0:00

I

0:00

understand that there's a construct that

0:02

we've all agreed to about the value

0:05

of things just sort

0:07

of agreed to it. We've agreed that things

0:09

are worth, what things are worth.

0:11

That's just the way it kind of works. You

0:13

charge as someone who is charging

0:16

for a good or a 791, what

0:18

you can George? That's what

0:20

you charge. You don't charge what you necessarily

0:23

think it's actually worth because we could

0:25

even say what a service is actually worth.

0:27

It's worth what people are willing to

0:29

pay. You know, then there

0:31

are some things on the planet that are rare.

0:34

Okay. So there are items that are rare. Because

0:36

of their rarity, their value

0:38

is greater than something which is rare,

0:40

but even that can be manipulated in

0:42

ways that are completely artificial.

0:46

The fact that we have paper money is just

0:48

this weird agreement of like, this thing

0:50

is worth this because we say it

0:52

is. There's no real value

0:54

there 791 from the goods and services that it'll

0:56

sort of engender, but that's just this is still

0:58

like a verbal agreement. Not even a verbal

1:00

agreement. It's like a societal agreement

1:03

of like this piece of paper, which

1:05

isn't really paper, I know it's 791. is

1:08

worth this 791, maybe this piece of plastic in

1:10

certain countries nowadays. This

1:12

this little this this paper is worth

1:14

as 791, and then they even the paper anymore.

1:16

Used to be 791 paper was based on some kind of

1:18

little piece of gold that was in a box somewhere,

1:21

but even that stopped. 791 it's not even

1:23

that. And then it's not even the paper anymore. Now it's just

1:25

numbers. Now it's numbers on a 791. And it's

1:27

not even numbers on a screen. It's just like numbers

1:29

in this imaginary wasteland

1:31

of nothingness that just says, this

1:33

is what it's worth. You wanna

1:36

get 791? Okay. Hold up this piece

1:38

of plastic to this little screen and little screen

1:40

is gonna say that we're gonna take this amount from

1:42

the plastic into this other chunk over

1:44

here and that's what that coffee is worth because this

1:46

we've designed that if the coffee is no longer worth

1:48

eighty five cents like it used to be now, it's

1:50

four fifty. Because the market agreed

1:53

that a key, you know, we'll we'll pay up to 578

1:55

bucks for a coffee because why who

1:57

knows why, but that's just the way it goes. And

2:00

this was all the more reinforced

2:03

and related to me, the randomness of

2:06

price, the randomness of cost,

2:08

the complete semi

2:10

irrational, just bizarre

2:13

791 agreement that we have with purveyors

2:16

of things that have supposed

2:19

value to them. 791 all came to

2:21

a head once again me as

2:23

it does every day. Every day you go by something

2:25

you think this worth this?

2:28

Is worth this much that

2:30

same item of clothing,

2:32

which serves the same purpose as the five

2:35

dollar version versus the eight hundred dollar

2:37

version. It still covers the it

2:39

covers the shoulders. The

2:41

designer all versus the shawl available

2:44

on the Internet for pennies. It

2:46

does the same 791, maybe

2:48

doesn't have the same kind of 791.

2:51

I don't know, but you're paying because you

2:53

wanna have that particular brand.

2:55

So you've 791. The brand is

2:57

worth so I will pay more

3:00

for the brand. It's a weird contract.

3:02

It's a weird agreement. 791

3:04

it brings up this idea of what are things,

3:07

what's the value of things than it

3:09

was, like I mentioned, just

3:12

completely shown

3:15

to me in the most random

3:17

way. Yesterday, it's

3:21

just insanity that this

3:23

that this transpired the way it transpired

3:26

791 that no one threw out any of the

3:28

dealings went, wait,

3:31

791 are we doing?

3:35

I slowly over time. 791 I'm not

3:37

even sure how this has happened because I don't have some

3:39

kind of exorbitant package. But

3:43

I have a cable bill, which is ridiculous.

3:46

My cable bill just slowly grew.

3:49

They're like maybe three, five years

3:51

ago, I had reduced the number of

3:53

channels. I didn't need the eighteen

3:55

showtimes 791 the five movie 791.

3:58

and the and the star's

3:59

Expedia craziness.

4:03

I didn't need all that. So, like, I I my

4:05

cable package. Just just like the HBO

4:07

and the and like the the special

4:09

cable channels because I want my BBC

4:11

791. I want my network,

4:14

you know. This

4:16

is like this is years ago. So,

4:18

like, the bill went from being crazy to

4:21

to less crazy. But then over time,

4:23

791, because of taxes

4:26

791 of fees, because because of like there's

4:28

a sports fee. You 791

4:30

pay a sports fee. What

4:33

is that about? George

4:36

broadcasting fee. For

4:38

a person doesn't even watch George. And

4:41

791 and the price just kept going up and going up.

4:44

And every month, I'd say, I really gotta do 791. And

4:46

then the month of go by. And then you get the bill the

4:48

next 791, and you go, like, oh, man, I really gotta do

4:50

something. And then the bill goes by. you don't do anything.

4:52

Finally, yesterday, I

4:54

got the bill. I was opening up. I was doing

4:56

bills because we're two days from the end of the month. And

4:58

yes, I'm doing it like my regular thing where I

5:00

sit down I think that the the

5:02

table in the dining room 791 I

5:04

write the checks out, yes, I know I still

5:06

write checks for some things. Don't listen. I get into it. already

5:08

talked about that in a previous show. 791

5:12

I see my cable bill. And it's and I'm gonna

5:14

use the numbers here, and the numbers are 791.

5:16

And please don't email me saying, you should

5:19

be knowing. I know. I know. I

5:21

know. There's better ways to I

5:23

know. You could use dip not

5:25

that kami pop. dot

5:27

net, and it'll be much you

5:29

should use view pop.

5:31

You should go to the web, I know.

5:33

I'm I'm fully aware. I know I should be

5:35

doing a thousand other things that

5:38

are more affordable than what I

5:40

have been doing or what I may do in the

5:42

future. I'm fully aware. So,

5:44

please, I'm I am aware. I am

5:46

aware. Let me let me

5:48

stress 791 italics

5:50

bold with alternating red and blue

5:52

fonts. I am aware that

5:54

there are better ways using

5:57

whatever kind of apps and

6:00

free TV and 791 closet

6:04

and whatever the hell else is available, I'm

6:06

fully aware. But this is for the purpose of this

6:08

story. Over time,

6:10

791 I'm not this 791, again, this

6:12

is embarrassing. It's embarrassing.

6:15

My cable bill got to three

6:17

hundred and seventy dollars a month, which

6:19

is I know. I

6:21

know. That's 791.

6:23

That's Internet. And

6:25

that's it. Not even phone. It used to be

6:27

the landline. used to have a landline

6:29

tied in with that. So it was a phone,

6:31

cable, Internet. Not anymore. No.

6:33

Now 791 just

6:34

cable and Internet. And again, not

6:36

the full package, not the nine thousand

6:39

channels. I only had the twelve hundred channels.

6:42

HBO, cooking

6:46

all the news things, you know, not

6:48

the crazy crazy but the semi crazy.

6:50

And got to three hundred and seventy dollars.

