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A Solid 4 Beer Thoughts - Brett and Lynk Leave The Country For Hockey
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We were out last week because Brett and Lynk were traveling to take in their 31st hockey trip. We all know that when Brett travels stories ensue, however Lynk loaded up the observations on this one. A quick This Week In History and a questionable post Easter joke of the week. Enjoy!
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Introduction and Podcast Engagement
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Ah, yes. And here we are. we have made it back. We took a week off. We all rested and relaxed. Some of us went out of the country, snuck out of the country, but came back.
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um We'll talk about that. I'm sure we might have snuck into a country.
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Via the back door.
Listener Emails and Weekend Recap
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We'll have a brief ah this week in history, probably some stuff. Very, very few stuffs, but some stuffs. Brief. And ah we'll hear all about Jeff's exciting weekend.
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Sure. Yeah. It's all in store for you tonight on a solid four beer thoughts. Be sure to like, like, subscribe, follow wherever you get us, especially the like, subscribe part. um we We need all the likes we can get and all the subscribes we can get.
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If you want to send us an email, 4solidbeers at gmail.com. You can do that anytime you like. So we we like getting listener emails. We don't get enough of them. I haven't got one from old Dave for a while. I was just going to ask. Yeah, I need to rattle his cage.
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Maybe he went to Canada and couldn't get back in. don't know. Who knows? They tariffed his ass. I know he went to New Orleans recently, but that's because he lives close. and he goes there a lot. so You say he might not have survived. That's a different place, man.
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Yeah, he goes there a lot. he's That's why he moved down there. But anyhow... and So, Jeffrey? Tom? How was your last two weekends? Well, it's good to be around the table with you guys again. We missed you. We were missing last week. Yeah, it was kind of odd. I mean, awkwardly a little bit different. We seemed a hell of a lot longer.
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What's that? Yeah, did. It seems much longer. Seems like it's been a month since we've been here. Yeah, it seems forever. Seriously. I was seriously yesterday questioning the day of the week. I was like, is it Wednesday yet? Huh. Yeah, it was weird.
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Huh. Yeah. i didn't do a thing, Tom. Goddamn. All right, Lake. We gave you two weeks to
Rory McIlroy's Career and Personal Life
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get something done. yeah You didn't do shit. The week before, I can't remember what I did. That does not surprise me about you, Chad. I went down to Lake. went down to Lake. Yes. You watched the Masters at Rookies.
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Yes. Yes, I did. Yes. Rory came home from the lake. And what's that? Rory. Yes. Rory. Rory. Finally. but not quiteroy yeah sure He tried to piss it away, but yeah, he did. It was good to see him win. Yeah. He finally won. So he got what the the career slam is what they call it. so the career doing he's won the four majors, PGA majors.
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How many people have done that? like six sixs He's six. It's pretty impressive. I've got them written down. Thank you. like serious Kind of an educated guess. I thought six or seven. Nicholas. trump Tiger. Trump. Woods. i mean yeah ah Hogan.
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Did already say him? There was somebody a along and then were right long time ago. James Harrison. Oh, okay. Yeah. you but but yeah fifty s ni Nicholas, Hogan, Gary player but for GP.
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Yep. Old GP played in his last masters this year. Oh, wow. He's played in for the last 50 years or something stupid like that. So Rory won his third of the four majors 11 years ago. So he's, he needed to win the masters to get his career slam.
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Yeah. This, this was his 12th attempt. Wow. And so every year he comes in. So he actually afterwards he hit one of his comments was, well, I wonder what we're going to talk about going into next year's tournament now. Yeah.
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because Because now that I've done this, he goes, this is all we've talked about for the past 12 years. did so Did he also file for a divorce recently? Like after the master's? Was that before?
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I did not hear that, okay but I heard, I didn't see the ah post. I might just be making stuff up. No, there was it was chilly between him and his wife. It was ah very chilly. Like chilly like Jeff's mom's basement? chili Yes. So you could see her can nipples? Yes. yeah Okay.
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So anyway, yeah, but yeah, it went into extra, extra innings. And yeah, he wanted what on the first hole? Because he choked up because he five, six foot putt.
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Yeah. Yeah. he He tried to piss it away. Yep. So. Oh, they separated last year. We got back together. He was very he's very emotional after things aren't going good. time It was a little chilly.
Home Improvement and Easter Celebrations
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and Okay. Yeah. Lincoln, what'd you do this weekend? Dude, nothing. I recouped. I was tired. I was just tired. I didn't hardly, I tried to do nothing. I did a little yard work. That was about it. So nothing even worth mentioning. Brett?
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That's exciting. Well, I've done a lot over the last two weeks. but He said this weekend. I was talking about this weekend. I thought we would circle back. and We can talk about the last two weeks. Let's figure out the weekends and then we'll talk about the home improvement trip.
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How's the painting? Painting project? Is painting still going on? ah Pretty much done. yeah I got to do the stairs. like I got to decide if I'm taking up the carpet or taping the carpet down. so in Decisions, decisions. Well, yeah, because and we've all had this conversation before. You want to make sure your carpet matches your drapes. Sure, if you take it up, it's still going to match it. Very important. For sure.
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Be much easier to paint the The stairs, though, without the carpet there. Yes, yeah most definitely. just Tommy? I still got to get to painting. Haven't done it yet. Do you still have those swatches up on your wall? We've picked the color. We just haven't.
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but You still have a swatch watch? I do. I got a swatch wall. what time clock What time was it? Swatch wall. What time was it on your swatch watch? It was 5 o'clock. I'm pretty sure it was 5 o'clock. 6 o'clock on my swatch watch. 6 o'clock on my swatch watch. Close.
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we were We were on Central. Central Canadian. yeah yeah So yeah, what did we do? over the Oh, nothing. Okay, cool. Okay, there you It was Easter.
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We celebrated Easter. That's what we did. Yeah, we had Easter. We Eastered it up. Other than hanging out family. Yeah, we went to church. What? Yeah, we didn't. yeah Kylie came home and wanted to go to church for Easter.
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It was nice. It was good. She came home to go to church for Easter. That's an effort. did We skipped church. i mean Did the walls fall in? um No, it's in Jericho. Oh.
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Wow. We went went to church in Avon. Holy cow. Wow. Look at that biblical knowledge shining. Just look at you go. I'm a closing. You scholar. My second part-time or my first part-time job.
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Nice. second job. Yeah. I sold a house. I sold house. sold a house. I sold a house. sold a house. Link can help you out. Sure. Sure. If he finds a free time to help you out. So that was good. yeah You started a new job on Monday. Monday, Monday, Monday, Monday. Todd, you started a new job this past Monday? Second weekend. This is my second weekend. How's it going?
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So far, so good. I've been fired yet? Still employed. Really? Wow. That's pretty impressive. Going as scheduled. I think we yeah we got we got some questions here about about just stuff in general.
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yeah Awesome. I'm not sure if I can ask him about your job, though. so I'll hold them. Whose job? Your job. Why? People might be listening. No, you don't want to listen.
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Now it's time for that over popular part of the show. The abbreviated.
Historical Events and Sports Highlights
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yeah we we don't We don't have a whole lot. deep did didn I know I was reading ah this week in history.
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ah Three major league ballparks opened up this week in history. ah Wrigley Field, Tiger Stadium and Fenway Park. Wow. All opened up this week. Different years. Well, Tiger Stadium and Fenway Park, I believe, opened the same year.
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ah Tiger Stadium is now no longer open. But Fenway is currently the oldest ballpark and in the National League. the Crazy, two of those three are still still around. And I've been in both of i think I haven't been. i want to go to Fenway. I think Fenway was like 1912, I think. Does that sound right? it sounds right. I didn't write it down. but it's It's definitely over 100 years on book.
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Wow. Yeah. Pretty cool. week, 2008, Danica Patrick wins the IndyCar 300 at Twin Ring Motegi in Japan, becoming the first woman to win an IndyCar championship event.
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And never repeat. It never, I mean. Yeah. Yeah, but still. Sorry. There's a lot people that have been in IndyCar that haven't won a single living. That never won anything. You're correct. So, this week in history, to bring it down a notch.
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This week. Prince passed away in 2016 at the age of 57. It was a purple rain day. And Pope Francis, just this past week, passed away at age of 88. Did you hear what he died from?
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His heart stopped. Basically. Basically. But he was too pooped to popa.
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In Utah. yeah ah Thank goodness you didn't go to church this week. What? Holy crap. He was too pooped to popa. Wow.
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Okay. But i think I thought it was odd that he passed away after giving the Easter service. yeah to i was yeah I was surprised. i I don't. I think when you know, you know, and I think you can extend that a few days. so Maybe. And if you're the Pope, i mean. That was hours, though. Yeah.
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I'm just saying. Yeah, I know. yeah i didn't he probably He probably could have checked out on Thursday. yeah But he's like, man, Easter. I got to make it through Easter. Wasn't he coming off double pneumonia or something like that? Yeah, he had double pneumonia. He had a stroke last year. Stroke. Stroke.
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Stroke, Pope, stroke, Pope. And then most recently had, was in the hospital with double pneumonia. Yes. You just said two pooped at the Pope. And you're talking about me getting hit knee? What is double pneumonia, by the way?
