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#50: No Tailgating
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#50: No Tailgating
Francis and Jessica marvel at their 50th episode! Do first world dogs really mellow out on Prozac and other modern medication? And what actually happens to a Make a Wish kid who fully recovers? There’s a quick Kalshi update as we warn listeners against tailgating through the new subway turnstiles. PSA of the day: wear your full visors and mouth guards while on the ice! Finally, the episode ends on the idiocy of home sleep test kits.
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Transcript
Introduction and Podcast Theme
00:00:02
Speaker
From a makeshift recording studio in Brooklyn, welcome to The Grocery Stick with Jessica and Francis. Shut the front door. That is not what we agreed upon. Francis and Jessica. Meh, ignore that.
00:00:13
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We're Brooklynites and friends. We're here to talk, laugh, commiserate, and argue about all things travel sports-related, kid-related, and plain old life-related. It's Francis and Jessica, or I quit.
00:00:23
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Shh.
Medicated Pets and Over-Prescription Discussion
00:00:25
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You have Caesar what? I have Caesar on Prozac. That's right. I feel like shit feel like it's working. Hang on. Time out. now ah A dog is on Prozac. Yeah. A lot of them are.
00:00:41
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A lot. Hang on a second. Episode First of all, episode Episode fifty that's like almost my age yeah almost most of Thank you. survived 50 episodes.
00:00:59
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ah And we haven't killed each other yet. And after 50 episodes, I'm still the worst sound engineer because every time I edit, I'm doing something wrong.
00:01:10
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And this is the last time I'm going to tell you to fire me. I don't know what it is. Every time I edit and then I publish and I listen to a clip, it sounds like I'm talking behind a wall. That's weird. through a wall.
00:01:22
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You're very crisp. I've been told that before. man Maybe it's a microphone. Maybe it's a speaker. Maybe I'm a dumbass. Maybe it's because I talk into a closet. I i literally face sort of face into what used to be a closet where my desk slash shelves office space is. It's an enclave.
00:01:42
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I blame myself. if you well User error. But anyways... that out of the way is it such a first world problem that now people's dogs are on prozac yeah well and so let me come on that's crazy prozac first of all prozac's not expensive yeah it's not expensive at all um i don't know why it's so cheap the idea of it is just like hang on second People are talking about, oh my God, everyone in big cities are medicated and doctors are over, you know, over prescribing medicine and, and over diagnosing people with ADHD and that kind of stuff. And now we've they've moved on to the dogs.
00:02:23
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But ADHD, the medication for that is speed. Yeah. So, you know, it's a little different. The upper versus the downer. Oh, my God. um That's so funny. Yeah, they've got dogs on Prozac and gabapentin, like a lot of drugs that you hear that are also applicable to human use.
00:02:41
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um But yeah, Prozac, you know, for dogs with anxiety, it really helps. It could help. It doesn't always help. I feel like in this particular case, it's helping. I feel like it's helping. You got to wonder in the dog world, it's like cartoon, if they can talk to each other. Seriously, I know. I've thought about this before. I'm on meds. I don't feel anything. I don't know what's going on. I have a sexual drive anymore. In my cream cheese. I got fucking problems. And then he talks to a stray and he's like, go fuck yourself, asshole. I'm just trying to get a meal.
00:03:16
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You've got Prozac. You bougie bitch on Prozac. Your mom is bougie. could be yeah Oh, my God. It's just insane. Well, good to hear that. and So that means I don't. Is that why i don't hear him barking? but It could be. I mean, it could be also quiet outside, but I feel like it's been um it's been almost three weeks. And the that said, it takes about a month for it to really kick in um Does he bark less at the door when people come to the door?
00:03:43
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No, because he's still very protective of the space. But I feel like he's barking less at kind of um atmospheric noise.
00:03:54
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Like he's not noticing the mailman walking up the steps. He hears the mailman like drop the the mailbox shut, which it's oh it's one of those things that really annoys me anyway. When I came home and picked the toilet. by the way,
00:04:07
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My god sister, who's a listener, thanks you, yeah yeah for that baby tote from Trader Joe's so she can now be one of the cool girls.
Rescue Dog Adoption Challenges
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Fabulous. um Lovely summer color. She loved it. Oh, good.
00:04:21
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Yes. But I witnessed it firsthand going to your house to pick it up. know. I mean, yeah i was definitely scared. Yeah, well, his – so he – you know what they say about pit bulls, right? Like they they have these bodies. they they're They're all muscle and they look like gargoyles. Yeah. Literally, they look like gargoyles. And I would i would wonder – actually, i have to look this up, whether or not they're – if gargoyles' bodies are actually based on – dogs of that ilk like existed at that time. i don't even know. um
00:04:54
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However, you know, his when he takes a defensive stance. Yeah. yeah Wide. You know, he's he's wide. Shoulders are big. yeah Yeah. You know, he's like his head is low and his bark and his growl are really, really scary. Yes.
00:05:11
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Like loud, low, you know low octave. yup Just he sounds like a much bigger dog than he is. He's actually not as big as he sounds, but he sounds huge.
00:05:22
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If he chased you down the street, you'd be... you I didn't say he wasn't scary. I just said the bark sounded bigger than his yeah actual size. Yeah, okay. Well, I'm glad to hear that the yeah Fresh Prince is feeling better or feeling a little more mellow. Maybe.
00:05:36
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Yeah, I think he's a little bit more mellowed out. And we'll know you know in a next you couple weeks or whatever. yeah I'll know because i'll but I'm hoping it'll just kind of like wash him over with this melodic, you know, rainbow-y persona.
00:05:50
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Absolutely. Okay. But on that note, also, there was a post from the rescue that sponsored him. They're desperate for fosters and adopters. They have 80 dogs that they're trying to get adopted out. 80. You're stuck with this guy. like you're not You're never getting rid of this guy. Which is exactly what Eric was saying and I was saying from the beginning.
00:06:09
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So wait. Yeah. So then, if they never come back for him. don't think they will. Right. and And the original paperwork you signed was, did it have a term on it? No, but they still own him. They still quote him. So they still own him. Yeah, but you know but the thing is is- There's no auto- There's no auto- Expiration on the contract. It's like, if you still got him after one year, he's yours kind of thing. Yeah. Well, it sounds like the to me- yeah from what I've seen, it sounds like the rescue is kind of destitute.
00:06:41
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Like, you know, it sounds like they don't have money. Right. And so, you know, if I were to submit yeah invoices for the things that I'm supposed to be reimbursed for, I think that they would crap their pants. Yeah. um And if he's going to stay with me, you know, I'm really considering just saying, you know, just waive the adoption fee, transfer ownership to us and let me take care of him. Adoption fee? There's a fee to fucking adopt a dog? the dog Yep. Are you fucking kidding me? That's how rescues make money.
Non-Profit Skepticism
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What's that fee like, can you say? It depends. Yeah, I mean, I don't know what the fee would be for him. um But for Mojo, I got him through a rescue. But he was also a puppy, which, you know, is more. But I think for Mojo, the adoption fee we paid was $500. Jesus.
00:07:27
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jesus Are you serious? Yeah. Yeah. But I had already been looking for a dog for about a year. no But you're rescuing a dog. You're taking it off their hands. They can't afford to keep that dog. They're charging you 500 bucks.
00:07:39
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Yeah. rescues Rescues, you know, even if they're registered as a five a one c three they still make money. Like they still need to make money to like, you know, have it run. I get that. Charity is the same thing. Every time I hear someone say, oh, it's a nonprofit, I'm please, it's not a nonprofit. Nothing is nonprofit. You have to make money in order to make it run. like When the president's taking like 500 grand salary, is that nonprofit? Do you know that the the people who run all of the city municipal shelters in yeah all these cities, they make like a million, two million dollars. Listen, I've tried. And the shelters are in disrepair. They're just terrible. oh
00:08:13
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Listen, in in my late stages of my career, i have... look for jobs and I tried to find some jobs at some major charities. Yeah. Right. Whether it's help fundraise or, or be an operational guy, whatever. like,
00:08:28
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They're all, I mean, it's sad in a way, not surprising in another way, angry in others. Like you're there to help people and you're raising millions of dollars and nobody's in a hurry to get it done.
