Bob's World

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH IN QUEBEC RIGHT NOW… DRIVERS HAVE BEEN HAVING TO DEAL WITH LONG LINES AT THEIR AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE BOARD WHICH DOUBLES AS THE REGISTRY OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND THAT MEANS OUR QUEBEC FRIENDS ARE FRUSTRATED RIGHT NOW AND HAVE BEEN FOR ABOUT A MONTH YOU SAY DOESN’T EVERY JURISDICTION HAVE LONG LINES AND HASTLES AT THEIR RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHI...

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH BEWARE.. THE IDES OF MARCH… IS A QUOTE FROM SHAKESPEARE’S PLAY… JULIUS CAESAR…    THE FOLLOWING FEATURE IS AN ATTEMPT TO GIVE SOME BACKGROUND BEYOND THE PLAY… AND TO… PUT ASIDE SOME MYTHS ATTACHED TO THE WHOLE THING… IN A MINUTE.

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH AND THIS.. IS A DAY TO RECOGNIZE PI. NO… PUT DOWN THE FORK FOR THIS IS A DAY ABOUT MATH AWARENESS AND LESS ABOUT CONFECTION.. MORE IN A MINUTE.

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH THOSE WHO HAVE A FOCUS ON FINANCE ARE WAKING UP A LITTLE WEARY THIS MORNING.  THE REASON IS IN SAN FRANCISCO.. AND THE COLLAPSE OF SILICON VALLEY BANK ON FRIDAY.   THAT IS THE FOCUS OF THIS FEATURE.. IN A MINUTE.

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH… AN ERA IS ENDING AT SYRACUSE…. JIM BOEHEIM IS HANGING UP HIS BASKETBALL COACHING SHOES… MORE IN A MINUTE..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE IT TAKES ONE MOMENT OF SOMEONE GETTING IN THE NEWS… FOR A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF TO START UNRAVELING. IN NEW YORK… THIS GUY’S BEEN DUBBED THE BLING BISHOP… YEAH.. THE BLING BISHOP…   IS THERE A STORY TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE ON.. IN A MINUTE..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH SO YOU’RE DRIVING YOUR CAR WHEN YOU THINK YOU SEE A PENGUIN.. WALKING ALONG A BUSY ROAD.  BUT, THAT’S NO PENGUIN… HOWEVER IT IS RARE… IT WAS AN ATLANTIC PUFFIN… BUT, WHAT IT WAS DOING NEAR A BUSY ROAD NEAR WHAT’S CALLED ATLANTIC CANADA’S HUB CITY OF MONCTON…. THAT’S NOT KNOWN.  BUT, THERE IS A STORY TO BE TOLD IN A MINUTE…

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS HAVE AGREED ON A FIRST EVER TREATY TO PROTECT BIO DIVERSITY IN THE WORLD’S OCEANS MORE IN A MINUTE..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH HEARING OF THE IDITEROD SLED-DOG RACE IN ALASKA HELD EACH YEAR RIGHT AROUND NOW BUT…YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF THE CAN-AM CROWN INTERNATIONAL SLED DOG RACE IN MAINE… BUT YOU WILL IN A MINUTE..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH NEW YORK.. IS CALLED THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS AND THAT SAYING IS PROVEN AGAIN BY A CALL FOR MORE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.. IN OFF-PEAK HOURS… ON THE FLIP-SIDE OF THAT IS.. EVERY SERVICE HAS A COST.. EVEN IF IT’S A NEED.      MORE IN A MINUTE..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH THE RISE AND THE PUSHBACK TO.. THE DOLLAR STORE… MORE IN A MINUTE..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH IN VERMONT… DOGS ARE GETTING SICK AND IN SOME CASES DYING FROM A MYSTERY RESPIRATORY ILLNESS… SOMETHING YOU NEED TO KNOW … IN A MINUTE..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH COULD THERE BE A NEW… MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IN NEW YORK?   COULD THERE BE THEN A NEW PENN STATION… COULD BE… A RARE LOT RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS AVAILABLE… MORE IN A MINUTE..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH WHILE WE’LL LIKELY HAVE PLENTY OF WINTER STORM WARNINGS TO BE ISSUED.. INCLUDING A FEW THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT AS YOU’RE HEARING THIS…AT LEAST IN THE NORTHERN TIER OF STATES… AND CANADA… SOME OF OUR FRIENDS IN GERMANY .    THERE WAS SOME BASEBALL PLAYED OVER THE WEEKEND AND WHILE THEY DON’T COUNT TO WIN/ LOSS RECORDS… IT DID FEEL GOOD...

