Supreme Sacrifice Day & the $20K Pecker Problem: Why Men Are Lining Up for Strip‑Mall Confidence Boosts

(00:01) Here's today's B Team Redux. Rock it. Def Leppard on the classic rock station. 100.3 KROCK. You waking up groggy this morning after St. Paddy's Day last night? Um, you know, I'm feeling pretty good today. Are you? (00:16) Yeah, I think I made the smart decision and stayed away from all the debauchery. Did you? I did, yeah. Look at Tom making smart decisions over here. Yeah, I, uh... Well, I was kind of pushed to it. I had work to do. (00:31) Oh. See, I procrastinated and that pushed me into a situation where I had to make a sacrifice and not go out and drink green... a lot of green beer. I'm not going to say I didn't drink any green beer. I'm just going to say I didn't drink a lot of green beer. (00:46) Gotcha. Yeah. Well, you had a show to do in the morning, too. Well, yeah, I got that. Like right now. Yeah, you've got to be responsible. Exactly. So I didn't give up all of that, but yeah, I did make some sacrifices to get things done last night. Yeah, and you were not willing to sacrifice the paycheck if you didn't show up this morning. (01:04) Exactly. Yeah. I got to have that. Mm-hmm. It pays the bills right there. That's right. Yeah. That feeds families. The big bills. Baby needs more shoes. That's right. That's right. We are the B Team Morning Show. We are the B Team Morning Show. (01:19) Scatter Black and Tom Mason on a hump day Wednesday. Tom's still filling in for Bobby, and he's gone for at least another week. Yeah. You've got to put up with me for another week. I'm okay with that. Yeah. I'm okay with that. It's really not about you, though. It's about the listeners, right? (01:34) No. Oh, we have listeners. Okay. Six of them. All right, folks. I know we've said the word sacrifice, so let's get to that, because today is supreme sacrifice. Supreme sacrifice day. (01:49) Isn't that amazing how that works out? Yeah. Supreme sacrifice day. When we honor the brave by sacrificing our patience, our wallets, and whatever shred of dignity retail still hasn't repossessed. What? Yep. I know. (02:04) Make that one work in your brain. Supreme sacrifice day is that annual civic ritual where everybody pretends they're noble for 24 hours. See? Just like I did yesterday. That's right. Yeah. Everybody immediately invoices the universe for it. You give up something important, sleep, money, dignity, your ex's Netflix password, so the cosmos can keep spinning and your group chat can keep judging. (02:28) There are ceremonies, solemn faces, and just enough pageantry to make a person forget we're basically doing a spiritual subscription renewal with extra guilt. It's absurd on purpose, and the only real rule is you must act like your sacrifice hurt. (02:45) Even if you enjoyed it way more than you should have. Supreme sacrifice day. Yeah. Okay. That's what I did yesterday. Made the sacrifice not to drink green beer. Or a lot of green beer. Or a lot of, yeah, a lot of green beer. (03:02) And got my work done. All right. Yeah. I've never known you to procrastinate like that. I know, I know, but I did. Man. Now I gotta make everybody feel guilty about it. You guys can't have fun, because I can't. Right. (03:17) Uh-huh. Hey, coming up in just a bit, Zeppelin and Bad Company. In the meantime, how about some heart? Okay. Barracuda. All righty. 100.3 KROCK. Saturday, March 28th, it's going to be our fourth annual Ride for the Arc poker run at the Niceville American Legion. (03:36) That's right. This annual event raises about $15,000 for local charities, and it's going to be a ton of fun. If you've got a motorcycle, bring it on out. If you don't have a bike, that's fine, too. Cars, Jeeps, trucks, convertibles, it doesn't matter. You're all welcome. Yeah, whatever you got, man. (03:51) Bring it out there. $15 per set of wheels, $10 per passenger. All proceeds benefit the Arc of the Emerald Coast. And, of course, we want to thank our sponsors of this event, including Florida Power & Light and Eglin Federal Credit Union. But James Harker from the Niceville Legion will be joining us here later on this morning to talk about that event. (04:14) So, looking forward to seeing James here around 8.20 this morning. But today, Tom, on the National Day calendar, as we continue to go through that here on the B Team Morning Show, it's Awkward Moments Day. Oh, yeah, yeah. Awkward Moments Day. None of those happened last night at St. Paddy's Day, right? (04:31) Finally, a holiday for everyone who's ever said, when the waiter told them to enjoy their meal. Damn it, I've done that. Yeah, I've been there and done that. (04:46) Awkward Moments Day is that annual civic duty where we stop pretending we're smooth, polished adults and instead honor the sacred tradition of saying the wrong thing at the wrong volume in front of the wrong people. (05:01) It's a holiday for the accidental over shares, the botched handshakes, the YouTube responses and the folks who wave back at strangers like they're running for office. God, I've done that too. Oh, yeah. (05:16) The point isn't to fix anything. This isn't the self-help Tuesday. It's to admit we're all one poorly timed joke away from eating lunch alone in our cars. So take a breath, relive your greatest hints of public discomfort, and remember, dignity is just confidence that hasn't been audited yet. (05:33) Gotcha. That's a good one. Tell you what, I think the most awkward I ever felt, I was a little kid, six, seven years old. My dad had to do recurrent training every year in a simulator because he was a commercial pilot. (05:48) And we would always go down to either Scottsdale or Orlando because they had the two simulators that he could train on. And we stopped into 7-Eleven and dad wanted a Slurpee. (06:05) Well, I saw this woman at the back of the store and she had a package of Oreos. And I thought, oh, my mom's getting Oreos. I go up and I steal Oreos from her. It wasn't my mom. Oh, man, I ran out of that store back to the damn car like I was so embarrassed. (06:23) God. Did you leave the Oreos or did you take them with you? I handed them right back and then I ran out. I gave them back to her. I couldn't even look at her. I was like, oh, my God, this is humiliating. That's awesome. So there you go. There's an awkward moments day. (06:38) Yeah. Things that happen when you're a little kid that you just never forget. Yeah, isn't that funny? Uh-huh. All right, let's take a break. We're the B Team Morning Show. Schuyler Black and Tom Mason brought to you by Stripes Pub & Grill in Navarre, Okaloosa Gas at Outkast Sushi in Miramar Beach. (06:53) 100.3 KROCK. Your marine forecast. 