I'm not on my game. Well, because we were watching
some lady with itty -bitty shorts on fishing.
I think Chuck deliberately tried to derail us
today. He's like, let's do a sound check and
put on some hottie that's going fishing with
short shorts and cleavage. I heard no complaints.
Well, that's because we didn't understand what
we were watching, Chuck. Yeah, we had to understand
it. You can put it back on if you want. Choo
-choo. All right. That's good stuff. She's Louise.
We are back in action. Yeah, we are, man. Lots
of things going on. Poor, poor, I don't want
to say poor Jeff, but God bless. Yeah, it sucks
coming home right now just because my house is
a complete disaster right now. Demolition zone.
Yes. And it looks like they didn't hang some
plastic where they should have. I know I've got
dust over a bunch of shit. It's always something.
It's always something. You know, it's hard to
get, it's hard for everything to connect all
the times. What is it? You can please some of
the people some of the time. You can please some
of the people all the time. But you can't please
all the people all the time. Right. I guess the
end result, if the end result is it looks really
good, then I'll be pleased. The bourbon can get
us through tonight. i think i think so i need
to sample this mystery bourbon it's actually
quite tasty you haven't sampled it yet i took
a small one but i'm not sure what i'm gonna do
oh I'm already empty. You need to save that.
And we haven't even started. What the hell, man?
I spilled it. You spilled it in your mouth. In
my mouth, yeah. Here, eat some durian. No, I'm
not going to eat. So it's the day before my wife's
birthday. It's February 25th, the first half
of the Dudes Like Us podcast. If you're looking
forward to find out a little bit more about what
we do, it's on Instagram and the Facebook. Check
us out at dudeslikeus -podcast or dudeslikeus
-woodcraft. Our producer's stepping in, Mr. Chuck.
Thank you, sir. Dudes Like Us. I'm Sean. I am
Paul. And I am Sean. Jeff. I really tighten this
San Pellegrino bottle. Do you need me to open
it for you, Sean? Did you use your ass taint
muscles to tighten that? No, it's like a Funyun,
so it just kind of right around it. Wow. Why
do you drink that stuff again? What's special
about this water that you drink? I enjoy it.
It's got little small bubbles. It's not very...
Bubble water. It plays when you're talking. It's
bubble water. Okay, that's right. We've covered
this before. I like it. Does it finger your palate?
Yeah, it penetrates pretty hard. Nice. Defund
all your uvula. Okay. Listen, guys, I'm tired.
I'm going to bail out. Good Lord. We're not even
two minutes in. I know. This guy just got pervy
and everything. Part of the start of the podcast
is that we've got, like, Jeff, you may not know,
Jeff had some water leak in his house, and it
caused some damage, and they're having to do
some repairs, which... impacts the production
here at the pot dudes like us podcast recording
area in um we had to gather all the bourbon whiskey
bottles and kind of Corral them into boxes, and
we need to move them into a part of the house
where it's not going to be disturbed. And protect
them. We're protecting our assets. And we're
going through them. We're picking one up. It's
kind of like, oh, look at my little baby. Oh,
and look at this baby. And there's another one,
and there's another one. I want to love him and
hug him and name him George. I don't ever remember
doing that. Did you do that, Jeff? Sean takes
me to the bathroom for a few minutes. No. We're
going to have to outlaw that. Yeah. Well, I mean,
but it is. We're picking up some of these bottles,
and it's kind of like, wow, man, I remember when
we bought this, and then Jeff was over with his
genie bottle. Hold on. The very first bottle
that was bought. So we picked up, what is this,
the Willet Bourbon. It comes in something you
would find, the I Dream of Genie lamp, you know?
And we're going, oh, that's nice. Looks like
a butt plug. Let's get it. It's very unique.
Yeah, it's just big. It's got a very large base.
Kind of looks like a bong if you ever see a water
bottle. Yeah, it does. You know, the problem
with that is it looks like it could not go around
another pour, but it probably can because it's
a very wide base. Yes, it is. We could probably
get one more pour out of that. Yeah. We'll give
it a shot. Challenge accepted. Yeah. Well, halftime?
No, maybe we'll see. All right, we'll see. All
right. I'm working from home tomorrow. I've had
a full day. God bless, I had a full day. Plus,
I had a weird weekend. I don't know about you.
I'll bring up a little emergency situation that
I did. Oh, yeah, I didn't hear anything. Paul
let me know kind of what was going on, but I
don't know what the outcome was. You were around
family, and everything was fine. After everything
was said and done, everything was fine. So there
was no reason to alert unnecessarily. In fact,
my wife kind of got after me a little bit because
she was like, well, we've got to tell the kids.
What happens if something happens? So, I mean,
long story short, and I still had the issue.
It hit hard yesterday, and it hit hard today
for a little bit. Are you going to go see your
general practitioner to see about some studies?
Well, I mean, I don't want to, but I'm thinking
that hopefully I'll work through it. But let
me share first of all what it is. So I had high
blood pressure. I was taking medication for the
high blood pressure, and it was working. Yeah.
So I was trying to not take the blood pressure.
So I'm trying to eat better, which I am. And
I'm doing things to try to be healthier, which
I'm doing. And I've slowed down taking my medicine.
And from what I understood, you're not supposed
to do that. So, you know, from what I thought
was it was kind of like you take this medicine
and it works. It may still work like that. Maybe
they're just lying. I don't know. I don't trust
these fucking doctors. But, you know, when I
take the blood pressure medicine, it lowers my
blood pressure, you know. But the doctor, the
emergency room doctor says, no, when you take
that blood pressure medicine, it kind of influences
your cycle a little bit, just a little bit. And
then you take it the next day and it does it
a little bit. So it creates a trend of tapering
or blood loosening or whatever it does. I don't
know the magic that it does inside the body.
So, you know, I was down to like one day a week,
two days a week of making it. And you know what?
My blood pressure wasn't bad. I mean, it wasn't
where I wanted it to be, but it wasn't bad. You
know, sometimes it was 120 over 80. A lot of
times it was 130 over 85, 130 over 90. Is that
horrible? I don't think so. The 90 is the bad
one. I think 130, you're starting to get up there,
but that bottom one, if it gets to the 90, that's
where they start getting concerned. Really? Okay.
Yeah. Well, you know, long story short, again,
You know, I was Saturday, well, the three days
or four days prior to that, I've been getting
kind of a vertigo kind of feeling. Yeah. And
they still don't know where it came from. So
I don't know. I need to go and get myself further
checked out. But they just said, well, they gave
me a clean bill of health. You can get out of
here because it's just vertigo. And you got to
go figure that out. Go to another doctor. But
it's not an emergency room kind of thing because
you're not going to die of it. And it wasn't
your heart. Most importantly, it wasn't a heart
issue. But at the time. You know, I was taking
my blood pressure, and you saw that night that
I was here for the podcast last Tuesday. Correct,
yeah. You know, my blood pressure was high, and
I challenged your system, and I was like, I don't
think that's reading right. Well, it fucking
was reading right, and what, it was 155 or over
109? Yeah, it was high. Yeah, that was ridiculous.
And so, you know, it got Tuesday, you know, I
just kind of fluffed it through, and then Saturday,
I was sitting at my desk working, and all of
a sudden, something happened, and I felt like,
I don't have control over things right now. Right.
I don't have what it takes. So whenever in the
past I've drank too much and I feel like I'm
under the influence, I can't control myself,
I get kind of panicky because I don't like that
feeling because if there's an emergency, I can't
respond. I hate that feeling. Right. So I've
felt like that. Like, oh my gosh, I don't have
control over myself. And I feel lightheaded,
and I feel like I'm going to pass out. Right.
So, you know, I talked to Tara about it. She
was like, let's go. Let's go. And here I am thinking,
oh, man, we're going to miss the Elton John tribute.
Right. That's all that mattered to you. Well,
you did miss Heather's birthday party. We did.
Did you let her know? Yeah, I let Stan know,
and I let the disc jockey there know what was
going on. I didn't want to mess with Heather.
