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Chip Ramsey is the former host of the Lake 98.1 morning show
Over the course of his almost five years at Lake 98.1, Chip wrote a daily blog. This is an archive of those blogs.
Chip is now Program Director of WNSP, Mobile, AL

Sunday, June 7, 2009

WLKN Morning Show Archive 4/08

4/30/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:
    Our Kwik Trip world tour continues today between 11-1 at Kwik Trip on Hamilton St. in Manitowoc. Thanks to Gail and her staff at the Kwik Trip on Washington St. for the hospitality yesterday. Especially Don who acted as my personal assistant.
  • Another star was sent home last night on "Dancing with the Stars." Shannon Elizabeth, who broke down in tears last week was given something to really cry about last night as she was eliminated from competition. It was the Mambo that did her in.
  • Carly Simon has a rooting interest in the latest edition of American Idol. The 70's songstress is pulling hard for Brooke, who earlier in the competition sang Carly's signature "You're So Vain." Maybe Carly will tell Brooke who the song is about (most people think it's Warren Beatty, but Carly has never admitted it.)

4/29/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • Our Kwik Trip world tour continues t, oday at Kwik Trip in Manitowoc. We'll be at the Washington St. location from 11am-1pm. Thanks to Kim, Belva and the rest of the crew in Kiel for making us feel so welcome yesterday.
  • A judge in New York City tell parents they can live without talking to their kids for a few hours each day. That's why she refused to lift a cell phone ban in city schools. I agree that kids shouldn't have cell phones in schools...and adults shouldn't have them during business meetings. Or in theaters. Or while driving.
  • MSNBC and men's health magazine are now the salt police, detailing the 20 saltiest foods in America. You can avoid putting salt on your food if you season it with sea salt (or kosher salt) while you are cooking it. It flavors the food, removes a lot of the moisture, adds flavor and negates the need to salt it with table salt which is not good for you.
  • What's the biggest economic worry American families have? Rising gas prices.
  • Apparently there is a fight over fat. Advocates contend that the overweight are discriminated against and want laws to protect them. Others say if fat people can't police themselves to exercise and eat healthy it's their own fault.

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4/25/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • Actor Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years in the crossbar Hilton for failing to pay income taxes. While Snipes lawyers felt the punishment didn't fit the crime (felony charges were dropped) the Judge in the case said that Snipes showed "a history of contempt over a period of time" for U.S. tax laws. That would be all Americans, your honor.
  • Former Child star and '30 icon Shirley Temple (Black) found a unique way to celebrate her 80th birthday: A broken arm.
  • Today, we start a series of field trips to local Kwik Trips around the area. Today, we'll be in Chilton from 1pm-3pm and in New Holstein from 3pm-5pm. We'll have some awesome deals on Pepsi products and prizes! Here's the entire 2008 Chip Ramsey Kwik Trip World tour.

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4/22/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • This morning we talked to author and creator of "Happy the Hodag" Jill Kuzmarski. Jill is a Wisconsin native who wanted to make the mythical forest creature less scary for young children. Here's our conversation. You can find out more about Happy and his pal Buddy and order Jill's books on her website.
  • It's amazing what kind of lame excuses drivers come up with when they get stopped by the police for speeding. One guy, clocked at 110 in a 65 told the arresting officer he was "in a hurry." Another guy clocked for speeding told police it was his right to pass slower motorists. In the words of the late Jim Croce in his song "Speedball Tucker", "95 was the route you were on, it was not the speed limit si, gn."

4/21/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • Our weird criminal this morning is a thief in Florida who broke into a restaurant and ran off with a cash register. I wonder what will happens when he cracks it open and finds out it was empty?
  • According to an expert (who else?), old school baby names are making a comeback. People are going back to naming children things like Abigail and Sadie as opposed to Emma and Isabella. Wake me up when people start naming their children Myrna aga,,in (that's my mom's name and yes, she was named after Myrna Loy, thanks for asking.)
  • Danica Patrick has become the first woman to win a major auto race, speeding to victory in the Indy Racing League's Japan 300. Anybody who thinks women can't drive fast has never been in a car with my wife, Princess, driving.

4/18/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • On John McCain's website, the soon to be Republican presidential nominee's wife Cindy posted some recipes that were claimed to be handed down by the McCain family. Unless John McCain is related to Bobby Flay, Emeril Lagasse, Giada De Laurentiis and Paula Deen, the recipes were copied off the Food Network web site. The McCain campaign says an intern did it. This is one time someone took Sandra Lee's concept of semi-homemade a little too far.
  • A man proposed to his girlfriend in a crossword puzzle. That's right, he submitted a puzzle to USA Today and then watched as his girlfriend, an avid puzzle doer, found his proposal at 58 across. Maybe he'll create a JUMBLE pre-nup.
  • A man in New York was blown against a wall after a toilet he was sitting on exploded. It most likely will be a while before he eats at Taco Bell again.

4/17/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • When you do your grocery shopping, do you put items (laundry soap, water softener salt, soda pop) on the bottom rack of your cart. A man in Cleveland, OH did and then forgot it was on his cart. How did the store react? He was immediately arrested, even though it appears it was an honest mistake. A security guard who made the collar informed him "It's like robbing a bank. You can't get caught and then offer to give the money back." Anyone smell lawsuit here?
  • Kristy Lee Cook is the latest contestant to be voted off "American Idol." I thought Simon was particularly snarky to her. Of course, it seems Simon is snarky to everyone.
  • A lottery winner in New York state doesn't want to be bothered now that he's won $14 million. So, he showed up for his ceremonial check in a hat, sun glasses and a goatee---drawn on with magic marker. I guess when you win $14 million, you can afford to have the Sharpie professionally cleaned from your chin.

