Transcript
Chris: Welcome back to another episode of Mythic Giraffe Podcast. I'm Chris.
andihelped: And we're in our... The Music Works Era?
Chris: Yeah, two in a row. woo Woo!
andihelped: And I'm Ron.
Chris: ah Yeah. Uh...
andihelped: Welcome officially to the time of year where my wife and I fight the most.
Chris: oh Because of the decorations?
andihelped: Sweet. No, I've given up on that fight.
Chris: No.
andihelped: Crazy. The decoration.
Chris: Ugh. The temperature in the house?
andihelped: That is correct.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Nothing will make us fight more.
Chris: Yeah. Yeah.
andihelped: She's like... Because I went to work yesterday.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: and she's I put heat on it, it was a glorious, and I'm like... Great. So I come home. Thankfully the heat's off.
Chris: Okay.
andihelped: and she's like i just slept so well with the heat on i'm like i cannot sleep
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: With the heat on at this time of year, you're crazy.
Chris: yeah It... any time of year, but yeah.
andihelped: Anytime of year. I mean... Our bedroom does...
Chris: we We run the ceiling fan non -stop, so...
andihelped: Oh, I ca - man I wish I lived that life She wont cause it blows on her and she can't, I'm like. Ugh.
Chris: Yeah. Oh, I've gotten that. Yeah. hope but the The wind coming down on me. I'm like, you're insane.
andihelped: I can't sit in a still box of air and sleep. I need.
Chris: yeah
andihelped: Movement of air.
Chris: Right.
andihelped: And who who doesn't want to be a little cold? and Snuggled up on the blankets.
Chris: Yeah, well, I mean, studies have shown that what the optimal room temperature for sleep is like 66 or 67 degrees.
andihelped: no It's 33. Everybody knows this.
Chris: ah
andihelped: just above freezing.
Chris: Just above. Well, there was I was surprised the other day. what was it There was a day that I was... going in late or she was already up or something.
Chris: And. I came downstairs and it was 62 downstairs. I was like, you know what? I'm... I was fine, but I was like, you know, I'm going to be nice because my daughter complained a couple of times. I was so chilly in the morning. I was like, I'll turn the heat on. She came downstairs. She's like, did you put the heat on?
Chris: Yeah, that's right. Let's just stupid turn it off. Okay. You say less, but...
andihelped: All right.
Chris: Any other time, I'm the idiot for not turning.
andihelped: i'll We take the heat pump out of the house. We don't need it.
Chris: Wow. Oh my god!
andihelped: Yeah, it is.
Chris: Aye.
andihelped: Nothing causes fights in my house more.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: than this time of year.
Chris: Hmm.
andihelped: I'm just like. just can't we Can we just enjoy that it's finally a little cold?
Chris: yeah
andihelped: Can we just...
Chris: yes it's Glorious.
andihelped: bask in the gloriousness of just a little bit. It doesn't have to be 40 degrees in the house, but
Chris: Alright.
andihelped: 60 years. Perfectly fine.
Chris: yeah
andihelped: It's like, it gets so cold, I'm like...
Chris: yeah
andihelped: I'm sitting in shorts and t -shirts still sweating.
Chris: yeah
andihelped: I can't live like this
Chris: Yeah. Now. does your wife do what my wife does and 90 of the time like even in the summer She'll be sitting on the couch or in her chair, and she'll have a blanket on her.
andihelped: Uh, bud. How many blankets?
Chris: We have blankets all throughout this house.
andihelped: How many blankets do you think are on my bed right now? She had a guess.
Chris: ah Blankets?
andihelped: Yes.
Chris: So not including the sheet.
andihelped: Not including the... Cheat.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: blankets.
Chris: All right. I don't know, four?
andihelped: It is four if you count the fact that one of them... Well, I guess two of them are doubled up, so technically that's... Five.
Chris: Oh my gosh.
andihelped: on her side.
Chris: Huh.
andihelped: On my side is one thin blanket. like I'm a pauper living in in Victorian England. Just trying to get a little bit. And God help me if I roll to my left -hand side and pull a little bit of that blanket and she only has...
Chris: Oh yeah.
andihelped: four layers under over her.
Chris: yeah Yeah. Yeah. And that's it. Good. The whole... Yeah. Oh, you steal the covers. No. i don't because i don't move around a lot at night what it is is the women they do the grab
andihelped: Right.
Chris: Roll. Let go. and then reset. They're like typewriters.
andihelped: Mm -hmm.
Chris: and they're the ones moving the covers the whole time
andihelped: Mm -hmm.
Chris: Ah.
andihelped: Yep.
Chris: ahha
andihelped: And look. Soon? When it gets a little bit colder, I'm going to bring out. the warm blanket. And we'll have that for our... the comforter we don't have a comforter right now he's a blanket you know because i don't live the life of comfort all year round because it's too hot
Chris: Well, we do because we keep the fan on year round.
andihelped: i so I sleep with a... A fan pointing in my face. year -round.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Because like I... can Just. It's... crazy.
Chris: I think she did ask me the other night. when it was one of the cool nights she was like did you flip the fan to winter mode oh yeah sure
andihelped: What does that mean?
Chris: Because winter mode, it...
andihelped: What do you mean with your purse?
Chris: pulls the air up.
andihelped: ah You reverse the faint? No, I never do that.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Oh, yeah.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Yeah. Yeah. Fans are meant for blowing air. Not for sucking air.
Chris: Yeah. Yeah. yeah Yeah, it's... You sleep so much better when it's a little chilly.
andihelped: I know.
Chris: And then, yeah, like sitting, you know, sitting watching TV or something, you got a comfy little blanket or you're reading a book and you got a little blankie on you.
andihelped: yeah
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: And you wake up in the morning and...
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: You know. You're alive because you're frozen. It's great
Chris: What helps wake you up in the morning?
andihelped: Yeah. The only place in the house that deserves...
Chris: God. Drinking a nice hot cup of coffee in a cold brisk morning. ah
andihelped: None of that. input Hot tea.
Chris: Sigh. Well, okay.
andihelped: You'll be... The only place that needs to be hot in the morning. is the bathroom. or the You know the nice heated bathroom when you get up
Chris: Yeah...
andihelped: in the morning.
Chris: Yeah. Yeah, because that is... I usually take a shower in the evening, but a couple of times here lately, I've had a shower in the morning and it's like. I don't want to get out because it's chilly out there.
andihelped: Oh, you're a shower and evening guy? I can't do that.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: I got to be a shower in the morning guy. I gotta get up. That's like when I get up for work. It's a ritual. That's the first thing I do. Get in the shower. Wake up in the shower. You know.
andihelped: 3 o 'clock
Chris: Have a seat.
andihelped: Three got the horn in.
Chris: I usually work out in the afternoons. So then I come home and take a shower.
andihelped: Yeah, I can take more than shower one shower a day.
Chris: Nah.
andihelped: I shower. If at work. because i'll I'll shower three o 'clock in the morning, drive to work. and Sometimes I'll work out like first thing in the morning. I'll show it right after that.
Chris: ah yeah Well, yeah.
andihelped: It's been like three hours of less showerness. it's fine
Chris: yeah
andihelped: I'll be right back.
Chris: I mean, I could i could spend the hours in the shower, but...
andihelped: I have. Drunkenly spend hours in the shower.
Chris: It will.
andihelped: That's fine. That's my safe space.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: on them A little drunk.
Chris: yeah
andihelped: It's fine. Look kids. Showers are fine. Don't get in baths. You drown.
Chris: Yeah, he got that. Yeah. I remember we were dropping somebody off. I was like. Put him in the bathtub. I was like, no, we'll give him a snorkel. No.
andihelped: Yeah, cuz you're gonna know how to use a snorkel when you're drunk
Chris: yeah
andihelped: That's a good thing.
Chris: Yeah. yeah most people can barely barely use a snorkel sober Ah.
andihelped: there There is... Nothing worse. Then. drunk MacGyver. style.
Chris: oh Yeah.
andihelped: We got this problem.
Chris: yeah
andihelped: Alright, let's figure this out.
Chris: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
andihelped: And it's...
Chris: yeah
andihelped: The third most annoying people you will meet in Fire and EMS. The most annoying people are drunk nursing students.
Chris: Yes.
andihelped: I'm a nursing student.
Chris: Amen.
andihelped: Great.
Chris: go somewhere.
andihelped: i mean i'm Let me just go play in traffic for a little bit so I don't have to listen to you.
Chris: Yeah. Right.
andihelped: Yeah. It's got to be the number one most annoying people.
Chris: Yeah. oh so We were talking before the podcast about the Resuscitation Academy.
andihelped: well
Chris: So... you know last week and i get to well i i did one of the breakout sessions so as each group came in you know we're talking about stuff and i was like so you know just yeah in the room how many people do you know usually show up on a cardiac arrest event you're agency or jurisdiction you know most are like you know Some of the...