She had her stuff going on, and I didn't want
to. impact that i'm sure she she understood what's
going on but you know it but it brings to light
that well life is precious and you never know
what's going on right in retrospect i kind of
i really need to take care of this because today
i i drove down to a place and and worked and
i didn't feel good for about an hour um i was
out in the sun great day out there it was you
know and uh so i mean i felt great driving home
i feel great right now um i'm hoping it kind
of fades away and i'm hoping it was a product
of me not taking my medicine on a regular basis.
And the doctor said, well, we need to rule that
out first. So if you get back on your medicine
and you take it every single day and it doesn't
disappear, well, then we need to take a look
at it. Because right now, your body's kind of
tripping out and doesn't know what the fuck to
do because you're taking it here and you're not
taking it. So I don't know. Right. I don't know.
And at the same time, I don't trust any of them.
Well, I mean, if it's medicine that is designed
to be on a very tight schedule. then it stands
to reason that you could have unpredictable results
when you're not consistent, right? Yeah, maybe
it just creates huge swings like you were experiencing
maybe. Yeah. Well, the thing is I've been doing
that for the last two, three months, and I haven't
had any of these, or at least maybe I didn't
know. Maybe that's what it was. I don't know.
And he mentioned some pretty interesting things
too regarding the way you feel. You may not even
be aware that you have high blood pressure. And
you've got stuff going on because he says it
may come in the form of confusion or tiredness
or, you know, just something else. Yeah, symptoms
you dismiss. Well, they call it the silent killer.
That's right. Because you don't know. Right.
There really aren't any symptoms. Yeah, you can
feel totally fine and then you find out your
blood pressure is off the freaking chart. Yeah,
and you're about to die. Right. Yeah, well, vertigo
is ear -related typically, isn't it? Has your
inner ear. That's part of it. There's vertigo.
It's your equilibrium. Yeah. And there's also
some stuff behind your neck that has an impact
on your vertigo. Vertigo could also be related
to the lack of oxygen going to your brain. Your
medulla. The base of the brain, which is the
cerebellum. That's the medulla, isn't it? Well,
they say the cerebellum is responsible for balance
and coordination. So if there's anything related
to dizziness or vertigo, it could be some sort
of virus of the cerebellum. Yeah, and you know,
there's word that there's viruses going on out
there right now that is simply causing these
issues that could... also be creating the high
blood pressure. So there's a number of things
going on. But at the end of the day, I need to
be taking my medicine. Is there a vaccine for
that one? There is. mRNA. But look, man, I feel
defeated because I don't want to suck on the
teat of this medical dependency. You want it
off. You wanted to get yourself medicine -free.
But at the same time, you want to be healthy
at the same time, right? So it's a dichotomy.
It's like I don't necessarily trust it, but it's
there for a reason, and it does save lives, right?
Yep. Yeah, it can. It does. Not it can't. It
does save lives. Is it mandatory that I take
it? I don't know. But you know what? The thing
is, if I were eating healthier, which that pisses
me off. It doesn't piss me off. It frustrates
me because I don't eat necessarily horrible.
Well, your testosterone, like I said, high blood
pressure is a byproduct of testosterone. treatment
well that's interesting because i had perfect
blood pressure until i started taking that then
i got and mine's not real high but mine went
up where she's like all right we need to get
you on a very low dose and she goes this is a
this is a byproduct some people have get high
blood pressure taking this and are you still
on taking testosterone yeah yeah okay i have
to take a very low dose of uh was it valsartan
or whatever it is yeah right You're going to
check your blood pressure on the air, ladies
and gentlemen. Yeah, but you had blood pressure
challenges before you started taking that, though,
Sean, didn't you? Yeah, I was on blood pressure
medicine. But it's been always fairly good. I
mean, it hasn't been horrible. They just wanted
it lower. And I had it down to 125, 130. So it
wasn't horrible. The address is like, well. And
when they say that kind of stuff, I'm thinking.
They're just looking for that extra $100 a month.
I know. That's what happens when you don't trust
the medical system. You second -guess everything,
right? We have every right to because they have
lied to us. I agree. 100 % across the board on
everything. It is in their best interest to keep
the country generally sick. Ill. Yes, ill and
needing medicine, needing regular visits. Like
right now, it's 136 over 97. That's not good.
Yeah. I think that's technical. Well, the 97
is definitely hypertension. The 136 is prehypertension.
I think, well, 137 is, or whatever it was, that's
getting up there as well. Yeah. No, I agree.
I'm sure mine's not much better, man. But it
wasn't like that. I mean, you saw the day that
I went to the hospital when I came home, it was.
Yep. It was normal. It was excellent. I don't
know. Maybe it's a long day, whatever it is.
I'm taking my medicine every single day. That's
good. Do that first. Like you said, you rule
that out. Are you still eating your tablespoon
of salt every morning? Well, it's not every morning.
I kind of do it periodically through the day.
This is your mystical Celtic salt? No, it's not
like I take it as a supplement. I mean, I kind
of do, but I just take it whenever. Do you put
it on your Danish pastry? I don't eat pastries.
On your Danish? Just a Danish pastry? Is it a
donut? I'm not sure what he puts his salt on.
You said you eat healthy. Now it dropped down
to 130 over 88. So I don't know. Maybe it's the
arm position. Well, maybe your body, because
it's fluctuating. Maybe your body, like you said,
your blood pressure is doing this. It fluctuates
so fast. Yeah. It does. It does. Yeah, that's
one thing that the doctor I was seeing, PA actually,
she was like, you know what? Stop taking it.
Because I was obsessed with my blood pressure.
Taking it all the time. Right? And she was like,
stop taking it. Stop taking your blood pressure,
relax, you know, watch your salt intake, you
know, and just, you know, just chill. You know
what I mean? Don't obsess over this, right? Because,
you know, I mean, not that I had stress about
it, but stress causes all this shit too, right?
Yeah, stress is a big contributor to a lot of
ills. Intensity, intensity, stress. If you've
got a day where you're going, going, going, going,
going, and you've got to be there, got to be
there, got to get this report done, got to do
all this shit. I mean, stress raises blood pressure.
No question about it. I was definitely stressed.
That's one reason I decided not to get back into
the corporate is my health was being impaired.
Right. You know, sitting on my ass eight to ten
hours a day and then being stressed every day.
And I tend to not try to stress, but that's hard
to do. It's inevitable. These are external influences
that are affecting you. Yeah, when the manager
or VP or your president of the company comes
up to you and starts asking you questions, and
I need this in two hours, you're like, shit,
this is going to take me three days to pull that.
Yeah, you just say, oh, I'm sorry, I'm not allowed
to be stressed. So I can't get that to you. I'm
going to relax now. I've had enough of that shit.
I'm going to get off the phone. You can't do
that. Yeah, no, I hear you, man. You know, another
thing I realized with the job I have is I can
take a vacation and my work's not going to pile
up on me. Right. I'm not going to come back to
800 emails. Right. You know, I'm going to come
back and it's going to be just like a regular
day. I hated that. I hated going on vacation
because it's almost like I don't want to go on
vacation. It never leaves your mind. No, it doesn't
leave. And your work, no one picked mine up,
you know. No one picked up my work to do, so
it sat. until I came back, and then I had to
deal with it, plus all the other shit. Yeah,
it just made you that much more stressed out.
Yeah, and it's just you get behind, and it's
just like, well, I don't want to go take out.
I don't want to go on vacation because it's a
disaster when I get back. Yeah, I hear you, man.
But anyway, I don't have to deal with it anymore.
Yeah, no, I think everybody has to find a balance
that's healthy, and it's hard to do. It is. It
is. I'm not saying that this job is perfect and
I'm not going to be stressed out and have bad
days and shit like that. It won't be anything
like so far. It's not going to be what I was
doing before. I think your job stresses me out
more than you. I think it does. What the hell,
man? What do you mean you're not going to be
here on Friday? I don't understand. We can't
go to happy hour? Really? Do you know what this
is doing to my blood pressure? Are you kidding
me? Jesus. This is what's going on. His body's
reacting to the change. Yes, your fault, Jeff.
He sends a text. Jeff, when are you going to
be off? Well, I don't know yet. Damn it. It's
158 over 99. Fuck. Jeff is causing this. Right.
Right. Well, this Friday I'm open because Julie's
out, so we can go. Although I still have to work,
but I don't have to be home at a specific time.
