Brea: And then the other night we watched a bunch of old eighties commercials.
They're ridiculous and hilarious as well.
Zest fully cleaned.
Do you remember Zest? Fully clean.
Cara: you're not fully clean unless you're Zest fully clean.
Brea: Of course I do.
I knew the whole song.
I knew the part where the lady was like, soap leaves a sticky, film on you.
That won’t rinse away and 
Cara: If you, I knew the hope is, if you remember that commercial all these years later, they did their job.
Oh my gosh.
Really well 
Orkas: with you.
The sun is shining 24 7.
'cause when we're together, it feels like we're in heaven.
If it will get dark, you'll be million.
Brea: Welcome to episode 85 of Delete This History podcast by two besties of a certain age.
Searching for answers we're your host, Brea Brown.
And I'm Cara Burch.
What's new bestie? Oh, you know, 
Cara: another day, another dollar.
Brea: Can you Believe it's already the most wonderful time of the year.
No, no.
Cara: I cannot, 
Brea: according to some, 
Cara: not me, I can't even believe we've gone past Thanksgiving.
I know.
It's just going so fast.
I need it to just slow down.
Well, so I can enjoy it.
Brea: I'm kind of ready for 2025 to kinda, oh girl.
Let the door hit it in the ass on the way out.
I mean, it's been a poop show.
Yep.
Yes, it is sometimes, literally in my case, particularly recently.
How's your Christmas shopping going? Have you started? 
Cara: yeah, I've, I've gotten a little bit done.
Brea: Me too.
I'm, I have the majority of mine done.
Oh my gosh.
But this year is gonna be real lean and mean, so it's, it hasn't been hard to get it done 'cause.
Yeah.
I mean, you know, not a lot to do, but, maybe I'll just focus on the spirit of the season, like I tell myself every year.
Cara: That's a good idea.
We're right at the beginning.
That's right.
Get in on it.
Brea: Total Christmas immersion.
Yeah.
I just gotta get my house decorated and then I can relax into it.
Cara: Are you going to put up a full size tree?
I don't 
Brea: think so.
Okay.
We just don't do 
Cara: that 
Brea: anymore.
Cara: Mm-hmm.
You got got the little tabletop? 
Brea: Yeah.
we don't have the room.
Mm-hmm.
We got too much shit mm-hmm.
For a full-size tree.
And then I got nowhere to put the shit to move out of the way for a full-size tree.
Understood.
So, it's just kind of one of those things.
I 
Cara: don't know what we're gonna do about our tree.
We always displace a dog bed.
Yeah.
And then it upsets the dog for a whole month.
Yeah.
You know? And so I don't know what we're gonna do, but I like having a tree because I like sitting and staring at it.
I do too.
It's very relaxing.
I like the lights.
Brea: Alright.
how about playing a little game we like to call, 
Cara and Brea: Search Me! where we each ask each other one 
Brea: trivia question from our week's Internet travels camera.
Tell me, tell me your question for today is What famous singer is related to the actor Alfie Allen, who played the character we lovingly referred to as Sister Finger Banger.
On Game of Thrones.
Cara: Alfie Allen 
Brea: is his name 
Cara: and the sister is the singer? 
Brea: No.
Cara: Oh, say that 
Brea: again.
The sister finger banger.
The, this is, don't make me say it.
Reach your question.
Don't make me say it again.
Read the question.
Cara: Which singer? 
Brea: Okay.
Which famous singer? 
Cara: Yeah.
Is related 
Brea: to him.
Is related to Alfie Allen.
Okay.
Lily Allen.
You're correct.
Oh 
Cara: man, that was a stab in the dark.
Brea: That was amazing.
Cara: Whoa.
Brea: Yeah.
Okay.
I learned that on no such thing as a fish podcast, which geez, I talked about for about 30,000 minutes last episode.
Unless you edited it down, which I wouldn't blame you.
and I also got it from a Google AI search result.
Okay.
And that's it.
Cara: Very good.
Brea: Yeah.
All right.
Excellent job.
Cara: Thank you.
Thank you.
Now you had a famous singer.
Yeah.
Mine starts out this famous actor.
Oh 
Brea: my 
Cara: gosh.
Can you believe that? Crazy.
This famous actor with a unique look was a firefighter before he was an actor.
Now, if you would like to make a few guesses, I know who it is.
Oh, who is it? Steve Buscemi.
Oh, that's right.
We both got her.
You were both about famous people and we both got 'em.
Right, right.
Brea: I knew that.
But at trivia, because he quit acting for a while after nine 11.
Cara: I think Yes.