100.3 KROCK. Kiss, rock and roll all night. Party every day. Yeah. Yeah, maybe you partied last night for St. Patty's Day. Yeah. Yeah. It's still going. (07:08) Uh-huh. I hear that people get a little frisky when they get out there and party and have a good time. Is that when the goddess of fertility rears her head? I think so. Yeah. Inhibitions drop and, yeah, it takes over, man. (07:23) It does. Yeah. Today on the National Day Calendar, folks, we celebrate Wednesday, March 18th, being the goddess of fertility day. Yeah. Most guys are hoping. Anyway, it's not, but it leads up to it, right? Uh-huh. Uh-huh. (07:38) Happy goddess of fertility day. May your blessings be plentiful, your decisions questionable, and your calendar suddenly very full in nine months. Goddess of fertility day is that annual moment when society pretends it's classy to light candles, say a few mystical words, and then spend the rest of the day thinking about biology like it's a group project. (08:00) People bring offerings, flowers, fruit, baked goods, whatever makes you feel spiritual, while you quietly side-eye your own life choices. And they call it honoring abundance, which is a polite way of saying, please, universe, cut me a break. (08:16) There are rituals. There are symbols. There's an alarming amount of egg imagery, and everybody acts like this is totally normal because it's on a calendar, and somebody's aunt printed a flyer. (08:32) It's reverent, it's ridiculous, and it's the kind of holiday that starts with incense and ends with someone making a very confident decision they'll have to explain in nine months. Yep. Goddess of fertility day. Yeah. (08:47) There you go. That's today. That was actually a tough one to read. It was. It was a mouthful, wasn't it? Yeah. Yeah. And it was a lot of spiderwebs strung together in that one, making it all come together. Yeah, it was kind of like my wife's thought process. (09:04) You said that, not me. Ooh, and she listens, too. Yeah, she's in tally right now. Okay. Radio signal doesn't go that far, huh? Not that far. But the Internet does. It does. It does. (09:19) But I have a feeling she's probably in meetings. Okay. They started meetings at 7 Eastern time. Okay. Oh, yeah, that's right. They're on Eastern time. Yeah, she's ahead of us. How many times do you have to have a discussion with somebody on the phone about the time change and that, no, we're actually in Central time? I know. (09:34) Because everybody thinks the whole state of Florida is all Eastern time zone. And no, we've got, like, what, six or seven counties that are Central time zone. Right. And the rest of it's on the East Coast. Mm-hmm. Yeah. (09:49) It can be a pain, especially when you try to set up a meeting with somebody or a phone call. Yeah. It's kind of like explaining to people, no, the hurricane's down in South Florida. We're okay up here. Exactly. Exactly. And I had that conversation with my grandmother many times. There'll be a tropical storm heading for the Keys. She calls me, Schuyler, are you okay? Grandma, you understand I'm closer to St. Louis than I am to the Keys, right? Right. Oh. I've just gotten to the point where I say, no, send money. I'm going to start using that. That's a great idea. (10:28) No, I need money. Hurry. I set up a GoFundMe. I'll send you the link. Yeah. That's hilarious. All right. One more day to reveal here in just a little bit. It's the B Team Morning Show on a hump day Wednesday. Schuyler Black and Tom Mason on 100.3 KROCK. There's Rush in the spirit of radio. The spirit of radio is alive and well on 100.3 KROCK with the B Team Morning Show. Schuyler Black and Tom Mason filling in for Bobby Dewrell, who is currently over in Greece right now. Hey, I'm going to dedicate that song to my buddy Tyler, who's a big Rush fan. Hey, is that Tyler that did the bourbon podcast with us a couple weeks ago? Yep. Every time I hear a Rush song, I think of Tyler. He's a big Rush guy. Eagle rare Tyler. Yeah. Eagle rare Tyler. Because that's the bourbon he brought. (11:21) That's right. It was a good one, too. It was. Yeah, it was actually very good. Well, coming up next Saturday, March 28th, is the third annual 5K Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Color Run. All right. So this is an event that raises money for the Explorers, which helps out with the high school kids and their exploration for getting into law enforcement. (11:45) Okay. All right. So it's a great local event. $25 registration. It's going to be a ton of fun. There's going to be food trucks. There's going to be vendors. And it all is happening at the Fort Walton Beach, Northwest Florida State Campus out there on MLK. So you can find out more details on how to register by visiting the events tab at thebteamshow.com. (12:07) It's been a while since you heard that one? Yes. It's been a long time since I heard that one. Adam Sandler and Chris Farley. Yeah. Down on Lunch Lady Land. I love that. Sloppy Joe. Sloppy, sloppy Joe. Yeah. Uh-huh. Must be a lead-in for something. I know. You're probably all thinking, what the hell does that have to do with anything? It's National Sloppy Joe Day. Yeah. National Sloppy Joe Day. The only holiday that celebrates a sandwich dressed like it lost a bar fight and still expects respect. It's that sacred little blip on the calendar where we all agree to stop pretending we're adults and celebrate a sandwich that looks like it lost a bar fight. It's ground beef, sauce, and chaos served on a bun with the structural integrity of wet cardboard. Daring you to eat it in a white shirt. Nobody's here to celebrate or here to debate history or honor tradition. We're here to normalize the idea that dinner can be a manageable