So Julie's out. What is she doing? She has her
state competition. All right. So we are probably
going to have to opt out for next week's Tuesday
podcast, right? Yes. Probably. So if that's the
case, we got to talk about next week's podcast.
Are we going to move it to Friday? Like the next
Friday? That Friday. I don't know. I mean, if
you're doing it because of me, because I'm going
to be traveling, right? So I can't do Tuesday.
No, we're not. So you're, well. It depends when
the carpet is done. Okay. Oh, you're doing it
for. Because this room is going to be dismantled.
Yeah. Everything has to go out and then we have
to bring it all back in. And when will it be
done? Well, what do you think? When is it planned
to be done? Potentially the end of next week,
which means we could use next weekend to put
it back together. It'll take us half a day to
put this thing together. Oh, yeah. If we're all
working on it. Excuse me. Cost of living. Focused
and drinking bourbon. If we're nude. Good God,
man. Oh, no. I don't think that. And oiled. I
don't think that helps us. Oh, we can slip by
each other super quick. Paul, can you hand me
that wire? It's underneath the table. What the
hell? I'm not helping. I just thought you'd know
right now. Bend over, but don't bend your knees
kind of a thing. Good Lord. What? You know what
scares me? It seems like you have said that before
to someone. That was like premeditated. Yeah,
he kind of rolled right off of his tongue. It
just came to me. Is that something in your past
that you want to talk about? We'll just be hideous
for Sean to do that would terrorize us. That
would be it. It would be it. I'd have to have
some sort of precautionary safety down. And Sean's
like, my blood pressure is so low. This is what
I needed, guys. God. You sick son of a bitch.
Yeah. All right. Well, the. Where are we going
from here? I was going to bring up some politics,
but I was like, do we want to bring up politics?
Well, you already talked about the weekend. Why
don't we talk about our Saturday night experience?
All right. Well, you know what? I went to the
doctor, and they ran a bunch of tests. They checked
my head. They checked my chest. They did an MRI
on the back of my neck because they were trying
to see, is that causing the vertigo? And when
they did that, they were like, hey, look, it
looks like there could be some blockage in your
carotid arteries, so we're going to send some
sonograms to go in there, blah, blah, blah. So
they look in there. It's like nothing's there,
blah, blah, blah. All right. They were like,
well, we don't know what's going on. Good luck.
Bye -bye. Enjoy the Elton John thing tonight.
Here's a $1 ,000 bill. Yeah, no shit. Wait till
that bill comes. But anyway, we were thinking,
everybody who knew what the situation was, I
was like, he's out. Oh, yeah, he's definitely
out. Oh, he's going to be at the hospital all
night long. We know how that is. In the ER. Anytime
you go to the ER, if you think it's going to
be an hour, add six hours to it, right? But damn,
you were let go. Did you go to Centennial? I
did. Yeah, they're actually... One of the faster
ones? Yeah, they're not so bad. Yeah, Tara wanted
to, good Lord, man. Look, Tara, God bless her.
We're going to the hospital, right? I'm like,
I'm not feeling good at all, right? And I'm like,
I'm in and out, kind of like almost feel like
I'm going to pass out, right? And she's like,
well, where are we going to go? And I was like,
let's go to Centennial. And then she was like,
well, you know that one up there in Plano is
a lot better. I was like, nah, let's just go
to Plano. Well, great. You want to go there?
They don't specialize in it. I was like, Terry,
can you calm the fuck down? Yeah, you're making
it worse. Yeah, just take me to Centennial. It's
right here. And it's a reputable hospital. There's
nothing wrong with that. It's reputable, yeah,
sure. Well, it's Baylor Scott White now. It's
not called Centennial, but it'll always be Centennial.
Oh, I didn't know that. They changed the name?
They have Centennial language in there still.
Is it Baylor Scott White Centennial? Could be.
It's Baylor, Scott, and White. Interesting. Where's
Scott Black? Is this the new DEI thing? It is.
It is. It's reverted back. Interesting. Yeah.
So, you know, they released me. It's great. I
head straight home, and you guys changed gears,
went over to Chuck's house, Mr. Producer. I said
you guys, meaning Paul and his wife, and Shelly
went over there. And you guys pre -gamed, and
then you headed over there, and then we met you
over there, surprisingly. Yeah. And I had...
unbeknownst to you guys, even my wife had bought
a 10 -pack of Elton John glasses with all bedazzled
and different colors. Yeah, that was fun. Yeah,
it was fun. And you know what's funny? The band,
all the members of the band had the exact same
glasses on. Oh, really? Yeah. So you look like
groupies of the band. We totally did. Yeah, we
did, but I was thinking we're going to... I went
above and beyond. No one else is going to have
these. And my daughter, we've got all kinds of
craft stuff at the house. So she prints up this
Elton John logo and puts it on one of my black
t -shirts. And it looked terrific. Oh, it's a
nice shirt. It looked terrific, man. She did
such a great job on it. So you were ready to
roll. I was ready to rock. Actually, I was ready
to go, but I was still, I was tired as shit.
And I did not feel good. And oh my God, I got
cranky as fuck towards the end. You did. Well,
yeah, but that had nothing to do with... That
would have happened on any rebel night with the
way things were going. Well, they got so intoxicated.
Your wife, God bless her, and my wife, holy shit,
were over -the -top drunk. And for my wife, it
doesn't take a lot for her to get obnoxious.
She can be that way when she's not even drunk.
No, I say that because when she's in a good mood
and she wants to have a good time and she's had
maybe a couple of drinks, she just... I want
to have fun mode kicks in. I felt kind of bad
because I was dickish, but at the same time -
It was fine. I did not feel good. I was kind
of like, they were dancing all around me, and
dude - He's like, get away. I don't like that.
There are certain times I'm an extrovert, but
there are certain times I'm an introvert, and
when I want to be an introvert - Get the fuck
away from me. Right. And they're all like, hey,
Sean, hey, Sean. He's like, fuck off, fuck off,
fuck off. Dude, they were all. It was like Kim,
Tara, and Shelly all kind of like grumping and
grinding, and I'm just like, oh, my God. Safety
dome, me, now. So, yeah, so the opening act was
the Elton Johns, and they were sketchy. Not sketchy.
You want to hear something? Yeah, let's pull
up a little trailer here. That wasn't from that
night, but yeah, okay. He wasn't bad. But he
wasn't good. It wasn't great. It wasn't a four
-string band. Okay, I get it. They had an impressive
setup on the stage, but they didn't have, it
wasn't very well EQ'd. I know if Jeff were there,
he, I mean, because. Even Chuck knows, but if
Jeff were there, he and I would look at each
other the whole time. Yeah, this is... The female
singer on there, even though she was an okay
singer, oh my God, she was turned up too loud
and she wasn't hitting those notes. And I was
kind of like, dude, this isn't... This isn't
working the way they want to. She was not on
pitch or not on the right. But all in all, if
you like Elton John and you like his songs, it
was a great sing -along. It was. And I recommend.
Did they do Philadelphia Freedom? Damn it. I'm
not sure. With Kiki D? Yeah, they did. Yeah.
I mean, they played all of them. I mean. They
really did. They played. So this is the Elton
Johns. They did not play Nikita. I was a little
disappointed by that. They didn't play Sacrifice,
either. Those are two of my favorite songs. What
about the Lion King songs? No, they did not play
the Lion King songs. How does it go? Jeff, why
don't you sing it for us? Actually, I don't even
remember, but I know he sang some. There's a
couple of them. Can you feel the love tonight?
There you go. That's it. They don't say that.
Oh, I thought that was the barrage of giraffes
behind them with the coral. It was more like
a rhino. God. I thought it was a good experience.
I'm being harsh. I'm being harsh. I have this
tendency to kind of try to really analyze the
musical talent up there. So the lady kind of
sounds like. was the challenge the problem well
and she was okay but dude she was a backup singer
and they had her voc they had her set up as a
lead and and she was way loud out those tunes
and she's supposed to be doing and she was way
back here trying to you know it was so loud i
was like dude Turn her down. She was trying to
harmonize, and it wasn't working. But anyway,
it was still fun. And I was trying to break into
the X32 Behringer Wi -Fi. You were not. Oh, I
was 100 % trying to get into there. Oh, my God.
That's so funny. And I couldn't figure out the
password. They obviously changed the password.
