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Hey, thanks for joining us for Last Call where we get to some of the topics we didn't get a chance to talk about in the first part of Donnybrook.

Wendy, it turns out that the city of St. Louis bought 71 or so thousand dollar worth of um >> X-ray >> X-ray equipment.

Yeah.

um equipment that >> metal detectors.

>> Metal detectors that one would use to screen passengers, let's say, at an airport, but it was purchased for the Amtrak and Greyhound station in downtown St. Louis.

They can't quite figure out a way to take firearms away from people who are boarding trains and then return it to them when they get to uh Kirkwood or wherever they're going, Kansas City for example.

So, um what's your thought about this latest Kurfuffle?

>> I thought it was a it was a great story.

from KMOV.

They were they were the ones that that covered the the account that I read.

And the whole time I'm just thinking, call the TSA.

I mean, they face these dilemmas every single day.

I would imagine several times a day, maybe a couple times an hour.

But I I just could not figure out why the uh the person who was Why am I forgetting her name?

Donna Barer, thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Uh Donna Bearinger was was saying, >> "You adore her.

>> I I adore everybody.

I just adore everybody.

>> She just likes that.

>> I just I just like D. No, but uh I she you know, she's she's talking about how well we know we need to do this, but we don't know how to do this.

And I thought, >> what?

I was just very very confused.

>> It's more difficult than TSA because TSA takes your firearm and you don't get it back.

You don't get on the plane with it.

You get right from you are allowed to take firearms on Amtrak if they are registered, if they're locked up, blah blah blah.

Yeah.

And and I thought that uh the controller, Donna Behinger, >> was just responding to the reporter's questions like, "Well, we I'm not sure what we're going to do."

I think that she indicated that they're going to do something.

They're going to talk to the police and have a policeman >> because the police don't have enough to do right now.

>> Well, you know, when if they get a gun, you know, what are they supposed to do with it, >> right?

Amazon Prime needed.

Do we really think we need a metal detector at the Greyhound station?

>> I used to say that.

I think people said that right up to September 10th of 2000.

>> No, I think the lovely thing about taking a train right now is it is not this whole rigomearroll like when you go to the airport and you have to get there 2 hours early and you're taking off your shoes, which I guess now you don't have to take off your shoes, but you know, the train experience is so chill and people are so nice to each other on a train.

It still feels civilized.

I don't want St. Louis to take that away.

And I I was going to actually say that I I love the train.

Daughter went to school in Chicago.

She took it all the time, but I really really like Amtrak.

I wish it really spread all over the country.

And I feel the same way.

The weird thing I said like, "No, we we don't allow that on Amtrak," which is ridiculous.

One nut gets on and it changes everything.

But that nut ain't got on yet.

So, so I'm glad they have the screening thing, but the No, I'm just saying, but you don't know what to do with the gun.

Like I say, if I The thing goes off at TSA and I got a gun, I'm arrested, my life changes forever, pretty much.

What do you do with the person who has a gun, try to get on the train, which you can bring on, if it's registered, what do you do?

Call the police?

What do you >> If you're going to bring a gun on a train and St. Louis city has metal detectors, you just board at Kirkwood.

Kirkwood doesn't do it.

You go to Grand Central Station, they don't have metal detectors there.

>> No, we don't want to create a two-tiered system here where you have to go to Kirkwood if you're carrying a gun.

That that feels like a violation amendment right, hey, go to Kirkwood if you got a gun, right?

No, >> no.

Or go to any other Amtrak station in the country.

>> But the point is Amtrak stations generally don't have them.

And trains throughout Europe, you don't go through a metal detector.

Of course, you know, the gun situation there is much different.

Well, they're that and also the rest of you.

Oh, they they got gun face shoe recognition in them places like they know you're a mile guy has a gun, right?

Right.

Right.

>> They probably been watching too many Jason Bourne movies.

>> I think I believe it.

>> It could be.

Hey, let me ask you Alvin about the price of a fishing license.

I think it's what $13 and it's going to go up to 14.

Today is the last day that you can make a comment on the Missouri Department of Conservation website about proposed changes.

So, the uh deer license will go from $18 to $19.50.

I'm of the belief that uh right now, you know, the governor just vetoed a lot of good measures because of funding problems.

Maybe these licenses should cost a little bit more money for those who are fishers and hunters.

