WEBVTT 00:00:04.400 --> 00:00:06.360 How important is this to you when you go into 00:00:06.360 --> 00:00:09.439 a store and you remember we worked at the the 00:00:09.439 --> 00:00:14.460 drugstore Big B that was acquired by CVS, I think 00:00:14.460 --> 00:00:17.500 Hold on. It was required by Revco first. Revco 00:00:17.500 --> 00:00:21.960 and then CVS. Revco actually initiated a hostile 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:25.199 takeover. I remember this. It was really interesting, 00:00:25.199 --> 00:00:26.739 you know, learning experience. The drugstore 00:00:26.739 --> 00:00:30.820 wars of 97. Classic. But at that time, you know, 00:00:30.940 --> 00:00:33.259 the store manager who was a big influence on 00:00:33.259 --> 00:00:36.759 me as far as Customer service and just taking 00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:39.700 pride in what you do and work ethic cabina. Yeah, 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:45.020 Ron cabina People of a certain age do remember 00:00:45.020 --> 00:00:47.840 going into a store and the manager is very clearly 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:49.859 identified You know, the sleeves are rolled up. 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:52.500 There's a pencil behind the ear There's a clipboard 00:00:52.500 --> 00:00:56.100 in one hand and there's a warm friendly smile 00:00:56.100 --> 00:00:58.299 ready to greet you as you approach that aisle 00:00:58.299 --> 00:01:00.799 as he's you know, taking inventory whatever he's 00:01:00.799 --> 00:01:03.700 doing and Do you miss that Travis when you walk 00:01:03.700 --> 00:01:06.079 into a store and you realize oh that there's 00:01:06.079 --> 00:01:08.400 the guy Or there's the you don't need their help 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:10.359 or there's there's the woman who owns the store 00:01:10.359 --> 00:01:14.219 and they're gonna say Can I help you find something? 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:27.319 No, I don't know I'll tell you why because I've 00:01:27.319 --> 00:01:30.340 been in enough CBS is like I know where the where 00:01:30.340 --> 00:01:33.700 the Q -tips are. I don't need help. I know where 00:01:33.700 --> 00:01:35.599 the deodorant is. I'm pretty much know where 00:01:35.599 --> 00:01:39.180 everything is because I've been in a CVS or one 00:01:39.180 --> 00:01:41.159 of those drug stores. So I get the sentiment 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:43.599 to your question for the answer and I'm just 00:01:43.599 --> 00:01:45.400 gonna be truthful. No, I don't miss that and 00:01:45.400 --> 00:01:51.400 I don't need that. And I don't want it. Well, 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:52.760 I think that... I don't know if that was the 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:54.340 answer you were looking for. I'm sorry. I was 00:01:54.340 --> 00:01:57.560 not looking for that answer. I was... But, you 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:00.200 know, I have to accept it. Will say down here 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:03.180 locally if you compare maybe Home Depot to ace 00:02:03.180 --> 00:02:06.019 hardware if you go into an ace At least the one 00:02:06.019 --> 00:02:07.939 I've never been in the ace in my life. What is 00:02:07.939 --> 00:02:12.099 it like? I highly recommend it Not every ace 00:02:12.099 --> 00:02:14.719 is the same but the one that's closest to our 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:19.560 house There are like at least three Employees 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:22.719 on guard ready. They're not gonna swarm you really 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:24.759 but if you go to the paint aisle you go to the 00:02:24.759 --> 00:02:28.550 plumbing fixtures you go on any given aisle They 00:02:28.550 --> 00:02:30.729 are ready. And if they see that you're a little 00:02:30.729 --> 00:02:33.389 lost, they're going to walk up very neighborly 00:02:33.389 --> 00:02:38.909 and say, connect, connect. I'm just incredible. 00:02:39.189 --> 00:02:41.990 Would you say that ACE is the is the place for 00:02:41.990 --> 00:02:47.289 the friendly hardware folks? Yeah, I like that. 00:02:47.849 --> 00:02:51.430 Yeah, and they they walk the walk. So a big I 00:02:51.430 --> 00:02:55.610 don't plug many companies on this show, but I'm 00:02:55.610 --> 00:02:58.210 very happy to give ACE hardware a plug. I've 00:02:58.210 --> 00:03:00.569 had a great experience. I like this stuff Travis. 00:03:00.629 --> 00:03:03.969 I like things from another era. I like music 00:03:03.969 --> 00:03:08.210 from another era. I enjoy running into an 87 00:03:08.210 --> 00:03:13.150 year old person and having a brief fleeting conversation 00:03:13.150 --> 00:03:15.710 with them. Let me ask you something else specific. 