Jay Thomas Show: "Falling Off, DATA Centers and More" 8-7-26

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saying that, you know, there's just so many concerts now and these, you know, opportunities go see these bands. And it's just not like it was, you know, 20 years ago. Yeah, yeah, it used to be, and I agree there probably is some of that as well. You had a chance where you could see all these bands in one festival, so more people were doing that. But you're right. Now you can go into light. I mean, you got all kinds of venues, ma'am. Yep. So there could be some of that. No. All right, 701, 2,9,000's phone number, no matter how you listen to the program, where you're listening. You can also email us anytime studio at WDAYRadio.com. I don't know what we're going to do today, man. I had a bunch of guests lined up. They all cancel. It's like, no. No, I have to sign up taking today off, so they got moved to different days. Okay. So we'll just, I am getting hounded. I should have kept my mouth shut earlier this week. People hounding me. Why do we have to wait to do your voter turnout final score? Why can't you just do it now? Oh. So maybe we'll do that today. All right. If you don't know what we're talking about, I'll explain later on. I don't know what we'll do. $100 to all soggers for the winner. I'm waiting for your acceptance on that. Yes. Okay, thank you. Thank you. Let's do that. I wanted your approval, Roddy. I guess. I don't know what it means, you know, but. All right. We got, oh, we're going to talk about, we got people that listen down in, what the hell county is that, down in Appleton, Minnesota. Can't remember what county that is. Okay. The jail that had been closed down there since 2010 was announced the other day that's going to be opened up for ICE detainees. Interesting. Well, what's interesting now is that story is completely changed. Now it's completely different, and people are very concerned down there. We'll explain that coming up here on the program. Again, 701-2993-9,000. You should tell you that's a Thor building studio line, post-frame construction for ag and commercial industry. Thor buildings are there start to finish. They are built to last. Thor Buildings.com. Email is our Red Wing Boot and Shoot Studio inbox, 3003 Main Avenue in Fargo. Let Tracy and crew take care your feet there with those fantastic red wing boots and shoes. Also the accessories, custom fit orthotics, and they do repairs as well. Open Sundays, by the way, noon to four. Yeah, for everybody work in road construction, and I believe there's thousands of projects going on in the Fargo Moorhead area. You think? You can't drive anywhere in this town without there being some kind of road construction going on. Yeah, and if you just happen to be on a road where there isn't, you're going to turn on to one where it is. Well, I still think that old meme is like, see where all those cars are going over there around this construction? Start working on that, too. Yeah.

Yeah, and then yesterday as I was going home, traffic was extremely slow headed south on I-29, I presume, because of a bottleneck of some kind or result of an accident. I know there were... There was one on 94. Yes. Just west of the 45th Street overpass, I was driving home last night. It's like traffic was backed up, and I saw two cars that smacked up there. Yeah, and then there was another one posted maybe an hour after that on social media as well. All right. Now, we'll get some topics to hit this afternoon, waiting for Dean to come in here so we can start messing with him. He came into my office earlier today and had a question for me. I just had to shake my head and go, really, dude, you got to be kidding me. It involves this vehicle. Oh, no. Imagine that. Oh, no. Yeah. So we're waiting for him to get in here. 701, 299. If there's something that we haven't talked, if Hennon is still in a building later on this afternoon, I got to bring him in here, are sketching parts of his show, and they were talking AI data centers. And somebody called, I'm going to have to get the full story from him, but now there's Internet claims that. People's cattle are dying or they're being stillborn because they live close to these data. I guess somebody running for a political seat is claiming all this garbage, but there's no... proof out there. It was a crazy story. Yeah. Some of the more just completely outlandish and untrue claims that one. Yeah. And another one where someone claims to have had a horse who just kept banging its head against the panel. I haven't heard that one. Yeah. What? Yeah. By a data center. Right. Yeah. You know, and all this data center stuff that's being put online, all these scared tactics. I, I, this is me now. I firmly believe that this is the work of China. Oh, my God, Thomas. Don't hear me out. China doesn't want us to win this AI race. So I honestly think that it's China putting all this misinformation out there to get all this chaos going here so it stops the growth of AI so they can get on top of it. That's what I think. Well, and if you... I'm crazy. And trust me, there are people that have a rabbit hole so deep even I could fall in it on some of this stuff. But... If you believe the people that hate AI and don't want any part of it, or industry experts like, let's just say Open AI, Sam Altman.

If you believe any of that stuff and they think it should slow down the proliferation, all this kind of stuff, even they say whoever wins this battle is going to control everything overall. And I damn sure bet none of us want that to be China. No, we do not want it. I'm telling you, I don't know where you sit with Adin, but I honestly believe a lot of that misinformation. It's coming from China. They don't want us to win this. Oh, of course they don't. Yeah, it wouldn't surprise me at all. And it's payback for the land up by Grand Forks there, the Fu Fang. Was that the Fu Fang Factory? It was. It was, yeah. Fu Fang? No relation to the Fu Fighters. Yeah, exactly. Let's see, Jay, oh, yeah, this is a horrific story. There's really nothing, Braddie, who emailed me this. This is, there is an absolutely horrific, tragic. story out of Mandan last night. I don't know if you guys caught this or not. It's just horrific. And they're not releasing how the children were killed. But from what I'm told from my sources, and I trust them, I don't know. I'm going to stay on the air what it is. It's horrific. Mandan Police Department released last night approximately 542. Mandan Police Chief Jason Ziegler gave some details this morning at a press conference with local reporters. He began the press conference saying the police department's thoughts, of course, with everybody involved. This mom allegedly murdered two of her children, two of three of her children. What? Yeah. No, I had not heard about that. And the father and the father of the children was there. And he was not arrested for anything, nothing. It sounds like domestic. It's a horrific, horrific story. Drugs mental illness. They're not saying any really, none of that information. has come out. But this is from the police chief. He said the initial information was that the mother had locked herself in the home with her three children and was going to kill them. He said that when the police arrived on the scene, the officers heard assault happening inside the home force themselves in a home. They found a five-month-old, a one-year-old, and a three-year-old was all with serious injuries. At this time, Ziegler said he could share that the five-month-old and the three-year-old passed away from their injuries. And the one-year-old is still being treated at a local hospital. And the dad was in the house. Is that what you said? Kaylee Earhart has been placed under arrest and is currently being held in the Burley-Morton detention center pending formal charges. Zigler-Sit's an ongoing investigation asks for privacy of the victim's family. He said any speculation of the motive or reasoning for engaging in this con? uh in this contact would uh be inappropriate more details will be shared uh in future uh press release it's just it's a horrific story it's just horrible horrible surprise a husband couldn't uh there there there has to be a reason there there there is a reason um that i get more details uh uh coming out um so yeah that's really all we can say about that

The husband. She, yeah. Oh, yeah. Exactly. Wow. Yeah. All right. Dean Wysaki comes into my office. Oh, here we go. I knew you were going to bring this up. Dean Wysaki comes into my office this morning. Hey, Mr. Cargoy. Hey, Mr. Cargoy, I have a question for you. Yeah, what's going on? What's going on, Dee? Well, all right. I've got 150,000 on the Jeep. And I said, you know, it's been running great all these years. And now, you know, I just got the oil changed. And I said, the engine sounds like it's running a little rough. I said it's idling fine. I said, idle's a little high in the morning. But you could, it sounds almost like, it's, it sounds like it's running rough. And it's, it's. When you slow down, the RPMs will tick up a little bit and then back, back down. So I said, what do you think? I said, oh, and the engine lights on too. Yeah, well. But the engine lights been on. For how long, Dean, has the Czech engine light been on? How many thousands of miles, Dean? Probably about 70 to 100,000. 70 to 100,000 miles the check engine lights been on. I brought it in. This is when it first came on. Don't worry about it. It looks like something like the ox. I think he said the. oxygen sensor. That's what I told you. I think it's an oxygen sensor. He's like, yeah, that's nothing to worry about it. You drive a Jeep, don't you. Yeah, Jeep chair. Yeah, I was going to say they're notorious. Mine went out. My, oh, two sensors on mine, too. Yeah, that's what he said. He's the guy, don't worry about it. It doesn't mean anything. Like, all right. Jeep, cool. The toughest four-letter word on wheels. No, it's not. It's a driver who doesn't like to stop going just because they've run out of road. Oh, my balls. Head out where the real one begins. There was plenty of road left. Oh, my balls. Pot holes and bumps and ruts can. come as they will. Jeeps welded, rugged, and ripped and frame takes punishment in large doses and comes back for more. That's a typical weekend. That's Dean in his vehicle. So, huh, I, I, I, I, I. Yeah, it's running a little rough, Jay. Oh, and the check engine light's been on. How long's it been on, Dean? Oh, about 70 to 100,000 miles. But I was told, I don't worry about it. Yeah. Now maybe I should worry about it. You're an absolute knucklehead. So we're going to bring it in. I'll bring it in this afternoon. I got some errands to run, so I'll stop over it. I mean, usually when my check engine light comes on, it's like within a day, I better bring this thing in. When it went on, I did bring it in. Who did you bring it to? Oh, this was down in Nebraska. Well, of course. And that's what they said. Oxygen sensor, don't worry about it. So. Wow, Dean. Yeah. So now I'm worried about it. I would be worried about it. 701-29-3-9,000. I have multiple. A couple questions for you. Has anything fallen off that vehicle all you're driving it? No, man. It's been a pretty reliable vehicle. 701-2-9-3-9,000. Now that you say that. I got a question for you, folks, because, you know, sometimes your mechanic will tell you something and you just, like, completely ignore it. Yeah.

Like your check engine light for 70 to 100,000 miles. He said, don't worry about it. Good Lord. I want to know what did a mechanic tell you that you completely ignored? You're like, yeah, whatever. It didn't. And it came back to bitch you? Yeah, didn't. I came back and bitching your rear end. And I'm also like to know, have you ever had a part fall off your car while you're driving down the road? Oh, jeez. Ever have anything fall off it? I haven't. You haven't? No, nothing? Just a muffler. You had a muffler just drop off the vehicle? It was an older car. Unbeknownst to me, it apparently was rusting a fair amount and finally just snapped off. I mean, it was, I didn't even, I didn't hit anything or a bump that I. think was that bad. It just fell right off. Yeah, just happened to look in the rear rear mirror. And I'm like, oh, I guess I needed that. Now, when I had a C-Bring convertible, the X-Y fell out. Oh, she might have been pushed out. Does that count? Oh, dude. Wow. Wow. Life's tough. Get a helmet. Is that what you said to? Yeah, that's exactly what I said. Wow, dude, that's, man, that's, maybe you should not have shown up at your wedding. Yeah, right. Man. Ben, you're up, Jay Thomas show. Yeah, talking about stuff that fell out vehicles. Yeah. I was going to a golf tournament a couple summers ago, and there's this whole classic car in front of me, and it had like the flares on it. Yeah. Like the front end of it gave way. Oh, no. And it was like going all flying all over the road, and I'm sitting there flashing my lights. behind him beeping trying to get him and it all of sudden flew off and smoked the car in the other lane i was like oh man oh did the guy have did you know if the guy actually pulled over her yeah after like we got up the road a little ways he must have just realized like what the heck you know and then he pulled over and i pulled over behind him and told him what happened we turned around and went and looked at the other vehicle and it smoked it like right in the light area of the other vehicle and smashed it all in and yeah I was like, oh, man, I said, I was trying to get your attention, but I had a buddy of ours growing up, Dennis, and he had an old, old Chevy station wagon, the hot cut and trying to, you know, kind of muscle carded it out a little bit, and that was back when station wagons weren't cool, and we'd give him so much grief about that car. And he, uh... So we're going from Hibbing to Virginia, Minnesota, not that that matters. We're going down the highway, and he and his girlfriend are sitting in the front, and me and another buddy are sitting in the back seat, and Dennis decides he's going to reach back and put his armor on his girlfriend while he's driving, so he's got one arm of the wheel, and he reaches back and pulls the steering wheel right off the car. Oh, no. He's trying to put that wheel on as he stop it, because the thing was just piecemeal. We're lucky we didn't flip that car, man.

