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Just the cold, hard facts
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Bundle up, On Call listeners! In this episode, April and Alicia dive into the wonders of winter with a frosty fact or fiction. Could going out in chilly weather make you catch a cold? Is cookie dough as dangerous as it is delicious? Tune in to find out - and don't forget your mittens!
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Reminiscing School Days
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I mean, we had books for every class, if you remember.
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Yeah, we did.
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I had a giant L.L.
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Bean backpack.
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Jeez, that is taking it back.
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For all those books.
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Did we even read those books?
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I don't think we did.
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Well, I remember doing a lot of math.
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You did.
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Okay.
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I forgot who I'm talking to.
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This is on call.
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This would be really cool to just wear scrubs all the time.
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And you don't have to think about what you're going to wear to work.
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That is awesome.
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We're here to answer your questions.
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We can sit down and discuss them.
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Wait, I gotta go.
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I'm on call.
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Wait, you're on call?
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I thought I was on call.
California Fires and Support
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Welcome back, everybody.
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Happy January.
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This is On Call with April and Alicia.
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I'm Alicia.
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And I'm April.
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And April, it's cold as heck outside.
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It really is.
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Oh my gosh.
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It's so cold and windy.
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We have a lot of wind.
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If it wasn't windy, it wouldn't be too bad.
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Yeah.
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I mean, I live like where I live.
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It's just windy.
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That's just how we are.
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Oh, well, I guess you're right there on the coast.
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So that makes a little bit of sense.
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Yeah.
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And then like, speaking of when, you know, we're just coming through on the back end of all, like the California fires.
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Have you seen any of that?
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Oh gosh.
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Like we're praying for you guys.
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If you're in California.
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Our prayers are with you and anything we can do as an organization, let us know.
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We'll do, especially even our own colleagues.
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If you're affected, let us know, let us help.
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But geez, it's kind of been a tragic 2025 so far.
New Year's Woes
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I sent my sister a text last night.
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She had some, like all these pipes burst in our house and something.
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And I was like, we're 12 days, 13 days, 14 days, however many days into January.
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And I think we need a refund.
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You know, you want to start over already?
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I want a 2025 refund or a reset.
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And then I was thinking about our, um, our last episode where we did the, um, last minute, would you rather?
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And you're like, I'd rather not make new memories.
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I was like, April might've been on to something.
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I might've known.
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I might've been foreseeing what was going to happen.
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That's right.
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Well, you know, maybe we'll just get all the things out of the way in January and then it'll look up from there.
Fireplace Fiasco
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It could.
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It could.
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I, um, well, gosh, January, it is the longest Monday of like the longest Monday, the whole month just feels like a long Monday.
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Um, I made a really big mistake, um, over
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I don't know, last couple of weeks or so.
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It got cold.
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We got snow.
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Did you guys get snow?
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We did.
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We got probably like six to eight inches.
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I was going to say we got about, I think 12 total.
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We had two big drops, but I decided I've never really used my fireplace and I was going to use it.
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And there's this thing called a damper.
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Are you familiar with it?
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Like you have a real fireplace, not a gas one?
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No, it's real like log.
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So I didn't know about that.
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Now I grew up with a real fireplace, but my parents always did the fires and then fireplaces always just felt like more aesthetic.
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So I was like, I'm going to do a fire.
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Well, it didn't open a damper.
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So I did a fire and I was like, oh gosh, it's like, I almost went nostalgic.
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Like I should have done this at Christmas.
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Like the kind of fire crackly smell.
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And I go like down the hall and I'm back in a room and I come back out and I was like, oh man, my eyes are blurry.
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Like I can't see.
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I thought my eyesight was messed up.
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I know that would be smoke.
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Lots of smoke.
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So yeah.
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And then I figured it out.
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Like, oh, like I was of course like Googling and YouTubing.
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What it was like, what, when,
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Smoke billowing into your house from a fireplace is what I Googled.
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I'm actually somewhat surprised that you didn't Google it before you started your fire.
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I figured it was pretty basic, you know?
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You just put some logs in and add some Kindle.
