So anyway, let's film that clip over again, shall we? Evidently, we're going down Commercial Street while the boys parked the car. We're in Astoria, Oregon today. For 4th of July, we're just walking around. We don't know where we're going. They don't feel comfortable leaving the car where we parked it, so they're moving it. Where to exactly? I don't know. We've got the dog. Hello. Becca. Yeah, so it's gonna be a fun day, but yeah, the car situation is funny. Anyway, I'll be back. It's gonna be Sunday, everybody. It's Sunday July 4th. Independence Day in the United States. Anyway, we are here obviously on the coast. We're currently in Cannon Beach. We were this morning in Astoria. You saw some clips from there. We hit the Sunday market in Astoria by accident. Found a really great Reiki booth. I bought a few things from her. I love her. I'll put her business information down below. She's local to Astoria. Anyway, we had lunch there and now we're in Cannon Beach walking around. No plan for the day, just enjoying the coast in the sunshine. I'll be back. Technically, I can say good morning because it's not quite lunchtime yet, but it is 11 17 a.m. Anyway, it is Monday July 5th, the day after 4th of July. And Bob is actually off all week this week, so we will be doing more day driving trips maybe. He's going to work on a few projects here around the house, you know, the honeydew list and stuff like that. And yeah, it's going to be a lot of fun anyway. Hold on. Okay, water. Anyway, so today, I think the kids are going to come over because it is a three-day holiday, so most people are off today on Monday, including the kids. And so they're going to come over for an early dinner and then Paulias is flying back to California tonight for work. He and my husband both work now for the same company. So anyway, he's flying back to California for work for the week. And so they're going to come over for an early dinner. And in the meantime, I've got a video to edit. I'm going to take the SD card out of the camera. I just reminded myself just now. I'm helpful if I have this. I also need to edit the vlog, do the daily post, and put my little bag of goodies from yesterday as trip to the beach away. And after I get all that done, maybe if I have time do some drawing, we'll see. All right. So anyway, it's not too warm, at least not yet. We've got the windows open, fans on, enjoying the fresh air while we can before it gets humid and gross again. So, you know, all right, that's it for the minute, I think. I can't think of anything else. I'm going to download the vlog footage from last week so I can get that edited and I'll be back. I can't see if I'm in frame or not. It's way too bright out. It is Tuesday, July 6th, I think. Yes. 848 or something a.m. just before 9 a.m. We're out for an early morning walk because it's going to be, it's going to be, because that's good English for you. It's going to be at least 90 degrees today and we both wanted to get steps in yesterday. To be honest, we were just lazy and very full of food from Sunday still and then the kids came over and we barbecued hamburgers and they were huge. They were delicious, but they were gigantic and by the time everybody went home, we just kind of looked at each other and went, I don't want to get off the couch. So, we didn't. But we're out walking this morning and then if it's not too obnoxious later after dinner, as far as heat's concerned, we'll go out again later tonight that we'll see. But at least. Hey guys. Okay, so I came home after getting my hair done and running errands and having lunch. Decreting documents on the computer for my dad for my mom's funeral. She's not passed away yet. That hasn't happened yet, but we're just getting prepared because it's inevitable at this point. It's just a matter of time. Anyway, it's a very surreal process to say the least. Hey guys. It is Wednesday, July 7th. What time is it? It's 2.24. 2.24 p.m. So, I spent the morning having an art collaboration meeting with Mike Deakin and Bea Grob and then the rest of the morning was spent working on funeral arrangements for my mom. I told you all, she's not gone yet, but we are trying to get an advanced amount of work done on things like a list of people that are going to need to be called and all of that stuff that goes to writing obituaries. Anyway, not fun stuff, but it has to be done. So, I think we're to a sort of semi-finished point at the moment and because it's not fun stuff and it's not too hot out, I'm like, I'm going for a walk. Do you want to come? He's off of work this week, so he's coming with me. So, we're going for a walk. Enjoy the fresh air. It's only in the mid to high 60s, which is very much a big switch from what it's been lately. So, we're going to enjoy that and then go home and maybe I'll actually get some art done, maybe? All right, that's it for the minute. I'll be back. Good morning, everybody. It is Thursday morning, July 8th, I think. It's 11.28 or so a.m. and Bob is off at the doctor getting an annual checkup, which he hasn't done in a little bit, so it's overdue. Anyway, he's doing that this morning and meanwhile I'm at home and he's just messaging me that he's waiting to get his blood work done. Anyway, I'm at home working on laundry and some art projects and things and waiting for a new landscaper to come by and look at the irrigation system because we're having issues. And I do think that the mail has come already. There's some truck beeping, I don't know. Anyway, I'm going to go check on things. I'll be back. Good morning, everybody. It is Friday morning, July 9th, 9.15 a.m. Evidently, I left the closets open last night. The workman are here this morning working on our front yard irrigation system because it's broken again. So anyway, we got a pro irrigation guy out and it's a little bit pricey, but it's got to be fixed. And although Bob and I were correct in our assumption about what was wrong with it, we're not capable of fixing it on the DIY. It's just we're capable of a lot of things. It's not one of them. So anyway, I am at home until we get that done. And then I think we have to go to Costco and maybe Fred Meyer. I just came upstairs to check on social media. I have got to stop watching House on the NBC app. That's just a thing. I watched one episode and now I'm just addicted all over again. Anyway, all right. So while I'm booting up the computer, I wanted to ask you all, what is your favorite TV show that you've been binge watching lately, especially because of COVID or being locked up? For me, it's anything Star Trek house. And we've been watching Outlander. So yeah, it's crazy. Anyway, morning everybody. Yes, I have things on underneath my eyes.  So I have these like moisturizing like things I stick on there for like a half an hour. Anyway, you do what you got to do, right? It is Saturday morning, 10 12am, July 10th. I didn't feel much yesterday. It was just a day we spent hanging out around the house and the kids came over for dinner. And we had a good time, but I just didn't feel the need to film any of it. And I didn't even take any pictures on our evening walk or do yesterday's daily art practice or any of that stuff. It was just one of those days. Of course, ketchup on all of it today. But yeah, it was just a crazy day. It was a good day though. So yeah, I spent most of the day editing some old family video footage, old eight millimeter film footage and getting it up on a site where the family can see it. I won't be making any of it public without my dad's permission. That's because that's just all kinds of wrong. Sorry, I'm deleting email while we're talking. But most of my day was spent with doing that between that and the dinner with the kids. And it was just a simple easy dinner pot roast, some potatoes, salad. But it was a good family evening. Anyway, I was going to tell you all something else and I just hope I forgot. I don't remember. We were having a discussion last night about how people who say or do things that are uncalled for, irritating. You know, somebody in your life who you know who makes a comment, they don't think anything of and they don't realize that it's hurtful or disrespectful. And it could be something as simple as, oh, you have a nice house, but I wouldn't paint it that color. Or, oh, yeah, I guess that's a good job. It's too bad you didn't finish college. Something like that. I know you all know somebody like that. And while I don't disagree with the kids that you can't let those comments get to you and you shouldn't let them anger you because that's not about you. It's really about them. I do disagree with the kids that that means you can just let it sort of go and roll off of you and not call them out on it. I'm not saying, of course, start an argument. Again, you don't have to let it get to you because it's not about me. It's about them, the person who made the comment and the excuse that that's just how it was raised. That's just my generation. We've all heard the myriad of excuses. They don't fly with me. There's no reason to be intentionally disrespectful to another human. There really isn't. There is really very little reason to ever do that. Even when somebody is being disrespectful to me and or talking over me, I will say, excuse me, I'm right here. You can speak to me. You don't need to speak to my husband. And I'll say it very calmly and then we can go forward. So we had a little interesting discussion about that last night because I definitely don't agree with not calling people out on the disrespectful behavior and comments. I'm