Whoa. That's a rough start to the second half
here. I had a little San Pellegrino. A little
meat come up with that? We didn't have any jerky
this time. Yeah, that was really good, by the
way. That was very good. Are you out of it? Probably
now. There's like one or two pieces left. You
didn't make another batch for us? We're expecting
a new batch every podcast. If you give me some
meat, I'll do it. Oh. Give them your meat, Sean.
You're going to have to stand there for about
nine hours. It'll desiccate. So I fasted again.
I started back up on that program, and I had
dinner Sunday, and then Monday I didn't eat,
and then I ate tonight right before I got here.
It was probably about 4 o 'clock, actually. And
I made a compilation of stuff. It's just insane.
cut up an onion, leftover Brussels sprouts, coleslaw.
So you're just a gas machine. A can of tuna.
All right. Like a tuna casserole you make? Well,
I put it in a pan, and I was heating it up, and
I had a little water to kind of keep it going.
Probably stunk. Some garlic cloves, like four
garlic cloves in there. Why? Why'd you do all
this? Because it's healthy. Okay. Yeah. And there
was something else I put in there. I'm trying
to remember. Oh, liverwurst. That's healthy?
No. No, it's not. But out of the fat that you
needed. That one broke the mold, huh? Well, there
was a little bit left in the fridge. And I was
like, I don't want to make a sandwich. So I'll
just dump it in there. That's what I did. Did
it stake the whole house up? Nobody's home. You
know, they're coming home tonight going. Oh,
they'll be doing that tonight when this stuff
starts percolating. What in the hell happened
in here? Sean. Well, my wife, she's going to
go upset. I don't know, man. I feel bad. She's
in pain. Actually, I don't even know she's in
pain. Is she a staunch no -pain -killer person?
No, she's not. I couldn't remember. I guess she
has a high tolerance to pain. I don't know for
sure, but she doesn't like taking them. Nobody
likes taking them. Well, some people do. She
got hydrocodone and five milligram pills. I don't
know if that's good or bad. Oh, that's bad. Drugs.
I don't like taking hydrocodone because it works
adversely on me. It makes you hurt? It wires
me. It makes me hurt. I don't understand, Doc.
The pain is worse. Yes, amplify it. More then.
You need more. No, it wires me. I remember I
had my wisdom teeth taken out and I got the medicine
and I was like, this stuff will knock you out.
You'll be on the couch for the rest of the day.
I get home and I'm just like, Fuck, man, I'm
cleaning, moving shit, doing stuff. It's like,
I got to do more. I got to do more. And Tara's
like, what the fuck is wrong with you, man? I
tell you what, I can see why that stuff is dangerous,
though. When I had my shoulder surgery and I
would pop one of those and I would just kind
of levitate like three inches off the bed and
I didn't have a care in the world and I was so
relaxed. I was like, dude, this shit. Could definitely
be dangerous. What is OxyContin compared to that?
I think it's kind of the same thing. It's similar,
I believe. Yeah. They're barbiturates, aren't
they? Yeah, I don't know. I don't know. I know
when I had my shoulder surgery, I took one Percocet,
and I couldn't tell anything. So I was like,
I'm not taking this anymore. I took one. Then
I just lived on Tylenol. Well, yours was a little
more substantial. You had a vagina in your arm
for a while. That's true. That's true, and it
was hard to stay away from it. Second half of
the Dudes Like Us podcast. It's August 26th.
A vagina in my shoulder. Really? The V word came
out. At Dudes Like Us, I'm Sean. I'm Paul. And
I'm Jeff. And you've got a vagina on your shoulder.
You know what? Doesn't every guy want one? No,
but it was actually your photo on my phone for
the longest time. It may have changed. I'll never
know because it won't work. It never freaking
works when I want it to. Yes. Let me see here.
Nope, it's still the same. That's great. Yeah,
it's quite ugly. This is the crevice between
my, yes. There you go. God, that's so nasty.
Yeah, there you go. It's so impossibly nasty.
Yeah. It's all inflamed labia. All right. So
what it is, is the crevice between your, you
know, your chest and your, and the top of your
front pit. And that's where he went in to reattached
my bicep to the top of the shoulder. Correct.
And God, that is a nasty. I mean, and that was
right after it happened. It's all yellow and
purple. Oh, it's in flame. Yeah, it's just nice
and pink and bulbous. Oh, and blood was seeping
in between the stitches. There's stitches everywhere.
Yes, very moist. Yes, yes. It's very disgusting.
And yeah, it looked like a sewed up cooter. It
looked like a vagina. Because your armpit pubes
were coming out? Yeah. It's like, yeah. Yeah,
that was really gross. You're like, thanks, doc.
All right, anyway. All right, so the new thing
this week is a jam -packed college schedule.
I am very excited. Yes, college football. Let's
go. I'm a huge college football fan, and I see
that Cincinnati Bearcats are playing Thursday.
I may try to watch that. Yeah, and so, okay,
hold on. So is this, there's already been a.
Iowa State beat Kansas State. Yeah, I was going
to say, some of this already started. But this
is really the first full weekend. Is that the
deal here? They played in Ireland? Yes. I didn't
know that. Yeah, they did. Oh, that's an expensive
trip. It's going all the way to Ireland? And
apparently they didn't have yard markers or something.
Did you hear that? Not the scandal about this,
but they were like, yeah, they didn't have yard
markers. What are yard markers? Like first down?
Yeah. Well, yeah, like the 30, 31, 32. Yeah,
I don't know. Weird. They come from China. It's
probably good they're quicker. I just saw a quick
headline on it, and I was like, well, what was
the big deal about that? Let's see what it says
here. I don't know. There's no lines. I guess
there was no lines on the field. It was like
sucker. I guess. Let's see here. What do we got?
Anything? Nothing? Anywhere? No. All right. Well,
maybe that wasn't a thing. But I'm very, very
excited. There's actually a, I mean, more excited
about, there's a big game this weekend, Ohio
State versus Texas. Oh, big game. Yeah, and I
appreciate when these big schools, regardless,
I'm an Ohio State fan, but regardless, I like
when these big schools play other big schools
at the very beginning of the year. And this game
is going to matter so much. It does, because
it matters for both of them. You know, whoever
loses is going to have one loss, and sometimes
that's a huge thing. You've got to crawl out
from that. Yeah, but typically that one loss
against that big school is seen as a... positive
compared to other losses, though. How many times
did they say, man, if we had played them later
in the season, you know what I mean? It would
have been totally different. Well, last time,
Texas, they've done this maybe about five, six
years ago. Texas beat Ohio State. And then Ohio
State went on a big run, and that's what they
were saying then. I was like, we could have beat
them now. Exactly, because we're on a roll. So
this is the debut of, I know he's played before,
right? Archie Manning. But this is, and he's
now fully, The starter. Correct. And this is
the debut of that. Yeah. So that's nice. I don't
know where they're playing. I think they're in
Texas this time. They were in Ohio State last
year. Or last time. Do you think he feels the
pressure that is on him? It has got to be. Well,
it depends. I mean, everybody's talking about
it, right? Well, his grandfather, I think, did
a good job on his boys to prepare them. Yes.
Right? Because he had two good ones, right? Maybe
he's doing the same with Arch? I'm hoping so.
But can you imagine? What is he, 19, 20? He's
probably 20 at this point because this is his
third year at Texas. I mean, just imagine your
son at 20 years old who's, you know, being talked
about as like the second coming, right? I mean,
just crazy. He's 20. Yeah, I mean. So whose son
is this? Archie Manning. Peyton Manning's cousin
or nephew or something like that? Yeah, he's
not. Yeah, he's not Peyton's son or Eli's son.
It's another Archie man. It's one of their. It's
the third brother. Yeah, there's three brothers.
It's the third brother's son. Okay. And he is
starting for Texas and he is like, you know.
He's supposed to be. Incredibly hyped. Yeah.