00:08:42
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I don't give a shit. yeah Yeah. Anyone on this list is offended. Yeah. we tell you right now, I have yet to meet a charity. group that is in a hurry to save people or promote the cause i feel like the only one that would be the exception to that is the make-a-wish foundation maybe maybe because they're constantly on some timeline because these are all kids who are terminally ill And so I feel like maybe that might be assumption. I would hope so. I would hope so too. You would hope so, right? But general, things. reason it's in my head is because I saw someone doing a run this morning in the park and he was wearing a Make-A-Wish Foundation t-shirt because he runs for them, charity or whatever.
00:09:24
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um And so that's why it was in my head because I actually had that thought this morning. Yeah. And it was like, i wonder i wonder what the cycle looks like at Make-A-Wish. Hold that thought for a second. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:09:36
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But yes, no one in charities, they're collecting big six-figure paychecks. They're more worried about what salad they're ordering for lunch. Right. And the meetings they're doing and the pontificating and going to to galas and I'm so-and-so, whatever charity, raising money. Like, hey, fuck, there's people out there that need your money. Okay.
00:09:53
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Back to Make-A-Wish for a second. Yeah. This is not a nice thing to say. Yeah, yeah. on this day Yeah,
Public Transportation Anecdotes
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that's okay. Not every kid dies.
00:10:03
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No, of course. But the make-a-wish thing is you're terminally ill. That's right. And we're supposed to make your wishes come true. You make your wishes come true. you expire. Before you die. Yeah.
00:10:16
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But sometimes they don't die. Yeah. And they recover. I wonder, though, what the percentage is of that actually occurring realistically. saw one case. a little while ago and the kid and the family they were taking some serious hate and that's not fair because obviously the kid was terminally ill was diagnosed by a doctor to die from whatever cancer right got the got the wish and then went into remission yeah that's word right remission yeah and and now it's like well what the fuck and people like fuck you did you lie like come on guys like that's
00:10:50
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going a bit too far. I don't think parents and families are lying. No, I don't think they're lying. I think you have to, so yeah I think you literally have to supply your medical records. Right. but you You have to supply all those things. But there will always be ones that don't die and survive. Yeah. So then what happens to your makeaways? Like, do you, I mean,
00:11:07
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I don't know. you but You don't have to pay anything back or or whatever. I don't think so because I don't think you control that, right? that's not it's a You don't control being in remission per se, right? And it's it really ultimately it's a blessing.
00:11:22
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100 right 1000 percent and so i would imagine that they don't go after them for the fees that they've laid out but you know people the internet are mean so they're like out there like oh you lied yeah there's they're mean they're mean until shit happens to them and then they want everybody to be pathetic Oh, but I don't feel good. Well, you know what? You fucking cursed everybody else when they didn't feel good. so he Agreed. you know and Now you can make chicken soup by yourself. yeah Because you've ostracized literally anybody who gave a shit.
00:11:53
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Oh, man. Speaking of... Uh-oh. don't know why this... like why this this thing comes up after we were talking about Make-A-Wish, but Mamdani and the free rent thing, freeze the rent thing, it just like ah hit me. ah Remember I have my Calci bet?
00:12:12
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I have a Calci bet for it too. Right. And it has a move. It's like dead solid. yeah I'm losing money on the bet because of when i when I placed the bet, it was like 35% chance he would he would not be able to freeze the rent. Yeah.
00:12:24
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And then now it's down to 25%. But the latest... article from a couple days ago says that the RGB, the rent guidelines board, which he's appointed, handpicked everybody to be his people. voted they voted Preliminarily, the actual votes coming up a month from now.
00:12:43
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But the recommendation they gave was zero to two for one year and zero to four for two year lease renewals. Right. Which happens every October.
00:12:54
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Right. you and I are about to know in about a month's time whether we're going to win anything because and I'm fairly I'm even more confident now because I'm like, oh, this is here it is. He's lining it up. His people zero to two, zero to four. Right.
00:13:08
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But the rule says it has to be zero for either one-year or two-year list. Right. At least. Right. So if the zero is in the equation. Right. And otherwise we win. Right. I'm like, great.
00:13:20
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It's going to be 0.1%, 0.5% increase. Right. point five percent increase which he's going to claim as all politicians do, that's a zero. Yeah, it's not a zero. It's a zero. No, it's not. we're going to win money. Right. Which is great.
00:13:35
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Yeah. I mean, it's not a ton of money, but it's fine. I don't care. is that just It's just beating the system. It's the beating them. Donnie, it's like, ugh. There are no free buses, motherfuckers. And by the way, I've seen the... And by the way, yeah by the way yeah oh my God.
00:13:51
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So my daughter takes the bus every day. I don't even say. 20 minutes. 30 minutes. oh It's become so far apart in the scheduling now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. oh you've raised You've raised the cost and now it's unreliable. think it's Japan where they apologize to you when the bus one second late? There's no fucking way. In America, that you have no idea when it's coming. yeah No, and it's never accurate. I thought you were going to say the opposite of free buses is they're now putting enforcement people on the buses to check your tickets.
00:14:25
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Are they? just saw an article. They're now putting enforcement agents on the buses with a handheld device that you tap your phone against because everyone's using the tap system, right? Yeah. So now that device, it taps your phone and it knows whether or not, it only checks for the one transaction, whether you paid to get on the bus. Yeah.
00:14:47
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Yeah, that's fucking weird. That's even more weird. That's weird. The opposite. They're enforcing that. But I thought you were going to say, aside from that, that I'm now seeing on the turnstiles in some subways.
00:15:00
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I mean, we're like 30 years late, but they now have, used to be the gate, and then there was a flap on the gate, so you couldn't jump it. But now there's a glass screen. Oh, the doors. Yeah, the doors. I know, I've seen the doors. You can't jump shit anymore. No, but, and by the way, it impedes flow. It's so bad. Yeah.
00:15:21
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It's so bad, and if people are rushing, people have gotten stuck the Oh, yeah, yeah. There's no more rushing. They've closed on people. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Literally. Okay, but, But that's what it looks like everywhere else in the world. And ah you know what? And it would be fine if like the population understood that. Right.
00:15:41
Speaker
Yes. But the population doesn't understand that because the truth of the matter is, is the population here is built on narcissism. Yeah. And so they only think about themselves. Like, I guarantee you, they all think they're the only people in the universe. Like nothing else lives in the universe. Right.
00:15:56
Speaker
But there's this narcissism where it's they don't care. They don't know that the rest of the world operates this way when they have transit, underground transit. But it's funny because you watch these guys, these kids, they try to it's like, i've been oh, have you been have you ever been tailgated out of a parking lot before at at the airport?
00:16:14
Speaker
No. I was the other day. I picked up my parents like and at JFK and I wasn't paying attention and I and i leave and i was like and then I look up i was like wow, this freaking like TLC van is really close to me. And then I realized he tailgated me out of the parking lot, didn't pay. Oh, no, I've never had that. And I felt like I'm going stop and fucking punch this guy. I forget. I'm going to move It's not worth it. no worth And it's not worth it. But i was like, really? You're that fucking desperate? Anyway, so you see that now.
00:16:43
Speaker
Now you have the gates with the glass. now It's always funny. I always laugh when I see two kids tailgate each other, try to jam through that door. They get stuck. there They will get stuck in the door. There was a woman whose head got stuck in the door. Like she was walking. Yeah, you can look it up. It was an article when it first... went into Broadway Lafayette.
00:17:01
Speaker
Okay. Like that was the first, that was the first subway station that I saw it was at Broadway Lafayette. It closed It closed on her head. But your head is behind your body? No, no, no, no, no. She was, she was trying to get through on someone else and led with her head. see. And the door closed behind that person, even though she was really close. So she tried to tail you? Yeah, she was trying to tell me. Oh, I see. Because she was leading with her head, head, she got stuck.
00:17:28
Speaker
She got stuck in the door by her neck, which is pretty dangerous overall. Oh, yeah. Right? You know, it's kind of like a two-sided. You know what's going to happen, right? Because this is um this is America and the lawsuits happen. They're going to have to, it's like your garage door or your or your car door. They're to have to make it so that if it closes on something, it's goingnna have to open as safety precaution. And then everyone's just going to go through. Which makes the whole thing, renders the whole thing wasteful.
