WEBVTT 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:07.400 All right. Welcome to a very special episode 00:00:07.400 --> 00:00:12.179 of the Dan Time podcast, number 45. I'm your 00:00:12.179 --> 00:00:15.339 host, Dan McCardell, and happy Father's Day. 00:00:16.120 --> 00:00:19.600 I hope all my dad listeners, maybe, maybe that's 00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:23.399 you. I hope you're having a spectacular day or 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:25.620 if you're listening to this and it's Monday morning 00:00:25.620 --> 00:00:28.000 that you had a great weekend, a great Father's 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:34.380 Day, relaxing in however you relax. Some people, 00:00:34.579 --> 00:00:39.780 that means doing yard work for half the day or 00:00:39.780 --> 00:00:42.960 being left alone while you tear something apart 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:47.439 and put it all back together. Dads are busy people, 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:51.579 either, I don't know, by design or man, when 00:00:51.579 --> 00:00:55.159 those kids came along and you really got called 00:00:55.159 --> 00:00:59.439 up straight from AA to the big leagues. and you 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:01.219 were sitting there thinking you'd never have 00:01:01.219 --> 00:01:04.840 to go grab a bat and here you are asked here 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:09.719 you are being asked to hit a a pinch hit three 00:01:09.719 --> 00:01:15.299 run homer every day every day and you know what 00:01:15.299 --> 00:01:18.579 you showed up you're doing a great job you're 00:01:18.579 --> 00:01:22.379 doing a remarkable job don't beat yourself up 00:01:22.379 --> 00:01:26.000 keep being there being present if your kids are 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:28.290 still small enough for you to carry them around 00:01:28.290 --> 00:01:32.109 a lot. Carry them around a lot. You'll be glad 00:01:32.109 --> 00:01:36.469 you did. And today we remember our dads. My dad 00:01:36.469 --> 00:01:40.010 turns 80 this year. He's been a big force in 00:01:40.010 --> 00:01:43.629 my life. If you go to the Dan Time Facebook page, 00:01:44.030 --> 00:01:46.489 you'll see a photo of me and the old man together. 00:01:47.189 --> 00:01:49.689 He knows more about me than I would probably 00:01:49.689 --> 00:01:51.750 like for him to know. I think that's true for 00:01:51.750 --> 00:01:54.430 a lot of us. And things I don't think he knows 00:01:54.430 --> 00:01:57.250 about, he probably does. But... I'm going to 00:01:57.250 --> 00:02:00.730 try something. Okay. This is new. This is Uncharted 00:02:00.730 --> 00:02:04.150 Waters. What happens here may never happen again. 00:02:04.209 --> 00:02:08.330 So enjoy it while this experiment unfolds. I'm 00:02:08.330 --> 00:02:12.009 going to, I'm going to call it right here, right 00:02:12.009 --> 00:02:14.590 now. He doesn't know I'm calling. We haven't 00:02:14.590 --> 00:02:17.810 talked at all today. This is not scripted. He 00:02:17.810 --> 00:02:20.669 doesn't know that this is happening. And listen, 00:02:20.669 --> 00:02:23.389 we all know what happens when we call anybody, 00:02:23.849 --> 00:02:25.789 even a family member, especially a family member. 00:02:26.169 --> 00:02:28.610 There's a chance that they don't pick up then 00:02:28.610 --> 00:02:31.550 there's a chance that they do pick up But once 00:02:31.550 --> 00:02:34.569 they realize they're on a podcast episode they 00:02:34.569 --> 00:02:36.909 all of a sudden have something more important 00:02:36.909 --> 00:02:40.250 that they need to be doing Hopefully I can catch 00:02:40.250 --> 00:02:43.849 lightning in a bottle and get my dad on the phone 00:02:43.849 --> 00:02:47.509 and keep him on the phone and Enlighten you guys 00:02:47.509 --> 00:02:52.509 with some Father's Day presents from my dad Bob 00:02:52.509 --> 00:03:04.849 McArdle Here we go Happy Father's Day! Yeah. 00:03:05.449 --> 00:03:09.810 Can you hear me okay? I do. Let me turn you up 00:03:09.810 --> 00:03:13.370 a little bit. Daddy, welcome to the Dan Time 00:03:13.370 --> 00:03:19.210 podcast. How are you doing today? I'm a father 00:03:19.210 --> 00:03:24.389 and I'm glad to be a father. And