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That's what you do in Girl Scouts, so that's all I know.
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I knew.
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I understand, but I wasn't thinking through.
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So, um, yeah, that, that billowed and, uh, every window and it was like on one of the coldest days, every window I had the front door, the back door at like all these doors open.
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I'm trying to put the fire out.
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My house.
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Your smoke detectors go off.
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no thankfully thankfully then i was like i probably should check the batteries so um they don't do that beeping thing though but yeah it was like freezing so my kids come in and they're like oh my god are you burning leaves i was like leaves how random it's winter and there's no leaves outside no it would just be me and that was quite a couple days ago and every time like the kids walk in they'll go
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Did you do another fire?
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I'm like, no, it's actually the same smell from the first fire.
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Thank you.
Winter Clothing and School Drills
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Right.
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So it carries on.
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I'm taking Maddox to school this morning and it's, it's, it was probably like two degrees.
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Um, feels like minus two.
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Right.
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He's wearing a sweatshirt and some sweatpants.
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And I, he's very just finicky and it, it really isn't worth getting in the ring.
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It's his comfort level.
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Kids never worn a jacket.
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Just it's his thing.
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So I was like, well, you're, you know, if you ever go out, I was like, it's supposed to be like minus seven in a couple of days.
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And it's like, you might just want to take one to school.
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Like, what if there's a fire?
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Speaking of fire, he says, yeah.
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I don't know.
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Like if there's a fire, we're just going to go outside for a little bit and then come right back in.
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And I was like, no, that's a fire drill.
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I mean like a real fire where you don't get to go back in.
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And he was like, oh, well, what would they do if there was a real fire?
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I was like, I don't know.
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That's why you might want to bring your coat.
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This thing morphed into him.
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going off about the fact that his teachers won't let them stop at their lockers on their way out of the building for a fire.
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And I was like, why would you need to stop at your locker?
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He's like, to get my backpack.
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No, but he's not bringing a coat.
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He goes to get my backpack.
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If he took one, his coat would be in his locker.
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That's true.
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Oh, Maddox won that argument.
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I didn't even realize it.
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Well, you can tell Maddox to thank me for when he comes home and you say you were right.
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Well, I'm going to give you half credit for that because his reasoning was, I just want my backpack.
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I said, so the building's on fire.
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You're surrounded by fire and all you have to do is get out.
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You still want your backpack.
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He goes, yes.
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And I said, why?
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He goes, because I like my backpack.
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And I was like, okay, well, no, no, no, don't give him the all yet.
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And I went, so liking your backpack, that's replaceable.
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That would be worth it.
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And he goes, well, no, that's where my phone is.
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I was like, ah, gotcha.
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I knew there was a reason that we're going to die over these dumb phones.
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But yes, fire seems to be the theme of my week.
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And sadly, not to make light of what's going on in California, so I want to make sure I make that disclaimer.
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But yes.
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The Shuffer's in fires.
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Interesting.
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Well, he does win half the fight.
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You have to tell him that, that he wins half the fight.
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I don't think I will.
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That's like you overpaying me in Monopoly like we talked about on the last.
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You as a banker, if you're a bad banker, I'm not telling you.
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Not in Monopoly world.
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In the real life, I will.
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If I can win?
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Well, I'm never playing Monopoly with you.
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That's already been decided.
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I don't recommend it.
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Yeah,
Nostalgic Creativity
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I'm not going to ever.
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But in high school, our high schoolers, they don't have lockers.
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They just carry their backpacks and everything with them.
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Yeah, the lockers are their backpacks.
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Yeah.
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Don't you think they look like turtles because their backpacks get so big?
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They're so heavy.
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Oh, my gosh.
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Maybe.
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Are your kids more electronic now?
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No, like she still has a big old physics book that she takes every day.
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Well, that's a lot.
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I mean, we had books for every class, if you remember.
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Yeah, we did.
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I had a giant L.L.
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Bean backpack.
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Do you remember making those book covers out of like – Yes.
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Paper?
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Paper bags, yeah?
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Yeah, or you had to do it with paper bags if you like didn't get the – oh my gosh, you just took us back.