00:17:59
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But I mean, think about how much money they're putting into that shit. like Well, because they have to stem the losses. They're losing so much money. Yeah, but they've already raised prices. And so, yeah you know, you really need to consider like yeah how it is they need to combat that loss.
00:18:16
Speaker
Is this the right way? don't know. Making this kind of investment in all the stations where now, like you said, some person's head's going to get caught in the glass and now next thing you know, the city's getting sued and then they're going to have an emergency release? Oh, I'm going to sue them. But I mean, don't get soft and lefty on me, Jessica. No, no, no, no, no. That's not it. I'm just wondering. I'm just wondering. No, I'm just wondering like you're right what the correct course of action would be. Yeah. Yeah. Like, is that the correct course of action? I'm not saying don't make up the revenue.
00:18:44
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I'm just saying, is that the right way to do it? Yeah. don't know. I don't know either. You know, and a quarter per ride. like Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Like a quarter per ride, like whatever. You know, it's $3 instead of $2.75. Like, okay.
00:18:59
Speaker
but yeah But the counter to that is, you know, free, is not able to be implemented because the city doesn't control the MTA. plus The is controlled by the state. I mean, it's a cesspool of waste. for yeah but that way Every government operation, whether it's like they should privatize it.
00:19:17
Speaker
Yeah, they should. They will never do that. I know, but they should totally privatize it. I hate to say that, but privatize it. They need to fully privatize the US. All this but got quasi government services. Listen,
00:19:28
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listen privatize it and make it efficient or or honestly or make it fucking free right and and let it be abysmal service and keep it abysmal right and make it like a shitty fucking thing you want to keep charging more money and not improving the service i know right so it's like and then you put in these stupid glass doors yeah and they're not i mean it's like whatever And they have to guard the gates, that that the right the gates that people use for strollers and stuff. Right. Because once when somebody opens it once, people just run. But with these doors, strollers should be able to fit through the turnstiles. I know. It shouldn't even be a thing anymore. That's the other thing. Right. if If you have these doors and you don't have the turnstile anymore, yeah then strollers should be able to fit regularly and they should be regularly.
00:20:17
Speaker
Or I love it when sometimes it goes unguarded and one person pays and then goes in and then opens the door for everybody else. I know. I know. Yeah, real fucking Robin Hood.
00:20:30
Speaker
Oh, my God. Okay. Anywho, that was a good use of 20 minutes.
Pre-Draft Hockey Camp Experience
00:20:35
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It's funny. I think it's a funny use of 20 minutes. um Let's talk about your – my son was supposed to go – pardon me – the pre-draft skate.
00:20:48
Speaker
Yeah. But we said no because, again, missing school, senior year, got to finish strong. i said, sorry, I know your coach wanted you to go. I said, no, we're not sending you. But your son went. He did go, yeah.
00:21:01
Speaker
And? He had a good time. And it infinite wisdom. I'm sure he a great time. How many? Three games is it, right? Three games? He actually played four. Four? Nice. Yeah, because. in two days? in Well.
00:21:15
Speaker
Three days. Three days. It was Friday, Saturday, Sunday. okay um He would have played three games, yeah except that the coach that he was skating for had asked him and his friend if they can skate on Sunday morning. okay I don't know if it was because people left because of Mother's Day or you know whatever. I don't know what the reasoning was, but he needed he needed players. And so he asked them and they said yes. So they played at 8 o'clock in the morning on Sunday and then got in the car and drove home. But it was really like one of the...
00:21:45
Speaker
One of the times where he went and was able to check into a hotel on his own. Yeah. Which was great. You know, that's always a little dicey. Can do that? You never really know. Some hotel chains will some will let you and some will not.
00:21:59
Speaker
Right. It depends on the hotel. It depends on the, you know, the, the, uh, the brand basically. Okay. Um, i
00:22:12
Speaker
We did say this is a volunteer operation. Yeah. Yeah, for real. Okay. So... um I wanted to know about pre-draft camp in terms of um how busy it was.
00:22:28
Speaker
And we don't go into too much detail and bore people, but was it everything he wanted? Speaking to coaches, junior team exposure, all that kind of stuff. think so. Nice.
00:22:39
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I think that there was fair amount that. Yeah. Yeah.
00:22:45
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you know a fair amount of that yeah um yeah you know i It depends, of course, on who's watching your games. Yeah. Right. And who your advisor is talking to. Yeah. Right time. Right place. Who's able to show up. Yeah. You know, whatever. ok You know, so there was there was some interest. um level But level of play was good.
00:23:08
Speaker
It varied. OK. OK. It varied. Like, they beat a team from New Hampshire, 8-0. Oh, Jesus. um You know, I would say, you know, they lost to another team, but because, like, the head coach had to go coach a different team that was up there with his company. Because, you know, it's still business. Yeah, yeah, yeah. um And so the assistant coach was left on the bench, and their goalie, for some reason, I guess the other goalie had been playing this game, and the goalie let in five out of six shots. And the...
00:23:41
Speaker
You know, they were leading. Shit. You know, they were leading like 3-0 or whatever. And then the goalie led in five out of six shots. boom, boom, boom. Ouch. And ah they didn't pull him. They didn't pull him? No, the assistant didn't pull him. And so when the coach came back on the bench, he looked at the scoreboard and he was like, whoa, what happened?
00:23:58
Speaker
And so he was talking to the assistant coach and to Sam. And Sam was like, yeah, well, he let in five out of six shots. And, you know, he still stayed in. And he was like, okay, you guys need to pull a goalie when that happens. Yeah. just give him I mean, you mean you you we can put it back in later, but he's got of the reset yeah mentally. The assistant coach didn't. So it wasn't really player driven.
00:24:17
Speaker
you know what wanted to ask about the pre-draft camp? Okay. So hang on second. When you sign up, do you sign up for a team or do you sign up as an individual and give you a team? No, you sign up with a team. You find a team and you go with a team.
00:24:29
Speaker
You know, just like Chowder. it's this game same yeah It's the same blanket as Chowder. It's pro sports, pro-am. Oh, I see. Okay. So this is just a preamble to Chowder. wasn't paying attention junior coach, told him to go.
00:24:42
Speaker
i wasn't paying attention and when evan that junior coach on the go I didn't know whether it was go with that team or go. Yeah. Go so people can see you kind of thing. Okay. Okay. Okay. Understood. You go up with the team. You go with the Find a team first. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Okay.
00:24:57
Speaker
and Understood. All right. Well, good. And then, and then he told me, he mentioned me before the call started, he decided to wear his half shield. Jesus Christ. Yeah. Every parent's nightmare, people, is when your parents is when your kid goes from a full bubble, full cage to a half shield because they want to act tough. and they're Well, because they can. i think I don't even know if it's acting tough. I just think you know for a lot of them, you like that rule vanished and all of a sudden it's like, oh, yeah that rule's is not here anymore. every pair i can do whatever I want.
00:25:27
Speaker
Just counting the dollars they spent on braces and Invisalign. Oh, but that's already gone out the window anyway because he stopped wearing his Invisalign so his teeth have moved. So that's already like a fucking like done deal. Here, lose a tooth.
00:25:41
Speaker
and Basically told him. if He got high sticked but luckily he didn't leave a mark. Yeah, or he got hit by something. I don't know if it was a stick. I'm not sure what the story was, but yeah, like at some point, you know, like I had popped Or whatever, the jaw's like an elbow, something. Yeah, something, and I like checking his face. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:25:57
Speaker
was like, that's a pretty good reason to keep the cage on. Oh, yeah. And then I told like, I learned that the hard way. I remember playing in college just for fun, and got tossed. ah Guy's like, hey, mouth guard.
00:26:11
Speaker
Yeah. I'm ah, go fuck yourself, ref. Mouth guard. Sends me off. I put it in. The very next shift, I take a stick to the face, to the mouth. It splits my lip open. Yeah. I'm bleeding. Yeah. And he looks at you and goes, see? The next day, I had to go for my first day of my internship in college. Nice. I was like, what the fuck happened to you?