disaster. Consider this your official warning shot. Today's about embracing the mess before the mess embraces you. Alright. (13:33) Sloppy Joe Day. Now I'm kind of hungry for sloppy Joes. There you go. Might fix those for lunch when I go home. See? This whole radio show just leads into the rest of it. We make the plans for people's lives by what we talk about. Right. This is very significant in people's lives. We are the original influencers. That's right. The B Team. B Team. You are like the starting bench warmer. Yeah. We call you like the sixth man. You're the first one to come off the bench. Okay. Good. Yeah. Now when it comes to Jim, he's the freaking walk on it. He's the guy you go out, open up the door to the stadium and go, who out there looks like they might be able to fit a glove on their hand. Exactly. We talked about Adam Sandler. He's like the water boy. Yeah. Call him Jimmy Boucher. The whispering water boy. Yeah. The water whisper. I like that better. All right. We're minutes away from seven o'clock. We're the B Team morning show on 100.3 KROCK. A look at local news is coming up next. Three KROCK, uh, the knack and my Sharona on Wednesday morning. It's, it's hump day and it's cold again. We're at 35 degrees right now in, uh, Destin, Fort Walton beach. A high today of 20 or no windchill of 28. A high today of 62. A high of 28 would have been a problem. Whoa. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, I came in the wrong door. I guess so. It wasn't 28 in the door that I came in. We will see a high tomorrow back to 70, 75 Friday, uh, and 77 Saturday, 78 on a Sunday. So, uh, spring-like temperatures are going to be back in 24 hours. Yeah. Um, and I think honestly, after the last couple of days, 62 this afternoon is probably going to feel pretty decent. Yeah, it will. It'll feel really nice. It's a, the B Team morning show scatter black and Tom Mason brought to you by our friends at stripes pub and grill in Nevar, as well as Okaloosa gas and outcast sushi in Miramar beach. Last night was the first night of the first four of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. So you had a couple of play in games last night. Uh, Howard taken down UMBC, a battle of the 16 seeds, 86, 83. Uh, but, uh, buzz repeater last night, Texas taken down NC state 68 66. (16:17) So those of you that, uh, filled out brackets, I have not filled out a bracket. I watched the tournament. I, I love watching the tournament. I haven't done it. I haven't done a bracket for several years. No, I was never big into that. I, it just, it just didn't, uh, didn't do it for me. So I, I never got into it, but I do kind of follow it. It was a, it's a crapshoot because I ended up, I ended up watching the games and I, I felt bad because like you'd, you'd spent, you know, 20, 30 bucks on, on a bracket, right? Sure. Yeah. (16:54) Join somebody's pool and yeah. So you want your bracket to be right. So you end up picking favorites rather than, rather than rooting for the upset, right? Of the underdog. Yeah. If you didn't do the research, you just didn't know which team you actually should be, should be, and I love a good underdog story. Absolutely. Yeah. So, you know, I might've picked, you know, at one time a school like, like Texas or some, or, or Kentucky, right? Some blue blood that's always had historical success in college basketball. I might've picked him to win, but I didn't really want him to win because I love to watch their demise. I do. (17:38) I mean, I'd love to hear, you know, Sam Houston state a and T tech come up with a, come up with a win. Yeah. So anyway, I've, I've found more joy in just watching the tournament and, and rooting for my team and rooting for the underdogs and then wanting my bracket to do well. I'm trying to pick a bracket and try to keep up with all that stuff. Right. And apparently the guy that got the, that got the perfect bracket through ESPN last year is like a million dollar price still hasn't been paid. Oh really? So you know why it ain't worth it. Yeah. All that time and effort and energy. Yeah. Well, they, and they, they said they just don't have the money right now. They million dollars went to BLM and uh, I know. How do you do that? How do you get away with that? I, I see a lawsuit coming. Yeah. Yeah, I do too. (18:32) That's kind of like the voice, you know, when the voice came out, it was either the voice or American Idol, one of those, one of those singing shows and you know, they say, Oh, the winner gets a million dollars and it ends up being, well, we gave a million dollars of investment in, in training and you know, yeah, into you, we invested a million dollars worth of our talents into you. Right. Right. It's a, it's a cop out. Yeah. It's a, it's a bunch of bull. Yeah. So, well, there's a lot of, a lot of ways to get away with that stuff. And, and some of them take advantage of it, especially, especially when you're an aspiring actress, actor, or singer, or somebody like that trying to, you know, with dreams of making it to the top. And then somebody, somebody offers you something you think is the, is the golden goose. (19:18) And it turns out to be nothing. All right. It's just a big farce. Yeah. So, yeah. Hey, coming up in a couple, actually less than a couple of weeks, more like 10 days from right now is our fourth annual Ride for the Arc poker run. Oh yeah. And I believe next hour, James Harker from the Niceville American Legion will begin to talk about that. But that's next Saturday, March 28th. It's $15 per rider, $10 per passenger to enter. Cars are welcome to, and of course we're going to cross our fingers for good weather, but they've got dozens of door prizes and other prizes you can win on the poker run. Grand prize being an 05 Honda Shadow 750. (19:59) Yeah. So that'd be pretty cool. Yeah, that would be pretty cool. All proceeds benefit the Arc of the Emerald Coast. Annually, this thing generates about $15,000 for local charities. It's a good fundraiser. It's a lot of fun. If you can join in next Saturday, we certainly invite you. (20:17) Of course, we want to thank our sponsors, Eglin Federal Credit Union and Florida Power & Light for helping make it