Bob's World

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH SOMETIMES THERE ARE TWO GOOD HEADLINES THAT COULD FIT A STORY… ONE WHICH IS THE PRACTICAL… THE OTHER THAT IN THIS CASE COULD BE… WHY ON EARTH… WOULD YOU LIE… TO A CUSTOMS OFFICER… OR… PUT YOURSELF INTO A POSITION WHERE YOU FELT LIKE YOU HAD TO? BUT YEA… THAT WOULDN’T NEATLY FIT.. IN FACT.. THIS TEASE IS GETTING TOO LONG… I’LL TRY TO SORT IT ALL OUT IN...

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD I’M BOB WELCH STORIES OF OPIOID ADDICTION ARE EVERYWHERE COMING UP… SOME STORIES LAID BARE IN NOVA SCOTIA’S LEGISLATURE

IF YOU ALREADY HEARD WEDNESDAY’S EDITION OF BOB’S WORLD AND YOU’RE WONDERING WHAT THIS UPDATE IS ABOUT…. IT’S THE SAD UPDATE I’M AFRAID… THE LEGENDARY VERMONT BROADCASTER… NASCAR… BROADCASTER.. AND MY FORMER EMPLOYER… KEN SQUIER.. DIED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AFTER THE FIRST EDITION OF THIS EPISODE HAD GONE OUT… THE SAD REVISION…IN A MINUTE..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH THE MARCH TOWARDS DIGITAL.. AND VIRTUAL… FROM IN-PERSON… IS CATCHING ONE SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION OFF-GUARD AND UNPREPARED…. SENIORS… AND RURAL COMMUNITIES. MORE IN A MINUTE..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH A FRIEND’S TRAIN TRIP YESTERDAY FROM TORONTO TO NEW YORK BROUGHT UP THE TOPIC OF HOW TRAINS ARE NUMBERED… MORE IN A MINUTE..

BOB’S WORLD…. GOOD MORNING.. THIS IS BOB WELCH THIS MORNING IS NOVEMBER 11TH… AND WE’RE DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT… BECAUSE THIS DATE.. HAS A DIFFERENT MEANING AS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY DEPENDING UPON WHETHER YOU’RE IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE IT’S VETERANS DAY…… OR YOU’RE IN CANADA WHERE IT’S REMEMBRANCE DAY. THIS FEATURE HAS 2 INSTALLMENTS. LAST INSTALLMENT WAS ABOUT VETERANS’ DAY IN THE US. C...

THIS… IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH.. THIS MORNING IS NOVEMBER 11TH… AND WE’RE DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT… BECAUSE THIS DATE.. HAS A DIFFERENT MEANING AS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY DEPENDING UPON WHETHER YOU’RE IN THE UNITED STATES…. WHERE IT’S VETERANS DAY…… OR IF YOU’RE IN CANADA WHERE IT’S REMEMBRANCE DAY. IN THIS INSTALLMENT… A LOOK AT VETERANS’ DAY IN THE US… IN A MINUTE

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH A TALE AS OLD AS TIME… A MISSING LINK.. IS A BIG PROBLEM AND FOR TRUCKERS HAULING FRESH SEAFOOD TO THE NEW ENGLAND MARKET… A MISSING FERRY LINK BETWEEN SAINT JOHN NEW BRUNSWICK AND DIGBY NOVA SCOTIA WOULD BE A BIG PROBLEM THAT STORY IN A MINUTE..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH THE FALLOUT… OF A JULY FLOOD… HOW TO KEEP POSTAL WORKERS WARM WHERE THAT HAPPENED… AS NOVEMBER HITS AND TEMPERATURES FALL. THAT STORY IN A MINUTE.

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH OUR MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM COULD BE MORE ROBUST THAN IT IS… CASE IN POINT… IN A MINUTE.

