, hydration, and a hobby that sounds like punishment, and then mention it constantly. Because listen, nobody hunts down a person who keeps bringing up stretching. And if they try to smear you, well, you let them. See, look, Toxic Friend running a gossip campaign is basically a free warning label you do not have to print. (32:54) You keep your hands clean, you keep your distance, and you let them shadowbox with the air like a villain practicing monologues in an empty warehouse. What do you think, Tom? I think that advice is worth what you pay for it. It feels good. (33:13) Yeah, considering you're the guy paying for it. I'm glad you're happy about it. Uncle Bobby, man, you nailed it. That's called cognitive dissonance. (33:29) Folks listen, oh, you know what man? I screwed up earlier I said we had been listening to Bob Seger and we weren't we were we were Bob O'Reilly. That's why I'm like did I miss something here? Yeah Bob Seger's coming up. (33:44) Okay, you know, I almost I almost deleted it like it wasn't there I didn't beat you up on the air, but I thought about it for a second you should have Let it roll. Yeah, I was cuz I was sitting here when I was even saying I was like that was Bob Seger We were talking Folks it's hard to believe we don't necessarily listen to every song. Yeah, I've heard them all We did sing along. It was a heartwarming moment. (34:07) Sing along until I heard it in a love song. I'm glad you clarified that, because I was sitting here going, man, I didn't think that was Bob Seger, but maybe I'm missing something. Yeah. Well, whatever. (34:16) All right. Bob Seger, Ramblin' Gamblin' Man. 100.3K Rock, the Classic Rock Station. You're listening to Bobby and Tom on the Beat Time Morning Show. (34:24) We're the only Bob and Tom that matter. Includes Bob Seger. Classic cream right there a little Eric Clapton Eric just as he was becoming Eric Clapton Bob Seger not Bob Seger I gotta tell you white room. That's one of my it's one of my favorite songs. (34:44) Yeah Yeah, I was I used to always have fun with it Up at up at Troy cuz I spent a little time helping get bands and things like that Yeah, and so my big test with every band is as they were wanting to play the house was hey I want to hear white room Really? Yeah. If they could play it, they got booked immediately on the spot. (35:05) Yeah. Almost all of them went. Yeah, I wish. I can see that. (35:12) Almost all of them. Not one of those songs that you think of as a cover song. No, no, no, no. But I will tell you, of the guys over three years, there's maybe two? (35:26) Might have been third band. There was basically one a year. Really? I'd ask for it. (35:31) And there was one that tried it, and I'd stop them halfway. I'm like, no. No. No, we're not. (35:36) It didn't work? Yeah, this isn't. Your answer to that is no. So what was the typical cover song that you would hear from some of these bands? (35:46) Oh, man. I mean, come on, dude. That was uh, That was what early early midnight or about yeah early 90s to the mid 90s. Uh, so everybody was uh, um When at chumbawamba, okay, I get knocked down. (36:00) Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I've freaking heard that all the time and uh, The the proclaimers. (36:05) Yeah, you know, I'd walk 500 miles. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. (36:09) Yeah freaking heard that all the time man I'd like to try to come out of the blue with them on stuff like hey, how about some toad the wet sprocket? Hey folks you listen to the BT morning show just after 8 o'clock on a lovely Wednesday morning Skyler's out in case you're wondering that's that's Tom Mason over there on mic to you I'm sitting over here in the big boy chair Skyler on his way up to mini Somalia and Something about opening a daycare center something. Yeah, he's going up there. (36:41) He's got some paperwork to file Yeah, yeah, it's getting uh, it's getting warm out there folks. It's all the way up to 32 degrees Things are no longer freezing. That's right. Somebody call wisconsin their weather's down here and drunk again Man, you know, it wasn't forecast to go below freezing last night. (37:02) Well, I know You know, it's it's funny I can always tell when I get up in it. Well, first of all, like, you know older house right single pane glass Yeah, brick exterior like true brick house, which is the air gap between two rows of bricks a little cold in the house, but that starts happening about 53 or so and and it does kind of regulate and But, uh, I can always tell when it's super cold outside because, uh, I've got the Renai, the tankless heaters outside. And so, you know, they, I mean, they're blasting like what? (37:34) 25, 40,000 BTUs. Yeah. Right. All at once. (37:38) Right. But, uh, when it's nice and cold, like today, the water's just warm. Right, you know like summertime. It's like oh that's steaming. (37:47) Mm-hmm today. It's like it's warm I love that thing man. I got one. I got one in the house and I I love it. (37:54) It's great You don't