possible, as always. Also next Saturday is the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office 5K Keller Run. That happens out at the Northwest Florida State College campus on MLK here in Fort Walton. (20:35) Not the Niceville campus, but the Fort Walton campus. And it all benefits the Explorers program. So, should be a lot of fun. 5K, food trucks, vendor booths, and registration is set at $25. We've got the details on how to register on the events tab at thebteamshow.com. (20:54) Very cool. I've seen the effects of the Arc car show and stuff like that. When the weather has canceled it. And man, there's a lot of effort and a lot of energy that go into those things to make it happen. (21:12) I think it was last year, their event got canceled the morning of because of bad weather. And you just feel for them when that happens. Because it's such a downer to put all that effort and do all that hard work and then it doesn't end up coming to fruition for whatever reason. (21:29) Yeah, that is a real shame when that happens. Yeah, we don't get to control Mother Nature though around here. No, you hear that Spring Breakers? There you go. Hey, we've got another Spring Break story here in just a little bit. Yes, we do. (21:44) Stay with us, we'll get to that in about, I don't know, 10 minutes? Sure. All right. Scatter Black and Tom Mason, we are the B Team Morning Show on a hump day Wednesday. It's 100.3 KROCK. The Outlaws, there goes another love song on the Classic Rock Station, 100.3 KROCK. (22:03) It's the B Team Morning Show, Scatter Black and Tom Mason. Tom's still filling in for Bobby Dewrell, who's gone for another week at least. Can we count him as a has-been now? Oh, yeah. I think he was even when he was here. (22:19) I like that. Washed up Bob. Grumpy Bob. Speaking of the Outlaws that just played, I saw them last summer. Did you? Yeah, over at The Wharf in Orange Beach. (22:35) Okay, yeah. They were the opening act for 38 Special in Kansas. Yeah. They were probably the best of the three. Isn't that funny when that happens? Yeah. What I enjoyed about the Outlaws, and Pittsburgh, if you're listening this morning, I know you're an Outlaws fan, but what I enjoyed so much about the Outlaws is they were all musicians. (23:02) Yeah. And the harmonies that they have among some of their songs. It was a lot of fun. They were entertainers. Gotcha. And they may not have gotten the charting success that Terry Livgren and Kansas had in, obviously, 38 Special. (23:22) Yeah. But, man, they were a fun band to go see. That's cool. I think what happens is a lot of those big headline bands, in order to keep them together, they just get fill-ins. The guitarist may not be the original guitarist or something like that. (23:40) He's a Sessions guy or somebody that they had to pull in to make the concert and stuff like that. So it loses a lot of what a band like the Outlaws has, where you have true artists up there. It's kind of like watching the Eagles. Every one of them on their own was great. (23:56) And the same thing with the Outlaws. Every one of them could be, maybe not great, but very good on their own. And that translates into a great show. It does. It does. It was a fun group, too. Let's see. I think Phil and Deanna were there. (24:12) James and Diane Bowman and Bear. Yeah. Bill and Amy Wendell and McBride. It was a fun group. Most of them were good. Yeah, there were a couple sour grapes. Yeah. We won't mention any names. They know who they are. No, that sounds like a great fun group to go watch a concert like that with. (24:32) It was a ton of fun. We totally enjoyed the night. Scott and Tate Wolfe were there. Yeah. So, yeah. Hit me up, guys. I'm ready to go again. More Outlaws. Uh-huh. Well, I'll tell you what. They may not have the amount of arrest in Walton County, but they've got some stories over with the Walton County Sheriff's Office and Spring Breakers. (24:55) Man, they've got some gravitas with some of these schools they're getting. Now we're heading north to the Lone Star State. Yeah, we are. Yeah. Oklahoma got on the board. Okie. Yeah. Oklahoma State got on the board. Interestingly enough, the property where they got busted and asked to vacate was the same property where LSU was busted and asked to vacate about a week ago. (25:20) What? Yeah. Yep. Yep. Same exact location. What's wrong with that house? I know. Well, you know, obviously the neighbors are watching it. It's on somebody's radar, so if you're going into that house, man, do your research. (25:38) Exactly. Keep it calm and keep it quiet because you're not going to last long, apparently. Yeah, and that guy's Vrbo and Airbnb rating just tanks by the day. I know, which really stinks for him. But yeah, the message the Walton County Sheriff is trying to send is simple. (25:54) If you come into Walton County, expect negatively impacted quality of life for residents. You will be dealt with accordingly. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Remember, there are Spring Breakers. We want you to have fun. But there are people that do pay taxes here. There are people that do pay taxes, and they expect a little bit of peace and quiet and stuff like that in the neighborhood. (26:14) And sometimes that just doesn't coincide well with alcohol and 18-year-olds and Spring Breakers trying to have fun. I know. I get it, man. I was in that young once, too, out there having fun drinking and everything like that. (26:29) You've got to take into account the surroundings around you. Right. You had a little fun last night, huh? Yeah. We just did a little downtown pub crawl. Very cool. Yeah. It was a lot of fun. It was a lot of fun. Started at Soundside, and Ben and his crew always do a good job over there. (26:49) It's always a fun stop. And then stopped at Focker's for a little bit, went over to the cantina at Burrito Del Sol. And after that, it was like 9.15, and somebody's got to be on the air in the morning. So I decided it's time to roll. (27:06) You decided not to hang with the Spring Breakers? No. But my wife, on the other hand, on a work trip over in Talley right now, talked to her this morning. How are you doing? I feel terrible. I said, why? Oh, man, the