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THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH

SO YOU’RE TRAVELING BY AIR AND WITH ALL THE LUGGAGE GOING TO AND FROM… AND WITH THE TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE NOW… YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOUR LUGGAGE IS… EVEN WHEN YOU CAN’T SEE IT.

CAN YOU OR CAN’T YOU?   FOR A FEW DAYS.. ONE GERMAN AIRLINE SET OFF A STORM OF CONFUSION…AS TO THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION…. AND IN WHAT IS A RARE OCCURANCE… THE STORY RESOLVED ITSELF AS I WAS PREPARING THIS MORNING’S FEATURE…. MORE IN A MINUTE.  

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH

YESTERDAY.. WE HAD A STORY ABOUT SOMEONE SUING THE MAKERS OF TEXAS PETE’S HOT SAUCE CLAIMING THEY WERE MISLEADING HIM INTO THINKING THE HOT SAUCE ACTUALLY WAS MADE IN TEXAS..

TODAY… WE TAKE YOU TO NEW YORK’S LONG ISLAND WHERE A WHOLE NEW BREED OF MISREPRESENTATION WAS ALLEGEDLY GOING ON…

THE FEDS BUSTING OF A BOGUS BOUTIQUE.. IN A MINUTE..

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH

WHAT’S IN A NAME?  IF YOU SAW A STATE’S NAME ON THE LABEL OF A PRODUCT WOULD YOU CONCLUDE THE PRODUCT CAME FROM THAT STATE? 

ONE MAN’S FILED A LAWSUIT ABOUT IT… AND THIS PARTICULAR LAWSUIT HAS A BITE TO IT…. MORE IN A MINUTE.

BOB’S WORLD…. GOOD MORNING…. THIS IS BOB WELCH.. ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK

AND AS I COVERED CANADIAN THANKSIVING IN THE INITIAL INSTALLMENT OF THIS FEATURE THIS MORNING.    THIS TIME… I’LL TOUCH UPON COLUMBUS DAY… WHICH THE UNITED STATES MARKS TODAY.   MORE IN A MINUTE

BOB’S WORLD….. GOOD MORNING… THIS IS BOB WELCH.. ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK

THIS MONDAY HOLIDAY IS … THANKSGIVING IN CANADA… ….  SOME BACKGROUND … IN A MINUTE.

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING.. I’M BOB WELCH

HOW’S THIS FOR A STORY… GUY WORKING AT A PIZZERIA IN NORTH DAKOTA ONE DAY AND HIS SIGNED TO THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS PRACTICE SQUAD.. THE NEXT… 

THAT STORY IN A MINUTE.

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH

THE ON AGAIN.. OFF AGAIN…BUY OUT OF TWITTER BY ELON MUSK APPEARS.. ON AGAIN…

AT LEAST AS FAR AS HE’S CONCERNED…  COMING UP… A DEEPER LOOK AT WHERE THE BANKS MIGHT STAND ON THIS… 

THIS… IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH

BACK ON AT OUR USUAL TIME AFTER SOME LATE STARTS THE PAST FEW DAYS….  

A STORY OUT OF BOSTON HEADLINED THERE’S A PROBLEM WITH FARE COLLECTION ON ITS COMMUTER RAIL NETWORK…

BUT DOES THE BOSTON AREA HAVE… A CONSCIENCE PROBLEM INSTEAD AMONG THOSE WHO RIDE THE T?

THAT QUESTION WE CAN EXPLORE.. IN A MINUTE

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH..

MY GRANDMOTHER HAD A COUSIN IN EXTREMELY RURAL EASTERN MAINE… SHE HOBBLED AROUND ON A CANE AND LATER A WALKER… IT WASN’T JUST DUE TO OLD AGE… IT’S BECAUSE SHE CONTRACTED POLIO  AS A TEENAGER IN THE 1930S  

SHE LIVED WITH IT FOR THE REST OF HER LIVE… HOBBLING AROUND…

YOU REALLY DON’T READ OF TOO MANY PEOPLE CONTRACTING POLIO ANYMORE…  BECAUSE… THERE’S.. A VACCINE FOR IT.  

WELL.. I HADN’T READ OF TOO MANY PEOPLE GETTING POLIO FOR THAT REASON UNTIL… I START HEARING STORIES WITHIN THE PAST FEW MONTHS OF PEOPLE CONTRACTING POLIO… SO.. HOW DID WE GET HERE?   MORE IN A MINUTE. 

THIS… IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH

IT HAPPENS TO ALL OF US AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER.. WE REALIZE SOMEONE WE MET AS LEFT THIS EARTH… IT HITS WITH A THUD. 

THE THING IS MY MEETING WITH THIS PERSON WAS ENTIRELY BY CHANCE…AND THE BACKSTORY WAS.. A TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY AT A RADIO STATION IN BUFFALO.

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