Mind if I leave your wedding to grab some McDonald's?

0:02 The Shark Deck. I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. How would you like to go around the world in eighty days? Well, what if you were in your eighties? That shouldn't stop you. It's not stopping eighty one year olds Sandy and Ellie. They're off on a mission to see all seven continents, nine wonders of the world, and visit eighteen countries in just over two and a half months. They're off to a great start. They've already set foot in Antarctica and flew over Mount Everest via plane. All right, those are two pretty big ones. It's gonna get easier from here, right, What do you have to see? Like the Eiffel Tower? Sandy said, Hey, Ellie, don't you They could be fun for us to go around the world in eighty days at age eighty. Ellie was like, what are you talking about, Sandy? And then they were like sure.

0:42 Then there was that Besky pandemic, so it got delayed a little bit, but they have finally gotten underway, packing light, traveling cheaply to see as much as possible. Sandy says, we don't travel first class and so on. Other ladies will say, oh, I'd love to travel with you two. And the first thing I always do is look at their hands. If they're well manicured, they don't want to travel with us. I love this, Sandy said. My daughter's not too concerned. She just says, well, if mom falls out of a hot air balloon in Egypt or off the mountain, that's fine. She's living the life she wanted to live, and I'm happy for her. You know how these two became friends. They met twenty years ago on a trip in Zambia and they just clicked. Great advice from Sandy, She says, don't sit in that chair and waste away. If you don't use it, you lose it. Hey, who's not down with a cruelty free circus? The Circus Theater run Cally in Germany has figured out a way to do this holograms. Yes, they have holographic elephants custom built for the circus using three D animations, photography and virtual rending. They have eleven digital laser projectors positioned around the stage. Those flash animations onto a circular net hoisted up for each performance. There's still actual acrobats, clowns and dancers, and you can just look at a light show where the elephants used to be kind of cool. Good news for Scotland's forest. You see, a thousand years ago, twenty percent of Scotland's land was covered by forest.

2:00 By the middle of the eighteenth century that number was down to four percent. But they jumped on this way back when and started to reforest. Well. Now after two centuries the forest covers almost back to where it was a thousand years ago. So it can be done. It just takes a minute. Speaking of olden times, a seventeenth century golden ring is estimated to fetch at least twelve thousand dollars at a British auction. It was found by retired school teacher in his backyard. The ring is from sixteen twenty. Richard found it while he was planting a shrub. It was about ten inches deep on the grounds of his sixteenth century English farmhouse. Nigel Mills is a consultant to the auction house and says dates from sixteen twenty very likely belonged to Humphrey Cockerham of Collumpton in Devon. The ring bears a seal with the coat of arms of the Cochrham family and the initials H. C. Behind Humphrey was recorded as the head of the family in sixteen twenty and lived at Hillsden Manor in the early seventeenth century, which is forty two miles east of where the ring was found. The family were great patrons of the church and their name comes from Old English kockin, which means dweller by the stream. Richard said he was amazed when he heard how much it was worth, and he's planning to use the proceeds from the sale to help his children. I am Patty Callahan Henry, I am Mary kay Andrews, I'm Kristin Harmel, and I'm Kristy Woodson Harvey. Friends in Fiction is led by four longtime friends, the four of us with more than seventy five published books between us. Through end of conversations and interviews, we discussed the books we've written, the books were reading,

3:32 and the art of storytelling. We are here with endless stories to support indie bookstores, authors, librarians and readers just like you. We are always seeking innovative ways to introduce dynamic voices and trends in publishing. On this channel, you will find hundreds of episodes with some of your favorite authors, including the four of us with our new releases, as we reveal the stories behind the stories, offer writing tips, and talk about about the creation of novels, memoirs, and nonfiction titles. So if you love books and you're curious about the writing world, you are in the right place. You can listen to Friends and Fiction on any major streaming platform. I don't know what it is about this podcast, but there's a lot of McDonald's stories. Here's another one in the headline. My colleague churche guests for food at her wedding. I got McDonald's instead. See, a woman wants her wedding and she was kind of annoyed to find out the guests had to pay for their meals, so she left and grabbed McDonald's. Yeah. Apparently, one bride was trying to offset costs for her wedding and made her guest page for the food. They were gonna have to pay about fifty dollars for a stake. The guest in question explained that the bride was a coworker and she'd be told before the wedding she needed to have to pay anything to tend, but that turned out not to be the case, and she was like, no, I'm not having any of this and went over to McDonald's. She asked the bride if it was cool, well, if you know, in mind if I stepped out and grab some Mickey D's. The bride was fuming at that suggestion and even

5:04 branded her colleague cheap for refusing to eat at the wedding. So how do we sort this out as friends? We take this to Reddit, of course, and they McDonald's fan said, reasonly, my colleague invited me to her wedding, which happened yesterday. I was super excited and happy for her. Just in case, I asked her if there were any guest fees and she said, nah, you don't need to pay me anything. On the day itself. Everything went well until the reception and my shock, I was presented with a wedding menu that had prices on it. For example, steak fifty dollars. Everything was ridiculously expensive, including the vegetarian options. First, I wanted to question her because she lied to me they n't have to pay for anything, dude, it was her wedding day. But it was her wedding and I didn't want to spoil her day by embarrassing her in front of everyone good choice, However, the only other option was to simply not eat, as I didn't bring enough money for both the meal and to ride back.

5:49 But that was completely unfavorable. So i'd to get my lunch to safe space for the wedding meal and was pretty hungry. Suddenly I remembered that I saw McDonald's about five minutes away from the hotel. As tectfully as it could. I asked the bride if I could make a quick stop at McDonald's as I didn't bring enough money for the reception meal. I said i'd be back in time for the gift ceremony and cake. I thought she'd agree, but to my horror, she got really upset. She said she'd put so much effort to get this Michelin Star restaurants service. Yet I still wasn't ant that I was trying to bring her down by saying that I'd rather eat McDonald's. Bride said it was the woman's fault for not bringing enough money, and she claimed that when she said the women to have to pay, she only meant there was no attendance fee. Are their usual cover fees at weddings. What furious the bride seld the guest to leave the wedding, and she did, grabbing McDonald's on her way home. Oh wait, there's more. Back at home, I told my boyfriend everything. He thought it was a funny story.

6:43 You're right, boyfriend, but said I was an a hole finding of the money. I could always pay her back later, and his exact words is it chose the wrong time to be stingy. My other friends agree as well, saying it was not tactfully of me for doing that at the wedding and although she lied, I should have just brushed it off instead of tambra or happy spirits. After hearing their opinions, I feel quite guilty and embarrassed. That was fun. That's your five good news stories for say. Follow the show for free on Apple podcasts or Spotify or YouTube wherever you get your shows. Have a great day. Who does like vacations? Do you need some inspiration for your next road trip? Are you excited to get out there and explore the world again? Hi? I'm Johnny Mac. My podcast is called Travel Is Back. Travel is Back is travel for regular people. We hop in the car with like coach views or miles. We eat at normal places, we stay at normal places, So what I do is I hop in the car, and I grab my portable recorder and I go somewhere. Season three kicks off of a road trip to Key West. You can check out the back catalog. There are popular episodes covering Chicago, Nashville, Vancouver, Seattle, a whole bunch more Travel Is Back road trips or regular people.

7:46 Follow show on Apple podcast or wherever you get your shows. These are quick, these are casual, and it's for regular people like you. Travel is Back