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That's when you got it twice. lungs. Both lungs. is what oh pneumonia typically only one line I know I know I'm just gonna guess but yeah so that's what I've heard um I've never actually had pneumonia but everybody when they has said that when it's double pneumonia it's both lungs so I guess regular pneumonia Maybe only one lung? When you when you just said both lungs, you did the... the yeah Yeah, both lungs. Yes. The toy both and is so titties. Yes.
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The universal sign for, hey, show me your boobs. like you you literally He's going to need that over the next couple of weeks. So since the month of May is upon us. I think your lungs are down here, Tom, not up here.
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Just saying that. It's a general area. Old lady lungs are down there. Yeah, yeah sure they are. Yeah. Anyway, I think that's a sweet industry. There's a lot of more that went on, but little brief. Jeff to the Googles.
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Oh, boy, to the news desk with Jeff here. so No, that was that to end this week in history. But yeah the key difference between pneumonia and double pneumonia lies in the number of lungs affected.
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So we were right. huh Hawk to a lungs gets you double. Cool. Legit didn't know pneumonia was only one lung. Yeah, I didn't either. All right. if You learn something on this show every week. If you get triple pneumonia, you're in trouble.
Hockey Trip Adventures
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You are trouble. You ain't from these parts. All right. So we weren't here last week because ah Jeff and – or Jeff. yeah bret Brett and Link took a hockey trip.
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Yeah, we did. Before that. um So before – or after you heard ah heard from us last, I should say, they went on a different hockey trip for the Frozen Four.
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Yeah, we've been all over the place. Last week, they hockey tripped it up to the to the Great White North um and what? Northwest. So tell us about your trip, boys.
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That sounds insincere. Like we really give a shit, but go ahead and tell us. Here, let me start the timer, Link. You have four four minutes and 38 seconds to cover what you want to cover. Got it. bre What were your highlights?
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What were the highlights? Frozen Four was cool. ah What were your observations? Frozen Four is the final four of college hockey, right is what it is. That's so cool. It was in St. Louis, so is' it's about a three-and-a-half-hour drive yeah from from where we're at.
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It felt like about eight on the way home, but yeah. You didn't get home until three in the morning. Well, we lived before the third period started of the second game, so we saw two games. Right.
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uh left before the third period started because and by that time it was like 11 45 hour time right think it's 10 45 the first game went into over our that's what that's what hurt us double overtime double ot so that's what hurt us right time right i mean that that delayed our trip an hour right but uh yeah we didn't get home to like well that that was a hell of a game 215 something 3 3 3 30 3 15 yeah that was that was rough
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yeah that was that was rough The original plane was to stay there that night, and it just it didn't work out that night. We had to get Kylie back for school. Cool.
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So, yeah. the So, it was like exciting, though. So, when we talked, because we talked when you guys got back, we had lunch that Friday, and you were talking about Western Michigan. Yeah.
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And what was funny was Brett was talking about, you know, the fan. excitement because they never they never what got this far no it's their first final four model for in any sport ever and so while we're sitting there and i'm like they're gonna win and he's like adamno boston's gonna kick their ass yeah so boston's like a storied program yeah but because he said that then when that final game was on i'm watching the fucking final yeah and you're not even a hockey fan i'm not even in a hockey fan we were texting about him i i was at rookies and i was like
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holy shit yeah and i'm like dude think western michigan's gonna pull this shit off yeah and they did i mean it was a it was a it was a great game it really was they won forget what you said they won three two in double over but to get there they won a bunch of one score games including overtime right yeah i think they had like three one score games where they won't buy one goal They were the underdog in all these games. It's kind of what college sports should be. It's like Butler.
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Yes. A small school making it big time. so We became Western Michigan fans because we're... We're the underdog. well They had good fans. True that. We are walking to...
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Find a beer. Before the game. Yeah, after we parked. And the pep band for Western Michigan, after block, basically we're walking with them. With them. For like three blocks. And and when he says with them. Are you blowing the trombone? with I almost blew Buster. if hes say mascot ha Could have.
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Yeah. I mean, yeah, they're mascots with them. And the kids were just, it's like, just to hear him talk, you're like, oh, hell, this is an experience. right you're You're going to have this for your whole life. yeahp And ah probably just happy to be there at that yeah So the place we go to was packed. They couldn't get in. We couldn't get in.
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um We go to another place um and really can't get a seat there. So we're looking around. Actually had on a Michigan Tech hockey shirt.
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um And this was outdoor seating with like couches and stuff. And there's a couple of kids like, hey, we can scoot over if you want to join us. And you're like, e and I'm like, yes, we do. Cause we needed to eat. Cause we were, we were, yeah yeah we haded there were three of us, but if they scooted it over, there's only going to be two seats. and yeah Normally we'd be like, now we're good.
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But we're like, okay, screw it. Yeah, we did it. No big deal. So it ends up, they graduated from Western Michigan a few years prior. They assumed we're from Michigan because of the Michigan Tech shirt, I think.
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ah so It's kind of weird because around that table, there were fans from the other team that they were playing that night. So nobody in that group was really denver together. ah So, yeah, we sat there and I'm like, yeah, I'm all in for Western Michigan now. So let's let's do it. That's awesome. Yeah, it was great. And that was the first game was a game.
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First game is very good. yeah the So the weird thing that happened there, we so every hockey game we go to, ah the only thing we we really want, and when we first started our trips, that we we looked to get a ah memorabilia puck.
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Right. You know? And when we first started going, they were like five bucks. Five bucks, yes. Well, now they're 10, 12, 15. Anyway, so we go start looking for pucks, and we ended up asking somebody at one of the merchandise stands.
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ah No, the the truck was delayed, and we don't have any. So this was this was a Thursday night. So Thursday, and then the championship game was on Saturday. So Thursday night, they're like, no, we're delayed. No, no pucks.
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So as we're sitting there, Brett gets on what Western Michigan, Western Michigan's bookstore.
Travel Mishaps and Nostalgic Train Journeys
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Yeah. Their bookstore website orders three pucks. yep And gets home. And a couple days later, he's like, hey, guess what?
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ah Bucks are here. Order's delayed. That order's delayed. That truck was laid off. So that truck, we don't know what happened to the truck. So they're stuck with 10,000 bucks. Probably. Really.
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Because they would have sold a ship. Bad decision. Everything was really great about that experience. The bitch of it was the NCAA, the way they did the merchandise was an absolute joke. You had to wait in line. I waited in a line for third. I missed most of the second period so to be told they don't have any pucks. Jesus Christ. Wow.
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And they, you know, if you've been to concerts, they had shirts up and they have a numerical system. This you want shirt, a shirt, B shirt, C, and, Well, these effing geniuses, instead of breaking them out in disassured a small, medium, large, whatever.
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And I swear every worker was over 85. So we we can start with that because there's a level of efficiency with an 85-year-old rummaging through a box that's not broken up.
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Here, sonny. Yep. Going through the... So you want an XL? Nope. No, I want a small. Okay, so larger XL. I wait 30 minutes just to be told you don't have a shirt. Like, you know, you guys can.
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Yeah. Yeah. Suck it. Suck it. Which is dumb. um I mean, what if you want to sell merchandise at any event. That's what I was just going to say. Figure out a system. Well, that's what they they get those groups to do it, and nobody organizes it for them.
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So. So yeah so that was that was Thursday a couple weeks ago. yeah And then early morning Tuesday, we got on a flight, headed out to Seattle.
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um Flew out to Seattle, ended up ah going to the hotel. Straight from the airport. ah What did I miss? ah just My man, Link, cannot sleep anywhere.
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i can't sleep on enough i guess on a plane trainer i can he can but i oblig that I can't sleep on a plane. It's not that I'm like totally uncomfortable. it's just I just can't do it. There's something about it.
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yeah like you know Your head can't get in the right position. Even with a neck pillow. i just i don't know. There's something about it. i fall I fall asleep at for some period of time on every single flight I take.
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I don't sleep a long time, but I sleep for some part of Oh, me sleep you a long time. Okay, then compared to you clowns, I'm national champion. Yeah, 100%. Brett slept everywhere we went.
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Everywhere we went. On the bus. He was like, hey, so do you want window? Because I'm probably fall asleep. So if you need out, I was like, right, fine. There was ah we're on the train. Brett gets an ordinately relaxed when he's not driving.
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to To jump forward a little bit. When we were on the train, i literally had him convinced that I climbed over him twice while he was sleeping. Like no joke. didn't see guys me right He goes, Hey, ah yes.
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yeah i ask and i asked I go, I go actually, yeah, I did twice. He goes, really? You did. I go, well, I went to the bathroom once. i went to get another drink another time. He goes, really? He goes, man, I had no idea you climbed over me twice. It wouldn't surprise me. Yeah, absolutely.
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ah Yep, sure enough. That's funny. And and it's, you know, your your legs are hitting the seat in front of you. It's not like I could sneak past him. I literally would have to climb over his lap. I've got a question here for the group before you continue. Yep.
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Have you guys been on a train that kind of went? Have you pulled a train but at all? Anybody? Anybody? no No comment. Chew's not the answer. But no, I've never been on a passenger train like Amtrak or anything like that. Never have.
