Two Grumpy Vets and a Duuude

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In this episode of "Two Grumpy Vets," hosts Bryan, Rich, and The Duuude engage in a lively discussion about a variety of topics, ranging from personal anecdotes to social commentary. The conversation kicks off with a humorous exchange about dental visits and the challenges of dealing with dentures. The hosts then delve into a critique of modern advertising and societal reactions to commercials, highlighting the absurdity of public outrage over trivial matters. The discussion takes a turn towards politics, as the hosts express their views on the current state of political affairs, touching on topics like socialism and government inefficiencies.

The episode also features a segment on personal experiences with weather phenomena, including near-miss lightning strikes and the awe-inspiring power of storms. The hosts share their thoughts on the potential for alien life, sparked by recent news of a mysterious interstellar object. Throughout the episode, the hosts maintain their signature blend of humor and candidness, offering listeners a mix of entertainment and thought-provoking insights. As always, the show concludes with a reminder of the value-for-value model, encouraging listeners to support the podcast in various ways.

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[00:00:01] Bryan Goodwin:

Hey, man. Hello, and welcome to Two Grumpy Vets and a Duuude, this is a show that each week allows for three friends to get together and live life intentionally.  

[00:00:11] Rich Chelson:

We do this by throwing a little social commentary  

[00:00:14] Bryan Goodwin:

with our own weird sense of humor and our thoughts together   to show folks that living having weekly conversations  

[00:00:22] Duuude-Ron :

is a good way to help  

[00:00:24] Bryan Goodwin:

each other out, help men become better men. And so now on with the show with Brian,   Rich, and the dude.  

[00:00:34] Rich Chelson:

Recording in progress,  

[00:00:36] Unknown:

mister Brian. Hello. Hello.  

[00:00:39] Duuude-Ron :

How are you doing today? Oh, I'm doing good. Just gonna  

[00:00:44] Unknown:

get my get the, message over to,   over the   the dude.  

[00:00:50] Rich Chelson:

Let him,   know Zoom's open.  

[00:00:53] Unknown:

Where yeah. There you are.  

[00:00:55] Unknown:

The ever lovable dude?   Oh, heck  

[00:01:00] Unknown:

yeah. So Yeah. But  

[00:01:02] Unknown:

Yeah. It hasn't been too bad today.  

[00:01:04] Rich Chelson:

Oh, that's good.  

[00:01:06] Unknown:

Yeah.   I think so.  

[00:01:09] Duuude-Ron :

Been putting some more miles on the Jeep now that you can drive it?  

[00:01:12] Unknown:

Yeah. A little bit.   And,   I have to go to   the dentist tomorrow in. I gotta go to VA.   Oh.   Yeah.   Gotta get another   at least another filling,   And   I   I'm I'm I'm not I'm not a 100% sure yet,   but they had set up   an appointment for Monday, the fifth.   And   when I was there,   the last time I asked them about it,   the nurse was like, let's just hold on to that. I don't know what we're gonna do. Okay.   So,   you know, I I didn't. I was like, I whatever. You know? If I have to go back, I have to go back. You know? Right.   Just as long as I get my front teeth soon, I'll be happy.  

[00:02:03] Rich Chelson:

Yeah.  

[00:02:05] Unknown:

Yeah. Once these   just you're getting partials, aren't you? You're not getting actual dentures.  

[00:02:12] Unknown:

No. Part yeah. Partials. Okay.  

[00:02:14] Duuude-Ron :

Because, yeah, we got   my wife's friend,   she she apparently,  

[00:02:20] Rich Chelson:

couple months ago, went ahead and just had a bunch of a bunch of her teeth removed also.  

[00:02:25] Duuude-Ron :

And they were and, so they   she's actually got   not permanent no. Not permanent dentures, but not the actual   working   kind of denture. I don't know how to explain it because, well, honestly, I'm not a dentist.   But, yeah, she's they gave her a set of dentures that she's supposed to wear so they can know how to get everything shaved down so they can get the heights and widths and all that so that they can, adjust it to the sizes that she wants to wear it.  

[00:02:58] Unknown:

Okay.   Okay. That's the temporary.  

[00:03:01] Duuude-Ron :

Okay. The yeah. The temporaries   and   and stuff. And so   she's, like, going, well, I don't like wearing them. Because so because we were always   take a couple times I saw her. I was, like, going, wow. Aren't you wearing gonna wear your dentures? And she was, like, oh, no. I ain't wearing them. They hurt my mouth. It's like   because they haven't gotten around being fit fitted yet. You gotta you gotta wear them so you can tell them. So but, apparently, every time she goes to,   goes in to  

[00:03:29] Rich Chelson:

Yeah.   They, they wanna charge her for for an office visit, and she's like, well, I don't have that type of book.  

[00:03:37] Unknown:

Oh, that's   that's what they like to do is trade you for extra visit.   Oh, yeah. Come yeah. Oh, yeah. Come back in a couple days and spend another $150.  

[00:03:47] Rich Chelson:

Yeah. Yeah. Something like that. You know? It's like, yeah. I know.  

[00:03:51] Unknown:

Dude, what's up, man?  

[00:03:53] Rich Chelson:

What's up?  

[00:03:55] Unknown:

Not much.   What you doing?  

[00:03:59] Unknown:

Talking to you up to you   both ugly old motherfuckers.  

[00:04:04] Unknown:

Well You know what? I am fucking glad you're doing that.  

[00:04:08] Duuude-Ron :

Hey. Well, you know, you better be glad you would you're you're an ugly old son of a bitch because, you know, apparently, if you're good looking like Sydney Sweeney, you're gonna catch a shit ton of heat.  

[00:04:18] Unknown:

Yeah.   Yeah. Yeah. I saw something about that. Oh god. It's a riot.  

[00:04:24] Duuude-Ron :

Everybody everybody talking about how horrible   how horrible the,   the the, commercial is and that. So they're promoting   superiority of of white people. And then at the same time   at the same time, they're,   you know, supporting the racism and all that except by the with the same time trying to do the exact same thing that they're complaining that   American Eagle is supposedly   doing. So it's just one of those, like,  

[00:04:52] Rich Chelson:

you do realize   Okay.  

[00:04:55] Duuude-Ron :

Point a finger, three more are pointed back at you. Right?   You know? Exactly. And   it's a fucking commercial for jeans. And it got it gets people talking.   But at the same time, Dunkin' Donuts has done this gone off and done the same thing, except they use a guy who's well tanned.   And it's like, well, apparently, my genetics test came back, and it came back   golden just because they're golden. I guess they've got a a golden  

[00:05:24] Rich Chelson:

kind of a light brown copy.  

[00:05:26] Duuude-Ron :

And people are like, oh my god. No.   They're they're losing their mind on the on the Dunkin' Donuts commercial now, sir.  

[00:05:35] Unknown:

You know, that just   That just shows you how easily we are manipulated.  

[00:05:41] Duuude-Ron :

Well, how easily we are manipulated.   And,   also, at the same time, it just   it the people who are complaining the most about the   about this are the people who would not be buying   any of those products  

[00:05:57] Unknown:

anyhow. Wouldn't be buying nor would they be able to fucking fit into them.  

[00:06:03] Unknown:

Exactly.  

[00:06:05] Rich Chelson:

You know,  

[00:06:06] Unknown:

it's a commercial   for jeans.   Yep.   That's it.  

[00:06:12] Rich Chelson:

That's all there is to rank them up. You  

[00:06:15] Unknown:

know? Okay. So   when they have   commercials   for   oh, what the hell is that? Victoria's Secrets.   And they okay.   They've got models in underwear   on the TV,   which okay. That's great,   personally,   But   nobody says anything.  

[00:06:39] Duuude-Ron :

Oh, no. No. No. They did. They bitched a lot. That's the reason why you don't see   well, they're they're two that's a twofold  

[00:06:47] Rich Chelson:

problem.   You don't see   the the angels  

[00:06:53] Duuude-Ron :

on on television. You don't see the runway show anymore   on television.   But the reason why they don't show the angels the the the   the model,   the runway show on television anymore is because the ratings fell so far.   But the reason why the ratings fell so far is because they were using   fat women.   Yes. I know. My I'm married to a well,   beautifully chunky woman. Alright? There a lot of guys don't have a problem with women who are fat.  

[00:07:25] Rich Chelson:

But  

[00:07:26] Duuude-Ron :

at the same time, if there's a skinny chick with big boobs   and a nice shapely hip,   You   know? Sorry. Even us even us chubby chasers are gonna go after gonna go off and, and and look at the look at the skinny,   skinny girl. Doesn't mean we don't like the our chubby girls any less, but  

[00:07:46] Rich Chelson:

you know?  

[00:07:47] Unknown:

Okay. So   We looked. And when and when Victoria's Secret   launched   online   for   pump ladies,   it failed   miserably.   So they were trying to accommodate   And nobody wanted it. Nothing more than a size three.   Right.   Okay. So   but nobody wanted it. It failed.   But the ones that speak out the most   are the ones that can't fucking fit into the lingerie.   Right.   Just gotta  

[00:08:25] Duuude-Ron :

Yeah. That's a yeah. We're still here.  

[00:08:28] Unknown:

Can you hear me? Here you go.  

[00:08:31] Rich Chelson:

Yeah. Yeah. I can hear you. Okay. Okay.  

[00:08:34] Unknown:

Who are you talking to, Brian?  

[00:08:36] Duuude-Ron :

Well, talking to you because it sound like he said,   can you can you hear me? And and I said something and didn't get a response, and I was like, oh,   you hear me? Yeah. And I'm it might fall on the part. So  

[00:08:49] Unknown:

Oh, okay.   So   Now you fucking just derailed my whole goddamn fucking train.   God dang.  

[00:09:00] Duuude-Ron :

Are you talking about, no one wants to,   no one the people who are explaining the most about, Victoria's Secret's underwear are the ones who were you may be able to wear.  

[00:09:11] Unknown:

Yeah. Cannot fucking wear it, and they have to put their fucking 2¢ worth 2¢   worth in.   And we've all seen the fucking the meme   with that one lady that had what was it? Pink, purple hair? I don't fucking know. I I just saw it come across at Facebook about this particular thing.   And but   she's a Nazi.   Right.   Everybody   is a fucking Nazi.   No. Let's see. Nazis died   well, no. They haven't because they still got white supremacy that is   generated   through the swastika   and through,   you know,   Hitler's   yeah.   That kind of shit. But we've not It hasn't died.   But, you know, it   I think   those crackers   should be fucking crumpled.  



[00:10:11] Duuude-Ron :

Turned into meatloaf.   So  

[00:10:14] Unknown:

turn turn them into fucking something. But, yeah,   Nazis.   Yeah.   That I don't know how old she is.   But, yeah, she's a fucking Nazi. Of course.   Come   on. You got nothing   else to say?   Why don't you say   the Democrats are so fucked up and can't make a goddamn one good policy   that benefits   Americans,   So you have   to go to this shit.  

[00:10:45] Duuude-Ron :

Absolutely. Granted  

[00:10:47] Unknown:

now granted some of the shit that Trump is doing,   no no fucking I don't   some of these tariffs, some of these   executive orders, no. I don't agree with them   at all.   Right.   You know? But that is my right to not agree with it. Is it gonna change anything? No. It's not.   Even if I got up on the fucking pulpit, it's not gonna change anything.   But   come on now.   They   have you seen the popularity   ratings for the Democrat right now? Oh,  

[00:11:24] Duuude-Ron :

yeah. They don't know what to do. They're like, oh, they're doing everything. We're we've got so many so many people trying to trying to hate on each other. We're doing we're putting out the message, but for some reason, no one's buying it.  

[00:11:36] Unknown:

So Yeah. Their approval rating is, like, 36%.  

[00:11:40] Rich Chelson:

Yeah. And that's and, luckily, they're the high they're the highest ones because  

[00:11:45] Duuude-Ron :

over in Europe, heck, the, the progressives are   are so far on the toilet that   they are,   they're   they're trying to create new new parties, and those parties keep getting, banned because they're considered the the the old   establishment parties are going, well, they're too far right. They're and and going off and outlawing them.  

[00:12:09] Unknown:

Too far right.  

[00:12:11] Rich Chelson:

Too far right. Yep.  

[00:12:13] Duuude-Ron :

Oh. They they call them far right.   Like, the the,   the new,   what is it?   Oh, basically,   it's something for,   the the new new party for, for Germany or something like that.   I can't remember. But, anyhow, there's yeah. They  

[00:12:32] Rich Chelson:

they have successfully,  

[00:12:34] Duuude-Ron :

or I don't well, actually, I can't remember if they actually successfully   banned it. I think they did. They successfully banned   because   in Germany,   if you're   they they could for whatever reason, the the left did a really damn good job   of making the national   socialists   conservative.   They are considered Nazis are considered a right wing organization.   And,   I mean, of course, that's also the same people who went off, and they were, like, going, we're blue   because red is a   is a is, you know, considered   a   a a an aggressive color. So  

[00:13:20] Unknown:

Yeah. Then you know what? Heard that. The pussies the pussies just need to fucking put their goddamn fucking tampons in   and fucking pull up their pants and drive the fuck on.   You know what? We got a fucking whole goddamn   nation of pussies.   Yeah.   But   oh, well.   As long as well, if they And, truly, if it doesn't affect me, like Rich always says, but don't affect me, I don't give a fuck.  

[00:13:54] Unknown:

Well, honestly, what that's right. I mean, honestly,   what can you,   me, or Brian, or anybody   do about it?   Not a damn thing.  

[00:14:05] Unknown:

You're right. Because  

[00:14:07] Unknown:

This is why I don't let it rent room in my head.   Sometimes I do.  

[00:14:13] Rich Chelson:

You know, it stays for a a night or two. Even whenever I sneak them in, so I sneak them in in the, in your head without you, without prior approval.  

[00:14:22] Unknown:

Right. Every every once in a while, yes.   But no.  

[00:14:27] Unknown:

And and when you get on your your tyrant and on your raid, Rich,   the next day do you remember what the fuck you said? Yes, sir. I do.  

[00:14:37] Rich Chelson:

I do.  