6:52

And I'm thinking, okay, this

6:54

was it I am going to right now

6:57

get on the phone and call 791 company

6:59

and say, I want better.

7:02

Make this better. because I'm

7:04

thinking mostly I watch

7:06

what Hulu, Netflix, Disney

7:08

791, HBO Prime

7:12

791, what's it called? HBO Max. I

7:14

watched 791 streaming stuff. Disney

7:16

I Disney. I said Disney. That's what

7:18

I'm watching. For the most part, for the most

7:20

part, I like to watch

7:23

Colbert. I tape Colbert every

7:25

night and I watch the next day for dinner.

7:27

That's like part of the thing something. Okay. I

7:29

gotta have that. Well, that's not 791 plus.

7:31

Maybe if I get paramount plus, I'll have

7:33

the cold bear. I'm thinking, alright. I'm gonna get

7:35

rid of all the cable. Get rid of all the cable.

7:37

Just go down Internet. Just Internet.

7:39

That's it. Just Internet.

7:41

No cable. No TV. We're

7:43

gonna go from three hundred and seventy bucks to

7:45

what? Fifty bucks a month for cable. For

7:48

Internet, you know, four hundred mega flaps.

7:50

We whatever the hell the deal is. So I

7:52

call, of

7:52

course, hold hold hold.

7:55

Phone picks up. Lovely operator. However,

7:57

ever, she sounded like she was

7:59

talking through a toilet paper tube into

8:02

another toilet paper tube through

8:04

a bowl of pudding.

8:06

That's what it sounded like it I think it's

8:08

sort of like this. It's

8:09

it's

8:10

sort of like that. I'm thinking, oh,

8:12

man, this is gonna be this is

8:14

gonna be keep in mind, I'm I'm 791

8:17

calling a company, a

8:19

gigantic corporation that is

8:21

in charge of communications. Right?

8:25

They are they are a massive communications

8:27

company that has not only cable and

8:29

Internet but also phone services. gigantic.

8:32

Right? Like huge nationwide phone

8:35

services and the phone that I'm talking

8:37

to, 791 the line for this operator

8:39

sounds like I couldn't

8:47

believe it. I'm making, like, two Do we realize how

8:49

crazy this is? So fine. So I'm dealing with

8:51

that. So I say, hey, yeah, my

8:54

cable's crazy and I gotta cut

8:56

back and you even I even

8:58

heard, I think, through the I

9:01

think I heard her audible sigh when she saw

9:03

the price. Like, you're paying this a

9:05

791. Are you crazy? that include some

9:07

kind of massage? Does that include some kind

9:09

of some kind of rectal exam at some

9:11

point?

9:13

I said, well,

9:14

like, what are we what are we gonna talk to

9:16

just Internet? If I just get rid of

9:18

everything and just go to Internet, how much

9:20

will because gonna be less than three 791.

9:22

Because anything will be less than three seventy.

9:24

791 can have a person

9:26

clean my house twice a month for less than three

9:29

seventy. So

9:31

she starts typing. Okay. Let me see. Talk to

9:33

David, David, David, David, David, David, David,

9:35

David, David, David, David, David,

9:37

David, David, trying to reprogram

9:39

the nuclear codes for

9:41

all of George in in

9:43

in 791. Just type type, type, type,

9:45

type, type, type, type, well, Internet

9:48

only, it will keep your router and

9:50

your modem, and that'll be one seventy

9:52

six a month. And I'm like, 791?

9:54

What?

9:56

791?

9:58

For just

9:59

Internet? She's

10:01

like, let's see what I can do. I'm thinking,

10:04

okay. right there.

10:05

Right there. What

10:06

is that about? Let me see

10:08

what I can do. You just gave

10:10

me a price. this is

10:12

not the individual's fault. This is the company. The person

10:14

was lovely. She was just doing her gig and I get

10:16

it. I know they're trained to do this and 791 fine.

10:18

So I'm not I'm not questioning

10:20

her motives or her actions. But I'm

10:22

talking about the company where it's like, how much

10:24

does it cost this person

10:26

in Bethlehem with this cable company

10:28

just to have 791. And she comes back with a

10:30

price after having calculated using

10:32

an abacus and some kind

10:34

of sand in a bowl, she decides

10:36

it's one seventy six. I'm like, well,

10:38

that's too much. So she goes, let me

10:40

see what I

10:41

can do. Thereby 791 changing

10:43

this contract that we have between each other about

10:45

what something the value something is. I ask you how

10:47

much is that 791 you say it's this much.

10:50

And I go, I don't want that. And then I go, whoa,

10:52

maybe it's this much. And it's thinking like,

10:54

whoa, whoa, wait. That's not what we're doing

10:56

here. She goes back. She's typing,

10:58

typing, typing, typing. typing, typing,

11:00

typing, typing. And

11:02

she says, oh,

11:03

actually, we

11:04

could get it for ninety six

11:07

fifty eight a month.

11:09

I'm 791

11:09

ninety six 791, okay. I

11:12

guess that's

11:13

better. It's

11:14

better in three 791, but I'd be

11:16

losing cable. I'd be losing

11:18

TiVo. I'd be losing any

11:20

kind of subscription channels that I had, which is just

11:22

basically HBO. 791 I'm thinking

11:24

like, Okay. Well well,

11:27

now what if

11:27

we just put a basic cable with

11:29

that? If you just had

11:30

the ninety six fifty eight and the basic cable,

11:32

what would that be? Is there just

11:35

like Okay. Let me check. Just check and check and

11:38

check and check and check

11:40

and type and typing, sand

11:42

through the 791. And this is like

11:44

literally 678

11:47

minutes of me just listening

11:49

to just type

11:52

type 791 comes back with, well, we

11:54

could do we could do basic cable

11:57

and Internet for a

11:59

hundred and forty eight a month. I'm like,

12:01

oh, okay. Alright. Well, that's

12:05

How did Wait a minute. It was just one

12:07

791 six for just the just the

12:10

791 the the Internet. Now it's one forty

12:12

eight for basic cable and Internet. She's like,

12:14

791. Not that I said that, but I'm like, oh, okay.

12:16

And she goes, yeah. It's gonna be the

12:18

thing. I'm thinking, like, oh, does that does that include

12:21

Tivo? When I have my Tivo box, so I can still

12:23

record Colbert every night, like I record

12:25

Colbert. And she's 791, no, you would

12:27

have the 759

12:30

channel router, which doesn't have TiVo. And I'm

12:32

like, well, how much would TiVo be? And she's like,

12:34

okay. Hold on. 791, calculate,

12:38

calculate three minutes, four minutes,

12:40

six minutes. Like literally, I've been

12:42

on the phone at this point for a good

12:44

twenty five minutes. just to

12:46

get these four pieces of information. And then

12:48

it said 791 comes back, well,

12:50

the TV box would be four ninety five

12:53

extra. I'm like, oh, okay. So that would be like

12:55

one fifty. She's like, oh, wait

12:57

a sec. She goes, oh,

12:59

I can do it for 791

13:02

twenty eight eighty two. I'm like,

13:04

791, what? She's like, yeah, I can do George one twenty eight

13:06

eighty two. 791 one twenty eight eighty two.