Chris: like me They're like, oh, yeah, we're lucky if we get three people there. I'm like, okay. This one guy goes, we send 11. I see. And everybody in the room just like stopped and turned.
andihelped: Eleven?
Chris: I was like. young man i said oh okay you put 11 on the card hoping five show up he's like no 11 on scene sir I was like...
Chris: 11 on scene. What do you all do? And the one person in the room is like, what do do you have people like boil water and check the... life safety hazards while they're there? I mean, what the hell? So we got done at everything and he actually ended up being in. the group I coached through the practical part and we got done. He was like,
Chris: we probably send too many people in a cardiac arrest, don't we? I was like, ah i' was see He was like, I mean... we were working with five today and that seemed to work really well and nobody got in each other's way i was like Yeah...
andihelped: Yeah of course. You're trying to squeeze 11 people into a room the size of a bathroom. What are you doing?
Chris: yeah Eleven!
andihelped: You like... You know what we need? A football team.
Chris: Right!
andihelped: That's how we're going to end this call. What the 11 people? Because, Lord.
Chris: ah Yeah. Yeah.
andihelped: I... Weeks end. Five.
Chris: Right.
andihelped: Right.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: I mean, now it's seven -ish.
Chris: Five to seven.
andihelped: Yeah, because of...
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: the stupid second monitor that doesn't We're really doing that.
Chris: Yeah. Yeah.
andihelped: Okay. We said in five to seven. I'm... after Three minutes of that cardiac arrest. I need two.
Chris: yeah we talked about that we're like do you send like half the people to go back out and sit in the rig
andihelped: I need.
andihelped: Yeah. It was.
Chris: because then i mean yeah because you don't want to send them all the way back because inevitably you do that you get rosk and then you need help moving them
andihelped: Right. But.
Chris: But.
andihelped: And it feels awkward because you're all standing around going.
Chris: Other than that, yeah. Yeah.
andihelped: Oh.
Chris: But. What do you want to do for dinner tonight?
andihelped: Football game? Cool, huh?
Chris: Yeah! Yeah.
andihelped: Yeah.
Chris: And then what was it? Oh, I was like, oh, do you debrief after calls? And you know they're like, well, we try to, but you know it can be tricky because we're all going back to different stations. I was like, yeah. I said, well, try to find like a coffee shop or you know just a...
Chris: parking lot somewhere and the this one girl goes what can we do right there at the house i was like Family might frown on that.
andihelped: No, it's not. You know.
Chris: Yeah. hey i know ted just died i'm very sorry for your loss We'll be in the kitchen talking. Yeah. Mind if we make some coffee?
andihelped: so
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Yeah.
Chris: yeah yeah
andihelped: Yeah. we yeah We don't really.
Chris: so
andihelped: I feel like our department... It's so much different now. And. We have it. Well, I'm going to talk for my shift. I'm very proud of my shift and how we operate on cardiac arrests.
Chris: I speak highly of your shift every time.
andihelped: Right. My people are really good. There. Leader is a... wasted space, but they're really good at their jobs. so we don't you know we don't really debrief on those calls much anymore.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: If we would it would be more like Hey, this went wrong. we We need to fix that problem.
Chris: right yeah that's yeah well that I mean that's should be the goal of it anyway
andihelped: It doesn't... But it doesn't really happen that much anymore, which is.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Amazing.
Chris: Good.
andihelped: you know. It is.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: heartbreakingly frustrating to tell them. All the things you're doing are useless guys.
Chris: Not everything.
andihelped: Not everything is useless. I know, but it's so heartbreaking to be like. After 15 minutes, we should be putting ultrasound on these people and being done with it.
Chris: uh yeah well yeah
andihelped: You know?
Chris: Yeah. Yeah.
andihelped: Well, the the other day we had a call. And. the The paramedics were Hyman and Holland and I said just call for orders
Chris: ah
andihelped: They got orders, and then they were still... look the One parametric space. That's just it. the PEA looks so nice. I'm like, it's still PEA. It doesn't matter what it looks like.
Chris: Right. Yeah.
andihelped: Well, the rate, I said, the rate doesn't matter.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: it
Chris: That's the epi we threw in 10 minutes ago.
andihelped: right right it's still pea and they're like i just I just feel... I just don't feel right leaving this patient. I'm like. Well, let me just talk you through it. Let's take this space to the hospital.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: We hit the door of the hospital. The family now has a $6 ,000 bill just for us opening the doors of the of the rig to the hospital.
Chris: Right.
andihelped: Right. We walk into the ER. They go crazy because they're maniacs. They are. absolute maniacs, right?
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: They go crazy. The patient gets a $6 ,000 bill, the patient's family, because the patient's not going to come out of this alive.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: And what is the survival chances of this patient? Well, they're just going to ultrasound them and and they're going to call it. Call it and right there anywhere.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: I said, yeah, but they'll probably give him a bunch of drugs he doesn't need.
Chris: Hmm.
andihelped: and look like idiots doing it. Well, yeah.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Like, so what why would we do this?
Chris: Yeah. Yeah.
andihelped: but why we're We are stewards of our patience, guys.
Chris: Mm hmm.
andihelped: Right. And we know. It's hard for us. to know.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: to say.
Chris: There we go.
andihelped: that it's not worked, but... We know. you know we We know.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: You know, we we get Rosk on people.
Chris: Hmm.
andihelped: take him to the hospital and then they die in the er and ah it makes me It heart breaks my heart.
Chris: yeah
andihelped: You know, I've never had a patient who didn't get, if we didn't get Roscoe in the first 10 minutes.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: That person's never survived.
Chris: I've had a couple.
andihelped: Hello.
Chris: but it's rare.
andihelped: It's very rare. I mean Well, it's like I've gotten Roscoe on 89 -year -old women and they...
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: you don't get anything out of them
Chris: Right.
andihelped: You take them to the yeah ER and they get... Peace. astronomical bells in it and the end result is the same. It's like, ugh.
Chris: hu
andihelped: It's frustrating to me.
Chris: Yeah it it definitely can be.
andihelped: and Just... It's rough.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: and yeah but i told my oh yeah know we thought We talked about that call afterwards. I said, guys, you know this is a good case for...
Chris: Mm -hmm
andihelped: Do an ultrasound order. you know.
Chris: ah
andihelped: Get into those things.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Because we could just say... no there's There's nothing.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: We wouldn't even have to do the 30 minutes.
Chris: Right.
andihelped: There's nothing there and to to work.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: It's hard to accept. you know.
Chris: Oh, yeah, yeah, it is, but... No.
andihelped: it's
Chris: Yeah, I'll get my friend. Dr. Levy to come down and talk.
andihelped: Well, you know the funny part is
Chris: Who that that jackass called me out at the Resuscitation Academy.
andihelped: Oh. What'd you do?
Chris: Well, no, I shouldn't say that. Dr. Levy's a Splendid gentleman. I always enjoy talking to him. but we i was sitting in one of his lectures because i had time before mine and He's talking about, like... like old protocols or something. He was like, yeah, you know, way back, you know.
Chris: 20 plus years ago. Isn't that right? Truett. It's like... Whoa, whoa, whoa, sir. I mean, you're right, but still. Call me out.
andihelped: Well. i was talking to my young guy about that except the sad part is like you're going to reach the point in your career where you're going to be like, i remember this drug that we used to give and people are going to look at you go
Chris: Mm -hmm.
andihelped: Where you going about, old man?
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Yeah.
Chris: yeah
andihelped: Yeah. Yeah, it's just...
Chris: Yeah, that's what he was talking about, percanamide and something else. So it's like, okay, I remember those, but shut up.
andihelped: There we were. Wait we're talking about something. And I was going through... This is the worst part I was like I think there was 47 National Registry drugs when I took my...
andihelped: p test right or something like that
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: We had to know and we really only had to know like 20 of them that they really I said you on
Chris: Right. Yeah, because the other ones were...
andihelped: See you.
Chris: So... infrequently used that they knew you're going to look it up.
andihelped: Right. yeah So i remember I was telling him, I was like, yeah, know we we had this, this, and this. And he's like. I don't even know what half those drugs are. i'm like Nah, you wouldn't.
Chris: Yeah. Anyway, let me get my mortar and pestle out.
andihelped: yeah so you I want you to watch the show MASH. When they ask for drugs, that's what I was given.
Chris: ah Yeah, exactly Ha ha.
andihelped: yeah
Chris: Uhhh... I thought of you today at lunch buddy
andihelped: Oh boy.
Chris: ah So I found out another fun fact about my family.
andihelped: boy
Chris: So we were talking and this was with mom's side of the family, but somehow we got talking about. the farm and just some of the stuff. End. It's somehow...
Chris: Somehow I... brought up about stuff that's buried out at the farm. And I was like, yes, we all know there's all kinds of horses and animals. She's like, no, no, no, there's a piano.
Chris: I guess.
andihelped: What?