not okay with that. And sometimes that means I get called out because I don't think about things. I'm only human. But you know what? Call me out on it because I want to be better. It surprises me that others don't want to be better and that others can't think beyond themselves. It just surprises me constantly. So anyway, that was an interesting conversation last night that we had. I want to show you guys that over the last week, while it's been unusually an ungodly hot in Oregon, we just can't handle that up here. And I know I can't handle it anymore. Sometimes it's too hot to work up here in the art room, although I love my art studio space. Sometimes it's just too hot up here. And we could, of course, run the air conditioner. But yeah, it's just crazy. So anyway, I've started taking some things downstairs to work on, especially in the evenings while I'm working, watching TV after I'm done with my daily drawing practice. I made this little setup. I already had the pencil bag with the elastic on it. Now there's lots of different versions of these kind of pencil bags. And if you find a pencil bag or have one that doesn't have elastic, it's pretty easy to just attach a strip of elastic to either of the short ends that's long enough to fit around the journal that you want to fit it on. The journal I'm using is a mixed media journal. Let's see if I can do this one handed. That I stuck some decals on the cover and then covered it with, you can see kind of, I covered it with, there we go, packing tape. And I've been doing some pencil sketches of different things like this one. I share, I share them on Instagram. Some of them are things like that. Some of them are just quick people sketches. Some of them are more botanical. And I'm really enjoying that. And I have, because I have this, like this, I can easily just like stick this in my purse or backpack and take it with me if we're going on a drive or something, which is the idea besides taking it downstairs. And I'm going to actually put my phone on my little stand and I'll show you what's in the pencil bag and what I did to my Windsor Newton watercolor kit that I also use with into conjunction with this. And hang on. So anyway, in this bag, I have very basic drawing stuff. And this would actually be great for traveling because it's very small. And at the same time, you've got this pen, I've got this pencil pouch. All my tools can fit in here. There is a small zipper pocket here. I do have a habit of collecting when I'm out and about stickers and decals and and ticket stubs and stuff. And you could definitely like put them in here and to take them home if you're not going to put them like on the cover of your journal right away. It's a very small like travel kit, but this this would be actually really great to just take this. I do sometimes take a larger set up, but this would be I could see me the next time I travel just take this. Alright, so what do I have in here? So I have a variety of drawing pens in black, sepia, and gray. And then I also have some whites. So I have gray. I'm just looking to see make sure I have everything lined up. Okay. Alright, so I have gray. I'm gonna need to read the color. I'm gonna need my glasses. Hang on. I really do most of my drawing with a 01. This one happens to be a uni pen, uni pin, sorry, fine line. It's water and fade proof. And this is an 01 and it is in color, dark gray. It is a very close, if not exact match to Faber Castell's pit artist pen in warm gray. This is V 274. And I have this one in the 01. And then I have the brush tip in the Faber Castell. Now I do have an 01 in the Faber Castell and I do have a brush tip in this one. I just don't have them in the bag for whatever reason. I have one of each. It's fine. I also have a lighter gray. This is warm gray 272 in the large pit pen brush tip. And I have this in the bag because I didn't have it in a smaller, but those just came in. So I'm actually going to switch it out. I'm going to leave the large one up here at the art desk. And this is just to make sure it's the same color. So I'm actually going to put the small one in the pencil bag. I am going to grab the 05. No, I'm not going to. I don't use, I have an 05 I use sometimes. I don't use it that much. I do have one up here. Let's take it out and set it aside, but it's in the same dark gray color. Then I like sepia. And so sepia is a nice drawing color. These are both. This one, the pit one says dark sepia. This one just says sepia. This is another unipin. This is a 01 fine liner. And this is a brush tip. And yes, I do have the unipin and the sepia in an 05. So I'm going to grab that one. I'm going to grab this one too. I put the 05 in here. I don't do a lot with them, but it's nice to have the different nib size for different thicknesses of lines when you're drawing. I have plenty at my desk to choose from, so I don't need to worry about not having something at the desk, because that's evidently not a problem. I'm looking at my collection right now. It's not a problem. Okay. We have black, of course. I have both, again, the pit pen and the unipin, both in black. I've got an 01. I have a medium, which is similar to an 05 in tip size. It's actually a little bit bigger than the 05. It's a little bit bigger. I'll show you. You can see there, but it's a good size nib. So I just like to have again the different thickness size. So I'm going to leave that one in the bag. Now, again, I have some white pens in here. And okay, I do have two of these. Where's the other one? Is the moment desk somewhere? It's possible. One should be up here at the desk, but I don't know where it is at the moment. Anyway, this is a big brush pen from Pitt. It's just got this big kind of mangled nib. And then I have the thinner one. I'm sorry. This isn't a brush tip. It's just a big giant pit pen, but the nib is kind of mangled. And then I have a white Univall Signo broad white gel pen, number two pencil, an eraser, and a few water brushes. And then I have just a simple Winsor Newton-Cottman watercolor kit. It's a 12-pound kit with just basic colors in it. Now, what I did do is I took the spot where the brush usually sits, which I don't use because they use the water brushes. And I took some hot glue and I put some blobs of hot glue in a couple spaces to make three additional wells so that I could add a purple, a paint's gray, and a black. Now, this set is really great. It has great basic colors, a good mixing set, a good basic starter set. And I do enjoy using it. And the case is really small and it fits in the pencil bag, but I'm constantly mixing purple. I get tired of that. And I get tired of trying to mix a dark gray or black-type color. And you all know I like working with paint's gray, so it's a super dark blue-ish black color. And I just get tired of trying to mix a black or something. So I pulled some watercolor tubes out of my collection and added these three colors, and now it's the perfect kit for me. And made a color key, and it fits in there, and it all fits in my pencil bag. And I can take it downstairs easy peasy. So that works for me. All right. I guess I better clean off my desk now and find that other big pen, because I do have two of these. And the other one should be sitting here at the desk, and it's not. Why isn't it? I don't know. I'll be back. Found it. It was downstairs. I do also want to show you all something I think you're going to think is funny. If you have pets or destructive young children, I guess, in your life, this will be very familiar.   So we got all the stuffing put back in, and the squeaker, I think, is back in there. Yeah. So now grandma's got to sew it back up, so that's one of my projects today. I will put a picture here somewhere of what the floor looked like when we caught it, because Becca did get a picture. But yeah, she does this occasionally. She does love the monkey. She was very upset that I took it away to repair it. She really wanted to keep destroying the monkey. So anyway, all right, I'll be back. So I am headed out in the car to go run a couple of quick errands. I need to go get some office supplies and staples, and I need to go by Michael's really quick. I'm out of the little tags that I make the mixed media recipe cards out of, or nearly out of them, and I want to go get some more. So I'm going to go do both of those. They're literally down the street from each other, so if I'm going to do one, it just makes sense to go do the other one too. So that's what we're going to do. There's some garage sales going on today, but honestly, I don't really need anything, so we're not going to do that. Okay, so I already kind of closed the vlog, but we decided then to go out for a walk. Yes, as you can see, it's dark out. It's like 9.30 at night or 9 o'clock at night. Okay, 10 to 10. Anyway, oh well. Here's me just a little bit earlier watering the house plants and closing the vlog. I'm going to go get some steps in. I'll see you all next week. Bye, guys. Hey, guys, it's 9 o'clock at 9 on Saturday to light up. I think, I don't know, I've logged already today. I have no idea. Anyway, end of the day, end of the week, end of the vlog. It's been a good day just till not doing too much. Of course, I did go out and run a couple of quick errands, but I also caught up on my daily practice from yesterday and today. I got another sketch down in my new little sketch journal that I showed earlier and just got done watering the house plants and all of that stuff. If you hear background noise, husband's watching a movie, so I will try to make this quick. 