[00:14:38] Unknown:

Yes, sir. I do. I play it back in my mind for a couple days.  

[00:14:42] Unknown:

You know what? By that time   by morning,   I've done what I've done fucking forgot about what the goddamn conversation was even about.  

[00:14:51] Unknown:

Oh, no. Not me.   It takes a day or two to get me wound down from that. Thanks to Brian.  

[00:14:58] Rich Chelson:

Well, gotta   if I didn't do that, then y'all be all bored and shit and,   you know I I'm not bored. I mean, I mean, I don't We would have to we would have to change the genre of the, of the, show over to the jeeps or something. So, yeah, we have I gotta throw something in here.  

[00:15:15] Unknown:

No. I I mean, we've got I mean, we could find a whole bunch of other topics to talk about.  

[00:15:22] Rich Chelson:

You know?   But,  

[00:15:25] Unknown:

yeah, I watched that that post you put on Facebook   with that one dude, that Lindsey dude, whatever his name is. Yeah. Yep.   I I watched I watched that whole thing, and,   it is it is sad.   Yeah. It does. I mean, honestly, it's it's nothing but sad, and it just That we've got that there's,  

[00:15:48] Rich Chelson:

actually, a group   a group that decided to go ahead and do a runaround. Honest. It's essentially what it is. Oh, wow. But but   With a runaround?   Basically, they're like, okay. You had, you have the the the left the wokeies,   the woke folk who are who are hella bit on being,   you know, on the left.   And they're all about socialism. They're all about, you know, all the things that the woke the woke culture is all about. Well, what they've done is they've gone, okay. Hold up. Hold up. Hold up. We need to go ahead and go to the opposite side. They basically showed the politics as a circle.   You can go so far left that you become right. You can go so far right that you actually become left.  

And so they decided, you know what? Let's go as a to the right as we possibly can,   and they stay in for all the same stuff   that the left does, except they just say that they're right.   They will choose all the problems for everything. They believe   that that instead of   and, basically, they were I think they're they're just kinda if if there is a grand cabal   of any, any,   people coming together, which I don't know if there is or isn't,   but,   you know, I think it almost seems like they,   they were like, alright. Well, let's go ahead and let's make   the right as   let's play them as close to the   to what the left actually   says about us. So they try they embrace the fact that, yeah, the racist is like, yeah. Yeah. We're gonna be racist. If you're not racist, then you're not you're not right. And it's like going,   yeah.  

Okay, dude. I I see I see what's going on here. And now and I I do like what I did do with the,   with any anybody who goes to the extreme. It's like, no. Okay.   I've got my beliefs. You ain't gonna alter my beliefs, and you're just an absolute dipshit, so I'm not gonna you know? You do you. I'm you know?   I'm not gonna associate with you. I know who is   in my   category   of of of of people. So, anyway, as you're saying, Rich?  

[00:18:02] Unknown:

Yeah. No. It it just I I I I watched the whole interview.   And Fascinating interview too. It   I mean and, yeah, I didn't stop it. I didn't pause it. If if I got up and moved, my phone went with me. But   I just I just I just I just came to   the realization,   no matter what we say,   think,   or whatever,   this shit is gonna go on.   We can't stop it. Well, we can, but we won't.   Better choice of words here. We won't stop it because   everybody is so   hell bent on   on   getting their fix. And and,   you know, they look at all this shit and say, oh oh, my life ain't that bad. Right. You know? They I I mean, people love misery. That's just all it is. And I just like Yeah. That is fucking true. I'm just like,   yeah.  

Okay. You know?   That's fine.   You know? I I'm it's like it's like I don't know.  

[00:19:05] Unknown:

Yeah. And you were talking about the aspects of socialism.   Right?   Let's see. You think   that Nancy Pelosi,   you know,   and some of these   big named Democrats that want socialism and all this other shit?   You think they're gonna give up their fucking wealth   under the true definition of socialism?   Everybody's   equal.   Everybody should have the same.  

[00:19:35] Unknown:

Dude, you need to AOC,  

[00:19:38] Unknown:

Schiff,   Obama,   Pelosi?   They're gonna give up their fucking   net worth?  

[00:19:46] Unknown:

Oh, hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Don't   don't don't just name Democrats.   You better name you better name Republicans as well.   They're just as bad in this.  

[00:19:57] Unknown:

They're   you know what? You're right.   You're absolutely correct.   Now can I name you Republicans off the top of my head?   No. I can't. I'm sure, Rich, that you will correct me.   Have no doubt.   And   in general,   tree Yeah. Because no one Okay.   Yeah. Socialism in this country will never work   because of the fact of the top   5%   that basically own 95%   of,   you know, the country.   They ain't gonna give up their fucking wealth.  

[00:20:37] Unknown:

But but okay. Okay. Here. Hang on.   Socialism.   Here is socialism in a nutshell,   dude. The top 5% that you're talking about   Yeah.   Own and run the country and tell you   what you have to do   and tell the small business owner what they have to do.   They don't give shit up. You have to pay them a tribute   to live.   That's socialism.   Yeah.   Okay? So so the top 5%,   no.   No. They're gonna control everything.   You you need to listen to that interview. I mean, it's it's I I don't know how long it is. It's long,   but listen to this guy   explain it. And, I mean, it it just   it just   shows you what   everybody's plan is.  



[00:21:30] Unknown:

Yeah.  

[00:21:31] Unknown:

And that's why I'm like, you know what? I'm gonna live my fucking life. I don't give   two shits what anybody thinks.   I don't I don't care   about   you know, I'm gonna be kind. If you're kind to me, fine. If you're not, I'm gonna walk away from you. I don't   care. Yeah. I'm gonna do what makes Rich happy.   Yeah. K? And that's all I'm gonna freaking worry about. I'm gonna try and spread my happiness   with everybody else.   If you want it, fine. Take it. Here it is. I'll give it to you. If you don't want it,   okay.   I ain't gonna say a word. I'm I'm not I'm a do an about face and walk.  

[00:22:12] Unknown:

Yeah. You're not gonna for or you're not gonna force feed them your,   you know, your kindness and your happiness.   If they don't want it, that's fine. They don't   they don't deserve it.  

[00:22:24] Unknown:

And that's why that's why it's it's,   you know, sometimes it's not hard. I I do jump on the bandwagon sometimes, but,   you know, I I I watch and listen to this stuff, and I just can't it's like,   it's pointless. Why why am I wasting time   that I can't get back   listening to this shit? You know? And bad thing is is I do it I watch TikTok videos a lot,   and a lot of them are stupid as hell. Some are cute, but a lot of them are stupid as hell. And it just amazes me   the way people think, but,   you know,   whatever.   They'll learn. Yeah. They'll learn.   We all will learn.  

And then when things get really bad   and they really start complaining   and crying and crying and whining,   you should have thought about this ten, fifteen years ago.   So  

[00:23:22] Unknown:

Yeah. I   I can agree with that.  

[00:23:26] Unknown:

Yeah. It just I I don't know. That's why   it just   it just upsets me.   But at the same time, I'm like, you know what?   Screw the pooch, dude.   Screw the pooch. I'm a have fun.   I'm a do   I'm   a do what makes Rich happy.   And if someone You're right. If someone wants to join me, come on. We're gonna have fucking fun together.  

[00:23:51] Unknown:

Yeah.  

[00:23:53] Unknown:

That's the way I look at it.  

[00:23:55] Unknown:

I can agree on that.   However, it's a hard it's a hard thing to fucking,   you know,   live on.  

[00:24:04] Unknown:

What do you mean? Yeah.  

[00:24:07] Unknown:

You know, yeah.   Be happy   and   do what you wanna do,   but, you know, that isn't always gonna be the case.   Now I like to try and think like you'll see. Yesterday,   coming home from work,   there was   a disabled car   in a driving lane.   The the car just   stopped.   So I stopped behind that car   and put my lights on that are in the back of my Jeep just so people could get over.   And then   we're trying and then another guy stopped,   and so we got his car turned around   and   used his car to jump this lady's car off.   So the battery was   well, it was, like, at seven volts.   So we get it we get it charged enough   to start it and get it down the road.  

And by that time, you know, while we were trying to do that, a police officer, you know, rolled up onto us as well,   you know,   just trying to see what was going on to see if he could render aid as well.   Right. And we were getting everything done. We got her about   two miles down the road, and the car dies again.   Well, yeah, the battery is dying.   It won't keep it charged.   So that gentleman,   the second guy that stopped, and we used his car to jump the lady's car off first.   You know, I don't know what   him and that lady's conversation   was, but that guy went and bought a battery for this lady.  

That's cool. Which is which is very cool.   And then out of all my fucking tools that I have   in the back of a fucking Jeep,   guess what I didn't have?   Fucking 10 millimeter socket.  

[00:26:04] Rich Chelson:

Dude.  

[00:26:05] Unknown:

I got I got well, I got boxed in wrenches.   They're 10 mils. I got ratcheting wrenches that are 10 mils,   but I couldn't get in   to the battery area because where they put this battery   was in the   fucking   passenger area   behind the passenger's   front seat.  

[00:26:28] Unknown:

Oh, wow.  

[00:26:29] Unknown:

That's where the fucking battery is sitting at.   Right. Behind the passenger's   front seat. That's I'm like man.   You know,   some of these engineers   that design this shit should be shocked.  

[00:26:44] Unknown:

Right.  

[00:26:45] Unknown:

Just It's like You know what?   Make when they decide something,   they should have to go and   maintenance it   and tear it apart of stuff that will   eventually break down.   Right. Battery, starter, alternator,   and have them try to fucking take it off. Mhmm. And they'll go like, woah. I can't fucking get this off. No shit. But you fucking designed it,   and you expect a mechanic   to repair this   when you have not a fucking clue.  

[00:27:19] Unknown:

Well, you know, I don't know if you know this, but when a Cummins came out with their   600 horse   big truck motor, right,   they they built it, designed it, built it,   and then   they have put it in a truck and sent it to   sent it to a mechanic.   Mhmm.   Okay.   And then they brought the engineers in,   gave them   tools,   and said, now here.   Change this part. Change that part. Change this part. Change that part.  

[00:27:51] Unknown:

Exactly.  

[00:27:52] Unknown:

And and Cummins, the engineers   went back   and   redesigned   the motor   to make it easier   to work on.   And yeah.   Yeah. Yeah. Cummins, yeah, Cummins   didn't play.   They   they finally woke up. You know? I mean I mean, Cummins engines were never really hard to work on anyway. You know, most most everything was easy to get to. Some things were a pain in the ass, but   Detroit's were the same, you know, same way. But now it started and, I mean, it needs to trickle down to   the   auto manufacturers.   You know? When they design something okay. We'll build it and then bring the engineers in and say, now   you work on it.  

You know, we'll be right there, you know,   and they're all like this and let them see   what what their design, how long it takes to   change whatever part or fix whatever part. You know? Yep. Thank you.   So yeah. No. No. I I agree with that because,   you know, I mean, I've heard of manufacturers putting a battery in the trunk.   Under the seat, that's first time I've, heard of that one, I think.   I'm not I imagine they had tried it in the past, and   there's a reason why they didn't do it.   You know? I mean, it didn't get to.  

[00:29:20] Unknown:

Yeah. Don't give me the line to you. But, anyway,   so the guy   went back into Walmart after he paid for the battery,   and I was trying to get the damn   10 millimeters,   the the bolts for the the positive and negative.   I I hadn't even   looked at getting the bolt down in that held the battery into the battery compartment.   So didn't have my socket set   in the Jeep   like a dumbass.   So he went and got,   you know, some sockets and   some ex or an extension,   And we finally got the battery replaced, got the new one in,   and, you know, I gave my   5¢,   you know,   diagnostics   of the vehicle that because the battery is dead,   I give you 9090%   plus chance   that the alternator is bad   because it is not   taking it's not   charging the battery,   and it's not doing the electrical like it's supposed to. So that is the very first thing   that I would   look at.  

So   then he like I said, he went and got some sockets, you know, at Walmart, you know, and I asked him   because I didn't know what him and the lady agreed with on the battery   aspect.   But I said, this is not open for discussion.   How much were the fucking sockets?   Because you're not buying he he bought himself a set and he bought me a set.   I said, how much were the sockets and the extensions?   They were $10.   Okay. Here's $10.   It's not open for negotiation.   I don't get this shipped for free. I'm gonna pay you because if you hadn't done it, I was gonna go into Walmart and get the ship myself.   Right. You know? So I gave him the money that he had spent on the sockets and extensions, and, you know, we got the lady down the road,   and, you know, hopefully, she can get this resolved   on, I guess, a very, very, very limited budget. So   so   that was   my   attaboy pat on the back for yesterday.  

And then I stopped today to help to change a flat tire.   So   but will those two   get me into heaven?   No. They won't.   It   not even close.   So but it's still   to help somebody, like what we're discussing earlier   for,   you know,   my friendship,   my   the ability to be kind to somebody, yes. I will always stop and help somebody that is stranded on the side of the road.   And why not? And why not?   Twenty minutes out of my time, but it could be   fucking   lifesaving for that individual that received my help.   Hey. And that's great.   Yeah.   But twenty minutes out of my time, and I'm going on to,   you know, the next project that I need to,   you know, work on.  



[00:32:36] Unknown:

Right.  

[00:32:37] Unknown:

So   so Brian.  

[00:32:41] Unknown:

Brian is muted right at the moment.  

[00:32:44] Unknown:

Where the fuck is he? Where the fuck do you go? I'm not here. I'm not here.  

[00:32:48] Rich Chelson:

Oh, okay. You must be watching, you know, by the way, you know, the truck right now? Yeah. I'm in the truck, so I wanna make sure just in case the the   background noises started trying to bleed through.  

[00:33:01] Unknown:

Oh, okay.  

[00:33:02] Rich Chelson:

So are you at a drop site right now, or are you No. I'm just get get myself off, prepped, and ready, ready to go. Actually, I'm fixing to go on duty. I'm finally hitting my tenth hour mark, I believe.   Should be pretty close at least. I've got, yeah, ten hours and two minutes. So there we go.   So, yep, now I'm going on duty.  