Or he 
Brea: volunteered during nine 
Cara: 11.
He went back to his old station.
Yeah.
In New York.
And they gave him like, the day it happened and they gave him, gear.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And so he was there and his, his, his station, his firefighters, yeah.
What do you call them? squad.
It's not a squad a fire.
Team.
I don't know.
I'll have to look that up for next time.
Yeah.
Right.
But they, they were, they knew, he used to be a firefighter there and they were, the group that was there where Yeah.
It was happening.
Yeah.
Like they were in the mix of it.
Yeah.
And they had lost some people that they couldn't find.
Yeah.
and so he just showed up, they gave him gear and he was digging through the rubble and helping find bodies, essentially 
Brea: Crew.
Fire crew.
Cara: Okay.
Brea: I think so.
Cara: That sounds right.
So,anyway, I learned that listening to when Sean and I were driving back from our vacation, we decided to listen to podcasts all the way back.
Yeah.
It really made the drive go much faster.
It does, yeah.
More so than music, actually.
Yes.
and we were listening to, smartless.
Brea: Yes.
I 
Cara: hadn't listened to Smartless in.
A really long time.
Yeah.
But yeah, that's, that was my Source Smart List podcast.
And then I did a little searching on IMDB 'cause I wanted to come up with some shows and movies he was in, in case you needed some hints.
Oh.
But I didn't.
You didn't, you're all over that one.
I saw him for the first time in Fargo.
Yes.
And then Sean made me watch Reservoir Dogs Uhhuh, which I was like, thanks a lot, Sean.
His blood bath 
Brea: Uhhuh.
Cara: And then he mentioned on Smartlist that he was in Con Air, which I've never seen.
Oh my gosh.
With Nicholas Cage.
Yes.
I've never seen that movie.
And then he also mentioned that he was in Airheads, which I also haven't seen.
Oh, 
Brea: I don't think I've seen that one.
Was that Adam Sandler? I think maybe.
Maybe Conair is worth a laugh.
Cara: Well, I mean, I'm always up for a Nick Cage 
Brea: movie.
I mean, just eat a gummy, watch the Con Air.
Cara: I told you I can't do that.
I go to sleep.
Brea: I, I can't because I can't keep track of the plot.
Ugh.
And I have to get up and down so many times to go drink water and eat things.
Oh gosh.
Anyway, well.
Aren't we so smart Smarty pants? We share that.
Yes.
And it's time for shared history.
Yes, it is.
Where we tell you our DTH besties, the most interesting thing we learned this week.
Okay, here we go.
Okay.
Alright.
Al Kite.
Al Kite.
Al-Qaeda.
Cara and Brea: Okay.
Brea: I learned this week about stoicism.
Cara: Yes.
Brea: I've always been interested in philosophy.
Cara: Hmm.
Brea: And although not so much that I wanted to study it formally because you can major in that yes you can in college, but I could not think of a practical use for it.
Cara: They've, they are excellent baristas.
Oh, that was a bit harsh.
Sorry, 
Brea: but it was so quick and I believed you.
Cara: Her face, she really 
Brea: did.
I really was like, really? Wait a second.
I'm really sorry that wasn't me.
That that wasn't nice.
Well, anyway, the, the major that I did choose didn't really serve me that well.
Same.
So, I'm not doing it, but, so who cares?
we all make choices and most of mine are bad, but, when it comes up in conversation or there's a hidden brain episode about it mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
I really get into it.
it, it's so interesting to me.
Yes.
Because.
It's just something to really think about.
It's one of those things that you can just think about and mull over and not really need to know all the answers.
It's just a mulling exercise.
Mm-hmm.
And I really like that.
And plus it relates to psychology.
Mm-hmm.
And I love psychology.
Oh my gosh.
But I was getting caught up on Hidden Brain Podcast recently, which I love.
And if you're not listening to it, but you like psychology and sociology and all the ologies.
You need to check it out.
Mm-hmm.
Because it, 
Cara: we listened to a few of those on the way back.
Brea: Oh.
And it's so soothing.
It's a soothing show to listen to.
Yes.
It's, you could fall asleep listening to it sometimes.
Cara: We had to switch it.
Yeah.
I started driving.
Yeah.
And they started talking to, Ethan Hawk about a movie he had done.
Oh no, that was, I was gonna say, that was not Hidden Brain.
That was, the other one with Terry Gross Fresh Air.
It that was putting me to sleep.
Yes.
I was like, Sean, I'm begging you to turn this.
I can't stay awake.
Yeah.
But you're right, it's Shanker, Shanker, ham voice.
