[00:00:23] And welcome to episode 620 of the Pittsburgh Nerd Podcast. I'm Sean. And I'm Ian, and this is the only podcast that says... Why the fuck is my furnace still on? Nice. It's the truth. I hear you. Like, I would probably have it turned off if it wasn't for the fact that I had small children in my house. Like, I went... I'm sitting there, I'm like, man, it is kind of cold in this house.
[00:00:53] I go downstairs, I look at the thermostat. It was 58 degrees in my house. Yeah. I'm like... And that was like at 11 o'clock at night. I'm like, I better turn this fucking furnace on. It was 61 in here the other day. Yeah. And I'm like, holy shit. It's weird. And then a couple days before, we had the air horn. Yeah. Yeah. Like, it was like nuts. It's like nuts.
[00:01:17] But for the past week, it's still like... And this is highly unusual. Like, this thing is, this is the coldest it's been in over 100 years at the end of May. Yeah. You know? Like, since we started recording temperatures. Yeah, yeah. You know, like this is... And it's like, holy shit. But, and it is, it's nuts because it's like, it's getting down into the 40s at night.
[00:01:47] You know? And you're like, oh, what is going on? Like, you know? The rain is just relentless. That's expected though. Hmm. Not this kind of rain, man. Oh, man. Was that... Did you have corned beef today? That was... That smelled corned beefy. I had... I mean, that, that birth, like when you released that, that, that had the stench of corned beef all over it. The funk of 40,000 years.
[00:02:18] I had... So we went out. I didn't eat anything this morning. I did. I did. I did. I did. I had some eggs and sausage at work. Yeah. All protein, right? Then I broke plant. We went out. We had to go to Robinson. Yeah. And she had to pick up her wedding dress. That's why we had to go to Robinson. Yeah. And I was like, well... That's a haul for you from here. About an hour. Yeah.
[00:02:47] So we're like, well, since we're out of here, might as well go to Costco. So I went to Costco. So I went to Costco and I had one of those little cups of chicken crumble. Cossage flavor. Yeah. Very good. Yeah. And very low fat. Yeah. I mean, there's like zero fat in this shit. I'm like, wow, that's good. So I had another one. I do like a good chicken or turkey sausage. Yeah. Like, it's usually got a nice flavor to it. Yeah. So, I mean, I prefer pork, obviously.
[00:03:15] But if you give me a chicken or a turkey sausage, I'm not like... Yeah. Give me the side eye. Yeah. I got good shit in my opinion. So then I got another one. Yeah. I was like... Yeah. So then I got hungry. Yeah. Because by now, I mean, I had breakfast at like eight. And it's already like two. Yeah. And then we were like, well, how's it go to Ikea? You can't go to the Robinsville and I'm not going to Ikea. And we didn't even go through the whole store. We just threw it to the marketplace. Yeah.
[00:03:44] We were looking for something specific. And I was like, well, what do you want to eat? And I was like, it's getting late. And I'm like, let's just eat here. I didn't want to eat there. Yeah. To have some meatballs at Ikea. I did not. Okay. I did not. Because I don't like the meatballs at Ikea. I mean, it's a big thing in our family. I mean, I think they're okay. Yeah. But I don't think they're great. Yeah. You know?
[00:04:14] And so I ended up getting like, I don't know. I was looking at it. It was all fish, of course. Yeah. And I didn't really want fish. And so I just looked up the menu and I said, just give me the... I don't know what they called it. The fisherman's special. No, Cuban chicken or something. Oh, okay. Oh my God. Yeah. So I get it. And I didn't know. I thought I got to pick my sides on it. No, sides already come with it. Yeah. And there was rice, which I ate about half of.
[00:04:44] And then I got a little side of mac and cheese solo. Yeah. I bought it. And then I had a... And it was like this... It was just a small thigh. Yeah. And I didn't even have the rice because it had... And they fucking put half the plate was black beans. And I can't stand black beans. Yeah. Yeah. And my rice got polluted. It looked like my plate had rigor mortis. Yeah. Like the black went into the rice. Yeah. It was just unappetizing. It's like having...
[00:05:13] If you don't like pickles, like getting a burger with a pickle. Yeah. It's ruined. It's ruined. There's nothing you can do. You're going to taste that pickle no matter what. You know? So I get what you're saying. So... Well... Lisa had fish. I mean, her... You know, it was good. And she was like, I really want a vegan hot dog. Like the veggie dog. Yeah. Not vegan, but it's like a vegetable. Yeah. That sounds good. Sounds like... I get an IKEA hot dog. They're cheap.
[00:05:43] Yeah. Yeah. So I had a hot dog. And this is an option at IKEA that I never knew. They put... French fried onion crumbles on it. Oh, okay. Okay. Yeah. Like you would buy them that go on green bean casserole. Yeah. Like your friend. But better. Yeah. And I was like, that's interesting. And it was very tasty. It sounds it. That does sound interesting.
[00:06:12] Really, really good. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like a... Too much point. And... And... It was very interesting. Yeah. Like it had a really good taste to it. Yeah. It had an interesting texture to it. Yeah. And it was crunch plus the dog. I mean, it was... I'm going to get French fried onions if I ever have hot dogs. Yeah. I mean, I thought it was fantastic. Yeah. It took the...
[00:06:42] It took... I know you like raw onion, but it took the bite out of that raw onion. Yeah. I get that. Yeah. And I hate... I've always hated onions on hot dogs. Yeah. And when I ate this, I was like, this is bomb. Yeah. Like, it was really good. But that's what you're smelling. Some French fried onions. Ooh. Okay. Yeah. Straight up death. That's... That's definitely... Oh, I heard the gurgle as soon as I got my last bite. My last bite, I crunched and it was like... Yeah. There's definitely a witch's brew. Uh... Just a bubbling down there. Yeah. Oh.
[00:07:11] Some deep ass bass, like from Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit. Yeah. Balrogs in my stomach. It's going to come out. But, uh... Yeah. So... Anyway. But it was good. Yeah. But I'm paying for it. I'm... Yeah. I've been burping them onions since I ate them. You'll be sleeping in the guest room tonight. Yeah. It's like once a month thing. Max. Yeah. If I have a hot dog with French fried onions on. But it was so good.
[00:07:41] I was so... And I put some ketchup and a little bit of mustard on there. Yeah. I have... I've been to Ikea once in my life. Yeah. Like... And it's someplace I never hope to visit ever again. Like... I love Ikea. Really? I mean, I get it. I like the kitchen section. Yeah. It just wasn't my thing. Like, I was just like, oh, this is awful. I like the prices. I mean, like... The prices are good for kitchen stuff. And for some things.
[00:08:11] Like, um... Um... Bookcases and stuff like that. I think the thing is... A lot of reasonable products. Yeah. If there was one closer... Yeah. Like... I never, ever want to drive to Robinson. Yeah. No, I get it. Like... You know what I mean? Like, it's that thing of like... That is just... You know, I can get just as good at Walmart. You know what I mean? Like...
[00:08:39] I have no desire to drive all the way out to Robinson. Yeah. To... But they're catching stuff, you know? Like, I bought a cheese slicer today. I needed a cheese slicer. You know, because we buy... Yeah. Block cheese slicers. And it was like $2.50. Yeah. You know? If I need a garlic press... Yeah. Not that I need one, but what I'm saying is like... It's like three bucks. Like... It's a good quality. Correct. Yeah. They're frying pans. I mean, you can usually get them for like...
[00:09:08] A big frying pan, you can get them for like $25, $24. Right. You're not going to find that in the stores. Right. Ever. And so... Just tongs. Yeah. You know, like metal tongs. Yeah. I can get them for like $4. Right. I get what you're saying. So, I mean, like... The price is... The only thing I've noticed that's gone up... Because I was a little worried. Yeah. With the tariffs and everything. Yeah. You know, I was like... Oh, this is going to fuck Ikea up. Because all their shit's imported. Yeah. The whole store isn't imported.
[00:09:37] There's nothing American made here. Nothing. Nothing. It's all Swedish. It's all Swedish and Germany and Bangladesh. And whatever. They bring everything. And... The only thing I noticed that was high... And I wasn't sure why. And we both looked at each other like... That lamp wasn't that expensive a year ago. Yeah. There ain't no way. And they have... I don't see them. I think those are Ikea lamps. But... It's just like a side table lamp. Yeah.
