LANCASTER COUNTY REPORT: ON THE ROAD TO VALPARAISO, IN. JIM MCTAGUE, FORMER WASHINGTON EDITOR, BARRONS. @MCTAGUEJ. AUTHOR OF THE "MARTIN AND TWYLA BOUNDARY SERIES." #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 26 April 2025
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| 0:00.0 | The weather. Tomorrow, expect a biting cold front. Hmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be |
| 0:06.8 | wearing or taking off. The night will be wild and untamed. Expect heavy, lashing rain |
| 0:13.0 | that'll soak you to the skin. By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching |
| 0:18.7 | their peak in the afternoon. |
| 0:23.0 | Not in the mood for miserable weather? |
| 0:25.6 | Fly cheaply to Turkey with Sun Express. |
| 0:28.7 | Sun Express, nonstop sunshine. |
| 0:33.2 | On the road with Jim McTagg from Lancaster County, |
| 0:34.6 | the best county in Pennsylvania. |
| 0:41.3 | McTag, the former Washington editor of Barron's, on his way to Indiana, he picks up I-80 outside of State College, and he's driving west. |
| 0:46.1 | Mr. McTag, congratulations, he've made it all the way to Valparaiso, Indiana, but I'm interested |
| 0:51.6 | in the commerce, especially the transportation you saw along the way. |
| 0:56.4 | We both know the word recession is now being used routinely in the major media, including your |
| 1:02.8 | former hang your hat barons, and therefore we're watching much the traffic, the truck traffic, and the general mood of the |
| 1:12.4 | population. |
| 1:13.3 | You pick up I-80 and you stop at Du Bois, Pennsylvania. |
| 1:17.5 | What do you learn there, Jim? |
| 1:18.6 | Good evening to you. |
| 1:19.7 | Good evening, John. |
| 1:20.6 | Well, I stop at Dubois. |
| 1:21.9 | I talk to the people working inside the center which services cars and trucks. |
| 1:27.5 | Truck traffic has been very, very light. |
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