The password is password. No. Password one. Right.
Anyway, so it was fun. It was fun. Everybody
was singing, having a great time. Everybody was
jiggling and all that kind of stuff. Jiggling.
Jiggling. Yeah. Everybody in there jiggled. By
the way, it's the typical audience. Our age.
55 plus. And everyone wanted to go there. Because
when I purchased tickets, I think I purchased
tickets Wednesday. Because after the podcast,
we talked about it, and I committed to it. And
on Wednesday, usually there's tickets. Yeah.
And there was tickets, but. Not many. Oh, my
God. They had bought all of them. We were stuck
in the back. And the irony is there were two
tables left, and they were right next to each
other. Yeah. We gobbled them up pretty quick,
man. You didn't get the standard. bar or whatever
that is. All that was gone. Tall round tables
in the back. It was perfect if you wanted just
drinks like that, but when we got there, I was
hungry. I hadn't eaten hardly anything all day,
so I was like, I got a Mexican pizza and I got
a chicken sandwich. A pizza and a sandwich. He
did. Actually, I thought it was nachos, honestly.
It was a full, thick Mexican pizza. I was like,
damn, there's a lot of shit going on in here.
Did it have beans and lettuce? It was kind of
like eating a taco in the shape of a pizza. It
was like a super large tostada. It was compounded
with two... Why? Why do you have to switch into
El Paso? I don't know. It's automatic. El Paso
mode. Oh, that's so funny. You know, some flautas.
Yeah. Flautas. Yeah, you ordered a bunch of shit,
not to mention three buckets of beer. Good lord.
Well, I mean, look. It was a good deal. It was
a good deal, though. Well, first of all, she
lied. It was not 20 bucks, because it was 20
bucks for five beers. I was like, why wouldn't
you get that? Yeah, it's a no -brainer. Yeah,
so I was like, all right, well, I'm probably
going to drink two or three of these, and I'm
good. Well, I drank two, or two and a half, and
then we had another guest that showed up. Shout
out to Carl and Teresa. They showed up, and Carl
was drinking out of the bucket. I said, help
yourself. We ordered another bucket. And I had
another two beers. He had three. And then we
ordered a third one. And I was kind of like,
I'm done. I'm tapped out. In fact, I think I
abandoned three or four beers. They got consumed
in rapid pace at the very end. Oh. Yeah, not
to worry. Chuck was like, we can't leave these
here. Man down. Yeah, man down. Man down. And
I was like, have at it. Well, I was designated
driver. Did he bring his funnel? I was designated
driver and I had one drink all night. Oh, that's
good. That was hilarious. Is that not crazy?
That's very good. That's amazing. That would
never happen. The drink was a three liter bourbon
and coke. Was it one of our drinks or one of
the bar drinks? No, it was just a regular one
shot of well bourbon and whiskey. I did really
good. And I snuck in one single... Well, one
little mini, what is it called? Mini bottles
of Still Austin. You know, you did it. You showed
me that you had it, and then I never saw you
consume it, and I never saw you put it away.
So, nicely done. Yeah, it was right in front
of everybody, too. I wondered if you had consumed
it. I was like, oh, 100%. I didn't see you again.
100%, and I put it in the bottom of the beer
bucket as she took it away. Oh, very nice. So
she wouldn't dump it and go, oh, what's that?
No, she did not be like, I don't know, what's
going on? Someone must have dropped it in there
on your way over there. Did you put that in there?
But when we got the bill, here we go. So first
of all, it was still expensive. You ordered a
ton of shit, man, and your wife was drinking
doubles. You had like eight entrees. The doubles
were 17 apiece. I had the chicken sandwich. Yes,
do the math on that. Dude, she drank 11 of them.
What is that, 18? Wow, 11 times 17, do that math.
My times tables I've lost. Well, hold on. Let
me get my pocket abacus. Well, honestly, she
had three of them, and then she had two or three
singles. It was a lot. It doesn't matter. She
was, by definition, intoxicated. And she says
she remembers everything until she got to the
car. And she doesn't remember a whole lot from
that. So my son, Austin, picked us up. But we're
reviewing the bill because we get the bill. And
they make it so complicated. When you're adding
things up, it's kind of like they do a subtotal.
And then they add another subtotal down. below,
and I'm like, why did they add that down there?
Because they're separating different taxes, and
there's a DWG tax? What was that? There was like
a service tax, there was a regular tax, and then
there was a credit card. Yeah, there was a credit
card fee. I had never seen that before. I was
like, what the fuck? Well, the company's already
eaten that anymore, so they're passing it on.
Wow. Because every time that company swipes,
they charge 3%, 5%, or whatever. Well, I mean.
I get it. They're cashing that on. Well, that's.
So what do they want us to do? I mean, they want
us to come in with cash, but people don't want
to use cash. They're like, we don't take cash
anymore. Chuck does. Oh, yeah. It saves us three
and a half percent. Yeah. Son of a bitch. So
then after that, it was the Brian Adams. Yeah,
Brian Adams gets out there. And I got to tell
you, Brian Adams shared later on that he woke
up without a voice. And he was sick. He didn't
feel 100%. Right. So he had spent the day doing
what he could to make himself feel better. Gargling.
And he... He battled through it again. He did
muscle through it. He did sound somewhat like
Bryan Adams. But it was just... It almost sounded
like a cartoon character voice. Because when
he talked normal, it was kind of like, oh, that's
like a normal voice. But when he sang, it was
like he contorted it. To make it like Bart Simpson
style. Kind of Elmo -y. Everything I do. Everything
I do. And it sounded like he had something caught
in the back of his throat. I do it for you. All
right, Edith. So I wasn't drinking, and I don't
remember any of that. I'll play a little. Do
you have any of their live stuff? I think so.
Is that him? Is that actually them? No, that's
not him. Is that not? Okay, there's another man
that also does. I'll cut it. That's definitely
not him. Yeah, well, that's all right. I mean,
look, I enjoy, I really like Brian Adams. Yeah,
he's good. He's going to be up in Windstar. Yeah,
well. The real one. The real one, yes. Yes. Well,
when? Coming up here real soon. Huh. Like March.
Actually, if he hasn't already been up there.
Look at Windstar. He's going to be the one over
at Lucas. arena or whatever it's called, the
new facility out there. I heard it's nice. Yeah.
It's a multi -level, right? I haven't been. It's
like the Choctaw one that's got an upper deck.
See, that's why we need to get some sort of RV.
One of us needs to get an RV that we can drive.
March 2nd. And we can park out. There's something
that sleeps like four to six people. March 2nd.
That's this weekend. That's Saturday. Yeah, that's
Saturday. Sunday. How about your tickets? What
are they going for? Let's see here. You know
it's going to be something stupid. I know. $180.
Well, it's too late to invite Larry out there.
$65. That's not horrible. $105. That's way back.
Yeah, that's... There's not a whole lot available.
$35. What's in the middle section? Nothing. Nothing.
$105. Yeah, I take those $105 ones. No, that's
the section $105. No, it's $105. In section 303,
it's $115. I wouldn't mind that. That's not bad,
actually. Yeah. There's only two of them, though.
We'd be all spread out, put it that way. I mean,
we're not going to buy them now, but I mean,
you know. You know what you need to do, like
what I did for Hans Zimmer that day? Go out there
to StubHub or SeatGeek, and those will all drop.
Right. The price. To $1. Potentially. Yeah, you
got a hell of a deal when you... Oh, yeah. Yeah,
so it was... I tried one last time. I had like
three hours before the show started. I was like...
How much did you get them for? And somebody was
panicking. I don't remember, but they were going
for like 800 bucks a ticket. Oh, damn. And I
got them for under 200 bucks. Yeah, somebody
was panicking. They were like, shit, I'm not
going to be able to... I didn't make something
out of this. Right, right. Yeah, they were good
seats, too. That's kind of like my playoffs for
the... Dallas Cowboys in San Francisco, man.
I forget exactly how much I paid, but the guy
that's sitting next to me, he paid like a fraction
for his ticket. I was just like, son of a bitch.
You're like, I don't want to hear that. I thought
about that. These bands, if you have flexibility,
wait until the day of and go look because people
are going to try to dump their tickets. Yeah,
sure. And if you have flexibility, that's when
you buy it. You may not be all sitting together
if you're trying to buy a big number of them.