He has a very good voice.
Voice.
Voice is 
Brea: so soothing.
And the guy that was talking about stoicism, he's Italian, and he also had a very soothing voice.
Nice.
So,between the two of them, woo.
But it was so interesting that it kept me awake.
but I came across an episode from way back in July of 2025 Okay.
About the branch of philosophy called Stoicism.
And when I say the word stoicism, what do you think?
Cara: just a very, like I think of a particular person mm-hmm.
That I have worked with in the past.
Mm-hmm.
Who.
Just they, they don't laugh much.
They don't have many interesting stories.
They are just kind of a cold fish, if you will.
Okay.
Brea: That's kind of, so you think of somebody who's very, no-nonsense and Yeah, and kind of boring and dull a little bit.
Yes.
Okay.
Do you think of like stiff upper lip, not stoicism, stoic.
That's what comes to my mind is like.
Very emotionless.
Mm-hmm.
And stiff upper lip and all that thing.
But when you hear the definition of the ancient Greek philosophy, it's understandable how we got that definition from it.
But stoicism is a philosophy focused on living a virtuous life through reason and self-control by distinguishing what is within one's control.
Oh.
So,your judgments and your actions.
Okay.
from what is not within your control, external events and others' opinions.
Okay.
For example, its core aim is to achieve inner peace and resilience by focusing energy on self-improvement and accepting what cannot be changed.
The philosophy is built around for cardinal virtues, wisdom, courage, temperance, and justice.
Cara: Hmm.
Brea: I know that's kind of a lot justice.
Cara: Okay? Mm-hmm.
Brea: It sounds.
Kind of passive to me or defeatist, like you have to accept things, accepting things.
Mm-hmm.
But it's accepting what can't be changed.
Mm-hmm.
So,whether you accept it or don't accept it and resist it is not gonna change the outcome.
Right.
So,it's better just to accept it and move on and try to figure out what you can change.
Cara: That is, isn't that part of, alcoholic Anonymous? Their, their prayer? Yeah.
I think it is.
I think it is too.
Yeah.
God, grant me the serenity mm-hmm.
To accept the things I cannot change.
Mm-hmm.
Courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference.
Yeah.
There you go.
Yeah.
Except the things I cannot change.
Yeah.
Serenity now.
Serenity.
Brea: Now, where does that come from? 
Cara: Serenity now? Yeah.
Seinfeld.
Okay.
That was when, his, George's dad was trying to turn over a new leaf and just let things go.
He was trying to be stoic.
He, and So,but he would scream serenity now, right? 
Brea: It was the best.
That's been something that we say in my house between you and me.
with our friends, oh, for so long that I forgot what even the source was.
We 
Cara: say it at work.
Brea: Oh, yeah.
When you 
Cara: just, you're like, what? you've gone off on a rant.
Yeah.
And you realize that the rant is pointless.
Right.
And you're just like, serenity Now.
Brea: Yep.
Cara: Moving on.
Brea: Exactly.
That could be your mantra, your stoic mantra.
Serenity Now.
Cara: Serenity.
Now, 
Brea: when I first heard that definition, I thought it sounded kind of passive or defeatist, and it's like one of my most hated maxims.
It is what it is.
Cara: Oh, okay.
Brea: I hate that.
I'm 
Cara: sorry.
Brea: I, I really like.
And, and I'm not saying that I've never said it or felt it, because there are times when you just don't know what else to say about something and you say, well, it is what it is.
But I've always thought of that as, 'cause I'm a control freak.
I've always thought of that as so defeatist and lazy.
Mm-hmm.
To just be like, well, it is what it is.
Like, well, what if it isn't? Mm-hmm.
What, what if.
Why don't you do something to make it not, 
Cara: it's along the lines of that's the way we've always done it.
Oh right.
Which I, that goes all through me.
That's the 
Brea: eye twitch.
Just seeing about it.
Yes.
Why do we do this? I know.
That's just the way we've always done it.
Well, it sucks.
So,why don't we change that? Well, it is what it is.
It is what it is.
Um, and it also kind of sounds a little bit goody two shoes, the whole virtuous life part thing.
Of that definition is it smacks of self-righteousness, a little bit like living a virtuous life.
First of all, what does that mean? And self-control, not one of my strong suits, as we've discussed many times here.
So,you're probably thinking, why is this so attractive to you? Why is this?
Whole thing, so attractive to you.
But the more I think about it, and the more I heard from the hidden brain guest about it, the more I thought, man, I wish I could just be more like that.
Mm-hmm.
Like life would be so much more peaceful.
Mm-hmm.