Chris: i Every button. Me, my wife, my brother, we're like. What? And my mom was like, Yeah. When they dug out for the pond. your grandfather had some stuff to get rid of so he paid the guy 50 bucks to big up dig a big hole out back and just threw a bunch of shit in there and covered it up.
Chris: I was like, oh my god, we are that level of hillbilly?
andihelped: I know.
andihelped: I don't like this piano no more
Chris: But... who Who buries a piano?
andihelped: Wait.
Chris: Other than truets.
andihelped: It's a shame that I won't be alive in 500 years when the archaeologists dig up the Truett farm and find this piano and go... What the fuck?
Chris: Because it's probably...
andihelped: Everything we know is wrong!
Chris: and It's next to a horse.
andihelped: Right, this is... They had horses that played piano. You should go back out there and like put a top hat next to the horse.
Chris: Oh my God. I just, I don't, and I was. what what i was like what else did he bury she was like oh all kinds of stuff and then i get thinking back i'm like well i remember in that backfield there was like
andihelped: All right.
Chris: a toilet and a bathtub that sat kind of in the woods and i always wondered why that was there she's like yeah there wasn't enough for room in the hole i was like What did we put in there that there wasn't enough room for the old toilet?
andihelped: Peace. Half of a 57 Studebaker. Two TVs.
Chris: yeah and i was like what kind of what kind of piano was it was it a baby grand was it a stand -up i mean
andihelped: the The blocks that you're...
Chris: ah
andihelped: Grandfather's Camaro was on for in the front yard.
Chris: oh my Gosh, seriously. Bob, dig up. another hole so i can throw some stuff in it Oh my god, hillbillies.
andihelped: I mean, I found out something.
Chris: Sigh.
andihelped: my family Anyway, but that's nothing like that. I just found out that... Apparently I have more cousins than I knew of.
Chris: oh oh
andihelped: Yeah.
Chris: i
andihelped: I... my I'm talking to my mother the other day and she's like, Oh. I like. My Aunt Gretchen. Yeah, I heard her kid that she gave up for adoption reached out to me and i'm like I'm sorry.
andihelped: What?
Chris: um
andihelped: It's like, yeah, I'm like. When did this happen? She's like, oh, I i don't know. You were probably like 15. I'm like. How the hell...
Chris: fifteen
andihelped: How am I just hearing about this? What are you talking about?
Chris: my god
andihelped: That's how great my family is.
Chris: Uh huh.
andihelped: Yeah. Apparently that person has been... Looking up. our family and we're reaching out on facebook and my mother's like hey you probably have a message from him like
Chris: Hmm.
andihelped: Yeah, I probably might, but... I'm still not logging into Facebook
Chris: yeah yeah
andihelped: It's not happening.
Chris: yeah
andihelped: Yeah, ah I am the star city of Salisbury employee per the cybersecurity training. Because they said don't post anything on social media that can be used against the city
Chris: Yeah that's true.
andihelped: No one has ever done it better than me.
Chris: Yeah. That's true. Yeah. Yeah. You mean the cybersecurity training that... warns you about the use of AI by using nothing but AI.
andihelped: ai Yeah, yeah.
Chris: Yeah. Yeah.
andihelped: ah Speaking of that... Did you happen to look at this? quarters edition of the was it the maryland fire news
Chris: the printed one
andihelped: Yeah, the Fred one.
Chris: No, I haven't.
andihelped: oh you should definitely when you go back to work look at the city of salisbury banner
Chris: Oh, God.
andihelped: our header you know, above our article.
Chris: No...
andihelped: How many cities see us? Let's not even city seal. How many fire department? Seals are on the... side of our engines.
Chris: One.
andihelped: Oh, is it one? That's interesting Do we have a truck 33 in the city?
Chris: Oh, my. you're You are joking.
andihelped: I am not joking. I am. Dead serious.
Chris: Oh my gosh.
andihelped: That for some reason we...
Chris: Huh.
andihelped: changed our header in this People don't even know what this is.
Chris: Oh my gosh.
andihelped: it it is a newspaper of the fire department's all jerking off to each other about what we did for the quarter.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: And. We used AI and got it wrong and let it go. And it was pointed out to me and I'm like, this can't be true. and Yep. It's right in there.
Chris: the maryland fire dispatch
andihelped: Yeah, that thing
Chris: Oh, God.
andihelped: Yeah. Yeah.
Chris: um I'm about to get really mad.
andihelped: I don't. I thought my wife was like... We had a perfectly fine header for the last, I don't know.
Chris: ma i
andihelped: 20 years? Was there a digital version of this?
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Oh.
Chris: That's it. All I saw was Eastern Shore news.
andihelped: no You know, it's the one where you have Salisbury. It has its own little page in it.
Chris: Yeah. which it might be in here because yeah howard's got their own
andihelped: It's definitely in the print in the print version.
Chris: PG. There's Salisbury. Oh, what the hell?
Chris: Well, that's getting screenshotted, and that's going to be a topic of conversation Monday when I go to work.
andihelped: I... well
Chris: What the... what I... Oh my god.
andihelped: yeah look at look at the the there's two patches on the fire on fire engines
Chris: Yep, yep. Oh, yeah, I see it. I see it.
andihelped: the truck 33
Chris: I see it. Oh my god.
andihelped: I was just like why why would we even do this This is the problem with AI, right? like Oh, everybody has to use it for...
Chris: Yeah. Why would you use it for that?
andihelped: Why are you using it?
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: ah personal view I don't think we should be using it for anything in the fire service
Chris: Well, no.
andihelped: What are we using it for? What? I had this.
Chris: Uhhh...
andihelped: I had to comment with my wife about it. I don't like the fact that people are writing reports with using AI. I don't know why we're doing it.
Chris: they It's one thing if you use this tool that's built into the report writer.
andihelped: Is it though?
Chris: What? you Well... Well, because most of those... they'll either take the stuff you wrote in your narrative and throw it in the data fields or take the stuff in your data fields and put it in the narrative But it still tells you, you know it prompts you to write stuff throughout it.
andihelped: I had... a conversation with one of my paramedics.
Chris: huh
andihelped: Who used AI to... As her she said, Professional up her her report. And I said... So when you go in front of... A jury.
Chris: Whoa, whoa, whoa, you can't be, no, that's PHI that you're putting in OpenAI.
andihelped: Yeah, that's what I said too.
Chris: that That's illegal.
andihelped: But I said, when you go in front of a jury. And you talk. And you read your narrative out.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Is it going to sound like you?
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: or a computer.
Chris: Right.
andihelped: Yeah, but it looks more professional No.
Chris: No, it doesn't No.
andihelped: That's not the point.
Chris: It doesn't.
andihelped: The point of the report is that it's your voice and what you saw on the call.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: That's the point.
Chris: e
andihelped: But these people aren't being told this. Right? think you know they They think, oh, well, this is better for it. No.
Chris: Well, the city policy just came out that says you're not supposed to use AI for anything that has PHI or departmental information.
andihelped: we should Probably shouldn't be using it at all.
Chris: Well, yeah, but yeah.
andihelped: pretty much across the the whole board.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Now, to be fair, this was before the city policy came out. But still. Do it, folks.
Chris: Yeah, don't.
andihelped: Because that's how you end up with Truck 33.
Chris: ah god
andihelped: Really making my friends have a great week.
Chris: I'm gonna drink a lot tonight.
Chris: Say that my wife. Why are you drinking again? Truck 33.
andihelped: Well, I said... When I get to work on Monday. The first time I get to put the truck in service, I'm like, truck 33, you can go in service.
Chris: Yes. Adios.
Chris: Uh huh. Well after that fun, how about topic one?
andihelped: Okay, I'm going to skip over my obvious topic one. because I'm assuming it's going to be your topic. So I'm going to go to another topic.
Chris: Okay
andihelped: Well, I'm assuming... i'm just gonna i'm gonna i'm gonna trust that i know my friend and i know what topic
Chris: like
andihelped: His topic is going to be.
Chris: Okay.
andihelped: So I'm going to go with the topic of.
Chris: All right.
andihelped: Why does everything suck?
Chris: I feel like we keep coming back to this.
andihelped: We keep coming back to this.
Chris: hey
andihelped: It. I was... well besides my gaffe the other day where my phone wrote a reply all email with no input from me at all Which I still don't.
andihelped: I don't understand how that happens.
Chris: Yeah, that was...
andihelped: or At all.
Chris: Yeah. Yeah.
andihelped: Which of course it had to be on a funeral notice, which is even better like
andihelped: Well, there's a...
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Hey.
Chris: But...
andihelped: I'm checking my my emails.
Chris: Yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah. Can't fault that.
andihelped: Can't fault that. but So...
Chris: ah
andihelped: But then I'm... i'm I'm looking at my email, my personal email, I'm like... Nothing? comes in this email that's Useful. Nothing.
