Bob's World

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH WHAT’S IN A NAME?  IF YOU SAW A STATE’S NAME ON THE LABEL OF A PRODUCT WOULD YOU CONCLUDE THE PRODUCT CAME FROM THAT STATE?  ONE MAN’S FILED A LAWSUIT ABOUT IT… AND THIS PARTICULAR LAWSUIT HAS A BITE TO IT…. MORE IN A MINUTE.

BOB’S WORLD…. GOOD MORNING…. THIS IS BOB WELCH.. ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK AND AS I COVERED CANADIAN THANKSIVING IN THE INITIAL INSTALLMENT OF THIS FEATURE THIS MORNING.    THIS TIME… I’LL TOUCH UPON COLUMBUS DAY… WHICH THE UNITED STATES MARKS TODAY.   MORE IN A MINUTE

BOB’S WORLD….. GOOD MORNING… THIS IS BOB WELCH.. ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK THIS MONDAY HOLIDAY IS … THANKSGIVING IN CANADA… ….  SOME BACKGROUND … IN A MINUTE.

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING.. I’M BOB WELCH HOW’S THIS FOR A STORY… GUY WORKING AT A PIZZERIA IN NORTH DAKOTA ONE DAY AND HIS SIGNED TO THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS PRACTICE SQUAD.. THE NEXT…  THAT STORY IN A MINUTE.

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH THE ON AGAIN.. OFF AGAIN…BUY OUT OF TWITTER BY ELON MUSK APPEARS.. ON AGAIN… AT LEAST AS FAR AS HE’S CONCERNED…  COMING UP… A DEEPER LOOK AT WHERE THE BANKS MIGHT STAND ON THIS… 

THIS… IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH BACK ON AT OUR USUAL TIME AFTER SOME LATE STARTS THE PAST FEW DAYS….   A STORY OUT OF BOSTON HEADLINED THERE’S A PROBLEM WITH FARE COLLECTION ON ITS COMMUTER RAIL NETWORK… BUT DOES THE BOSTON AREA HAVE… A CONSCIENCE PROBLEM INSTEAD AMONG THOSE WHO RIDE THE T? THAT QUESTION WE CAN EXPLORE.. IN A MINUTE

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH.. MY GRANDMOTHER HAD A COUSIN IN EXTREMELY RURAL EASTERN MAINE… SHE HOBBLED AROUND ON A CANE AND LATER A WALKER… IT WASN’T JUST DUE TO OLD AGE… IT’S BECAUSE SHE CONTRACTED POLIO  AS A TEENAGER IN THE 1930S   SHE LIVED WITH IT FOR THE REST OF HER LIVE… HOBBLING AROUND… YOU REALLY DON’T READ OF TOO MANY PEOPLE CONTRACTING POLIO ANYMORE… &n...

THIS… IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH IT HAPPENS TO ALL OF US AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER.. WE REALIZE SOMEONE WE MET AS LEFT THIS EARTH… IT HITS WITH A THUD.  THE THING IS MY MEETING WITH THIS PERSON WAS ENTIRELY BY CHANCE…AND THE BACKSTORY WAS.. A TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY AT A RADIO STATION IN BUFFALO. MORE IN A MINUTE..

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH BRITAIN’S NEW PRIME MINISTER LIZ TRUSS HAS TAKEN A GAMBLE WITH TAX CUTS THAT HAS ECONOMISTS WARNING OF PAST MISTAKES… MORE IN A MINUTE..

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH YOU’VE HEARD THE SNARKY LINE… NEVER MIND THE FACTS GETTING IN THE WAY OF A GOOD STORY…  WELL.. THAT’S THE ROOT OF  FALSEHOODS PASSED ALONG AS FACTUAL.. AND SOMEONE SOMEWHERE.. MAKING IT UP. A CASE OF THIS… OF THE MANY OUT THERE… FROM QUEBEC.. IN A MINUTE.

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH WITH IAN IN FLORIDA AND ATLANTIC CANADIANS AND PUERTO RICANS PICKING UP THE PIECES AFTER FIONA.. IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE TO HIGHLIGHT THE WARNING FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL IN NEW BRUNSWICK…. DON’T RUSH IN TO YOUR HOME TO ASSESS STORM DAMAGE…  MORE IN A MINUTE.

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH…  ATLANTIC CANADA FACED FIONA.. AND NOW THE CLEANUP AND REBUILDING STARTS… MORE IN A MINUTE. 

