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Quick recap

Keith discussed his recent trip to Dinosaur Adventureland. We engaged in trivia and word games, and shared various animal-related stories and humorous anecdotes. We covered personal topics including health issues, household organization challenges, and financial difficulties, as well as plans for future events and potential pet ownership. The meeting also touched on technical problems, home improvement projects, and concluded with discussions about upcoming activities and fundraisers.

Summary

Keith discussed his recent trip to Dinosaur Adventureland Park in Alabama, where he encountered a Baptist preacher who runs the park and has a quirky sense of humor. Keith shared details about the park’s activities, including a petting zoo, jeep tours, and Bible lessons. Terry mentioned his high blood sugar levels during the podcast.

Random Topic

For the random segment, Keith presents a trivia quiz with 10 questions.

News of the Week

Your podcast hosts shared several animal-related stories, including a Florida bear that was captured after taking a nap in a backyard hot tub using donuts laced with knockout drugs, a chicken that wandered into a Buffalo Wild Wings in Ohio, and an elephant seal that wandered into a Cape Town shopping area before being successfully returned to the ocean. Terry shared updates about two bears that escaped from their zoo enclosure in London and broke into a grocery store, while Jill’s story focused on a 20-year-old parrot named Hendrix in Rhode Island who needs a new home due to his extensive curse word vocabulary. The conversation ended with Keith’s report about North Dakota’s initiative to install flush toilets at historical sites, with the childhood home of Lawrence Welk being the latest location to receive the upgrade.

Jill’s Weird Words

Terry has some connection trouble, but Keith and Jill engaged in a word game, discussing the meanings and origins of various words, including “laudable,” “appendage,” “keystone,” “notionate,” “pannier,” “notorious,” “wheeble,” and “acushment.” Terry joined later, contributing to the discussion and sharing personal anecdotes.

Terry’s Top 10 List

Terry presents a list of “Top 10 things not to do while naked,” including dangerous activities like cooking, mowing the lawn, and using sharp tools.

Anchor Topic

We don’t have anything prepared, so we explored tax benefits for the blind and elderly, noting that some states offer property tax savings for disabled individuals.

Email and final thoughts

Keith reads two humorous emails, one about a woman trying to solve a jigsaw puzzle and another about a father pretending to announce his divorce to bring his children home for Christmas. As usual we close it out with our final thoughts. Keith signed off the meeting, encouraging listeners to rate and review their podcast, and provided information on how to connect with the show through their website.

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Quick recap

Your hosts discussed their personal plans and experiences, including Thanksgiving preparations, a cat’s disappearance, and the comfort of a new support hose. They also engaged in light-hearted discussions about various topics, such as penguins, cars, and unexpected cultural phenomena. The conversation ended with a focus on literature, film, and the importance of muscle memory in manual skills.

Summary

Thanksgiving Plans and AI Companion

Keith shared an update about their cat, Kitty, who had been acting strangely and had disappeared for a few days. They suspected she might have gotten pregnant or been attacked by a stray animal. Keith revealed that they had to rescue Kitty from the basement where she had been locked in for at least a day without food or water.

Random Topic

We spin the wheel and the topic of the day is: “Would you rather.” Various questions involve: including being an unknown major league baseball player or a well-known badminton star, going without TV or junk food, and spending a day at an amusement park or on the beach.

News of the Week

Featuring an Emperor Penguin named Gus, who swam 2,200 miles from Antarctica to Australia. The group also discussed an older macaroni penguin at SeaWorld in San Diego, who is losing his hearing but still recognizes his food providers. The conversation ended with a humorous discussion about the penguins’ potential to share war stories.

Keith shares about a Lamborghini and Ferrari found in a grandma’s garage, and compare that to an old car in his aunt’s garage. Terry has a story about a slice of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s wedding cake that was auctioned off. The conversation also touched on the concept of “Brown Friday,” a term used by plumbers to describe the day after Thanksgiving when they receive a surge of emergency plumbing calls due to people consuming large amounts of food and potentially clogging their pipes. The conversation ended with a discussion about the importance of not putting grease or certain food items down the garbage disposal to avoid plumbing issues.

Keith presented a humorous segment about the America’s Best Bathrooms contest, highlighting the winner, Maverick Service Station, and other notable entries. Jill’s joke that her grandson Maverick was mentioned as having to clean the bathroom at Maverick. Keith also discussed other notable entries, including the Hop Shop, Indiana Caverns, Kansas City Zoo, and Mad in Houston. Terry shared a news story about the birth of an Asian elephant baby at the St. Louis Zoo, which was born through in vitro fertilization. The conversation ended with a discussion about Donald Trump’s legal charges being dropped.

