St. Patrick's Day & the 6,000-Pill Bust: Why Green Beer, Playground Lawsuits & a Colorado Meth Haul Define Modern America

(00:01) Here's today's B Team Redux. A Tuesday morning, the 17th of March. Are you wearing your green? I am. Of course. You got to. You got to today. I didn't want to get pinched. Well, you might be green tomorrow if you drink too much today, too. (00:17) That's a possibility. Yeah, that's a real possibility. We'll get to that here in just a little bit. We are the B Team Morning Show. Schuyler Black, Tom Mason on a Tuesday. Cold. Burr. Yeah, a high of about, what, 52 this afternoon? (00:32) That's crazy. I know. I know. Just a few more days of winter, and then warmer weather. We'll be here by Thursday. So, you spring breakers, yeah. Sorry. Sorry. (00:47) Yeah. You know, they come down, and then they, like, bitch and complain at us like we control the weather. We spent all our money to come down here, and the weather sucks. First of all, like they're even getting out of bed during the day. True. They're probably sleeping until late in the morning and then lounging around until early afternoon. (01:07) So, you know, suck it up, Buttercup. That's right. Yeah. That's right. Could be worse. It could be worse, yeah, exactly. Walton County or Ocaloosa County could have busted your house party. You could. You got that, yeah. (01:22) Got that LSU Ole Miss rivalry going on right now. They're doing good, man. I can't wait to see the next one. Hey, if you missed that story from yesterday's show, we've got details on our website, thebteamshow.com. Yeah. On the show notes tab from yesterday. But taking a look at the National Day calendar today, it's World Social Work Day. (01:42) Ah, yes. World Social Work Day. Celebrating the people who untangle humanity's messes while the rest of us keep making fresh ones like it's a hobby. Oh, boy, there's a few of us out there that do that very well, too. (01:57) World Social Work Day is the annual reminder that society keeps lighting itself on fire and then acting surprised when somebody shows up with a bucket and a clipboard. It's a nod to the social workers doing the unglamorous, high-stakes work of untangling disasters, poverty, addiction, abuse, bureaucracy, while the rest of us argue about whose fault it is and call it policy. (02:21) We celebrate by praising them loudly, funding them quietly, and expecting miracles on a schedule like their customer service for the human condition. So tip your hat, mind your manners, and remember, if you've never needed a social worker, congratulations on your boring life. (02:40) Try not to ruin it this week. That's funny. That's funny. Well, tomorrow there'll be plenty of watering holes in town that'll be offering social work among your peers. I hope I'll probably be one of them that's needing it. (02:55) Hey, I thought you said Bobby was the problem, not me. Not the problem. I'm talking about, you know, what I'm going to end up doing to myself tonight with St. Paddy's Day. All right, coming up in just a bit, music from Queen, Ram Jam's Black Betty on the Way. (03:13) First, my wife's least favorite song of all time. In fact, one that she despises. Bon Jovi, Wanted Dead or Alive on 100.3 KROCK. Mississippi Queen, there's a mountain on the Classic Rock Station, 100.3 KROCK. (03:28) You know, I always felt like the Mississippi Queen sounded like a riverboat casino. Yeah, I know. Doesn't it? Yeah. It's what you expect. I would be shocked if there was not a riverboat called Mississippi Queen, to put it honestly. Now I feel like we should play, like, CCR's Proud Mary or something, too. (03:45) There's probably another riverboat named Proud Mary. Rolling on the river. Let them sing a song. It's a day full of green, fun, and frolicking. Yeah. And we'll get to that in just a bit, but we've got to talk about this one first on the National Day calendar. (04:03) Okay. It's Dr. Patient Trust Day. Dr. Patient Trust Day. Yeah, the one day a copay buys honesty and your chart still says mildly uncooperative because you Googled your symptoms. Yeah. (04:18) You WebMD-diagnosed yourself. Yeah. Probably one of the worst things that ever happened to doctors, right? I bet. Dr. Patient Trust Day is that annual little ceremony where we all pretend the exam room is a sacred temple and not a place where your dignity gets folded neatly into a paper gown. (04:40) Patients swear they're telling the whole truth. Doctors swear they're listening. And everybody agrees to stop Googling symptoms like it's a hobby and start acting like adults for 12 consecutive minutes. It's a warm reminder that medicine runs on two things, honesty and the quiet understanding that nobody's thrilled to be here. (04:59) Celebrate however you want. However, trust is like a waiting room magazine. Easy to pick up, hard to keep clean, and somehow always from 2014. Yeah, probably not the most topical of articles in that mag. (05:14) No, probably not. There's the stones and brown sugar on the Classic Rock Station. Love that song. 100.3 KROCK. Yeah. You like that song? I do. It's one of my favorites. (05:29) What do you think about a little brown sugar in your corned beef and cabbage? Ooh. Brown sugar in my corned beef and cabbage. Now, I love me some corned beef and cabbage. It's a day in your day. Man. I don't know about brown sugar, because I don't like sweet. Yeah. Don't like sweet in my food. (05:44) I don't like. I'm not a big barbecue sauce guy. I like barbecue sauce, because I know it's going to be sweet. But some of the sauces and stuff like that, when they're sweet, I don't like it. I know. And same thing with super sweet cocktails. Yeah. (05:59) You know. Right. And I understand a lot of times, the ladies gravitate towards some of the sweeter drinks. But man, I can't do them. Yeah. And if I do actually end up having