He's big too, isn't he? Isn't he tall? I think
so. Like eight foot. Eight foot. Six four. Six
four. Yeah, it's exciting. Six four is pretty
big. That's the. That height and weight is stereotypical
QB. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I'm excited to watch it.
I'll watch that game. When is it? Is that on
Saturday? It's on Saturday at 11 a .m. Yeah.
Nice. All right. I'll definitely keep it. So
there's games Thursday. There's games Friday.
There's games Saturday. There's games Sunday.
And there's a Monday game, too, because there's
no NFL yet. That's right. Okay. So is there the
final preseason game? Or are they taking a week
off before the season starts? There's only three
preseason games now. Okay, so there's nothing
happening NFL -wise. No. Beautiful. And then
we're doing the draft on Monday. Yes. Very nice.
Yes. At my house. Yeah, at my house. Anybody
bringing foods? You know what? We need to talk
about that. I thought maybe we'd do breakfast
tacos or something. Like for... Taco Cabana?
Rudy's. No. Taco Cabana? Yeah, they do great
breakfast tacos. Oh, do they? I don't know. I've
never had them. Really? Yeah. Oh, that's like
a... A common work thing. Like people bring in
breakfast tacos on Fridays. Oh, Taco Cabana.
There used to be one on Preston, right? Yeah,
there did. Where are we going to get that from,
though? There's none around anymore, is there?
There's one down in Waxahachie. All right, I'll
leave Sunday. Be back in time. I think there's
one in the Colony. I mean, it wouldn't be that
far. Oh, is there? We can look it up. Rudy's
has good breakfast tacos, too. Yeah. Yeah, that's
true. They're expensive, though. Yeah, they are
expensive. Everything at Rudy's is expensive.
Yeah, it is. They just put together Blackstone.
Ooh. And cook for you guys? No, that's not going
to happen. Get up like it's 7? Screw that. I
mean, just a bunch of eggs, sausage, ham. Still
too much work. Bacon. Biscuits, gravy. Way too
much work. You'll be up at like six anyway. I'm
hungry. Keep going. There's got to be something
else you can throw in there. Some gravies. Some
grits. Yeah. Ooh, I like grits. And they're like,
you guys go ahead and draft. I'll stay out here
and finish this. I'll make my grits special with
lime. What is the, pull up the top 25. I have
not seen who the top 25 are. I'm curious to see.
who's listed this year. And where is A &M listed
on that? A &M's in the top 25. Are they? I did
read that, yes. That's good. I think they're
number one. Could be. Yeah, poor Preston. I don't
think so. Preston, my son, in A &M, he wanted
to be on the football team this year. He was
emailing the coaches, like all the coaches. I
was snooping on his Gmail account. Oh, really?
Years ago, though. No, this was recent. Oh, really?
I didn't log into his email account. He got on
my computer, and it timed out now. But my point
is he was emailing the coaches every day. Damn.
Hey, my name is Preston, et cetera, et cetera,
et cetera. And, dude, they're just not doing
it. There's no walk -ons this year. They changed
that program up. Oh, wow. Effective this year
only. Preston's like, what the fuck? That's his
dream. It'd be anybody's dream. It's just like,
ah, dang. Did he ever get a response? Zero. They
get hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of emails.
It's got to be thousands. Yeah. Of kids that
want to go to college? Yes. And play football
for them? Yes. Yeah, but you would think that,
you know, after emailing them every day. You
need to email. He probably did, but he needed
to email all the little assistant coaches. Yeah,
he was doing that too. Or the athletic director.
Yeah. He was emailing everyone. Yeah. You know,
and he had personal. It doesn't matter. It just.
You know, with Preston, it's just a compilation
of errors, you know, that his whole delay getting
into the school, you know, had he gotten in,
you know, without making that mistake, you know,
he could have probably walked on. It'll always
be a regret. I know. You know, I mean, it doesn't
matter to me, but it matters to him. And I know
he's feeling it, but. That's too bad. It is.
But, you know, anyway, so A &M, they're going
to do well this year. They're on the top 25,
right? They're in 19. All right, here's a quick
rundown here. Number one is Texas, then Penn
State, Ohio State, Clemson, Georgia, Notre Dame,
Oregon, Alabama, LSU, Miami, Arizona State. So
these are all pretty typical top teams. Wow,
look at number 12, Illinois. That surprises me.
That is an interesting one. All right. South
Carolina is usually there. Michigan, Florida,
SMU. Dude, SMU, they've come on, man. Last year,
they were really good, weren't they? Yeah, they
actually were close to being in the playoffs,
I think. Yes. That's a nice thing to see after
they've been gone for decades because of their
death penalty. Right. No, for real. Yeah, I remember
that. Yeah. Because of that story, they said
they would never do that again. It destroyed
their program for decades. All right, then you
got, let's see, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas
A &M, Indiana, Ole Miss. Damn, man. Iowa State,
Texas Tech. Texas Tech's in there? Nice. Usually
you don't see them in football. It has been a
while. I'm surprised Oklahoma's in there because
they were not good last year. Look how far Tennessee
dropped, all the way to 24. I thought Tennessee
was pretty solid, too. They were decent last
year. I think they're QB left, though. How many
football teams do they have? Hundreds. 100. 150.
130 something. Yeah. Yeah. It's hard to get into
that top 25, man. But you guys know this. In
the first two weeks, that list goes crazy. Yeah.
A lot of people drop out. A lot of people come
in. All that kind of stuff. They get hurt. Yeah.
So scroll up again real quick. Go back down to
the next one down. FCS. I'm looking at those.
Yeah, Sacramento, Lehigh. Scroll down a little
bit. What is that? Stephen F. Austin. That's
what I thought I saw. That's who Brandon played
for. So these are the next tier. That's the FCS,
yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because there's a ton
of them I don't recognize. North Dakota State,
you know them. They're always down here in Frisco.
Yeah, they always play in Frisco. Yeah. That's
crazy. Tarleton, that's here in Texas. Montana,
that's in Virginia. Jeff's lava lamp looks like
it has an abortion. It's just... That is pretty...
Yeah, it was crazy. What's going on with that?
It's a placenta. All right, so then... So the
NFL starts not this weekend, but the weekend
after that. Thursday. Actually, it starts Thursday.
Oh, that's the Hall of Fame game or something
like that? I don't know. Whatever they call that
first game. Yeah. I don't even know who's playing
the first game. Have you guys done anything for
the draft at all? It's Cowboys -Eagles. I've
thought about it. Thought about it? Yeah. So
that is some paying attention to players or teams.
I haven't watched a single game. Well, I haven't
watched a game either in the preseason. Not even
the Cowboys. I haven't watched anything because
I'm kind of like, I don't even. I tried watching.
The preseason games are so painful to watch unless
you have a vested interest in one of the players.
Yes. Agreed. They're extremely difficult because,
at least the Cowboys, they just run a standard
vanilla offense. Right. And the players, I'm
not saying they're bad, but they are not up to
par because they made the NFL. Right. Right.
At least to this degree. And they're just trying
not to get hurt. Well, not just that. Well, these
guys are trying to prove themselves. So they're
playing all out. Yeah, they're trying to make
the team. They're trying to make the team. So
they're going all out. But, you know, they're
still extremely skilled, but they're just not
to the level of an NFL player. Right. You know,
they're really good in college. They just can't
make that step. The quality's not good. The offense
is not good. And the quarterback for the Cowboys,
what's his name? Who was playing? Joe Milton?
I don't know about him. I don't know if he's
going to. Like if Dak goes down, Cowboys are
done. Oh, he's your second string? Yep. Oh, damn.
That's not good. If you don't feel good about
your second string, that's not good at all. No.
Considering how Dak gets hurt a lot, too. He
does. So what did you guys think of the, remember
the Sanders controversy? He was. Oh, the Deion
Sanders son? Yes. Oh, the one that got. Well,
he got, he got, so he did not play well. He got
cut. No, no, no, the quarterback. I'm talking
about the quarterback. His other son got cut.