run out of hot water, which is nice. That's true. We have we have two we have I put one On the one side of the house because I did you know what the house is so big I didn't want to have just one run in the whole house because it meant either a I'd have to wait in the bathroom for like five minutes for all the water to circulate over there. (38:12) Yeah, right or at the kitchen So I put one on either side in retrospect. I should have put a manifold between it and the boys shower Yeah, because having a couple of teenage boys and endless hot water When we put ours in, I bought the one with the recirculating pump in it, and I put the recirculating line in the house. Well, I didn't, for whatever reason, it didn't get set up to where it was recirculating. I thought I did. (38:45) I did all the programming and everything like that, but there was one critical step that was missing from it. You have to set the time on the clock. for like two years. It was turn the hot water on in the shower in the master bedroom and wait 15 minutes for the water to warm up. (39:02) And then one day I'm messing around with it and the thing's in a closet somewhere so the clock didn't seem like an important thing. I set the clock and within, I don't know, 20 seconds the hot water all of a sudden is at the master bedroom shower. I'm like, huh. That recirculating thing does work. (39:20) So, so Tom, I gotta tell you, you're talking about setting the clock. Yeah. And I just want you to know that every, every Gen X or everybody from my generation that just heard that story driving to work this morning, their eyes twitching a little bit because they're remembering back to their parents and their grandparents VCR with the flashing clock. Boy you have never sounded as much like a boomer As you did in that moment, it wasn't important. (39:55) Oh folks. Here's a quick reminder to, uh, to go check out the, uh, the B team show.com. Uh, that's where you'll find all of our show notes, links to ask uncle Bobby, all the stories that we've talked about today. Plus all the events that we got going, going on. (40:06) Uh, we've got a lot of stuff coming up. It is, is the Mardi Gras season. And this weekend we've got the crew of airship pirates over in Milton. They're going to have their, uh, 2026 Mardi Gras parade right there in Milton, Florida on January 31st. (40:19) That ought to be a lot of fun, but cool beans. I am gonna tell you to dress warm. Yeah dress warm. Yeah, it's gonna be chilly Speaking of more Mardi Gras things February 7th you got the Navarre Beach Mardi Gras parade out there at Navarre Beach, Florida Now Tom and I unfortunately won't be making that one We'll be over in Panama City for the crew of st. (40:36) Andrews in there their Mardi Gras parade Yeah, Navarre Beach is always a great time. It is a good time. It's a good time It's a lot of fun a lot of fun. We're gonna we're gonna venture a little Little more easterly. (40:47) Yeah. Yeah, I haven't been to this one. So I'm looking forward to it I think it'll be a lot of fun. Yeah, it'll be a lot of fun But but Navar you can never go wrong at that one and a big reminder February 6. (40:58) We've got the soup herbal That's right. Soup Cook-Off and Paws fundraiser at Mid-South Bank right here in Fort Walton Beach. There's a bunch of different vendors that are going to be coming in, participants that are doing their soup cook-off contest. They're going to compete for best soup award for the most donations raised. (41:18) So bring your A-game and a ladle and raise some money for Paws right there. So bring your best soups and what you know. It's kind of funny. I've been given a little bit of a reprieve on those. (41:33) I was supposed to be in the chili and supposed to be in this. I do have to give a big thank you to Lynn. She let me off the hook when she found out that I just became diabetic. She's not requiring me to cook anything this year, but expects me with a year's rest to come back. (41:50) I figured she just didn't want the crap I'm cooking now. I'm surprised. It could be that, Bobby. Yeah, look I'm gonna be honest with you. (41:59) I don't want the crap. I'm cooking now Hey, I tell you who doesn't like corn free cornbread Who tell me who you name one person that says they don't like it. Yeah, I mean the soy tastes exactly like Cauliflower Cauliflower, that's right You know, I will tell you the cauliflower crust on pizza. Not so bad. (42:29) It's not so bad Yeah, somebody tried to convince me to try the cauliflower replacement for mashed potatoes, huh? That was that did not work. Yeah did not work. You just can't pulverize it enough Anyway, all right Pink Floyd and hey you right here 100 point 3k rock your classic rock station Listen to the BT morning show with Bobby and Tom the real Bob and Tom the only ones that matter So y'all keep it locked in (42:57) here. We've got sticks foghat Robert plant coming up. I don't know we keep running behind I might have to pull a couple of those man That's uh sticks with uh fooling yourself, you