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29. Over 40 and child-free.

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Oh, my gosh, we're going to be 30 next week. We're

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getting old. We are, I think we should have a surprise

0:56

30th birthday for ourselves. I

0:58

had a surprise 30th birthday party.

1:02

I want for our podcast. This idea,

1:05

I will throw ourselves the surprise party. Okay.

1:07

And then we'll jump out and say surprise.

1:09

Yes. And we'll surprise

1:11

each other. Maybe we'll have

1:13

a drinker too. That could be

1:15

a good idea. It could. There's

1:18

some really great fall recipes that I've been

1:20

saving. You know what we have not

1:22

done. When drinking episode? Yes.

1:24

We have not gone back and done the wine.

1:26

Yes. Maybe we should do that for sure.

1:30

I love this idea. Okay. All right. He's

1:32

good. That was just off the cuff right there. Okay. Well,

1:34

here's the thing. One of us

1:36

needs to remember. All right. Mom,

1:38

maybe you'll remember. I'm

1:41

a little tired today, so maybe

1:43

Helen can remind us. All right, Helen. Remind

1:46

us that next week, we're going to do our wine

1:49

episode. Okay.

1:51

Helen's here. And for those

1:53

of you who don't know who Helen is, it's my mama.

1:56

She was here helping out this weekend

1:58

because Nicole and I went on a little

2:00

road trip. Woo. So

2:03

she stayed and watched the little Winnie

2:05

girl. While we partied it

2:07

up, we partied it up. Yes. We

2:09

drove well down. We drove almost

2:12

five hours. So we had to go to

2:14

Virginia. And then home

2:16

was a much nicer trip on

2:18

the way home. It was only four hours probably

2:20

cause it wasn't confusing. Like the way down there. They

2:23

took us from Pennsylvania to West Virginia,

2:25

back to Virginia. Yes. However.

2:28

We did get to go to West Virginia because

2:31

we had to pull off because we needed to pee.

2:33

Is that why we pulled off? Yes. It

2:35

wasn't just to get energy during that. I think

2:37

it was to pee and get energy drinks. So.

2:40

Living in Pennsylvania, we don't really have

2:42

roundabouts. There's like one

2:44

here and there, but there. Pretty

2:47

easy. Jersey like

2:49

some roundabouts. It's still

2:51

not crazy. I'm not crazy. We

2:53

got off the exit in West Virginia.

2:56

And when I tell you we drove.

3:00

At least a mile, if not like two

3:02

miles. All in

3:04

roundabouts. Yeah. Every or

3:06

ever you would think there'd be an intersection with a light.

3:08

It was actually around about, it was around about,

3:11

and not only a one lane roundabout,

3:13

there were two lanes. That

3:16

would go left. One of the

3:18

lanes would go left or straight. And

3:20

then there was an actual third lane that

3:22

would either go straight or right. So

3:25

you had no idea where anyone was

3:27

going. I had no idea

3:29

which lane to be in and we just kept roundabout.

3:32

And we got off the exit

3:34

specifically to go to Sheetz because

3:37

we saw that there was a sheet sheets and we

3:39

knew there would be a decent bathroom. And

3:42

we kept driving and driving around all

3:44

of these roundabouts. But then I started

3:47

to get back on like a major. And

3:49

there were still no sheets. So we

3:51

had to drive back. Through the roundabouts.

3:54

Back the other way. Figure out

3:56

how to turn around in the roundabout, but

3:58

we made it, we made it. We didn't try to cancer

4:01

to go straight across the roundabouts, but yeah,

4:03

find out if she wants to do that. The best

4:06

part though, was when we first got off

4:08

the exit before we entered the first roundabout,

4:11

there was a car. I don't know if

4:13

the car had gotten into an accident or broke down,

4:15

but there was like a police car. So when

4:17

we came back, To

4:19

get back on the on, we

4:21

were on 81, I think at that point we

4:24

were going on to 81 and I

4:26

look over and Nicole's just waving. I

4:29

wasn't wanting to be friendly. I didn't want to die in West

4:31

Virginia, you know? The wanting to be friendly with the native.

4:33

So I waved to the state trooper. And

4:36

whoever the person was. They

4:38

did not wave back. No. Why

4:41

because a crazy woman was waving. I mean,

4:43

I wasn't raving like weirdly it was just

4:45

a very friendly wave. Maybe they're not that

4:47

friendly there. I don't know. Maybe

4:49

if you're not there, sister. How

4:53

do they know we missed out because Nicole

4:55

found online, was

4:57

it like the most incestual family

4:59

that lives in West Virginia? The

5:02

somethings, I don't know if you're on sick. They

5:05

asked me because with the w if you're on Tik

5:07

TOK at all, you've probably come across them.