13:08

with the TiVo box. She's not not not with the TiVo

13:10

box. I'm like, oh, well, 791 I need a

13:12

TiVo box so I can record stuff. How much 791 the TiVo

13:14

box? Well, the TiVo box is four ninety five a month. I'm like,

13:16

oh, so that would be like one thirty. four,

13:19

one thirty three. She's like, wait, typing,

13:22

typing, typing, figuring

13:24

out airport codes for

13:26

all of Eastern Europe typing

13:29

typing typing 791. She goes back.

13:31

She says, okay. Four

13:33

hundred megaflop

13:34

Internet

13:35

your same router, same modem,

13:38

the same Tivo box, basic

13:40

791, one thirty nine.

13:42

I'm like,

13:43

okay. That's a savings of

13:46

like two hundred plus dollars. Like,

13:48

okay.

13:48

I'm gonna lose my HBO.

13:50

I'm gonna lose some of the, like, you

13:52

know, maybe the cooking. I don't even know what basic cable

13:54

is anymore. Does anybody know what basic cable is? It's

13:56

just random, you know, bunch of is

13:59

it aimed I don't know. He's a history channel. I

14:01

don't know. Might be? Probably not. Could

14:03

be. Who knows? I don't care at this point? because I

14:05

can probably find all that stuff on Hulu if I

14:07

have 791

14:07

thirty nine for the same TiVo

14:10

box, the same Enough to return anything.

14:12

No one has to come and install anything. I'm

14:14

like, great. Let's do it. Thank

14:16

you. This is awesome. Thank you so much. I

14:18

appreciate it. It's great. She's like, okay,

14:20

great. Thank you so much. 791 it boy? It's a real painting. I'll

14:22

type all these numbers, and she's like, yeah, it's crazy. Is it fine?

14:24

Okay. Cool. does 791. We're gonna set that up for you right

14:26

away. It's your last day of billing, so it's perfect.

14:28

We'll switch it over right now. I said thank you so

14:30

much. Okay. Bye. Click.

14:32

walk over the TV. 791 now I'm curious, is this 791,

14:34

like, instantiate right away? Am

14:36

I gonna have to wait a day? because it's actually

14:38

791 the the final day of billing is the next day was

14:41

today, not yesterday, thinking, will this

14:43

happen right away? Will it not? I turn the TV

14:45

on. And of course, there's no cable channels

14:47

at all. 791 gone.

14:49

All blank. Black. Nothing.

14:51

Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. 791 make it oh, okay.

14:53

So I turn the TV off. I turn the cable box 791. Turn

14:55

it back on thinking maybe that'll do it.

14:57

Maybe they gotta do the old Ram Roddy

14:59

from far away. I don't know. And

15:01

again, no cable 791. Nothing.

15:03

No cable. No cable.

15:05

I've still got the TiVo, the stuff I

15:07

recorded previously still there, and I have

15:09

access to, like, the Netflix and all that. I'm thinking, like,

15:11

okay, this is weird. So I'm thinking let

15:13

me call back. Let me call back. I

15:15

call back. Of course, go through

15:17

the whole rigmarole of typing

15:20

typing typing. Yes. Hrab

15:23

cable. You have to talk like Europe

15:25

talking to a to AAAA

15:27

791 chimp, monetary

15:31

fund whatever you're saying to get to the access

15:33

thing. And this guy answers. Another

15:35

guy, different operator. And I say, okay. Here's

15:37

the deal. Like, I just got this. and I just got

15:39

a basic cable 791 I turned my TV

15:41

on 791 none of it's there. And he's like, oh,

15:43

okay. Let me look. Typing. Typing.

15:45

Typing. typing, typing, typing,

15:47

oh, it looks like the wrong thing was

15:49

clicked here. So, okay, we can fix that. No problem.

15:51

791, alright. Good. So

15:54

what was it? I said, well, no. It's like, you know,

15:56

I was getting it, and then it was just basic 791 the

15:58

Internet, four hundred meg flops, the

15:59

modem, the router,

16:01

the Tivo, and the cable. And he's like, oh, okay. Sure.

16:03

Type. Type. Type. He says, yeah. That would be one

16:05

fifty nine a month. I

16:07

said, hey. How bad. How bad? I said, wait. 791. They

16:09

told me one thirty nine. 791 he's

16:11

like, okay. Hold on. So again, he just

16:14

we're gonna randomly assign prices

16:16

791 just if they go for it, fine if they

16:18

don't get didn't renegotiate. is

16:21

the

16:21

input how is that the value of

16:23

the thing? So he's

16:25

typing

16:25

typing typing. Okay. We got it for you for one

16:28

thirty nine. 791 thirty nine fifty two a 791,

16:30

the same router, the same modem,

16:32

same Internet, four hundred 791 flops,

16:34

and you get the TiVo, and you get the

16:36

cable. I'm like, okay, cool. I go he

16:38

goes, turn your TV and check it out. Go do it. It's

16:40

not working. He's like, alright. We'll reset you

16:42

791 the TV and then plug it back in. I unplug the TV and

16:44

plug it back in. Wait a second. Preparing

16:47

preparing preparing.

16:49

Boom 791 on. I've got the

16:51

cable all

16:52

good. I said, oh, thank you so much. I really

16:54

appreciate it. This time, this guy was in Canada.

16:56

The other woman was in She was in

16:58

Scranton. Go figure. And great.

17:00

Thank you so much for your help. So

17:03

just to review. Right? We went from

17:05

one hundred and seventy six to one

17:07

George eight, to ninety six, to one twenty

17:09

eight, to one thirty nine, to one fifty

17:11

seven, back to one thirty nine, all

17:13

for the same certain because

17:16

they just decided that's what it's

17:19

worth.

17:19

What the fuck?

17:22

What

17:22

what how

17:23

791 that is

17:24

an awful business model. Charge

17:27

as much as you possibly can

17:29

if they agree to it, move forward. If they don't agree,

17:31

throw some bucks off. If they don't agree

17:33

to that, throw some more bucks off. Because

17:35

what is it actually worth? What is

17:37

it actually worth? to this

17:39

company. The amount of processing,

17:42

the amount of labor that

17:44

goes into me having cable or

17:46

not having cable, me having a and

17:49

not having a and e, what does that actually

17:51

cost? It's just I mean, I'm sure there

17:53

is some infinitesimal price

17:55

that's involved in terms of just Ions

17:57

going through a cable, a tube,

17:59

a wire, but 791, and that's why

18:01

they can do that. They can say, oh,

18:04

three dollars. I mean, three thousand dollars. I mean, twenty dollars.

18:06

I mean, two hundred and forty four

18:08

dollars. Now,

18:11

I don't know if they messed up

18:13

again, but for some reason, I still have

18:15

a range of piano. And I

18:18

also

18:18

got Cinemax now, which I didn't have

18:20

before. and I've got the stars

18:22

channels. I don't tell anybody, but I

18:24

don't know if that's just a free preview or if

18:26

the guy was just like, oh, he's nice. 791 turn

18:28

on HBO 791 Cinemax for him because

18:31

what the hell? Maybe that's what happened.

18:33

I don't know. I'm not

18:35

questioning. Maybe it'll go away in a day or

18:37

two, but it's there for now. So I've got the

18:39

TiVo. I've got the router. I've got the

18:41

four hundred baud. Whatever that

18:43

means, I'm not even sure. 791 price

18:46

Way better than three seventy. I'll tell you

18:48

that

18:49

much.

