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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Wakem It gets my day going and makes me laugh.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
MC and Schmitty in the morning on Star one oh
five point seven. Good morning, Schmitty, Good morning, Welcome into
your Tuesday. It's tams hovering right about forty degrees out there.
It's a clear and cool morning, but we'll see highs
today near sixty degrees, some sunshine early on before some
clouds likely come our way. Might even see a stray
shower too.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
It feels colder this morning than you think it would.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
You know, similar to last night, second game. Second time
we've been playing in like forty mile an hour wins
spring sports, you know it. Lots of fun though, but
still undefeated. And I don't think that the assistant coaches
ever get enough credit. Schmitty. I really think that that
coach that stand there is like way to go.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Guys, Wait, Jared, I just figured you were the glorified
water boy.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
No.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
I sometimes have to stand at third base and be
like keep going wow five point seven. It's Mack and Schmittey.
We just covered a little bit of sports, the Pistons
getting the big win last night, game two of their
series versus the New York Knicks and the NBA playoffs,
and I bring it up because it was a very
historic win. Schmiddy. The last Pistons playoff win came in
(01:14):
Game four of the two thousand and eight Eastern Conference
Finals against the eventual champions, the Celtics, May twenty six,
two thousand and eight. That's the last time the Pistons
had won a playoff game. It was not only the
longest streak in NBA history, it was the longest streak
in all four of the major professional sports as well.
(01:38):
For a playoff drought, they had been swept in the
first round of the playoffs three separate times in two
thousand and nine, twenty sixteen, and twenty nineteen, and losing
to the Knicks in Game one before finally getting the
monkey off their back spending. Neither of our kids were alive, obviously,
let's see here. George W. Bush was still the president,
Barack Obama was a senator. Donald Trump was just a
(02:00):
reality TV host. Taylor Swift was an upstart country artist
who would only put out one album. Nobody talked about
bitcoin because it didn't exist, and nobody ever had to
sing Let It Go because Anna Elsa and Oloff didn't
exist either. There was no iPhone five, eight nine or whatever,
because it was literally still just the first version iPhone
was still the only iPhone that was released. And Caid Cunningham,
(02:24):
the star of the Pistons who led this whole thing,
Schmitty was all of six years old and finishing first
great when they last got a history historic and then
some Caid last night talking about how he's just ready
to get back and do it in front of Detroit fans.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
I'm excited to get back Detroit. Here off fans. You know,
try to take care of business at home. It's gonna
be crazy when were walking in there, and uh, you know,
it's gonna put a lot of energy into the team
and we're gonna try to represent nice.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
Thanks for stopping. Yeah, let's just hope you don't have
to wait as long for our next one.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
All right.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
So we've heard a lot of tributes coming in about
Pope Francis, his humility, his love for everyone, his inclusionary
attitude towards the Catholic Church. But there's certain stories that
just stick with you. Ask ABC News reporter Terry Moran
sharing a very heartwarming story of Pope Francis blessing his
daughter before she was even earthside. He talks about traveling
(03:19):
on a plane with the Pope to cover a lot
of his different visits and stories, saying he would always
greet you like you were a longtime friend. He'd ask
where you were in life, where you were in your
faith life, and was always very interested to know that.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
He asked me, you know, I said, well, you know,
my wife is expecting a baby.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
And he said, oh, wait a minute, we got to
give you a blessing. He said, a blessing for you.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
And your wife, and he clapped me on the shoulder
and laughed, and he said, and for the baby too.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
I tell her that she's eight.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Years old now. And that was the kind of almost
a normal guy, which is a strange thing to say
about the Pope, but he had that quality of shedding
the power to encounter people one by one, whether it
was a report on the plane, or or the sick
or the people in prison that he visited.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
He was very directed.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
I just love that shedding, the power to be where
people are. It's a pretty incredible moment. I'll put the
video up at West Michigan Star dot com.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Still one o five point seven, Good morning to you.
It's Mack and Schmidty. And you just mentioned your sister
in long getting a strange phone call and being accused
of something. And I got to tell you that sounds
fascinating and I love a good who done.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Its wild that she called me the other day. She's like,
I just have to tell someone about this. So they
are over in Detroit and they were getting their roof
worked done. They were getting a new roof and then
realized they needed new gutters as well, so they had
this gentleman come and do their gutters. And my sister
in law works from home, so she was like, I'm
(04:45):
going to be upstairs in my home office. If you
need anything. Here is my phone number, so that you
can call me that way, like if I'm on a
meeting or whatever. You know, you don't walk in or
feel like you're interrupting. And he's like, oh, that's great.