5:09

The worst somethings. Yes. I

5:11

think they have their own documentary on Netflix,

5:14

maybe. Oh, we need to, we're going to need

5:16

to dive into this. It's an interesting, They

5:18

apparently came from a set of twin brothers

5:20

when one of the brothers fell in love with the daughter. Oh,

5:23

and that's how it all started way back. And

5:25

now. They live in West

5:28

Virginia. Well,

5:30

you're not going to be in love with your dad. Possibly

5:32

not. Maybe they're like Twilight

5:35

and they imprinted on each other. And pull

5:37

that vision. It just got even worse. But

5:40

it would be cool to get. At least one of them would be

5:42

aware of. Oh, that, I mean, that should, if they're

5:45

werewolves, then they're cool. And I guess if they

5:47

want to sleep with each other, that's totally fine. So

5:49

then they just morph into werewolf's. I mean, that's. It's

5:51

a super cool. We haven't broached tripped

5:53

in awhile, which is weird. I

5:55

think we've gone like short distances. But

5:58

I love a good road trip. And what was

6:00

funny was the whole way down. We

6:02

didn't even listen to the radio. We

6:04

just had some titillating conversation

6:06

in the. And obviously I'm sure we talked

6:09

about some amazing stuff. I know at any

6:11

time I can throw in the word titillating. Makes

6:13

me smile. She said. Oh,

6:16

I got to get your button. Back out. Oh

6:18

yeah, you do. I couldn't. I can't remember

6:20

if they could hear it on the mind. And that was

6:22

very sad. That's why I needed my soundboard, which

6:24

you guys will all be happy to know that on national

6:26

procrastination day, Tracy

6:28

still procrastinated and did not figure out how

6:31

to use my soundboard. So I still

6:33

don't have cool sounds. Partially

6:35

not my fault because I never wrote

6:37

it down. And you know, if I

6:39

don't write something down, it says if it never

6:41

happens. So basically last

6:43

week it's as if it never happens, because

6:46

well, It didn't ever happen. Retrain

6:48

and run it down. Cause I feel like somewhere you wrote it

6:50

down. I did not write it down. And

6:52

what I should have done is you should have made me

6:54

put it in my phone. So that their

6:56

reminder popped up on my phone because even if

6:58

I write it down, like if I write it down,

7:00

if I write down something at work, It's

7:03

in front of me. So I

7:05

will see it eventually. Maybe not when I'm supposed

7:07

to see it, but I'll see it eventually, but we're

7:09

just sitting at my dining room table and

7:12

I don't sit at my dining room table that much.

7:14

So even if I wrote it down over here, I'd

7:16

probably just be looking at the list again today.

7:19

You should probably add it to the to-do list,

7:22

which you do have written down. Where's

7:24

that. I don't know in your notebook, you showed

7:26

me the great to do this. You had for our

7:28

podcast business meeting that we have next week. Well,

7:31

that wasn't necessarily a to-do list. That was

7:33

our brainstorming list. So maybe you

7:35

should add that to your brainstorming list. Oh, wait,

7:37

I made a to-do list for next week. No,

7:40

you just needed to produce in general, but you're supposed to

7:42

add it to our, to do list. Or you're supposed

7:44

to add our ideas to our, to do list so we can review

7:46

some of them. I need to make a to-do list.

7:49

I started the to-do list. Oh, you just

7:51

helping you out. It's on our it's on the Trello. All

7:53

right. So I'll find it. Anyway,

7:56

I digress. Yes. So you should

7:58

ask Tracy and I'll ask her, Tracy,

8:00

did he take a tour of Shenandoah national park?

8:04

Y, yes, Nicole, we did. So

8:08

we were in Virginia.

8:11

And, you know, an area that I didn't really

8:13

know. And.

8:16

So we had to drive out to

8:18

the venue. So I was in a wedding

8:20

and Nicole came as my plus one hashtag

8:23

for her wedding date. And so she gets

8:25

a new wedding date. And then,

8:28

so we were driving and I had

8:30

my GPS on. And, but it was

8:32

one of those things. Like, it was like turn here,

8:34

but then we saw like a mini golf place.

8:37

And then a sign that said weddings,

8:39

but there was no sign with the name

8:41

of the place. And it came up kind of fast.

8:44

And at that point I was like, wait, am

8:46

I supposed to turn here? So I was too

8:48

far past it. So I had to keep going

8:50

to turn around. Well, then we

8:52

learned, there is no

8:54

where to turn around on this road. We

8:56

had to drive another, at least 10 minutes.

8:59

So yes, we went way past the venue.

9:02

We went past Shanandoah

9:04

national park. Well, we were kind

9:06

of driving through the road, went through Shenandoah

9:08

national park. So we got to see some special

9:11

trees sets. We got special trees.

9:13

Apparently there's a whole skyline

9:16

tour. I mean, I feel like there

9:18

should be because we came to one part of the road. And

9:20

if you just looked ahead, it was beautiful even. Overcast

9:22

day, cause it had the mountain range in it.

9:24

So we did. So that was like a little tour

9:26

that wasn't supposed to happen, but it happened. Yeah. And

9:29

I will say it was beautiful because two of the

9:31

bridesmaid stayed at Airbnb's.

9:34

And the view out back of their Airbnbs,

9:36

they were taking pictures and showing us was

9:38

beautiful. Even with the

9:40

stormy weather. Which

9:43

rocked our world on Friday

9:45

night. Oh, sure. Did. We

9:48

were in boots, our own Nicole's like. Did

9:50

somebody just grab. I saw

9:52

somebody ground. It sounds what it sounded like.

9:54

Plus I'll ask this where somebody was knocking at our door.

