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397 — Aloha State of Mind
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Ty & Eric reminisce on the Think Fresh Hawaiian summit, including their ahi tuna addiction, the Hula Pie at Duke’s, why Polynesian people are jacked, surviving a red eye flight, unexpected interactions with The Temptations, upgrading Eric’s Mercedes, Subway’s lack of Hawaiian locations, and a special aloha to the TikTok refugees.
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Transcript
Introduction and Audience Greeting
00:00:09
Think Fresh
Breadheads. You hear that? Aloha, breadheads. Aloha and mahalo for tuning into today's beautiful episode. It is currently 30 degrees.
00:00:22
Think Fresh
Just kidding. We're back home. It's five degrees. We are yeah locked into the regular
Welcome to New TikTok Listeners
00:00:27
Think Fresh
grind. that's right Special aloha to all the TikTok refugees who may be joining us for the first time. ah This is a safe space for entertainment. This podcast is kind of like a TikTok stream. and we just We're just scrolling through the topics and this episode will be no exception.
00:00:45
Think Fresh
Dude, you're absolutely correct. We don't really continue one thought all the way through the pod. It's more of like we spend 15 seconds talking about something and then it's on to the next topic. Exactly. That's why we've already completed the entire narrative arc of this episode that is related to Hawaii.
00:01:05
Think Fresh
But maybe we should circle back to that, Eric. Let's go back. It's a round trip flight. It's a round trip. You're right. um you and i from we're gonna We're going from red note to red eye.
Hawaii Trip Recap
00:01:16
Think Fresh
You and I both were just on the Hawaiian Islands. It was the Think Fresh ah summit.
00:01:22
Think Fresh
we We both had to ah head out there and reset. That's right. We were summoning a volcano um over in the middle of the Pacific, which is pretty crazy. Like I kept thinking about this while I was there, that in every single direction, you are like thousands of kilometers away from a landmass. It's so freaky. It's so freaking freaky. It creeps me out. It gives me the shivers. Like if suddenly like all airports closed.
00:01:48
Think Fresh
There's no way for you to get back. cooked you're living absolutely but You're living off pineapple and ahi tuna for the rest of your life. I wouldn't mind. It would be kind of like a Tom Hanks situation where you be you befriend a volleyball yeah and you kind of just like eat fish and like lose 40 pounds. like I think we would all actually benefit from that. The Hawaiian people don't seem to have a problem with it. they I think island life for them is their identity. They talk about the mainlanders like it's this foreign, boring, silly little world. Oh no, that's a mainlander thing. You guys are all so out of touch. I think that's how like the Taiwanese talk about to the Chinese. Probably. Like those fucking mainlanders. Yeah, you're actually right. But yeah, dude, you're right. Why is it that um Hawaiians are kind of like a big people, but they all eat raw fish and rice? Are you basing that entirely off of a mohana?
00:02:39
Think Fresh
Even the movie or the street? The movie. I stayed on that street. Whoa, that's kind of cool. ah dudes at The new Disney World location. so mo like And I think Mohan only, and the protagonist is a big, beefy Hawaiian dude because Dwayne Johnson is a big, beefy, oh maybe Hawaiian dude? Yeah, he kind of looks Hawaiian, more like Samoan. yeah um But no, I just noticed
Island Lifestyle vs Mainland
00:03:03
Think Fresh
this on my travels, Ty, that that looked like a local was really tanned and just like a strong person. They looked like they could, I don't know, like.
00:03:15
Think Fresh
jump in the water, wrestle a sea turtle and like find a fish, you know, like that kind of thing. No, totally. All the Polynesians are just so like beefed up. It's crazy. I felt very emasculated with my shirt off at every beach because everyone's a fast swimmer. Everyone can catch a wave. Everyone's very tanned. It's a very ah aspirational place. I think yeah I need to toast myself more. Yeah, I know. That was my takeaway from this trip.
