A Light That Never Dies

0:03 Caalaroga Shark Media. Hi there, I'm shunning Mack with five good news stories. Congratulations to the Centennial Bulb. It's still going. It's a light bulb. It's one hundred and twenty four years old. It is certified as the longest burning light bulb by the Guinness World Records. It hangs from the ceiling of the Livermore fire Station Number six in the California Bay Area. The Centennial Bulb got its name in two thousand and one, when it marked its one hundredth consecutive year of illumination. Fourteen years later, it passed one million hours of service. Since then, it's added another eighty thousand. Next year will be its one hundred and twenty fifth birthday. Let's think about this. The light bulb has been lit up longer than anyone has been alive. It has has outlasted twenty US presidents. When they turned it on, the US had forty five states. Tom Brammel is keeper of the bulb.

0:57 He says, it's not just a light bulb. It represents the legacy, the history of a city. That thing is silently watching over us. Twenty four to seven generations will come and go and civilizations are going to change. The light bulb was a testament to that fact that survived this long and life goes on. Now. They have some challenges coming up. The firehouse where the bulb is needs renovating, and the bulb will probably be unplugged at least briefly. That answers one of my questions, like what happens if the power goes out? Apparently the last time the bulb changed locations, he didn't immediately light back up. People were freaked out. There's got to be a way to like not mess with that, right, I wouldn't mess with that. I'd find a way to leave it lit, leave it alone. Burmel says, I think it's going to outlive me, no question about it. Burmel is seventy six, an Australian man, made history as the first person in the world to receive a total artificial heart transplant and live with the device for more than one hundred days. He then got a donor heart to replace the artificial titanium heart. More than twenty three million people suffer from heart failure annually, only about six thousand received donor heart. I am an organ donor. You to be one as well. My attitude is I'm gone, let's help somebody else. Tesco is going to give away expiring food to shoppers. I was in quite a few Tescos on my recent travels. They're experimenting with giving away some already discounted yellow sticker items after nine thirty pm in some of their smaller express stores. They already donate expiring food to charities and food banks. Their goal is to try and have a food waste. A food waste drives me nuts.

2:25 I see some of the things people order in restaurants and like, it doesn't even get eaten. I can't food waste bothers me. It really does. A spokesperson said the trial will allow customers to take any remaining yellow stickered items for free at the end of the day, after they've first been offered to charities and colleagues. Good news the two men who stole the Golden toilet they've been found guilty. Two men were convicted of snatching a six point two million dollar golden toilet from the English Country mansion where Winston Churchill was born, then reselling parts of the golden toilet. One of the men had stolen the eighteen carried gold toilet under five minutes back in twenty nineteen, then teamed up with the other guy to resell parts of the toilet. The toilet has never been recovered. It's believed to have been cut up and sold. It was insured for nearly five million pounds. Had the heist work well. Apparently, they smashed a window and yanked the golden toilet from its plumbing, leaving behind flood damage as they raced away and stolen vehicles. Prosecutor Shan Saunders said during the trial this was an audacious raid which had been carefully planned and executed, but those responsible were not careful enough. And good news for a man who passed away. That's weird, John, Stay with me. Paul Broome loved candy. He joked about wanting a Snicker's themed coffin. He got what he wanted.

3:44 Ali Lego is the funeral arranger and explained Paul's family informed us that he was one of life's true characters and his farewell needed to reflect that. Paul Broom was known for his quick wit and mischievous sense of humor. He was buried in a coffin that was designed to look like a partially unwrapped Snickers bar. It even had the phrase I'm nuts painted on the side and those they are five good news stories for today. If you enjoy the program, tell a friend about it. They might like it too. If you would like the program without commercial interruption, there's a link of the show notes, or if you're on Apple Podcast, click that bender that says uninterrupted listening and you have an awesome day.