On The Road With Charles Kuralt
One day I hear the song "Fast Car" by Tracey Chapman and by Tuesday Morning I'm driving a new car and exploring the Sirius/XM radio in my new car.
First stop was Rural Radio. Channel #80. Crop reports, weather reports, the peanut crop forecast, and then an extended conversation on beef, pork bellies, and other live stock prices and information from a report the USDA had released after the markets had closed. Back in Illinois, about fifty years ago, I remember my Dad's experimentation with trading grain futures as part of his job. The company sold canned corn beef among other things and he was developing a trading strategy to hedge the price of raw materials for stuff that had a shelf life of "forever".
I got to Hialeah and was going to have a sandwich at the Moose Lodge, but they didn't open until 3:00 pm. Settled for "ropa vieja" and a "cerveza bien fria" at a cafeteria on East 4th Avenue.
Looked like rain so I headed for home after lunch.
The next radio accident was POTUS. It had nothing to do with President Obama but was wall to wall coverage of John Kasich's announcement that he was running for President of the United States. He was at The Ohio State University for the speech.
He seems pretty moderate on the issues and according to a Washington Post Poll he is still relatively popular in Ohio and matches up well against Democratic challengers in statewide polls.
Outside of the folks in Columbus, Ohio who heard the speech in person, I imagine I was one of several hundred that heard the speech on the radio.
If you can't find something to listen to on this radio, the problem will be too many choices before your commute is over.
First stop was Rural Radio. Channel #80. Crop reports, weather reports, the peanut crop forecast, and then an extended conversation on beef, pork bellies, and other live stock prices and information from a report the USDA had released after the markets had closed. Back in Illinois, about fifty years ago, I remember my Dad's experimentation with trading grain futures as part of his job. The company sold canned corn beef among other things and he was developing a trading strategy to hedge the price of raw materials for stuff that had a shelf life of "forever".
I got to Hialeah and was going to have a sandwich at the Moose Lodge, but they didn't open until 3:00 pm. Settled for "ropa vieja" and a "cerveza bien fria" at a cafeteria on East 4th Avenue.
Looked like rain so I headed for home after lunch.
The next radio accident was POTUS. It had nothing to do with President Obama but was wall to wall coverage of John Kasich's announcement that he was running for President of the United States. He was at The Ohio State University for the speech.
He seems pretty moderate on the issues and according to a Washington Post Poll he is still relatively popular in Ohio and matches up well against Democratic challengers in statewide polls.
Outside of the folks in Columbus, Ohio who heard the speech in person, I imagine I was one of several hundred that heard the speech on the radio.
If you can't find something to listen to on this radio, the problem will be too many choices before your commute is over.
Comments
Post a Comment