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And I'm Rob.
Rob, you want to finish what you started on the last podcast about, well you go ahead and explain it.
Yeah, it's, I found this on Society of Rock, and the article is called The Rockstars That Went Too Hard in Rocking.
Well, on the last podcast I gave the first five, which was Keith Moon, Keith Richards, Ozzy Osbourne, John Bonham, and Errol Smith-Confit twins, which is Steven Tyler and Joe Perry.
Yep.
So tonight, I had the final five.
Cool.
Guitarist Dave Navarro got banned from the Playboy Mansion after injecting heroin and attempted to write on the walls with his blood during infamous business.
Oh my God.
Wow, I had no idea.
I did not hear about that one.
No, I didn't know Dave Navarro was that fucked up at one time. Geez. I didn't know he was a heroin junkie it sounds like.
Injected.
Yeah, oh.
He shot it.
Fuck, main line in heroin is not playing around.
Damn dude.
Wow, now he must have cleaned up because he's on Ink Master and everything.
Yeah, yeah, no, I'm sure he cleaned up. Remember he was like married to Carmen Elector or something and then I forgot.
Yeah, I bet it was about that time. I bet it was.
Yeah, it probably was. I mean to be honest, I mean that 90s period there, everybody was fucked up. I mean any type of music at all, they were just on something or another.
I mean look at all the people that OD'd, killed themselves, what have you. I mean it was an inordinate amount even for music and an inordinate amount of people dying off from drug overdoses and killing themselves because of being on drugs.
So, yeah, it was even for music, even for the music industry and especially particularly the rock industry which has been real heavy with overdoses ever since rock and roll got big.
Yeah.
Even then it was a large number of rock stars that OD'd or killed themselves because of drug use. So, anyhow, go ahead Rob.
Okay, next. Billy Idol's three week party in a bank top hotel resulted in a $250,000 bill for damages. Military intervention was needed to remove him, highlighting the extremes of his nonstop party.
I love Billy Idol, I love him even more now. It took the military to get him out of his hotel.
Dude, he pulled the ultimate hotel party, costing $250,000.
Man, he made me shame on my game. My hotel game used to be good. Nothing like that. Nothing like that.
Oh yeah, yeah.
Oh wow.
Wow. And that was in Bangkok, so you know shit's cheap there.
Oh yeah, gosh, there's probably fucking Bangkok hookers everywhere, all over everywhere.
I got them.
$250,000, I bet they destroyed the whole floor.
Yes, because like you said, Bangkok, I don't imagine anything being too expensive there, especially at that time.
Right, right.
Yeah, but it's funny, they had to bring in military intervention to get him out of there.
I wonder if they charge him for the military intervention and all that too.
I know the United States would.
Oh yeah, and they should.
I know for a fact.
You waste money like that, they should charge you. So, wow.
Right, right.
Okay.
Okay, next up, Dungeon Rose's bases. Doug McKagan faced health issues due to excessive alcohol consumption.
A burst pancreas prompted him to change his lifestyle and seek recovery.
And he is like really good on Wall Street right now. He's like some sort of...
Yes, he is.
I mean, he is highly intelligent and that burst pancreas probably saved his life, even though it sounds like weird that he would say something like that.
But it probably saved his life because...
It changed his lifestyle.
Yes.
He changed his lifestyle. In other words, he quit drinking, I'm guessing. Yeah, he's living a good life, like you just mentioned. Now he's doing stuff on Wall Street.
Yeah, it was that moment of clarity I imagine when he...
Yes, yeah.
...his pancreas burst. Wow, that's interesting. And anyhow, he's a great bass player. He just doesn't look rock and roll now.
I mean, he's cooler now.
Right.
I haven't seen him later.
I mean, yeah.
It's kind of sad when I see some of these rockers from my generation, like Dave Mustaine. I think he beat or at least is in remission hopefully of throat cancer. He had a lot of treatments.
But I mean, he kind of looks like Hank Hill or something now. He does not look like he used to.
And it's sad for me, not just because of he and this big robust rock star anymore, but I don't know. It's a reminder that we're all mortal and we're all getting older. We're all getting older and we're all dwindling down. It's really kind of sad.
And if you think about it, these guys are actually a couple years older than us, if not a few more.
Yeah, they are. I mean, Dave Mustaine I believe is probably 62 or something like that. They're a little bit ahead of us, but they look like they're quite a bit ahead of us probably because of their lifestyle. But it's just sad when I see that.
You think we used to party. Ha!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Not like this.
We were lightweight.
I always had the ability to get my head together, thank God. No matter how far I took it the night before, I always had the ability to look at myself and go, dude, you need to slow down. If you don't, you're going to do stupid shit.
So you better just, you better get in check right now. And I know you have that ability too, but we all know people, we all know good friends that did not have the ability. Some of them are alive, some of them are in prison, some of them are dead, unfortunately.
So, anyhow, go ahead with your list, I'm sorry.
Okay, next up.
Rob Stewart found a creative way to enjoy cocaine without damaging his voice. Homemade cocaine suppositories.
The Stevie's approach allowed him to balance his love for the drug with his singing career.
And yes, I have heard that.
Stevie Nicks style is what they call it. Stevie Nicks had an anal injector that injected her cocaine anally because she destroyed her nose cavities from cocaine.
This is not, I mean, I read this in enough reputable places, I do believe this to be true. I mean, I read it in, I don't know, quite a few magazines that this actually did happen.
She had a handler that was in charge of anally injecting cocaine. And every time I've seen Fleetwood Mac, I've seen them three times, Stevie Nicks would leave the stage a large amount of times.
She'd do a song, leave the stage for a minute, come back. Do a song, leave the stage for a minute, come back.
And back then I was thinking, hmm, is she doing bumps of coke or something because what the hell is going on?
And then I find out way later, yeah, but not the way you're accustomed to.
