So what, what does it mean when you're saying to disentangle a whale?

So what it means is oftentimes these large animals will be existing in the world, and for one reason or another, they'll get wrapped up in, in fishing gear, and just like if you run through the forest, eventually you're gonna get hit in the face with a stick, um, they're gonna make the same mistake.

So these animals will get wrapped up in this gear, and our job will go, is to go out and find a way to get them out of that, so that their, at least the lethal portions are no longer affecting them, and they can go on and live a healthy life, have kids, all that kind of thing.

And I asked the woman, "Please put the seal down." And the crowd turned on me and was really upset because she was trying her best to help the seal.

To me, just the scope of the human experience you can, you can be a part of holding a hotline, I think, is super interesting, from people who are, like, super entitled to super kind to just, like...

Like, I had a report a couple years ago where the folks in the Cape Cod Canal said, "Hey, there's a guy fishing, and he th- he thinks there's an entangled whale in the canal," which is, is pretty rare.

So what, what does it mean when you're saying to disentangle a whale?

So what it means is oftentimes these large animals will be existing in the world, and for one reason or another, they'll get wrapped up in, in fishing gear.

And just like if you run through the forest, eventually you're gonna get hit in the face with a stick, um, they're gonna make the same mistake.

So these animals will get wrapped up in this gear, and our job will go, is to go out and find a way to get them out of that so that their, at least the lethal portions are no longer affecting them, and they can go on and live a healthy life, have kids, all that kind of thing.

And I asked the woman, "Please put the seal down." And the crowd turned on me and was really upset because she was trying her best to help the seal.

To me, just the scope of the human experience you can, you can be a part of holding a hotline, I think, is super interesting, from people who are, like, super entitled to super kind to just, like...

Like, I had a report a couple years ago where the folks in the Cape Cod Canal said, "Hey, there's a guy fishing, and he, he thinks there's an entangled whale in the canal," which is pretty rare.

No, in this case, I'm just saying, because this is what I experienced, all of the taxi ranks were absolutely empty.

The school runs were probably starting that time, fellas got off doing their school runs.

A lot of fellas then would go home if the traffic and the keys were busy, they'd head away home.

What do you want to be stuck in traffic for? And they may end up taking their way up and you're getting the height of abuse.

We're giving a good service and we want to make it better and we want to make it safe for the public.

But our local politicians, a lot of them, do not help us, don't care one bit about us.

The vote was taken in City Hall.

Because they were so slow with the paperwork.

Do you find building your own community in TNR is helpful where you can find people that are doing the same thing and just talk this stuff out with them? It's really hard.

It is hard.

It's almost become competitive at this point.

I've traveled parts of the country, and people say, Philly's rough.

You cat people in Philly are rough.

We all got to get along.

That's the one thing.

And that is why is this conversation important?

Paul, before we say bye to you, my friend, Bob Lynch from the DAV, I know you want to add something as well.

I just wanted to give you some feedback.

There was a winner from last year's auction, and he called me about a month ago.

He had just had his dinner at Almanove, and I have to say he couldn't have been more complimentary about what he got with his family.

Oh, I was

Sorry you missed it.

But as a highlight for that family, they couldn't say enough good things.

And I just wanted to say, anybody out there bidding is going to have...

Please go ahead.

Yes, Mr. Quirk.

It's an honor and a pleasure to know you.

And Mr. Quirk is affectionately known in the city of Quincy as the class of Quincy.

He's Mr. Classy.

And you couldn't ask for a better, finer person.

Thank you for your help and support and everything you've done.

Oh, wow.

Bob, I'm just curious, how much does Paul Wahlberg's support mean for you and for the DAV?

Well, what's interesting is Paul has been there since the beginning, back as far as we've been doing the Radiothon, as far as we've been doing the 5Ks.

He's an inaugural member and does things, of course, that a lot of people don't see.

And what it represents is continuity and giving back in ways that not many people could do.

So for us at the DAV, having that link with Paul and being able to push the ball forward for veterans.

So there's a lot of things that happen on the front end, but there's a lot of things that happen behind the scenes that people don't, they're not aware of.

So with the DAV, People are able to get benefits, get compensation.

there.