Finally got and stopped it out of the side of the road. That was the last time any of us drove in Dennis' car. Thanks, Ben. Appreciate it. Levi, Jay Thomas Show. Hey, good afternoon. Thanks for having me on. I know all you guys probably have taken so many calls about the slot cameras, and I have a little comment about them. Yeah. I get both sides. criminals out there that are getting six, seven-year sentences, and they're not even serving half of that sentence. I know this topic's been brought up as well. We need some legislation to change the amount of time that these guys are serving. So it's like a lot of people see the flock, and they're like, okay, we might be giving up some of our freedoms or privacy. even getting the safety from it because of the root issue. These guys just, they're not spending the amount of time that they need to. And I think, you know, I think if we haven't. That's what, that's what Drew Wrigley, last legislative session, he's pushing it again. He wants truth and sentencing. He's saying these guys are getting, these people are getting out. back on the streets too soon. And something's got to be done about it. And the Bureau of Prisons is fighting them on it. Yeah, the Bureau of Prisons is fighting it. Lawmakers are fighting it. And you're right. We're getting fed up. There's a story here. Actually, I was going to hit it yesterday. Might today. I don't know if you caught the story. The dude that member on the Minnesota side, but he was party at his house on New Year's Eve. And he held the gun under his buddy's chin and said, do you trust me and killed him? The guy got six. Years in prison and with good time, he'll be out in three. If I was the family, I'd be livid. Levi, I appreciate the phone call. I hate to cut you out, but I got to rock and roll here and get to the weather. Matt, hang on. You're coming up. 225. Dino, for you, I got a special forecast. All right, let's hear it. Here's Dino's forecast. 70 to 100,000 miles with the check engine light on. He comes waddling into my office. Hey, Mr. Carman, what do you think's going on here? I don't know. Your check engine light? Yeah, we're looking at 100% chance of a check engine light staying on for another 70,000 miles with heavy clouds of black smoke rolling out from under Dean's Hood by mid-afternoon. Expect a severe clunking noise front moving into the transmission area later this afternoon, followed by sudden unpredictable stalling near major intersections. As we head into the weekend, visibility looks poor due to total dashboard illumination with a high risk of Dean's engine dropping right out onto the highway. So if you're commuting near Dean today, you'll want to keep your distance. A massive financial disaster is brewing in his bank account. And there's a 0% chance this vehicle survives until Monday. Back to Dean. Thanks. There you go. Yeah, that better be absolutely wrong. Hey, that's from the LRC. Oh, yeah. Okay. What, were you talking to Nate? Yeah. Mr. Nate. Mr. whatever is. Anti-weather. Oh, he's anti-everything. He's anti-everything. Yeah, good for him. I don't know. I don't know who crapped in his Cheerios. Well, obviously.

his ex or somebody if he even has one we're looking at that we're talking about you Nate yeah Well, 70s today. We're looking at mid-70s right now. A few fair weather cumulus clouds out there. Upper 70s today with the northwest wind 10 to 25. Great night tonight, mid-50s. And tomorrow bit warmer, about 86, 87. And a slight chance for an isolated storm tomorrow night on a cold front. And then cooler on Sunday with highs around 80. And then another slight chance of a thunderstorm Sunday night. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, low to mid-80s. Best chance of rain coming in Thursday and Friday that lines right up with the LRC mid-month onward. And it looks like we could see a little more widespread rain at the end of next week. Wow, we need it. That's the good news. I posted a picture of the Westie's messing around in the back yard the other day. I think I posted it last night. Chasing the squirrel? People commenting, you know, you don't believe in watering your lawn, Thomas? It's just like, why? Why? What for? Forget it, not doing it. Hey, Matt, can you hang on until after the break? Yep. Oh, yeah, hold on, buddy. All right, weather brought you by Moving Team 6. They are looking for help. Part-time, full-time. It's like working for a fantastic family. They treat your employees excellent. Moving Team 6.com. This is moving, S-I-X.com. More of your car calls. We come back, Jay Tomasho. Jay Tomasho, 237. Ah, it's a custom truck and auto-shine time check right there, buddy. Custom truck and auto shine. You'll find them at custom fargo.com, and they are more than just a detail shop. They offer a wide range of services from body shop to auto detailing to mobile and heavy equipment cleaning, semi-truck detailing, add-on and specialty services as well. Check them out at 3401 4th Avenue, South Fargo, just one block south of Swanson. equipment real quick before I get back to the phones here. I want to remind you our WDAY radio and aim 1100 of the flag. We want to celebrate and honor our local teachers and we're doing it again this year with a free lunch. So if you're a teacher or school staff member, join us here at our flag family media studios, 2852 Thunder Road South, right next to Thunder Road. It's going to happen this Wednesday, August 12th from 11 to 1 for the lunch. And we're going to have a wide variety of food trucks providing you free lunch. Games for the kids so you can bring the kids along. Prizes and a lot more. It's our way saying thank you for everything that you folks do. And I would like to thank our great sponsors. Thunder Road Minko Construction, Kingpins, U&D Alumni Foundation, and Glass, Dr. Otto. All right, so we're talking about Dean Wysaki. And his Jeep that isn't running right because, well, the check engine light's been on for 70 to 100,000 miles. And I was told, don't worry about it. So he comes strolling in my office. Hey, my car man, can you tell me what's wrong? Well, I'm not a mechanic, but.

When you tell me your check engine lights been on that long, you got a problem, pal. Is that supposed to mean something, that red light? I told me, you said, you know what, if it bothers you, put a piece of black tape over it, okay? Come on, man. So we're just talking some car fun this afternoon. You ever have a part fall off your car while you're driving down the road or maybe somebody else did? And also, have you... You got anything duct tape or tape holding something on your car together? 701, 2.9,000. Matt and Lidgerwood, you're up, Jay Thomas Show. Hey, thanks for taking my call, Jay. You got it, brother. Yeah, this isn't one falling off my car, but falling out of my car. Sure, that works. I actually work for, I actually worked for an auto parts distributor place where we distributed like Delco and Motorcraft parts to dealerships. Well, one summer there running a deal, you bought a truck, you got a free bedliner. So I had to haul like 30 bedliners in the back of a truck down to a dealership. Well, of course, I get like five miles on to the four-lane interstate, and the strap comes off, and all the bedliers, all 30 bedliners are strewn all over the freeway. Oh, man. Anybody pull over and help you? Yeah, one guy pulled over and helped me. I mean, luckily it didn't hit no cars. Everyone was pretty much watching. They were able to avoid them, but I was out there probably 45 minutes dragging bed liners off the freeway. Oh, that sucks, dude. That sucks. That does not sound like fun. Did you, were you able to keep your job? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Thanks, man. Appreciate it. Santa, Jay Thomas Show. Hey, two things. Jay. First thing, 94 is backed up past Veterans Boulevard eastbound. Again? And secondly, huh? Again. Again. Okay. Right now I'm doing maybe four miles an hour stop and go. About how, any idea how far that traffic's backed up? Past Veterans Boulevard, almost halfway to Cheyenne exit. Okay. And you're saying that's the eastbound side. Yep. Okay. All right. Heads up. Appreciate that. Yeah, second thing is, as for things falling off, my very first car, both bumpers were held on by bailing wire and duct tape. That was your first vehicle? That was my first vehicle. It was a six-cylinder running on four. The exhaust system was held on with soup cans and coat hangers. I got to ask what kind of car was it? It was a 1986 Ford escort. Oh, yeah, okay. Yeah, those were humdingers. Well, I'll tell you what, though, no matter how cold it got that car started. So what did you pay for this $10 jalopy?

50 bucks. I was close. I was going to send it to a junkyard. I was close. That's funny. Thanks, Santa. Appreciate it. Maybe that's why traffic's backed up on 94 Eastbound. Some bedliners? That or somebody's bumper fell off their 80s escort. Kevin J. Thomas Show. Yeah, hey, Jay. Hey. So as far as mechanics go, I always listen to my mechanic because it's my oldest son. Oh, good, go. And he wouldn't let me not listen to him. Yep. But I have a 22 Hyundai Tucson in about a year, year and a half ago. I was on I-29 North heading the Grand Forks and saw the red and blue lights behind me. I pulled over, and he asked if I knew that little plastic cover that covers the engine on the bottom. Yeah, it's... I flew off my car and hit the cop car. The skid plate? Yeah, that'd be the skid plate. Yeah, that'd be... Yeah, that's what it is. All the cars out there, that's the one you hit with your skin plate, the cop car. That's the one that hit. And, you know, it was funny because I saw, I thought I heard something, and I looked my rear mirror, and it looked like a plastic bag or something. And then I didn't even realize what the car was behind me. And then I could see, like, 10 seconds later, I see the lights. And he pulls over and he literally said to me, did I do that on purpose? And I was like, what? And then he told me what happened. And so I had to go back and get the part. But yeah. Wait a minute. Hold on. We got to back up a little bit here. So he literally asked you, did you do that on purpose? How would you have done that on purpose? Yeah, exactly. He goes, you know why I pulled you over? And I said, no. Because I wasn't speeding. And then he said, well, do you know what you just did? Did you do that at purpose? I said, what did I do? Oh, my. Because I thought, well, maybe I cut them off when I didn't see him. He goes, no, the part, something came playing out of my car. And I was like, what are you talking about? And we went back and looked, and it was the bottom plate of the engine. I still can't believe that he asked you if you did it on purpose, man. Purpose, yeah. I thought it. Yeah, yeah, I've got it. At least he had a sense of humor for it. Yeah, I've got a, I got it set up where I could just pull up. Skid plate, release lever. Yeah, release lever. Let that thing fly. That's funny, dude. Excellent. James Bond car. Thanks, Kevin. Appreciate it, brother. 701, 299,000. Roger J. Thomas Show. Good morning. How are you doing? Hey, what's up, Raj? Well, I got two funny ones. Okay. I had no money, but I needed a car. Me and my wife. scraped together and we bought this 62 Chevy headed back down towards the Twin Cities because I had a job waiting. No. Damn fan belt broke off it. Of course, it gets, you know, that runs the water pump. Yeah. Everything gets formed on it. Well, I told my wife has you got to take your panty holes off. Make a belt. I made a belt with her panty holes. We made it down in the Twin Cities. It's amazing how strong those pantyhoes are. It's amazing how strong those pantyhoes are. That's pretty strong when you roll them around in a circle and they put them on there. That's right.