[00:10:07] Silver. White. Yeah. You know, fan cut. But... Um... Blast. No. The top. The... Shade. Shade, yeah. Only about this big. Yeah. Maybe stands this high. But I needed something for my nightstand. It was like 35 bucks. I was like, what the fuck, Ikea? I mean, I was like... Bitch, please. I mean, I remember paying 14 bucks for this lamp. Yeah. And I couldn't believe how expensive it was. I was like, why is this lamp so expensive?
[00:10:36] I could not fathom. Because that's one place you can go, or used to be able to go, like if you needed lamps. Or... Because lamps in stores are absolutely ridiculous. They are. Yeah. I mean, I don't know the last time you shopped for a lamp. But lamps... They're just expensive. Yeah. In store. Like, even Walmart's lamps are kind of expensive. To a certain degree. Like, the last... Like, I bought two lamps for in my room.
[00:11:06] But I bought them off of Amazon. And they were like, I think... I want to say like 15 bucks a piece. Yeah. Well, that's where I'm going to go. Yeah. But... Store-bought lamps... You just... And don't even give... Don't even buy a lamp at a furniture store. Yeah. But... Those lamps at Ikea were nice. They were silver. Like, that polished silver. They were always like $14, $15. Yeah. And like... I'd even pay $20 for that lamp. Because it's a good lamp. They last forever. Yeah. But I ain't paying $30-something.
[00:11:36] $20 for a lamp. Yeah. Even the one I have... The one I bought... It's of course like... My lamps don't match. Like, I have... The one lamp has like a black shade. Yeah. But it's like, you know... And it's got the pool chain. Yeah. And the one by my bed does as well. But it has like a... Like a... Gray. Yeah. And like one's round, one's square. But the one next to my bed stand... The reason I bought it... Was... When I needed one... One that... But it has a plug. Oh.
[00:12:05] And it has two USB ports. Oh, nice. So I've got my watch and my phone... Play plug in right there. Oh, nice. Yeah. That's nice. Yeah. And I have that plug. Like I'll plug like the computer. Like that's where I'll charge it. Yeah, yeah. Like I'll plug it in right there and then... Oh, that's cool. Yeah. So anyway, we went out there... And... You know, came home... And then we realized we had to go to Aldi's... So I went to Aldi's real quick.
[00:12:35] But I'm worn out. I'll bet. This Lyme disease is kicking my ass. And you traveled to an exotic location last week. Exotic location. I wouldn't say exotic. It was nice. It looked exotic to me. Yeah, yeah. You know. Or you saw pictures of the beach and stuff. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, anytime she tagged... Because me and Lisa aren't friends on Facebook. But anytime she tags you in a post, I see it. Oh. We need to change it.
[00:13:06] Yeah. It was... It was nice. Yeah. I went to the Hamptons. I didn't go to like... The Hamptons. La-dee-da. Look. I want to tell you what I told... Because I told Nancy this. Because I told Nancy where you went. Like on the podcast, I teased. I'm like, Ian's at a fancy location. And Nancy's like, where is he? I'm like, he went to the Hamptons.
[00:13:36] And she's like... And he's like... And I'm like... And he told me it's not the Hamptons. I'm like, but yeah, but the Hamptons you're still going to, I can't afford. Yeah. Yeah. You know, you're like... It's... Even though it's like you're like... It's like the ghetto Hamptons. It's still... Not ghetto. I mean... I wouldn't say that at all. No. I mean, we were in South Hamptons. Yeah. In Long Beach. You know. Yeah. There's a really, really rich side of the Hamptons. Yes, there is.
[00:14:06] And I experienced some of that in the restaurant we went to. Right. With, you know, $400,000 boats docked. Yeah. There's a Bugatti. There's a Lamborghini. Yeah. Yeah, I saw all that. Yeah. All that. And more. There's a McLaren. Did you see the McLaren? Yeah. A lot of Audis. Saw a lot of Mercedes. Saw a lot of BMWs.
[00:14:36] And we went to a nice restaurant. A little bit overpriced. Overpriced, I would say, for what you got. Yeah. I ended up getting striped bass. But it was still... It was a fancier place. But it was weird. It was fancy. But people were kind of dressed normally. Yeah. Not in jeans. But... Well, some people were in jeans. I was in jeans. Like jeans or like... Dress shirts. And like a polo shirt. Yeah, dress shirts. Yeah. Like that.
[00:15:07] Right. Fancy casual. Casual. Yeah. Fancy casual. That's what I would say. Yeah. But it was a nice restaurant. Nobody had their shirt untucked. No. But it was cool. Yeah. And we went to the beach three of those days. And two of the days were sweatshirt weather. Yeah. On the beach. And the last day we were there, it was shorts and t-shirt type of weather.
[00:15:38] Last day I think it got... It was just... There were no clouds. So, I mean, like it was just sun all day. So, was this like something like... Just out of curiosity. Like you had to fly like to look guardia or something? No, I didn't have to fly at all. We drove. Wow. That's a long drive. About seven hours. Okay. If you time it right, you can miss New York traffic. Yeah. So, you either have to leave at like five o'clock in the morning. Yeah. Or you leave at like... Actually, we left about 5.30.
[00:16:06] Or you leave at like... What's the other time? I forget. Anyway. I know the times when we left. We could either leave at 5.30 in the morning from the Hamptons. Yeah. Or leave at nine o'clock. Yeah. In order to be able to miss New York traffic. Yeah. The bulk of it. Right. So, you can get on the Jersey Pike and then eventually... PA Turnpike. Right. Yeah. Yeah. But, yeah, we drove. Jared's sister lives there.
[00:16:36] Yeah. Her husband... Pete's a firefighter for... He's a Brooklyn firefighter. Right. So, you know, we had a place to stay. Yeah, it was good. I had a great burger up there. Yeah. At a bar. Yeah. It was really good. The burger was fantastic. Cool. And not... And reasonable. Yeah. That was reasonable. Right. The bagels were reasonable. This bagel shop we found. Yeah.
[00:17:06] It was like five bucks for a bagel about that big with cream cheese. Yeah. Loaded with cream cheese. Yeah. But for those of you who can't see Ian's hands... I mean, it's a big bag. It was a six inch bag. Twice the size of a lender's bagel. Yeah. Homemade. Yeah. You know, it was still warm. Yeah. And homemade cream cheese. They do that there. They don't do that. Well, there's not many bagel shops left that I know of here, but they make their own cream cheese. Nothing's... They mix it. Yeah. You know what I'm saying. Right. But...
[00:17:37] So, it's fresh. You know what I mean? So, $4.95 for a bagel with cream cheese, I don't consider that very bad. Yeah. You'd pay that at Brugger's or whatever you want. Right. Right. But... I was hungry more. One morning. And... The girls wanted smoothies or something. I was like, all right, we'll get them smoothies. That's cool. You know? And... I was like, yeah, I'd like a breakfast sandwich or coffee. You know? And there's no McDonald's. Like, you'd have to...
[00:18:07] You'd have to drive, like, at least 15 minutes to get to that. Yeah. Yeah. There's no McDonald's here. Pardon me, sir. No, there... No, it's not like that. There is. It's like a normal town. Like, there's Applebee's and Chili's and there's all the places. Right. I'm sure. But it's separated by towns. Right. As you go down Long Island. Right. But the nearest McDonald's from us, where we were in Southampton, was like 15 minutes away. It's 30 minutes total. Yeah.
[00:18:35] Back there, an hour you're looking at for weight. And I'm like... I don't know. But... So, we went to this coffee place. And they had smoothies and all that shit. But... I was like, all right. I'll get two breakfast sandwiches and I'll get a breakfast sandwich for Elle. Somebody wanted... At least wanted a coffee. And... So, we got her a coffee or maybe she got something else. I don't remember. Iced tea, maybe. Yeah. You know.
[00:19:05] Mango iced tea or something. Yeah. And a smoothie. Cool. That bill was $55. Good Lord. That's awesome. And I was like... I didn't even look in the bag, right? Yeah. Yeah. I didn't even look in the bag. And I'm like... This better be the biggest fucking biscuit I've ever seen in my life. Yeah. And it wasn't. It was like this big. Yeah. Like two pieces of bacon on it. Yeah. I'm like... Never again. Not for that. Yeah.