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anything like that never right the two two drink Now I've been on that train and French lick that they rob, but um that's just more of a, oh yeah, that's kind of like. That was the, ah back to this week in history, way back when, that was the site of the first stagecoach, our train robber. Train robber. Yeah. And you can do a reenactment thing. Oh, just upset.
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no yeah she democrats never have So the the cool thing about the train, A, you're not driving, right? right But, you know, it's not efficient because they could go so much faster.
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It's like it was stuck in second gear the whole time. It was a nostalgia trip. It was like, well, we have to wait for this other train to pass us. I mean, so you're sitting there for five to eight minutes. That's why it's best to sleep. Dude, you're just, it was start and stop. like, every time we looked at each other, go, oh, here we go. Hell yeah.
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Third gear, here we come. Hmm. They dial it back down. Are you freaking kidding me? Let's go. I'm not sure what's involved with pulling a train, but that wasn't what I had in mind. I don't know. So the the part that I like most about the train is they had a, what'd they call it? The cafe or something like that? Bistro.
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They had a bistro car. They had a cart. ah It's my bistro. A section of the train. ah So instead of a dining car, it was a bistro car. Yeah. Yeah.
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No tables there. You had to get and take it back to your seat. So, uh, I don't know. I think it's like nine in the morning and I'm like, but local time. It was new in our time. Like, man, I'm getting a beer on this train. ah This has to happen. It's going to happen.
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You go seriously. So, so walk up there and I'm like, man, am I going be the dude that orders two beers at 9. AM? Yep. Yeah, I think am. So as I step up there, he's like, Hey man, burritos are $2. Breakfast burritos are $2 off. Do you want one of those? Yeah.
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Like, yeah, because somehow in my head, I'm like, that makes me feel better about ordering my two beers. So get back to the seat. and cause Nothing screams alcoholic like a burrito and beers 9 a.m. And we had just eaten breakfast at the hotel like an hour earlier. yeah So ah I get back to the seat and I'm like, hey, man, I got your breakfast burrito. And I'm looking at him like, what the fuck?
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like you what i go what did i i literally said did you already eat yours he goes no i i got this for you and i was like wait you got media breakfast burrito i go i ate breakfast just like you did at the hotel why did you get me a breakfast burrito and he's like you looked hungry i don't know i thought maybe you yeah and and then he explained to me he's like it kind of just felt better ordering food with the two beers i got for us was like All right, fine.
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Fine, fine, fine. So i I ate half of the burrito. What you got going on there? ah What is going on there, Mr. Research? Sorry, sorry, sorry. Back to the news desk with Jeff. De-de-de-de-de-de. I have little bit of a Nesman. a couple months ago, we had a story about the raining meat.
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yeah Kentucky meat shower. Kentucky meat shower. So yeah, at this point we call this an, and order yes, yes, we do. You asked what it was. so i weren't talking what little at all So I get a Kentucky living magazine. Cause we have property down there. Here's the actual article in here about the actual meat shower. Yeah.
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It was a legit, they wrote, they wrote about it I don't know what newspaper that was, but it was out of Louisville, the bath County, bath County times. Yeah. Yeah. yeah On last Friday, a shower of meat fell near the house of Alan Crouch, yeah who lives some two or three miles from the Olympia Springs.
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but What? That's an odd. Some two or three miles. About 100 yards in length and 50 feet wide. This property. This is the actual article. Mrs. Crouch. Jeff's from Kentucky. we may establishish that Mrs. Crouch was out in the yard at the time. Pulling a train. Engaged in making soup.
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and Yeah. Oh, she was making suit. Yes, she was. You can't have that shit in the house. It's hot. The sky was perfectly clear at the time. Yep. And she said it fell like large snowflakes. The pieces of the pieces as a general thing not being much larger.
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One piece fell nearer, which was three or four inches square. Squaw. Which she swallowed whole. Yeah. So, yeah, just to verify your actual story. That's so that's that's odd. It is. Did she just make shit up? You would we you would you would have never noticed that.
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If I didn't hear about the story, no, I would have read that. You would have looked right past it. All right, Linky, link you back to you. Sorry. Oh, I don't know. no i mean, what well, like we. So you're on the train eating breakfast for Rio, drinking a couple of salads. We jumped ahead a little bit. Yeah. as because Every time I looked over this, I'm just putting a note in his phone. So i know I know he's got some stuff. a Well, I mean, so so with three mornings in a row.
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i And I haven't really needed to set my alarm for about the last month and a half. Right. ah So, but three mornings. I'm sorry, I didn't interrupt you. No, go ahead. The last month and a half? Another interlude. Yeah.
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Last year and a half? You haven't turned that. Okay, okay, okay. I had my alarm set. He set his alarm. yes I set it. I just didn't need to be to work. You set it and forget it. Yes.
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But anyway, yeah. So, 7.30 a.m. flight out of Indy. So, you got to be at the airport by 6.00. I mean, alarm goes off at 5 to fly to the West Coast. We started disagreeing from the jump on what time to get to the airport. Oh, yeah. cause that's why he He's like, hey, you can just come to my house. I'm going to get there. i was like, nah, you're an asshole.
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You're one of those guys that walks in and they're like, final call, and you're going through TSA. And I'm like, dude, you're going to miss a flight. Well, you got pre-checked. Hold that plane. I'm fine. I'm fine. He's pre-checked.
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He was going to get there like, i don't know, frigging 35 or 40 minutes before the flight took off. It was like, no. Because he he doesn't have to do anything. so They just got to make sure he doesn't have a gun. We met at the airport. So, anyway.
00:27:23
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Yeah. So, yeah, early morning. So we fly there. Well, we go to a game that night. But beforehand, we walked. I don't know. You said your little swatch watch said we walked eight miles that day at six o'clock. We did. Yes. Yeah. but yeah ah Holy shit. So anyway. And then he's back walking so the next day, did you get to sleep after? No, no, no, no, no. no no We had to go catch every every single day. It was way to go catch a train. Go, go, go. There's been a misconception about these hockey trips from current wives that we're going out to.
00:27:55
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whatever. It's just a gigantic you're a party. No, you're on a schedule. Yeah. It's a gigantic party every night. There's been a couple that have worked out that way. Yeah. It's pretty, it's pretty rare though. Right.
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It's like, okay, game over. Boom. Let's figure out the logistics, get where we need to get yeah all that stuff. So, It's a business trip for you guys. yeah It was. Yeah. it was be here when i say We were in the business of running trains. yeah We went to Pike Place and saw the, you know, the touristy stuff. The fish market. fish guys yeah You guys aren't gone for like a week. Yeah. You're gone for, you're you're cramming stuff into a couple of days. We were literally gone. So that's that why. Pretty economical. Yeah. Right.
00:28:36
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Yeah. We were gone three days. We saw two games. Right. We saw a game the first day we flew into Seattle. And then after the train ride up to Vancouver, we saw a game that night. and Three days, two countries. Two countries. Trains. Two games.
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Three days. could see how somebody would think it would be a party. One train, one bus. Bus ride. buss right Bus ride to strippers. Maybe. there There had to be a stripper on there somewhere, right? Probably on bus. There's that dude that left his hat on the bus that probably snuck shit through Go back to the train.
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He might have been a male stripper, yeah. He might have he kind of looked like one. Wow. but No, it was early morning. Getting up, we had to head up to Vancouver. That's a four-hour train ride. Right. and You got to get there. You got to make sure you get... Because we have tickets.
00:29:21
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We didn' know what the hell we were doing. Oh, you didn't have tickets ahead of time? No. so well One of the funny things about the tip about the train ticket... so We go, and and this dude's like, oh yeah passports.
00:29:33
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Oh, Indiana. ah you know Oh, okay. What part? yeah West of Indianapolis. Oh, what... Beach Grove? ah you know i No way. No, that's outside. He knew where Beach Grove was.
00:29:44
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right He's saying, do you know he so he says you know where Beach Grove is? you go I have a friend that works at the Amtrak in Beach Grove. but it's so it As a matter of fact, the train you guys are riding up to Vancouver was just in Beach Grove two weeks ago being worked on. I was like, are you freaking kidding me? Seriously, yeah what are the freaking odds? They send the train all the way across the country To work on it. To get worked on. To get sent.
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And then send it back? I guess.
Seattle Arena Experience
00:30:12
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What? Shipping on that shit with FedEx or No. They drive it there. They drive it there. They got railroad tracks all the way there. All the way back. I thought they loaded that son of bitch on 747 and flew it in there. I'm going to say this. If it needs worked on. If it needs worked on. don't know that I want to drive it to Beach Road. They probably put it on a flatbed and roll it out there.
00:30:37
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They ain't paying no freight. They ain't paying no freight. Or they pull it. sure Even if the and if it doesn't run, the wheels will turn. We've been through this, Tom. This joke has already happened. I know, but no. i mean that They stopped in Utah to pull the train. They got a tow train.
00:30:52
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So... ah There's all kinds of train maintenance places yeah i would think around here. yeah Because it's centrally located. death one but Obviously the large one down there in b Beach Grove. There's a big one over in Danville, Illinois. right yeah there's There's several of them around this area.
