Weirdo number one and...
Weirdo number twos.
Oh! I heard it! As soon as I saw it! Oh, maybe not.
Let's try something different.
We're the number twos.
(theme song)Welcome to episode 58 of Delete This History, a podcast by two besties of a certain age searching for answers.
We're your hosts, Cara Burch.
And Brea Brown.
Hi.
I'm Brea Brown.
Hi, you smell so mentholated.
I know, I've got a cough drop in my mouth cause I'm still sick.
Well, I'm not still sick, I just still got this cough.
Yes.
And if I talk too much, without a cough drop in my mouth, this podcast will go nowhere real fast.
Yeah.
So, lucky, lucky you.
I was gonna say, I'll try not to make you laugh, but that would make for a boring podcast.
And that's my whole reason for living, is making you laugh.
Just, aw, that's so sweet.
Cara, I have to point out our sweaters today.
We're both wearing button sweaters.
Well, where'd you get your sweater? Oh man, this sweater is O-L-D.
I think this may be a Cole's sweater.
Mine is new and I got it from Bloom Chic.
Oh yes, love the Bloom Chic.
We do both have buttons.
It was cracking me up when you took your jacket off.
And I was like, well, mine is color block, but it is kinda striped.
It is.
And you're wearing stripes and they both have buttons.
We might have to take a picture of our button shirts together.
We are so cute.
Yeah, sorry, if you hear my cough drop clacking against my teeth.
Oh my gosh.
I'm going to try not to.
I bet you're going to be able to edit that out.
I don't know.
And I bet you're the type of person who's not going to be able to not edit that out.
If you hear it.
I don't know.
We'll see.
I'll tell you, I am sick of cough drops.
Oh gosh.
I know after a while.
I've basically had a cough drop in my mouth almost continually since.
November, well two weeks.
Yeah.
It's at one point it was so bad like they were making me sick to my stomach.
Yeah, I can't yeah all that menthol.
 Anyway, anyhow.
You want to talk about our bookmarks? I want you to talk about your bookmarks.
Okay, here we go, my first one.
Yeah, I can't wait to talk to you about this because I hope you've seen it.
 The Uber Eats commercial with Matthew McConaughey and Christian McCaffrey, where Matthew McConaughey says football is an elaborate scheme to make you eat more food.
Yes, uh-huh.
Oh my gosh.
You love that commercial.
Right now, it's my number one favorite commercial, and it makes me laugh every single time.
You are laughing a lot, because they show that commercial constantly.
Really funny.
It is pretty funny.
What are you eating, Jerry? Rice.
Jerry is eating rice! I love it.
Pancake blocks.
So, if you haven't seen it, look it up and make sure that you've got the one minute version.
Yeah, the long one is better.
Yes, do yourself a favor, don't skimp.
Yeah.
It is so funny, the end of it always just kills me.
And then my other bookmark, there was a story on 60 minutes, that's right, I watched 60 minutes the other night.
Listen.
We're women of a certain age.
Every once in a while, you just gotta get out of your system.
It's not a regular occurrence, but there was a story that I found interesting.
It was about the New York City medical examiner who is still working to identify 9/11 victims' remains.
Oh my lord.
Now, I typically don't watch anything having to do with 9/11 or, you know, the attacks or the recovery or afterwards because...
When that happened, you and I were working at the TV station.
Yes.
And for, I don't know, two weeks, I don't even remember now.
It was nothing but wall-to-wall national coverage.
And so we just sat there and didn't do very much.
And watched planes hit buildings over and over.
And over and over.
Like the analysis.
So, for several years, and I'm still kind of like this, I just couldn't watch any of it.
It just triggered.
Mm-hmm.
Like, I don't know if you would call it PTSD or what, but it was extremely upsetting.
Yeah.
But I did watch this segment because they have not stopped trying to identify remains from the rubble since this happened.
And so they went into more than that and they talked about.
You know, when they do identify remains using DNA from other family members, they contact the family members and they bring them in.
And it is, it is an incredibly, um, like it's fascinating, but it's also really like, like it really tugs at the heartstrings.
I didn't cry, which I cry at everything, but I didn't cry at this one.
It was just really well done story.
And I recommend everybody watch it.
I just am shocked.
I'm shocked that they are still trying to identify remains.
The reporter said that about 40% of the victims' remains have not been found.
That's just unbelievable.
Anyway, it is sad, but it's also kind of uplifting as well because these people are still doing that.
Yes, people haven't given up.
No, they are still working on this and they are going to work on it until they identify everybody.
Right.
and just the vaults of stuff that they have like that belonged to the people that they found.
Anyway, 60 minutes, it's on CBS, you can watch it online.
I highly recommend it.
It was really, really good.
Now.
Excellent, now I got the chills.
Yeah, sorry.
What are your bookmarks? Oh, my first one is shopping small businesses.
Absolutely.
Because...
Everybody knows I'm a major purveyor of the Zon because I can't quit you Amazon Prime.
I'm so…and it is something that weighs heavily on me sometimes.
And then I click add to cart again, and then I say two days shipping.
But I did some stocking stuff for Christmas shopping recently at two of my favorite local places, the Local Bevy and Culture Flock.
And it always feels so much better to support a business like that and to get something that's unique and that's like really kitschy and like that fits a person perfectly.
And to know that you're supporting people who have kind of your same values because you can tell by the merchandise.
Absolutely.
In these two places, particularly that these people, they get it.
Like they care about people and.
I'm like, yes, I will help you pay your bills.
And I'm happy to do it.
And they carry stuff that's a little bit weird like we are.
Yeah.
I like weird stuff.
Me too.
Yeah.
And unique like us.
Yes, unique.
That's a better word.
Oh.
Speaking of which, I brought my weirdo necklace.
I did too.
Yes.
And I almost did not, Cara.
And I was walking out the door, and I said to Jacki, oh, no.
I gotta get my weirdo necklace, or Cara's weirdo necklace.
Right.
And cause maybe those of you who are listening don't know this.
They don't know, we have to tell them.
When we took the pictures for the, what's it called? Social media.
Social media.
Yeah.
Of the weirdo necklaces, Cara accidentally took the wrong one and gave me the wrong one.
And so, we've had the wrong necklaces cause she's gotta be weirdo number two cause that's the port that she plugs into on the mixer, blah, blah.
We all talked about this.
So, the next week when we came to record, I actually wore the weirdo number two.
And she said, oh, damn it, I forgot the necklace.
Yep.
So, I was walking out the door, didn't have it.
And I was like, oh, she won't remember it anyway.
Oh! How dare you? I know.
How dare you? And I immediately felt terrible.
And then I said, oh, but what if she does? And then I don't have it.
Do you know what I did after that recording? When I forgot it, I went home immediately and I put it in my laptop bag.
Oh, right then.
So, I was like, I know if I don't do this right now, I will forget it.
You're right, I can't remember anything.
So, I went, I had all my stuff, like I was carrying all my bags and everything.