They got hot, though, by the time we got down in Twin Cities, it was gone. I bet. All right, what's the second thing? Uh-huh. Didn't you have a second one? Oh, the second one, I was following, I'm a truck driver. I was following behind another truck and all of a sudden smoke come out of it and tires all locked up. He kind of slid sideways. I run up there and check to see what the heck happened. His flywheel come through the floorboard. Oh. Oh, that ain't good. That was a lucky. He was a lucky guy because he did not get hurt on it. Oh, he's really lucky. Roger, appreciate the phone call. Mapleton. It's Fuller. Hey, Fuller, Jay Thomas Show. Hey, what are you doing in the shop on a Friday? Oh, this is the best. This is the best of the Jay Thomas Show. You may even hear yourself. Exactly. That's amazing. Okay, I was working at Menards here a couple years ago, and a guy came in and got a one-piece shower surround, bath and shower surround, and it happened that we had two of them. Well, I printed him up a ticket. He went around back, called at home. And the next day he was in through the other one. I says, what happened? Oh, no. He says, I, yep, highway speed, wind, airplane. There was about an $800 deal. Well, evidently, he didn't strap it down. What the hell was he thinking? Thinking is the key word. Well, that's true. That's true. That's funny, dude. What a ride, guys. I love it. Yeah, exactly. Thanks, Fuller. Appreciate it. Years ago when I was working maintenance, when I got out of radio for a while, I had a bunch of doors, that brand new doors that we had picked up to... replacing one of the apartment complexes and I just threw him in the back of the truck and driving down the road and was at a stop sign and it hit the gas a little too hard. Oh. All of them. Just yard sale. Like six or seven of them flying out the back of the box. I had the tailgate down because they wouldn't fit in it otherwise. Yeah. Not all of them were destroyed, but a few were. Needless to say, I got my butt shoot out. 701-29-3-9,000 email studio, WDYRadio.com. Throw a five, I found Henan. Of course, I found him in the lunchroom. He's, uh, I want him to pop in here because I heard some crazy stories on his show today. Again, I was listening in and out, but I heard some crazy stories about AI data center stories out there where cows are what they're, they're, if they. If the cattle is by a data center, this is out of Texas, everything's being stillborn. Right. Suffering health problems. Horses banging their heads against. I got a, yeah, I got it. And I think that one was purportedly thrown out there by a local group that is anti-Data Center. But yeah, it's just. That's nuts. Todd's in Milner. Hey, Todd J. Thomas Show.

Hey, how are you doing today? Good. Well, okay, I'd do better, but I'm here at work. But I'm having fun. Well, I'm on my way to the lake, so I'm going to get there anyway. Nice. About 40 years ago, I had an S-10 extended cab pickup, really nice little pickup, and we were coming home from Fargo, coming through Colfax. And so I wasn't going that fast, but those railroad trucks used to be really bad. So we hit that really hard. Well, the next thing I know, like, there's a tire passing me on the shoulder. No, no, no. That's bring back some memories. So then I looked at, looked at memory of your mirror. There's nobody behind me. So I stopped. The tire kept going down the road. I got out and looked at all four of mine were on. Well, here when I hit that, you know, they used to have them cable wenches for your spare. Oh, okay. You know, I live out in the country, of course, it gets full of dirt and water, and the cable rusted off, and that's all it took and bust that. But how it ever got... upright and got the momentum to pass me, I will never know. That's crazy. Yeah, you figured it would just fall off and just drop on the road. I thought you were going to tell me you got out and your car sitting on three wheels instead of four. No, no. I thought, well, it looked like an S-10 tire. I thought, well, what the hell? That's funny. But yeah, so that defies physics as far as I know, but it passed me. That's hilarious, Todd. Appreciate the phone call. Enjoy the lakes, buddy. That's the experience I had. Now, this wasn't my car. Hang on, Sandra. I was young riding in a school bus, and I happened to be sitting on the side that had that wheel well, and I just happened to look over to my left and see a tire grab the bottom barbed wire of a fence, flip over it, and keep rolling from the ditch. Next thing I know, the bus drops down on the driver's side, starts skidding a little bit. We ended up losing both tires, and our superintendent was driving that day, and he should have got a metal. Because he was able to... Lucky. Yeah. We didn't turn the bus over. We just skid it to a stop. I remember we were a really young sister, myself, in the back seat. My mom, I stepped down in the front seat. Going around the corner out in what... It was called Curlocation. A little little town outside of him. Going around the corner and me or my sister in the back seat and no seatbelt on. Back then, you just didn't seatbelt up. And Ed goes around the corner. Backdoor flies open on the car. Oh, my mom moved so fast. Grabbing you? No, my sister. Oh, okay. Yeah, grabs my sister. Bernie Sanders and Horace. Jay Thomas Show. Hi, guys. Oh, isn't so funny. So years back at a very first house, we needed a shed. And we found one that was listed online really deep. And it was one of the little metal ones. You know, like if somebody bent the door, you never got it open again. Yeah. So we bought this shed. We were so proud of it. We drove up to the north side. I picked it up. Put it on our automobile trailer, that's what we had. And we didn't have any rats and straps. Oh, no. So we decided.

Yeah, well, we decided we would just pick our drill and drill screws into the wood base of the trailer. Not bad. And that should make it. Yeah. That should make it. We only have like 10 miles ago. And we were so proud of ourselves. I actually made my husband stop at one point so I could take a picture of our truck with that on it because we were so proud of it. Funny thing is, about three miles down the road, our son at the time who was six, started saying, it's never going to make it. It's never going to make it. And we kept telling him, it's like, sink positive. We got this. We're going to make it home. I was looking out the passenger window at the mirror, and all of a sudden there was sparks. Part of it had fallen off, and we drug it for about a good 50 yards, sparks. And then it rolled, and we jumped out, went over to it, and it was like one big. ball of metal it was like oh my god what do we do so we just shoved it in the ditch jumped in the car and took off oh you left in the ditch yeah it was useless at that point and um let the county pay for it well so what did you pay for this uh what did you pay for this free uh shed Probably like 50 bucks, you know, plus a couple two-by-fourths to try to keep it, you know, shoot down. But our son still teases us about that. That's fantastic. I love it. Sondra, appreciate the phone call. Have a great weekend. I got a ton of emails. We'll get to those as well. It's 253. Yeah, what? About that time, huh? Yeah, I hit it. Okay. Yeah, why not? Do it. There you go. Caller number nine, you will be our next qualifier for the Las Vegas getaway to go see. It's going to be an awesome football game. Our favorite football team, the green and gold in Vegas. And that's going to include your airfare hotel and 2VIP tickets, 50-yard line. 701-2-9,000. Caller 9. You'll be our next qualifier. All right, 254 when we come back. I got a ton of emails. We're going to talk to Henan for a little bit and try to continue to have fun this afternoon. Jay Thomas Show. This should be our flock camera walk-up music. Oh, well, listen. I mean, that's... There you go. I mean, that's the new connection now. These are all specifically being built. to run the millions of flock cameras that will be installed to surveil all of us. It's just, it's all madness is what it. Did you see that I'm not going to say it on the air because I don't want to give people any idea. But there's a new hack out there. Somebody figured out when it comes to the flock cameras where they can't, they can't read your license plate, but you can still see the license plate. And I'll say this. It's a brilliant idea, but I'm not going to give the information out. I don't want to piss off law enforcement all over the region. But it's like, okay.

You're a smart dude, man. That's pretty, that's pretty genius. All right. 307J. Thomas Shaw, this is not the best of them actually here this afternoon. 701, 2.9-3-9,000, no matter how you listen, where you listen, whether it's 1090, the flag in Tyoga, 1,100 the flag here in the east, or a flagship 970 WDAY, or the app or the smart. Thank God for the app because I got up this morning. I roll over. Look at the alarm clock. Well, it's not on. What do it? Alex, shut the unplugged the clock. But we had no power. Power was out for about... Oh, you did? Just under 3,000 of us out in West Fargo. No kidding. I didn't have any power. I don't know what time it went out. Finally, they said about 9.15, he'd be back on, but they had it up and going by like 7.30. So it said, well, crap. Oh, that's right. I got the app, man. So I just turned on the app. Scott Hannan. What's going on, pal? You're here on a Friday, too. I am. And I'm fine with flock cameras, just so you know. I have no problem with them. No problem. Catch bad guys. That's right. Yeah. And I live by the Indy 500 of South Fargo. You and Ronnie both. I'd love to have them nab a few of those noise polluters. They can't with them, not in North Dakota, because the police have to witness it to be able to do anything about it. All right, so I had John in the office this morning like I usually do, and I was on the phone a lot this morning. Well, my guests I had lined up today canceled because it was a nice Friday, so I'm scrambling, you know. But you were talking AI data centers. We talk about a lot here. And was I hearing some like... crazy stories about calves being stillborn because they live next to a data center. I think something about horses banging their heads against the walls. I'm like, come. Get off the internet. Do not use Facebook as a source for your information. Exactly. No, we got a call from a listener. And the question was simply this. North Dakota is number three in the nation for available energy. Energy is what... generates the compute or the knowledge that powers our insatiable appetite for AI, which we're already using. We're the ones that bring, we're the ones that bring it on. Yeah. This is to feed our insatiable appetite for technology. Anyway, so my point is, okay, we're 26 out of 50 in the country for actual data center development, but we're third and available energy. Other states are saying no, pumping the brakes. I see this as a good opportunity for North Dakota. Let's answer questions that come up. Let's not take any question. It's a bad question. Let's dig into it. So somebody calls and says, you know, did you hear that a data center built down in Texas near a ranch? And this guy is a rancher down there has lost all of his calves. He said, stillborn calves. Every one of them. That was the actual claim. Okay. Every calf after a data center arrived. So. I said, interesting. I'd not heard anything about that. Because one of the things I've said is, you know, all these things that are proposed that are going to happen. You used one example that was thrown out there recently on a quote-unquote data center town hall that the noise was going to cause horses to bang their head against the war. You know, so you can just say pretty much anything. My only, okay, like where is that happening? I mean, the data centers are everywhere right now. They are. We have 4,500 in the United States because somebody real quick, I don't mean you interrupt you about it.