00:03:42
Think Fresh
I really tried to toast myself on this vacation. I wanted to get more tan, but five days, by by day four, I'm then onboarded to the sun as a white man. like Day four is when I can start tanning and it doesn't leave me much time. No, you're going to get one burn and then you're back on the plane home. That's right. The Chanel 50 SPF on the face really protects it. so i wasn't I wasn't able to get too much of a tan. Damn, not even a giant ball of gas in the sky can blast through the the chemicals in Chanel's lotion. That's right. I specifically go for the aluminum i'm offering. Extra layer. Extra aluminum. Very cool, very cool. Yeah. yeah I was caked up in sunscreen the entire week. I had no interest in a nasty little burn no which tends especially like i don't know i've just been watching so much of brian johnson's like material online these days that i'm super concerned about doing anything to fuck up my body now and yeah the sun is like a big it's like just a ah big problem for most people it's a real big death ball in the sky that we should avoid at all costs yeah that's why we uh
00:04:56
Think Fresh
most of our listeners like to stay in their basement. Yeah, that's right. Fuck dude, I got to start painting over the windows or putting up some tinfoil. Like much like the, you know, residents want these tastings. I think that's where they get it from. I think so too. They they understand something we don't. Yeah.
00:05:12
Think Fresh
oh Dude, I think you got to get tinge windows in this whip that we're sitting. We're in Eric's vehicle. That's right. That's right. I know we do need that Because it's getting fogged up. Yeah, it is getting fogged up but um, I want to ask you how was your flight because this was my First red eye. I think
Travel Exhaustion
00:05:32
Think Fresh
where I've landed back in Vancouver in the morning. I landed at 7 in the morning and And even though it was a direct flight, Anna had upgraded my seat to row 12, which is the bulkhead. Nice leg room option. From breadhead to bulkhead. Bulkheads. Hello, bulkheads. Welcome to another episode of Costco's podcast. Yeah. do We could totally make this an airline podcast. yeah We can refer to our fans as the bulkheads.
00:06:04
Think Fresh
um but yeah i was able to do that but then landing i was like in full kind of like I don't know. I actually got red eyes, Ty. I didn't think that was like a real thing, but my eyes were super red when I landed. I just felt like absolute shit. Damn, a couple little tomato slices right there. You traded as a pew. You know me, i'm ah I got long legs, so I'm just sitting there like fidgeting and in the seat. Can't really get comfortable using my um AirPods as a pillow.
00:06:35
Think Fresh
The maxis just don't have enough cushion. They don't. So, yeah, it kind of ruined me for the day. But how did you fare? I'm okay on these types of situations. I also did a red eye. I'm not a daddy long legs, so I find myself quite comfortable even squeezed into an economy seat. Yeah, that's good.
00:06:55
Think Fresh
Uh, but it is hard to sleep on planes too. Humans aren't built for that. They need to be horizontal. I think there should be just a button. The airline stewardess presses after we hit cruising altitude and then all seats at the exact same same time go back as far as possible. If they all did that, then we could extend them even further in unison. Right. So like, I think extending them even further than what they can do now.
00:07:22
Think Fresh
would be helpful because then everyone kind of gets a nice lay in. Yeah, exactly. We're all looking for a nice lei. Exactly. Meanwhile, I'm laying an egg in row 12 tile so comfortable. Did you get a lei when you landed? I did not. I did not either. I think that's a stereotype or maybe that's like old Hawaii. People got the. Yeah, I actually thought about that when I landed. I was like, I can't wait for my flower crown. I mean want to be the king. I want to be the king of Hawaii. Yeah, I'm going to colonize this fucking island. um Everyone has thought that at some point. Yeah.