[00:19:36] But it was... The bar I went to was very reasonable. Yeah. Like... I remember... I got a drink. One drink. Two drinks. And it was just so packed because of Memorial Day. I got a bucket of buds. Which was like five buds in a bucket. Yeah. We did two shots. Two shots. Bucket of buds. Two fancier drinks. And two orders of chicken fingers. And the whole bill was $65.
[00:20:06] That's not too bad. That's not too bad, no. That's not bad. Yeah. I was... That was reasonable. Not what they wanted for a Bahama Breeze drink. Yeah. Yeah. That was probably outrageous. I didn't buy it. Yeah. But it was like $18. Right. I'm like... That's just... Yeah. That's just mid-shelf... Alcohol. That's not like... Yeah. You know what I mean? So the beers were reasonable. Right. So, yeah.
[00:20:35] And the shots were reasonable. I don't understand why that drink was so much money. That was like $18. I was like, good gravy, man. Yeah. I better get a fucking cocktail-like show. Oh. Tom Cruise better be mixing that bitch. Ugh. You know. So, but yeah, we had a good time. I mean... Went to the beach. I'm not a beach person. I hate the sand. Normally. But it was cool out. Yeah. And good breeze. It was like 60-some degrees.
[00:21:05] It's coarse and it gets everywhere. Huh? It does. But... I mean, it's too cold to go in. Yeah. I mean, I dipped my feet in. Yeah. I actually felt good because my joints are hurting so bad from this fucking... Yeah. Fucking line. And... So, an interesting thing there is like what I got hooked on was... And there are seashells. Yeah. A couple of beaches we went to, you know, like had shells and stuff like that and a lot of rocks. Yeah.
[00:21:34] You know, like almost polished rocks the way the sea, you know. Yeah. And, uh... And the one beach we went to, like... His family owns Cher in this part of the beach. Yeah. It's like a private parking lot as well. Right. Um... That only people, you know, with tags or whatever can go to this beach. And it's pretty secluded. I mean, I saw like four people. Yeah. And about 200 yards, 300 yards. Yeah. You know what I mean?
[00:22:04] And that was kind of cool, you know, because you kind of had your own little beach. But it was real rocky. Right. But... So, these beaches, a lot of them have... I think that was on the sound. But, um... Seaglass. I know that sounds odd, but... Um... It's glass that's over a century has been thrown into the ocean. Mm-hmm. And through time, the sand wears it down and becomes smooth. Yeah. And some pieces you find are this big.
[00:22:34] Some pieces are like... Yeah. That big. But it's fun looking for it because it's like... I don't know, weird, but... It's brown. You know, there's brown bottles like Budweiser. Yeah. You know what I mean? Or Rolling Rock Green. Right. Old blue, old purple, old red, old... You know... Yeah. Old royal blue, like, you know... Yeah. Like, old medicine bottles and shit. That have been broken up, you know? Yeah. And so, and Ellie had fun looking for the sea glass. Yeah. You know what I mean? I'll show you something later, but... Um...
[00:23:04] So, that kept my interest. Yeah. Like, it's hard for me. I can't sit on a beach. I can't. Yeah. Neither can leave. She can't sit on a beach either. I don't... Like, I... There are people who do it and they love it and whatever. Like, you know, but, like, I never saw... Like, I'm not a beach... I've been to the beach once. It was in November of 1984. Yeah. I went down there to play a football game when I was, like, 12. Yeah, yeah. And... Like, I... I mean, don't get me wrong.
[00:23:33] I mean... Like, I'm looking at it and I'm like, wow, that's massive. You know? As far as I can see, there's just water. That's impressive. You know? But... Like, overall, like, my... Am I... Like, I look... Harking back to, like, even, like, beach experience, like, going, like, to Laurel Hill State Park where they have, like, you know, the man-made beach at the... Yeah. The lake. And, um... I'm just never into that shit.
[00:24:03] Well, it's different. I mean... Yeah. There's waves there. You know? And pretty big waves. And they have a good surge, but... It's not like... But, like, just sitting on the beach... It's not like Florida. I just don't see, like, the... No. Anywhere, like... I don't like to bake, right? Yeah. So... But if you give me something to do... I'm all about... Yeah. You know what I mean? Like, I was looking for the sea glass. Yeah. And cool rocks and some cool shells, if I find it. You know what I mean? Right. I had something to do.
[00:24:33] Right? Right. So, my dad used to take us to a beach every year. I didn't go on the beach. Fuck that. I ain't going out in 95 degrees. Yeah. No way, dude. But also, that beach was right next to a sewer pipe. No, no, no. Not Mississippi Beach. No. Locals didn't swim in Mississippi water. Play pit volleyball on the beach. Yeah. But nobody's swimming. Yeah.
[00:25:03] But... And that's a man-made beach. Yeah. Believe it or not. Yeah. Their water splashes, like... Yeah. Because it's all protected. Yeah. You know what I mean? No. He used to take us to Florida. Yeah. And we went to Myrtle. I've probably been to Myrtle five times. And then, uh... The rest of the time, we were on a beach in Florida called Navari Beach. It's like on an island. Yeah. Like its own little island. Yeah. A little bit out from Florida. I mean, you could drive there. Yeah. You know? It's all bicycle on it and stuff. Well, it used to be.
[00:25:34] Um... And those were big waves. Um... Clear water. You know what I mean? Yeah. Shells and all that. The whole thing. Which you would expect. But, you know, Dad would take us in the middle of summer where it's like, holy fuck. Yeah. Let's make breakfast on the beach. On a rock. Yeah. Because that's how fucking hot it was. Yeah. So the only time I really liked going on the beach was in the morning and the night. Right. That was the time to go. Right. Not during the day. Yeah. Dad went during the day and just stayed under an umbrella.
[00:26:04] Yeah. Nancy just baked. Yeah. But she liked to bake. Right. You know what I mean? Not me, man. I was cruising arcades and... Yeah. Homing my skills. You know what I mean? Yeah. Like... So... But, yeah. It was different. Anyway. But this beach is different than that. Right. It's northern beaches. Right. So it's different. But I liked it. I thought it was cool. You know what I mean?
[00:26:34] Like... And we went to... There's a lighthouse down there we went to. To get the stamp. Yeah. Because it's a national... You know, whatever. Yeah. So that was educational. But, yeah. I had a good time. It was good. Good. Good break. There's so many dogs. Brenda has four dogs.
[00:27:03] And three are hounds. Yeah. Not pure blood... Right. Blood hounds, but... There's hound in them. Yeah. And one's this... They say it's a pity... Pit mixed with a... Boxer. Well... This dog was about 115 pounds. I have never... And just pure muscle.
[00:27:33] Yeah. I mean... Muscle. Yeah. It's body was like this big. Yeah. It's head was like... Yeah. Just... Just a really good dog. Yeah. But... Solid... And tired. Yeah. She was tired laying around. I love that dog. You know, you're always having to... You know... There's dogs everywhere. It was kind of cool, actually. So, yeah. We had a good time. It was fun. It was relaxing. Yeah. Yeah.
[00:28:03] It was relaxing. Anyway, that was my... Exotic mini vacation. Huh. So, I didn't even... I didn't even go to the... That side of the Hamptons. Yeah. To look at the homes or anything. Right. Yeah, no. I wasn't really interested. Right. No, I get that. I was happy where I was at. I get that. It's just... It's like... It's that funny thing of like... You're like... Like, downplaying. Like, it wasn't that. You know, but...
[00:28:31] The Hamptons to me is the Hamptons. No matter... You know what I mean? Like... Where we were, it was like a lot of... I think there were a lot of summer homes. And the way Pete described it was a lot of people in New York bought homes in the Hamptons. Yeah. And they would live there. Right. Like, in the summer and stuff. Yeah. Or vacation and get out of the city. Right. So, there's a lot of cottage style homes there. Right. You know what I mean? I mean, there's some nice homes too. And there's bigger homes within the... Like, that blue collar... Yeah. ...area. It's like Tionesta.
[00:29:01] Like, you know, people here in Pittsburgh, they buy a cab, but up in Tionesta, they go up... Yeah. That's... You know... War... Summer set. Yeah. You buy a cab and... Yeah, yeah. You know... And... You go up in the summer and, you know... Sometimes you go up in the winter to go hunting or... You know, that's what... Yeah. Like... That's like Pittsburgh Hamptons. Yeah. I mean, like... That's what Pittsburghers do. But it was very green. Yeah.