00:31:08
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so For whatever reason, the Midwest is a hot spot. It's probably that's probably so they So this one guy at freaking 7.15, 7.30 in the morning, behind the glass at the ticket a booth, is literally just chatting us up.
00:31:23
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yeah ah and you know And one... yeah he He loved us. One, i wasn't with Mr. Chatty to begin with. I mean, however, I'm telling you on this trip, rolling the eyes tri weeks going now but I saw some signs. i was like, o there's potential. There's potential for radio, right?
00:31:44
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aa So this guy literally is chatting us up the whole time. So we get done. We get our tickets. As the line is growing. Yeah. Of course. There was nobody in line when we first got there. And then we turned around. There's now like three or four people in line.
00:31:58
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He's still just back there. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And they were like, can we get on with this? Can we go? Jesus Christ. So here we are with our tickets. We walk out of that little room. Walk Pat and Brett goes.
00:32:09
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Wait minute. And it was what? April 16th or something like that? 15th. fifteen six eight Because the return date was April 22nd. Hey, what is this? What is this April 22nd date? I go, I don't know. Maybe the ticket's good till the 22nd. Maybe. yeah we I don't know. Kind of making some assumptions. He goes, sooner huh?
00:32:25
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I don't know. Let's ask this lady who's checking passports. Hey, excuse me. She goes, hey, did you get all? Because checked in with her first. She's like, oh, go see my man. Scott. Scott. Right. Go see Scott. He'll check you the fuck up. don Scott from Beach Grove.
00:32:38
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So she goes, hey, did you get all take? we go, yeah, we have one question. It's April 22nd date. She goes, ah that's your return date. And we're well, we're coming back tomorrow.
00:32:50
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And she goes, you need go back see Scott. He needs to take care of that. We're like, fuck me. So back to Scott. And and it youll we wait in line a little bit. We walk up. He's like, hey, guys.
00:33:01
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yeah How's it going? And we're like, oh, my gosh. That was so much him right there. It's not a seven-day trip. This is where the signs of me being chatty and everything. We're over. Yeah. Because he's going through the process.
00:33:13
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Death Brett showed up. Of redoing our ticket. And then. my man to my radio carry the one left starts chatting again i send link a text i do not fucking distract he said literally shut up sent me a text as i'm talking to this dude he goes do not fucking distract him again do not fucking distract him again i was like all right i got it i got it that's funny so anyway we finally get don't want to be stuck in vancouver for a week so we just the the Train on the way up.
00:33:45
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Kind of cool. you weren a What was the cost of ticket? $70 train. way. One was one way Yeah. but It's roughly something per person for I think it's like trains,
00:34:01
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Because we had take the bus coming back. Yep. Had to take the bus coming back. Something like that. If we had taken the train on the way back, we would have gotten back to Seattle two hours before flight left, and we still would have had to get to the airport. cutting it too tight. Yeah. It was just cutting it too tight, and so our only option was a 530 bus ride. 530. The train is interesting because like in a Western movie or something, you can walk between the cars. Right. Right.
00:34:27
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So, but that, the magic of that lasts about 38 seconds. And then you're like, yeah, okay. That was exciting. So I'm like, you I'll just go to sleep. Stop and linger between the car. yeah like and And I did.
00:34:39
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I went sleep multiple times. And that's when I teabagged him twice. ah So. But still got his car you got a breakfast burrito and a beer out of it. Yep. He did get that. but So at least he paid for it. Vancouver was okay. We were downtown Vancouver, staying in a hotel. we We didn't see enough of it to say good, bad, or indifferent. They had their own little Space Needle Jr. kind of thing. Yeah.
00:35:00
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We didn't go up in the Space Needle Seattle. is It's like 40 bucks just to go up. Observation Tower. Observation Day. 40 bucks? Yeah. link Link didn't like Seattle that much. didn you right ah wait you said Was it dirty?
00:35:13
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No. There are a lot of homeless people, though. There are a homeless people. There were pockets. There were pockets. ah What I really liked about it, that any place with public transportation that works, I'm like, in Indianapolis, you suck, man. You just suck. We're way behind, yeah. But all of their sports stadiums are in the city.
00:35:33
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ah hu They're all within two miles? bit. A handful of blocks. Yeah. ah You can walk to each venue and it's, there are houses there. It's kind of like Wrigley field is Chicago where it's like neighborhood stadium.
00:35:48
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Boom. And anymore, you don't have that. The stadium is, yeah. It is removed. Yeah. The suburb remote, something like that. yeah So I thought that part was pretty cool in the restaurant we went to before, um, the Seattle game.
00:36:03
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We sat on the porch, had a view of the Space Needle. but Sorry, I did. Link did not. as As we were eating. But it was all right there. that was Tom's. What was it called? Tom's? Tom's Place? Tom's Place? Yeah. Tom's Dyer? Yeah, we looked it up. Tom's something. Yeah. Tom something. And they have 40-ounce beers there, so we reluctantly tried one of those on accident. That was an accident. They twist their Just one? They delivered us the wrong beers. Yeah. And we didn't know. it when that happened. That's what we ordered, so.
00:36:34
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Yeah, we're drinking it. We should have just ordered 40s to begin with, but they had 16, 22, and 40s, and we're like, ah let's just go with a tall with a 22. And I would say seconds later, yeah.
00:36:47
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Sorry, I'm going to time you here. It's 33 seconds. Okay, sorry. 33 seconds. i I'm much better 33 seconds. and no Now, granted, this because we asked, I think you asked, the the restaurant had only been open for three months.
00:36:59
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So Seattle's Arena is is only three years old. they've The Kraken have only been there since 21, 21, 22 season, i think. So the arena is only three years old, so it just hasn't had time to build up right restaurants, pubs, bars, whatever. So this restaurant opens. It's huge. I mean, the inside huge. It's got a cool outside seating area, buth blah, blah, blah.
00:37:23
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But every time crazy we walked up to somebody like, hey, two of you. yeah Yep. They kept handing us off to somebody somebody else. Hey, can you show them such and such? And can you? I'm like, can somebody just frigging? We just want to take on some beers. Eat some food.
00:37:40
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So we're like, OK, well, maybe they're kind of on top of their shit. Yeah. Here's where it ties in the beers. 33 seconds later, outcome comes a dude and goes, Coors Light. Yep. That's him. Miller Light. Yep.
00:37:53
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Which is what we ordered. so And then we looked at each other and go, there's no frigging way like these These are double D's. Canadian. yeah Oh, well. It's in Seattle, though. yeah so ah Close enough to get them. close, yeah.
00:38:07
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So we start drinking them. And the normal amount of time it would take to get a beer, out comes our waitress. And she goes, she stops at the table and just kind of hesitates and looks down. We're like, uh, yeah, sorry. Some, some guy brought these out and and it was a Coors Light and Miller Light, what we ordered. So we assume they were ours. You just got the sizes wrong. Right. And she goes, well, can I ask you who it was?
00:38:33
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Like, I don't know. Some dude. i don't know. She is very important. She knew who, who brought these beers. to us and She goes, well, do you want me to take them back for you? And I go, well, take them back, you're just going to throw them out, aren't you?
00:38:48
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And she never said, yes, that's what we're going to do. She did not answer that question. She never verified that. She did not. She don't pour them back in the keg? I heard he started drinking them. I'm like, well, what are you going to do? Take these to the proper table who ordered the 40s? So they can drink after for a stranger? It was super weird. And so we basically just were like,
00:39:09
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Just leave them. We'll drink them. We'll drink them both. So yeah, 62 ounces later, we get done with dinner, walk into the arena, and Seattle's food. Oh, Dude. Pretty solid.
00:39:21
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a man dude pretty solid i We think we screwed up by eating dinner beforehand. 100%. Oh, the arena had good food? Salmon. That is salmon. That is salmon station. That makes sense. I guess when you think about it, you're like, okay, that does make sense. Right. It'd be like a tenderloin here. Right. They had a ah ah a fried rice scallop station.
00:39:44
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Wow. That has to be good. Stupid me for eating i know and drinking 60,000 ounces of beer before I walked in the stadium. like The only thing we got there was a pretzel.
00:39:56
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The pretzel was five bucks, and and their beers were $6. What? What the frick are we doing for a 16-ounce beer? Yes, it was fan appreciation night. ah True. last Last game of the season, right? Yes. But the normal...
00:40:10
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The normal price was only $9 16-ounce beer. wow. That's awesome. In this day and that's also reasonable. the Yeah. Their food looked um ma like amazing. From any stadium, any arena and I'd ever been to I was like, what we doing? Including football, basketball, any event you've ever been to, you're like...
00:40:27
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They've got this food shit figured out. Yeah. Like chefs, they're cooking the shit behind the glass. You could sit and watch them cooking salmon and fish and kinds Yeah, they're just not going back and grabbing a wrapped cheeseburger or hot dog. And when you walk by, it smelled good. you're like, man, that looks good. It smells like... want some of that. I'm not hungry.
00:40:47
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so You're making me want to go out to Seattle now. I know. I tell you what. exactly i would I would go back to a game just to... Actually, try food there. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. That is true.