[00:33:23] Unknown:

Oh, okay.   Alrighty. So, anyway,   Brian,  

[00:33:28] Rich Chelson:

I thought  

[00:33:30] Unknown:

this day   would never   ever   come.  

[00:33:36] Rich Chelson:

And, you know, so You're finally moving to Mississippi,  

[00:33:41] Unknown:

No. If I win the lottery, my ass is moving to Florida.  

[00:33:44] Rich Chelson:

I'm sorry. Oh, yeah. Yeah. That's right. You're gonna have the fifteen foot tall,   house   on stilts. So yeah. That's right.  

[00:33:52] Unknown:

That's right. I will have a house on stilts.   You know? But, anyway,   could not believe what I saw today   on 36.   Okay. West West Of Hamilton.   What have they been doing for the last   fucking   half decade?  

[00:34:11] Rich Chelson:

Oh,   they they actually take the, start taking the, the construction signs down?  

[00:34:17] Unknown:

It is   finished.  

[00:34:19] Rich Chelson:

Hey. Come back next   week. Yeah. No show. They'll be they'll be blocking the roads off again going, alright. Top for phase five 15.  

[00:34:29] Unknown:

Well, that,   what, twelve, eighteen miles, I can't remember how long the stretch was,   is finally completed,   and the speed limit is up to 75 miles an hour.  

[00:34:40] Rich Chelson:

Wish I could do 75 miles an hour. Say, don't matter to you. You're still doing the speed limit.  

[00:34:46] Unknown:

No. That's what the speed limit is in that area now, 75.  

[00:34:50] Rich Chelson:

I know. So you're Yeah. You're doing you're within the speed limit.  

[00:34:54] Unknown:

Well, yeah, I am well within the speed limit because I can't even achieve that going downhill.  

[00:35:01] Rich Chelson:

Oh, you got it. Well, no. You could. You   could.   You would have to throw it into neutral   and and go downhill with the tailwind.  

[00:35:09] Unknown:

Right.   But that's the   that ELD   will fucking  

[00:35:16] Rich Chelson:

tell on me. Well, just just rip the camera off, toss it out the window. They won't notice.  

[00:35:24] Unknown:

Yeah. You're right. They won't notice. I haven't noticed at all. No. I wouldn't notice at all.   So,   yeah, I was I was   shocked as hell   that all the barricades   for the, passing lane and all that other stuff   Uh-huh. Are all down, so the whole fucking thing is completed.   And, yeah, you're right. Now   next week,   what are they gonna start on   and start ripping up?  

[00:35:54] Rich Chelson:

Right.  

[00:35:56] Unknown:

Just like   just like Waco.   They just finished   two thirds of it   that goes through Waco   is either four or five lanes   on 35   north and south.   And now the other third   area,   they just freaking they started the new construction,   and   now it's two lanes   in that area, north and south, and it's a cluster screw.   And I almost got and I almost got fucking taken out   Tuesday.   No.   Monday.   And I'll tell you about that here in just a minute.   So they got that cluster screwed now   because they didn't build the whole fucking thing,   four and five lanes,   when they had it all fucking just   four and five. Yeah.  

And, I mean, they're ripping up they they   reconcreted   that whole three lane   for that one third of that area,   and now they're taking up all the concrete.  

[00:37:05] Rich Chelson:

Yeah.   Yeah.   Fucking Well, and that that's   one of the and that's something that, from what I'm understanding, that's something Trump is actually   wanting is working to   to fix because   I forget it. I can't remember   what   what executive order or who did the executive order or what, but it was someone one of them in the area of,   like,   LBJ   on   if if I'm remember that, it might actually be earlier than, than JFK, but I was I'm I'm wanting to say it's, like, round round LBJ   forward, somewhere along that way. That's where they they changed up the rule   so that   you, the money that you have, you actually have to   use.  

If you don't use the money, you're not going to   get that same amount next year, which is the okay. And it's I guess it was supposed to be a money saving deal,   except for it causes people to go into,   you know, and go into to   a more of a scarcity mindset. So it's like, oh, well, I mean, you can go get the because   if they're allocated   a million dollars   if in the budget   and they only spend 500,   100,000,   then what that would mean is that they would only get the, essentially, from what I understand, they would get just the $500,000   to replace that back up to a million.  

But what they changed that to be is like, oh, if we wanna be able to get another million dollars,   we've got to   use it all.   Yeah. And so, yeah, they when they go when they go to   to   do road work and stuff, it's like, alright.   We here's a $7,000,000,000   project.   Make sure you burn $7,000,000   by the time you're finished.   And so it's like, yeah. Alright. Well, we'll go ahead and we'll no one fix they'll be starting on this part, but then we'll okay. And, you know,   $500,000,000   for in concrete. We'll just go ahead and reload the concrete down when we're done   done with the the first section,   and we'll just tear it back up. That because, you know, that work, that's time, that money being spent to tear that back up   and to reprep the, the ground for the next, you know, the next phase.  

Yeah. And, basically, what they're doing is the the pump has gone through and changing that to where   that ends.   Where it no longer you're not going to if you,   if you're wasting the   the money, then, yeah, you bay essentially, if you wanna understand, if you're wasting the money by doing stupid shit like that, then you're going to be,   then however much money you've shown to waste, how they're gonna show it, I don't know. I'm not that I'm not I'm not that top,   I'm not that far deep in the   in the budgetary stuff to to pay attention.   But they you know? Then you're you're not you're going to be without   is what I've understood it to be. But   but, yeah, they're supposed to be   alleviating   the   the whole   the whole let's spend   every dime that we get allocated so that we can get that allocated again next year,   which   is   one reason why   our, our budget   is astronomical.  



[00:40:42] Unknown:

Yeah.   Yeah. Yeah. I agree. Yeah.   Military does the same fucking thing.  

[00:40:48] Rich Chelson:

Oh, yeah. No. At at the end of the  

[00:40:51] Unknown:

freaking   financial year, oh, if they haven't spent it,   oh, they'll be buying a whole bunch of stupid fucking shit   to make sure that they spend every fucking dime.  

[00:41:01] Rich Chelson:

Oh, yeah.  

[00:41:03] Unknown:

You know, it's been going on now for decades.   But, anyway,   Waco   has the  

[00:41:11] Rich Chelson:

northbound  

[00:41:12] Unknown:

lane   completely   you're not gonna be on it because they put the barriers up, and you got two lanes going south, two lanes going north, and they're tight lane.   And this asshole   in a pickup with a fucking trailer,   I am lucky as hell   that there was nobody   to my left   so I could get in the left hand lane   because I had about two seconds   worth of time   to get over, or this motherfucker would have been   up underneath my truck  

[00:41:52] Rich Chelson:

when he I'm blaming you. When he crashed You shoulda got out here. You're   right. He should have.   Oh, buddy. That's what he would be telling you. You should've you saw me coming on. You should've got over.   Like, what? Sorry. But you don't don't work that way, buddy. You're the one who's supposed to yield.  

[00:42:11] Unknown:

Yep.   And   thank god that there was nobody to my left.   And because I'm the hard   left it or he would have been up underneath my motherfucking truck.  

[00:42:23] Rich Chelson:

Right.  

[00:42:24] Unknown:

I'm like, you are   stupid, motherfucker.   Well, most four wheelers are stupid individuals.   Don't know how to drive for shit.   Well, if I Not really.   The the and, well, and some of the new generation of truck drivers don't know what the fuck they're doing either.  

[00:42:43] Rich Chelson:

Well,   this is that's Yeah.   I've been had the experience. Over thirty years. I was gonna say. Truck drivers.   It's always the the rookies were always the dangerous ones. That's why the rookies   takes them a little while, usually about the first ten years for them to finally go, oh,   maybe.  

[00:43:01] Unknown:

Right.   Yeah. I was I was I was I I was cussing new drivers out when I was driving a big truck.  

[00:43:10] Unknown:

But were they as stupid as the ones are fucking today?  

[00:43:14] Unknown:

Yes. They were.   Just the back this was back when JB Hunt and Swift   was let talking. Yeah. Was letting rookie   drivers   train   new rookie drivers coming in.   I had to drive around them dumbasses.   You you you had someone that had been in the truck   maybe six months,   and they're like, be a trainer and make all this money.   And so everybody jumped on the bandwagon, and after it it didn't last too long. JB Hunt had to back out of that because   Right. They had and and, well, Swift has   has mishaps every  

[00:43:55] Rich Chelson:

yeah. Swift has Well, there's a reason why Swift has so many alternate   meanings for the for the letters of their their trucking company.   Right. Yeah. So, I mean, you got swing wide idiot fucking trailers. So  

[00:44:09] Unknown:

that's a new one. I had not heard that one. I'm I'm gonna say I had not heard that one.  

[00:44:14] Rich Chelson:

See what I fucked up today is another one I know I've heard. Yeah. I've heard that one. Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:44:21] Unknown:

But no. It it just no. Because,   you know, I I mean, I was taught by owner operators.   And so I mean,   yeah, I was a rookie, and I still did dumb shit.   And I had to learn my damn self, but   I also had, like, four or five other   veteran drivers that   yeah. They they would crack down on me if I fucked up too bad.  

[00:44:46] Rich Chelson:

Right.  

[00:44:47] Unknown:

You know? But, yeah, about   five, six, seven years in,   I started to calm down and,   you know, I mean I mean, I I was still an outlaw, but   I just I just did it smarter.  

[00:45:01] Unknown:

Right. I'm still an outlaw, so I did it smarter.   Yeah. I did. Yeah. Well Yeah.  

[00:45:07] Rich Chelson:

Me. You  

[00:45:08] Unknown:

know? I did. Yeah. The first the first couple years, I didn't do it so smart.   Got caught a lot.   Then I then I wise dope, and I didn't I didn't get caught as much.  

[00:45:21] Rich Chelson:

Okay. But, yeah, you pit all of a sudden, we start realizing, oh, that's why you have three logs.  

[00:45:27] Unknown:

No. I got well, no. Because the loose leaf logs came out.   Trips vanished, man.   Yeah. True.   Trips vanished.   I didn't I I just ran one log after that. Oh, yeah. I just made stuff vanish.   You know? I got paid for the work I did, but   my logbook   said I I was off.  

[00:45:50] Rich Chelson:

Yeah.  

[00:45:53] Unknown:

I mean oh, yeah.   I'm telling you what, man. If if I'm glad I'm glad DOT cannot go back   and find evidence of this shit because, damn,   I would be in jail for years.   I'm telling you. I would be in jail for years.  

[00:46:11] Rich Chelson:

Oh, yeah.   Yep.   Same   same I hear.  

[00:46:17] Unknown:

Yeah. I love I love loose leaf logs, man. Oh my god. I love them.   So, yeah, tomorrow, I gotta go to   the VA, and, I'm gonna take my video camera with me.   I'm gonna look, see   see if there's supposed to be any rain   over in Biloxi tomorrow   because,   it's weird.   We've got hot weather,   and, you know, we're I'm talking   middle nineties   with a field temperature of anywhere from a 101 to a 112.   In fact, this past week,   out of my backyard, the field temperature was a 112.   It was, like, 95 with a 112 field temperature.   And it keeps saying it keeps saying it's gonna rain. It's gonna rain. It's gonna rain.   And,   yeah,   maybe,   but, no, normally, it doesn't.  

So   and   on my Facebook page,   I don't know   how I got tied.   I don't know how this got in my feed. I guess I guess Facebook thought that,   well, shit. He's   he's gonna be in you know?   I'm down here in Mississippi.   I wanna see stuff from Gulf Coast   Life,   which is a Facebook page. And there's   there's,   photographers that take pictures of,   you know,   storms and stuff that are just right off the   you know, out in the water   out in the Gulf, and they're   right there by the casinos or,   you know, in freaking Biloxi. And I don't know about it over here because I don't ever see the storms.   And I saw one picture, a guy got a water spout   that was   just literally just barely off the beach.  

And I'm like, damn. I want   pictures or video like that.   So   I gotta start watching the weather over   that way.   Right.   So if I see it going that way, I can jump in the Jeep and run over there   and get some cool pictures.  

[00:48:27] Rich Chelson:

Right.   Starting photography is cool. I've that's   I've always been that's kind of the the   genre of   of, of of photography that I've always liked doing.   Even that whenever I was in in high school, it was always   I liked doing   landscapes   more than I did anything. So it was one re I guess that's probably one reason why I always it absolutely dug Ansel Adams.  

[00:48:55] Unknown:

Yeah. Yeah. Oh, no. I I love landscapes. I just I wanna be able to   shoot it in eight k.  

[00:49:02] Rich Chelson:

Yeah.  

[00:49:05] Unknown:

I ain't got that kind of money to I mean, yeah. Well well, my x five   shoots in eight k,   and I've got to   work some more with that   and, you know, to see it. But, yeah, watching, like, videos on YouTube with my displays   and then watching eight k video on them, oh my god. It's it's amazing.   It's just they're sharp. I mean oh god. Tack sharp isn't isn't even an a nice enough word for it. It's it's sharper than that.   But   but either way, still, you know, I wanna I wanna go over there and and,   you know, catch,   you know, maybe   a lightning and a water spout,   you know,   right there by one of the casinos or, you know,   a boat dock or marina or something.  

Hell, yeah. That would be cool as shit. You know? And Oh, absolutely.   Have it dark,   you know, like, in the middle of the day, you know, when a bad storm comes, it gets dark.   And you can get, you know, excellent  

[00:50:13] Rich Chelson:

pictures that way. Oh, yeah. You get the dark sky,   yeah, to the,   to the east, and the sun's setting in the west. And so everything in the foreground is just lit up like, you know, like high noon, but it looks, you know,   all dark looking for better. It's just it's cool. Great ways great time to be able to capture those those free photons floating through the air.   Right. Yeah. So like you're saying, you want   to capture everything in in eight k. I'd love to be able to start capturing everything with a 100 megapixel camera. So  

[00:50:46] Unknown:

Oh, yeah. That would be sweet. That would be sweet.   But   now you see, that's the thing, though. I, you know, I don't know well,   I have to start watching the radar more and, you know, if I see   a storms coming across   in The Gulf,   I I need to   start tracking them better and maybe run over to Biloxi or Gulfport,   you know,   or Long Beach or whatnot and   and see if I can get, you know, some cool pictures because that would be awesome. Oh, yeah.   You know?   So   Oh, I got that mount.  