I would just 00:03:24.389 --> 00:03:29.449 say, lose your daddy. There you go. I'm on my 00:03:29.449 --> 00:03:31.879 way over to... Travis's house. We're gonna have 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:35.740 a little gathering. Am I on Dan time or are you 00:03:35.740 --> 00:03:38.919 just making fun of me? You're on Dan time. This 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:42.599 is like being on the radio all of a sudden. Oh, 00:03:42.620 --> 00:03:47.599 okay. Well, I'm on my way to Travis's house and 00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:51.120 I'll have him come and deal for me and bring 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:56.219 me frankincense and gold and whatever else they 00:03:56.219 --> 00:04:04.680 bring. I'll accept it. So I wasn't expecting 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:08.099 this, but anyway, you got me for about 10 or 00:04:08.099 --> 00:04:12.099 15 minutes. So take your best shot. Well, that 00:04:12.099 --> 00:04:14.240 should be all the time we need to just kind of 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:20.300 recap our relationship here. No. How about Father's 00:04:20.300 --> 00:04:23.139 Day? And I wish I could be a part of it. What's 00:04:23.139 --> 00:04:26.439 it like? You're heading to see two of your sons 00:04:26.439 --> 00:04:29.629 who are also fathers. to spend an evening with 00:04:29.629 --> 00:04:32.189 them, something you've done many times over, 00:04:32.970 --> 00:04:35.069 does it ever lose its luster? I think I know 00:04:35.069 --> 00:04:36.810 the answer to this question, but I have to ask 00:04:36.810 --> 00:04:44.470 it. I mean, is this routine by now? Well, you 00:04:44.470 --> 00:04:49.750 know, it is routine, but it never loses luster 00:04:49.750 --> 00:04:53.449 for me, Daniel. You only get so many of these 00:04:53.449 --> 00:04:58.949 opportunities. And, you know, for me, you know, 00:04:59.089 --> 00:05:02.569 to be able to spend time with you guys, you know, 00:05:02.709 --> 00:05:06.069 no matter what the occasion or the excuse or, 00:05:06.250 --> 00:05:08.470 or I just need somebody to explain to me how 00:05:08.470 --> 00:05:12.730 to turn my iPhone off or on or do some settings. 00:05:13.350 --> 00:05:17.230 It's always worth it. So, but no, I mean, you 00:05:17.230 --> 00:05:21.009 get to this point in life and I've already hit, 00:05:21.009 --> 00:05:25.970 you know, a grand slam. I've shot 69 on the golf 00:05:25.970 --> 00:05:32.779 course. I've batted for the cycle. I've thrown 00:05:32.779 --> 00:05:36.100 a no -hitter. I've thrown up the perfect game. 00:05:36.540 --> 00:05:39.639 I've done everything else in life except make 00:05:39.639 --> 00:05:46.379 money. So this is what I have left. What about 00:05:46.379 --> 00:05:48.759 a punt return for a touchdown? I think you had 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:54.459 some speed on you back in the day. I did. I really 00:05:54.459 --> 00:05:58.779 was pretty fast. Way back in the day when I was 00:05:58.779 --> 00:06:02.360 like 10 or 15 years old or I was playing football 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:05.060 It would be called it toy though, but it was 00:06:05.060 --> 00:06:10.220 like Pee -wee football It's like elementary school 00:06:10.220 --> 00:06:14.959 and I was a guard if you can believe that and 00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:20.120 We had a great play It was pretty much just to 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:23.560 end off it weren't that much passing but as a 00:06:23.560 --> 00:06:26.970 guard They had a play with John. I was a pulling 00:06:26.970 --> 00:06:31.389 guard, and I would pull over to the right and 00:06:31.389 --> 00:06:35.290 block the guy coming in from the end. I loved 00:06:35.290 --> 00:06:37.769 making that play. I was a pretty good guard. 00:06:38.230 --> 00:06:42.709 I could take him out around the ankles, but I 00:06:42.709 --> 00:06:47.269 always wanted to play half -back. I got one chance. 