Ten I See

[00:00:03] Speaker A: Alrighty. Alrighty everyone. Welcome back to another episode of the Human podcast. We are back after a little hiatus. There I was on vacation. I was halfway across the United States in a little state called Tennessee. I guess that's where whiskey comes from. But I'm your host, Alex A truck. [00:00:23] Speaker B: And the horses. [00:00:25] Speaker A: The horses. [00:00:26] Speaker B: Tennessee walking horses. [00:00:29] Speaker A: What? [00:00:29] Speaker B: Yeah, Tennessee walking horses. [00:00:31] Speaker A: I didn't see a single horse while in Tennessee. [00:00:34] Speaker B: Well, no, they're a breed. You have to like go like ride them or go see them. [00:00:39] Speaker A: Why the would you want a walking horse? Like, like it's just like a lazy horse. Like I'm not gonna run it. [00:00:45] Speaker B: Hooves moves in a different pattern and ideally it's a smoother ride. [00:00:50] Speaker C: Yeah, it is. [00:00:51] Speaker B: And like they put their. And they, they like stick their legs out forward when they walk. Oh yeah, there's a video of a Catman making it. [00:00:59] Speaker C: It's. They have a smaller. Like, Like I had two different. You remember Peanut and Ginger? [00:01:08] Speaker B: I remember Ginger cuz she bit me. [00:01:12] Speaker C: She bit you? Really? [00:01:15] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:01:15] Speaker C: Wasn't it Peanut? [00:01:17] Speaker B: Was it Peanut? One of them bit me, but I didn't care. [00:01:21] Speaker C: Okay. [00:01:21] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:01:21] Speaker A: Horses are little. [00:01:23] Speaker B: Horses are ducks. [00:01:25] Speaker C: My mom was so dumb, she took my barn sour horse while I was gone for the summer that hadn't been worked at all and took her on a trail ride without me there. And then she got kicked in the face. And so she didn't feel comfortable having me ride the horse anymore because obviously she's stupid. [00:01:43] Speaker B: Yeah, [00:01:46] Speaker C: yeah. We ended up having. [00:01:47] Speaker B: We. [00:01:47] Speaker C: We found a, a good horse owner, someone who knows horses and stuff. And I don't think she. Like she was a breeder, but she was using her for. She wasn't using her for breeding because she doesn't have a very good temperament anyway. [00:02:02] Speaker B: Good. [00:02:03] Speaker A: She sent your horse to a farm. Oh, no, that's bad news. [00:02:08] Speaker C: No, we were introduced to her. [00:02:11] Speaker A: So I don't think you got what I was putting. Usually like when your dog gets into a farm, your dog is put down and your dog's dead. Or your cat got sent into a farm. Oh no, your cat's dead. But to spare the kid's feelings, you say it got sent to a farm. [00:02:30] Speaker C: Oh my gosh. [00:02:31] Speaker B: Hilarious. [00:02:33] Speaker A: Like, my wife got the joke. [00:02:34] Speaker B: I did. [00:02:36] Speaker A: That's all that matters. Like someone get the joke. But you know, the other two are. Is like not my wife. And then Courtney from way over in California. [00:02:47] Speaker B: What do you mean not my wife? [00:02:49] Speaker A: Yeah, or my wife. Courtney's not my wife. [00:02:55] Speaker B: Fine. [00:02:56] Speaker C: And. [00:02:56] Speaker A: And then my wife is behind me. The offended One is my wife. [00:03:00] Speaker B: Yes, I am offended. It is fun. [00:03:08] Speaker A: It. It. It's all right. [00:03:09] Speaker B: It's fun to be offended. Especially when I love offended cats. They're the best with their paw in the air, and their ears are back, and they're leaning back, and it's just like, you are so offended, and I love it. And then you kiss her face even more. [00:03:25] Speaker A: But, like, my favorite thing to be on other than a horse is in a vehicle. Like, we don't need horses. Like, horses are, like, for rich people now. [00:03:36] Speaker B: Well, it used to be, like, rich people had cars and poor people had horses, and now rich people have horses and poor people have cars. [00:03:44] Speaker A: Yeah. Because I found out that horses make a great adhesive. [00:03:49] Speaker B: Horses are expensive to upkeep. [00:03:51] Speaker A: Yeah. That's why you turn them into glue. [00:03:53] Speaker B: Stupid expensive. [00:03:54] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, because they have to grow it, and then they have to bail it, and then they have to transport it, and then they have to, you know, sell it. [00:04:03] Speaker B: All right. All the points you made are incredibly valid. [00:04:06] Speaker C: Yeah. But, like, let's think about it. What if we got the same amount of lettuce in bill size? Like, that would be totally different. [00:04:17] Speaker A: Well, I mean, you know, let us, like, it'd be like