[00:51:24] Rich Chelson:

Oh, got you?  

[00:51:25] Unknown:

Yeah. Yeah. I found it I've I found it on sale. Well, actually, it was $59.99,   and I and they give me a $10 off coupon. I'm like, hell yeah.   So I've got I've got the suction cup mount,   so I can I can   mount my   x five   on my Jeep   and drive down the road?  

[00:51:47] Rich Chelson:

That'd work. I was I was thinking, you know, blow off and get,   might have to figure out do some,   do some fabrication, but, you know, get make, like, some type of clamp   that'll go around the   the the nose of your bumper   and and have a have it where you could actually put a mount on on that, on that clamp. So you'd actually have your three sixty sitting out there in the front of your,   out there on the nose of your of your Jeep.   You know, that's an idea, and I believe I can do that. I believe The only other thing I could think of you could do to use that would be go grab some of them grill mounts.   But at the same time, those look like they would eventually kinda get start getting loose in the legs and then start whipping around.  



[00:52:33] Unknown:

Well yeah. Okay. Okay. Yeah. I've got I've got one of those. It's it's   it's an off brand one, but, I've used it when I was down at Pigeon Forge.   I used it I, wrapped it   through the hole   the top hole in my stinger.   And,   and this is when I had my GoPro.   And I drove I drove through this one area. It was a beautiful ride   taking   shots with my with my GoPro,   and   it held up at 35 mile an hour. So, I mean, it it it actually did pretty good.  

[00:53:08] Rich Chelson:

K.  

[00:53:10] Unknown:

I'm not sure how the x five would do. I just have to try it.   You know? I mean,   I mean, I can try it around here, you know,   mount it onto my   onto that tripod   and then wrap the tripod legs around   that top hole in my stinger. Yep. And then and then   right. Because I've got a remote,   and it's funny,   okay, because it came with two holders.   It's square. Right? It's a square remote.   K. And and one of them,   the the band on it will wrap around, like, the selfie stick   or whatnot,   or you can put it on your finger, whatever. Right?  

[00:53:52] Rich Chelson:

Oh, okay.  

[00:53:53] Unknown:

And the other one   goes around your wrist,   so   you can wear it like a watch.   And it's and it's also it it it also records the GPS stuff   Oh, there you go. In the video. So so I can put that information   on the video,   You know, the speed, the the   if I'm going up or down,   the I   the longitude, latitude.   I just   about six different things I could put on there. And,   and it   you can watch it go up and down. It's cool as shit.  

[00:54:31] Rich Chelson:

But,  

[00:54:33] Unknown:

that, that wrist strap,   when they made it,   they were just thinking of all  

[00:54:40] Rich Chelson:

Of the little Chinese people.  

[00:54:42] Unknown:

Kids   with small wrists, small tiny wrists.   Yeah. I can get it around my wrist,  

[00:54:49] Rich Chelson:

but it's Your hand's gonna fall off.  

[00:54:52] Unknown:

Yeah. It's it's I'm on the last hole, and I can't tighten it up anymore because it's too tight. Right. But but either way, I I use the other mount   for the remote. And, normally, I just throw it on the dash,   mount the video camera, throw it on the dash, and I can start and stop the camera   right there off off that remote.   Oh, cool. Yeah. Yeah. That's yeah. That is cool.   And believe me, it it's it's nice   because when you're, you know, recording and stuff, if you're using a selfie stick or whatnot,   you don't have to reach up   and hit the button. You can just hit the button on the remote, and   it'll stop recording. And then I can shut the remote and the camera off at the same time.  



[00:55:39] Rich Chelson:

Oh, okay.  

[00:55:40] Unknown:

Yeah. So no. It's it's it's actually cool.   So, yeah, when I mount this on on the side of my Jeep,   you know, I'll just I'll just have the remote. I'll just go click,   and it'll start.  

[00:55:52] Rich Chelson:

Oh.  

[00:55:53] Unknown:

Yeah. Yeah.   But, yeah, I had found I had found a mount,   that that three section cut mount that I talked about a couple weeks ago. Uh-huh. Yep.   I kept looking, and   this here was the cheapest one,   And, I got it today.   I haven't put it on the Jeep yet, but I, you know, stuck it to my counter in my kitchen.   Yeah. The shit's gonna hold.   It's not gonna move because I   I stuck it, locked it in,   and I tried to move it. Yeah. No. No. It wasn't moving. Okay. How how long how long does that stick?   Well, see, that one that came with it is 48 inches,   but I also have two more.  

So I could actually go up to now over 12 feet   because I I can attach them all together.   So, yeah, I can,   stretch it out to 12 feet if I want.  

[00:56:54] Unknown:

Okay.   Because, I think I was taught   with the application   as you're driving down   the road   with the suction cup. So that one stick is   how long again?  

[00:57:08] Unknown:

Four foot.  

[00:57:09] Unknown:

Okay.  

[00:57:10] Unknown:

48 inches, which and, I mean,   you know, when I place it, I can place it at an angle   and   out the back or out the front anywhere I want, but   you know? And then and then just, you know, turn the camera whichever way,   and then I can get,   like, the shots   you've seen in YouTube videos.   You   know, it you know, I I can capture it while I'm driving in it looking over me like a drone shot.  

[00:57:42] Unknown:

Right.  

[00:57:44] Unknown:

So   so yeah.   And if that one breaks, well, I've got another selfie stick I can use.   Yeah.   So   but, yeah, I found it. I've you you know, because, I mean,   the first ones I was looking at, they just want a $100   or a $120.   And I'm like, no. Hell no.   But but but when I found this one, I made sure it had   because sometimes when you go with the lower priced items,   they're   they're not the same   build quality as a higher priced items.  

[00:58:23] Rich Chelson:

Uh-huh.  

[00:58:24] Unknown:

So so that's why when I was looking at this online,   I looked at every one of the pictures and made sure   that I kinda knew exactly what was I was gonna get. So when I opened the box today,   I saw it, and I'm like, okay. Alright. Cool. We good.   And then I tried it, and it's like, yeah. It's, yeah, it's not gonna move.   It's just not gonna move. There's no,   which is what I want.  

[00:58:50] Rich Chelson:

Precisely.  

[00:58:51] Unknown:

So   because yeah.   And I might,   I might mount it tomorrow and drive around Biloxi after I get done at the dentist.   Just try it out.   Hell, yeah. You know?   I mean, why not? What else am I gonna do?   Run home and hide in my house? No.   I'm done with that shit.  

[00:59:17] Unknown:

Have have legal license will travel. Yeah.  

[00:59:21] Rich Chelson:

Right.  

[00:59:23] Unknown:

So   here's a thought with and I don't know if you can do it with this particular stick.   You could always   drill a hole   in your bumper   and put a bolt up underneath   and   bolt that to the stick if it's   they have them out there,   but I don't know if you can do it to this one. And then   you have it on your front bumper, not going through your stinger,   but mounted on the flat portion of your   bumper.  

[00:59:55] Unknown:

Oh, yeah. Yeah. I do it because, the mount   the mount's a quarter 20. It's it's a it's   it's the same size as a freaking quarter inch bolt. Of course, straightened bolt. So yeah. Okay.   Oh, yeah. No. That yeah. Yeah. I can do that. That's   that's not a problem.   Okay. The thing the thing is, do I wanna drill a hole in my bumper?  

[01:00:18] Unknown:

That's Okay. Let me ask you this.   One,   if you don't have the selfie stick or the stick on there in that hole,   is anybody   ever gonna notice?  

[01:00:30] Unknown:

Well, no.  

[01:00:32] Unknown:

Okay. And if they did notice,   are you really gonna care?  

[01:00:37] Unknown:

No.   Okay.  

[01:00:39] Rich Chelson:

That's what it's supposed to look for the selfie stick so that I put my put my three six camera mount my three six camera out there when I go jeeping.  

[01:00:47] Unknown:

Yeah. A friend of mine does that.   He has a he has that stick bolted to the front of his bumper   Right.   And and has his   one of your cameras that he has   up in the front of the Jeep.  

[01:01:00] Unknown:

Okay.  

[01:01:01] Unknown:

Yeah.  

[01:01:02] Unknown:

Yeah. No. I I mean, yeah, I can do it. I mean, I got to drill the drill bits, and, I mean, this and I I probably got a quarter inch bolt somewhere.   In fact, I almost know I do.   I mean, it wouldn't be hard   to hook it up, and that's actually a nice idea.  

[01:01:20] Unknown:

Yeah. Because and,   you know, you get obviously a, lock washer, and it's gonna make that stick a little bit more   rigid  

[01:01:29] Unknown:

Oh, yeah.  

[01:01:31] Unknown:

Than, you know,   anything else.  

[01:01:34] Unknown:

Oh, yeah. No. Yeah. No. That yeah. I would, yeah, I wouldn't I wouldn't just put the bolt on there. Yeah. I would definitely have a lock washer on it. Or a star washer. Flat washers. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I wouldn't. I guarantee  

[01:01:47] Unknown:

you, if you go out and look   at your bumper,   I guarantee you there are already two holes   drilled in your bumper.  

[01:01:58] Unknown:

For what?  

[01:01:59] Unknown:

For auxiliary or auxiliary lights.   Nope.   Really?  

[01:02:05] Unknown:

Right. Really. I I bought my did. I bought my bumper with the auxiliary   lights already in it.  

[01:02:13] Unknown:

Well, see, on top of my stinger  

[01:02:15] Rich Chelson:

Uh-huh.  

[01:02:16] Unknown:

I have two holes, one on either side to where I can put, like, the  

[01:02:21] Unknown:

The pipe  

[01:02:23] Unknown:

light. Yeah. An additional light   on the bumper.   So I already have the two holes.   If I were to do that same thing, the holes are already in my bumper.  

[01:02:34] Unknown:

Yes. See, mine mine didn't. And and I was actually kinda shocked mine didn't come with that because most bumpers do.   You know?   But yeah. No. Mine  

[01:02:44] Unknown:

mine didn't come with that. So And that's what kinda amazed me that it didn't.   It's like, wow.   Okay.   Right. Well, drill yourself a fucking hole in your bumper,   conspicuously.   And if somebody says something to you, you ain't gonna give a shit anyway.  

[01:03:03] Unknown:

Oh, no. Because   I'm   I'm gonna look at them like a dog that that is, like, trying to figure out what the fuck what the fuck are you talking about? Who who fucking cares about a hole in my bumper?   You know? It's not your Jeep. You don't pay for it.   Yep. You know, it's my Jeep. If I wanna drill holes all through the side of the Jeep, I will. I ain't going to. But, you know, I'm pretty sure I already know the answer to this because of that. I've seen your videos, and I'm not noticing any much of it. But that's got image,  

[01:03:33] Rich Chelson:

image stabilization   built into the, end of the camera, doesn't it? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. That's what I was thinking because I was going, I'm not remembering   seeing the seeing when you're, like, on the on the ship and stuff that, you know, don't can't see a whole lot of excessive jiggle or anything. So   and when you would turn the corner, there wasn't   any vibration shot in through the on the on the on the video. So I I figured there was, but   because I that's the only other thing I would say issue I'd have with having it mounted to the bumper is that anytime you move, you know, the engine vibration was gonna shine through there, but no. Nope.  

[01:04:10] Unknown:

Nope. This   this this, camera   has really, really good image stabilization.   Yeah. I mean, just it's top quality.  

[01:04:22] Rich Chelson:

Yeah. Well yeah. Because like I said, whatever you that like, the one video where you've you've got your three sixty and you're making, I think, a left hand turn.   Mhmm. And that was just that was just a nice smooth it's like you're on a gimbal.  

[01:04:35] Unknown:

Right. Yeah. Exactly.   Yeah. I I   how they do it, I don't know, and I'm not gonna ask. I just know it does it.  

[01:04:42] Unknown:

You know? But what they have on because it has an electronic   what's that thing that they use on the ship?   Gyroscope?   Yeah. It has an electronic,   gyroscope built in. I guarantee you.  

[01:04:57] Rich Chelson:

It actually, I don't think it does. I think it's I think it's all software   software stabilization. It go it Okay. Probably takes a   probably excludes the very far edges of the, of the video.   And so what it does is it it knows, hey. This is the horizon. Let's not make let's make sure that horizon doesn't bump   around any. And and so they they keep it   they'll keep it stable that way. So more than likely, if you asked them, they would just say, oh, well, we we talked to   Adobe, and, we took this shit.  

[01:05:31] Unknown:

Right.   Well, I I mean, yeah, more likely because, I mean, I've seen videos of people skiing   Mhmm. And,   skateboarding and stuff like that.   And they,   you know,   you can see them move them, but the video doesn't shake. It doesn't Right. At all.   You know? So   so yeah. I I mean yeah. I I mean, I like this thing. I really do.  

[01:05:58] Rich Chelson:

Yeah. I have to get I have to eventually get one, but at the moment, I'm I've got my own new toy that I'm getting around to playing with and seeing if I can turn an old turn a, turn a cheap   media store knife into something that's actually decently sharp. So got   one of those knife sharpening systems.   Now not the not the roller style because   I've someone tells me that that's   it sounds good because you're you know, they've got a they've got a, you know, the angle preset, and you just roll, you know, you just roll the sharpener back and forth.   And what I actually got was it clamps to the table,   and it then has a clamp for the for the the the   Knife. The knife itself.  

And then you actually have an arm that that holds the, whatever sharpening stone you're using   to the,   to the arm, and you just you utilize the you move the sharpening stone as opposed to moving the, the knife across.  

[01:06:58] Unknown:

Yeah. No. I've got So I've got I've got one of the rollers.   Oh, okay. Kits   and, yeah, it's it's bullshit.  

[01:07:05] Rich Chelson:

Well, I figured it started off pretty   good. Yeah.  