There's Daryl Hall's coming. Ooh, Chicago. Chicago
sold out. Santana, not interested in Santana.
No, I'm not either. Yeah, neither am I. Oh, no,
it says seats added, not sold out for Chicago.
Interesting. What is that, like standing room
only kind of thing? They have a mosh pit in the
middle. Oh. Yeah, maybe. Philly Buck. Interesting.
Yeah. Yeah, I would like to see a concert there.
I think that would be a nice venue for that.
Well, I enjoy going to these venues. It's got
to be better than what was there before. The
thing is, it would be nice. I mean, you think
about the ride home back. I wouldn't necessarily
not want to spend the night, but it just adds
another layer of not getting home until. Yeah,
and it's part of the fun. After the thing, you
kind of visit the bars and the casino, and you
have a good time. You dance a little bit, and
then you go to bed right there. There was nothing.
in my opinion, than that concert we went to where
after the concert we went to was the Journey
tribute band. I thought you were talking about
the old guy who was hitting on you. That was
Paul. That was Paul. No, no, that you and the
boater. He was not hitting on people. Yeah, the
general contractor. Yeah, he looked like, oh
my God, who was the guy at Cheers, Frazier Crane?
He looked like Frazier. He totally looked like
Frazier. He had this super large head. He was
tall and the big muffled muffin top head. Well,
he supposedly was the entrepreneur who started
the Yardhouse. Is that what he said? Yeah, he
goes, yeah, I started the Yardhouse and I sold
it. Yeah, but then he said something about, I
have a boat. Yeah, he goes. Would you like to
come see my boat? He did not say that. Yes, he
did. He did. Was it a boat or a dinghy? It was,
well. Yeah, I don't know, man. I don't know.
We're not really sure. I remember he was talking
to Sean. He goes, I have a boat, Sean. Yeah,
and Sean was like, I'll go to your boat. Talked
to my general contractor friend here. And we're
like, Sean, you're not going with him. Yeah,
that's not happening. Like a moth to a flame,
not. He likes laying wood. Wow. Anyway, that
Journey cover band was fantastic. I enjoyed the
hell out of that. We were singing it. That was
one of the best nights ever. Yeah. It was called
Infinite Journey. Yes. I think it was something
similar to that. That's exactly what the name
was. Infinite Journey. Yeah. They were good.
And we sang. We danced. I was toasty. and it
was good. We had lots of... And we went back
to the hotel room, and I probably gurgled and
sounded like I was going to die because I didn't
have my CPAP machine back then. Was that the
hotel that I got with the... I don't know, with
the killed birds? What the heck was that all
about? That was the 38th special, wasn't it,
Kansas? Okay, that was a different one then.
But still, I mean. So bad. So for our listeners
out there, when we go to some of these concerts,
we will stay the night, we'll get there a little
early, we'll have dinner, and we'll go to the
concert, we'll get lit, then we'll come back
to the hotel room. And someone's usually in charge
of kind of organizing all the things. Okay, time
out. No, no, no, no, no. You don't get your time
here. Oh, okay. Let me go. Okay. Paul kind of
elected to take on the responsibility. I don't
know if it was elected or if Barry kind of did
the Jedi mind trick on him, but somehow Paul
was the nominee to get the hotel accommodations.
So he arranges it. Do I have my time now? He
failed. All right, go ahead, go ahead. First
off, everybody's too cheap to stay at the casino.
It's like 400 bucks a night, isn't it? That part
matters. Right? Well, it's $400 a night. Right.
I get it. So we have to find a hotel that's in
Gainesville for Windstar or, what is it? Not
Denton. Dane. Denison. What's the one? Denison.
Well, there's one in Durant, right? Durant or
Denison. Yeah, Durant or Denison. And you're
looking for these little shitty, dinky country
motels. Well, this one was. It was a shitty little
motel. Yeah. And then you look at the stars and
you look at the ratings and you're like, okay,
well, we shouldn't get killed there. Well, someone
did. Well, that one, we could have been killed
there. Yeah, and your stuff's stolen. I love
it when the first thing you show up and you drive
up and there's a little sign that says... Not
responsible for stuff left in cars. Oh, and it
was great. Yeah, and then we go in. Thanks, Paul.
No, and then we go into the lobby and there's
an old man bleeding profusely from his forehead.
And we're like, what the fuck is going on? Fuck
if you didn't give me an ADD compliant bathroom.
I fell and smashed my face. I was like, good
lord. It gets worse. Then we all get to our rooms
and we're all sending each other pictures of
our rooms. They're terrible. And you've got like
these mitigating air movers in your room. Oh,
yeah, I walk in. Because the room was wet from
the condensation line from the HVAC system. It
smelled like mold. They're doing disaster recovery
in my room. The fire alarm hanging from the ceiling.
No battery in it. With no battery. Then Sean
got his black line out, and there was just sperm
everywhere. Don't ever do that. Well, that's
when the jokes began. Everybody started posting
pictures of a chalk line of an outline of a body.
And then, I mean, it just got worse. They were
just grabbing internet photos, right? It was
bad. John and I were in the same room, and we
walked. I don't remember who it was. We walked
into the bathroom, and there was a big, greasy
handprint on the mirror. Oh. Like someone was
bracing themselves. Oh, and you know what they
were doing. And it was right in the middle, big
old hand. I was just like. You stayed in the
ditty suite? Oh, it was nasty. It was a nasty
hotel. Yeah, don't. Like, I echo your no blacklight.
It's a no blacklight hotel. Yeah, I don't recommend
that in any hotel room. Any hotel room. No, and
Sean has a thing where he doesn't sleep under
the covers. Even at nice hotels, I didn't sleep
under the covers at that one. I was on top of
those covers. I didn't get underneath. In your
hazmat suit? Oh, I didn't get undressed. I just
laid down and tried to fall asleep. Yeah, I usually,
I don't know if I brought a sleeping bag then,
but I used to bring a little sleeping bag and
just sleep in that. Well, you know what I accomplished
is that I never am in charge of booking the hotel
for any group outings again. So that worked out
in my favor. Well, we also had like a bird holocaust
burger scene. Dude, it was insane. What is up
with that? That was so strange. First off, the
pool was empty. Wasn't it pool drained? Yeah,
it was drained. So it was obviously not in service.
And then all around the pool were mounds and
mounds of bird feathers. It was like 10 ,000
birds had some sort of conference. Orgy or something.
And they all died. And they got in a big bar
fight, a big brawl. There's feathers everywhere.
There's feathers everywhere. It was like a big
chicken cock fight, you know? It was... It's
astounding how many feathers there were. I didn't
understand it. They were everywhere. It was everywhere,
Chuck. But there were no dead birds, though.
There were no dead birds. We didn't see any carcasses
anywhere, but there were feathers everywhere.
It might have been like a multi -migration resting
place. All right there? I don't know what it
was. I know. It didn't make any sense. I think
someone just opened up a bunch of goose pillows
and just... Let him fly. I don't know what it
was, but it was bizarre, and I was afraid we
were going to get some sort of bird flu. Yes.
All right, so speaking of concerts, there are
some in Irving. I know that's not our favorite
venue because it's outdoors, and usually it's
in the summer, and it's miserable. But Toto and...
What is it? Toto and Chris Cross. Christopher
Cross? Christopher Cross. And Men at Work. Celine.
How's it go? I sound disliked, Christopher. No,
no, no, please go ahead. Yes. What did he say?
He heard it. Did you hear it, Sean? Okay, anyway,
that was Christopher Cross somehow. I'm not really
sure how. But, and Men at Work. Nailed it. And
then there was also 38 Special, and Kansas is
returning to Irving. Soundbite. I don't, oh,
that's definitely, yeah. He won't do it. Of a
person being stabbed to death while singing Sailing.
Oh my God. Hey, I think I nailed it. You did.
You killed it. It was just Toto with Christopher
Cross and Men at Work. Yeah. I think it's going
to be a good one, man. Is that going to be like
a five -hour concert? It's like Monday night.
It's a weird one. Yeah. I don't know about that
one. Hold on. You're talking about the Toto and
Chris Cross and Men at Work. Yeah. And Men at
Work are going to be on a Monday night? Yes.