corn. Corn would be, like, more of comparable things. [00:04:23] Speaker B: I thought you bought them by bushels, like, in, like, the racked boxes. [00:04:26] Speaker A: Corn. [00:04:28] Speaker B: No, the other one. [00:04:29] Speaker A: Hay or lettuce. [00:04:31] Speaker B: Lettuce. [00:04:32] Speaker A: Buy them by the head. [00:04:34] Speaker C: You buy them by the head. [00:04:36] Speaker A: We can go to the, you know, store now. We don't have a root cellar or anything like that. Yeah, we. We don't need any of that. But, yeah, no. Hey, like, alfalfa and, like, grains. [00:04:49] Speaker B: Who? [00:04:51] Speaker A: Like, I deliver to co ops all the time, and I see the prices that, you know, y', all, like, horse people pay for that stuff. It is expensive. It is spendy, and you just like, yeah, whatever. You just pay it. And I'm like, all right, you know, like, I'll stop bitching about, like, car repairs now. It's like, if your horse breaks its leg, you have to just, like, shoot it. I don't know what the bullet does for it. [00:05:22] Speaker B: Depends on where the break is and how much money you have. [00:05:27] Speaker A: You know, like, you know, maybe if, like, it doesn't get better, you have to just, like, shoot it again. [00:05:32] Speaker B: Didn't Seabiscuit get a broken leg? [00:05:35] Speaker A: I have no idea. That's a movie. [00:05:37] Speaker B: No, Seabiscu. Seabiscuit was a real horse. [00:05:41] Speaker A: I mean, he was real. [00:05:44] Speaker C: Yeah, Seabiscuit was a real horse. [00:05:46] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:05:46] Speaker A: Well, did it get a broken leg? I'm not, you know, nerdy enough to know about, you know, a movie horse. Let's see, we got Google. Did Seat Biscuit get a broken leg? Famous the horse Seat Biscuit did not break his leg. He did severely rupture a ligament in his front leg in 1939. [00:06:12] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:06:13] Speaker B: No, this was a while ago. [00:06:15] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:06:16] Speaker A: He miraculously healed, rested, and came back to win a major race in 1940. [00:06:21] Speaker B: Yeah. And then I think his jockey also broke his leg. [00:06:27] Speaker A: Seat basically, Red Pollard suffered a devastating broken leg in a freak training accident in 1938 that nearly cost him the limb. You know, he eventually recovered and rode Seabiscuit to his final victory. Yeah, I mean, horses are very high off the ground. [00:06:49] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. Well, they're walking around on their middle finger. [00:06:55] Speaker A: Like, I've been on a few horses in my day, and one of those was a rodeo horse that, you know, threw me to the ground. And that was not fun. I didn't break anything, but I can see how I could. And, yeah, you know, if I'm lucky enough over Labor Day weekend, I am going to go back and face off against some bulls and Durango. [00:07:28] Speaker C: Oh, my. [00:07:29] Speaker B: I wish you luck. [00:07:30] Speaker A: Oh, I'm probably gonna come back horribly maimed. [00:07:33] Speaker B: Someone needs to video. [00:07:34] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. Please don't do this. [00:07:36] Speaker A: I am like, it's super hard. [00:07:40] Speaker B: No, my favorite one has to videotape this. [00:07:43] Speaker A: Oh, this is gonna be a videotaped. Like, it. Like, only 10 people are gonna be allowed in. [00:07:49] Speaker B: Do you call it videotaping anymore or is it just recording now? [00:07:53] Speaker A: Yes, it's a video. You can call whatever you want. So, like, there's a small chance that I might not get in, but I'm going to. [00:08:06] Speaker B: You know, if you do, I want to watch. [00:08:10] Speaker A: Yeah, there's going to be videos of it. I'm going to have my blind friend fucking film it for me. Mike Dylan. Hey, Dylan. Film me. He's like, I can't see. I'm blind. I'm like, I don't believe that for a second. Film me. Like, I. I don't know to what level he is blind, but in order to, like, read his phone, he has, like, put it, like, right up to his eyeballs. And he can't drive, but he can tattoo. So I'm like, I'm not quite convinced. And he can beat my ass in a game of pool. So I'm not quite sure if he is that blind. He is albino, though. That much I do now. [00:09:03] Speaker B: McClure are his irises. [00:09:06] Speaker A: I don't know. I don't look in his eyes. I don't want to get my soul sucked out. [00:09:08] Speaker C: It's fair enough, [00:09:14] Speaker A: But probably red. You know, his hair is very white, and he's young, like me, like, 20 years ago. All right. But, you know, on to, like, the whole hiatus, you know, I. I was. You know, I took a trip out to Tennessee in the. Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, because my best friend invited me out. You know, kind of like when you two, you know, went out together, you know, spent, like, what was. Two weeks. [00:09:52] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:09:53] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:09:54] Speaker B: How was that? Almost not long enough. [00:09:58] Speaker C: I know, right? But it's because you slept a lot. [00:10:01] Speaker B: I did sleep a lot, yeah. [00:10:03] Speaker A: Oh, I did not get that, you know, opportunity. [00:10:07] Speaker B: No, you had. You got to be Uncle Alex. [00:10:09] Speaker A: I got to be Uncle Alex the entire time, which is great. You know, I'm like, yeah, because, like, I know it's gonna end, and I get to go home, you know, by myself, you know, so, like, I. I would wake up to, like, little kids, you know, running up the stairs. Uncle Alex, time to wake up. Oh, God. You know, it's like, oh, Jesus Christ. I'm like, I made the right choice not to have kids. Like, you know, anytime. Like, I see, you know, anybody else with kids, and they're like, I love my kids, but it's like. I get that. But it's like, you do love your kids. You absolutely do. But it's like. [00:10:49] Speaker B: But they're assholes. [00:10:52] Speaker A: It's like, you are now a parent, and it. And it sucks for you. [00:10:56] Speaker B: And, like, I know. I know that I would shake a baby. I know. I know. I know that. Precisely. That's what happened. What would happen? [00:11:05] Speaker A: I mean, I don't think I would shake a baby. [00:11:08] Speaker B: Like, if the noise went on too long, I wouldn't be able to do. Deal with it. [00:11:15] Speaker A: Like, just put in earplugs and ignore them. Like, I don't think you'd. Like. Like, Mochi wouldn't. Like, you would think that Mochi would be, like, a good mother cat. She would not. She would just hiss at the little kitten. And you do the exact same thing. [00:11:33] Speaker B: Sometimes when I walk out of my clinic into the sun, because I go in my car on my lunch break, like, the sun's, like, super bright, and I'll hiss because, like, I'm a vampire. And one time I did that, and I didn't realize that there was a client right there. And, like, we're, like, sort of friends, and she was like, oh, my God, me too. [00:11:51] Speaker C: Oh, God, another one. I know. [00:11:54] Speaker B: Courtney. Courtney. She has eight cats. [00:11:58] Speaker C: It. [00:11:58] Speaker A: It's like the. The cringe when you do something like cringy. And it's like, oh, you're gonna think about that for like the next, like 12 months. Your entire life. [00:12:08] Speaker C: You know what? People with ADD can, like, if they're watching something or reading something that's super embarrassing, they feel it firsthand. And like, there's one of my favorite movies. I can't watch it because it has a super cringy ass moment in it. And I just can't do it. I just can't. [00:12:32] Speaker B: That's fair. [00:12:34] Speaker A: There's one video on. [00:12:35] Speaker C: I can even watch it when Alex was. I couldn't watch it when Alex was here just because I was. I knew I would fast forward through that part. [00:12:44] Speaker A: Yeah, there's like one video on the Internet. It's like this kid, you know, like rapping terribly for his nonnas. Like his Italian grandmothers. You can tell that they're Italian. And it's just like he's like sitting there like, as like a. Probably like a 13 year old kid. Just, you know, like, check this out. You know, this section and they're just like all smiling and it's just like, ah. Like, it hurts my soul. Like, let me. Let me see if I can find it. This is like hard kids singing Gucci Gang for Grandma. [00:13:30] Speaker B: Oh, God. Oh, God. No, babe. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Don't make me watch. [00:13:35] Speaker A: This is. [00:13:36] Speaker B: No, please don't. Don't, babe. I thought you loved me. [00:13:40] Speaker A: It's so. [00:13:41] Speaker B: I thought you loved me. [00:13:43] Speaker A: It's on grandma's birthday too. Oh, my God, it's so bad. [00:13:49] Speaker B: I forgot about that. [00:13:53] Speaker C: Or Nona. [00:13:54] Speaker B: Poor, poor Nona. [00:13:58] Speaker A: It. It hurts my soul every time. And just like watching it, like, let me. I'll play her. [00:14:09] Speaker C: Yeah. Oh, no. Let me. [00:14:13] Speaker A: Let me share this to Courtney so she can see this nonsense. There you go. [00:14:20] Speaker C: Oh, God. [00:14:35] Speaker A: Oh, no. I can't even get through the entire thing. [00:14:38] Speaker B: Babe, no. [00:14:39] Speaker C: I told. [00:14:39] Speaker B: I asked you. I begged you. [00:14:41] Speaker A: It's so bad. I begged you. It. It's just. [00:14:47] Speaker B: I am enjoying your