WINTER
WINTER COAT, HAT AND GLOVES. IT'S GOING TO BE COLD4@. WHO'S A NEW GUY?
WHO IS THIS GUY?
HE'S A LITTLE GUY.
WHAT TIME?
OK,4@ SO WE HAVE ALREADY SAID
GOODBYE TO HIM ONCE.
HERE ON THE MORNING REPORT.
BUT NOW THIS MORNING WE'RE
SENDING LEE NELSON OFF FOR
GOOD.
HE IS SOON TO BE LEAVING THE4@
BUSINESS.
IT HAPPENS4@.
IT HAPPENS.
WE4@ HAD SOME WELL WISHES FOR YU
FROM THE NEWS CENTER MAINE TEAM
AT FIVE THIRTY.
AND NOW WE WANT TO HEA4@R
MESSAGES FROM THE TEAM YOU WORK
WITH THE LONGEST.
PUT TOGETHER BY PHOTOJOURNALIST
4@KURT GRADDICK ABACA4@, YOU'RE
LAUNCHING WHAT YOU SEE.
4@YES, AGE NEWS SAID SIX TO THE
WARNING RECORD KEPT GROWING.
AND IT NOW4@ RUNS FOR TWO HOURS
BEGINNING 5:00 A.M..
MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE I HAVE
BEEN WORKING4@ A SCHEDULE.
WORKING THAT SHIFT CAN BE
TIRING TO 40 HERTZ4@ EVERY SINGE
DAY.
ONCE I GET HERE, HAVE SOME
COFFEE AND START LOOKING AT
THINGS.
I STILL GET ENERGIZED AND SO I
GUESS AS LONG AS I FEEL THAT
WAY, YOU KNOW, I'LL KEEP DOING
IT.
THEN OF COURSE AS LONG AS I CAN
STAND THESE IN ALL THE YEARS WE
WORKED TOGETHER I THINK WE HAD
WHAT I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE
DISAGREEMENT WAS ABOUT BUT I
REMEMBER ONE DAY4@ WE WERE KIND
OF GRUMPY TO EACH OTHER FOR
ABOUT FIVE MINUTES UP IN THE
WEATHER OFFICE AND THAT WAS
THAT YOU KNOW, WAS LIKE YOU
KNOW, TEN MINUTES LATER WE WERE
TALKING AGAIN.
MR. NELSON, WHERE IS THE TIME
GONE?
AFTER WHAT WAS THAT?4@
TWENTY THREE YEARS ALMOST ON
THE ANCHOR DESK TOGETHER4@ WE
COULD FINISH EACH OTHER'S
SENTENCES AND READ EACH OTHER'S
MINDS.
I'M NOT SURE WHO THAT4@ IS THE
SCARIER PROPOSITION FOR BUT I
THINK IT'S TRUE.
MR. NELSON MAN, YOU HAD AN
AMAZING CAREER AND I WAS ONLY
LIKE A SMALL PART OF IT BUT I
ACTUALLY NEED TO THANK YOU AND
CHER TOO FOR4@ HELPING MAKE MY
TRANSITION BACK TO ME AND SEVEN
YEARS AGO SO EASY MEAN4@ WORKING
THAT MORNING SHOW WITH YOU
GUYS.
THE ONE THAT YOU ESTABLISHED4@4@
AND CREATED AND MANY VIEWERS
FEEL A SPECIAL CONNECTION WITH
THE MORNING TEAM DID SOME GOOD
TIMES A LOT OF GOOD TIMES.
THERE WAS THE TIME YOU GOT
TRAPPED IN THE CAMERAS IN THE
STUDIO AND YOU COULDN'T GET OUT
TO GET BACK TO THE DESK FOR
YOUR NEXT READ.
MY FAVORITE MEMORIES WITH THE
TWO OF US ACTUALLY OFF THE SET,
NOT ON IT.
WHEN WE WOULD GOT TO SHAWNEE
PEAK AND DO SOME SKIING AND I4@
WOULD GET AWAY, GET SOME RUNS
AND THERE WAS THE TIME I
ACCIDENTLY WATCH YOUR SHOT AND
YOU COULDN'T JUST LET IT GO.
YOU HAD TO PRETEND YOU WERE
WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS BEHIND
MY SHOT.
REMEMBER THAT MY FAVORITE
MEMORY THOUGH IS WHEN WE WENT
DOWN TO BOSTON TO F4@ENWAY PARK
AND PLAYED IN THAT, YOU KNOW,
FLAG FOOTBALL GAME WITH ALL THE
MEDIA AND BOSTON AND ALL THOSE
GUYS DOWN THERE WE'RE KIND
OF LIKE WHOA4@, WHO ARE THESE
GUYS FOR ME?
THEY'RE ACTUALLY PRETTY DARN
GOOD.
I MEAN YOUR SPIRAL IS SO4@ TIGHT
THAT DAY IT WAS GREAT.
FOR WHATEVER REASON, PEOPLE
REALLY DO THINK IT'S AS PART
OF THEIR FAMILIES.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE
IT'S THE VERY FIRST THING THEY
DO IN THE MORNING IS FLIP ON
THE NEWS AND SEE US SO THAT IT
FEELS4@ MORE LIKE WE'RE
INTEGRATED INTO THEIR WHOLE
DAY.
THERE WAS LESS HABS4@ AND THEN Y
ALL TIM4@E FAVORITE THOSE STUNT
TYPES THE 80S BROUGHT ANOTHER
CHANGE.4@
IF IT WAS TREACHEROUS I COULD4@
GO ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR IN
THE SNOW WAS COMING RIGHT AT ME@
.
WE STICK PEOPLE OUT IN THE SNOW
TO TELL US IT'S SNOWING.