So we had to call her two times, once for
like some kind of hey, location of a gutter, and
then a second time for hey, do you want one
added here? I notice you don't have one regular stuff.
(05:07):
Two days later, so this is last like Thursday maybe
or Friday, her phone rings and it's just a three
to one three number. She doesn't have an inner contact,
and it's a woman on the other end of the phone.
My sister in law picks up and she goes, Hello,
who is this? And my sister in law's like, who's this?
(05:30):
And this woman goes, ah, who is this?
Speaker 2 (05:35):
And she's completely.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
Caught off guard and she's like, I you called me,
and she goes, well, I know when I went through
my boyfriend's phone and found your number. I'm real curious
what he was doing during the day at your house.
My sister in law is still completely blindsided. She's like,
I don't who, what, what? And this woman's like, I
(05:58):
go through my boyfriend phone to check up on him,
and I've found your number. It is not in his contacts,
and he will not tell me what's going on. So
who is this and how long has it been going on?
Suddenly clicks from my sister in law and she goes, oh,
my gosh, does your boyfriend work for a gutter company?
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (06:19):
Dead silence, oh and hangs up. Like my sister in
law is sitting on this phone for like three minutes,
getting absolutely berated by some complete stranger because she thought
her boyfriend was cheating and then she's like, no, I
bet there's actually quite a few unknown numbers in his
phone because people do this. I'm getting our gutters done.
(06:40):
But then like to hang up and not even be like, oh, sorry,
apparently I'm a bit crazy. I'm just I was like,
that has never happened to me, but it's got to
be absolutely wild to get a stranger phone call. I've
had people call me and it's the wrong number, and
before I had the chance to tell them, they've unloaded
their life story on me. I have heard. I had
somebody call me once they were in the middle of
(07:03):
a feud with a cousin over money. I got six
minutes of that conversation before I was like, I'm so sorry.
I think you have the wrong number. Because at some
point I'm like, oh, this is like really good drama
and I kind of want to hear about it. And
I've also gotten a wrong phone call. This one was
really sad. I got a wrong phone call from somebody
alerting someone to a death. Oh wow, they were and
they were like inconsolable on the phone, and I was
(07:25):
trying to break in and they were just I like
took a second and said, oh my gosh, I am
so incredibly sorry, but I'm this is just this is
the wrong number.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
I mean, if you need to talk.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
To somebody else, you know, Grandpa has passed, and I
really really want you to find the right person for that.
So I've had a couple of them.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
That's incredible for your sister in law too, just to
be on there. I mean, as soon as she realized that,
and especially with the lady being a little bit, you know,
kind of rude, the way you sounded, by the way
you guys couldn't see Schmide snapping her neck back and
forth like she was engrad How.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Bad was it?
Speaker 5 (07:56):
She said?
Speaker 3 (07:56):
She was screaming into the phone at me, And I'm like,
imagine hating me. And I'm just here, like eating a
bagel while I'm changing a diaper, Like I literally don't
even have time to cheat.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
You're just running through your brain and racking what could
this lady be talking about? And when your sister in
law finally figured it out, I wish you would have
messed with her. I wish you would have been like, yeah,
your man was over here. He changed my gutters real good.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Oh Like, also, did you tell her that maybe their
relationship is not as strong as she thinks. Yes, going
through the phone, he went.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Somewhere during the day, and the man hangs gutters. Why
would that not be the first assumption you made, does it?
Speaker 2 (08:32):
No?
Speaker 3 (08:32):
I don't know, so many unanswered questions, but I'm curious
if you've ever gotten either a wildly funny or wildly
inappropriate wrong number? Call four five eight one oh five
seven is our number? Is our real, real number if
you'd like to give us a call. But I was
just absolutely blown away. I wish I wish I could
have been there and had it on speakerphone to hear
(08:53):
how unhinged this woman was.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
Where have you been all day? You've been with bune
of your gutter girls? Oh my ysh.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
He's like, yes, that's my job.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
I get paid for it.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
I don't understand he's so salty.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
She is, But we concentrate the shelt just at Tuesdays,
all right, I sweet the rest of the time. But
let's get salty right now. What's happened this week? Mindie?