one, I can maybe stomach one. (06:14) And that's it. That's it. It's not something I can drink all night. Then he's done. Yeah. D-U-N. Done. Something he's not going to be drinking today. No. No, not at all. But it is corned beef and cabbage day out there. It is. Yeah. (06:29) That one holiday where your dinner smells like a bar fight and your breath files a noise complaint. Corned beef and cabbage day is that annual civic exercise where we pretend boiled meat and leafy green that smells like a gym bag had a baby. (06:46) That sounds awful. And the baby is tradition. You show up. You eat it. You tell yourself it's hearty. And you quietly wonder why the most aggressive seasoning in the room is regret. It's not about taste. It's about endurance, solidarity, and proving you can chew through a meal that fights back. (07:05) Oh, God. Stick around because once the plates are clean, the real festivities begin, rationalizing your choices like a professional. Wasn't that fancy? It was. It was. I think there's probably some tie-in with the fact that it's usually St. Paddy's Day and there's a lot of imbibery and debauchery after corned beef and cabbage. (07:28) So, eh, maybe the two go hand in hand. Maybe they do. Maybe they do. It's corned beef and cabbage day. That means there's one left to talk about here in just a little bit. I know. It's the B Team Morning Show. Schuyler Black and Tom Mason. Don't forget our annual ARC for the Emerald Coast poker run is coming up in less than two weeks. (07:48) Oh, wow. Saturday, March 28th, starting at the Niceville American Legion. Bring your bike. $15 per rider, $10 per passenger. Plus, cars are welcome, too. So, if you've got a Jeep, if you've got a convertible, hell, if you've got a 97 Grand Caravan, bring it along. (08:04) Bring it along. Why not? All the proceeds benefit the ARC of the Emerald Coast. And traditionally, this is the fourth year we've done it, but this thing ends up raising almost $15,000 a year for local charities. That's great. It's worth supporting. (08:19) Absolutely. We've got more details on the events tab at thebteamshow.com. All right. Here's White Snake, Is This Love? on 100.3 KROCK. Well, there's Warrant, Uncle Tom's cabin this morning. (08:41) Speaking of Uncle Tom, we'll hear from him about an hour from right now. Yeah. That's right. Pretty good lead-in. Uh-huh. Ask Uncle Tom. Coming in in about an hour. That's right. We're doing questions and answers for Tom while he's here for Bobby for the next couple of weeks. (08:58) Yeah. And so far, so good. Uncle Bobby's older brother from another mother. But much better looking. There you go. Uh-huh. And a lot more smiley, too. I got to agree with you on that. Yeah. Yeah. They could have called you Chipper. You think? (09:13) Yeah. Yeah. I feel like maybe we could take some of the names of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Yeah. You could have been Happy. Okay. And he could have been Grumpy. Okay. Yeah. (09:28) Yeah. Yeah. What about Jim? Where would Jim fit into this? Uh... Sleepy... You know, now I got to remember all the names. Idiot's not one, so you can't use that. What are the seven dwarves' names? (09:45) It's funny that you can come up with it that quick. Uh-huh. You know? It just shows up on the screen like that. Dopey. That's Jim. It's dopey. I like that. Jim's dopey. We got that one figured out. Okay. Well, I hope you all are wearing your green today, because it is St. Patrick's Day. (10:05) That's right. Yeah, the holiday where people dress like a leprechaun, drink like a pirate, and call it culture with a straight face. It is. It is culture. Yeah, you gotta live it, too, man. St. Patrick's Day is that annual green-tinted permission slip where grown adults cosplay as Irish, like they're trying to forget a tax audit. (10:32) And pretend pinching strangers is a cultural tradition instead of misdemeanor with garnish. It's got saints, snakes, shamrocks, and exactly zero people acting like they've read a single paragraph about any of it. (10:49) Cities dye rivers, bars dye beer, and everybody dyes their dignity a darker shade of tomorrow's problem. It's absurd on purpose, which is the only honest thing about it, and that's why we're going to talk about it. Well, there you go. Better wear that green shirt before you step outside. (11:07) Yeah, yeah. Otherwise, you'll be pinched nonstop, because all of us today are Iowish. Iowish. Yeah. No, we're not Iowish. Irish. Oh. Making fun of my speech impediment, I see. Yeah, sure. Speech impediment. I ain't buying it. (11:25) Bunch of crap. Well, the B Team Morning Show, happy St. Patrick's Day, everybody. The 7 o'clock hour is coming up in just a bit. Stay with us on 100.3 KROCK. Standby for more ROQ. 100.3 KROCK. This morning, and wind chills of 29. (11:43) Welcome, spring breakers. Burr. Burr. It's cold, man. It is really chilly out there. Man, who cranked up the sound on these things? Holy smokes. Somebody deaf? Yeah. Yeah. (11:58) I guess so. Okay. Gonna see a high today of 55 degrees. Okay. Good. So, that'll feel better. Yeah. Far cry from where we are now. Right. Low 60s tomorrow, and then 70 again by Thursday, with upper 70s for the weekend. (12:14) Okay. That's gonna be nice. So, you know, hang around today and tomorrow, and spring breakers, you'll be happy by the second half of the week. That's right. So, quit your bitching. Nobody's listening anyway. (12:30) We don't control the outside thermostat. Right. Right. Why spend all this money to come down here? Spend time at the beach. You know, talking about thermostats, I got a buddy that, you know, he's just—I'm gonna leave it at that. (12:48) A buddy? Yeah. I got a buddy. You know, we could get into a long thermostat discussion, but maybe we'll save that for another break. Okay. I've got a little more time. He knows what