00:06:47.370 --> 00:06:50.629 I received a kickoff, and I did not run it back 00:06:50.629 --> 00:06:55.430 for a touchdown. I ran it back for a pretty good 00:06:55.430 --> 00:06:57.709 run back. I mean, you talk about somebody that's 00:06:57.709 --> 00:06:59.870 like, you know, 12 years old. And I remember 00:06:59.870 --> 00:07:02.569 the one guy that was going to tackle me, he knelt 00:07:02.569 --> 00:07:06.370 down with one knee and just held his arm out. 00:07:06.949 --> 00:07:09.389 And I went through his arm like a turnstile in 00:07:09.389 --> 00:07:13.829 a subway station. And then I finally got tackled. 00:07:14.009 --> 00:07:19.449 So that was my claim to glory in football. But 00:07:19.449 --> 00:07:22.199 you never forget those memories and... You could 00:07:22.199 --> 00:07:25.199 probably close your eyes and remember that game 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:28.920 like it was yesterday. Yeah, and then we had 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:32.139 something called, I forgot what it was called, 00:07:33.420 --> 00:07:36.480 but then we had Christian brothers teaching us. 00:07:36.860 --> 00:07:38.779 These were guys that they were not pleased with. 00:07:38.899 --> 00:07:41.720 They were brothers and they were very athletically 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:44.420 inclined and they meant all the athletics for 00:07:44.420 --> 00:07:48.300 the elementary school, Catholic schools. And 00:07:48.300 --> 00:07:51.240 so in football, I forget what it was called. 00:07:51.420 --> 00:07:55.699 but you had to stand up in a pit and hold your 00:07:55.699 --> 00:07:58.199 arms out to your side and then it would take 00:07:58.199 --> 00:08:01.639 turns just tackling you just running five yards 00:08:01.639 --> 00:08:05.100 hard as they could and tackle you and if you 00:08:05.100 --> 00:08:08.540 went down to a deer try to stop it and get back 00:08:08.540 --> 00:08:10.899 up and stand up and take it again I'll never 00:08:10.899 --> 00:08:14.339 forget brother Basil he was just he was a mean 00:08:14.339 --> 00:08:18.860 he was just a mean guy he would run those drills 00:08:18.860 --> 00:08:21.019 with us all the time because you have to learn 00:08:21.019 --> 00:08:25.759 how to take a hit. Well, and you've taken quite 00:08:25.759 --> 00:08:29.480 a few hits over the years, figuratively, literally, 00:08:29.480 --> 00:08:32.879 and you just keep bouncing back. It's one thing 00:08:32.879 --> 00:08:35.740 I've always noticed about you is that I'm trying 00:08:35.740 --> 00:08:38.539 to say this a little bit in with some humor, 00:08:38.820 --> 00:08:41.919 with some jest, I guess. But, I mean, my gosh, 00:08:42.179 --> 00:08:44.519 what does it take to get you down for a 10 count? 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:51.850 Well, I'm like that guy in the WWE, you're one, 00:08:51.850 --> 00:08:53.990 two, and he's about to go down, come back up 00:08:53.990 --> 00:09:00.450 one more time. So I'm kinda like Hulk Hogan or 00:09:00.450 --> 00:09:03.309 one of those guys, if I could remember, mom's 00:09:03.309 --> 00:09:07.990 favorite wrestler, Jake The Snake. Yeah, or Big 00:09:07.990 --> 00:09:12.269 Boss Man or one of the others. You're down, he's 00:09:12.269 --> 00:09:15.490 clearly got you. He's one, he's two, he's almost 00:09:15.490 --> 00:09:18.230 three, and then his shoulder comes up off the 00:09:18.230 --> 00:09:23.669 mat. Yeah, that's me. That's Bob the Big Dog. 00:09:24.350 --> 00:09:27.710 Now, if you were in the squared circle professionally, 00:09:28.370 --> 00:09:32.289 what color scheme are you going with for the 00:09:32.289 --> 00:09:35.250 for the knee pads and the boots and the tights? 00:09:35.250 --> 00:09:39.929 Are you wearing crimson? Maybe a forest green? 00:09:40.149 --> 00:09:42.649 Or what colors do you like if you're, you know, 00:09:42.649 --> 00:09:46.470 like a Bob Backlund? Well, I'm very special to 00:09:46.470 --> 00:09:50.409 the color blue. because my blue eyes always help 00:09:50.409 --> 00:09:53.230 me with the ladies. You know, they love those 00:09:53.230 --> 00:09:57.990 Irish blue eyes. But I would say, you know, my 00:09:57.990 --> 00:10:02.809 jersey would be blue. My knee pads would definitely 00:10:02.809 --> 00:10:06.210 be crimson. I would always get that crimson color 00:10:06.210 --> 00:10:09.909 in there somewhere in the shoes. You know, they 00:10:09.909 --> 00:10:13.470 could be white, they could be black, but I probably 00:10:13.470 --> 00:10:16.490 want to complete that crimson look. with just 00:10:16.490 --> 00:10:20.450 a little touch of the blue to my favorite color. 