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Well, I know I've complained a lot about drivers and
driving things like that, but this is what I saw yesterday,
and I see it from time to time, and absolutely
blows my mind. You being a terrible driver while in
a business vehicle.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
So yeah, I take.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
One thirty one north to get back home, and obviously
it doesn't matter what time of the day, that can
be an absolute nightmare. But there was this van that
is cutting people off, cutting across lanes, breaking, speeding up, breaking,
speeding up. I mean, it was a disaster. And I
was driving alongside this guy for like ten fifteen minutes,
and I'm like, you're doing all these things. He got
(09:50):
honked at twice, nearly drove one person off the road
because he just wasn't watching. It's like, who pardon me?
His time was far too important for the rest of
us to not follow his hirl and his rules. But
I'm like, bro, you are driving a company van, Like
I can see the name of your HVAC company. Wouldn't
you be so much more careful anytime I go out
(10:11):
in a station vehicle, I am like number one driver
in the world. I go a CRISP sixty nine on
the highway, I'm like doing everything correct, signals, the whole thing.
This guy was literally running people off the road in
a company car.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
You know, they say no publicity is bad publicity I
don't know if that's true.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
With this I will I'll tell you right now, I
may be unfun. I am never getting business done by
that company.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
Mack and Schmiddy look into Battle and get you out
to see our professional women's volleyball team, our Grand Rapids
Rise coming up the next Wednesday. As a matter of fact, is.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
Next Wednesday, seven o'clock. Orlando Valkyries are in town. And
I keep saying this guy is because at the end
of last season, I got so many dms and they
were like, wait a minute, the Rise are already done.
There are only two matches left. So I really want
you to get out and experience this. We've got Battle
of the Sexes right now. One hundred women surveyed. What
do people buy as a status symbol?
Speaker 1 (11:03):
What a people buy? Well, I can't afford an actual
status symbol, so like I'll just say the hitch on
the back of my vehicle makes people think maybe I
own a boat, maybe I own the trailer, something like that.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
You know.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
Six one, six, four five, eight, one oh five seven
caller seven if you've got the number one answer. We've
got one hundred women surveyed. What do people buy as
a status symbol, and you are joining me with our
Grand Rapids Rise next Wednesday with Star one oh five
point seven.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Star. Who's this? Oh I'm sorry? What's your name?
Speaker 2 (11:35):
Ray Punch?
Speaker 1 (11:36):
Hey? Ray, let's get you today started with one of
these Rise tickets. You just got to tell me. When
one hundred women were asked what is something people buy
as a status symbol? What did they say? Is their
top answer?
Speaker 2 (11:48):
A fancy car?
Speaker 1 (11:51):
A fancy fancy car. What's your driving these days?
Speaker 5 (11:54):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (11:54):
Right, ooh, a truck? See the status symbol there is
how jacked up it is. Otherwise you're just saying, yeah,
I'm a working man, that's why I got a truck.
Ride here. Yeah, I'm driving at twenty fifteen. I don't
know what my status is, but it's not good. But
cars is the top answer?
Speaker 2 (12:11):
All right? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (12:12):
It was car, followed by houses, then jewelry and exotic pets.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
If somebody's got themselves like a leopard or something like that,
you're pretty sure they think they're awesome. Congratulations, You're going
to our Grand Rapids Rise versus the Orlando Valkyries coming
up next Wednesday. It'll be a fun game.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
Okay, thank you.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
You're very welcome, right, we'll do it again tomorrow. Battle
of the Sexes. Each weekday, you're on Start one A
five point seven's macking schmitty with you. And I know
maybe there's an age difference here amongst people, but I
got to talk to you about emoji smitty specifically. Do
you feel pressured to use emojis if you get into
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a conversation with somebody else who is using a whole
bunch of them?
Speaker 3 (12:57):
So explain because it can be very, very passive.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
Here's the thing. I generally don't use emojis very often,
not really, just it's just not a part of my
texting style, if you will. That being said my fellow
coach in Little League this year, really excited guy, great
coach for the kids, text me quite a bit and
uses a ton of emojis. Interesting, you know he's older
(13:20):
than I am, this mid to late forties or whatever.
He uses. Is that normal because I find that other
guys my age we don't use that many love emojis. Really.
Speaker 3 (13:30):
Oh and my mom almost sends six eight of them
in one text message.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
My dad doesn't even know how to use them, he is,
He's still clueless when it comes to the emojis, But
I found myself like responding to things he would say,
and I'm like, I feel like I have to put
the laughing.