It was so bad they call it SNS, Stevie Nicks style. So if you hear anyone go, yeah, I was doing cocaine SNS, that means you're doing it anyway.
I've never heard about Stevie doing it. I've heard about Rod Stewart doing it.
Yeah, and also heard other things about Rod Stewart, but it was not true.
Yeah, me too.
I forgot what, someone that was like really mad at him, I read the story behind this, it was really interesting, believe it or not.
Someone that was really mad at him started that rumor and Rod Stewart heard it, he said, keep spreading it. He goes, this is great publicity.
He didn't care, he didn't give a shit. He had the hottest chicks around him, he had all the money.
He's like, I don't care if people think I did that. It gets him to talk about me. So I was like, way to go Rod.
Boy it did, boy it did.
Yes it did, because everybody when we were younger thought that story was true.
Yeah, if you know the story we're talking about.
Let's see, he...
If you're old enough to remember.
Yeah, you know what, I'll just leave it at that because half of the audience is going to go, oh yeah, I remember that. And the other half is going to go...
Another half of you, look it up.
Look it up. Anyhow, I'm interrupting your West End.
Okay, okay, one last one.
Alrighty.
Alternative rockers or replacements were infamous for their heavy drinking leading to a ban from Saturday Night Live.
Guitarist Bob Stitson's extreme behavior contributed to his departure from the band and eventual death.
Oh, I didn't even know that. Wow, okay.
Okay.
Okay, I mean I wasn't really big on the replacements but I had no idea about that. Okay.
No, I didn't either until I read this.
Huh, well that's too bad.
I mean I've heard of them, you know, my tap music.
Yeah, yeah, me too. I mean I did like some of their stuff but really most of it was not my stuff either.
But I knew about them, I knew about their antics and found them intriguing. It's just that music wasn't my style that I liked.
So I get you Rob, I was the same way.
Anyhow, man, thank you.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, one other thing.
Yes.
Grandma Opal.
Grandma Opal, yep. Grandma Opal, thank you for listening, we love you, you're awesome.
Grandma Opal from Garden City, Kansas and her...
Dodge City, Dodge City.
Oh, was it Dodge City? Oh shit, I'm sorry.
Dodge City.
It was Dodge City. Okay, Grandma Opal from Dodge City.
Yeah, yeah, she's a lot of our hits on RSS, Dodge City.
Yeah, I know, we keep getting a lot from there so it's gotta be Grandma Opal and probably her son. And her son is a great guy, he emailed me a couple of times.
And he said that, he said he can maybe like, if she wants to go on the air, if she wants to, he'll probably interpret it for both, you know, he'll tell her in person,
hey, they said they really like you and thank you for listening and if you got any thoughts of wisdom and then she would say, yeah, you know, we're a rubber-
So in other words, she would be on air with us and she would be right there?
Yes, yeah.
Okay, so as long as you put her on speaker, you know, we want to hear her.
Yeah, yeah, so I think he will, if it pans out, great, but he said he's gotta be over there on a weekend, in the evening, he does go over on the weekends to help her out on everything that she could get done during the week and bring her groceries and stuff like that.
Because you are a great guy, my-
He is, because she loves living on her own.
You are a great guy, you take care of your grandma.
Yes, and he said that she loves her independence so much that if she didn't have it, he thinks that like she would just, you know, probably not, you know, not do so well.
So anyhow, you know, he's given her her independence and at the same time making sure that she has plenty of everything that she needs and everything that's done around the house.
So anyhow, he never did give me his name though. I'm gonna ask him, email me your name, whoever you are, and grandma, Opal, we love you.
No, I think you said it on the-
On the first one?
Okay, I'll go back to my emails because I still have them online, the ones that are printed out.
I'm pretty sure you mentioned it when you first mentioned this.
You know what, I probably did because, yeah, only a few names stand out like Ruth Ann because she was so mad, you know, and stuff like that.
I mean, the other one, Jeffy X, you know, the people from Montrose.
Ruth Ann's gonna go down in the hall of fame of this show.
Oh, and there's a big groundswell, a grassroots effort to get her in the ass paddling and in the hall of fame.
I have two more emails demanding her be paddled.
Rob will not let it happen, I'm sorry.
I will not let it happen.
Even though Ruth Ann-
She is my friend.
Ruth Ann turned her back on Rob to hurt me. He still will not turn his back on her.
Rob, you're a true friend, unlike Ruth Ann.
So, anyhow, you know Reese's peanut butter cups are pretty awesome, right?
Oh, dude, that's my favorite candy.
Oh, it's so good.
Yeah, yeah, I mean, yeah, if I buy any candy, I'm not a candy eater. But yeah, Reese's peanut butter cups, that's it.
Well-
I even make a chocolate pie and I spread peanut butter in the graham cracker shell. Oh, it's awesome.
Oh, that sounds good.
I'm gonna add the wood top. Yeah, you don't even have to cook it.
Well, Reese's has come up with a new peanut butter cake and it's called Nothing Bunt Cakes.
And anyhow, it's a peanut butter chocolate bunt cake and it's gonna be available next Halloween for a limited time.
And it looks like you're gonna have to order it online.
I'll be watching.
Yeah, me too. That sounds pretty good to me.
And we have-
Well, hey, I could make my own.
That's what I thought too.
Now that they gave me the idea, I can make my own.
I would make my own and also try one of theirs because I bet you one of theirs is really good. Wouldn't you think?
Oh, so if you're talking about cake, did you know that you can make a cake in a crop pot?
No. Really?
I used to do it. Yep.
Huh. You know what? Not on there because-
Let me- I'll get there. Anybody that's interested, yes, you can make a cake in a crop pot. I will get the recipe and I'll bring it out on the next podcast.
Either that or just put it up on our Facebook page, Two Deuce Bags and Microphone.
Alright. How about both? You put it on the page and you also tell it.
Alright.