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I know.
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And you didn't get the customized ones like where the cool kids got the cool covers and you were like, my mom made me use a Kroger bag.
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Yeah, like all the like colored ones.
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like the stick on ones no ours we would just do our paper bag you do like an iga bag um flipped backwards so it didn't show the logo and my mom would be like look here and i was like this is the stupidest book cover everybody else has really cool ones she's like here's some markers yep yeah we used to decorate them jeez that is taking it back for all those books did we even read those books i don't think we did well i remember doing a lot of math you did okay i forgot who i'm talking to i redact that statement
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Well, I think this is, um, it's, it, I know it's January.
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How excited can we be right now?
Winter Myths: Fact or Fiction
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Um, but what about, we haven't done a factor fiction for a while.
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So what do you think just for this episode, lighthearted fun, we do let's go winter factor fiction.
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I'm in sounds good.
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All right.
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Are we keeping score?
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Oh, of course.
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Let me give it a little sticky, handy dandy notebook.
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It's a little post-it thing, you know, need a handy dandy notebook.
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I should.
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I should record them all so that we can tally up at the end of the year.
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At the end of the year, we can make bets right now.
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Who wins all the fact or fiction in April?
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By December 2025, when we tally this up, this is our first of the year.
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Who's going to win?
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I think we'll come out 50-50.
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Oh, yeah.
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You're too much of an optimist.
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We're not.
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I'm going to win.
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No.
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I'm not trying to tie.
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I was trying to be nice to you.
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I'm totally going.
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I know you are, but I just told you I'm competitive.
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I'm winning.
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That's my prediction.
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All right.
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You want me to go first?
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How about you first?
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All right.
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Fact or fiction.
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You will catch a cold by going outside, not properly dressed for the cold weather.
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Fiction.
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That is fiction.
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But do you remember when, like, you know, grandparents would say that?
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I love that you're talking about this.
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Yes.
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That was actually one of my questions.
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So, yes.
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Oh, I saw yours.
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Well, that's how you got it right, because it was yours.
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No, I knew this.
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I preach about this all the time to people where I'm like, you know, they'll say, put your hat on or you'll catch a cold.
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Yeah.
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Remember that?
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Yep.
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Yep.
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So going outside without your hat or gloves will not make you sick.
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You will just be uncomfortable and cold.
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It is actually the germs that make you sick.
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So we do tend to catch more illnesses in the winter because we spend so much time inside with other people and the germs are held there.
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But going outside without your winter wear will not make you sick.
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Mm-hmm.
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I'm glad you led with that one because I believe that is the one myth that really...
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winds me up that one.
00:10:50
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And have you ever heard when people say, if you like, if you turn a fan on, like I like oscillating fans.
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I love it for the noise.
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The silence is really hard for me to sleep in.
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Oh yeah.
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We have like three fans running when I'm asleep.
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Yeah.
00:11:04
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But, but like, I remember growing up like friends and stuff like that would say, oh, they wake up and kind of stuffy and stuff in the morning.
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They go, my nose is all stuff up.
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I got a cold, but it's because of the fan.
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And I'm like, how did the fan give you a cold?
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Unless it was like loaded with.
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Bacteria.
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Like blue in your face.
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Yeah.
00:11:26
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I just grabbed some Petri dishes and started shoving them through my fan and, you know, good luck.
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But yeah, I like, I'm like fan, anything that's related to cold people immediately go like, Oh, I'll get, I'll get a cold.
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Cause there is some truth to people getting sick from air conditioners that are moldy.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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That part, but not just like a clean one.
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So in the van,
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no no i mean there's no mold or mildew in those those are not wet well thank you so preach to the choir okay yeah but you should still protect yourself in the winter from illness by like things like you know good hand hygiene staying healthy things like that yes making sure you're like taking care of yourself so when you're in those indoor spaces um and then also you know you lose most of your heat through your head right
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So we'll talk about that in a little bit.
Understanding Frostbite
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Oh, okay.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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I'll hush it up.
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All right.
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I'm going next.
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I'm going to call this one faker for real.
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Faker for real.