[00:29:31] Like, really, really green. Yeah. Which was nice, you know? Yeah. Yeah, it was good. It was good smelling the salt in the air. Yeah. Yeah. I miss... I miss the water. I just don't miss the heat. Yeah. If that makes any sense. I miss Mississippi to death. Yeah. But... I don't miss that fucking July and August, June heat. Fuck that. Yeah. It's even worse there. Yeah. I mean...
[00:30:01] Like, I have always said... I know they say it gets hot up in the... It does. It gets hot. Yeah. 89s with humidity and everything. Right. But you can't touch the armpit of the South. Yeah. No. You just can't. Not with that man-made beach and that enclosed Gulf area. Yeah. You know, like where Mississippi, Mobile... Yeah. ...Louisiana all fall in line there. Yeah. That's literally the armpit of the South. And it is hot as fuck. Oh, yeah. Yeah. So hot. When you're on land. It gets better when you get on the water. Right.
[00:30:31] But, like, in the water, like, miles out. Yeah. But in that armpit, man, it's just... Dead. Nobody moves. Yeah. Yeah. Like, I've heard, like... There's a guy I follow on, like, on YouTube, Matt Mitchell. He's... He's in Alabama. And he's always talking about, like, summer in the South and the humidity and, like, you know. Like, no thank you. Nah. You know. Nah, I've lived it. It's horrible. Yeah. Yeah. It's horrible.
[00:31:01] Like, I have always said, like, if I could have... Like, if I was for some reason to become independently wealthy, like, I would... I would, like, buy land in Maine. Nah. You know. Near the sea. Like, nearly... Because, like, there's no beach. Like, it's just... It's rocks. Yeah. You know. Like, make sure I have a good internet connection. Make sure I can watch TV.
[00:31:27] And, you know, wake up and, like, drink a Red Bull sitting on my porch watching the Ocean Rage. Yeah, yeah. You know. Yeah. Yeah. I'm listening to the record to Edmund Fitzgerald. You know. That's... You know, but... No. But, like, also, like, the weather up there is, like, so much more tempered. Yeah. You know. Tempid. You know. I'm sure they have hot days. I'm sure, you know. But, like, it's not nothing like it is here. And it's certainly nothing like it is down in the south.
[00:31:56] And, you know, it's one of those places that, you know, just from the aesthetic standpoint. Right. You know, like, it's like, okay, that would be a nice place to... I just don't understand why any old person would want to move to Florida. Yeah. And maybe it's the tax. I don't know. But, you know, when you're older, you're heat sensitive. And cold sensitive. I get it. I get it. But they also say it's, like, better for their joints.
[00:32:27] But, like, they also, like... I hear a lot of people, like, you know, like, Phoenix. I'm sure... Oh, that's gotta be horrible. Yeah, but, like, old people flock there. Yeah. You know, like, Arizona Tempe is, like, you know, it's like the retirement area of the west. Yeah, yeah. You know? I don't know. I mean, like, especially Florida. I mean, there's fucking alligators and huge fucking bugs and armadillos and water moccasins. There's not one town.
[00:32:57] It's just the entire town is... Like, you have to be retired to live there. It's called the villages. Yeah. And, like, it's that funny thing of, like, you'll hear, like, well, there's a giant syphilis outbreak in the villages. Because they're just all down there fucking. Yeah, yeah. You know? Like, unprotected sex kids are all 70. You know? Just giving each other the syphilis or the gonorrhea. Yeah. You know?
[00:33:26] Larry, that dirty motherfucker brought the... Took that trip to Vegas and brought the gonorrhea with him. Yeah. You know? Their flag is a biohazard trigger. Yeah. Yuck. All right. So, moving on from vacations. I watched a few things this week. All right.
[00:33:57] I watched... I'll start with three movies. The first one I watched was on Apple TV+. It's called Fountain of Youth. Uh-huh. And it stars... Uh-huh. Um... John Krasinski, Natalie Portman, and Domino Gleeson. All right. And essentially what it is is, like... Um...
[00:34:23] John Krasinski is a treasure hunter. All right. Inherited the business from his dad. Uh-huh. Natalie Portman's his sister. And Domino Gleeson is funding this... They're trying to find the Fountain of Youth. All right. Yeah. And... It was just meh. Really? I was bummed out. Because it was directed by... It was directed by Guy Ritchie. Oh, shit. Yeah. Like, I thought, oh, shit. Here we go.
[00:34:52] Guy Ritchie movie. Yeah. You know. And, uh... Man. It was just meh. Huh. That sucks. I was bummed. Because I like John Krasinski. I have a crush on Natalie Portman. Yeah. You know. And Domino Gleeson's a good actor. He's done some shit. You know? Yeah. And... I like Guy Ritchie as a director. Usually... He makes a good movie, usually. Like this? Not so much. Yeah.
[00:35:23] All right. What else? And I watched... Yesterday and today, I watched Den of Thieves and Den of Thieves Pantera. Gerard Butler. Is this new? Relatively, yeah. Like, the second movie came out last year. Where have I watched it? Wait. It's got Gerard Butler and O'Shea Jackson Jr. Oh, yeah?
[00:35:52] The first one has 50 Cent in it, as well. Is it good? Fantastic. Really? Yeah. Yeah. They're heist movies. Yeah. But the first one... It's like they're doing bank jobs. Yeah. Okay? And... Like... And... Gerard Butler's the cop. And he's like a scumbag cop. Okay. You know? He's got his crew.
[00:36:21] Like, they're the major crime unit for the sheriff's department. The LA County Sheriff's Department. And they're... You know? Like... You know? There's scumbagginess. There's strippers with them. Like... It's like, you know? Oh, shit. And, you know... It's really, really good. Okay. Like, the first one was like really... The second one's very good. The first one was really, really good. And...
[00:36:51] The thing... I mean, the thing I loved about it... You know? I loved to hear from our resident ballistics expert, Otter. Mm-hmm. But, like... It's a slow burn. Like, it starts off with some action at the beginning. And you get a major action sequence at the end. Okay. And, like, in the middle, it's just this slow burn of setting up and getting to the robbery. Okay. Like, everything is happening.
[00:37:21] What... Everything is taking place. And it's, like... It's, like, so well done. And, like, at the end of it, like... The gunfight scene... At the end of it was reminiscent of Heat. Okay. Because it's, like, on... Like, it's, like, this road. The road's shut down for construction. There's all these people and these cars. Yeah. And... They're just fucking...
[00:37:52] Going for it. You know? Like... Like, they're going down. Like, the sheriff's guys are going down. Like, you know, get down. Get down by the engine block. Yeah. You know? Like, get down by the engine block. Like, don't just duck. Get the fuck down. You know? And... Like... Shit goes sideways. And it's, like... Oh, shit. It's really well done. Like... And the way that... I'm sure there's a bit of bullshit. Like, I felt like some of the magazines probably lasted a little too long. You know? Okay.
[00:38:22] But, like, overall, like, I thought the way the guns were used was kind of... Like, it was kind of, like, heat-esque. Like, that gunfight at the end of heat. Yeah, yeah. Like, that... I mean, I know, like, Otter said, and I've heard other people say, like, that is still used. Yeah. But, like, the armed forces, like, this is what a gunfight is. Okay. And I felt the same way, kind of, like, about this one. It was also kind of... I can't remember what I was going to say.
[00:38:50] But, anyway, it was very, very well done. The first one's fantastic. The second one is still very, very good. Not quite as good as the first one. But it is still very, very good. And, uh... It's different from the first one because, like, it still has Gerard Butler as the scumbag cop. Uh-huh. And it still has O'Shea Jackson Jr. in it. But now you're familiar with what their roles are. Okay.
[00:39:17] And now it's, like, a little bit of the magic from the first one gets taken away in the second one. Nice. I don't want to ruin it because I want you to watch it because it's really, really good. It's really good. But, like, the first one, kind of, like, the ending of it is kind of, like, the usual suspects-esque. Okay. Okay. And then you get to the second one and, like, you know what everybody's role is. So there's no magic reveal at the end. Yeah.
[00:39:45] But it's still really, really good. That's cool. Yeah. I enjoyed the shit out of it. What else? Those are the three things I watched. Oh, the two movies. Those two movies. Yeah, I watched the second one today. I was like, oh, man, that's good. Oh. I watched that documentary on the fucking Joplin tornado.
