Friday Sept 1st: What happened with gas prices? River of Pride event tomorrow, Weird News Friday!! Radio Shownotes

Shownotes for Fri Sept 1st. Info for you every day on the Scotty and Tony blog. Listen to the radio online here: bit.ly/listentoscottyandtony

Local News 

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Weekend Forecast looks great

🌞 Today Sunny. High 21. UV index 7 or high. BTW, Low tonight is 9!
🌞 Tomorrow Sunny. High 25.
🌞 Sunday Sunny. High 25.
 

Gas Prices

⛽ What happened with Gas? up almost a cent to 187.4 (had been 186.3)
What happened with Diesel? up a lil less than 3 cents to 205.9 (was 203.2)
What happened with Heating oil? down 5 cents to 193.7 (was 198.6)
💸 Low price link: https://www.gasbuddy.com/gasprices/new-brunswick.
🎩 EUB https://nbeub.ca/petroleum

 

Weird News Friday! (If you like Weird News, you might like the podcast)

Some of the stories that slipped through the cracks this week ...

Very Long Stick of Meat makes headlines... From MeatandPoultry.com, Wenzel’s Farm (meat snack makers) celebrated their 75th anniversary in late August by setting the Guinness World Record for longest meat stick... 314 feet long! Other things that are 314 feet long... American football field not including end zones,  Statue of Liberty with pedestal, Eight School Buses. https://www.meatpoultry.com/articles/28957-wenzels-farm-sets-new-record-for-worlds-longest-meat-snack and video https://www.facebook.com/wenzels.farm/videos/621030289882896/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

Very Long Sandwich also makes headlines... a diner in Idaho has broken the Philly cheesesteak world record. How has this happened, Philly? Congratulations to Main Street Diner in Lewiston, Idaho who made a cheesesteak that was 722 feet long! Important note... they used Monterey Jack instead of Swiss cheese. They chopped it up into 6 inch portions which they sold for charity. Nice. https://www.inquirer.com/food/worlds-longest-philly-cheesesteak-guinness-record-main-street-grill-idaho-20230829.html

Very Fast Remote Controlled Car Breaks Record and also Explodes... A guy from Britain named James set a world speed record by operating a remote-controlled/ radio-controlled car that had a jet engine... it reached a speed of 94.76 mph! That was on the first attempt! After he got the remote control car speed record, James kept going... James knew he could get more outta the car... second try, a piece fell off the car so that attempt was disqualified... third try, the car hit 141 mph, but the wind blew the car off course and that's when it exploded. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/08/25/G uinness-World-Records-remote-controlled-car-speed/5001692976677/
Headline from Tri City Herald was 'Wine tanker gets a little tipsy. 6,000 gallons down the drain after crash near Richland' (BY CAMERON PROBERT). That's some nice headline work, Cam. Happened in Washington State...appears as though the tanker truck had trouble at a roundabout and flipped over... 6000 gals. of red wine spilled into the street and down the storm drain... So, how much $ is a gallon of red wine in Washington State? According to https://www.google.com/amp/s/247wallst.com/special-report/2020/02/13/the-average-price-of-wine-in-every-state/ the average used to be $13.82. 6000 x 13.82 = 82000 and something dollars worth of wine. * might be a bit more now...https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article278535799.html

We just came through the worst time for people taking a sick day... did you notice? A company called Flamingo (their specialty is helping other companies manage absenteeism) crunched the numbers and Flamingo says August 24th is the most common sick day in the USA... yes, Aug 24th even beat out the day after the Superbowl... the number one reason given for staying home is 'stomach bug'... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/working-life/more-us-office-workers-call-sick-august-24-any-other-day

Loch Ness Monster mystery solved! JK! Around 200 volunteers on the shore took part in an organized search for clues as to the whereabouts of the Loch Ness Monster. No luck... some searchers on a boat heard what they call some sort of unidentified "gloops"... 4 gloops! But, their recorder wasn't plugged in. Darn it! To be continued... https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-66633215

Check out the Weird News Podcast...

 

River of Pride Parade Details...

- delays or detours via City of Moncton as part of River of Pride parade and festivities happening on Saturday (Sept 2, 2023)...
- Sat Sept 2 from 9a to approx 2p: full closure of Foundry St between Record and Main for parade staging.
- Sat Sept 2 from 12:30p to approx 2p: full closure of Main St between Bonaccord and Lewis.
- Sat Sept 2 from 12:30p to 11:59p: Downing Street closed.
* Traffic on Assomption Blvd will be held briefly to allow parade participants to safely enter Riverfront Park.River of Pride Road Closure Map

 

Did you see that it snowed in Labrador already?

 

Donate Blood this Long Weekend!

We hear that there are over 100 appointments that need to be filled between now and Labor Day at Canadian Blood Services in Moncton.
🩸Moncton Blood Donation Centre Hours are:
- Monday from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm
- Tuesday from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
- Wednesday from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
- Thursday from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm
- Friday from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm
🩸 The Moncton donor centre is at at 500 Mapleton Road.
🩸 Get an appointment through the GiveBlood app (iphone) (android), call 1 888 2 DONATE (1-888-236-6283) or book at Blood.ca.
🩸 Check the CBS Moncton Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LifelineMoncton/


Walk of Hope

The 2023 Ovarian Cancer Walk of Hope is Sunday, September 10, 2023 at Mapleton Park (Gorge Road entrance).
This event is about coming together to improve outcomes for people living with Ovarian Cancer.
Timeline:
- 9:30a Welcome
- 10:30a Walk Begins
- 12:00p Event Ends
You can help by:
- pledging (HERE to support a participant)
- participating (HERE for individual sign up) (HERE to start a team)
- volunteering (HERE to volunteer)
email info@ovariancancerwalkofhope.ca for more info
and see the Facebook https://www.facebook.com/OvarianCancerCanada

Al's Pals is a cool idea!

We Talked about Al's Pals today... Alex is offering Wildcats tickets to new Canadians and folks who've never been to a game. It's a terrific endeavor! WTG Alex!!

  

School Next Week. School News Page is Back!

Do you have School News for us? Want to read the latest School News? See NewCountry969.ca/school
 

Victoria Park Arts & Crafts Fair

Event happens September 15, 16, 17. Here's more info: https://victoriaparkcrafts.com/

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