girls were out until 2. (27:22) I'm like, gee, Merry Christmas. Lord Almighty. Trying to hang with the college kids, right? Trying to hang. They probably looked at you like, get out of here, Grandma. Yeah, you're from the 1900s. We don't hang with people from the 1900s. (27:38) That's great. Old lady. That's funny. Lordy. Well, you've got to know your audience and who you're hanging with, man. (27:53) I remember, and this was seven years ago, I think. We were still up in Iowa at the time, of course. We were at the Iowa-Iowa State game. Iowa was ranked 10th. (28:08) Iowa State was ranked 9th at the time. So College Game Day, ESPN was in town. So we had the whole pregame show. We're all out there partying and tailgating from 7 until game time was, I think, 3 in the afternoon. She walks over to this tent that was across the way from us. (28:27) She's partying with these 18-year-olds, 19-year-olds. I'm like, Taylor, what are you doing? I'm having fun. You're not. I'm like, no, I'm just, I'm not 18. I'm having a great time. (28:42) God, that was a long day. Because we had a tornado come through. Two different tornadoes come through. We had two different storm delays. One 45 minutes, another one 2 1⁄2 hours. As you would expect in the middle of the cornfields, right? Exactly. Right through Tornado Alley. (28:58) Game kicked off at 3 p.m. Didn't get done until after 1030 at night. I think I remember that game. Oh my God. I think I remember that. Yeah, that was a long day. Because we left our house at 6. And we didn't get home until after midnight. When you start drinking at 7 in the morning... (29:15) Yeah. Thankfully, we did have a driver. It's the only way you can drink all day. That's right. You start early, and you have somebody that takes the wheel. Right, there are rules here. Yeah. For some reason, they didn't seem to have as much fun. It's 731. (29:32) We've got to take a break, pay a couple bills. On the way, a few more tunes before we get some advice from Uncle Tom. Yeah. It's the BT Morning Show on 100.3 KROCK. 100.3 KROCK, the classic rock station. Pink Floyd and Young Lust on a Wednesday morning. (29:51) I love that song. That's a great song. Looks like it's going to be a great day outside, too. Yeah. It's cold right now, but the sun is... Shining bright, we'll see a high today of 62 degrees, which is considerably warmer than we've seen since Sunday. (30:07) We'll take that here in just a little bit. Folks, I want to preview a couple matchups that we've got coming up over on Sister Station. 103.7 the ticket on Friday, the NCAA Tournament. We'll tip off with the Alabama Crimson Tide at 1 o'clock on Friday afternoon as the fourth-seeded Crimson Tide take on 13th-seeded Hofstra. (30:31) And then on Friday night, we'll carry top-seeded Florida in their game down in Tampa. That's a 7.30 tip also on 103.7 the ticket. And of course, our March Madness coverage of Alabama and Florida, sponsored in part by Brad Cobble and Resolution of Destined Insurance, as well as Dr. Richard Churn and the Hormone Restoration Clinic out in Miramar Beach. (30:56) We'll keep tabs on games for you over on 103.7 the ticket. Now coming up in just a little bit is your Daily Advice. Uncle Tom's sitting across from me, and he's getting all ready to divvy out his advice this morning. (31:15) I've got to take some deep breaths. This is a long one. I was told last night, by the way, when we were out, that you do this segment better than the normal guy. Let's make sure we tell him that. It's actually real advice. (31:30) Yeah. This next one's coming up as a doozy. Oh, good. Yeah. Well, stay with us. We're three minutes away. Okay. Right now, the Romantics talking in your sleep. It's the B Team Morning Show on 100.3 KROCK. (31:45) Good morning, the B Team Morning Show. Schuyler Black and Tom Mason hanging out and boogieing through this Wednesday morning, waiting for the temps to start rising. It's going to happen. Is it? It's going to happen today, yeah. Yeah, well, you sound like Al Gore now. (32:02) He's been telling us that for 30 years. In 10 years, it's going to be complete catastrophe. Yeah. The world's going to end. The polar bears will be living in the Arctic, Florida. Right, yeah. In 10 years. In 10 years. (32:17) Uh-huh. Get ready. That's right. Sell your cars now. 37 degrees outside. The wind chill has gone up to 32, though. Whoa. So, we're trending in the right direction. Moving in the right direction, yeah. Yeah. (32:32) Well, today on Ask Uncle Tom, your daily advice is all stitched together by our friends at Buy Tomcat Custom Apparel. But, Uncle Tom, you get a question from, yeah, flying VFR and IFR conditions. (32:47) There you go. Uh-huh. Yeah. And the guy says, my son has decided to join the Air Force and wants to be a flight engineer. Now, as a retired loadmaster, well, I know better. (33:02) What advice can I give him to talk him out of this? Yeah. Yeah, your son has chosen the noble and historic path of becoming the human checklist. While you, a distinguished former loadmaster, live the life of command of cargo, master of pallets, breaker of chains, and ruler of the ramp. (33:25) Your son has decided he would rather sit in the second row, surrounded by gauges from 1963, whispering sweet nothings to engine instruments. This is not just a career choice. This is a lifelong commitment to knobs, dials, and the emotional well-being of hydraulics. (33:42) Truly a bold pivot from action hero to airborne hall monitor. Let's be clear about the role. A flight engineer is essentially the aircraft's concerned parent. Is that vibration normal? Why is the temp slightly higher? (33:58) Let's monitor that. Meanwhile, you were in the back solving real problems. You weren't monitoring cargo. You were commanding it. He, on the other hand, wants to sit up front adjusting dials like he's trying to tune in a radio station from 1936. Occasionally announcing fuel numbers like a very serious weather reporter. (34:17) Your son likely believes this is a position of prestige. Dad, I'll be part of the flight crew. And he's right. In the same way the guy holding the flashlight during a car's repair is part of the operation. Pilots