18:53

This is the

18:53

seven

18:54

hundred ninety first show

18:57

of a series of a not

18:59

new podcasting series

19:01

791 the religious more

19:03

on the 791. Interesting. Farner. Rupert

19:06

McLennanahan's indestructible 791. GEO's

19:08

mom. I almost understand it.

19:09

Lord

19:11

of our scopes. George,

19:13

not the Bible. No.

19:16

Plus so much more. Yeah.

19:18

Yeah. Well, like two

19:20

things more. 791

19:23

now the host of the

19:25

trilogy podcast.

19:28

Me.

19:49

Thanksgiving

19:49

was wonderful. I hope you had

19:51

a wonderful Thanksgiving. I there

19:54

was so much butter in your thanksgiving that

19:56

you just slid right into

19:58

bed. Afterwards, just didn't even need

20:00

to loosen any kind of clothing.

20:02

It just That's what I'm hoping. That's what mine

20:04

was like, it was wonderful. The family was all

20:06

together. We all had a wonderful time. Enough

20:08

food. And not a

20:10

ton of leftovers. It kinda worked

20:12

out perfect Sometimes at the

20:14

end of Thanksgiving, there ends up being like seven

20:16

pies that I'll stay here 791 I end up eating them

20:18

all the next week and then just want to,

20:20

you know. drown

20:22

myself in some kind of

20:24

drain o concoction. But it

20:27

wasn't there, like, you know, I had 791 little to go

20:29

containers. People took their stuff with 791, and it

20:31

was wonderful. In case about twenty four,

20:33

twenty five, ninety six people. We

20:35

went for our walk, which is lovely. The weather

20:37

was great. It was just just

20:40

a lovely time. I

20:42

hope you had a lovely time.

20:44

There's never enough 791 sprouts and there's

20:47

many 791. I I gotta write that

20:49

down. I gotta write that

20:51

down. People just don't, they're not

20:53

into the carats, as much as you would think would or

20:55

maybe they're just not that good. I

20:57

made them. They were fine. This is Rosemary

20:59

791. Rosemary carrots with a

21:02

honey glaze. It's

21:04

carrots. That's fine. But 791 brussels, man,

21:06

I make more and more every year and it always

21:08

goes, gone. No brussels left

21:10

over.

21:10

so good. So

21:12

simple, so

21:12

but my goodness.

21:15

And not too much turkey, which is fine. It's

21:17

a I was worried. because

21:19

791 whole Turkish shortage, it all worked out great.

21:22

Subsequent to Thanksgiving, I

21:25

went and saw two movies, which I just wanna

21:27

briefly 791, because, you know, it's that time

21:29

of year where it's 791 kinda feel like going

21:31

to do movies, like, because it's cold, you can't really

21:33

go do stuff outside. If you're in a

21:35

movie mood and these are

21:37

these are both playing in theaters for the

21:39

next week or two, one of

21:41

which will eventually be on Netflix. And the

21:43

other one I'm sure will also eventually be on

21:45

Netflix or some place But the first one

21:47

I went and saw, which was really fun,

21:50

was the sequel to

21:53

knives out. It's

21:55

called glass onion. If you enjoyed knives out,

21:57

I think you will enjoy this.

22:00

It's all different characters except for

22:02

the main detective played by

22:04

Daniel Craig. I think it's a little

22:06

bit sillier than the first

22:08

knives out than the first film I should

22:10

say. It's a little bit 791 little

22:12

bit wackier, maybe,

22:14

but a very

22:18

convoluted in the best way kind of plot, very

22:20

unexpected George of twists that happen

22:22

791 very much like the

22:24

previous knives out for those of you that

22:26

saw knives out the first film.

22:28

There's like this reveal that happens about halfway through 791

22:30

you think like, well, that's the whole that's

22:32

the whole movie. That's the whole point. We

22:34

just learned, you know, the whole 791

22:37

Christopher Plummer died. We learned we just we

22:39

learned what 791 you're, like, we're only thirty

22:41

minutes in for 791. What's the rest of it?

22:43

Turns out, the thing you think is the

22:45

story is not the story. which is

22:47

really cool. So there's this lovely

22:49

twisty twist 791 then it

22:51

plays out really well. Again, the

22:53

characters a little bit more 791

22:55

cherish in this one, but I enjoyed it. That was

22:57

film number one. Film number two. I

22:59

haven't seen two films in theaters in

23:01

two days in a row, and forever.

23:04

791 I wanted to go see this other one because I enjoyed the book

23:06

so much. The other

23:08

was the 791, she

23:11

said, which is all about from the New York Times

23:13

that exposed the awfulness having

23:15

to do with Harvey Weinstein the years

23:17

and years of sexual

23:20

misconduct and abuse and

23:22

harassment. I read the

23:24

book when it came out, loved the

23:26

book. It was so 791. Just such

23:28

a quick interesting 791

23:30

kind of 791, and I thought this would be

23:32

a really cool movie. And of course,

23:35

it was. It shows the diligence of

23:37

what reporting is actually about just

23:40

looking after sources and looking and

23:42

investigating 791 investigating and investigating and writing

23:44

and getting things correct and double checking and

23:46

double checking. really well 791,

23:48

really enjoyable film. It's

23:50

it's frustrating. It's aggravating.

23:53

There's 791 actual Harvey

23:55

Weinstein conversations are

23:57

recorded in this in a play 791 section

23:59

of it where he's trying to coerce

24:01

an Italian actress into coming

24:03

into his room and watching him

24:06

shower or whatever, narrowness. And while you're

24:08

hearing it, you're like, oh, that's the

24:10

the actual thing. I'm thinking to myself. Was 791 the

24:12

actual recording? And then at the end of it, you in

24:14

the credit, they said, yes. That's the actual actual

24:18

recording of what a freaking monster

24:20

this guy was, just absolute monster. So

24:22

to see him get his come up in some good

24:24

sentence. The jail is very satisfying. But

24:26

The film deals with all these

24:28

women and the, you know, just the abuse that they

24:30

went through. And it's heartbreaking. It's

24:33

heartbreaking. But 791, it's a very positive kind

24:35

of thing. because it shows that

24:38

the stuff even even though

24:40

it's so incredibly prevalent can

24:42

be fought against and and that

24:44

two individual women can make a huge difference.

24:46

So yeah. So she

24:48

said, check that film out. Check out

24:50

glass onion as well. Very fun.

25:16

791. This

25:37

person had to be the religious George 791

25:39

the week because maybe you heard the

25:42

791 just passed the Respect for

25:44

Marriage Act that happened on 791. with

25:47

a vote of sixty one to thirty six easily

25:50

defeating some weird

25:52

amendments that were there. The legislation

25:54

will provide federal

25:56

protection to same sex and interracial

25:59

marriages.

25:59

Right? The legislation would repeal the nineteen

26:02

ninety six defensive marriage act that federally

26:04

791 marriage as happening between one man and

26:06

one woman. It would also make states

26:08

recognize all marriages that were

26:10

legal where when they were performed such

26:12

as unions forged in a different it

26:14

would protect interracial marriages

26:16

by essentially requiring states to recognize

26:18

legal marriages regardless of sex,

26:20

race, ethnicity, or national

26:23

origin. It's really cool. Codifying, 791, same

26:25

sex, and interracial marriage.