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The world in the calm before the storm I was like human I had skeleton and skin that gleamed like jasper and Bread bruises more rich than blossoms and spring. I Wanted to control the rain.   I Didn't want the world from you, but in the night you laid across my bed and assumed the particular beauty of moonlight The fear of never containing you left me adrift for days. I Said break my cocoon body and salvage what's inside before it's too late Say this word Raptor rupture captured Crack me open like the ripest melon collect me with the shovels of your palms and hand me out to anyone with calluses and a shoulder for weight To be one thing is to know singe marks.  I Splintered alone against stone and tide until I became like human again melted melded forged anew bewildered by the possibility Carving a self of red clay in birch wood Trying eyes for new proximity to light Tearing apart each time at night I remembered how to sleep again by sucking on grains of sand Impolishing slowly learned how to speak to snakes and holds my burning body and assemblage in process Okay, I actually wrote this piece when I was in college But I found it in my desktop and I was like I got to say this out loud one more time This is called love letter from the desert to the moon What has become of us? I Woke in the middle of the night Cracked and frenzied with fossils in my veins and limestone beneath my nails. I dreamt of darkness I Dreamt I lost you among the stars shimmering beaded curtains Filled with gemstone arthropods and diamond twins had you dropped off the horizon Had you failed the night because you could not face me My spine stamped with the footsteps of so many travelers My tears dried to ancient riverbeds the vastness of your absence gaped at me My mouth tasted of ash as my cringdom as my kingdom crumbled into clay But in my terror I awoke and none of it was true You were there haggard Crescent Staring down from such a distance Now I lie beneath your silver sheets in shiver without solace. I forget your scent Do you smell the way ice tastes? Did we fit together ever? The question is a canyon in me that howls with the wind and I cannot quiet it I Sift the smoothest rocks between my fingers and close my eyes trying to remember Hmm How are you? The beginning was bare The severing of dead bows ghosts of breath crystallizing in the dining room Slates of sunlight falling in the bedroom It was a skeletal season a lean bone weighing season of waiting for the birds to return The spring was harsh Nothing bloomed as it was supposed to the unruliness of rhizomes when we were promised shelter Buds unfurling into fists Flowers only opened once in the breast of night before falling like concessions Every inch of growth reeked of something lost The summer was a season of thirst all ash under the tongue scarcity of water so many dreams belly up in the tall grass Everything was so flammable toxins coming to surface sweating through the pores Nothing about summer echoed with infinity the frenzied heat sought to escape itself over and over Now fleshy gourds emerge from Sutterfuge Hardly leaves pock marks with tears still reaching for the next day. I Hold the rotting old growth in my hands the filth the meaty tendrils Wrapping around my wrists. I rip them at the roots taking note of what could never be the same


Hi my name is Kwame, I'm a documentary filmmaker and a voiceover artist as well as a photographer sometimes and a content creator and of course I do YouTube and I love telling stories, I love sharing my ideas on video, I love mimicking other people's voices or creating some of the ads that you've probably heard and love and I had an entirely different idea for this particular video you're watching right now. There's a lot going on in Ghana at the moment and one of the biggest things going on is how a Rastafarian boy, a GHS graduate is being refused admission into the school for his hair that he's wearing because of his religion and I had wanted to actually record a video with a couple of friends who have locks and have hair like mine. I recently just locked my hair so it's quite young or it's quite new. I have a couple of friends who have locks longer than mine and no they are not Rastafarians they just love the look and they wear it so well. I wanted to record a video interview with them about very regular or basic candid questions like you know where they come from, who they are, where they grew up, the kind of food they like, the kind of music they like. In my mind I was thinking that it would be a great video to portray how people are just people and that not their hair, not their earrings they're wearing, not their tattoos will make them evil or will make you who's not wearing any of that any better than them. And I thought about it why should such a video even be made in 2021? It's rather sad, rather sad.  Police can waste your time because you look a certain way.  This temporary vessel you decided to do something with and automatically puts you in a certain box that you don't belong or you shouldn't be here and I thought it was rather sad as a storyteller to make a video to try and explain to people in this year 2021 that the whole country is actually discussing a child's hair someone who's wearing his hair based on his religion and beliefs his natural hair that's that's just sad. So I decided to scrap the video idea I had called a couple of friends to come and record this this evening because if you're watching this video I'm recording it in the afternoon and that's basically this sad moment in the history of the country Ghana. You don't judge people immediately by how they look the worst people look the cleanest but who's saying anyway yeah back to normal business that's about this video and uh yeah drop your prejudice it could actually harm somebody real bad


As of January 20th, 2022, the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs has recorded a total of 18,746 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The commencement of the current fifth wave has been approximated to be around December 16th, 2021, and since then, over 5,623 cases have been diagnosed with an average of 161 cases daily. There are currently 3,921 active cases. Although St. Lucia has not received confirmation of the presence of the Omicron variant on Ireland, the unprecedented increase in confirmed cases of COVID-19 suggests that it is present. Our daily infection rate has risen from 98.5 to 166.3 per 100,000 cases over a 7-day period, and our RT has been calculated at 3.3, which is the highest since the commencement of this pandemic. Although the evidence suggests that the Omicron variant is less severe than previous ones, its high transmissibility has resulted in more persons seeking medical care and the consequent overwhelming of healthcare services. As we continue to manage this current wave, the Ministry of Health appeals to the public to adhere to their established protocols in order to reduce further transmission to family, friends, and loved ones. Throughout this pandemic, new evidence continues to emerge on the characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2. It is based on this that the Ministry of Health has made a decision to adjust the isolation and quarantine periods for confirmed cases and close contacts of cases respectively. Objective Monday, January 24, 2022, for persons who are considered close contacts of a confirmed case of COVID-19 and do not have any symptoms of COVID-19, the quarantine period may be terminated after receiving a negative result, which should be taken on day 7 after the last contact with the confirmed case of COVID-19. If the test was done before the seventh day after the last contact with the confirmed case of COVID-19 and is a negative result, that result may be a false negative and the individual is required to get tested again on day 7. If symptoms develop during the quarantine period, the individual is advised to get another test. Individuals who are fully vaccinated and test positive for COVID-19 but have no symptoms may end the isolation period after seven days. If, however, symptoms develop after testing positive, the isolation period must be restarted, with day 0 being the first day of symptoms and terminated on completion of day 10. For unvaccinated persons who test positive for COVID-19 and are asymptomatic, the isolation period remains 10 days from the date of the sample which led to the confirmation of COVID-19. If symptoms develop after testing positive, the isolation period should start over. Day 0 is the first day of symptoms and the 10 days of isolation must be restarted. Finally, for all persons who test positive for COVID-19 and have symptoms regardless of their vaccination status, a 10-day isolation period must be completed. The individual must also be asymptomatic for three consecutive days, meaning days 8, 9 and 10, in order to be discharged from isolation. As we continue to work jointly to manage this pandemic, the Ministry of Health appeals to the public to continue practicing the standard recommendations to prevent the spread of infection. These include regular hand washing with soap and water, use of alcohol-based hand sanitizer if soap and water is unavailable, proper use of face masks, cleaning and disinfecting frequently touched surfaces, maintaining physical distance. The Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs thanks the public for its continued support and will continue to provide updates of the COVID-19 situation on island.