Chris: no There has to be something.
andihelped: It's all it's all crap. Is it? He's out. Unless I... reach out to a company and say, please respond to me.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Everything that else is crap. Everything.
Chris: I mean... I got... I got an email. from Food Network four hours ago about a new macaroni and cheese recipe.
andihelped: Okay, here's... here's
Chris: ah
andihelped: Here's my top emails. Okay, my invite to... This podcast. Perfect, I knew it was coming
Chris: Yeah. Right.
andihelped: Um, Venmo. emailing me an ad for something I don't give a crap about.
Chris: ah
andihelped: Cool. Um, I got three emails from battle .net about a WoW Forever code.
Chris: Hmm.
andihelped: Um, I invite my friends to play WoW.
Chris: Okay. Yeah.
andihelped: Marriott. bo envoy Because I stayed at a Marriott ah two years ago. send me an email They so probably send me three emails a day.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: ah Let's see. what's in my Because I delete. I'm pretty. harsh about deleting my emails.
Chris: Oh yeah, I delete a lot very quickly.
andihelped: All right. Delete. towns. Um...
Chris: I have one here from SodaStream for a big news simon biles and sodastream are collaborating to celebrate national sparkling water day
andihelped: Exciting.
Chris: Yeah?
andihelped: uh -huh
Chris: Bank of America feedback. yeah
andihelped: Uh huh. Uh huh.
Chris: Care first.
andihelped: And...
Chris: No.
andihelped: Mm -hmm.
Chris: Hmm?
andihelped: I mean, the one useful thing is I get my receipts and to my email and then I just put them in a receipt.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: folder.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: That's about the most useful thing I have in there.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: I get. um Once a day I get an Amazon where you rate your transaction.
Chris: oh
andihelped: Email.
Chris: That's always fun.
andihelped: Always fun.
Chris: yeah
andihelped: I never do.
Chris: Yeah. Then how how does Jeff Bezos know if he's meeting your expectations?
andihelped: I think he's okay.
Chris: there we go
andihelped: I think he's okay. As I told you. turn signals or social media so i'm definitely not going to be doing reviews So.
andihelped: So that's not happening. Uh... My work email is just complete trash now.
andihelped: I. I also have... A second email? That is literally... Just junk email. So there's an email address out there that is associated with my name.
Chris: Oh.
Chris: Mm hmm.
andihelped: Let's just let you know, folks, if you want to reach me. That's just junk. Nothing. I don't look at that email ever.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Ever.
Chris: Oh yeah, my Comcast email. I haven't looked at that in probably five years.
andihelped: Yeah, I have a Hotmail account that's probably got 7 ,000 emails of junk
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Yeah. Yeah. But my my work email.
Chris: Hmm.
andihelped: When every time I'm but so i'm I'm off for three Three days, and then I come back to work.
Chris: Hmm.
andihelped: and i'll check emails like if you send an email out i'll look at that email obviously because that's how i get Screwed over with my reply all.
Chris: yeah
andihelped: you know but otherwise i just don't really like look at my emails unless it's something
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: um I need to look know about. I don't look.
Chris: ah yeah
andihelped: I come to work and there's 87 emails in my... Not the spam, but the one next over.
Chris: How are we doing?
andihelped: you know.
Chris: Not the...
andihelped: The other folder.
Chris: focused yeah
andihelped: Yeah. But there's 87 emails in there. and They're all... Junk.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: It's terrible.
Chris: Mm -hmm.
andihelped: it's I thought email was going to... Make the world amazing.
Chris: No. All it is is the electronic version of the shitty mailers that we used to get and we still get.
andihelped: Yeah. And I still get those. It's double.
Chris: Oh my God. And especially this time of year, all the political ones.
andihelped: I got... one
andihelped: I don't get any of those. It's great. I live in Delaware.
Chris: Oh my god, you're amazing, because, yeah, I've gotten...
andihelped: It's awesome.
Chris: At least. once a day. From. one of the two people running for the delegate seat. in our area
andihelped: Oh, yeah.
Chris: And it's it's two people, but it's back and forth. back and forth.
andihelped: My brother lives in Pennsylvania and he tells me all the time. He's like, I get. Phone calls every day from candidates. I'm like, it's funny cuz I don't get anything because i live in delaware everybody knows how the election's gonna go we don't mess with it it's cool We don't have to worry about this shit.
Chris: Yeah.
Chris: yeah
andihelped: I do have a side change that has nothing to do with this. I forgot to tell this story earlier.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: So sitting here Or Thursday? What's today? What the hell is that? This is Fred.
Chris: Today is Friday.
andihelped: So Wednesday. I'm sitting here at home, just kind of chilling out, getting ready. you know wind my day down it's like three o 'clock And my door. Somebody knocked on my door. We have a big sign on the front door that says no soliciting.
andihelped: So I open the door and it's two Jehovah's Witnesses.
Chris: Ah.
andihelped: they're younger women whatever and i said i literally opened the door i was like can you read the sign They're like, no, we're not here for that. is said So what the... they're like, We're here to pick you up and take you to church.
andihelped: That's nerd.
Chris: a
andihelped: I'm sorry. What? And they said, yeah, you're we're looking for username whatever.
Chris: and
andihelped: They submitted a ticket that they wanted to ride to church. That's it. um
Chris: Use that.
andihelped: What? So well that's not me.
Chris: and
andihelped: And they said, okay, well, is this your phone number?
Chris: Ah.
andihelped: I said, that is not even close to my phone. Or was it somebody in your household? No, I can tell you that's nobody in my household and you're at the wrong house. And they were like, oh, okay, well. You sure you don't want to go to church?
andihelped: Yeah, son. Very sure.
Chris: ah Oh my god, is this a new prank we can start pulling?
andihelped: I think it must be. Oh. I have. I have a side tangent to that you just reminded me of.
andihelped: so I go to work yesterday.
Chris: yeah
andihelped: It's all happened in the last... story I've had an exciting 24 hours and I forgot all about it.
Chris: You have, yeah.
andihelped: We got to work yesterday and C shift. Tells me there they were somewhere and a... Person of... their not their sexuality, was hitting on them.
Chris: and Okay.
andihelped: and ask for their phone number. And they're like, I wasn't going to give my phone to her. You guys are so lame. Because back in my day, we would have given Brooks' number. 100 % of the time.
Chris: Yeah. Yes!
andihelped: I like it. Why would you do that? I said because it's hilarious.
Chris: Why wouldn't you do it?
andihelped: Ask the deputy chief. What happened at his wedding?
Chris: Oh my Oh. Fun times were had by... Some.
andihelped: what's up
Chris: Oh God.
andihelped: but i was like you guys are so lame it was a perfect opportunity to have a prank and you didn't do it
Chris: Yeah.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Oh, you... we didn't even think about that i'm like Oh God.
Chris: yeah Yeah.
andihelped: Kids.
Chris: yeah And that's why you memorize one other person's phone number for that exact reason.
andihelped: hu For the exact reason. you know So you don't fumble, you're just like, oh yeah, here's my number.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Boom, boom, boom.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Yeah.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Come on folks.
Chris: yeah Yeah. Because it's really awkward when you're looking through your phone for your phone number.
andihelped: Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah. My phone number is... Boom, boom. but but boom oh yeah here it is No.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Yeah, you got to have a number, of rubber and you just, you know. You always have a fake name ready and you always give out the number.
Chris: Yeah. Yeah. yeah
andihelped: And I was like, I would have 100 % been giving Brooks's phone number to that person.
Chris: yeah Yes.
andihelped: In a heartbeat.
Chris: Yes.
andihelped: Yeah.
Chris: And then let it stew for a couple shifts and then slowly inquire.
andihelped: No, what you watch what you do is you wait till... brooks gets in the bathroom and then you use his phone and you start replying
Chris: Yes, yes. Ah. Gosh. ah
andihelped: They're lame. their The kids are lame these days.
Chris: Yeah. ah Oh my gosh. That's, yeah. What? What did they do?
andihelped: I don't know what they do all day.
Chris: god yeah
andihelped: Right because the world sucks and everything sucks in the end
Chris: I mean, yes, things suck, but yeah maybe the things suck because people aren't doing little pranks like that anymore.
andihelped: look
andihelped: Because you're not enjoying your little shenanigans.
Chris: Yeah. Yeah, because it's...
andihelped: Our show.
Chris: i mean this ties into something I was thinking about one time. it's you know we There's a level of bullying that needs to come back.
andihelped: Oh. Uh... 100%. Uh... 8 ,000%. And you know who it... Needs it the most. I'm gonna, this is going out to the universe from me.
andihelped: A old... curmudgeonly fireman To all of you young firefighters who keep posting on Reddit or TikTok or whatever, of you dancing around your stations. Knock it the fuck off.
Chris: Yeah. Yeah.
andihelped: You're not heroes. Shut up. Nobody wants to hear your opinion. Stop it.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: If I see one more of you dancing and singing a country song or doing a... Stupid dance with your partner at work. i'm i'm coming out I'm coming out of the booth.