And I'm not saying it would be trouble free.
Right.
But I would just have so much less angst.
Mm-hmm.
If I could just be more like that and be like, okay, wait a second.
Why am I wasting my time ranting about this? Or why am I wasting my time just obsessing and being angry and aging myself? Mm-hmm.
When I could be actually doing something.
Yes.
And just saying, Hmm, I'm gonna let that part go.
Cara: Have you begun practicing this? I have, and it really works.
Oh, so you're, you're, you're making it happen.
Brea: Yeah.
Okay.
And I'm trying to get my kids to do it.
Cara: What's an example of, so of where, where you've applied this? 
Brea: So,right now, not to get political, but right now, especially in my kids' lives, they are.
They are freaking out.
Mm-hmm.
My kids are stressed out and they're freaking out Because of all the talk about legislation against L-G-B-T-Q people, it seems like every day there's something new.
Mm-hmm.
There's some new kind of whatever, targeting people like them and they're freaking out.
Mm-hmm.
And I'm like, okay, well you can't really do anything about that.
One of them isn't old enough to vote.
Mm-hmm.
So,they, they can't even be like, well, I'll just vote this person out, or whatever.
So,I've just tried to, first of all say, listen, you're not gonna look at the news every single day.
Mm-hmm.
You're going to do it once a week.
Yeah.
Second, when you do look at the news, I want you to be very.
Conscious of how you're feeling and reacting to it, and whether or not what is happening is something that you can change.
And if it's not, then you need to move on or brainstorm ways that you might be able to change it if you think it is something you can change.
Mm-hmm.
And then once you've done that thought exercise, you move on.
Cara and Brea: Mm-hmm.
Brea: You either do what you say you're gonna do.
Or you decide there's really nothing I can do about it, and you move on to something that is more productive.
Yeah.
With your time and your energy because mm-hmm.
They're not gonna make it through the next four years without some major mental problems.
If they don't Yeah.
Change something.
Yep.
So,when I heard about this, I was like, okay, this might be something that we can actually do.
Mm-hmm.
That, might be more helpful and more proactive instead of just reactive and feeling hopeless and helpless.
Yeah.
All the time.
You know, especially when it comes to just being emotionally resilient and learning not to be annoyed by things outside of my control.
Mm-hmm.
Or their control, Jackie has a real problem with stimuli.
So, and, and I'm kind of like that too.
I don't like listening to people eat.
Mm-hmm.
I don't like chewing sounds.
Yeah.
I don't like rustling bags.
I don't like, extraneous noise, background noise really bothers me.
Well, it really, really, really bothers her to the point that she can't focus on anything else because of some of the, 
Cognitive issues that she has.
So,I'm like, okay, you can't tell people in your household, you're not allowed to make any noise ever.
Right.
So,there's just things that you have to be able to do, like get up and leave the room.
Cara: Yep.
Brea: go take a walk around the block, put on some 
Cara: headphones, 
Brea: put on, put on, put your earbuds in, or.
Or whatever, pause the show that you're watching until it gets quieter again But I just really, really wanna complain less.
Mm-hmm.
And be just less annoyed all the time.
Cara: Yes.
Brea: I just feel like that's all I ever do is complain.
Even if it's internally, mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Within my own brain complaining.
That's just as bad as saying it out loud.
Yeah.
But constantly having a negative attitude is just eating me alive.
Yeah.
It's, I feel like 
Cara: it's, it's exhausting.
Brea: I don't want anyone to think that's just toxic positivity, those people? 
Cara and Brea: Mm-hmm.
Brea: Yep.
Who I do, they're not allowed to be mad.
They're not allowed to be annoyed.
They're not allowed to be anything, and they don't do anything to.
To change anything.
Cara: Yeah.
Brea: That's not what I'm getting at.
It's not about saying everything's just amazing, but it is recognizing that's not cool or that's awful, or that's really annoying me, and either doing something about it or saying that's just how life is Sometimes.
Sometimes things annoy me.
Move on.
Yep.
Remove myself from the situation, don't engage, whatever, whatever it ends up being.
Anyway, if you're interested in this, I highly recommend the July 25th, 2025 episode of Hidden Brain featuring Professor Masimo Pelu G.
It's worth it for his accent.
Okay, if nothing else, okay.
Cara: Excellent.
Brea: He's so relaxing to listen to.
And then also you can research it for yourself.
Some notable stoicism practitioners of their times were Epictetus.
He was, an enslaved person back in good old Rome, Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, Roman playwright and statesman Seneca.
And US Presidents, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Teddy Roosevelt.
