Tim Phillips Show, 8/21/26
6:10
A new survey by Pet's Table reveals that 23% of dog owners are open to trying their dog's food. Other findings:
-25% of dog owners would never try their dog's food
-16% of dog owners say they would try their dog’s food just once
-56% of dog parents feed their dogs straight from their own dinner plate
-52% of dog owners have made a home-cooked meal for their dog
-45% of dog owners say their dogs eat better than they do
6:30
Friday Flashback - MAGIC OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN 1980
SAILING, TAKE YOUR TIME, EMOTIONAL RESCUE
1980
List of 1980 Major News Events in History
- US defeats Soviet Union in ice hockey in what was labeled the "Miracle on Ice"
- Mount St. Helens Eruption on May 18th in Washington killing 57.
- The Iran-Iraq war begins in September of 1980
- CNN (Cable News Network) began broadcasting on June 1st.
- 3M begins sales of it's latest product Post-It Notes invented by Arthur Fry and Spencer Silver.
- Former Beatle John Lennon is shot to death
- Severe Summer Heat Wave in Southern US Causes 1,117 deaths in 20 States
- US Passes "Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act" to tax high profits by oil companies
- Fire Destroys the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas
- The Killer Clown ( John Wayne Gacy Jr ) sentenced to death for the murder of 33 boys and young men.
- Millions of viewers tune into the TV soap opera Dallas to learn who shot lead character J.R. Ewing.
The Rubik’s Cube puzzle toy debuts internationally during January at a toy fair in London. The toy had been created by Erno Rubik in the 1970s and was first patented as the “Magic Cube” in Hungary in 1975. The colorful puzzle was soon picked up by Ideal Toys to develop the toy for a global market. After its introduction in early 1980, the Rubik’s Cube hit toy stores in May of that year. By the following year it was a huge success causing a worldwide craze. Competitions for who could solve the puzzle the fastest emerged and it still remains popular today.
First available Domestic Camcorders available in Japan
First Available Fax Machines in Japan
Release of Pac-Man arcade game
Cost of a gallon of Gas $1.19
Average cost new car $7,200.00
Ground Beef Lb $1.39
Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head $4.77
LCD Pendant Watch $34.95
Pontiac Firebird $5,992.00
Men's Casual Shirt $14.00
Magnavox VHS Recorder $699.00
VHS Home Movie Camera $1,599.00
Tomi Cosmic Combat Electronic Game $28.99
Mens 3 Piece Suit $89.95
3M begins sales of it's latest product Post-It Notes invented by Arthur Fry and Spencer Silver.
Popular Films
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Superman II
Nine to Five
Raging Bull
Coal Miner's Daughter
Popular TV
The Facts Of Life
General Hospital
Dallas
The Dukes Of Hazzard
Chips
7:15
At some point, every road trip turns into a debate over whether it would’ve been easier to just get on a plane. Apparently, where you live has a lot to do with when driving starts to feel like more trouble than flying.
A new Upgraded Points survey looks at how much time people are willing to spend behind the wheel before they’d rather fly. It asked more than 24-hundred Americans how long they’re willing to drive for a personal trip before flying starts to look like the better option and found:
On average, Americans say they’d drive up to nine hours and 39 minutes before choosing to fly.
But the cutoff varied by more than six hours depending on which state the person was from.
Cost and convenience matter too, with airfare being the biggest factor pushing people toward driving, while gas prices and concerns about car reliability can make flying look more appealing.
The states quickest to say “let’s just fly” and the point at which they’d choose to fly:
California: six hours, 24 minutes
Massachusetts: six hours, 55 minutes
Rhode Island: seven hours, 16 minutes
Texas: seven hours, 16 minutes
Illinois: seven hours, 38 minutes
At the other end, these states are much more comfortable with an all-day drive:
Idaho: 12 hours, 55 minutes
Montana: 12 hours, 42 minutes
Kentucky: 12 hours, 40 minutes
Missouri: 12 hours, 37 minutes
Maine: 12 hours, 35 minutes
The survey also asked what pushed people toward driving or flying. Those choosing to drive cited high airfare (75%), delays or cancellations (33%), layovers or connections (32%), and traveling with children or pets (31%), while those choosing to fly pointed to high gas prices (42%), concerns about car reliability (41%), heavy traffic (36%), and the possibility of needing an overnight stop (33%).
So there is no universal answer to how far is too far to drive. For some people, a full day behind the wheel is still preferable to an airport, while others are checking flight prices before lunch.
Source: Yahoo Finance