[00:40:15] Okay. That's crazy. Yeah. The live footage was nuts. Yeah. And I watched... I've been continuing on with The Last of Us. Yeah. I've been having some problems with it. Yeah. Yeah. I just... Apparently, a lot of people have. They said that the viewership dropped off dramatically. Yeah. I just...
[00:40:46] And it has nothing to do with the storyline of the girl, and she falls in love with another girl. And that has nothing to do with why I have problems with it. Right. At all. Right. Whatsoever. Right. Yeah. So I'm going to make that clear. Right. Yeah. So... You know... I'm just... I'm going to give you one example.
[00:41:18] So... They go and they get trapped in this warehouse style, trained, whatever, in the Epo. And there's these fucking zombie slash infected, whatever you want to call it. Right. After them. I'm not talking like three or four. I'm talking about hundreds. Yeah. They escape. They get to the upper level. They walk across the street. You all right? Yeah. Walk across the street.
[00:41:49] Go into this old, like a Benedem Center or whatever. Mm-hmm. Like an opera house. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. They get in there, and one of the first things she does is starts playing guitar. Yeah. Yeah. That's not good. And they barricade the door with a chair. A chair. Yeah.
[00:42:18] And then they turn all the lights on. Now, these infected are after them. We good? Yeah. Yeah. The infected are after them. There's a group called the Wolves, which is a huge military style group, are after them. Right. They're playing music, and they have all the lights on in the opera house. Yeah. Not smart.
[00:42:46] That doesn't even make any sense. No. From an apocalyptic type of movie with infected. Right. I get what you're saying. And it kind of lost me right there. I was just like, why? It doesn't make any sense. I mean, you guys are supposed to be survivalists. Like, even if you say the infected can't see light, which I get, or, but like, why would you be playing guitar? And more importantly, if you're being chased by, like, a military group, why would you turn on the lights?
[00:43:18] I... Yeah. I wouldn't even have a fire. No. Let alone turn on lights. Yeah. I just... It lost me. Yeah. It started off good, but it lost me. Yeah. Um, and then I watched Gladiator 2. Oh my goodness. Deuce. Yeah. It's a deuce, all right. Yeah.
[00:43:52] I liked him. Yeah. Like, the main character I liked. I liked the story of him and his mother. Yeah. I did. Yeah. And there were moments that I liked in the movie. Yeah. But there were moments that were just terrible. There are.
[00:44:20] There's just so much bullshit in that movie. Yeah. So much bullshit. And I appreciated the Roman archers. Yeah. I did. When Pedro Pascal died. Yeah. It was badass. Yeah. That was a good moment. Yeah. I was like, that's, that's, that's Roman archers right there. Yeah. That's what it's all about. And then it just gets ruined. Like, even the beginning, like, it starts off with a banger. You're like, oh shit, here we go. Yeah. Here we go.
[00:44:50] Sorry. I mean, like, with the whole at sea and. Yeah. Him running up to do what he needed to do. And the whole fucking ladder's coming down. On the, on the. Yeah. I was like, this mess is good. Oh, they're going to enslave them. Yeah. I'm. That's, that's good history stuff right there. Yeah. This is getting better and better. Yeah. And then it takes a, a sharp turn all of a sudden.
[00:45:20] Like, what the. As soon as I saw the first fucking baboon, I was like, I'm done. I can't. I can't. Yeah. It was, the CGI was so bad. It was. It was rough. So bad. Like, it pains me. It pains me to like sit there and say like Ridley Scott made a bad movie. Oh. But he made a fucking horrible movie. Yeah, it was not. And it doesn't even look good. Nah, not at all.
[00:45:45] Like that opening scene, like that opening action sequence, that opening battle. That looks amazing. And then it like, just like, cascades downwards so fucking quick to like, and like the sea battle in the arena was like so fucking bad. Yeah. It was horrible, dude. Those sharks looked horrible. Oh, I know. You know what I mean? Like, I was like, what the fuck? What is happening right now?
[00:46:14] That's what I kept saying to myself. I was like, is it going to get better? You know what I mean? Like. And like, you could almost forgive bad CGI if the story was there, but the story wasn't there. Nah. At all. It was not. And that's a shame. Yeah. But it just wasn't there. At least I didn't think it was. I mean, even fucking Denzel Washington, like acting his ass off. Right. Could not save that fucking movie. No.
[00:46:43] And Denzel was good in certain parts. Yeah. But his storyline just made like no fucking sense. No. No, I didn't. And I kind of got sick of the brothers. Yeah. Oh. Oh. And then like at a point before his death, I kind of got the one brother. Yeah. Like I understood where he was coming from. Yeah. I'm like, I get it. You know, like I, I get that you're protecting him. I understand.
[00:47:13] Yeah. Like I understand what he was doing. Right. And like, I just had so many problems with it. Yeah. You did too. Oh yeah. I mean, I, when I watched it, I was just like, this is fucking horrible. It was terrible. Like I'm wishing I didn't watch it. And it's a shame because I thought it looked good. Yeah.
[00:47:44] I mean, didn't you? I thought it looked pretty good. Like I, I was watching like the trailer. I was like, okay. Other than like the, the, the sea battle in, in the, uh, the Coliseum. I'm like, okay, I, I think this is probably gonna be pretty good. Yeah. Like I, I got even that, like even in the trailer, I was like, Ooh, that just doesn't, that's going to be cringe. You know? Like I can see how you make that shit work. It wasn't like, like the fucking Coliseum was like, you know, like built for that. Right.
[00:48:14] Right. Like who came up with this shit? Right. Right. You know? But. Oh man. Like I got to the end of that thing. I was like, thank God this is fucking over. Like, and I, and I hate, like it pains you. Like Ridley Scott's one of my favorite directors of all time. If not my favorite. And like, like this movie is just ass. Right. Horrible. It was. It was not good. No.
[00:48:44] And like, even when like, like, like, like they were like, you know, your, your father was, uh, the greatest gladiator of all. Yeah. You know, like taking them down to, you know, it's like, whereas like armor and sword are and shit. And I'm just like, oh man. Yeah. You're just struggling here. Yeah. Don't get me wrong. I like gladiator. The original. Oh, the original is one of the, like an amazing movie. Like just.
[00:49:14] It is. Just crushes. Like you're just like, oh shit. This is so fucking good. Right. Really? Scott was using real tigers. You know? Like, I mean. Yeah. Yeah. That wasn't CGI bullshit. Fucking CGI baboons. Those baboons were horrible. Just horrible. Ugh. You know they were. Oh, I mean, I can't defend that shit.
[00:49:41] I mean, what's amazing is like he's done other stuff with CGI that looks amazing. Yeah. Over the years. Like, he's a master craftsman when it comes to like special effects. Yeah. Nobody's winning any awards for that. No. No. Not at all. Like the CGI in the first gladiator movie looked better. Yeah. When they had to use it. Like for like the Coliseum and shit. Like, ah. It was just really bad. It was. I just couldn't believe how bad it was. Yeah.
[00:50:11] Like I said, it did have some moments. But. For the most part. It was a stinker. Yeah. It was. It was. There was some bad parts. Ugh. But I thought the way they were dressed. Everything. Yeah. Like, I thought it was good. Oh, yeah. Like, there was a lot of. Like, like that type of stuff like worked. But like, it just didn't look good.
[00:50:39] And I like the end too with the Roman armies. Yeah. I thought that looked good too. Yeah. I mean. You know. Yeah. I thought it was excellent. It was just not a good movie. No. Shame. That's it for me. That's all the. Yeah. I also. I finished. Star Wars. Jedi Fallen Order. Okay. I remember you played it. But I don't know if you finished it or not. No.
[00:51:09] Okay. It wasn't bad. No. No. I want to get. I want to get. What. Jedi Survivor. I think it's called. Yeah. I get in the second one. I do want to get that and play it. Okay. But I enjoyed. I enjoyed the storyline. And then like. Fucking Vader shows up. And I'm like. Oh shit. I'm going to die. I thought there was a sequel to this. You're dead. Yeah.
