These new ear cups. Oh, they're so comfortable.
They're simple. Dude, seriously. I mean, they're
like, they grab my ear. And it's like, it is
the antithesis of what Sister Allie did growing
up in elementary school. She grabs your ear and
kind of hangs it all around. Are you saying you
don't like them? Grabs your ear? No, it's the
antithesis. It's the opposite. These things are...
I think this seals the ear. It's a much better
gasket than the other ones. It cuts out other
noise. Yes. All right, so those folks that don't
know what we're talking about, we're talking
about our Sony studio headphones. It's like screwed
up. We've had them for, what, five years now?
Yes. And the little cushion they have around
the ear cup area had worn thin. Disintegrated.
Yeah, disintegrated. Hanging in flaps to where
the fan would flap it. So Paul went out and he
bought some replacement little puffs on them
and we put them on there. It was kind of weird
replacing little parts like that on electronics.
It's always weird. It's difficult. The instructions
they give you aren't quite perfect. So you've
got to wrestle with that. Was it like Chinese?
I think there was a diagram with some arrows
there and some arrows there. It didn't really
help all that much. Once you figure out how to
do it. It feels like they're floating. I know.
I got to tell you, speaking of floating, I had
an experience. Do your nuts float in the bathtub?
I don't really take baths anymore. But when I
go to Paul's hot tub, I always naked. So, yes,
they do float. So they float. So they kind of
pull up. They're so large and buoyant. Yeah,
they just, it's like a buoy. I'm Paul. All right,
well, it's October 15th. It's the first half
of our Dudes Like Us podcast. Check us out on
Dudes Like Us on Facebook and Instagram. We're
there. And check us out on, we're on everything.
So if you see us, just find us. iTunes. Amazon.
Spotify. Apple. What's Paranoid? I was going
to say Paranoid. What is the other one? Paramount
Plus? God bless it. No. Pandora? Yeah, Scott
Bliss. Yes, it's on Pandora. Nice. Thank you,
Chuck. We are everywhere. For being here last
night. He had an excursion. We'll let him talk
about that a little bit. But dudes like us, I'm
Sean. I'm still Paul. And I am Jeff. And we have
a first half podcast. I want to kind of follow
through. Speaking of floating, I went to, you
know, I went to. I needed some new sneakers,
and I talked to Jeff. I was like, hey, I'm going
to go get some sneakers. And he was like, hey,
go down to Fleet Feet and go talk to Trevor.
And I was like, who's Trevor? And he was like,
let me tell you something about Trevor. He took
out his wallet. He's like, you know what he did
here? Dude, I'll tell you what. The experience
was amazing. When people go and buy shoes, and
look, they don't endorse us. They don't know
I'm even talking about this. But when you go
buy shoes, it's kind of like you go to a store.
You look for shoes. You're like, oh, I like that
style. Let me put them on. Yeah, they fit. Let's
go. You're out the fucking door, all right? 100
% of my experience is prior to going there, there
may have been someone that has shown up. Hey,
what's going on? And what can I get you? Blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Oh, I may
have these. When you go to Fleet Fleet or Fleet
whatever the fuck it's called. What is it called?
Fleet Feet, I believe. Fleet Feet. You show up.
They say hello. Oh, that's weird. We have a wait.
Did you get on the wait list? Yeah. There's a
QR code on that post right there. Just scan it.
You don't need to enter a bunch of information
in. Just scan it. It'll automatically text you
what place you are in line. That's kind of cool.
And you just put your name, bum bum. And it goes,
oh, Sean, Sean. They go come see you. And they're
like, oh, so it's your first time here. It's
like, you know, let's walk through this process.
So they would need to find out what size your
feet are. Yes. So you walk over to this contraption,
and it's probably a two -foot -by -two -foot
plate on the ground, and it's got these little
armrests. You stand on it, and it's got this
technology. It says, oh, yeah, you're an 11 1⁄2.
Wide or whatever. Double E or whatever, yeah.
And it tells you exactly, not just exactly how
to size your feet, but it also tells you how
you stand. So when you leave your imprint on
the mat, it... highlights red like a topical
kind of map. It highlights red where you're pushing
down the hardest and green where you're not or
dark where you're not. Nice. So it tells you
exactly where you're biasing your feet. Phase
two, they're like, all right, well, we know what
size you are. We know how it looks when you're
standing there. Let's see what happens when you're
walking. So they have this mat where you walk
two or three steps and you walk back and forth
about five times. Like a treadmill. Something
like that. It's not moving. It doesn't move at
all. No, it's just on the ground and you kind
of like walk and you got your socks on and you
walk back and it totally, you can tell what you're
favoring. Some people walk on the sides of their
feet. Sure. On the outside. Some people walk
on the inside. Right. Some people have issues
with their back that go straight down your legs,
which causes you to, you know, compensate and
then your feet, you know, it's just, it's a system
and they have the shoe for you. So they look
at it and they're like, hey, man, look, we have
the same shoe, whatever it is, brand A, whatever
it is. And we have brand A1, which shows that,
you know, you lean to the left side and brand
two, which is lean to the right, whatever. It
was an amazing experience. Do they have variations
within the same brand to fit exactly what your
foot is? Or you have to go to a different brand
depending on? No, it depends. Like I have, I
don't know how you say it, Saucony or Saucony.
But, you know, they have… Sausage -y? Sausage
-y. Sausage -y. You know, they have 100 different
shoes out there. Right. There's a specific one
that matched my foot. Okay. All right. So, they
have… Even within the brand, they can tell you
exactly… Correct. …which one is fit for your
feet. Like, New Balance, Reebok, Nike, Brooks,
whatever. They have an iPad that will… Basically,
it takes your foot from the examination that
they did. It loads into a system, and the system
will regurgitate applicable shoes that will fit.
Wow. That should work for you. That's awesome.
So now you're in there. So they know what size
you are, and they know what brand would be best
for you as far as being more hard, soft, on the
sides, just whatever. What the sole looks like.
The sole of my shoes are completely flat. Right.
That's what my feet require, right? They're completely
flat. Some of those running shoes have weird
arches, and only your heel and your toes touch.
Because there's a weird soul to the shoes. Your
feet are different, though. Your feet are like
broken. It's just a bag of bones. But the shoes
look good. They look like regular shoes. From
that powdered milk when he grew up. It is the
powdered milk. And the tang. The tang is actually
better for you. And the canned tamales. Canned
tamales? Is that a new thing? He's never brought
this up. I haven't heard that one. That's how
we got Mexican. This is going to be a very personal
podcast. But anyway, he's like, you need... this
kind of support. So the sole of my shoe is completely
flat. Okay. There's nothing arched in it or anything.
Right. Interesting. I don't know what yours ended
up being. So what else does this, sorry, my feet
were right in the middle. So it was, so he's
like, I recommend this. You put them on, you're
like, oh, this is nice. They, yes. Like instantaneously,
you just kind of, that's the way mine was. Hey
man, I'm telling you, when you put these shoes
on and I got, I'm, I didn't like, So they've
got soft, they have like flat people that want
to feel the contours of the road when they're
doing stuff, running or walking. And then they
got extra padding. And then they got fucking
marshmallow pillows. Those are basically three
types of shoes that they offer. And I've got
the one in the middle because frankly, dude,
it was like you got a shoe and then you have
this huge. mat under it that's inch and a half
thick and even though it was really soft it felt
fantastic on the feet for me um i felt it gave
too much uh when i walked so if i were to turn
you know a little left real quick or right you
know juke and you know i think the shoe is juke
well you know what if i drop a if i drop a whiskey
glass can i need to get it really quick and i
don't need to sprain my ankle yeah i'll be on
my you know So, I mean, it also matters. They're
asking you, how are you most often wearing? Are
you running a lot? Are you walking? Are you climbing
things? Are you just sitting around the house?
I mean, don't they ask you, does that matter?
These are specifically walking and running shoes.
Okay. I think they should expand their collection
because if I were to go buy, if they had mountain
shoes there or hiking shoes there, I would absolutely
buy them there. Just because of the experience,
you know. It's pretty cool, man. It was great.
