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Greetings and Welcome to The 405 Coffee Break with O.K. Solberg
New episodes tend to air over the local KMMR radio station @ 5 minutes past 4PM each M-F. And have been doing so, nearly every week since Sept 2018.
I'm D.J. Rasmussen, O.K.s friend since junior high, possibly your neighbor & this websites maintainer, whom strives to get each episode's show notes written, the transcript proofed and the audio posted to the internet within a few hours of that days KMMR air time. NOTE: recently been publishing most new releases by 4:30PM.
Thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoy the time we can spend together.
Want again. Welcome here to The 04:05 coffee break. Guys, doing the same routine. Get your cup of coffee, glass iced tea, bottle of water, really nice again today. Let's see what's happening.
OK Solberg:Spring wheat $5.52 a bushel, 550lb steer calf $4.69 a pound, all the way up to $4.74 a pound. Butcher hog in Iowa 60ยข a pound, and a 100lb fat lamb in Billings. I'll fetch you $2.40 a pound, but guys there's more much more.
OK Solberg:Here's the deal. I feel good and I want you to know it. I think I've asked you this before, but I wanna ask again. Listen carefully because it's a complicated question. Would you rather be around a person who is upbeat or a person who is bellyaching most of the time? Now remember, it's a real simple and innocent question. Would you rather be around a person who is upbeat or a person who is bellyaching most of the time?
OK Solberg:I mean, when you ask it like that it sounds so stupid, doesn't it? Yeah. Like Leo Barthelmess Sr. when he was in the nursing home, he said to me when I asked, Leo, you ever been bucked off a horse? Old Leo sat there for a moment and looked at me with a furrowed brow and finally said, no. That's kind of a dumb question, isn't it?
OK Solberg:So would you rather be around a person who's upbeat or a person who's bellyaching most of the time? You have a look like Leo had right now. Now that's like a no brainer. It's like someone asking someone else. Okay.
OK Solberg:On a Montana winter day when it's 40 below and the wind is howling, would you rather be running naked on the prairie in your bare feet or sitting in the house next to the wood stove soaking in the heat. Hello? But you see, lesson we ask ourselves that question sometimes. It's easy to drop a rock on your toe after the banker turned you down for a loan and come home and supper isn't ready and we start ranting and raving and bellyaching like there is no tomorrow. So here's the deal.
OK Solberg:If and you really did drop a rock on your toe after the banker turned you down for a loan and supper wasn't ready, it's easy to feel we have the right to bellyache. And, well, actually, we do. We all need to vent to someone. Do you believe me? Do you think I can find a place in the bible that does that?
OK Solberg:Listen to what I found in the bible. Turn your ear to my cry. I am overwhelmed with trouble and my life draws near to death. I am counted among those who go down to the pit. I'm like one without strength.
OK Solberg:I'm set apart with the dead like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care. You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths. Your wrath lies heavy on me. You have overwhelmed me with all your waves. You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them.
OK Solberg:I am confined and cannot escape. My eyes grow dim with grief, end of quote. Now you may not believe this, but, yes, that is in the Bible and it's from Psalm 88. So, we do have a need to bellyache from time to time, but make it at the right time. See, our goal should be to find that one person, find that one person who you trust and respect and say to them, you know, after the emotion dies down a bit, hey, let me tell you about my day.
OK Solberg:That is healthy venting. That is healthy to vent. That's important to release that frustration in Psalm 88. Nothing shifts until it's verbalized but after the expressing there should be a shift, a change on our inside and now we move on. It's not necessary to vent all day long to everyone you meet.
OK Solberg:How do I know that? How do you know that, Orvin? Well, listen to my question again. Would you rather be around a person who is upbeat or a person who is bellyaching most of the time? Now you answer that question and I'm gonna go run naked in Montana bare footed and I'll come back and see you tomorrow.
OK Solberg:So until next time, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.