Somebody said, Jay, how is this an AI race with China? We have 4,500 data centers, and China has 450. It is because China, they have 450 because they've figured out a way to do it where you don't need all these big buildings using stacks or whatever it is. They're a communist regime. They do not need government. They are the only authority. When it comes to building these things. The point of this one, this guy's saying, look, we have 4,500 in the United States. They only have 450, so how is this a race? It is because it's a big race. It's a huge race. Here's why I would tell you. 2016, China said, we're going to win this race. 2016, none of us had even heard the term AI. No. And they treat their data center infrastructure like they were to interstate highway or a power line. Okay, that's how they're thinking of it. That's their mentality there. A railroad, right? They're thinking that way. And so they've started this, you know, you hear about the coal plant a month that they build and all these coal plants. They're way ahead of us on energy. The 4,500 to 450 claim, I don't know, but what are the size of the 450 vertices? Well, you know, a data center could be very small. Well, that's what this is. What I'm saying is, is. They don't need 4,500 to get as much stuff packed into their buildings. They don't need big buildings. They figured out a way to do it better. And then they want to be able to be the ones that do the restrictions. They want to be the global power on this, decide, okay, this is how they're. restrictions are going to work and all that. It is a race. Here's the addendum I would say to that. Everything I've read, they may have 500, 400, 400, 500 to our 4,500. They are not beating us on quality when it comes to putting these data centers together. But everything I have also watched on every tech channel and, you know, Fox Business, CNN, I've watched all these tech reports. They're claiming that China is ahead of us. to the point where at any time they could, it would only take about six months and they could vault ahead of us. Yeah, plus they also export their data center technology to also to developing countries and stuff that, you know, they do that. They're going to control that. Here's the bottom line. Either we win or China wins. Who do you want to win? Us. Yeah. And I mean, this is why if you go to a great... resource on this is something that White House set up very early on in the Trump administration, AI.gov. And AI.gov tells you about all the Trump administration initiatives to make sure we win in the space and have global dominance. So it's a big challenge. Anyway, I think the biggest impediment to these things being built is objections from people. That's why there's all these states that have pumped the brakes or put on moratoriums, which I see is an opportunity for North Dakota. You know, okay, let's get the facts. So somebody calls today and says cows are dying, calves are dying, all still born next to data center. So I'm like, oh, had not heard this, but let me do a little checking to it. 30 seconds later, I find out that this claim...

is coming from an unnamed rancher in Texas. Oh, oh, I see. So we don't even know who this guy is, okay? Because actually another listener called in and said, well, here's the deal. There are really well-regarded research centers related to any animal that dies. It'll do the research to say, okay, why did it die? You know, obviously veterinarians, NDSU does an amazing job of this. Is there a strain of this? Is there a strain of that? So there'd be ways to verify, like, Did the data center in noise or what exactly caused this be out there? Well, anyway, it turns out it's one of these deals where a political candidate in Texas who was... running for Ag Commissioner, I guess, down there, said that he heard about a guy. Oh, I know a guy that knows a guy. Yeah, there was a rancher. And nobody knows his name. Okay. Nobody's gone out there and verified. This guy's not even been named by any money, anybody. He did not name the farmer, identify the facility, provide the number of cows involved, give us veterinary records, lab results, government investigation, nothing concrete whatsoever. This would have been all... over the news the animal rights activists would have been all over this and there's nothing so and here's here's my my wish whatever you think is something that would be nefarious about data centers um don't just believe the one thing you see. I think what's, you know, this is kind of just human nature. You think, see? Yeah. I thought those data centers are bad. Their cabs are dying. And, you know, it's easily, I also said this. Okay, all the horrible things they say happen. There's 500 of these in Texas, right? There's 400 in Virginia. There's hundreds of them in Arizona. I mean, they're all over the place. Yes. I think one of the reasons that some of these stories run away is early on some of the crypto mining facilities did increase power. Yes, they did. We're too loud. did have lights that disturbed neighbors. So I think... Didn't even think of that. You know, that's part of the reason people are going, like, and I always say that's data center, 1.0, I'm not 2.0, but... Oh, it's different now. Yeah. Look, look, I have no problem with... Look, look, we're having these meetings. You're in a small town, whether it's Ellen Dale, the Harwood, whatever. If it was my small town and this big behemoth was coming in, yeah, I would be concerned. I'd have questions. But I'm not going to go looking for those answers on Facebook. Right, I'm going to go to the public forums, and I would say one company in particular that's operating in our area has gone over and above to hold public forums to answers people's questions. Exactly. The other thing, Scott, I find a little bit ironic. Hang on cards.

about the situation you described in Texas is we happen to have an opposing Ag Commissioner candidate running now, quote-unquote ambulance chaser that's going out to almost every site that's being set up as well in claiming some of the same things about water usage and other things. Yeah, well, nobody ever accused Vern Thompson being smart. Oh, man, what? I'm just saying. But, you know, and it's probably the same thing in Texas. I mean, Texas is obviously a red state, every statewide elected leaders are Republicans. So, you know, playing on fears of people, whatever. My thing is, you know, okay, you say this is going to happen. Yeah. What is your source for that? And if it's, you know, I saw on Facebook that it's hard stop. Yeah, exactly. It's over. Arlene, you're up, Jay Thomas Show. Oh, boy. I found another far. I know, guys, I'm a birth of farmer down here. And so you know, I'm going to rough on this like flies on, you know what. I love it. So another one, another one that gave his name that even went to a council meeting claiming the same. The problem I have once again is in the beginning, and you guys probably are farmers, Ronnie, you might remember this. Stray voltage. These farmers were running around screaming about stray voltage. It's ruining my cows. It's causing them to abort. It's wrecking havoc on my milking, and it became true. So that's what I'm saying. Find out. Follow this crap. As I said to Scott this morning, follow it. I told him North Dakota has huge labs. I could send a cap in that died right now. and say, what's wrong with this cap? And within a week, North Dakota, you would get back to my vet. If I called my vet right now and I said, oh, my gosh, all 80 of my cows aborted, my vet would be in my yard in five minutes and maybe it would take longer than a week to find out. But he would have an answer for me. He would say, oh, my gosh, the other thing is, in this day and age of these steers. And these heifers being $3,000, $4,000, $5,000 apiece, nobody could, if we lost all of our calves, we would be out of business. You would also see our cows following to the sale barn going, you know, because he couldn't afford them. Yeah. So why aren't they following up when you got somebody now with his name out here saying, his farm leaves farmed it since 1870? Yeah. So we need to know one way or the other. In my state, I told, go ahead. Like I said earlier with Scott Arlene, it's like, you know, if somebody in this country was losing every one of their calves are being stillborn, this would be all over the news. The animal rights groups would be all over this. This would be plastered everywhere. Unfortunately, Jay, they would be celebrating because they don't want us to farm. Well, that's true, too. They like this stuff. They don't want any. I mean, my husband says don't answer anything to do with animal rights. You just stay out of there. They'll be in our yard tomorrow. They will. They will. They need to follow up.

As I said to Scott, follow up because I'm sorry, as a rancher, you're talking. My steers sold for $3,000 apiece. That's a whole lot of money, and a data center is moving next door to me. I'm going to be a concern. I'm going to want to know everything it can do to my animals because they're a lot more sensitive than we are. The cows that aborted from stray voltage back in the 60s. Those guys ended up being right, and everybody thought they were idiots. I'm not saying this farmer's right. I'm saying prove me wrong. Prove him wrong. Do it. Let's go. Let's get this guy. Let's see all the one that's lost all these calves. Why can't we find this guy? We don't even have his name. Yeah. We got to, you know. This guy is Alton Fowler, whose family. land in Texas and he's saying he's had similar. He doesn't say he lost all of them, but he's saying he had similar livestock issues, whatever that means. So we can read into that, right? We can, I don't know what that means. Maybe his cows trip one day in the morning and now he's blaming it on the data center. I don't know, but it needs it for our sake, not for the animals so much. I love my cattle, but it's going to be for the safety of the people that are around there. If it's safe, go for it, guys. Go for it. But if it's not. Don't make us go through stray voltage and hundreds of thousands of dollars and people going to court. I think there's two things. Thanks, Arlene. Thanks, Arlene. Thank you, Arlene. Thank you. 7-1-293-9,000. Hang on, Santa, you're going to be next. Here's something interesting. Kevin O'Leary is part of a big data center that's being done in Utah. And there's a great piece. I played it this morning from him. He has like 13, 14, 14 million social media followers across a bunch of platforms. And the day this data center in May was announced, he had like 10x, 50x increase in all of his social media. So he gets his data team together and said, like, what? How did this happen? Well, long story short, they followed all these IP addresses, which are from all over and tied them to shadowy groups with fancy names. Many of them funded by adversaries of ours, like from China. Okay. So why would China want to... infiltrate social media here and platforms to say all these horrible things are going to come from data centers because they don't want us to win this race. They don't want us to win this. They're trying to poison public opinion. The other thing I'd say, do a little research, and I did on this, electricity. when it was first introduced, right? So think of this AI technology as akin to, you know, the telephone, the airplane, electricity. After electricity was first introduced late 19th, early 20th century, towns strongly opposed it. They said, no, we don't want it. Yeah. I mean, they said there were going to be fires. They say, you know, and interestingly enough, here's another piece. Oil and gas companies. didn't want the electricity to be used. So they were putting out things about how bad it was. So, again, I think this is understandable in that people fear something that's new. I mean, that's human nature. But just, again, we look back on electricity now. Does anybody say, no, keep electricity out of my community? It happened. Yeah, if you watch that, the, what is it, the men that built America on History Channel, there's one about electricity. And, yeah, everybody just, oh, my God, no, we can't have this.