suffering now. [00:14:50] Speaker C: Oh, my God. [00:14:54] Speaker B: Oh, you did this to yourself. [00:14:56] Speaker A: I did. Like, I. It's a 48 second video. I can't get through the entire thing because it sucks that bad. Oh, and I'm sure this skid is like an adult now. Like, he's probably like 30 years old. Just like. Oh, that exists on the Internet. Like the copies exist on the Internet. It exists forever, you know? [00:15:19] Speaker B: What's this? On the Internet, it's there forever. [00:15:22] Speaker A: Like another one of my favorites is like this kid, you know, teaching take. Like he has like a, like a phone case that like has like a little cover on it. And he like takes a hammer and he's like, closes the case and he smacks his, you know, phone, and he opens it up, you know, thinking nothing's going to happen, of course. And the phone's just destroyed. [00:15:47] Speaker B: It's absolutely destroyed. [00:15:49] Speaker A: Yeah. Let's see if I can find that one kid breaks his phone with a hammer, with a case. Oh yeah, yeah, I found it. [00:16:09] Speaker C: Oh, God. [00:16:10] Speaker A: So remember when you watch this video, it's. [00:16:22] Speaker B: That is do stupid things, win stupid prizes. [00:16:25] Speaker A: Yeah. It just somebody else like took the video. [00:16:31] Speaker B: It's like old Internet level too. [00:16:34] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. I guarantee you that kid's a 30 year old be like, that exists on the Internet now. [00:16:42] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:16:46] Speaker A: It's like, you know, everyone that did anything. [00:16:51] Speaker C: Oh my God. [00:16:54] Speaker A: It's like I saw a post the other day. It's like, do you ever wonder what like the Two Girls One cup girls are doing now? [00:17:01] Speaker B: No, I don't. And you know, they're millionaires. [00:17:06] Speaker A: They're not. No. [00:17:09] Speaker B: Sucks for them. [00:17:11] Speaker C: What. What happened to them. [00:17:13] Speaker A: It turns out that they work for a studio and they made much worse content than the Two Girls One Cup. And like one of them got married to a per. The producer there. [00:17:27] Speaker B: Ew. Ew. [00:17:31] Speaker A: Yeah. It's like. But they're both like, good, you know, know, doing what they want to do. I guess. [00:17:38] Speaker C: I hope it. [00:17:42] Speaker A: It like it like I. I think the whole thing started off with like the whole rumor that the One Guy One Jar dude died. [00:17:54] Speaker B: He didn't die. [00:17:55] Speaker A: He didn't die? No. [00:17:56] Speaker C: How. [00:17:57] Speaker A: Have you ever seen that video? [00:17:58] Speaker B: I know. What? [00:18:01] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean like they said that he like died in the Ukraine war and whatever. It's like, no, he didn't actually die. And then someone was like, what happened to the two Girls One cup girls? And someone's like, oh, I actually have that information. [00:18:19] Speaker C: Wow. [00:18:19] Speaker A: And I'm like, oh, wow. Well, good for them. And like there's videos that you take that you just never upload to the Internet. And like, both of those should have just been one. [00:18:34] Speaker C: Yep. [00:18:36] Speaker A: Especially one guy, One jar. But I'm like, good on you for like putting that up because I'm sure there was some other dude that was like, I'm gonna stick a jar in my butt. And like, he saw that, he's like, I'm not gonna stick a jar in my butt. And you saved him from sticking a jar in his butt. I feel like you know, that that's necessary. And show videos of your failures so other people don't fail the same way you did. But back to the whole Tennessee trip. So we flew out to Tennessee, went to go do Dolly World, and we did the water park at Dolly World. Splash country is what it's called. And then we did, like, the main, you know, amusement park. And, you know, before that, we went to Gatlinburg, and there was like, some complicated ass, like, you know, Gatlinburg theme park? Anakeesta is the name of it. Anakeesta. And there. There's like, like rope bridges and, like, tree houses that you can go in. Oh, there's a early ticket. I didn't know about that. But yeah, you can, like, go in. And there's just children everywhere. They're like three people per, you know, on this bridge. And you just, like, see like a, you know, 18 kids on the bridge because they can't read. And, like, I guess I'm never getting out of here. Like, you, like, you'd be, like, waiting your turn, and the kid would just run past you and just jump on the bridge. It's like, oh, my God. This is why I don't have kids. This is why I'm glad I don't have kids. Do you ever want kids, Courtney? [00:20:44] Speaker C: I'm on the