00:26:31
Speaker
hockey oh you know it's canada yeah get it right but i was like uh yeah and after i got hit in the face and i was like bleeding he's like i saved your ass i saved your fucking teeth you did i'll give you credit for that mean we know a couple kids who've with shields on half you know half visors have uh have gotten their teeth oh and when you think you know when you think about it i was like okay i luckily i got a stick to the face and not a puck to the face Right. A pug to the face is a totally totally different ball back. That broken jaw, cheekbone, eye maybe, like eye socket. Like that's some serious damage. And and furthermore, you didn't get into a fight where it's a clear punching lane. That's right.
00:27:14
Speaker
Exactly. There's no there. I mean, there's literally exactly no impediment to getting your face punched out. and Yeah. yeah OK, well, I'm glad to hear you had fun. Yeah. yeah I mean, more hockey is always more fun. Yeah. bring you that Yeah. It's you know, and and these are fun tournaments because, you know, you go up and you get to see a bunch of people you haven't seen. Right. A bunch of kids go up and they play and you're just kind of like, hey, hi. hey Like you saw some kids.
00:27:37
Speaker
I love that that. He hadn't seen in a long time. You go there and you, I played you and I played you and I played you and i mean, you see in the playoffs, NHL, you know, big fight, punching, grabbing, whatever. And then after the, hey, dinner tomorrow. They're like hugging each other on the show. Dinner with the wives tomorrow. Yeah, sure. Yeah.
00:27:55
Speaker
That's a good thing about hockey and sports in general, which is nice. Yeah, agreed. Good old days. Yeah, I mean, and not everybody has you know the ability to be a certain person on the court or on the field or on the ice and then yeah different have a different temperament off, but it's nice when they do.
00:28:14
Speaker
Oh, yeah. For sure. oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, but he still had ton of kids that he hasn't seen in a while. That's awesome. Some who had surgeries and yeah injuries. and So he said it was just really it was good to walk around.
00:28:25
Speaker
Sweet. Yeah, see people. He's like, I saw people that I don't talk to. He's like, yeah but I still saw them. That's awesome. Yeah. I mean, look, and it is a pre-draft showcase. Yeah. So in theory, everybody there wants to juniors.
00:28:38
Speaker
Yeah, but it's kind of interesting because there are people who play. Yeah. Who are tendered already. Yeah. You know, not playing for the team that they're tendered for. They're just playing. Okay. Can you do that? Then you can do that. Yeah. I mean, I think especially if you're the team that you're tendered for doesn't have a team going.
00:28:56
Speaker
Oh, okay. Of course. That happens for sure. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I think you can go play for whoever you want to. that. you're tendered, you're tendered. You have a contract. It doesn't. Yeah, right. Right? um I think you can go play for whoever you want to. Okay.
00:29:07
Speaker
You know, like like a couple of teams had asked, you know, if my son could go play. Yeah. Chowder with them. and Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's already confirmed to play a team on a team for Chowder. So he's not going to do that. You know, just be like, hey, I'm playing on this team if you want to, you know, yeah'll and see me play. But I'm not. Got it.
00:29:25
Speaker
Yeah. Oh, I see. I always thought Chowder was different in terms of like, it's it's like, it's definitely... private team, summer, blah, blah, blah, blah. I always thought pre-draft was somehow linked to the draft.
00:29:38
Speaker
No, I think every one of these pro-am tournaments are the same. Oh, okay, got it. Yes, it's linked to the draft, but people are scouting for the draft. It's not like you go up playing for a team who's looking to necessarily draft you. You're just scouted.
00:29:52
Speaker
You know, it's like the USHL stuff in Pittsburgh. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like you go up with your own team, but you're being scouted for like, you know, USA. I remember being bummed, not getting invited to that for Evan. And then I just saw this thing. I was at Clanko or who was it? It was like, we like just posted the latest one.
00:30:11
Speaker
And it was like, ah zero scouts in attendance, zero people got spoken to. Oh, I didn't see this. Big freaking money grab. What was it? Invite my ass. Was it USHL? Yeah, it was. use it ands like it was like It was like zero kids from this USHL invite only pre-draft skate had been picked up by USHL team.
00:30:32
Speaker
Well, I mean, okay, so we can circle back, right, to all of the Canadian stuff and NIL and all that stuff. Those showcases for the USHL for D1 trajectory, those won't get you, they won't yield what you want anymore.
00:30:50
Speaker
So it's like, you know, like people are going to catch on and the USHL is not going to be able to have that as a monograph for much I mean, they're preying on parents. Yeah, but people have to know. The fear of missing out. Fear.
00:31:04
Speaker
But people are going to know. theyre like before this evolves. I feel like but that the more like with what we know and we've been through now we're smarter, but we wouldn't have known that at 14 and we're paranoid. so then you just keep like ah there's a new crop of suckers every year. Yes. But I think now I think it's different because of all the rule changes. When our kids were 14, those rules were not the same. Yeah.
00:31:26
Speaker
And so to go to those, you know, had a different yeah possibility. Now they don't have that possibility anymore. That's good point. Because they're not looking in those in those pools any longer. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Right. They're just not.
00:31:40
Speaker
i mean, D3 might. But USHL combines aren't D3. Yeah. So why would you bother? i mean, you're only going to those things because you're trying to get your kid in front of USHL. Right. Right. Eyes. That's exactly right. You're just trying to get, yeah you're trying to get looks. That's it. You're trying to get looks. But if they're not looking anymore in those pools, then why would you swim in them?
00:31:59
Speaker
Right. And especially if they cost money and travel. I know. You know, like, never ends man you know, like Sam got an invite to go to, Muskegon again. Oh yeah. Right. my He's just kind of like, yeah.
00:32:14
Speaker
He's like money grab. Yeah. I mean, yeah. He's like, it's a money grab. He's like, you know, he's like, I did it once. Yeah. He's like, I don't really know that I feel like it's necessary. Yeah. Those main camps that I mean, and I think.
00:32:27
Speaker
I feel like. And with all the rule changes, I think pragmatically he looks at and he's like, I'm not destined for that anymore. I don't think he's like, I don't think that that's. Yeah. I think those like those those main camps.
00:32:40
Speaker
They're not hiding the fact that they use that to pay for a lot of team operations during the season, right? No, but people still are hopeful, yeah right, that this world will open up if they show up. And the truth is is that the likelihood of that happening is extremely
USHL Draft Strategy and Youth Sports
00:32:55
Speaker
small.
00:32:56
Speaker
Yes. I mean, like 0.0001. It's like smaller than the percentage of Jews in the entire world. like I mean— That's why people buy lottery tickets. I do it. I'm a sucker. You never know. Well, right. You got to be in it to win it. I get it.
00:33:10
Speaker
The old tagline from the New York state lottery from when I was a kid. You got to be in it to win it. Yes. But, but, you know, I think that, um, I think that our kids at this point have more pragmatism around it, right rather than like hopping on every bandwagon and going, yeah, well, I want to be seen and I never know. And you never know. You've got to be in it to win it. yeah i think now it's different because our kids could look at it and go, i feel like the door is cracked about nanometer. It is interesting that...
00:33:47
Speaker
USHL phase two draft, which is all ages, that you do see older kids getting drafted from playing in the non-NCDC. I'm like shocked. Yeah, but those are- like, why? Well, because- keep going younger, right? Yeah, I don't, because I think they want the maturity. Okay. I think that, you know, I think that when teams like that have older kids, it's leadership.
00:34:09
Speaker
Yeah. You know, younger kids, if you had a whole team of younger kids, you had a whole team of, let's just say, like 18, 19 year old guys come through. You have no leadership, probably. you They would all just be like the same.
00:34:20
Speaker
But I feel like once there's an older person in the room, even if it's not that much older, I feel like the dynamic changes a little bit. But you're bound to have players that you drafted young that it get showed up at 16, 17, have played two years. Now they're 19. So they're there. And they know the team and they have leadership. like why Anyway, listen, i made congratulation congratulations to the older kids who get drafted because yeah that's probably a dream come true. But still, to be drafted at 19.