You really don't spend any more money there.
You've got to spend more. Well, no, they're expensive
shoes, but you go to Academy, those shoes are,
they may be 10, 15 bucks cheaper, but you're
getting the same brand. Exact same shoe. Will
be, yeah. Okay, got you. You know, it's. They
don't have coupons. They don't have sales. At
least I'm aware of. I've only been once. They
do. They have points. There you go. And I think
the points saw, you know, I'm going to bring
my kids there. I mean, Preston's got some feet
issues. Buy 50 pairs, get one shoe free. Yeah.
Just the left. Probably. All right. That gives
you a sock. Could be. Yeah, you'd buy a pair
of socks to get the second one. So do you work
with Trevor? Trevor wasn't there. And frankly,
I forgot the guy who I was working with. He did
a great job. Hats off to him. Fantastic job.
Very personable. No bullshit. They're not trying
to sell you. They don't give a fuck. They're
like, dude, man, this is what we got. This is
great. You're going to like it. And then if you
can drop. $150 on a pair of shoes and not feel
bad about it, then you know what? I highly recommend
it. But you go to Academy or Dick's, that's how
much those damn shoes go for. I know. They do.
You know, when they go on sale, you may get them
for $120, $125. And I'm always the cheap shoe
buyer. And so my family bought me really expensive
$200 shoes. Oh, yeah. And they were amazing.
You know what I mean? But I would never buy them
for myself. So I would have to get over that.
Because I usually buy $75 shoes. Next time you
need a pair of shoes, go there. Yeah, I will.
Well, it says right in the Bible, Ephesians 6,
may your feet shot with the preparation of the
gospel of peace. You got to have your shoes to
prepare you for life. Oh, I see. You know? I
see. Yes. It's good stuff. And look, I have a
pair of Brooks. I bought Brooks before, and I
like them. Actually, I think I bought Brooks
again. The Brooks that I have now are way better.
And like Jeff said. They're for your feet. The
other ones may not have been for your feet, the
way your feet are. But they were the same price.
Yeah. They were the same. Remember those flamboyant
blue ones I have? Oh, yes. Yes. Yeah, those are
obnoxious. Yes, yes, yes. So, yeah, I got them.
That's cool. It feels like a good experience.
I'm glad you went and did that because, like
I said, I'm going to get my shoes. But Tara went
too. Oh, did she get a good pair? She did. She
got, I don't recall what brand, but she got a
good pair. Nice and soft because she's got some
issues with one of her feet from the surgery
she had. Did she tell him about the surgery?
Oh, yeah. Well, she just had the boot off, so
she's struggling. It's difficult. I'm glad she's
got the boot off, though. Yeah, but she's walking
really slow. She's in a lot of pain still. There's
a lot of stuff going on, man. This isn't the
end of it for her. It sucks. Sorry to hear that.
Yeah, if you don't take care of your feet, that's
problematic as you get older. Oh, for sure. It
is. and I'm fearful that my feet are going to
really jack me up as I get into the 70s and shit
like that. Not if you keep going to fleet. Could
be. Fleet something. Well, I think not just that,
but you still got to exercise. You got to stretch
that heel. You got to stretch that Achilles tendon.
You got to stretch those toes. Toe stretching.
Hey, man, you got to stretch the outer extremities
as much as possible. I'm going to say this wrong.
You guys are going to fuck with me. Benoit balls?
Those are for vaginas. What are the ones you
put in your hand and you freaking rotate them?
You're saying I need to massage my vagina. Is
that what you're saying? I think Benoit balls,
but I think the ladies use them. Okay, but they
have some. They're Asian and you put them in
your hand and they ring. They don't always. Some
do. I don't have fadge balls. I've got the ones
where, yeah, when you click them, clink them,
they make noises. Insert it into a vagina. Oh,
my God. That is. Okay, but what about... And
placed by the pubo... I want the one that you
have in your hands. No, no, no. Let's spend the
next 10 minutes trying to say that word. Say
that word. Pubo cock... Pubo kikages. Kisegics.
I have no idea what that is. Pubo cock... Wait.
Damn it. We have to listen to it. Yes. I don't
know how to say this. Yeah, this is important.
This took a hard left. You think? You need to
stretch your extremities like using vaginal balls.
Well, he's the one who said bed wall balls. Those
are the vagina balls. What are the Asian balls
that you put in your hand and you rotate? What
are those called? I don't know. Obviously not
bed wall balls. No. But there are ones that...
I'm going back to the ring thing. Since you guys
kind of mocked me on that. But I had a pair of
those, and no, they weren't for my, you know,
my non. I hate websites. I know it. They're boating
balls. I know it. B -A -O -D -I -N. They're boating
balls. The metal balls are referred to as boating
balls. Also called Chinese exercise balls. Isn't
that Cajun? Boudin? No, it's B -A -O. Boating.
B -A -O -D -I -N. There you go. They're not for
sale. Can you use those as Benoit balls? I don't
know. Yes, that's what I was talking about. Yeah,
those things. I've got a pair of those. Okay,
so Benoit balls, no. How do you pronounce that?
You want to pull up Wikipedia and see if it has
some sort of... Not to be confused with Benoit
balls. No, there's like a... Is that what it
says? Yes. Well, you definitely got it confused.
Oh, there's usually a link. That's all right.
I mean... Yeah, whatever. All right, boating
balls. So that's what they're called. Fuckin'
A. All right, well, I'll tell you what. That
sounds like a good experience. And if you're
going to spend that kind of money on shoes, you
might as well make sure you get one that fits
your feet. Correct. So, yeah, sounds like a good
experience. Because it makes a big difference.
It does for me. It sounds like Sean's having
a good experience as well. Yes, that's good.
Because really, you know, we're not. experts
and frankly when you when you think of shoe people
i'm thinking like al fucking bundy i'm like how
much of an expert is this guy you know i mean
but they are they they know more than the average
bear you know they know their brands and again
if you can afford them then go ahead and do them
there's a lot of people out there you know shit
five years ago i would be like i'm buying the
50 pair suck it you know but you know you eventually
you you get old and you need good feet You get
the bandwidth to be able to afford some of that
stuff. Yeah, that too, yes. All right, so it
was a busy weekend. Busy weekend. Yeah, you went
out of town. I know. You were gallivanting. I
had a fun experience in New Hampshire. Unexpectedly,
you didn't mention anything about this. I didn't?
Except, I'm out on podcast. Oh, where you at?
Really? I didn't give you guys a heads up on
this? Not me. Oh, wow. Nope. All right, so yes,
so when we bought the new Bronco. Oh, just hold
on. Yes. Tara knew all about it. She said, oh
yeah, Shelly, she's my friend. She says everything.
She shared everything. I was like, no, no, Paul,
they're out of town. I was like, what do you
mean they're out of town? Yes, no one knew. Shelly
said, are you going to tell your friends? I said,
I have no friends. So you drove your Bronco up
there? Did not, no. Did you fly it up there?
Did you drive it up there? We flew into Boston.
Helicopter. Yeah, we had it transferred. That
was cheap, by the way. No, we flew into Boston.
You just could have rented one. Yes. We flew
into Boston, rented a car, drove up to New Hampshire,
and they have at this state park, they partner
with a state park there that has a whole bunch
of trails, and it's the Bronco off -roading experience.
It's called the Bronco Off -Rodeo. And if you
buy a brand new Bronco, they do this. This is
like something they offer to teach you. So this
whole thing was free? It was free for Shelly,
and I had to pay like $195 to be a driver as
well. Were the flights covered? No, no, no. So
you're making a vacation out of it, right? So
we left on Friday, came back on Tuesday. We were
going to spend one full day. It's 8 to 5 on Saturday.