26:28

Well, guess what? Guess who voted

26:30

against it? Yeah. 791 bunch

26:32

of Republicans voted against 791. But

26:34

in particular, Mitch McConnell

26:36

voted against this. And this is why he's

26:38

the religious George the week this week

26:40

because Mitch McConnell 791 is actually in an

26:43

interracial marriage. He's married to 791 Chow,

26:45

who was from Taiwan.

26:48

Mitch McConnell is in

26:50

an interracial 791, and

26:53

he 791 against the the

26:55

the the respect for marriage

26:57

act, which defends interracial marriage

26:59

making it illegal for it to be seen

27:01

as not right. Oh,

27:03

my god. You hit the

27:06

grid. 791 unbelievable,

27:09

791. Only

27:10

twelve Republicans voted for it.

27:12

The rest did not, including

27:15

Mitch McConnell who literally

27:17

is in an interracial marriage,

27:19

which is just

27:20

outstanding. Mitch

27:22

McConnell for voting

27:24

against his own 791, like

27:26

many conservatives do, is

27:29

the geologic podcast.

27:40

Excuse, please. What is

27:43

Polish daily? Sorry?

27:45

What

27:45

is Polish daily? Seriously?

27:49

Yes. It's it's not Polish. No? It's

27:51

Polish. What? Polish.

27:54

Like Polish station? 791 that?

27:57

Like where bad guys are resting, you

27:59

know, Polish station? No. That's police.

28:01

This is Polish. not

28:04

understanding. Polish deli. No.

28:07

Like the country. Yes? Yes.

28:09

Come on.

28:10

Yeah. Is true?

28:12

Yes. I'm

28:13

Polish. I know that's why I was kinda

28:15

It's not right. No. It's right. Are

28:18

you assured? Well, how would you

28:20

say it? Jelly. Really?

28:23

No. But it's funny to a few

28:25

people. We would say Polska. Oh,

28:27

like the dots. What? Like the 791. Like

28:30

the dots? Pulchka dots.

28:32

Saying 791, please? Pulchka

28:35

dots. Are

28:35

you meaning

28:36

791 dots?

28:37

What? Pulka

28:39

dots, not pulse cut dots. Well, no,

28:41

I'm confused. Polish deli. Polish

28:44

deli. Polkka dots. This

28:47

is making sense, I guess. Yeah.

28:49

Yeah. Wait. Is it like song? Oh, yep.

28:51

It is like the song. You say

28:53

Polish and I say polish.

28:55

You say polka, and I say

28:58

polka. Polish. Polish. Polka.

29:00

Polka. Let's sing

29:10

That

29:13

drum

29:18

791

29:18

means it's time 791 and

29:21

791 to make with a good English.

29:23

Also known as It

29:26

shoots and has a piece of cake. featuring grammar

29:28

mistakes and other language stuff that

29:30

pisses him off. It's kinda like William

29:32

791, but a whole lot less 791 him.

29:35

Here he is 791 rabbi

29:37

with the 791 Abhey, Minutia in

29:40

Tel Aviv.

29:42

Got 791 a letter. I keep getting

29:44

791 letters and letters from

29:46

people that are writing letters to

29:48

me. This one's from Tom. Tom

29:52

e. he writes this. He says, I had learned that I've been

29:54

using an understanding 791 sippied

29:58

wrongly. as I

30:00

thought it meant the same as

30:02

insidious. Perhaps other people

30:04

are making the same mistake. Could

30:06

you assist here? Thanks. Tom.

30:08

Oh, Tom, Incipid

30:10

791 Incidius. They are not the same. 791

30:13

the elated, they kind

30:15

of related in a kind of a

30:17

way of describing something. It's

30:19

not that great. But

30:22

in simple, basically basically

30:24

means lacking flavor. Lacking

30:27

flavor or lacking vigor

30:29

George interest. Alright? Lacking

30:32

flavor like a like a

30:34

mug of unscented coffee.

30:37

Like this edible underwear have an

30:40

insipid 791, something like

30:42

that. There's 791, there's

30:44

the noun insipidity, which

30:47

is great. I'm smiling

30:49

next to you in

30:51

silent incipidity. No. That's

30:53

not right, but that's fine. Does the

30:55

adverb 791 And

30:57

there's the there's the other noun,

30:59

it's 791. It's

31:01

sippenness. But if you can incorporate the 791, insuppidity

31:05

into your lexicon. Oh, that would

31:07

be nice. It comes from

31:09

the sixteen hundreds, early

31:11

seventeenth 791. Sixteen

31:14

tens without taste of

31:16

perceptible flavor 791 the

31:18

French Incipid. Incipid

31:21

late latin 791 cepidos

31:24

meaning tasteless from

31:27

not not tasty, 791

31:29

having a taste

31:31

uninteresting adult. It's related to the

31:34

791 Sapient. This is interesting

31:37

Sapient. Right? Which means

31:39

wise, sage disarming. That's

31:41

the early fifteenth century surname

31:43

from the old French Cepion

31:45

791 directly from 791 Latin

31:48

Cepheidem.

31:49

So so like wise and 791. So

31:53

in sapient, it's not

31:55

wise discelling or tasteful.

31:58

It's lacking flavor.

32:00

Isn't that interesting? So

32:02

yeah, whereas 791. Insidious

32:05

means proceeding in a

32:07

gradual way a subtle way but

32:09

with harmful effects.

32:11

So, like, certain

32:13

certain PP diseases

32:15

can be and sometimes without

32:18

symptoms for a long time. It

32:20

also could mean 791 and

32:23

crafty, crafty, not the best

32:25

work to 791 with this accent, but that's, you 791, what

32:27

I'm saying? Like,

32:29

we might have an insidious

32:32

alliance an insidious

32:34

alliance. So in lipid

32:37

lacking flavor, lacking

32:39

interest, lacking vigor,

32:44

insidious proceeding in a

32:46

gradual 791 way with

32:48

harmful 791. Alright?

32:51

Easy to make the difference. Just

32:53

think of it as I don't know. You'll just

32:55

make the difference. Alright. Here's your

32:57

joke. a guy has been drinking

32:59

at a pub all night long. He

33:01

gets up to 791, he falls

33:03

down, boom, 791 on

33:06

his strat, straight on his

33:08

face, blink 791 the floor. He's like,

33:10

boy, I am so drunk. He

33:12

tries to stand up again,

33:14

not not 791. false flat. Boom. He

33:17

figures, alright. Let me crawl out of here. I'll

33:19

get some fresh air. Maybe that'll

33:21

reinvigorate me in some

33:23

ways. I crawled across the flock. gets

33:25

outside. He tries to stand up again.

33:28

Nathan BiP stands

33:30

up, falls down, flatten his

33:32

face again. again, he crawls home. Oh, my god. I'm

33:34

so drunk. I'm gonna 791 home.

33:36

He gets home. He tries to go up

33:38

the stairs. He stands 791. Boom.