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Okay.
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Yes.
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You can get frostbite even if the temperature is above freezing.
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I think that's for real.
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Ah, you are on it.
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Yes.
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It's a little tricky one, but yes, it's real, but it's rare.
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Frostbite can typically happen in some freezing temperatures, but prolonged exposure to wet, windy, and near freezing conditions can lead to frostbite.
00:12:46
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So I don't think I have that thing called jungle rot.
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Have you heard of that?
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What's it called?
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It's called jungle rot.
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I think that's like the slang for it, but it's like what the soldiers get.
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Cause they're constantly in those muddy, like wet boots.
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Not, not same as frostbite, but similar.
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Yeah.
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All right.
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It is similar.
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Go for it.
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All right.
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One to one.
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Okay.
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See, I was right so far.
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Anyways.
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Okay.
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So you want to be even Steven all the time.
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Jeez old weasels.
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No.
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Okay.
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Fact or fiction.
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People tend to get more nosebleeds in the winter.
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I'm going to say fact.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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You are right.
00:13:30
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I think I knew I made these too easy for you.
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I was going to say, this isn't like you.
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You're not on your 2025 game.
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These are hard to make.
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Anyways, hard to make.
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They are.
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And then you make them like me and I don't even know the answer because I don't even know what I wrote.
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But tell us why.
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Yeah, so noticeably these are more common in the winter because of cold viruses and drier indoor air.
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So the other secondary factor fiction I have to this is
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When you have a nosebleed, you should tilt your head back to stop a nosebleed.
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Fact or fiction?
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I was going to say fact.
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Fiction.
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You are right again.
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Fiction.
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You shouldn't go backwards.
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No.
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So that will cause the blood to drain to your stomach, which can make you sick, and in rare cases can even make it weighs your lungs and airways, and you can choke.
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So to stop a nosebleed, you sit straight up, tilt your head forward slightly, firmly pinch that soft part of your nose with your thumb and finger for about 10 minutes,
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And then you want to apply ice as well to restrict those constrict those blood vessels.
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So, okay.
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And if you can't stop it, then you have to go, you know, to the hospital to get it packed.
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So, okay.
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Okay.
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Um, that's something we learned like in medicine in the very beginning.
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Yes.
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So we had the wrong person.
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I know, I know.
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But also we had an instance when one of my daughter's basketball games, like a kid got hit in the nose with a ball and I couldn't get it to stop.
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I had to send him to the ER.
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I was like, it's just bleeding too much.
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I can't do anything about it.
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When I worked in the ER and we would have those, you know, really, really significant nosebleeds.
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Because at first you're like, a nosebleed in the ER?
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Really?
00:15:11
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Then you see them and you're like, Rhino rocketed them.
00:15:14
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You've done everything.
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But it was the first time, I think I was like fairly new.
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And somebody is like, go grab the cocaine, like liquid cocaine.
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And I was like, cocaine, what, what is going on here?
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But apparently like it's, I don't know if I'm sure it's derived somewhat from the plant, but they use like that liquid cocaine spray to try to stop the spray.
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Yeah.
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I was going to say the spray probably is a spray of blood at that point, but yes, that's weird.
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Okay.
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I'm going to do faker for real.
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I'm going to just be different.
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Faker for real.
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Drinking coffee in cold weather can keep your body warmer.
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Fake.
00:15:59
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Oh, gosh.
00:16:00
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I actually thought I would trick you because, you know, when you drink caffeine and you're like, I don't know, kind of like juices you up a little bit.
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And maybe I just I don't know.
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I would have answered this, honestly, fact, but it's not.
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You're right.
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It is fake.
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Caffeine can give you like a temporary energy boost.
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It also causes your blood vessels to vasoconstrict, which can reduce blood flow to your extremities and actually make you colder.
00:16:27
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All you warm coffee drinkers spending all those dollars at Starbucks.
00:16:33
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I mean, it's just nice.
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Like, you know, honestly, that's my favorite part.
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And I don't even drink coffee, but my favorite part of having a warm drink is holding it.
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And it just feels warm on my hands.