fly. Navigators speak. (34:33) Loadmasters run the back. Engineers narrate the aircraft's feelings. Hydraulics look good. Temps are stable. Riveting stuff. Especially if you enjoy spreadsheets with wings. And let's not ignore the long-term outlook. (34:48) He's pursuing a role so advanced that newer aircraft have collectively decided, We got this. And quietly removed it. Also, let's be honest. This isn't exactly the career field people point to when discussing elite ASVAB flexing. (35:03) No one's ever said, Man, I crushed that test. Better go monitor oil pressure. And when all the other aircrew positions have been streamlined, automated, or politely shown the door, there will still be loadmasters, like the cockroaches of the aircrew world, somehow surviving, adapting, and still running the back of the plane. (35:24) So what advice do you give him? Sit him down and ask, Son, do you want to do things or do you want to watch things? Then gently explain that while flight engineers are important, someone has to live with the knowledge that the loadmaster is back there having all the fun. (35:40) Will this change his mind? Probably not. He's already shown poor judgment. This is a young man who looked at an aircraft full of moving parts and said, I want to monitor these parts. That kind of commitment runs deep. So support him, of course. (35:55) But maybe leave a few framed photos of you on the ramp looking heroic just to keep the truth in circulation. Yeah, there you go. Pretty accurate. Yeah. Sounds like his son needs an altitude adjustment. (36:10) Help him out. Help him out. So much truth. Yeah. Tell you what, that advice this morning was fit to be tied. Wasn't it? Yeah. Fit to be tied. Tied. (36:25) I love it. Yeah. Whatever. Yeah. We'll see if he figures out that. Is he picking up what we're putting down here? I haven't gotten any messages yet, so we'll see. They're coming. They're coming. All right. There's Ask Uncle Tom this morning, your daily advice. (36:40) All stitched together by Tomcat Custom Apparel. Schuyler Black and Tom Mason, minutes away from 8 o'clock. Local news is next. Another one bites the dust. It's Queen on the Classic Rock Station. (36:55) 100.3k rock. 41 degrees outside. It's spring on Friday. It'll feel like spring, though, on Friday. Sunshine at 75 by the end of the week. So just get through today, folks, and we'll be golden. VT Morning Show's on the air. (37:10) Schuyler Black and Tom Mason brought to you by Stripes Pub and Grilla Duvar, Okaloosa Gas, and Outkast Sushi in Miramar Beach. Hope everybody's off to a smooth start this Wednesday morning. Didn't get too crazy last night with St. Patty's Day. (37:25) I mean, I had some fun, but I didn't get crazy. I didn't get crazy. That's a shame. But we are going to have some fun coming up next Saturday. No, no. Nobody wants to see Schuyler like that. And nobody wants to see Schuyler the morning after like that either. (37:40) Especially me. Yeah, especially Tom. Yeah. But coming up next Saturday, March 28th, is going to be the Niceville Legion's fourth annual poker run, and this year benefiting the Arc of the Emerald Coast, an event that we've happily supported here the last several years and looking forward to doing so again this year. (38:02) But James Harker with the Niceville American Legion, Matt Simpson with the Arc of the Emerald Coast, both on the air with us this morning to talk about the event. So good morning, gentlemen. Good morning. Good morning. Thanks for having us. Absolutely. James, first of all, I know that you have a lot of work that goes into the actual execution of this whole promotion, so you probably have all the details that everybody needs to know about what to look forward to next Saturday. (38:32) Yes, sir. Yeah. So we're going to start out at our American Legion at 444 John Sims Parkway. Registration starts at 9. We're going to take off at about 10.30 from the Legion there, and we're going to head out and go to the Orr House that's out in Freeport. (38:56) From there, we're going to run up to the hideout that's out on Highway 81, and then we're going to stop at AMVETS 178 in Defuniac. That's a fun stop. Yeah. Yeah. All the stops should be great this year. They are pretty much every year. (39:12) But we've done a lot of work talking to each of the proprietors and organizing, so each stop we'll be able to sell 50-50 raffle tickets. We're going to raffle off some bottles of booze at each stop, not to be drank during the ride. (39:29) Right. You can drink when you get back. Yeah. This year is kind of special, too, because somebody donated a chopper to us, so we are raffling off a chopper. Yeah. How did you get your hands on that? I'm just knowing the right people. (39:44) I guess so. Pushing the right buttons, I guess. Yeah. Yeah. So each stop, we'll have tickets available to buy for the raffle of the chopper, and then when we get back, we'll be able to sell it. (39:59) To the Niceville Legion, after the poker run is over, we'll do the card dealing and everything to see who wins. And then we will do all the raffle prize drawings. We'll have a bunch of raffle prizes, knives. We have our buddy D Smith, shout out D Smith, donated a bunch of knives and other cool items to be raffled off. And so those will be raffled off as well. (40:31) And then Matt, who is the CEO, is coming down to pull the winner of the chopper. And then we'll give the chopper away that day. And you're coming right back to your Legion post in Niceville. Yeah, that's where it ends, from AMVETS 178 in Diffuniac, we'll come down to post 221 in Niceville. Yeah, it's a lot of fun. I've gone on the route a couple times myself. Totally enjoy it. So that's coming up next Saturday, March 28th. Now the price is $15 per rider, but we're asking for another $10 per passenger. Because again, it all goes back to local charity. Sure. Yeah. And if you're concerned about the price, the passenger also gets to play the poker hand on there. So basically you get two hands. Super cool. (41:29) And then if you don't have a bike or if the weather's not super cooperative for getting your bike out, which that can happen in March, cars are welcome too, right? Sure. Yeah. Anything