00:03:16.550 --> 00:03:18.310 Yeah, let me ask you something else. All right, 00:03:18.310 --> 00:03:22.330 let's just say that This is two parts. So the 00:03:22.330 --> 00:03:25.490 first part is on a phone call and you've had 00:03:25.490 --> 00:03:28.120 to call your insurance company, you've had to 00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:30.680 call someone where you it's like a 20 minute 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:33.560 conversation and they're they're set they're 00:03:33.560 --> 00:03:36.300 working something out for you and a little bit 00:03:36.300 --> 00:03:40.340 of side talk a little bit of laughter and banter 00:03:40.340 --> 00:03:42.539 and banter and connection and you're like man 00:03:42.539 --> 00:03:45.300 i really like this person this is fun and they're 00:03:45.300 --> 00:03:47.780 making this a good experience and you realize 00:03:47.780 --> 00:03:51.680 that your your issue is close to being resolved 00:03:51.680 --> 00:03:57.169 and that call is wrapping up do you ever Get 00:03:57.169 --> 00:04:00.110 to the end of that phone call call and it dawns 00:04:00.110 --> 00:04:02.969 on you. I'm never gonna speak to this person 00:04:02.969 --> 00:04:07.430 ever ever again I'm a little sad about it, but 00:04:07.430 --> 00:04:10.169 I've got to wait for the survey because I agreed 00:04:10.169 --> 00:04:13.169 to Do a brief survey and then I'm not gonna speak 00:04:13.169 --> 00:04:18.850 to them ever again Does that? ever happen Yes, 00:04:18.850 --> 00:04:21.569 it does. It happens to me all the time. It's 00:04:21.569 --> 00:04:25.389 something I've Thought about a lot I talked to 00:04:25.389 --> 00:04:27.689 my therapist about it a little bit. She tells 00:04:27.689 --> 00:04:30.750 me that, forget about it, there's eight billion 00:04:30.750 --> 00:04:32.329 people in the world and you can't get hung up 00:04:32.329 --> 00:04:36.370 on the person that's helping you cancel your 00:04:36.370 --> 00:04:38.569 spectrum. And it's something I'm having to work 00:04:38.569 --> 00:04:43.069 through daily, actually. I'm not passing people 00:04:43.069 --> 00:04:44.629 on the street and it's like, oh, I'll never see 00:04:44.629 --> 00:04:47.550 them ever again. And then Michael, my 12 year 00:04:47.550 --> 00:04:49.670 old, was like, daddy, you know, this is insane 00:04:49.670 --> 00:04:54.300 behavior to be exhibiting. Connecting on such 00:04:54.300 --> 00:04:58.500 a deep. Yeah. Like you have to accept the reality 00:04:58.500 --> 00:05:01.180 of what we live in that you cannot connect with 00:05:01.180 --> 00:05:03.579 all 8 billion people. It's just not possible. 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:06.639 And I'll get there one day, but I just, I met 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:08.339 somebody just passed me a minute ago. And before 00:05:08.339 --> 00:05:09.899 you even ask the question, I was like, Oh, I'll 00:05:09.899 --> 00:05:12.759 never see them again. They live in my neighborhood. 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:23.129 Yes. Are you still on your walk? I am. This call 00:05:23.129 --> 00:05:25.529 has been going on for close to an hour, but you 00:05:25.529 --> 00:05:29.350 were walking Prior to the start of the call how? 00:05:30.430 --> 00:05:37.250 Five miles now five I want to talk about walking 00:05:37.250 --> 00:05:40.069 and you've been on some hikes and and this is 00:05:40.069 --> 00:05:42.709 something that you're a few years into you really 00:05:42.709 --> 00:05:46.610 enjoy Not just getting the steps in I mean that's 00:05:46.610 --> 00:05:50.050 important, but it's it's more about I don't want 00:05:50.050 --> 00:05:52.639 to take put words in your mouth, but just self 00:05:52.639 --> 00:06:01.779 -exploration and what what self -exploration 00:06:01.779 --> 00:06:04.980 i love it wow all right so what's the question 00:06:04.980 --> 00:06:09.360 all right so so during the pandemic i got sent 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:11.259 home i was i was lucky enough to be able to work 00:06:11.259 --> 00:06:14.660 from home my wife robin and she got sent home 00:06:14.660 --> 00:06:17.939 she could work from home as well And she's sort 00:06:17.939 --> 00:06:20.939 of taking our youngest ally out in the stroller. 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:22.560 I'd watch them go. Every single day they would 00:06:22.560 --> 00:06:24.860 go, and they'd come back for 30, 45 minutes. 00:06:25.459 --> 00:06:27.680 And then one day, it was probably May of 2020, 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:29.100 I was like, I'm going to join you, because I 00:06:29.100 --> 00:06:30.339 still get a lunch break even though I'm working 00:06:30.339 --> 00:06:32.600 from home. And I walked with them. I was like, 00:06:32.660 --> 00:06:33.939 so we just moved to this neighborhood, and it's 00:06:33.939 --> 00:06:37.420 very walkable. And I was like, that was actually 00:06:37.420 --> 00:06:39.939 really cool. But it was kind of boring, you know? 00:06:40.379 --> 00:06:44.519 And so I got some headphones, and I downloaded 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:47.040 a podcast. It was one I've recommended to you 00:06:47.040 --> 00:06:48.360 before. I think you've listened to it, but it 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:51.699 was S -Town. And I'll never forget May of 2020. 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:55.620 Every day, I would put on this podcast S -Town, 00:06:55.740 --> 00:06:57.699 which is still to the day the best podcast I've 00:06:57.699 --> 00:06:59.240 ever listened to. It's not like a traditional 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:02.500 podcast. It's more of an auditory documentary. 