fence. [00:20:48] Speaker A: I'm not sure they're expensive, I can tell you that. [00:20:51] Speaker C: I know. [00:20:54] Speaker A: But yeah, we went up to Anakeesta, had a good ass time over there in Gatlinburg. Went out and did just like, random, you know, a lot of walking. And the kids wanted to go to a toy store. For some reason, they didn't give a about Anakeesta. They didn't, you know, care about. You're like, yeah, this is cool. And I think the best part about Anakeesta is someone forgot their little fan that squirts water. You know, these things. [00:21:31] Speaker C: Like, yeah, I have one. [00:21:35] Speaker A: And, you know, I spot one on the ground and no one's near it. It's just sitting there just for the taking. And you best believe your ass. I took that thing. It was hot as the devil's dick out there. And I just. I'm like, oh, yeah. And I just started spraying myself with it. You know, I'm like, I, I. You know, if someone comes up and it's like, oh, can I have my thing back? I. Sorry, I forgot it. I'll be like, oh, yeah, here you go. I was just cooling down real Quick. Thank you. But no one came. No one came back for it. I'm like, all right, well, you know, this is God. [00:22:11] Speaker C: Saying that you even waited was something that I wouldn't have done. [00:22:16] Speaker A: You wouldn't have done that? [00:22:18] Speaker C: Well, I don't know. [00:22:21] Speaker A: Like, I. I stayed in the area, but I had in my hands, you know, I was using it because I'm like, you know, hot, and, you know, like, it. If, like, I saw, like, a distraught your mother be like, I used the last of my money to get that. Then I'm like, all right, here you go. But no one came. You know, it's like, all right, well, that. That sucks. You. You, you know, littered this thing, and I picked up your garbage. That's the way I saw it. And we used it for, like, the. The rest of the week because, like, that was, like, day one. And, you know, just keeping up with kids with infinite energy is a nightmare. Like, they just, like, take off. Like, just bolt, you know, it's like, you know, getting like, a husky or some, you know, fast dog. And you, like, let them off the leash, and they just take the off, and you just have to, like, keep sprinting after them. It's like, oh. Until, like, they stop moving until they get distracted by something and you can get them again. Like, all right, stop doing that. [00:23:32] Speaker B: But you had fun. [00:23:34] Speaker A: I had fun. Then we, like, went and, you know, got dinner or, like, lunch, and I'm just like, all right, whatever. I'll cover this bill, you know, and like, we, like, the kids got, like, macaroni and cheese. And I had the best waitress. It was a place called Blue Moose over there in Gatlinburg. [00:24:01] Speaker B: There. [00:24:01] Speaker A: There was a waitress there, and I, you know, she saw that I was sweaty as. And I got. And she was on it with the water on it. Like, every single time that I needed water, she had a new. Like, like my. My cup never went dry ever, for the entire thing. She got, like a 40 tip out of me. So I'm like, yeah, like that. That's all it takes. It's like, you know, when I need water, you know, if I have to, like, be like, hey, hey, you're not getting a 40 tip. But this lady. Yeah, $40 tip. And she gave us, like, good ideas of other to go do, none of which we did. [00:24:48] Speaker B: Still. That was nice of her. [00:24:49] Speaker A: Yeah. She's like, there's escape rooms. I'm like, we have little ones. They're gonna be a problem. [00:24:59] Speaker C: Oh, my. [00:25:02] Speaker A: And then, you know, like, when we went to the, you know, Water park. I knew I was going to burn, because I know, like, underneath my shirt, I'm a white man. And so I put on sunscreen. You know, I'm like, I. I told everyone. I'm like, I know I'm gonna burn, and if I don't put on sunscreen, I'm gonna regret it. I put on the sunscreen, you know, because I'm like, I. I don't want to, you know, be that guy that complains, you know, because I didn't put on sunscreen. [00:25:32] Speaker C: Burnt. [00:25:32] Speaker A: Anyway. Burnt any. And, like, the problem with having kids and, you know, being the uncle, it's like, you know, I would, like, take two of them and be like, all right, come on, we're gonna go down this giant slide. And it's like, now we have to go find your parents again. And your parents are somewhere in this park. And so it's like, you know, we. We do the ride, and it's like, sometimes we'll just do it twice, because I'm like, if they're not here, you know, whatever. And then it's like, all right, now let's go hunt for your parents somewhere in this park. And since it was a water park, I did not have my glasses on, and so I couldn't see anything. And I'm just like, all right, I