[00:51:39] Yeah. You don't survive Vader. You're. Like. I. I struggled so hard with like the. The. The big boss at the end. Like. Trilla. Yeah. Like. I struggled to beat her. It was like. Oh man. And like. I'm playing like an easy level too. Like. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm not one of those people. It's like a masochist. Like. I'm going to play it the most difficult level. I'm like. I want to actually see the story. I want to enjoy the gameplay. Yeah. I want to play it at a pretty easy level. And. I was just on the struggle bus to beat her.
[00:52:10] And I'm like. I finally kicked her ass. Yeah. And I was like. Okay. And then. You know. You get. You get to like the. The cut. The cut scene. That's taking place. And all of a sudden. You hear that. Yeah. I mean. I'm just like. Oh shit. Oh shit. You know. Yeah. And here comes Vader. And I'm just like. Run away. Run. Run. And like. He does that thing. Like where he. Like.
[00:52:39] I'm thinking of myself. Okay. I got away. I got away. I fucking opened up an elevator. And there he fucking is. Waiting for your ass. How the fuck did you get here? You know. Nice. And. Oh. Like. I'm like. Oh. This is. This is a struggle. I need to get the fuck out of here. Playing video games. Yeah. You getting back into it. Well. Not. Like. I'm trying. I try to limit myself. Like. I'll.
[00:53:08] I'll play a little bit. Like on. Saturday and Sunday. I didn't play any today. I might want to get home. Yeah. Depending on the time. Um. Then Monday and Tuesday. I would usually. Play a game. Okay. And then. You know. Wednesday. I watch. Wrestling. Thursday and Friday. I usually try to watch. A movie. Or a TV show. Or something. Okay. So. Like. I'm. Because I get. By the time I. I get done with work. So.
[00:53:37] I get done at nine o'clock now. Okay. I usually watch something. Until like midnight. And I get to bed at one. Right. You know. So. That's my life. Nice. I will say this. I am. I. I am making. Minor changes to my lifestyle. Oh you are. Yes. Um. So. I. I. I started eating apples. Like with my lunch. Okay. Like.
[00:54:07] When I had dinner. Like. So like. I go to like. My lunch. Dinner. At five o'clock. And I have to use like a peanut butter sandwich. And an apple. Okay. That's. You know. I feel like. Okay. That's a healthy choice. Like I was eating chips and shit. And I'm like. You know. Yeah. You should. You should be eating an apple or a banana. You know. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So that's. I've made that change. And then. I watched a video. A couple weeks ago. Right. And it was this doctor. And he's like. Here are the three worst things you can drink. For your kidneys.
[00:54:38] I'm like. Oh. Let's see. I'm sure he's gonna be blasting. Some shit that I don't. You know. I can make fun of other people for. He's like. Number one. Sodas. Particularly brown sodas. I'm like. Motherfucker. I don't drink a ton of it. But I do enjoy a Pepsi now and again. Like. But. Yeah. I don't drink a lot. I don't keep Pepsi in the house. Usually if I go to a restaurant. I'll have a Pepsi or a Coke. Right. Like. Number two. Sports drinks.
[00:55:08] Particularly Gatorade or Powerade. I'm like. Motherfucker. That's all I fucking drink is fucking Gatorade. Like. That's. That's a. That's a staple. Right. And he's like. And number three. Energy drinks. Like Red Bull. And I'm like. Motherfucker. That's a. You know. He's like. And he's like. You should. Instead of an energy drink. Try having a tea. I'm like. I don't fucking like tea. So. Right. You don't. So I'm like. Well. Okay. Like. The soda is easy.
[00:55:38] I don't drink a ton of it anyway. Right. You know. I don't keep it in the house or anything. So that's easy. The Gatorade was like. I was like. Fuck. I got to change that apparently. Because I'm like. That's all I fucking drink. Right. So. I'm buying cases of water now. Oh. Okay. Yeah. I'm going. But like. I'm using like a. Like a. A flavor packet. Okay. Like sometimes. Not all the time. But like. The thing I'm finding is hard. Is like. Like. Like for some reason.
[00:56:07] Like a 16 ounce bottle of water. Is like a joke to me. Like. I'm like sucking that thing down. Like two gulps. Yeah. But that water helps you lose weight. Yeah. I know. But. So I'm like. I need to figure out like. You know. How many cases of water. Do I need to get through a week? You know. Yeah. So. I'm working on that. But. But yeah. So those are. Like. I can't get rid of energy drinks. Like. You people. You. Like there are people out there who like. They have a coffee in the morning.
[00:56:37] Or a tea in the morning. I don't like coffee. I don't like tea. But I. You know. I do mostly drink a sugar free Red Bull. So. Like the doctor was talking about how much sugar is in energy drinks. I'm like. Well. You know. I'm drinking the sugar free one. So. Right. I feel a little better about it. But. You know. I'm cutting out. That. The biggest source. Which is the Gatorade I've been drinking. Like. I'll drink like. Like. Two big bottles of Gatorade a day. Okay. You know. While I'm at work. Right. You know. I started supplementing in some water. Like.
[00:57:05] I'd buy like a 12 pack of water. And like. Maybe at night. While I'm playing a game. Like. I'd have a bottle of water. Instead of a Gatorade. Yeah. But. Either way. Like. You know. Like. Any. Right now. If I drink anything after 11 p.m. I'm up every two hours. Pissing. Nice. Yeah. So. Like. It's the worst thing. But. Yeah. So. If I. If I drink like a 16 ounce bottle of water. I'm. You know. I'm waking up at like. Four in the morning. With a heavy stream.
[00:57:35] Heavy stream. Heavy stream. And again at seven. With another heavy stream. I'm like. What the fuck? Like a camel. A camel. You know. So. But these. But these are. These are. So these are minor changes. Like. That I'm trying to make. To like. Be slightly healthier. There you go. Yeah. That's good. Yeah. That's good for you. Step by step. You drink that water son. You will fucking lose weight like crazy. I'm telling you.
[00:58:05] Yeah. Because like. I'm thinking about it. I'm like. Man. Well how many of these am I going to drink in like a day? I'm like. Six. Yeah. You know. Because like I crush them. Like. Yeah. It's like. And the thing is. Like I talk all day. Like that's my job. My job is. I am on the phone. I am talking. So like. Like I say. Like going through like two. 24 ounce bottles of Gatorade was like. Nothing. Right. You know. So like this. I'm like. Man. I'm going to be pounding down some. Some water. You know.
[00:58:36] Waters. Have you given up bull? No. Yeah. You said that. I can't. I can't give up the bull. Like. I have tried giving up the bull in the past. And. Like the weaning off process is so difficult. Right. Because like. You just can't go cold turkey. Because you. You go cold turkey. You're like a week of just like laying in bed. In the fetal position because of the headaches. Right. You know. Like. The calf. The lack of caffeine in your body is just like. What the fuck are you doing? Yeah. What's wrong with you? Yeah. And like.
[00:59:06] And I get like. Like other people. Like don't have that problem. Because they drink coffee. Or they drink like a tea of some type. Like. I just don't like that shit. Yeah. So like. And like. So like. In the past. What it would have been. It would have been. I would have had a glass of Pepsi. Okay. That was like my caffeine in the morning. Right. Well. If I'm cutting out. Where I'm trying to eliminate as much as possible. Brown sodas. Right. Like where am I getting a caffeine from? Well. I'm still getting it from Red Bull. You know. Yeah. But like I said. Like. I go.
[00:59:36] I've been going. Usually. I usually go to sugar free anyway. Okay. Okay. Um. I actually. I found like. Sometimes. I'll. Like. I'll like. When I get it from Target. It's like. There's only. Two cases of. Sugar free Red Bull left. So I'm like. Oh fuck it. I'll just get the sugar. The. The regular. Red Bull. Right. I'm drinking. I'm like. Man. That is too sweet. Okay. You know. Like. I've actually adapted. Like. It's one of the few. Sugar free. Free things. I've actually adapted to. Where like. The taste doesn't bother me. To begin with. With.
[01:00:06] And I don't miss. That sweetness. You don't. No. I don't. Like. And I'm. Finding myself. Kind of saying. Like. Like I said. Like. Man. I prefer. Sugar free. To. To regular. Because. It's really sweet. Okay. You know. Where the sugar free. I don't get all that. That sweetness. I get that. Yeah. Yeah. When I'm on plan. I drink. I drink coffee.