They don't mess around. It's good. They give
you lunch and dinner. They take you out on the
courses. They teach you everything. They teach
you all the settings for the Bronco itself. We
go through different types of obstacles. Teach
you how to spot each other. You know, like if
Shelly and I were going out by ourselves, which
we'll do. Right. How to spot each other, getting
over stuff. And dude, I mean, it was, I definitely
would not have gone over the shit that I had
gone over without being comfortable that my vehicle
could do it. Right. So it was, it was cool. It
was really cool. They did it right. It was crowded
though. No. So there's, there's only a certain
number, right? So they have three different teams,
three different guides, and I was probably, you
know, six Broncos per team. Did you win? I guess
the contest is who comes back alive, I guess.
I'm not really sure. The Klondike Derby? Yeah,
that's it. There's like six different Broncos
per guide, and they take you out to different
trails, and it's pretty damn awesome, man. It
was cool. Yeah, that's it. So were you there
for two nights? No, just one full day. Eight
to five. You didn't spend the night? Not there,
but I got a hotel that was 15 minutes away. Okay.
Yeah. That looks like a great experience. Yeah,
it was super cool. So you came up against these
big old hills? You're like, fuck. Yeah, this
kind of shit. Everything you're looking at is
what we did. Does it feel like you're going to
tip? Yes. Multiple times there was a wheel off
the ground. Yeah. And so you're supposed to know
what to do when that happens, right? Did you
spin the wheel and gun it real quick? He was
flooring. And rolled down the mountain. And see,
that's the other thing. This type of trail is
everything is crazy slow. You're going over one
rock and then another one. That's what it was.
Yeah, when we were in Colorado, the guy had an
old Land Cruiser, big old Toyota. And the roads
were like that, the rocks and the shit. And he
was, you know, it was four -wheel drive the whole
nine yards. And he was going slow over those
things. You were supposed to. And he's like,
you're leaning. Like crazy. Yes. And I remember
I was on the passenger side, and on that side,
there was a drop -off like 1 ,000 feet. Because
we were way up in the mountains in Colorado.
Oh, right. What was this for? This was over the
summer. It was Julie's cousin's husband. Okay.
So they went shopping, and he took me up into
the mountains to off -road like that. Oh, no
shit. And he was doing it, and it was crazy.
It was absolutely crazy. Yeah. It sounds like
a lot of this. Yeah, exactly. It was a really
neat experience. They got video of me driving
down one of these really steep ones. Yeah, look
at that shit. I mean, that's... And this doesn't
do it justice when you're in the car. Oh, no.
I mean, look at him sliding down and... Because
you're shitting your pants. You're like, oh,
my God, oh, my God, oh, it caught. You know,
eventually. I wonder how often they have to repair
these things. They say every once in a while
they have to. Like, people run into trees and
shit, which is really hard to do unless you panic
and gun it and lose control, but... There's really
hard to do that. I mean, they were telling us
if we wanted to spend 75 bucks, we could have
gotten an extra $3 ,500 in insurance. And I declined
it because I was asking the guy. So if you do
wreck the car, you got to pay to get it fixed?
Yeah, they charge you for whatever damage you
create. So even if you're doing everything right
and a strut broke? No, I think so. They said
the stuff that they don't. charge you for you
know like the fenders are going to get scraped
the bumper is going to get scraped i mean like
one of the very last ones i i didn't think i
was going that fast but i was like let's go i
was like oh shit that didn't sound good at all
and shelly was like oh no and i was like no no
it's got a plate underneath and they don't care
and they and they didn't right does it have a
plate though yeah yeah mine does too it's got
a it's got a yeah where can you yeah see that
that one right there on the front see that plate
underneath yeah you need that oh for sure so
It was really, really cool. And now Shelly's
so into it, she wants... There's five locations
throughout the United States. One's Moab, Utah.
One's in Texas. I don't know where. Maybe Big
Bend. So I've been coached that it's not a good
idea to bring your main transportation to one
of these places. As fun as it is, it should be
always a secondary car because you're always
going to... Something could happen. Yeah. Yeah,
I get that. I mean, but... There's also, they
went through recovery, right? You never go off
-roading without recovery equipment, of course.
Remember, I told you guys, we went off -roading
in Colorado. You brought your gas -infused hunting
clothes? No. But remember, I punctured the sidewall.
Oh, yeah. Remember, and I had to change the tire?
Yes. I mean, dude, we were totally unprepared,
had no recovery equipment. We got really lucky
we weren't stranded up there. Right. And I had
tires that were... you know obviously not rated
for this and uh so yeah we'll obviously be smarter
next time but they told us they showed us all
the different rescue equipment that you're supposed
to have remember winch if you're if you're if
your one has one right but i mean you also need
the equipment to have somebody else You know,
somebody else with a winch comes and you need
to know how to hook it up and all that kind of
shit. Remember when we got stuck in the snow
and we were taking boards and trying to do all
that shit? I believe you got us stuck. Those
are... Yeah, yeah. Don't remember that. No, I
did. I mean, I tried to go over that snow. They
have traction boards. would have been exactly
what we need. And we tried to do that with boards.
Remember, that didn't work at all. Yeah, we had
to go up there and chip them out of the ice,
didn't we? Oh, God, that was a shit show, man.
Didn't you urinate on them to try to melt it?
Yeah, well, I took a shit on it. Oh, that'll
do it, too. Yeah, urine would have been better.
Yeah. That was tough. I mean, to rehash that,
folks, that our listeners out there don't know,
we took, Paul, Jeff, and I took an excursion
up to Paul's family cabin, and the weather was
fine all the way up there, and all of a sudden
it was like, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude,
weather report in Colorado. We're going to have
a flash snow. And sure enough, they did. Big
old drifts of snow right in the entrance. Dude,
it was crazy. Well, remember, that would have
been there even if it was a clear day because
they plow it. They plow that. And so wherever
they plow, you're going to have walls of snow.
We should have got out and shoveled first. Well,
we could have done that or we just park and walk.
I mean, it wasn't that far. That's what we ended
up doing. We ended up doing that. Yeah, but that
trip at that altitude, I think, is the catalyst
that pushed Jeff over the edge. Oh, yeah. I think
if we would have just rolled up and he was able
to get out of the car, get in the house. I was
already starting to feel bad on the way up there.
Once we got up. to whatever, 10 ,000 feet or
whatever it is, I was already starting to feel
bad. Yeah. I think you would have been screwed
either way. Yeah. That just made me feel worse.
We're going to have oxygen next time. Yes. Well,
I mean, like the little ch -ch -ch one or the
spray oxygen, or you said you talked about having
a - An oxygenator or whatever. Yeah. Yeah. And
the machine. A concentrator. Will that do the
whole house, or is that just like you put in
your nose? It's still one person at a time, but
- You'd have a cannula, yeah. But having it up
there, people can take turns using it. Well,
it doesn't - cure you of it but it eliminates
the side effects right you still have the problem
you still have to acclimate so if you stop you're
gonna go right back to feeling like shit right
right so it allows you to acclimate without feeling
like shit right yeah it gives you more time correct
yeah that sucked because you know not that i
didn't enjoy being uh up there with you paul
uh as flamboyant as it was going through all
the YouTube Karen Carpenter videos that we were
watching, the music videos. Oh, my God, you were
so stupid. Yeah, but it was hilarious. But, yeah,
it would have been fun if you were there. I mean,
dude, I thought I was the shit. I was like, whiskey
and hot tea, this is the shit. Oh, I've got my
new drink. Yes, I'm going to drink this always,
and you probably haven't had it once. Yeah, I
haven't. Not once. Anyway, so that was a really
cool experience. Like I said, there's four other
locations. Shelly's all gung -ho right now and
wants to go to the other locations. But you also
said you did some sightseeing while you were
up there. Yeah, so the next day was supposed
to be an all -day check out the leaves, the changing
of the forest or whatever, and then hit some
different state parks and stuff. God, I got to
tell you. We rolled up on these state parks,
and yes, it was a holiday weekend, and yes, I
guess we're close to... Boston and whatever cities
are around there. But I knew we were in trouble
when there was a line to get into the parking
lot. And I'm like, what? I mean, what state parks
have you ever been to that have a line? Stop
cutting in front of me. Let me tell you. Let
me tell you. Yeah, so there were so many tourists.
I would think that you could just find some off
-roads and just drive and look at the leaves.