I'm talking about. He's listening right now, and he knows. We'll go on live with this. (13:03) Well, why don't we do that here at around 720? All right. All right. That work for you? Yeah. So, about, what, two months ago, the young investigative journalist, independent guy, Nick Shirley, released all of the Somali fraud videos up in Minnesota. (13:21) Right. Going around to the different healthcare companies and daycares. Yeah. Right? And transportation companies that provide, like, a five-ride type of transportation. Yeah. But they didn't have any customers or kids or anything, right? (13:39) And those are businesses? Right. Right. Okay. They get a subsidy from our tax dollars. Oh, okay. Okay. Yeah. As they should. Right. Well-deserved. Yeah, they worked hard for it. Yeah. Well, that same Nick Shirley has now released a new video yesterday uncovering $170 million of fraud in one video alone in California. (14:03) Really? Mm-hmm. California. Go figure. Yeah, your homeland. Yeah, it is. Yeah. That's right. Where Tom Hale's from. Gosh. You know, interestingly enough, I actually was born in New York, so it gets even worse. (14:20) And here I am in Florida. What? Yeah. Born in New York, grew up in California, and here I am in Florida. Wow. I know. I know. I was just waiting for, like, Atlanta or Chicago to poke in there, too. I'm just thinking I'm well-versed. You know, I'm looking at it that way. (14:35) Are you? Yeah, I've got a lot of experiences out there. You've been across the whole spectrum. There you go. Uh-huh. Anyway, back to Nick. So, he had a quote from his video. He said, California's version of Medicaid, called Medi-Cal, has more than doubled since 2022. (14:54) Okay. From $108 billion to a proposed $222 billion this year. Oh, God. But their population hasn't grown exponentially. Yeah. Their spending has. There's been a thousand percent increase in hospice care in Los Angeles County, and it's estimated that the fraud in California could be in the hundreds of billions of dollars. (15:17) It's just, you know, the sad, the thing about this whole thing is that, and maybe it's happening, I don't know, maybe you've got, you've seen stories of it and stuff like that, but who's going to jail over this? Who's accountable? Right. (15:32) You know? I mean, come on. These terrible things are going on. A lot of people are losing a lot of money, and a lot of people that need money and need help are actually losing out. And so far, I think you've seen a smattering of people that have gone to jail over this. (15:49) This is just, it's wrong. Yeah. Somebody needs to be held accountable. Exactly. You know, it's going to end up, the buck's going to stop and start with the state government. Well, I think so. You know, I think they bear a lot of responsibility for it and ought to be the ones that are held accountable. (16:09) Yeah, and enable it as well. And many times when red flags or, you know, warning signs were given to the state government, they turned a blind eye to it. Exactly. So either they're highly incompetent or they're complicit. (16:24) Right. Right, exactly. I've got to lean toward complicit because I think that there's enough evidence to show that there has been too many times when it's been brought up and people, like you said, seem to look the other way. (16:39) Mm-hmm. Yeah, in the video, Shirley visited hospices in Los Angeles and daycares in San Diego. The Somali daycare owner, operator in San Diego, screamed at Shirley and called the police after he asked her why there weren't any children in the facility. (17:00) Really? And then, of course, you know, back in December, January, he exposed more than $110 million of Somali fraud in Minnesota in one day. Yeah. So I'm noticing a trend. We have blue states in big fraud problems. (17:17) Right. It's got to be connected somehow. Follow the money. You know, that's what they say. Yeah, exactly. Follow the money and you'll find the corruption there. And I just hope they do. Yeah. It's like, you know, the old saying of where there's smoke, there's fire. Right. (17:32) Oh, yeah. We're living the dream here. We are. Man, it was all sunshine this morning. Did you notice that when we walked in the door? It was. Yeah, it was. The rays were just following us in like they couldn't get in the studio fast enough. (17:48) The aura around here is just bright and cheery. It is. It is. Even though it's dark and dank inside this room. Well, if you want to flip on that light. Yeah. No. We'll need about 20 minutes for our eyes to adjust. Yeah. No, I've turned that light on before. (18:03) Yeah. Mistakenly. It's like opening your eyes at a tanning bed. Yeah. Oh, that's not good. And it's only one light. Like, how can one light be so bright? Right. Exactly. It is one light. And the walls are half black in here. (18:18) It's like you'd think they'd absorb a lot of it. No. Oh, this is Blake and Susan Gustavel's old office. Oh, is it really? Yeah. Okay. So maybe they like bright light. Maybe they like the light. It's a B Team morning show. (18:33) Schuyler Black and Tom Mason on the air on a Tuesday morning. Staying warm in here. It's cold outside. 34 degrees. Fair skies right now. Windchill's got it feeling like it's 29. Yeah. (18:48) Uh-huh. It felt like it outside. Yeah. It sure did. I made the mistake. Normally on a cold morning, I'll start my truck up and let it warm up. And I didn't do that this morning. So. Were you running behind? No, I wasn't running behind. In fact, I was ready early. (19:03) And I just didn't think to go outside and start my truck up. You know? No, you've just been out of the habit of it for a little while. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. So it didn't even dawn on me until I got in my truck and went, Oh, my gosh, it's cold in here. Yeah. (19:18) I did the same thing. Didn't even think about it. But I think we've already trained our brains to be in springtime mode. Yeah. Yeah. It's happened. So things have switched. The weather of spring shall return here in 48 hours. We'll check that forecast in just a little bit. (19:34) The B Team morning show is always brought to you by our friends at as well as Okaloosa Gas and Outkast Sushi in Miramar Beach. We want to remind you that coming up on Friday, March 27th, that's a week from this Friday. (19:49) Okay. The City of Fort Walton Beach is doing their annual Bunny Hop Trail family-friendly event. You know, we're just a couple weeks out from Easter now. Oh, yeah. It is coming up. The Bunny Hop Trail event is going to be from 5.30 until 8.30 on Friday, March 27th at the Preston Hood Athletic Complex, right behind the Fort Walton Rec Center, 132 Jet Drive. (20:13) It'll be a great evening for families to come out and have some fun. There's going to be treats for the kids, bounce houses, face painting, other activities, as well as a photo booth where kids can have their picture taken with the Easter Bunny. Don't miss out on that. We've got more details on the events tab if you visit thebteamshow.com. (20:33) Well, what do you have for us? So, I've got an interesting story. So, for those of us who remember the phone number 867-5309, Jenny Jenny, it now has a new purpose. (20:50) One of pop music's most famous phone numbers is getting a second life. Tommy Two-Tone frontman Tommy Heath has partnered with the cancer support community and Gilda's Club to turn 867-5309 of the 1981 hit of the same name, 867-5309 Jenny, into a free helpline for anyone affected by cancer. (21:12) Interesting. Callers will be connected with trained professionals who offer information, emotional support, and help navigating resources. Heath, who has relatives with cancer, is dealing with minor skin cancer himself, says he wanted to give back to fans and hopes people will think, hey, I'll call 867-5309, someone's waiting there to help me. (21:34) I'd be happy if this was an enduring legacy and made people smile and give them hope. Very cool. Visit csc867-5309.com to learn more. All right. Yeah, that's pretty cool. That is kind of cool. Yeah. (21:49) That is kind of cool. You know, it is a catchy, I don't know if there's something psychological about the number or if it was just repetition or what, but there's something catchy about that number that makes you remember it. So, hey, maybe that'll help out. I don't know. Well, I mean, they say it 54 times in the three-minute song. (22:07) That may be part of it, Tom. You think that and the drugs and alcohol associated with it all came together to kind of just mold it into the fabric of your brain? Is that what it is? I think it might be. Thanks for calling the cancer support community, 867-5309. (22:24) This is Jenny. Now, that's a great way to do it. Everybody's name is Jenny. Everybody's Jenny. I called yesterday. I talked to Jenny. Yeah. Oh, crap. Well, Jenny said, hmm, that's a problem. (22:43) Yeah. That's a problem. But it is a cool story. It is, yeah. And we'll get that posted for you on the show notes tab at TheBTeamShow.com, so you can check that out. Cool. All right. Stick tight. We're going to ask Uncle Tom for advice in 20 minutes. Yeah, it's already flying by this morning. (23:00) My gosh. Yeah. 727 is the time where the B Team Morning Show, a look at your forecast, is next on 100.3 KROCK. 100.3 KROCK, the classic rock station. Skinner, give me three steps. (23:16) I'm going to give you three more steps, and we're going to take away your playground equipment, Tom. You might get hurt. They already did that. They already did that. Yeah. It already happened. So you had a story lined up for us that I thought was kind of interesting. (23:31) Yeah. And it kind of goes along with something I saw just yesterday or the day before. I can't remember. Anyway, people who grew up in the 80s and 90s developed different mental habits because childhood back then was less structured, less digital, and more independent. (23:48) Those experiences shaped how they think, cope, and socialize as adults. Yeah. Yeah. And we were talking about playground equipment and watching a podcast yesterday or the day before, and the guy was comparing playground equipment from today and playground equipment from the 80s and 90s, 70s, all that time period. (24:11) Right. And he said that the playground equipment today is designed by lawyers and insurance companies to avoid kids getting hurt. The playground equipment of yesteryear was designed by parents and people who wanted their kids to have fun, learn how to interact, and avoid getting hurt was one of the things that he talked about. (24:30) He said, they don't have to worry about that today. So kids don't have to worry about those issues when they're out there on the playground equipment, which I got it. You don't want kids getting hurt, but at the same time, avoiding things that are going to get you hurt and learning how to communicate that with other kids and stuff like that was all part of growing up when we were younger. (24:55) Well, and it perpetuates that whole idea of a soft generation that lives in a protected bubble. Yes, exactly. And especially with digital, with the phones and everything like that, the fact that they don't put them down, they don't have to go out and do things outside. (25:12) I just see that as the downside to being a kid. You know, we were talking off the air. My elementary school that I went to, now, granted, it was in the 90s, but we had one of those great big all-wooden play structures. (25:29) They called it the Rainbow Castle, but it was huge. And it was all wooden. Wood chips, not sand, not rubber chips, monkey bars, zip line, fireman's thing you slide down, what do they call that? (25:45) Fireman's