Chris: Coming out of the...
andihelped: Boolean.
Chris: booth
andihelped: is back on the menu, boys.
Chris: Oh gosh. gosh
andihelped: Because...
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: It's not. I don't want to bully people into... Like... You know. depression. I want to bully them.
Chris: Right.
andihelped: Just enough that they realize what they're doing is stupid.
Chris: Exactly. This is how people grow. because people aren't being told that they're acting like an idiot or dressing stupid or acting stupid so therefore they continue to do it because they think it's okay to do and it is not
andihelped: This is how you grow.
andihelped: Right.
andihelped: Yeah. they They need... They need your guidance, people. And the only way they're going to get that guidance.
Chris: yeah
andihelped: is if you make fun of them. And you break their hearts a little bit.
Chris: Yeah. yeah
andihelped: Yeah. And the problem is...
Chris: So.
andihelped: You guys aren't tough enough.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: to take it.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Yeah.
Chris: yeah Well, because from a young age, it's been, oh, just let him be.
andihelped: yeah i know
Chris: yeah
andihelped: That's why they wear pajamas.
Chris: yeah
andihelped: to Out and about.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: I mean, full on pajamas, Christopher.
Chris: And think about back in the day, if we did that to school, somebody would shank us in a heartbeat.
andihelped: Oh. 100%. It's... I know for a fact. My wife is three years from wearing full pajamas in public. Just so you know.
andihelped: He says, For years my wife's like I can't believe these girls wear leggings wherever they go and now my wife wears leggings all the time
Chris: Mm -hmm.
Chris: Uh -huh
andihelped: So. She is.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: three years on the timeline to wearing pajamas out.
Chris: Yeah. Yeah, it's a cycle
andihelped: It's a cycle, but boy
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Stop wearing pajamas out in the public, people.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: You look stupid.
Chris: Right.
andihelped: You just look stupid.
Chris: Yeah. Yeah. And with your big. flumpy slippers and...
andihelped: yeah gold
Chris: Ah.
andihelped: but the the The shoes that look like you.
Chris: that The ones that you've walked through mud and...
andihelped: Cut off. Wookiee's legs? What is up with those things?
Chris: Yes. Yeah.
andihelped: Knock it off.
Chris: Sigh. Yeah.
andihelped: This message brought to you by two old white men.
Chris: Yeah. Yeah.
andihelped: What?
Chris: But that's like my... Youngest's boyfriend. he plays football.
andihelped: Oh. Whoa, this is news.
Chris: Yeah. Yeah, yeah
andihelped: Whoa.
Chris: Yeah. Um. He... Again, his Hey. plays football. He's the quarterback. So what's his job?
andihelped: Pass her the ball.
Chris: Pass the ball! So... Evidently.
andihelped: Please tell me, please please tell me that you started going to his football games and you just like... You suck! You're not good enough to be my daughter!
Chris: No, I haven't started that.
andihelped: Oh. Okay.
Chris: But... I was talking to my daughter. And she was like, yeah, he was talking about it. He got... Fussed out after the game because... He was trying to run around too much I was like, yeah Because he wasn't doing his job. And she's like, what do you mean? I was like, he's the quarterback. His job is to.
Chris: Get the ball from the snap. and throw the ball to the receiver. That's it.
andihelped: That's why there's
Chris: That's his job.
andihelped: That's why there's people in the field called receivers.
Chris: Hmm. Yeah. So evidently... she was talking to him like a few days later and he was he brought it up again and she's like Dad says you should just do your job and throw the ball. And he was like.
Chris: Really? i mean I do respect your dad a little bit. So the next game. he all he ran like once and threw the ball every other time and they won i was like see Throw of the ball, you win the ball.
andihelped: Right? Right?
Chris: Ha!
andihelped: The football needs to be a -throner.
Chris: Ahhhh!
andihelped: That's it.
Chris: Oh my god.
andihelped: Well, I'm glad you're making a positive impact on this kid
Chris: yeah Yeah.
andihelped: But now you need to go to those games and be like, you suck!
Chris: ah He's a good kid. Yeah.
andihelped: that's how they get you though they pretend to be good kids and then you're like oh i guess i can't bully you this much
Chris: Yeah, that's when they went to homecoming, you know, and I was like, all right, you know, be safe, you two. And I shook his hand and I gripped it a little bit and I just looked him in the eye. I was like. Don't you be dumb. He's like... Yes sir.
Chris: Hmm.
andihelped: Now I got a question.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: You're good. Peace. 16.
Chris: yeah Yeah, she'll be 17 in a couple months.
andihelped: Oh my God.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Oh God.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: So she's a junior?
Chris: Yep.
andihelped: All right, so this is Junior. She has a license.
Chris: Mm hmm. Mm -hmm
andihelped: Now. Do you? Give your kid an uber account and let her go to homecoming Or do you just allow them to drive?
Chris: ah They drove... They drove to home dinner, then homecoming. And then. They're. The. homecoming party or whatever is that But one of the parents' house that we knew and talked to and everything was fine.
Chris: There was no driving once they got there.
andihelped: You know what the lamest part is? They probably didn't even drink.
Chris: What? Oh, yeah, I'm sure they didn't.
andihelped: Thanks. Dorky kids don't even drink anymore.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: I did so... so sad.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Yeah.
Chris: Which, I mean, I guess yeah they're being healthier. But then on the flip side, I drove by the college the other day and there was a girl smoking.
andihelped: Yeah, oh, yeah, either they're back to smoking and the vaping hardcore
Chris: But why?
andihelped: I got you.
Chris: that's that's That's so bad for you.
andihelped: I know. I know.
Chris: It boggles my mind that anybody under the age of 30.
andihelped: It boggles my mind when I see somebody our age smoke.
Chris: Smokes? Yeah.
andihelped: I'm like, what? Did you not grow up with the same?
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Did your grandparents not have lung cancer like mine did?
Chris: Right, yeah.
andihelped: What are you people doing?
Chris: well it's like i mean Our fire department, knock on wood, there is one human being that smokes.
andihelped: ah Yeah. and Yeah. I'm assuming it's the same person I'm thinking of. Yeah.
Chris: Yeah. They work the day before you at a different station.
andihelped: Yes. Yeah.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Yeah.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: One.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: And when I started...
Chris: ah gosh
andihelped: not You know, even when I started though, it wasn't a lot.
Chris: I would say... but ah probably at least a quarter of the people.
andihelped: Yeah. Yeah, yeah. yeah But like when I, my father was a volunteer, it was everyone.
Chris: Yeah. Oh yeah. Yep.
andihelped: Yeah, i I remember going... When I went to, when I worked in... Wilmington. on the email and and went so we went to The fire stations, they they are smoking in the stations.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: yeah Bill.
Chris: I can remember Uncle Company smoking on in the ambulance on the way back from the call.
andihelped: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Chris: statute of limitations over it's fine
andihelped: Yeah, we can fire him now.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Yeah.
Chris: yeah
andihelped: he's retired Well, yeah, but going back to my topic is Everything.
Chris: Yeah, let's...
andihelped: Like email sucks.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Your cell phone. box.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: I get...
Chris: Yep. This thing that was supposed to make everything so much easier.
andihelped: All I do is get spam messages now. And they're leaving voicemails, which is Bonkers.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Why are you leaving a voicemail on my phone? I didn't answer.
Chris: Right.
andihelped: I'm not gonna call you back. You're just you're just hassling me.
Chris: Right.
andihelped: a second time because now i gotta to delete the email I love the voiceover.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Just give me the option to just delete. I don't need to log in, listen to the message and delete.
Chris: Right, yeah.
andihelped: I know it's not ordered from me. Delete it. no one leaves me a voicemail that's useful
Chris: Yeah. Right.
andihelped: Ever.
Chris: yeah
andihelped: I don't even want my cell phone anymore.
Chris: ah
andihelped: Just, I...
Chris: yeah but then how you get the lovely chief 360 messages
andihelped: I'm good without those two.
Chris: Yeah. Hmm.
andihelped: I'm 100 % good with this. the The last... time Well, it I just worked out an overtime shift. And I just got a direct message from someone that said, hey, you want to work this every time? I said. Sure. i'll Take it.
Chris: yeah
andihelped: that's That's all I need.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: I don't need GS360.
Chris: No.
andihelped: it That also sucks.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Yeah.
Chris: Yeah. well that was like we talked about in the firehouse the other day it was something you and i talked about i think on one of the podcasts recently was you know We're doing a throwback today. and you know once a month and guess what for the entire for at least the day shift There is no GPS.
Chris: There is no cell phones. There are map books. and grit.
andihelped: And grit.
andihelped: They wouldn't be able to handle it, dude.
Chris: a
andihelped: They would not be able to handle it.
Chris: Yeah, I know. I know. Yeah. Ah. god
andihelped: It's a...