THIS… IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH A SOURCE WITHIN THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT SAYS CANADA WILL DROP.. A LOT OF PANDEMIC RELATED BORDER-CROSSING RED-TAPE BY THE END OF THE MONTH MORE IN A MINUTE.

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON… AND AUTUMN IS UPON US.. MORE.. IN A MINUTE. 

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD…  GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH YOU’VE HEARD OF HURRICANE FIONA’S DAMAGE TO THE PUERTO RICAN POWER GRID…  AND WHILE YOU’LL NO DOUBT HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT ELSEWHERE… PEOPLE IN ATLANTIC CANADA… ARE BRACING THEMSELVES FOR STRONG WINDS, HEAVY RAINS, AND STORM SURGE ALONG THE COAST. MORE IN A MINUTE..

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH.. SOME STORIES ARE PRICELESS.. SOME STORIES COMPLEX AND WHICH NEED MORE TIME THAN THE TYPICAL RADIO STATION CAN CARVE OUT TO TELL THEM… THAT’S WHERE THIS MORNING’S STORY COMES IN. THIS IS A FINANCIAL STORY..WHICH CAUGHT MY ATTENTION WE’LL CONNECT THE DOTS FOR YOU IN A MINUTE.

THIS… IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH…  HERE’S  THE STORY OF THE CAT… WHO DIDN’T COME BACK THE VERY NEXT DAY… BUT DID… THE WAY THE CAT ANNOUNCED HER ARRIVAL IS THE STORY.. THAT’S NEXT. 

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH.. TRANSIT RIDERSHIP IN NEW YORK CITY KEEPS TICKING UP…  MORE IN A MINUTE…

THIS .. IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH IN MARYLAND.. A MAN WATCHING TV SAW AN ADDRESS TWICE…. HE PLAYED IT IN THE LOTTERY… AND WON.  50-THOUSAND DOLLARS.  THAT STORY IN A MINUTE 

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH LAST YEAR WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOARING HOME PRICES… BURLINGTON, VERMONT WAS IN THE TOP 5 PRICIEST PLACES TO LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES… MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE WAS NUMBER 6.  HOWEVER IN FALL 2022… AROUND THE WORLD, IT’S SOARING BORROWING COSTS INSTEAD…AND THEY’RE SQUEEZING HOMEBUYERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS ALIKE.   MORE IN A MINUTE.

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH..   CURRENTLY SOME COMPANIES ARE TRYING TO GET THEIR EMPLOYEES BACK IN THE OFFICE. DEPENDING UPON HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT ALREADY… THIS COMES WITH CHALLENGES….  MORE IN A MINUTE. 

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH… IF THERE IS ANYTHING TO BE SAID ABOUT THE AMERICAN SPIRIT IT IS THAT WE INNOVATE TO TAKE ON A CHALLENGE.  SURE THERE’S NAYSAYERS. BUT, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE NAYSAYERS.  THE INNOVATORS IGNORE THEM. THEN THERE ARE THOSE WHO TAKE THE INNOVATION.. AND TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.. OR MAKE IT AFFORDABLE FOR THE AVERAGE JOE.  THE STORY OF GE...

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH AND… I ALWAYS TAKE A WALK AROUND WHATEVER COMMUNITY I’M IN.. WHETHER I’M AT THIS NORTHERN FIELD HEADQUARTERS IN VERMONT I’VE CALLED HOME FOR MANY YEARS OR WHEN I’M TRAVELING.  IT WAS AT ONE POINT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THAT I NOTICED SOMETHING JUST SORT OF SMELLED DIFFERENT IN THE AIR. IT WAS THE SMELL.. OF AUTUMN IN NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SOME T...

THIS… IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH. ONE OF VERMONT’S MOST NOTED SKI AREAS GOES UNDER THE AUCTIONEER’S HAMMER TODAY… AND THERE’S A BACKSTORY TO TODAY’S STORY… AND IT’S ABOUT THE LARGEST FRAUD CASE IN VERMONT’S HISTORY I’LL SORT IT OUT AS BEST I CAN IN THE TIME ALLOWED… IN A MINUTE. 

THIS… IS BOB’S WORLD…. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH… COMING UP THE STORY OF THE DRUGSTORE GIANT PLACING AN 8-BILLION DOLLAR BET….. ON THE REVIVAL OF THE DOCTOR’S HOUSE-CALL.