They actually thought it was like voodoo, magic, and it was just terrible. There was a huge fight between, what was it, Nikola Tesla and Edison, about alternating current or direct current. Ron, Grand Forks, Jay Thomas Show. Jay, you should watch who you're hanging around with there. You got Henan in there? Yeah, he came, he came to see. You got to pick the stray ones up every once in a while, dude. There you go. Okay, so I got a question for you first. Yeah. On the AI. Who's it protecting? Who's it protect? I don't know what you mean when you're asking that question. Who's it protecting? Scott, you're saying this is, we need to stay ahead of this, you know, ahead of China. What's AI doing for the United States? What's it doing? Well, first of all, AI is an American-made technology. We are ahead in the actual invention of it, as well as the chips that fuel it. We're not on energy. If you look at 10 different things, they lead on about six or seven, and we're at about three or four. So I would just ask you this, this technology, this emerging technology, do you believe in the United States of America, we would use it for a force for good? And do you believe China would use it as a force for bad? I believe they would. So that's why I say we need to win this race to protect ourselves against China, who would love nothing more than to annihilate the United States of America and take every tool to do it. Okay, fair enough. The thing behind it that bothers me is I'm not an O'Leary fan. You guys, I mean, you disagree with me on that. There's a little bit of history there. I'm not going into it. But here's the deal. If you look at the major forces and the investments behind this, that's the concern I've got because it's tied to about three major guys who I'm a Trump supporter, who he has helped an awful lot on this. Peter Thiel's one. There's others. So the problem I've got is, Scott, when you get the government involved and you know they're going to be involved, my concern with this, what's the nefarious side? Because I told you this morning when I sent you a text. Does the Department of Homeland Security when that was created? 11 days after 9-11, they protected us? Look at this country. So that's my concern. I'm not disagreeing with you 100% on the AI technology. But the government is involved behind it. The investment is behind it, which is through the government to a degree. And our country's gone to hell. Our Department of Homeland Security doesn't protect us. We've got illegals all over this country. So that's my concern. I would say one thing you could say on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security is that there has not been another 9-11, which is why it was stood up. But the border crisis was, of course, an administration that said, hey, come on, baby. You're welcome to come on in. But they're all over this country. They're all over the – look at Minneapolis. I understand. But what I'm saying is the Department of Homeland Security was told to stand down. That was the Biden. That was the Biden administration that said, you know.

You can't do this. So that's what happened. How many have been arrested? How many of these guys that came across the border in four years? Over thousands of military guys which dealt the force, retired guys will tell you, are all over this country. Who's gone to jail? Well, not enough. Not enough. I mean, a ton, but not enough. Well, I don't know where the ton is because every time I see a rape and a kid, I see an illegal, nobody's going to jail. Oh, there's, there's. I'm sorry to get upset over this, but this is getting ridiculous. Well, but I think there's a, they're getting me of jails. They catch them. I actually got a story. I don't know if I'm going to get to it today, but I see that Department of Homeland Security has yet purchased three more massive prisons. to start housing. One in Minnesota, Appleton, Minnesota. That's what we're going to talk about. Private facility that's specific for... The town may be getting screwed because of this. Because now it's federal property, you can't tax them. No more property tax coming out of that facility. Things canceled now. It's empty. Well, no, it's been bought. That thing was valued at $14 million. The federal government just purchased it for just under $500 million. Explain that. I got the story right there. In Appleton, Minnesota? In Appleton, Minnesota. There's a legislator down there. Why would you pay $500 million for a prison that's valued at $14 million? That's... That's like, you know, the $1,000 toilet seats. Ron, I got a roll, buddy. I got another Ron. I got Santa. Hang on. I got a ton of email. 701, 293, 9,000. Did you say Santa? Santa. Santa. Santa, Santa. Santa's one of our long-time list. Santa's calling. See what list you're on, pal. 701-293-9,000 are Thorpe Building Studio line. Hang on callers, Ron. He's getting the calls as fast as he can. We'll be right back. Doing some little on-the-fly research after Arlene's call about this stray electric or stray voltage. Yes. This is crazy stuff. I guess it was really bad in the 70s and 80s. It was. A lot of cats. Wow, man. Learned something new every day. But when it comes to cattle and AI data centers. We'll get into that because there are concerns now and I'm like, oh, okay, yeah, if I was, if I was rancher and cattle, I'd be concerned about one of these things coming by me. I want more information, like she said, you know, find out everything. 701-29-3-9,000 was, yeah. The other thing, too, is I think Arlene and Scott were saying the same thing. I think Scott is saying, yes, if the cattle or if the steer died. Take him into the University of Texas A&M and get it analyzed and then give us the answer. And I don't hold anything against these folks that are going to these meetings, whether it's in Mandan or Elandah, wherever these centers are going up. Yeah. I would be, too, if I'm, you know, small down. You should be. You know, I'm like, okay, what is going?

What is this thing? I want answers. Yeah, but you need, you know. Don't get those answers off Facebook or TikTok. And I think that's what everybody else is asking. Like, do your own research. Go to the actual public comment period. Ask questions. But don't believe that everything about these things is the boogeyman because you heard a guy, heard a guy who heard a guy. Exactly. Let's go out to Judd. Hey, Dana, you're up. Jay Thomas Show. Hey, good afternoon, everybody. What's going on? The deal with the data centers. The people got so many concerns, and this is why. They snuck this thing in behind our backs. They've been working on it for the last 10 to 15 years with Nextera and the power companies and the power grid. And then now they put these NDA, the non-disclosure agreements in effect. So anybody that does want to find something out, they go and they ask their commissioners or the county and the city. And they shrug their shoulders and shake their head and say, I don't know. They don't say, I can't talk because I sign this stupid NDA agreement. Well, the NDA agreement, that was an issue up here in the one going up at Harwood. People were pissed because, you know, these NDAs were signed by, you know, elected leaders. And they're like, wait a minute. How can you do this and not be able to tell us what's going on? And the reason. for the NDA is because they don't want the competition, whether it's, you know, applied digital, wherever the company is, they don't want the competition knowing what they're doing so the competition tries to, you know, get that land and pay more and I'll bid them for it. That's part of, but I get the frustration too. If I go to my elected later, I'm like, hey, what's going on here? Well, I can't tell you. That's, that doesn't sit well with people. And it's the people's money. They have all the right in the world to know exactly what's going on. And that's what's got to happen. And also when they talk national security, well, the iPhones are made in China. The computers are made in China. We're getting all this stuff. So don't tell me that's what feeds the data centers. So they've got access to everything we're doing anyway. And then this one in Mandan, it's an Israeli company that's buying the land and putting it up. Come on, you guys. You're just running in circles, filling the people full of crap, and they're not buying it. I thought, didn't we do, I thought, didn't we do something here in North Dakota, like last legislative sessions where other countries couldn't buy our, foreign companies couldn't own land here? Yeah. Yeah, they're talking about China and not being able to on farmland, and then they're turning around and selling this, you know, on and on and on. Oh, we say one thing, but go out and not China, so it's okay. I thought it was any foreign country. I thought it was any foreign country. Right. People are tired of it. Wake up, you legislators. Were you at the meeting last night in Mandan? Yes, I was. How was the turnout?

The place was basically packed. There was some empty chairs, but very few. And it was good. There was a lot of people that gave testimony and remarks, and everybody was well-behaved. Good. Good. And that's a thing. As long as you're reasonable. And start raising hell, that's going to get you nowhere. That's not going to help you with your battle, whether you're for or against them. If you go there and you just, you know, you act like an adult, things. You know, things are going to get accomplished a lot better than taking the other route. So do you feel like when questions, so I got to believe there are representatives there from this company that wants to build this data center and others. When the questions were asked, do you feel like, hey, okay, yeah, we're getting answers here? No. Okay. They listened. But like I said, well, they signed NDAs. So they shrug their shoulders and shake their head. But the people that did testify, there was a lot, a lot of good points that were brought out. Was there anybody from this data company there? I don't think so. There was a banker, and Vern Thompson was there. And then there was a lady that was representing the meeting on a couple ladies. But I don't think there was any digital people. See, and that's a huge mistake right there. You've got to give kudos to it. And this is not applied digital. It wants to go on where you're at Applied Digital in Harwood and Ellendale. The representatives, and we were talking the top dogs, the president right down, are showing up in these small towns and answering the questions. And in some cases, taking horrific heat from people who have heard things all over the internet. that are not true, but they're shouting vitriol at these places, but yet the representatives from Applied Digital have stood up and answered questions in a public forum. And we have had their representatives on the air numerous times. Well, in your case, Dana, keep going to those meetings. People got to keep showing up. And honestly, if I were you folks... I'd be demanding to your leaders, whether it's on a county level, city level, state level, that they get somebody's arse down there at these meetings like Applied Digital has done and start answering questions. One more thing, please. Yeah. When they have this special session, and I want you guys to follow up on this, too, there's a rumor going around that the legislature is going to try to exert, take away all the power from the counties and the townships on these data centers. Not true. Not true. They're not doing anything with data centers in this session. It is 100% crate them. That is it. In the next session here. We'll find out.

Keep an eye on that so they don't X the people out completely and just say, well, you're going to, just like they're doing now, it's here, it's yours, forget it. All right. Well, check into it, Dana. Appreciate it. Paul Graham Forks, Jay Thomas Show. Hey, thanks for taking my call. Hey, buddy. I've got a question. You guys been talking about that data center in Arwood quite a while, and I drive by it about four days a week. You know. The thing I don't understand is you got this building, and it's collecting data. What data are they collecting that they need 300 acres to build a building on? They put, and I'm building like 1,200 of these things all over the United States. Well, data storage, and that's about, you know, I mean, I'm lucky I even know how to. text message on my phone. This stuff is so far over my head, but it's basically, yeah, it's just, they collects the early. The early versions of these things were built for crypto mining cryptocurrency. A lot of the ones that are being built now are signing agreements. For example, one company, Oracle. It's for data storage, but you need a lot of building space and server space. And then you've got to keep them cool, et cetera, et cetera. And that's why it's so hot up here. I mean hot, I mean, that's why this is the place where these companies want to build the data centers because of our cold weather here. It's easier to keep these things cool. Yeah, it's... Yeah, I guess. I'm not kind of layman on it. But another question, too, is I've been hearing this for like 10, 15 years. You pick up your smartphone, and they always claim that smartphone you have has more computer capacity than the computer had when they put the astronauts on the moon. True. And the computer they had back then would fill a gym. Oh, it was massive. Massive. They were massive. Technology, everything's getting smaller, and it seems like this is kind of going the other direction. Well, because, again, I mean, AI artificial intelligence is, you know, used in almost everything now. And it's not new. I mean... Artificial intelligence has been around. How long has the 60s? I mean, look at Alexa. How long has Alexa been around? That's artificial intelligence. It's not new, but it's just it's being used more often. I watched a documentary this past weekend on public television about the early version of AI that developed the robot that would react to touching objects, backup, turnaround. That became the Roomba. vacuum that you see today, which is artificial intelligence. It's crazy stuff, Paul. It is. Go back to the air of CB radios and walkie-talkies. Come back. Much simpler. Much simpler. Thanks, brother. Appreciate it. Santa J. Thomas Show.