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH… DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS IN WASHINGTON ARE RENEWING A PROPOSAL TO GIVE EVERY AMERICAN CHILD $1,000 AT BIRTH. MORE IN A MINUTE..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH IS THERE A WAY OF BUILDING A BETTER ELECTRICAL GRID… THAT IS MORE COST EFFECTIVE… AND REDUCES GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS WHILE ALSO ON THE WHOLE.. IMPROVING RELIABIITY… THERE IS A POSITIVE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION… BUT, THE WAY TO GET THERE IS A LITTLE MORE OF A STORY.. WHICH YOU’LL HEAR IN A MINUTE.. --- THIS FEATURE IS NOW PROVIDED WITHOUT COMMERCIAL INT...

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH.. THIS SPACE IS INTENDED TO BE AN OFFERING TO A FAR WIDER AUDIENCE THAN JUST THE… IMMEDIATE AREA AROUND MY LONG-TIME HEADQUARTERS IN NORTHEAST VERMONT… BUT… I’M MAKING AN EXCEPTION TODAY.. BECAUSE IT COULD HAPPEN TO A STATE COLLEGE NEAR YOU IF… WHAT A FEW STATE COLLEGES WHICH ARE TRYING TO PASS THEMSELVES OFF AS A UNIVERSITY.. IN VERMONT GET AWAY WI...

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH.. IF YOU’RE LISTENING IN NOVA SCOTIA.. YOU KNOW THIS STORY ALREADY.. BUT, THERE’S AN ENTIRE REST OF THE WORLD WHO MAY NOT KNOW THE STORY OF JIM NUNN… THE LONGTIME REPORTER AND ANCHOR WHO HAD A PULL-NO-PUNCHES STYLE OF HOLDING THE POWERFUL ACCOUNTABLE DIED SUNDAY…. I REMEMBER WATCHING HIM.. AND THOUGHT A WIDER AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE A GOOD STORY… IN A M...

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH IF YOU’RE IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT OF NORTH AMERICA YOU KNOW THIS YEAR HAS BEEN ON THE WHOLE… MILD… ICE CONDITIONS FOR DOING THINGS LIKE ICE FISHING HAVE BEEN… GARBAGE  WHAT ABOUT THE MAPLE SYRUP CROP… BUT NOT THIS SEASON SO MUCH AS THE FUTURE….  MORE IN A MINUTE..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH HERE’S A STORY FROM THE NEW YORK CITY AREA THAT’S BEEN GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS… AND IT SHOWS THE POWER OF RADIO…  MORE IN A MINUTE..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH.. THE DEATH OF THE INTERNET PASSWORD HAS BEEN PROCLAIMED MANY TIMES, BUT THIS TIME, IT MAY ACTUALLY BE COMING SOONER THAN YOU THINK. ITS REPLACEMENT? THE PASSKEY. MORE IN A MINUTE…

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH.. APPLE… 1ST A COMPUTER COMPANY… AND OF COURSE THE IPHONES AND IPADS… AND BEFORE THAT THE IPOD…..  BUT… A LENDER? IT SEEMS TO BE INCREASINGLY SO… MORE IN A MINUTE..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH…AND THIS.. IS VALENTINE’S DAY… BUT.. MOVE OVER CHOCOLATES… FLOWERS… MAYBE SHE WANTS CANDLES… BUT.. INSTEAD OF THE FLOWERY.. OR SUGARY SMELLS… THERE’S ANOTHER IDEA WAFTING AROUND… ROMANTIC? I DON’T KNOW… WE’LL DECIDE FOR OURSELVES IN A MINUTE..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH..  SO YOU’RE CLEANING AROUND YOUR HOUSE AND… YOU FIND A BOOK.. AND REALIZE… OOPS.. THAT NEEDS TO BE RETURNED TO THE LIBRARY… AND THEN UPON TAKING OFF YOUR… PUTTING ON YOUR GLASSES.. YOU NOTICE IT’S… VERY.. VERY LATE…. HOW LATE?  WE’LL FIND OUT.. IN A MINUTE..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK HAS LOST A GIANT…  BURT BACHARACH HAS DIED…. HIS STORY COMING UP.