From Hollywood, it's time now for Johnny dollar Yeah, apparently now who did you say? You mean you work for mr. Bartlett, I mean I am mr. Bartlett. I mean miss Bartlett you're confused Oh, the only JD Bartlett in town is me. I'm him ever her. I mean now you see what you've done. I'll never forgive myself Well, anyway, I'm the tri-state guarantee agent here in Cranesburg Seems the least you could have done was to look me up. Well, give me time. I just got in town You had time to rush out there that south side bar and start lushing it up I came out here to this joint to talk to a jewel thief. You what? It's the guy who phoned Hartford and offered to make a deal on the crane necklace He claims he's the one who stole it that for a slight consideration. I can get it back And what do you think I think I've walked in on the nuttiest case in the month of Sundays Hey, look, he's waiting for me at the bar. Suppose I drop by later and are you sure JD Bartlett is a woman? You're the first man who ever doubted it. I'll see you later, Mr. Dollar And every weekday night Bob Bailey in the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigators yours truly Johnny dollar From special investigator Johnny dollar to the home office tri-state guarantee company Hartford, Connecticut The following is an accounting of expenditures during my investigation of the Cranesburg matter expense account continued When I told her the case was nutty I met it The start of it had been fairly ordinary a pearl necklace insured for $20,000 had been stolen from a wall safe in the home of its owner local socialite Melba crane Smiley Prell a known small-time jewel thief at Fondas claiming to have the necklace and smiley offered to talk a deal But before I'd been in town ten minutes things began to crumble and change shape Melba's feather-headed Uncle Finneas had called to my hotel to warn me that his niece was headstrong and impulsive Or at least he said that was why he called When I tagged the rumor that the aristocratic cranes were flat broke until recently And now at the Green Lion Inn Swiney Prell a burglar by admission was turning skittish and climbing up Look dollar. I got no time to talk now. Oh relax Would you Swiney a man in your profession can't afford to develop a case of nerve? Oh very funny But I gotta blow this joint now. I told you before you went to get that phone call. I got things to do Yeah, I know what you're doing right then. Are you meet me later at that place and time? I told you about it You try pushing me. You're never gonna get them beads back. You ever think of that. I don't know. I am anyway I told you I ran an hour before on the phone. You told me to meet you here. We talk a deal All right, and so we will we'll talk later. Yeah, what's the matter with you? How many times I got to tell you something's come up and I gotta get it straightened out like what for instance Well, I never mind. It's none of your business. It's it's like personal So later you said you were being handed the double-cross now what kind of a double that's exactly what I'm trying to figure out Who did it? Who crossed you never mind who crossed me? It's only your business Did you have a partner on this job? Oh Don't try to kid me you check my MO before you ever left Hartford if you did then you will you know I always work alone. Well, it can be a first time for anything.  Is that where the double-cross came from? I got nothing more to say more You haven't said anything. Yeah, well you meet me tonight where I said two dollar at nine You know something smiley. I don't think you've got it What are you talking about the necklace?  Yeah, I got photographs of them. All right, then check me out There are 38 pearls. Yeah, and they're pink match color match size And they're not pierced like they usually are each one said in a in a fitted platinum mount and the mounts are fast and together with those You know those those little links What kind of a stone in the clasp? Class right knee stone. Hey, what are you trying to do? Okay? Okay? All right, you've got it or at least you've seen it So how much do you want? Meet me tonight at 9 o'clock, and I'll tell you 1412 North Oak Street room 6 and no cop Not if you want them beads back you understand not any more than I did when I walked in here Well, you will so just keep your shirt on smiley if you can talk tonight. You can talk now There's no I got things to do and not much time to do them in so go find yourself a cool pad somewhere and simmer down, huh? so long Item 4275 I was stuck with the check naturally so I paid it and strolled toward the door I Stopped just outside in the entrance way to the roadhouse and watch smiley cross the parking lot toward a Trisha to taxi stand where a couple of waiting hanks had parked out of the sun a Few yards away from me stood another cab this one occupied I stepped out of the entrance and walked over to the taxi because I'd recognized the passenger in the backseat Afternoon, Miss Crane. What? Oh, I'm sorry if I started it. Oh, oh not at all. Don't I I just didn't hear you walk up Yeah, I noticed you seem pretty concerned with something across the lot across a lot But I'm afraid I wouldn't be that fella getting into the taxi wouldn't what what fellow I don't know what you mean, mr. Oh, I could be wrong. I hadn't even noticed the man as a matter of fact Oh, well, then of course you won't mind if we just stand here and watch him drive off I really should get back into town. Good. I'm going that way myself. I've got a car here Be glad to take them, but I've already engaged We'll get going give us a chance to talk on the way in you might as well, mr. Crane the other taxies already out of sight Had noticed My car is over this way Pray they may be a misunderstanding of some sort, mr. Dollar You've seen the man of the Misapprehension that I was interested for some reason in that stranger who left I said I could be wrong Yeah, I can assure you that you are Here's the car To the best of my knowledge. I have never seen the man before in my life Well, there'll be days like that sometimes What's that a colloquialism of the common man, mr. Crane? What's um, what were you doing out at the Green Lion by the way, mr. Crane? Well, I was just killing time. Were you what's the matter of fact, sir? I was Waiting to talk with you. We don't say this. I was afraid. I may have left a wrong impression When I talked with you at your hotel earlier today in what way mr. Crane, but I mean About my niece Melba. Well, you said she was headstrong and pulsing Oh, yes, but not a bit more so than any other normal average girl, mr. Dollar. Oh, I see I don't really know why I considered it so important at the time. I Yeah, well, that's understandable you don't have a jewel robbery in the family every day in the family I mean to stolen from the family Apparently we're both giving wrong impressions I'm glad that everything is cleared up now. I wish it were What's that nothing has been cleared up yet as far as I can see the necklace is still missing Well, of course that isn't what I meant. It's what I mean It's the only reason I'm here in cranesburg to recover that necklace one way or another Well, what do you mean by one way or another either by tagging the thief and getting it back through police action Or if necessary by making a deal I just talked to the man who claims to be in possession of the pearls as you know, of course But he was a very big your partner sir, but I do not know of course Well, and let's say may have guessed you were in my hotel room when he phoned you heard me arranged to meet him I didn't really pay much attention to that phone call. All right. Anyway when I flew in here from Hartford I expected this to be a cut and dried matter of routine I'd meet pearl make a quick deal to get the pearls back and catch the next plane out Only it's apparently not going to be that way What do you mean by that I mean I've stumbled onto a whole nest full of question marks And nothing seems to add up quite right Pearl for one thing I think he's gotten himself into a spot of some kind his attitude doesn't make sense. And what else mr. Duller little things Rumors I picked up around town hints And of course the biggest question mark seems to be right close to home Which one is that? You mr. Crane When I dropped him off at the center of town, he was