Bob's World

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH  AND THIS IS ALSO LABOR DAY.. MARKING A TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE TRANSITION FROM THE LAZIER DAYS OF SUMMER TO A NEW ROUTINE… MORE.. IN A MINUTE..

In this extra episode.. The Orange Line of Boston's subway faces a 30-day closure An infrastructure rant and...  marking the passing of Vin Scully

I TOOK IN MY LOCAL.. AND NATIONAL NEWSCASTS… AND BETWEEN THE TWO.. I FOUND 3 STORIES MISSED BY WHAT I CALL.. THE REGIONAL GAP. OF YOU I REQUEST.. A COUPLE OF MINUTES… TO GET A LITTLE MORE DETAILED THAN NORMAL… BECAUSE.. IT’S THE LAST BOB’S WORLD BEFORE I GO ON BREAK… IN A MINUTE..

PEOPLE FROM ALL DIRECTIONS… ARE NOTING THE PASSING OF THE FOUNDER OF A MUSIC STORE IN FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK WITH BOB’S WORLD.. I’M BOB WELCH… MORE IN A MINUTE..

SOMETIMES.. INFLATION STARTS IN THE BACON AISLE.. WITH BOB’S WORLD.. I’M BOB WELCH… MORE IN A MINUTE.

YOU MIGHT JUST BE GOING TO A STORE.. BECAUSE YOU THINK IT HAS THE LOWEST PRICES… AND NOT BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY DOES.. HOW’S THAT FOR A RETAIL PSYCOLOGY LESSON? WITH BOB’S WORLD.. I’M BOB WELCH.. MORE IN A MINUTE..

REMEMBER THAT CANADIAN INTERNET AND CELLPHONE OUTAGE THAT AFFECTED CUSTOMERS OF ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS A WEEK OR TWO AGO? WELL.. TODAY… OFFICIALS FROM THAT COMPANY WILL BE APPERAING BEFORE A PARLAMENTARY COMMITTEE IN OTTAWA TODAY. TO PARAPHRASE THE OLD CLIP FROM CLASSIC TV… “YOU GOT SOME SPLAINING TO DO…” WITH BOB’S WORLD.. I’M BOB WELCH… MORE IN A MINUTE..

IS IT HOT ENOUGH FOR YOU? GRANTED THIS IS NOT A LOCAL FEATURE.. IT’S INTENDED AS SOMETHING THAT GOES OUT TO A FAR WIDER AREA. BUT.. AT JUST BEFORE 1 EASTERN TIME… ON THIS FRIDAY, JULY 22ND…  NEW YORK IS 89.. CHICAGO IS 87.. ST LOUIS IS 92… BOSTON IS 88 AND DENVER IS 89 AND IT’S EARLIER IN THE DAY BY 2 HOURS THERE.  WELL YOU GET THE IDEA.. AND THERE’S GOOD CHANGE YOU DIDN’T NEED ME TO TEL...

MOST OF THE TIME IN THIS SPACE… I TRY TO KEEP WHAT’S IN HERE TO BE A BREAK FROM THE NEWS YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD WITH THE HOPE YOU HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING NEW… OR AT THE VERY LEAST LAUGH.. BUT, IF YOU’RE IN THE MONTREAL AREA YOU LIKELY KNOW THIS ALREADY…  DAVE FISHER… THE CJAD WEEKEND MORNING MAN FOR 32 YEARS… LEFT US YESTERDAY. SOME THOUGHTS ON A MONTREAL RADIO LEGEND WHO DIED WAY TOO SOON AFT...

SO.. YOU GO TO THE MEAT, FISH, OR CHICKEN SECTION OF YOUR LOCAL GROCERY STORE… . AND WHILE YOU’VE SEEN THE POLYSTYRENE CUPS GO AWAY FROM YOUR COFFEE CUP YOU’RE HANDED WHILE TRAVELING… YOU NOTICE YOU STILL SEE THAT… UNDER… THE MEAT… OR FISH.. .. CHICKEN.. OR PORK.. YOU BUY AT THE GROCERY STORE… WITH BOB’S WORLD I’M BOB WELCH WHAT IF THERE WERE ARE MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WAY OF PACKAGING THAT...

IN SEPTEMBER 2021, JESSICA KALYNN ARRIVED IN DUBAI FOR A SIX-DAY TRIP. HER BAGGAGE, HOWEVER, DIDN'T MAKE IT THERE UNTIL TWO DAYS LATER. SO… THE WOMAN FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA FILED A CLAIM WITH THE PROVINCE’S CIVIL RESOLUTION TRIBUNAL. WITH BOB’S WORLD I’M BOB WELCH… MORE IN A MINUTE.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE. MOVE ON.. NOTHING TO SEE HERE.  JUST AN ARMADILLO IN CHICAGO! WITH BOB’S WORLD.. I’M BOB WELCH MORE IN A MINUTE.

JIM THORPE, ONE OF THE GREATEST ATHLETES IN HISTORY AND THE VICTIM OF WHAT MANY CONSIDERED A CENTURY-OLD OLYMPIC INJUSTICE, HAS BEEN RESTORED AS THE SOLE WINNER OF THE DECATHLON AND PENTATHLON AT THE 1912 STOCKHOLM GAMES. WITH BOB’S WORLD.. I’M BOB WELCH.. MORE IN A MINUTE..