That is odd. It is odd. But you know, it'd be
fun. What Monday is that? August 18th. Is that
a Monday that we typically have off? No. I don't
know. That's the same time we went and saw the
Foreigner cover band. Yes, they are a cover band
now. Anyway, I was thinking about that one. And
then, of course, like I said, Kansas and 38 Special.
But I've seen both of them, so multiple times,
I think. Anyway, so. So August 18th, 2025, the
23rd day of the year. There are 135 days left.
33rd Monday. Yeah, there's nothing. The 60th
day of the summer. The birthstone for this day
is Peridot. Yeah, I don't know why anybody would
choose a Monday night for a concert, but whatever.
Well, especially a long one like that. I know.
With three bands. Right. Unless they're all doing
short sets. In the middle of summer, is what
it sounds like. I know, and they're all old.
I mean, fuck it. You might as well. I don't know,
man. That was kind of a tough call. That's probably
why there's still seats available. But anyway.
I always question these older bands playing outdoors
when it's that hot out. Yeah. You know? Yeah,
I don't know. Anyway, I miss it. We haven't done
it in a long time. Lost 80s Live. Is that the
guy from Flock of Seagulls? It does look like
him. Okay, it looks like him, doesn't it? Without
the crazy hair? Lost 80s Live. Is that a DJ?
What does that mean? Is that a DJ? No, there's
a bunch of bands. Flock of Seagulls, Big Country.
What does that say? The Vapors? The Vapors. Calling
them Japanese? You think you're calling them
Japanese? Oh, yeah. China Crisis. The Icicle
Works, I know them. Bay Louie some. So they're
all really playing? Josie Cotton. They're coming
out there to play two songs? That's on August
7th. It's just like 500 degrees out there. I
think I'm turning Japanese. I think I'm turning
Japanese. I really think so. Oh, we just got
pinged. We can no longer post on YouTube because
you just sang that. Well, no, I had a unique
spin on it. But you know what that song's about.
I think we've talked about that. Yeah, he's...
Is it what? Oh, they're masturbating? The guy's
masturbating into the window. How do we know
that? Is that just urban legend, or is that for
real? I'm not sure I buy that. Let's do the lyrics.
I believe it kind of alludes to that, doesn't
it? I don't know. We'd have to look at the lyrics.
What does turning Japanese mean besides that?
That you're being influenced by all the products
they're peddling? Or it could be that he's squinting.
Because he's orgasming? He looks like... God,
I don't look like that when I orgasm. How do
you know? Do you watch yourself? Oh, all the
time. Sean's taking selfies. Well, let me show
you. Here's a video of me masturbating. Shout
out to Brian. Does it look like I'm Japanese?
Shout out to Brian. Every time he comes, he yells
mazel. Oh, God. Mazel. Brian, he was on the podcast
that never got posted, but Brian, he shares a
story with me. He went out to a comedy club,
and the place didn't sell out, but they were
like, fuck it, we'll do it anyway. So there was
like 10, 15 people there, and there was some
guy that was pretty funny from what he was saying,
and Brian was, I guess, a little toasty, and
I don't know. He just kept saying things, and
he was talking about... He was talking about
how Jewish and German. He says, oh, you guys
must have pretty good sex. He's like, oh, it's
concentrated. Oh, wow. And then they start laughing.
Then he's talking about, yeah, every time I come,
I yell mazel. And then without a blink, his girlfriend's
like, yeah, he does. And so it's just whatever.
Great. Whatever. Funny story. Brian. What a ding
dong. Yes. All right. So I don't know about this
concert, this 80s, lost 80s. Yeah, I'm going
to have to process that. I'm going to have to
lose another 30 pounds so that I can accommodate
the weather out there. Or I'm going to have to
get a little body suit, like a little astronaut
suit and keep it, you know. Like a bubble. You
did not do well at the foreigner concert. Oh,
dude, it was tough. I'm not going through that
again. I had to stand up. It was too much. It
was unhealthy. Yeah. No, I get it. It was hot.
It was very, very hot. Yeah. I was about to,
you know, get some liquid nitro. What is that
stuff called that you take, the medicine you
take? Nitroglycerin? Yeah, nitroglycerin. I don't
know if the blood pressure was that high, but
it was just uncomfortable. I had to walk. I had
to, like, you know, stretch it out. You know,
but the concert was good, and the guys from REO
Speedwagon, they were just kind of like, we don't
think we've ever had a fucking concert that was
this hot ever. It was a foreigner, right? Oh,
yeah, a foreigner. Cover band. Not REO, but it
was a former cover band. But we saw REO. The
official former cover band. In that same venue.
We saw REO. And I think Joan Jett. That was Boston.
Yeah. We saw Kansas. We saw Felder. But we saw
REO, and he was not good. Kevin Cronin didn't
sound good at all. Yeah. I saw them a couple
live concerts on TV, and you're right. He didn't
sound good. He struggled. Oh, yeah. Yeah. He
looked like a grandma. I mean, shit, man, they're
all in their fucking 70s. I know. I mean, it's
crazy. Well, they just called it quits. They
did have the world tour. Who, Boston? No, REO
Speedwagon. And they're like, yeah, we can't
get along together anymore. That's too bad. And
in December is it. We can't get along? Yep. Well,
I mean, they're all grouchy old men, right? Yep.
That's crazy. Look at that. His name's Maeve.
Yeah. Glasses don't help. And his hair? No, it's
not a good look. Well, they can't do the perms
anymore. That wouldn't look good on an old man
either. Kevin Patrick Cronin Jr., born in 51.
Yeah. 73. 73 years old. You know, at this point,
it's just a severance check they're looking for.
They suck it up. They go on these concerts to
wheel and deal another $50 ,000, $100 ,000. I
wonder how much these guys make per concert.
I don't know. I don't think they're doing it
for the money. I think they do it because it's
a last hurrah and they enjoy playing together,
right? I mean, I don't know. I think it's money
as well. I think it's money as well. It's always
money. I don't think they enjoy it because I
think that it puts a lot of stress on their relationships.
Yeah, maybe. I don't know what it is about these
types. Whatever. You've got to have a strong
core. I think we have a great relationship, and
even though we have disagreements, I think it's
freaking great. We can just bounce right back
because I don't care what you guys do. It's just
like, yeah, well, whatever. That was that day,
and this is this day. And they can't do it. They
can't move past that, and I don't get that. Especially
if it's going to make you a lot of money. True.
Hey, we could stop now, or we could suck it up,
keep going, and make a few hundred thousand dollars
more. Yeah. You know? Well, I mean, that's my
argument. I don't think they need the money.
I mean, I don't know how they spend their money,
but they should be getting lots of money from
REO. I mean... Well, it depends what their record
contracts look like. Well, that's true. You know?
They might have gotten screwed on a bad deal.
A lot of people did. A lot of these bands did.
Yeah, that's crazy. Anyway, so that was the highlight
of the weekend, right? I don't think... Well,
for me, I had something else going on. Oh, yeah,
you had... Yeah. Yeah, my oldest son got... engaged
over december and we had a engagement party it
was small it was just family uh on our side it
was just you know grandparents aunts uncles yeah
stuff like that uh then same for her side and
uh we had that it was a little more formal um
and uh got some really good mediterranean food
i got some leftovers downstairs i had for dinner
so it was good nice uh I mean, was there a DJ?
No DJ. No music? Yeah, there was music. No DJ.
It wasn't that kind. It was a little more formal
and just, you know. Kind of a cocktail party.
Kind of, yeah. They had alcohol there? No booze.
And it was good. It was very nice. Did you bring
your own? No, I didn't bring any beers. A little
pocket bourbon canister? No, I did not bring
any beers. Flask? I think that culture, there's
not a lot of drinking, right? I don't know. Well,
there was drinking, but we didn't have any that
night. Right. Interesting. So. Yeah. But it was
nice. It was good to see Brandon and Yasmin and
having fun and some family members I've never
met of hers. Yeah. I mean, they had their friends
there, right? Brandon had some friends and Yasmin
had some friends? He had a couple of friends
from Parker. She had a couple of friends, but
as far as everyone else, it was just family.
Okay. Well, that's cool. Yeah. Yeah, nice. It
was good. It was nice. So anyway, that was mine.