00:16:41
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It's not that I think it's going to warm me by drinking it.
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It's like when you go to the skating rink, right?
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Or the ice skating and you're like hot chocolate.
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I only ever get it and I hate hot chocolate, honestly, but I will get it and hold it like you said with my hands because I'm like, I don't want to be outside in the cold.
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Right.
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Whatever I can do to keep me warm.
Raw Cookie Dough Safety
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All right.
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Yes.
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All right.
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I have a multiple choice coming back to your.
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Go ahead.
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You're winning.
00:17:08
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No, we're tied.
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Oh, you're a bad scorekeeper.
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Okay.
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We're tied.
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How am I a bad scorekeeper?
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I missed one.
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You did?
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Did I?
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No.
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I thought I did.
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Oh, boy.
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2025 refund.
00:17:21
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We need to start over.
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I think you're the one that's not forming memories today.
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I think you're right.
00:17:28
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I think I answered that question wrong.
00:17:29
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For some reason, I thought I answered one of yours.
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Okay, I didn't.
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All right, let's go.
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Okay.
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I was just trying to be honest, April.
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I appreciate the honesty.
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All right.
00:17:41
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Which of the following lose most of their body heat through their heads?
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A, adults.
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B, children.
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C, both adults and children.
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I'm going to say both adults and children.
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You're wrong.
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Really?
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Yes.
00:17:58
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So for adults, I mean, you certainly can lose your body heat through your head, right?
00:18:03
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But you can also lose it through any part that's exposed to chill temperatures.
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So for adults, there's not really anything different about the head regarding...
00:18:10
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the preservation of abbe heat because the comparison of that to the rest of our bodies is not is less than what it is for kids so if you look at kids they lose more through their heads because the surface area of a child's head relative to its body is much greater than that of an adult so that sounded like a math problem i know it's very it sounded like something where i was like could you repeat the question yeah so it is you know you certainly can lose it from your head and actually the amount that
00:18:36
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escapes from your head depends on a lot of factors including like your hair thickness things like that but so ultimately is good wit to wear a hat um but you should also cover up any other exposed body parts because you can also lose it from there as well
00:18:50
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You know, I like that.
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And I would tell you, I'm wearing a hat right now in my house.
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But I was so cold before we were getting ready to record that for some reason I was like, I'll put a hat on.
00:19:02
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I'm telling you, it really makes a big difference when you put a hat on.
00:19:06
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It's crazy.
00:19:07
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It's really crazy.
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And I was always anti-hat.
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But that's good to know.
00:19:11
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So I need to make sure my kids are wearing hats.
00:19:13
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Yeah.
00:19:13
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So I was going to say, if you're going to pick a fight in the morning, pick a fight about that.
00:19:16
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Oh, we can't.
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Or this to use a sensory child.
00:19:19
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So it's going to be what it's going to be at this point.
00:19:23
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Um, okay.
00:19:24
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All right.
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Are you ready?
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So wait, I'm not even going to ask about the score.
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Let's go.
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Okay.
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All right.
00:19:31
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Back to fiction.
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The flu virus survives longer on surfaces in the winter time.
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Fiction.
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Yes.
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I want to do that one more time.
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You were wrong.
00:19:47
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Wrong, April.
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I'm wrong.
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It's not a fiction.
00:19:49
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It's real.
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The flu virus thrives in cold.
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Dry air makes it more stable and more able to survive longer on surfaces in the winter compared to warmer, more humid seasons, which is why we see more flu in the colder temperatures.
00:20:04
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Interesting.
00:20:05
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Okay.
00:20:05
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Yes.
00:20:06
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I wonder if that's the same for all viruses, but another episode.
00:20:11
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Another time.
00:20:12
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That's another time.
00:20:13
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Okay.
00:20:14
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Last round.
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The last, oh, it's the last one.
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I got to pick a good one.
00:20:22
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Oh, you're going to know all these.
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All right.
00:20:23
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I'm going to pick one that I think you're not going to know.
00:20:24
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So it's, um, I really did it to the winter because I tend to bake more in the winter.
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So we're going to do this.