00:07:03.600 --> 00:07:07.500 But either way, I recognize at that moment, I 00:07:07.500 --> 00:07:10.459 can exercise because I try to run. I got plantar 00:07:10.459 --> 00:07:13.019 fasciitis. I tried to do the exercise bike. I 00:07:13.019 --> 00:07:15.339 got bored. Try to do the stair stepper, and that 00:07:15.339 --> 00:07:16.800 thing's a nightmare. I never want to do that 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:20.139 again. But I found what worked for me was just 00:07:20.139 --> 00:07:22.040 getting 10 ,000 steps a day. Sometimes you get 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:25.620 more, but if you just put that goal at 10 ,000 00:07:25.620 --> 00:07:28.839 and then put the headphones on, listen to a podcast, 00:07:28.959 --> 00:07:31.480 listen to a book on tape, wherever it may be, 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:35.339 it was a way I could take a break from work, 00:07:35.660 --> 00:07:37.680 get some exercise in, and also be entertained 00:07:37.680 --> 00:07:40.819 at the same time. And for some people, they want 00:07:40.819 --> 00:07:43.220 to do the rover, or they want to do They want 00:07:43.220 --> 00:07:45.079 to run or what? It's like you have to figure 00:07:45.079 --> 00:07:46.980 out what works for you and walking doesn't work 00:07:46.980 --> 00:07:50.220 for everybody, but it works for me. And after 00:07:50.220 --> 00:07:53.779 about once I really got serious about it, you 00:07:53.779 --> 00:07:55.639 know, I ended up losing like a hilarious amount 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:57.519 of weight. It was like 40 or 50 pounds and it 00:07:57.519 --> 00:08:01.040 was just insane. And then I've kept it, you know, 00:08:01.060 --> 00:08:04.019 for four years now, I just walked 10 ,000 steps 00:08:04.019 --> 00:08:06.899 a day and I watched what I eat. I'm good. Wow. 00:08:06.959 --> 00:08:12.079 So that's my journey. Well, I really. I mean 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:16.819 this sincerely I commend you for For sticking 00:08:16.819 --> 00:08:21.740 to it. This was not just a fleeting Exercise 00:08:21.740 --> 00:08:26.420 For you this this was something that You're committed 00:08:26.420 --> 00:08:28.600 to this is you'll be probably doing this the 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:31.500 rest of your life Oh, yeah forever without a 00:08:31.500 --> 00:08:33.539 doubt and I have a treadmill at home that I use 00:08:33.539 --> 00:08:36.419 when it's when it's you know dark or if it's 00:08:36.419 --> 00:08:41.440 bad weather How much waving do you do? As a walker 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:44.700 to passersby Yeah, it's a struggle. I'm not gonna 00:08:44.700 --> 00:08:49.519 lie. It's it's expected. It's awkward My way 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:51.200 to everybody, but I usually wear sunglasses. 00:08:51.220 --> 00:08:52.919 I don't even look at and I just wave and assume 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:55.779 they wait back Just go through the motions, you 00:08:55.779 --> 00:08:58.919 know Yeah, it's part of part of it's part of 00:08:58.919 --> 00:09:01.179 the game man. I'm telling you you can be a walker 00:09:01.179 --> 00:09:03.899 You got to be able to walk the life. There's 00:09:03.899 --> 00:09:08.519 you know, cuz I'm Vivian I take her to a And 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:10.320 for some folks, I apologize, some of this may 00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:13.980 be getting a bit, a bit dry, but, um, this is, 00:09:13.980 --> 00:09:16.840 this is compelling. There are some faces and 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:19.419 some people that, that I know in this other neighborhood 00:09:19.419 --> 00:09:22.379 where her caregiver lives and I see them every 00:09:22.379 --> 00:09:26.200 morning or every afternoon. And we don't do the 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:27.740 waving anymore because I've been seeing them 00:09:27.740 --> 00:09:30.360 for years. And talking to you, I just realized 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:34.830 they don't wave because They're seeing 30 or 00:09:34.830 --> 00:09:37.110 40 of me, like all these different vehicles. 00:09:37.110 --> 00:09:39.830 You can't just constantly be. If there's like 00:09:39.830 --> 00:09:42.409 a line of three cars, I often wonder, is that 00:09:42.409 --> 00:09:43.789 third car going to be like, are you just waving 00:09:43.789 --> 00:09:45.889 at everybody? Because I'll like wave and stop 00:09:45.889 --> 00:09:49.710 and wave and wave. But no, it's just exercise. 