Yes, his other son got cut. He was the one that
threw the punch. Yep. And they said, damn, we're
not doing this. Yep. And waved his ass the next
day. You're going, yeah. Waved him crazy. But
anyway, you know, the quarterback, he was, you
know, did not look good in the last preseason
game. Should do her. Yeah, should do her. And
then he was. getting ready to get on the field
to do the two -minute drill to try to win the
game or whatever, and they pulled him, and they
put in Huntley. He got cut. Yeah, and then that
guy ended up getting cut. And they were like,
you know, trying to sabotage his career and not
giving him a chance to get up the quarterback,
you know, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I mean,
all these people were freaking out, including
Kurt Warner. And he was like, I would have liked
to see him in the two -minute drill. Why would
they do that? They didn't give him a chance.
And I was like. Well, why is he so special wanting
to get all these extra things over anyone else?
Right. Yeah. That's the thing. Why is he getting
all these preferential treatments? It's the coach's
job to groom his guys and test them the way he
wants to test them. Right. Yeah, it's his call.
It's a fucking preseason game. They're looking
at what they want to look at. I agree. But, you
know, it's all the drama with the draft, right?
The fact that he slipped. He slipped so far.
And they felt that he was disrespected. Yes.
And then they're like, everybody wants to see
him just like light it up because he's that talented.
I don't think he can light it up. I don't think
he's that talented either. We'll see what happens.
Maybe I'm totally eat my words. Well, I don't
know. And I'm not rooting against him. I don't
want anybody to think I'm rooting against him.
But, I mean, there was so much hype. And the
Buffaloes were not good. And, you know, the whole
Dion thing is just kind of nauseating to me.
The influence of the father and how he was talking
to teams and, you know, when it came to, like,
who was going to draft him. And I'm just like,
the whole thing is just gross to me. Well, I
know, go back to the other one, Shiloh. How big
is he? Because when Brandon was playing Pop Warner
in the Frisco Football League, he played against
Shiloh and Deion's team. And Shiloh was, at the
time, oh, so. Yeah, so everyone caught up to
him. At the time, Shiloh was the biggest kid
on the field. Right. You know, when you're 12,
13, or however old he was, 11. And basically
all they did was hand him the ball, and he ran
out, and he'd score. And nobody could stop him
because he was super fast. Yeah, he was the biggest
kid, you know. He was fast at the time. Well,
everyone caught up to him, and I think he kind
of— Wasn't all that special. Right. And I think,
you know, we coached together. You know, Deion
was the coach at the time. of the Pop Warner
team here in Frisco. Right. So, you know, when
his kids graduate, went from the Pop Warner to
high school, Deion created the high school. Remember
that? Yes. To coach his sons there. And then
he went, when they went to college, he went to
college, Jackson State, where I think Shiloh
was quarterback. And then he went to, Colorado,
that's where both his sons were. So he's moving
with his kids. And coaching them all along the
way. And coaching them from the time they were
8, 9, 10, 11 years old through middle school
because that, I think it was called the Truth
School or something like that. Right. And then
that was the high school and then he moved up
to college with them. Different college, had
both his kids there. And I don't think he's long
at Colorado now because... I think his main goal
was, I want to coach my kids. Unless he's been
wrong with that, but he just needs to admit it.
I think there is something wrong with that. I
see something wrong with that whole picture.
Well, I think he does more. I coach my son in
soccer and baseball and stuff like that. Right.
Now, I think he went over the top a little bit.
You think? Where he would. All of high school
and two different colleges just to coach his
sons. Right, right. And I think, especially with
Deion's health. This is just me thinking. This
is probably his last year at Colorado. Oh, you
think? Yeah. You remember when they went 3 -0
and everybody was like, oh, my God, Deion is
the greatest college coach of all time, and look
how he's turned that program around. And then
I think they went 1 -411 after that. Yeah. I
bet Deion is trying to get on an NFL team somewhere.
Oh, guaranteed. So he can try to pull his boys
onto that team. Oh, gross. That's what I'm saying.
This whole thing is sick. I bet. That's my theory.
What I hate about this is maybe I do feel like
some people that hate Deion Sanders are not a
fan of him. I shouldn't say hate. But they kind
of want the boys to struggle. They want the boys
to not be successful to get back at that whole
story. And I don't think that's good. I don't
think that's good. I mean, if these kids are
talented and they have a chance, I hope they
do well. Well, I don't think they need to be
given any extra to... achieve it. They need to
be just like everyone else. They don't need to
have any special treatment. Like, they were pissed
off that Shiloh got pulled. Right. Why? Well,
they wanted to see what Tyrone Huntley could
do because they need to make a decision on him.
Well, you know what's funny? He led them to a
game -winning field goal. Huntley did. And then
they got him. Right. It's like, what was the
point of that? Right. Well, they needed to see
something. I mean, they said, alright, we saw
enough of Shiloh. Tyrone, you get in there. I
need to see what you can do with this. Right.
to maybe it's between Shiloh and Tyrone at that
point. You know the other thing they might have
been thinking is that they knew they were going
to cut Huntley, and he's a quality individual.
I'm just kind of making up this stuff, right?
But they love him. He's been a part of the organization,
and they want him to look good, give him a chance
to look good so that somebody else picks him
up. That could be. That could be. It wouldn't
surprise me. They do that kind of stuff. They
didn't put him in the two -minute drill, and
they put Huntley instead. That's what I was thinking.
I was thinking they probably knew they were going
to cut him. It's like, look, he's the low man
in the totem pole. If he shines here, then we'll
do some reconsideration. Otherwise, this is it.
Regarding the NFL and the cheerleaders. Oh, yes.
Very nice. They apparently are upgrading the
cheerleader squad now. This is Minnesota. Currently
over 10 male NFL cheerleaders. What? Yeah, they've
got teams like Baltimore Ravens, Carolina Panthers,
Indianapolis Colts. This is all new? The Chiefs,
the Rams, the Vikings, the Patriots, the Saints,
the Eagles, the 49ers, the Buccaneers, and the
Titans. Okay, hold on. Go ahead. Every year we
go to a football game, and for the last two years
I'm like, why are there dudes dancing with the
dance team? We went to the Patriots. We saw them
there. You just said that. We went to the 49ers
game. We saw them there, too. So we need to make
a distinction. There are male cheerleaders in
college. Correct. And they're the ones that are
wearing male outfits, and they're lifting up
the girls. Well, they're the base, the people
who throw the chicks up in the air. Yeah, they
throw the chicks up in the air, and they're manly.
Yeah, they're manly men. They're not sashaying
around. Correct. They're not feminine. They're
not. boys that are acting like girls and being
feminine. They're not doing the same dance as
the girls. Right. Shaking the hips. Yeah, never.
See, in college, they're part of the cheer squad.
Correct. There's a difference. That's not what
these guys are doing. They're there to basically
the tumbling, the acrobatics, team dynamics.
Yes. Lifting and that's their role. But this
one is not the case. These are male that are
out there dancing and boogieing with the women.
Well, that's totally the case for Minnesota.
But is that the case for all the other teams
that you're talking about? Over 10 male NFL cheerleaders.
Okay, but that doesn't mean they're being all
flamboyant. Yes, it does. Pull it up, Mr. Producer.
Okay. They are. I mean, look, these guys, every
single one of them, their butane is on high because
they are flaming. Oh, no. There was even a trans
one in Carolina. No, no, no. Do they not understand
the audience? Do they not understand? This is
like Bud Light all over again. Look at that.
The male Vikings. Go to the one on the right.
Hi, guys. I mean, what is that all about? It's
not necessary. Look at the guy standing with
his hands on his hips and his... You know, hips.
And part of me also kind of feels. I don't get
it. Like I'm being a dick about feeling this
way because maybe it's change, you know, but
it's like. My argument is that the typical male
fan of the NFL does not want to see this. But
what are the videos on? I don't want to be painful.