9:57

So I know there's a lot of weird sounds, but it was a lot of

9:59

weird sounds. We did figure out the door thing. So

10:02

it was some sort of like air

10:04

problem where if somebody

10:06

else on the floor shut their door,

10:08

it made our door. Jerk.

10:11

Yes. So it literally sounded

10:13

like a knock. So the first time it happened, We

10:16

were like, if somebody's at the door and she's like, are you

10:18

expecting so much? I was like, no.

10:20

But then I said, well, who would knock. Just

10:23

one time. So then we sat and

10:25

waited a little bit longer and then it did happen again.

10:28

At which point I thought maybe I should get up, but

10:30

then I thought, if you really want me to come to

10:32

the door and you need to knock more than one time, Or text

10:34

me and tell me you're knocking at my door and then maybe I'll

10:36

answer. So it turned out there. It was just a big

10:39

ass. In Virginia. Yeah. I

10:41

was under. It

10:43

was crazy. So, but

10:46

anyway, we had a wonderful time.

10:48

Shout out to engine hairy, happy

10:51

marriage. Happy wife,

10:53

happy life, all the things.

10:55

Oh, this was a little tidbit I learned.

10:58

So it did rain. Literally

11:01

during the wedding as we were walking out. So we

11:03

had to come back inside, but they

11:05

always say that. Rain

11:08

on a wedding day is good luck.

11:10

And I never really understood why. I honestly

11:12

just thought it was something that they told brides. To

11:15

make them feel better, how to make them feel better. But

11:18

the reason behind that saying

11:20

is because wet knots are harder

11:23

to one tie. That's just so

11:25

sweet. Isn't that? Sweet. So

11:28

that was the hat. That was nice. I

11:30

mean. Asian herring

11:32

threw a good party, but I got to say Tracy

11:34

and I brought the party table. Shout

11:37

out to table five. Table table

11:40

five. We had so much fun. We

11:42

did. We had a blast. We got yelled at at

11:44

one point. However, they said

11:46

the wrong table number and we were like, yeah, it's able

11:48

to force. We blamed them. But

11:50

it was really us. So you're having fun, but

11:53

literally we kept seeing people that were

11:55

at our table in parking lots. Like,

11:57

so when we left the venue, when we got back

11:59

to our hotel and we were just chanting

12:01

every time we saw them and they haven't got right in

12:03

it with us, they shortened it. So

12:05

we had it. So it was a good time. We got them

12:07

up. We got them dancing. It was

12:09

a good time. There was cake. There was

12:11

cake. There was no smores. We were sad about that.

12:14

I think the rain might have. Killed

12:16

that for us. I know. Oh, that's right.

12:18

We're supposed to smart home. On

12:20

that. But we have fun.

12:23

And the funny thing is.

12:25

Oh, So those

12:28

of you who know Nicole

12:30

loves makeup. I do not. So

12:33

I had my makeup done, which she did a really good

12:35

job, and I had a ton of makeup on, which is weird

12:37

for me. But the bride bought

12:40

fake eyelashes forever. My

12:43

first experience with fake eyelashes.

12:47

They're interesting. They feel. Really

12:50

weird. Really, really good though.

12:52

Tracy looked really pretty, but like,

12:54

I. I'm not bragging, but

12:56

I do have nice eyelashes. Like I have thick

12:58

eyelashes. So I was hoping

13:01

that the girl would say, you know what? Your eyelashes

13:03

look fine. You don't need them. However,

13:05

that was not the case. I think

13:07

it's very rare that you would have enough eyelashes.

13:10

That'd be taken off to look as good as

13:12

fake eyelash. I don't know, but then they put them on him,

13:14

still put mascara on. Hey guy,

13:16

lashes. Oh, of course my God.

13:19

My eyes felt like they weighed 70 pounds.

13:21

It was crazy. And then the poor hairdresser

13:24

doing my hair, she's doing my hair.

13:26

And I had asked, cause we had to do up dues

13:28

and I'd asked for like this messy bun.

13:31

As the picture was super cute. And

13:34

in the middle of it. I can hear her

13:36

like sighing and she's like, I'm so sorry.

13:38

And I'm like, okay. And she said

13:41

I'm a perfectionist. So messy

13:43

buns. Give me anxiety. And

13:46

I said to her, I said, you know, We can

13:48

change it up. I'm not dead set

13:50

on a messy bun. And she was

13:52

like, no, no, I need to work through it. So you're

13:54

helping me. So, you

13:56

know, Well, she did a good job. I was a world

13:58

of help on this day. You

14:01

were caught while Tracy was getting

14:03

ready. I was driving back to the hotel

14:05

to which if I drove by it, cause again,

14:08

I didn't really know where I wasn't. Why put the address

14:10

into the GPS? Cause it was only two roads.

14:12

I was like, I got this. I can get my way back to the

14:14

town. But I drove by it.

14:17

Anyway, I found myself at a home goods. I'm

14:19

just saying I had to go to the home goods because

14:22

stores carry different things in different places and you

14:24

never know. You're gonna find. I may have

14:26

picked up a couple of things there. When

14:28

Tracy needed to stop for cups. For

14:31

the wedding party. I at a Walmart,

14:33

I might've bought a back pillow. It's super

14:35

cute. Super cute. That pillow plus. Our

14:38

Walmart. And they didn't have a mine.