Okay. That way if people don't remember, they can go back to that and get it as a reference.
Which, yeah, with all my time off I've had, I still ain't made the work on the Facebook page.
You know what, everything here is a process because everything we do is in our spare time.
I mean we have lives, we have full-time jobs, we have stuff we have to do like tomorrow the floor guy's coming in because a new slab that was screwed up that they had to fix.
We have this, it's called river gravel, pea gravel coating put on the top of it. Well, when they had to dig into it to fasten the two slabs together like I described before, they had to tear all that up. They had to tear it all out.
So the guy from Patriot Coating is coming back out tomorrow to redo that spot and the foundation company, they're going to pay for it.
So, relatively happy after all the crap that happened earlier this year. It seems like maybe finally this is going to be done.
So, anyhow, it's coming over tomorrow.
I hope so.
Yeah, so, anyhow.
That's been a big battle for you.
A lot of weight off your shoulders, right?
Yeah, because it's been really stressful for about a year and a half now because that's how long it took to get two slabs put on the house and a coating.
Anyhow, you know, I'm not even going to go into it.
And I'm not going to dog the company or nothing like that because you know what, they made it good.
Yeah, they made it good.
Yeah, no, no, no, no, no, no.
And I would mention them on the podcast, but everything has been so sensitive and we're at odds with each other so much.
I don't feel comfortable saying anything.
They may not want to even be associated with it because everything was screwed up.
Patriot Coatings didn't screw anything up.
They did wonderful, but I'm not going to mention the other, the foundation company because they did screw a lot of stuff up.
They made it good, but if I mention their name, it's going to seem like they're not a good company, which I think they are.
So, that's why I'm not mentioning their name.
I totally understand that.
Yeah, I think it would be wrong.
I'm from the construction world.
I totally understand that.
Yeah, because they did right and they honored everything.
So, anyhow, you know that Tuyetago Viola is getting a lot of criticism, right?
He usually does.
Yes, he does.
Oh, did I say that out loud?
What did you say?
I said, did I say that out loud?
I think everybody knows.
Well, this criticism is a little different.
Okay, all the sports talk shows, we know this, all the sports talk shows are, oh, he's soft.
He can't get it done.
He's weak.
He drops the ball in clutch times.
He can't deliver that clutch pass and all this.
Okay, so we got all of that right.
And I mean, in all fairness, they are a Miami team and they were in like, what was it?
The windchill was like 25 below when they're playing the game.
25, 30 below, yeah, windchill.
In Kansas City.
Yeah, in Kansas City.
Tyreek Hill knew what he was coming into.
He played it.
And he admitted it was worse than what he thought.
It was horrid.
It was horrid because I had to do a couple of things out in the yard that took more than 10 minutes.
And I'll tell you what, it was horrid.
I don't think I've ever experienced cold on that level before.
It was a different kind of cold.
I mean, there's a cold that goes through you.
Yes, I know this.
But this was like a cold that would, a type of cold that would engulf you and take all your air away.
I mean, it was just, it was horrible.
I don't know how people stood out there.
So anyhow.
I've been binge watching Ice Hurt Truckers.
Oh jeez, that show is scary.
Just for something, dude.
And no, the temperatures, you know, they get 30, they're like 30, 40 below.
Yeah, they do.
So the temperature that night was not far off that.
Yeah.
Yeah, I used to watch that show all the time.
And I found it very stressful.
So I stopped watching it.
I love it, dude.
It keeps me on the edge of my seat.
That's cool.
I mean, me, I took it personally.
I was sitting around the edge of my seat.
Oh, dude, man, you're, oh, come on, man.
So anyhow, it was a good show though.
So anyhow, Tua Tagovaiola is getting a lot of criticism, not because of his play on the field, but what he did after the game going to Patrick Mahomes.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes approached Miami's Tua Tagovaiola on the field and waited a second as LaJeriastique finished his conversation with the Dolphins quarterback.
Mahomes then congratulated Tua Tagovaiola, who led the NFL with 4,624 passing yards on a hell of a season.
Tagovaiola asked for Mahomes' jersey after the game, but the jersey had been promised to someone else, but Mahomes promised to send him a signed and autographed jersey in the mail.
The reason he's getting criticism is fans are saying that he is appearing soft because he's a, he's a homer or a mark for Patrick Mahomes.
They say that you shouldn't be, you shouldn't be that enamored with a current player that, that you're soft and you're weak.
And I, I, I don't think that's the truth at all.
I think that he's a fan of Mahomes, which a lot of people are, and there's been other people asking for his jersey before.
It's just that Tagovaiola is getting a lot of criticism, criticism right now and he's getting piled on. And, and anyhow, I, that to me was unfair.
Maybe some of the other stuff you want to say about he, you know, he's not clutch. He doesn't, if, if it's a winning record team, he can't win.
If you rush him, he freaks out. Maybe some of that might be true. There might be some truth to that.
But this right here is nitpicking. So to me, if you're going to say something about the guy, don't say something like that about, oh, he shouldn't have asked for his jersey.
I think that's a very nice compliment that he gave Mahomes doing that. And I think it's a very nice gesture.
And Mahomes didn't take any offense to that at all. Mahomes is like, you know what? I promise this jersey to someone else.
And, but I will send you one. So I think it's fantastic that they have comradery like that. And then he has an admiration for Mahomes and Mahomes seems to like him well too.
Okay. I haven't said nothing yet, but I had been noticing a lot of that going on in the NFL.
The quarterback players are exchanging jerseys.
I think it's more.
Right on the field after the game.
I think some of it may be for their kids.
Because I think what did I read was Peyton Manning.
He got some jerseys from Mahomes when he was, I forgot he was doing some stuff with Mahomes and he got some jerseys for his sons because his sons are like nuts about him.
Henry Winkler got into Patrick Mahomes because his sons were into him and that's how he, you know, he never wasn't even, he wasn't even into football before Mahomes.