00:34:46
Speaker
nineteen Yeah, i don't know. ah I don't know. I just i think more of like, ah I don't know, maybe it's late bloomer. Yeah. I don't know.
00:34:57
Speaker
I honestly don't know. oh okay i forgot For me as a coach, you're like, I got one year with this kid. Right? That's my thing. You get one year. If you get drafted at 19, you get one year with this kid and they're going to wherever they need to go to. Right. But maybe you see something. Highly unlikely you can keep him for one more year. Right. But maybe, maybe the coach sees something so redeemable in this player that they want to develop this player in order to give them the best shot in that year.
00:35:25
Speaker
Like, who knows? I mean, that this sounds like a very generous, thoughtful thing. And it's probably not that. You think that coach really gives a shit about that kid? Yeah, I don't know. I feel like, you know what? Maybe if it's someone who's connected in a different way. Sounds like a trade prospect.
00:35:38
Speaker
I mean, yeah i think that there are a lot of mutual reasons why a coach would pick up a 19-year-old in the draft. And and i you know I don't know what they all are, but I would imagine that if a coach is picking up a 19-year-old kid in a draft, they have a plan.
00:35:54
Speaker
It's just not like willy-nilly. Oh, I feel bad for that kid. Let's just pluck that kid. But I feel like that kid could probably supply something for this team that they're looking for. who Nobody picks up a player for no reason.
00:36:07
Speaker
I'm skeptical. i don't I just don't think that people pick up players for no reason. and Fair. i mean, if that's the case, then your kid would be drafted already. Well, no. i mean the players and My point is that there are so many players that look alike.
00:36:21
Speaker
Right. But that's that's what I'm saying. I'm saying finding that specific person is highly unlikely. Right. But that's what I'm saying about a kid who's 19 who gets drafted at 19. Like there's obviously a plan in place that that kid just kind of fits into.
00:36:36
Speaker
Otherwise, why would you pick up a kid at all? If the kid doesn't slide right into a plan. I know, but my argument my argument is like, you can I bet you as a player, I could find an 18-year-old that looks and plays and is just like that 19-year-old. I disagree. i think that I think that there are people who bring attribute to a game that other people aren't able to bring. And and the truth of the matter is, is maybe that 18-year-old has not been seen by that coach and that coach hasn't found it and he needs to implement a plan and he's got a 19-year-old kid sitting in front of him who can totally slide right in and provide what he needs. And so he picks that kid up.
00:37:08
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, you know, Eric has a saying, but you know, bird in the hand is better than two birds in the bush. Right. So it's like if you have this kid standing in front of you. yeah sure. Why would you pass on that kid if you know he he has a skill that you need to go and look for someone who's a year younger that you may never find? I 100% agree with you in theory. I'm saying in practicality, you and I have seen enough hockey players to know that it is impossible.
00:37:34
Speaker
If you're that unique at 19, You're not being drafted at to USHL. You're headed to the show, it is my view. Yeah, I didn't say unique. I never said unique. And I never said you were supplying something that someone couldn't supply. What I said was if you're in the sights of a coach in that moment and that coach knows what he needs and you're able to supply it, yeah then you you capitalize on that moment where you can get that player to slide into your plan rather than pass on that player and hope that you find it later on.
00:38:04
Speaker
I know. That's what I'm saying.
00:38:11
Speaker
attributes a b c d e there's an exact there are at least twelve replicas of that kid that same kid younger i'm not saying i'm not disagreeing with you yeah i'm just saying in that moment of time that's how dress work but it But they've watched this kid all year.
00:38:30
Speaker
but right Right. But what I'm saying is like in that moment of time, they need to make a decision. They make a choice. Right. And so maybe the other the other kids. Yeah. Yeah. Maybe there was something wrong. Like maybe there was something they didn't like. Right. Let's just say the five kids are able to supply something similar to this kid. And it's never exactly the same because it's it's a similar skill set. Right. Yeah. Yeah.
00:38:51
Speaker
So maybe the other five kids look like they could supply something from that skill set. But there's something about this one kid that he's supplying that slides right into their team plan.
00:39:02
Speaker
It's never going to be perfect unless it is perfect. Right. And if you find that player. There's a quote. Yeah. If you find that player that makes it quote perfect for that team or what your plan is. Yeah.
00:39:14
Speaker
Then you don't pass him by. Yeah. Even if he's 19 years old. Sure. Sure. You're like, you know what? You take a chance. And then you know what? If it doesn't work. you fucking trade them. I know. You know, there's no. That's my point. Ultimately, that it's like, hey, these coaches don't even, don and then the next time somebody says to me, this coach cares, fuck off.
00:39:31
Speaker
But there's no coach cares. There's no buyer's remorse because they're not locked into anything. Yeah. They can do whatever they want. Yeah, yeah. Trade you. They can bench you. You can not dress all season. Yeah. It doesn't even matter to them. Yeah. Right? Exactly. So it's like at that point, it's an it's a no-lose situation for the coach. Yeah.
00:39:51
Speaker
It could totally be a lose situation for the 19-year-old draftee, though, for sure. yeah. You get drafted and you don't see ice for a single game all season. Well, then you get drafted. You don't dress ever. sucks. You so still need to make the team.
00:40:03
Speaker
Right. And then now they own your rights. That's right. So if you don't make the team and whatever, blah, blah, blah, you don't even have the option to make the team. to go to another team's camp because these guys own your rights. So in some senses, you don't want to be drafted. That's right. actually have your pick.
00:40:21
Speaker
Right. Of where to go. But of course, being drafted is nice feeling, right? It's a confirmation that hopefully you will draft it and you well drafted and tendered. Yeah. Yeah. Tender same thing. I don't, I think it's kind of bullshit to be honest. Same thing. It's like you get tender and you feel good and blah, blah, blah Instagram. But like, look, the reality is you still have to,
00:40:38
Speaker
yeah team Yeah, of course. but Okay. You see, they're not going to tender you if they don't think you make the team. Maybe, maybe. But it's like everything else in this world, right? Like yeah you, you go, you apply for a job, you get called in for an interview. yeah It's the same thing. Yeah. Right. You're getting tendered, you're getting called in for the job and the tryout is the interview. Yeah. The camp's the interview. Like it's the same thing everywhere. They just do away the whole process. It's just fucking stupid. But it's not, you know what, it's it's the moment of recognition is what that is, right? Pat in the back. draft Well, but you know what, for a lot of these kids, they've worked a really long time to have that. Yeah, yeah. And so it is, in fact, yeah a pat on the back. it's It's validation that the hard work has been finally noticed. Yeah.
00:41:23
Speaker
It has. Yes. I agree with that. I feel like I can speak freely about that as someone who has a kid who's got neither right now. Yeah, but that's my point. My point is also it's like it's – whatever, Instagram, blame social media and them publishing it. But like the point is, you know, before social media, you still get tendered, you get drafted, you didn't get drafted. It's all there. You're all working hard. You're trying to get there. And so now it's, and it's just like for the kids who are not drafted or not tendered, it's like, they shouldn't feel bad.
00:41:57
Speaker
They still have, as far as I'm concerned, they still have an equal shot at any of these spots on the teams. But now they're fucking like, they're like, No, people don't intentionally. I'm sure people some do, but it's like now they feel bad. And they why?
00:42:10
Speaker
They shouldn't feel bad that they didn't get tendered. Well, yes. But I mean, the truth is is because it's because it's competitive and it's it's the difference between winning and losing. Right. And so, you know, like the whole thing about participation trophies. Yeah. there's no There is no participation trophy in that.
00:42:28
Speaker
That's right. Right. Either you get it or you don't. and it You're right. It doesn't mean that you don't show up for the job you want. You can still show up for the job you want. But the difference is, is that you haven't been called back for the interview.
00:42:40
Speaker
Right. Okay. Right. Which is recognition. Yeah. Yeah. I get it. Pat on the back. Everybody wants be recognized. Everybody wants to be recognized. I hear you. And it doesn't mean that you've got the job, mind you. Correct. But it means that you've done enough. that's with people who do get attenders. It's like, hey.