[01:00:37] Yeah. Mostly cold brew. Yeah. Without milk. No. No. Um. What am I trying to say? Uh. No sugar. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I like it. I switched out milk. Pretty much. I don't drink regular milk anymore. Well. I'm. I'm not going to judge you. But. I will tell you now. That is the one thing. I will never give up. I know. Ever. I'm not asking you. I. I. I will.
[01:01:07] Like. In my coffin. Just put a. Half a gallon. With me. In your coffin. Yeah. Like. I'm going to the other side. With some milk. Yeah. For sure. You know. Like. When I'm rotting hell. They're going to be like. You know. Okay. How are we going to. Here. Here. Have some. Have some walnut milk. Yeah. Like. No. Oh. God. Oh. God. You know. That's what it's going to be. Yeah. I don't mind doing milk. Now.
[01:01:37] How much milk are you drinking today? I guess that's the question. I usually have. Two. 20 ounce glasses. Oh. Yeah. That's not too bad. One for breakfast. And one with my dinner. Yeah. No. Is this skim? Or. Two percent? I do get the two percent. Yeah. That's good. You know. I. I want to get the whole. I would prefer to get the whole. But again. As a. Like a. I need to be somewhat healthy. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But like.
[01:02:07] It's just. That's just so tough. Like. I get it. Like somebody. Somebody out there. I'm not going to name names. Stork. Is going to be like. Are you a fucking child? Like. But that's what I. Do. Like. That's what I drink. That's. That's like. Dinner for me. Like. You know. Yeah. Breakfast and dinner. Like a nice glass of milk. No. I know. I know you like your milk. Yeah. Like. I. No. I will admit. Like. I'm an oddball. Like. Nancy. Files. Disgusting. Like. Like. You know. I'll eat like popcorn. With a big glass of milk.
[01:02:38] Oh. That's what we used to do. Yeah. Like. She doesn't understand. Like. That was like. Back in the day. You know. Yeah. That's what we did. Like. I bought some of. That. Like. Indiana. Popcorn. Okay. Like. Movie theater. And I'm like. I cannot wait. Till I get like. A big. Cold glass of milk. And just. Enjoy. Right. That's going to be good. Hell yeah. You know. Yum. Yum indeed. I agree.
[01:03:09] There's nothing like a cold glass of milk. There is. Especially with popcorn. That's like my favorite. Like. There is something to like. When I go downstairs. Like. I make myself my breakfast. Yeah. I pour myself a glass of milk. And I'm like. Sitting there. And I'm just like. Oh. This is just going to hit just right. Yeah. You take that first sip. And you're just like. Oh. That's heaven. It is. That's the good stuff right there. I.
[01:03:39] From the mood of you. Shit. My weakness is. Uh. Yeah. I guess my weakness is. With milk. Yeah. Now. This is when I do drink milk. Um. Milk and chocolate. Yeah. Not chocolate milk. I'm just saying like. Yeah. If I have a Hershey's bar. Right. Chocolate chip cookie. Or anything with chocolate in it. I just have to have a glass of milk.
[01:04:10] I do. I mean. I don't. I don't. I understand it. Yeah. Yeah. I don't drink milk like I used to. Yeah. But. Man. When I. When I eat chocolate. There's something. There's something about milk. Yeah. You know what I mean? No. I. I completely agree. Like. Yeah. Like. Cece had her birthday last week. And. They had a. It was a triple chocolate cake. Really? It was a Hershey's cake. With Hershey's syrup drizzle on it and shit. Yeah. The thing was.
[01:04:40] I mean. For a Walmart cake. I was like. That's impressive. Oh. Yeah. But. Again. I had to have. Like. Just a big ass glass of milk. With my. My slice of cake. I was like. Oh. Yeah. Like this. This requires milk. Yeah. You know. This is a milk. This is a. Necessity. Yes. This is. This is. Milk's necessity. Exactly. Yeah. You have to have milk with something like that. Yeah. I just. I love. I love milk. Like.
[01:05:09] Milk with peanut butter is good too. Yeah. Not with it. But like. Yeah. When you're done. Yeah. Like. I always drink. I always act like my milk's like the dessert. Yeah. Like. I. Like. I'll get that. Like. As I'm eating like my apple. Like. I have my. My sandwich. Like. You know. I like. Get to like. Try to like. Just like. Take a sip. To like. Help with. With the digestion and stuff. Yeah. Yeah. But then at the end. I've still got like a half a glass of milk. Yeah. But I just savor. Like. That's like. Two or three. Like. More like. Gulps. Like.
[01:05:39] Mmm. There we go. That's the good stuff. That's what you've been waiting for. Yeah. Yeah. It's. Which is like. I'm sure like people are like. What the fuck is wrong with you? But. Absolutely nothing. No. Not even. God damn thing. Yeah. So. Hey. Let's go ahead and. Wrap this baby up. All right. Um. We're going to get an. Email from Thad.
[01:06:10] Um. Who I would like to congratulate. Um. Question mark. On his. Uh. He is now divorced. Oh. Okay. At his final. So congratulations to him. Yeah. He is now the most eligible bachelor. On the PNP broadcast. He says. Hell. He's much. Out. Eligible bachelor in Beaver County. Well. You know. Unless your sister's living in Beaver County. Nobody else is going to pick you up.
[01:06:40] Yeah. Nice. Yeah. That's getting into hayseed country there. Hayseed. Oh. He said. You. You must love Marion Ross. I shouldn't even go down this list. Oh my God. In order. In order to hook up with Thad. You must love Marion Ross. Pegging.
[01:07:10] Little people. Jesus. Diapers. Scat. Donkeys. And golden showers. These are not off the table for the right person. I don't normally go in this. But that. That just cracked me up too much. I'm sorry. Like. That's. That's. That's. That's looking for. So ladies. If. You know. If you're into that. Yeah. We can give you his contact information.
[01:07:39] Um. Sean. I would not buy Godzilla minus one. That movie blows. Although I have bought Human Centipede one and two. Of course you have. Sean. You are such a liar. You did not streak through Glassport. You had a towel wrapped around you. I have it on video. Well. No. You don't. You weren't at that party. Um. The people who were remember. And.
[01:08:09] Nobody was really impressed with. What they saw. Wow. Yeah. Um. Wild Turkey Rate Breed is a good bourbon to try. Take it from me. I'm the show's bourbon aficionado. Fuck stork. I am an expert on all things. Kennywood. Christmas lights. Godzilla.
[01:08:39] And proving Sean wrong. Wow. Well. I would not consider you an expert on Godzilla. Since you've said multiple times on this show. That you hate Godzilla minus one. You did. You did. So. I mean. The greatest Godzilla movie ever made. And you're like. No. That sucks. That's a problem. Um. That's about it. Yeah. Yeah. Also. Proving Sean wrong. Come on. I think you got like.
[01:09:09] One over on me. If that. So. I also want to take a moment. Just a moment. To. Thank a new. A relatively new friend of the show. You need to follow for a little bit. Uh. Randall K. Dickman. Um. You can follow him on Twitter at. Randall underscore Dickman. Uh. He has his own podcast.
[01:09:39] The. The Randall Dickman show. I believe it's called. Uh. But. He's been. Just pumping the shit out of us. Like just. Just giving us like. Love and praise. And uh. I can't thank him enough. Maybe at some point. We can figure out how to do a. A get together of some type with him. He is from Cincinnati. Oh. Yeah. I'm just kidding. Yeah. That's rough. You know. He. Like. Cause he. He like. He like.
[01:10:08] Gives us praise. And then he's like. And even though they're from Schittsburg. Oh. You know. I'm like. Really? You know. You can't tell me the Queen City is that much better. Give it. Giving us the business. Yeah. Giving us the business and. What not. And so forth. But yeah. You know. Talking down on the Steelers. Meal. The Bengals haven't done shit. Ever. You know.
[01:10:38] I'm not going to start that. Cause. You know. We did that with Hobie. We love those guys. Yeah. You know. Can't hold it completely against them. You know. They root for. A team with. Some of the worst uniforms ever. Agreed. Agreed. Yeah. So. Ohio. Yeah. The only thing good about it is.
[01:11:08] Neighbors Indiana. Nice. I am. I know. Go blue. Nice. No. I. I'm not even a Michigan man. No. No. That's one of those things. I just. Like if I'm going to root for like another college. Like for a while. It was like.