Screw the state park. I'll tell you what we did.
So we left there because we were like, screw
that. We'll just go to a different state park,
right? But then there was another turnoff. You
know how there's trailheads all over the place
and little parking lots all over the place? Well,
we found another one, and it was not crowded
at all, but there was a couple spots left. We
grabbed a spot, and we started walking. And I've
got this app. my phone that has like every trail
in the in the world probably but definitely in
the country and so i'm sitting and looking at
the little dotted lines and the trail we wanted
to be on that has all the big formations that
you get to see our trail and that trail came
really really close and i was like oh i know
what we'll do i'll be all smart we'll walk to
that that trail part and we'll just walk through
the forest and get to the other side right right
and then we'll not have to deal with all the
craziness anyway So we start to do that. And
I can tell that they have piled up brush to discourage
this. Right. Right. But there were no signs or
anything. Right. And so we start walking across
and it wasn't bad at all. It was probably 40
feet. And we're walking out and I'm seeing the
back of a big sign. And I'm like, oh, I wonder
what that says. And we come out, the two of us
come out, all these people looking at us. I'm
like, oh, and I turn around and look at it says.
Do not leave the trail. This is ecologically
sensitive. Something, something, something. And
I'm like, uh -oh. You should have just been like,
I had to shit. Right? I was like, we're from
Texas. It was so bad. Anyway, so when we start
walking on that other trail, and that's where
all the people were, like tons of, not dogging,
I mean, it was obviously tourists because there
was a ton of Chinese people or Asian people,
tons and tons and tons. Right. And a lot of Indians,
too, because I'm assuming they were, you know,
because they do, a ton of sightseeing, like day
trips. Even my friends and the ones I work with
are always going here and there. They don't sit
at home and watch football? They don't. They
don't. They go and do day trips. Like when we
went to eastern Oklahoma to see there's some
really scenic drive, there was a million of them
up there. I was like, okay, well, they go out
and visit stuff, which is cool. Right. But it's
kind of annoying sometimes because it was so
crowded. That annoys me about, I was joking with
Stephen, I was like, Travel has become too accessible
to everybody. Yes. They need to start saying,
you're not good enough to travel. I don't know
what criteria you'd go by. Right. Travel has
become too accessible, and I think the internet,
you see people go out there and they take these
pictures, and everyone's like, oh, I want to
go there. Right. So they do. They do. Next thing
you know, it's blown up and busy, and it's just
like, fuck. It was awful. It was awful. It drives
me nuts. If I go certain places like... You know,
Disney World, I expect it to be busy. Right.
But if I go to some place, you know, like, look
at the leaves in New Hampshire. I'm just like.
You want to be alone. I'm just like, dude. You
want to be peaceful and quiet. You're out in
nature. You want it to be like a non -stressful
experience. Correct. 100%. Right. And that's
what made it just so much worse. I'm not saying
people can't be out there, but probably the level
of people you're just like, really? What the
fuck, people? I know. I know. But they're doing
the same thing we were. No. No. That's what I
said. What were they doing that's different?
No, they were foreigners. Oh. Yeah. But were
they doing... I'm joking. I don't disagree with
that. Oh, okay. You had to do a DNA test when
you pull up. It just bugs me. Even around the
world, you see these photos of Santorini over
there in Greece or wherever the hell that's at.
And it's beautiful. But then they say, this is
what... It actually looks like. So you're saying
you subscribe to Bill Gates' philosophy on thinning
out the planet. No, just make travel less accessible
to everybody in some manner. Well, I will tell
you, the locals in Europe hate all the Americans
and Canadians that come and stuff their streets
for truism. It was the same deal. I mean, I feel
I wasn't a local per se, but I kind of felt like
a local. I guess you've got to figure out where
the road less traveled is. It is, and that's
getting harder and harder. You know, like you
say, you want to go to Moab. Moab's another one
that's going to be hammered with people. Yeah,
it's going to be awful. You know? And, you know,
Yellowstone up in Wyoming. That is disastrous.
Well, you see the videos of that where the people
get out of the cars and go pet the buffalo. Right.
And they get gored, you know? Right. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. It's like, come on, people. So, but we
met some really cool people up there, and a lot
of them were local to the region, right? They
were close by. Did they say car? We'll take the
car to the bar. Hey, did you just fart in the
car? Did you just fart in the car? You know,
we talked about that, too. I met a couple. They
were super cool. Kate and John. And I got Kate.
I mean, I got John. I got John interested in
the podcast. Hopefully he's listening. But it's
funny because they're I don't want to say they're
closet Trump supporters, but they have their
their inner group. They all have to be kind of.
subdued about it on the slide right yeah on the
yeah yeah and so you know they have neighbors
that will go all out you know showing the trump
flags and all that kind of stuff and and we talked
about the challenge of you know what being in
that area not it's getting better We talked about
it, how it's getting better. But yeah, I said,
listen, you guys need to listen to the podcast
because you'll feel at home. You'll feel like
you're not alone. But yeah, they were a really
cool couple we were talking to. And they were
telling us about where to go and, oh, you got
to go here, you got to go there. And she wrote
everything up on this piece of paper. I mean,
it was super cool and real friendly. And we talked
about that, the accent. It's like when they're
in their element, it automatically comes out.
Right. And she started talking like that. Exactly
like you guys. The car, the massage. Are you
serious? I mean, anyway, it was really funny.
But yeah, they were really cool. Any good foods
while you're up there? Any good seafoods? Chowder.
Chowder? Chowder. No. You know what? We ate at
a diner, and that was super packed. I mean, it
was a holiday weekend, right? So everybody was
out and about. Was it sweater weather? Yeah.
I mean, I have a hoodie on, yeah. I mean, it
was in the low 50s. That's perfect. Yeah, yeah.
Mid 50s. That is wonderful. Mid 50s. Maybe got
up to 60, but it was really nice. You sent us
a picture of a drink. Yes. Was that an old -fashioned,
or was that solid booze? That was an old -fashioned.
Oh, okay. Just checking. I was kind of like,
damn, he's going to get shit -faced, man. Look
at that big old glass. Yeah, I had like... I
think five drinks on Sunday night. Five drinks
in an hour? No, they weren't all old -fashioned,
but I had... A lot of them were triples. I asked
for just a straight pour of Maker's Mark because
that was pretty much all they had. And they came...
I mean, gosh, shit. Which one? The regular old
plain J Maker's Mark? I think it was three ounces.
It was a big -ass pour. I was like, God dang.
Anyway, so it was great. Were you really saying,
gosh dang, or were you really like, hallelujah?
Oh, yeah. I was like. Your inner monologue was
like, hallelujah. I was like, I wonder how much
this is. Yeah, no shit. So anyway, and we stayed
at this really cool, really old, they called
it a resort, but it's like from the 50s and 60s,
you know? Like something from Dirty Dancing?
That's exactly what Shelly said. I've never seen
Dirty Dancing, so I don't know. Are you kidding
me? That's what Shelly said again. Nobody puts
baby in the corner. Well, I've heard the terms,
and I know the story. It's back in the 50s and
60s where whole families during the summer would
go to these family getaway camps. You know, they'd
have their own little cabin and they have all
these activities and they'd be there for a few
weeks. Very high -end families go out there,
though. Country club style. I don't think they
have them anymore. Yeah, who can afford that
kind of stuff? Well, so these people have multiple
properties. I mean, I guess some can. They had
little cottages that were all next to each other
and then they had where we stayed, which was
like a motel -ish like. Right. Right? But they
had a beach and it was right on the lakefront
and it's dock and you saw the picture there.
Did you go swimming? I did not. I didn't. No,
I wanted to live on this trip. Did you go clamming?
No clamming. And yeah, we were in Laconia. Hold
on, hold on. What is clamming? We were in Laconia.
Is that like actually going to go clams? Yes,
you go dig for clams. Laconia, New Hampshire
is where we were. Yeah, you go dig for clams.
Although you're on a lake, so we may have clams.
Yeah, that's where we were. Is it Lake Winn...
Winnebago? No, Winnisquam? What does that say?