Okay. Okay. Keep that name in your head for after the next break.
Henry Winkler?
Yes.
Okay. All right. Let's.
Anyway, keep going.
Okay. So anyhow, I think it's unjust criticism on that one.
You may say a lot of things about him, but I think that that's nitpicking and leave him alone.
So real quick, I want to mention this.
Aldi announced that the company has become the first major US retailer to eliminate plastic shopping bags.
Remember our articles we've been doing for a long time.
It started with Topher about how microplastics and nanoplastics are everywhere and they're going through us.
Yes.
And they can identify as cells.
Well, as a human cell.
You just talked about that.
Yeah, the water bottles.
Well, Aldi is starting to do something about it.
They're eliminating all plastic bags, which is a good start.
Shoppers will need to bring.
Aldi's did?
Yeah, Aldi's did.
Yes. And Aldi's a good store.
I mean, a lot of people dog them. Oh, it's cheap stuff or something like that.
You know what? Some people, that's all they can afford.
It's a good thing.
Some people, that's what they get.
I just made it sound Aldi's. I got a bath.
For.
My family.
For cheaper stuff is quality stuff.
And I think it's great that they offer healthy forms of food to lower income.
Yeah, they do.
It's a good thing.
So shoppers will need to bring their reusable bags or purchase a reusable bag at the checkout.
The supermarket chain said its goal was to remove all plastic shopping bags from its stores by the end of 2023.
And they seem to appear to have done it.
So Aldi, we salute you.
And we're going to be right back in a couple of minutes with some more stuff.
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Hey everybody. Thanks for joining us tonight.
I got a story about Mick Mars and the lawsuit that he filed against Motley Crue.
Oh cool.
Yeah, we've been following this for quite a while and I think it's a good one.
Yeah, we have. We have. We have.
Anyone that lists this program for any time at all knows that we are on Mick Mars' side all the way.
We think that Mick Mars, in our opinion, was done wrong and it's bullshit and they're trying to X him out of all this money.
When he was the guy that probably came up with all this music because by all these articles I read, Doc McGee, Nicky Sixx, you know when Doc McGee was going to produce Dr. Feelgood, Nicky Sixx didn't even know how to play bass.
He didn't play them on the first three or four albums. Someone else played on those according to the articles that I read.
So who came up with the music? It wasn't Nicky Sixx. He couldn't play. It had to be Mick Mars.
And them doing that to him, in our opinion, was shitty and not right and just downright just a nasty way of doing things, right?
Yeah. Yeah, just low budget, dirty, nasty. So anyhow, I've got a follow up.
Mick Mars scored a victory in his ongoing legal battle with Motley Crue Tuesday when a Los Angeles judge agreed that the rock veterans had unjustly refused to cough up the dirt on its wide ranging business dealings
as it simultaneously sought to oust its founding guitarist early last year.
In a new court ruling obtained by Rolling Stone, the judge said the band's stonewalling left Mars with no choice but to sue for the corporate documents last April.
The Los Angeles judge noted that after the filing, the band took eight months to make a final sizable document dump to Mars last month.
Citing the delay, the judge ruled that Mars is now entitled to have the band cover his legal bills.
The requests were not burdensome, yet Mars was compelled to file suit and it appears plain that production would not have occurred without it.
Mars is entitled to attorney fees, Los Angeles Superior Court James C. Sheffield said in his Tuesday ruling.
The judge noted that when the band produced some of the requested documents on November 2nd, it gave assurances this was all of the responsive documents in Motley Crue's possession.
That proved to be wrong, Judge Sheffield wrote, pointing to articles of incorporation and income tax returns that only arrived among 1,372 pages of records delivered in early December.
So, what this means, I could read on, but I think everyone could kind of get what that means, you know.
What it means is, Mick Mars is having his, by having to go out of his way to get all the documents, cost him all this money and legal,
this means that Motley Crue had to pay his legal to do that because they would not cough up the documents necessary,
and they stonewalled and took a long time is what this judge is saying, what they were doing was a-
That's only right. That's only right.
And this is key for the whole case, because if that went Mars' way, I don't see how anything else could not go Mars' way,
because all these documents in the stonewalling would prove that they're hiding something in my opinion, right? Wouldn't you think that?
Yeah, I mean-
Yeah, go ahead Rob.
They're taking credit for stuff he has done.
Yes, and I think-
As they grew.
Yes.
And then they want to give him the boot, and they still take the credit. No, that's just wrong.
I just don't understand where this mindset came from, because Nicky Sixx used to be one of my idols, I just loved the guy, just thought he was so cool,
and he was the anti-everything that I hated about corporate America and all that, and he was like the outlaw, the guy that waved his middle finger at everybody and said,
No, I'm going to do things my way. Fuck you all.
And then all of a sudden, this thing that he said he was never going to be, he is. Litigious, stick in the mud, trying to-
This is all my opinion, trying to screw people over, being an asshole, having inflated opinions of everything and of yourself.
You know, having someone like him comment on Twitter, X, whatever, about morality, or him saying something, and this isn't pro or con Trump,
but him saying something about Trump, I'm looking at him and thinking, Dude, wait a minute, what the fuck are you doing?
Right.
Yeah, who are you to be pointing fingers when you're sitting there screwing this guy over that you're supposed to have started this band with,
that you could have never even got close to if it wasn't for that guy's brilliance on guitar?
And it's insane to think that someone would even try to do that.
So I think, go Mick Mars and I can't wait until he runs them in the ground.
One of his two new songs, one of them is okay, the second song, The Right Side of Wrong, is brilliant.
And if all of the songs are somewhere around that line, he's already beat Motley Crue in the last 15, 20 years with two songs.
He had two quality songs out when Motley Crue has not had a quality song, in my opinion, in 25 years.
They don't even write music anymore, I don't think.