And I went back into my bathroom and I got it.
Excellent.
Unfortunately, when you, you know, shop at a small business place, you usually have to get off your butt and off the couch and go do it.
That is usually what happens.
But these two places, they actually do have online shopping.
Oh, that's, I didn't realize.
A lot of small businesses do have that, but I find it's more fun to browse the shelves.
And I think you see more.
Oh, yeah.
That way.
If I'm not knocking off something with my purse.
Oh, correct.
I'm not doing it right.
Anyway, so that's my first bookmark.
Nice.
Second, I've got two shows to talk about.
OK.
One is called AP Bio.
It's on Netflix.
It's not new.
It was like 2018 to 2022, I think, is when it was made.
But it has Patton Oswald in it.
And a bunch of other people who I don't know.
But they're hilarious.
Hilarious.
It is about, for those who are behind the times like me, and are just now seeing it because it came out on Netflix or whatever, it's executive produced by Lorne Michaels.
Immediately funny.
And it's about a high-flying Harvard professor who suffers a major fall from grace and ends up teaching back at his hometown high school in Toledo.
And he doesn't want to be there, so instead of teaching, he decides he's going to turn his class into a think tank to ruin his professional nemesis.
It is so funny.
And because it's an AP Bio class, it's a bunch of nerds who are like pumped about learning and about getting into good colleges and they're pissed that he will not teach them AP Biology.
It's pretty funny.
I highly recommend it.
I've laughed out loud multiple times.
The woman who plays, it's Paula Pell, who plays the school secretary.
She steals the show.
She's so freaking funny.
Love her.
Okay, and Cara.
I would like a drum roll.
Oh, okay.
Here we go.
I started Longmire.
Yes! And now I can't stop.
Oh, ka-ding! I know.
Clint and I are hooked.
Of course you are because it's a good show.
Thanks, Obama.
Anyway.
Typical McCaskill.
It's really good.
Good.
And even the parts that are cheesy, like where I'm like, that is not how it works.
There are cheesy parts.
Yeah.
Even those parts, it's kind of like, it just becomes, I don't know.
It is what it is.
Oh, correct, yeah.
And then you sent me the meme of him saying I am 911, and we just watched that episode last night where he said, I am 911 and I lost it.
I started laughing so hard and I was like, Cara sent me that meme.
Now I know what it's from.
Such a dork.
Anyway, those are my bookmarks.
Now while you guys are watching it, you have to say the show like this.
Long-mar.
Yeah.
And for a long time, I had memorized how Luga Diamond Phillips answers the phone.
Oh my gosh.
At the bar.
Yes.
Now I've forgotten because it's been so many years.
Let me see if I can remember.
Okay.
It's a beautiful day at the Red Pony.
Oh shoot, I can't remember what the second part is.
Is it, it's a beautiful day? That's, I think that's right.
Cause I think I laughed the first time I heard him say it cause Jacki used to wake us up like that on Saturdays.
It's a beautiful day.
Exactly.
It was so creepy.
I'm looking it up.
She probably still would wake us up that way if we let her.
It's another beautiful day at the Red Pony Saloon in continual soiree.
That's right, in continual soiree.
Ah! I want to own the Red Pony.
Oh, I don't know.
Not me.
I don't want anything to do with that part of the country.
I just, every episode I'm like, what is this place? It just stresses me out.
I love it.
Love that show.
I mean, I like the show, but.
You know what? I bet you didn't like it the first time you watched it because you weren't yet a woman of a certain age.
Maybe.
Maybe so.
Maybe I'm ahead of my time and I was a woman of a certain age before you were.
Maybe.
I think that's actually definitely.
LONGMIRE.
Miss.
How do you darn a sock? I think he.
By the way.
Did you get those socks done? Got them all darned and they are beautiful and they are back in business.
Back in rotation.
In fact, I took pictures to show you.
Okay, before.
Nope, that's finished, ding dong.
Oh, I'm sorry.
See the patch? Yes, I do now.
Okay, that was my first attempt.
Here's another one.
Oh, that's really good.
That was my second attempt.
Here's my third one that I did.
Gorgeous.
Here's my fourth one.
I know I did a really good job and those socks are Comfortable and usable all over again.
Okie dokie.
Sean said you should start a darning business.
I said no, because it took a lot of work.
Yes, it's a lot of work.
Yeah, it is a lot of work, you know it was a lot of trial and error I pulled those stitches out on that first sock probably six times.
And I bet those exact same socks are still for sale at Bath and Body Works or whatever.
I got those at Walmart about 12 years ago.
Dang.
That's why I wanted to keep them.
They're excellent socks.
Telling you.
And I wasn't even at Walmart for socks.
I ran in there for like milk or something like that.
And they were on an end cap and I was like, well, it's really cute.
Got them home.
Wow, best socks ever.
Well, you know what? You just.
God made me go in that Walmart that day.
You just can't ever find another great pair of socks.
Actually, I haven't found a pair of socks like that since.
They were your soul socks.
They are-my soul socks!
I can't quit you.
Exactly.
All right.
Well, we're not here to talk about my soul socks, even though they are amazing, but we are here to talk about our searches for this week.
How are we going to kick that off, Brea? Oh, I think we should do it by looking at the reading of the list.
In this segment, we'll tell you our top three most interesting, funniest, most successful internet searches of the week in list form.
Here is my list.
Number one, can a convicted felon vote after completing their sentence? Number two, what is a coot? Number three, stitch incoming meaning.
Stitch incoming.
Okay.
Right.
Here's mine.
Here's my list.
Number one, living near high tension wires, myth or fact.
Oh.
Armadillos and Hansen's disease.
That was number two.
And number three, Bogan definition and origin.
Bogan.
Okay.
Sounds good.
Interesting, I'm intrigued.
Mm-hmm.
Well now it's time to play a little game that we both like to call Search Me!.
Where we each pose one question to each other to see if she can answer based only on the reading of the list, which we just did.
Okay, Brea, today you and I used to use the same earplugs.
Oh yeah.
And they were awesome.
They were really good.
Yes.
They have changed the formula of how they make these and they are terrible now.
Yes.
I found some replacements.
Did you? I don't know if you have yet.
I haven't.
I gave up cause I could not find any that were the right material.
I bought you a box of them.
Thank you.
To see if you like them.
And then if you do like them, then guess where I got them? On Amazon.
No way.
Yeah, I did.
Cause I have been looking for on Amazon for these and all they have is those nasty silicone ones.
I also have been looking forever but these there I don't think they're still they're still not as good as the original ones we used to use yeah but they are the closest I have come.
They're the right shape and I feel like they're the right material.
They're soft foam instead of silicone.
Yep.
Because I can't use that silicone stuff it irritates my ears.
Me too!
Hmm, because we're delicate flowers.
What can we say? We're one ear.
One ear, one brain, one everything.
Which of my searches came about because I am of a certain age? Oh, okay.
For those of you listening that would like to play along, here is my list one more time.
