Sept. 18, 2024

This Nuclear Bunker is nice but there's one problem

Show Notes
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In this episode, Johnny Mac shares five uplifting news stories: Bill, who found and returned a wallet with $5,700, earning recognition from Prospect Heights City Council; a bear taking a dip in a hot tub in California; Brian, an architect, breaking the record for a 54-level card house built in eight hours; Luke of Troop 56 restoring Civil War veterans' graves for his Eagle Scout project; and a quirky Cold War nuclear bunker on sale, complete with velvet curtains but no bathroom.

00:00 Honest Bill
01:28 Bear in a Hot Tub
01:51 Record-Breaking House of Cards
02:30 Eagle Scout's Tribute to Veterans
03:07 The Quirky Nuclear Bunker

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Kalaruga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with five

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good news stories. A nice shot by Bill. He was

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out for a walk and he found a wallet with

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fifty seven hundred dollars in cash inside, no witnesses. What

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do you do with it? Well, he did the right thing,

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he turned it in. He was honored by the Prospect

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Heights City Council. They gave him a plaque Director Gintry.

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He said so many people wouldn't have turned it in,

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especially with this amount of money. The man who had

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lost the wallet has asked to remain anonymous, and said,

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I didn't think I'd ever see it again, but my

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girlfriend reported it immediately. I was just amazed. Bill said

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he was running early for an appointment and he stopped

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to kill some time at the viewing area along the

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road by the airport and Prospect Heights and said, I

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just walked around to the back of the truck, looked

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down and there it was. The wallet was huge. It

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was kind of like George Costanza's wallet. That made him

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sit at an angle. He tried to contact the owner himself.

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The driver's license had an address, but he couldn't find

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a phone number. He gave up. He called the cops.

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Why so much money, Well, the mysterious owner had just

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finished a paving job and had been paid in cash.

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He kept the cash on hand he was planning to

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buy a car with it. He didn't find the corey

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wanted at the dealership, so he still had the overstuffed

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wallet when he and his girlfriend got something to eat

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at McDonald's. They went to the airport viewing area to

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eat their McDonald's and it wasn't obvious until he woke

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up at seven point thirty and discovered the wallet was missing.

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He thought, I must have dropped it outside my house,

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but it wasn't there anyway. Nice job, Bill. Meanwhile, a

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bear visited the deck of a California home and was

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recorded by a security camera as it went in the

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hot tub, as pears do. But it's not like the

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hottob was just opening the bear climbed in. That would

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almost make sense. This bear opened the cover of the

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hot tub and climbed in. The bear also checked out

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a nearby inflatable pool, but that got popped by the

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bear's claws. Sorry inflatable pool owner. Here's one of those

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Guinness World records. This one a fifty four level house

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of cards built in just eight hours. Brian is a

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trained architect. He started breaking card stacking records back in

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nineteen ninety two. He needed a ladder to complete this

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card tower. Brian did not use glue or any other

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form of extra support. He broke the record for tallest

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house of cards in eight hours. That's like a one

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incomplete thing. It's like maybe you could build a taller house,

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but it might take you nine hours. Know what I'm saying.

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Brian also holds the overall record for tallest playing card

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structure period, which is twenty five feet nine inches. That

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record had stood since two thousand and seven. Get cracking somebody,

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Nice job by Luke. He's a member of two fifty six.

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He's completed an Eagle Scout project restoring and preserving the

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final resting places of Civil War veterans. Luke said I

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had previously worked on a similar project in Elgin and

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it was a meaningful experience. I wanted to bring that

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same respect and care to Saint Charles where I live.

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Feels great to contribute to my local community and sure

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that the sacrifices of these veterans are not forgotten. Matt Clark,

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a local Eagle coordinator, said projects like these are crucial

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not only for the upkeep of our cemeteries, but also

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for honoring the veterans who fought our nation. They help

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maintain these historical sites integrity and remind us of the

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sacrifices made for our country. Hey, good news. Do you

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ever want to live in a nuclear bunker? I mean,

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I don't think any of us want to live in

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a nuclear bunker, but say there was a nuclear war,

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it'd be kind of nice to have a nuclear bunker.

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You know, maybe not? This is awkward. Keep going, John, Okay,

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a cold war nuclear bunker has gone on the market.

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It comes with lush velvet curtains and ample bedspace. But

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there's one major catch. Hmm, wonder what it is. Well,

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despite being fully equipped to save people's lives in case

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of an atomic bomb, the nuclear bumper with ample bedspace

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and velvet curtains doesn't have a toilet. Might be a

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long time waiting that war out. You might wish you

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were outside after a while. The bunker does have a

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giant picture of a nuclear explosion on one wall. You know,

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you wouldn't want to escape from everything you want to

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be constantly reminded of the atomic horror outside. Anyway, this

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thing is being sold by auction on September twenty sixth,

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they think, go go for around twenty thousand dollars. A

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hatch and a ladder take you twenty feet down into

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the ground, where you enter a cozy studio room. It

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is cream of carpets, a sheepskin rug, velvet curtains, the

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picture of the nuclear explosion, and again no bathroom. Somebody

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didn't think this through. There's an electric heater and a

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stash of beer, which is not gonna help the no

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bathroom problem at all. No. It also comes with a book,

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the book Cold War Secret Nuclear Bunkers. You know what,

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before you head down to the bunker before the war.

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Want you download every episode of this podcast. You're gonna

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need something to listen to. Those are your five good

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news stories today. Oh you're laughing at the atomic hard John?

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What is wrong with you? All right, have a great day.