[01:11:38] Like Colorado. All right. I still kind of like. Even though. Dion's there now. And like. Pissing me off. He's like. Yeah. We're going to. We're going to retire. Shador's number. Like. We didn't do jack shit. Like. I understand Travis Hunter. Travis Hunter. You know. Heisman winner. He was an amazing player. Like. Shador. You know. He was. 13 and 12. I think. As a starter there. Yeah. You know. Yeah.
[01:12:07] Meanwhile. Like. Cordell Stewart. Took the Colorado three bowl games. Number 10. Is not retired. Right. You know. Like. I mean. There are some quarterbacks. That have come out of Colorado. That were a bit better than Shador. And did a whole lot more for that program. Yeah. You know. Yeah. No. I agree. You know. You know what I mean. Like. I'm. I'm not talking down to Shador. I'm not saying you're not an NFL quality quarterback or anything. But I'm. I'm just saying like. You know.
[01:12:36] What really did you do? Right. Now. I get it. What'd you do? Like. To have. Like. To me. And I guess the thing. Like. To me. Like. If you're having your number retired. You have to be special. Right. You know. Like. I look at Pitt. Like. You look at the guys at Pitt. That had their number retired. Right. And they're like. You know. That's. That's a special group. And there are some guys. Like. Like. I would love to see them. Retire. Darrell Revis's number. Okay.
[01:13:06] I didn't retire. I mean. We're talking Darrell Revis. Right. You know. Um. But yeah. I mean. Like. In order for you to have your number retired. Like. You have to have been like. An extraordinarily special player. And like. Like. You look at like Pitt. And the guys that they've retired. Like. And you look at those players. You know. Those are pretty fucking special. Right. You know. You. You look anywhere. Like. I mean. Like. I always love like. If you look at like. The Penguins. Like. The Penguins have like. Three retired numbers. And you would think like.
[01:13:36] They'd be rushing to retire people's numbers. Right. You know. And they do not. No. They don't. They don't. No. Like. Those guys who like. It's like. Yager. Lemieux. And. That goalie from the 70s. Yeah. Like. That is it. You know. They don't rush to do that. No. And the Steelers didn't retire numbers forever. Like. They have like. Three. Right. You know. Again. Like. There are numbers that are like.
[01:14:06] Like. Nobody's worn to number 12. Since 1983. Right. You know. Like. There are certain numbers that are. Like. I don't think anybody will ever wear a seven. I don't think anybody will ever wear. Thirty six. Right. Like. There are numbers that are like. Retired. But not officially retired. Like. That. Like. If you just. If you were to walk up and say like. Yeah. I'll wear number 43. Like. Some people are like. Get the fuck away from it. You're not Troy Paul Malu. Yeah. You know. Like. Yeah. So. It's shit like that. Like.
[01:14:36] The Steelers will do that. But like. Officially. They've only retired three numbers. Okay. So. Like. Yeah. That's the thing. Like. To me. Like. You have to be somebody special. To have your number retired. Trump got a number. I saw that. I did see that. I'm. I'm sure the Rooney family was not happy about that. Really? Well. They're very liberal. I mean like. But.
[01:15:05] Dan Rooney was like. He was the ambassador to Ireland under the Obama administration. Yeah. Yeah. He was a very big campaign supporter of the Obama campaign. Both times. Right. So. Yeah. Like. I don't think. They were very happy that. Rocky Blyer and two current players showed up in a Trump rally in West Smith with PA. That had to be done by the Steelers organization. No. They're not going to let him go out there. No.
[01:15:35] Oh. Oh. Come on. I don't think so at all. Really? Really. Like. I can't. I can almost guarantee. Like. Because I mean. If you even look at the jersey Rocky gave him. It was like a block number jersey. It was like a jersey I think Rocky bought himself. Right. Right. Yeah. No way. Like. There is. I can. I feel very confident in saying. And I don't mean to get political. I'm not trying to be political. But I feel very confident in saying. The Steeler organization.
[01:16:04] Did not endorse. Rocky Blyer. Mason Rudolph. And Miles Killebrew. Showing up at that rally. And speaking. Miles Killebrew. Yeah. Yeah. I know. Miles Killebrew. And I'm also sure they did not endorse Mason Rudolph's porn stash. Showing up either. Oh. I didn't see the porn stash. Oh. Mason. I didn't see any video. I saw a little video. I didn't heard it. Well. It was one of those things where like.
[01:16:36] Like. Rocky comes up. And he. You know. He's like. You're. You're a great president. And. You know. Here's. Here's a jersey. He's number 47. For. For the greatest president of all time. I'm like. I heard that. Yeah. And then. Trump like. Stepped up to the microphone. He's like. Come on up here. I want to. I want to talk to that amazing quarterback. I. I think he's going to be the starter here. Let's. Let's bring up. I heard that too. Mason Rudolph. And Mason was like. You know. Very cordial. He's like. Yeah. He always is. Yeah. Thank you.
[01:17:06] Thank you. We love Pittsburgh. Go see you. Yeah. Miles Killebrew. Miles Killebrew was dapping up Trump. Like. He came up with the big. Gave him the big hug. Like. Miles Killebrew. I was like. Oh shit. Miles Killebrew. Like. Mason Rudolph. We give a very polite handshake. Yeah. Miles Killebrew was like. You know. My brother. Like. Bringing him in. Like. I was like. Oh shit. Really. Looks like. Trump's been invited to the Killebrew barbecue.
[01:17:37] You know. Yeah. That was a shocker. Like. Just like the way. Like. Miles Killebrew was just like. Like. I mean. He came in and I was like. Wow. That's the important thing. I think. And. It's actually a good thing for US too. I think. I. You know. I. It is. It's good for Pittsburgh. Yeah. And. But like. It's that thing of like. They're going to be owned by Nippon Steel.
[01:18:06] Which is a Japanese company. Are they going to be owned? Yeah. Part share. Part. I don't know. But like. I was just thrown off by it. Because it's a thing of like. If we go to war. Like. Where's our steel coming from? We ain't going to war with Japan. No. I understand that. I'm not saying we are. But I'm just saying like. Yeah. I know. You know what I mean? Like.
[01:18:35] It's that odd thing of like. I think the most interesting thing about it. I don't know if anybody hit this or not. Mm. Right. And I don't know if anybody's really hit the mark on this. But. Where are we getting the coal from? Yeah. And like. Like. I mean. Not only is the U.S. Steel industry. Out of date. As far as their. Yeah. Stuff. What's in the steel mills. Right. You know. And hopefully. Nepal will update that. Right.
[01:19:05] To where it's modern day steel making. Right. But. The coal. On the other hand. The coal mines. You talk about outdated. Yeah. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. Like this guy's walking in the lines. Are still with like pickaxes. Yeah. I mean like. I mean what I'm saying is like. That's outdated too. Right. And like. No one's mentioned that. You got to have the coal. Yeah. You know. And is that going to come from Pennsylvania? Or is it going to. You know. Pennsylvania. West Virginia.
[01:19:36] Of course. But I mean like. Is it though? I mean like. Where is it going to come from? Well. And where are those going to be updated as well? Right. I think. And the coke works. Is that going to be updated as well? You know what I mean? I think one of the. The best quotes I ever saw. And it was from a TV show. It's from the West Wing. Yeah. Is. We are the Saudi Arabia of coal. Yeah. Like. That's what we have. Yeah. We have like. You know. Saudi Arabia has oil. We've got coal. Right. Right. Right.
[01:20:06] Yeah. So like. Anytime you like hear like. Like clean coal and shit like that. That's just because like. You know. That's what we've got. Right. Right. You know. That's our energy resource. Right. Our big. One of our biggest. You know. So it. It is a thing of like. Yes. I mean. The hills of West Virginia. Kentucky. You know. Pennsylvania. Yeah. Probably going up in the New York. Like that. That's all. All that. That coal mining. Is just. All just going to. Continue to flourish. Hopefully.
[01:20:36] Yeah. I mean. And that will bring jobs as well. Right. But I mean. It is that thing of like. What's the hardest job in America. Well. I'll bet coal mining is in the top five. Oh. I agree. You know. I agree. So. Anyway. Anyway. So that's it. Let's wrap that up. All right. Anything. Anything you like to add to the proceedings there sir. No man. I'm good. Well remember there are a number of different ways you can reach out and touch us. Hey. You can send us an email like Thad does.
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[01:21:34] And on that note the Dreamer has awakened. Peace.