00:09:49.830 --> 00:09:51.389 It's getting outside. And it really took the 00:09:51.389 --> 00:09:53.289 pandemic for me to figure it out. I've been trying 00:09:53.289 --> 00:09:55.809 for years to get something that would actually 00:09:55.809 --> 00:09:58.009 work for me. And this is the only thing that 00:09:58.009 --> 00:10:00.899 I can do consistently that I enjoy. Yeah, I get 00:10:00.899 --> 00:10:02.720 to listen to podcasts. Like, I listen to more 00:10:02.720 --> 00:10:07.100 podcasts than probably the normal person, but... 00:10:07.100 --> 00:10:08.639 And I'm going to listen to this one now on an 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:10.759 infinite loop forever, because it's been me talking 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:13.539 to you and to myself, and it's hard to explain, 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:16.980 but I've kind of ruined podcasts for myself now. 00:10:17.600 --> 00:10:19.620 But I've never been on a podcast. This is the 00:10:19.620 --> 00:10:24.200 first time. It's exciting. You have international 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:28.120 listeners? Absolutely. Where's the farthest somebody's 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:31.750 listened? What country? I've got people on every 00:10:31.750 --> 00:10:33.809 continent. I think there's not huge pockets. 00:10:34.090 --> 00:10:38.690 Even Antarctica? I think there is one. What? 00:10:39.269 --> 00:10:43.009 No, no, not that far, but... I said every continent. 00:10:44.590 --> 00:10:48.289 I mean Australia, New Zealand, Eastern... You've 00:10:48.289 --> 00:10:51.889 got some Australian gas too. Yeah. That's cool. 00:10:52.269 --> 00:10:54.970 There's people everywhere and some folks I hear 00:10:54.970 --> 00:10:58.370 from and I'm thinking, I'm glad this is interesting. 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:01.080 I don't always feel like I talk about topics 00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:04.980 that are near and dear to everybody at every 00:11:04.980 --> 00:11:07.620 corner of the globe, but We're doing something 00:11:07.620 --> 00:11:10.500 right Can I tell you something into your listeners 00:11:10.500 --> 00:11:12.580 who are gonna listen to this and hopefully I'll 00:11:12.580 --> 00:11:15.500 be a certain number that only I know This is 00:11:15.500 --> 00:11:17.120 one of the few podcasts. I'm not just saying 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:19.279 this because you're my brother But I listen to 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:21.240 a lot of podcasts and all the podcasts I listen 00:11:21.240 --> 00:11:25.179 to are sports or their uh, you know politics, 00:11:25.259 --> 00:11:27.399 but it's like famous people that have a million 00:11:28.059 --> 00:11:29.960 Followers and they're interviewing other things 00:11:29.960 --> 00:11:32.360 people or comedians or whatever or the sports 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:34.840 stars This is the first podcast I've ever listened 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:37.700 to where you talk to a tax assessor from Trusco, 00:11:37.700 --> 00:11:41.340 Alabama and some people might scoff at that and 00:11:41.340 --> 00:11:43.440 say that's boring but it's like a slice of life 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:45.740 that nobody is reaching out to and then you get 00:11:45.740 --> 00:11:48.240 singer -songwriters you get comedians you get 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:51.480 friends you get family and it's just like getting 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:55.389 to It's like it's like an every Every person's 00:11:55.389 --> 00:11:57.450 podcast where you can just learn something and 00:11:57.450 --> 00:11:59.570 I don't have to like a certain genre of music 00:11:59.570 --> 00:12:01.710 that the person Does but I can at least hear 00:12:01.710 --> 00:12:04.370 their story and hear their experience and their 00:12:04.370 --> 00:12:06.730 struggle and what they you know What kind of 00:12:06.730 --> 00:12:09.090 goals they have and I just think it's fascinating 00:12:09.090 --> 00:12:10.769 So I'm gonna go ahead you give a lot of praise 00:12:10.769 --> 00:12:12.990 to your guests I'm gonna go ahead and turn the 00:12:12.990 --> 00:12:16.710 praise back on you and say you're the best Wow, 00:12:16.710 --> 00:12:20.389 I'm Speechless speechless aren't you? Yeah, of 00:12:20.389 --> 00:12:22.809 course you are. I really appreciate that. That 00:12:22.809 --> 00:12:27.080 is That's what I aim to do is you know, this 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:30.299 is a weekly podcast every Sunday Sometimes as 00:12:30.299 --> 00:12:33.200 you folks have seen it's the wee hours of Monday 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:36.779 morning Depending on my schedule schedule as 00:12:36.779 --> 00:12:47.379 we say here in the south Really any any man above 00:12:47.379 --> 00:12:52.190 the age of 52 Uh, if you live in Alabama, Georgia, 00:12:52.370 --> 00:12:54.590 Mississippi, Tennessee, you're going to hear 00:12:54.590 --> 00:12:58.450 schedule. They just dropped the L E and just, 00:12:58.450 --> 00:13:01.169 just hang on to you and let it ride out. And 00:13:01.169 --> 00:13:05.190 I like it. I mean, we can go on about the Southern 00:13:05.190 --> 00:13:07.710 dialect, which is so funny. We're from Alabama, 00:13:08.129 --> 00:13:10.129 obviously born in Chicago, but raised in Alabama. 00:13:10.769 --> 00:13:12.990 And I'm sure I'm going to listen to this or hear 00:13:12.990 --> 00:13:14.950 parts of it and be like, I sound so country. 00:13:15.049 --> 00:13:18.490 I don't feel like I do, but it's infectious. 