still fumbling with vague phrases Trying to clear up the misapprehensions as he put it But actually saying nothing He was sure however that I would understand He was wrong. I didn't Even my mistake about j.d. Bartlett tri-state's local agent seemed to fit in with the rest of the mixed-up case I'd assume from the name that Bartlett was a man But when I walked into the office a few minutes later I was suddenly Happy that I was wrong I presume that's right Miss Bartlett just make a jd I've spent a lot of time and effort getting those initials pounded into the skulls of the local inhabitants Why it's good for business makes me one of the boys you might say I kind of doubt it somehow As you mentioned on the phone, you're uh unmistakable But that I'm gonna drop the dollar and call you johnny pull up a chair. Yeah, thanks tady You get anywhere with that character who snatched the queen's rocks. Nope How come oh, he stalled postponed the whole deal until nine o'clock tonight. Why uh, he was nervous, I guess Well, that's about the only reason I can figure and between him and old finneas crane I'm getting a little nervous myself. How did finneas get into the act? Good question. I wish I had a good answer Hey, what about these cranes jd. What makes them tick beats me Well, you sold them the insurance policy. You must know something about them. I didn't sell the policy I just permitted it to be bought from me. How so Melba crane came snooting into the office one day dropped the pearls under my plebeian nose and one of them ensured Why do you dislike her? She's a good-looking dame and I'm pretty well favored myself and answer your question Roughly. Yes. So what happened? So I got jim markley local jeweler in here to appraise him issued the policy That was that I understand that the necklace was an engagement gift from some newcomer in town Yeah dean cellars. She had him hooked for even got his bags unpacked That skirt has the ethics of a boa constrictor and about as much personality as a face painted on an egg Somehow I don't feel I'm getting an unbiased opinion.  The crane name the crane tradition the crane social position The only thing they're not so high and mighty about's the crane bank account because there isn't one Yeah, except lately as I understand it old finneas has been flashing money around pretty freely the last few months Yeah, so I've heard don't ask me to explain it. I can't even explain finneas. What do you mean? He's a rare one that old boy Old school time mouthful of much that sort of thing But you know if it was a matter of protecting the family name I actually think he'd commit murder Oh, here's our star to tell you about monday's intriguing episode of this continuing story monday A thief stalls for time an old man lies desperately And a strange girl whispers the dread word murder Join us won't you yours truly? Johnny dollar Ours truly Johnny dollar starring bob bailey is transcribed in hollywood written by less crutchfield It is produced and directed by jack johnstone Be sure to join us monday night same time and station for the next exciting episode of yours truly Johnny dollar This is roi roan speaking


Hey, this is Brett, and this 2020 Ram 2500 Crew Cab Short Box, Bighorn Level 1 Sport Edition is stock number 14099Z. I am here at Summit Automotive in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. You're new and used heavy-duty truck and Ram headquarters. This 2020 Ram 2500 has the 6.7 liter Cummins diesel engine. It's paired up with the 6-speed 68 RFE automatic transmission. This truck has been fully safety and inspected by our service shop. It has a fresh oil and filter change. All the fluids have been checked and topped off per the state of Wisconsin inspection process, and this truck is 100% ready to go. I'm going to go all the way around inside underneath, show you all the options on the truck, and give you the most accurate representation that I can of the vehicle possible. Delmonico Red Pro Coast of Color. I shoot all my videos in 4K, and if you like the video, you can subscribe to my YouTube channel, which is youtube.com slash summit auto. Click the bell notifications to get updates on the videos I do each and every day, as well as having access to one of the largest catalogs of vehicle and heavy-duty truck walk-arounds on YouTube. This one comes with some really good look and fuel, 22-inch painted and polished aluminum wheels, and it has Nitto Trail Grappler MT tires. These are 33 by 13 and a half R22LTs. They are brand new in the front. We put those on in our safety inspection. This one has a Magahiz suspension lift on it. It looks like it's been very nicely done. A lot of newer parts on there. Frame and underbody is an extremely nice condition. This is a one-owner, clean title history, clean car fax out of Oklahoma. Headlight lenses are nice and clear. You get the painted bumpers with the sport package. Front bumper is in excellent shape. I didn't see any dense dings, rock chips, or anything like that. Front bumper parking sensors, you get the tow hooks, and you get the chrome RAM logo on there. This one does have the 360 camera, so that's a really nice feature. The hood is in excellent shape. From what I can see, I didn't see any major dense dings on it. Looks really good. And the passenger side front fender is in excellent condition as well. Passengers side front wheel, no scuffs or scrapes on there. And as you go down this side of this 2020 RAM 2500, take note of how clean that body is, how reflective and mirror-like that paint is. I take these HD videos, so if you're far away or even if you're close by and you just cannot make the trip down, but you're still interested in purchasing the vehicle, you can see the truck, hear the truck, and have confidence in the vehicle that you're looking at before you even get here. So when you do get here, there's absolutely no surprises, and you can make a smart and informed buying decision from wherever you're at. So a lot of these vehicles out of state. So if this video helps you make a smart buying decision, let your salesmen know that you saw the video that it was helpful and that Brett sent you. Lower rockers look pretty good as well. This back wheel is in excellent shape too. Now the back tires have, I would say, probably like half to three-quarters of the tread left on them. They are not brand new like the front ones, but they have a good amount of tread on them. Frame and underbody back here is in excellent shape. Has all the remaining factory exhaust, so it hasn't been altered in any way. And like I said, Oklahoma truck, really nice and clean underneath. Passenger side box. Didn't see any major dents or dings on there. You do get the 4x4 off-road decals on there. Rear bumper is in great shape. No dents or dings on that. Does have the backup parking sensors. Full towing package, which includes the receiver hitch four pin and seven pin wiring. And that tailgate is in fantastic condition. Didn't see any dents or dings on there. Has a very nice spray and bed liner. The fifth wheel and gooseneck prep package. Seven pin and four pin wiring in the bed. And you also get LED bed lights back here. This one does have the cargo cam. I'll show you that in just a little bit. And you get some nice side box tight-ons. That spray and bed liner goes onto the tailgate, which is very nice as well. LED tail lamps. And coming around the driver's side, just as clean as I pass in her side. Didn't see any major dents on the driver's side box. And for full disclosure, this back wheel just as nice as the rest. And down the rest of this side, the truck doors and cab all look really good. No dents, no dings. Very nice condition. Has the heated fold-up till mirrors. They have blind spot wiring, built-in directional signals. The 360 cam on there as well. They fold up, fold in. Back seats. You get the, you can see those power. It has amp research power running boards. The back seats are in fantastic condition. No rips or tears back here. It does have the latch child safety system for any child car seats you may have. Fixed glass rear window with the built-in rear defrost. These seats fold up. And there is a load floor back here. Put that down. You've got muddy boots of tools. Put them on there. You're not going to get your seats dirty. Or if you've got pets, put both sides down. And they can lay on there on a nice flat surface. And once again, they're not going to get your seats dirty. This looks like a winter front, probably. Storage underneath here. Receiver hitch reducer as well. Everything is in the same bag. That goes like so. You also have in-floor storage with removable bins for easy cleaning. You can put ice and drinks in there. It's like you have two mini coolers wherever you go. And side curtain airbags on those front seats. Child safety locks on the back doors and the inside and bottoms of the doors. Although a little dusty. Very nice. I'm going to show you the VIN sticker here. No Canadian trucks here. And then there's the tire and loading information sticker.  