I think that's what John 5 is there for, to write music, because it's just been a bunch of garbage, what they've done.
And then everything he's done outside of Motley Crue has been garbage.
So anyhow, Motley Crue will never have a hit again because they cannot write them.
Unless John 5 figures it out and figures out the formula, you're not going to get another song probably from Motley Crue.
And if you do the last two songs, they're going to be those horrible songs like that, that they claim, oh it's so good, it's so heavy, it's so dark, it's so brooding.
No, it's just not really good music. You've heard it, haven't you?
Yeah, I have. It's not Motley.
No, it's not that good and it's not Motley.
And the reason it's not Motley is because it's not Mick Mars.
Mick Mars' guitar is what made Motley Crue.
Yes, ding ding ding.
Yes, so anyhow, I think that's a major victory for Mick Mars and I say yay.
I'm very happy for him and I hope he wins this whole thing because I think in my opinion he has been done horribly.
And I hope he gets his just and his money and Motley has to leave with egg on their face.
I know they got some from this ruling. So anyhow, pretty cool.
So Rob, you went back to work today after a little hiatus. Everything went pretty well, huh?
Yeah, yeah, it's kind of crazy. We were off for two and a half weeks around Christmas.
Christmas to New Year's, went back on the third. We worked three days, had two days off for the weekend.
And then we worked five days and we had four days off because of the cold weather these past couple days.
Yeah, and I mean really it was like what we talked about, you know, a lot of the manufacturers do this this time of year.
Which we don't get because we work in a shop with heaters. Why couldn't we work?
Well, here's I told you what I knew about it, you know, being around the industry for 37 years, not quite that industry, but other, you know, that type of work kind of construction out in the field.
Okay, whenever a shop hires somebody, it's my understanding after you do everything and get everything done, the interviews, the background checks, the payroll, everything done, it costs about $10,000.
And I remember an old boss telling me this. He said, you know, he said, the problem is we could lay these people off, right?
But we don't want to because we train these people and someone else is going to get them.
He said nine times out of ten, they get another job. And then when you call her like, you guys laid me off, I ain't going back there.
You know, this guy's giving me work all the time. So, you know, they don't get the guy back.
So they spent $10,000 hiring this guy, trained him, and then he goes somewhere else to work.
They consider that like wasting money. So the way you go around that is like what you said, you know, that they'll give you a couple of days off here and there.
And then you go get unemployment if you wish. And it's a great way to get around laying people off until the busy season hits again.
So yeah, yeah. And see that that's what they're doing. They got us signed up for work share through unemployment.
So we work two, three days. They let us off for two, three days. Unemployment gives us our money.
It just, unfortunately, they give you 60% of your daily wage.
Oh, I didn't know that. It wasn't 100% of the day.
Oh, yeah, yeah. No, no. It's like 60%, dude.
And then if you opt to have taxes taken out of it, like I do, that way I can stay on the up and up.
Yeah, you don't want to owe at the end of the year.
I'm going to pay 10% for taxes. So you're down to 50%. I just had two days off. I'm going to collect on. I'm going to collect one day's pay.
One day pay. Okay, I didn't know that.
So I'm still short of that.
Now I see what the problem is, Rob. I didn't know that.
But, but, but, you know, you got to give it to the company. They're at least trying to help us.
Yeah, they are trying.
We are a little slow right now. We have some work. So, you know, we could kind of afford to take a couple days off.
Chances are they're just like waiting for these spring orders to come in. They usually probably come in late February, March when people start getting that itch.
Oh, hey, man. Yeah. Yeah.
Summer's around the corner. People are going to start buying boats. So we got to get, oh, hey, here's a couple of orders. And all of a sudden you're in the busy season again. So yeah, I get it.
Yeah, I mean, we, yeah, we still have orders going out. It's not, we're not going. I actually get to kind of relax, you know, and take my time right now. Kind of enjoying it and it might ruin me.
Because when things kick up, I'm not going to be ready to pick up.
Oh, absolutely. Yep.
Well, by then, by then I'll have another birthday. My birthday's March 5th. I'll be 55.
All right.
Yeah. So yeah, it's time for me to start slowing down a little bit. But I can still kick ass when I need to, you know?
Oh, yeah. Yeah. You know what? I mean, you're lucky at 55 you're able to do what you were doing at a much younger age. So that's, there's a lot to be said about that.
Yeah, definitely. Definitely.
Why? You know, in related news, trying to make ends meet and trying to live and everything, they came out with an interesting study a couple of weeks ago. It's about Gen Z and about how they are all moving in with each other or with family or whatever because of the price of housing.
Listen to this. 31% of Gen Z live at home with a parent or family member.
24% of renters in America say they can no longer afford their rent.
38% of renters are sacrificing necessities to pay their rent, including older generations.
The rising cost of housing is keeping many Gen Zers from living on their own. A recent Credit Karma survey in 1249 US adults found that 31% of Gen Z live at home with a parent or other family members.
And this number could go up. Among Gen Zers that have left the nest, 27% told Credit Karma that they can no longer afford their rent. The struggle to make the rent is...
No, I was just going to, I was just simply going to say I totally understand that.
Yes, I mean, this is a very...
Being somebody that rents, I don't own, I rent.
This is a horrible problem and it's a very complex problem. For one thing, you want our dollar to be valuable, you can't be printing all this money that they're doing.
And you print this money, it's just not worth that much. It's just like, you know, there's plenty of copper, you know, I mean, well, I think the price of copper went up.
There's not that much gold, there's not that many rubies or emeralds, titanium. The stuff that really commands money is not that prevalent. You just don't flood the market with it.
And we have been flooding the market with this fake money pretty much for years and years and years. And it's getting to where our money is getting worthless.
And people that don't understand this, I, you know, you really need to start looking at the economy and how money works and how the dollar works and how it goes up against the rest of the country.