Hey, Jay, a couple things. First off, that one about government or foreign governments or entities not buying farmland. That was around, they come up with that to prevent them from buying farmland around our military bases. Okay, so it was just around bases? Just specifically for that. Yeah, because up there in Grand Forks, they just heard that. I remember that, yeah, yeah. We know all about Grand Forks, yeah. Yeah, so that's why they came out with that rule that no foreign entities can buy farmland within 100 miles of a military base. Okay, it was a wrong. Okay, all right, number one, number two. Number two is when it comes to AI, I see online all these stories about how these AI models are breaking free of their constraints and attacking other AI company models and stuff like that and how they're breaking free of their restraints and they're being uncontrolled. And every time I read those stories, I have to start laughing, but then I start thinking about the Matrix, I robot, the Terminator movies, you know? It's all coming to fruition is what you're saying. But hey, it's up to you or you decide that. There you go, San. I appreciate it. Jerry Dilworth, Jay Thomas Show. Well, okay, I miss part of the show, so I'm coming early or late, I guess. All right. Okay, well. Well, just so you know, just just just so you know, because you came in late. Yeah. So $5 fine. I'm actually here today. This is not the best of. Okay, go ahead. So anyway, they complain about these data centers and everything. But back in the early 70s, I actually worked in the pyramid in the coma. There was a computer down there that was unbelievable. I mean, it was huge. All these RSL sites have computers in them. They were huge. No one said a word about that. Well, and there also wasn't social media back then. Well, no, there wasn't. Rumors can get. You know, I was, I worked down in there in the pyramid when I was out of high school. And I mean, this, and I'm 70 years old and I'm fine. I didn't suffer. And I was standing right there standing in the doorway of this thing. I mean, the computer down there was massive. Well, yeah, back then they were huge. No twitching, you don't walk funny, anything like that? No, it's just a third eye in the back of his head. He doesn't know about it. But this is what it always gets me, and I'm really surprised nobody has looked at that for a data center. Yeah, I don't know. What do they do with that pyramid? I've driven by it once. It's pretty cool. It's empty, yeah, as far as I know. It's empty, and it's half full of water. But, well, the last person out shut the pump off. Could you imagine the man cave you could make out of that thing? Well, it's interesting you bring that up, Jake, because we know a number of the other missile sites around the country. Now, Oscar Zero is a tourist attraction.

But some of these other ones people are bought and turned into apartments, yeah. Well, the one that's up north by Cavalier, in fact, I donated some pictures to this guy, RSL3. Because see, my dad put the missiles in. Oh, okay. Wow. So I had a lot of photographs that are declassified down and everything, so I donated it to him. But, yeah, they... That's another tourist site. But the pyramid, they were talking about that, but it just, I mean, it is damp. It's, I mean, you can't even imagine what it was like inside there. I mean, there were six gigantic generators. I mean, if you look at a picture, a global earth picture, there's a big round deal. That was full of water to cool the computers. Cool, to cool it off, yeah. Yeah, so I don't understand where all this trouble is with these people are throwing a fit because they built it in the 70s and not a person said a word about it. Jerry, appreciate the phone call. I'll go back again. Back then, we didn't live in a world that you live in now where you have access to instant information, whether it's right or wrong. People can spread rumors. You have social media. You just didn't have that back then. And look, things were built back then that we found out years later, not saying it's permanent specific, but... Found out years later that, yeah, it was bad. During the break, last break from caller Arlene, when she brought up that, what is it, stray voltage. So I looked up, looked into that. This first time I ever heard of this. That says, yeah, stray voltage, often called stray electricity, did cause health problems and in extreme cases or prolonged exposures, death in cattle, particularly starting heavily in the 70s and 80s as farms became heavily electrified. He says that cows have a much lower electrical resistance and are far more sensitive to electricity than humans. Small voltages that people can't feel can shock a cow standing on damp concrete or touching metal milking equipment. Yeah, and that's what was causing a lot of issues. Now, we had... the giant electric lines taking high power across the Midwest to other power transmission lines. And the assertion with those was EMF or RF. RF doesn't do anything. And it never did. And I asked my mother, and yeah, to my knowledge, we never lost one cow or steer. And they walked around in the South pasture under those things all the time. Now lightning strikes, yeah. It goes on and tells how stray voltage harmed cattle, lower productive. Chronic exposure to tiny shocks as low as 1 to 4 volts caused cows to stop drinking water. reduced feed intake and dropped milk production. Cows became skittish, danced or stepped around constantly in the parlor or refused to enter milking stalls. Of course, they were afraid. Severe or continuous ground currents caused deep stress, immune dysfunction, reproductive failure, and sometimes sudden death where animals dropped right where they stood.

During the 80s and 90s, hundreds of dairy farmers sued rural electric cooperatives and power companies claiming that the stray voltage from faulty utility grounding or bad farm wiring was ruining their herds and causing mass deaths. And that's what Tarleen was referring to, yeah. While many farmers and independent investigators documented dead and crashing herds tied to electrical currents, power utilities often argued that standard science and low voltage thresholds could not physically kill a cow leading to intense historical battles. Well, come to find out, the power companies, they were wrong. That's interesting. I did not know that. Now, the other addendum to that is there's a study there on the Center for Rural Policy, and I believe it was backed up by National Institutes of Health, while RF and EMF can't kill cattle. in some way it could potentially change their rudimentary, like what direction they're pointing when they feed, all this kind of stuff. Well, when we come back, can data centers harm cattle? I'll have that answer on the other side. You're going to be surprised, Jay Thomas Show. I wish I knew. No. Why doesn't it turn out be a fun Friday? Maybe I should show up more off on Fridays. Oh, let me check the Sturgis cams. Holy smokes. Oh, yeah. Center of the street just full of bikes? No, not just the center. Oh, okay. Well, we know there'll be some rock and roll music there. I'm sure there is tonight, too, but we know Sammy Hagar is at the full throttle tomorrow. Yes, he is. Jay J. J. J. J. Javishel, our number three, it's coming up on 407, 701, 2993,000. Email studio at WDY Radio Now. Laney Wilson tore it up, I'm told, at Weefest last night, Bell Bottom Country and Heart like a Truck. So she's playing there, then she's at Sturgis, too. I guess so, yeah. His co-workers band Count 77's opening for. You told me that yesterday, yeah. Also. I found out one of the headliners, ironically, appearing at this year's Wee Fest. We know somebody else who has a little shack over there in the Lakes Country area. Thomas Rett, one of the headliners. Yep. Well, he also appears in the final episode of one series called Ransom Canyon. Oh, really? Yeah. So. So listed or sent me a picture. One of the, you know, you've. Got the Viking campground, which is very popular at Weefest. Yeah. What's the other one, Northwood? But an aerial shot of Viking campground looks dead. I mean dead. I don't know when this picture was taken. It looks like maybe 19 hours. Dead. Okay. Wow. Um, let's see. Did it do, where do I want to? I got spoiled. The only year I ever went, I got in that VIP section that was right behind the stage. So it's tough to be. Aren't you special? Tough to beat that, you know, free food, free drink tickets, air-conditioned camper. Yeah, that's roughen it. That's the only way Alex would camp.

Let me get caught up on emails here, and then I'm going to, the details are out, and this is so disturbing. These kids that were allegedly murdered by their mother in Mandan last night. And I, when you see the story, it's like, I don't even know how to... It's horrible. But we better have some leaders in this state questioning child protective services out there in Bismarck, Mandan area. 1,000%. This is crazy. 701-29-39,000. Oh, by the way, just a heads up. Sunday in Fargo downtown. There's going to be road closures in parking restrictions, and that is for the 26 Pride Parade. That'll be Sunday. Okay. So go to the city of Fargo's website. All the information will be on there. All right. Before I get to the emails, okay, data centers, should there be a concern when it comes to if you're a ranch or farmer and your cattle? Here's what I was able to dig up. And again, I have no problem with people asking questions. Like I said, I would too if one of these things was going to be plopped down to my backyard. I'd want to know everything. AI data centers are not directly toxic or lethal to cattle through radiation or airborne emissions. But there's a but.

They can harm livestock's health, breeding, and farm viability. While viral social media claims of sudden cattle deaths or infertility lack scientific confirmation, ranchers are facing tangible challenges regarding noise, water, and heat. Data centers run massive industrial cooling fans and backup generators 24-7. They say because cattle have a wider hearing range than humans, this constant background noise can severely affect them. Now, I know the one in Ellendale, there were issues with noise. And then they put up, didn't they put a big barrier? In response to the community's concerns, they put an additional buffer along with big walls, noise dampening walls on top of that. Yeah.

This says in localized rural disputes, such as cases reported by Texas ranchers, constant low-frequency noise has been linked to elevated stress hormones causing cattle to lose up to 30% of their body weight and refusing to breed. This prolonged noise exposure elevates herd heart rates and disrupts natural feeding and sleep cycles. And you know that's bad for cattle. You grew up. It is, yeah. So there are concerns there. So, yeah, so there's, you know, the other concern is the loss of prime grazing land. This is aside from the physical health data centers present an economic danger to livestock operations. This is tech conglomerance, heavily outbid local farmers for land, fragmenting grazing pastures and pushing cattle producers out of prime agricultural zones. That's what I was able to dig up. So people have rightful concerns without a doubt. That particular detail, especially so. And again, it means you need to attend these meetings and have your concerns answered in a respectful manner. But when you are where some of these we've seen people, we've seen city council members lives threatened and other. And that's not going to get you anywhere. No, you're crossing a line. Emails, Jay, the exact same lies floated around when the large cross-country power lines were going in. Mill cows quit giving milk. Caves were stillborn. Horses were running in circles, going through fences, running into buildings, etc. Constant ringing in the ears of people, many other wild and unbelievable stories. Well, we looked up the stray electricity, and that did cause problems back in the 80s, 70s and 80s. But again, the problem is people believe some believe everything they read or on social media or they're told because a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend said this. And it only takes one person. If one person gets the wrong information about what the original story was, which is stray electricity. Another person will spread it, and then by the time it gets to the third person, it's EMF, RF, and it's misinformation now. Let's see. I'm just trying to get all the AI ones out of the way. Jay, when it comes to AI, nobody wins. It is the doom of humanity. It is already destroying on average 20,000 jobs every month. Look that up, Ronnie. If AI is destroying an average of 20,000 jobs every month, dismissing any and all criticism as just as just morons falling for Chinese propaganda is gross and I'm tired of it. You're using AI right now when you're messaging me. Let's see. Okay, let's read his email. Jay, oh, is Jessica ready? I'll get back to the emails here in a second. Let's go over to Valley News Live. Check in with Jessica, what's going on, Jess? Hey, well, following that story, you just mentioned a few minutes back. Oh, this is so disgusting. Yeah, it's heartbreaking. Yeah, I'm going to tell people this right now when I give the details on a story course more tonight on Valley News Live. I'll give you a heads up because you're probably, you may not want to hear this, but I.