[01:07:09] Unknown:

You know, it does okay, but   no. I I I mean, it's it's more of a con conversation piece.  

[01:07:16] Rich Chelson:

Right.   Everything I was kind of saying was   that they yeah. The diamond   honing   list that they put on there, sadly, it,   they don't do it. It's not like what is it?   What's the name of that one that does the diamond,   wood stones?   Was it h, t h, HTC?   It has it the we got, like, the red, the green, and the blue, and I think, yellow. Oh, yeah.   Uh-huh. Yeah. I think so. And, I mean, it's not like this where there's there's they've got their stuff embedded in there where it won't come loose, but, apparently,   after about, the tenth night sharpened with the, with, like, the roller stuff, they   most of the, most of the diamonds have broke loose off the, off the the embedding.  



[01:08:06] Unknown:

Yeah. But   Yeah. I think that's why on a sharpening kit,   you get what you pay for. Hell, yeah. And and if you spend a few bucks, you can get a really good knife sharpening   setup, and you can get your knives razor sharp.  

[01:08:23] Rich Chelson:

Yep. And that's kinda what I   what I was noticing also, and that's one one reason why I got this is because it actually will take different types of sharpening stones   and wet stones. So you've got, I've got the little thin ones that they came with, and it starts out like a   like a two twenty and works itself up to a they give you from the two twenty all the way up to a 10,000 grit.   So, yeah, I was like, holy shit. Well, these are are crazy, but it's a little it's a little thin thin thing, and   it takes a little bit of learning because, you know, they've got a tightening thumb screw on the,   on the deal, but I, of course, being a guy, I didn't read the instructions. I mean, who does that?  

And I couldn't get the the two twenty   to   to stay in the in the holder.   And so I put it in there. I'd I'd the thumb screw it. I'd go to scrape, scrape, scrape, and then about fourth or fifth scrape. All of a sudden, I was noticing, hey. I'm about to lose my my my stone here. And I eventually, I did lose it, and it dropped and fell on the ground and broke. So I was like, alright. What are we doing wrong here? I well, I've stopped because   the next one up was, like, a 400 grit. So I was like, okay. That's basically where you really want to start. If you're you you know, you only need the the $2.20 if you   if you're starting from with a with a basically a square piece of metal.  



[01:09:44] Unknown:

Well well okay. This is   when I sharpen knives because I   mine are razor sharp.   Mine'll freaking catch you   and not even think twice about about it. Right. K?   This is normally if if if if I have a knife   that I found or whatnot, and I look at the blade and it's dented   or whatnot. The edge of it is dented or chipped. Yeah. You gotta build a build a fresh edge on it. Right? Yeah. Yeah. And and I do a minimum   minimum   of 40 strokes   per side,   and that's with any grid I use. Mhmm.   It it just I don't know. I found I found for me   that that   and and the thing is,   you know, when you're doing the strokes,   if you listen to how it sounds   and then after you you know, once you get started because   you'll hear it and feel it. And then once it starts to smooth out, you'll hear that tone change in that metal   as it's cutting. And then when you go up in grits   and, it'll get smoother,   easier, less pressure,   you don't need as much pressure   as long as you've got the right angle.  

But and, yeah, I do I do   I do forty   forty strokes per side, and and once I get a knife razor sharp,   if I have to touch it up, I still you know, I just use a smooth stone, and I still do 40 strokes a side.   So and that's   that's has served me very well. That'll   I tell you what. That'll that'll cut through a steak like hot butter.   I'm serious.   And that's I mean, because well, my knives, I use in the kitchen anyway. So   Right. You know, I keep them that, you know, keep them that sharp because,   you know, when I'm cutting up steaks or whatnot or   sausages or chicken,   because fucking chicken's hard to cut. And if your knife ain't sharp You're gonna cut them off. Yeah. You will.  



[01:11:51] Rich Chelson:

You you have to be careful, but that's what I do when I sharpen a knife. So And then and that's kinda what I came came down to because I I was just using one of my old kitchen knives that I that I had as just as a testing,   as a tester. And,   yeah, I mean, and at first, I was sitting there. I was like, alright. Let's do 10. We'll flip it over 10. Flip it over 10. Flip it over. And and I realized that I have to actually pay attention to my counting because I was a couple times where I was, like, 10. Next thing I know, I'm, like, 57, 58. What the hell? I'll do a cock. You're gonna flip up. We'll do 58 on this side. And I'd lose count and be, like, that that 50 what what shit. What was that? I don't know. Let's do about five more, and we'll call it close to close enough. So But I I I didn't even make it all the way up to 10,000. I just kinda got up to about,   I think it's about 2,000 grit. It might be, it's 1,500,   and I think it's 2,000. Might have jumped up to three. But,  

[01:12:53] Unknown:

what angle are you cutting at?  

[01:12:55] Rich Chelson:

Actually, I would make I'm making them sharper than what,   Bravo, so I'm sitting at about 18.  

[01:13:01] Unknown:

Okay.   Okay.   Because, yeah, normally, I I use a 19 or a 20 degree angle,   every time, because that's   that's a good all around   cutting angle Yeah. For for anything.   You know? But, yeah, like you said, you know, an 18   would  

[01:13:21] Rich Chelson:

you could get a little finer edge on it. Right. Yep. And I've got the I've got a   I got a a knife,   that I don't hardly ever use just because, one, I don't have I don't have a place to store it, and I kinda like it.   So I keep it in the box, and it's it's already, you know, pretty fucking sharp as it is.   But I'd like to be able to make sure I got it, keep it sharp. And I know those,   that one's usually set in,   at a a little bit more. It's it's closer to about a 14 to 11   degrees some in there just because of the,   from the manufacturer   that   that what they that they say that they sharpen them up to is about about 11   degree, which is alright. You're not gonna keep an edge for long, so you have better know how to, know how   to to to steal your your knife,   you know, after each use.  



[01:14:17] Unknown:

Right. Oh, yeah. No. Because yeah.   Yeah. That   that tight of an angle, yeah, it won't stay sharp for long. It'll be sharp for a little bit, but I would see that It does.   That's why that's why I do a 19 or a 20 because, like I said, it's it's a it it'll   the edge will hold better.   Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it has for me. And then but yeah.   Yeah. Any other angle  

[01:14:42] Rich Chelson:

asset is pointless to me if he has. Yeah. You you yeah. It's probably you start really rolling your your your edge too much.   Yeah. So but,   but it's a it's a nice looking knife. But, yeah, I got I got that one, the my practice knife, at least sharp enough for one of the shaved a a bit of my thumb off.   There you go. I got it. It's a sharp knife. Was like, she I was like, oh, whee. Okay. I didn't I didn't hit blood, but at the same time, it took a layer of skin off. So I was like, alright. Well, we're done playing with this one. Let's put it back in the   in the scabbard, and I better warn Janice so she doesn't try to cut herself with it.  



[01:15:22] Unknown:

Right.   So You know? And and I don't know if y'all have heard this. You probably have, but I've I've   I was told this a long time ago when I was a kid. I didn't believe it, but, actually, now I do.  

[01:15:36] Rich Chelson:

A sharp knife is a safe knife. Yeah. That's a lot safer because it'll actually bite, and it'll it'll dig into the what it is what you're wanting to cut.  

[01:15:45] Unknown:

Yeah. And and it'll cut. You don't have   to pull and push and you know? Because that's the thing. When a knife is dull, you're pulling and pushing the sawing effect. Yeah. And then and then it it cuts loose.   It'll still cut you. It'll it'll pop off and just nail you right quick. But,   you know, that's the thing.   A sharp knife is is easier to work with, and whatever you're doing, it makes it  

[01:16:13] Rich Chelson:

makes the job quicker. So Yeah. It it's easier. It's quicker. And, I mean, then the the other I mean, the only issue that and I think that Janet always worries about   is because she's not ever pay you're not paying attention to exactly what, you know, what is the knife is is trailing,   at least with her because she usually will end up cutting a   cut the thumbnail off more than anything. She'll be   so, like, goddamn it. So she'll she'll catch a catch a finger in the knife because she's not, you know, not following where,   where she's fully cutting and where what what's intersecting.  



[01:16:51] Unknown:

But Right. Well, and see, that's you see, I've I have cut myself enough.   I am conscious.   I am conscious of where that edge is at Yeah. At all times because I   I have given myself some cuts. I probably should've went to the hospital before. I didn't,  

[01:17:10] Unknown:

but, you know I was gonna say, I you're you're watching where you're cutting right into your leg. Yep. Yep. I watched that happen.  

[01:17:18] Unknown:

You know, it's funny. When I was about 12, I was working on a model.   One of them plastic models, you know, with the plastic trees. And I was using an Xacto knife, and I and and and I I was I was   cutting this one piece out   and everything so I could put it on, and I was doing it on my leg.   And it got   place got really good a good force and and you know? And, yeah, it's a good place. Well, it got stuck, and I applied more pressure instead of backing out and going at it again. I just applied more pressure, and it cut through   it cut through that piece I I was wanting.  



[01:17:58] Rich Chelson:

And then it got so.  

[01:18:01] Unknown:

Through my jeans and about a six inch gash   in my thigh.   Yep. Yeah. I got in trouble for that one   because   this was back when money was tight, really tight. You know, people Oh, yeah. Money's tight. No. It was tight back in the eighties, really tight. And Oh, yeah. We it was it's a decadence, but at the same time, there's a lot of you you just didn't spend  

[01:18:25] Rich Chelson:

money crazily   like they do these days.  

[01:18:28] Unknown:

Right. Right. But so, yeah, we we had to go to the hospital. So, yeah, I got in trouble for that one because I had to have seen  

[01:18:36] Unknown:

and so, yeah, I did got home, you and when you got home, you probably got your ass whooped.  

[01:18:41] Unknown:

No. No. I didn't. I I didn't get whooped because   my mom figured that That was what's right up. Yeah. That was that was but but I got yelled at for a couple days.   I ain't gonna lie about that.   But, yeah,   needless to say, I never tried to cut a part off a part tree on my leg.  

[01:19:02] Rich Chelson:

Yeah. No. I didn't.   I've done that with,   I mean, I was doing basically the same thing. I was trying to trying to get a, trying to get a part cut out of a,   for a, for a model airplane.   And,   the way I was done, I basically, the same thing except not my leg.   I was I had turned the, the blade around the way it was kinda facing what I'm not supposed to do. You know, I was cutting towards me.   Right. And, and I wasn't getting it, and it finally went through. I caught my it caught right across the, knuckle and thumb.   Oh. Yeah. I was like, woah.  

Yeah. Then I did actually, I did get stitches for it, but I still got the I still got a nice suppressive scar on there. Right. So  

[01:19:48] Unknown:

yeah. I'm thinking I   I was you know, last night, we was talking about   the Blue Angels and all like that. Oh, right. Yeah. And,   I looked at   the at the practice sessions,   and they have a practice session on the twentieth,   which is a Wednesday, and I'm gonna   maybe try and go to it. Oh, cool. Yeah. That'd be awesome.   I think so.   Because on on the Wednesday ones,   after they fly and land,   you can meet the pilots,   get their autograph and stuff like that.   But and and and they have a museum,   and I like planes anyway.   Oh, yeah. So and and   it's   it's free to go through the museum.  

But   so, yeah, I was I was looking at the website last night, and I was like, man,   I I gotta freaking do that.  

[01:20:46] Rich Chelson:

Yeah. That would that'd be cool. Now They really need those if you could talk them into letting you have your have your, drone problem around.  

[01:20:53] Unknown:

Yeah. No. No. They it is it is   it okay.   It is stated on our website about no drones.   Oh. And it and it says,   countermeasures   will be taken.  

[01:21:06] Rich Chelson:

Yeah. I bet there is. Whatever that means.  

[01:21:09] Unknown:

But   when I hear countermeasures,   that means I ain't getting my shit back.  

[01:21:15] Unknown:

Nope.   Yeah. Probably. Now what would be the ultimate   that you could ask for and actually get   is a fucking rear   rear seat ride.  

[01:21:27] Unknown:

Yeah. I, yeah, I I I,   I, I, I looked up at that, looked it up and everything, and it   that would be hard to do because they don't they they do it for   they they explained   who they do it for, and it's   if you do a lot with the youth   and, you know, do good things and stuff like that with the youth or or if you're with,   you know, the media or whatnot  

[01:21:54] Rich Chelson:

Right.  

[01:21:55] Unknown:

There's a chance.   Not saying you'll get one, but there's a chance. They they choose at at some of the Wednesday practices.   Not all of them, just very few.   They got certain times when when they will take someone up   and, give them a ride.   So   that would be cool, though. I would oh, man. I would love that shit.  

[01:22:18] Unknown:

Are they where are the Blue Angels based out of? They're Biloxi?  

[01:22:22] Unknown:

No. Pensacola.   Oh, Pensacola. Okay. Mhmm.   Yeah. It's, like,   70 some miles from me, I think, if I remember right.  

[01:22:32] Unknown:

Oh, that's right. Okay. I think for whatever reason, I'm thinking about the Thunderbirds, the Air Force version, not the Navy version.  

[01:22:40] Unknown:

The Thunderbirds are army,   I think.   Hang on. No.  

[01:22:45] Unknown:

Okay. So what's the Air Force?  

[01:22:48] Unknown:

Hang on. Hang on. Hang on, Les.  

[01:22:50] Unknown:

The Air Force is Thunderbirds. The only thing that the army has Oh, Air Force. Yeah. Yeah. Air Force is Thunderbirds.   The only thing that the army   has is the Golden Knights, and that is the parachute team.  

[01:23:02] Rich Chelson:

Okay. Okay. Yeah.   But  

[01:23:06] Unknown:

Yeah. No.   But yeah. Yeah. Pensacola   and I looked for,   you know, when you come down for   cruising the coast.   Yeah.  

[01:23:17] Rich Chelson:

I'm gonna be here for a bit. Yeah.  

[01:23:19] Unknown:

I was   I was hoping   I was hoping   they would have a practice session while you were down.   Yeah.   They don't.  

[01:23:29] Rich Chelson:

Okay.  

