April 6, 2025

A Light That Never Dies

Show Notes
Transcript

Highlights include the centennial bulb, a light bulb that has been burning for 124 years, an Australian man receiving a total artificial heart transplant, Tesco's initiative to give away expiring food to reduce waste, the conviction of two men who stole a $6.2 million golden toilet, and the unique funeral of Paul Broom, who was buried in a Snickers-themed coffin.

00:11 The Centennial Bulb: A Light That Never Dies
01:40 Historic Artificial Heart Transplant
02:04 Tesco's Fight Against Food Waste
02:42 The Golden Toilet Heist
03:38 A Snickers-Themed Farewell

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Hi there, I'm shunning Mack with five good news stories.

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Congratulations to the Centennial Bulb. It's still going. It's a

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light bulb. It's one hundred and twenty four years old.

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It is certified as the longest burning light bulb by

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the Guinness World Records. It hangs from the ceiling of

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the Livermore fire Station Number six in the California Bay Area.

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The Centennial Bulb got its name in two thousand and one,

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when it marked its one hundredth consecutive year of illumination.

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Fourteen years later, it passed one million hours of service.

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Since then, it's added another eighty thousand. Next year will

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be its one hundred and twenty fifth birthday. Let's think

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about this. The light bulb has been lit up longer

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than anyone has been alive. It has has outlasted twenty

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US presidents. When they turned it on, the US had

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forty five states. Tom Brammel is keeper of the bulb.

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He says, it's not just a light bulb. It represents

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the legacy, the history of a city. That thing is

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silently watching over us. Twenty four to seven generations will

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come and go and civilizations are going to change. The

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light bulb was a testament to that fact that survived

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this long and life goes on. Now.

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They have some challenges coming up. The firehouse where the

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bulb is needs renovating, and the bulb will probably be

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unplugged at least briefly. That answers one of my questions,

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like what happens if the power goes out? Apparently the

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last time the bulb changed locations, he didn't immediately light

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back up. People were freaked out. There's got to be

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a way to like not mess with that, right, I

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wouldn't mess with that. I'd find a way to leave

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it lit, leave it alone. Burmel says, I think it's

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going to outlive me, no question about it. Burmel is

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seventy six, an Australian man, made history as the first

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person in the world to receive a total artificial heart

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transplant and live with the device for more than one

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hundred days. He then got a donor heart to replace

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the artificial titanium heart. More than twenty three million people

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suffer from heart failure annually, only about six thousand received

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donor heart. I am an organ donor. You to be

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one as well. My attitude is I'm gone, let's help

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somebody else. Tesco is going to give away expiring food

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to shoppers. I was in quite a few Tescos on

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my recent travels. They're experimenting with giving away some already

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discounted yellow sticker items after nine thirty pm in some

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of their smaller express stores. They already donate expiring food

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to charities and food banks. Their goal is to try

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and have a food waste. A food waste drives me nuts.

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I see some of the things people order in restaurants

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and like, it doesn't even get eaten. I can't food

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waste bothers me. It really does. A spokesperson said the

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trial will allow customers to take any remaining yellow stickered

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items for free at the end of the day, after

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they've first been offered to charities and colleagues. Good news

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the two men who stole the Golden toilet they've been

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found guilty. Two men were convicted of snatching a six

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point two million dollar golden toilet from the English Country

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mansion where Winston Churchill was born, then reselling parts of

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the golden toilet. One of the men had stolen the

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eighteen carried gold toilet under five minutes back in twenty nineteen,

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then teamed up with the other guy to resell parts

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of the toilet. The toilet has never been recovered. It's

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believed to have been cut up and sold. It was

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insured for nearly five million pounds. Had the heist work well. Apparently,

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they smashed a window and yanked the golden toilet from

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its plumbing, leaving behind flood damage as they raced away

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and stolen vehicles. Prosecutor Shan Saunders said during the trial

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this was an audacious raid which had been carefully planned

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and executed, but those responsible were not careful enough. And

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good news for a man who passed away. That's weird, John,

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Stay with me. Paul Broome loved candy. He joked about

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wanting a Snicker's themed coffin. He got what he wanted.

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Ali Lego is the funeral arranger and explained Paul's family

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informed us that he was one of life's true characters

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and his farewell needed to reflect that. Paul Broom was

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known for his quick wit and mischievous sense of humor.

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He was buried in a coffin that was designed to

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look like a partially unwrapped Snickers bar. It even had

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the phrase I'm nuts painted on the side and those

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