00:13:18.809 --> 00:13:22.200 This, that accent. It is. I'm, I'm really, you 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:24.639 know, we were born in Chicago, but I'm glad when 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:26.500 I was a kid, I was like, why do we have to move 00:13:26.500 --> 00:13:28.360 from Chicago? I mean, I could go to the Cubs 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:31.580 games if, if that never happened, but it's a, 00:13:31.580 --> 00:13:35.919 it's a different experience. I'm glad that we 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:39.440 grew up in, um, what's going on now. Are you 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:42.519 making a crack in the ice? Oh, I just got back 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:44.860 home. Yeah, I just got back home. I'm about to 00:13:44.860 --> 00:13:46.320 start cooking here in a minute. We're going to 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:50.519 have steaks, uh, for Easter. It's an Easter tradition, 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:52.600 but I'm good to keep going. I hate to get six 00:13:52.600 --> 00:13:55.600 more hours. I already told you. I've cleared 00:13:55.600 --> 00:14:00.980 the schedule. It's like midnight. All right. 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:02.980 So whoever's listening to this and you're, you're 00:14:02.980 --> 00:14:06.679 on your way to see your in -laws and it's another 00:14:06.679 --> 00:14:09.559 five hours on the road. You are in luck. We're 00:14:09.559 --> 00:14:13.019 going to carry it all the way there. No, I think 00:14:13.019 --> 00:14:14.820 we should just start reading the dictionary at 00:14:14.820 --> 00:14:16.840 some point. Like we got to like burn some time 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:18.940 somehow. Alright, I do have a question. This 00:14:18.940 --> 00:14:23.879 is pretty important When you when you go through 00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:27.019 your sock drawer And you've just got I'm having 00:14:27.019 --> 00:14:29.039 I'm having a big problem with this right now. 00:14:29.039 --> 00:14:31.159 I don't know how it started I don't know how 00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:35.620 we got here, but I've got a variety of socks 00:14:35.620 --> 00:14:40.480 of dress socks for the day and I am having an 00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:45.639 impossible time pairing up two socks of You know 00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:49.980 the style And the ones that I like, the ones 00:14:49.980 --> 00:14:51.740 that I really like, I'm just thinking, where 00:14:51.740 --> 00:14:53.799 is that other one? I've got the first one in 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:57.220 my hand, and I can't find that other green sock. 00:14:57.320 --> 00:15:00.000 And I'm thinking, well, never mind. Let me move 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:02.980 on. And so I pick up the blue one. And I'm thinking, 00:15:03.100 --> 00:15:04.860 OK, where is the other blue one? Where is it? 00:15:04.860 --> 00:15:06.940 And I can't find it. So I'm moving on. And I 00:15:06.940 --> 00:15:09.840 do this about six or seven times. And then I 00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:14.289 think, what has happened? in my house and and 00:15:14.289 --> 00:15:17.669 I just grab something a pair of socks that are 00:15:17.669 --> 00:15:21.269 Horrible or not horrible, but just Way down the 00:15:21.269 --> 00:15:24.750 line of what I prefer to wear Where do they go? 00:15:25.330 --> 00:15:30.289 And is your side? You just asked me where the 00:15:30.289 --> 00:15:36.149 socks go yeah, that took 20 minutes That was 00:15:36.149 --> 00:15:39.210 the biggest setup for where do the socks go Well, 00:15:39.210 --> 00:15:41.750 that's the question All right. I'll give you 00:15:41.750 --> 00:15:45.710 a serious answer Big sock makes a variety pack 00:15:45.710 --> 00:15:49.029 of six or twelve socks. Each sock is just a little 00:15:49.029 --> 00:15:50.990 bit different, right? I'm sorry. You're always 00:15:50.990 --> 00:15:53.809 gonna lose them You just say like like big ag 00:15:53.809 --> 00:15:57.950 big agriculture big sock Yeah, it's a thing big 00:15:57.950 --> 00:16:01.210 sock exists. I guarantee you publicly straighted. 00:16:01.210 --> 00:16:04.610 I'm sorry publicly traded sock companies There's 00:16:04.610 --> 00:16:07.070 got to be one They do this on purpose because 00:16:07.070 --> 00:16:09.129 I know the more variations of socks that they 00:16:09.129 --> 00:16:12.049 make the more likely you are to lose them So 00:16:12.049 --> 00:16:14.230 if you were to go to Costco and, you know, buy 00:16:14.230 --> 00:16:17.590 up a jumbo 48 pack of all blues, you're going 00:16:17.590 --> 00:16:19.090 to be fine. Costco is going to make a little 00:16:19.090 --> 00:16:22.850 bit of margin. But the real big sock, they do 00:16:22.850 --> 00:16:24.710 make all these different variations where, like, 00:16:24.750 --> 00:16:27.269 I'm in the same boat as you. I literally cannot 00:16:27.269 --> 00:16:29.570 find a matching pair of socks to save my life. 