Yeah, let's do it. We got to suffer through it.
Let's just see if it's as bad as we think it
is. Jeff, put your pants back on. Oh, look at
this guy. Is this the Vikings guy? Yeah, he's
the Vikings guy. Let's watch it. One, two. He
does a little backflip. The Vikings face backlash
after two male litter cheerleaders join the team.
It's on mute. Oh, he's doing his... You know
how when the girls... You know how when the girls
bend over and they flip their hair back? You
know what I mean? That's what he just did. With
no hair. Oh, has he got a wig on now? Is that
a mustache? There's two of them. Oh, my God.
He's got lip balm on. His name is Napoleon. And
look, whatever. It doesn't matter to me. I just
don't want to see it. I know. It's like, I don't
want to watch dudes kiss. I don't want to watch
this. Come on. And you know the sad thing about
this? There's no way we can express our opinions
about this without it being totally. You're homophobe.
Received as bigoted, homophobe, hateful. None
of us are homophobes. We just have a preference.
Hey, man, you go, because look, sexuality is
completely private and personal. Heterosexual
people shouldn't be mugging down in public. They
shouldn't be being sexual in public. Same goes
with gay folks. I don't care. Do whatever you
want to do in private, but I don't know. this
is republicans are losing their shit over male
males yeah but you know part of me is kind of
up in arms about this and i can't help the way
i feel about it but i will tell you that i'm
i'm at least compassionate i'm at least forgiving
i'm passive about it it's just like hey man look
i get it they're there I'll accept it. I just
don't want it. If I had a vote, I'd vote no.
I'm kind of with you. I really don't care, but
what I'm witnessing is a Bud Light moment. It's
like, come on, NFL. I think they've been around
for a few years now. You know what I mean? Yeah,
at least two, if not a couple more. But you know
what I'm saying. They snuck it under the radar
in a couple of weeks. Last year they had seven
teams, and this year they have 12. It's just
a disconnect with the fans, but whatever. Maybe
we're in the minority here. I don't know. I don't
know. Okay, it doesn't matter. I don't know.
Yeah, you know, I'm not – and look, they don't
show a whole lot of these cheerleaders on the
TV anyways. I mean, usually they're just passing.
But really, you see them when you go to the game.
I mean, that was kind of a big deal. You go out
there and like, oh, he's going. And you're like,
there's a game on you. You're like, oh, this
one's in front of me. I get to watch her all
day. Now he's in front of me. And you're just
watching that the whole time. Now you've got
the guy in front of you. They rotate every quarter.
They do a little rotation. Yeah, they do. Oh,
you're right. Okay. They do. They do move around.
So you get a nice little circulation. But Sean
just keeps going wherever the guy goes. He's
like, I'm going to move over there. Yeah, it's
weird. Anyway, that is a disappointing thing.
One of the topics I want to talk about, because
I know Sean is big into this, and I want to get
his opinion. He may already know about this.
There's a lawsuit out there against Amazon about
buying movies. Because when you're up there,
you're like, oh, I like the movie, I'm going
to buy it. Yes, and you're allowed to watch it
forever. That is incorrect. Oh, really? You are
buying a license to view it for as long as Amazon
has that movie. So if, let's say, Star Wars,
I don't know, I'm just throwing it out there.
Star Wars, Amazon has the rights to that now.
You're like, I'm going to buy this. All of a
sudden, Disney goes, I'm pulling Star Wars from
Amazon. I'm going to give it to Netflix now.
You lose that movie. Oh, not cool. They will
delete it. That's the lawsuit, huh? That's the
lawsuit. Simple solution. I mean, they're making
enough money. Just reimburse them the money.
Hey, look, we're sorry. We don't have the rights
for it anymore. Well, you spent your, I don't
know, $10 so you could view it. It was a license.
You're buying a license to view it. That's what
you're buying. Right. Because I got a bunch.
That's what I know. I got Lord of the Rings.
I got all the Harry Potters. I got tons and tons
of movies on there. Well, Amazon just dropped
all of those. Well, look, seriously. I mean,
if they drop it, they really should set up a
refund. You know, because they make shitloads
of money. Who do they fucking care? They're not
going to give money back. I can tell you that.
It's probably the right thing to do, but they're
not going to give you money back. They can give
you tokens. They can say, hey, look, we're not
going to reimburse you, but we'll give you a
credit to go buy some other movies. Maybe that's
what comes out of this lawsuit. Yeah. I don't
know. It would make sense. You'll get 50 % off
your next movie. Or they may go, because what
it is, because when you see it, it says, buy
movie, right? Right. Sean just shat himself,
by the way. I'll make sure I enhance that. What
are you talking about? I felt the rumble. Yeah.
That was not me. And I think in the terms and
conditions, it says, this is a license to view
this movie, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Right. Don't say buy. Right. So it says buy movie.
So people are like, oh, I'm buying this movie.
I can do it. But then. They don't have the rights
anymore, and their movie goes away. It's a movie
subscription while available. Correct. 100%.
Okay. Well, there you go. Like I said, Sean,
I know buys movies. Well, I can't afford to buy
the movies, so we just pay the $4. Well, it makes
sense to buy the movies for me. The movies I
watch every year, like Elf, some of the Christmas
ones. Just stuff like that. Stuff you know you're
going to watch every year. That's fine. It's
really not that much money at the end of the
day. I think maybe it comes back to people start
keeping DVDs of certain movies. There is that
trend. There's a trend overall, but especially
with the new generation, they're buying physical
media so that they can have it. It's kind of
like LPs, right? LPs are coming back. Are we
going retro with the DVDs? If shit's in the cloud.
How do you own that? You don't. You have a license
to watch it, really. You don't own it. It's up
there on someone's server, Amazon server. It's
the same thing with applications for corporations.
Right. Now everything's going to the cloud and
you have a three -year subscription. Right. It's
just like video games is another one. You don't
own it. Video games are another one that's coming
under fire where they release these games online.
and people buy them, and they buy the upgrades,
and all of a sudden they're like, yeah, we're
going to stop supporting this, and the game goes
away. Well, I bought the game. I should be able
to play it. Right. Right? Whether it's on my
computer or what, but no, it got deleted, and
I can't even access it anymore. Dude, everything
is going to a subscription model. Everything.
It's more money. Yes, and it's guaranteed money.
Well, I mean, like, let's say Xbox. For example,
Xbox has Xbox Plus, I think they call it now.
You buy a subscription to that. It's X amount
of dollars a month, and you get any game you
want. There's thousands of games you can pick
from. Just pick out, download it, and when you're
done with it, just delete it and download another
one. As many as you want. And then the primary
games, you've got to pay for those, of course.
You know, those are pretty beefy. They've got
Battlefield 6 coming out. Recommend everyone
download that. Look up my game tag, D -S -M -U
-R -F -Y, D. Smurphy. Look me up. Show you what
a man plays on Xbox. Wow. Yeah. Look, I love
the Battlefields. I love first -person shooter
games. Excuse me. It's fun. It's a lot of fun.
I enjoy it. But, you know, I haven't heard that,
what you were talking about, as far as... video
games go where they don't support that because
on specifically xbox they have games like steam
was called out oh yeah steam very possibly because
steam is a third party uh server system set up
so yeah i get them because they started off kind
of like i don't i don't they started off almost
like illegal you know people were like accessing
stuff And they weren't supposed to be. Oh, really?
And then there was, like, subscription, but whatever.
Now it's turned into something different. I don't
know about Steam, but Xbox is different. Because
I have games, believe it or not, on Xbox 360,
you know? Well, you downloaded them, though.
Correct. So you download them to your machine,
whereas, like, your movies, you don't download
those to your machine. But I delete them, you
know? And I can go back up to the cloud and download
them again. True. You know, so I haven't heard
that from Xbox. I hope it doesn't. Because there's
a lot of fun games out there that are for the
Xbox 360. I guess if you deleted it from, I don't
know, if you deleted it from your Xbox, it's
out in the cloud and they're like, all right,
we're not partnering with EA anymore or whoever
makes Battlefield. I mean, that would suck. And
then all that shit's gone. Yeah, that would suck.