No rips, no tears on those seats. They are in fantastic condition. You get the all-weather floor mats up here. Auto headlamps, power pedals, power windows, locks, and mirrors. These mirrors do power fold in. It's like showing both sides. So you know that both sides are working properly.  If you watch that outside mirror, you can control that inside the truck. Which is really nice for the passenger side. You also get cloth bolsters, wood grain trim on there. Hop inside, check out the miles, the radio, and everything that this truck has to offer on the interior. You can see that this one has 19,545 miles on it. You do get the digital speedometer compass display as well. Instrument cluster is very nice and clean. Smells very clean inside this truck. You get the heated leather wrap steering wheel, cruise controls, gear selector on the right, Bluetooth and information, center controls on the left, and audio controls on the back of the steering wheel. This is your six-speed shifter for that 68 RFE automatic transmission. This one has the 8.44C radio. It does have the factory navigation system. There is Highway 41. So that is working nicely. You do get AM, FM and Sirius XM radio capabilities. You can do your heated seats and heated steering wheel controls here as well. You get your surround view camera. You also get your backup cam, wide view, front cam, wide view, narrow cam, narrow cam front view, and then your cargo cam. You also have these side cameras, which these are my favorite. If you're backing up a boat or camper, imagine how nice that would be to zoom in on the sides to see where that camper is going. That's my favorite camera. And then you have the normal backup cam with the receiver hitch zoom, which is nice to get hooked up to your boat camper trailer the first time, every time. You also have all your different apps on here. It does have projection managers. You can project your cell phone to the screen via Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. We did a demo on Android Auto on an 8.44C radio. If you want to check that out, that's linked in the description below, as well as in the upper right-hand part of the screen. Push button four-wheel drive. And here you have more tactile climate, volume, and tune controls.  And down there is a 115-volt 400-watt plug-in. You get a sliding coin holder and cup holder there, keyless entry with remote start. And the passenger side dual-glove boxes and seat are in excellent condition as well. No rips or tears on there. This one has the speakers in the ceiling. You get map lights, assistant SOS buttons, as well as an auto dimmy mirror. Home link buttons for your garage door security systems and lighting systems. We'll start it up and take a look under the hood. Starts right up. No check engine lights or anything like that. I would personally like to thank you for checking out the video today. And hopefully from this HD video, you've been able to verify the quality, condition, options, and cleanliness of this truck all the way around inside and out. Under the hood, we have the 6.7-liter Cummins diesel engine. Engine bay is very clean. Runs very smooth. Once again, this truck has been fully safety to end inspected by our service shop. It has a fresh oil and filter change. All the fluids have been checked and topped off. And it is 100% ready to go. Highly recommend this truck from a quality and condition standpoint. It's really good looking. The lift has been nicely done. And it's a really sharp truck, nicely optioned out as well. 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What's good y'all it's your boy Ross back here again with another video So we're gonna check out 11 reasons why millions have stopped watching WWE. I know we know someone that used to watch WWE and they just stopped watching for whatever reason. Maybe they got tired of the same person being booked Super strong. Maybe they got tired of a certain person being shoved down their throat And they didn't want to see that person win as much. Maybe they got tired of WWE Management and you know the creative not listening to what who they want to see win who they want to see have a title Opportunity it can be a plethora of different reasons But we all know someone that used to watch wrestling on a regular basis And it just they had got to the point where they stopped so we're gonna check out some of the reasons why people may have stopped Watching and let's see if we can agree with What's this guy name his channel name is wrestle wrestle What's that wrestle meal wrestle me or something like that? I'm not sure sorry if I'm butchering your name, but you know I've seen some of his videos before in my inbox feed by my sub box feed So I wanted to check this out. So see if we agree with what he's saying appreciate all the love and support roll to 40k Let's see what he's talking about Something missing Something very important that would be all of you our fans the WWE universe Wrestling seems to be enjoying a comeback with weekly wrestling shows airing Monday through Friday ranging from big promotions like AEW and WWE to smaller promotions such as Impact Wrestling at Ring of Honor and MLW So why are fans tuning out at the WWE? What's creating this steady decline in World Wrestling entertainment or join us now as WrestleMania looks at 11 reasons why fans Turning off I really want to know how you pronounce his name. Am I can I not read? I don't know What did he say? Am I slow wrestle wrestle Bro that bro. Am I slow y'all? I'm wrestle meat it I Okay, I guess I wouldn't see in the L. It's wrestle lame. I said wrestle me It's wrestle lame. Yeah, I can't read. I can't see I mean, I'm getting old, bro Check this out. I'm sorry y'all Why fans are turning off the WWE? Be sure to subscribe and hit that notification bell for daily wrestling videos and follow us on Facebook for exclusive lists We used to see things eye-to-eye and then somewhere along the way it all went wrong and I'm trying to figure out why Number one a worthless women's division the WWE can boast about its women's revolution And how the company has come a long way from the Divas era and while the days of playboy pillow fights and Matches seem to be over the WWE continues to treat its female athletes as an afterthought Whether it's female performers disappearing for weeks at a time the WWE randomly pairing women into tank teams Definitely, we do know the WWE does this with its men That doesn't count as treating the men and women equally or a lack of building new stars The women's division is pretty awful other than Bailey It's difficult to think of any female performer who has been booked Well Raw's women's division went into cruise control once Becky Lynch took time off from maternity leave Despite the presence of Shayna Baszler Oscar and the opportunity to call up NXT standouts such as Rhea Ripley Just remember the time that Shayna plowed through about five women in the elimination chamber match. What happened to that? How did you I don't know what happened to that? I I don't know She was literally one of the hottest things coming out of NXT Very dominant in NXT. You knew she was going to the main roster to really like To really shake up the women's division and they didn't really take the opportunity to go with her They they her momentum was so hot Becky Lynch You know her momentum was starting to die down a little bit and I honestly think Shayna Baszler should have been the champion. She should have won the women's Raw championship But they never went with her and then they just put her in a meaningless tag team Feud I was just like bro. She's she's worth more than just tag titles. She's a main