Speaker 3 (13:45):
He felt emoji pressure, Well.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
I felt emoji pressure because when somebody else is using
them and then you respond, it makes all of your
responses seem so less emotional, less enthusiastic, less funny, all
of the above. You're just that boring on the other
end of the text chat.
Speaker 3 (14:02):
So have you seen the gen Z controversy. They think
that the thumbs up emoji needs to be taken away
because it's the most passive aggressive way. It means you're upset,
it means you're unimpressed. It means you're sarcastic.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
Look, you guys already took away the period. The period I.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
Asked, never use the thumbs up emoji. If I get that,
if I get everybody thinks you're mad at them.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
I'm not.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
Just so you know, the thumbs up emoji is the
secret like.
Speaker 5 (14:27):
Oh it's terrible. Don't ever thumbs down to all of
you when you need that extra boost to get through
your workday. We are here to provide feeling good on
starting five point.
Speaker 3 (14:37):
Seven and let's talk our grand Rapids. Rise doing something
really cool the other night, teaming up with athletes from
Mary Free Bed to host the first ever sitting volleyball clinic.
You may not have heard of this, but.
Speaker 5 (14:50):
It is a thing.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
Sitting volleyball ball is the same rules as traditional volleyball,
but it's played from a seated position on the floor,
making it accessible to all athletes regardless of your physical abilities.
It's a big deal. There's actually a USA Sitting Volleyball Association.
Elliott Blake is the manager. He was there with Rise players,
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and it's a big deal for athletes like Morgan. She's
at Mary Free Bed because of a rare condition that
causes limited joint mobility. But here's the deal, she tells
Fox seventeen, she still loves the.
Speaker 6 (15:25):
Sport Philly fun to do something that I really love
to I love volleyball, and it's just a really fun experience.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
Well, the Rise players had the exact same feelings.
Speaker 6 (15:37):
August Roski says, a lot because not only as you said,
busy with our season here, but we still have place
in our heart obviously to be a part of our community,
because without our community, we wouldn't have the support to
do our jobs such.
Speaker 3 (15:50):
A great idea. Grand Rapids Rise head coach Kathy George says,
I hope it's an awareness I can do this. These
are things I can get invaulked with. Even after times
have been really tough, you can still find hope and
enjoyment in the things that you love. So well done
to the Rise and Mary Free. But such a great idea.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
Honestly, I just got to give it a tip of
the cap to the entire Rise tribe because since coming
into existence just a couple of years ago, I feel
like they've been doing such a great job at giving
back here and they do a ton they really do,
especially for young women and girls. So just love to
see that. All right, Spinny, Speaking of our community, We've
got somebody who had a little pit stompack home here
to get ready for one of the biggest nights of
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his life, the NFL Draft coming up on Thursday. And
Isaac Tesla, who graduated from Unity Christian High School back
in twenty twenty, went on to play two seasons at
Hillsdale College before he got picked up by the University
of Arkansas, and after a whirlwind season, he is off
to the NFL Draft. That's right, Oz Isaac returning to
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Unity Christian High School last night just to spend some
time with his almor modern meet the fans, students, and
alumni to celebrate his big day coming up. Of whether
it'll be Thursday, Friday, Saturday, we're not sure yet where
he's going to land in the draft. However, he'll definitely
be an enjoy of the support from people right here
in West Michigan.
Speaker 7 (17:10):
These are my roots, you know. You know, there's been
so many people from this area, especially a Unity, that
have supported me. So I feel like this was a
good way to give back to the community a little bit.
I think just hanging out with my friends and family
are having a pretty big draft party. So just seeing
all those people then obviously wait for that phone ring
and seeing you know the area code and who's on
the other line is gonna be super cool.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
Now he's listed as one of the sleeper receivers that
might shoot up draft boards for some teams, but he says,
I'm not going to be like first or second round
pick necessarily, so I have to prove myself out there
every single day, and that's just going to be my mentality.
First round of the NFL Draft Thursday, at eight pm.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
Will be a party in Hudsonville.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
Love it. Feeling good comes at you a couple times
a day. I always want to share great things going
on out there. Let's do it tomorrow six forty five
and nine to twenty here on Star Mack and Schmidty
in the morning weekday starting at six am on Star
one oh five point seven
Wakem It gets my day going and makes me laugh.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
MC and Schmitty in the morning on Star one oh
five point seven. Good morning, Schmitty, Good morning, Welcome into
your Tuesday. It's tams hovering right about forty degrees out there.