need someone else. It was 2020 vision to be able to, like, spot your parents, like, look for your parents if you see them. Cool. And so, like, that. That was like, most of, like, you know, these amusement parks is like, we'd go on. I would, like, take one of the kids on a ride and then have to, like, go hunt the entire park. And on the 4th of July, we did the main park, and my phone died, like, halfway through the day. Like, okay, whatever. And, you know, my friend's wife, her phone, she, like, left her phone in the bathroom, you know, as women do. Courtney. [00:27:06] Speaker B: Yeah, it happens to the best of us. [00:27:11] Speaker A: She's like, yeah, that was me. I remember that. And my. My buddy Ben, he, like, he had the gps, and he was on the phone with the person that had the phone. And so he had to, like, go find this person and find his wife. And I'm just like, all right, well, I'll take your son on this ride. We went on twice, and then, you know, he wasn't there, like, at the exit or at the entrance. So I'm like, all right, let's go find your dad. We walked the entire park, and since I had a dead phone, I'm like, there's no place to charge it. And I see, like, this little kiosk that says phone charging, you know, and it's fuel rods. And for $30, you can buy a phone charger out of, like, a little vending machine. I'm like, they got my. My ass 100%. It's the only one at the park, too. I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm. I'm, like, trying to, you know, not spend money on dumb stuff, but I'm like, all right, give me this. And I'm like, charging my phone. And, you know, it gets up to, like, 2%, and I'm about to turn back on my phone. I look up, and I see his dad. I'm like, like, immediately, I'm like, we could have just continued walking. And, and here is the worst part of the entire thing. We did a giant loop. Like, the. The entire park is built like a Q, like, the letter Q. They. We were at, like, the top of the tail of the queue, and we did the entire loop around. They were in the tail of the queue. Just, wow. I'm like, oh, are you kidding me? Like, yeah, we're here the entire time. I'm like, we just walk, like, two miles. But I did get a phone charger, so I was able to, like, take more pictures. So, like, that. That was pretty cool. [00:29:29] Speaker C: Was it one you can take with you or one that you had to keep your phone there? [00:29:34] Speaker A: No, I. It's like a, you know, little battery bank. [00:29:37] Speaker C: Yeah, okay. Yeah, I remember. [00:29:39] Speaker A: Yeah, like, they, they sell them on Amazon, and. But here is the cool thing about it is, you know, if you're in an airport and you're like, you don't want to, like, plug into the wall, or you're on, like, a shitty airline like me that doesn't have plugins, [00:29:56] Speaker C: you [00:29:56] Speaker A: can, you know, replace it, like, if you have a dead one, because they're not, you know, very, like, powerful. It's not, like, charge your phone three times. You can replace the entire thing with a fully charged one for $4. So, like, once you get it, then, you know, replacements are dirt cheap. And if you're at Disneyland, they're free. So that's pretty cool. And you get a, you know, fully updated, you know, brand new battery. So I, I, I'm super happy with all that. You know, I'll keep on holding on to it. And so, yeah, you know, Fourth of July was a lot of fun. Then I had to, you know, get back here. And luckily, nothing bad happened the entire time. Good yeah, like, I. I left early because I'm like, okay, you know, if I don't, it's going to be a nightmare. And there's gonna be a ton of people in Tennessee taking flights. I guess Tennessee has never heard of flights. There's, like, 12 people in the airport. Walked right through security, and they didn't. I'm just like, oh, man. Like, I. I'm used to, like, Denver, where it's like a nightmare. It's like, nope, your. Your gate's right here. And. And I kind of miss, like, the small little airports. [00:31:32] Speaker B: Yeah, small airports are nice. [00:31:35] Speaker C: Yeah, they are. Not stressful at all. Yeah, that. That's why I like the Palm Springs one. It's smaller, it gets plenty of traffic. [00:31:47] Speaker B: It's super easy to navigate. [00:31:49] Speaker A: It's also, like, an hour away from you, too, but, [00:31:56] Speaker C: I mean, it's actually like, the closest one. [00:31:58] Speaker A: Yeah, it's like, yeah, very close, but still like an hour away. And. And then, like, I. I get back, you know, and, you know, start my week, you know, the six, and everything's going back, going good. Like, everyone's happy that I'm back. Like, oh, thank God. Because I guess, you know, the people that were covering for me were doing a job. And then Wednesday was, you