33:41

false flat on his for his, so

33:43

drunk, he's completely can't even stand

33:45

up. He crawls. Up with the 791. He

33:48

crawls through the door, he wants to

33:50

stand up, get into the bed. He stands

33:52

up, falls, boom, right down manages

33:54

to reach the bed. He gets the

33:56

bed. He crawls. curls in

33:58

the bed, falls, fly to

34:01

sleep. 791 as soon as he's headed to

34:03

the 791, falls 791

34:05

sleep. The next morning he wakes up

34:07

and his wife is standing over him. And she

34:09

says, 791 you've been drinking 791.

34:11

And he says, Why

34:13

do you say that? She looks at him and

34:16

she says, the bow just called,

34:18

you forgot your goddamn

34:20

wheelchair

34:22

again. This is her

34:25

rabbi

34:25

Minochen Taraberg reminding you

34:27

to make with 791 good

34:30

English Arabic.

34:38

and now a little

34:41

bit of damn

34:42

history. A dam

34:44

is a human made structure

34:47

that is primarily used to hold back water. A human made

34:49

structure used to let water through could be

34:51

a hose, a nozzle, a

34:54

sluice, a proud or a tool,

34:56

but we're not talking about that right now 791

34:58

attention. Danes are constructed

35:00

for many purposes, including reservoir 791, flood

35:04

prevention, irrigation, government kickbacks,

35:06

iconic postcard inspiration, mediocre

35:09

whichever chase slapstick, adolescent

35:11

tethering, and hydroelectric power. Today,

35:13

there are almost fifty thousand large

35:15

dams in the used world wide.

35:17

The United States says the second

35:19

largest number of dams in the world at

35:21

fifty five hundred and China has the most with a

35:23

whopping nineteen thousand. Chinese dams are less

35:26

impressive than what ever 791 as most of them are

35:28

constructed with just the same four or

35:30

five ingredients. United

35:32

States has fifty major dams

35:34

791 about seventy million 791 dams

35:36

depending on traffic conditions and

35:40

political season. Before the Hoover Dam or any of the other major dams

35:42

of today, early humans had to

35:44

learn about dam engineering and much

35:46

like Sam Ramey's Spider

35:48

Man films Most of that was

35:50

done through trial and

35:52

error. 791 world's first dam is the

35:54

Jawad dam, which despite its name is

35:56

not 791 feet tall and made out of

35:58

folded sackcloth. It's actually the

35:59

largest in a series of dams that are

36:02

all part of one reservoir

36:04

system. Located in modern day

36:06

Jordan, the Jawad dam was originally

36:08

constructed around three thousand

36:10

BCE in what was then

36:12

Mesopotamia. Up to that point,

36:14

Mesopotamia was mostly known for

36:16

its incredibly spicy and delicious soups and not much

36:18

else. Surprisingly, the Jawad dam

36:20

was actually an architectural 791 of

36:22

the times. I say

36:24

surprisingly because back then most folks

36:26

believed the sun was like a magic

36:28

flaming peacock gag of some shit.

36:30

While most ancient dams

36:32

were simple, describing dams constructed of gravel and Mason read a

36:34

jaguar dam was reinforced with

36:36

rock because if there's anything the Middle East

36:38

is known for, it's for its love

36:40

of rock. 791 from

36:43

the fountains at the Bellagio, the Jawad 791 is arguably the

36:45

most important archaeological site in history

36:47

if you're talking about old crap

36:49

that has water involved.

36:52

791 Romans highly regarded for their advances of both hydraulic engineering

36:54

as well as sodomy 791 prolific

36:56

and dam construction during the

36:59

height of their empire. In addition

37:01

to a vast network of aqueducts, the Romans built 791 plethora of

37:03

gravity dams, most notably

37:06

the Subia 791 dams,

37:08

which were constructed around sixty AD to create a

37:10

pleasure lake for emperor George. Once again,

37:13

reinforcing the ancient truth that

37:15

if you won something stupidly expensive built, make sure the

37:17

boss is somehow gonna get off on it.

37:20

The Subiako games were a

37:22

series of three gravity dams

37:24

on the Anin Riva in

37:26

Sumiyako, Italy, the largest of which stood a

37:28

hundred and sixty five feet tall and held

37:30

the honor of being the

37:32

tallest day in the world until its deconstruction in thirteen o

37:34

five, which was historically attributed to

37:36

two careless monks. Way

37:38

to go, Those two monks

37:40

went on to eventually destroy countless

37:42

architectural treasures, including Villa Lou de

37:44

791, Villa Negroni, Villa

37:46

O'Sali, the tower of Paul 791 third,

37:48

the Khan event of Aricelli and Hugh Heffner's Gratto.

37:50

Nice job, boys. The

37:52

Romans also constructed the world's

37:54

first

37:56

arch dam in the Roman province of Galia 791

37:58

in the first century BCE.

38:00

The remains of the

38:02

791 791, the

38:04

first recorded true arch dam in history were discovered in seventeen

38:06

sixty three. Unfortunately, a

38:08

modern archscriberly dam replaced the

38:11

ancient ninety one, and that's why we can't have

38:13

nice things. The Romans were also

38:16

responsible for constructing the

38:18

world's first buttress dams,

38:20

although they tended to fail due to both their

38:22

tooth and construction and 791 constant

38:24

giggling of the work crews, buttress.

38:27

791 coronado dam, a 791 gravity

38:30

dam built in the first to second century

38:32

791, still supplies water to people of

38:34

Meriden, Spain, but then I really like to talk

38:36

about it. Asian cultures

38:38

also contributed to dam engineering. Around

38:40

the twelfth century AD, about four

38:42

thousand 791 were built by an

38:45

egotistical sinali's ruler KING Parakrama 791. While

38:48

these structures were gargantuan

38:49

for the time such as one 791, it

38:51

stretched for almost nine miles,

38:54

they are not considered to have any true engineering significance as

38:56

they did not supply water to the

38:58

villages built to massage the king's

39:02

giant egg go, these enormous dams were monuments rather than

39:04

functional structures. Thankfully, modern

39:06

society frowns on ostentatious 791

39:10

is built to appease wealthy individuals egos.

39:12

Japan and India also contributed to

39:14

early damn engineering with much success.

39:18

In fact, five and a ten oldest dam still in use are located

39:20

in these two 791, but since white

39:22

Europeans didn't design them, they don't really

39:24

count now,

39:26

do they?

39:27

During the dark ages, dam construction

39:29

came to a near halt seeing as water

39:31

was assumed to be Satan's humor 791 drinking

39:33

any liquid was banned

39:35

by the pulp. It

39:36

wasn't until the eighteen fifties when civil engineering

39:38

professor William John McCorn

39:40

ranking at Glasgow University demonstrated

39:42

a better understanding of both how

39:45

to monogram towels 791 how earth's

39:48

stability affects structural performance

39:50

791 dam engineering improved. In fact,

39:52

Ranking's worth was so innovative. It contributed to the

39:54

acceptance of civil engineering as a valid

39:57

university subject and got a

39:59

ton of

39:59

nerds laid. because

40:02

of ranking, geological, hydrological,

40:04

and structural scientific contributions

40:06

have been extensive, and the

40:08

understanding of dam engineering has improved

40:12

significantly as a result.