It's a clear and cool morning, but we'll see highs
today near sixty degrees, some sunshine early on before some
clouds likely come our way. Might even see a stray
shower too.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
It feels colder this morning than you think it would.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
You know, similar to last night, second game. Second time
we've been playing in like forty mile an hour wins
spring sports, you know it. Lots of fun though, but
still undefeated. And I don't think that the assistant coaches
ever get enough credit. Schmitty. I really think that that
coach that stand there is like way to go.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Guys, Wait, Jared, I just figured you were the glorified
water boy.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
No.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
I sometimes have to stand at third base and be
like keep going wow five point seven. It's Mack and Schmittey.
We just covered a little bit of sports, the Pistons
getting the big win last night, game two of their
series versus the New York Knicks and the NBA playoffs,
and I bring it up because it was a very
historic win. Schmiddy. The last Pistons playoff win came in
(01:14):
Game four of the two thousand and eight Eastern Conference
Finals against the eventual champions, the Celtics, May twenty six,
two thousand and eight. That's the last time the Pistons
had won a playoff game. It was not only the
longest streak in NBA history, it was the longest streak
in all four of the major professional sports as well.
(01:38):
For a playoff drought, they had been swept in the
first round of the playoffs three separate times in two
thousand and nine, twenty sixteen, and twenty nineteen, and losing
to the Knicks in Game one before finally getting the
monkey off their back spending. Neither of our kids were alive, obviously,
let's see here. George W. Bush was still the president,
Barack Obama was a senator. Donald Trump was just a
(02:00):
reality TV host. Taylor Swift was an upstart country artist
who would only put out one album. Nobody talked about
bitcoin because it didn't exist, and nobody ever had to
sing Let It Go because Anna Elsa and Oloff didn't
exist either. There was no iPhone five, eight nine or whatever,
because it was literally still just the first version iPhone
was still the only iPhone that was released. And Caid Cunningham,
(02:24):
the star of the Pistons who led this whole thing,
Schmitty was all of six years old and finishing first
great when they last got a history historic and then
some Caid last night talking about how he's just ready
to get back and do it in front of Detroit fans.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
I'm excited to get back Detroit. Here off fans. You know,
try to take care of business at home. It's gonna
be crazy when were walking in there, and uh, you know,
it's gonna put a lot of energy into the team
and we're gonna try to represent nice.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
Thanks for stopping. Yeah, let's just hope you don't have
to wait as long for our next one.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
All right.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
So we've heard a lot of tributes coming in about
Pope Francis, his humility, his love for everyone, his inclusionary
attitude towards the Catholic Church. But there's certain stories that
just stick with you. Ask ABC News reporter Terry Moran
sharing a very heartwarming story of Pope Francis blessing his
daughter before she was even earthside. He talks about traveling
(03:19):
on a plane with the Pope to cover a lot
of his different visits and stories, saying he would always
greet you like you were a longtime friend. He'd ask
where you were in life, where you were in your
faith life, and was always very interested to know that.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
He asked me, you know, I said, well, you know,
my wife is expecting a baby.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
And he said, oh, wait a minute, we got to
give you a blessing. He said, a blessing for you.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
And your wife, and he clapped me on the shoulder
and laughed, and he said, and for the baby too.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
I tell her that she's eight.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Years old now. And that was the kind of almost
a normal guy, which is a strange thing to say
about the Pope, but he had that quality of shedding
the power to encounter people one by one, whether it
was a report on the plane, or or the sick
or the people in prison that he visited.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
He was very directed.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
I just love that shedding, the power to be where
people are. It's a pretty incredible moment. I'll put the
video up at West Michigan Star dot com.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Still one o five point seven, Good morning to you.
It's Mack and Schmidty. And you just mentioned your sister
in long getting a strange phone call and being accused
of something. And I got to tell you that sounds
fascinating and I love a good who done.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Its wild that she called me the other day. She's like,
I just have to tell someone about this. So they
are over in Detroit and they were getting their roof
worked done. They were getting a new roof and then
realized they needed new gutters as well, so they had
this gentleman come and do their gutters. And my sister
in law works from home, so she was like, I'm
(04:45):
going to be upstairs in my home office. If you
need anything. Here is my phone number, so that you
can call me that way, like if I'm on a
meeting or whatever. You know, you don't walk in or
feel like you're interrupting. And he's like, oh, that's great.