Jill’s Weird Words

In the meeting, Jill introduced several words for the team to guess, including “lookie, break”, “spin drift”, “upper rose”, “brawl”, “congruent”, “iniquitous”, and “tit up”. The team discussed the meanings of these words, with some being more challenging than others. Keith and Terry provided various interpretations and jokes about the words, while Jill confirmed the correct meanings. The team also engaged in light-hearted banter and wordplay throughout the discussion.

Terry’s Top 10 List

Terry shares a top 10 list of “pop culture moments that weren’t supposed to happen,” including the Incredible Hulk’s green color, Biz Markie singing the chorus of “Just a Friend,” and Shaggy’s hit song “It Wasn’t Me” being included on an album against the producer’s wishes. The conversation involves wordplay, jokes, and reminiscing about these unexpected cultural phenomena.

Anchor Topic

The conversation then shifted to manual skills, with Keith and Jill discussing the importance of muscle memory in playing musical instruments like the piano and banjo. They also touched on the concept of “dangerous” handicrafts and the role of safety precautions in such activities.

Email and Final Thoughts

Keith reads two emails. One is about to competing barnyard roosters the other is about an old-fashioned horse race. As usual, we wrap it up with a few final thoughts.

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Quick recap

The team engaged in a light-hearted discussion about their personal lives, including reminiscing about childhood mispronunciations, sharing music preferences, and discussing various words and their meanings. They also shared humorous anecdotes and puns, and discussed the security of Keith’s computer and email accounts. The conversation ended with a focus on promoting the show and audience growth.

Summary

Terry reminisced about his 13-year-old marriage and Jill shared about her son’s 2-year-old anniversary. They also talked about a family gathering for Terry’s grandson’s birthday. Keith mentioned an upcoming doctor’s appointment regarding a sore on his heel. The doctor recommended using puffy slippers for indoor use, which Keith’s wife, Robin, ordered from Amazon. Keith humorously considered getting elephant heads to attach to his slippers, suggesting it would be a funny and unique way to wear them. Jill and Terry participated in the conversation, with Jill suggesting that the slippers would be funny if they were gray, the color of an elephant. The team discussed the recent rainfall and its positive impact on the environment, including grass growth and helping farmers with their crops.

Random Topic

After Terry shares his birthday list, we feature an icebreaker game. Keith and Terry reminisced about their childhood mispronunciations, with Keith recalling his inability to say “Superman” correctly. Jill also shared her childhood mispronunciation of words starting with “J.”

The discussion continued with interesting relatives. Keith shared stories about his uncle Dutch, who was known for his scandalous rumors and along with a couple of his cousins, his work on major construction projects like the St. Louis Arch and the Spirit of St. Louis airplane.

The icebreaker topic continues with a discussion about music preferences, with participants sharing their past and current tastes. Terry and Jill expressed their dislike for rap music, while Keith shared his fondness for various genres. The conversation then shifted to personal bucket lists, with Jill expressing interest in skydiving and Terry mentioning weight restrictions for his grandson’s desired helicopter ride.

This week in the news

We share a variety of articles that include bungee jumping in cars, parachuting, and fishing, with participants sharing their experiences and insights on these activities.

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Keith shared a story about a car crashing through an Arizona home, causing minor injuries and significant damage. The family, including their pets, were in the living room at the time of the crash. Terry mentioned a California incident where a semi-truck carrying raisins caused a traffic jam after crashing into another semi-truck and a pickup truck. Both incidents resulted in significant damage but no major injuries.

Jill’s Weird Words

Jill shares various words and their meanings, while Terry and Keith try to guess the definitions.

Terry’s Top 10

Terry shared his top 10 lists of unanswered questions, including who let the dogs out, where’s the beef, how to get to Sesame Street, why eggs are packaged in flimsy paper cartons, why women can’t put mascara on with their mouth closed, and why lemon juice is made with artificial flavors. The conversation ended with Keith and Terry acknowledging that some of these questions may never be answered.

Anchor Topic

This week we are discussing the topic of computers, and Keith discussed his old Dell computer, and security issues.

Email

Sorry, we have no email this week. Make sure you send us your own funny family stories. Ask us a question about blindness, or just contribute anything you would like to have us read on the podcast. Just make sure it’s family-friendly. You can use the contact form, or send email directly to [email protected]. Of course, you can always call our voicemail number: 802-715-3484. As usual, we wrap it up was our final thoughts.