00:10:21.950 --> 00:10:25.149 Well, in a true Dan time fashion, we talked a 00:10:25.149 --> 00:10:27.929 good bit of nonsense with the finite time that 00:10:27.929 --> 00:10:30.429 we have for this phone call. So I'm going to, 00:10:30.429 --> 00:10:32.590 of course, wrap up and think, why in the world 00:10:32.590 --> 00:10:34.809 did you not ask this question, that question? 00:10:35.389 --> 00:10:38.590 How about? Oh, I'm good for another 10 minutes. 00:10:38.870 --> 00:10:42.070 So I mean, you'll cut me off early. I mean, that's 00:10:42.070 --> 00:10:47.950 fine. Let's let's talk a little talk a little 00:10:47.950 --> 00:10:53.330 bit about Something that I remember from calling 00:10:53.330 --> 00:10:58.230 you whether I was 18 years old 28 years old 38 00:10:58.230 --> 00:11:02.029 I'm never too busy for you when you'd get a phone 00:11:02.029 --> 00:11:05.649 call either from me or from Robert Travis and 00:11:05.649 --> 00:11:07.990 I don't know why we still continue to ask. Hey, 00:11:08.009 --> 00:11:10.549 are you busy? We try to actually I try to rephrase 00:11:10.549 --> 00:11:12.850 the question sometimes like hey, do you have 00:11:12.850 --> 00:11:15.279 a minute? to just get around that answer i know 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:19.019 that's coming i'm never too busy for you when 00:11:19.019 --> 00:11:23.000 did did you consciously think to start saying 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:26.620 that or did i don't think every dad does that 00:11:26.620 --> 00:11:27.899 they don't they don't get out they don't break 00:11:27.899 --> 00:11:31.379 away from meetings and say hey listen i'm tied 00:11:31.379 --> 00:11:35.299 up i mean we're about to close a deal here but 00:11:35.299 --> 00:11:38.379 if it's important i'm here well i mean yeah i 00:11:38.379 --> 00:11:41.460 mean uh hold on one second down Hello. Yeah. 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:44.759 So finally, you need two days next week. I'm 00:11:44.759 --> 00:11:46.220 sorry, Dan. I'll be back with you in a few minutes. 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:52.399 I'm sorry, Dan. I had to talk to somebody about 00:11:52.399 --> 00:11:58.360 a dog. What was the question again? Anyway, to 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:01.620 comically answer your question, you know me so 00:12:01.620 --> 00:12:05.159 well, all three of you guys do. I love tradition. 00:12:05.980 --> 00:12:09.980 And I love historical tradition where there's 00:12:09.980 --> 00:12:13.360 something that that I'm going to say and that 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:16.600 when I'm long gone, y 'all are going to remember 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:20.639 about me. I just always wanted to make an impression 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:24.600 on you, but it was serious. And, you know, there's 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:26.960 nothing more important. I'm gonna get a little 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:29.940 too serious, but nothing more important than, 00:12:29.940 --> 00:12:33.139 you know, raising your children. And so when 00:12:33.139 --> 00:12:36.289 I was in the business world and traveling and 00:12:36.289 --> 00:12:38.909 you never knew where I was I could be in California 00:12:38.909 --> 00:12:42.009 or Germany or didn't matter and you would always 00:12:42.009 --> 00:12:44.809 say you know are you are you busy daddy and I 00:12:44.809 --> 00:12:48.110 thought I need to let Daniel know that I'm not 00:12:48.110 --> 00:12:50.429 and I came up with that phrase that just said 00:12:50.429 --> 00:12:53.610 I'm never too busy for you and I never was I 00:12:53.610 --> 00:12:59.250 mean I'd say out of 30 years I maybe didn't answer 00:12:59.250 --> 00:13:02.029 your call and had to call you back but I wanted 00:13:02.029 --> 00:13:06.629 you to know that your dad was never too busy 00:13:06.629 --> 00:13:10.370 for you because what you were going through was 00:13:10.370 --> 00:13:12.929 extremely important. I might have been in the 00:13:12.929 --> 00:13:16.309 middle of a contract or talked with a client 00:13:16.309 --> 00:13:18.509 or I might have just been waiting for a plane. 