00:07:55
Think Fresh
So I didn't get one and i'm I'm curious like maybe if you're like on an all-inclusive kind of like vacation package they'd probably do that. Yeah probably. And also for some reason in my head, this happens on the tarmac and not like at the gate. You know what I mean? Cause you walk in the gate, you see all the sunburnt travelers who are heading home and they don't want to see you get a nice little flower. Oh dude, it it felt like the opening scene of white Lotus when I got off the plane. It's just like the most miserable looking sunburnt people. They have their head in their hands. They're like falling asleep on their suitcase, waiting for their flight to leave. It's like, damn, these people are,
00:08:33
Think Fresh
down bad. yeah And then I'm like, the worst part about it was like, this is going to be me in like five days. And I just, I could see myself in these people. Yeah. You're just looking around like that guy's hasn't slept for three days. That guy's constipated. This guy has hepatitis B. It's like all kind of all on display at the gate. Yeah. You only see that in Vegas and Hawaii, I guess. Yeah, dude, this guy caught, but he's got the burn and he doesn't know it. so Damn. Yeah, dude.
00:09:03
Think Fresh
Yeah, so I fortunately emerged unscathed from my
Hawaii's Culinary Delights
00:09:08
Think Fresh
trip. I thought I would get mercury poisoning because I dummied a lot of poke bowls, like a lot, like multiple a day. I was binging those things. It was so good. It was so good. I just love it. What was your like go to fish kind of dressing and fish option?
00:09:26
Think Fresh
you know, walk me through everything. Yeah. Yeah. So I would usually just go with the classic, you know, keep it light, maybe a little bit of like what, like wasabi mayo or like a spicy mayo little drizzle. I feel like that really elevates the dish, even though I don't think the Hawaiian locals consider that as tradition.
00:09:44
Think Fresh
but I like it. um Little white rice action, sometimes brown if I'm feeling cheeky. yeah yeah what's What's more to add, dude? I hate when they add the salad. What kind of fish? Ahi tuna. Of course. Every time, dude. Dude, the ahi, it was such a great realization because the ahi is like pretty much the same price as any other fish there. but it's like the premium back here in Vancouver like you can't get fish for that cheap no it's so much better i mean even with the canadian dollar in the toilet the ahi tuna still seems like a good deal yeah although i was like checking my bank statements and i was like looking at some of the poke bowls i brought bought
00:10:23
Think Fresh
And I would just be buying them from like a random street-side vendor, nothing special. And it comes out to like 45 Canadian a bull after yeah tax and conversion and tip. Like how the fuck did this thing cost 40, almost 50 bucks. I know. Yeah. I'll like, I'll see the menu price. I'm like, oh, 22, that seems normal. And I'll like buy it for me in Bay and then I'll get the Amex notification. It's like $80. I'm like, what the fuck? Did I spend $80 just now, or is that something else? Dude, I'm always geeked off the Mai Thai, so I don't even know. It was so hard to like tie everything together. Yeah. This is pretty crazy. it's like People in the States are listening to us like, wow, these like broke boys. Canada is really the 51st state now, if you think about it. We're just living in poverty. We're the new Puerto Rico. We're the new Greece, man. The economy is crumbling, and we just need tourism to save us. Yeah, dude. But no one wants to come up here. No, it's too cold.
00:11:15
Think Fresh
people want to buy land here and then leave forever. Damn. Making it harder for everybody. Yeah. Uh, dude, but the poke of my choice, I would always go for the show you it was the like soy sauce. Oh yeah. Oh, that's so good, dude. Yeah. I like the show you too. And there was a wasabi like show you kind of thing as well. And that was really good. That's my top picks. And I try to go like half.
00:11:40
Think Fresh
Ahi have salmon. Oh, interesting. The salmon wasn't bad, but when you have Ahi on the menu, it's pretty hard to compete. I know, that's right. it was ah It's kind of like candy over there. It is. So good. Damn. Oh, that makes me want some right now. I've been like trying to relive my glory days and glory bowls of Hawaii. I've been making acai bowls every morning back here. It just doesn't hit the same, dude. The bananas taste different.
00:12:07
Think Fresh
Was there the coffee chain Island Vintage Coffee on your island? Because you were into you were into a different island than I did. That's correct, yeah. I was up in the vintage surfer town of Hanalei in Kauai. You know, it has very cool vibes there. Perfect for me. ah The breadheads who really know me would understand. But no, that chain was not present. I don't think there was a single chain in this town. Oh, really? It was that. It was pretty low key. Yeah, a lot of a lot of dirt roads.