Yeah, but it is what it is, man. It's just like
when you're a Dish Network or a DirecTV or YouTube,
or rather YouTube TV is going to, you know, they're
in contract disputes with Fox. I'm sorry, man.
Oh, they're going to block Fox. It's extremely
distracting. I'm trying to keep it in, but our
headsets, even though they sound great, they
fucking, they're deteriorating. They are. Yours
are flapping in the wind, and Jeff, I mean, Paul,
you had like shit stuck to your head. Okay, no.
I will tell you, I have found pieces of my headset
on my neck. On the side of my temple, like two
days after podcast. On your pillowcase. And I
showered daily. So I don't know what's going
on with this shit, but it's starting to sink
into the skin. Did you take a picture of your
headphones yet? Yeah, I did. I cannot remember
shit. I need to just buy. You're very list -oriented.
I know, and if it doesn't get on the list, it's
never going to be done. Wow. You know, this conversation
about video games made me think about the lunch
conversation we were having with our coworkers
today. They were saying, and it was mainly from
a female's perspective. It was like, if you are
going to date a guy, what would be hobbies that
they could have that would be a red flag for
their, you know, for whether they should date
them or not. Right. And we kind of went round
robin, like, you know, what do you think? What
do you think? And one of them was golf. Somebody
said hunting. You know, obviously, it's things
where they're going to be gone all the time.
Right. I said video games. Oh, really? I did.
I said, I think you guys should be worried about
video games. Because, you know, the guy's always
like, you know. I thought about you while you
were telling all that. I was like, oh, shit.
Sean's probably a red flag. Anyway, but no. No,
I didn't mean it like that. But anyway, you know,
it's a very time -consuming hobby. And I think
it's. very prevalent for the younger generation,
right? It can't be time. Now you have 30 -year
-olds and, you know. It could be time -consuming.
I look at it like there are people that will
sit in front of their TV and watch an hour of
TV or two hours of TV. But that's something they
can do. From the woman's perspective, that's
something they can do on the couch together.
So how many wives... She can pick up a headset,
join in, start murdering people. And some do.
And some do, absolutely. I mean, look at Linda
in our fantasy football. She's a big gamer. So
you could play like a half -hour battlefield,
and then you could play like a half -hour Barbie
with the girl. Yes! It's time to play our game,
Sean. Come on. Come on. You can be Ken. I got
a game. Let's play a game of hide -the -meets.
Get over here. There we go. I don't know. Do
you think that's legit? Would that be a concern
for a young wife who's got a husband that's like
constantly just playing video games? I think
it determines on how flagrant it is. Yeah. I
mean, look, I played video games a lot, okay?
But I got to tell you that I did video game playing
on my time. So, you know, with having four kids,
there was no video gaming. while the kids were
up. And when the kids went to bed, 8 .39, whatever
that was, Tara was in bed. She's like, I'm out
of here. So your life started at like 10 .30
at night? Well, I mean, somewhat. I mean, when
they were in bed, when Tara went to bed, I got
on the computer and played World of Warcraft.
And I played for two, three hours, and then I
went to bed. See, that's the responsible thing
to do. You're making sure that your hobby, whatever
the hobby is, isn't impacting your... You know,
your presence, your involvement, your attention,
your affection. I mean, I would do it while,
you know, I wouldn't, like, do it while she's
awake. Like, even now, I mean, she's in bed.
Right. I don't play. I mean, you know, whatever.
I think it's rude, frankly. I think that's what
the red flag is. If you're at home and she wants
to do something, you're like, I got, you know,
whatever. I've got nine lives left or something
like that. I'm not dead yet. We used to get that
from the boys. Hold on, let me die. I'm past
that hump in my gaming. Depending on what it
is, 99 % of the games out there, if a terrorist
says, hey, let's do something right now, I'd
stop what I'm doing and just turn it off because
none of it matters. I'm at a point where None
of it matters. When you're younger and you've
got that kind of a dopamine thing going on, yeah,
I could see their inability. You've got a ranking
you're trying to keep. I don't give a shit about
the rankings, man. I've got to tell you, though,
the funniest thing ever, we're waiting for the
kids to come down for dinner, and Shelly's gotten
so frustrated about all gaming in the rooms.
Shelly screams up there, just kill yourself!
We've said that a few times. Just die. Can you
imagine that on video or on audio? Just go unplug
the router, man. Telling your kids to kill themselves.
That's actually a good idea. I've done it. That
has happened. Oh, I got pissed. Yeah. Where they
were like, Dad! Is the internet down? You're
damn right it's down. You're damn right it's
down. You can't handle it. No internet. You could
have been like, I don't know what's going on.
Yeah, I was like, well, you guys might have overloaded
it. Yeah, your ping is too high now. Yeah, you
guys can't play all at the same time. You're
going to have to go round robin with it. That
was another thing. I always made sure we had
enough bandwidth in the house to accommodate
everyone. To not impact you. Yes. So unbeknownst
to Tara, because she doesn't know. She doesn't
have a freaking clue on how that stuff works.
So she was like, why do we need so much? Why
are we spending so much on internet? I was like.
We've got a lot of people in the house. Yeah,
why don't we have a hard line 10 terabyte? Yeah.
T1 line. T1, yeah. Hey, that's what I remember.
That's what the demand. But, you know, we have
a gig up and down right now. But, I mean, even
back then, we had a, shoot, what was it, 10 megabytes
up and down? And that was freaking fast back
then. I don't know. Back when you had 2 ,400
baud. Whatever it was, I mean, it was, I don't
recall exactly, but it was fast. We had the fastest
always that was available in our area. And it
was strategic. And anytime something new come
up, be like, we're changing providers. Tara's
like, why? We're saving money. I'm saving money.
Shut up, man. Yeah, you recognized early the
importance of fast internet. Well, I mean, look,
seriously, it's not just, I mean, when you have
four kids in the house, including me, that's
five, five kids in the house, and we're all doing
different things. It doesn't matter what it is,
YouTube, Netflix, gaming. I mean, they all are
suckers. They suck up that bandwidth, and you're
left with nothing. Yep. That was another reason
why I played World of Warcraft during that time
frame. Nobody else was online. I'm buffering.
Damn it, Dad. Can we upgrade our internet? It
fucking sucks. Dude, I'll tell you what. I was
playing World of Warcraft, and I was like, why
is this not rendering fast enough? And someone
was like, oh, you know what you can do? You can
go in there and dial your processor and make
it a little bit faster. I was like, really? Is
that a thing? And so they were like, yeah. Go
in there and go to your BIOS and what do you
have? And I told him what I had at the time.
And I went into BIOS, did it, and I burnt my
freaking processor out. Really? Yeah. For like.
For like five minutes, it was awesome. I was
like, wow, this is incredible. This is so fast.
I was smoking. Because I remember I was flying
on this little flying lion, and I'm going through
the landscape of storm wind on World of Warcraft,
and I'm seeing the people below, and I'm like,
this is crazy. I can see everything, and all
of a sudden. It really overheated? Yeah, it burnt.
You could smell carbon. Are you being 100 % serious?
100%. And then, look, this is how bad it was
back then. I freaked out. And this was, I don't
know, 9, 10 o 'clock at night. So I'm done for
the night. But I took that computer. I opened
it up. I figured out what was wrong with it.
I just saw the carbon burns. And you remove the
little latch, pull it up, and you pull the processor
off, and the fucking thing's burnt. I just went
to, what was the Fry's? Remember Fry's? Oh, yeah.
Went down to Fry's and said, I have that one.
And they looked at me. It's like, you tried to
upgrade it. You tried to update, dial it up,
didn't you? Clock. Yeah. Is that what it's called?