Number one, can a convicted felon vote after completing their sentence? Number two, what...
is a coot.
Number three, stitch incoming meaning.
Well, I want to say what is a coot, but I don't think that's right.
Based on my face.
How about stitch incoming meaning? That is correct.
Okay.
Um, I'm not on TikTok.
Me neither.
I am on the Insta.
And I saw a video and it was a late night talk show host and these words flew in and were like kind of across his chest and it said, stitch incoming.
And then he finished talking and another video started.
Like it was just edited to it.
So, I looked up what that meant.
I found a couple of options.
I think this is the correct one.
Okay.
Stitch incoming on TikTok refers to a creator using the stitch feature.
This means the creator added a clip from another user's content into their own video.
So, adding stitch incoming to a video lets viewers know.
that the creator is responding to the clipped content, ensuring they don't scroll past the video.
Okay.
Now some dumb dumb out there also wrote, it meant get ready for laughs, like a stitch in your side.
Okay, so what they're saying is, I've stitched somebody else's content into my content.
And apparently on TikTok, There's an actual feature.
Yeah, there's a stitch feature.
So.
We're so out of it, Cara.
I know, that's why, that's why, I know, wow.
I have no idea.
Never seen it.
You know, cause, well, first of all, TikTok, no.
Uh-uh.
That's a hard nope for me.
Me too.
Not going there.
I already spent enough time on Instagram watching silly videos.
I like Instagram better.
Anyway, those earplugs are yours.
Yes.
They're all yours, I hope they work out for you.
Cara.
Yes, ma'am.
Today you are playing for this lovely rocket book.
Oh no, a rocket book? It's a little one, like a notebook, a little like size notebook.
I don't think it has a pen with it.
Now, I apologize for the company logo on the front, but I figure you probably have a sticker or two that you could like put over it.
Maybe.
Maybe, or a hundred.
Yeah.
But.
As everybody knows, who's been listening for the past few weeks, we're moving offices.
And so, I'm cleaning out all the things and I'm going through them all.
And this was something that a member, we got these for Christmas one year.
And one of my coworkers brought it back to me and said, I will never use this.
Cause he was a man of a certain age.
And he was like, not gonna do it.
And I said, oh, but they're so cool.
You could do this and this and this.
And then you just erase it.
Yeah.
And he was like, nope.
This is all in one planner, calendar, notebook.
He's crazy.
Yes, it has different pages in it and also like blank pages.
I love mine.
I use it all the time.
So, your question is.
Which of my three searches in the reading of the list received a 2 out of 10 on the Garen scale for its wishy-washy answer? For those playing at home, my list is 1.
Living near high tension wires, myth or fact, armadillos and Hansen's disease or Bogan definition and origin.
Ooh, this is tough.
Okay, I'm gonna go with my gut because every time I don't I'm wrong.
Okay.
My gut says living near high tension wires myth or fact.
You're correct.
Your gut is on target.
Yeah! Okay.
You and I were talking about living under power lines.
Yes.
And whether or not it's a health risk, which I dismissed right away.
I was like that's bunk.
Like that's just another QAnon conspiracy.
And then I was thinking about people who think that that's a problem living under high tension wires or whatever.
I was like, you are so dumb.
Get help.
Anyway, if you are a QAnon adherent, you are so dumb.
Get help.
And I'm not even going to apologize for that because you are so dumb.
Anyway, I'm all about due diligence though.
And I started to second guess myself.
And I was like, well, wait a minute.
Maybe that is a problem.
So, I looked it up to confirm my suspicions that it's bunk, basically.
I basically was like, I'm gonna look this up to see that I'm right.
Okay.
And I got the following.
There's no conclusive evidence that living near high tension wires is harmful to your health.
Which is pretty definitive, right? Nope.
Then it says, while some studies have found associations between exposure to electromagnetic fields, EMFs, and health effects.
Most recent research has not substantiated these findings.
The American Physical Society and the National Academy of Sciences have both concluded that the current evidence does not show a health hazard.
So, it's a little less definitive, but like still saying no, not a problem.
Then later on, when I was looking at the American Cancer Society's website, it says, between 2011 and 2015, a European research group concluded several studies to look for possible links between extremely low frequency magnetic fields, ELMFs, and cancer, especially childhood leukemia.
The project concluded that their studies were consistent with the previously established classification of ELMF as possibly carcinogenic.
So, now it's getting a little bit less and less definitive.
And then the American Cancer Society goes on to say that people concerned about radiation exposure from high power electrical lines should keep in mind that the intensity of any exposure goes down significantly as you get farther away from the source.
Well, duh.
Well, thanks for that hot take.
That warm tip.
I got.
Let me write that down, hang on a second.
I got some gel pens recently that were obviously from a different country.
And it had the little insert that came with it about how to use gel pens.
I don't know who needs an instruction manual, but it had a little thing with it and it said, warm tips.
So, there was some kind of translation issue.
Warm tips.
I love that.
Hot take or warm tips.
I kept it because it makes me giggle every time I see it.
Warm tips.
Oh, gosh.
So, the American Cancer Society wanted to give us a warm tip about...
Yeah, that was a warm tip.
Shoot.
Isn't everything possibly carcinogenic nowadays? I mean, I would think so.
I mean, come on.
Me sitting this close to this laptop is probably gonna kill me someday.
Of course.
There's just no way to know if your cancer-causing exposure is from power lines or from any of the other thousands of other things you're exposed to every single freaking day.
Yeah, those nine diet cokes that you drink every day or.
The microwave oven.
Yeah, the microwave that you stand in front of while you're looking at your phone that's in your hand.
We got all kinds of warm tips.
I mean, come on.
Anyway, modern life itself is just carcinogenic.
Ooh, that was kind of deep.
I got chills.
And one funny Reddit user answered the question, you know, is it dangerous to live under power lines with, only if one falls on you. So, you can always count on Reddit.
Oh, for a great little whatever.
For a warm tip.
For a warm tip.
Anyway, sorry about all that quoting and mumbo jumbo.
I just had to show you how ridiculously less definitive it got.
Yes.
And then like, I think Garen would give that a two.
It just got so convoluted and stupid and like, no, but we feel like we need to cover our asses.
Yes.
And say it could be, cause nobody wants to ever be proven wrong ever.
It's like, come on.
My sources work, cancer treatment centers of America, the health physics society, British Columbia medical journal, area hub, and the American cancer society.
All good sources.
Yeah, yeah.
I am gonna put another cough drop in my mouth.
Okay.
Because I can feel the tickle coming back.
Oh no.
Here we go.
All right.
That was my way to segue into this weird awkwardness that we call shared history.
You ready to dive into it? Maybe.
What if we don't? Let me just sit here for another 30 minutes in silence, listening to my cough drop clack against my teeth.
Oh no.
By the way, Heather did not enjoy the lotion sound.
No one did.
She texted me the day that episode came out and said that was really gross.
It was about as juicy as it gets.
You're welcome.