00:12:36
Think Fresh
Oh, wow. Nice. And a lot of like bridges that were a single lane. So you just be sitting in a row of cars waiting for your turn across the bridge. Yeah. I experienced one of those in a tunnel. Oh, that sounds scary. Yeah. Single lane in a tunnel. No exit. Like if it gets clogged up, you're kind of sitting there in underground. Oh, no. um But yeah, that's that's quite nice. I was in Honolulu for the redheads.
00:13:01
Think Fresh
Gotta say it was like the perfect vacation. I just feel like so like, I don't know, just feel so good about it. Like fortunate that I got to go. um Better than I expected. I had low kind of expectations going in. I was like.
American Influence in Hawaii
00:13:17
Think Fresh
Trying to remind myself, I'm still just going to America. And like I shouldn't be expecting like a fun culture cultural experience. Because America. It's just America. Yeah. And it's kind of crazy to fly six hours over the Pacific to go to America. Yeah, dude, you can drive there. I feel like I'm from Asia saying that, you know? It is weird. yeah And I always forgot that and then until I had to buy something with cash or you drive past like ah a traditional american establishment like a burger king or something yeah it just throws you i was sitting next to some americans on the flight obviously actually they were they're living in vancouver but they're from uh alabama cool and um this guy was like he was a black guy he was like six five fucking massive daddy long legs he was a daddy long legs for sure and he had this like tons of jewelry on cool and i was like
00:14:09
Think Fresh
We're both sitting in the upgraded economy seats, and this guy's got bread, obviously. For sure. um Didn't say a word to him for like five hours of the six hour flight. But then on the last hour, we kind of got to chopping it up. And I wanted to ask him if he was like an NBA player. Sounds racist, but based on the clues I was seeing. He's got all the shaved ice, as they call it. Yeah. um you start We started talking, and he was a backup singer for the band The Temptations. No way. This guy's like 75 years old.
00:14:37
Think Fresh
Oh, he was an old head. Old head, yeah. He was unk. So, he made his millions with his voice, not with his stature. Yeah, exactly. I wonder if he would show up in any of the Wikipedia photos. Is he one of these tenors? Did you ask him what he was? A tenor? A bass? Oh, no, I should have asked him. I was asking him about, we were talking about our purpose in life, and I brought up Ikigai, and he was really cool to hear. He was really excited to hear about that. No, his name was Riley.
00:15:03
Think Fresh
Riley from The Temptations. Well, shout out to Riley if you're listening. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Dude, that is very cool. This is the thing with America is after you're over 60, everyone's done something that yeah everyone else knows about. Yeah. You were like on Ellen because you were like of a meme or like you were in a band or you played for a college sports team that got canceled. Like there's always something. Yeah, there totally is. And I'm forgetting now why I brought this up. That's okay. Sitting on a plane with Americans. We're going to America.