Clock. Overclocking. Yeah. You overclocked it,
didn't you? I was like, yeah. And he was like,
come over here. We have one that can handle that.
That's what they said. How much is that? 120.
I was like, okay, deal. Done. I'll take three
of them. Yep. And they just say, make sure you
clean it up really good because, you know, there's
a little clean thing, and then you put this little
white goop on there and put it on there. Oh,
man, it fired right up. Worked great. Really?
So excited. How often does that happen? Usually
it's like, oh, this isn't compatible. At least
once. Yeah. That's crazy. Well, that's good stuff.
And, you know, what's equivalent is being on
the phones. You know what I mean? I'm giving
a hard knock to people on playing video games,
but the phones are the same problem. Right. You
know what I mean? People just don't pay attention
to each other. Couples sitting on the couch together.
They're both in their phones. You know, they're
in different rooms on their phones. They are.
Those are the same damn problem. It is. And I
tell you, I'm driving all day and I'm up high,
so I get to look. I can't tell you how many adults
drive while full texting. Oh, got to be 70%.
Oh, it's ridiculous. And it's the adults. It's
not the kids. No. It's the adults that are doing
it. Yeah. And then of the kids that are sitting
at the bus stops as you're pulling up, what percentage
are on their phones? Zero. They're all on it.
It means, oh, your kids. My kids, none are on
the phone. Oh, but I don't want to say normal
kids, but at a normal, actually, anywhere you
go. I went to the dentist. Right. And there were
six people in the waiting room, all on their
phones. Doctor's office. All on their phones.
From the doctor's office, I'll read my book.
They didn't have a highlights magazine or something
to read? Yeah. You know? Bad magazine? I'm just
saying it's an epidemic. It is. It's problematic,
and it's not going away. Not going away. The
only way it's going to go away is if eventually
the generation puts it away. Or they put timers
on there. They put limits on there. I was super
happy. Because those listeners out there, we
have a Dudes Like Us Instagram account. So if
you want to check us out on Dudes Like Us, you
can go to Instagram or Facebook, check out what
our podcast stuff is, what kind of whiskeys we're
drinking, and we kind of line it up on there.
Plus there's a link to listen to things. But
we share the same Instagram account, Dudes Like
Us, so we can all log on there. And Jeff, you
changed the parameters to give a certain amount
of time to be on Instagram. It's excellent. It
is. What do you mean? What do you mean? Well,
he was saying that he was having a hard time
putting it down. So I was like, well, there's
a timer on there. We could try to see if it helps.
So I put 15, 30 minutes. Whatever it is. So you're
like, you got into the death scroll thing. And
then suddenly it'll say, you've been on here
too long. Yes. Yeah. And it happens quick. And
sometimes I'll extend it for five minutes, but
I'll extend it for five minute intervals. And
you do that for four more hours? No. No, really.
I mean, because then you become aware of it.
Right. And then once you're aware that it's happening,
then it's kind of like, all right, this is it.
So usually when I get up to it, if I really want
to watch it, I'll just say, hey, I'll do this,
and then I'll get right off it. It's really helped.
It's significantly helped. So it's just on the
Dudes Like Us account. No, Instagram. You'd have
to turn it on. If you have it on your phone,
you have to turn it on on your phone. On my account.
But if I'm on Instagram with the DunesLikeUs
account, that will kick in. Correct. I got you.
I got you. Okay. So it's on an account setting.
Yeah. Oh, that's a good idea. Yeah. It's very
rare that I get into the death scroll, but when
I'm in it, I'm all in it. Yeah. So every now
and then, it's usually when somebody sends something,
whether it's from this chat or my friends I grew
up with, they'll send something, and I'll be
like, damn it. And then you're off and running.
Oh, look at that. Then I have to send it. Yeah,
you're off and running. Yeah. Then I catch myself.
All right, got to put it down. And luckily, I
can't use my phone at work at all. So I don't
touch my phone unless I'm on my break, right?
Otherwise, it's in the glove box, out of sight,
out of mind kind of a thing. Yeah. How do they
reach you in an emergency? Do they have the real
radio? CB. CB? Yeah. Did you have to learn the
lingo? Breaker 1 -9. We got a 10 -25. Roger,
roger. We got a 10 -10 and a 10 -25. No, there's
none of that. I mean, there's a 10 -4 or copy,
but there's none of that. Roger, roger. Watch
out, 20. About 16 miles this side of Mississippi.
Whoa, hold it. I just passed another Kodak with
a Kodak. This place is crawling with bears. Where
the hell are you? Come back. None of that. We
got grass happy, smoke a weed in the corner.
What's the stupid song, the Convoy? Convoy. Yes.
Did we play that on the podcast or something?
We talked about it. I don't think we ever played
it. I played it, and it's totally nauseating,
the CB radio lingo. Right. It's kind of scary,
though, when you think about the technology and
just how easy it is. to fuck something up. Hold
on, let me rephrase that. How easy it is. Yeah,
I mean, because you can knock down the whole
infrastructure and then all that stuff is obsolete.
However, the antenna versions will last forever.
I mean, because it's based on antenna. It's not
unlike the argument we make about the weapons,
military weapons. You take out a couple satellites,
it makes us impotent. Right. You know what I
mean? How fragile. how fragile whatever the system
is depending on the technology. So for convenience,
I think it is great for, you know, that is great.
As long as the system's up and running. But,
you know, I'm just thinking of zombie apocalypse
kind of stuff, you know. Yeah. It's never going
to happen. Well, if that happens, I'm not driving
kids to school. Yeah, but we could, like, be
stealing that bus and traveling across country.
And then we'd have walkie -talkies. When I drove
Austin to school last week, and I gave him a
walkie -talkie, and I had one in the truck, so
we didn't have to call each other and tell each
other, hey, bathroom break, or hey, it's gas,
or whatever, you know, whatever. It worked pretty
good. Yeah, it worked pretty good. Yeah? Yeah.
It was like one of those two -mile radius. Yeah,
perfect. Yeah, those are good for the cruise
ship. Yeah. When the families try to, I noticed
all the families are all doing those things,
and yeah, that is a good idea. We did that on
one of our trips. They're excellent for the cars.
This is before we really had cell phones, but
they were so expensive to make a phone call.
How ridiculous was that? Well, you used to get
so many texts as well. That was back on the phones
where you had Snake as a game. That was a game.
Hey, can I use your phone and we'll play Snake?
Well, shit, remember the days when we had to
use a calling card? If you had a long -distance
relationship with a hooker, when I called my
hooker, I was like, Dad, I want to call my hooker.
Can I use the calling card? Hey, Cinnamon, this
is Jeff. I'm at the corner. Hi, Treasure. Hi,
Paul. Well, I know the very first cell phone
I had was with Virgin Mobile. And I had to buy
minutes every month. Right. So it wasn't a plan.
It was because I was traveling. I got my wife
a cell phone from, I don't know, Sprint or something
like that because she was pregnant. This was
in 1998 or 9 when I got that for her because
they were brand new for the most part. I got
her one because I didn't want her driving an
hour to and from work when she was pregnant,
not have a way to get a hold of me if she broke
down or something like that. Sure. No, smart.
And then I got one when I started traveling a
lot for work, I got me a little itty -bitty Virgin
phone. A butt plug. Virgin butt plug. Itty bitty.
That I could make phone calls on. Right. But
I had to buy minutes. I can't hear you. I had
to top up every month. That's what they called
it. You run out of minutes. You're like in the.
Yeah, listen. I just want to tell you that I.
Yeah. Did they roll over? Did the minutes roll
over? God, I don't remember. That was fucking
30 years ago. Or not 30. About 20. 20 years ago.
Yeah, that's kind of lame. I mean, if you're
not on the phone a lot, that might make sense.