pole. Yeah, fireman's pole. Multiple metal slides that got hotter than hell. And rock climbing walls, rope swings, things like that. (26:03) And, yeah, a lot of times you'd come back in from recess as a kindergartener or first grader and you'd have a scrape or a bump or a bruise. The rock climbing walls, they're gone. Anything with a risk is gone. (26:20) And I'm all for making sure that kids that are in a wheelchair can get out there and have fun, but it's not like a kid in a wheelchair was ever going to go on the monkey bars. And so now you have all these all-inclusive playgrounds. (26:37) Well, I'm sorry, but those kids are never going to be on the monkey bars. They're never going to be swinging from a rope swing. Right. We played basketball on asphalt. Now they play basketball on rubber. Yeah, right, because kids can't get hurt. (26:52) Right. Yeah, or at least they mitigate it. Again, I got it. I wanted kids to be safe and stuff like that. I hate seeing kids get hurt. But, you know, avoiding that and learning how to avoid that was part of life. It's part of how you grew up. (27:07) They use the analogy that stupid should hurt. You know, you do something wrong, you do something that you shouldn't have done, or you do something that is going to be detrimental to you, then, you know, you should feel a little bit of pain from it. (27:23) And, again, I'm not trying to say that kids should get hurt or anything like that, but also I am trying to say that there's got to be a little bit of risk out there. You know, it's just part of life. It's part of growing up. Otherwise, you don't learn how to avoid it. (27:39) If you don't ever risk anything and you never get hurt by doing something risky, then you're always going to be stupid. Yeah. Yeah. And not everybody's always going to be there to protect you from making stupid decisions. Yeah. Yeah. You're going to find yourself in a place where you've got to make a decision about something that's a wrong decision because you've got no life experiences to go back and pull from. (28:00) I mean, elementary school is where you learn smart from dumb, right from wrong, good from bad. I mean, you can't protect all these. Well, and you also learn those communication skills. (28:16) You know, kids learn, hey, don't touch that. You're going to get a splinter. You're going to get hurt. Something's going to happen. You know, kids learn to talk, and they learn to talk about the things that they needed to, and they learn how to communicate because of those things. Through experiences. Through experiences. (28:31) And now we've taken all that away from them in an effort to be overly safe. And unfortunately, I think it's been a downside to growing up. Yeah. That's a very interesting story. Yeah. Very interesting story. But it does, it makes a ton of sense on why people feel the way they feel about kids that grew up after the 90s. (28:55) Yeah. Yeah. So it is what it is, I guess. But that was an interesting conversation. Yeah. A long way to go with this one. All right. Stay with us. We're going to ask Uncle Tom for advice here in just a little bit. It's the B Team Morning Show. Schuyler Black and Tom Mason brought to you by Stripes Pub & Grill in Navarre. (29:13) Okaloosa Gas at Outkast Sushi on 100.3 KROCK. Here's Neil Young. Neil Young on the classic rock station, 100.3 KROCK. It's 748. This is the B Team Morning Show. Schuyler Black and Tom Mason trying to stay warm this Tuesday morning. (29:31) Outside your window right now, beautiful sunshine, but just 34 degrees. A wind chill of 29 right now. We'll check your forecast and local news here in just a little bit. But right now leads us to the time when we get to ask for daily advice from Bobby's much better looking, albeit older, brother from another mother. (29:53) Oh, yeah. Tom Mason. And it's time for Ask Uncle Tom. That's right. All stitched together by our friends at Buy TomCat Custom Apparel. That's right. Yeah. Stop by and see them. Corner of Beeland Racetrack next to Sport Clips at Wright Plaza here in Fort Walton Beach. (30:10) TomCat Custom Apparel, where the apparel is custom. It's great. Yeah. We should make that your tagline. You think we can do that? Yeah, I think so. Okay. All right. Well today, Uncle Tom, you get a question from a real idiot. (30:27) Lord Almighty. All right. Dear Uncle Tom, you get a question from Now Resting Comfortable and they ask, the other day I told my wife to calm down and I woke up in the hospital. (30:45) What did I do wrong? Oh, buddy. Hey, you didn't do something wrong. You activated a universally recognized emergency protocol. See, telling your wife to calm down is not a suggestion. (31:01) It's gasoline with excellent diction. It implies that she is currently operating outside the bounds of reason while you, brave scholar of emotional regulation, have remained composed and rational. In that moment, you unknowingly appointed yourself president of feelings and handed her a membership denial letter. (31:22) History has shown that this ends poorly. Calm down translates to your reaction is excessive. I'm the stable one here. Let me explain your emotions to you, which is impressive considering you likely meant I am overwhelmed and would like this conversation to be less loud. (31:43) Oh, the correct husband approved alternatives are help me understand what's going on. I think I'm missing something. Let's both take a breath. Yes. Note the shared ownership. Very important. (31:58) But no, you chose the nuclear phrase. That sentence has ended debates, launched counteroffensives, and in your case, apparently triggered a medical event. You don't recover from calm down. You learn from it. You send flowers. You bring snacks. (32:14) You retry it. We retire the phase permanently phrase permanently somewhere in the vault next to what