Oh my goodness.
Alright shared history.
Yeah, yeah.
Let's move on to this segment.
Okay.
This is when we share with our DTH besties the rest of our searches for the week, why we searched it, and if we learned anything at all.
My first one.
Yeah.
Can a convicted felon vote after sentencing is complete? Um, it is common practice in the US to take away voting rights from felons in some cases permanently, what I found though, it's kind of like we were talking about who gets listed first on the ballot.
It's different in each state.
This is different in each state.
Oh, good.
So, over the last few decades, however, the general trend has been toward reinstating the vote to right at some point.
Wait, no, go back.
You said the vote to right.
I did? Are you serious? Yeah, you just said it's to reinstate the vote to right.
So, just read that sentence.
I can't believe that.
Oh, here we go.
Okay.
The general trend has been toward reinstating the right to vote at some point, although this is a state by state policy choice.
Uh-huh.
Currently, state approaches to felon disenfranchisement very...
The National Conference of State Legislatures has divided states into four categories to help show the differences.
So, I'm gonna explain.
Okay.
So, the first category they have is never lose the right to vote.
The second category is lost only while incarcerated slash automatic restoration after release.
Okay.
Number three, loss until completion of sentence and then in parentheses, parole and or Probation sometimes finds fees and restitution slash automatic restoration after release.
That one's complicated.
Okay.
Number four, lost until completion of sentence slash in some states a post-sentencing waiting period or additional action required for restoration.
Okay.
So, some states in a nutshell make this way more complicated than others do.
In all cases where automatic restoration is listed, that does not mean that voter registration is automatic after they complete their sentencing.
Typically, prison officials automatically inform election officials that an individual's rights have been restored.
The person is then responsible for re-registering through normal processes.
Some states, such as California, require voter registration information be provided incarcerated persons.
Okay.
Which I think is really good.
Yes.
In 23 states...
oh wait, excuse me.
Nope.
Back it up.
So, here is a quick summary of the state's laws.
Okay.
In the District of Columbia, Maine, and Vermont, felons never lose their right to vote even while they're incarcerated.
Okay.
In 23 states, felons lose their voting rights only while incarcerated.
and receive automatic restoration upon release.
That's 23 states, that's pretty good.
In Maryland, voting rights are restored only through pardon for those convicted of buying or selling votes.
So, something I completely agree.
That's kind of a big deal and a bad thing.
In 15 states, felons lose their voting rights during incarceration and for a period of time after typically while on parole or on probation.
Right.
Voting rights are automatically restored after this time period.
Former felons may also have to pay any outstanding fees, fines, or restitution before their rights are reserved or restored.
Yes, okay.
In 10 states, felons lose their voting rights indefinitely for some crimes or require a governor's pardon for voting rights to be restored.
face an additional waiting period after completion of a sentence, which that's the parole and the probation, or require an additional action before voting rights can be restored.
In those states are Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.
My source was NCSL.org.
I don't understand.
So, none of them is like permanent loss.
So, I think there were, I mean, in certain cases.
So, like where you need a pardon from the governor.
Because of the buying the votes thing.
And there are other states where there are other things that you might have done.
That was Maryland specifically.
So, some states, you can, if you have been convicted of a felony, depending on what that felony is.
Yeah in your state you might have to receive a pardon from the governor in order to receive your voting rights restored. 
I feel like once you've done your time no matter what the crime was if you've done the full sentence Like you should get another shot.
You should be all of your rights should be restored once you leave prison. The whole point of prison is that that's when your cessation of normal rights is.
That's part of it, is the incarceration.
That's part of the punishment, allegedly.
But once you have paid for what you've done...
I just don't understand why you continue to be punished.
I agree.
You've done the punishment.
Yeah.
I just, I don't know.
I agree.
I can't tell you why I looked that up.
Really? I can't even remember.
Must've been around election time.
Well, of course it was.
I'm sure it was prompted by that, but I have been really sick the last two weeks.
I can't remember why I've done a lot of things.
I've made so many mistakes at work this week.
And as I've gotten a little more healthy throughout the week, I'm finding the mistakes I made on Monday and Tuesday.
Yeah.
And you're like, what? What did I do that? Just blame it on someone else.
Be like, that wasn't me.
It was Bob.
Alright, my first search for shared history is armadillos and Hansen's disease.
Yes.
Are you interested in this? I'm not a fan of armadillos, but I'm willing to listen to you.
They're gross.
Armadillos are super gross.
They're nasty and the only time I ever see them around here is when they're dead on the road.
Yes.
And I've heard that it's only recent that...
We have armadillos this far north.
Have you always seen armadillos your whole life? I've seen them for at least, at least since I've been an adult.
And that's been a long time.
Yeah.
I feel like they're migrating north, northward.
Yes.
Probably because the weather's getting warmer.
I do agree with that, but I think they've been here for quite a while.
Anyway, that's not part of my search.
Oh, okay.
And this is about live armadillos, by the way.
Okay.
So, do you know what Hansen's disease is? Mm-mm.
Never heard of it.
You do know what it is, but you don't know it by that name.
Do you go around going, MMMBop a lot? Oh my gosh, Cara.
What? Oh my gosh.
I'm going to read what I wrote down.
OK.
First of all, this is another stuff you should know nugget.
They did an episode on porcupines and then their discussion kind of migrated toward armadillos because they were talking about diseases that porcupines may carry.
And then they said, but they're not like armadillos, which you should definitely steer clear of since they carry and transmit Hansen's disease.
And remember how I heard Lamborghini syndrome? Okay, this I heard correctly.
It is Hansen's disease.
And no, it's not when you can't get the song MMMBop out of your head.
My gosh, this is this is a problem.
Anyway song nearly killed me when it was popular.
 So, terrible and you're welcome to everyone who is now stuck in your head again your worm so, Hansen's disease is the more modern term for something biblical The Black Death.
No.
The plague.
The biblical.
They talk about it in the Bible a lot.
Like it was a real problem.
Leprosy.
Yes.
Now, here's a fast fact.
Leprosy, wait, I need to run mine right around that.
Armadillos carry leprosy.
And transmit it.
Yeah.
Okay.
Okay, ready? Yes.
Here's a fast fact.
Armadillos are the Only mammal other than humans that can contract leprosy or Hansen's disease.
Really? Humans and armadillos.
That's it.
Ew, that is super interesting.
What a weird link though, right? Hmm.
Oh, that is so weird.
I wonder why.
I don't know.
Must be something in our DNA.
We're akin to the armadillo.
Yep.
Okay.
especially if you got thick skin, just kidding.
Okay, the risk of transmission between armadillos and humans is low.
Oh good.
But still low is still too high.
You know what I'm saying? Okay, for those of you who don't know or didn't grow up hearing horrific Bible stories about leprosy, which I was so worried as a kid about leprosy because of Bible stories.
That is so sad.
Because of Sunday school and VBS.
Yes, they really hit the leprosy hard.
