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The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett
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The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett
The Morning Brew serves up cowboys, forgotten birthdays, and stress awareness.
Chris Bennett connects with local characters and community members, exploring everything from pajama-clad cowboys to severe home emergencies on National Stress Awareness Day. The show weaves together small-town charm with practical information about fire restrictions and upcoming weather challenges.
• Virgil the Cowboy calls in wearing Mickey Mouse pajamas with his boots and spurs for National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day
• Janine Ford warns listeners about continuing fire restrictions and upcoming freezing temperatures that threaten fruit trees
• Chris confesses to forgetting his wife's birthday and receives advice on making amends
• The "Am I the Jerk Court" tackles whether someone is wrong for walking around their parents' house in underwear
• Candy shares her home emergency with sewage in the walls giving her family 72 hours to evacuate
• Paul from Beaumont discusses medical stress and offers blunt advice: "If you don't want to stress about medical stuff, don't live your life like an idiot"
Call your local fire department or check the Timber Mesa Fire Department website for current fire restrictions in the mountain region.
From the Horn Auto Center Studios Chris Bennett and the Morning Brew. Good morning, it's the Morning Brew with Chris. Who's this?
Speaker 2:Hey, good morning, my friend.
Speaker 1:Heck yeah, it is Virgil, the Cowboy from Eager, arizona, and Virgil, you know how every day there's a bunch of weird holidays going on. Yeah yeah, today is National Wear your Pajamas to Work Day, and I figured that is like the best holiday for you, right?
Speaker 2:I'm still in my pajamas.
Speaker 1:Have you been out on the range yet in your pajamas Like? Do you have your pajamas, cowboy boots and a cowboy hat on? Go ahead, paint the picture for us.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I have my Mickey Mouse pajamas on and I have my boots and spurs and hat on. That's all they have to ride out there like that Nice.
Speaker 1:So you're going to go to work in your pajamas day to celebrate. Go to Work in your Pajamas Day, yeah, I could do that. There you go. What do you guys got going on on the range today?
Speaker 2:Today we're going to kick back and we're going to have a cookout and we're going to bring their family and we're going to enjoy the day today because it's hump day.
Speaker 1:Oh heck. Yes, Nice, you guys deserve a break because you even work on the weekends, yeah, yeah. So what do you guys do to relax?
Speaker 2:Me.
Speaker 1:I'm a single person, so I just go to a bar, oh nice. And what's your drink of choice? Oh, a Bud. Do you go to the bar in your pajamas? I never went to the bar in my pajamas, no, but the other day you told me you delivered a horse and or two horses and a calf, and then you didn't shower, you just went straight to the bar.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, well do you have the stuff like and then you didn't shower.
Speaker 1:You just went straight to the bar. Yeah, yeah, Do you have the stuff like all over you? Does anybody want to sit next to you?
Speaker 2:Oh, they didn't mind.
Speaker 1:Oh, they don't mind, so it's not as gross as I'm thinking. Is what you're telling me.
Speaker 2:I washed it off a little bit.
Speaker 1:Oh, a little bit Okay, and you're probably such a pro that you don't get a lot of stuff on you after all these years.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you can say that.
Speaker 1:Okay, virgil, I love talking to you, man, I've never been a cowboy. When I was a kid, it was my dream of being a cowboy, so I love being able to talk to a real cowboy on a regular basis. What song do you want, or what can I help you with? The lady is going to hear something from Brooks and Dunn Heck yeah, and you're going to be hanging out today taking it easy, so maybe they want something from Brooks and Dunn.
Speaker 2:That's a little fun, yeah the ladies want to hear that they're over here cooking already. Oh, heck, yeah. What do they make? They're making potatoes and eggs and bread, and I don't know what else.
Speaker 1:Oh man, that sounds good. Well, how about we do a little? Brooks and Dunn put a girl in it for the girls. Cool. Let's check in with Janine Ford over at her sister station's Magic 1017 and Italk 1067. Janine, are you over there?
Speaker 4:Oh of course, of course. Oh wait, she never goes home. Janine, are you over?
Speaker 1:there, oh, of course, of course. Oh wait, she never goes home. It's Janine Ford with Magic 1017 and iTalk 1067, the voice of the mountain. Any news on the mountain this morning?
Speaker 4:Oh, you know, there's just all sorts of things going on, but one of the big things is I'm going to be talking to emergency management again today because we are still in hardcore fire restrictions. Everybody needs to remember that because we also have a storm coming in. You can see, you're going to need to kind of cover up some of your plants because, like the Shola forecast on Friday and Saturday night, we're going to go down, drop down to 28 degrees and 26 degrees for Friday and Saturday night.
