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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.
New episodes appear here usually within a few hours after that KMMR air time and been striving to post new releases here by 4:30PM.
I want to again welcome you to The 04:05 Coffee Break. Guys, get you a cup of coffee, glass iced tea, or bottled water. Let's see what's happening.
OK Solberg:Spring wheat, well, it's gone down, $6.39 a bushel. 550lb steer calf, hate to tell you this, but they've dropped off a full 90ยข to a dollar from what they had been earlier this spring. $4.20 to $4.40 a pound and a 100lb fat lamb in Billings staying right solid at $3.15 a pound on the top end. But, guys, there's more, much more.
OK Solberg:Okay. Okay. Please understand that the Major League Baseball playoffs begin today. And if you comprehend the meaning of that major statement, well, you'll understand in your mind's eye that that can mean only one thing.
OK Solberg:The World Series is getting close. So mark your calendars for Friday, October 23rd as the start of the World Series. Now, who do you think is gonna make it?
OK Solberg:What's your prediction? Have you thought about it? I have to admit, I'm saying it'll be the Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox. Of course, I have to hope for my Dodgers. Yet understand that a three peat is a steep mountain to climb.
OK Solberg:So my 2nd pick and possibly a much more likely combination would be the Milwaukee Brewers from the National League and the Tampa Bay Rays from the American League. If you simply calculate by their win loss record, the Brewers won more than any other team in baseball, ending the season with an impressive a 103 victories, I hope to shout.
OK Solberg:And 2nd place is Los Angeles Dodgers coming in with a 100 wins right on the nose in the National League. The American League top winner was the Tampa Bay Rays with 98 total wins this season, so we'll see how it plays out. And believe me, I hold the Chicago Cubs as a surprise team that could show up playing strong.
OK Solberg:Now, guys, that's what I love about baseball. You're never perfect. You can be at the top of the heap, and you can still lose or on the other hand, you can be and also ran and have everything lined up perfectly, and you can come out the winner. But enough about me.
OK Solberg:What about you? What do you think of me? Now I just had to throw that in. I learned that funny saying from my sister Denise, and her supervisor said it to her in a comical and fun way.
OK Solberg:But I said it now because I like baseball, but you may not be that interested. Therefore, I can talk about more than one thing. So today, I'm gonna start a story that I won't end till tomorrow.
OK Solberg:And with that being said, back in my high school days, I disliked the TV program that would have you leaning in on the edge of your seat to see what happened, and then suddenly, you see these words on your television screen, to be continued next week.
OK Solberg:I hated that. And now I'm telling you, I'm gonna continue this episode tomorrow. Sorry about that. But see, here's the deal. This story I'm about to start telling you is long enough that I couldn't do it justice in one short episode.
OK Solberg:I'll start by telling you this. The theme of this story is the banana. Now you had a moment to ponder that, and you're probably thinking, well, I don't really like baseball, and now he's tells me he's gonna be talking about the banana.
OK Solberg:How good can this really be? Bananas don't usually have much of a story. Well, sit back and let me begin. To fully understand and appreciate this story, you have to know that my uncle Carl was in Vietnam.
OK Solberg:In fact, he spent much of 1966 in Vietnam. Carl now lives in Billings, and I thank you, Carl, for serving our country. He went where he was sent by his uncle Sam. So, guys, on Christmas Day in 1966, my uncle Carl was over there in the jungle, and guess what? Guess what?
OK Solberg:He's thinking about home. He's thinking about home right here in Phillips County, Montana. See, Carl was raised in Dodson and North of Dodson on the farm. So Christmas day comes, and my uncle is thinking about home. And he knows it's a special day, and he wants to do something special to remember it by.
OK Solberg:So he does some thinking, and he comes up with a great and grand idea. He decides to go out and pick a banana on Christmas day thinking, hey. I'm gonna make the best of the situation I'm in, and I'm gonna do something here that no one in Phillips County can do.
OK Solberg:I'm gonna pick a banana on Christmas day, and Carl picked a banana. So now the stage is set. You have the start to a very interesting banana story. But, guys, there's more, much more, and I hope you can tune in again tomorrow to hear the rest of this banana story.
OK Solberg:Before I find this a bible verse, I wanna again thank my uncle for serving our country, and I wanna thank all the Vietnam veterans. Listen. Then they sent him off to Vietnam on his senior trip, and they forced him to become a man while he was still a boy. Thank you, guys. It wasn't easy. In fact, it was very, very hard, but you did it.
OK Solberg:From Jeremiah 46 verse 16, he made many stumble and they fell. And they said to one another, arise and let us go back to our own people and to the land of our birth because of the sword of the oppressor. Jeremiah 46:6 And yes, sir, that really is in the Bible. Jeremiah 46 verse 6.
OK Solberg:So until next time, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.