know sticks we're fooling ourselves We had another song sticks one of my one of my favorite one of my favorite bands Man, I don't know. (43:24) I you know, I know there's sticks sticks lovers out there that just you know, I think they're the greatest but yeah I don't know. I don't get it. I just don't think it held up to time. I was a huge fan Back in the day, but it's kind of it's kind of waned over time. (43:38) I'm not I'm not as big a fan as I used to be Yeah, yeah, it's you know, the carnival piano just didn't just didn't hold it for just didn't it didn't stand the test of time I guess And a lot of time. As we talked about earlier. That's right. Well, we're just about half past the 8 o'clock. (43:56) That means it's getting close. I know. It's brewing. It's brewing for a time for us to get you out of here. (44:01) It's gone by quick. I know it has, hasn't it? I mean, it's all the work I make you do now. It's nonstop in here. (44:07) I gotta tell you, my back is killing me from carrying you. And that microphone goes off and it's... Yeah, meanwhile, it's mostly Tom looking like an immigrant at the DMV. What are we doing next? (44:22) Me? Oh, it's a balmy 34 degrees out there. Half past eight o'clock on this wonderful Florida morning. I don't even need my jacket anymore. (44:33) Hey, they've even adjusted it down now to the daytime high of 52. Oh yeah. And they're predicting overnight back down to 28 degrees. Okay. (44:43) So we started at 29, we're going to make it to 52, and we're going back to 28. Nice. Nice, we'll see how many of my since I didn't turn the pumps on last night and let them run We'll see how they survived. Yeah. (44:56) Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah that That's so good. Yeah, that's okay. (45:01) It's a lot pumped always does. Okay. Yeah, it's covered up. Yeah, I've got it covered I tend what I do is I put a put up one of those little light bulbs. (45:08) Mm-hmm underneath the cover blanket So it puts some heat in there. So that's fine Well, they came through and condemned all the wells on my side, and we've got county water. And every well that ever digs around there, it only lasts about 10 or 15 years, and then it goes to salt. Well, yeah, from where you're at. (45:27) Yeah, it just kind of is what it is. So I have to go off county water, but my backflow preventer froze up. Oh, really? Yeah, so I got to fix that. (45:37) That that happened in the hard freeze last year you see how on top of it. I've been you know that was last year. Yeah Did I mention how 25 sucked yeah? I? (45:47) Mean you know when it came down to it. I had enough money to replace the backflow preventer or support a Somali daycare yeah I'm telling you you made the wrong choice. Yeah, apparently yeah, you know paid my taxes for the government. Yeah, my civic duty Rich radio personality Right, we get fame in lieu of compensation. (46:13) And when I think of the tens of people that hear this message every morning. Sending money. Alright, folks, we got our weather report coming up right now, a few words from our sponsors, and then we're back with CCR, Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, and more. Boy, talk about cheap trick, that's what I feel like this whole thing is. (46:29) Alright, keep it right here, 100.3K, Rock the Classic Rock Station, the B-Team Morning Show, Bobby and Tom, because Skyler, well, he left. He ditched us. Dream on! Little Aerosmith right there. (46:44) Not Bob Seeger? Not Bob Seeger. Not Bob Seeger. Hey, Aerosmith, that's another... (46:48) I'm gonna keep going back to that. Yeah, another favorite one of mine. I like Dream On. I remember when that song came out. (46:56) I think I was in junior high. I remember learning to write the Errol Smith, you know, the way it was written. And it was just like, oh my gosh, look at me. I'm an artist. (47:09) I can write this on my peachy notebook cover. You remember those, don't you, Bobby? Oh, yeah. Yeah, I do. (47:19) I do. I remember back in the day. Well, you know, see, I didn't have any of the fancy covers. You remember when you used to get book covers and all of that? (47:27) Yeah. Yeah, mine were always brown paper bags. Yeah, that was it, man. That's what I got. (47:33) Yeah. Yeah. I remember You know, it's kind of funny because I was I was laughing with somebody the other day I remember and I actually remember being made fun of by the teacher Yeah, but it was you know, I was in first grade, you know and got a cold snap And you don't really have mittens or stuff like that down here But everybody else was wearing their mittens and their gloves and everything and yeah, I was given a pair of socks I It works, right? (48:02) Yeah, yeah, and I remember I remember the tea. I mean the teacher actually picked on me about it. Yeah So when I when I say the times are tight when I was growing up So That's funny anyway, that's good You know back back, I mean, can you imagine if a teacher picked on a kid on something like that though this I know I know Yeah, you know