I hope when it's all said and done, there is some serious questioning when it comes to child protective services out there in the Bismarck area, because this just is so wrong, so wrong. Yeah, and it's a hard read. So for anyone who just kind of wants to get an overview of it, we'll have that tonight. You don't have to go through all of the details necessarily, because like I said, it's a very heartbreaking story. Of course, that's one of our top ones, unfortunately. And what I don't like is I already see that the trolls are out in full force and they're just ripping into the father. And it's like, you morons. Did you read the details? It's a sad story. What else you guys have tonight? There's the first human case of West Nile virus confirmed in North Dakota. Oh, we just had a gentleman we were talking about yesterday. You're talking about, have you ever been bitten or stung by a bug and what were the effects and tons of calls? But one gentleman called, he got West Nile virus and he suffered for a long time. He's lucky he's still alive. Wow. Yeah, that's always one of my fears going outdoors for a long period of time if you're going camping. No. You have a bonfire and you just get bitten once. Well, speaking of a bonfire, that's what kicked that whole topic off yesterday. I don't know if you saw the story, the mom in Kansas, out her husband of the kids out camping for a week and sitting around the bonfire. Next thing she knows, she has multiple spiders crawling on her, got bit. That was back in May. She finally just got out of the hospital now, and she's still going to be recovering for quite some time. It was so bad. from the spider bite they were ready to send her over to hospice she did have an underlying condition she did yeah she did but the spider bite uh exaggerated or whatever i just tried to say exacerbated that's it the problems you nailed it ronnie and nailed it so yeah i'm in nightmarish in terms of bugs oh spiders i can't do all right give me one more We're also looking at the statewide fire emergency. Drought conditions are intensifying across North Dakota, but Governor Armstrong making that announcement today. All right, what's Cape Fire? Well, I got to believe Cave Fire, it's going to be, everything's a story out of man, Dan. Exactly. Yeah, that's their top one, too. All right. All right, those stories and more tonight. Valley News Live, you can catch it right here. If you're listening on 970 W.D.A.R. Radio, 5, 5.30, of 6. Of course, they're on TV Channel 11 and 4. And back at 9 and 10. And for you folks listening on 1090, the flag out there, Central Western North Dakota, Eastern Montana, you got Cape Fire Television. All right, have a great weekend. Jessica, we'll talk to you next week. You too. Sounds good. All right, 18 minutes after 4 Valley News Live rundown. It's brought to you by my friends over there at Warehouse Wonders, where every day is wonderful because you get savings up to 70% off, whether it's fixtures, faucets, appliances, you name it, they got it. You can buy it by the palettes.

If you're a do-it-yourself or you're going to love this place, you'll save a ton of money. Open seven days a week, 9-6, Monday through Sunday, Industrial Park and Moorhead. Okay, emails Jay. What the skeptics don't understand is how much space, just a photo takes up on your phone. Talking about data here. I have 4,000 photos and videos on my phone. I'm always deleting or buying more storage. Now, think about how many are on every Facebook account than all and all. Then add all of the TikTok videos. That all has to be stored in the cloud somewhere. Just look around your house and start counting all the Bluetooth appliances a person has that are constantly communicating with some server somewhere, washer, dryer, dishwasher, your trigger, grill, pool, robot, thermostat. There's your answer why more storage is needed. And that's not even looking into the future. Those are good points. Let's see. Jay, you keep talking about all the fake stories from Facebook, but let's remember all the doctors talking truth and facts during COVID while media and Fuji spread lies. If you follow the right sources, there's some good information in those groups. That's right. The problem is people follow friends of friends of friends. They don't go do the digging. Well, and what they really need to do is they need to dig into the source where the story originally came from, who gave it to this entity, that outlet, who's publishing it? Because I think you're going to find some things you don't like. Now, all this technology is playing havoc with our health and the health of our animals. The rich folks don't want the truth to come out. EMFs from our phones, TVs, and modems, the LED light bulbs are all giving off frequencies affecting our health. I don't trust any of the people in charge of our well-being. They are too concerned about filling their pockets. Let's see. Ronnie, are you putting checks on these things? Why are these things getting checks on them? I am not. No. Sorry about that. Well, if you're not doing it, don't worry about it. No. I'm not even opening them to read them. Let's see. I'm going to read that one. Something's going on here with my emails. Let's see. Holy smokes. This one's long. Folks, when you send me emails, you've got to try to shorten them up. This is long. Okay, I'm going to, I'm going to, that's just, it's just too long to read. Jay, I read on Facebook. I read it on Facebook, so it's true because of the data centers, it's causing Democrats bang their heads on Ford Pinto's and they have voted Republican. Wow. All right.

Jay off topic, why would the government put out information pertaining to the military being low on ammunition or the government isn't doing it? I believe, well, I don't know who's doing it. I know Trump's upsetting they were going to look into who's releasing this. What he's saying is false information. Yeah, what one particular enemy in, well, maybe I said that right, Freudian slip. One particular entity is the Washington Post was purporting to run a story. over the weekend that Pete Hegseth and President Trump were at the top of their lungs at each other. Yeah, screaming back before. About this very subject at Camp David, when no other media entity would support it. And Karoline Leavitt, who stands next to the president regularly. Yeah. Because she is his press secretary said it's BS and never happened. I just got a message from Dean Wysog. Hey, I brought my car through this car wash. It sounds much better now. And then he messaged me. Yeah, it needs a tune-up. $800-plus for a tune-up. Well, yeah, buddy, yeah. That's what it costs. If you have the original spark plugs in it and your check engine lights been on for the last 70 to 100,000 miles, you got off lucky, pal. Email, Jan, your 3 o'clock news. They said that Sanford was going to put a clinic sire. almost be site in South High. Sanford will staff it, but the school system has to pay for the building upgrades. What a load of crap. Now my tax money is just not supporting the schools. It's going to go to a private business. I'm not okay with this crap. I miss that story. Yeah, I remember hearing it. I don't know the specific details behind it, but yeah, it was a clinic site in one of the schools. Let's see. I'm just, bear with me. I'm just making sure I'm catching up on all the AI emails. Jay, simple question. Okay, we're done with the AI emails. These are just random. Jay, simple question, why the hell does the pride parade take place in August? Shouldn't that occur during so-called Pride Month of June? Why is it set two months later in a random week? I don't know. I can't answer that question for you. I have no idea, yeah. Call the city. Call you one of your commissioners. I don't know. I have no idea. What did you find out on those AI? Okay, oh, you found that. Okay. Economic research estimates that artificial intelligence is resulting in a net reduction of roughly 11,000 to 16,000 U.S. jobs per month. While direct corporate announcement site AI is the reason for tens of thousands of layoffs during peak months, net job impact accounts for both outright job replacement and new work created by Technon. Technic law. Tecna. Jeez, come on, Tom. This is why I don't work Fridays. Technological growth. Hey, there you go. I got it. Yeah. Okay.

Well, like I said, if you got a problem with the AI stuff, then go to these meetings, all right? But be respectful. You go in there screaming and hollering and threatening people. You look like a moron. You really do. But go ask the questions. And if you don't get the answers, keep hounding. But do it respectful. Hey, August specials. They're here at every petro serve USA. Five hour energy, two for four dollars. Red Bull, three for ten. Power, buy two, get three free. Nestle water, 28 packs, $4.99 and those delicious Johnsonville hot dogs, two for $3. And don't forget, sign up for Petro Serve rewards. If you got your Petro Serve rewards, not only do you get great deals, but you get this great deal. Four personal pizzas for $4. The four for four. Nice. Okay. Save all month. PetroServe USA helping America fuel better. So let me get to all these other emails. So earlier we were giving Dean Weisaki a bunch of grief because he came into my office this morning. Well, you're a car guy. I got to ask you a question. My car's running rough. It's idling weird. The RPMs are acting funny. What are you things going on? Oh, OJ, by the way, the check engine lights been on. Well, how long, Dean? Well, I don't know, the last 70 to 100,000 miles. Well, that's your problem. Bring it in. So we were talking about, because the way that guy treats his vehicle, I'm not surprised parts aren't falling off on a highway. So we were having a little fun with that and asking. You ever had a part or something fall off your vehicle while you're driving down the road? 701, 2993, 9,000. And that's what these emails are. Jay, my dad, bought a brand new 1994 Chevy pickup. We made it about a half a mile down the road from the dealership before the front sway bar fell off. It didn't instill confidence in the build quality. Yeah, I'd be a little upset, too. Um, let's see. Another one. Jay, a few weeks ago I saw a motorcycle with a lady on the back. Her shirt had a long tie at the front bottom and it was flying in the wind. When they stopped, it would hang within inches of the back tire. Oh, that's not good. Oh, my. I tried to catch them, but traffic was too much, so I couldn't. Hoped for the best for her. Let's see. Jay, I lost the duels on my semi, and it just came out of the shop. That ain't good either. Jay, I have zip ties holding my steering wheel together on my riding lawnmower. Does that count? Oh, my God, he sent me a picture of it, too. Yeah. Dude. I got to see that. That's not good. All right, 427-701-2993-9,000 email studio at WDYRadion.com. Oh, by the way, I think I know what's going to end up happening with the Catam in the state of North Dakota. Oh, Kratum, okay. Or Kratum, I mean. Lawmakers got together today and had a meeting. About five of them got together. This stuff, I don't think this stuff, like I said, I don't think they're going to ban it.

Okay, so it won't be a total ban. It'll be just going after. If they get their way, we'll talk about that, give you the details or not. And, yeah, we've got a story about something that fell off a vehicle that fell off a vehicle, 7-1-29-3-9,000 J. Thomas Show. I'm A.I. Data centered out, man. Ars on Friday's a Friday song, baby, right there. Oh, A great Glenn at Friday. Hang on, callers. I'm coming here just a second. Hey, we want to, we got the big teachers picking it coming up here Wednesday from 1101 at the Flagg Family Media facilities here. Yeah, right in our parking lot. Man, I got to thank all the sponsors for this. Make it possible. Glass Doctor, Minco Construction, Kingpids, Thunder Road, the U.ND Alumni Foundation, Brevara Bank, Capstone Financial Group, Center for the American Experiment, Wilton's Tire, Dave's Tire, Remax Realty, Tom Calagio. Corwin Subaru and United Valley Bank. So big thank you to all them. All right, who's been waiting a longest year? We'll do Don and James Town. We'll do Kevin and Horace and more your calls. Don, you're up, Jay Thomas Show. Don, you there? Don, you there? Don or Doug? That says Don, but if your name's Doug, we'll call you Doug. Doug, here up, Jay Thomas Show. Don, Don, don't matter. Yeah, talking about stuff falling off of vehicles. A friend of mine, I treasure him. He was going down highway 20 north of Jamestown, and I'll be damned if two big rolls of caution tape, 100 foot long, didn't happen to fall off his will. Rim, cars pulled over, stopped. What a mess he created. How many rolls and how big were they? Two rolls of caution tape, 100 feet long. Holy smokes, yeah, that's going to make a mess. Who does this kind of stuff to people, you know? There's people out there that maybe shouldn't be behind the wheel, Doug. But I bet all the people behind them took caution. Oh, Roddy. It was kind of a mess. Yeah. Good one. Just, yeah, exactly. Thanks, Doug. Appreciate it. Kevin Horace, Jay Thomas Show. Yeah, I got even better than that. What's that? You know, I was going down the interstate here a few years back on Don 29? And you know how people have a tendency to hug your back bumper? Yep. Well, the truck in front of her was a flatbed holding, carrying about a 10,000 green water tank on it. I was on the side of the night north. There wasn't strapped down. Oh, no. It went underneath the interstate, 94, and came back up the other side. The wind caught it and rolled that turd right up around and it was an escalade. Oh, my God. There's a mess. I quickly hit the gas and got back off the place, though. Yeah, I would have been gone too. I'd appreciate the phone called. Wow. Two, nine, three, nine, but you people see some crazy stuff, man. Yeah, that's, uh, vehicles. That's something. The, uh, only one that I could, uh, describe that's close to that is when the wife and I were headed to, I believe we were just outside of Palm Springs. Okay. And we were in, you know, one set of dual lanes in the car passing us.

