Bob's World

IN THE WINTER OF 2004… A WOMAN NOT TOO FAR FROM MY AGE… WENT MISSING ON A ROAD IN NEW HAMPSHIRE NOT FAR FROM THE CONNECTICUT RIVER FORMING THE BOUNDARY WITH VERMONT.

IT’S NOT FAR FROM WHERE I LIVE NOW. IT’S NOT FAR FROM WHERE I WENT TO COLLEGE…. I WANT TO SAY IT HIT EVERYONE

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YESTERDAY… POLICE LOOKING FOR THE LONG-MISSING UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS STUDENT MAURA MURRAY SEARCHED TWO NEW HAMPSHIRE TOWNS….. MORE IN A MINUTE. 

MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO, THE NATURALIST JOHN MUIR TOOK PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT TO CAMP…… BENEATH AN ANCIENT, GNARLED TREE IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK.

NOW THAT TREE.. IS IN TROUBLE… 

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A TRIP OUT TO YOSEMITE… IN A MINUTE.

WE’VE ALL HAD A NEW CAR AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER AND SOMETIMES THAT COMES WITH A TEMPORARY PLATE… IN MOST JURISDICTIONS THEY ONLY LAST 30 DAYS… AND IN THAT MONTH IT’S ASSUMED YOUR PERMENENT PLATE WILL ARRIVE IN THE MAIL OR YOU’LL PICK IT UP AT YOUR MOTOR VEHICLE DEPARTMENT. 

ENTER… THE PANDEMIC… WHERE WE’RE ALL TOLD TO DO EVERYTHING ELECTRONICALLY AND A LOT OF THINGS LIKE LICENSE PLATES FELL ON THE HONOR SYSTEM 

TURNS OUT SOME PEOPLE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT SYSTEM.. AND IN NEW YORK CITY…. THEY’RE CRACKING DOWN… WITH BOB’S WORLD.. I’M BOB WELCH.. MORE IN A MINUTE.

ONE OF CANADA’S MAJOR TELECOM FIRMS HAD ITS ENTIRE SYSTEM… DIE ON FRIDAY… AS YOU’RE HEARING THIS TODAY.. THEY MIGHT NOT BE ENTIRELY BACK UP AND RUNNING AS IT’S BEEN DOWN ALL WEEKEND. 

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WHILE CANADIANS FROM COAST TO COAST ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS…  YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT THIS.. EVEN IF YOU DON’T LIVE THERE OR DO ANYTHING THERE.

WHY… IN A MINUTE.

IT HAPPENS IN MANY LOCATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA… A PREDICTIBLE MAINSTAY OF COMFORT CUISINE…THAT’S BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES.. WINDS UP BEING THE CENTER OF RUMORS IT COULD BE CLOSING DUE TO… A NEW LANDLORD… A LEASE CONTRACT THAT’S SUDDENLY UNAFFORDABLE…  TODAY’S EPISODE….  A PLACE IN MANHATTAN’S UPPER EAST SIDE CALLED.. PAPAYA KING.

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NEW YORK CITY’S COMPTROLER SAYS THE FORMER MAYOR… HID.. JUST HOW FAR UNDERWATER… THE  NYC-FERRY PROJECT WENT. 

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Every area has a road where either the bridges are too low or in Vermont's case.. there's 2 large boulders surrounding 1-lane of pavement and either way... a truck just can't make it down the road. But, trucks get stuck anyway... Bob tells you about just 1 item.. at one Vermont location that has him thinking. 

INFLATION HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE… IN THE LATE 1970S WHEN SOME OF US WERE MUCH YOUNGER… OR.. WEREN’T BORN YET… PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER CONVENED HIS TOP ECONOMIC ADVISERS FOR WEEKLY LUNCH MEETINGS IN WHICH THEY TENDED TO OFFER OVERLY OPTIMISTIC FORECASTS OF HOW HIGH PRICES WOULD RISE.

BUT THOSE CONSEQUENCES OF RISING PRICES COULD NOT BE ESCAPED..

WITH BOB’S WORLD.. I’M BOB WELCH…  PEELING BACK THE PAGES OF THE CALENDAR TO THE 1970S AND FORMER TREASURY SECRETARY W MICHAEL BLUEMNTHAL.. IN A MINUTE.

TODAY… IS CANADA DAY…  FETE-DU-CANADA.. IN FRENCH. 

WITH BOB’S WORLD.. I’M BOB WELCH….. COMING UP A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL DAY OF CANADA.

ONE MORE THING THAT NORMALLY HAPPENS EVERY YEAR IS HAPPENING AGAIN.. THIS YEAR…. FOR THOSE WITHIN TRAVELING DISTANCE OF MONTREAL… THAT ONE MORE THING.. IS THE FIREWORKS COMPETITIONS.

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