They really did they made it seem like it was inevitable some point you're gonna have a leprosy and Jesus is gonna have to come down and bring you down a ladder.
I can't remember the story.
Put your finger back on.
Anyway, um, leprosy or Hansen's disease is a disease that attacks the nerves in the skin causing skin lesions, foot drop, and contractures.
I meant to look up what the hell foot drop was and I didn't.
I should have.
Anyway.
Do you want me to look it up real fast for you? Yeah.
And I don't know what contractures are either.
It's gait abnormality in which the dropping of the forefoot happens out of weakness, irritation, or damage to the deep fibular nerve.
Okay.
Oh, including the sciatic nerve, or paralysis of the muscles in the anterior portion of the lower leg.
Oh my, that's pretty serious.
Now my sciatica has been like...
driving me crazy because I'm a woman of a certain age.
There's a picture of foot drop.
The right foot drops because of paralysis.
Oh, I see, you can't hold it up.
Mm-hmm.
All right, ew.
But it's not your foot dropping off, which is what I was kind of worried about.
I heard that.
Anyway, experts say you should use caution around armadillos due to this contraction possibility.
Yeah.
Good.
And here's the best tidbit I found on the subject.
Worm tip.
If you- Shit.
Um, if you eat armadillo- Shut your face.
You should wear gloves while cleaning the carcass and cooking the meat.
And you better cook the meat thoroughly.
Who? Listen, besties, if you eat armadillo, we do not mean to judge you.
Maybe it's delicious.
Maybe it's like Scrapple.
Oh.
Or Scrapple.
What's it called? Scrapple? No, no.
Scrapple.
Maybe it's like Scrapple.
Maybe it's delicious.
I mean, all that armadillo is here is roadkill.
I don't eat roadkill, but I know some people do.
Armadillo tartar.
Don't eat that.
And that's what we have around here because it's on the tarmac.
It's everywhere.
It's tar tar.
Now, medical experts have linked an uptink uptink.
I like uptinks.
Medical experts have linked an uptick in leprosy diagnoses in one state to armadillo exposure.
Which state do you think that is? It probably won't surprise you.
I bet I know.
What is it? Tejas, Texas.
Oh, what? It's not Texas? I thought that's where the armadillos come from.
Nope.
Okay.
Can I guess again? Yeah.
Gosh, Texas just seemed so obvious to me.
Think about where you've heard a lot of crazy stories where people might eat some armadillos.
Arkansas? No.
Sorry, sorry Arkansas.
Your Missouri's coming out.
I don't know.
Florida.
Florida men eating some armadillo.
By the way, there's a show on HBO Max or Max or whatever it's called nowadays called It's Florida Man.
Oh no.
It's funny.
I don't know if I can watch that.
It's real, supposedly real stories acted out by very recognizable actors.
Oh.
And it's hilarious.
Okay.
Anyway, that's a bonus bookmark for you.
My sources were.
Centers for Disease Control, Emerging Pathogens Institute, science.org, Health Resources and Services Administration, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, National Institutes of Health, and the Cooking Channel.
No, I'm just kidding, not the Cooking Channel.
Oh my God! I just had to slip that in there.
Barf.
Nigella, she's got a great recipe.
Just wear gloves.
And cook it.
Well done.
That's like that puffer fish.
Oh right.
Why? If it's so difficult to whatever prepare so that it doesn't kill you, then just don't.
Just don't.
I don't get it.
I mean God's trying to tell you something.
Don't eat this one fish.
There's thousands and thousands of fish.
Just don't touch that one.
There's plenty of fish in the sea.
It's like in the Garden of Eden.
Just don't touch that one tree.
You'll be fine.
Right, right, right.
What do they do? I think I'd like to eat that one.
Just think how much better life would be if they had never touched that effing tree.
Man, I could really go for some puffer fish and armadillo on the side tonight.
And dessert with some pie made from that tree.
That fruit in that tree over there.
Edgets.
So, what is a coot? Might be similar to a bogan.
No, it's an animal, is it not? It is an animal.
Okay.
You wanna try for what kind of animal it is? A bird? It's a bird.
I don't know why I looked this up.
I was probably watching them repair shop or something, who knows? Merriam-Webster has three definitions for coot.
So, that's where we're gonna start.
Oh, yay.
Number one, any of various slaty, black waterfowl belonging to the rail family that somewhat resemble ducks and have lobed toes and the upper mandible prolonged on the forehead as a horny frontal shield.
Definition number two.
Any of several.
I'm sorry, I can't get over horny frittles.
Okay, here we go.
Number two, any of several North American scoters or Northern diving fish? I probably said that wrong.
Oh my gosh, so bird or fish, okay.
No.
Northern diving fish is what you said.
Did I really? Yes.
I still might be a little bit sick.
Northern diving fish.
Northern diving duck.
Duck.
I really think there may be something wrong with me.
I think it's all the cough drops you've eaten.
I'm like being poisoned by these cough drops and they're like eating away at my brain.
Like my brain is all menthol now.
I can't believe I said fish.
You did.
That's terrifying.
Definition number three.
Okay.
A harmless, simple person.
Which is what I've become.
I'm sorry.
Oh man.
So, an old coot is an old harmless simple person.
That's exactly right.
Okay.
I always associate coot with an old person.
You do? Yeah, like if you call somebody a coot, you old coot, it's always old.
Old.
Yeah, you're right.
Oh, my goodness.
I'm gonna focus on definition number one.
Okay.
All right.
The duck-like bird with the horny with the horny frontal shield frontal shield that's right the horny frontal shield. 
There are 10 species of coots the Hawaiian coot the white winged coot that's right i'm gonna list them all okay the American coot that's me the Andean coot the red gartered coot the red knobbed coot the red fronted coot the Eurasian coot the horned coot and the great coot. 
Oh my gosh.
No, the giant coot.
Well, I'm having some kind of stroke about every 30 seconds, I think is what's going on here.
The great giant coot.
The great giant coot.
Like the Merriam-Webster definition stated, coots have prominent featherless frontal shields, which help coin the phrase bald as a coot.
I've never heard that phrase.
That common phrase that you hear every time family gets together, you are bald as a coot.
Male giraffes' ossicones are bald as a coat.
Well, I don't understand.
Yeah.
The Oxford English Dictionary states that phrase was used as early as 1430.
I think it may have fallen out of use.
Maybe.
And maybe that is since it's Oxford.
Said that maybe that's a UK thing.
It might be a UK thing.
Good point.
Maybe you shouldn't have said it in a southern accent.
 Bold as a coot, that wasn't very good.
Was it? Sorry everybody.
That's better than mine would have been. You want to try it? Nope.
Are you sure? I kind of feel like you want to. 
I’m real bad at it. Coots have lobed toes rather than webbed feet I actually said that correctly, I did not have a stroke.
So, each toe has a stiff flap along each side to help with propulsion in the water.
So, their toes can move independently, but they still have help to swim fast.
Couts have strong legs and they can walk and run vigorously.