eventer You just have to let her do her thing, but WWE not carry on that dominance Well, no matter how much Stephanie McMahon brags that the WWE pushes its female wrestlers as much as the males The weekly product says otherwise And Shayna Baszler No throwing Sasha Banks versus Bella into the main event on night when a WrestleMania doesn't make up for a year of badly booking into women True number two endless rematches. Did you miss that pay-per-view match between two week of favorite wrestlers? Well chances are you don't have to worry because the WWE will air at the next day on Raw or a few days later on Smackdown That's only the beginning though as the WWE repeats the same about a few more times before airing it again on pay-per-view The WWE's recycling program is a testament to the sheer laziness found in WWE creative Rematches can be exciting when done properly whether it's adding a stipulation to a subsequent match or bringing in a tag Partner to help out in a singles feud However, several weeks of the same wrestlers competing with the same results is a formula for failure when it comes to wooing fans Number three breaking up good. It gets it gets redundant when you when you're constantly Having the same match before the pay-per-view Facing, you know, like say you have someone Facing someone before the pay-per-view then you have someone those two exact same people facing each other again During the pay-per-view then you have those two exact same people facing each other again after the pay-per-view and then you may have one more Like opportunity for them to face each other again the next week on raw it gets boring Who wants to see the same match over and over and over and over and over again? I know I don't Division has been poorly booked for some time I remember that there's been such an explosion of teams splitting up a breaking up tank teams is a time on a Traditional and professional wrestling has has been used to effectively set up big feuds with the intent of creating one or two Single stars from that team when done, right a tag team split and create some riveting dramas fans watch friends turn into bows On the problem like many WWE storylines as a lack of planning and follow-up There have been numerous instances of badly booked breakups including the iconics and heavy machinery in the iconics's case The WWE reportedly wanted to push Peyton Royce as a single star that never happened Instead she was inexplicably paired with Lacey Evans Why would you split up an established tag team that could help the women's tag team division only to form an inferior team? Even worse the Royce's Evans tag team quickly became overshadowed by Evans's feud with Charlotte Flair as for heavy machinery The WWE had a popular team that provided a mix of power wrestling and comedy Yeah, they had something when Tucker turned heel. Yeah, that made no sense They never went anywhere with this They made no sense While it's questionable how much interest the fans would have had watching the two men fight They never gave them a chance as yeah, I was drafted to raw Ignoring fan favorites now. We've talked about the WWE splitting up popular teams The problem goes deeper than that the WWE's refusal to push wrestlers that fans get behind whether their faces or heels has Never been more apparent than with the situation involving the hurt business While MVP's work with Bobby Lashley helped Lashley complete his journey from poorly pushed uppercard wrestler to a monster main eventer It's doubtful many fans saw Cedric Alexander and veteran Shelton Benjamin getting strong thanks to their inclusion in the hurt business Naturally the WWE split the group up just when they were going over strong The hurt business is the biggest example of popular wrestlers who've been thrown on the scrap heap There are others including main event to Braun Strowman and undercard stars such as ricochet ricochet man if that ain't the truth ricochet is the epitome of The fans wanting this guy to get a legitimate run at a maybe a mid card championship just to be Mid card fodder, bro. He is literally a Jobber at best bro. That's his best qualities is jobbing out Dude is so athletic all he does his job to other wrestlers, bro. It's it's sad He is falling so far from NXT. Yeah, and I'm also a little stuffy right now. So just bear with me J Alistair Black King Corbin Chad Gable and Shinsuke Nakamura number five Pathetic payoffs we've all heard the phrase It's not so much about the destination as it is about the journey and in some respects This applies to storytelling However, no matter how good the build up for a story is fans expect a substantial payoff when it comes time to Executing a feud or ending one let's look at the two examples of the biggest potential money feuds that had terrible payoffs The first is the heavily featured feud between the golden role models team of Bayley and Sasha Banks The two gelled well as two arrogant heels that fans knew were gonna eventually end up fighting While they were forced to drag this feud out longer than anyone wanted Rumor has it that we're hoping to have fans at 2020 SummerSlam and when they didn't happen that Yeah, big facts man That feud had so much potential, but I felt like it kind of got rushed man in my opinion I think it kind of got rushed Well, that's excusable the WWE painted themselves into a corner when they finally had Bayley turn on Sasha Banks Putting the two in a Hell in a Cell match for their first match as fans know Hell in a Cell is usually where feuds end So when Banks beat Bayley, there was no way for the feud to go. Yep. This is true And this is why I don't like Hell in a Cell as a pay-per-view I don't know if you guys agree with me, but I think it should not be a pay-per-view event I think Hell in a Cell is a match that you don't get much But when you do get it you get excited because you know a feud is going to end in this match Someone's gonna get hurt They have it now every year. It is lost. It's a luster, bro So when they did put them in a Hell in a Cell match, you kind of It's a feud ending match. Why would you start off their feud with a feud ending match? It was a fantastic match. I enjoyed it But it didn't leave room for anything else other than the feud to end like she beat you in a Hell in a Cell What is what else is there to really say after that? You know what I'm saying? I don't know They took the cheap way out by Bailey saying she'd fight banks again But only when she was ready and on her terms the next fizzle feud was the fiend versus Randy Orton Despite the fiend's painful loss to Goldberg at 2020 Super Showdown For a while its demonic doppelganger had been booked strongly So the WWE cleverly booked the two in a firefly and phono match Thus giving Orton a way to beat the fiend without penning him for making him submit Afterwards the WWE teased the fiend's return and managed to keep fans guessing when he'd return for revenge Incredibly they didn't have the fiend return until fast lane setting up a high profile match for WrestleMania 37 Unfortunately the match as it was anti-climactic as it could be with bliss turning heel on the fiend and Orton pinning the fiend clean In just five minutes not to mention with just one RKO Fans are still wondering what happened at WrestleMania to cause the fiend to lose Did Alexa Bliss find a way to rob the fiend of his powers? Did he have somewhere he needed to be in ten minutes? What kind of payoffs to promising programs or another way to look at my guy right here This was my expression when that match went off like what the All this build up from months Do get set on fire Comes back from the depths of hail All the shenanigans with Alexa Bliss for months causing Randy Orton to cough up blood Just for the fiend to have a nice entrance pop out the little jack-in-the-box and then lose to one RKO For an alienate your audience number six poor planning The WWE's writers have a number of problems ranging from laziness to having to deal with Mr. McMahon's Mercurial mind that sees him change things with no apparent rhyme or reason Even the best of ideas tend to run into obstacles when it comes to creating their executing long-term story lines An essential element of keeping fans tuned in every week one of the biggest examples of WWE's poor planning is Otis's Unlikely and downright shocking Case