14:41

Walmart. And I'll have them. And then we also

14:43

stopped at a target for something else. And

14:45

of course I ended up buying stuff there because

14:47

our target didn't have it. I may have also got

14:49

some makeup. As of

14:51

today that we're recording is national makeup day. So I'm just

14:53

saying, I bought myself a present for national makeup, dead

14:55

air. You go, you got to spoil yourself. I

14:58

did. I did. So I bought a lot of stuff. I came back.

15:00

I think we came back with more stuff than we, we went down with. I

15:03

looked in the backseat coming home and I'm

15:05

like my backseat was not this full

15:07

going down there. No, no, I think it was

15:09

the big bag of stuff that I bought at all the stores

15:11

I went to. It's good times. Good

15:14

times. Good times. But we did get cute

15:16

little holiday shirts

15:18

for our doggies. Oh yes. So mine

15:20

says mommy's little pumpkin. And

15:23

mine says mommy's little monster.

15:25

For tank. So, you know, I have five dogs. I don't dress

15:27

them all because the big ones don't really care

15:30

for it. And the little ones can share. So

15:32

this time I got it for tanky because it described

15:34

him perfectly. Yes. Even though he's the

15:36

cutest. Little baby shoot. Cutest

15:38

little monster. I will give her that.

15:41

Title. So anyway, I love

15:43

to buy things. So that was our

15:45

trip to anything else. We

15:47

learned that Virginia drivers suck. Oh,

15:50

they were terrible, Maryland drivers.

15:52

Aren't much better. No

15:55

anyone on the road in my

15:57

way. Sucked. And

15:59

there were a lot of that. There were a lot of them. However,

16:02

this was probably our first time driving home on

16:04

95 that there wasn't a dead body. So

16:06

we called it a success. I do think it's some

16:08

success because I was just, I prepared

16:10

myself. I was like, there's going to be something happening on

16:12

95, definitely in Virginia, for

16:14

whatever reason. And to

16:17

us twice. Yeah. Driving home on 95

16:19

and. We're not just like, Ooh,

16:21

it's a bad accident. I bet somebody said no, no.

16:23

We saw a cover over some. So

16:27

that's why not to that, not this time, but twice

16:29

that has happened to us on. It's probably a third

16:31

time might be the charm, but it wasn't. So everybody

16:33

would say time was the charm. The

16:35

third time was the term. So

16:38

look at that. But speaking of people

16:40

that may have be deceased with a white sheets.

16:43

Back here in Pennsylvania. Transition

16:47

white sheets. There

16:49

is an escaped convict. Who's been

16:51

on the loose now for 10 days, I

16:54

think. And either 10 or 11 now. At

16:56

some point, I don't know. They can't catch them. So

16:59

if you've heard about it, no matter where you live in the country,

17:01

you may have heard about it. Tracy and I.

17:03

We live only like, I don't know, 10

17:05

or 15 minutes from where he is, where he

17:07

is. I don't know where he is, where. He is now.

17:10

He was originally, we were fine. He was

17:12

like a good 20, 30 minutes away.

17:14

Yes. Yes, he's getting closer because he broke

17:16

the perimeter for supposedly 400

17:19

cops. We have drones in the sky. We have

17:21

helicopters in the sky. I

17:23

don't know what as law enforcement people are doing,

17:25

but now he got from the original area.

17:28

He stole a car, broke the perimeter

17:30

and made it closer to us. So

17:32

now he's about 15 minutes away. So

17:34

I have a lot of questions. Like why can't they catch

17:36

him? There was 400, it was

17:39

400 to one. 401. Plus

17:41

he's breaking into people's houses. One person

17:43

did see him and report on, but what are these other people

17:45

doing? Right. We're seeing him. He's that good. And

17:47

here's the thing. Well,

17:50

I mean, I live in an apartment building on

17:52

the second floor. You need a code to get in

17:54

the building. I don't think he's going to break in here.

17:57

But if he did. I'm ready

17:59

with my duct tape and I'm taking them down

18:01

and I'm getting the reward. Oh yes. So there's

18:03

a $20,000 reward. Yes. And

18:06

Tracy and I decided in order to catch him and

18:08

get the full $20,000 word, you gotta do like

18:10

Scooby doo thing where you get them and he's got, and

18:12

they have, they wrap them up and we're going to wrap them

18:14

up in duct tape, not rope. Cause we don't know how to tie knots.

18:17

And then we all have, I don't think we'll have to

18:19

pull a mask off. Like they do. no,

18:22

I'll just find like it's. Well,

18:25

hopefully I'm not pulling a mask up. Cause

18:27

that would be nice. Just duct tape,

18:29

the wrong guy. That could be, it's going to be the right guy. We

18:31

got them. So Tracy and I are going to try and

18:33

get that, but I also want to know. Why

18:36

aren't the canine dogs getting them? I did see one of the canines,

18:38

cause it was hot ended up having to go to the hospital, but

18:40

it's going to be a little cooler. It's raining. There has

18:42

to be more than one canine dog available to track

18:44

a scent. Yeah. And dogs can run

18:46

fast. Like apparently there's been like 11

18:48

sightings of this guy. A

18:50

couple of them running from the cops. What

18:52

a great time to have a dog to unleash that. Totally.