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH IT’S LEAF’S SEASON. NO, I’M NOT TALKING HOCKEY. I’M TALKING THE LEAVES ON YOUR YARD, DRIVEWAY AND GUTTERS… SOME PEOPLE MOW THEM INSTEAD OF RAKING THEM… SOMETIMES THAT BECOMES A FIRE HAZARD. SOME TIPS TO PREVENT SUCH A HAZARD.. IN A MINUTE

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH FROM BEARS PULLING LASAGNE OUT OF A CONNECTICUT FAMILY’S FREEZER TO THEM HELPING THEMSELVES TO HALLOWEEN CANDY IN FLORIDA… THESE DAYS BEARS SEEM TO BE EVERYWHERE… A TOWN IN MONTANA TRIES TO ADAPT MORE IN A MINUTE..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH.. WHAT’S THAT SAYING? THE HIGHER THEY GO, THE HARDER THEY FALL? IT’S NOT EXACTLY THAT.. BUT, IT COULD FIT THIS MORNING SAM BANKMAN-FRIED.. GUILTY OF.. FRAUD AND MORE MORE IN A MINUTE.

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH.. A MORE COST-EFFICIENT MEANS OF BUILDING OR EXPANDING A CITY’S RAPID-TRANSIT SYSTEM… SOME EXPERTS ARE LOOKING AT MONTREAL.. MORE IN A MINUTE..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH AS YOU ARE HEARING THIS.. I HAVE VACATED MY LONGTIME HOME IN VERMONT AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. AND I COULDN’T LET THIS PASS WITHOUT MARKING IT SOMEHOW… I’LL TRY TO DO THAT IN A MINUTE

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH DID YOU BUY A PRESSURE COOKER AT BEST BUY? IT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE MILLION THAT HAVE BEEN RECALLED MORE IN A MINUTE THE RECALL INCLUDES 930-THOUSAND INSIGNIA MULTI-FUNCTION PRESSURE COOKERS WITH MODEL NUMBERS NS-MC60SS8, NS-MC60SS9, OR NS-MC80SS9, AND INNER COOKER POTS WITH MODEL NUMBERS NS-MCRP6NS9 AND NS-MCRP6SS9, SOLD SEPARATELY AS REPLACEMENTS.

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ARE A GOOD THING.. ESEPCIALLY FOR PLACES WITH A SPARSE AND AGING POPULATION.. BUT, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE’S NO MORE ROOM IN CANADA, THEY’RE RESPONDING TO THAT SITUATION… MORE IN A MINUTE.

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DOESN’T GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE…. THAT’S WHY MONTREAL WRITERS WANT MORE PROTECTIONS AS AI SUCKS UP THEIR STORIES. I WILL GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE… AS I DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE STORY FROM CBC MONTREAL… IN A MINUTE.

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH COMING UP… I TELL YOU ABOUT A JEWELRY VAULT ON PARK AVENUE IN MANHATTAN… WITH A CUSTOMER STUCK INSIDE TUESDAY NIGHT…

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH SURE YOU’VE BEEN ON ZOOM MEETINGS BEFORE AND IF IT’S A BUSINESS CALL, YOU DRESS AND GROOM FOR THE PART YOU’RE THERE TO PLAY. BUT WHAT ABOUT YOUR ZOOM BACKGROUND? THAT STORY IN A MINUTE

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH A HOPEFUL STORY OF A CAT WHO WAS FOUND AFTER 5 YEARS OF IT BEING MISSING… THE STORY FROM THE FUNDY COAST OF NEW BRUNSWICK… IN A MINUTE.

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH IT’S NOT JUST YOU… STORMS ARE GETTING STRONGER… SPECIFICALLY SO IN THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD… THAT STORY IN A MINUTE..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH THE TOUR DE BRONX IS BACK FOR ITS 29TH ANNUAL RIDE. THAT STORY IN A MINUTE

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH A FORMER WASHINGTON POST CITY-DESK EDITOR WHO WAS A JOURNALISM INSTRUCTOR OF MINE MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO… SAID… PROCESS STORIES WERE IMPORTANT. ONE OF THOSE STORIES IS NEXT… AND THE SUBJECT IS FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR JEROME POWELL MORE IN A MINUTE..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT A RANDOM MOMENT ON WHILE ON THE ROAD A FEW DAYS AGO… IN A MINUTE…