Chris: and the map book that was missing the map that you needed.
andihelped: ah Or it was... Completely folded over John Street. And I'm like, I don't know.
Chris: Oh, yeah.
andihelped: like it's Over here somewhere.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: We'll just find it. Yeah. P -16, the patient's calling back saying you've driven by their house four times.
Chris: Well...
andihelped: Well, tell him to come outside.
Chris: Yeah. Right. I always loved that. Can you ask the family to blink the lights?
andihelped: Yeah. Yes. We want to call.
Chris: ah
andihelped: This was... Last shift. Yeah, last shift. We're going to call. End. We won. up and down we're gonna go up and down we went up the street
Chris: <unk>
andihelped: it's a street very close to station one and we knew what the street was Not.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: One. In person on the street had street numbers on their house.
Chris: Ah.
andihelped: I said, sort Are we just supposed to guess? what your house is? What are you doing? and then finally like the guy was came out i'm like
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Yeah, idiot. Street signs. We need numbers on your house. We knew where the hell ago Ah.
Chris: What was the response?
andihelped: I didn't say that
Chris: Oh God.
andihelped: I mean, his family member was dying. you know
Chris: Oh, okay Quit acting like a kid.
andihelped: You don't do that stuff.
andihelped: But put straight numbers on your house, man.
Chris: Yeah. Ah. Yeah. That should be a thing. like when you buy a house or you're selling a house there's a home inspection if there aren't numbers that are easily read.
Chris: That's a fail.
andihelped: i i Not even that. I think maybe once a year the county should go by and be like. Street numbers, bro.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Working fine.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Yeah. We need to know which house users. Not just the fire department, the police department, the trash company.
Chris: right
andihelped: Everybody needs to know what street what house yours is. and if Six of you have no numbers?
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: It's... Impossible.
Chris: Oh yeah.
andihelped: Yeah. Come on, jerks.
Chris: Yeah. Or, or. There's the other one when they're in the rural areas. And they have. nine mailboxes right by each other and they all have the numbers there and it's like Peace.
andihelped: if
andihelped: And the numbers are like. three three seven six five four three two And 33765464.
Chris: yeah
andihelped: What?
Chris: Yeah. Yeah.
andihelped: there 33 ,000 people live in this county. How can you have a street number? There's 33 ,000 people. What is going on in your county? yes Onkers.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: All right. right
Chris: oh i just got a useful email that from weber grills about how to bring steakhouse sizzle to my backyard
andihelped: Where was I looking? Oh.
andihelped: Well, there you go. See?
Chris: ah
andihelped: Terrible.
Chris: yeah
andihelped: <unk> It's just... Useless. Useless
Chris: I think it's because... People are lazy. And they tried to make things. work for them to make things easier. And instead it's just. Redundant Bullshit.
andihelped: Well, I always think... Like. Telemarketers. or not even or the people that come to your house how many times what's the success rate on that
Chris: Oh yeah. Yeah.
andihelped: It can't be like how many times do you open an email?
Chris: Now.
andihelped: And you're like.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: You're right, I do need a Weber grill.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: It's zero
Chris: Right. Yeah.
andihelped: so but It can't be worth the trouble of even writing the email and sending it out.
Chris: Yeah. Hmm.
andihelped: i
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: I got it. I got to eat. Well, it's not Spanish. I guess it's from Delmar Power today. Who by the way Del Mar power is crying poor how they have no money Right.
Chris: oh Kiss my ass.
andihelped: Guess what I got from Delmarva Power today.
Chris: A free energy audit.
andihelped: No. No, no, no no no I got... Gas line safety tips. Christopher.
Chris: what
andihelped: What don't I have at my house?
Chris: Gas.
andihelped: I don't have gas in my house.
Chris: ah
andihelped: You just spent money. And by the way, Delmarva Power... You're not the gas company.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: What are you doing?
Chris: You... You're in charge of electricity? Wait. Okay. Oh, God. Oh my gosh.
andihelped: But you're complaining how you're poor and then you're spending all this money sending me this crap. By the way.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: It was Scratch and Sniff. Just say we know. just
Chris: Oh, so you would know what... the methyl mercaptan smells like
andihelped: Yes, isn't that great?
Chris: Oh my gosh.
andihelped: Okay, now...
Chris: So even more waste.
andihelped: Even more waste.
Chris: Sigh.
andihelped: I sometimes think. How long I could go if I just ripped my mailbox out of my... front yard and didn't have one. I think I could go a long time with it. without needing it.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: don't know i guess i get in my insurance cards is probably the only thing i still get in the mail
Chris: ah
Chris: kind My wife gets all kinds of crap because she orders clothes and then sends them back.
Chris: yeah because our mail carriers if it'll fit in the mailbox they will make it fit
andihelped: Oh, yeah, yeah.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Remember when Metacars used to, like, walk? Bye.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: I almost got hit by the mail drive mail truck today because he pulled over. And. So I. you know he's in my neighborhood he's pulled over he's i'm assuming delivering the mail
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: And. So I'm going to go around him. And he just. Whips that little buggy right right in front of me. I'm like, son of a... Yeah. It's a good day.
Chris: Idiots.
andihelped: Idiots. Well...
Chris: Hmm.
andihelped: Want to move on to topic one or topic two?
Chris: Sure. her um topic two um Let's see. Where was it? um
andihelped: Oh, it's not what I thought it was gonna be.
Chris: No, it is
andihelped: Okay.
Chris: Probably. Yeah. Uh, So Bioware's dead.
Chris: Is that? Wait, you not thought it?
andihelped: It was. Definitely what I thought it was going to be.
Chris: Okay.
andihelped: i've just I'm gathering myself.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: I knew this moment was going to happen.
Chris: Yeah. Yeah.
andihelped: I've not. I specifically not talked about it to you since.
Chris: i know And that's.
andihelped: The... the announcement.
Chris: that's why i didn't message you about it yeah because i knew we would talk about it and it we And we joked about it.
andihelped: Right.
Chris: But... Now that it's real.
andihelped: I don't know how to feel about it.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: I... I am. What? And... In that announcement that they said that. they're gonna put out a new Um,
andihelped: What's that stupid game that I don't like? Uh...
Chris: Mass Effect.
andihelped: Mass Effect. they're putting on a new mass effect but it's going to be a group from some other part of EA.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: instead of Bioware working on it. And I just... I was like. i felt a profound like Man this... Kicked me in the... Childhood.
Chris: Yeah. Yeah.
andihelped: like we've we've You and I have clearly made comments about Bioware over the years.
Chris: Hmm.
Chris: Right.
andihelped: how we wish they would get their chat their their act together.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: And now it just feels like, well now.
Chris: They never will.
andihelped: That can't happen.
Chris: yeah it can't yeah
andihelped: Right? Like, that's just that's just not going to happen to Elle.
Chris: Yeah. Yeah, I mean... God, if we could go back to pre -2011 BioWare.
andihelped: Yeah.
Chris: Ahem.
andihelped: I do. Do you think and I thought about it. Because the messaging of the... Overall story is EA. Cut. of some crazy amount of jobs.
andihelped: Right.
Chris: I mean I'm sure that has part to do with it, but...
andihelped: cooper but But I guess my part of it is... Is this an an inevitability of this problem where EA has bought all these studios and Microsoft has bought all these studios?
andihelped: And. Once it's now... a part of Microsoft gaming or EA. it's ah it's a It's a numbers game, and eventually you're going to... Your numbers gonna come up and they're gonna be like now you're not really doing what we want you to do
Chris: Yeah. Well, I mean... Unfortunately, yeah, the video game i don't know company corporation as a whole it's yeah it's really more and more just about the numbers and not about but the product.
Chris: but
andihelped: Yeah. Well, and and like what I think.
Chris: Hmm.
andihelped: is frustrating is Not just the fact that we're never going to have and a new. a new chance for BioWare to recover and do the right thing.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: is that I don't know that that kind of company' That kind of game is going to be made by a AAA title anymore.
Chris: Yeah. Yeah.
andihelped: Like I just don't think you're going to see. the next KOTOR come out of some other... Triple A. You might see it come out of an independent.
Chris: ah Yeah.
andihelped: But I don't think you're gonna see it come out of
Chris: Yeah. something like a larian or
andihelped: I'll trip all the time. Yeah. Yeah. And.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Then and then it comes down to how long do these companies Stay independent.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: You know.
Chris: but Yeah, because i mean it's got to be expensive.
andihelped: Yeah. it's It's expensive and... seemingly it's got to be easier Because they got to pay their employees. They all got to eat.
andihelped: We all understand that. concept.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: And it's got to be easier for them to be like, all right, yeah, you mean you just pay us on employees. But then eventually they're going to be like.
Chris: Right, yeah
andihelped: Hey, you. are You aren't GTA And so we're done with you.