00:40:57
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I've got to assume the food is similar at the football stadium, baseball stadium, soccer arena, soccer venue. You would think. I mean, man, that that food looked like a completely different level for sure.
00:41:10
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Yep. Awesome. Cool. Then up to Vancouver. Yeah, we were in Canada watching hockey. Okay, hang on. Oh, boy. here Here's where... ah Tom, I'm take you a flashback to rookies here.
00:41:23
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Okay.
Crossing into Canada for Hockey
00:41:24
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Remember when we had the... question about the bridges. Which city is known for the bridges? Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. And remember how we all thought that went through that thought process so differently? My man here is so literal.
00:41:37
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Yeah. You have to fill out a card going into Canada, right? How many days, whatever. you declare anything? I declare! And that son of a bitch did not say that one time, by the way. I almost did. I almost went back because I forgot say it. I told him you should have said it. So he's like, hey,
00:41:55
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what are you putting for, for how many days you've been in Canada? like, dude, we haven't even been in Canada. How many days are we go? Are you going to be there or something like no it's like, ah how many days were you in Canada? Okay. But we're talking to her. It's like, well, we're getting here on a, uh,
00:42:09
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ah Wednesday, but we're leaving on a Thursday. Is that two days or is that one day? I'm like, dude, we're there less than 24 hours. Nobody gives a shit what you put on your card. but i think I might have said that. Nobody gives a shit what you answer on your card.
00:42:23
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So we ah we walk up to customs. and Dude's like, hey, you traveling by yourself? Yeah. This is on me. I should have said yes. Absolutely.
00:42:35
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I'm completely fucking solo right here. But no, um I'm traveling with Aunt Jemima. and ah I know she was from Seattle. but like ah No.
00:42:49
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He's like, well, bring him up here, too. And he starts asking questions. and don't even Not to anybody in particular. Just asking random questions out to the air. I don't even i don't even remember remember some of the questions. What city has the most bridges? or what state's not for all their bridges?
00:43:07
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So you're on there for a hockey game? linking Link is so like literal. I have to answer the question with so much detail that you won't ask me another question. am like...
00:43:20
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No, yeah we we we don't need that. Yeah. Brett's like, yes. Shut it. Yes. We can't smuggle these drugs in here. if you yeah These are about ready to come out my ass. i We need to go now. so So this dude starts asking the question it questions, and at some point you're like, i you know, you get what they're trying to do. They're trying to figure out, sure can I let you pass or not? yeah what's what's your What's your favorite hockey? What's your favorite city? and we You told him that, yeah so you don't put this all on me. No, he asked that question.
00:43:53
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I had to answer the question. You told him. What was the question? Can we hear the question? What do you come to Canada for? Oh, I'm like, we're we're on a hockey trip. He's like, okay, so you're going to see Vancouver. It's their last game tonight. what is and And I think he said, that's a long way to come yeah just to watch these guys.
00:44:09
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And I'm like questioning us. And we're like, oh, shit. And one of us said this, our 30th venue, whatever. That was you. in And then, you know, more questions kind of start. Yeah. yeah and honestly Did you take notes of his questions? No.
00:44:24
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I think what they're doing is, i swear, they but your got your passport, put your name in the system. I do agree with this. I guarantee you there's something on their screen that that once the little light turns green, they're done.
00:44:40
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They're like, okay, this person's good. right Because he he said, what section are you sitting in? was his last question to to us. yeah um and And I go, ah I don't, because I literally don't Well, you haven't the tickets yet, right? We had the tickets. And and Brett goes, um I mean, i don't know. I can look it up on my phone.
00:45:00
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and And that was the last question. And then all of a sudden, we're like, um I don't know, like section. And the guy stops, hands me both of our passports.
00:45:12
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He goes, all right, you're good. Like, get the frick out of my face. You lovers go enjoy Canada. I've held you up my allotted time. like, but hang on. You just asked us a question. Says, I'm walking out. So Brett's on his way out. found the tips on my phone. Then all of a sudden, he's three steps away. Section 108. Section up your ladder. He's in Canada now. He goes, oh, Section 108, by the way. was like, dude, don't think he freaking cared. He already gave us our passports back and said you're good. I'd actually like to interview one of these guys because definitely a skill to be able to pile on somewhat level educated question after educated question. Now, if you know what you're doing, you can easily...
00:45:59
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Your answers are fine, right? They're not going to know yes or no. right But he's like, what's your favorite arena? Where you where you staying? I'm like, don't know, I'm like a Hilton. so But it's it's definitely a skill to sit there with those follow-up questions. Sure.
00:46:17
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to see if your story has any legitimacy to it. But I do agree with Link's theory. like He's just stalling until our face recognition or something comes up. something on the screen says these guys are a threat. They're good to go.
00:46:30
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Because it's happened to me before where they they're right in the middle. Or you're right in the middle of answering them a question a question they just asked. right And then they just go, get get get the frick out of here. Link's in his 22nd minute of answering the first question. Sure do I. So then we went to Pittsburgh, and after that we went to Detroit. And, oh, those seats are really good. Jesus, it was raining that day. It was really hard to find a place to park.
00:46:55
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We saw Wayne Gretzky once play hockey. Can you let us in? um so anyway So, Vancouver, ah we get there. we ah We ended up sitting on the glass. like yeah I've never done that before. Which which I did not know. yeah That was a surprise to me. so That's cool Good surprise.
00:47:14
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it It was a very good surprise. It was fun. We we never actually sat. oh We've been, i don't know, 12, 15 rows up before. Detroit, word we're about center ice, about 12 rows up. Seattle, we weren't bad. Seattle wasn't bad at all. Um, but yeah, never actually on the glass. So we were kind of in a corner, um, looking at a ah net almost right in front of us. Right.
00:47:35
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But, uh, so yeah, we get to the top of the stairs and we're maybe 30 minutes or so before tip off. And, uh, And I get to the top of the stairs and I'm about 12 or 15 steps behind him.
00:47:47
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And the host at the top stairs goes, Hey, can I, can I help you with tickets? I just pointed. I was like, uh, I I'm with him. I'm just fine. I said, honestly, I don't know where we're at And said, I'm just following him. She goes, Oh, you're with him. Okay, cool.
00:47:59
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So get about halfway down the lower bowl. Here's another host. Hey, can i help you? Can i help you with your seats? And I was like, um, actually as I go, it's Scott from Amtrak. He's back. Yeah. He found us.
00:48:12
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He rode the train. Hey guys. Hey guys. Did you get your ticket? figure He also teabagged me when I was sleeping. yeah And, uh, and I go, well, I said, I'm with him, but honestly, I don't really know what he's doing. Cause he's down there. He's down there by the glass. Yeah.
00:48:30
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and And they were just kind of like, oh, yeah, i don't know. And I walked down there, and dude turns around, high fives me, and goes, we're on the glass, bitch. Nice. And I was like, are you freaking kidding me? So he kept us a secret. So how long did you how long do you know? I've been playing it for a bit.
00:48:46
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Okay. Awesome. had the tickets for about a week, I think. So there you go. yeah How are the sight lines down there? Oh, yeah, that's I know. Center ice to our end. Great. Yeah.
00:48:57
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I mean, great. yeah Get to the other end. You can't. yeah I think if you had those tickets, not in the corner yeah where all the checks and all that action happens, but closer to center ice, they would be difficult. Fantastic.
00:49:10
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Oh, fantastic. Okay. and Anything in the far, ah the the near wall, the far corner. Couldn't see anything. Couldn't see shit. Like literally, we had to watch the big screen, the the live camera up on the big screen because you could not see the action. You didn't even know what was going on. Right.
00:49:27
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So... But it was it was the cheapest I've ever seen tickets on the glass. And that means under $200. Wow. Wow. Yeah. It is worth it. I mean, we've been – we've sat in so many shitty seats and so many arenas. It's like, hell, we're doing it.
00:49:42
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Yep. And we're both in a spot now. We can we can do ah stuff like that. So anyway, that was kind of a surprise. that That was actually a good surprise. Even unemployed. So yeah you guys have been to how many hockey or NHL arenas?
00:49:54
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31? 30. 30. It was And then they started this back when? 1996 or I think 96. Okay, so let me do a math. 28 years ago? Yeah. we we We went through a stretch seven years we did not go on a hockey trip. Yep, I remember, yeah.
00:50:10
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So you've got how many more stadiums go to? Three? Four because they've added. They've added new stadiums. Two of the teams we've seen have moved to different cities since we've seen them. Yep. Salt Lake being one of them.
00:50:21
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ah yeah Yeah. Phoenix moved to Utah and Atlanta moved back to Winnemore. Winnipeg. But we have actually been to Atlanta and Phoenix. Yep. So we we saw them there. So technically, why maybe we saw two extra yeah extras. Technically, we're down Calgary, Edmonton, if you want to go there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. we We have four stadiums pick up.
00:50:40
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But you're telling the wives you got four more, right? I mean, you know, we have four more. Yeah, we do. We literally do have four. Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Salt Lake City. And we're telling our current life. So we started in 97.
00:50:54
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And there for a while, we were going every single season. I think we did one. Yeah, we were good about that for five years. So anyway, and then, know, life, family, kids gets in the way. But but where we were going was drivable.