Cara: Really? 
Brea: Yep.
And there were some women too, but you would not know any of their names.
Of course, if I said them.
And so it would not be very interesting for me to say them.
Okay.
Because they're not recognizable, because we don't talk about women in history.
Or philosophy or anything like that, but there were many, there's the Daily Stoic YouTube channel has a whole 40 minute video about stoic women.
Huh.
AlSo,Arianna Huffington is a self-proclaimed stoic.
Cara: Really? 
Brea: Mm-hmm.
Cara: Interesting.
That's probably 
Brea: someone you've heard of and that fits, if you've ever seen, I, I was just thinking about that.
Like interviews with her or, 
Cara: like they para deed.
Her on SNLA few times.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
And the person did a good job Yeah.
Of being that.
Yeah.
Brea: Yeah.
She's very matter of fact.
Yes.
No nonsense.
Not that you have to be that way.
No, no.
But it just fits.
It tracks like as soon as you say her name, you're like, yep, she's pretty.
Cara: Hmm.
Interesting.
Brea: Um, and maybe that's why she's like that.
Cara: Maybe so.
Brea: And she gets knocked for it, you know?
'cause she does seem a little bit robotic.
Yeah, she does.
It's true.
Anyway, my sources were, are you ready? Yep.
Yep.
Forbes, internet Encyclopedia Philosophy Hidden Brain Podcast, nj Life Hacks, thought Co and Daily Stoic.
Cara: Wow.
Now you mentioned Teddy Roosevelt.
Yeah.
Um, because I've missed podcasting with you so much.
Yeah.
I was listening to our repeat episodes that we posted.
Oh yeah.
Just 'cause you know, I missed it and you, I was listening to the episode where you're talking about hot historical figures
and Teddy Roosevelt was included in that, how hot he was when he was younger.
So,hot.
And you were like, what happened 
Brea: to him? I mean, he had a rough life.
Cara: You did.
And that's what, that was what you said.
I mean, he was president and he was in a war and you know, there were lots of 
Brea: reasons.
He was widowed really young and um, he hot historical figures, he would go on those, those hunts.
I bet he'd never wore sunscreen.
Cara: Probably not.
I got so tickled.
Oh my gosh.
Brea: Oh, he was hot.
I'm just thinking about that picture of him when he was younger.
Now, 
Cara: ugh, 
Brea: hotness.
Cara: My topic is not nearly as interesting as that.
Brea: Okay.
Cara: And mostly because the, searches that I had for the week previous to preparing this Yes.
I was on vacation.
Oh, that's 
Brea: right.
Cara: So,I super duper unplugged.
Brea: Yeah.
Cara: You didn't much to search.
I was not looking at my phone.
Mm-hmm.
I was not re I was reading an actual physical book.
I was not reading an ebook.
Brea: Mm-hmm.
Cara: I was, I wasn't looking up anything 
Brea: jealous.
Like 
Cara: I wasn't that phone.
It got put in a drawer.
For reels.
So,what I did search came from our vacation.
Okay.
This is as we were waiting in line to get on the ferry.
Oh yeah.
to go to Dolphin Island.
there was a sign there that said today's marsac level is level one 
Brea: Marek.
Cara: And Sean said, what's a Marek level? Okay.
Said, how do you spell that?
M-A-R-S-E-C.
Okay.
and so I whipped out my phone Yeah.
Which I had on me, and Mar Ssec is short for maritime security.
Brea: Oh.
Cara: It's a three-tiered system used by the Coast Guard to communicate the level of threat to the maritime elements of the national transportation system.
Okay.
The levels coordinate scalable security responses for vessels, ports, and facilities in the us and they align with the National Terrorism Advisory System.
NTAS 
Cara and Brea: Uhhuh 
Cara: Level one indicates normal operations and is the default setting.
Level two indicates a heightened risk of a security incident, and level three indicates a probable or imminent security incident.
The commandant of the US Coast Guard sets the Mar Ssec level.
A captain of the port can increase the Mar Ssec level for their specific area vessels and facilities must have security plans for each Mar ssec level.
The Mar Ssec level has been in place since shortly after nine 11.
Which we just talked about was Steve Simi.
That's weird.
And what I find super interesting about this is that there was nothing in place before that.
Isn't that so interesting? I'm sure they had some something, but they didn't have a set terrorist attack plan in place 
Brea: for the Marine.
Cara: For maritime.
For maritime 
Brea: stuff.
Cara: Yeah.
The term Mar Ssec is used in North America, but there's an international system called the ISPS Security Code or ispa.