00:15:33
Think Fresh
Oh, they were recommending spots for us to eat at. And they're like, I don't know if you've heard of this place, but Cheesecake Factory goes crazy. And I'm like, bro, I'm familiar with with the place. And he's like, OK, I got another one for you. P.F. Chang's. No, I was like, dude, this conversation is over. damn um Yeah, it was that's kind of as far as it went. But he also admitted that he knows that, you know, it's not like, I don't know, an interesting like cultural experience, but you kind of want something comfortable and familiar. So he's like, these are, that's where I'm going to eat. So but okay fair enough. If you want comfortable and familiar in Hawaii, you go to Duke's. That's what Duke's is for. do Duke's is, I would want, I want to say one of the best restaurants in Hawaii. It's so good. dude Duke's is insane. How was it on your island? Cause I was surprised to hear that you had it there too. Oh yeah. I had to go down to, uh, uh,
00:16:25
Think Fresh
the kind of like main city center where the airport is and uh there's one on the beach there so i posted up for a couple cheeky my ties and it's fine like the food is fine the drinks are fine but the aloha vibe is undeniable oh dude it was so fun uh because the one in Honolulu on on Waikiki beach like this you got sand kind of trailing into the restaurant which is always a fun interesting vibe totally little people uh rinsing their feet off next to your table yeah very cool um but yeah it was so fun because i always have like a band just like kind of playing the whole whole day yeah they had that too and they had all of these tropical plants that they had kind of assembled it's honestly like what rainforest cafe should be oh wow yeah but um i thought it was cool because ours had like a self-serve seating area
00:17:16
Think Fresh
because like there's like an hour wait for a table but you can kind of just linger around the bar area there's like tables around the bar and if someone gets up you just go and sit down and then you order hell yeah and then like halfway through our meal i got a text saying our table's ready and like nah i'm good nah dude we're reading coconut shrimp like on the beach right now and like you can't fuck with me i'm so happy dude's gonna sit in he's not giving up that table absolutely and uh got the big swell ipa of course oh nice and um something called the hula pie hula pie did you have this on the menu i've never heard of this oh dude it's basically like three pints of ice cream it's a massive slice of ice cream cake dude i saw so many people getting served this thing every time every time it would a server would waddle by my table with one of these in hand i was just like go to that all eyes on that monstrosity of a slice of cake it's just this mountain of cake
00:18:11
Think Fresh
it's crazy yeah dude i mean my partner just saw that and fell in love as all women do damn they see a dessert and they go i need to have that sometimes side bay ain't even a bay it's a slice of cake side pie side pie um but yeah it was like a massive macadamia nut ice cream with like chocolate just late like like it looked like actually a volcano think about it and then like this lava was chocolate sauce And there was like tons of macadamia nuts on it. And yeah, it took us like 45 minutes to eat it. Dude, very poetic to take inspiration from the volcanic topology of Hawaii. Very cool. Very cool.
Experiencing Duke's Aloha Vibe
00:18:54
Think Fresh
Yeah, dude. Shout out to Dukes. Dukes is named after a guy who's the Duke.
00:18:59
Think Fresh
Yeah, he was like a a surfer or ah a sports person. Yeah. Olympic surfer, Olympic surfer. Yeah. And he was an ambassador basically of Hawaii or something. Wow. When you're so good at a sport that you become a government employee. Yeah. Always insane. Yeah. The only two ways to do that is like money or talent. There's a ton of other things he did that I'm forgetting, but there's a statue of him in Honolulu, kind of kind of near Dukes.
00:19:26
Think Fresh
And it's pretty impressive. he Duke is like the Joe Fortes of Hawaii. 1000%, dude. Yeah, instead of being a lifeguard. I mean, he was a lifeguard. I don't fucking know. I know he saved some people from drowning. That was part of the story. Cool, cool, cool. But yeah, he's literally Joe Fortes because he was a lifeguard. Yeah, Joe Forte is Vancouver's first lifeguard. Iconic man in the city. I think they need a sculpture of him along... and perhaps she say Yeah, I'm happy you said Joe Forte is not like Jim Pattison or something. Dude, that guy's got a dial. Respectfully. He's been around too long. like
00:20:01
Think Fresh
I'm sure he's done lots for the city, but and none of it is interesting to me. No, I don't care. What else, Ty? What else did you get up to? You drove a truck or something? a Dodge Charger all over the road. Oh, yeah. Yeah. The Jeeps were just like a little too much money. What were you driving around? um Well, i first of all, I thought you were driving like the Taliban like Tacoma.
00:20:25
Think Fresh
or whatever, but it's interesting you chose a charger. I almost drove a charger, but instead I used Turo for the first time. I was sick. Yeah, it was actually really, really good. um I got a BMW 5 Series. Yeah, it was just was awesome. It was a hybrid. Whoa. Which was kind of a surprise when I tried to start the engine. Dude, when you pop the hood on those hybrids and like look at what's happening down there, it's so confusing. It's so confusing. I don't know where any belts are. I don't know how to check the oil. Nothing makes sense. It's so foreign.