Because this is a serious thing. And it's only going to get worse. Inflation and the cost of housing and nobody being able to afford anything.
It's getting worse because nobody, nobody is trying to curb spending right now. And it's very scary.
Okay, so rising housing costs aren't just impacting America's youngest adults. In total, 24% of American adults, regardless of age, can no longer afford to pay their rent, according to this survey.
So 24% of adults cannot pay their rent, Rob. That's almost one quarter.
I can understand that. I can understand that.
That's scary as hell. One quarter of America cannot pay their rent. One quarter of them.
And while that percentage is more pronounced among Gen Z, it is highest among millennials, 30% of whom told Credit Karma, they can no longer make rent.
10% of America, Americans 69 and older say they are struggling to make rent payments. Multiple factors have contributed to rising housing prices, including inflation.
Like I was saying, a boom in demand and low inventory according to bank rate.
While rent prices... Go ahead. Oh, go ahead. No, no, go ahead. I'll give you my thoughts at the end. Okay. I only have a little bit more to go.
While rent prices have slightly dropped, the median cost of housing is still too much for many Americans. The median housing rent fell from $1,937 a month in March last year, according to the real estate outlet, but without very much.
It only fell like a few dollars. And quite frankly, that's just not going to do it. So Rob, go ahead with your thoughts.
Okay. My thoughts. Companies want to pay you $17, $18 an hour. Maybe $20 if you're lucky. Yeah. Correct? Correct. That's probably on average.
Well, I don't know about the city, but down here, the average two bedroom apartment, $850, $950 a month. That's cheap for up here, Rob.
And you get up to like $1,200 for a two bedroom. Yeah. I see where they are coming from. In order to do that, you have to have like three incomes.
You still got to be able to pay your car insurance, your fuel and everything to get back and forth to work. Plus you got to eat. You got to have your life. I understand. I understand 100%.
Utilities are up considerably. Everything is up. Everything. That's the next thing that I'm going to look at and do a study on.
Look, I know we tell dick jokes and fart jokes here, but every now and then we can be serious, right?
We got to be. Yeah. Yeah. Look, I mean, we're, look, when we take our break, you're going to hear like, I don't know, horrible jokes and strange insults from aliens and, you know, deep thoughts with Mark and Rob ranning and stuff like that.
You're going to still hear the, what we think is funny stuff. Okay. But we can do serious segments in between. And anyhow, my next report is probably going to be how the, the difference of how much money you need to make to actually live in a two bedroom apartment.
Like let's say it's you and your kid. Okay. So you're divorced and you have you and your son. Okay. And to live there, how much money you have to have, not including the childhood expenses.
So anyhow, that's going to be a few ones down because before then we got the hairy asshole Olympics coming back, Rob.
I know I'm working on my list. Oh, I got one. I got one that dude, you're going to really appreciate. It was brilliant. I actually, I actually woke up tonight. I ain't done yet. No, no, no. I'm not done yet either. I still have like five more names, but, um, oh, oh, by the way, yeah.
Throw a band in there. We need a band. Oh, I already have. I have two bands. Alice and Change are getting lonely. They're only band one. We only had band one. Yeah.
Um, I've got two. We got to start having bands. I've got two bands in there. Alice and Change are lonely, dude. One band is just going to fight regular people and the other band I'm proud of it is going to go against Alice and Change and whoever you got.
Well, well, what I would say, we put our bands up against each other. Okay. All right. Okay. We can do that. So anyhow, I'm thinking, I'll come up with a band. You come up with a band winner.
Whenever we do our property show or Hall of Fame show, they go up against each other. That's what I would say. I've been a little slow on that. We need to start having bands too.
Yeah, I've been a little slow on ass paddlers this month and I apologize. They, there's still plenty of people who need ass paddlers and I will get to them. Believe me, we will not miss them. So anyhow, so, and we got the hairy asshole Olympics coming up. So we still have plenty of bullshit for you guys. I mean, we're not this serious all the time.
So just calm down if you're like, Hey guys, what the hell are you doing? So anyhow, let's go ahead and take our first break and let's come back with some other stuff. That sound good, Rob? I know you've got a list or two you want to get to.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. We'll cover that when we come back.
All righty guys. We'll talk to you in a minute.
The apocalypse just happened. You don't know what to do. You don't know where to go. But we can tell you what you can eat.
Hi all. This is Mark here. I'm usually the one telling you what to eat during an apocalypse. Well, this time I decided to go the other way.
You ever considered just going to Ground Zero and saying fuck it? Do you really want to be the guy running around looking for radioactive deer?
Guessing whether water is not contaminated or not. No food, no shelter, no nothing. Oh no, there's a strong argument that says, you know what? Let's just go to Ground Zero and see what's for us after. Just a thought.
Hello. This is Satan. You might know me from my pet name, Inflation. I'm here to tell you that there's no better way to relax than listening to two douche bags and microphone by a nice warm fire at night.
I sit there and reflect on all the souls I burned that day. Enjoy.
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You want some balls? You want to fuck shit up? You want to force them across America? Brick Shit House is for you.
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Douchebags and a microphone. That's right. Two douchebags and microphone. I'm Mark. And I'm Rob.
The reason I did that two times is because I think that it clipped on me at first. And if it didn't, then you're going to hear me say that two times. That simple. Now, Rob has a story.
Yeah, I do. And for us older folks, it's going to take us back a ways. It's something that I didn't know.
Me neither.
Ron Howard nearly left Happy Days after Henry Winkler's popularity changed the course of the show.
Howard almost quit when producers floated the idea of calling the hit show Fonzie's Happy Days.
In an effort to capitalize on fans' love for Winkler's character, Arthur Herbert, the Fonz, sponsored a rally.
They came to me at ABC and they wanted to change the title to Fonzie's Happy Days, Winkler told the New York Times.