They tend to have short rounded wings and are weak flyers.
Though the northern species, they can cover long distances while they fly, but it's not very pretty to watch them fly.
They typically congregate in large rafts in open water.
They like pull the raft and they inflate it and then they just all climb inside.
They're socially gregarious and messy aquatic feeders.
Ew, sounds gross.
What? The greatest species, variety, can be found in South America.
And the genus likely originated there.
Interesting.
OK.
They're common in Europe and North America.
The coot species that migrate do so at night.
Oh.
How weird is that? Okay, they don't want to be seen.
They're omnivores.
They mainly eat plant material, but they do also eat small animals such as fish and eggs.
They are aggressively territorial during the breeding season, but otherwise they're often found in sizable flocks.
Chick mortality occurs mainly due to starvation rather than predator problems, because the coots have difficulty feeding a large family of hatchlings.
This gets real sad.
Each chick, no, had a stroke, back it up.
Many chicks die in the first 10 days after hatching.
And that's when they're most dependent on the adults for food.
Coots can be very brutal toward their chicks when they're under pressure by the chicks while they're begging for food.
So, like they get real like, you're stressing me out.
I can't find enough food for you.
And after about three days of this begging from the chicks, the adult coots start attacking their own chicks while they're begging for food.
I mean, I can relate a little bit.
It's rough.
Those first few days are tough.
You ain't getting any sleep.
After a while, these attacks concentrate on the weaker chicks who eventually give up and die.
The coot may eventually raise only two or three out of nine hatchlings.
My sources were Miriam Webster, Wikipedia and all about birds.org.
Yeah.
I wonder why they migrate at night.
I wonder if it's because they're not very good flyers.
So, they're susceptible to predators.
Oh, maybe so.
Maybe so.
I got strong legs, but weak wings.
Sounds like these birds are going the way of the Dodo.
They're a bunch of coots.
I almost said the dildo.
That is not the right bird.
Nope.
That's that.
Okay.
Well, it's interesting that one of the definitions for coot is a harmless simple person because Bogan definition and origin is kind of related to that.
Oh my goodness.
Not, I mean not strictly but still.
This one is for our Australian listeners.
They'll already know all this information but I just want them to know I see you.
Both of them.
Yeah I think we do have a couple and I know we have at least one former Australian resident who listens.
Would be my sissy Colleen.
Right.
In the context of the land of the kangaroos and many scary snakes and insects It has nothing to do with animals.
I was just spouting off Australian stereotypes.
I don't know.
What is it? Okay? It is a slang term that generally refers to a person whose speech clothing attitude and behavior are considered unrefined or unsophisticated the term can be used both pejoratively and self-deprecatingly, depending on the context.
Some believe it may have originated from communities near the Bogan River in New South Wales.
Oh! I'm thinking that's probably a good clue.
The term bog, meaning the same thing, was used in Perth as early as the late 1960s.
Now others claim it emerged in the 1980s in Melbourne's western suburbs.
Oh, that's very recent.
Yes, the Australian National Dictionary Center included Bogan in its dictionary project in 1991 with the earliest recorded use found in a 1985 issue of the surfing magazine Tracks.
Right? Listen.
I don't get it.
Tracks, call me.
Because I think you need to rename your magazine.
If you're still, you know.
Yeah, publishing.
Out there.
When it really became popular though was during the late 1980s when the sketch comedy series The Comedy Company made it one of its characters favorite words.
The character Kylie Mole was a teenager who frequently used the term to disparage others.
I can totally picture this character calling people bogans being all mean.
Now most recently it's become a well recognized subculture in Australia much like rednecks hillbillies and hicks in the US.
And I'm sure no matter where our listeners live they have their own equivalent of a bogan.
If social class is a differentiator in their culture.
I'm sure.
You're right.
We all like to look down on other people and call people names and then those people take on that name proudly.
That's right.
And say I am a nerd damn it.
Yeah I am down from London.
That's right, I am DFL.
I am a blow-in.
I am a redneck.
I am a coot.
I am a woman of a certain age who darns her socks.
That's right.
Proud of it.
You should be.
I am.
Because that is a skill.
Thank you.
That is going the way of the dodo.
That's right.
Okay.
The term Bogan is associated in Australia with changing social attitudes towards social class, particularly in terms of taste and aesthetics rather than economics.
So, it's not like I'm going to use a term that I don't really approve of.
But it's not like white trash.
You know how we use, not we, but people in the United States call people white trash and that typically means it has something to do with their economic class as well as their social class.
It's not just how they act and whatever.
It also usually has something to do with that they live in a trailer and that they're poor and blah blah.
Terrible.
Anyway, Bogan is not like that.
It really is just about them being more unrefined and not as classy.
Okay.
Now I was already slightly familiar with this term thanks to Jacki's Ausie file brain.
But I looked this up because I was watching a show on Netflix called Upper Middle Bogan.
about an upper-class doctor who finds out she was adopted and her birth family are what many would consider bogans.
Okay.
Like the research says, they aren't poor, but they aren't exactly the classiest folks.
They're a drag racing family.
Oh.
Cool.
And they get into physical fights and say exactly what they think, etcetera.
It's a very funny show.
Okay.
but because of the drag racing, it's very loud.
Oh, I'm out.
And the music in it is very loud.
Have you noticed that about shows lately? That the music is super loud? Yes.
And then the dialogue is not very loud? Yes.
I don't enjoy it.
I don't either.
That's the whole purpose of editing.
Right.
The mixing is off.
But I, because it's happening in multiple shows, It's being done on purpose, I think.
But I don't understand why.
I think you're right.
I don't get it.
I don't either.
It's very off-putting.
And it makes me not wanna watch a show.
Well, yeah.
Cause I'm like, ugh.
Yeah.
I can't hear what they're saying.
Maybe it's us.
Maybe it's our ears.
Why would our ears? Maybe we're not hearing dialogue as well, like the spoken word as well.
Oh my gosh.
Have we reached that? Because we're getting old.
OLD.
Did we just have an old person conversation? I think we did.
Man.
About how shows these days.
I can't hear anything.
I can't hear what they're saying.
I do watch everything with the captioning on.
I only watch British shows sometimes with the caption on just because sometimes the accents I just can't catch it all.
I watch everything with the captioning on nowadays because of the music issue.
I don't want the music blasting at me but then if I turn it down to where it's comfortable for my ears with the music then sometimes the voices aren't loud enough.
And there's even a setting on our tv, I know this is fascinating, there's even a setting on our tv.
that says clear voice.
Oh.
And that does help a little bit.
It amplifies the dialogue a little bit more.
But even then sometimes I'm like, what the hell? That's interesting.
And I've noticed that football this year, maybe not even just this year, but lately, sometimes you can't hear the announcers.
The crowd is louder.
The ambient noise is louder than the announcers.
Yes.
I have also noticed that.
It's like, if I'm at a football game, that's what I wanna hear, I wanna hear the crowd.
Right.