That was my Saturday. That was your Saturday.
Running around, getting the last minute things,
flowers and cakes, and then I locked my keys
in my car. How does that even happen nowadays?
Because I was carrying, Brandon got this. Bouquet
for Yasmin. It was humongous. So I had to go
down into Garland to pick this thing up. And
this thing is huge. It was in my truck. Right.
So I had my keys and I get out and I was distracted.
Left the keys in the ignition. So I get out and
this thing is huge. So I was like, I'll just
hit the door lock instead of trying to dig the
keys out of my pocket because this thing is huge.
I have to use both arms. Because you're thinking
your keys are in your pocket. And as soon as
I closed it, I was just like. Shit. Shit. And
I looked in there, and they're dangling there,
and I was like, tried the door, and I was like,
God. So I ran in. I carried this thing, probably
weighed 60 pounds, and I gave it to Steve, and
I was like, I need your keys. I need to go home
and get my spare keys real quick. How aggravating.
So this thing started at 5. This happened at
425. Oh, shit. And I was down there at Waters
Creek, and I was trying to do everything. I was
hitting every stoplight. It was pissing me off.
Well, good thing you have a spare set. Yeah,
so I got a spare set, and I made it back right
at 5 o 'clock. And I called Steve, and I was
like, call Brandon, because they were supposed
to show up at 5. Right. For a grand entrance
type of thing. Yeah, kind of thing. And apparently
they were running late and stuff like this. I
was like, perfect. But I was stressed out. I
was that asshole driver. Right? So, you know.
But you had a reason. You had an excuse. Well,
that's why I kind of sometimes, unless I see
you every day doing the same thing, I kind of
give those people the benefit of the doubt. I
was like, okay, maybe they have a reason to drive
like this. Right. I see them all the time, though.
It is kind of whatever. I figure there's something
going on, but I just kind of, I used to get upset.
Pull up to them. Look at him. Fuck off, man.
Right. Now I don't even care. You don't know
what's going on. Like me, I wasn't in life or
death, but I was trying to get back for my son.
I would have been death. You were stressed out?
Your wife would have. Yeah, she probably would
have. It would have been death. But you never
know. I mean, maybe they're getting for an emergency
or something like that. So I try to give those
people the benefit. Unless I see you every single
day doing the same thing. Yeah. How often are
we going to? see the same driver, right? But,
you know, when you drive to work every day, sometimes
you see him and you're just like, you're an asshole
every day. Yeah, it's true. You know, I do see
that, but anyway. Well, I'm glad it worked out.
It was good. Yeah, I'm glad it worked out. It
was nice. It sounds like they were happy about
how it turned out as well. Yeah, it was very
nice. Cool. And I'm excited for Brandon. Oh,
yeah, I'm excited for both of them. At the end
of the day. Yeah, when is the wedding? It'll
be after he graduates, so probably 27 sometime.
Oh, okay, so it's not. Not currently. No. All
right. Well, that's nice. Not anytime soon. They're
being smart about it. We're getting to that age.
And what is Yasmin going to do for her occupation?
She's already got a job. She's working full time.
So what is it? She is in, she produces training
videos for a construction company or an electric
company. So, I mean, is that what her occupation
is, is just a producer or is it marketing? Kind
of a marketing type of thing, I guess. Interesting.
Yeah, she makes decent, makes good living. Yeah.
So is she familiar with Adobe Photo Video and
stuff like that? I believe so, yeah. I don't
know about that one, but that's - Well, you should
ask her. She uses stuff like that, I'm sure.
Yeah. It could be to our advantage to have some
specialist that could assist with any specific
questions. Potentially. I don't know what software
she uses or exactly what she does, but I know
she said that she creates or edits or something.
Along those lines, the training videos that we
all have to watch, right? Right. Right. Some
of those videos are funny, man. Speaking of compliance
videos, you know, I just got hired, and I have
to watch 24 of them. Damn. And I've got four
left. And I watched one today about child abuse,
and it was horrible. Right. Just reading all
this stuff, I'm thinking, how could you do this
to kids? Right. You know, and stuff like that.
I'm just like, eh, it's terrible. Sex abuse.
and all that stuff. You're just like, you know,
I don't understand that. But why do they have
to... You know all that stuff happens. Well,
it's identifying it. Like what to look for. It's
what to look for and what to do about how to
report it and stuff. Yeah. It's not that you
can stop it, but you can help the process and
get... touch with the right people to stop it.
Yeah, because you're in a situation that if you
suspect something, you're obligated to report
it. Correct. Yep. That's what it's getting across.
Yep. Here are the types, here are the signs,
here are the causes, and this is what you do.
Yeah, because you literally can be charged with
something if you suspected something and you
didn't speak up. Well, they talk about, you know,
some of the physical abuse, you know, some of
it's burns, cigarettes, you know, they pour grease
on them. Good Lord. And they said this is what
the burns look like if it's, you know, the grease.
Right. And, you know, they dump them in scalding
hot water and shit like that. And, of course,
accidents happen. Accidents happen. But, I mean,
you know, but, yeah, you don't know. You can't
assume. But, anyway, that was a tough one to
watch. Yeah, I bet. So you got four more left.
Yes. I haven't even looked at my list of 2025
training. I'm sure it's a bunch of, you know,
what you do is you just put it on and then you
push play. and then you just kind of walk away,
and you do other things. At one time, I had two
screens, and I put one on one and one on the
other and pressed play on both of them and just
worked. And then when it was done, I took the
little quiz. Well, some of these I had to watch
because some of it's like, you know, what do
you do with anaphylactic shock and stuff like
that. So I had to watch. Maybe if I do it next
year, I'll know. I had to watch it. Well, I gamble,
because sometimes you can take the test more
than once, and it's usually the same five questions.
Just rearranged. Yeah, the correct answer was
this. I was like, damn, okay, got it. Take the
test again. Well, now I know it. I screenshot
stuff like that. Yeah, I'll hold my phone up.
Yeah, it's so dumb. Well, let's talk about the
whiskey of the half. Yeah. Very good. So we have,
what do we have? Yellowstone Saline. From the
limestone branch. Yellowstone Bourbon Whiskey,
the Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. This one
is, I think this is one of the first years that
we have purchased this. Yeah, we've had this
for quite a while. Yep. So it's 93 proof, and
it comes in a wine -like bottle. It's tall and
narrow. And this one is, it says it's a four,
with a perfect blend of a four and a seven year
bourbon. Select provides a smooth yet complex
flavor, skews to more classic traditional bourbon
profile. Yeah, Paul, finish that up. Let's see
here. Where are you? Right about the middle.
This bottle represents a culmination of seven
generations of distilling knowledge to ensure
Yellowstone remains an icon on shelves for generations
to come. Okay, this is part of the Jim Beam family.
So you've been there. Yes, I have been here.
Yes, so I have been there. And it's a very small
distillery. If you look at the Jim Beam family
tree, and Jim Beam is not even the— They call
it the Beam of Suntory, right? Right, right,
right. The Beam family tree. I shouldn't even
say Jim Beam because he's lower on the tree.
Like, when they go to the very top of the Beam
family, I mean, there's all these offshoots and
in -laws, and they all get into distilling. Well,
Yellowstone's one of those. I don't know how
far down the tree, but we went there. It's a
little distillery. It was cool. And Shelly, you
ever seen the bottle, the empty bottle in Shelly
in our kitchen that says. Is that it right there?
No, usually when I see empty bottle in your kitchen,
I cry. Right. So it's probably something I wanted.
That is it. That's where I was. That is dink.
Yeah, it's tiny. So where's that at? So scroll
out. So let me see where that's relation to.
It's on the southern side of Bardstown. Yeah,
it's nice. It's on the southern side of Kentucky.
Down there by the Tennessees? Not all the way
down there, but yeah. So a little bit farther
down. You see where Louisville is? We flew into
Louisville. We went down to the Jim Beam Distillery.
So it's not that far from Bardstown. No, but
when you look at the Bourbon Trail, it's on the
southern edge of the trail. That's what I meant.
Yeah. So I'm going to be in Bardstown. Mm -hmm.
Well, two, three weeks. That's actually not that
far. No, it's not far. About an hour drive, maybe.
No, not even. Yeah. Look at that. It's five miles.