00:16:29.830 --> 00:16:32.649 Now, luckily, I work from home, but we do go 00:16:32.649 --> 00:16:35.450 into the office, it's every second and fourth 00:16:35.450 --> 00:16:39.110 Tuesday of the month. And so it's always, you 00:16:39.110 --> 00:16:40.750 know, in the back of my mind, it's, you know, 00:16:40.809 --> 00:16:44.279 my my daily struggle is what am I gonna do in 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:47.019 two weeks when the office is calling and I'm 00:16:47.019 --> 00:16:51.299 gonna be there and I've got the blue stripe socks 00:16:51.299 --> 00:16:53.700 and the black stripe socks but I don't have the 00:16:53.700 --> 00:16:56.980 pair of blue or the pair of black. It's a real 00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:59.940 thing that I have to deal with and it's bad. 00:17:00.340 --> 00:17:03.039 When you've got a pair that you're especially 00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:05.700 fond of, you know, you've had them since. You're 00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:07.140 gonna edit all this out, right? Are you gonna 00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:15.250 edit all this out? Moving along I feel like I 00:17:15.250 --> 00:17:27.230 had a better question here It has been a it's 00:17:27.230 --> 00:17:41.049 it's been What is happening What literally just 00:17:41.049 --> 00:17:43.890 happened I was I was going in one direction. 00:17:43.890 --> 00:17:45.890 I'm like, no, I don't think I want to go there. 00:17:45.890 --> 00:17:49.470 Let me go somewhere else. All right How about 00:17:49.470 --> 00:17:51.730 some of these uh, I was I have this list of albums 00:17:51.730 --> 00:17:54.309 from 1999 some for some reason I'm kind of stuck 00:17:54.309 --> 00:17:57.690 on that 25 year mark. You just asked about creed 00:17:57.690 --> 00:18:02.710 and just moved on. Yeah, uh Christina aguilera 00:18:02.710 --> 00:18:06.230 what a girl wants. What does this at the time? 00:18:06.250 --> 00:18:08.670 What did it mean to you and 25 years later looking 00:18:08.670 --> 00:18:11.730 reflecting back? What does it mean to you now? 00:18:12.410 --> 00:18:14.269 I'm still trying to understand what a girl wants 00:18:14.269 --> 00:18:19.309 or needs. Yeah, back then, I was so far removed. 00:18:19.410 --> 00:18:22.809 I mean, I was aware of her and Britney Spears 00:18:22.809 --> 00:18:26.670 and all the pop music that was coming out. But 00:18:26.670 --> 00:18:28.809 I was so far into it. I was a senior in high 00:18:28.809 --> 00:18:32.910 school listening to rock and metal. That just 00:18:32.910 --> 00:18:35.329 did not move the needle at all for me. I saw 00:18:35.329 --> 00:18:37.529 it. I'm looking at it the same way I did back 00:18:37.529 --> 00:18:40.769 then. It was just... Pop music, you know in a 00:18:40.769 --> 00:18:47.990 very catchy, but yeah, just not my thing We'll 00:18:47.990 --> 00:18:51.089 get all the rest of the stuff sorted out in this 00:18:51.089 --> 00:18:54.650 country, but what do you think? School track 00:18:54.650 --> 00:18:58.650 be a fan school track Traffic knows dropping 00:18:58.650 --> 00:19:01.630 off picking up. Oh, yeah, I don't get involved 00:19:01.630 --> 00:19:30.799 in that Yeah, school traffic. Natalie usually 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:34.079 drops Warren off at first grade and I go pick 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:37.240 him up and I pick him up from after school care. 00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:40.339 So I don't get into the three o 'clock line, 00:19:40.500 --> 00:19:43.960 nor would I, if I ever was asked to do that. 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:47.259 Yeah, we have buses for the kids, but whenever 00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:50.730 we miss the bus. You gotta get get all in that 00:19:50.730 --> 00:19:54.670 it's terrible. I just yeah, I don't Why don't 00:19:54.670 --> 00:19:57.349 we have to do that? Uh, well because you gotta 00:19:57.349 --> 00:19:59.130 get your kids to school and you gotta pick them 00:19:59.130 --> 00:20:01.990 up. It's pretty simple How come no there's not 00:20:01.990 --> 00:20:04.470 been one school in the past 40 years who's figured 00:20:04.470 --> 00:20:10.450 out how to circumvent this This snaky line of 00:20:10.450 --> 00:20:13.549 of cars just parked in a little there's like 00:20:13.549 --> 00:20:17.089 hugging that lane that kind of circles around 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:22.400 with their just idling and Is there another way 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:27.079 to get kids? Just get them back in your custody 00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:31.700 Mmm, I mean beyond busing now No, there's not 00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:35.359 the world has a lot of issues and what if you 00:20:35.359 --> 00:20:38.240 hope what if a school strategically opened directly 00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:44.079 across the street from a long dormant Winn -Dixie 00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:47.259 parking lot and there was like Like just kind 00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:51.019 of