4/16/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

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4/14/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • If you are behind in your electric bill, you may soon be sitting in the dark. Beginning tomorrow, WE Energies and other electric companies can cut customers off for non-payment of their bills. That's because the winter moratorium ends today. Best advice: Call your electric company and make a payment arrangements.&nb, sp; If you don't, not only will you have to pay your whole bill up front, but you will be hit with some hefty reconnect fees as well.
  • A woman in Sheboygan was cooking when a pan of oil caught fire. The woman got first degree burns trying to get the pan outside. Here are a couple of tips: The quickest way to put out and oil fire is to cover the pan with a lid because if the fire can't get oxygen, it can't burn. If you don't have a lid, try a pizza pan. You can also put a fire out with baking soda (make sure it's not baking powder which will make the fire worse.) The other piece of advice is always have a fire extinguisher in your kitchen.
  • Everything these days is kicked up. I remember when the only kind of mustard you could buy was plain old yellow mustard. Now, there are several different varieties of mustard (I like the Dijon sweet & sassy.) Now comes word that Heinz has developed a gourmet ketchup,which will cost three times the price of normal ketchup. I don't know about you, but if I do buy some to sample it, I'll make sure my step-daughter doesn't use it on her french fries.

4/11/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

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4/9/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • Back in the day, my dad, as most dads did, would bring home the cheapest brand of beer. I asked him about that once and he said that it really didn't make a difference to him that "beer was beer." I remember brands like Ballentine, Carling's Black Label, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Stroh's and Schlitz. Into today's world of microbrews, designer beers and brand consolidation, most of these brands have gone the way of the dodo. But in an effort to resurrect the Schlitz brand, Pabst is bringing the Schlitz brand back to selected areas. No word when it will be available in Central Wisconsin.
  • Speaking of beer, thieves made off with $24,000 worth of Miller Lite in Racine County. Windell Middlebrooks is being sought for questioning.
  • This story about the incident at the Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant is sort of humorous in an ironic sort of way. It starts at a convenience store, where Massachusetts man asks for directions to the plant and then says to the clerk offhandedly, "I hope I don't blow the place up." The clerk apparently heard him say "I'm going to go blow the place up" and immediately notified authorities. At this point, it looks like it what it appears to be...a simple misunderstanding.

4/8/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

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4/6/08-I told you I was going to get after it with the grill this weekend. Kabobs, anyone?

4/4/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • Before you get too worked up over those rumors that Brett Favre wants to come back and play for another team, consider the source. The LA Times is the same pa, per that had to apologize to rapper P. Diddy after accusing him of masterminding the death of rapper Tupoc. The Internet buzz is that the Times may have fallen for a blogger's April Fool's gag.
  • The Beatles will never play together again, but New Kids on the Block will. They are recording a new CD and then will hit the road. The question is will their now grown up fans respond?
  • Burger King has lent it's name to two new snack sensations. Called "potato snacks" they come in two flavors: "Ketchup and Fries" and "Flame Broiled" which is supposed to taste like a flame broiled hamburger. The company that mak, es them, Intensely Different" has successfully marketed a line of T.G.I. Friday's snacks as well as the popular"Tato Skins"

4/3/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • NBC has announced their fall schedule a month earlier than normal. ER comes back for a final season while Friday Night Lights gets renewed. Law & Order Classic returns in January for it's 19th season.
  • A man in England was fined $140 for continuing to grunt loudly while working out with weights. In fact, he gets up to 100db, which is the same level a rock concert gets up to. That's some kind of grunt work.
  • In a world where we have seen remakes of several iconic TV shows (Mission Impossible, The Fugitive, The Brady Bunch, The Beverly Hillbillies) comes word that a movie version of Magnum P.I. is in the works. Who would play Magnum? Rumor has it the part has been offered to actor Matthew McConaguhey. What's next? , Louie Anderson as Cannon? John Laroquette as Marcus Welby? Johnny Depp as MacGyver?
  • Congrats to songstress Mariah Carey who with her recent number one hit "Touch My Body" passed Elvis for second on the list of most number one songs. At 38, she's got plenty of time to record three more and pass the leaders in the clubhouse...a little 60's act called The Beatles.

4/2/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • Several weird criminals caught our attention , this morning. First, there was the truck driver who crashed under a bridge and blamed it on his GPS. Then, in New Orleans, there was the guy who fled police because he wrongly thought there was a warrant out for him. Finally, a woman held hostage in her car for two hours, managed to escape by subduing her captor with perfume.
  • A Mexican restaurant in Arizona has streamlined their menu...by dropping tacos and tostadas from their menu. I wonder if they dropped the Chalupa. But seriously folks, isn't that like an Italian restaurant dropping spaghetti or a Jewish deli doing away with corned beef?
  • A man who vaulted to fame by acting out scenes from movies on You Tube will now be appearing in a real movie. Brandon Hardesty will be appearing in the Indy film "Bart Got a Room." He gets to work with some pretty good actors like William H. Macy. Maybe this Internet thing will actually catch on.

4/1/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

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