know, open mic. I hadn't done open mic in, like, a month. You know, like, I. I had some shit, you know, planned up, you know, jokes about being an uncle and all that and, you know, taking care of kids and how they're a fucking nightmare, but you would take a bullet for them anyway, you know? You know, I had some, like, killer shit. And then, like, four hours before getting on stage, I found out another one of my close friends died. I'm like, oh, there's my buddy Mugs. You know, he passed away on the 7th. And, like, you know, I'm like. I'm like, all right. And. And so, like, I. I get up on stage just, you know, with this rattle around in my head, and then I, you know, just went into jokes, you know, about, you know, and stories about the oil field and working in the oil fields and how there's, you know, three things you need to know about the oil fields. It's like, number one, you know, there's going to be no hr no mommy to run to. You know, either you're a put. Either, you know, you're a man or you leave, you know, that's it. You know, there's no in between. You know, we. We don't give a. You know. Number two, everyone there has a Drug or alcohol problem. And number three, everyone has a nickname. Everyone. And really? Yeah, I had a nickname. I was Thomas. I still am Thomas out there. [00:34:08] Speaker C: Why the Thomas? What the. [00:34:11] Speaker A: Don't know. No one told me. They just like, your name is Thomas. That's it. You know, we had Baby Huey, Wild Bill, you know, lt, Big Hoss, Sexy Lexi, Caveman, you know, Roadhouse. Yeah, we. Yeah, I know. Everyone has a nickname. You know, that. That's just how it is, you know, And a lot of times you're just given your nickname and, you know, like, we all know each other's real names, but, you know, just go by your nickname at that point. So. Yeah, but. But yeah, I was telling, you know, stories about, you know, how when I first met Caveman, you know, he came up and grabbed, like, a handful of grease and just wiped it across my brand new coveralls, you know, and I just grabbed all my grease and, know, wiped it across his. And, you know, stories like when mugs came in with like a. A little film canister with, like, pure, you know, capsation crystals, like 16 million scoval heat unit, you know, crystals, and just, you know, made everyone take, like a spoon and gave everyone a single drop of this, and it just turned the entire shop into chaos, you know, crying and throwing up. And then it wasn't until, like afterwards, I realized that he didn't do it at all. He just made us all do it and just watched for his pleasure. Yeah, well, yeah, like, that's how it was. Like, we all. With each other all the goddamn time. [00:36:04] Speaker C: You guys put pyzine in each other's drinks or something like that? [00:36:09] Speaker A: No, nothing that can be, like, poisonous or anything like that. [00:36:16] Speaker C: But I seen isn't poisonous. [00:36:19] Speaker A: Oh, eye drops can kill you. Yeah, but, yeah, eye drops can very easily kill you if you put, like, just a little bit every day. Yes. Right. Eye drops. [00:36:30] Speaker C: Yeah, but like, once. Once. [00:36:32] Speaker A: It'll give you diarrhea and that. That's fine. We, like, we were smoking crystal meth out there. Like, it. Yeah, it's a whole other thing, you know, like, we didn't, like, one of the guys got, you know, in trouble for drinking too much on the job. Not for drinking on the job. For drinking too much on the job. And they fired him. And that. That was omega, you know, like the most stereotypical black guy that you'll ever meet. You know, he was hilarious. Like, he would come around the corner, you know, with an Old English 40 and a chicken wing and a pregnant, you know, white lady back home. I Was like, omega. Like, when are you gonna abandon that child? He's like, what? What? Why would you say that? I'm like, you're the most stereotypical black man I've ever met in my entire life. It's like. It's what's gonna happen. It's like, man, you racist. I'm like, you're in North Dakota. Welcome to the party. You know, like, we, like, we had people from, you know, South America, and we just call them goat all the time. Like, I had one friend from Ghana. Oh. And I convinced him. You know, he's like, I am the. I'm the best at playing instruments. I can play any type of instrument whatsoever. And I'm like, all right, well, how good are you at the skin flute? He's like, I am the best at skin flute. I'm not. Nobody can ever beat me. I'm. I'm number one. He's like, what is a skin flute? I'm like, go ahead and look it up, bud. You know, open up your phone and look up skin flute. And so, like, you know, five minutes later, I'm like, back at my area working, and I just hear from across the shop, it is a dick. Usually they all