00:13:19.250 --> 00:13:24.730 So that's how it came about and I can give you 00:13:24.730 --> 00:13:29.870 a quick history lesson on it that sort of framed 00:13:29.870 --> 00:13:33.620 how I came up with that and it was In fact, I 00:13:33.620 --> 00:13:37.240 was thinking about it today. We were living in 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:41.480 Wilmette, and you were maybe seven years old 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:44.519 or six years old or something, and Robert was 00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:48.000 eight, Travis was three or four, and we were 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:50.980 sitting on the front porch at our house at Wilmette, 00:13:51.259 --> 00:13:53.759 and a really nice cool breeze coming off of Lake 00:13:53.759 --> 00:13:57.940 Michigan, and Gammie was there at the time, and 00:13:57.940 --> 00:14:01.080 we were just talking, and she had her bourbon 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:04.779 and water. And we were sitting on the porch and 00:14:04.779 --> 00:14:07.080 I was all full of myself. I had just gotten this 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:10.879 great promotion to move to Washington DC to be 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:13.299 senior vice president of sales and marketing 00:14:13.299 --> 00:14:17.419 for a satellite company. And so we were making 00:14:17.419 --> 00:14:21.519 that move out to DC, leaving Wilbette. And she 00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:23.960 could tell I was just fooling myself about it. 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:26.419 And she didn't say anything for a long time. 00:14:26.659 --> 00:14:30.240 And she looked down and she put her glasses down 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:34.039 and she put that forefinger across her thumb, 00:14:34.419 --> 00:14:37.539 I mean her chin and her thumb up. You've seen 00:14:37.539 --> 00:14:41.080 that picture. She said in her own and abnormal 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:44.259 way, Robert, she always called me Robert. It 00:14:44.259 --> 00:14:48.799 was never Robert, it was Robin. Robert, you're 00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:51.820 gonna be very successful. You're gonna be extremely 00:14:51.820 --> 00:14:55.159 successful knowing that I was gonna take this 00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:58.519 job. And she said, but let me tell you something 00:14:58.519 --> 00:15:02.000 son. you're never gonna do anything more important 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:06.379 in your life than raise these three boys and 00:15:06.379 --> 00:15:08.919 Then she just took a swig of her bourbon and 00:15:08.919 --> 00:15:13.580 sat back and that's all she had to say That's 00:15:13.580 --> 00:15:24.019 all she needed to say got my attention I Love 00:15:24.019 --> 00:15:26.059 that story. I think I think you've shared that 00:15:26.059 --> 00:15:30.059 with me, but it was a long time ago and It's 00:15:30.059 --> 00:15:32.480 something that I hope I talk about with people 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:36.799 during My work week or whenever I have a chance 00:15:36.799 --> 00:15:38.919 to talk about my kids or somebody else's kids 00:15:38.919 --> 00:15:41.620 And I'll just say you know when my kids get older 00:15:41.620 --> 00:15:44.899 with technology this may be different But if 00:15:44.899 --> 00:15:47.539 they're interested in calling me if they want 00:15:47.539 --> 00:15:51.440 to place an outbound phone call to me with some 00:15:51.440 --> 00:15:54.980 regularity, then I feel like I've done a pretty 00:15:54.980 --> 00:15:58.919 good job and if that Is that more like a message 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:01.940 a text message? Okay, I can live with that. But 00:16:01.940 --> 00:16:05.139 you know, I think that that doesn't just happen 00:16:05.139 --> 00:16:08.500 Well, maybe that acorn didn't fall too far from 00:16:08.500 --> 00:16:15.019 the tree Couple other sayings that that I've 00:16:15.019 --> 00:16:17.639 enjoyed over the years, of course, we're talking 00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:21.039 