you and you can tell it traumatized me so bad. (48:29) Yeah, I'm never recovered from it Whatever a bunch of pansies out there. I don't know. I think it left a mark Do you need to talk about it came up in therapy Maybe you need to send something to ask uncle Bobby and get his feedback on it. Yeah. (48:50) Yeah. See see where he goes. Yeah Talk about socks and stuff like that. I don't think you'll get the answer you thinking you're gonna get I Yeah, probably not. (49:01) So, Tom, you got a little story out there? I do, I do. Sarah, spelled with A-H, has a meltdown because the Starbucks barista spelled it Sarah, just S-A-R-A. She had a total meltdown on it. (49:21) I think the Starbucks barista wanted to take the cup back, scratch it out, and write Karen on it. Let's see, I think we got let's let's see if we can get this Man talk about first world problems. Oh Go back to Legos asking for is total perfection. That's right We got about 20 minutes left in this it means we're gearing up to say goodbye but right now we've got Well the eagles, I'm gonna you know what this is This is a little bit of the eagles. (50:14) It's going out to uh to sarah s-a-r-a-h sarah heartache tonight You're listening to the bt morning show 100.3 k rock the classic rock station Great white once bitten twice shy right here on 100.3k rock the classic rock station the bt morning show You know who was uh, who's who's bitten and twice shy? Who's that? Well, how about a uh, 42 year old man known as chuck e cheese Yeah, his real name is jeremy jones He's resolved some criminal charges in Florida after admitting he used a stolen Visa debit card to make purchases at stores like Smoke Shop, Circle K, Groceries, and Whataburger. (51:01) Now, the card belonged to a woman who said it went missing after her child's birthday party at the Chuck E. Cheese restaurant. in Tallahassee. Jones pleaded no contest in circuit court this week to two felony counts, one misdemeanor tied to the theft and unlawful use of the card, but he avoided going to prison under a plea bill that spared him a lengthy sentence. (51:24) Really? What was the plea deal? That he didn't go to prison. Okay, I mean I don't I don't understand what we missed let's see Going to prison under a plea deal so he pled guilty Actually, he pled no contact. (51:41) Okay. Okay. He didn't say he was guilty. He just said no contest All right, I'm gonna fight it. (51:47) Okay I'm not gonna say I'm guilty. I'm just gonna say... Well, that's where I was going with that. What did he give up for all that? (51:56) Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Well, I mean, it's quick, right? (51:59) It's interesting. He probably got restitution and a few of those other things. He'll never repay, so whatever. No, never will. (52:05) All right, folks, it's that time of day. It's time for us to sign off. Thomas, it's been fun. It's been quick. (52:11) It has been. It's gone by very fast. Yeah. So two more days of this? (52:15) I know. What's the over-under that Sunday Skyler calls complaining about how bad he feels and that he can't make it in Monday? Right now, I would say there's probably about a 50% chance. Yeah. (52:27) I think that's optimistic. I'm going to watch the Facebook post and we'll adjust that each day. I'm going to say that's optimistic. That's incredibly optimistic. (52:35) I believe he'll find a way to stretch this to Wednesday. I would That's just more crap that's gonna be piled up for him cuz I don't know how to edit that stuff I'm gonna tell you that right now Alright, any final parting thoughts for everyone? Stay warm out there. Do your best. (52:55) Try to stay warm. That's true. It is going to get all the way up to 53 today and back down to 28 tonight. That's not bad. (53:00) Get out there in the sun while you can. That's right. Get some vitamin D because otherwise you're cranky and Tom doesn't want to deal with you, Kat. Oh no, I'm the one that's cranky. (53:12) All right, folks. Hey, that's about all we've got for right now. We've got our local news coming up. But what I'm going to say is thanks for tuning in and listening to us. (53:21) We appreciate you being here. On behalf of our sponsors, I'd like to thank those guys. I'd be remiss if I didn't. So a big thank you to Okaloosa Gas, Stripes Pub & Grill, and OutKast Sushi for keeping the lights turned on and keeping us warm on a cold day like this. (53:38) We do appreciate it. Until next time, I'm going to say, hey, we appreciate you stopping by and listening to the B-Team Morning Show, your leading alternative to quality programming right here on the Emerald Coast. Now, we know you have a choice in what you listen to each and every morning. We appreciate the fact that you settled in on this wild ride that we call a morning show. (53:53) But it's come that time of day, Tom and I, we are out of here. So we're going to tell you to keep on rocking, keep on rolling, never settle for the ordinary. Until the next time, the B-Team is out. And that's a wrap on today's B-Team Redux.