00:51:05
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That's what's changed. You can't go to LA in a car. You're not going Edmonton in a car. No. This was our 15th hockey trip that we had been on. And technically, think we're going to have to do three more.
00:51:16
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Calgary and Edmonton will be the same trip, just like we just did. Utah solo. A couple train poles. Winnipeg solo poles. Train pole? I hope Scott's still working.
00:51:27
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I think Scott will be there. No, but like Seattle. Don't fucking distract him again. They had the what they called the the light rail system. ah dead Come on.
00:51:37
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That stuff was the best. It was nice. It was nice. And it's free. It went to all the stuff. So, yeah. It's free? Well, it was for us.
00:51:49
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I mean, stupid us. We pay. No, stupid us. Oh, we bought tickets. Yeah. But nobody ever checked your ticket. you didn't go swipe a turns stop You didn't swipe your ticket. You didn't have to put your ticket in to get out of the station. It wasn't a closed system. So Brett went somewhere. Yeah. DC. When you go, when you go on the subway, they don't check your ticket, but you have to put your ticket in to get out.
00:52:12
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yes seattle no and that's that's what he was like crazy was like dude nobody checked our ticket he goes well i went to dc one time he he goes or he said when you're there you have to swipe your ticket or to get out of the turnstile or whatever i was like oh okay cool well we get off the light rail train system and we're like nothing it's called the link light rail by the way it was They spelled my name wrong, but screw them. um But yeah, I went out to all the suburbs. I mean, train train stations everywhere within walking distance
Public Transportation and Recording Mishaps
00:52:44
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of everything. and
00:52:45
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just Just cool. as Brett kept saying it it's similar to the L in Chicago. So a lot of people have been to Chicago. I mean, but that's... ah you know old, rickety... Yeah, 12 million people. Yeah, a bunch of people, blah, blah, blah.
00:53:01
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But this was very clean, nice. Oh, yeah, it was... I mean... it it made it Seriously, the more I wrote it, the more pissed I am that Indy has nothing even close, yeah man. It's ridiculous. A ticket was only three bucks.
00:53:17
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So both both times you we we rode that, we bought a $3 ticket. Yeah. and you can take you can take that basically right to the stadiums. Uh-huh.
00:53:28
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That's what we're saying. You can't beat that. see just It's like you live in the suburbs. You want to go to a game and drink a few pops yep like for $6 round trip. yep that beats That beats an Uber.
00:53:40
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That beats a taxi cab. That beats driving and paying for parking. Yep. By far. I mean, by far. ah it just it it was It was cool. And so we're like, hey, Indianapolis, what what the hell are you doing?
00:53:54
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Yeah, it was not bad. It's not bad. What the hell are we doing with with not having any kind of – we have a bus system. but ah We're embarrassing. We're kind of embarrassing. It's ridiculous. trash It's ridiculous. We need to get somebody on from – don't know. Is that in-depth? What is it? What the hell is going on here?
00:54:11
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I don't know. What happened? Oh, my. Oh, Jeff. Tom, grab a towel. Jeff opened his beer. didn't shake it. I didn't touch it. just pulled my own train. and Thank you.
00:54:21
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He now has a puddle of beer. And all I did was open it. Did you shake this up before you handed it to me? You did say surprise me. Surprise. Isn't that the one he shook up last time we heard?
00:54:34
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It was heading towards the board. There was one that got shook last time were here. got any other stories you want to share here? I don't know. but check check Check your notes there. well Check notes. How about you, Brett? Check, check, check. then so You haven't had a lot of ah crazy shit always happens to you.
00:54:50
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Well, it did. It did. So the weird thing is that the train, right? The train up. it This man took like nine pages of notes. I'm telling you. Well, it was weird. Right. Right. The train up.
00:55:04
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You go across the border. Well, you don't go through customs until you get to the train station. Yeah, so you're already in Canada. You're already in Canada for like an hour or so. you know If you want to hop off the train as it's riding, then you're in Canada for free.
00:55:19
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Nobody asks you no questions, no nothing. You could hobo it. I don't think anybody's attempting to get into Canada that bad. True. But on the way back, the bus ride on the way back, as soon as you cross that border, ba ye stop off yeah you're going off off into the customs, and dude had to unload all of the luggage underneath. You had to take all your backpacks and luggage inside. you could Good for us. You couldn't handle your own luggage. Go go through us go through customs, right and then go back, take your luggage back to the dude, and to load it back under the Very specific rules.
00:55:55
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If you have a water bottle, you can leave it on the bus, and like a clear water bottle. But if you have a coffee or other but soda or whatever, you have to who like take it with you. You can't leave it on the bus. Yeah.
00:56:10
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So that means that that's been a source of smuggling. Right. It's crazy what people come up with. Like, wow, I can smuggle that my coffee. Who knew? it Yeah. Yeah, kind of crazy. I thought that was weird. So, no, I didn't get in any fights, Tom. No. Wasn't wasn't even close, except... Yep. ah arrowing Here we go. Here's the caveat. It's nowhere close to a fight or anything. Nope. This wasn't Paris France.
00:56:41
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there's No. now no not at all still i wait i would Not at all. I would fight those sumbitches until I'm 85. Fucking gypsies. Ooh. So, yeah, um up in Vancouver.
00:56:56
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Okay, so we're trying to cross the street. In Vancouver. Is that what we're doing? the The crossing guard? No. That was Seattle, right? ah So there's two episodes. We got two stories. Yes.
00:57:07
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You let Link talk way too long. You got stuff, don't you? No, in Seattle, we're I think it Seattle, we're trying to cross the street. We're talking, figuring out which way to go. By the way, a dude is really good on his phone with ah the phone map.
00:57:20
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Uh-huh. And, like, everybody's like, oh, well, yeah, you just pull it up and you – But you have to get your orientation right to figure out if you're heading the right way or not. And there's a skill to that. And Link was good. I'm like, fine, you do that. I screwed up yeah you're with my family once in New York.
Silent Auction and Poster Logistics
00:57:36
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I screwed up big time. And I told Brett the story. But, yeah, it it was a big screw. I learned my lesson. but yeah no Yeah, he's a champion. So we're kind of talking and going, hey, we go this way, that way, whatever.
00:57:48
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And we start to cross the street, and we realize it's under construction. but The sidewalk is on the other side. There's a worker there that – was that same guy we just saw sleeping yeah a little bit earlier? Yes, it was. He was basically laying down looking at his phone on break. On a con concrete step.
00:58:08
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It's weird. I'm like, that that it't that's not comfortable, man. He's like, sidewalks closed. If he had stopped right there, good. Hey, thanks, man. Appreciate it.
00:58:20
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He's like, there's a sign right there that tells you that. Now that... Game on. Now that... I looked at Link, I'm like... Are we going to listen to this guy? That was aggressive, right? yeah Yes.
00:58:36
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um like So I probably... did you say? so well of course now like i promise I don't know. I'm sure I F-bombed. For about a block and a half... sure I F-bombed. For about a block and a half, every 10 to 15 steps, one of us was like, fuck that guy. Fuck that guy.
00:58:52
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Fuck that guy. If he would just said, hey, the sidewalk's closed and been done. sorry. We see the sign now. Thanks, man. Appreciate it. Put yourself in his shoes, though. He's been doing that all day with people just like you who couldn't read the goddamn sign.
00:59:09
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what was your story link tom's clearly not with us uh something something about i don't know shipping something home oh yeah here we go this this is probably gonna be the hockey pucks back home ship this this son a bitch here me i don't know so we're walking uh walking in the stadium we have a silent auction thing going on and i actually always like silent auction stuff i can never afford right up your alley never afford any of it right Until.
00:59:39
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Uh-oh. paul there Polar bear? Until you're in Vancouver. So they have this ah Mike Tyson punch-out autographed graphic poster thing. Oh.
00:59:51
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Basically the, uh, the. it's It's like a screenshot. It's a screenshot of the video game. again The game. joe in with the With the tiny little dude and the big Mike Right.
01:00:03
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ah It might be Glass Joe. Flamingo? No, it might be Glass Joe. Yeah. So we go through there and. They had all kinds of shit. They had like a Wayne Gretzky signed jersey, an Ovechkin signed jersey, a bunch of Vancouver shit. Right.
01:00:20
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And I send a picture to the big cat. I'm like, hey, man, tell me I should not bet on this. Because he loves Punch Out.
01:00:32
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And I don't know why you wouldn't but kind of. It's actually even worse than that, Tom. And Matthew, you got to understand that sometimes you'll text him. You don't hear from him for months. it seems like the on it That's most kids. He was on instantly.
01:00:49
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If it helps you make your decision, I will split the cost. o
01:00:56
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I'm like, you know what? Fine. ah I'll play the game. I'll throw down the minimum opening bid. Yep. Which was? Oh, no, no, not at all. $4.50. It was the least expensive item in the auction, right? Because because the Gretzky jersey, I think, was $2,900, $3,000.