and everything. We've had spiders, slingshots, cars, trucks. Jeeps, convertibles. Yeah. We had the KROCK van follow us that one year. That's true. I don't know if I should say this on the air, but I remember coming down 85 from Crestview that year. I couldn't keep up with you guys coming down 85. That van kept cutting out. We were going the speed limit, Schuyler. Yeah, right. But it was a ton of fun. And generally this thing raises about $15,000 annually, right? (42:23) Yes, sir. Yes. That's obviously the number we're hoping to beat this year. Again, if you're out there, donate some money to the ARC. You can donate through us or you can stop by any one of those stops that I mentioned, the Oar House, the Hideout, or AmVets 178, or the Niceville Legion, and buy tickets for the chopper. Now, Matt, bringing you in here, and you've been with the ARC for how long? Actually, it'll be two years, April Fool's Day, April 1. Okay. All right. So coming up, actually, in two weeks. Yeah, it's been a blessing getting to know this amazing group of individuals. A few times now they've made this run since I've been there, and it's just blown me away each and every time. I've been a part of the process. Of course, the check presentation is the coolest part because all the riders come in through this one stretch of Truxton Avenue right by Choctaw High School is where we're located. You can hear them from half a mile, a mile away. You know that they're about to make their turn into our admin building, and they all come in with their bikes, and all of our clients are lined up inside the building watching, waiting. It's like Christmas. It's like seeing Santa Claus. Their faces are pressed up against the window waiting for these riders to park, and they all make this grand entrance, this procession, and they park their bikes, and all the clients get to come out and see the bikes. It's magical. I can't think of another word for it. The first time I saw it, I was just blown away. I got some great video and made a video of it and highlighted all the amazing effort that this group does for us. And so it's wonderful that they've chosen us, and it directly benefits the children and adults that we serve every day with intellectual developmental disabilities. Yeah, so let's get into that a little bit because there's a lot of folks out there that they hear about fundraisers for the ARC, but what is the ARC, and who does it support? Sure, yes. So we're a local ARC agency. There's a lot of ARCs in the state of Florida and in the U.S., so we're a grassroots organization. We were formerly of Horizons back in the day of 1994, and we were rebranded to the ARC of the Emerald Coast in 2015. So we exist to provide the best possible life experiences for those with intellectual developmental disabilities. So our mission is to provide a pathway from disability to capability. So we have four group homes, three located here in Fort Walden, one in Crestview. We have an adult day program Monday through Friday that we serve adults so that their caretakers, providers can leave them in our care, that we use life skills, cooking skills, a lot of interactive curriculum with them throughout the week. We have supported employment, supported living, and community-based employment programs. (45:19) We service the Santa Rosa, East Brown, and West Brown rest areas, Okaloosa and Santa Rosa County. So there's a lot of different facets of organization, and every bit helps to benefit those that we serve every day that have disabilities. And so we're blessed to be a part of this organization for one, and so that's a little bit about us. We've been in the area since 94. So we're right down the street over here by Choctaw, and you're welcome to come stop by and take a tour, and we'd love to... Well, the best thing about this collaboration with James and his group is the community gets to see us, and we get to see them. So inclusiveness is all about what we're about, and we want our clients to be engaged in the community, and the community be engaged with us so they can benefit one another. That's super cool, and every dime that's raised next weekend is going to go back and support all those programs and initiatives you just talked about. Absolutely, it's right. And honestly, there are some great big organizations out there, but every dollar stays with us. It's not going to another parent organization or another chapter. I mean, it is directly to us, only us, and you see the fruit of that each time you come by. You see the growth a little bit at a time. We're hoping to expand our day program because we're at max capacity. So that's our next project is James sees the day program as it is, but we're hopefully to re-retrofit that building that's currently used for storage to house more geriatric clients because that's an unserved population right now that we can't have access to because we're at max capacity. So that's our next big capital thing is that we want to raise funds for that. So a direct impact, you know, it's not going to scissors and paper supplies. (47:02) It's going to a new wing of our day program so we can serve more people. Well, Matt, the organization is amazing, and I know you being a partner with the Niceville Legion, they're a fantastic organization. They don't get enough praise. These guys donate hundreds of thousands of dollars locally every year to local charities. So shout out to POST 221, Niceville American Legion, on all the work that they do. But would love to have another conversation with you about some of the next steps for the ARC and how can we help make that happen. It helps because of people like James and POST 221. I mean, it's 100% non-profit, 501c3, and so without their giving and without their compassion, a lot of the stuff doesn't get done. So we raise money on our own. We have our own individual fundraisers, but having people like that come out and support and do a lot of the heavy lifting and leg work, it's monumental. (48:00) All right. Well, guys, we're looking forward to it next Saturday, Niceville American Legion, for the Ride for the ARC poker run. We've got all the details on the events tab, krockfwb.com, or at the bteamshow.com