But I just even, I mean, look, it's ridiculous
that they would charge like that. Because really,
there's no reason to charge. That was the pricing
model in the day. Back then, yeah. I remember
when I first moved down here, I worked for Circuit
City. Circuit City. And I worked, I sold car
stereos and cell phones. That's when they were
brand new. That's when they were big fucking
bricks. This was in 1993. Dude, I swear, I've
been to the store. I may have seen Jeff before.
I was at the Circuit City there on Preston and
Beltline. Yeah, I am almost certain I've been
at that store at that time. Yeah, and like I
said, I sold car stereos and cell phones. And
the only people coming in were essentially extremely
rich people at the time. And it was a process
to get a phone. And, you know, you had a big
one. They had one that was starting to get small.
It was a Motorola. It had a little thing that
flipped down. You have to pull the antenna out.
That was like, you know, $4 ,000 or something
ridiculous like that. And they had to fill out
a huge credit report. Put down their salary and
this much. And we had to fax it in. And we'd
sit there and sit there and sit there. oh and
wait awkward and then it would finally come back
he's been approved for this many minutes or whatever
right sure and then you go through that then
the activation and all that shit how ridiculous
it was a pain in the ass yeah but we lived we
were the generation that knew that that's what
that that's just what it it took yeah i'll tell
you you stand there patiently waiting for facts
when i uh when we lived in germany how expensive
phone calls were back then. I mean, because back
then, overseas calls were just ridiculous. Oh,
yeah. I mean, long -distance calls were ridiculous
here in the United States. When we were in Germany
living there... Those don't exist anymore. Regular
phone lines? No, long -distance. Long -distance
calls do not exist. Isn't that crazy? It's so
crazy. But I remember we lived in military housing,
and this particular one was Mannheim, Germany,
and... So my dad, we had a regular phone, and
my dad had a lock. You know the little dial?
Oh, yeah. Well, he had a lock that you put in
there between numbers one and two. So it couldn't
do long distance. Well, so you can't dial it,
so it hits the little, it gets stuck. So I figured
out that you can. Pop the circle part off. Oh,
no. Let's say the little dial breaks. Well, you've
got to replace the ring. So it has a little cap.
You pull it off. It's got a little screw. You
just unscrew it. You take the ring. You flip
it upside down. Now the lock is on the bottom
side. So you can hit all the numbers except 9
and 0. So as long as whatever number you're dialing
doesn't have a nine and zero in it, you can make
the phone call. You are a pain in the ass. My
dad got that phone bill and beat my ass. Who
are you calling? Just people? Yeah, who are you
calling? I have a friend across the street. I
was looking down through the window. Hey, how's
it going? Looking at each other while you're
on the phone. That was cool back then. Oh, man.
Oh, yeah, it was cool. It was a novelty. I was
like, geez, this is awesome. That's like us in
the cabin. We had the walkie -talkies. We were
so excited. Michael Hyatt. It'd be like, hey,
what are you guys doing? Nothing, just hiking.
What are you doing? I'm just sitting in the cabin.
Oh. You know what I mean? I'm kind of thirsty.
It was just stupid. It was like, okay, I'm going
to turn this off now. Just so dumb. It was fun,
though. It was exciting. Not to get my ass beat
by my dad. You know? Right? Because it's expensive.
When he gets that freaking phone bill coming
in, I imagine he was just like, what the fuck?
I was on the phone for like 30 minutes. I mean,
just so many examples of our kids having no clue.
Right. You know what? But our grandparents could
say the same thing. Oh, yeah. Think about their
childhood. Oh, yeah. Let's use the phone. Hello?
Just think about it. Hot water. We didn't even
have hot water for showers. Right. They didn't
have indoor plumbing. They had outhouses. Yeah.
So, I mean, it's the same. Yeah. It's the same
every generation, but I guess getting exponentially
worse as it gets easier for them. It is. It is.
I saw an article, or maybe I watched it, where
the next thing out is something you put in. It's
like a tattoo that goes into your skin. Like
a barcode? Well, it's electronic, but they said
you'll be able to use it for security guards,
pay stuff, potentially talk, that kind of thing.
Great. And they said they put it on kind of like
a tattoo so it's better than your skin. Wonderful.
Yeah. And then a little chip in your neck. Yes.
And everybody will know where you are. I mean,
some of it might be cool. I don't know. I mean,
it's all about the quality of life. You know,
I imagine it could come in handy. Let's say you're
85 years old and... They would never understand
that. No. What the fuck is that? You ruined my
life! Hold on. Yes. Yes. I wish you had never
told me about this AI thing. You ruined my life.
I was like, Dad, are you all right? So the Mr.
Producer just... Put Total Recall on the screen.
Yeah, the new one, the reboot. Yeah, 2010 had
Kate Beckinsale in it? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. I
had no idea. She was the bad girl. She was the
Sharon Stone. And Justin Timberlake's wife. What's
her name? Jessica Biel. Jessica Biel. That's
what you just said, isn't it? So, was it good?
No. Not as good as the first, I think. Well,
he pulled that big old glowing thing out of his
nose. He was like, ah, ah, ah. That's the original
one. Yes, yes. It's like a ping pong ball. And
then, remember, they take their helmets off outside.
That looks so fake. I mean, the graphics are
so bad. Their eyes were bulging. Look at Kate
Beckinsale. Golly. Did you ever watch the one
where she's a vampire? Underworld? Underworld,
yes. Underwear? She was in Underworld? Yeah,
she was also in Pearl Harbor. She's gorgeous.
Pearl Harbor. Is that the one we watched? No,
that was... Lately, I mean, anytime she's on
social media now, there's something weird about
her. Does she get some face work done? I'm not
sure what it is. She doesn't look like she did
before. A lot of these actresses and actors are
getting face work, and it's just botching up.
It's just a compilation of a Zympic face and
plastic surgery. It's just... Bucal fat? It's
gnarly. For instance, look at the one... Look
at the one in the top. Vandy Fair to the left.
Right, that one. She's just, what's going on?
She's had some work done. It doesn't look good.
Well, they also suck out the buccal fat. Yeah.
She does not look good. Which is your cheek fat.
She's dismissed. So she has also dismissed rumors
of cosmetic procedures, calling the accusations
an obsession with youth bullying and highlighting
her personal struggles with anxiety after childhood.
Well, I don't know. I don't know what's going
on, but she doesn't look the same. It could be
just makeup, maybe. I don't know. She could be
auto -zipping. I'm telling you. I don't know.
It's just sad because she's so beautiful, and
they just keep trying to change their faces or
something. I don't know what they're doing. All
right, we have a bourbon we need to talk about.
What's it doing? It's a whiskey. Oh, I think
it is a whiskey. Sweet as Cove, Tennessee. It
is a bourbon. It is a bourbon. Ah, okay. Well,
what's interesting is Sweetens Cove, Tennessee,
Kentucky, and Tennessee bourbon whiskeys. So
it's a blend. So is it a Tennessee whiskey and
a Kentucky bourbon? Remember, there are a lot
of Tennessee whiskeys that classify as a bourbon,
but the rivalry with Kentucky, like, for instance,
Jack Daniels is a bourbon, but they'll never
call it a bourbon. Correct. And Dickle. And Dickle
is probably a bourbon. Actually, Dickle does
make a bourbon. They call it a bourbon. And they
actually call it a bourbon. It's the gold label,
yeah. Tennessee has that rivalry. Yeah, and this
is finished with toasted sugar maple wood. It
is sweet. It does have peppery. The peppery's
kind of died out a little bit. When we first
tasted it, it was really peppery. This is 110,
gentlemen. So this is no... This is actually
tasty. I like this. Excellent. We liked it the
first time. I know we did. And I'm still a fan.
This says it was $200? No. We didn't pay that
much for it. Hell no. No way. How much is this
thing? I was going to say. Yeah. And it's great.
I don't know why he spent $200 on it. This is
a wonderful sipper. I would drop $44 on this.