And I don't necessarily want to hear the announcers because usually what they're saying is stupid.
I'm looking at you, Tom Brady.
But if the announcers are going to be talking, I don't want to have to be straining over the crowd noise.
Yeah.
Huh, anyway, that was the old...
Let's...
Ask me to tell that story again, and I will.
Good lord.
Anyway, Upper Middle Bogan is on Netflix, and it stars about 80% of the usual 30 Australian actors that you see in all the Australian shows.
Is Longmire in it? It's not.
Is he Australian? Yeah.
For real? Robert something.
I can't remember his last name.
Yeah, Robert Taylor.
He's in a new show.
Hey, I know.
It's an Australian show.
Oh my god.
Or is it a movie? Is it a movie? It's a show.
I don't remember.
Now it's a series.
But yeah, he's Australian.
I didn't know that he hides his accent very well.
Excellent accent and Longmire.
Yeah, he's really good at the American accent.
My sources.
Two of them.
Two Waffen sources, Wikipedia and Nine News Australia.
Hmm.
Okay.
Excellent.
But what about this one? What about it? This is a quick listing of our other searches from the past week that we didn't have time to discuss or simply too boring to share.
Oh my gosh.
You're boring.
Here's my list.
Everyone but you Kettle Pizza commercial.
I don't get it.
Do you get it? Does he have FOMO? Yeah.
Is he paranoid? Yes.
Well, first of all, he's George Kittle.
So, he's probably, yes, he probably has, he's probably paranoid, because he's done so many drugs.
But, I mean, is that the point of the commercial, is that he's missing out? Yeah.
It, that is a- But why? It's the stupidest commercial I've ever seen.
And why, why is he? Just go buy some of those pizza bite things.
Yeah, I don't understand it.
It's so dumb.
I know, I hate that commercial.
I do too.
Chiefs Injury Report, Jenny James, is Burn Gorman British? Full question.
I bet he is.
So, he was born in the US.
No.
Yes, he was.
And then they moved to London.
He's so creepy.
Sean was watching Halo.
The TV show Halo.
Oh no.
Byrne Gorman is in that.
And I was like, oh, there's one of the 50 British actors.
But he plays an American in Halo? Well, he had an accent that was an American accent.
And I was like, I thought he was British.
And I looked it up.
And anyway, he's kind of got an interesting family history.
You should read about that.
Is that why he's so creepy? Maybe.
Yes, maybe, because it's interesting.
OK.
Tenants Union, Renee Estevez on the West Wing, and I started watching it, Robber Barons, Tropical Smoothie Menu, Springfield Symphony, is Paramount Plus ad free, why isn't Yellowstone streaming on Paramount Plus, Paws, Disney Hulu account, Springfield School layoffs, FreeVee discontinued? Let me tell you something.
I had a panic moment because I saw an article that said FreeVee, which is owned by Prime Amazon, was going away.
Like it was being discontinued by Amazon Prime.
The repair shop TV station is on FreeVee.
Oh no.
And I was in a panic.
But they folded FreeVee into the Prime TV stations.
There was an entire day that the repair shop was not available.
Like I guess it was during, like they were doing updates or something or my fire TV was trying to update.
I don't know.
But I was so like, I was so sad, like just sad.
You were having an existential crisis.
I was just so sad.
And I said something to Sean about it.
And the next day he texted me at work and he said I, he had sat down for lunch and he said, the repair shop is on right now.
And I was like, Oh good.
So, it's still there.
It's okay, Erin of Pennsylvania, because I know you've been watching it too.
Oh, don't panic.
It's still there.
Yes Speaking of the repair shop, J Blades in court.
Oh No Netflix issues slash Tyson fight.
Oh my god. What a cluster, Joey Tribbiani food in shower jiff, don't do it people.
Don't eat in the shower.
It will mess you up.
Oh gosh.
Springfield libraries phasing out CD collection.
MSU president controversy.
Gustatory rhinitis.
Dulali meeting.
A Springfield dad named fan of the year by Kansas city chiefs.
Get out of here.
Does he have a hat? That's magical.
And he falls in love with? He doesn't, but his daughter, or his granddaughter does.
Oh, okay, gotcha.
Samsung washer code NF.
That meant for no fill.
We were having water inlet valve issues and all of a sudden the washer stopped, it was full.
But Sean, being the handy guy that he is, got it fixed.
Wow.
I know.
Pina colada recipe, Michelle Yao Net Worth.
40 million smuckas, and Trampled by Turtles.
Just a matter of fact, Trampled by Turtles.
Like you do, like you are sometimes.
That's a musical group.
Oh, okay.
I was about to say it sounds like a great band name.
I had a bad week.
Oh man.
All right, here's my list.
Whitstable Pearl setting.
I said it was Kent and then I started.
Remember we were talking about Whistable Pearl because it's down from London? Yes.
Okay.
The show is called Whistable Pearl.
And I was like, oh, it takes place in Kent.
And then later I was like, oh shit, does it take place in Kent? It takes place in Kent.
Okay.
Hobby Town Springfield, small business gift shops near me.
Springfield Mercantile Company.
Oh.
Never been there, have you? Yes.
Is it good? Yes.
Okay.
Design Space App.
Cricket Joy, yen to US dollars.
Are you gonna go live? It's ridiculous.
Are you moving? No, Jacki asked me for something for Christmas.
And you can only get it on this Japanese sales site.
And so I had to do the conversion.
And after I did the conversion, yen to US dollars, I said, you're not getting that for Christmas.
Okay, DNA match from ashes.
Oh, like the 9/11.
Right.
That's just like the 9/11 thing.
But guess what? What? They must be finding bones as well at the 9/11 wreckage because this was from Longmire.
This was a Longmire search.
They got a DNA match from somebody's ashes.
And Clint's like, I don't think that's a thing.
I don't think you can do that because the fire deteriorates the DNA and blah, blah.
And so I was like, I think you can because they were testing the cremains of that one place.
Yes, that nursing home in Colorado.
Right.
And he said, I don't think so.
And so, I looked it up to prove him wrong and I was proven wrong.
It's true that unless you have bone fragments in the cremains, it's very difficult to get DNA out of cremains or any kind of ashes.
However, you can get partial DNA results where you can match certain alleles if you have something to compare it to.
Yes.
But it's still not going to be like a hundred percent.
Not a complete.
Right.
Yeah.
Anyway.
Okay.
There you go.
Everybody.
Interesting.
Binterong.
It's an animal.
Shepherd's hook for solar lantern.
Shepherd's hook for solar.
Oh, okay.
Yeah, sorry, my brain did not compute.
All right, I'm gonna get a solar lantern.
You can get a solar lantern for your front yard.
Nice.
Rage rooms near me.
Absolutely.
Magnifying glass app.
Cause I'm a woman of a certain age who can't do her logic puzzles.
Cause the clues are so little.
Why don't you just get a ma- I would but I just didn't have one on me so I was like hey I'm gonna.
I'm with you.