It looks like it's like 30 miles. And those little
roads. 25 miles. See all those little roads?
They're so pretty. 32 minutes away. If I have
time, I might do it. Yeah. If I have time. Make
some time. Make time. Yeah, it was cool. I mean,
compared to other things we've seen now, even
Iron Root, I mean, it doesn't compare to Iron
Root at all. How about like the Tour? The Tour,
yeah, the Tour itself. Well, I mean, they're
kind of in the same realm. Oh, that was it. It
was Case. Go back to that. See that minor Case?
Yeah. That bottle is sitting in my kitchen, the
empty bottle. Oh, is that 30 proof? What does
that say? 15 proof? Or 90? 45 proof. All right.
Yeah. Was it any good? What was interesting is
Shelly fell in love with the bottle, and, you
know, I didn't. I don't know why at the moment
I didn't want to buy a bottle. I guess I had
already bought bottles of other stuff. And I
was like, shit, man, do we want to buy another
bottle? And so she went and talked to the manager.
She goes, do you have any empty bottles of this?
And she's like, and he's like, let me get you
one. Just keep it on the down low. And he came
out with an empty bottle and gave it to us. But
you're going to have to follow me in the back.
Well, I had to. Oh, my God. I know. I was like,
Shelly, this better be worth it. You're going
to have to give a beige. No. Anyway, so, yeah,
it was a. But it was a cool tour. I mean, they
have an open. That part was cool. You could dip
your finger in the fermenting vat. What if you,
like, pulled out a big straw? No. That's the
poison part. No, you just. No, that's the mash.
No, it's the fermenting mash. That's the fermenting
mash. So is that the part that's the good stuff?
It tastes like, yeah. Yeah, it tastes like corn,
like a corn mash, like cornbread, kind of, you
know. That's quaint. Yeah, it was a cool little
place. I mean, one of the reasons why we went
there is because we booked so late that we couldn't
get tickets to basically anywhere else. And so
I snatched that up and we went down there. That's
a good building. Yeah, it's neat. So anyway,
what do we think about it, by the way? That's
what we're supposed to be talking about. I like
it. I think the... What are you smelling? I think
grass. I smell grass. So the IA generated thing,
the aromas, dry oak, menthol, dark fruit, rye.
Toast, cinnamon spice, banana, dried cherry,
caramel, herbs, and licorice. I smell sweetness,
and I smell grass to me. Maybe that's, well,
there it says leathered cherries, whatever. It's
a leathered cherry. Not a normal cherry. A leathered
cherry. But I do smell some sweetness. Maybe
the dried. I'm not going to Google that. I wouldn't.
Leathered cherry. I wouldn't be like, grandmas
go wild, you know? It's a former porn star. Just
old. Wow. So the interesting thing about the
Yellowstone name is that apparently the distiller
that started it, they vacationed at Yellowstone
National Park, and they loved it, and they thought
it was the most amazing tribute to the United
States, and they had just commissioned it. You
know what I mean? Was it Teddy Roosevelt, I guess?
I don't know. I believe it was, yeah. Anyway,
so it was like the talk. Like Yellowstone, you
know, everybody was talking about Yellowstone,
and they were like, he loved it so much that
he wanted to name his bourbon after that park.
Oh, I thought they did it after the Duttons.
They did not. So the taste is, it's a creamy
vanilla fudge, what is it, herbaceous spice?
Herbaceous. Herbaceous. Herbaceous, oh, so it's
with herbs. Herbaceous. Herbaceous. Caramel,
melted butter, leathered cherries. Burnt brown
sugar cloves, smoked caramel, roasted hazelnuts.
I kind of, it does taste all, I can taste all
that stuff. Yeah. I mean, when you start grinding,
Paul, you drank yours an hour ago. Well, there's
some sweetness to it. I was thirsty. I mean,
I like this, but I think it's kind of thin. It's
okay. Yeah. I didn't think it was amazing. Yeah.
It's got some sweetness on the very tip. Yeah.
Yeah. A little tangy. Yeah. A little smoke oak.
Yeah. A little brown sugar. I had a little side
conversation here. herbs versus herbs. The British
say herbs, and the Americans say herbs. Like,
what the hell? Why is it like that? Walk us through
that, Jeff. They also call trunks bonnets. Well,
but that's two, I'm talking about two different
pronunciations of the same word. They also spell
beautiful, or not beautiful, but there's certain
words that have like an A in it. They also call
cigarettes fags. They do. He had to work that
in. I'll be able to cut that. Wow. What? So vulgar.
I know. He said it so violently. With so much
passion. I don't know. 93 proof, not bad. Yeah,
so the British word. Oh, yeah. Herbs. Herb. Because
whenever you hear somebody say herbs, here you're
like, it's herbs. Technically, they're right
if they're British. Herbs. Anyway. I know. Okay.
So we're going to rate this. Do they say wheat?
I'm not sure. Miracle whip. Whip. Cool. Okay.
We can stop this. How do we rate it? 93 proof.
I'm going to give it a 6 .1. Yeah. I was going
to run around. Perfect. I'll match that 6 .1.
I'm going to do 6. There you go. It's fine? It's
not bad, but it's... It's the leather cherry
that threw you off? You know, here's the thing.
In fact, I may go lower, but I'm going to stick
with six right now. It's not that it's a bad
taste. It's just not pronounced. There's just
not a lot there. It's very Jim Nailed It. Jeff
Nailed It. Thin. It's thin. It tastes thin. It's
just not enough. It's not oily. It needs some...
some fatty acid esters in there. Yeah. Yeah.
And also considering mictors 10 was what, 95
proof? Yes. That was out of the water. That was
off the charts. Yep. Even regular mictors, which
is right around this, it blows us out of the
water. So I would go, but I don't want to like
say, it's not horrible. Right. You don't want
to shit on it. Yeah. I don't want to shit on
it. I think a six, six one is appropriate. Yeah.
It's not bad. It's not good. It's an easy drinker.
It's right in the middle. You could sip this.
All day. Literally, because it's 93 proof. I
did more than a sip. I kind of half gulped. I
recommend it if you want a real... If someone
was asking for a recommendation, this is an easy
one to drink. It is an easy one to drink. Oh,
absolutely. So if they're not used to that high
proof stuff, this would be a good one to get
into because there's some sweetness to it. They
can easily drink it. Would you like a pour of
RD -1? So we got a little RD -1 for the spirits.
So why don't you get those guys back on the phone
and get another email set up. Oh, yeah. I love
this. This is a treat. Is this the cinnamon toast
crunch that Paul didn't like? It is. Until you
told me I liked it. And then I liked it. Oh.
Really? Power suggestion. Chuck's like, what
about me? This is on the shelf. Yeah, what the
fuck, guys? This is on the shelf. You can buy
this at any time. It was about 50 bucks. Oh,
it's so good. Yeah, it's gone up in price. It
is totally like Cinnamon Toast Crunch. It is
terrific, and that's because of the onomatopoeia
wood, right? The Ambarana. The Ambarana wood.
You're close. It's 110 proof, too. It's a Brazilian
Ambarana wood bourbon. It doesn't feel like it.
It does not taste like 110 proof. No. No, not
at all. It does not. Wow, we're sampling two
bourbons within minutes of each other. So what
does the Ambarana tree look like? Is it like...
Looks like a big oak. Is it not very hairy because
it's Brazilian? I kind of make it... It kind
of looks like... Really? It's a bald tree. It's
a hairless bald tree. Yes. And it's very moist.
Kind of look like Joy Reid's hair. That kind
of looks like her wigs. So it looks like a...
Yeah, there you go. All right. Well, they're
tall trees, and there's not much to eat. And
they make excellent barrels. And they taste great.
And they really do. They really do. Shout out
to them. And shout out to Yellowstone. And shout
out to all the listeners out there. You guys
are great. I enjoy doing this every single week.
It's fantastic. We wouldn't do it if we didn't
enjoy it. If you do listen to us and you have
constructive criticism, if you'd like to tell
us how we could be better, if you want us to
talk about anything specific, throw it our way.
Direct message us through Instagram or Facebook.
Just shout out to us. Chuck, thank you for the
first half. Producing, Doug's got some shine.
I'm Paul. And I'm Jeff.