this Dead shopping center and so around three 00:20:51.019 --> 00:20:52.700 o 'clock everyone just go park over there and 00:20:52.700 --> 00:20:54.819 then the kids there's like a well -identified 00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:56.720 Crosswalk and then they just walk over to the 00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:59.980 parking lot and there's all these waving hands 00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:02.660 of moms and dads say hey, honey I'm over here 00:21:02.660 --> 00:21:06.720 and and they just get to the cars that way and 00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:08.759 then it's just like leaving a ballgame like from 00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:12.839 that point I Think you're onto something But 00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:17.650 you need yeah, you just got to find Well, there's 00:21:17.650 --> 00:21:21.089 a few issues. The schools are traditionally already 00:21:21.089 --> 00:21:25.569 established and have been for decades. The chance 00:21:25.569 --> 00:21:29.049 of them being directly located next door to a 00:21:29.049 --> 00:21:33.609 empty, and I think you, Winn -Dixie, are probably 00:21:33.609 --> 00:21:37.690 very low. So maybe you know you catch lightning 00:21:37.690 --> 00:21:40.730 in a bottle once or twice But yeah, it's a I 00:21:40.730 --> 00:21:42.690 guess you could build when Dixie's next to the 00:21:42.690 --> 00:21:44.230 schools and hopes that they close down eventually 00:21:44.230 --> 00:21:46.109 and then you'll get to that Utopia you're looking 00:21:46.109 --> 00:21:48.769 for but you might want to revisit that what I 00:21:48.769 --> 00:21:51.250 saw I'm saying it wasn't a bad idea. It's just 00:21:51.250 --> 00:21:55.410 you know how like like every metro area of some 00:21:55.410 --> 00:22:00.309 size has like that that shopping Plaza that was 00:22:00.309 --> 00:22:05.160 bustling in like 1994 and it's just like nothing's 00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:08.079 there except maybe a dollar general and a couple 00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:11.900 things and it's like this sprawling asphalt that's 00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:16.220 uh still has the big light post and well cracks 00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:19.680 and and valleys here and there but otherwise 00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:22.720 drivable and parkable isn't there there's one 00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:24.599 of those kind of close to where you guys used 00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:27.660 to live but it's just like hundreds and just 00:22:27.660 --> 00:22:30.220 as far as the eye can see all these uh parking 00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:32.980 spaces but not a real flagship store there anymore 00:22:33.690 --> 00:22:40.390 Yeah, well you're talking about two hours Yeah, 00:22:40.549 --> 00:22:42.509 so they actually is funny should say the piggly 00:22:42.509 --> 00:22:45.190 wiggly that used to be across the street Left 00:22:45.190 --> 00:22:47.630 and moved up into that shopping center and they 00:22:47.630 --> 00:22:50.210 put a restaurant up there and now the piggly 00:22:50.210 --> 00:22:52.430 wiggly shopping center is the one that's kind 00:22:52.430 --> 00:22:55.069 of you know a little bit more empty I think they've 00:22:55.069 --> 00:22:58.849 cleaned it up a little bit. But yeah it's a empty 00:22:58.849 --> 00:23:02.940 shopping centers is a Big deal. I wish the You 00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:04.700 know trump or hairs would would actually bring 00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:06.920 this up at some point because it really it's 00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:09.420 an important issue to a lot of people I think 00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:15.240 it is the just repurposing of these once thriving 00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:22.019 commerce hotspots Well, um We actually have all 00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:25.019 my timer here. We've reached the two hour mark. 00:23:25.099 --> 00:23:28.700 I don't know how close That we're going to come 00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:30.920 to the john hunter episode, but wow, you're getting 00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:35.549 really close I'm not, and we got to hang it up. 00:23:35.589 --> 00:23:38.150 I don't know if we can really justify just creating 00:23:38.150 --> 00:23:43.390 another topic. Cause I got to go. Yeah, I've 00:23:43.390 --> 00:23:46.490 got got places to be. Well, this has been great. 00:23:46.829 --> 00:23:49.950 And, uh, undoubtedly this will be split into 00:23:49.950 --> 00:23:53.710 part one and part two for your listening enjoyment. 