as well on the events tab. So get over there, check it out, and we'll see you all next weekend. All right. Looking forward to it. (48:22) Stay with us. We're going to play a couple more tunes. We'll take a look at your forecast in just a bit. Right now, ZZ Top on 100.3 KROCK. Should be a fun event next Saturday with the ARC and the Niceville Legion. (48:38) Yeah. I mean, what a great cause, and they do so much. I mean, the ARC, and I've gone in there a couple times, done some work with Matt and some of the other guys there, and it's amazing to go in there. You're on an emotional roller coaster when you're with those folks. It really is neat. (48:58) So again, we've got details on it at thebteamshow.com on the events tab, or you can find it also on the events tab at krockfwb.com. Quick story before we get to a weather break, and you pointed this out earlier, but a wild spring break stunt in Texas ended in a serious crash after a shirtless passenger was filmed dancing on the roof of a moving Jeep moments before it slammed into another vehicle. Yeah. Now, this one doesn't get to make the board, unfortunately, but it does make the highlights. (49:31) So yeah. Yeah. Sadly. The collision happened when the Jeep struck a Tesla, ejecting the 22-year-old rooftop rider onto the highway and leaving him in critical condition. Man, what a terrible, terrible way to end your spring break. Oh, awful. Yeah. Yeah. Now, at least one other person suffered serious injuries in the crash as well. Authorities later arrested the Jeep's driver on an intoxication. (49:59) Assault charge after breath test showed blood alcohol levels above the legal limit. Man. I mean, I think we all probably figured that was the case. Yeah. Somewhere in there, right? Yeah. I kind of gathered that. Yeah. Dumb drunk decisions. (50:15) Right. But, yeah. Don't, yeah, stand outside on top of a Jeep, shirtless. No, it's a bad idea anyway, especially when we've been drinking. By the way, I had to run over to Destin yesterday afternoon, and the traffic is horrible with spring break right now. (50:31) Is it? But it's 54 degrees. Yeah. Three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. Okay. Oh, there's a good couple dozen boats out there on Crab Island. Was there really? People just wanting it to happen. Yeah. Yeah. It's got to be great, man. Yeah. (50:47) They're trying to manifest it. I'm like, God. Fifty-four degrees. Yeah. Wind coming out of the north. Yeah. Some of these home rental places just don't understand when you light a fire in the middle of a pontoon. Yes. Yeah. They just get a little weird about that. Why aren't they more forgiving about that? I don't know. You don't want your guests to be cold, right? (51:03) Right. Exactly. You want them to enjoy themselves, be warm, nice cozy fire in the middle of the pontoon. Why not? Yeah. We should try that. We would end up as one of these drunk stories. I'm pretty sure. (51:19) You're probably right. Yeah. I remember a couple of months ago when I got into radio by my godfather, Schuyler, we report the news. We don't make the news. Heard you. It's 8.30. Weather's next. B Team Morning Show. Schuyler Black and Tom Mason brought to you by Stripes Pub & Grill in Novar, Okaloosa Gas and Outkast Sushi in Miramar Beach. (51:42) Got one little story for you here before we play our final tune and sign off in the next six minutes. Yeah. Yeah. Good story, huh? That's an interesting story. That's because an increasing number of men are discreetly spending as much as $20,000 on non-surgical pecker enhancement procedures offered at clinics, oftentimes in strip mall settings. (52:09) Really? In medical spas. These treatments typically involve filler-like injections similar to Botox that can increase girth in less than an hour and appeal to a wide range of clients. Okay. Now, the clients include fathers, entertainers, and even cancer patients seeking a confidence boost. (52:31) Okay. Now, while clinics report rising demand and advertise the procedure as customizable and reversible, medical experts caution that improper administration can lead to serious complications such as disfigurement or infection. (52:46) Or dysfunction. So, this involves a shot, it sounds like. Yes. Yeah. Right there. In the manhood. Yeah. It's not going to happen, man. I can't. Yeah. (53:01) I don't know what the benefit is, but it's not going to happen. You're not interested? No. Yeah. I don't need a needle going there at all. I can't even begin to imagine a needle going anywhere near there. So, you know what, guys? (53:16) If you are thinking about it, if you say, you know what, I got 20 grand and I want to splurge, well, I got a song for you. Okay. Does... Little Willie and Sweet. Can I get a pay advance? You think Ron would do that? Yeah. Go talk to him. (53:31) Sweet. Little Willie. 100.3. KROCK. 100.3. KROCK. The Classic Rock Station, Sweet and Little Willie. (53:48) To follow up from the story we just had. That story's going to stick with me all day, man. I'm going to cringe all day. It's going to stick with you, huh? Yeah. Oh, and I got to go fill out some bank paperwork, too. Do you? Yeah. (54:03) Are you getting a loan? I'm getting a loan. Yeah. When you fill out the paperwork. So, what's the purpose of this loan? Yeah. It's a Botox injection. Yeah, that's the right. That's right. (54:18) Cosmetic enhancement. There you go. Uh-huh. All right. We're out of time. If you missed anything we talked about today, events, local news, wacky news, national holidays, we've got it all for you. You can miss the show on demand any time you want it at thebteamshow.com, all powered by Frank and Karen Bennett, Frank the Bank and Loan Depot, so get over there and check out thebteamshow.com. (54:43) I want to thank Stripes Pub & Grill in Navarre, Okaloosa Gas and OutKast Sushi and Miramar Beach for sponsoring the show as they do each and every single morning. Tom and I will be back to do this again tomorrow. Yeah, absolutely. It's been a fun day. It is. And quick. (54:58) It has been a fun day. I know. Flying by. We've got Friday Eve tomorrow. Yeah. Six o'clock for the B Team Morning Show on 100.3 KROCK. And that's a wrap on today's B Team Redux.