about sports earlier and We got to mention that 00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:23.120 the Birmingham Stallions here that the upstart 00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:26.389 or the restart USFL can't believe this they are 00:16:26.389 --> 00:16:29.490 competing for their third straight championship 00:16:29.490 --> 00:16:32.809 but a football or sports saying and it's not 00:16:32.809 --> 00:16:35.190 really original to you but it's the way that 00:16:35.190 --> 00:16:39.710 you said it some of those Alabama football seasons 00:16:39.710 --> 00:16:42.690 you'd say hey listen they love you when they 00:16:42.690 --> 00:16:45.490 love you when you're winning they love you when 00:16:45.490 --> 00:16:48.870 you're winning just kind of remember that you 00:16:48.870 --> 00:16:52.460 know everybody loves a winner oh yeah They love 00:16:52.460 --> 00:16:55.059 you when you're playing 500. Do they love you 00:16:55.059 --> 00:16:58.159 when you're in the basement of the division? 00:16:59.340 --> 00:17:02.080 Do they love you? Is that your friend? Is that 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:05.440 is that still your buddy when you're? Not in 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:10.819 that elite circle a year later but I really like 00:17:10.819 --> 00:17:14.980 that as well and Always takes longer and cost 00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:23.230 more Yeah, that that was a that's a Lesson in 00:17:23.230 --> 00:17:26.529 life and it's I'll come back to the the winning 00:17:26.529 --> 00:17:29.390 thing in a moment, but that's a lesson in life 00:17:29.390 --> 00:17:34.809 and it's it came out of a business class that 00:17:34.809 --> 00:17:39.069 I was in and Had a guy that I just had a lot 00:17:39.069 --> 00:17:42.789 of respect for he just had so much vision and 00:17:42.789 --> 00:17:46.589 integrity and So I can't claim authorship on 00:17:46.589 --> 00:17:49.390 that but we were just talking and he said, he 00:17:49.390 --> 00:17:52.470 said, Bob, just remember, it always takes longer 00:17:52.470 --> 00:17:55.069 and it costs more. We were trying to analyze 00:17:55.069 --> 00:17:59.029 some deal we wanted to get into and it was going 00:17:59.029 --> 00:18:03.509 to be $30 million or whatever. Should we invest 00:18:03.509 --> 00:18:06.890 it? Should we not? And I was about, let's do 00:18:06.890 --> 00:18:09.309 it. Let's do it. It's all good. And he kind of 00:18:09.309 --> 00:18:12.670 laid out and said, okay, well, what if this thing 00:18:12.670 --> 00:18:15.869 goes bad? And I said, well, what do you think 00:18:15.869 --> 00:18:18.329 could go bad? And he said, just remember, it 00:18:18.329 --> 00:18:21.250 always takes longer and it costs more. And so 00:18:21.250 --> 00:18:24.750 that just stuck with me, you know, whether it's 00:18:24.750 --> 00:18:28.829 buying a car or fixing up a house or, you know, 00:18:28.930 --> 00:18:31.829 it does. It's just a rule of life. It's just 00:18:31.829 --> 00:18:35.369 what it's about. And it's proved to be true. 00:18:35.410 --> 00:18:38.589 I think that you and your brothers, they repeat 00:18:38.589 --> 00:18:42.000 that to me time and again about air conditioners 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:45.240 or just whatever. So it's just the rule of life. 00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:49.279 I wish I could take credit for it. But back on 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:53.420 the winning thing, if I could just say Coach 00:18:53.420 --> 00:18:56.660 Bryant was always an influence on me. I mean, 00:18:56.660 --> 00:18:58.180 of course, I never played football or anything, 00:18:58.200 --> 00:19:02.900 but he was such an inspiring person. He inspired 00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:06.200 his players to play better than they were capable 00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:11.619 of playing. So at one point, He was also the 00:19:11.619 --> 00:19:14.180 athletic director and the basketball coach came 00:19:14.180 --> 00:19:16.779 in, Fig Newton, and he had all these plans to 00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:19.539 get attendance to come to the basketball games. 