Winnisquam. Winnisquam. That's fake. Yeah, we
were at the NAWSA Resort. Reliable Crane Service?
Whatever that is. On the opposite side, I think.
They got a Best Western there. Isn't that nice?
Yeah, anyway. All right, so this is a lake out
in Laconia, New Hampshire. Yes. Currently, it's
8 .28 p .m. there, 49 degrees, partly cloudy.
Yes. So I was way late on getting a hotel. and
I was like, oh, shit, I might be screwed here
because I have to get something super expensive
or super far away. It was 15 minutes from where
we were supposed to be, and I got it for three
nights. I want you to guess how much it was for
three nights. $250. A night? No, total. Deliberately
underbidding to make it less dramatic. For three
nights, I will say $800. $388. Really? For three
nights. That was closest. Where the hell is this?
You're deliberately underbidding to ruin my shock.
Out there in New Hampshire, I'm thinking it'd
be like $250 a night. Right. And what was crazy
is when we were checking out on Monday. How much
again? You said $388? For three nights. Total.
Wow. Did they have a continental breakfast? They
did not. But they had a little restaurant. But
we never ate there. Inside the hotel or outside?
Yeah, well, yeah, sort of inside the hotel. It's
a really old place, right? Yeah. It's like from
the 50s or 60s. So the place isn't winterized
either. Super friendly people. The owner was
like, you know, hey, where are you guys from?
When we say winterized, what do you mean? They
don't have heat? Well, she said, this is the
last day. I was like, what do you mean the last
day? She goes, oh, yeah, we're closing down until
April. And we're like, we were there on the final
night that they were open. And we're like, I
had no idea, right? Right. And she goes, yeah,
it's not winterized. And so we shut down. You
know, we have a little party for all the people
that work there. And yeah, we'll see you in April.
Nice. I know. It was kind of cool. Yeah. That
was different. You know what I mean? As opposed
to a freaking Hampton Inn or something. Big city
somewhere. Right. Right. There's a lot of, I
don't want to say a lot, but there are businesses
out there that are seasonal. You know, I don't
know how they frankly do it. Especially charging
those kind of rates. It must not have been very
big. And here's the thing. Shelly was really
excited about the place. She was like, we should
just rent it again next year. And she goes, why
don't you try to reserve it? It's all booked
for next year. Wow. Booked every weekend. I was
on their app. I wonder if they had a cancellation
and you just got lucky. I got lucky. It had to
be. Right. Somebody canceled at the last minute.
I happened to stumble on it. And boom. There
it was. Well, I've got a buddy that has a big
old B &B out there close to that area. And it
sleeps up to like 18 people. Nice. And he's a
good buddy. He'll give us a hookup. I don't even
know what that means. Shout out to Kyle. Kind
of like a P. Diddy hookup. I don't think so.
I've never been to that area of the states yet.
I want to go there. I did not realize how close
New Hampshire is to Maine. Look at that. It's
right next to it. I had no idea. We went up to
the White Mountain National Forest. That's where
that was a meltdown, right? Oh, you went out
there. See Conway? We were supposed to head over
to Conway, and finally we said, fuck it. Let's
go. We're going to go to Franconia. See that
up on the upper left? Right there, Franconia.
That was where we were going to go, and then
we went to the something fluff gorge. What are
you zooming again above to the left of Franconia?
Did it say Shania Twain there for a second? Mount
Musulake? I don't know. There's Tinkerville.
Isn't that crazy how close? Never mind. I had
no idea New Hampshire was that far north. Really?
Really? I had no idea. Boy, you could name all
the South America. Oh, there you see. You saw
Twain right there. South Twain Mountain is what
you saw to the far right. Twin, not Twain. Oh,
yeah. Anyway, I felt stupid because I was like,
really? We're close to Maine? Because the people
I was talking to, they have property in Maine.
It's fun. That whole region for me, I mean, I
enjoy it. If it were me, I would live there.
I love the Northeast. Cold, cold, cold, though.
I'm on board with that, you know? Yeah. Boston
was a shit show, man. Of course, that Nor 'easter
had blown in, right? So we weren't able to do
anything in Boston on Monday. We were supposed
to spend the whole day walking around looking
at historical shit, like there's some Freedom
Trail that you can walk around and see all these
important buildings. Yes, out in Boston? Yeah.
Oh, the Freedom Trail is so... You know what's
crazy? And I'll get into some geekiness about
this because this is directly related to video
games and the Freedom Trail. You have, oh my
God, Fallout 4. Okay. Fallout 4. Video game,
all right? Okay. Video game. Fallout 4, they
took a replica of... Fallout 4 is a video game
where there is a nuclear bomb that went off.
Okay. It destroyed the world. Nice. And there
were aliens... Not aliens, but what are they?
Mutants and stuff, whatever. Zombies. So they
had the freedom show because there were people
that were humans that were living, and to find
a specific... you had to go through the Freedom
Trail. In Boston. In Boston. In the video game.
In ruins. So I was able to find the Freedom Trail,
and I could walk it in the video game. And I
knew exactly where I was at in Boston. It was
kind of... Oh, so you've actually been on the
Freedom Trail in Boston in person? Yeah, both,
yes. Oh, okay, nice. That's cool. It was a cool
experience. It gave it relevance for you. Yeah,
it was because I see it, and I also was running
on it in the video game. Right. And it's crazy.
And you're like, oh, my God, I can recognize
everything here. I need my bazooka. Anyway, we
didn't get to do that because it was a shit show
with that nor 'easter that had blown in. And
you didn't go to the two cheers bar? We did nothing
because it was - It was raining. Raining, and
the rental car was due back at 3 o 'clock. Oh.
The rental car place was an eight minute walk
from the hotel. And so I stopped and got me an
umbrella because, you know, it was a nor 'easter
happening. And Shelly's like, well, why don't
you put on your rain gear? Because we brought
rain gear in case it got crazy during the off
-roading thing. I was like, no, no, it's fine.
It's fine. I have an umbrella. I had the umbrella
sideways walking back to the hotel because it
was just a constant 50 mile an hour. Oh, I was
soaked. When I got back to the hotel, I was completely
soaked. And she was looking at you like... Well,
she's like, why didn't you use your umbrella?
She's like... Yeah, exactly. I was like, I have
an umbrella. It sounds like you had a really
good time. It was fun. What was the best restaurant
you went to go have eat? What did you eat? What
kind of food did you eat? Did you have steak?
Chicken? Pasta? Chicken and waffles at the diner.
Nothing local? Dude, we didn't really have an
opportunity to be... No lobsters? We ate no seafood
at all. Are you kidding me? How could you go
up there and not have seafood? We're not seafood
people. I mean, I'll eat seafood, but Shelly
won't eat seafood. Well, she can get a chicken.
Yeah, she can get chicken. No, we went to, I
mean, they gave us lunch and dinner on Saturday.
Nice. Was it like soups? And the dinner was great.
I mean, they had like slices of beef and chicken.
They didn't have any. It was a wild boar? Probably.
It was really good, though. There's a lot of
fantastic seafood out there. It's too bad. I
feel like, I mean, it's none of my business,
but I just feel like you're abandoning a color
scheme on your food chart. We did not have a
culinary experience, that's for sure. I tell
you what, we were starving to death when we left
Boston, and so we were like, just going to go
to a fast food restaurant. We went to Habit.
Have you ever heard of Habit Burgers? No. H -A
-B -I -T. No. And they're everywhere up there.
I was like, what the hell is this? Habit Burger
and Grill. Yeah, that's it. Did you get a cream
pie? No, I got a burger. Shelly did. You didn't
get a Boston cream pie while you were up there?
No, she didn't. Oh. Boston cream pie? You didn't
get that while you were up there? A what? A Boston
cream pie? No, I'd never heard of that, but no.
You've never heard of a Boston cream pie? You
don't remember Boston cream pie? No, I don't
know anything about Boston. Who are you? Well,
I didn't have time to do research before we went
there. Oh, but let's talk about Peru. Oh, I know
all about Peru. What do you want to know? What
do I know? You and your friend Santos down there.