Speaker 1:Yeah, oh, my gosh and we have snow expected on Friday.
Speaker 4:Yeah.
Speaker 1:I know I'm going to be out of town for that.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I know I'm going to go down to the valley for Easter, but for you, know all those trees that are in bloom right now. You know your fruit trees. Oh no, there's no way to save them. Well, you can cover them. Some people are going to need to. We have a gigantic peach bush. It's not a tree anymore. It broke when it was in its early days. It looks like a gigantic. It produces amazing peaches, but there's no way I can cover it. It's huge. But yeah, my little plum tree, my golden pear, they're all blooming, so we'll see what happens.
Speaker 1:We'll see.
Speaker 4:Yeah, this season, but anyway we need the moisture. That's huge.
Speaker 1:Yes, definitely need the moisture. And we're still in stage one. Fire restrictions yes.
Speaker 4:And it's expected to go to stage two pretty soon. I'm guessing, with the wind and the dry conditions we're drier now than we were during Rodeo Cheddar Sky during the Wallow Fire. I talked to a rancher this last weekend that said she thinks that this is the driest she's ever seen it, and she's been her whole life.
Speaker 1:So scary, yeah, yeah. So we definitely need to do our part to keep this mountain safe, and so everyone could go to Timber Mesa Fire Department check out the fire restrictions and if you have any questions, you could contact them, right.
Speaker 4:Yes, yes, yes. And so what about you? Any news with you, Well?
Speaker 1:how about when we come back? I have a conundrum. I need some advice. You're so good at giving advice. Okay, janine, here's the issue. I think you'll let me know if I'm in the doghouse and then give me advice on how to get out of it. You ready?
Speaker 4:Yeah.
Speaker 1:So I get to work. Today I saw my wife when I woke up and left, gave her a kiss and then get to work and my daughter texts me because I'm doing her wedding and she's like hey, just a reminder, make sure you get all the appropriate stuff so that our wedding's official and also today is mom's birthday. Oh my gosh, janine, I walked out the door without wishing my wife a happy birthday, so I called her right away and said oh, I forgot to wish you a happy birthday. I love you and you want to do lunch. What do I need to do? I feel horrible. Am I in the doghouse? What do you recommend?
Speaker 4:Well, you might have been a little groggy this morning. I mean, all of us do it, it's not that not too bad. I got to tell you, though I love your daughter. Though you know I'm the family reminder, I'm always reminding everybody. I'll text my brothers hey, today's dad's birthday, you know something like that. I mean, I'm always reminding everybody, yeah. But I do want to ask you how long have you been married to her? How long has this been your wedding date?
Speaker 1:Well, this isn't our anniversary.
Speaker 4:This is her birthday. I mean my, I'm sorry. How long have you been married to her? 25 years. Have you ever done this before, or ever been?
Speaker 1:Well, one time she said she didn't want anything for Mother's Day and so that's what I did, and she was really upset by that. So I learned never to listen to her if she says don't do anything for me. But this is the and I don't know if I technically forgot- you just weren't awake yet I just wasn't awake yet, I just wasn't awake, yet I think you were groggy.
Speaker 4:You rolled out Because you know how we come in here in the morning all groggy. Yeah, I think you just kind of rolled out and it just kind of came to you.
Speaker 1:You were cloudy you were cloudy, and it's not how you start, it's how you finish. Yes, so make it a great day for her. You know it, that's right. Okay, I'm going to go get her balloons and flowers and we're going to make it a special day for my wife, andrea. Happy birthday, my love. It is Wednesday. You want to do a little, am I the Jerk Court?
Speaker 4:Yes, yes, and happy birthday, andrea. She's a doll.
Speaker 3:She is the best, okay, alrighty.
Speaker 1:All rise. It's now time for Am I, the Jerk Court with the Honorable Janine Ford. All rise, you ready Judge yes.
Speaker 4:I am. I love that. It's so fun. My best friend in Colorado is a judge, so I think that's super cool, because she was always the smart one that I cheated off of in school.
Speaker 1:Oh heck, yeah, you didn't need to go to school, you just needed to have a radio show.
Speaker 4:I needed to have the best friend, who's now a judge.