BUT4@ BUT OF COURSE4@ THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING IS DO TO
COVER THE CANCELATION. 4@
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE
FORECAST.
I'VE TOLD CHAD OVER AND OVER
AGAIN AND I STILL DON'T BELIEVE
IT.
WE JOKED A LOT IF I GOT A
FORECAST WRONG4@ WHICH HAPPENED
VERY REALLY RIGHTLY SO IS THIS.
I DIDN'T REALLY TAKE4@.
HE WAS ALWAYS VERY POSITIVE
KNOWING BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT
IT HOW D4@IFFICULT WEATHER
FORECASTING IS IN GENERAL BUT
CERTAINLY HERE IN NEW ENGLAND.
SO4@ HE I FELT LIKE HE AND SHARN
HAD MY BACK A LOT ON4@ THOSE4@ S
WHEN WE SAID IT WOULD ONLY BE A
FEW INCHES OF SNOW AND WE WERE
SHOVELING.
YOU HAD4@ 10 INCHES ESSENTIALLY
STORM CENTER TOOK THE
CANCELATIONS THAT WERE THE
EXCLUSIVE DOMAIN OF RADIO AND
BROUGHT THEM TO TV ALONG WITH4@
EXPANDED FORECASTS AND
REPORTERS STANDING OUTSIDE IN
THE WORST4@ POSSIBLE WEATHER
TELLING VIEWERS THAT THEY
SHOULDN'T GO OUT CLAUSE ALL
RIGHT. 4@
IF YOU LOOK AT MAINSTREAM
MOVIES AND THOUGH IT IS REALLY
4@SLUSHY.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU, STEVE4@.
GOOD LEE.
COULD YOU ASK ROGER IF HE WOULD
LIKE TO SWITCH PLACES WITH ME
TO THE IDEA QUICKLY CAUGHT ON
WITH ALL OF THE STATIONS IN
MAINE?
I DON'T.
WHO CAME UP WITH4@ THE SWEATER
IDEA BECAME SOME KIND OF A
FASHION STATEMENT BECAUSE I
CAN'T REMEMBER4@ THE FIRST COUPE
OF YEARS I GO TO THE BANK AND4@
THEY SAY WE JUST LOVE STORM
CENTER BECAUSE NOW WE GET TO
WEAR SWEATERS WHEN IT SNOWS.
ANYWAY, WISHING YOU THE BEST
LOOK OUT FOR THE STATES IN THE
REAL WORLD.
YOU K4@NOW, THOSE ARE MY4@ FAVOE
TIMES AND I'LL NEVER FORGET
THEM.
AND I WANT T4@O WISH YOU ALL THE
LUCK IN THE WORLD4@ IN YOUR NEXT
ENDEAVORS ALTHOUGH YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO NEED IT TO BE HUGELY
SUCCESSFUL.
TAKE THEREBY.
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING.
4@HARD TO PACK 30 YEARS INTO JUT
A COUPLE OF MESS.
IT IS ANNA AND I KNEW YOU WERE
GONNA BRING UP THE STUFF.
AND THAT LEGEND THERE IS NO
EXPLANATION NEEDED REALLY
EXCEPT TO SAY4@ THAT THERE WAS A
MIS SPEAK THERE ONE DAY
COMBINING THOSE TWO4@.
AND IT DID NOT GO WELL RIGHT
OUT THERE AND I HELPED SO MUCH
BY SITTING VERY QUIETLY NEXT TO
THE STONE FACE.
WELL, YOU'VE TOLD THAT STORY I
THINK FOR A MILLION TIMES4@ AND
YOU LAUGH HYSTERICALLY EVERY
TIME.
SO DOES YOUR FAMILY TODAY4@ HERE
4@WITH YOUR REACTION AFTERWARDS
WHEN YOU SAID I DON'T EVEN SAY
THAT WORD IN REAL LIFE.
I THOUGHT IF I JUST SAID IT ON
THE AIR ONLY ONE VIEWER WROTE
IT WHICH MADE IT A FAIRLY GOOD
YOU.
ANYWAY, GOOD TIMES.
GOOD TIMES.
AND NOW YOU'RE GETTING INTO THE
FITNESS INDUSTRY.
I AM INDEED.
I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN IN IT
ANYWAY.
BUT NOW I'M GOING TO BE IN IT
FULL TIME AND IT'S BEEN
SOMETHING I'VE BEEN LOOKING
FORWARD TO FOR A LONG TIME.
I KIND OF FELT LIKE I YOU KNOW,
I ACCOMPLISHED EVERYTHING I
WANTED TO AND HERE4@.
AND SO IT'S TIME TO GO OUT AND
ACCOMPLISH OTHER THINGS.
BUT I LOVED YOU GUYS.
IT'S BEEN IT WAS SO GREAT TO4@
WORK WITH YOU FOR SO MANY
YEARS.
AND YOU KNOW, SHARON I MEAN YOU
ARE MY WORK WIFE FOR SO LONG.
I HAD TO KEEP YOUR CALENDAR. 4@
YES, YOU DID.
AND IT IS IT IS INTERESTING,
YOU KNOW, 4@SOMETIMES YOU DO
SPEND MORE TIME WITH YOUR4@ WORK
FAMILY SOMETIMES THAN YOUR REAL
FAMILY, YOU KNOW.
SO WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME
TOGETHER AND IT ALL WORKED OUT
SO WELL.
SO4@ I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL SO
MUCH AND THANK EVERYONE OUT
THERE TOO FOR FOR YOUR LOYALTY
BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T WORK IF WE
DIDN'T HAVE THE CONNECTION THAT
WE ABSOLUTELY ALL THE BEST TO
YO4@U.
THANK YOU.4@
LEE ORIGINALLY THE MANUAL ON
HOW TO WORK WITH THESE GUYS4@
JUST