00:42:59
Speaker
Right. Don't let that go to your head, right bro. Right. Because that's how you get cut really quick. Yeah. Yeah. And that does. And that's, and that was like a point I think that, that Danny made a couple times, which was, you know, a lot of these kids get tendered, get drafted and then they stop working. Yes. Or they work less. that's right. They don't work more. And so. That's right. When it comes to show, when it comes time to show up at camp, they show up at camp having not worked as hard and then they don't make the team.
00:43:29
Speaker
Yep. Yep. So because they thought that, you know, at tender or draft, they had it locked in, which, yeah you know, yeah, yeah, bad. Yeah. Yeah. And I mean, it's never a really a very good policy anyway. Right. Yeah.
00:43:41
Speaker
You know, like get a pat on the back and stop working like that's, you know, but again, that goes back to what we were talking about earlier. Also with like generationally, there are generations who don't persevere through that pat on the back.
00:43:55
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, right. You know? Yeah, yeah. It's very telling. i'm Obviously very telling about a person in in general even, right? And you put our we put our kids in sports for resilience and everything. But it's like if you're the kind of person that rests on your laurels and takes that and then just gets lazy, well, then you don't deserve to be there because you're supposed to take that as fuel to do even more. That's right. And that's the difference between elite athletes and athletes, right? yeah el delete that The elite athletes know.
00:44:21
Speaker
Yes. Hold on one second. Yeah. Yeah. I have a disturbance in the force. I like that. It's a Sam Silver disturbance in the Okay, I'll pause it.
00:44:32
Speaker
Okay, we're back. Sorry about that. disturbance in the force. Yeah, I did realize that i I moved the car this morning. It was the hole. It would be funny when he comes out and walks around, where's the car? Well, that was it. And I was like, oh, okay. He's going to come letting me know he's leaving. I should probably just like answer this and make sure I let him know where the car is.
00:44:50
Speaker
Fuck. Because I'm telling you, I almost dropped the car like a fucking three quarter mile walk away today. Oh my God. For street cleaning? Well, so I had to move it for street cleaning. Yeah. But the spot that he was able to get was right before a one-way street going okay south. Okay. The street in front of me going straight was closed because there's a lot of repaving. there Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. There's a people play the asphalt and repaving in my neighborhood right now.
00:45:16
Speaker
And so I had to go make the left turn. And I make the left turn and I'm stuck behind a garbage truck. And everybody's already double parked on that street. So now I'm literally stuck. Yeah. So I'm patiently waiting. You know, I'm on the phone in the car, no big deal, whatever. And I get down to the corner and I'm thinking to myself, oh my God, please do not make that left turn because another one way street. oh laugh yeah shit But there's this weird illegal straight ish to the right that you can make where you can like, yeah yeah you you know, like kind of jetties out a little bit. yeah yeah It's not legal. People get tickets doing it all the time.
00:45:51
Speaker
But I'm hoping that the garbage truck is doing this. Exactly. Like, please make the illegal straight. Just go illegally straight. Exactly. And so he did. But then I had to go all the way around. And by the time I got all the way around, i got stuck again at another street that was being repaved where everybody was being diverted.
00:46:08
Speaker
and so at that point, I was just like, oh, my God, I got to ditch the car. The problems of living in Brooklyn. Yeah. And then i was like, oh, my God, i can't ditch the car. How am I going ditch the car? I can't ditch the car. I got to take the car. So I drove it all the way back around the neighborhood, which is how I was late. Because normally that drive would take me five minutes. It wouldn't be a big deal. Even at that time in the morning.
00:46:26
Speaker
Murphy's Law. Yeah. Hard at work. Yeah, totally. Totally. There was a universe working against me. I feel like that's happening a lot lately where I'm kind pushing back the time. The universe sending you a message. It is. It's telling me go fuck myself for Oh, my God. my God. For sure.
Medical Tests and Medication Alternatives
00:46:45
Speaker
In the same vein as our 50th episode, I'm over 50 and I had to do my sleep test. Oh, Yeah, what's going on? That bitched you about. That you said, yeah, yeah probably every man over 50 has taken because they start to snore. Yeah, they all snore. and they all A lot of them. At least a lot of the ones that I know have taken them. So I go to the doctor. She's like, ah oh my God. I can't even pronounce it.
00:47:09
Speaker
Enter-whatever-ologist. Enterologist? ah i I cannot. A gastroenterologist? No, no, no, no, no. This is like... a sleep doctor. E-N-T. Ear, nose, throat doctor, but surgeon, right?
00:47:22
Speaker
Okay. and ah And... Yeah, why would you go to a gastroenterologist for sleep apnea? It's like... Hang on. I'm going to dig it up for you and see if I can... See if I can dig up the actual spelling of it. It's a surgeon...
00:47:43
Speaker
I'll to spell it out on Instagram post. I can't even be into this. Anyways, so she's an ear, nose, throat surgeon. And I go to see her and she's like, okay, what's that what do you what are you here for today? And I said, I'm here for marital bliss. What?
00:47:58
Speaker
There you go. So my wife says I snore. It's bothering the shit out of her. she has to get ready for work. Go fucking figure it out. So that's why I'm here. Okay, no problem. She brings out the scope. I'm like, holy shit. I've forgotten after COVID, by the way, how deep they can stuff a straw up your nose. That's true. And and that camera is not small. Holy shit. No. i They want you to believe it is, but it's not.
00:48:22
Speaker
Well, first of all when she brings the case out, hang on a second. I'm like, what the fuck is that? It's like a briefcase. Oh, right. It's like a toilet snake, but for your face. It is. the i'm not kidding. It's okay. Of course it's flexible, but people, this, this scope the size of a typical McDonald's straw. Yeah. Like it's that wide. Yeah. I'm like, what are you doing with that? oh Oh, I'm going to, Oh, I going to up your nose.
00:48:48
Speaker
yep To the back of your sinuses. To the back sinuses and then it's going to come down your throat. i'm like, what? That's right. No. there And there's no like numbing medicine. Oh, she didn't numb you? no No. She didn't spray in your nose? Nothing, man. Whoa. Find a new doctor.
00:49:04
Speaker
Really? my God. She's yeah say hang on a second. I'm like, oh, my God. So yeah I felt everything. up The COVID test of the nose. And then you feel it go down the throat. But the worst is when it curves in the back. Yeah. Oh, my God. You felt everything. and And it was both sides. I did it twice. Yeah. Yeah. Because you the sinuses are divided. The nasal passage is divided.
00:49:26
Speaker
Okay. so anyways, the good news is there's nothing wrong with me. Oh, congratulations. a there's nothing wrong with me. B, no deviated septum. Sinuses are clear.
00:49:38
Speaker
Scope goes in one nose, down the throat. Thank you very much. In the other nose, down the throat. Thank you very much. Everything's good. it's Okay, but she's a surgeon. So she's like, as a surgeon.
00:49:48
Speaker
I want to tell you that I want to cut. I want to tell you, there's nothing I can do for you. know all right. Surgically. Okay. Which is rare because they're always like, there's always, oh, you know what can do this They're like, oh, I can cut. um I can't wait to cut. Have you had your tonsils out? No, okay, they're tiny. You're fine. There's nothing I can do for you except order a sleep test, a home sleep test, and we'll just see whether you have sleep apnea of any sort.
00:50:12
Speaker
Okay. pot surgically nothing to fix maybe I could give you a mouth guard because essentially you're just so relaxed that your throat muscles are closing in right and then you snore right my way okay as it being that relaxed is a bad thing I'll just sleep on my side and then I don't snore what's the big deal yeah yeah sure no problem I sleep on my face to avoid it. Literally face down. so she's So the sleep kit comes, right?
00:50:41
Speaker
And for anyone who's not done it before, I'm like, you're not getting any sleep with this thing on. I'm like, first of all, it's like you have this heart monitor that you have to strap to your chest.
00:50:53
Speaker
Then there's like... What is that? How you say that? Canula? Canula. The cannula, which is basically for people like you in the hospital, they put this being up your nose oxygen up your nose. So you got to wear that, which measures the pressure of your airflow.