00:23:53.750 --> 00:23:55.650 And so you get to hear all of it. I might even 00:23:55.650 --> 00:23:59.009 carve this thing up into threes. So I got to 00:23:59.009 --> 00:24:05.640 send you three pictures. I Might do it. I actually 00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:09.579 might do part one part two part three the trilogy 00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:13.140 Because you know you do see some stuff on YouTube 00:24:13.140 --> 00:24:20.700 I get some Analytics I Put these episodes up. 00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:22.460 This is another reason why I don't really focus 00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:26.339 a lot of my attention on it the average view 00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:30.869 time on an episode that's 47 minutes long, even 00:24:30.869 --> 00:24:35.730 34 minutes or 50. Average view time is like a 00:24:35.730 --> 00:24:39.369 couple minutes. Really? So I don't even know 00:24:39.369 --> 00:24:41.349 how deep people are getting. And I think that 00:24:41.349 --> 00:24:44.470 it's perfectly fine with that in mind to get 00:24:44.470 --> 00:24:49.869 into some just obscene, silly season topics at 00:24:49.869 --> 00:24:52.410 the depths here, because I don't know who's listening. 00:24:53.269 --> 00:24:56.190 Nobody. Who am I trying to please? There's no 00:24:56.190 --> 00:24:59.460 stakeholders. So you need to add something say 00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:02.839 the first person to text me this wins a prize. 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:05.579 I don't know. Yeah. So there's a word I'm going 00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:08.339 to say and it's bullfrog. And I'm going to put 00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:12.000 that on the episode description and say, Hey, 00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:14.880 whenever you hear the word bullfrog, message 00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:19.160 me for a free $20 gift card to Papa John's and 00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:21.420 send me your address. And you know what? I will 00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:25.099 do it. You're hungry for pizza. You like Papa 00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:26.960 John. If you say, Hey, look, I don't have one 00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:31.009 of my hometown. but I love dominoes. Tell me 00:25:31.009 --> 00:25:34.150 where you are. I'm sending the car to you. That's 00:25:34.150 --> 00:25:36.809 the key word. There you have it. Thanks for listening 00:25:36.809 --> 00:25:40.609 to the Tan Time podcast. Any final thoughts, 00:25:40.990 --> 00:25:49.609 Travis? No. All right. I appreciate it. It's, 00:25:49.609 --> 00:25:52.809 you know, killing two birds with one stone. We 00:25:52.809 --> 00:25:56.170 get to catch up. You get to, I'll just give you 00:25:56.170 --> 00:25:59.680 three episodes. But no, it's always fun catching 00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:03.579 up. I know we're miles apart, but at this moment 00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:07.460 I feel very close to you. It was fun catching 00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:09.960 up and I enjoyed listening to all your episodes 00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:13.299 and I look forward to doing it in exactly the 00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:15.380 same amount of time it took for me to do it the 00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:21.559 second time. Yes. On that note, we'll see you 00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:23.519 next Sunday, folks. Thanks for listening to the 00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:25.960 Dan Time Podcast. Tell your friends about it. 00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:28.440 Tell everybody you know about it. Leave a review. 00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:30.700 Whatever is the easiest thing for you to do. 00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:33.859 I appreciate you as a listener. Have a great 00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:37.680 week. Go out there and do something. Do something 00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:40.740 you want to do this weekend or this week. It's 00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:42.420 probably Monday that you're listening to this. 00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:45.680 Go Cubs Go. Hopefully we're three games back. 00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:48.400 It's all I ask for three games back on Monday 00:26:48.400 --> 00:27:55.309 morning. We'll see you next Sunday. Cheers. Wanted 00:27:55.309 --> 00:27:58.069 to know if you wanted me to pull up your pillow. 00:27:59.069 --> 00:28:07.349 Oh my little dandy I have my So they'd be my 00:28:07.349 --> 00:28:09.950 great -great -great -great -grandson here with 00:28:09.950 --> 00:28:12.569 me Michael and Julia you want to say something 00:28:12.569 --> 00:28:20.130 Michael? Thank you grandma for picking me up 00:28:24.310 --> 00:28:26.490 That's a little fuzzy right now. It's the lineage 00:28:26.490 --> 00:28:30.490 of me to you, but Joe Joe's you want to say hey 00:28:30.490 --> 00:28:49.589 Let the boy see you in our house seriously, don't 00:28:49.589 --> 00:28:50.529 call me tell me when you're kidding