IN THE WINTER OF 2004… A WOMAN NOT TOO FAR FROM MY AGE… WENT MISSING ON A ROAD IN NEW HAMPSHIRE NOT FAR FROM THE CONNECTICUT RIVER FORMING THE BOUNDARY WITH VERMONT. IT’S NOT FAR FROM WHERE I LIVE NOW. IT’S NOT FAR FROM WHERE I WENT TO COLLEGE…. I WANT TO SAY IT HIT EVERYONE WITH BOB’S WORLD I’M BOB WELCH YESTERDAY… POLICE LOOKING FOR THE LONG-MISSING UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS STUDENT MAURA MURR...

MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO, THE NATURALIST JOHN MUIR TOOK PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT TO CAMP…… BENEATH AN ANCIENT, GNARLED TREE IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. NOW THAT TREE.. IS IN TROUBLE…  WITH BOB’S WORLD I’M BOB WELCH… A TRIP OUT TO YOSEMITE… IN A MINUTE.

WE’VE ALL HAD A NEW CAR AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER AND SOMETIMES THAT COMES WITH A TEMPORARY PLATE… IN MOST JURISDICTIONS THEY ONLY LAST 30 DAYS… AND IN THAT MONTH IT’S ASSUMED YOUR PERMENENT PLATE WILL ARRIVE IN THE MAIL OR YOU’LL PICK IT UP AT YOUR MOTOR VEHICLE DEPARTMENT.  ENTER… THE PANDEMIC… WHERE WE’RE ALL TOLD TO DO EVERYTHING ELECTRONICALLY AND A LOT OF THINGS LIKE LICENSE PLATES FELL ON...

ONE OF CANADA’S MAJOR TELECOM FIRMS HAD ITS ENTIRE SYSTEM… DIE ON FRIDAY… AS YOU’RE HEARING THIS TODAY.. THEY MIGHT NOT BE ENTIRELY BACK UP AND RUNNING AS IT’S BEEN DOWN ALL WEEKEND.  WITH BOB’S WORLD.. I’M BOB WELCH WHILE CANADIANS FROM COAST TO COAST ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS…  YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT THIS.. EVEN IF YOU DON’T LIVE THERE OR DO ANYTHING THERE. WHY… IN A MINUTE.

IT HAPPENS IN MANY LOCATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA… A PREDICTIBLE MAINSTAY OF COMFORT CUISINE…THAT’S BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES.. WINDS UP BEING THE CENTER OF RUMORS IT COULD BE CLOSING DUE TO… A NEW LANDLORD… A LEASE CONTRACT THAT’S SUDDENLY UNAFFORDABLE…  TODAY’S EPISODE….  A PLACE IN MANHATTAN’S UPPER EAST SIDE CALLED.. PAPAYA KING. WITH BOB’S WORLD.. I’M BOB WELCH…MORE IN A MINUTE.

NEW YORK CITY’S COMPTROLER SAYS THE FORMER MAYOR… HID.. JUST HOW FAR UNDERWATER… THE  NYC-FERRY PROJECT WENT.  WITH BOB’S WORLD.. I’M BOB WELCH.. MORE IN A MINUTE.

Every area has a road where either the bridges are too low or in Vermont's case.. there's 2 large boulders surrounding 1-lane of pavement and either way... a truck just can't make it down the road. But, trucks get stuck anyway... Bob tells you about just 1 item.. at one Vermont location that has him thinking. 

INFLATION HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE… IN THE LATE 1970S WHEN SOME OF US WERE MUCH YOUNGER… OR.. WEREN’T BORN YET… PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER CONVENED HIS TOP ECONOMIC ADVISERS FOR WEEKLY LUNCH MEETINGS IN WHICH THEY TENDED TO OFFER OVERLY OPTIMISTIC FORECASTS OF HOW HIGH PRICES WOULD RISE. BUT THOSE CONSEQUENCES OF RISING PRICES COULD NOT BE ESCAPED.. WITH BOB’S WORLD.. I’M BOB WELCH…  PEELING BACK THE...

TODAY… IS CANADA DAY…  FETE-DU-CANADA.. IN FRENCH.  WITH BOB’S WORLD.. I’M BOB WELCH….. COMING UP A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL DAY OF CANADA.

ONE MORE THING THAT NORMALLY HAPPENS EVERY YEAR IS HAPPENING AGAIN.. THIS YEAR…. FOR THOSE WITHIN TRAVELING DISTANCE OF MONTREAL… THAT ONE MORE THING.. IS THE FIREWORKS COMPETITIONS. WITH BOB’S WORLD… I’M BOB WELCH…MORE IN A MINUTE.

SO YOU LIVE IN A RURAL COMMUNITY AND YOU GRUMBLE ABOUT YOUR CELL OR BROADBAND SIGNAL… THEN COMES ALONG A COMPANY TO HELP MAKE IT BETTER…  BUT.. WHERE TO PUT THE TOWER… WITH BOB’S WORLD I’M BOB WELCH IT SEEMS A TALE AS OLD AS TIME…. WE SAY WE WANT THINGS… THEN WHEN THE START TO COME… WE DON’T LIKE THE LOCATION OF IT. IT COULD BE ANYWHERE IN NORTH AMERICA WHERE THIS DISCUSSION TAKES PLACE…. &nb...

U.S. CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 6 MONTHS ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR CORONAVIRUS VACCINES, AND MANY PARENTS ARE BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF.  WITH BOB’S WORLD.. I’M BOB WELCH.. HOWEVER THE PHARMACY THAT OFFERED EASY ACCESS TO IMMUNIZATION TO YOU AND I…AND YOUR OLDER CHILD MIGHT NOT ACCOMMODATE THE UNDER-5 GROUP. MORE.. IN A MINUTE