So we had to call her two times, once for
like some kind of hey, location of a gutter, and
then a second time for hey, do you want one
added here? I notice you don't have one regular stuff.
(05:07):
Two days later, so this is last like Thursday maybe
or Friday, her phone rings and it's just a three
to one three number. She doesn't have an inner contact,
and it's a woman on the other end of the phone.
My sister in law picks up and she goes, Hello,
who is this? And my sister in law's like, who's this?
(05:30):
And this woman goes, ah, who is this?
Speaker 2 (05:35):
And she's completely.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
Caught off guard and she's like, I you called me,
and she goes, well, I know when I went through
my boyfriend's phone and found your number. I'm real curious
what he was doing during the day at your house.
My sister in law is still completely blindsided. She's like,
I don't who, what, what? And this woman's like, I
(05:58):
go through my boyfriend phone to check up on him,
and I've found your number. It is not in his contacts,
and he will not tell me what's going on. So
who is this and how long has it been going on?
Suddenly clicks from my sister in law and she goes, oh,
my gosh, does your boyfriend work for a gutter company?
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (06:19):
Dead silence, oh and hangs up. Like my sister in
law is sitting on this phone for like three minutes,
getting absolutely berated by some complete stranger because she thought
her boyfriend was cheating and then she's like, no, I
bet there's actually quite a few unknown numbers in his
phone because people do this. I'm getting our gutters done.
(06:40):
But then like to hang up and not even be like, oh, sorry,
apparently I'm a bit crazy. I'm just I was like,
that has never happened to me, but it's got to
be absolutely wild to get a stranger phone call. I've
had people call me and it's the wrong number, and
before I had the chance to tell them, they've unloaded
their life story on me. I have heard. I had
somebody call me once they were in the middle of
(07:03):
a feud with a cousin over money. I got six
minutes of that conversation before I was like, I'm so sorry.
I think you have the wrong number. Because at some
point I'm like, oh, this is like really good drama
and I kind of want to hear about it. And
I've also gotten a wrong phone call. This one was
really sad. I got a wrong phone call from somebody
alerting someone to a death. Oh wow, they were and
they were like inconsolable on the phone, and I was
(07:25):
trying to break in and they were just I like
took a second and said, oh my gosh, I am
so incredibly sorry, but I'm this is just this is
the wrong number.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
I mean, if you need to talk.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
To somebody else, you know, Grandpa has passed, and I
really really want you to find the right person for that.
So I've had a couple of them.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
That's incredible for your sister in law too, just to
be on there. I mean, as soon as she realized that,
and especially with the lady being a little bit, you know,
kind of rude, the way you sounded, by the way
you guys couldn't see Schmide snapping her neck back and
forth like she was engrad How.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Bad was it?
Speaker 5 (07:56):
She said?
Speaker 3 (07:56):
She was screaming into the phone at me, And I'm like,
imagine hating me. And I'm just here, like eating a
bagel while I'm changing a diaper, Like I literally don't
even have time to cheat.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
You're just running through your brain and racking what could
this lady be talking about? And when your sister in
law finally figured it out, I wish you would have
messed with her. I wish you would have been like, yeah,
your man was over here. He changed my gutters real good.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Oh Like, also, did you tell her that maybe their
relationship is not as strong as she thinks. Yes, going
through the phone, he went.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Somewhere during the day, and the man hangs gutters. Why
would that not be the first assumption you made, does it?
Speaker 2 (08:32):
No?
Speaker 3 (08:32):
I don't know, so many unanswered questions, but I'm curious
if you've ever gotten either a wildly funny or wildly
inappropriate wrong number? Call four five eight one oh five
seven is our number? Is our real, real number if
you'd like to give us a call. But I was
just absolutely blown away. I wish I wish I could
have been there and had it on speakerphone to hear
(08:53):
how unhinged this woman was.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
Where have you been all day? You've been with bune
of your gutter girls? Oh my ysh.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
He's like, yes, that's my job.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
I get paid for it.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
I don't understand he's so salty.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
She is, But we concentrate the shelt just at Tuesdays,
all right, I sweet the rest of the time. But
let's get salty right now. What's happened this week? Mindie?