are you so upset about? Are you sure you need that? What did you do wrong? You forgot. Logic is not the goal. Peace is the goal. (32:30) And now, you know, I don't know why my wife's so mad at me. I'd be trying to tell her to calm down. It works great every time. Yeah. Every, every time it lands you in the hospital. So I was trying to get out of work and I told my wife to calm down. (32:47) I just didn't feel like working today. It's a good way to do it. Yeah, it's a good way. That's that's how you get an extra sick day till she catches on. You start doing this repeatedly. Yeah. Yeah. Either you're a really slow learner, right? Or you have an ulterior motive or you got a lot of money or you got insurance. (33:04) Exactly. And you don't care about those premiums next year. Right. All right. Let's take a break. We'll pay a couple bills. Dan diamond's got local news on the way. Plus music from Steve Miller coming up before eight o'clock. That's ask uncle Tom this morning on The B Team morning show. (33:20) Seven 52 news is next. Your Omni broadcasting news for this morning is brought to you by McCaskill and company, the Emerald coast finest jeweler. I'm Dan diamond. The outlaws motorcycle club biker who threw a pipe bomb into a Fort Walton beach, Jimmy John's last year has pleaded guilty to arson in federal court. (33:42) Gregory Simons, jr. 42 of Pensacola made the plea after more than a year behind bars awaiting trial. He'll have a mandatory minimum of seven years in federal prison and could be there for four decades. Simons was involved in an altercation against a rival motorcycle gang, the Pagans near the Fort Walton beach, Harley Davidson motorcycle dealership. (34:03) When he set off an explosive that blew out the glass and did other damage to the fast food sandwich shop before driving away in a car, he was arrested same day by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's office and that's your Omni broadcasting news for this morning. Sponsored by McCaskill and company. (34:19) I'm Dan diamond. It's Tuesday morning shaking. It's a, yeah, you better bake. Cause it's cold. Uh, yeah, start, start turning on that, uh, that heater in the vehicle. If you have not yet, because you'll need it before you go outside. (34:36) Yeah. Is it warmed up outside at all? It looks warm. 37, 37. Okay. Wind chills at freezing now. 32. So the answer is no. It hasn't warmed up yet. It's still, still cold. Uh, the freeze warning we were under, uh, last night going to be expiring here at 9 AM this morning. (34:54) Happy St. Patrick's day, by the way. We haven't said that for a little while. Oh yeah. That's right. Um, I did wear my green today. You did. And, uh, let's see, you got a green shirt underneath your sort of green. No, under, underneath you got a green shirt there. (35:09) Yeah. Is that green in it? Yeah. Yeah. And this one too. Okay. So a little bit of green covered. Yeah. You ain't pinching me. I got some green on my shoes. We'll fight if you start pinching me. If you hear a scuffle in the, in the, uh, over the radio. (35:25) Yeah. It's cause it's cause Tom doesn't like being pinched. I think it just matters where you pinch him. That's true. A B team morning show scattered black and Tom Mason, eight minutes after eight out a Tuesday morning, a 92 year old, a man from Indiana, Alan McCloskey is retiring at 92 after an extraordinary 73 years and 75 days working as a grave digger. (35:57) Really? That's a role he took on a temporarily back in 1952 at the Galveston cemetery when he was asked to fill in for a week. And what began as a short-term job digging graves by hand became a lifelong career. (36:12) So did you say 73 years, 73 years? Oh my God. Digging graves at 92. Wow. Yeah. Ultimately earning him a Guinness world records title back in 2021 for the longest career as a grave digger, which at the time had already spanned 68 years and 191 days. (36:31) That's one of those things where you give him advice in the morning. Don't fall in. Exactly. Don't dig your own grave today. Don't fall in. You may not get out. That's right. We might just pile the dirt on top of you. We can find another 19 year old whippersnapper out there somewhere. (36:49) Yeah. For a temporary job. 70 some years later. Oh my gosh. And that's 73 years at the, uh, at the same job, you know, you got to applaud people that do that. That's I mean, I'm not one of those guys. I I've never stuck around the same job. (37:06) You know, for, for that long, like that. Um, so something to be said for that, I guess. High school kids. Now I've worked there for 73 days. Yeah. Go ahead. Get a sticker. I made it 7.3 hours. Are you kidding? (37:21) Over the course of a week. Yeah. Look at this time card. Uh, accomplishments. Hey, coming up, uh, next Saturday, March 28th, not this weekend, but the following weekend is the annual, uh, uh, ride for the arc poker run motorcycle. (37:43) Right. Yeah, that's right. Yeah. Uh, that happens at the nice Philamerican Legion, uh, to right there on John Simms Parkway. Now, if you've got a bike, be a, hopefully be great weather to get the bike out and cruise around Northwest Florida, raise some money for the arc of the Emerald coast, but if you've got a Jeep or a, you know, a convertible or I don't care what you got, cars are welcome to, uh, it's 15 dollars per vehicle, $10 per rider. (38:07) All the proceeds benefit the arc of the Emerald coast for fourth year. We've promoted this event with, uh, our friends at the nice Philamerican Legion, it, it annually raises about 15 grand for local charities. Okay. So it's a really cool event. I want to thank our, our media sponsors of it, including, uh, Florida power and light necklace and federal credit union for, uh, helping us put it all together and, and get the promotion out there, but tomorrow morning, uh, joining Tom