[01:23:30] Unknown:

It's it's   say,   you're leaving probably on Sunday,   and   that Wednesday,   they would they're having a practice.   And the week before,   they're not having a practice.   So   I was like, dang it.  

[01:23:49] Unknown:

It's just wrong. So the so the Wednesday before  

[01:23:53] Rich Chelson:

and the Wednesday   after,   they're having practice sessions,   but not that Wednesday that I'm down.   Hang on a sec. Well, no. They they you're coming. They're like, no money ain't gonna show that grumpy son of a bitch for what we do.  

[01:24:09] Unknown:

No. Let's see. No. Yeah.   The the first one in October   is the fifteenth.   So   that's after when   you'll be Yeah.   You'll be here.  

[01:24:22] Unknown:

Yeah.  

[01:24:23] Unknown:

So   oh, excuse me. It's a 100 miles to Pensacola.   Yippee.  

[01:24:29] Unknown:

But I bet you can drive on the beach in Florida, can't you?  

[01:24:33] Unknown:

No, sir. You cannot.  

[01:24:35] Unknown:

Nope. Oh, fucking shit.  

[01:24:39] Unknown:

No. You can't, dude.   You can't drive on the beach. You can't fly a drone on the beach. Nothing.   You can't do it. You would have to go into   probably   you could probably fly a drone on the beach   starting   about Panama City,   which is way the hell inside   on Florida. Yeah.   So   yeah. No.   The, beaches in Alabama,   Orange Beach,   Gulf Shores Beach, all the way across through Pensacola   Beach.   And, of course,   the National Park Service has has the one beach there.   You can't fly there.   So, yeah, you, yeah, you and, well, you got Elgin Air Force Base over in Florida.   You can't fly anything over there. So, yeah, it'd probably   probably be Panama City   Beach.  

And that that'd be another   another fifty, seventy five miles   in inland.   So   but yeah.   Yeah. The,   to get to,   the airfield   and to see the   museum and   Blue Angels flying,   I'm a I'm a 100 miles from it. Oh, okay.   About the same distance to, New Orleans.  

[01:26:06] Unknown:

Yeah.  

[01:26:07] Unknown:

I mean, New Orleans is about the same distance. So but, I mean I mean, we could still go even though they ain't flying. We can still go look at the museum.   Well, we could do that too. You know? I mean, whatever word   You know, we can go down New Orleans   and,   you know, go have beignets and coffee.   Oh, you'd love beignets.   You'd love the fuck out of beignets.  

[01:26:31] Unknown:

I'm sure I I have no doubt that I would love the hell out of a beignet.  

[01:26:36] Unknown:

And I think say an order of beignets, which is three beignets   and a cup of coffee, I think it's, like,   $6.   Oh, that ain't too bad. No. No. It's it's not bad at all.   Yeah.   Yeah. New Orleans is about a 114   miles away.   So  

[01:26:57] Unknown:

Oh, I'm sure we'll figure out something.  

[01:26:59] Unknown:

Oh, yeah.   I mean, we we're gonna have a lot of cruising to do anyway   and seeing all the cars, but, I mean, there ain't nothing saying, you know, we can't split off and go,   you know,   go to Well, yeah. Or go to Pensacola.   You know?   Nothing wrong with it.   No.   So   but, yeah, I I wanna go I wanna go in I mean, that would just be cool.   I wanna see that.  

[01:27:28] Unknown:

Yeah. And then and it won't be ass crack hot either.  

[01:27:32] Unknown:

Oh, no. Yeah. You're right. October? No. It won't be ass crack hot.   It'll still be about in the seventies,  

[01:27:40] Unknown:

eighties. Well, the seventies is comfortable.   Right. And that's why and that's probably why they do it in October because   all the you know, a lot of the guys that own the hot rods are older guys, and they don't wanna fucking get swamp ass. And   Right. They're like, fuck this shit. We're doing it in, like, a cooler time frame.   October. Yeah. That's good.  

[01:28:03] Unknown:

Right. Right.  

[01:28:04] Unknown:

We'll do it in October. We ain't doing this shit in fucking   June or May when it's fucking hot. Yeah. There's  

[01:28:13] Unknown:

honestly, honestly, from   from about   October   up till about   April   and well, you got Jeep in the coast in May. But Yeah. And and and May is normally not too hot.   That's when just about everything happens down here.   Okay? You've got, you know, cruising the coast.   You got Thanksgiving, Christmas,   any other thing they think of. Then you got Mardi Gras right after that,   and and and then you got all the stuff. Then you got Jeep in the coast. And then after that,   nothing   because it's so freaking hot.  

[01:28:50] Unknown:

Yeah.   So   Yep. And that's   I can agree with that 100%.  

[01:28:57] Unknown:

Oh, yeah. Nice. But,   yeah, we, yeah, we, yeah, we can run to either New Orleans or well, we can go to both places.   But it's it's not   it's not, you know,   it's not bad.  

[01:29:12] Unknown:

I gotcha.   I gotcha.  

[01:29:15] Unknown:

Oh, shoot.   You come down here, we wind up going down through Alabama,   Florida,   and Louisiana. Shit. You hit four states, man.   And just chill out.  

[01:29:27] Unknown:

Well, I'll be hitting four states on the drive over too.   No. Three. No. Three.   Yeah. Three.  

[01:29:34] Unknown:

Yeah. Three.  

[01:29:36] Unknown:

Well, how far how how much of Alabama do you actually get to be in about 50 miles worth,   if that?  

[01:29:44] Unknown:

Yeah. Give or take.   Something like that. That's  

[01:29:48] Unknown:

that little panhandle thing   that they call Alabama.   Actually, it's kinda like instead of a Panhandle, it's more like a wart, isn't it?  

[01:29:58] Rich Chelson:

A what?  

[01:30:00] Unknown:

A wart?   No.   In comp in comparison to a Panhandle,   like Oklahoma has and Texas has?  

[01:30:08] Unknown:

Well, Florida has because, Pensacola is a Panhandle.  

[01:30:12] Unknown:

Yeah.   So for Alabama, it's more like a wart.  

[01:30:17] Unknown:

Yeah. Kinda. Okay. Yeah.  

[01:30:21] Unknown:

When you put things into perspective.  

[01:30:26] Unknown:

But yeah. No. It's I mean, yeah, we can   we can do whatever.   Yeah.  

[01:30:32] Unknown:

Pretty much.   I'm getting paid.  

[01:30:36] Unknown:

So   Right.   Exactly.  

[01:30:40] Unknown:

As as you put it   what was it? A couple weeks ago?   Oh, you're getting paid to come down here.  

[01:30:47] Unknown:

I'm like Well, you are.  

[01:30:49] Unknown:

I am.   You're right.   Yeah. Now I just gotta find   two   weeks of other time to find to get paid.   I just hate fucking staycations.  

[01:31:03] Unknown:

Oh, I don't blame you, dude.   I don't blame you.  

[01:31:07] Unknown:

But I gotta take   because, yeah,   the time in May and then the time in October,   I still have two weeks to burn.   And my boss said, you ain't gonna fucking do it at the end of the year like you did last year.   I'm like, fine.  

[01:31:24] Unknown:

Well, let me get to looking to see   what else is coming up this fall, and maybe maybe you can come back for a third time. We'll go do something.  

[01:31:34] Unknown:

It's possible.  

[01:31:36] Unknown:

We'll see. I don't know.  

[01:31:38] Unknown:

It's no. We'll see. I do have a fucking garage that I need to get out   Okay. That I put that I put off every fucking year.   Of course, I only got, like, about forty years of shit in the garage.   You know how that goes.  

[01:31:54] Rich Chelson:

Right.  

[01:31:55] Unknown:

And one day, yes, I should get a   have a garage sale.  

[01:32:00] Unknown:

You should.  

[01:32:02] Unknown:

I know I should.  

[01:32:04] Rich Chelson:

You would have to pay for money.  

[01:32:06] Unknown:

Yeah. And fucking also get shit organized because, you know,   can't pair you can't find a set of jack stands, so in your garage. So what do you do? You go buy another set of jack stands. Right. That's right. You know how many sets of jack stands I have?  

[01:32:23] Rich Chelson:

Anguet stand.  

[01:32:24] Unknown:

No. I got four sets. That's 18. One And you know how many I can find right now?   None. One.  

[01:32:31] Unknown:

Or one Angular. Set or one jack stand?  

[01:32:35] Unknown:

One jack stand.  

[01:32:37] Rich Chelson:

That's it.  

[01:32:40] Unknown:

Got four sets, but I can only I got four sets. One motherfucking jack jack stand. And I can only find  

[01:32:46] Unknown:

a   singular   jack stand.  

[01:32:51] Unknown:

Oh, that's funny.  

[01:32:53] Unknown:

Yeah. I need to fucking get rid of a lot of shit.   Free to good home.   I'd have all kinds of fucking people's side. You know, I set a   I mean, this was a beat up   double size   was it yeah. Double sized bed. Right? And I put it out on the curb.   It had rained   on the mattress and lots of rain.   And after it rained, somebody took the mattress.  

[01:33:22] Rich Chelson:

I'm like,  

[01:33:24] Unknown:

hey, dude. The mattress got washed. It got washed. It's clean.   That's why they took it.  

[01:33:31] Unknown:

Yeah. And you know what? The only thing I could think of is you have fun with that now. You hear them?  

[01:33:36] Unknown:

Hey.   They have you as a clam, dude.  

[01:33:40] Unknown:

I bet you know what? That person very well could have been happy as a fucking clam.  

[01:33:46] Unknown:

Right.  

[01:33:47] Unknown:

You know what? I'm I'm happy that they're happy.   Me?   I wouldn't have fucking picked it   up,   but somebody's junk is another man's treasure.  

[01:33:59] Rich Chelson:

Yeah. That's right.  

[01:34:00] Unknown:

That's exactly right.  

[01:34:03] Unknown:

Hallelujah and pass the peanut butter.  

[01:34:06] Unknown:

Evan, I ain't never heard that one. Hallelujah. Past peanut butter. I've heard the pasta chicken, but not the peanut butter, and that one's a new one.   That's cool.  

[01:34:16] Unknown:

Yeah. That's the one we always use.   That's peanut butter.   So one of these days, I'm gonna have to I still have to fucking get on your   Facebook and look at the videos you put on there. I haven't done that yet either.  

[01:34:31] Unknown:

Well, you do know you hey. You do know you have a,   Instagram account, don't you?  

[01:34:40] Rich Chelson:

No.   You want he's what I do?   Yeah. He does. I know he does.  

[01:34:47] Unknown:

Well, anyway,   yeah. Thank you very much. Both of you knew that I have an Instagram account. I don't know I have an Instagram account. But, yeah, you're not gonna fucking share that information with me.  

[01:34:58] Rich Chelson:

Well, technically,   if you have an account on something, you're gonna know that you have a count on something. So Thank you. I no.  

[01:35:06] Unknown:

You guys are fucking killing me.   Goddamn.  

[01:35:09] Rich Chelson:

Hey. You write your own jokes, man.   Do what?   I said you write your own jokes.  

[01:35:18] Unknown:

I had no fucking clue I have an Instagram account.  

[01:35:23] Unknown:

I didn't create it. Yeah. Apparently, you did because it's got   your picture,   your mugshot   with your favorite add on.  

[01:35:32] Unknown:

Mhmm.   Yep.  

[01:35:35] Rich Chelson:

That's fucking news to me. Hey. He did it back when he he was enjoying the moonshine over at the, tears event.   Yeah. Probably.  

[01:35:44] Unknown:

No. I wasn't doing anything   when I had the moonshine   with my phone. I was in I was in too much of enjoyment   of the moonshine.   And then 02:00 in the morning, I wasn't so happy with the moonshot.  

[01:36:02] Rich Chelson:

My sleeping bag spends sleeping bag spends.  

[01:36:05] Unknown:

Yeah. Yeah. I ran out of the cabin and fucking hurled.   Well, that's okay.   Switched it all out and went back to bed.   But I didn't have a hangover the next day. That's for sure.  

[01:36:18] Rich Chelson:

That's high that's high quality alcohol right there when you can get when you get drunk,   even drunk enough to hold and not not have be hungover the following day.  

[01:36:28] Unknown:

Yeah.   Well, thanks to Matt.   Yep.   And his   how many fucking course did he bring?   Oh, I don't even fucking fucking year. There's a well, it was, like, a fucking 100 pints he brought or some shit like that. No. It wouldn't have money. It was, like, eight gallons, man.   That's just funny.   Well, yeah. And I had my fair share of it   just for one night at least.   That's that was the year that, Patrick was down, and his, brothers and sisters were down. Yeah.   Shit. I had, what, fucking eight pints?   Well, the whole purpose of it was to fucking get drunk.  

[01:37:12] Unknown:

Yes. You did.  

[01:37:13] Rich Chelson:

Yep.   Mission was accomplished.  

[01:37:17] Unknown:

Mission accomplished. And you know the last time I was drunk?   That time.  

[01:37:22] Unknown:

Right.  

[01:37:23] Unknown:

So it's not a very common,   common theme in my life.   Nah. Why? Because it's   what is the purpose?   You know, and it's funny that I,   once in a while, get my   fufu   my pink little fufu bitch drinks,   and I'll get eight of them and drink all eight and won't even fucking,   you know, get a buzz.  

[01:37:49] Unknown:

That's crazy.  

[01:37:51] Unknown:

But I'll definitely get a buzz off, well, what, five, six pints of moonshine?  

[01:37:56] Rich Chelson:

Well, yeah. I mean, considering that stuff is is   well, I got,   got   a got a   damn near 100 octane.   Yeah. Damn  

[01:38:07] Unknown:

near. I don't know what the proof is, but when you, well, when you down them  

[01:38:12] Unknown:

Yeah. Well, I mean I mean,   look look at it this way. Your frou frou bitch drinks,   even if they're 10% alcohol?  

[01:38:21] Rich Chelson:

No. They're not even that. They're they're usually about   usually about 3%.  

[01:38:28] Unknown:

Okay. Well,   say the moonshine   is the pints are proofing out at probably   one fifty,   one sixty.  

