In this fall episode of the podcast, we talk about new products from Garmin before the Black Friday sales. We talk about satellite communications with the inReach messenger and ZOLEO. We talk about the 2022 camping season and we talk about prep

EP 36- Retro Saturday morning vibes (no music)

Nov 27th, 2021 25m 12s

This is the episode 35 where music is inserted in the podcast and therefore can be played on all podcast players in this episode I get up early in the morning to go to Home Depot Cabela’s IKEA in other places at the same time I talk about Black

Episode 34: Spring Update With New Garmin Models And Q&A’s

Mar 29th, 2021 23m 47s

In this episode we catch up on all the new Garmin news & models for the handheld & smartwatch market. GEOS gets bought by Garmin. Garmin updates some of the offerings within the RV and power sport market and Gaia GPS got bought by the publisher

Episode 33: Garmin Q&A

Dec 5th, 2020 19m 48s

In this episode I’ll answer some Q&A’s left on the hundred of Garmin GPS tutorials I’ve posted on YouTube over the past month. The list of Garmin products mentioned are: Garmin instinct, gpsmap 66st, montana 680t, Vivoactive 3 and a few others.

‘Episode 33 - Turkey Coma (open)

Oct 16th, 2020 46m 59s

**BTW this episode was originally published using the full length Spotify songs - only available on Anchor or Spotify app*** Lots of Garmin Handheld news in this episode as models are slowly being refreshed and I got the new Montana 700 GPS han

Episode 31 - QR Codes and Hurricanes

Aug 15th, 2020 23m 26s

In this episode I rant (shortly) about a QR code I saw on a phi king trail which surfaced emotions during my struggled getting my content out there 6 years ago. I also talk about Acadian day which is when a bunch of anglos burnt houses to the g

Episode 30 - Summer is almost over

Aug 9th, 2020 37m 43s

In this episode there is a lot of Garmin news to talk about including their ransom ware attack and new products I’ll probably buy for the fall tutorial content. I spend a little time talking about why a ZOLEO is a better option than a Garmin in

Episode 29 - Homecoming Week

Aug 2nd, 2020 28m 15s

This week, I make up lost time from the house sale and a weekend in the truck tent. I also talk a bout our recent homecoming where it’s been a. LONG time since I saw my schoolmates in rural New Brunswick. For outdoors, I talk about KEEN footwea

Episode 28 - House Purged

Jul 11th, 2020 33m 48s

In this episode, I answer Garmin Q&A’s, talk about the olight Perun mini flashlight as an item I like; Our last push to get the house show ready and the recreation options available to us in the Atlantic Bubble. chores🛰️Latest #Garmin Produc

Episode 27 - Home Office Blues

Jul 4th, 2020 19m 18s

In this episode, I talk about the latest lockdown measure relaxing, including the Atlantic Bubble where a lot of people from Nova Scotia waited in line for most of the day to cross into New Brunswick. I also started a new segment called “Stuff

Episode 26 - mobile studio edition

Jun 29th, 2020 20m 35s

In this episode we go over the latest Q&A’s and talk about how the iPads and AirPods are good enough to give us late night tv entertainment. Of course I talk about camping gear and some stuff on my wish list. Leave a message for the Q&A session

Episode 25 - 80 Percent Entertainment

Jun 20th, 2020 21m 23s

Episode 24 - Camping Season is Almost Here

Jun 12th, 2020 33m 20s

In this episode, finally the boys (Jocelyn & Keith) join in a recording session where we talk about the latest during the quarantine: Sour Dough Bread and Camping reservations now that Nova Scotia Provincial campgrounds are opening up.Leave a

Episode 23 - Slow reopening

Jun 6th, 2020 23m 18s

In this episode I give the update on the outdoor recreation scene in Nova Scotia and what I’ve been doing to avoid chores. I go over some Q&A’s, my interest in prism pocket flyer kite and how sore my butt is from my first few rides on the fat b

Episode 22 - Going Solo

May 27th, 2020 18m 27s

In this episode, Jim goes solo and tries out the latest in podcasting software, mainly using anchor now that Spotify is now becoming the major podcast player on the last free range area of the internet. I talk about the latest content uploaded

Episode 21 – Business Continuity Plans

Mar 28th, 2020 41m 38s

This week the boys get back and compare notes from another week of isolation during the COVID-19 outbreak. We talked about how life is in our areas, the lineup and what we are watching on the streaming services.--- Send in a voic

Episode 20 – Isolation Edition

Mar 21st, 2020 1h 52m

We are back after a LONG break, and what better way to spend a friday night is to stumble with technology and use new tools to continue the hangout.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/avoidingchor

Episode 19 – Monkeys loose in a lab from a cocaine experiment

Jun 30th, 2018 41m 16s

That’s right! The band is getting back together cause too much monkey loose from a cocaine experiment news to not talk about!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/avoidingchores/message

PART 6 – Deep Dive Into The 80’s – 1985

Dec 14th, 2017 20m 4s

We are halfway through our deep dive into the 80’s where as teenage boys we were into wrestling, new coke, compact dics. Windows 1.0 came out, some of us started to get into the PC computers, dialling into BBS and downloading stuff like tetris.

PART 5 – Deep Dive Into The 80’s – 1984

Dec 7th, 2017 16m 34s

1984 was a big year, we were 12 and 17 where music took over our lives. So much pop culture came out in terms of movies, books, tv and the LA olympics. But on the flip side you had one of the worst man made disasters in India with over 20 thous

PART 4 – Deep Dive Into The 80’s – 1983

Dec 2nd, 2017 15m 36s

Here we go as we deep dive into 1983, a big year for music for both of us. We talk about the big albums, yes LP’s not as much cassettes. We also talked about how close were to nuclear war with some major events happening over the pacific.But w

PART 3 – Deep Dive Into The 80’s – 1982

Nov 24th, 2017 12m 58s

Here we go as we deep dive into 1982, part of our series into this decade. We found out that this year was a big year for us. E.T. of course was a big movie at the time, you either watched it in a cinema or at the drive-in.The top song that ye

PART 2 – Deep Dive into the 80’s 1981

Nov 18th, 2017 12m 50s

Oh yeah! part 2 of our deep dive into the 1980’s focusing on the year 1981 with Jocelyn.We focused a lot on the movies from that year. That year where movie ratings started to matter, where some of us could sneak into movies while I was gettin

PART 1 – 1980

Nov 11th, 2017 10m 13s

Oh yeah! part 1 of our deep dive into the 1980’s focusing on the year 1980 with Jocelyn.That was a long time ago, I was still a kid, Jocelyn was just getting into the swing of things as a teenager and discovering things like booze, drugs and w

The 1980’s Are coming Back!

Nov 4th, 2017 12m 1s

With Stranger Things coming back for a second season on Netflix, Jocelyn and I talked about how the 80’s itself is coming back hard. So we asked ourselves; what was the BEST year from the 80’s?You know what? we couldn’t do it! So we decided to