18:54

Take him down. Cause. Dogs

18:57

that are pleased. Dogs are bad ass. They

18:59

are bad-ass dogs. Seriously? I

19:01

don't understand. I don't. Where

19:04

are the dogs bring them? Because.

19:07

Usually on Saturday, I think Saturday

19:09

morning you were like, oh my God, a dog

19:11

caught on. And then we learned that

19:13

there was. It was not in fact,

19:15

this Brazilian guy, there was a, another

19:18

escaped convict in Pennsylvania near

19:20

us that a black lab caught. Yes.

19:22

The black lot, let everybody know. So, and

19:24

he wasn't even a canine dog. Civilian

19:26

dogs. So just imagine what the canine

19:28

dogs. Right. So it could literally take

19:30

them down. Although, like I said, I'm ready with my duct

19:32

tape. I'm here for 20 grand. I'm ready

19:35

with my duct tape. For w w we

19:37

didn't ha we have Bounty hunter names. Oh,

19:39

that's right. What were they. Now

19:42

I don't recall. Mine was.

19:45

Oh crap. I don't know

19:47

we had, we came up with these really cool bounty hunter

19:49

names, and I wish I could remember, but I don't remember

19:52

them now. How good. My memory. We're going to have

19:54

to scroll back in our time, began with an L.

19:57

This is how Nicole, his brain works at

19:59

name that tune. She's like, hold on.

20:01

I know this song, the artist's

20:03

name begins with a P and

20:05

then if we can't get it, she's like, I don't understand.

20:07

I gave you the First letter and listen, like

20:09

95% of the time. It actually

20:12

begins with. It does. Yeah.

20:14

Usually right, but it's just not helpful.

20:17

I know. I know. I know. So anyway, so

20:19

we'll be watching out for. This

20:21

convicted killer. And

20:23

if you don't know the story, you can follow on Twitter.

20:25

DeMello. The mellow cattle, something or other,

20:27

a camel Conti. I was impressed that you

20:29

know, it because I've seen his name like a thousand times,

20:32

and I it's just a lot of letters to me.

20:34

Well, I, I was following the hashtag on X,

20:37

otherwise known as Twitter. While

20:39

you were driving so that I could keep up with what was happening.

20:41

Oh, That's right. Every tweet had

20:44

has high. So that's

20:46

how I know he doesn't look the brightest. So again,

20:49

I, he must have, I feel like, does he have

20:51

some help? I have questions about that. Well, my

20:53

thing is, so he's been basically.

20:56

They had him in like this

20:59

general vicinity of a place

21:01

called Longwood gardens, but it's just like a lot

21:03

of land. So my question

21:05

is he's been on, he was on the loose for like

21:07

nine days. What's he eating? I

21:11

don't understand. And somebody was like, oh my

21:13

God, he probably smells so bad. And then

21:15

another person was like, he's probably covered in ticks because

21:18

he's just out in the middle of nowhere. And

21:21

although now you said he is clean shaven.

21:24

Broken in somewhere taking a nice shower.

21:26

Maybe he got a nice meal and he's got someone new

21:28

clothes on. Transportation

21:30

now. So who knows? I don't know. They couldn't catch him when he

21:32

was on foot. I'm not really. Thinking that it's going to

21:34

be great now that he has a truck or

21:37

van or whatever he has, but I have to say,

21:39

like, to me also, Worst

21:42

escapee ever because he

21:44

for nine days stayed within

21:47

two miles of the prison. is

21:49

he playing in games? Now he's

21:51

in Phoenixville. So he's further away.

21:54

There was a reason for it. I guess his sister

21:56

family's from Phoenix. So I think that's where he was living.

21:59

Okay. So there's the girl that

22:01

he killed her sister. Her sister also

22:03

lives there. Cause that's where he showed up. Right.

22:05

He showed. Showed up at his sister's house. Oh, his sister,

22:07

apparently his sister testified against

22:09

him. So, I don't know, but why,

22:12

again, that leads to another question. Why

22:14

don't they have police surveilling these places

22:16

24 7. Cause they,

22:18

he could show up there and he obviously did show up there.

22:21

But like if I'm an escapee.

22:24

I'm going to probably find a different state.

22:27

Which is interesting. Cause apparently before

22:29

he was arrested, after he murdered

22:32

somebody, he was on the run and he went to

22:34

Virginia, which happened to be where Tracy and I was

22:36

doing this weekend. And we were hoping he didn't follow us back

22:38

to Virginia. We were already lived with, we already

22:40

lived near where he is now. Stop

22:42

following us. I mean. Do

22:44

you want to be caught, buddy? I know cause I didn't

22:46

have my duct tape so he could not find us

22:48

in. That's genius because it would have just ruined

22:51

the whole Scooby-Doo plan. And I think

22:53

the, I think the reward was only 10,000

22:55

at that. It's up to 20. We're ready.

22:57

We're making a plan. So we got this, we got

22:59

this. But yes. I got,

23:02

I got nothing else about him, but I just, well, I have a lot

23:04

of questions just in regards to why we can't

23:06

catch him. But moving on to

23:08

a more fun topic. Love fun topics

23:11

because it is Sunday. Yes,

23:13

it is. It is Sunday. And

23:17

it is the first full

23:19

Sunday. Football game.