01:01:18
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so with three grand its nine hundred yeah three three thousand bucks Oh, I'm surprised it wasn't i mean yeah so yeah So I'm like, dude, there's no way we're winning this, right? So all good. Didn't even think about until I go up at one point to check, and I come back to see something like dude. Yours is the only name on it. I'm still winning.
01:01:37
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And the voice of fucking reason comes in. He's like, hey, man, how you going get that home? Where were you?
01:01:50
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right i was just happy i needed you man i'm just happy to be sitting on the glass for the first time ever ah i was just like i'm happy to be here in vancouver watching a game sitting on the glass you gotta find time to stop ups and shut that shit home i go hey uh before you on the plane i literally was like hey man if you win that how the frick are you getting that home ah it's a it's a framed poster It's two by three. Two by three. Two by three.
01:02:16
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So you you're you're paying extra plane charge, whatever. A large baggage fee, which is usually $100, $150, whatever. Well, hey, Big Cat's splitting with you. Sure he is. That did not include free.
01:02:31
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He won't even less pay for beers half the time. Are you kidding me? There's a lot that goes through my mind as this process unveils. So I win. right And stupid me, I go up to claim it.
01:02:42
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All I had to do was not show up. Walk out of the fucking stadium. That's all I had to do. That's it. That was it. Yep. Right? But then the parent in me probably kicked in. um like All they had was his name.
01:02:54
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Clearly, Matthew wants this, wants this right? Yep. So the stuff you do for your kids. I mean, you were housing 19 cats, right? Right. Poor dogs. Well, come to find out, you that auction item out of, I don't know, 20?
01:03:10
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twenty Yeah, $20. but plus sign Was the only only one bid bad the only one bid on and for the only price was the Mike Tyson punch out from your man. $450 minimum. nothing else Nothing else was even not one single bid on anything else in the entire auction is what I'm saying. Holy cow. Okay.
01:03:36
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I think somebody might have gone up at the very, very end. It's like, fine, I'll pay the minimum. But right they didn't sell shit. Yeah, they did. They got 450. Yeah, that So it's over in the second period.
01:03:52
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Thank God we're sitting on the glass because I have to carry this son of bitch back to my seat. I don't even get to pick it up on the way out. So I'm able to sit it right against the nice nice way of space. Thank God. yeah right And then Link looks at me. He's like, dude, seriously, how you get
01:04:10
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are you getting home? Here you go. I'll figure something out. I think what happens is we get back to the hotel. I'll take it out of the frame. Roll it up. We're good. But you still got have something to put it in.
01:04:23
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A tube or something. Turns out like it's like significantly professionally framed, so you can't just pop that sump bunch out. It's mad at all. It looks nice. it looks at yeah so it it Now, they put it in a cardboard case. Whatever. packageage
Early Morning Travel and Customs Challenges
01:04:39
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Package. No bubble wrap. No bubble wrap. Well, this dude, on the way back to the hotel, he's got it on his head walking down the street. Because it's so awkward. It sounds like the hood of a car. No kidding.
01:04:50
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No kidding. You even said, I think I've seen you do this. Yes. I said, this yeah I'm having deja vu now, right? ah ah Even to the point where there's a couple as we're walking across the street.
01:05:03
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Was she hot? The dude yells out and goes, hey what's he carrying on his head? Oh, I didn't hear that. And I go, uh. I would have said your wife's titties if I heard that. but but in utah so yeah was like uh mike tyson sign poster punch out tyson thingy the guy just started laughing and i was like so we get to the hotel ah you're drunk and of course we have an er we have a 5 30 bus ride the next morning and we're like dude we we just gotta to go to bed he's like fuck it well so in the morning get up and we still have this fucking poster hold on that we to have to deal with get it home well here's the story
01:05:46
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So it was now $700 poster. i ah I'm awakened in my hotel room at 2.15 local time. Which is 5.15 or 6.15 our time. we We weren't getting up until like 4 to get an Uber to get to the place.
01:06:02
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This son of bitch already up packing and stuff. I'm like, what are you doing, Scott? I just woke up. Johnny on the spot. i I woke up. I need to get to be trove. Yeah. what What's going on? He missed his wife. Now, you know, so, you know, every once in a while when you wake up and you're like, shit, did I set my alarm? And you have that ah second and a half of of anxiety. You're not getting enough sleep. yeah So you're worried about you're going to oversleep and then everything starts to amplify. And yes. and and and And now that you're awake, you are awake and you know you're not going back to sleep. I knew I wouldn't go back to sleep. So I was like, fuck it. I might as well get in the shower and just start getting ready. Let's go.
01:06:40
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So I come out of the bathroom. and He's like, what the fuck you doing?
01:06:47
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2.30, 2.40 in the morning. I was like, man, I want to go back. He goes, well, I'm going to pee. I'm going back to bed and get another hour and a half. was like, okay. I stay up and watch TV. I'm going to sleep on the plane.
01:06:57
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Yes, and on the bus, and on the plane, and on the train. So yeah, I stay up and watch TV for a little bit longer. By the way, Tom, that that whole bus ride, I think was three hours.
01:07:09
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I woke up to go through customs, got back on the bus, and woke up when we were in downtown Seattle. He woke up. He goes, hey, man, where are we? I go, we're six minutes away from the bus station. 0.7 miles. He's like, are are you serious? I go, look, dude, on my map. I've got a map down.
01:07:27
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We're six minutes away. And he goes, time that right. not Great. ah So we're we're going along here, but I'll try to shorten this version up. So dude dude has to claim this through customs, first of all. Has to get off the bus.
01:07:40
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So I'm like, okay, bus has that undercarriage. I'm like, ah perfect, right? ah Easy. Easy first leg. Here we go. We're getting back in the U.S. And I pull a link at customs, unfortunately.
01:07:53
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declare. declare. Do you have anything to declare? Well, I got a gigantic-ass box here, right? So I can't say no. And there's not weed in there, I promise you. I can't say no.
01:08:07
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um Dude's like, what's in the box? I'm like, man. What's in the box? I won in a silent auction. I'm like, ah ahead I don't even want to bring this in the state.
01:08:19
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Yeah. I'm like, why the fuck did I just say that? What is wrong with you, Link? Yeah.
01:08:28
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and'm like i'm I'm sorry. I'm like, this is... I won this at a hockey game. Whatever. Yeah, sure, mister. yeah Can you come over here to this aisle? What section did you sit in? Drop your pants. We're doing a full cavity search here. Hey, Scott. Full cavity search. These people aren't even supposed to come back until next week, Scott. yeah So I'm like, silent auction thing.
01:08:54
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He looks at me. He's like,
01:08:57
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He's like, you dumbass. Yeah, I feel sorry for you. yeah You can't make that up. Just go. The problem, so I i wake up in damn near downtown Seattle when when we're getting off the bus, not literally.
01:09:11
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um And I'm like, dude, I need to find it like a CVS or something so I can bubble wrap this thing. Right. Because at that point, I'd done the research. It's going to cost me, think, $100 or $150 to check it at Delta because it's oversized. Right. I'm like, yeah, I've got a level of status at Delta. Maybe they let me. Yeah, yeah. Maybe. But I'm like, I'm probably in for $100 to $150. Eh, that's still not bad.
01:09:39
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So, Lynx, like, what about ah Office Depot type? UPS store. Right. Yeah. ah My man finds Office Depot, and ah this actually is like a 45-minute story that I tried to condense.
01:09:55
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We walk um but probably a mile to get there because there's nothing that takes you directly. Are you still carrying on top of your head? or Yeah, I'm rotating. You're trying to different mode of transportation. This is still pretty early in the morning, so I'm surprised you're open.
01:10:08
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It was 9. nine We got back at 9. It's three hours from Vancouver ah be a bus to Seattle. It was miles, just saying. okay it it was point three it it was So with with him with him carrying this on his head and me pulling my carry-on luggage,
01:10:29
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Over these frigging sidewalks. I mean, anyway, past homeless i mean camps and all kinds of shit. so It just became a labor love because I'm like, clearly. Now you're committed. matthew Matthew doesn't really ask for a whole lot. and like, all right, here we go. He was excited about this. you He might have been drunk when I texted him about it. I don't know. Did he renege on his half? Yeah.
01:10:52
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So we get to this office depot and I'm like, all I need to do is bubble wrap this thing up a little bit. So it, the airline doesn't break it. And I'm like, well, they ship shit.
01:11:04
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Yeah. Yep. All the time. Yeah. Yeah. So I asked the lady, I'm like, hey, I need a bubble wrap, whatever. Give her the situation. And can you get me a cost on how much this would, would for, for shipping? It's pretty big packet. You think you just plug in a zip code and go. says, I can't.
01:11:22
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What? and And now ah the asshole in me comes out, right? like Lack of sleep for three days. like Now all of a sudden. Oh, no. I slept like a champion on all those traps. Okay, my bad. We use UPS every day. You measure the dimensions of the box. Weigh it. why Width, height, depth.
01:11:42
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White. Width, height, depth. And then you punch in the depth of the box. The depth of the box. And then you plug in the zip code and spits out a rate.
01:11:54
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You well think i would think. I might have thrown her. But I might have thrown her when she said, what's. I said, it's my dick in the box. She was small enough to toss.