00:20:52
Think Fresh
Yeah, i don't I'm not sure actually what size of engine it has.
Turo and BMW Hybrid Experience
00:20:55
Think Fresh
I didn't look in the engine compartment, but the battery was like pretty much empty the whole time and we were just driving on the like using the engine, but it was still fast and it used like it would charge like kind of while we're driving and then it would like kick in and it would just be like way faster. Like this is kind of cool. Whoa, that's very cool. I can only imagine when it's like when it's like properly you know, ready to go set up. Yeah. yeah am Well, my petrol pill charger was pretty fast too. It had some rev to it. I don't normally operate a vehicle with that much muscle. Yeah. um It felt like such an idiot though. I rented the surfboards for the day and I had to tie them to the roof of the Dodge Charger. I just looked like a complete asshole driving you around. Everyone's in their in their jeeps or their Rivians with ah surfboards on the roof and they look totally normal in the RAV4, you know, but
00:21:46
Think Fresh
I mean, it's okay, dude. I think you look way less of an ass with a guy in the Rivian. Yeah, fair enough. Rivians are fucking lame. I think I'm going to get one at some point. no dan Yeah, dude, I want to take back the Rivian narrative. Dude, you're making too much money off this podcast for you to be driving a Rivian and have like a Patagonia vest. Yeah, that's fair. It is a vibe. It is kind of a tech girl vibe.
00:22:08
Think Fresh
Yeah, maybe but I did see someone in Hawaii driving a Lotus Elise with a surfboard on it. Oh, that's a cool look Yeah, yeah, cuz it's got the roof off. Mm-hmm, but it's not like a full convertible where it goes all the way down It's like basically like one piece that you like put in the trunk kind of thing. So is there still a frame or a body? So you got the A-pillar? Yeah. No B-pillar, but you got a C-pillar in the back. Oh, OK. So the windshield is still there. You're putting the surfboard kind of. Yeah, it's just like it creates a bridge. It is the roof. It is the roof, essentially, yeah. Interesting. And it was like as long as the car, which is kind of funny. Yeah, yeah. And yeah, that that looked cool. I was like, this guy definitely knows what he's doing. Dude, that's a lifestyle right there. Yeah. Fuck. Dude, Hawaii's so fun.
00:22:50
Think Fresh
man speaking of whips like before we laughed eric you said something that really inspired me and i will want to share with the breadheads because it's my new outlook on life we were talking about how you have been entertaining the idea of getting a new whip perhaps upgrading your Mercedes i don't know if you made any progress on that front but you said to me i can't make a decision right now i'm gonna go to hawaii i'm gonna think about it with sand in my toes yeah in And that resonated with me so much, Eric. And now I realized whenever you need to make a big decision in life, go to the beach, take your shoes off, get some sand in your toes, just sit and think. That's the best place to do it. I'm not making any big decisions, sand, sand from here forward. I'm going to head to freaking Jericho or something. I'm going to look at the ocean.
00:23:40
Think Fresh
I'm gonna wiggle those toesies. Yeah, dude, if you're looking out over the Pacific Ocean, you know what I mean? You'll get some ideas, for sure. It's a great rule. Yeah. And I'm gonna do it for everything now. I mean, politicians in Europe will say, like, you can't make a decision without, like, a drink, like, without a glass of wine in hand, which I also resonate with. But here in In the Pacific region you got to be on the beach time I agree like most of the engine would say don't do anything unless it's point post coitus But oh yeah post not clarity exactly But I think this is more wholesome and maybe more achievable for some people. Yeah, I mean Ty I don't know
00:24:26
Think Fresh
Like this is my first time experimenting with this kind of like thought experiment. um And so I don't know if I have post-vacation clarity, if anything, I'm still riding that high. I'm still surfing that wave, if you will. Mentally, you're sipping out of a coconut. 100%. When a cop pulls you over and you got a coconut in the cup holder. They're roaming that? I don't know, won't tell. I don't sip and tell. Exactly. Sniff, sniff.