23:22

Super excited about this. It's very exciting.

23:24

Our teams don't play till later this day, but I will be

23:26

watching the early games

23:28

just to get into the football mood.

23:31

Yes. I am super excited about that.

23:33

I love all the footballs and all

23:36

of the games. So we are obsessed

23:38

with football. And if you love football, there is a conversation

23:40

happening in our Facebook group, where you

23:42

can come over and chat about your favorite team.

23:44

If you watch football, let us know, let us know who

23:46

you're cheering for. We may

23:48

or may not cheer with you for that to

23:50

you, but we'll give you a like on your

23:53

post. We'll do that. We

23:57

are also huge fantasy football.

23:59

I, yes. Oh

24:01

for our team. We

24:05

w we went crazy this year and

24:07

let the draft auto-draft

24:09

all of our teams. We just to see how it shows.

24:12

We got good teams. Yeah. I mean, it's hard

24:14

not to when there's just floor. But

24:17

we did, but I already had dropped in from a place, some people.

24:19

So I'm just saying that's true. It wasn't

24:22

perfect. I'm already upset

24:24

with my quarterback. So he might get kicked

24:26

out. She does that. It's how we roll.

24:28

And you get one week to prove your shit

24:30

and then you're out. But here's another

24:32

question. And if you are also a

24:35

football lover, if you also play fantasy football,

24:37

Come over and tell us who we need to have

24:39

on our teams. Because maybe we're missing somebody

24:42

or maybe we'll be fighting and trying to trade

24:44

for other people. So. So if you're really

24:46

good at fantasy football and you have any tips,

24:48

we are open to them. Yeah. Because

24:52

we need to beat. At least the other two.

24:54

Sorry, Mason and Mike, this is

24:56

the first. Time

24:59

I've gone on the app and I'm starting to

25:01

watch players. So you can

25:03

click on a player and then hit a little star

25:05

and you. So

25:07

I got. It's open for my recruiting

25:09

days. All right. Well, after

25:11

today, I will know, I'll have a better idea

25:13

of who I'm going to need to get rid of and who

25:15

I will invite back to be part of my. Winning

25:19

team because I am the reigning champ.

25:22

Because I am awesome. You

25:24

know what I'm really excited about. My

25:26

name this year. Who are you this

25:28

year? Did you switch? I did switch

25:30

it. I switched. I think I have switched it

25:32

every year. And it's. In relation

25:35

to Matthew Judon, who's one of my favorite Patriot

25:37

players. It's. Juden on my mind.

25:39

Oh yes, I did some on that.

25:42

I have a hard time because I always want

25:44

one. I used to have one for say, Kwan.

25:46

Because he was my favorite player and I had.

25:50

OB. One Quan.

25:53

Oh, yes. Something like that. So

25:55

I do try to switch it up. I had the same team

25:57

name for a long time. I actually contemplated

25:59

going back to it because I did much

26:01

better under that team name. Right. So

26:04

I went and I searched some new ones and I

26:06

did not change it. So I'm not thrilled

26:08

with my team. Name right now. But

26:10

it was funny because I made it specifically

26:12

to bother you. Because Nicole

26:15

loves kangaroos. So

26:18

I'm kangaroos. I made my name, kick

26:20

ass pain gurus. But my

26:22

profile picture is that jacked

26:24

up kangaroos. So she has to look at it every

26:26

time she looks at my team, kangaroos are just ridiculous.

26:29

Animals and should have nothing to do

26:31

with football. Unless you're playing like

26:33

rugby type football because they're from Australia

26:36

and then it can be, but I don't know if that makes sense. I

26:38

couldn't think of anything. I went online. I couldn't

26:40

find anything that fun. So I said, fuck

26:42

it. I'm keeping my name. I've changed it and I love

26:45

my new name. And there's

26:47

no good names with Saquon. Or Barkley.

26:50

Well, I think I haven't. Named him after

26:52

the same player. So every year I change it. I

26:54

love different players, many different

26:56

players on my team. Have a lot for any

26:59

on my team though. So,

27:01

and I'm not taking one of the Daniel Johns

27:03

one. Why not. Like on a hall

27:06

of fame quarterback. Specifically

27:09

my TV. Danny dimes

27:11

hall of fame. I think it should

27:14

be. I don't understand. So bear

27:16

with us for the next few months.

27:18

Well, so September, October,

27:21

if ever canceling. It's like six. Okay. So

27:23

five or six months. Because there will

27:25

be football talk. And some fantasy

27:27

for Boston. And I'm not going

27:29

to lie.. I watch baseball.

27:31

I love baseball as well, and the Phillies are doing

27:33

well. And we are hoping that they're going to play well into

27:36

October. So there might even be some like

27:38

baseball. First

27:41

comment and they're going to be playing. And so we're going to be cheering

27:43

for them. All right. I'll cheer for them. I'm

27:46

not anti cheering for the Phillies.

27:48

I just won't watch baseball games.

27:50

Because they're boring. Well, you know, they play

27:52

faster. Yeah,

27:55

I did watch a little bit and it

27:57

does go much faster now, which I work. And

27:59

then the Phillies are really good. So they hit a lot of home

28:01

run. They have a lot of fun. And their

28:03

nickname is the daycare. Yeah,

28:06

they're just a bunch of kids having fun. If

28:10

you, even if you're not affiliates fan,

28:12

you just have to appreciate, they're just like no other

28:14

team out there. They just get along really well.