Anyway, yeah, we went to the Habit. Or Habit.
Shelly thought it was Hobbit. That's kind of
like a little flat smash burger. That may be
how they say it up there. Yeah. Hey, come to
Hobbit. Let's go to the Habit. Anyway, that's
exactly what it looked like back there. That
might have been the one we went to. Anyway, that
was interesting. It was good. That hamburger
doesn't even look cooked. Yeah, ours was not
like that. It's rare. Yeah. I'm hungry. Yeah,
that made me hungry, too. Anyway, so no, we didn't
have a culinary experience at all. But it sounds
like you had a great time. We did. And it was
a great quick excursion, and you were gone for
three, four days, and you came back. The off
-roading thing, it was a home run. We loved it.
Good. There was nothing we would change about
it. They spent a lot of time talking about the
rescue stuff, the recovery stuff, but it's important.
It's probably where most people get themselves
in trouble. Yeah. You know, they go out there,
hey, I've got this new thing I want to go. Then
they get stranded. Right. And if they do have
the tools, they don't know how to use them or
use them, you know, appropriately. I mean, they
went through like five different things you're
supposed to have or can have. And there's very
important ways to use them. Otherwise, people
die. You know what I mean? They snap off or they
break or it becomes like a total projectile.
Yep. Like one thing they said that shocked me.
So many deaths or injuries happen when people
are trying to be towed out in general, and they
use their hitch, trailer hitch. And the trailer
hitch, of course, can just come out of the square
hole. And it flies and it hits someone. And it
becomes. A projectile. Deadly, completely deadly.
He was describing how it went through the tailgate,
through the back window, killed the passenger,
and went through the engine block. I mean, just
crazy. Wow. I mean, when you're putting that
kind of pressure on something that eventually
gives. That's a solid hunk of metal. And it's
attached to something springy. Is that part of
the five -point pulley system? Part of the rescue
pack that breaks like that? I always say, this
is what you don't do. Yeah, you don't ever connect
it to a trailer hitch. Oh, yeah. Even though
it's got a pin in it. You know, it doesn't have
the strength. Well, that cotter pin is small.
Right. So what about the, remember when we got
whatever car we rented to go up to Colorado,
we pulled that plate off and the rescue service
pulled our car out? Yeah. Is that what you're
supposed to use? Oh, yeah. Is that? Oh, that
was, that's, you're used to something attached
to the frame. The frame is not going to. Oh,
so the trailer's not attached to the frame. Not
the trailer hitch. You would think that the trailer
hitch is attached to it. No, it just slides in.
Yeah, remember it slides out and in. And then
you put a little pin in to keep it there. But
now what you slide into is, of course, attached
to the frame. But anyway, it was really good.
You know what? It was enough to know that I need
to research and understand all of them. But it
wasn't enough to be, okay, I know exactly how
to use them all. Off we go. It also opened up,
I mean, because you got a Ford Bronco. Does this
open up opportunity for you to get some accessories
that you currently don't have that you want to
get? I absolutely have to get a recovery kit.
A recovery kit, but what about the lights? I
mean, because you've got a whole panel of buttons
up there, low -voltage buttons. Yeah. Obviously,
there's a lot of stuff we can do. I haven't really
thought through that. Are you going to all get
new tires? That's the other thing we have to
debate on. If we're going to go off -roading
again, we've got to get new tires. Those probably
aren't going to be cheap. No, they're not. I'm
thinking probably $1 ,200 for a set of five.
More than that. More than that. $1 ,500? $2 ,000?
They're on the wheels of my truck. It costs me
$1 ,600 to replace every... Damn. Yeah, well,
that's probably what we're going to have to deal
with. You've got big tires on that thing, too,
so. We don't have, everybody had the Sasquatch
package. I mean, these Broncos all were the same,
but they said, who's got on their own? Who's
got this? Who's got that? And they all had the
Sasquatch package, which is lifted and has upgraded
tires. And we have the Outer Banks package, which
has the same off -roading capability for the
most part, but it's not lifted. and it doesn't
have the tires, right? Oh, hey, guys, ADD moment.
I'm going to cut you off and apologize. No, you're
good. Did you get the email regarding Republic,
Iron Root Republic for the hazmat? November 1st.
Did you sign up for it? There's a select amount
of bottles that you have to sign up for. Oh,
I didn't know. I thought you just showed up.
Well, I mean, I saw something on Instagram today
that said, hey, man, to get this half bottle,
you need to get on the list to get it. Oh, no,
I didn't see that. No, I did not do that. I put
my name on the list. Is there a time to be there?
So they're going to make an announcement of what
time. I don't know. Maybe you could pull that
up, Mr. Producer. Because I have plans from 5
to 9. When? On the 1st. 5 a .m. to 9 a .m.? No,
5 p .m. to 9 p .m. Oh, well, we would... It would
be before that? Yeah, I'm not going to be...
I'm assuming. I don't know if it was an evening
event. I don't know. Anyways, there you go. So
I wanted to bring that up. Maybe take a look
at it tomorrow. All right. Put your name on the
list. I didn't know you had to get into the lottery.
And you know what? I may be talking apples and
oranges. I mean... Okay. I read it, and it looked
like that's what we wanted because it was a half
bottle, and it was a hazmat, right? Was it on
email? Was it it? I don't recall the proof, but
they said it was hazmat. But it was a half bottle.
It was $149 for a half bottle. For a 375. Yeah.
Oof. Yeah. Painful. Yeah, well, I mean, it's
tough for us because it'll basically be one podcast.
I mean, because you divide that in four. Also,
if it's 150, you're not doing two ounces of that.
No. You're going to knock your ass out. I don't
understand. Challenge accepted. What? I don't
know what's wrong with me. Let's talk about this.
What is bourbon right here? This is actually
really tasty. I'm enjoying this. This is a new
bottle. We picked this up at Total Wine. This
is Old Fitzgerald Bottled and Bought. Paul doesn't
like it. He just gags. Did you drink on the roll
hold? I don't know what happened. Did you butt
lose it through your nose? It's burning through
my nostrils, so obviously I think I hiccuped
while I was drinking. Go ahead. That's how you
know it's good. Yeah. Like I said, this is the
old Fitzgerald. Your body's fighting back. Bottled
in Bond. Not today. Seven year. Seven years.
Seven year. And it's got the sexy bottle, you
know, the old Fitzgerald kind of. Yeah. Look
to it. Got like an octagon -y. What's the story?
Producer, Chuck, you pulled up Old Fitzgerald.
You said that they're no longer doing it, and
it's a product of a, they used to do their own
stuff, and then Heaven's Hill picked them up?
Is that what's going on? Yeah, that's right.
Yeah, that's what I thought, Heaven's Hill. But
they kept the recipe, and they're doing it themselves.
But Old Fitzgerald used to be their own entity,
right? Okay. Yeah. And Old Fitzgerald, the regular
Old Fitzgerald, is highly sought after. It has
a unique bottle, and this has some aspects of
it. This top here has some aspects of that bottle.
It's definitely old style. Yeah. It's a good
-looking bottle. It really is. It's got great
juice in it. This is Bottle and Bond. It's 100
proof, which normally I'd be like, yeah, not
so much. But this is a hot 100 proof. I mean,
it has the bite that I want in the higher proof
stuff. So I enjoy that. Yeah, this has a good
flavor. It's sweet for me. There's some definite
sweetness on this for me. Graham Cracker style.
Graham Cracker is kind of what comes to mind.
Kind of a soft, nutty, not quite Nestle Crunch
cereal, but just Graham Cracker -ish. Snickerdoodle.
Maybe Snickerdoodle. Does it say that on there?
It's got some burn. But there's also, like you
said, it's got a little bite to it. What's the
rye? The spice into it. It actually says honey
graham cracker. Oh, really? Look at that honey
graham cracker. That nailed it. Yes. That's it.
Yeah, and there's some spice in there, right?
The baking spices and shit. This is very tasty.