and I during the eight o'clock hour, uh, on the show is going to be James Harker with the, uh, nice Philamerican Legion to talk about, uh, their role in the whole thing. (38:43) Cause they, they handle all the logistics and the execution of it, right? We, we do the promotion of it. We get to talk about it. We get to have fun, but they're the ones that put in the blood, sweat and tears to make it happen. Those are very cool. So we'll chat with, uh, with James tomorrow about that. (38:59) Cause we're 10, 10, 11 days out from it. I vaguely remember last year being here when they came and talked about, uh, talked about the event. So, yeah, cause I think, uh, you were, you were covering when Bobby was gone last year, once again, Bobby was gone, important events going on and he's not here, except with that, I don't know. (39:17) It's more important than you're here, Tom. Oh, that's good. It is a, it is a, it is a great event and, uh, looking forward to having, having a conversation with him tomorrow. And we've got, uh, details on it, on the, uh, events tab at The B Team show.com. Good. So you can go over there and check that out, but we've got a couple more stories to get to here this morning in the final hour of the show before we get to go off and drink green beer. (39:41) Yeah. Is that what we're doing today? All day, all day long, all day long. Okay. Yeah. Can't drink all day. You bring a pitcher in. We could have started a couple hours ago. Darn it. I know missed opportunities. Things I forgot. There's always next year. Hey Dudley. (39:57) If you're listening, I got a song for you here in just a. In the meantime, Eagles in Hotel California. It's the B Team Morning Show. 100.3 KROCK. On a St. Patrick's Day Tuesday. Did it just get brighter in here? It sure did. Okay. Yeah. (40:14) Ron walked in and turned the hallway light on behind you. Apparently, he thinks it's daytime. Yeah, my awareness monitor is not quite totally on. That's alright. You'll get there. I know. You'll get there. It's only 8.30, Tom. I know. I got time. It's only 8.30. (40:32) By the way, I've got to say, at least our walls here are green. So, if you didn't wear green this morning, at least we're colored nicely on the walls. You could eat a paint chip. You could eat a paint chip, exactly. I mean, that's better than claiming, at least my boogers are green. (40:50) Yeah, I can't do that. Yeah, I got to give a shout out to our afternoon guy, Michael Knight, on that. He texted that in. Did he? Yeah. So, it's not me with the sicko mind. It's not me. I don't know. I think that somewhere in the back of your mind, it was probably there. (41:12) No, it wasn't. No? Okay. That was a new one. Okay. So, all the credit to him. Alright, all the credit to him. Whatever you say. B Team Morning Show brought to you by Stripes Pub & Grill in Navarre, Okaloosa Gas & Outkast Sushi in Miramar Beach. (41:29) Hope everybody's enjoying this chilly Tuesday morning so far. Yeah. Who turned the thermostat down outside? Man. Mother Nature's going to turn it back up, though, by Thursday. Okay. So, warm back up again. (41:44) Right. So, all you spring breakers flying in this morning or driving in this morning saying, man, it looks beautiful. Love being in Florida. Just hang around 48 hours. You'll love it eventually. Unless you're part of that group that's on your way home now, right? Because didn't Okaloosa or Walton County catch up a little bit last night on the spring breakers arrested? (42:04) They did. They did. Now you're going to make me try to pull up that story on the fly. Great job, Tom. Yeah. Well, we are keeping tally and keeping tabs of who's ahead. I think Okaloosa County was up by like 200 there a couple days ago. (42:23) Yeah, it was like 244 to 47 or something like that. Well, so last night, you know, last week we had some kids from Old Miss and then this weekend we had some in Okaloosa County. Then this weekend we had kids from LSU County. Then this weekend we had kids from LSU and Walton County. (42:43) Well, last night, Walton County, we're continuing to move to the state west of that over to Texas. Okay. All right. Yeah, hook them horns. Texas is on the board, folks, they say. Just after midnight on Monday, Walton County Sheriff's Office responded to a noise complaint on Los Angeles Street in Miramar Beach. (43:07) When deputies got to the house and announced themselves, people began flooding out of the residence like someone had unlatched Bevo's gate after taking a selfie. Those inside said that the 19-year-old who rented the home was down the street. However, four admitted they had contributed money towards renting the house. (43:25) Walter Bristol, 19, of Abbott, Texas. Braden Fleming, 18, of Austin. Justin Teal, 19, of Spring, Texas. And Milan Olson, 19, of Dallas, were all arrested and charged with open house party. Olson was also charged with having a fake ID. (43:43) They were all transported and booked to the Walton County Jail up in Defuniac. So, Walton County Sheriff's Office says our agency will continue to aggressively monitor those here on Spring Break, disrupting the quality of life for those who call Walton County home. (44:02) Mess with the bull, get the horns. There you go, man. Texas getting on the board. That's right. So, we're just moving west. Starting out at Ole Miss, then LSU, and we're going to Texas. Very cool. It's nothing like being on the board for something like that, you know. (44:19) That's right. So, we've got three of the Gulf Coast states covered now. Right, right. So, now we're waiting on somebody from Bama or Auburn to get Alabama on the board. It'll happen. It'll happen. They're on Spring Break right now, right? Next week or two, I think? (44:36) I don't know. Yeah. You read through them yesterday, but I can't quite remember. You were supposed to write them down. I slept between now and then. Yeah. All right. It's 8.32. We're going to take a break. I think we've got one more story to get to before we sign off at about 20. (44:54) So, stay with us. The Classic Rock Station. 