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So I'm going to take a page out of your book and do two truths and a lie.
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Yes.
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Switch it up.
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Are you ready?
00:20:36
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Yes.
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All right.
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A, it is never safe to eat raw cookie dough.
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B, it is safe to eat raw cookie dough in certain circumstances.
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C, the eggs and flour in raw cookie dough have the potential to carry bacteria.
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I'm going with C is your, wait, wait, two truths and a lie.
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Do you want me to tell you the lie?
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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Go back one more time.
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Do you want me to say it again?
00:21:03
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Nope.
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I'm going to say you're the first one.
00:21:07
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A is the lie.
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The lie.
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You were correct.
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Because I eat cookie dough all the time.
00:21:13
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I know.
00:21:14
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But, you know, after reading about this, I was like, am I not?
00:21:17
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Yeah.
00:21:18
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My mom told us when we were, like, younger, like, that's raw.
00:21:21
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And that could have, you could get salmonella.
00:21:23
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And I was like, it tastes great.
00:21:24
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I know.
00:21:25
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But I know as soon as it happens.
00:21:28
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It's so, I mean, that's nostalgic for childhood, is it not?
00:21:31
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It's so good.
00:21:31
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It is.
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It's just like cake batter.
00:21:34
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It's worth a little, you know, bubble guts.
00:21:38
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No, I don't recommend it.
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10 out of 10, do not recommend, folks.
00:21:41
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Yeah, do not do that.
00:21:43
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Do not practice what we preach about eating raw cookie dough.
00:21:48
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But anyway, so the eggs in raw cookie dough, they can carry salmonella, as you mentioned, but also the flour in raw cookie dough can carry E. coli.
00:21:54
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Ooh, I never knew that about flour.
00:21:56
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Which I thought was really interesting.
00:21:57
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So the flour comes from grains that are grown in fields that are exposed to animal waste.
00:22:02
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And they exposed to what animal waste, animal waste.
00:22:06
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I was like, amyloids.
00:22:08
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What is that?
00:22:08
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Aminal, aminal, aminal waste.
00:22:11
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Gotcha.
00:22:12
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Yeah.
00:22:12
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Which is really kind of gross if you think about it.
00:22:14
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But so the grains aren't treated for bacteria because the assumption is that you're going to bake or cook your flour.
00:22:19
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So there was actually a recall for flour back in like 2016, um, like 10 million pounds got recalled.
00:22:26
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because people got sick with E. coli.
00:22:28
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So you should not eat any raw cookie dough, cake batter, things you're making at home.
00:22:34
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However, some companies do make edible cookie dough that doesn't have to be baked.
00:22:39
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And these products are usually made with like heat treated flour and made without eggs or with pasteurized eggs that you can eat.
00:22:46
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So that's actually really good.
00:22:50
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I was going to say fact or fiction.
00:22:51
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I know you did two truths and a lie, but that's a good one.
00:22:53
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That's one I learned off of.
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Flower?
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I would have never thought about that.
00:22:56
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I know.
00:22:56
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I have heard things about like you shouldn't use like expired flower and stuff like that, but.
00:23:01
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I don't even know where the expiration date is.
00:23:03
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I know.
00:23:04
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It's probably on the bag that I threw away when I opened up.
00:23:06
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You pour it into a bag or a canister or something else.
00:23:10
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So you're like, well, I don't know when I got this 1970.
00:23:12
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I don't know.
00:23:13
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It could be like 10 years old.
00:23:14
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Who knows?
00:23:15
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Yeah.
00:23:15
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I didn't know flour went bad, but does that make you think if there's animal waste in flour, there's animal waste on our vegetables and fruits, you know?
00:23:23
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Well, I mean, that's why you got to wash them.
00:23:25
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Wash your veggies.
00:23:27
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Yes.
00:23:27
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Okay.
00:23:28
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Last one.
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Here we go.
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Okay.
00:23:31
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April Burke.
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Take it for real.
Winter Health Risks
00:23:35
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Drinking alcohol in winter is worse for your heart than in the summer.
00:23:40
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Fake.
00:23:42
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Ah, I'm going to win this episode.