Chris: Yeah. yeah Yeah and that's the thing, not everything has to be GTA. But that's the bar that is set.
andihelped: Yeah, that's the bar. i mean Um. I couldn't tell you i'm short I'm sure the last few Bioware. products have not been profitable.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Or...
Chris: well
andihelped: or profitable enough.
Chris: Yeah, well, there was Dragon Age of the Veilguard.
andihelped: Yeah. for you
Chris: Did you even try that?
andihelped: Didn't even try it.
Chris: I tried it and it was just. it it was It was too Fortnite. It was cartoony. but before that you had The re -release of the Mass Effect Legendary Edition
andihelped: Right.
Chris: And then... Back in 2019 we had anthem which i had so much hope for anthem
andihelped: Right. I think a lot of people
Chris: and then it
andihelped: Had hope for it.
Chris: yeah
andihelped: And it just was a...
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: It feels like a marathon. Right. it Like.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: There was this hope for Marathon and it fell flat.
Chris: Yeah, yeah Yeah. Yeah.
andihelped: I mean, we had the talk Last time I found Bungie, I mean, I...
Chris: Mm -hmm
andihelped: See? In the future, this is going to be bungee.
Chris: Oh yeah.
andihelped: All right. you know.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: The writing on is on the wall to me that Bungie is... on the block somewhere.
Chris: Yeah. Oh, yeah, absolutely.
andihelped: You know. If... If they're not able to turn... and you know is that
andihelped: Is that all it is? Like you just have one bad game and you're done? Because that just feels like how do you ever? Innovate.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Right because you won't be able to take risks
Chris: Right.
andihelped: You know.
Chris: yeah Yeah, our studio is going to have to start to win. like um like ghost writers for stuff and like Yeah.
andihelped: Yeah, I mean
Chris: It was actually our game all along.
andihelped: Yeah. I'm... I just feel like they're not, I mean. You're not going to have. the next GTA because no one's ever going to take the risk.
Chris: Right. Yeah.
andihelped: By the way. It's ah October the 23rd, folks, and GTA 6 is still not released. i'm just
Chris: it's supposed to come out next month
andihelped: supposedly.
Chris: It's going to come out.
andihelped: We'll see.
Chris: um Yeah.
andihelped: Yeah.
Chris: yeah but i mean Yeah, look at the risks they took with Dragon Age. you know, with.
andihelped: Yeah, I mean Dragon Age came out of Nowhere.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: The original Dragon Age. Like it's. it's It's so... hard to explain like that To me, BioWare is a company that just came out with... IPs that no one had ever done anything with
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Dragon Age was a completely new IP.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Kotor was not a new IP, but they just turned it into this. monster of an amazing game.
Chris: Right.
andihelped: um
Chris: Well, Amy, look at the jump between Baldur's Gate 2 and Neverwinter Nights.
andihelped: End.
andihelped: Right. and That's just not gonna... Happen. Now.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: it' kids I mean, it's sad. I mean, mass fact i mean i i'm I'm not a huge Mass Effect fan.
Chris: We end it.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Um, But people are.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Amen.
Chris: yeah i mean i played the mass effect games i didn't play andromeda But I played the first three, and I mean, they they were fine.
andihelped: Right.
Chris: Yeah. i I enjoyed my time with them.
andihelped: Yeah, I mean, people really enjoy them.
Chris: i mean i Definitely enjoyed my time with the Baldur's Gate. you know one and two and never winner Yeah. age the first one
andihelped: Dragon Age the first the first one was the best one
Chris: Yeah. Yeah.
andihelped: Kotor, I mean, Kotor's an amazing game.
Chris: i mean oh Yeah.
andihelped: You know.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: And... and
Chris: And then what was the other one? um Just The Old Republic.
andihelped: Right, yeah, I'll probably go through, yeah. But...
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Couture. I mean, couture. It's probably my favorite Biowa game.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: One more time. And. It's ah Yeah. it it Because what that came out Wednesday, I think that that that was happening
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: And. it was a kick to like my childhood going oh
Chris: Oh yeah.
andihelped: I got my child.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: I was adult for most of this.
Chris: Well, yeah. now
andihelped: But... you know i'm never going to get neverwinter nights again i'm never going to get
Chris: Right.
andihelped: Seemingly I'm really worried about a Baldur's Gate 4. Um,
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Because Larian said they don't want to do it.
Chris: Right.
andihelped: So who's going to pick that up?
Chris: Yeah, well, it's probably just going to be the next season of Fortnite. so
Chris: Ah. I don't know.
andihelped: Yeah. I mean...
Chris: yeah i Yeah, you're right, though, but it's also... Well, you said, I mean. You know, Bioware, one of these. Big tent pole. you know, AAA game makers. and for them to get. killed like this it's Yeah.
Chris: Deet. Do the all the other... game studios look and they're like oh god look what happened we don't want a bioware issue so let's just uh do whatever the stakeholders want And here you go.
andihelped: Yeah. and it It feels like... If you're not... a big, big company on your own now like Blizzard or... Epic or... I'm trying to think who else is...
andihelped: in that market these days. that's separate from like EA.
Chris: Rockstar.
andihelped: and Microsoft. Rockstar, yeah, but... Unless you have that. flagship flag because like Blizzard. could make whatever they want and they don't care because wow is going to just give them Money hands over fists and rock stars making, they can make whatever they want because GTA is paying the bills and keep the lights on.
Chris: Yeah.
Chris: Yep. Mm hmm.
andihelped: Um, But unless you're that, I don't know how you survive in this market.
Chris: Peace. Right. Yeah.
andihelped: And... It's funny because I play a lot of independent games now.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: almost every game on my playing list is is an independent of some sort. And just... Because I don't, I don't. think AAA games are that good anymore.
andihelped: Sadly. I'm at a point in my life for the first time ever. Since 2000... 2000, right? that I'm not interested in the next Halo.
Chris: yeah um that is a That's definitely. a sign.
andihelped: Yes.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: That's a sign.
Chris: And is it because of the... Like... how they took the last Halo.
andihelped: Oh yeah.
Chris: Okay.
andihelped: I mean, it's...
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: it's It's what the last Halo was.
Chris: Hmm. Yeah.
andihelped: This. ah You know... and This is a weird conversation to have about an IP, but... There's gotta to be a... an end to it.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: You know, like.
Chris: Well, and I think that was the we we talked about this before with destiny that was the problem with destiny too They kept trying to drag it on, drag it on, drag it on. When they had a couple of times, it was like, oh, okay, this is tied up. This is good. Oh, wait, no, we're restarting pulling this. Okay.
andihelped: Right, what? There has to be a natural, like... This story is done. We can move on to the next story.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: You know. which I feel like for Halo... the john's the spartan the the original you know
Chris: yeah
andihelped: thirty one That story could be done. and move on to something else.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Even.
Chris: thanks I mean, look, I mean, I was I've never been the Microsoft guy. never really played Halo, but... at the end of the day if you ask me you know Top. 50 games.
Chris: Halo is somewhere on that list just because of everything it did.
andihelped: Oh, of course it is. Yeah, I mean... it's ah there's There's plenty of PlayStation games that I don't play. or never will play, but they're definitely... you know, top tier games.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: But... those IPs I feel like it's kind of Final Fantasy to me. Um,
Chris: Mm hmm.
andihelped: Final Fantasy is an IP that I'm like you guys don't know what you are At all.
Chris: Oh yeah. Every game's different.
andihelped: Every game is... is wildly different. like Wait, what the hell's going on here? But and it's fine. It works clearly I guess
Chris: Yeah. Yeah, like because there is a ravid fan base.
andihelped: but then You know. i like i'm As a fan, go. What the hell is Baldur's Gate 4 going to be? And.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Is it going to be?
Chris: Yeah. What?
andihelped: you know.
Chris: Yeah. When... Do we need a Baldur's Gate 4? you know do Or do we just...
andihelped: um I mean, I don't... Maybe I don't need them. ah Specifically at Baldur's Gate 4.
Chris: Right.
andihelped: But... do i want something set in the dnd universe that's
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: You know. top -down RPG.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Yeah I do.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: You know. it's it's It's so weird because like I've tried the other layering games and other games that are like it, and I just don't get into them. Because I...
Chris: Right.
andihelped: I miss the D and &D universe of it
Chris: Oh yeah. Yeah.
andihelped: and And look, there's going to be another D and &D. something set in the D and &D world.
Chris: Right. Yeah.
andihelped: there's just There's no way that that money is going to be left on the table.
Chris: Yeah. What?
andihelped: But there probably won't be another Dragon Age.
Chris: There... No.
andihelped: You know.
Chris: but There's rumor that there was going to be a... the next D and &D game was going to be like a Planescape kind of thing. So.
andihelped: Father, this... And they're doing a Ravenloft. Something, right? Or is it a show?
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Yeah, there's something already with them.
Chris: is that That's a show.
andihelped: Yeah. but
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: You know. Thanks. That's going to lead to something eventually. but
Chris: oh yeah
andihelped: There will be no Dragon Ages, you know.
