Bob's World

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD

CANADIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE RECOVERED NEARLY 600 CARS AT THE PORT OF MONTREAL DESTINED FOR WHO KNOWS WHERE…

WE’VE HEARD STORIES OF CARS STOLEN… AND WINDING UP OVERSEAS… NEVER OF THEIR RECOVERY…

I’M BOB WELCH THAT STORY NEXT…---------

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD

THE END OF AN ERA IS COMING FOR MILLIONS OF NEW YORK COMMUTERS…

I’M BOB WELCH

COMING UP…. I’LL SHARE WITH YOU AN EMAIL FROM NEW YORK’S TRANSIT AUTHORITY WHICH I AND MANY OTHERS ALSO RECEIVED AND I’LL EXPLAIN IT ALL NEXT…

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YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS THAT AMERICAN DEPARTMENT STORE CHAIN MACY’S IS CLOSING 1-HUNDRED-AND-50 STORES ACROSS THE US IN THE COMING YEARS.

I’M BOB WELCH

COMING UP… WHO IS INTERESTED IN ALL THAT RETAIL SPACE…

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YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT BALTIMORE’S FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE WAS HIT BY A BARGE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING… FOLLOWED BY A SUBSEQUENT COLLAPSE OF THAT BRIDGE…

BUT… WHAT COMES NEXT….

I’M BOB WELCH… SOME THOUGHTS ON THE WAY…

THE FOLLOWING IS A RETRANSMISSION OF BOB’S WORLD

ORIGINALLY PRODUCED FOR JUNE 30, 2023

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

IN CANADA’S CAPITAL CITY… A REPLICA STREET CAR HAD AN EVICTION NOTICE… THE DATE TO GET OUT WOULD’VE BEEN TODAY…

THAT STORY IN A MINUTE…

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I’M TAKING A FEW DAYS OFF AND REGULAR EPISODES WILL RESUME MONDAY, APRIL 1ST.

THERE WILL BE NO EPISODE ON FRIDAY, THE 29TH.

FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW… YOU WILL HEAR A REPLAY OF AN EPISODE WHICH RECEIVED AN AWFUL LOT OF ENCOURAGING FEEDBACK

WHAT YOU WILL HEAR NEXT WAS ORIGINALLY PREPARED FOR FEBRUARY 11, 2022.. THE STORY OF JON APPLETON, THE INVENTOR OF THE SYNCLAVIER SYNTHESIZER

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YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD OF THE INSTRUMENT… OR ITS INVENTOR… BUT YOU’VE HEARD IT….. USED… ALL OVER THE PLACE..

WITH BOB’S WORLD.. I’M BOB WELCH

COMING UP… THE STORY OF JON APPLETON.. WHO INVENTED THE SYNCLAVIER SYNTHIZISER   … IN A MINUTE..

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COUNTING IN THEORY IS EASY… WE LEARN TO COUNT AT AN EARLY AGE… HOWEVER THE STATE OF VERMONT IS HAVING A DIFFICULTY COUNTING…. THE NUMBER OF HOME CONTRACTORS IN ITS STATE.

I’M BOB WELCH

THE DIFFICULTY IN COUNTING CONTRACTORS… FOR A HOME CONTRACTOR REGISTRY… NEXT…

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ALLEGED WINTER… HAS MORPHED INTO ALLEGED SPRING… AT LEAST IN THE GREAT NORTHEAST

I’M BOB WELCH

A WINTER STORM JUST DAYS INTO SPRING… THAT WAS BIGGER THAN ANY THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN WINTER IN A MINUTE.

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THE COST OF A NEW CAR IS COMING DOWN BUT… EXPERTS SAY WE’RE NEVER GOING TO BACK TO THE GOOD OLE DAYS PRE-2020 AGAIN

I’M BOB WELCH

THAT STORY NEXT

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD

YOU LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM SOMETHING YOU CONSIDER TO BE OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE… AND YOU WANT TO BUY IT… TO SAVE IT

I’M BOB WELCH

THAT’S WHAT ONE MAN IS TRYING TO DO IN THE ATLANTIC PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK.. CANADA.

THAT STORY NEXT..