Speaker 1:All right. Well, here's the case. And you, when we get back, we'll find out if this person is the jerk they want to know. Am I the jerk for not wearing pants at home? All right, here's the deal. I'm 26, still live with my parents while I save up, and I've always felt totally comfortable at home and when I'm around the house I usually wear a long t-shirt and underwear Nothing revealing, just my chilled clothes. My dad does the same. He walks around in his underwear too, so I never thought it was weird. But the other day my brother brought a friend over unexpectedly and I came out of the kitchen with no pants on. His friend looked super uncomfortable and awkwardly and then left soon after. My brother called me a jerk and said I embarrassed him and made his guest feel weird. I told him it's our house and he didn't even give me a heads up. I didn't think I was doing anything wrong. But now I'm wondering am I the jerk for not wearing pants at home or is my brother overreacting? What say you?
Speaker 4:You know what? I think it was a surprise that this person came over. Obviously, if somebody walks in, you're going to throw a pair of shorts on or something, and I like the thought of wearing a pair of loose shorts over your underwear around the house. Obviously, you never know who's going to pop in, but I don't think he's a jerk. It was a surprise that somebody came over. If it's okay with his mom and dad, not sure why he's still there at the mom and dad's running around in his underwear instead of his own house.
Speaker 4:But I think, if it's okay with them, he's not a jerk, because it was a surprise. He didn't know the person was going to be there.
Speaker 1:Right, yeah, growing up maybe I shouldn't tell you this, but my dad would have the same thing. He'd walk around like in his shirt, especially when he got off work, so he'd have like a business shirt and then his tighty-whities, and then I'd always have friends come over and I was always so embarrassed. So I promised myself when I had kids I would always put on pants or at least some like shorts.
Speaker 4:Yeah, yeah, that's. The thing is that, and my dad always had shorts on, but he did something that I just couldn't. It was hot, you know, down in the valley and he would always, he would have no shirt on, sitting in his recliner with his belly, you know, and I mean thank goodness he's down in Sierra Vista so he can't hear me, you know, dig on him. But I'd say to him, dad, can you put a shirt on, because you know his big belly sitting?
Speaker 5:there you know crunching on some chips in the recliner.
Speaker 4:But at least he had shorts on, you know.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, nice. Well, in the case of, am I the jerk?
Speaker 4:for not wearing pants at home. Not the jerk. He's living there with the parents Again. Maybe he needs to move out and have his own naked apartment or something. But he didn't know the guy was coming over, so whatever.
Speaker 1:Go ahead and find yourself your own naked apartment. Janine says Janine, you are the best judge ever. We love you. Have a great day you too. Bye, bye-bye, it is National Stress Awareness Day. So my friend Candy Ann Campbell, roll with the cleaning ladies, decided to call in and play a little game with me for National Stress Awareness Day, on a scale of one to 10. Candy, what's your stress level right now?
Speaker 3:A thousand.
Speaker 1:Oh 10, candy, what's your stress level right now? A thousand, oh no, oh no. So maybe this game isn't the best for you, but we'll try and reduce your stress a little bit by having some fun. I want you to rate these stressful situations as low, medium or high. Are you ready? Okay, all right, your phone battery hits 2% and your charger is across the room Like one. Yeah, yeah, that's nothing, it's across the room Like one. Yeah, yeah, that's nothing, it's across the room. Now what if you left it at one of the houses you cleaned and you don't remember which one, and your battery is down to 2%? One.
Speaker 3:Oh really, oh man, okay, oh, I would take the peace and quiet. I get hundreds of messages a day. It would be a very quiet day for me.
Speaker 1:Oh, so you'd love that. No, that would be very stressful for me. All right, you waved back at someone who wasn't waving at you. Low, medium or high.
Speaker 5:Very low Zero.
Speaker 1:I do that all the time. I did it at the Little League thing that I was emceeing. This lady was waving and I thought she was waving at me and then I turn around and she was waving at her kid, all right, what about? You're stuck in traffic and you really have to go to the bathroom. Low, medium or high, oh, 10. High, 10. All right Now we're knowing what gets you stressed.
Speaker 3:Well, okay, there's a difference. I'm not a guy. I can't just jump out at a bush Like there's a whole process for me, so I can't make it look like I was looking at it like a bird or something.
Speaker 1:All right, last one you accidentally like a crushes Instagram post from 2017.
Speaker 3:That'd probably be a pretty good one too.
Speaker 1:Pretty high stress, and I understand you have a stressful story you want to share with me. It is National Stress Awareness Day. We played a fun little game with you and I understand you want to tell me, make me aware, of some stress in your life. What's going on?
Speaker 3:Well, I want you to rate my situation on your stress scale.
Speaker 1:Oh, and I am always stressed and have a lot of anxiety. So, all right, go ahead.
Speaker 3:So last Tuesday I came home and I discovered my bathtub was full of mud and twigs Like uh-oh okay. But then I go downstairs and I discovered there is water pouring from my ceiling and out the light fixtures on the walls.