blows a tire on a trailer. Okay. And start the back of the trailer starts fish tie in a little bit. Yeah. The person driving the truck that held the trailer hit another car ahead of them. And then we thought it was going to end up being a pile up like I stuck my feet against the floorboards. Both of them pulled over to the side. We went right by. I was like, well, that's not how I thought that was going to go. Yeah, you lucked out of that one. Hang on, college. Jay, I had an older Chevy Silverado where the spared tire was mounted underneath the bed with the factory crank hoist. Over time, the hoist rusted out with me, not realizing it. What? Somebody else called had the same problem. One day I was driving down 9th Avenue South by the theater when out of nowhere the spare tire dropped, bounced, and launched itself out from behind the truck. It definitely got my attention and probably everyone else on the road. Thankfully, nobody was hurt, but it was one of those moments I'll never forget. I figured I'd share it since you were asking anyone ever had something fall off their vehicle. We had somebody else called and said that happened to him. I can't remember where they said. I think this was down by Ligerwood or something. Jay, I was getting my oil change. And when I went to get my pickup, the owner of the shop said he noticed I needed tires, so he replaced them. Templied tires for a diesel pickup are not cheap. That particular set became cheap real damn quick.

Let's see. Jay, I'm shocked to learn Dean has a Jeep with over 100,000 miles on it. Especially the way he treats his vehicles, right? You know, I had a 09, I believe it was, a Waganeer, and the transmission finally went out on that thing. But it had 162, I think, 163,000 miles on it when that happened. Yeah, I've got friends that are just diehard Jeep owners, and they love their jeeps. They've never, you know, had... you know, issues other than your normal wear and tear on them. Rich and Colfax, Jay Thomas Show. I was headed westbound on 45th one day. Semi in front of me were stopped at 7th Avenue in 45th. Light turned green and the semi in front of me took off and right through the back door the semi out came a forklift. Oh, oh, do you. Anybody. Good thing I wasn't tailgating them. Holy smokes. Thank God nobody got hurt, huh? No, no. He was stopped, took off and I guess they forgot some kind of break or something. The only thing that hurt was that truck driver's pride. Boy, it made a bang. Yeah, I bet it did. Yeah, that scared of the living daylights out of me. Right behind a truck, and all of a sudden a forkless come blasting through the back doors. Not good. Rich, appreciate it. Kathy, Jay Thomas Show. Hi. Um, one time a few years back, I was in North Moorhead, and it was during the beat time. Uh-huh. And I had a, I had an 88 cars or convertible, and I was behind a beach truck, and I stayed back a little ways, you know? Yep. All of a sudden, the gate came open. Oh. All the beach, they were, like, bouncing under my car and stuff. Oh. It was terrible. Any damage to your vehicle? Well, it always seemed to have this creek after that. Yeah, I wonder why. Jeez. So how far back were you? Oh, I'd say I was probably about maybe 30 feet or so. That's still pretty close. Oh, man. That's why you never tailgate trucks. Do not tailgate trucks. But isn't that your worst nightmare? I mean, imagine. Every time you're behind a truck like that, I still think about it. Well, yeah, you're never going to forget that. Thanks, Kathy. Appreciate the phone call. Susie J. Thomas Show. Hey, guys. Hey. This is quite a few years ago. I had a, if you remember the TV show, Mott Squad, there was a red charger convertible. Okay.

I had that. I was driving it. I had twin girls in the back. Four years old and one fell out. I was just telling that story earlier this afternoon when we did the stopping two o'clock hour. I don't know how old my sister and I were. We were young, Suez. I mean, really young. We were in the back seat, my stepdad driving, my mom in the front, going around a corner, and the back door flew. Now, we didn't have seatbelts on because, you know, you just didn't see belt up back then. Goes around the corner, back door to car flies open. Never seen my mom turn around so fast to grab my sister. Not me, but my sister. So did you actually? Nobody fell out. Oh, okay, I was going to say. No, nobody fell out, but I'll tell you what, man, that was giving your little kid. That's scary. So your daughter actually fell out? She actually fell out. And we were building a home in Riley's Acres at the time. And my husband was working outside on the garage. And all of a sudden, one of the other twins screamed, Mommy, Mommy. And I looked back and there was only one girl. I couldn't, I just thought, I just screamed our, you know, my husband's name. And I couldn't even look back because I thought, oh, my God, what did I drive over her? I mean, I didn't know. Was she okay? She was fine. Holy. Oh, man. It was on a gravel road, too. So, you know, I just thought, oh, my God. Yeah, lucky she didn't get all, all chewed up from the gravel. Yeah, exactly. So I'm not proud of that very much. And that was like you said, before his seatbelt. Yeah. And my mom, oh, my God, she made my stepdad Jim get rid of that car immediately. Because it was just a beat. We always had beat her cars. And that thing was just nasty. And that was it. That car was gone. She laid into him. But still, she grabbed my sister. Thanks, Susie. Appreciate it. Richard Graham Forks, J. Thomas Show. Yeah, you know where Hazers Auto is, right? Yeah. So back in the day, have you ever had the privilege driving behind old man Hazer when he's taking the wrecker down 7th Avenue? No, I haven't. Well, this ought to be good. So going up and over the 7th Avenue bridge heading west towards Hazers Auto, I assume he was. Okay. He's got the wrecker. He's got this huge station wagon on the back of it. No rims on the back. It's half on the sling. Sparks are flying everywhere. Most of the car. is in the road or is on the road, and half of it, half of it is slung over into the, uh, into the oncoming lane. Oh, my. And you can see him in the mirror, in the mirror. You could see him, Mr. Magoo in it. Just doop-de-do, dope-de-do, drive it down there. What in the hell? He went across 7th Avenue there in 45th, just sparks flying. Everybody's stopping to get out of his way. Oh, my God. That is funny.

It was hilarious. That wasn't the first time I saw him going there because I used to have to go down 7th Avenue a lot. I think the police were afraid of them, actually. Probably. So he's just dragging a car back to the junkyard. No rims on the back. Yeah, and half of it was on the ground because it was off the sling partway, so it was sparking all over the place and in the oncoming lane. That's, that is, could you imagine if that was in this day and age, somebody would have took a video that thing, it would have went viral thanks to AI and would have gotten millions of views worldwide. Oh, my God, that is funny. I'm sure I'm not the only one with Old Man Hazer stories. There you go. 701, 299-3-9,000. We've got an Old Man Hazer story. Thanks, man. Appreciate it. Lauren and Glendon, J. Thomas Show. Actually, I do have a hazer store. Oh, boy. Here we go. Okay. What are you got? I guess the auto insurance auction, when it used to be up on Main Avenue by the auto auction, one time we were picking up a vehicle. Dwayne and his dad were both there. And Dwayne hooked up and he, with a wrecker, and told one away. And his dad was still there. And he was messing with this car. And the back brakes were on, and apparently must have rusted tight or whatever. And he just, we just, he hooked onto and started going down Main Avenue, and we watched. Oh, my God. After we got ours loaded, we went that way and watched to see how long the skid marks went until it was just the rim marks. And yeah, we could follow them all the way. Oh, my God. These are hilarious. You mad? Smoke's mad. You imagine the local police department? Yeah, we got a... West Fargo. Yeah, West Fargo. We got a car on park. Should we call Hazard? No, no, no. No, we got it. Everything's under control. Oh, man. Oh, dude. These are great. Thanks, Lord. Appreciate it. Email, Jay, just at FYI, Laney, was a snooze fest at Weefest last night. Wow. It's not what I heard from the people that were there that took video pictures and everything else. They really enjoyed it. It says PS can't wait for the new TCG wheat commercial with Grandpa Gary is the voice. That's why he was here. Gary from.

Gary Johnson, great dude with Swags Card Club. Yeah. They were the ones who said, look out the window down on our patio. They must have had a heck of a party down there because I went to open up the garbage can, and there's a ton of bushlight, empty bush light cans in the garbage and empty pickle bags. They were in drinking bush light and eating pickles. They were enjoying some wheat. They had a party down there. Yeah, and barley. Let's see. Okay, got that. I got that one. I think I got them all. I never did get to that whole jail story down in Swift County. We'll get to that on Monday because that's, that's, you want to talk about government away your tax dollars. That one's something else. Sure, sounds like it. Yeah. Jay, we got our new beat harvesters and apparently the setup team forgot to tighten one major bolt almost lost the harvester going down the road.

Let's see. Jay, why won't anyone not trust the government? Remember what our government and scientists called Save DT Spray, Roundup Spray, smoking is safe scientists before Congress. Okay, that's not making any sense to me. Jay, my family was heading out to go on a hunting trip for the weekend. We were the ones pulling the trailer with all of our supplies. We noticed a lone trailer traveling in the lane next to us, but we could barely see it because it was painted camouflage, LOL. It took a little bit before we realized that that was our trailer. We watched that bad boy crash into a sunflower field. Oh, no. We all had to spread out into the field to find all our stuff. So glad there was nobody in the oncoming lane. Yeah, you're lucky. Jay, my brother, was hauling some cattle to the market, and Fergus Falls in the back door. The trailer came open. A man driving by him rolled his window down and told him your cattle. fell out about a mile back oh no oh sounds a little like that situation here about three weeks ago yeah the carcasses yeah the carcasses uh all right i think we are caught up on everything um i think we're good buddy I did get a text back from my mother, and yes, she confirms we never lost one single cow to EMF-R-F stray electricity, but we did lose four in a year due to lightning strikes. No kidding. Yeah. Wow.

This one for all the people who called in the Hazers story. Those were good, man. Oh, man, Hazer. That's fantastic. Probably could have made that a topic for all day. Okay. All right. Listen, I didn't get to the... North Dakota lawmakers having a meeting today. There's like five of them got together about this Creighton thing, and we can do that on Monday, too. I got a goal, man. I don't even know I was here. Oh, we had fun. There's a cold beer waiting somewhere. There's a lot of cold beers waiting somewhere. All right, listen. Flag listeners, Mark Levin, the great one coming up next. DIY listeners, 90 minutes, Valley News Live. Go enjoy your weekend. It's going to be another nice one. Talk to you Monday.