Show Notes for Thursday January 30, 2020



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THIS WEEK'S DEAR JOHN LETTER!
Dear John,

I lost my husband to cancer five years ago. I stayed single until my girls graduated. My youngest left for college last fall and I decided to start dating. First of all, this is awful. I sure do miss the old days of dating before the internet. It was so much better. I recently met a guy that I thought was going to be a great fit for me. We have so many similar interests. I truly enjoy being with him. He's divorced and his kids are also older. We spend time with both families together around Christmas and it went very well, but he's asking me to remove photos of my husband. I'm just not ready to do that. The family photo with my kids and my husband is prominent in my home because they mean the world to me. He has erased every trace of his ex-wife, but they were divorced. My husband withered away in my arms. I can't just move on. I'm thinking it's time for me to find someone who understands this, possibly a widower. My daughter told me to stop and think this over. She said it was wonderful to see me happy again and she wants me to try to work things out. Should I remove my husband's photo and move on with the boyfriend? Or should I move on and find someone who understands what I'm going through?

Signed – Moving On, But How?

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TODAY IS A SPECIAL DAY! (A special thank you to NationalDayCalendar.com)
January 30
National Croissant Day

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A new poll found that over 40% of Americans don’t have $1,000 saved up for an emergency. (https://bit.ly/2Rks0Ac)
THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON DRUGS: Brought to you by TimeForRehab.com!
Each day we share stories about people doing dumb things under the influence, but addiction is NO LAUGHING MATTER! If you or someone you know needs help, we're here! Learn more at TimeForRehab.com.

A Wisconsin couple’s drug bust took a strange turn when one of the suspects told police he cut his product with an unusual substance: his mother’s cremated remains. 26-year-old Austin Schroeder and his girlfriend, 21-year-old Kaitlin Geiger, each face felony drug charges after a tip led authorities to their apartment. According to a criminal complaint, however, Schroeder told authorities his mother died a little more than one year ago and he mixed some of her ashes with a variety of substances, some of which he ultimately ingested.” The complaint does not specify if Schroeder mixed his mother’s remains with any of the drugs he is accused of selling. Geiger told authorities “Schroeder creates drugs with chemicals using a pot on a stove.” (https://bit.ly/2TCRIl3)

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Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated actress Laura Dern will play a bartender with a sympathetic ear in Just One Drink. The series on the upcoming Quibi streaming service will consist of one-act vignettes between Dern’s bartender character and the customers she serves, all of whom are in various states of emotional disrepair.


Members of the mob say much of The Irishman isn’t true.

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The National Chicken Council’s annual Chicken Wing Report claims Americans will consume 1.4 billion wings on Super Bowl Sunday — 27 million more than last year.


A woman in Austin, Texas, called police after her ex-boyfriend stole her bag of Burger King in a sneak attack. As the victim approached her apartment, the ex was hiding in the bushes, jumped out, grabbed her food and took off. Police arrested Ervin Johnson for theft, and he admitted he was upset another man was buying Burger King for his ex-girlfriend.


It’s a great party trick and useful for circus performers but scientists say that learning to juggle can cause changes in areas of the adult brain. Mastering the skill increases the amount of grey matter in areas of the brain that process and store visual information, proving what was not thought possible — that new stimuli can alter the brain’s structure. A comparison of brain-imaging scans of non-jugglers and other volunteers before they learned to juggle and three months later, revealed an increase in grey matter in certain areas of the newly trained jugglers’ brains.


Not wanting White Castle to have all the fun, and get all the free publicity, Waffle House is offering a Valentine’s Day meal for couples by offering special menu items and setting the mood with candlelight and white tablecloths.


Dudes wearing nail polish isn’t a new thing, but some think 2020 is the year of the “menicure” — when average guys will paint a nail or two — or all — to make a statement.

FUN FACT FOR YOU:
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Some people have an extra bone in their knee (and it's getting more common). If you were under the impression that the human body had finished evolving, think again. It turns out that some people have a bone in their knee called a fabella. And while this particular little bone with an unknown purpose was once fading away, over the last century and a half, it's gotten more common. Back in 1875, nearly 18 percent of people examined had a fabella. That number dropped to 11 percent by 1918. However, by 2018, 39 percent of individuals had this mysterious bone.


NEWS HEADLINES.... FROM SOMEWHERE IN THIS WORLD!
Dateline.... Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, a woman who tried out a foot massager in a store had to be rescued by firefighters when her foot got stuck in it and the staff couldn’t get her out. After being stuck for 30 minutes, the woman was checked out at a local hospital and released.


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A man faces theft charges for allegedly stealing a running vehicle containing a pit bull in the backseat out of a gas station parking lot Friday night in Great Falls before crashing into a power pole just blocks away, resulting in his hospitalization. 24-year-old Tevin Oney Lapier has been charged with misdemeanor theft, as well as reckless driving and operating a vehicle with a suspended license, both traffic violations, according to the Great Falls Police Department. Shortly after 9:00 p.m. Friday, a man pulled into the parking lot of the Loaf ‘N Jug gas station and left the car running with the dog in the backseat. Lapier allegedly entered the 1999 Nissan Altima while the man was in the store and drove away. Reportedly driving at a high rate of speed, Lapier crashed the passenger’s side of the car into a power pole, knocking the pole to the ground. The pit bull managed to escape the vehicle following the crash and ran from the scene. Lapier was not placed into custody Friday night due to his hospitalization. (https://bit.ly/2ugfPvj)

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Whatever happened to driver’s ed? Video allegedly depicting a young man accidentally crashing his father’s sports car in the most embarrassing way possible has gone viral on Facebook, with over 2.4 million views. In it, he gets into a Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R that’s parked in a garage and apparently starts it without first shifting into neutral, causing it to lurch forward into the corrugated metal wall with a sickening crunch when he lets off the clutch. He then jumps out of the car screaming “I’m dead, I’m dead, I’m f-----g dead,” as his friend captures the moment on his smartphone. The 526 hp track-focused GT350R has a starting price of $74,530 and is one of the few cars on sale that is only available with a manual transmission. (https://fxn.ws/37cCirM)
FAKE NEWS.... OR FLORIDA?!
I read a headline and Heidi (and you) need to guess if the story is FAKE NEWS or something that really happened in the state of FLORIDA.

A Florida (Largo) woman was arrested for misusing 911 by calling and texting the number to make non-criminal complaints about her husband. Police said 69-year-old Sylvia Shumaker used 911 multiple times to ask for things like a counselor and how to file for divorce.
https://www.newsbreak.com/florida/largo/news/0NxFpTUa/florida-woman-arrested-for-asking-911-how-to-file-for-divorce-police-say

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A Mother And Her 3 Children Survive 34 Days In Colombian Jungle After 
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