Speaker 1:Oh no.
Speaker 3:So then I have three plumbers come out, and two days ago I found out that apparently we have several rusted-out pipes and sewage in our walls. It's a biohazard, and we have 72 hours to get out Holy moly, that is like the ultimate stress.
Speaker 1:How the heck do you deal with something like that? Just one day at a time?
Speaker 3:More like one second at a time. We're here now second day. We're doing the best that we can, trying to get everything out that we can.
Speaker 1:That's horrible. And then did you find a new place to move into.
Speaker 3:Not for a month, not for a month, not for a month. So thankfully, I am at one of my clients' vacation rentals for a little bit, and we are still trying to figure out what to do from there.
Speaker 1:Well, I'm so glad that you have a place to go to and people willing to help out, and that is very, very stressful. Best friend, on the Stress Awareness Day, how would you like some free movie passes to the WME theaters to help with your stress? Oh, that would be awesome. Alright, we're going to give you four movie passes Not valid for special engagements to the WME theaters, so maybe you guys could go relax and forget about all the crazy stuff going on in your life right now. I love you, best friend. Thanks for calling in.
Speaker 3:Have a great day, guys.
Speaker 2:Woo, that's my blog, because Paul Beaumont said so.
Speaker 1:Yee-yee, yee-yee, it's everyone's favorite redneck from Beaumont, texas. Paul from Beaumont, texas, paul from Beaumont. We might not have time to play your call on the radio because we've been jam-packed and I played the same segment twice on the radio, paul, like a total idiot. Gosh, gosh. It is what it is. It is what it is, but this will be for our podcast, the our what's it called? Podcast, the Morning Brew with Chris Bennett and Best Friends. I'm glad to see you don't have a head thumper anymore.
Speaker 5:No man that left, that ended up going away later yesterday afternoon, and man, I sure was glad that's nice.
Speaker 1:Today is National Stress Awareness Day. On a scale of one to ten, what's your stress probably about? Honestly probably about a six right now oh really, is that high or is that low? That's kind of high really. What's making you so stressed out? It might be a little higher than that well, I'm just what.
Speaker 5:I'm just waiting to hear. I've got to get the results back from something I did last week oh, oh, a lie detector test no.
Speaker 1:A medical test, yeah no that's always stressful yeah.
Speaker 5:Yeah, and it's got to go through the VA, so I'll be waiting forever.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I hate I get so much stress when people are like oh hey, there's something I need to tell you, and I'm like what? And they're like oh hey, there's something I need to tell you and I'm like what?
Speaker 4:And they're like oh.
Speaker 5:I'll tell you later. It's like no, I got to know I don't like that.
Speaker 1:I got to know right now because my mind is going to play some tricks and tell me some funny stories.
Speaker 5:Dude. I will call everybody that knows that person. Hey, what's going on with this guy? What's up?
Speaker 1:We are back with Paul from Beaumont and on this National Stress Awareness Day, we're going to play a little stress test game. You tell me, from low, medium to high, what your stress level would be for these situations. You ready, yeah, you accidentally send a risky text to the wrong person.
Speaker 5:That's low, because that would never happen.
Speaker 1:You never send risky texts. No, no, okay, what about if you're on a Zoom call and you say something snarky and realize you're not muted? I've done this before.
Speaker 5:I've never done that before because I'm really not on Zoom calls so low.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, you keep your life low in stress if you stay away from technology. I'm learning, All right.
Speaker 5:That's why I'm technologically challenged.
Speaker 1:All right. And last question your kid, or for you, your grandkid, tells you at 8 am they need a costume for today for school.
Speaker 5:Probably medium, because I'm going to ride it until it hurts.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you won't have to worry about it. It'd be medium for a minute, yeah. So what causes you the most stress in life? Just not knowing medical results or what other things cause you stress.
Speaker 5:Yeah, absolutely, Awesome, Absolutely. I can deal with just about anything else but that kind of stuff and kids in school listening. If you don't want to stress about medical stuff, don't live your life like an idiot. Great advice it might be fun to live like an idiot, but then you'll be stressing when you're wondering about tests.
Speaker 1:That's right. Well, Paul, thanks so much for having fun with us today on the Stress Awareness Day. Do you want to play another game? I don't know if we'll be able to play it on the radio. I really need to go sign for this stuff I got right now.
Speaker 1:You got to do what I got to go into this office and go sign for this stuff. Oh nice, all right. Well, perfect, I'll let you go, buddy, and hopefully we'll get to talk to you tomorrow. I love you, bud, see you. Yeah, we'll talk to y'all later.
Speaker 5:Bye-bye.