00:51:11
Speaker
And then... I guess it's an oxygen meter on your finger, on your index finger. You got to stick it which is all tied into the heart monitor. Yep. Which means you can't you have to sleep on your back and you can't move. So I'm like, okay, hang on a second. So you do that.
00:51:26
Speaker
I must have woken up a dozen times because it's so uncomfortable. Yeah. i like, fuck, this is even worse. And so then, fine. Imagine I send it back. I write a message to the doctor. I'm like, listen.
00:51:38
Speaker
don't know what you're trying to achieve here. But like before I woke up once a night, big deal. Now I woke up a dozen times wearing this heart monitor.
00:51:49
Speaker
i don't know what you're gonna see in the results. She rep replied to me and says, Very common. And I will be able to tell between you being uncomfortable and waking up and you having sleep apnea. Okay.
00:52:02
Speaker
Good luck to you. And maybe it's because of the air pressure from the cannula that they're measuring. Maybe. I don't know. I'm not a doctor. So I'm waiting to take three weeks for the results. I'm waiting for those results.
00:52:13
Speaker
Okay. So you'll have them then before you go see your regular doctor again. Oh, actually. Yeah.
00:52:21
Speaker
I think so. about Eating the oatmeal. Wait, let me check my appointments right now. Because that would be a good thing. Oh, yes, I will. you say well you You got to show up with those results so that. Well, that's how you get like a comprehensive, holistic view on your health, especially if it comes back positive for apnea.
00:52:38
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you should just tell them anyway, if it doesn't, if you're not positive for afternoon. It's all connected. so It's all at the same hospital group. So they you got to tell them because I swear to God, I swear to God, every single time I walk into an appointment, they're like, could you be pregnant? And I'm like, I don't have a uterus.
00:52:57
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And they're like, oh serious i'm dead serious. Dead serious, including my OBGYN. office no way are you serious swear to god i swear to you every single time even had a hysterectomy i'm gonna slap you i had hysterectomy in what like 2021 or something like that oh my god yep i shit you not whenever i walk and and it's all the same hospital it's all nyu it's all in my chart it's all there they're that busy they don't pay attention just don't go back and look 30 seconds, doc, before you come and see me, just read my file. They literally give it don't do it. I'm telling you, they don't do it. And so it's on you to be your health advocate when you walk the room and just be like to your GP, be like, especially because you're eating oatmeal and you're trying to get your cholesterol yeah and all this other stuff, right? Like whether or not you have sleep apnea, you should walk in and be like, okay, I was snoring. I did a sleep study and this is the result.
00:53:54
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right And just be like, an and I went to an ENT and everything is fine. Right. Right. Because that's what gives them a more comprehensive view. My wife wasn't happy that they came back negative. Oh, I'm sure she wasn't.
00:54:06
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Don't be surprised if she tries to smother you with a fucking pillow. Or she's going to end up making the kids share a room since they don't live at home anyway and put you in a different room. She's like, well, well, well. She's all excited. She's like, there's definitely going to surgery coming up to fix this snoring. I'm like, I got bad news for you, lady.
00:54:23
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nothing and she's i go and she's not a she's not just an ent but she's a surgeon yeah and you know how trigger happy they are oh god into you um to get some money and she told me nothing i can do for you was like ha ha so funny so funny yeah yeah don't know like the snoring thing eric snored for a really long time yeah Because I'm come i fat. Fuck, it's okay. I can admit it. Dude, just go on a GLP line. I need to like... and I can't do that. Why not? Everybody else does. And it takes all the inflammation away and it's fucking great.
00:54:57
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I don't... Like you you're torturing yourself trying to be like this guy who wants to eat plain oatmeal and whatever else. And by the way, it'll take down your cholesterol. Like all of it goes down. Okay.
00:55:09
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Maybe I misunderstand the GLP thing, but I guess for me it's more like... I'm a huge fan. I don't do it because I literally, nobody will. Mostly because nobody will give it to me.
00:55:20
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The eating yeah is social. It's not that I'm hungry. Right. I don't snack and go out for like drinks, coffee, desserts with friends because I'm hungry. It's because it's social. Right. But here's the thing. So let me tell you about the way the body works. Yeah.
00:55:38
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Basic level. Right. Let's just start at the bottom. If your body thinks it's being denied food, it will yeah store fat. Yes. It will hold on to it as long as it can yeah in order to maintain homeostasis. So you don't die. That's right. Yes. And so you have to eat food in order to lose weight.
00:55:59
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It's about the selection of food of which you agree to eat. But you have to eat. The thing about a GLP-1 is that it takes down all of the inflammation. Right. So let's just say hypothetically you do it in a microdose. You don't even do like a full dose. You just do a microdose, right? Yeah.
00:56:16
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It would help with the cholesterol. Oh, shit. It'll help with cholesterol. It'll help with blood pressure. would probably take down your weight a little bit if you are carrying extra weight, which would then probably help with the snoring. Right? There are all these things in a holistic picture that the GLP-1 helps to change. No, but the GLP-1 doesn't fix it. Correct. But it helps to change it. But the GLP-1 is supposed to stop you from being hungry. But that's when you do the full dose. If you do a microdose, you don't lose your appetite.
00:56:48
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Okay. So you eat. so I'm still going be eating the same shit that I'm eating now. Right. that's i me like it's not the But what I'm saying is all of the other inflammation will go away.
00:57:00
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Right. So it might help. It may help with the snoring. If it's like if there's an inflammation situation in your body that's happening. Yeah. Right. yeah Yeah. Yeah. It could possibly help with all of those things, including the cholesterol, the blood pressure and the snoring.
00:57:18
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Right. That's what I'm saying. see what you're saying. It's not necessarily about losing tons of weight. Huh? I said, I'm already on a BP pill. I'm not taking it anymore. that's but Eric was. And he was, you know, he did like a microdose for like like a a day or whatever, like once. And it came down enough where he wouldn't have needed the pill anymore. No shit.
00:57:38
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Or his cardio, all his cardiologist told him that if he did it, it would be something that he wouldn't need to take anymore. And my sister-in-law also has done it, um took down all the inflammation yeah she was experiencing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Interesting. Okay. We have a lot of friends who've done it. I'll ask the doctor.
00:57:58
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we've had a lot of We have a lot of friends who've done it. Yeah. I'm trying to convince my mom to do it. Hmm.
00:58:06
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I'm generally anti-medicine. You're so full of shit because you know what? You have to take. Love that. BP me medication and or the cholesterol medication. But wouldn't you rather take one microdose of one thing rather than have to manage your blood pressure and cholesterol the way you have to?
00:58:25
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Oh, yes. Absolutely. Right. But I feel like once you get, it's like when doctors come to you and say you have high cholesterol, take a stent. Stent? No, statin. A statin, which you don't want to do. Which you don't want do. Stent's terrible. Exactly. I'm like, ah, you know, all medicine, all pills are, first of all all, all pills are generally toxic for your body. That's one. Okay. yeah And then, and then two, I avoided this BP pill for like ages because I didn't want to get,
00:58:51
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not hooked, not the word, but reliant on it, right? Because then once your body's reliant the medicine, it's like reading glasses, right? yeah Don't do it, don't do it, don't do it. But once you do it, yeah you're stuck, right? Yeah. I mean, I don't know that that's i don't know that that's actually the case. that I can't tell you that part. That I don't know. Because I don't know of anybody that I know who has done it, who has done it and come off of it because because they've wanted to. Yeah. So my thing is that I'm just replacing one pill with another pill.
00:59:17
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Well, no, you're replacing one pill with a small microinjection, which is a lot less than you would need in a pill every single day. And you wouldn't do it every day. You would do it once a week.
00:59:29
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Oh, they have pills now, right, for GLP? Yeah, I think they do. I'm not sure. But if it's even if it's not, even if it's injection... not taking an injection. Jesus. it's so easy. It's once a week. i don't know, man. It's one time a week. It's like it's so worth it if it fixes the snoring. Hmm...
00:59:48
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I'm just saying, something to consider. Would a doctor prescribe that off-label use of a GLP one? Yeah. Which ironically off-label use of a diabetic medicine. here's the other thing you don't want to do. You don't want your doctor to prescribe it per se What you want to do is you want to go directly through the manufacturer and pay for it and cash because when you pay for it out of pocket, it's about a third what the insurance company wants to charge you.