01:12:05
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ah Yeah, I could have kicked your ass, I think. um So she's like, no, I can't. I'm like, really? And she's like, I have to go through the whole process to get you a price. I'm like, okay.
01:12:18
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And she looks at it. She's like, it's going to be really expensive. like little Can you give me an estimate here? No, yeah no she she tapped out. So I went and got the supplies. I'm like, fine, I'll just wrap this thing up here.
01:12:31
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ah We bubble wrapped it, taped the outside the box. We take this thing out of the freaking cardboard. How much they charge you for the bubble wrap? Whatever. It's a roll of $13. ah So here we are on the countertop at Office Depot.
01:12:47
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Oh, we are. We are. This poster. Dude, we wrapped that like a champion. Fuck yeah, we did. This glass framed poster. We weren't very efficient time-wise, but we wrapped the shit out of that thing. was nice. Bubble wrap on top of the glass, taping it everywhere, paper on the back so we don't hit the cardboard. So we don't tear off this sort of authenticity. Dude, right. I mean. Yeah, we we were good.
01:13:10
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Yeah. We nailed it. And put it back in the cardboard box. Here's here's where my struggles came with this place. Chick already pissed me off but like I can't give you a price until we go through the process. i'm like, okay, let's let's go through the process. Very weird.
01:13:25
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Yeah, now right. ah yeah Another dude comes up talking to Link. swear Link's much better at stuff than me. So I bought bubble or I used bubble wrap and tape that I needed to pay for.
01:13:40
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And Link's like, hey, can you get us a ah price on how much it would cost to ship? Yeah, so this dude's helpful-ish. I'm like, hey, I have to pay for this bubble wrap and tape that I've used.
01:13:53
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You're to have to go over there do that. yeah to To this other register. for the lower that has Like a third register, not the original lady. yeah A third register. has has two Has two people in line already.
01:14:06
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I'm like, ah I even left going. I looked at Lincoln. like, I don't understand what's going on here, man. he Out loud. He literally said that out loud. Did you buy the insurance to have it shipped back? Yep. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Good. yeah but so so the do So he's frustrated, and he he turns to me. and He's like, I seriously don't understand why I have to go over there, but whatever. And walks away in front of me and the other dude. And I and i turn, and I go, okay.
01:14:29
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Look, he's an asshole. i Don't worry about it. I go, look, all all we want to do is get this off of our hands. And if you guys can ship us for ship it for us, I was like, then great. We just go straight to the airport and get home.
01:14:43
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Yeah. right Like, that's all we're looking to do. He's like, well, I got to put, he goes, do you know the address? was like, yes, no, we don't give me the address. Just send it somewhere in Indianapolis. So, so I come back from paying. We'll find it. I come back from paying the rest the links, got all the info in there already.
01:14:57
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He's like, here are your options. And there's one that comes up. There's an $18 option in a, ah I'm like, hang on. We can ship this for $18 effing dollars? As she's doing this, I go, hey, man, what's your cutoff?
01:15:12
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He goes, probably $100. Yeah. Yep. and And what I didn't say at the time, I'm thinking in my head, i was like, if this comes back and it's $143, paying $43. $43. i'm paying the forty three dollars And we're getting this shit out of his hands. It's not your problem, though.
01:15:27
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I don't care. If you said, I was like i was going to let you do the $100, I'm like, I'm paying the extra $43, and let's get this fucking thing out of our hands so we can go to the airport. So here's where he never measured.
01:15:41
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And I'm like, that's a problem. I know that's a problem. So he gets to the end of the process. he He's like, hey, is this insured? Do you want to insure it? I'm like, probably should. $450, yeah. Yeah.
01:15:54
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So that was $19 of my total $43 shipping. Jesus. So, uh, we kind of wrap this, but that part up. Um,
01:16:06
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He puts the dimensions in and all the prices change. All of them. He actually said before he turned the screen back to us, he actually goes, oh, oh, oh.
01:16:18
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Or something like that. We're like, oh. And Brad goes, I knew this was going to fuck me.
01:16:24
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He's like, but you still have this $43 option. I'm like, okay. We're in. We're in. So we picked that, leave the package there. I'm like, I don't know if I'm going to see the sunbitch again or not. No idea.
01:16:40
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we showed up We don't have a lot of confidence. Showed up today. Oh, shit. well Yeah, it's perfect. Nice. And probably probably a little part of you probably really didn't care at that point. yeah I mean, you kind of hoped it got home, but anyway.
01:16:53
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yeah So actually got here today. Yeah. Nice. One of the kickers for this is he also wouldn't let me pay for the shipping at that station. oh for the love of Christ. I don't understand. understand.
01:17:08
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So he sends me back to the same dude I've already checked out with. Is this FedEx, UPS? Office Depot. I know it's Office Depot, but how's that? FedEx. I chose FedEx over USPS.
01:17:19
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Yeah. USPS would have saved me $12. Yeah, but it wouldn't have gotten there. You'd have seen it next fucking December. July. um So the same guy went to pay for the supplies that I had to put back on the shelf because I'm like, yeah whatever.
01:17:35
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He's trying to scan the thing. Won't come up. for for the For the shipping. The kicker, in the meantime, our boy that was at the shipping station, because the line was long.
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He hadn't closed it out. so he to the He opened up another register to take people. I'll take the next person in line. next person like Some bitch, we were just in the middle of a transaction. We didn't you were in your line over there. Why didn't you just tell us, hey, follow me over there, and I will check you out at register two. That's the stuff I just can't get past at times. Yeah, so yeah, yeah. Yeah.
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So just so you know, and I don't know if you visit the Office Depot by your house. Nope. Yeah, it's pretty much the same. so Okay. It's a fucking disaster.
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And I don't know what's wrong with Office Depot. It made no sense. I would i will say this. Their customer service kind of thinking through things, yeah not great. Not good. But.
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I did get that son of bitch here for $43. There you go. And we didn't have to deal with it. With $19 of insurance. And you won. So the last last thing I'll say about this story is ah we are, are we on the, don't know if we were on the plane or the the bus or whatever, but I'm like, Link, I actually think I paid $500 Canadian dollars.
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Not U.S. dollars. Ha, ha, ha. I'm like, that's that's like a $350, $375 thing. That's a bargain. you know yeah You win. That's a bargain. You win. So look at my Amex statement. You would have walked that son of a bitch home from Seattle.
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yeah It was Canadian dollars. I paid
Humorous Banter and Podcast Conclusion
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$350 for that Even Bonus. How'd he known that? He would have bought two. Exactly. Would have bid on that Gretzky jersey. You should bid on that Gretzky jersey.
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Oh, my goodness. Anyway. All right. Well, that brings us to... the ever popular part of every single episode. go
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to boom we but but to this is ah he sounds like so jump go <unk> you sound like the seven dwarfs going into bang snow white or whatever whoa so whoa anyhow well that wouldn't happen in this version of the movie it must have missed that part of snow white yeah all right um i'm I don't preface any jokes.
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This one is bad. In a good way. and No. who In a bad way or good way? I'm to pray for forgiveness. Okay. Awesome. Awesome. This is going to be a good joke. There isn't a Pope If you're praying for forgiveness before tell the joke, this is good joke. No white smoke.
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this Not yet. Nice. This ties into Easter. Oh. I'm i'm going to paraphrase.
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You guys who have listened the show, which six of them are you three? Yeah, all three, all three people. Jeff sort of. think three is a little strong. which Jeff will get the reference. 2.04. Okay, I just got to get through. Get right mentally. well you get In Utah, it like know in Utah, in Utah. Get right mentally.
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What is the difference between the shortstop from North Central and a hooker?
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Oh, wow. so For those of you playing at home, the shortstop at North Central was hey Mr. ah Jose. No? No. Jose was second base. He was second base. Come on, man.
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What you want us? You don't want... e Go ahead. Oh, but it was Jesus. Jesus Menendez. No. I'm not going to listen this. So the difference is bad. Take your headphones off. Technically, the joke is what's the difference between?
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No. No. The shortstop from North Central. Fine. Shortstop from North Central. This is also from – keeps him in the clear. This is where you don't have to explain things. This is from Laugh Factory. but That keeps him in the clear. This is Thunder versus Lightning. Thunder versus Lightning. I got it. I'm fucked on the way home tonight.
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He better drive slow. I have no idea. So in Utah, the difference between the shortstop from North Central and a hooker is the way that they look at you when you nail them.
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Wow.
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Oh, wow. Happy Easter, everybody. but What just happened there? Wow. Jeff? Did you play extra hard at church Easter? My man just went to church for the first time on Sunday in probably three years. And this is what it comes out with. More than three years. You heathen. You heathen. I told you it was bad. Oh, my goodness.
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All right. Well, that's going to wrap Thanks to Laugh Factory for that, though. For another episode of the Solid Four Beer Thoughts, don't forget you can send us emails, foursolidbeers at gmail.com or... Be sure to follow us, like us, and all that good stuff. Subscribe, Facebook, X, Twitter, everything. TikTok.
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Until next week, I'm Tom. I'm too poopa-da-poopa. I'm Wayne Gretzky. Alex Ovechkin. You survived another episode. Send us an email at at gmail.com for show ideas and input.
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Until next week, cheers.