100.3k Rock. Sticks and Lorelei on a Tuesday morning. Hopefully, you're staying warm. Boy, it cranked up in this place a little bit in the last 10 minutes. (45:09) Yeah, it did. It took my jacket off. Man, I feel like I'm almost getting cremated here. It must have been the sunshine, right? I don't think it's that strong, Tom. I don't think it's that strong. It's a long way for it to get from that front window to here, right? (45:25) I'm drying out here. Okay. 37 degrees outside right now. A high today of 55. We'll check your forecast here in just a little bit. You mentioned this story earlier in the day off the air. (45:40) And I thought, man, that is a lot. So, a Colorado man who is on parole. All right. He's already had trouble with the law. Yeah. Will now spend the rest of his life in jail after he was caught with 6,000 fentanyl pills. (45:56) 6,000? 6,000. That's amazing. Officers got a tip the man was selling drugs and pulled him over after he was found in a stolen car. Imagine that. Yeah. Now, when the police searched the car, they found 6,000 fentanyl pills and 11 pounds of meth. (46:14) Oh, my God. Officers said the fentanyl was enough to kill 300,000 people. Geez. Or almost 90% of Weld County, Colorado, where he was pulled over. Wow. And sentenced to 159 years in prison. (46:32) Oh, my God. I don't get the whole fentanyl thing because it is such a minuscule amount that will kill you. Right. I mean, you're trusting. And I got the whole drug use thing. (46:48) You're really not very smart anyway. But, man, you're putting so much faith in somebody that is probably not a good person anyway that's cutting that stuff and trying to get down to that small, minute amount that it takes between getting high and dying. (47:06) Well, you got to remember these kids that are 21, 22 and taking these fentanyl pills. Yeah. Also the same ones 15 years ago that were eating Tide Pods. Yeah, yeah. There you go. Makes sense. (47:21) Holy smokes. Hey, if you missed any of the show today, you can find all of our show notes, everything Tom and I talked about from the wacky stories to national holidays, of course, local events and more. And the show on demand anytime you want it at TheBTeamShow.com. (47:38) Yeah. So whether your name is Gary McCoy. Right. Or Larry Hipsch. Yeah. Or Barry Toish. Somebody that's asked about being able to go back and listen to all this words of wisdom and all these witty things that are said in the morning and all that stuff. (48:00) Yeah. And all of their names end with Ari. Gary, Larry, Bear. Barry. Barry. Right. It's the LGBs. Yeah. That's what we call them. Don't you think that's appropriate? (48:15) I think it's appropriate. Yeah. I mean, it fits. Right. The shoe fits. You should wear it. Right. The data's there. Exactly. The data's there to support it, right? Exactly. Yeah. We're not crazy. No. All right. (48:30) Two more tunes and then we're getting out of here. Boogieing out of here and getting ready for St. Patty's Day. Wow. Radioactive. There's the Firm on the Classic Rock Station. 100.3 KROCK. It's 852. (48:45) Beautiful sunshine outside. It's going to be deceiving if you haven't stepped outdoors yet. Especially after being in here. Uh-huh. Yeah. Yeah. Last 20 minutes in here, it's warmed up. It's warmed up considerably. Yeah. The sauna is on. Yeah. (49:00) It is. The only thing left to warm up are my feet. If Schuyler starts stripping down, I'm going to run out the door. So, just letting everybody know. Well, I won't do that today, Tom. Because I've got to wear green and I don't have any green skin. (49:15) Okay. Okay. You don't wear your green underwear either, right? No. No. Okay. No. All right. Unless you're blind. No. No. I'll be running out the door. Okay. Hey, we're out of here. (49:30) We hope everybody has a great St. Patrick's Day. If you're going out tonight, by all means, have fun. But be responsible and have a safe ride home. Yeah. Uber's your friend. Exactly. Because we don't want to be reading your name tomorrow morning. Right. (49:45) We'd rather read these, you know, spring break kids' names. Right. And tallying up which school is in the lead. Exactly. Exactly. But anyway, I hope you all have a safe and enjoyable St. Patrick's Day. I want to thank our friends and colleagues. Including Stripes Pub and Grill in Navarre, as well as Okaloosa Gas and Outkast Sushi in Miramar Beach. We'll see you all tomorrow morning. (50:08) Yeah. Tom Mason? What? Is there a microwave in here or what? Something's beeping. We'll see you all tomorrow, back here on a hump day Wednesday on 100.3 KROCK. (50:25) Your omni-broadcasting news for this morning is brought to you by McCaskill & Company, the Emerald Coast's finest jeweler. I'm Dan Diamond. The Outlaws Motorcycle Club biker who threw a pipe bomb into a Fort Walton Beach Jimmy John's last year has pleaded guilty to arson in federal court. (50:41) Gregory Simons, Jr., 42, of Pensacola, made the plea after more than a year behind bars awaiting trial. He'll have a mandatory minimum of seven years in federal prison and could be there for four decades. Simons was involved in an altercation against a rival motorcycle gang, the Pagans, near the Fort Walton Beach Harley Davidson motorcycle dealership when he set off an explosive that blew out the glass and did other damage to the fast food sandwich shop before driving away in a car. He was arrested same day by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. (51:14) And that's your omni-broadcasting news for this morning, sponsored by McCaskill & Company. I'm Dan Diamond. And that's a wrap on today's B Team Redux.