when at 2020 the angle while surprising was a good direction for Otis a character Who'd gotten over thanks to a storyline romance with Mandy Rose? However as the months went on it became clear They had no idea what to do with Otis having the briefcase in his possession and they ran an overbooked angle where the Miz won the briefcase thanks to a meaningless heel turn by Otis's partner Tucker Thankfully they did get some mileage out of the Miz winning the briefcase But Otis winning it was poorly thought out and the feeble follow-up damaged his character as well as the fans already shaky faith in the WWE's capability at crafting long-term story lines number seven boring feuds We've already looked at the WWE's difficulties giving fans satisfactory payoffs for its story lines But feuds deserve a mention for the WWE's difficulty in managing them They occasionally get a feud on the right foot such as 2020's Orton versus Edge feud However, the WWE doesn't understand the basic outline of any drama like Banks versus Bayley They put Edge and Randy Orton in a last-man standing match for their first encounter Then expected fans to see them wrestle to see who the best wrestler was in the greatest match ever Fans also find themselves frustrated by the lack of interesting undercard feuds number eight awful announcing the WWE has I can agree with that like there's there's only like a few matches that you would really care for in a pay-per-view Now nowadays especially recently. I think we can all agree since Roman Reigns heel turn You really only care about his matches Like there's other matches that slightly interest you but it's mostly Roman Reigns whoever he's feuding with because There's not many I can say Compelling mid-card feuds that you're interested in some may pop up here and there like the the biggie Versus what's his name? I can't even think of his name Apollo cruise that was a nice mid-card feud that had some nice buzz around it But you need more of those because it balances out the car You don't want your car to only be people look forward to just the main event everything else They don't really care about you wanted to have like some type of Interest throughout your pay-per-view like oh, I'm looking forward to this big car match I'm looking forward to this match. I'm looking forward to this match like you want you want that So when you get to the main event, they've already been you know satisfied and now they're about to end off the night Watching something that they really want to see as well. So More than a wrestling problem. It has an announcing problem as fans debate What's worse the product in the ring or the men calling the action? Much awful as he is consistently mediocre Call is the epitome of someone who phones it in relying on cliches Corey graze has his moment like any potentially entertaining an out-serve You can't help but wonder if Vince McMahon has him wearing a shock vest that sets off if he gets too creative Samoa Joe was a welcome addition to Raw so naturally they got rid of him. Thankfully Thanks to the addition of Pat McAfee Vince McMahon will grind the former NFL stars performance down to the level of the other WWE Yeah, Pat McAfee, I've enjoyed his commentary Well, he'll be in on commentary and I've also enjoyed some mojo being on commentary as well when he was Coney comedy for wrestling fans. Oh my god Trying to get a friend to check out wrestling only to have the WWE make its latest pitiful attempt the comedy Whether it's riddled riding around on a stupid scooter the new day throwing tomatoes at Elias and Jackson Riker or Nia Jacks falling on her arse when she's not potatoing opponents There are plenty of reasons for potential fans to tune out and regular fans to turn red with embarrassment They have enough trouble writing wrestling and should work on improving the wrestling product before trying comedy It's next to impossible for wrestlers to pull off the comedy bits that DX the Rock and even Stone Cold Steve Austin pulled up during the Not so much because the product was PG-13, but because today's product is so heavily scripted number 10 failing to promote television and pay-per-views is a WWE afraid to let fans know which matches to expect otherwise risking fans tuning out before a Raw or pay-per-view is Why else wouldn't the WWE promote television matches ahead of time? Fans like to know what's coming up on TV or pay-per-view rather than just tuning in and hoping for the best Building up matches also makes the matches seem even more important If they're getting behind them and the wrestlers are talking them up There's a feeling they mean something a part of the problem is that the WWE feels its pay-per-views largely sell themselves The second is that Vince McMahon rewrites the WWE script so often that it's difficult if not impossible to announce a match When the WWE's head honcho decides to change things a minute before the show and number 11 The WWE's reputation There is another reason that the WWE universe is tuning out the WWE sketchy business practices as more people Boycott businesses with disreputable reputations. It's understandable why people wouldn't want to support the WWE The company's laundry list of bad behavior includes its ongoing business arrangement with Saudi Arabia It's mass releases and firings in 2020 during the pandemic some observers saw a sloppy safeguards during the pandemic I'm demanding that its wrestlers turn over their third-party deals such as cameo to it for it That I never understood why they had to turn over like their third-party deals like To WWE like that's that's kind of messed up. That's scummy Like they're twitching if they're on twitch or whatever promoting, you know themselves They got to turn over the funds for that. That's like really scummy, bro I don't like that practice like no It's own monetization or labeling wrestlers as independent contractors when they treat it as employees Yeah Fans just can't stomach supporting a promotion that treats its wrestlers and work is so poorly I'll be this may be one of the lesser factors for fans tuning out But it's a reason for some but they have a guy's 11. Oh, man This was a very interesting video. He made a lot of points WrestleMania, I got his name right this time He made a lot of great points and a lot of those points I agree with man to the tee like this is one of those situations where WWE they have the opportunity to really put some like thought into their product and I feel like they have acid Especially when it comes to like other other talent that's not in the main event scene They don't really put as much emphasis on them like they should because at the end of the day You want people to want to watch the show you want people to be invested in Damn near everything that you have on the show But you can only be invested in like a handful of things and everything else is just like Rinse and repeat like they literally have the writers just writing the same stuff They wrote the last week for the same wrestlers like that's not entertaining This is why I haven't watched raw because you're not missing nothing from wrong I'm I'm willing to bet if I watch raw next week. I'm literally someone could probably tell me You know that match was on last week in the week before in the week before like I'm not missing nothing because it's the same thing So I really wish that WWE and their creative team actually was creative on not just one story line Multiple story lines multiple characters. Let the wrestlers be individuals Let them let those wrestlers have their own character and be able to script their own character the way they feel it should be scripted But that's just my personal opinion. I think that would definitely help people want to come back if they see Some entertaining television, but it's not as entertaining outside of risk Roman Reigns He's the most entertaining thing on WWE television. I say it every time I check out a smackdown clip He's the best thing on WWE television because they wrote him to be that way So but comment down below Let me know if you know anybody that used to watch wrestling and now they don't because of some of these reasons down below I would love to get your thoughts and opinions on that. I appreciate all the love and support roll to 40k Appreciate y'all kicking it with me and I see y'all in the next one. Peace