I like this. Yeah. For what it is of the 100
proof, this is going to, this ranks pretty high
for me. Yeah, this has got a lot of the range
that you would find in 115 proof. It's a weeder.
There is no rye in this. Correct. That's why
it's not biting. I mean, the alcohol bite, but
it doesn't have the rye. And it's interesting
because it's 68 corn. Okay, so it's already lower
than like weeded stuff like Maker's Mark. And
the wheat content is 20%, which is almost double
the amount of what like Maker's Mark would be
as far as the wheat goes. And the multibart is
12. This is actually really surprising because
every wheat we've ever had has been soft. Has
an element of softness to it. Soft, sweet. There's
nothing soft about this. It's not harsh, but
it's not your standard soft wheat. I'm really
surprised it's a weeded bourbon. Yeah. Because
it does not taste like one at all compared to
anything we've ever tried that's weeded, in my
opinion. Yeah. It's really, really good. I think
it says it nice up there. It's a dessert -like
flavor profile. That's what I get out of it.
Lots of sweetness, some cookies and vanillas.
Like I said, the baking spices and shit. Definitely
get the cinnamon. Bacon spices and shit. It's
really good. I like this one a lot. One more
time. It's only $60. And I remember you guys
weren't going to get it. Because I showed up
late. You're right. I showed up late and you're
like, yeah, all they got is this. I was like,
we need to get that. If you're not getting it,
I'm getting it. Dude, that's what we wait for.
I was just thinking, Just launched a huge package
of, holy shit, this is how much money we spent
in the last X amount of years. Right. If we want
to dive into that a little bit, I mean, really,
if you think about it, I don't want to tell them
how much we spent, but whatever it is, I don't
think it was that much if you stretch that out.
Because what we have now, the current inventory
that we have that we haven't tasted yet, should
stretch us all the way into January. Oh, yeah.
If you think about it. Oh, yeah. So the amount
of money that we each owe stretched out over
the course of a year? Basically a year. I'm thinking
that's not bad. I just think it's painful to
have that all hit you at once. Yeah. Yeah, it
is. But anyway, this is outstanding. I would
buy this again. Yeah. If we find it. I don't
know if we're going to find it because I think
it probably went pretty quick. Well, if I find
it, I'm going to get one for my personal collection
because that's great. What does it say in Only
Dreams? Oh, you know what? I need to scan it.
Wow. I don't know. Let's do it. I wonder if it's
an uncommon. I don't know. Because I don't think...
They said it was new to... Was it new to Total
Wine? Jeff's so excited. He's like, I'm going
to scan this. Oh, I'm going to scan you so hard.
I'm going to take that barcode and freaking shove
it in that camera lens. It is uncommon. It's
not a rare or anything. Okay. Well, uncommon
is good, too. Excellent. This is a good find.
All right. Let's rate it. For 100 proof. Wow,
that's going to be pretty high for 100 proof.
So that's what we have to consider the proof,
right? That's usually what we are delineation.
I think one of the better 100 proofers out there
is the early times bottle and bond, right? And
this has got the edge on that, in my opinion.
That's 24 bucks for a liter. That's just 60 bucks.
What about Heavensell? Oh, that's a good point.
And I've had early times not too long ago, and
it was great. They got Heaven's Hill, 100 Bottle
and Bond. Yeah, the Heaven's Hill, Bottle and
Bond, which is really good, which is made by
the same folks. Yeah. I think this is better
than the other Heaven's Hill. I think this is
better than the Heaven's Hill as well. I'll go
first, 7 .9. I was going to go 7 .5. I was going
to go 7 .3. We're about there. About 7 .5. Average
-ish. 7 .6 is probably the average. Yeah. That's
good. That's very good. Yeah, I would highly
recommend this if you can find it. $60 is not
bad for... I wonder what this is on the secondary,
because Old Fitzgerald, the standard Old Fitz,
it's impossible to find. And on the secondary,
it's expensive. Although, the bourbon industry
is really going down. And I read an article that
a lot of the big distilleries have stopped production.
Oh, shit. Because they have thousands and thousands
of barrels sitting there. Tens of thousands of
barrels. Right. And I read Balcones is one of
them. They've stopped production because they
have so much product just sitting there. That's
not good. No. And a lot of these fairly large
ones have stopped production or greatly slowed
down production because they have a glut of inventory
right now. I just picked up a Shiner Bach Balcones.
I'm sorry. I had a brain fart. Balcones Bach.
It was just that reminded me. All right. We got
to sample that. And I think that's bad for them,
but I think it's ultimately going to be good
for us and the whiskey buyers. And the collecting
parts, for sure. Well, yeah, because you're going
to see more bottles that are going to be on the
shelves that we haven't. And we're already starting
to see that. You're seeing E .H. Taylor on the
shelves. You're seeing this on the shelf. There's
a lot of people out there that have simply stopped
drinking. Yeah, there's a lot of those folks.
Declaration. And look, there's nothing wrong
with that. If I weren't doing a podcast, I would
probably stop drinking. Right. And apparently
the younger generations are skewing away from
alcohol. Yeah, that's because they're doing the
THC shit. Right. I know Steven says that he's
going to stop or greatly scale back. He's like,
I'm not interested in going out and getting shit
-faced like I did. That's good. He's like, yeah,
I'll have a beer, watching a football game and
stuff like that. I was like, yeah, you know.
That lifestyle's fun for a bit, then it gets
old. That has always been something that I think
college kids do, right? They spend a couple years
after college continuing the binge drinking and
thinking that's what they need to do every weekend.
And eventually they're like, shit, man, why do
we keep doing this? I'm done with that. But they're
saying that the drink of choice, even for the
ones that, I'm not saying binge drinking, they
still drink, right? It's not hard liquor. It's
the seltzers and shit. It's not hard liquor at
all. And it's not even alcohol. They're steering
towards their preferring pot. So the THC drinks,
first of all, Abbott, he didn't overrule the...
He vetoed it. He did, right? He did not veto
it. He did veto it. They were trying to ban it
all and he vetoed it. Yeah, because it's a huge
sell. I mean, look, I was talking to CJ from
The Total Wine, and he was saying, yeah, man,
I got promoted. He got promoted to specifically
manage or work in the THC aisle. That's how big
it is. That's huge. And he knows a lot about
it, evidently. And that's a huge, huge market,
the sales. Well, I think they just passed an
age limit before. I don't think there was an
age limit on it. And now you have to be, I think,
21 in order to buy that stuff. That makes sense.
Because you could buy it at, fucking 7 -Eleven,
all these places. And you could have been 15,
16, 17. I don't know where they'd cut it off,
but anyone could basically go in there and buy
that shit. Now, I think you have to be 21. That's
at least good. I don't know. I don't subscribe
to it anymore. I never did those types of stuff.
I smoked some reefer sticks growing up, even
15, 20 years ago. That ship has sailed. I have
no desire to do that stuff, period. But there
is a new market for newer people that are coming
out and doing it, and it has to do with the older
folks, the folks that are suffering with joint
pain, hip pain. The medicinal. Yeah, the medicinal
applications of it are non -ending because it,
and I know this. from close people that I know,
their testimony, is that I tried some roll -on
stuff and applied it directly to the affected
area that was hurting, and the pain went away.
Oh, wow. And you're not talking about CBD. You're
talking about THC. I'm not the authority on what
it was, but I'm assuming it was the THC roll
-on stuff. It's an application. So it's not an
edible that you would take to get you high, but
at the same time, Some of the edible stuff that
they take makes your whole body feel good. And
it's like an anti -inflammatory, so to speak.
I can't even use that CBD cream. Oh, for work?
Yeah, even if it says 0 % THC because it's not
regulated by anybody. And they can say anything
they want on there. And then I'm putting this
on and all of a sudden I get in trouble and I
get a drug test. Well, you have THC in your system.