01:00:16
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so shit. Yeah. So you go direct. Okay. Okay. That's what you have to do. You have to go direct. It's the best way to do it. Okay. But your doctor still has to give you the prescription that you would file through with the drug company.
01:00:30
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Right. So you still need the script for it. You just don't want it to go to like a regular pharmacy through your insurance company. I'm a stubborn guy. I'm going to pass. You are a stubborn guy. Okay.
01:00:41
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Pass. Okay. I would do it in a second if someone would give it to me. Really? In a fucking second, I would do it. thousand percent.
01:00:51
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Why would you need it? Inflammation. You know, like just like. information What does that mean? What inflammation are you talking about? You know, like my knees hurt. Oh. You know, like um they say, by the way, they say that it's great.
01:01:05
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There's a lot of studies right now that um it like it helps cancer. Like it helps to not have cancer, not get cancer, not have recurrences. There's a lot of that. Cancer, oftentimes in studies, they claim that cancer is the result of of inflammation and other things going wrong in your body. Right. So like your immune system, inflammation is an immune response. Right.
01:01:29
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And so your immune response is to other things in your body instead of these cells that make no sense. And so there's a lot of study happening right now with, um excuse me, GLP-1s and cancer prevention. All right.
01:01:45
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Hmm. Okay. Yeah, no, it's like if you look it up online, like there's just this like huge list of reasons. Aside from pain in my joints, how do I know if I have inflammation?
01:01:58
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Oh, yeah. i don't know. Well, that is the source of your... First of all, that's a source for sure. There are blood tests that will indicate whether or not you have inflammation. who um I'm trying to... I will i will send you... Is that part of my normal annual physical...
01:02:14
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You know, it has been for me, but I am very highly monitored. So i will go back and look. There are also cancer markers that you can look for if you wanted to. i mean, and it doesn't mean that you have cancer. It just means that there's an elevation of cells that could be indicative of the possibility later. um And that can indicate inflammation.
01:02:36
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There's just like functional doctors in Eastern medicine, you know, like Dairy. You know, like when you eat dairy, you get phlegmy. Right. That's inflammation. Right.
01:02:47
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You know, you've known me long enough to understand that my view on health and medicine is ignorance is bliss. Yeah. You've known me long enough know. I'm highly avoidant.
01:03:02
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Yeah, but you've known me long enough to know that if I had done that, I'd be dead. So. I understood. Yes. So. Literally. Yes. I would not here talking to you. It's worked out Yeah. we sit on separate sides, on opposing sides of this issue. I'm going to be one of those old guys who's like, doesn't tell the kids anything until it's too late. And they're like, dad, what the fuck?
01:03:24
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What the fuck? I'm like. Yeah. Sorry. Everything's great. I feel fantastic. Everything is great. What? And one day you're in the hospital. didn't tell us. Everything's great. Don't worry about it i don't know what talking about.
01:03:36
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Yeah.
Humorous Interlude with Jokes
01:03:37
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I'm, I'm, I know. I don't believe in that. wife is the exact opposite. She's always happy to see doctors and do tests and get surgeries. I'm like, no, I will not.
01:03:47
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Did I tell you that last time we got to, mean, we got to go sue, but I, the first time I had kidney stones, I delayed the surgery by a month. I don't even understand how because it's painful. It was the point. Yeah. to the And I wasn't on any pain. cause I refused take the pain code because you can't operate. So I was basically lying. i remember I had to go and had to i drove myself to the yeah ER. r It was after a month and it was in so much pain that I would just lie on the floor at the office.
01:04:17
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That's crazy. couldn't operate, couldn't move. Dude. but then it But then it would go away. Right. For a few minutes. Oh, I'm i'm back. it's little It's like that. Right. And then what what triggered me to finally give up, throw in the towel and go to the hospital was aside from being such immense pain.
01:04:37
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I didn't pee for six hours, dude, and I was drinking water like a madman to flush the stone out. And I was like, OK, dude, Dude, that's terrible. You are out of luck, my friend. yeah You need to go. That's insane. And I drove myself to the yeah ER r and the guy was like, what the fuck have you been? like, listen, sorry.
01:04:54
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Hold on one second. Yeah, yeah. Okay, well, it's time. prepared for that. My mental state was still on kidney stones. After my kidney stones, it's time. And then I was going to say something and now I can't remember what it was.
01:05:06
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you're going to give me some bad advice that I was going to ignore. No, going to give me some good advice that I was going to ignore. so don't worry about You always ignore what I say. I know. And it's okay because I don't say it to force. I just say it so that there's a different point of view presented. Yeah.
01:05:19
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I can't, you know, it's like I'm not trying to enforce anything. I'm just bringing up, so you know, things that maybe weren't, you know, occurring to you. All right. can't remember what I was going to say. Oh, too bad. You can remember in a minute.
01:05:30
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Oh, this is so bad. How do fish get high?
01:05:37
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Come on, this so easy. I'm giving you such a fastball, like a slowball down the middle. No, try again. Come on, come on, come on, come on. come on How do fish get high?
01:05:52
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I don't know. Now I'm stuck on they smoke. you're You're so close. I'm stuck. You're on it. you Seaweed. Oh, man.
01:06:04
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dude it's not even fair my answer was pretty good your answer was good and it was it it was on the right track seaweed seaweed i like it that's good um okay then you'll like this one where do pirates get their hooks where do pirates get their hooks their hooks for what? Oh, you know their hands? Yeah. Oh. They always have a hook on their hand, right?
01:06:35
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Do they always? Don't they? Is that what pirates have? Pirates always have a hook. I guess Captain Hook has one, but not all the rest of those guys do. Well, where pirates get their hooks?
01:06:48
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Thrift store. Secondhand store.
01:06:54
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It's good since my first one was an abomination. Wrong. Sorry. Wrong button. There you go. You can buzz me. It's cool. Very good. Very good. I like that one.
01:07:06
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ah That was good, right? Yeah, I like that one. That's good. Okay. Since we're talking about not dying, here's crazy here's a topical question for you. Okay. Why are pupils...
01:07:20
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didn Why are pupils the last part of your body to stop working when you die? Dude, is this a science question or dad joke? fucking This is literally a dad joke. You'll get it in a minute.
01:07:32
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It sounds so morose for a dad joke. Why are pupils the last part of your body to stop working when you die?
01:07:44
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You might not get this one. I do. I got it Yes. I got it because it's a play on words, which I love. Yes, it is. They die late. Oh, my God. Bingo. See, you got it.
01:07:58
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I had to think really hard about it. die oh late. Because I was really fixated on how morose that actually is as a dad joke. I know. where but You love wordplay. see I do love wordplay. You got
Competitive Games and Podcast Milestone
01:08:10
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it. You know what? I play Wordle and I do connections every day. so Ah.
01:08:13
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I see. Well, there you It really pisses me off when I can't get the connections. The words are like out so far left field. You're so competitive, Jessica. Well, you know, I do it. Sam does it. Eric does it. We all do it. And so if they finish it, then I got to finish it. And if I finish it, I'm ready to throw myself off the roof. I used to do it but I'm the only one the family that so I gave up.
01:08:36
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You shouldn't because it keeps your mind like super active in a good way. That's true. It's okay. It's just more shit you won't listen to. mean, but it won't matter because the kidney stones and the cholesterol and the blood pressure and the snoring will kill me before my brain goes. Yeah. I can't believe you didn't get that treated. Well, we're going to find out next month or so. Anyways. Ouch, man. Happy 50th episode. You too.
01:09:04
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Thank you to the people who have stuck with us through all the weird shit. And there's a lot of weird shit here. A lot weird shit. real. It's like exactly wacky. Exactly. Wacky conversationalism.
01:09:17
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All right. I'm going to make the t-shirt out of that. Oh, another good saying. Wacky conversationalism. But the were the first one's better. It's not perfect until perfect. it's perfect. yeah we you not perfect until it's perfect Master of the obvious. Yeah.
01:09:33
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I love it. All right, everybody. Thank you. Have a great day. Bye.
01:09:39
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