00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:21.599 And they were going to have, you know, shirt 00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:24.539 night and cup night and all this stuff. And Coach 00:19:24.539 --> 00:19:27.140 Ryan just sat back and walked back and forth 00:19:27.140 --> 00:19:29.859 and looked at all his marketing plans to give 00:19:29.859 --> 00:19:31.599 all this stuff to get people to come to the games. 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:36.720 He said, he said, Fig, if you win, they'll come. 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:41.289 That's all you have to do. And I thought it was 00:19:41.289 --> 00:19:44.029 just so quick and it was to the point. It's like 00:19:44.029 --> 00:19:46.029 you can give away all the crap you want to give 00:19:46.029 --> 00:19:47.849 away. But if you're not winning games, nobody's 00:19:47.849 --> 00:19:52.950 going to show up. And it just said to me that 00:19:52.950 --> 00:19:55.829 success is success. You can have all the gimmicks. 00:19:55.970 --> 00:19:59.190 You can have all the giveaway items, but you've 00:19:59.190 --> 00:20:03.650 got to have success. And he had another saying 00:20:03.650 --> 00:20:06.509 that I think it was him that the fans were calling 00:20:06.509 --> 00:20:09.339 in about. You should do this, you should do that, 00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:12.599 you should do this, you should do that. And he 00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:16.220 cut one guy off on a call and he said, you know, 00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:18.779 I don't know anything about your business. So 00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:21.480 I really couldn't tell you how you could do better 00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:24.319 in your business. But I just know that if we 00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:26.880 start listening to the fans, we'll be sitting 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:30.180 up in the seats with them before too long. And 00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:33.740 I just, it's that wisdom that people that know 00:20:33.740 --> 00:20:35.160 what they're doing, they're winners. They know 00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:44.210 what they're doing. Hey Wyatt. Oh, we have guests 00:20:44.210 --> 00:20:46.690 here tonight. I'm going to put the headphones 00:20:46.690 --> 00:20:50.670 on Wyatt here so he's going to take over. Here 00:20:50.670 --> 00:20:54.410 we go Wyatt. You're running the show here. You 00:20:54.410 --> 00:21:00.529 want to say something to Grandpa Bob? Say hey 00:21:00.529 --> 00:21:05.990 Grandpa Bob. Hey Grandpa Bob. Hey Wyatt, are 00:21:05.990 --> 00:21:10.910 you a winner? Mm -hmm. I know you are. Okay. 00:21:12.529 --> 00:21:17.170 I love you, Wyatt. I love you, too. I can't wait 00:21:17.170 --> 00:21:21.990 to see you. Okay. Wow. Wyatt, are you on the 00:21:21.990 --> 00:21:27.369 show? Uh -huh. Wyatt. Hmm? Are you on the show? 00:21:27.690 --> 00:21:31.509 Yeah. All right, I'm glad to have you on the 00:21:31.509 --> 00:21:36.109 show. Okay. All right, well... It's a it's a 00:21:36.109 --> 00:21:38.130 family affair here. We've got three generations. 00:21:38.470 --> 00:21:40.789 I folks I'm serious. I didn't plan this this 00:21:40.789 --> 00:21:44.170 is not choreographed Well, I'm sure you will 00:21:44.170 --> 00:21:47.750 edit it to get the extraneous stuff of me rambling 00:21:47.750 --> 00:21:50.730 on and all about coach Bryant and all that but 00:21:50.730 --> 00:21:54.990 You work your magic on that part All right. Well, 00:21:54.990 --> 00:21:57.789 let's see What else could we possibly cover? 