Chris: right Yeah.
andihelped: that i'd be
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: is going to die. half or is bombing it's now officially dead
Chris: Yeah.
Chris: Yeah, and it'll be interesting to see if somebody buys that licensing.
andihelped: I don't think anybody would touch it with a 10 -point pole.
Chris: yeah
andihelped: You know.
Chris: yeah Or there's that weird little company that's starting up and they buy it just to sit on it.
andihelped: I mean...
Chris: Amen.
andihelped: Right.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Well, and and I guess EA is going to try. to put out this new Mass Effect.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: and see if it sticks, but... You know.
Chris: Yeah, but again, the lat...
andihelped: If it's not driven by wireware, what is it?
Chris: Right, and the last Mass Effect on Andromeda was so polarizing with the fanbase.
andihelped: Right.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Yeah.
Chris: Hiya. I don't know But I will say one good. Peace and news from gaming. There's the new Castlevania game.
andihelped: Sure.
Chris: have you Have you seen it or heard of it?
andihelped: and have not I know.
Chris: Oh yeah. And it is back to it's like Symphony of the Night.
andihelped: Oh. That's nice.
Chris: It's... Yep. Big map. Side side metroidvania what it should be.
andihelped: Thanks.
Chris: Yep I played the demo.
andihelped: Yeah.
Chris: I was like, I am Definitely going to pick this up.
andihelped: Nice.
Chris: Yeah. And.
andihelped: Yeah.
Chris: They're selling it for like 40 bucks instead of 60.
andihelped: Nice.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Thanks.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Yeah. Um... I mean, I... I mean Castlevania is again one of those games that the titles out there that I've played a couple of them and I'm like, eh, it's never been my thing.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: But... Again, I would be like... This is one of the greatest titles of all time.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: I would say. The fact that you have a thing called Metroidvania.
Chris: Exactly.
andihelped: This is enough.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: This is an important game.
Chris: Yeah. which I sold. there was some review or some some comment and they're like Well, this is like a ripoff of Hades. It's like... Yeah.
andihelped: What?
Chris: I'm sorry. Hades came well after the Castlevanias and the Metroids.
andihelped: Yeah.
Chris: Ah. children.
andihelped: I don't... i'm assuming metroid was first but i don't really know off the top of my head
Chris: of Metroid or Castlevania first, yeah. Castlevania.
Chris: Metro. metro first
Chris: Ooh.
Chris: Bye, um. month.
andihelped: Really? That close.
Chris: Metroid came out August of 86. Castlevania came out. in September of 86.
andihelped: Wow.
Chris: Man.
andihelped: It's a good time. It's good year.
Chris: Yeah. Oh yeah yeah, it was. yeah
andihelped: I mean, I was a young man, a year younger than you.
Chris: you're not a year younger than me Hmm. Ugh.
andihelped: I am on certain day of the year.
Chris: Okay. ass Yes, yes. yeah glorious Matt. Yeah.
andihelped: Less than 24 hours.
Chris: Day or so, yeah
andihelped: Yeah.
Chris: Ah.
andihelped: Yeah, but I mean... ah This Bioware thing. I feel like it was sad. it was also Not unexpected.
Chris: Yeah. Yeah.
andihelped: Right. Oh. I think the problem... to me, is that EA is just going to be like, well... We just do sports games and we bought all this stupid shit. that we don't care about.
Chris: Right. yeah we bought all this look at our portfolio oh we're not going to use that portfolio
andihelped: It's not going to be.
andihelped: Well, and it's ah if it's not going to make us... Madden money then.
Chris: Great.
andihelped: we don't care
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: And we're going to get rid of it.
Chris: Hmm.
andihelped: You know. And it's...
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: That's a little worrisome to me.
Chris: Yeah. Yeah.
andihelped: Because they own a lot.
Chris: they They do.
andihelped: Yeah.
Chris: Yes. yeah it's
andihelped: This is EAO. Let's see. By the way, they're gone.
Chris: a
andihelped: Um, Dice. for the Battlefield series.
Chris: Okay.
andihelped: Respawn. which is Apex Legends and Star Wars Jedi. Titanfall.
Chris: who oh God, we need to keep respawning.
andihelped: Yeah.
Chris: ah
andihelped: X -Ledges. Yeah. Maxis Day on SimCity. Huh.
Chris: Oh. That's interesting.
andihelped: Yeah.
Chris: Hmm.
andihelped: And then a bunch of mobiles.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: don't play that crap.
Chris: Yeah, no. No. ass
Chris: ripple effect. I don't know what they make. Criterion Games. That sounds familiar.
andihelped: Criterion is need first. service i don't know
Chris: Hmm. Okay.
andihelped: It's support on Battlefield, so...
Chris: Alright.
andihelped: I mean, EA is...
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Clearly.
Chris: Yeah, he...
andihelped: It's EA Sports and Battlefield is their thing at this point.
Chris: Yeah. Yes.
andihelped: Which... They're just going to crank out one of those every year.
Chris: Yeah. Mm -hmm. which Is that? Yeah. I just got a thing. on the 19th or the 20th asking me if i wanted to participate in a Um...
Chris: alpha of a game for EA. i haven't heard back but Hmm. Wonder what it is.
andihelped: Wow. The number of... Studios, the air has shut down. It's a...
Chris: Yeah, they're the ah Black Widow of...
andihelped: It's a chunk.
Chris: Yeah. ah
andihelped: I see you. Phenomic. play fish Visceral Games, Mythic Entertainment, Bioware, Black Box Games, DreamWorks Interactive, interactive Pandemic Studios, New Effects, and or Origin Studios.
Chris: ah Yeah.
Chris: Yeah, and hopefully those people from Bioware can land on their feet and find... job somewhere else but
andihelped: I mean
Chris: it's It's a bad time to be in gaming, it sounds like.
andihelped: Yeah, it seems like it's a terrible time to be.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: gaming. And... Now with AI just pumping out shit games.
Chris: Oh gosh yeah.
andihelped: No.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: it's it's
Chris: a
andihelped: It's rough.
Chris: Hmm. yeah Well, we can be the wistful old man and look back to our fond memories of... Bioware. and the games we saw and played.
andihelped: Yeah, and look... as I say a lot of times. If I want to play. Old Republic. I mean, it's still out there. I can... I'm sure there's a port.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: that I can play that game.
Chris: Oh yeah.
andihelped: you know that
Chris: Yep.
andihelped: That's always out there for me.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: So.
Chris: It is. It is.
andihelped: Yeah. And... Whether I, I mean. I'll not get a new one, but... but it's ah it's my kind of the halo argument it's like i really like i i think that there should be an end to the halo i don't really care if they end it because Like, Halo 3 still exists. I can play Halo 3.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: You know. That's funny.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: That's my optimism of the world
Chris: Yeah. Yeah.
andihelped: When I'm in the nursing home playing Halo. Pwn and the noobs.
Chris: Exactly.
andihelped: The one of the young punks at work was like ah He's going to bring his Switch in or something. we're gonna He's going to bring his PlayStation in. We're going to play... a Call of Duty, I said. all right son but Be prepared.
andihelped: Because if Papa comes out of retirement,
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: You're going to cry at work.
Chris: Oh yeah. Yeah.
andihelped: And then the other one was like, well, I'll just bring my Switch and play Mario Party. I said, I'll still crush you.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: She doesn't understand.
Chris: Yeah. Yeah, you youths don't understand.
andihelped: Yeah.
Chris: Gosh. What are we doing? Oh, we're going to play four -player shotguns and knives.
andihelped: Yeah.
Chris: Go.
andihelped: Hmm.
andihelped: You all think I'm cool and chill, but... You hit me on the battlefield.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: It's a first story.
Chris: Release the fury.
andihelped: me
Chris: ah Well, I think that was...
andihelped: Well...
Chris: That was a good cast of the pod.
andihelped: the pod I'm going to... ah i guess figuring out what the heck I'm going to do for dinner with the wife.
Chris: Yeah.
andihelped: Fight over the heat tonight.
Chris: I forgot that. Yeah, yeah.
andihelped: I'm holding the line.
Chris: I'll see if we have...
andihelped: I think I'm just going to go out there and disconnect it from the... Outdoor unit.
Chris: yes yeah so I don't know what's wrong with it.
andihelped: I don't know maintenance guys i mean the guy said i'll be here in like september or october next year we'll be fine
Chris: Crazy.
Chris: Heh heh. Yeah, well we got a tune -up scheduled in the end of December, so we wait till then.
andihelped: Yeah. There we go.
Chris: It's fine. Yeah. Take care, folks.
andihelped: Well folks, have a good one. Enjoy your fall day. Enjoy your Halloween because we will not. Be back.
Chris: Yeah, this our next one will be after Halloween.
andihelped: Probably. Yeah.
Chris: So yeah, happy Halloween.
andihelped: Happy Halloween.