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Well, I know I've complained a lot about drivers and
driving things like that, but this is what I saw yesterday,
and I see it from time to time, and absolutely
blows my mind. You being a terrible driver while in
a business vehicle.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
So yeah, I take.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
One thirty one north to get back home, and obviously
it doesn't matter what time of the day, that can
be an absolute nightmare. But there was this van that
is cutting people off, cutting across lanes, breaking, speeding up, breaking,
speeding up. I mean, it was a disaster. And I
was driving alongside this guy for like ten fifteen minutes,
and I'm like, you're doing all these things. He got
(09:50):
honked at twice, nearly drove one person off the road
because he just wasn't watching. It's like, who pardon me?
His time was far too important for the rest of
us to not follow his hirl and his rules. But
I'm like, bro, you are driving a company van, Like
I can see the name of your HVAC company. Wouldn't
you be so much more careful anytime I go out
(10:11):
in a station vehicle, I am like number one driver
in the world. I go a CRISP sixty nine on
the highway, I'm like doing everything correct, signals, the whole thing.
This guy was literally running people off the road in
a company car.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
You know, they say no publicity is bad publicity I
don't know if that's true.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
With this I will I'll tell you right now, I
may be unfun. I am never getting business done by
that company.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
Mack and Schmiddy look into Battle and get you out
to see our professional women's volleyball team, our Grand Rapids
Rise coming up the next Wednesday. As a matter of fact, is.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
Next Wednesday, seven o'clock. Orlando Valkyries are in town. And
I keep saying this guy is because at the end
of last season, I got so many dms and they
were like, wait a minute, the Rise are already done.
There are only two matches left. So I really want
you to get out and experience this. We've got Battle
of the Sexes right now. One hundred women surveyed. What
do people buy as a status symbol?
Speaker 1 (11:03):
What a people buy? Well, I can't afford an actual
status symbol, so like I'll just say the hitch on
the back of my vehicle makes people think maybe I
own a boat, maybe I own the trailer, something like that.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
You know.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
Six one, six, four five, eight, one oh five seven
caller seven if you've got the number one answer. We've
got one hundred women surveyed. What do people buy as
a status symbol, and you are joining me with our
Grand Rapids Rise next Wednesday with Star one oh five
point seven.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Star. Who's this? Oh I'm sorry? What's your name?
Speaker 2 (11:35):
Ray Punch?
Speaker 1 (11:36):
Hey? Ray, let's get you today started with one of
these Rise tickets. You just got to tell me. When
one hundred women were asked what is something people buy
as a status symbol? What did they say? Is their
top answer?
Speaker 2 (11:48):
A fancy car?
Speaker 1 (11:51):
A fancy fancy car. What's your driving these days?
Speaker 5 (11:54):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (11:54):
Right, ooh, a truck? See the status symbol there is
how jacked up it is. Otherwise you're just saying, yeah,
I'm a working man, that's why I got a truck.
Ride here. Yeah, I'm driving at twenty fifteen. I don't
know what my status is, but it's not good. But
cars is the top answer?
Speaker 2 (12:11):
All right? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (12:12):
It was car, followed by houses, then jewelry and exotic pets.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
If somebody's got themselves like a leopard or something like that,
you're pretty sure they think they're awesome. Congratulations, You're going
to our Grand Rapids Rise versus the Orlando Valkyries coming
up next Wednesday. It'll be a fun game.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
Okay, thank you.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
You're very welcome, right, we'll do it again tomorrow. Battle
of the Sexes. Each weekday, you're on Start one A
five point seven's macking schmitty with you. And I know
maybe there's an age difference here amongst people, but I
got to talk to you about emoji smitty specifically. Do
you feel pressured to use emojis if you get into
(12:52):
a conversation with somebody else who is using a whole
bunch of them?
Speaker 3 (12:57):
So explain because it can be very, very passive.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
Here's the thing. I generally don't use emojis very often,
not really, just it's just not a part of my
texting style, if you will. That being said my fellow
coach in Little League this year, really excited guy, great
coach for the kids, text me quite a bit and
uses a ton of emojis. Interesting, you know he's older
(13:20):
than I am, this mid to late forties or whatever.
He uses. Is that normal because I find that other
guys my age we don't use that many love emojis. Really.
Speaker 3 (13:30):
Oh and my mom almost sends six eight of them
in one text message.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
My dad doesn't even know how to use them, he is,
He's still clueless when it comes to the emojis, But
I found myself like responding to things he would say,
and I'm like, I feel like I have to put
the laughing.