00:21:57.809 --> 00:21:59.609 I'm probably gonna have to run you got to run 00:21:59.609 --> 00:22:03.390 but I Wanted to say happy Father's Day. I wanted 00:22:03.390 --> 00:22:05.819 to do something a little different Surprise you 00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:09.039 and I didn't know how this was gonna go. I know 00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:14.240 you pretty well, you know me better than Well 00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:19.160 almost as much as I know myself but I I didn't 00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:21.339 know if you'd want if you'd say hey listen, uh 00:22:21.339 --> 00:22:23.500 Love to do the podcast but give me a heads up 00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:26.339 next time so I can prepare my remarks, but uh, 00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:30.420 you you blew it out of the water and You took 00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:35.839 that hanging slider and deposited it over the 00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:40.500 left field fence. Now is that over the Rickwood 00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:43.940 field left foot left field fence which used to 00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:48.000 be 480 yards or the new Rickwood field fence 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:53.839 it's about 560 but well no Daniel I'll just end 00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:57.059 it with this and say whenever you call me I'm 00:22:57.059 --> 00:23:05.079 never too busy for you. So here we are You're 00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:12.579 celebrating Father's Day for the 46th year, 7th, 00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:20.180 I don't know how old Robert is now. Here comes 00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:23.559 Vivian as well. Let's get you on the mic, honey. 00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:29.079 You want to say hey to Grandpa Bob? Say hey to 00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:35.549 Grandpa Bob. Hey, Vivian. Hey, Vivian. It's Grandpa 00:23:35.549 --> 00:23:41.109 Bob. I'm going to see you soon. A lot more we 00:23:41.109 --> 00:23:44.990 could cover, and maybe we will do a more proper 00:23:44.990 --> 00:23:48.089 episode. But this was your Father's Day surprise, 00:23:48.450 --> 00:23:52.289 Dantime listeners. And I hope it was a great 00:23:52.289 --> 00:23:55.009 surprise for you today. Hopefully your kids surprised 00:23:55.009 --> 00:23:58.930 you with something special. And just remember 00:23:58.930 --> 00:24:02.160 to be present, be around. You don't always have 00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:06.640 to be a superstar. Just got to be in the picture. 00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:11.279 And it doesn't matter where there is, as long 00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:14.779 as they're there, I'm there. So I'm looking forward 00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:19.099 to tonight. And any time I have time to spend 00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:23.000 with you three guys and your children, Michael 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:26.059 and Joe for Friday lunch yesterday. I mean, for 00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:29.509 Friday. and explain to them, you know, how sacred 00:24:29.509 --> 00:24:33.089 that is. And they were actually listening attentively 00:24:33.089 --> 00:24:37.690 to me about how Friday lunch got started. And 00:24:37.690 --> 00:24:40.549 so that maybe could be a topic for another time, 00:24:40.849 --> 00:24:43.910 because I think it's pretty important. But thank 00:24:43.910 --> 00:24:47.069 you so much for calling me. And I'm glad to be 00:24:47.069 --> 00:24:50.049 included in the guest of Dan time. So it's Bob 00:24:50.049 --> 00:24:53.970 time. It is Bob McArdle time today. It's Grandpa 00:24:53.970 --> 00:24:56.230 Bob time today here at the end of the episode. 00:24:56.969 --> 00:24:59.849 and couldn't think of a better guest on Father's 00:24:59.849 --> 00:25:04.049 Day. Thanks so much for being here. And anything 00:25:04.049 --> 00:25:05.730 else you'd like to always say, anything you'd 00:25:05.730 --> 00:25:09.869 like to promote? Well, I always promote Bob the 00:25:09.869 --> 00:25:12.630 Big Dog because that's how I make a living. And 00:25:12.630 --> 00:25:15.329 we take care of animals, but they're not in Pensacola. 00:25:15.970 --> 00:25:17.849 But here in the Birmingham area, we're the oldest 00:25:17.849 --> 00:25:21.609 professional pet city in service. And we're pretty 00:25:21.609 --> 00:25:26.089 darn good at what we do. So. Bob Dan McArdle 00:25:26.089 --> 00:25:26.869 signing off.