They said, if you do that, it's an insult to everybody I'm working with. Why fix something that isn't broken? We are really good.
I live in the family and that's why I'm successful. I'm asking you, if you never listen to me again, leave it alone.
Howard told producers he would leave even though he was contractually obligated to continue filming the show.
But I told him, if you really want to change the name of the show to that, I would rather go back to USC and film school and what I was doing before the show launched, he recalled.
Winkler previously shared how his rise to popularity tested his friendship with ours, who starred as Richie Cunningham on the show.
I was very aware, having to be less than respectful to him, Winkler told Fox News Digital.
I was always careful not to flaunt anything that was happening to me on the sound stage in front of the cast members, including him.
I'm lucky, my character's popularity was happening, but I was a member of an ensemble which was higher than Bragg.
Cool. Wow.
That was on Fox News. Yeah, you said Fox Digital, so I figured that was Fox News. Wow.
I didn't know they were actually thought about changing that.
Well, and also it kind of shows you that Ron Howardad even had an ego back then being Richie Cunningham.
Yeah, well see that's the thing. He was supposed to be the star of the show, but Fonzie's character took off.
Yeah, it took over everything because his persona was so larger than life. Everyone went around saying, hey, sit on it.
We were young and just thought that was so cool. He greased his hair back, wore leather and was the anti everything.
He was the rebel. Yeah, the rebel.
He had a very cool character. So, anyhow, Ron Howard was the only thing he had under his belt was Richie Cunningham.
He already had an ego. I'm not saying he's a bad guy, I just find that interesting at that level that he had an ego like that.
Where he's like, hey guys, you change your name and I'm out.
So, anyhow, it worked. They listened to him because when Ron Howard did leave and they brought his stupid cousin in, the show was done.
Although, that's where the net. When Fonzie jumped the shark, that's where the term jumping the shark comes from.
Like it's ruined now, the show's ruined. It's like, oh hey man, do you watch that new sitcom? And someone goes, oh man, it jumped the shark.
What it's referring to is Fonzie jumping the shark. That's what most people consider that we're fans of the show.
That the show officially pretty much should have ended and it was done.
So, I think it was done a little bit before jumping the shark. Yeah, the shark should have eaten him on that one. Yeah, yeah.
So, my opinion. No, but then they did Joni Loves Chachi and that blew.
So, anyhow. Have you ever wondered where some of these old sayings came from?
Like, you know, I did this stuff like Stitching Time Saves Nine, right? Stuff like that. Yeah, yeah.
I've got some more of these that hopefully people will find interesting.
Have you heard the term cook someone's goose? Yes, I have. Yeah.
Or someone's goose is cooked, it means they're done. It's like, oh man, they're done now. Yeah, his goose is cooked.
The origin, the most commonly written about origin is that when a man called Jan Hoose, H-U-S, in early 15th century religion.
Yeah, okay. Let me try that again. An early 15th century religious reformer was on his deathbed and proclaimed that his goose would now be cooked.
Supposedly, H-U-S translated as goose in English. Okay. Yeah, so he said this goose is cooked. So, he said he was dying. Yeah, pretty much.
So, that is where that originated. So, how about make it a beeline? That means like you're going somewhere with a purpose, right?
Yeah, I've kind of wondered that. Yeah, yeah. Like, let's say someone come by and grab your wallet, okay?
And someone saw them and they go, yeah, yeah, I've seen Jimmy over there grab your wallet. You make a beeline to him.
I mean, you're just like they're on a mission. You've got to go get that. You're like, hey, what the hell did you do? Yeah.
Okay, so, make a beeline. Meaning, head straight for someone, something with a wavering purpose.
Origin, as you'd imagine, this comes from the behavior of bees. When a forager bee discovers a source of nectar, it comes back to the hive to let the others know where to go.
It performs a waggle dance. The angle of the waggle shows the direction of the source and the length of the run shows the distance from the hive.
So, that is where make a beeline. You knew that? Yeah, yeah, well, yeah, I know that about bees.
Oh, okay, okay. Well, that just makes sense. I mean, it- Yeah, yeah, that makes perfect sense to me.
Yeah, yeah, I never knew where that originated from. I kind of figured it was something about bees, but I didn't know for sure.
Okay, how about crocodile tears, right? And that means someone's faking like they're sad or something. Right, right.
Yeah, so- Crying crocodile tears. Yep. Meaning, like politicians do a lot of crocodile tears. No, no, no, no, televangelists do a lot of crocodile tears.
Okay, meaning tears are- Yeah, just go on. No, no, no, I'm not mentioning any names. Everyone has their names. I know, I know, just go on. Just go on.
Okay, meaning tears- We went overboard, well, I went overboard last night.
Tears that are believed to be unreal, not through remorse. Origin, in ancient times where there was a notion that crocodiles wept while they ate their prey.
Well, it's true they have the ability to produce tears. They do so purely to lubricate their eyes, not through sadness or remorse.
So, there you go. Okay. Yeah, people thought because their eyes were tearing up that they felt bad for eating their prey. No, they're lubricating their eyes, dumbasses.
Come on, crocodiles. How the hell are they going to feel bad about eating?
They're not going to because they're doing what they're supposed to do naturally. They find their prey and they eat it. That's what they do. That's how they stay alive.
They don't feel bad about that. It's just a way of life. It's just like you and I go grab a burger down somewhere. We don't think about it.
We're like, oh man, hey, where are you going to get it? I'm going to get the number three. I think I'm going to get the number seven.
Same thing with them. They're just doing what they're supposed to do. They're eating to stay alive. So, cold turkey. Meaning, suddenly withdraw from something a person is addicted to without preparation.
Origin. Another pesky wisdom without a clear history, but one with a few interesting possibilities. One suggestion is that it comes from the idea that cold turkey is a meal that requires little preparation.
Another is that it's a reference to the time after Christmas when cold turkey is traditionally eaten signaling the end of festive period during which many people drink too much.