00:24:53
Think Fresh
um But no, I um drove such a nice car on vacation. It was a 2022, 2021 Beamer. And I was like, fuck. yeah I'm going to go home to my vintage Benz, which I love dearly. i don't think I don't want to get rid of it at all. But now I'm thinking, like I need the AMG. Dude, something about like a new car feature set just makes you realize yeah how much you need it. I know. Ty, the car I want has ventilated seats.
00:25:20
Think Fresh
Like, you can heat it or cool it. Whoa. Like, that's just, like, game-changing. That is cool. I didn't even know that was a thing. That's how far behind I am on car tech. Yeah. Car tech is interesting. But um yeah, I don't know what to do, Ty, because this car seems like a great deal on the surface. However, I checked it out and drives, like, a fucking animal. I love it. I bet. V8. V8, naturally aspirated. Yeah, there's only two years that this car was a,
00:25:50
Think Fresh
V8 without turbo. Yeah, so it's like kind of a special year and It's an e63 AMG. Cool. Cool. And how many horses died to power this whip? I think about over 500 Just half a rack which is kind of fucked I put it in sport plus and I just gunned it up Burnaby Mountain I just floored it and I had to let off the gas immediately because it was just like flying and there was like three of us in the car whoa yeah it was just uphill to I was like well how the fuck is this car doing that and it made me nervous I'm like I don't know if I can handle as much speed I don't i was gonna say oh yeah the car has been in like
00:26:30
Think Fresh
like three accidents. until We pulled up the car facts. High risk vehicle. I don't. I'm done buying cars that have been clipped. There's always some. Yeah, dude. Fuck. So one of the damages was twenty thousand dollars to repair. Whoa. And that sounds like a lot, which it definitely is. But also the car was worth one hundred and five thousand when it was new. And it has like all these expensive fucking parts. So I'm like, how bad was it? Did the engine get like you know, damaged or was it just like body because it was like front right corner. Like the headlight could be expensive. The front bumper hood, the door panel, maybe who knows. Right. And I'm like, fuck, I hope it was like a shopping cart and not a tree.
Used Luxury Car Risks
00:27:13
Think Fresh
You know, like it you don't want a bent axle or. Yeah. So I'm a little nervous about, you know, investing any money into a car that might cost me
00:27:22
Think Fresh
like triple the price in maintenance. you know So I don't know. That's too much info for the bread heads. No, they like they like to follow along with your decision with your journey Eric. It's important. It teaches us all something about the world. Yeah. So what what's your thoughts on that? Like would you get a great deal on on your dream car or and or i should say and risk like spending twice that much or three times that much on maintaining it. Who knows? It could have a catastrophic failure in five years. It could, yeah yeah. The way I see it, Eric, the future isn't promised. Right now, all they're asking of you is to buy the vehicle and then deal with the repercussions later. and I think you're the type of man that could deal with
00:28:02
Think Fresh
any repercussions that come your way. um I'm good at cushioning the repercussion. Exactly. So I think you should take the risk. You won't regret it, at least for a few years. And by the time you do regret it, you'll have moved on to something greater anyways, your interests and your needs in a vehicle may already change. Yeah. You know what, Ty? You're right. Because like,
00:28:24
Think Fresh
depending on how big the discount is, like the initial investment, the price of the car, um, you could just sell it for parts later and it might make up most of that. That's a good point. If you got a good enough kind of baseline costs there. Yeah. Like if it's really a steel, you might get a few good years out of it. And who knows? It might last you forever. Cause it's fine. you know Yeah, totally. But you can use that as a bargaining chip when you're negotiating at a price.
00:28:50
Think Fresh
So you win on both sides. That's the plan. That's addicted to winning. Yeah, dude. So wish me luck. um Yeah, dude, I won't disclose on like how much I'm looking to pay for this thing. but But I'm sure you're dropping a dime because the EMGs ain't cheap. No, but they'd depreciate a lot because they're like luxury cars.