40:14

Unfortunately, Rankin did have a consensual

40:16

relationship with one sheep, so you know what

40:18

they called him. Major

40:19

advances in concrete dam design were

40:21

made from eighteen fifty three to nineteen

40:23

ten by British and French engineers, but

40:26

791 who looked 791 as smoking a

40:28

cigarette. During this time, understanding of the relationship between

40:30

the precise weight and profile of gravity

40:32

dams 791 the horizontal thrust of water

40:36

increased extensively. If there's anything 791 French

40:38

and English wanna spend a ton of time investigating

40:40

its horizontal thrust.

40:43

In nineteen ten, rotor advances were made as

40:45

engineers began to take a more three-dimensional approach to dam

40:47

engineering despite having to wear the

40:49

silly paper glasses. As

40:51

a result of this enhanced understanding, model

40:54

techniques were implemented at this time.

40:56

Originally built in rubble, plaster, plaster, plaster,

40:58

plaster, plaster, sina concrete, Modeling is now

41:00

also done digitally, allowing

41:02

both multifaceted and comprehensive

41:04

testing as well as cyber theft

41:06

and copyright

41:08

infringement. The

41:08

world's largest and most complex dams have all been built within

41:10

the last century due to mostly engineering

41:13

advances as well as the

41:15

influence of Lucille Ball. Mylan

41:18

dams are often also constructed to provide

41:20

hydroelectric power. The hoova

41:22

dam, a concrete arched gravity dam

41:24

constructed in nineteen thirty six as

41:26

a prime example of the major advances made in engineering.

41:28

This massive dam provides four

41:30

billion kilowatt hours of hydroelectric

41:34

791, enough to supply the private and public electrical needs of

41:36

over eight million people on a power

41:38

equivalent of mining for twenty six

41:40

dollars worth of bitcoin.

41:43

Once the tallest dam in the world, the Huvaudam

41:45

lost its title to Switzerland's eight hundred

41:47

and twenty foot tall Mal poison

41:50

dam in nineteen

41:52

fifty seven. Despite being eighty three years old, when Harvard

41:54

overheard the news, he of course

41:56

said darn. In

41:59

the

41:59

United States, California's Oroville dam is now a tallest at

42:02

seven 791 and seventy feet. But due to

42:04

all the Botox, it just looks

42:06

kinda weird. While

42:08

dams have been constructed for over five thousand years, the last

42:10

791 years have seen the most significant contribution

42:12

in dam engineering, which is perfect

42:15

because it's all just in time to see humans run out

42:17

of water. With the tens of

42:20

thousands of existing large dams throughout the world

42:22

and the ever increasing demand for water

42:24

and power 791 like the pants selection of Harry Styles, dams

42:26

will continue to make a significant impact on

42:28

our modern life. Finally,

42:30

as is evidenced by history, dam

42:32

engineering will

42:34

no doubt 791 to evolve as additional innovations,

42:36

discoveries, and technological advances 791 made,

42:38

making one hell of a damn difference.

42:41

791 has been a

42:43

little bit of damn history.

42:52

George

42:58

Geo. I'm

43:00

curious to know if you watch

43:02

the Elton John concert over

43:04

on Disney plus. Sir Elton is a

43:06

little outside of your favorite genre, but he

43:09

was definitely hot when you and I were growing up. from Elton not hitting

43:11

the high notes anymore, he and the

43:13

band sounded great. Any

43:15

thoughts on these guys is seventy

43:18

five, the new fifty five. God, I hope

43:20

so. Best wishes Scott

43:22

from Madison. We I

43:24

guess that's what Scott I think, as

43:26

opposed to Madison Wee, Madison

43:28

791. I did watch

43:30

the Elton John concert for those of

43:33

you unaware Elton John had his final

43:36

American concert. It was

43:38

Sunday before Thanksgiving, Sunday

43:40

after Thanksgiving.

43:43

Before Thanksgiving. After Thanksgiving.

43:44

Whatever it was, it was a Sunday,

43:46

Sunday night. It was eleven o'clock

43:48

here on the East Coast. I

43:51

watched a little of it as it started. There was a

43:53

whole kind of beginning little video montage

43:55

for, like, twenty minutes or so. So I watched

43:57

it 791 the beginning. and then I

43:59

figured it 791 be available later, so I did watch it the next

44:01

day. And yeah, look, Elton John

44:04

is unbelievably

44:06

impressive. I

44:08

wasn't that much of a fan growing up. I was always more of a Billy

44:10

Joel fan as a kid. Billy Joel, the

44:12

songs were more accessible to

44:16

me. I I his videos were more interesting. I just I liked

44:18

the Elton John stuff, but there was something about Billy

44:20

Joel. Maybe because my family had

44:22

multiple Billy

44:24

Joel, eight track tapes in in our Mercury Monarch.

44:26

We had we had the stranger.

44:28

We had glass 791. And

44:30

that was like, oh, okay.

44:34

791 later on, in life, within

44:36

the 791, say, twenty years or so,

44:38

I kind of discovered the earlier

44:40

out in John's stuff and got a real 791 affinity.

44:43

Look, the guy is a powerhouse. He's had a number one

44:45

song in every decade since the sixties,

44:47

which no one else has 791.

44:49

I don't think I don't think

44:51

anyone else has done a number one

44:54

every decade and continues 791. He

44:56

just had a number one 791 he had a song with

44:58

791. do a lip or something. I

45:01

I watched

45:02

the concert 791 I

45:04

was surprised at a couple of things.

45:06

I was surprised at the way it was filmed. I

45:08

thought it wasn't filmed that interestingly. Now

45:10

that's not necessarily Elton John's

45:14

call. But for a large percentage of it, it was basically a

45:16

one shot of Elton from the

45:18

front over the lid of the piano.

45:20

So you couldn't see

45:22

his hands. It was just the

45:24

piano was kind of cut across his chest and you

45:26

would see his face and

45:28

his shoulders and him singing.

45:30

And it just wasn't an

45:32

interesting shot. at least like when

45:34

you're from the three quarters or from behind, you can see

45:36

his hands and there's some kind of a thing kind of

45:38

happening. But it was indicative of the whole

45:40

performance that to me

45:42

felt very sterile.

45:44

It felt very sort of I mean, corporate

45:46

maybe is the wrong word. But

45:48

791, there were all kinds of vid

45:50

protocols being taken care of during the tour.

45:52

So literally, Elton John

45:54

wouldn't see his band members until

45:57

they were on stage together and even

45:59

then they were still separated. So

46:02

there wasn't much it felt

46:04

to me like there wasn't much

46:06

cohesion between him and the band. It was a massive band

46:08

and great musicians 791 a lot of the players

46:10

that have been with him for years and years and

46:12

years. That surprised me number one,

46:14

the sort of the way

46:16

it was shot 791 it's just there were like really wide shots of the

46:18

entire audience and then

46:20

really just sort of static shots of

46:22

him singing. And that to me

46:24

wasn't that dynamic or

46:26

or exciting. And when it did cut to

46:28

the band, they were so sort of

46:30

separate from him that it wasn't

46:32

791 wasn't a feeling of a cohesion. 791

46:35

other thing that surprised me was how dry

46:37

the mix was. Just what was coming to us

46:39

through the Disney 791 791.