You're good. That would suck. Even though it
says there's nothing in it. Well, how do I know
you didn't smoke something when you're showing
me this cream? Yeah, it's very unforgiving. I
mean, even the short story you shared with the
circumstance, very unforgiving. your company
but a lot of companies out there there's just
you know there's no zero tolerance zero tolerance
and you know what there needs to be more zero
tolerance across the board on a lot of things
and which includes like those uh the anti -ice
folks out there that are parading out in front
of the uh the headquarters at different cities
in chicago did you see them nude oh my god what
is up with that well why are none of them attractive
None of them. You can guess. It was like showing
up at the Edinburgh, what was that place? Sandpiper.
Oh, right. Whatever. This is the Portland protest?
Yes. Was this in Portland? Not Portland. It was
in Washington. Yeah. I saw one where they were
showing the video, and I don't know if it was
a guy or a girl, but he or she or whoever it
was was naked getting. onto the bike, and the
camera was on the side where they hiked their
leg up. Oh, that dude's junk was just hanging
out right there. I mean, oh, look at that. They're
all just freaks. They're all unattractive. And
the weather is miserable. And this isn't even
the worst, though. This guy's nude. He's like,
yeah. Chimichangas hanging out. Oh, God. So painful.
What's wrong with these people? Oh, let's show
them. Let's show up naked in miserable weather
and ride a bike. And these guys are just laughing
at him. You guys are morons. There's nothing.
What are they proving? There's nothing mentally
right about these people. They're proving they're
insane. Yeah, what are they proving? These guys
are running with their junk off. They're going
to be sore at the end of the day. What is going
on? I don't know. It's so sad. This is all mental
illness, man. And these are the people who say
you're weird. Chuck, are you purposely gratuitously
showing those ding -dongs? Well, there's equal
opportunity for bike riders. Well, there you
go. There's a badge. Wow. I don't know. I just
clicked on the first one. They think it's a costume
parade or something. I don't get it. These people
are the ones who are like, yeah, you're weird,
you're strange, and look at them. I don't know,
man. Clearly mental illness. There's a lot of
mental illness, and a lot of it's stemmed from
some of the left right now. We're going to kind
of end this episode with a little bit of politics
right now, but it's just like it doesn't matter
what our current president does. It's just like
he's never going to catch a break. They're never
going to say that he's doing something right.
And at the end of the day, these people that
are being taken out of the country, it's because
they're not supposed to be here. They're here
illegally. So they're not undocumented immigrants.
They're here illegally. The lefts are the ones
that were running the campaign. Nobody's above
the law, except if you're from a different country.
LA right now, they're trying to push some sort
of bill to pay for housing for the illegals.
Pay for housing, medical. If you lived in LA,
wouldn't you be pissed off? Wouldn't you be like,
hey, how come you're not paying for my house?
I pay these taxes. I've been living here. Why
aren't you paying my house? And see what they
say. Well, what's your reason to pay their house?
Well, I'm out of a job. I'm down on my luck.
Can you pay my house for me, please? Maybe because
they think they already have their votes. And
as long as they pay for as many illegal aliens
as possible. Just go, I'm voting for the Republic
next time unless you buy my house. Get them on
board. Yeah, well, right. Get them on board.
And then at some point, they were trying to make
it legal for them to vote. So this is all the
groundwork. But the taxpayers there should be
pissed off that why is this person who's here
illegally not paying into anything, getting free
room and free living? Everything. They're playing
the long game. They took away, they exported
the dad. He's been living here for four years,
and now he's got kids. Camar, Obrego, Garcia,
whatever his name is. Well, I mean, not just
that one, but just any dad. Or the Maryland dad.
I'm not talking about that one. I'm just saying
they take the father out of the house of an illegal
family that's not here legally, and they'll let
people who are like, well, hey, man, look, what
are we going to do? Those people lost their primary
source of income to provide for that family,
so we've got to help those people out. I was
like, well, what happens if my dad breaks the
law and has to go to jail? Who's going to help
my family out? Isn't that the same thing? It's
not the same thing, apparently. It's ridiculous.
It is ridiculous. And why do they get preferential
treatment over that scenario that you said? I
said, look, I'm a citizen. I've been here. I've
been doing my duty. I've been going to school.
Duty. Duty. Why won't you take care of me? I
hear you. But again, you heard my rationale.
I'll tell you what. They'll take care of me,
but they're going to make you pay a triple. California
voted for this. So, you know, this is what you
get. They keep doing it. Yeah. You keep voting
this in and this is what you get. Yeah, absolutely.
Vote them out if you're pissed off. But if you
agree with it, keep voting them in and this is
what you're going to get. And enjoy that train
system that never fixed to nowhere. The $10 billion
train. Crazy. All right. Well, we have lots of
stuff to talk about in the second half. Yeah.
Well, I mean, how much time we got, Mr. Producer?
About two minutes. Two minutes. All right, let
me look over this list here. You know, climate
change, equality and inclusion, health care,
food security, travel, hobbies, interests. Are
you trying to avoid what we already have on the
board? Yes. Natural disasters. You guys heard
about the flooding and landslides in Mexico?
No. Where at in Mexico? I don't know. It does
cause a lot of deaths. Like in Mexico City? It
says Mexico. I don't know. How about dying? Are
we going to save that for the second half? Well,
there's only one death. Might as well. Well,
Diane Keaton passed away, and she was a Hollywood.
She was cool. Yeah. Was she? I thought she was
always cool in every movie I ever saw her in.
Was she in Annie Hall? Annie Hall was her big
breakout. Yep. Interesting. I don't know. She
always just kind of blended into the background
for me. She didn't do much for me at all. Yeah,
I can see why you cast her as the mom or the
mother -in -law or something like that. I guess.
I guess I never really saw her in a powerful
role because I don't watch Diane Keaton and Woody
Allen movies. I am not a Woody Allen fan at all.
Yeah, at all, right? And she seemed to be, every
time Woody Allen would have a movie, Diane Keaton's
in it. I remember a Woody Allen movie came out
and I had to go watch it in the movie theater
because my parents wanted to go see it. So we
went as a family. The Purple Rose of Cairo. It
was absolutely stupid. That's the Diane Keaton
movie? I don't know if she was in it or not.
It was a Woody Allen movie. A Woody Allen. Sorry.
She always wore those hats. I got to be cute.
I got to wear a hat. Your hair is great. What
are you wearing a hat for? She was an actress.
It's not quite the tribute we're looking for.
I brought it up, but I'm kind of... She's just
meh for me. Right. I'm sad that she passed away
and sad for her family, but you know. Yeah, it
was abrupt. And things that we also need to take
into consideration was the age at which she died.
Was it 78? Was it abrupt? She was 79. 79? But
it was a quick decline is what they, they were
shocked at how quickly she went from being totally
vibrant and funny and, you know, normal to all
of her friends to like four months later dead.
So. Yeah. It can happen. She's a nice looking
older lady, I tell you. 78? Yeah. She looked
good. She looked really good. She did. So, all
right, I'll take back my criticisms. You're spewing
hate on you guys. Fuck her. I'm just thinking
movie -wise. I know what you're saying. I probably
saw maybe one or two. Yeah, I'm not sure if she
was like the Hollywood icon that they were kind
of trumping her up to be, but I thought she was
just cool, you know? I think you're right. I
think Chuck was right when he mentioned she was
good. What are they called? The second cast person.
What are they called? Supporting cast? Yes. Supporting
character. Right. Yeah, that makes sense. Well,
you know what? Jeez. How long has it been? Has
it been a week? Just a week. We've been off a
week, right? Yeah, I think so. And are you guys
going to be here next week? I don't think you
guys are, right? I'm here next week. Oh, you
won't be here for the Halloween party next week.
I am going to be traveling to Albuquerque. I'll
be back Wednesday. Okay, so we'll probably need
to table it until Wednesday. Probably. Yeah.
Yep. We'll figure that out. Well, that's my birthday,
so I don't know if we're going to do a family
dinner or something like that. So, I don't know.
I'm going to be out of town Monday, Tuesday.
Come back Wednesday afternoon. Are we able to
do a Thursday podcast? I have a church deal.
Every Thursday night. Thursday? Friday. If we
can't do it Wednesday, then we'll have to skip
a week. We'll have to see. I'll find out. Do
a Wednesday breakfast in Albuquerque. First half
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