00:29:13
Think Fresh
which come with luxury maintenance costs as well. That's true. That's what people don't tell you with anything. It doesn't matter if it's cars, Vitamix blenders, relationships, everything comes with a maintenance burden. And it drives me crazy. I'm tired of owning things. Yeah. Because I have to then like babysit it afterwards. Dude, 1000%. I realize this as well. like You buy something you think will last you forever and then it just like breaks for randomly. You're like, what the fuck? Why would it? Why would it break? And then, like, combine that with cost of this, just the the burden of storage, the burden of cleaning and maintaining. Yeah, dude. At the end of life process, if it does break beyond repair, it's just what what's the point of owning this car? I want to have a burial and a ceremony. You should have a ceremony for this whip when it eventually bites the dust.
00:30:06
Think Fresh
Hopefully that won't happen. Knock on cheap wood. Actually, knock on vi plastic wood. um But if it does tie, I think the gravestone, I'll just have the three-pointed star kind of sitting on top of it. Oh, very cool. Much like the hood ornament that I have now. Dude, the hood ornament on the gravestone is a crazy idea. I love that. Yeah, it's kind of psycho.
00:30:27
Think Fresh
Um, some closing thoughts, Ty. I didn't see a single subway in Hawaii. Did you? I did. actually I wow briefly considered going in there, but I couldn't risk it. Dude, I didn't even see one. Like I just was driving all fucking day every day. I didn't see a single subway.
00:30:45
Think Fresh
I'd imagine the import fees on a lot of those different veggies would be pretty tough. Like it's not really an olive growing climate. So they're bringing in all those black olives. Yeah, dude. Even like flour grain, you know, all that bread's got to be shipped in. But just think about how like good it would be if they source local ingredients. Like imagine the tuna sub in Hawaii. The only place where I'd get a tuna sub if that was the case. That'd be crazy. The ahi footlong would go absolutely wild. Man, I want that so bad, dude. Come on, subway.
00:31:13
Think Fresh
Yeah, dude. This is your chance to do something really special. Yeah. 1000%. Little pineapple in a sandwich would be kind of crazy too. Or a little pineapple sauce. That'd be quite nice. Oh yeah, like ah like a chutney or something. Yeah. Yeah, that could be good. Hawaii's got a lot of good flavors to pull on actually. Yeah, absolutely. Even the veggies, like It's a sunny, warm climate year round. I can imagine that you could grow most things, although although the soil could be a challenge.
Hawaii's Fusion Cuisine
00:31:41
Think Fresh
I'm not sure if volcanic rock is great for tomato. I have no idea. That would come out pretty good. Kind of smoky. and Yeah, I guess it is kind of like a world apart from Hawaiian food. Because if you think about Hawaiian food, it's like 50% American food, 50% Japanese food. yeah And they just smush them together. And they're like, an ahi tuna burger.
00:32:02
Think Fresh
and that's a wow That's what we get out of it, right? Yeah, you had Aji poke nachos, didn't you? Yeah, do poke not poke nachos go crazy. That is the most American or most Hawaiian thing really. Yeah, you and they would pull from Mexico as well. it's kind of like A little bit. Throw a little spin on that.
00:32:21
Think Fresh
Yeah, a few burritos in the mix. I also saw there was ahi tacos was kind of similar. I didn't, I didn't try them to try that. I had ahi and sandwich, poke it and nacho form. All were good. That's great. At one point, my table of four.
00:32:36
Think Fresh
everybody ordered ahi tuna in different forms one had the steak one had the sandwich someone got a bowl someone got nachos that's great the server shows up and says wow you all really like ahi tuna we all just smile and nod oh man that's what we're here for yeah it truly is um pocketed i gotta go back i gotta have some more ahi Well, let's end this episode and head straight to the airport. Let's do it, Ty. Redheads, thank you for listening. Mahalo. Eric, do you want to sound us out? Let's do it.
00:33:16
Think Fresh
Mm-mm. Beautiful. I can imagine a sunset right now. Step on the mind.