Oh, for sure. A wonderful sipper. Yeah. Finished
with toasted sugar maple wood. What's the mash
bill? Do we know? Oh, it's a blend, right? Yeah,
it's a blend. It doesn't have an age statement
either. I mean, it qualifies as a bourbon. It
is really good. Yeah. And I love the premise
of the bottle. It's like rivals no more. You
know what I mean? And it's like, did we just
become best friends? I mean, this whole, they're
making a fun thing with the whole Tennessee and
Kentucky thing. So I wonder what whiskeys are
in here. I don't know. It's a cool cap. Let's
rate this thing. Or do we want to try to pull
out the notes? I mean... Well, let's... I mean,
there's... It's sugar maple. I don't know if
they... Does that mean the sugar is soaked in
there? But I will tell you, it's got some fruits
in there. I'm tasting like... Even like a strawberry.
You know? It's... Very sweet. It's a little...
Tart in a certain area, just a little bit, but,
man, it's so fun to drink. This is good. What's
crazy is it's so sweet, but it doesn't, you know,
usually if something's too sweet, we're like,
ugh, it's like a dessert whiskey. The after one,
the finish is kind of like a graham cracker,
kind of like a nutter butter graham cracker kind
of finish. Like a Biscoff? Yeah. It's sweet on
the palate, but it finishes like a real whiskey.
That's what's cool about it. I love it. So there's
the Sweetens Cove, Tennessee, finished with sugar
maple wood, features tasting notes of caramel,
vanilla, bacon spices on the palate, alongside
with toasted oak graham cracker and hints of
fruit like berry or stone fruit on the nose of
palate. I haven't said stone fruit in a while,
have I? I know every podcast. The finish offers
lingering maple sweetness, toffee. Did you guys
taste any toffee in there? I didn't. No. And
a warm spice well -balanced with the inherent
sweetness of the bourbon. There is some warmth
to this one. Especially the first pool is a little
spicier. Like you said, I think it's mellowed
as it's opened up. But there's actually a lot
more heat to this than the first one we had,
in my opinion. I think this one's richer also.
I'm enjoying this more than I did the wild turkey.
I really am. Very tasty. I would rank this in
the 110 category. I don't know what's in that
category anymore. I don't either. But if I were
to categorize 110 category, I would rate this
a 7 .8. Wow, that's really high. Yeah, I don't
think I'm that high. I'm probably about a 7 .4
on this. I was thinking 7 .4, 7 .5, yeah. It's
great. And it's readily available. Oh, yeah.
And it's $45. Yeah, this is on the shelves. This
may be something that we want to replace once
it's gone. I agree. And do we want to make it
more gone? No. We denied Sean. Now we have to
deny you. That's fine. You can deny me. I mean,
I'll have one. I'm getting up way early tomorrow.
What, 4 .30? I am, yeah. Playing some b -ball.
How are the knees doing? Everything's going great.
I bought these things, you know, these gel knee
pads, and I leave them in my deep freezer. Do
you wear them when you play? No. No, that'd be
a little weird. You're going to laugh, but I
strap them on for my commute. Strap on. I do.
They're both strap -ons. And I wear them for
my commute to Louisville for work. Oh, so you
put them on after you play then. Yes. And I wear
them over my jeans. Yeah. Interesting. Yeah.
And these gel packs are so fucking cold that
it's like perfect for wearing over the jeans.
Ice is a huge, I wouldn't call it therapeutic,
but it helps shit recover, right? Yes. And it's
working. Yeah. I think I'm going to need to get
something for my foot at the end of the day.
Yeah. Well, let me know if you want. This thing's
great. I bought two of them. Was it just a pad?
Yeah. It's good for shoulders. It's good for
knees. I think you can basically wrap this thing
around anything. What did you guys hear about
that? Anything come out of that John Bolton raid?
Not yet. Not yet. I figured you'd hear some more
about it because they were so... They were like...
We had confidential papers, top secret papers
in there. Because he referenced them in his book,
so they thought he still had them. But based
on what Jesse... Smollett? Ventura? No, the...
Fuckers. Duke? On the five, Jesse Waters. Jesse
Waters was saying that his contacts were alluding
that there's something way more going on. I heard
that. I think what I saw, you saw J .D. Vance's
interview with whatever the media hack lady it
was. And he was like, we're just, you know, they
think there's a case there. We're not, I don't
know anything really about it. We're developing
it. If there's something illegal there, then
we will press charges. But you guys see how this
looks. The optics are horrible. First, you got
Schiff, right, who's being. you know mortgage
fraud now you got bolton with the fbi raid but
are they are they breaking the law though that's
what it is if he broke the law yep and who's
the other the new york attorney general or whatever
leticia james she's being pursued for mortgage
fraud because she got favorable uh loan rates
because she claimed that she was living somewhere
else or primary residence or something it i'm
just saying i don't care i think i i agree with
you it's just the optics of it It's playing into
the hands of the critics. Of the critics, yes.
Well, I don't care. They came after him when
they threw the book at him. 100%. And everything,
like he runs, Trump was right about everything.
Granted, he was convicted, yes. Technically,
he was a felon because they convicted his ass.
But I think that was a kangaroo court. Nobody's
above the law for like four years. Yeah, that's
all I have to say. No one's above the law. Guess
what? Nobody's above the law. Right. Yeah, no
one's above the law. And it just happens that
these guys are fucking assholes, and apparently
they've broken the law. I don't know if they
have or not. We'll have to wait and see. Yeah,
we'll see. I'm holding out judgment, unlike what
they did with Trump, until the proof hits and
whatever happens, happens. It's amazing how during
the Trump era, when they would... Go after him.
They already had all the items listed. This is
what he did. Because of the optics and because
of this drama that everyone's going through,
the Republicans can help themselves if they were
to at least have Kash Patel come up with something.
Hey, dude, look, you did this. Can you tell the
American people why you're doing this? Because
right now it just looks like Trump's going after
him. Yeah, like Trump's got a list of people
and they're going after him one at a time. Diffuse
some of these things. What's going on with this?
Oh, we can't talk about this as an ongoing investigation.
I get it, but... Yeah, throw me a bone here.
Yeah, something to let people know what's going
on. Is this because Trump... Of course it's not,
at least I hope not. And then you got Tulsi Gabbard
who's pulling all the... you know, what is it,
classified clearance, right? Oh, yeah. Pulling
from all the intelligence officials that backed
the Russian thing. I mean, it looks like this
huge pattern of retribution. Well, I think also
part of it is you need to clean house. And that's
really what it is. But they do that every administration.
No. No, they don't. No, no, not to this level.
They're literally rooting out deep state agents
throughout all the agencies. Yeah, these people
are not elected. And yes, it looks like retribution
and it looks like retaliation, but the bottom
line is you're absolutely right, Jeff. They are
rooting out rot. Yes. Partisan hack rot. The
bureaucracy. The bureaucracy is trying to get
it out of there because it was slanted to one
side. Got to do it. So, anyway. Well, good for
them. I'm excited about it. I kind of wish that
the optics would kind of... It doesn't look good.
It does look bad. I agree. So, you know, I think
that if they were smart, they would come up with
some sort of synopsis or something that would
kind of keep people from making those stories
up. About Trump. It's crazy. I agree. All right.
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We're shopping hard for this. This is going to
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Crowd source, not podcast. Crowd source. Yeah,
we haven't gotten a damn penny. What's wrong
with you people? Step up, man. Crowdfunding would
be good, too. It would be good. Thank you, Mr.
Producer Chuck, for staying on top of shit. We
had a great time August 26th, 2025. The last
podcast of August. It is. September starts September,
October, November, something. We're the last.
No, not quite yet. I was going to say in the
last quarter, but not quite yet. Not quite. Getting
close. We're going to be having another Halloween
party. Is Paul's birthday coming up? Yeah. He
usually schedules his birthday right on our Halloween
party. Yeah, no. I may be out of town. I don't
really schedule my birthday. It just kind of
happens. Anyway. All right. Well, let's enjoy
this nice weather. All right. Thanks for listening.
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