>> Okay, the hunters, you're on your own.

But as for the fellow fisherman out there, come on.

A dollar, I could live with that.

I don't and I think it should be that because um once you get to a certain age you you do have to have a fishing license.

So if it's a family it's not just the $13 times that times four or whatever.

And you know I don't think that that's I think that's about right.

Also I didn't get one this year because I'll be 65 in a month and >> now I could like fish for free.

>> What's another thing?

>> Hey following up on your greedy geyser Tom.

I mean, why are seniors getting freebies?

>> Because because we can't afford to do anything else other than fish.

>> We still have more money than any other generation.

The kids are the ones that could use a >> like who we're going to soak and rightfully so is the outsters.

>> Oh, I like that.

>> I mean, we're saying 13 to 14, nobody can really complain about that.

But if you're from outstate, you're going to have to pay a pretty penny to fish or hunt in this state.

>> First of all, >> specifically, it goes from 288 to 366 for a deer hunting license for an out ofstater.

And 43,000 out ofers came to Missouri last year to hunt deer.

>> Mark my words, you are the new Don Corleone.

If we're going to soak anybody, it's going to be the out of state.

So this is going to be that little clip is going to find its way onto an Indiana is for whatever tourist board commercial and and Missouri is going to be this is like rental cars.

You know, when you rent a car, it's, you know, Enterprise is only charging you, you know, $10, but the motel fees and the hotel fees that because it's easy for politicians, you're charging the out of state.

>> I I helped build Portland's arena cuz one time I went there twice in a year, put it in a $10 new arena tax.

I'm like, >> I doubt I'll ever see a game here, but I did my part.

I sure like that better than what we're doing in Missouri, which is just giving away taxpayer money to build these arenas.

Why can't we just soak all the out oftowners on everything, you know?

>> Well, I I will say, and I'm all I'm very serious about this.

We should soak everybody in, especially the out oftowners, on our highways by putting up some tolls.

>> Well, I agree with that.

I've always agreed with that except 70 cuz I use that one.

I'm kidding.

I'm kidding.

I pay my part.

I >> wouldn't we just use the cranky money?

>> Well, that's all gone to East St. Louis.

gave it away.

>> I still like my crunky idea.

Think of this.

You keep talking about regionalism.

You keep talking about regionalism except when it comes to practice.

>> This is like the worst idea ever, Charlie.

I know we didn't have time in our normal program.

>> Alvin is so right about the benefits of swimming.

And if you look at, for example, uh the Blue Zones, right, the the series on how people live to be a hundred years old.

They they went to uh what uh some city in California showed everybody swimming outdoors enjoying themselves.

Social benefits, physical benefits, cures loneliness.

>> I'm glad we have time for this pro swimming propaganda.

Fought the good fight the hours the the the time extended at the Clayton pool.

Am I right?

>> Yeah, that's right.

Well, the Clayton pool used to be open till October 1st and now it closes on Labor Day, which this year I think is September 1st.

It's very early and yet September is turning out to be one of the hottest months of the year.

That is >> seriously October October is not chilly.

I mean, we see it on the calendar and we think we think oo, you know, fantastic sweaters, leaves, football, chili, and all that stuff.

October can be beastly hot.

So, I've got this idea.

I feel like the good people of Clayton, in the interest of regionalism, we need to spend our our cranky money to give you a pool season that lasts through October.

Like this would be the regional gift that the city should >> and open it up to people from all over St. Louis.

St. Louis, we are beginning the first conversations of new aquatic center in Kirkwood.

Get your popcorn because before that one's over.

Oh yeah.

>> Oh, you're building a new one.

>> Well, no.

is like I said the first it the time has come where we have to start discussing >> wellbster just built it so Kirk will have to follow suit and it'll be better I think we've got it though because to get the kids from East St. Louis we will use Bill's long long wait long long awaited for gondilas.

>> Oh yeah that's >> right from from right from East St. Louis.

This has legs here and and as it >> does anybody hear fish >> like I do.

All right.

Okay.

Because I go to it is very it is very stress relieving and relaxing.

So it does have health benefits.

>> Absolutely.

>> Yes.

Okay Bailey.

>> Uh now that we've solved all the local problems, we'd like to thank you for your time and we'll see you again next week.

Thanks a lot.

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