Is, is, is tell your cat, I said is,
is the ISUS code was developed by the International Maritime Organization also after nine 11 and became mandatory for signatory nations of the safety of Life at Sea or Solace convention.
In 2004, 
Brea: man.
I bet that was a rocking good time.
Cara: Everybody had to bring a life jacket.
Brea: It gets wild.
Cara: Are you going to the Solace Convention this year? You bet your ass I am.
Brea: You bet.
Your sweet ass.
Cara: It's gonna be a bun fight.
Oh my gosh.
The issues are the same as Marsac and over 148 Countries that are parties to the Solace Convention must ensure their ships and port facilities comply with Isbi codes requirements.
what I did not put in here, I read, but I did not add to this 'cause it was getting a little boring, was that when Homeland Security came about, I mean that came back about because of nine 11 this right.
maritime, the Marsac was a part of the Homeland Security.
Blabbity, blah.
Brea: Okay, so it was level one.
The day it was level one you were getting on the ferry.
We felt 
Cara: comfortable getting on the ferry.
It was good.
Brea: I've been on that ferry and I don't remember seeing that sign.
Oh.
Or even caring what the marsac level was, or did you get, you got out of your car and stood on the boat?
Yeah.
On the ferry? Mm-hmm.
While you were there, we, and I never got out of the car.
What I know.
Isn't that weird? Well, we were on a family vacation, and so the kids got out of the car to go, stand 
Cara and Brea: Yeah.
Brea: On the ferry and look out at the water and blah, blah, blah.
And I think that we were just so glad to be alone.
Oh, 
Cara: you lock the doors.
Brea: We were just like, just let them be out there.
Yeah.
Yeah.
We'll stay in here.
We can have a.
Conversation that, and when I say kids, I'm not talking about toddlers.
Yeah.
We didn't let our toddlers run around on the fairy deck.
You know, they were teenagers, but we were just like, oh, thank God.
They're gone.
Staying here where it's air conditioned.
'cause that's another thing.
Yes.
It was frigging hot when we were there 
Cara: and it was not frigging hot.
In fact, the ride over was so pleasant.
It was just like, it was 75 degrees outside.
Oh, perfect temp.
It was great.
And so then on the way back, the sun was already going down, so it was a little more chilly.
Yeah, it was probably 60 by the time we drove back.
And it was just a little bit chilly standing outside.
But I didn't have to get a jacket or anything.
It was lovely.
We saw so many dolphins.
I 
Brea: know.
I'm jealous.
Just jumping.
I love the dolphins.
It was fun.
My latest book Dolphins featured heavily.
in some parts.
Cara: You gotta get 
Brea: that 
Cara: book 
Brea: planned.
I really want to, Cara.
Yo.
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 in this episode, or we're just too damn boring.
Cara: You're boring.
Brea: Oh, I want, I always wanted to know what it would be like to be the micro machines man.
Okay.
That was an eighties commercial.
Yeah.
Remember the little micro machines? Of course I do.
Cara: I'm just curious why you wanted to know what it would be like to be him, because he 
Brea: could talk so fast and blah, blah.
And that's what I just did.
Cara: I just got a little taste.
We had micro machines.
Did you have any?
Brea: I don't remember having any.
Cara: Eric.
My brother I had quite a few of 'em, and they were pretty cool actually.
We played with a lot of those.
Brea: Yeah.
all right then here are my boring searches.
Okay.
Fox Doc Martin remake Renaissance Building.
Detroit Demolition.
What happened to Vey Cara and Gabriel?
On Silent Witness.
You ever watch a show where some characters just disappear between seasons and they don't even mention the characters? The next season? That's what happened on Silent Witness.
Okay.
Between season 27 and 28, 3 characters gone.
They were silenced.
Yeah.
No more witnesses.
marque to Lafayette.
Oh, by the way.
Oh, by the way, There's probably some other stuff in here, but, Ken Burns has a new documentary series about the American Revolution 
Cara: Hopper emailed me.
Brea: It's six episodes.
They're two hours a piece.
Cara: Yes.
Brea: It's a, it's 12 hours of your life.commitment.
Cara: In the episodes we reposted, you talked about a Ken Burns, the Buffalo Series.
Yes.
You talked about that one.
And that was 
Brea: so 
Cara: good.
You told us how long they were.
Yeah, I'm having, I'm having deja vu.
It's hilarious.
Brea: Those, I mean, it's not just him.
He's not the only director on this series.
There's two other people.
One's a woman, I can't remember their names.
I just know it's Ken Burns.
It's very Ken Burns, okay.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's got the music, it's got Peter Coyote is the narrator.