28:16

There are a lot of fun. They look like they're having

28:19

a lot of fun, which I guess is easy when you're waiting and you're

28:21

good. Good. Good points, but they just have such

28:23

great personalities. Like

28:25

I have, I actually have some favorites on the team.

28:29

Bryson Stott. He's my, one of my favorite.

28:32

I can't help it. Like Bryce Harper. He's

28:34

just pretty cool. Are

28:36

you a Schwarber fan? I mean,

28:38

he pisses me off sometimes. For him,

28:40

he's either. It's either he's hitting chore

28:42

bombs. Laurie striking

28:44

out. I'm like commodity. Let's do a little bit

28:47

and the middle there, but gotcha.

28:50

I only know that name because our bestie

28:52

Michelle. Yeah.

28:54

I'll just like him. He's really good. So I can't just like, oh

28:57

just because of his name. I

29:01

also really like. One of the players, Brandon

29:03

Marsh, he's another favorite of mine.

29:05

There used to be a football player

29:07

with that name. Oh, Brandon, Brandon Marshall.

29:10

Wasn't there a football player. I think

29:12

it was Marshall. I think so. Oh,

29:14

he's marsh. Okay. So I just totally

29:16

changed his name up to make up a new

29:18

guy. Listen. Listen, Melissa

29:21

on yo, you're hopefully going to be listening to this

29:23

episode and you just text me.

29:26

Oh, I thought she texted me a snarky.

29:29

Tax. I thought she was making fun of, because she's an Eagles

29:31

fan, a. June's fan. But

29:34

she just sent me a Mimi that just

29:36

says this will be the first NFL season without Tom

29:38

Brady since 1999. Yes.

29:42

A long time. That's crazy to think we

29:44

know, and I'm super excited cause they're celebrating

29:46

him in Foxborough.

29:50

So for half time. No,

29:53

I did not get the ticket as I tried really hard, but

29:55

they were a lot of money. We're a lot

29:57

of money that I just, I couldn't justify.

30:00

Yeah, I will say if it was a birthday month,

30:02

I might've tried a little hard to justify. But

30:05

I know that pre birthday

30:07

month it could have been. Yeah. I

30:09

have a lot going on in birthday month, so. Okay.

30:12

Yeah. So anyway. Right.

30:15

So I'll take, I'll take back. I won't. It's

30:17

just usually sending me an informational texts.

30:20

Usually it's trash-talk. That'll

30:22

be later today when the patrons are probably losing.

30:25

Yes, then I will. Be expecting a lot

30:27

of trash. From my friends, because

30:29

you're expecting. Yeah, I'm not going to be surprised.

30:32

So. But zappies bank Zappy

30:35

is back. And the other quarterback,

30:37

I don't know what's happening in. Apparently they were gonna put him on the practice

30:39

squad and now he's like Mia. I don't know. It was a whole weird

30:42

story. Oh yeah. I don't know. But anyways,

30:45

He's our backup. Zappies. Life

30:47

is back to normal.

30:50

So, yeah, I don't even know who my backup is.

30:52

So Tyra Taylor. Sure.

30:55

I'm just making shit up as I go. You

30:57

probably are. I don't think that's right, but no. Is

31:00

it. I don't know. Come

31:02

on Tracy college player. I don't even know. Tyra,

31:05

Taylor's definitely a player in the NFL. You did not make

31:07

that up. I think that's who it is. Helpful

31:10

also, we are big college

31:12

football fans. We are Penn state fans. That

31:14

is the one thing that one. Football

31:16

team we have in common is that we cheer for

31:19

Penn state. So we are. But

31:21

yesterday, obviously college

31:23

football's are on Saturdays, but we learned a whole

31:25

new chance. So Alabama. I

31:27

am a big fan and it's a long story

31:30

of why. But if

31:32

they're not playing Penn state, I will cheer for them.

31:34

And I learned their chance. I'm super

31:36

excited about that. Yes. Now every

31:38

time I. I

31:41

don't know. What would you call. Yes,

31:43

every time I last, so my arm that

31:46

is, I don't know if it was just the pat

31:48

McAfee thing or if that's how they do it,

31:50

because they all know how to stop the chance.

31:52

Maybe he just started it so that they would

31:54

do it. But I wasn't sure, maybe. So he

31:56

like lasso lasso, lassoed, and they would

31:58

go roll and then. He would

32:01

throw his arm down. Yeah. So

32:04

now every time I last on my arm, Nicole

32:06

has to do the Bama chants. And

32:08

I will totally do it. I'm in. And I

32:10

just want to. Talk

32:12

about how awesome I am because the

32:14

back up quarterback is Tyra Taylor.

32:17

We'll look at you. You knowing your team?

32:19

I know my team. Today today.

32:22

I know that one player. Good job. When

32:27

we go to the giants Patriots games. I

32:30

did better. Last year, I started learning a lot more

32:32

people. Okay. Perfect. Perfect.