Use this app yeah and magnifying glass would be much better one that I could strap around my neck and just wear like my mom used to do and she would do cross stitching.
Christmas presents. 
I'm telling you I would be the oldest old lady if I had a magnifying glass I wear around my neck so I can do my logic puzzles.
Listen, you need to do what they do on the repair shop when they wear two pairs of glasses.
Oh, that's right.
Or a loop.
You could wear a loop.
Gotta do my logic puzzles.
Get out my loop.
Ridiculous.
Okay, Duluth Trading Company, frozen custard in Minnesota.
Okay, you going to Minnesota to get some custard? Listen, my kids have decided that they don't want anything to do with Minnesota unless we can get frozen custard up there.
Caveats.
I said, you can have lots of frozen other things up in Minnesota.
I will ship custard to you guys.
Grotesquery mid season finale.
Fear of being sick? Alfred Hitchcock Belly Button.
Huh? He did not have one.
Shut up, was he hatched? He was born with one.
Yeah? But he had some kind of surgery later in his life and they stitch it off or something.
Like he didn't have one anymore.
What? After this surgery.
How in the world did this come up in your household? Well.
We were watching a YouTube video and it was like strangest.
It was one of those list things and it was like 25 strangest…facts about celebrities or whatever.
It's weird.
All right.
Anyway, fear of being sick, that's a thing.
Yeah, what, so that's not hypochondriac? No, hypochondria is when you are, you always think you are sick.
And fear of getting sick is different.
Yes, okay, I'm with you.
And I can't remember what the name of it was, but yeah, that's a thing.
And I totally have it.
I know someone like that.
Oh.
Well, I know you, but I know someone else like that who is afraid of getting sick.
And to the point that it's, it's like a real problem.
Yeah.
Like if one of my kids is sick or someone in my house is sick, I am terrified.
Now, let me ask you this.
Yes.
Did you have this fear before the pandemic or has that come about since then? I did have it before then.
Okay.
I'm just so afraid of throwing up.
I hate it so much because it's probably a control thing.
It's a lack of control.
You're just so out of control and you're so vulnerable.
And I have this, like every time I have to throw up, I am seriously terrified.
Like you panic.
Yes, why? I don't understand.
That is super interesting.
So, when one of my kids or someone in my house is sick, like, or like Quinn that one year when she, was sick at our house at Easter and she threw up everywhere.
I was like, I could not get them out of my house fast enough because I'm like, oh great, now I'm gonna get it.
Yeah, yeah.
I'm so afraid of being sick.
Oh, that's interesting.
Anyway, plus I don't have time.
Nobody got time for that.
That's it.
Was this the end of your list? Yeah, that's it.
Okay, the clock is so sick of listening to us talk.
It just turned off.
I know.
I'm fine.
I kept seeing the battery thing flashing and I was like, we're.
I'm gonna be screwed, but that's all right.
It's all right, well, that's what editing's for.
Do you have any listener shout outs? I do not.
I have a couple.
Okay.
Okay, first of all, big thanks again to Bestie Dory.
Yes.
For the spread in 417 Biz.
Yes, that article is spreading like wildfire at work.
Yes, and it's garnered a lot of exposure for us in this area code.
It really has.
That's great.
And also, I just have a message for listeners in general.
Let's hear it.
Because I know it's rough right now for some of us, especially here in the US.
We're dealing with a lot socially, politically, and then plus it's the holidays.
That's sometimes a very difficult time for some people.
It's true.
So, it's okay to not be okay.
I just want people to know that and just be kind to yourself and be patient with yourself and consciously seek out joy, even if you don't kind of feel like it.
Um, because depression is a liar.
It totally is.
And it tells you things are hopeless.
That's right.
And it tells you that nobody cares.
That's right.
And it tells you that the people you love can't help you.
That's right.
And it says that the things that you love to do are no longer what you love to do.
And that you're never going to love anything again.
Correct.
Yeah.
And so just tell it to shut the fuck up.
Yeah, that's a great reminder.
And it's really hard when you're already there to think that way.
Yeah.
But you just gotta tell yourself, work on it.
Work on it.
Right, first of all, everything is temporary.
Yes.
And shut the fuck up.
Just keep telling it to shut up.
Yes.
Over and over again.
And then find somebody to talk to.
Like a professional.
Absolutely.
Because, I mean, this isn't an ad for Talkspace, even, although if they wanna sponsor us.
Oh, yes, please go for it.
But you know, whether you use a service like that or you go online on psychology today and look for a professional in your area, just talk to a mental health care professional if you're feeling like that, because they will help.
It will help to talk.
And you can do that online as well.
Correct.
You don't have to go and meet someone face to face in an office, at a doctor's office.
Most, most, uh, even not like on Talkspace or whatever, most psychologists or psychiatrists nowadays do Zoom visits.
Yeah, yeah, that's great.
Yeah, but please, now more than ever, we need to take care of ourselves.
I agree, I agree.
I asked a coworker today what they were doing for Thanksgiving and he told me and then he said, you know, you just wasn't really in a very celebratory mood and I said, you know what, I 100% understand that, but I'm not gonna let stuff going on in the world right now take away my holidays.
I love the holidays.
I love Thanksgiving, I love Christmas, I love New Year's, and I'm gonna enjoy it, dagummit.
And some people don't love this time of year.
It's true, they don't.
I understand that too.
If you're already struggling and this time of year is not your favorite.
It is hard because you're just surrounded.
Yeah, you're surrounded by it.
So, find something else that you love and that will pick you up a little bit.
I mean, even if it's...
I don't know.
I just, I really feel for people.
And I just want you to know I care.
Thank you.
And Cara cares because she's a caring person.
So, we've got this.
Yeah, we do.
It's gonna be okay.
Yeah.
And you know what would make us really happy and stave off our depression? If people would rate and review us.
Yes.
Please rate and review us.
That would be the best present ever.
Tell your friends.
Yeah.
Share our 417-biz article.
When you can.
Engage with us on social media.
Yeah.
How would they engage with us, Brea? Well, we're at DTHgals on Instagram and threads.
That's right.
And Delete This History on Facebook.
That's correct.
And we love emails.
Oh, emails.
At deletethishistorypodcast@gmail.com.
Email me.
Garen did.
That's right.
We loved it.
It was super fun.
Still talking about it.
That's how much we love email.
Yep.
All right, well, I think.
We should call this one done.
I think so.
Okay.
I think our clock already did.
Yeah, he was like, you guys just shut up, please.
You old coots.
I'm gonna go delete my history.
I'm gonna take a nap and maybe it'll rejuvenate my brain and I'll start saying things correctly again.
Eat fewer cough drops.
Maybe stop the cough drops.
Yeah, maybe.
I think they're poisoning you.
I think they are too.
Uh, Halls sponsor us.
Oh, yes, please.
All right, I'm going to delete my history too.
Excellent.
OK.
Go to it.
Stay fresh, cheese bags.
Bye bye.
Bye.
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