Yes, yes.
It's got actors doing the voices of the people.
Love it.
Great.
There were a few episodes where I was oh my God, they were a little bit boring 'cause it was talking about war strategy and war stuff, 
But for the most part it's pretty damn interesting.
Excellent.
And I learned a ton of shit that we did not learn in school.
Cara: Yes, yes.
I always learn so much from Ken Burns, 
They should just show those in school, 
Brea: the American Revolution.
How many times did you learn that? Every effing year.
Yeah.
'cause that's where you start.
Yeah.
And some of these things I was like, well, my mind is blown.
That's how, that's not how we were taught.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Or why we were taught that.
Anyway, it's, I highly recommend it.
Okay.
Even if you have to fast forward through the boring parts.
Lily Allen, Alfie Allen, stage four melanoma.
Don't worry people.
I was watching the Big C with Laura Lenny.
Oh my gosh.
I wanna see that so bad.
It's really good.
And so I had to just look up how bad is this? It's bad.
Okay.
Okay.
Charles Dickens, Catherine Dickens.
Charles Dickens personality, not good walker's, shortbread fingers.
Delicious.
How to fix a soup that is too salty.
Hmm.
Do you know how 
Cara: I would guess you would add some water to it? You could.
And maybe, let's see, what would you do to 
Brea: neutralize salt? I don't know.
The most interesting tip I saw was to peel a potato and just put the whole potato in there, and then fish that potato out at the end and toss it.
No kidding.
Because it will absorb the salt.
Oh.
But then other people said that doesn't work, and I didn't try it.
We just had a really salty soup.
Gotcha.
Painless skin tag removal.
Yum.
Matt dial dreary basketball, autism and adult women.
CDL, class B jobs, air traffic controller, ham stock recipe, ham and potato soup Recipe.
Hmm.
It is good.
so that was your salty soup? That was my salty soup boy.
Oh, because, yeah, I accidentally had the little thing on the salt shaker.
It has three oh no modes, right? The little thing on the top.
Oh, it has the tiny holes.
It has bigger holes, and then it has the wide open.
And I had it on the wide open thing and I went to put a dash of salt in and I put three teaspoons of salt in that soup.
And I was like, shit, 
Cara: with, and then having a ham.
Ham.
Holy cow.
And I 
Brea: had already used Oh yes.
Oh my gosh.
I was like this.
It was super salty.
That's hilarious.
It was delicious though.
You know, we just all had Mickey Mouse fingers the next day.
It was fine.
Yeah.
Understood.
Dr.
Vince Gilmer.
SSRI.
Withdrawal Symptoms and Common SSRIs.
Cara: Okay, here's mine.
Okay.
Dolphin Island Ferry Dodge Durango CarPlay Dodge Durango.
Navigation voice not working.
Did the weekend successfully change his name, full question and yes he did.
Oh, Abel McIn Tess is now the weekend is what? The weekend is going by.
That's his real name.
Abel McIn.
Tesfaye Catch.
I see why he was going by the weekend.
That's a mouthful because it takes a weekend 
Brea: to say his name.
Cara: Yes.
Mm-hmm.
How to say BBNO Dollar sign.
This is a musical artist.
And you would say it, baby.
No money.
Oh my.
That's delightful.
Ah, that's some excellent stoicism that you just employed there.
Mm-hmm.
How long did Dentures last? Have you ever thought about that? I was driving down the road, coming back from vacation and saw a billboard that says, time to replace your dentures.
I just thought one done.
You get your dentures.
That's it.
Boom, bang, bing, bong, bow.
Brea: Oh man.
I just hope I just keep all my teeth 
Cara: straight up, brush and floss.
Those things, man.
I just wanna keep 'em.
If anybody wants to know, if you feel like you're not taking good care of your teeth, listen to this.
Dentures only last about six to seven years, and that is if you just got plain old dentures, we're not talking about special dentures.
Moving on.
Damn.
Why are flags at half staff? I didn't know 'cause I had unplugged.
Yes.
And Dick Cheney was dead.
Right? if there is such a feral hog problem in the South, why isn't there more road kill? Fall question.
That was a Sean question as we were driving north.
Sean apparently follows the feral hog problem in the South 
Brea: and you know, somebody's gotta, somebody has to, I'm glad he is on top of it.
Earthworm Jim
Cara: Earth.
Jim.
Okay.
Do you remember that video game? Yes.
Anyway.
Okay.
Anyway, these are the things that Sean and I were talking about in the car.
This is what you do.
12 hour drive.
That's right.
Okay.
Rudy Giuliani.