[01:38:37] Unknown:

So cut that in half. Power.  

[01:38:40] Unknown:

You know, you know, cut that in half, and you're looking at 75%   alcohol.  

[01:38:45] Rich Chelson:

Yeah. Yeah.  

[01:38:47] Unknown:

That's a whole lot more. It don't take much   to get you ripped, snorting drunk.  

[01:38:52] Unknown:

Yeah. I need to get with Matt and   see how he makes that shit   and once in a while make it.   You have to have a still for it, don't you?  

[01:39:03] Unknown:

You don't have to, but,   if you use a still, you'll get higher proofs.  

[01:39:08] Rich Chelson:

Yeah. You'll get higher proofs, and you'll get a lot of the, a lot of the burn  

[01:39:12] Unknown:

removed out of it. Yeah. Yeah. You can if you do it on the stove,   it's still good, but it it'll have a little bit of a bite   if you do it right. But, yeah, if you use a steel,   yeah, you can make Matt's made one ninety proof,   and it was as smooth as water.  

[01:39:32] Unknown:

Yes.   Now now the stuff that he brings down to tears event,   is that a still or a stove?   That was still.  

[01:39:42] Unknown:

The, first the first couple years was,   stove,   but he, has a still,   and, he uses that.   Okay.   And   you can make moonshine even smoother   if   if you put it through put it through the still the first time   Uh-huh. And then run it again.   You freaking run it again?   Uh-oh.   Yep. It's yeah. It's it's yeah.   You won't you won't know you're drinking alcohol.  

[01:40:15] Rich Chelson:

Yeah. And then what the only one thing I've always wondered is, like, because I'm here a couple places to talk about how they will filter the filter it to make it even smoother. And I'm I'm not following what they mean by filter because, I mean,   I don't see how a how you know? I hear filter, and I'm thinking like Brita water filter. And it's like, well, yeah, you kinda filter you know, is that really going to get rid of all that,   any any of the impurities that may cause a cause of a burning sensation   really, or is that you know?  



[01:40:46] Unknown:

No. No. It will. It will. I mean, you'd you'd probably have to run through a cheesecloth.   You know, something with a really tight weave,  

[01:40:54] Rich Chelson:

you know, or something like that. Oh, that's why I was saying, like, a Brita water filter, you know, where you   it's supposed to take out all the impurities.  

[01:41:03] Unknown:

Well, they're just using a charcoal filters all they're using. Sure that's what it is. Which which I'm not knock   knocking a charcoal filter because a charcoal filter   will   will take   a lot of the impurities out. Are you I've hauled,   activated charcoal in in big old bags   on a flatbed.   Uh-huh. Took them to a company, and they used them for their filtration.   They were making,   I'm not sure if it was fridge filters or, you know, water filters   or but they was making water filters,   and they would use this activated charcoal.  

[01:41:40] Rich Chelson:

Right.  

[01:41:41] Unknown:

So and it I mean, the shit does work.  

[01:41:44] Rich Chelson:

Yeah.   So what makes it makes charcoal activated as opposed to just   charcoal?  

[01:41:52] Unknown:

You know, that part, I have never figured out,   to be honest with you. And I'm gonna look that up because Yep. That is   that is a question I have  

[01:42:03] Rich Chelson:

always had. I bought it a few times. Yeah. And usually, it's while I'm driving, so I can't really do much much   googling while driving because that's one thing, especially with   with the   the prepping side of stuff. It's like, well, is is this something that you can actually make?   Or what makes you know? So is it is activated charcoal something that is is   able to be made, or is it actually just   a   charcoal that's   chemically activated   in what with whatever that actually means?  

[01:42:37] Unknown:

No. Hang on. I've got it up. Let me let me read this to you.   Okay?   Activated charcoal is a fine odorless black powder   created by superheating   natural   sources of carbon,   like wood, coal, peat, coconut shells,   or petroleum.   And it this process called activation   makes a charcoal highly porous.   And so when water runs through it,   the the holes   let's say you used wood   and you,   you know,   really heated it up and   turned it in into a black powder. It it filters out   filters out the stuff in in the liquid.   Okay.  

[01:43:24] Rich Chelson:

So   But, again, so why is it that they can use activated charcoal   to rid the body   of poison?  

[01:43:34] Unknown:

What's that again?  

[01:43:35] Rich Chelson:

So, like, you know, like because if if you find yourself say, you find out your your wife has been giving you rat poison or, you know, or let's let's do let's do nine to five. Mistaken   the the sweet note for the rat poison because both boxes look the same for whatever reason.   You know? And you go to the doctor going, I just consumed a shit ton of of rat poison. I know it is because rat poison because my stomach's cramping and that I mean, I'm I'm going through hell right now.   One of the things they'll do is they will give you vast amounts of activated charcoal  

[01:44:11] Unknown:

Right.  

[01:44:12] Rich Chelson:

To to get rid of the poison. I'm assuming that some for some whatever reason,   activated   charcoal draws in, you know, the the poison,   whatever whatever it may be,   and it traps it inside. So it's it's easily   it's it's already   caught, and it'll it'll pass through the body as as a black break of poo.   And,   but at the same time, you know, how does it you know, what is it about   what is it about that activated charcoal   that   that caused it to be, you know, the the wonder   medicine that it is for for dealing with poisons that you can't use   EPICAC power syrup for   or EPICAC.  



[01:44:59] Unknown:

Yeah. Well, you see, Epicac makes you throw up. Yeah. Exactly. And what what this says   about   the emergency   poison control,   it says   it's only used in emergency   situations   to treat certain types of swallowed poisonings or overdoses.   Right. It it helps by binding the poison in the digestive tract   before it can be absorbed to the body.   Because, basically, if you drink   rat poison or take rat poison,   it   it doesn't instantly go to your bloodstream.   No. It's gotta be broke down in the in the And so and so if you catch it quick enough,   you   you know, I wouldn't say use it at home.  

Let let a hospital   do it. Oh, yeah. Might cost $5,000,  

[01:45:51] Rich Chelson:

but, you know Right. But Well, my son ended up having to provide put some give his dog some. So he was he we've he had a we had a late night discussion   while he was sitting up with,   with Boone   as he was helping a friend out, and, they were getting ready to go. And they went around the corner, and there was Boone and going enjoying,   this great and wonderful chew bar a green chew bar   that he found. And so maybe we had to snatch Boone up and run him to the vet because he was, you know, chewing on a rat bar.  

[01:46:22] Unknown:

Oh, damn.  

[01:46:24] Rich Chelson:

Yeah.  

[01:46:25] Unknown:

Idiot dog. Well, this this says is okay. As as we know, this is not a universal   antidote.   Right. It's important to note that activated charcoal is not effective   against all types of poisoning such as those   caused by corrosive substances.   So if you drink battery, battery acid, you're fucked. Yeah. Certain metals, alcohol,   or some medications.   And that's that's all it says on that. But, I mean,   but but, like,   you know,   swallowed poisoning or overdoses,   You know, if you can get to it quick enough,   activated   charcoal can   because of the superheating, I guess, and it makes it so porous   that it just binds the poison.  



[01:47:14] Rich Chelson:

Right. So it just becomes   instead of being so activated charcoal is by the way, you were saying that it's it's it's heated,   that, actually, all you're left with is just carbon black.  

[01:47:27] Unknown:

Yeah.  

[01:47:28] Rich Chelson:

So Yeah.   Activated charcoal is actually nothing more than carbon black, which would explain why   why, you know, everything it touches   turns to turns to coal.  

[01:47:39] Unknown:

Right. But yeah. No. I guess but, yeah, it's it's, you know, it's, you know, it's very good in water filters and shit like that. Right.   And   and, honestly,   like, my fridge   I've got a water filter in my fridge. It cost me $50 a whack.   Expensive as shit. Hell, yeah.   But it filters   my my   my water line going in, so   my ice cubes are even filtered.   Right. You know? Which, I mean,   I I mean, it's okay to me. I I mean, I grew up drinking out of a hose. Alright? I mean Right. So I'm not I'm not worried about, you know, filtered water, non filtered water, spring water, whatever. Yeah. Hey.   I drink out of a hose.  



[01:48:25] Unknown:

Right. The whole fight, damn it. I'm good.   And and   and with this whole discussion,   if you woulda never taken the poison in the first place,   you wouldn't be going through all this shit.  

[01:48:38] Rich Chelson:

Yeah. Yeah. That's true. But it  

[01:48:42] Unknown:

but in turn,   why do they have a warning label   on a fucking battery that says, do not consume this liquid?  

[01:48:52] Rich Chelson:

So they can't be sued   because some dumbass would do it, and then they would turn because all the warning signs, symbols, all the especially all the s nines warning symbols,   not   it's not necessarily that there was some   some dollar 1 award recipient   going, I don't think that's what we could do. It's it'll be there just fine.   But   it is the insurance companies.   Yeah. The reporting label was put on there because some dumbass fucking did it. Well, not necessarily. I think it's because,   insurance companies are,   so well, insurance companies run   the the freaking   kill all thrown out of everything. But at the same time, that's the reason why,   you know, you it's so hard to   to win a anything fun   because everything everything that's actually fun is going to have an element of danger. That's why people like roller coasters so much because there's the very, very, very, very slight possibility   that, you know, you're gonna go around this corner or start to try to go around this corner, and all of a sudden, you continue to go on straight.  

So,   you know, there's there's that slight slight danger, and that's what makes that's why every roll out of rides, a lot of things are very exhilarating.   But insurance companies aren't going that's that's one reason why you have to walk around if you're, you know, you still have to wear a freaking hard hat, steel toe shoes if you work in a pill factory.  

[01:50:22] Unknown:

And with the insurance companies,   why did they put that in effect?   Because some dumbass   fucking tried to fucking  

[01:50:32] Rich Chelson:

consume it. Oh, no. Because some dumbass is willing to go, hey. I wonder if I can consume this   and then turn around and sue them for a $100,000,000,   and then we could be rich.  

[01:50:44] Unknown:

Yeah. That too.  

[01:50:46] Rich Chelson:

And that I think that's the majority of why we have so many   I don't think there's actually somebody who's gone off and actually   consumed. I because I you would you would know you don't wanna do that the moment you try to put some of that battery acid then it landed on your tongue because it would start eating away at the mucus membrane in, you know, a tenth of a second.   Yes. So, you know, you start experiencing   extreme pain. You'd be like, talk to that shit. No.   So  

[01:51:15] Unknown:

And I can guarantee you some dumbass was at one   dumbass,  

[01:51:21] Rich Chelson:

and it got didn't feel pain.  

[01:51:24] Unknown:

Well,   tried it,   and then it fucking   fucked him up.   And now you have warning labels. This is like, don't drink the antifreeze.   Yeah.   Okay.  

[01:51:38] Rich Chelson:

Everybody knows you don't drink antifreeze. Black tar is the is a is a deadly poison.   Yeah.   It'll make you feel drunk though for a little bit,   and then it crystallizes in your liver and you're dead.  

[01:51:53] Unknown:

And you know what?   I have enough common sense that I would not fucking drink antifreeze.  

[01:51:59] Rich Chelson:

No. I don't know. I go off without that.   Then I wouldn't fucking drink battery acid. No. I'm I'm one of those where if I get just a little bit of antifreeze on my fingers, I'm like going, okay. I can't touch anything until I get my hands washed. So  

[01:52:17] Unknown:

Or better yet, you just stick it in your mouth because that's the best way to clean your finger off. Yeah. Clean your finger off. Exactly.  

[01:52:25] Rich Chelson:

It'll be like that   that TikTok video where the guys he's why I'm not   a why I'm not an assassin. You see him, he's   he goes up, and he gets his little little pile of poison   and throws it in there, then gets some on his finger and flicks it off and goes, oh, shit.  

[01:52:45] Unknown:

It falls over.   Yeah.  

[01:52:52] Rich Chelson:

That's yeah.   So what do y'all think of that giant interstellar object that might be aliens that might be coming in in our way?  

[01:53:03] Unknown:

What?  

[01:53:04] Rich Chelson:

Have y'all not heard about this?   No. No. There is a   a   giant interstellar   alien   they call it in it's,   from some,   see here. According to New York Post, rare interstellar object, the size of Manhattan.   Could be an alien probe,   Harvard scientist claim.  

[01:53:28] Unknown:

How big is this thing?  

[01:53:30] Rich Chelson:

The size of Manhattan.  

[01:53:32] Unknown:

Hold on. About the size of Manhattan.  

[01:53:34] Unknown:

Yep. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on, guys.   Reason why I find this so funny   and actually fucking hilarious   because   with the satellites   and and   the space telescopes we have out in space,   we would have heard about it before now.  

[01:53:54] Rich Chelson:

Oh, no. They they   they it's   well, and and to a point,   you would think so, but then there's also,   issues of,   you know, we were using   the the equipment that we're using. There's times that no. They don't see stuff until it's, you know, until it's   almost right on top of us   because that for whatever reason, it's in a dark area.  

[01:54:19] Unknown:

Well and   in if you remember in the Armageddon   movie, because this is factual,  

[01:54:26] Rich Chelson:

that Absolutely. That was a documentary.  

[01:54:30] Unknown:

Yeah. The movie Armageddon?  

[01:54:32] Rich Chelson:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No. It was it was at the the documentary Armageddon.   Oh, no. We're talking about the Bruce Willis? We're No. No. I'm talking about the the yeah. Yeah. The documentary of Bruce Willis.  

[01:54:44] Unknown:

Anyway, where they say   NASA has a 100 that I did.   That's a $100,000,000   budget, and it only, you know, can see about 3% of the sky. And it and   it was who the fuck was NASA director?  

[01:55:03] Rich Chelson:

Billy Bob Thornton.  

[01:55:05] Unknown:

Oh, that was, He says, Billy Bob Thornton. Yeah. Billy Bob Thornton. It was Billy Bob Thornton. Yeah. And he says,   we you know, that only covers about 3% of the skies, and it's a pretty big fucking sky out there.   But that's why they didn't detect that big asteroid that was coming after the Earth.  