00:23:44
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Thank you very much.
00:23:44
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The answer is real.
00:23:47
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Yes, it's real.
00:23:47
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Alcohol combined with cold weather increases your risk for hypothermia and it causes heart like heart stress because alcohol dilates blood vessels, causing heat loss.
00:24:00
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Got it.
00:24:01
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Makes sense.
00:24:02
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But you know what's wild?
00:24:03
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You always hear those really tragic stories of, you know, like accidents and stuff and the person drunk
00:24:10
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always survives.
00:24:12
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And I know that has like, it's a whole nother mechanism that causes that, but that actually surprised me.
00:24:17
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Cause I feel like if you go downtown, like we're adults now, but you go downtown and you see like the younger kids that are out partying college kids, they're like out there in like mini dresses on new year's Eve, like wearing nothing and it's freezing cold, but they don't, I guess you just don't feel cold.
00:24:33
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You just get hypothermic.
00:24:34
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I don't know.
00:24:34
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Maybe, maybe they just don't care in the moment.
00:24:37
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That's probably true.
00:24:38
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Yeah.
00:24:40
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Maybe they've gotten more like... I don't know.
00:24:41
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I hate to be cold.
00:24:42
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Same.
00:24:43
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Same.
00:24:44
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That's why winter is a no-go for me.
00:24:47
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But I can't be with the nature.
00:24:49
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I don't think... Do you like any season?
00:24:50
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What's your season?
00:24:50
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Summer?
00:24:51
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Summer.
00:24:51
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Because you hate fall.
00:24:53
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I don't... Yeah.
00:24:55
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Fall makes me sad.
00:24:56
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That's all.
00:24:57
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It just... It's not that I... It's not about the weather.
00:25:01
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It's about...
00:25:02
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of like the, I don't know, it's going to be like a therapy session.
00:25:07
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It's like shedding of the trees.
00:25:09
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It's, it's, it's like death is what it reminds me of for some reason.
00:25:13
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And not that, you know, death is part of life.
00:25:14
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We know that in our work, but yeah, it's just like, I love the green.
00:25:18
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Green is so lively and the sun.
00:25:23
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I love that.
00:25:23
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I don't, it's not that the weather's horrible or I don't like pumpkins or I don't
Fall vs. Summer
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like pilgrims.
00:25:29
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I just, you know,
00:25:32
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I love green trees and I also hate raking leaves.
00:25:35
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So that's part of it.
00:25:38
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Yeah.
00:25:38
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All right.
00:25:39
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That was fun, fun, fun, fun.
00:25:41
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It was fun.
00:25:41
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I learned a little bit.
00:25:42
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Last week of January.
00:25:44
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Yeah.
00:25:45
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I actually learned a lot.
00:25:46
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I felt like we could have gone like another 20 minutes on this one.
00:25:48
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I know.
00:25:50
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We'll have to do a spring.
00:25:52
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Yeah.
00:25:52
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Spring will be good.
00:25:54
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Let's hurry up.
00:25:54
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Well, we'll have to do another, um, um, groundhog.
00:25:59
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Remember, that's when we started last year.
00:26:01
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Oh, yes.
00:26:02
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All right.
00:26:03
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Up next, groundhog prediction.
00:26:05
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Will Alicia go south of the equator or will she stay in Cincinnati?
00:26:12
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Depends on what the groundhog says.
00:26:14
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All right.
00:26:14
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April, why don't you take us
Conclusion and Thanks
00:26:16
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out?
00:26:16
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All right.
00:26:16
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As always, thank you, everyone, for listening.
00:26:18
Speaker
And if you have any comments, suggestions, any feedback for us, you can reach out to us at oncallpodcast at soundphysicians.com.
00:26:25
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We're also on Instagram at oncallwithapril and Alicia.
00:26:28
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Yep.
00:26:29
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And we'd love to hear from you.
00:26:31
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Yes, April.
00:26:32
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And until the next time you guys stay well and we'll stay on call.
00:26:37
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Bye everyone.
00:26:38
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Bye.
00:26:39
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Stay warm.