pissed off. And that's how he got the name Skin Flute. Yeah. He's called him Skin Flu from then on. You know, one kid was a Ziploc because he failed his piss test, you know, with a Ziploc of my piss taped to his leg because they couldn't figure it out. [00:39:09] Speaker C: Oh, my God. [00:39:15] Speaker A: And, yeah, it's like one of those, like, you know, fun times. But it's like, you know, both caveman and mugs have, you know, passed away this year, and it's like, ah, that sucks. [00:39:30] Speaker C: Oh, that does. [00:39:37] Speaker A: But it's like when you get, like, eight friends in nine months, it's like, all right, you know, keep. You know, stop. Stop doing it. But bring it on. I don't care anymore. I'm numb to it at this point. You know, I can, you know, go out and tell fun stories. But, like, when Mugs made a fake gay ad for, you know, Was it Pooh Bear? [00:40:12] Speaker C: Oh, God. [00:40:15] Speaker A: Yeah. He was like, this dude named Wade, and he, like, mugs, like, you know, had a picture of Wade, like, in his underwear, like, on his side with, like, a rose in his teeth, you know? And, like, he got it off, like, a dating website or something stupid like that. And so he went on Craigslist, and he's like, you know, pooh Bear looking for my paw bear, you know, you know, male for male, you know, gay, you know, dating. Ad. This is dating me for, you know, a long time ago. And, you know, he's like, you know, I'm, you know, looking for my paw bear. I'm just like a little bear, you know, looking for, you know, big man, you know, take care of me. And he put in his real number, and he got so many dick pics just based on that. And just, like, mugs like that. That's diabolical. Like, there was hardly anything that wasn't, you know, acceptable. You can do whatever the you wanted, kill each other. But, yeah, now. Now vacation is over now. Now everything is back up and running until we go out to go see Courtney here in a couple months. [00:41:52] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. [00:41:53] Speaker A: I. October. You still want to come out to do that, too, for the day? [00:42:10] Speaker C: Are you guys. How long are you guys staying just for that? [00:42:15] Speaker A: Well, we'll be leaving Saturday. It looks like the third. Third. Then we have, like, some hotels, and then probably get there on Tuesday the 6th. I think it was either Monday or Tuesday. I forget. And then I was gonna. You know, the original plan was leaving my wife with you. And then you coming on up. It's just a Joshua Tree on the seventh. [00:42:49] Speaker C: Okay. When does it start? So you're coming on Tuesday the 6th? [00:42:53] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm just kind of hanging out, and then I have a. An early pass to get on on the 7th to get everything, you know, up. Like the tent and all that stuff and the canopy. [00:43:08] Speaker C: Oh, okay. [00:43:09] Speaker A: And then the 8th is when it actually starts. So nothing is happening on the seventh. Just kind of set up. Then the eighth is, you know, when everything is popping off. So. [00:43:26] Speaker C: Okay. And then you guys are. And the. It goes until Sunday the 8th. Okay. Okay. [00:43:35] Speaker A: So it's like a little, you know, mini Burning man. And then I go back to work on the 14th, [00:43:48] Speaker C: so. [00:43:50] Speaker A: Nice and easy. But we'll figure that out when we get closer to it. [00:43:55] Speaker C: Yeah. What time does it start in the morning? [00:43:59] Speaker A: Oh, I don't know. See? Joshua Tree Music Festival. The 2026 Joshua Tree music Festival will start on Thursday, October, I think. It just, like, starts, like, at 9 or something like that. [00:44:24] Speaker C: Okay. [00:44:31] Speaker A: I feel like I could get, like. If I didn't already, like, buy the tickets, I could just be like, yeah, you know, do the work. Exchange. Yeah. Join the crew that keeps the festival flowing. Lend your hand and meet amazing people and earn your pass through the magic of shared effort. [00:44:49] Speaker C: Oh, wow. [00:44:55] Speaker A: Jesus Christ. [00:44:59] Speaker C: What? [00:45:00] Speaker A: You still have to fucking pay. So, you know, we pay your deposit. We require a $255 deposit, which includes a 2 or $15 non refundable admin fee. [00:45:26] Speaker C: All right. [00:45:26] Speaker A: Yeah, that ain't too bad, but, yeah, having to pay two. Like having to pay for a ticket and then you get your money back. Yeah, whatever. I already paid for my tickets. But that. That's gonna be it for this week. We'll be back next week with some more, you know, nonsense, you know, back to our normal programming, whatever, nonsense, and then. Yeah. All right, see y' all later. Bye. [00:45:54] Speaker B: Bye. [00:45:54] Speaker C: Bye.