Speaker 3 (13:45):
He felt emoji pressure, Well.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
I felt emoji pressure because when somebody else is using
them and then you respond, it makes all of your
responses seem so less emotional, less enthusiastic, less funny, all
of the above. You're just that boring on the other
end of the text chat.
Speaker 3 (14:02):
So have you seen the gen Z controversy. They think
that the thumbs up emoji needs to be taken away
because it's the most passive aggressive way. It means you're upset,
it means you're unimpressed. It means you're sarcastic.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
Look, you guys already took away the period. The period I.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
Asked, never use the thumbs up emoji. If I get that,
if I get everybody thinks you're mad at them.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
I'm not.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
Just so you know, the thumbs up emoji is the
secret like.
Speaker 5 (14:27):
Oh it's terrible. Don't ever thumbs down to all of
you when you need that extra boost to get through
your workday. We are here to provide feeling good on
starting five point.
Speaker 3 (14:37):
Seven and let's talk our grand Rapids. Rise doing something
really cool the other night, teaming up with athletes from
Mary Free Bed to host the first ever sitting volleyball clinic.
You may not have heard of this, but.
Speaker 5 (14:50):
It is a thing.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
Sitting volleyball ball is the same rules as traditional volleyball,
but it's played from a seated position on the floor,
making it accessible to all athletes regardless of your physical abilities.
It's a big deal. There's actually a USA Sitting Volleyball Association.
Elliott Blake is the manager. He was there with Rise players,
(15:14):
and it's a big deal for athletes like Morgan. She's
at Mary Free Bed because of a rare condition that
causes limited joint mobility. But here's the deal, she tells
Fox seventeen, she still loves the.
Speaker 6 (15:25):
Sport Philly fun to do something that I really love
to I love volleyball, and it's just a really fun experience.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
Well, the Rise players had the exact same feelings.
Speaker 6 (15:37):
August Roski says, a lot because not only as you said,
busy with our season here, but we still have place
in our heart obviously to be a part of our community,
because without our community, we wouldn't have the support to
do our jobs such.
Speaker 3 (15:50):
A great idea. Grand Rapids Rise head coach Kathy George says,
I hope it's an awareness I can do this. These
are things I can get invaulked with. Even after times
have been really tough, you can still find hope and
enjoyment in the things that you love. So well done
to the Rise and Mary Free. But such a great idea.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
Honestly, I just got to give it a tip of
the cap to the entire Rise tribe because since coming
into existence just a couple of years ago, I feel
like they've been doing such a great job at giving
back here and they do a ton they really do,
especially for young women and girls. So just love to
see that. All right, Spinny, Speaking of our community, We've
got somebody who had a little pit stompack home here
to get ready for one of the biggest nights of
(16:30):
his life, the NFL Draft coming up on Thursday. And
Isaac Tesla, who graduated from Unity Christian High School back
in twenty twenty, went on to play two seasons at
Hillsdale College before he got picked up by the University
of Arkansas, and after a whirlwind season, he is off
to the NFL Draft. That's right, Oz Isaac returning to
(16:53):
Unity Christian High School last night just to spend some
time with his almor modern meet the fans, students, and
alumni to celebrate his big day coming up. Of whether
it'll be Thursday, Friday, Saturday, we're not sure yet where
he's going to land in the draft. However, he'll definitely
be an enjoy of the support from people right here
in West Michigan.
Speaker 7 (17:10):
These are my roots, you know. You know, there's been
so many people from this area, especially a Unity, that
have supported me. So I feel like this was a
good way to give back to the community a little bit.
I think just hanging out with my friends and family
are having a pretty big draft party. So just seeing
all those people then obviously wait for that phone ring
and seeing you know the area code and who's on
the other line is gonna be super cool.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
Now he's listed as one of the sleeper receivers that
might shoot up draft boards for some teams, but he says,
I'm not going to be like first or second round
pick necessarily, so I have to prove myself out there
every single day, and that's just going to be my mentality.
First round of the NFL Draft Thursday, at eight pm.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
Will be a party in Hudsonville.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
Love it. Feeling good comes at you a couple times
a day. I always want to share great things going
on out there. Let's do it tomorrow six forty five
and nine to twenty here on Star Mack and Schmidty
in the morning weekday starting at six am on Star
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