46:43

I'm sure in the stadium. And actually, I saw

46:45

a couple little posted boot legs of people

46:47

filming off their cameras, off their phones, and

46:49

stuff that sounded way better. but the

46:51

mix that we were getting at home

46:53

was very dry. I was surprised at how

46:55

sort of the drums especially

46:58

just sounded very kind

47:00

of sterile 791 I thought his his piano playing and voice sounded

47:02

sterile in terms of its timbre. What

47:04

he's doing sounded great. His

47:06

voice sounded great. Yeah. He doesn't hit

47:08

the crazy. He

47:10

doesn't do that stuff anymore, but he does hit a couple high

47:12

notes. I mean, when he's saying the

47:14

final song was good by Yellow

47:18

Brick Road, And 791, again, a replacement.

47:20

He did that. I think his baby was down a

47:22

step, but he was hitting decent notes,

47:24

open voiced. he's

47:27

kind of, you know, he's seventy six,

47:29

seventy seven, whoever old he is. They 791, like, George

47:31

a few moments when he got up and walked 791, and

47:33

that was almost 791 uncomfortable because he sort of

47:35

kind of was like, I worried he

47:37

was gonna fall. I kinda felt like it

47:40

was a I might just sit down with the piano, just play

47:42

and saying, you're fine.

47:44

You're fine. kiki d came out, he's saying with her. She

47:46

looked amazing. I couldn't it was 791 this

47:48

woman, this young woman walked out of 791 like, who

47:50

is that? Oh, it's

47:52

kiki d. total time George, saying

47:54

okay. So, overall, it

47:56

was a, you know, I think it's

47:59

not his last concert because he still has another, like, three or

48:01

four months to go in Europe. I think his final concert is gonna be

48:03

in England, I 791. Final

48:06

final concert. It

48:08

was fine. It was it was good. Again, the songs are

48:11

so strong and there's

48:13

so many hit that

48:15

it was fine. To me, the dryness of

48:18

the audio 791 well as the

48:20

kind of static nature of the whole

48:22

performance to me kind of felt like it

48:24

wasn't that that

48:26

dynamic and it didn't really do it

48:28

for me quite in the same way. But that is true of

48:30

a lot of bands that get older. You can't

48:33

run around like maniacs anymore because, yeah, you

48:35

are in your seventies. You ask is seventy

48:37

five the new fifty five? Yeah. I think in many

48:39

ways it is. I think in many as it is.

48:41

There are still plenty of people that are out

48:43

there performing in their seventies, heading into

48:45

their eighties now. And it's

48:48

impressive. And ultimately, his career

48:50

is just unbelievably impressive. Elton John's,

48:52

that is. So I was glad to watch a

48:54

chunk of it. And I'm glad that he's still employing

48:56

money to the same

48:58

same cats. same guitarist, same

49:00

drummer, same 791,

49:02

and it was cool. I don't

49:04

think they had many prerecorded things

49:06

that they were doing. There were, like, some second near keyboard

49:08

player. So I don't think they're playing along the tracks. I don't think. So

49:10

that also made me feel good.

49:12

And his voice was strong. So

49:16

791, it was a nice opportunity to see what was

49:18

like a twelve hundred dollar ticket basically

49:20

over there on the Disney plus

49:22

791 I believe it's gonna be on there for the

49:24

next 791 a week. So if you have it,

49:26

check it out, fast forward through it, get to

49:28

your songs that you 791, and it's kind of

49:31

fun.

49:31

Thanks, Scott from Madison

49:33

Week. Ask George. And

49:40

while

49:40

there's full

49:46

time. Here's

49:52

a lovely

49:52

story that came across my desk, made me

49:54

smile, and maybe even messed up a

49:56

little bit. Kidnamed Romello Mello

50:00

Early. is no stranger to bullying. At his old school, the

50:02

seventh grade student was picked on for being

50:04

shorter than his peers and he remembers how much

50:06

it stung. As of fall twenty

50:08

twenty two, He now attends

50:10

Buffalo Creek Academy, a charter school in

50:12

Buffalo, New York, and he's got a best

50:14

friend named

50:16

Melvin Anderson. Melo and Melo are great friends in spite of their

50:18

differences. Melo is about a foot taller and

50:20

very soft spoken, whereas Melo is

50:22

extroverted and outgoing

50:24

by nature when Melvin

50:26

started getting bullied about his old worn

50:28

out sneakers, Melo felt

50:30

the pain as if it was happening to

50:32

him. Quote, could tell it was upsetting him, Melo, said, it just put a

50:34

real bad ache in my stomach to see

50:36

somebody have to go through that and to be picked

50:38

on just based

50:40

off appearance. 791 had been

50:42

saving up his allowance money, and he

50:44

decided to take action to help his friend.

50:46

He went home one day in

50:48

tears over how badly his friend was

50:50

being treated telling his mother

50:52

he wanted to use his own money to

50:54

buy Melvin a proper pair of

50:56

sneakers. He even asked if he could forego

50:58

one of his own Christmas gifts and use the

51:00

money on Melvin's shoes.

51:02

Naturally, his mother was moved by her son's

51:04

sensitive and generous spirit. She took him out to

51:06

the store 791 they purchased a brand

51:08

new pair of Nike's from Melvin the

51:10

next 791. Melo gave

51:12

his friend 791 shoes with little fanfare.

51:14

One person did notice the gift

51:16

however, Dean of Culture Bryant Brown Junior

51:18

found out what that Melo had done and

51:20

called both boys to his office. When

51:22

Melo did this with his allowance money,

51:24

791 touched my heart, and I almost

51:27

came to tears, said Brian, The educator snapped a

51:29

picture of the two boys with the new shoes, and he

51:31

shaded on Facebook. My

51:33

student, Melo, told me. He

51:35

was tired of other students picking on Melvin

51:38

about his shoes. He wrote as a caption.

51:40

Melo used his allowance and brought Melvin

51:42

some shoes. This is what I

51:44

be that helping hand. The photo, of course, meant viral.

51:46

And 791 hopes the story

51:48

encourages more acts of kindness amongst

51:51

middle schoolers, and everywhere.

51:53

Melvin is incredibly appreciative and said he

51:55

plans to do some extra chores to earn

51:57

money to repay his friend. but

51:59

Melo insists that it was his treat. No repayment necessary. You don't have to

52:01

pay me back. He said, that's just

52:03

a gift from me

52:06

to you. some

52:08

lovely sneaker based kindness from two seventh

52:11

graders. Oh goodness,

52:12

me. Nicely done. gentlemen.

52:23

Alright. Last week,

52:26

I offered up

52:29

a little postcard deal if you wanna

52:31

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52:33

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52:35

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52:38

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52:40

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52:42

it. I really appreciate it. Paypal is

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52:54

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52:58

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53:15

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53:19

That's it for now. Alright. I will talk to you

53:21

all soon. Thanks for tuning in. Again,

53:23

hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving. Thanks

53:25

to everyone that helped make my thanksgiving

53:27

wonderful. I appreciate it so, so greatly.

53:30

Alright. Talk to you

53:32

soon. Bye.

53:34

Now that

53:38

the show is over,

53:38

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53:42

Yes. That's not a problem. Okay.

53:43

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53:47

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53:49

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54:11

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54:14

Thank you. Well

54:16

done, George.