Yeah. Yeah, that makes sense. That makes a lot of sense.
So, okay, the last one I have here, and I never heard this too much. I heard it in passing, but I never really knew what it meant. I'll ask you. Cock and bull story.
Yeah, I want to hear this one too.
Yeah, I never heard it used that much where I was at, but I do know it was some sort of a, you know.
Back with my dad and his buddies, I heard it. It was more way back in the day.
You know what? I think you're right. It was an old insane, kind of like a Stitchin' Times saves nine. Was an old sane. I mean, it was a real old sane.
So, okay. Well, anyhow, cock and bull story. Meaning, an unbelievable story thought to be made up.
Origin. Based on the meaning of this idiom, we were quite happy to discover that there are plenty of stories around the origin of this phrase.
Many of them unbelievable. One suggests the phrase comes from a time when coaches used to carry travelers to two ends, the cock and the bull.
Along the old London Road, the Stony Stratford rivalries between the occupants of the ends arose, and these resulted in boastful tales of being told.
So, that one's kind of, eh, okay. I can't say I really necessarily believe any of those two. They really didn't really punch through or make that much sense to me. What about you?
All I can say is I'm not even touching this story.
Okay, there we go.
I can make too much damn fun of it.
Go ahead. I didn't like it at all.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Okay. And finally here.
Come on, that's too easy, cock and bull.
It is too easy. You're right.
Too easy.
Yep. Okay, I got one last thing for us here.
And I was supposed to get this a long time ago, but anyhow, I'm just going to go ahead and shove it out there. And hopefully you guys appreciate it.
Ozzy Osborne says he can't have any more surgery. I've had seven surgeries in five years.
Ozzy and Sharon Osborne, along with their children Jack and Kelly, have released the 18th episode of their Revive podcast.
Ozzy is joined by friend Billy Morrison for an electrifying episode diving deep into the essence of rock and roll.
From heart-stopping tour tales to candid conversations about addiction, battles, and the ever-involving music scene.
This episode unearths the unseen facets of their storied careers.
Get ready for rock and roll revelations and reminisce about reflecting about changing landscape of rock.
So anyhow, Ozzy said that reflecting on the last surgery he had in September 2023, Ozzy said,
When I came out of surgery, I said to Sharon, whatever I'm going to be at right now, that's it. I can't have any more surgery.
I've had seven surgeries in five years. He added, it's a slow recovery.
I'm not as young as I used to be. So the recovery, like anything, is going to take much longer.
Also, Ozzy voiced his desire to get back on stage in 2024, saying, I'm going to try my hardest to get well and do a few gigs.
So anyhow, and in addition to that, this article didn't go into that, but one of the problems that Ozzy had was,
when they went in for the spinal surgery, they found a tumor.
And they had to dig the tumor out, which is not an easy surgery.
Okay, well, I just read a story about the tumor. I did not read the story you were saying.
Okay, go ahead.
Yeah, I read about it. No, I'm just saying, I read that, yeah, he had a tumor.
Oh, okay, I got you. It just wasn't anything.
It was a totally different story.
Well, there's a lot of stories around about him having a tumor because people reported it,
because he actually came out with it earlier this year. He didn't come out with it last year.
He finally talked about it this year, saying, hey, they also found a tumor in there.
But I believe that, yeah, I'm pretty sure.
Yeah, I just read this like a couple days ago.
Okay, I'm pretty sure it's benign because they haven't said anything about it.
Oh, shit, I got to go in for chemotherapy or nothing.
So I think it's a benign tumor, but still they had to dig it out of his spine, which can't be easy.
So anyhow.
That's why he's welcome to the game.
Yeah, yep, yep. So anyhow, that's the end of this podcast.
Hey, can I throw in one more story?
Yeah, absolutely.
It's a little time sensitive.
Is that time sensitive?
No, go ahead.
Tony Orlando is hanging up the mic following a career that has spanned more than six decades.
The musician is stepping away from the road on Monday announcing that Tony Orlando Farewell Tour will kick off this month
before capping with his final concert on March 22nd at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
Cool. I didn't even know he was still playing.
I didn't even know he was still playing.
Yeah, yeah, he has been.
He has been. That's excellent. Cool.
The Tony Orlando Farewell Tour will begin with a three-night stand at the South Point Casino in Las Vegas on January 19th, 20th, and 21st.
Cool.
Today's the 17th, so that's why I want to get this in.
No, that's cool. And I love that information because I am a fan of Tony Orlando. I thought he was a very good singer.
I don't know what happened to Dawn, though. Remember?
I have met Tony Orlando and shook his hand and talked to him.
Oh, cool. Is he a cool guy?
Oh, he's a great guy.
Cool.
You remember when I told you my ex-wife was at Sting's server on Jim Baker's new TV show out of Branson?
Yeah, yeah.
He was a guest one day, and I was there. I met him. He's a cool dude.
I figured he would be, and I am a fan of his. I just wanted to know what happened to Dawn because Tony Orlando and Dawn were a big thing for a long time.
And is she still alive? Were they together and split up? Did they just decide to do separate things? It's just something that piqued my curiosity, and I was just wondering.
Okay, well, I'll tell you what. That's now on my homework.
All right. That and the hairy-ass Olympics. The hairy-ass Olympics.
Oh, yeah. That's been on my homework.
Yep. I got like five more names to produce, but I'm working on them.
That's about what I have.
Plus a band. Plus a band.
So, here in the next couple of podcasts, yeah, and a band, too, we are going to be doing the hairy-ass Olympics again. So, anyhow, thank you all for listening. Have a great night.
Good night, everybody.
Hey, where did everybody go? Where are the douchebags?
Hmm.
Oh my God, someone took a dump in the corner. Oh, geez.
Ugh, I'm glad they're gone. Let's just hope they don't come back. Man, that smells.