32:35

I figured since I knew more Patriots than

32:37

I did giants because you and Michelle talk about

32:39

them so much that I should probably learn

32:41

my own team. Yes. Yes. So we're going

32:43

to do like a mini it's, a very mini

32:46

mini road trip to New Jersey. Could

32:48

you just to see the Patriots giants in November,

32:50

also part of birthday month,

32:52

but also speaking of trips

32:54

that we're taking. Tracy

32:56

and I are planning to go to a Podcast

32:59

conference and January

33:01

and so that we can learn to be better.

33:04

Podcasters, bring more fun for you

33:06

guys. And so we're excited for that. I

33:09

have to tell you, we have been looking at

33:12

prices for flights and the flights

33:14

to Orlando are ridiculous. I

33:16

don't know if it's just, is it because everything's getting

33:18

more expensive and that's just what the prices are going

33:20

to be, and I have to deal with it. Right.

33:22

But it's just, the prices are so crazy,

33:25

which is crazy because then we're also planning

33:28

a trip in April to

33:30

Vegas, and we started looking at those and those are like

33:32

$650. It's

33:34

ridiculous. Expensive to

33:36

fly to Vegas. No. We're really going to have. So we've been

33:38

keeping our eyes out for lower,

33:40

low ticket fares. But. I

33:42

had to say, one day I got super excited.

33:45

I was like, well, I'm just going to check

33:47

to see what the fairs are like. And I sent Tracy

33:49

thing and I said, Tracy, there's fairs

33:51

there between like 125 and $150.

33:54

And I was super excited. Tracy jumped on. And

33:57

she did not see what I saw. Well,

34:00

the base fare was

34:02

between 120 and 150.

34:05

However, then you had

34:07

to do all of the charges. So

34:09

did you want to pick your seat? That

34:11

was like $40, unless

34:14

you wanted to sit like up in

34:16

the compartment where you store

34:18

your baggage. You had to

34:21

pay for not only a

34:23

checked bag, but you had to pay for your

34:25

carry on bag. Then

34:28

you had to pay, you know, to breathe the

34:30

air on the plane. So

34:32

it took the prices right back up to like 250,

34:35

200 $60. I'd be

34:37

the one that, and I think the one that we really

34:39

liked the flights for ended up it would have been like

34:41

over $300. So I was

34:43

really disappointed. I was super excited. I thought I'd

34:45

found us a good deal. I was like, I

34:49

don't think you looked at this and you're

34:51

like, no, I saw it. And I said, well, did you actually

34:53

try to buy them? No,

34:56

that's where they get you. That is

34:59

where they get you. Yeah. Well

35:01

in my search, I thought this was cool in

35:03

my search of airlines. And

35:06

doing that, I found that there's a new

35:08

airline. Nowhere

35:10

near anywhere I fly or will ever probably

35:13

use it. It's a Turkish airline, but it announced

35:15

a unique policy on this one

35:17

specific route. Oh, so the Caribbean.

35:20

A no kid zone on one of his

35:22

long haul routes. So Corindus

35:25

airlines, there's a 10 hour flight from Amsterdam

35:28

to Curacao. Passengers will

35:30

have to be at least 16 years old

35:32

to sit in front of the aircraft.

35:34

One hour. So the section lab, nine seats

35:37

with extra leg room, and then there's

35:39

like 93 standard economy seats

35:41

with curtains and walls. Separating it from

35:43

the families zone. Now. You

35:45

have to pay extra.

35:48

So like that. So to have like the

35:50

ones with the extra leg room, it's like a hundred dollars

35:53

in foreign money. So I don't know

35:55

what that translates to English dollars. I

35:58

think it was a hundred pounds. Maybe. I'm not sure

36:00

what that says, but anyway, and then the extra is like

36:02

45, so they're just paying extra. Okay.

36:04

Which on normal airlines. Now,

36:06

if you want the extra leg room, you have to pay extra,

36:09

because that was one of the fees. When I looked on

36:11

frontier. Was, if

36:13

you want a reclining seat and leg

36:15

room, you had to pay extra. So,

36:18

I mean, so I guess, well, So that leads to,

36:20

I mean, that was what we were thinking really

36:22

is you know, the question of this week is would

36:24

you be willing to pay. Extra

36:26

to have a kids free zone, even though it's

36:29

just, it's not a kid's free flight. So

36:31

in the back of the plane, there could be kids. There's just

36:33

going to be some wall and curtain separating it. So

36:35

would you pay for it? And

36:38

what would you pay for it? The

36:40

answer is yes. Just

36:43

yes. Yes. Okay. I

36:46

don't mind kids on a flight.

36:49

As long as they are not right next to me.

36:52

'cause I don't like them kicking the back of my seat.

36:54

And when they start crying, I don't want them next

36:56

to me. Okay, that makes sense. So I

36:59

would pay to be in a little separate

37:01

section. That I knew

37:03

I was not going to have that problem. Now

37:06

if it were a shorter flight.

37:09

Eh, I don't know, like under

37:12

two hours, I don't know if I'm paying an extra,

37:14

like $200 just to do

37:16

it. But anything over

37:18

to, yes, I would probably do that. Let's say. Like on a shorter

37:21

flight. The longest, but you can get the noise canceling headphones,

37:23

so that. You have the extra they're not around

37:25

you and you really can't hear them. It

37:27

could be good. Okay. So. This

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