Pardon? Deck makeover Ideas Packer's.
Record Amtrak Schedule, world Market, Alabama.
What does OWA stand for in Foley, Alabama?
Tropic Falls at OWA, Foley, Alabama Pumpkin Pie Recipes.
Pagination Bookstore, new ownership car from the sixties with no grill.
Kafka.
The metamorphosis, queen City Corral schedule.
Marshawn, Neland, Honda.
I had to pay that bill.
Oh, that's right.
Missouri State University Safety.
I had to email them because the parking lot that I park in on Thursday nights, two of those huge lights, that light, the parking lot have been out for weeks and it gets dork over there.
Not okay.
So,IE had to email them.
I had to be that person.
Schlotzky's menu.
Eighties movies, misophonia.
Oh my gosh.
I know that is creepy.
I was telling someone that I had misophonia and they were like, what is that? And I was like, let me enlighten you.
we went out to dinner with the nerds.
Oh yeah.
And so we went, after we ate dinner, we went and had coffee somewhere.
And I told them I had misophonia 'cause they were talking about the air hockey table.
And I said, I cannot effing stand an air hockey table.
It is.
So, 
Brea: oh my gosh.
Cara: And so I said, it triggers my misophonia.
And I had to tell him what misophonia was.
And Sully was like, is that, is that a disorder or is that just people being annoying? And I said, great question.
I don't care.
I'm annoyed all the time.
Ozarks Literacy Council, pizza Bowl.
All the gear, which is a YouTube channel I've heard I need to watch because it's hilarious.
Brea: Okay.
Cara: All the gear, accepted items at Computer Recycling Center had to find out because our microwave crapped out the day before we went on vacation.
That's right.
They do take microwaves.
Oh, excellent.
Hallelujah.
TiVo.
Here are my IMDB searches.
Okay.
I am ready.
Steve bmi, Millie, Bobby Brown Orphan Black Dark Winds.
Goodnight Mr.
Tom.
Here comes the boom.
Good fellas.
Zoolander and the Goonies.
The Goonies.
That's it.
Wow.
Whew.
I know.
It was a lot.
Most of that was after we got back that was all Dolphin Island ferry.
Yeah.
Was while we were there.
Dodge, Durango CarPlay on the way down.
Mm-hmm.
Trying to get that figured out for our thing.
And then from that point on, all of those were on the drive back.
Nice.
All of that was on the drive back.
Brea: Well, when you got 12 hours sitting in a car.
Cara: Yes.
A lot of conversations.
There's a 
Brea: lot of conversations happened and there's no hypothetical questions 'cause you've got the answers right at your fingertips.
Unless you just wanna sit there wondering.
Mm-hmm.
And being philosophical, you don't have to, that's not me, not me.
Usually either.
Cara: I want the answer.
Brea: I do want the answers usually, but then sometimes, most of the time the answers are just really disappointing.
Yeah, true.
Sometimes it's just better not to know.
I kind of miss conversations where you would just say, whatever happened to blah, blah, blah.
Or why do blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, and then you just talk about it for a little while and speculate and move on.
Then you have a new conversation.
Mm-hmm.
Cara: We could go back to doing that.
Brea: I mean, we could, but I'm too, that's a whole different podcast.
I'm too curious.
I always end up looking it up.
Yeah.
And ruining it.
Cara: You're not ruining it.
You're learning 
Brea: sometimes.
Sometimes I'm learning.
Sometimes I'm just like, oh, that is a really disappointing answer.
Do you have any listener shout outs or calls to action?
Not this week.
yeah, just.
Email us at Delete This History podcast@gmail.com.
Yes.
And get in touch with us or talk to us or reply or whatever on Instagram at DTH Gals.
Mm-hmm.
We will get a little notification and we will.
Get back to you.
Cara: Yes.
Please rate and review us if you think of it.
Mm-hmm.
It doesn't take long.
Brea: No.
And it really, really, really helps.
Everybody says it big time.
You've heard it on every podcast you've ever listened to.
Cara: Yeah.
That's the reason they say it at the end of every podcast, because everybody's desperate.
Brea: I mean, they usually get paid too.
Oh, right.
For more people reviewing and rating.
That's true.
And seeing them.
That's true.
I'm just more, we just, I just want more listeners.
Yeah.
We just want more people.
I want more besties.
Yeah.
That's what I want.
There's just no such thing as too many besties.
It's funner.
It's way funner.
Okay.
now I gotta go delete my history.
Cara: Go Lord.
Me too.
Yeah.
Stay fresh cheese bags.
Bye.
Delete.
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