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Sponsored by: Retro Radio Podcast brings you family-friendly entertainment through classic, old-time radio. Episodes are posted daily. Keith and his Retrobots share everything in his collection from the days of vintage radio. Adventure, comedy, detective, westerns, and lots in between. If you don’t hear your favorite show, just ask Visit the web page today, https://retro-otr.com

Tags: orientation, mobility, canes, costumes, animals, grandkids, records, Bible

grab your cup of coffee and join us and learn about Keith’s hiding place for his wife’s special hot chocolate mixes. Jill has a granddaughter that cries foul on the meeting of a new word she just discovered. The education system has dropped the ball yet again. Terry shares about a problem involving staying in bed all night. For our random topic, we have a trivia quiz on the Bible.

In the news this week Terry talks about the loads that overturned trucks have spilled. Sounds like a good day for a fruit salad. Jill leads off with the story about a snake rescue. Keith tells about an awkward moment on the golf course. Stay tuned for more stories as we feature bad monkeys, world records, sweet potatoes and more.

Jill’s weird word list seems to be a simple one for us today, but it doesn’t last for long before she has a stumped. Terry’s top 10 list features embarrassing costumes for your canine companions. It may be too late for Halloween, but imagine your favorite dog and one of these disguises for Christmas.

Our anchor topic features orientation and mobility. The skills that the blind person learns to navigate and travel. We talk about a new gadget that lights the path and makes a blind person very visible to nighttime onlookers. This battery powered, lit up cane isn’t quite on the market yet but it’s worth keeping an eye out in more ways than one.

We have an email this week about an awkward moment in a church service, and we wrap everything up with our final thoughts.

Sponsored by: Retro Radio Podcast brings you family-friendly entertainment through classic, old-time radio. Episodes are posted daily. Keith and his Retrobots share everything in his collection from the days of vintage radio. Adventure, comedy, detective, westerns, and lots in between. If you don’t hear your favorite show, just ask Visit the web page today, https://retro-otr.com

We get started by telling how Keith heard our podcast while listening to another podcast. After a bit of rambling, and a funny story by Terry, we get started with our random topic. Ask the hosts questions about anything.

And the news, Terry talks about a world record event at Disney. Jill tells us about the turtle amputee who was helped by school kids and Legos. Keith shares a few headlines straight from main stream media over the past week.

Although Jill has some weird words, Keith and Terry manage to get several of them right for a change. Terry ‘s top 10 is about normally cute animals and some of their more obnoxious traits.

The anchor topic this week is on computers. There’s not a lot to say, so Terry and Keith rant a little about recent computer woes. We have a couple of emails to read, and we close it all out with final thoughts.

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Retro Radio Podcast brings you family-friendly entertainment through classic, old-time radio. Episodes are posted daily. Keith and his Retrobots share everything in his collection from the days of vintage radio. Adventure, comedy, detective, westerns, and lots in between. If you don’t hear your favorite show, just ask Visit the web page today, https://retro-otr.com

The show is a little late this week, and some segments are missing. It’s all due to technology And personal difficulties. After our usual introductions, including Jill‘s invention of a twist on the Easter egg hunt. We fast forward to Terry’s top 10 list.

Our anchor topic is a recap of the recent Illinois Council of the blind that Terry and Jill attended. Enjoy some fresh info on how the blind advocate for blindness accessibility and more. We do have an email, and we close out with final thoughts to wrap up.

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With only two hosts present today, we can talk as long as we like. Or at least as long as technology trouble permits. Our opening stories include healthy armpits. Turning to the news, there’s plenty of animals on the rampage, swimming with smartphones, diving for drugs, and lots more.

Terry’s top ten list is all about flushing things down the drain. Despite having Jill be absent, we start to run a little long, so Keith skips the Ask the Hosts segment and we focus on the anchor topic. With a day of having computer troubles, it fits right in with using computers with access technology. Terry and Keith rant on a few pet peeves on using computers, but we also cover some overarching technologies.

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Each of your hosts shares an opening story. Home improvements, medicine mix ups, then turn to the news headlines of the week. Standby for lots of animals on the loose, battling deer in the hood, and a hot, rapping tribute.

Terry’s tips of the week feature 15 things to avoid doing on Thanksgiving. The anchor topic is on using technology, and making computers and smart phones accessible for the blind,.

We wrap up with an audio letter from a listener. Drop us a line, leave a comment, or send your own audio greeting, and we’ll feature your letter as well.

Sorry, no quiz this week.