[01:55:24] Unknown:

Okay. Okay. Yeah.   Right. Now   let let me ask this. So   right now well,   and and and this is why I'm laughing at it also because it's only being reported   by the New York Post.  

[01:55:40] Rich Chelson:

No. No. There's several others. I was just having to find about New York Post. Oh, there are there are, several others?   Oh, yeah. Yeah. Just,   search for rare inter just search for, interstellar objects, size of Manhattan, approaching her,   and,   and you'll see you'll see some that are, you know, some questionable sites. You know, I go, what? Alright. Whatever.   But, yeah, you got, get some that,   more more reputable.  

[01:56:07] Unknown:

Right. Well, I bet you CNN   I bet you CNN will be the next one to report on it. You know you know how they how they get their facts fucking correct.  

[01:56:19] Rich Chelson:

Well, okay. Well, that's only if they if they can prove that Trump is the one that sent it.  

[01:56:27] Unknown:

Yeah. Just waiting for that one to come up. But now now let me ask let me ask this. So   where are they getting their information about   there might be aliens on it?  

[01:56:40] Rich Chelson:

The scientist is what,   the, New York Post claims.  

[01:56:45] Unknown:

No. No. It's not from the scientist. It's from MSNBC.  

[01:56:51] Unknown:

Yeah. We yeah. Yeah.   No. That's that's   oh god. That's funny.   I mean, I   I can't I can't, even in good faith,  

[01:57:03] Rich Chelson:

even believe any of that. Oh, I'm sure there is something that's I no. I don't buy quite buy the whole it might be an alien probe, and it's like, oh, okay. That's a bit of a stretch there.   But, again, that would be you have the you have the one the the one dude on ancient aliens who's always gonna  

[01:57:21] Unknown:

you know? So  

[01:57:23] Rich Chelson:

Right. I'm not gonna say it's aliens, but it could be aliens.  

[01:57:26] Unknown:

So Okay. Did did the New York o say how close it is?  

[01:57:31] Rich Chelson:

I'm not gonna look at it while I'm driving right now because I've got a damn eyeball looking at me. So   I could send over the link, and you can look her up if you want.   Yeah. I ain't gonna look at it directly, but I will,   I will   No. No. Send it over to you. I'll  

[01:57:49] Unknown:

I'll I'll forget. Search for it. I'll just search for it, dude.   Interstellar.  

[01:57:55] Unknown:

Stellar   alien anal probe   approaching Earth.   At at the speed of crack.  

[01:58:04] Rich Chelson:

At speed of crack.  

[01:58:06] Unknown:

I had to make sure I didn't write anal when I was writing alien.   You said that, dude, and I was I was like, I I better pay attention.   I didn't yeah. Fucking shit would be popping up. I'd be like, yeah. It's not what I looked for.  

[01:58:25] Rich Chelson:

There you go.  

[01:58:26] Unknown:

We'll be real fine if a if a dating web dating website popped up.  

[01:58:33] Rich Chelson:

Yeah. If it pops up saying Glinder, you know, you're you're at the wrong you're at the wrong, wrong probe.  

[01:58:45] Unknown:

Oh my god. This is   a Harvard  

[01:58:49] Rich Chelson:

oh, man. I have to turn ad block off. Yeah. I gotta block all the damn ads because it pops up every two seconds.   Sure.  

[01:58:57] Unknown:

I did it, dumbass.  

[01:59:00] Rich Chelson:

Well, not if you're using an ad blocker.   We we can't provide you good news if you don't, if you don't allow us to advertise to you.  

[01:59:09] Unknown:

But I said pause on the site,   and it's and it's on CBS News.  

[01:59:14] Rich Chelson:

Oh, you found it on CBS News too? Well, it's on Snopes also.  

[01:59:21] Unknown:

Oh my gosh.   This is killing me. I mean, I love my I I love my ad blocker,   but   it it   these sites  

[01:59:33] Rich Chelson:

I I don't know what This is the reason why   people need to go for value for value.   Right.  

[01:59:40] Unknown:

Yeah. But, you see, like like   the like, Snopes, CBS News,   You know? They're like, oh, this is this is how we make our money. I get that.  

[01:59:51] Rich Chelson:

But don't annoy the crap out of us. Start you you know,   choose   a a finite amount of   of ads and set a price.   You know?   Yeah. You can we, we can I can show you proof that we have   2,000,000 people visit our site every day? So for that, we would like to have like for you to pay,   you know, $1,500   a month to advertise on us. You will get an ad that shows up every day. You've got limited,   scarce   limited amount of space.   And so if you set that, you will only show up on the head, you know, at the heading, or you will have a skyscraper. You will be the interstitial   ad, you know, somewhere in the middle of the, of the article.  

You know, you   that one spot, you're the only one who's there,   or if you wanna make it to where you're one of four, you know, make it set set a limit.   But now they're like, oh, no. If you're, you throw us money, we'll we'll put it up there. And that's the reason why   the ad networks went so   crashed as hard as they did.   That's why, you know, everybody there for a while had a blog until and all the blogs had ads on them, and then all of a sudden, boom, you know,   the the, the blog economy went to bed went tits up.   And it went tits up, but not because it was   it was a a a crappy model. I mean, it is a crappy model to the the ad wise,   but   it's only crappy because   they weren't creating scarcity. Now if you go down and you create scarcity,   you'll be you can   make plenty of money. You can go, hey. We only accept, you know,   a 150 ad we only have a 150 ad spots.  

Yeah. And, and we this is how much it is, and you can   limit it to that.   Now people are gonna wanna know, hey. How many times is my ad seen? Well, we can pull this up.   This is how many times the ad was seen.   Or if you wanna do the, you know, the   the pay, you know, $1,500,   you'll see your ad will be shown, you know,   you know,   5,000 times.  

[02:02:09] Unknown:

And as soon as the word skip appears, that's the button I hit. Oh, yeah. Because that's  

[02:02:15] Rich Chelson:

the the ads   are non relevant to you.   But if you're at a g at a Jeep site   and   all of a sudden, you know, you see a ad for   a new type of   of locker.   Yeah. You would probably be interested in that. You'd be like, hey. What's this? What why is this so cool? This is, like, kinda neat. And you'd you'd pay attention to call you in because it's relevant to your world.   And that's the problem with ads these days is, I mean, you've got   a   a you've got a a network that   shows you,   what is it, twenty two minutes worth of ads for every hour seen?   Yeah.  

And it's like, no.   And none of the added dads are either, a, incredibly dumb,   two, just   damn near offensively,   Stupid.   Stupid,   or they're they just I have no use for Tampax tampons.   My wife has had a hysterectomy. She has no use for Tampax tampons.   Yes. They may they're they're not the greatest thing in the world, but they're right up in there.   Well, I Again, at the same time, I don't care to, you know, I don't need to know about   the latest and greatest,   feminine product out there.  

[02:03:39] Unknown:

Well, you never know. You just may need them for your mangina.  

[02:03:43] Rich Chelson:

Well, you know, no. The only time I've ever used a tampon was I had a severe nosebleed.   Let me tell you, those fuckers work.  

[02:03:52] Unknown:

No. That is true. I have heard that. Russians   use them for colds too.   I learned I I learned that many years ago. I thought it was funnier now. Fucking brushing dude with two two tampons stuck in his nose.  

[02:04:09] Rich Chelson:

Keeps me keeps my nose from running. Right.  

[02:04:12] Unknown:

But yeah. No. I read this article.   It was from EarthSky.  

[02:04:16] Rich Chelson:

Yeah. I don't know where It didn't tell you shit, did it?  

[02:04:19] Unknown:

I mean, no.  

[02:04:21] Rich Chelson:

No. It's all speculation. So Oh, yeah. Yeah. It's all with the that's what's so funny about it. It was Yeah. Fact that it's  

[02:04:29] Unknown:

And and the fact that the fact that   the, New York Post and all these other media outlets   are are,   you know, trying to scare people. It's like, stop.  

[02:04:41] Rich Chelson:

Yeah. It's the the sensationalization.   I mean well, but, again, that's us human that's human nature   to you've got the scariest thing possible. We've got aliens. Oh, my god. It's a it's a ship the size of a bad hat that's coming in. It's gone they're gonna able to pull us through our ears. Oh god. No.  

[02:05:00] Unknown:

Yeah. The whole reason, though. The thing is, though, how long is it gonna take them to get here? Because they're only traveling at a 152,000  

[02:05:07] Rich Chelson:

miles an hour, which is the fastest thing they've ever recorded, they said. Right. Yeah. That's that's the thing. It's like, oh, shit. It's broken. It's heading that way. It'll be here in about another twenty thousand years.  

[02:05:20] Unknown:

Yeah. Or or and it's and it's not even coming towards Earth.   It it it's saying it's saying if it keeps on its same course,   it might pass by Venus,   but it's gonna totally miss Earth. So why are we talking about it? You know?  

[02:05:36] Rich Chelson:

What if it hits Venus? And then it goes Venus off into the  

[02:05:40] Unknown:

Because people are worried about getting anal probed.  

[02:05:43] Rich Chelson:

Oh, I I'm I'm worried about that too.  

[02:05:47] Unknown:

I don't.  

[02:05:48] Rich Chelson:

Well, you're   weird  

[02:05:50] Unknown:

that   way.   I mean I mean, why would you worry about getting anal probe? Have you ever been a anal probed?  

[02:05:58] Rich Chelson:

No. I sadly,   yeah.  

[02:06:01] Unknown:

Yeah. So have I.   Not  

[02:06:04] Unknown:

fun. No. I I I have not I have not had one of those.   Yeah.  

[02:06:09] Rich Chelson:

And it's funny because the doctor,   he was like, oh, you you gotta relax. He's like, well, you got your finger in my ass. You gotta relax. Hey. Get your finger in my ass.  

[02:06:20] Unknown:

Oh, I didn't no. No. I didn't let him put a finger in my ass, but  

[02:06:25] Unknown:

they just put a camera.  

[02:06:27] Rich Chelson:

Yeah.  

[02:06:29] Unknown:

The one and only time they,   ain't doing that shit again  

[02:06:34] Rich Chelson:

ever. Oh, come on now. Sorry about that. There there needs to be a sign peddler out there that that's an exit only.   Severe tire damage.  

[02:06:44] Unknown:

Yeah. Get   get a tattoo across the top of my ass. Exit it out of my   oh, shit. That'd be funny.  

[02:06:53] Unknown:

Oh, god. It's fucking people.  

[02:06:57] Unknown:

That would be funnier than anything.   But yeah. No. I just I don't know. It it's it's crazy.   I don't know. I I mean,   I I read the article, and I'm like,   yeah.   Okay. That's about two minutes   wasted.   A hundred and twenty seconds   out of my eighty six thousand four hundred seconds I have.   I mean, I I could have used that hundred and twenty seconds   to waste on something better,  

[02:07:25] Rich Chelson:

something that Yeah. But it come on. Now you got the idea of, hey. We've got something big, huge,   traveling the fastest traveling out of around and   Okay. Yes. But it's it's going to be close   ish to us.   Ish. Yeah.   Yeah. In in twenty thousand years.  

[02:07:44] Unknown:

Yeah.   I mean, that's   I swear.  

[02:07:47] Unknown:

I it's Does the article say when this is when the fly by by Venus is supposed to happen?  

[02:07:54] Unknown:

No.   No? Okay. No.   No. It's it it it,   it hasn't made no, predictions   as to   when it it will   fly by Venus.   And,   yeah, it is so   I mean, what it is, honestly, I think I think these scientists and people were bored.   Oh, yeah. So and, I mean, it is okay. They've got pictures of it from the telescope, so it is out in space.   And it's it's the   newest thing they've found. So they're like, hey. We're bored. Let's let's   make up some bullshit.  

[02:08:33] Rich Chelson:

Yeah. You you only look at the Orion Nebula for so long.  

[02:08:37] Unknown:

Right.   I mean I mean, any article that says, and I had just read this too,   we have our own probes   that are out that were put out in the seventies.  

[02:08:49] Rich Chelson:

That's Voyager.  

[02:08:50] Unknown:

Yeah.  

[02:08:51] Rich Chelson:

There's, two of them, actually. Yeah. There's Voyager one and Voyager two. Yeah. And  

[02:08:56] Unknown:

they are almost out of our solar system, and there's two more after that  

[02:09:01] Rich Chelson:

that are not far behind them. Yeah. But I you don't hear much about them because, I mean, hell, they've Uh-huh. Been out for, like, ten, fifteen years. And  

[02:09:10] Unknown:

No. No. Dude,   they launched them in the seventies.  

[02:09:14] Rich Chelson:

No. No. I know. The the those two, but they just put out two more here within the last, like, within the last fifteen years or so. They did a couple more.  

[02:09:24] Unknown:

Yeah. One of them went and explored   Jupiter.  

[02:09:27] Rich Chelson:

Yeah.   Probably,   flying. They just kept on going. Yeah. That was that was Voyager. I mean, heck, that's they did the the remember, they did Star Trek Star Trek the movie   was based on Voyager   being intercepted by an alien race and thinking that it was some type of god and that it became a sentient and stuff. So you know? Right. Yeah. No. That's what Viger is.   Just to  

[02:09:53] Unknown:

reason why I don't   reason why I'd heard about   Viger is because I'd read an article that   it   they they   had to use   very low power radio waves   because   something on it froze up, and it wouldn't let the fuel through.   And and they had to   kinda back out and go in through   the back door   and   reset the whole system,   and then it fired up and warmed everything up, and then it could keep going.  

[02:10:26] Rich Chelson:

Right.  

[02:10:27] Unknown:

So I I mean, that there was   an interesting article,   but but   no news media outlet   jumped on that one. Right. That was actually kinda cool because I I I read the article, and I'm like,   You know? And they explained it.   They didn't go   into the math or anything, but, you know, the way they explained it, it was it was a very interesting article.   Yeah.   So that stuff I don't mind hearing   about. But,   oh, possible aliens   ain't even coming near us. Who cares?  

[02:11:02] Rich Chelson:

Well, we know that they got alien they've they've been tracking aliens because we've had the government talking about it here recently.   So   now we've got all the videos and stuff of things doing, you know,   crazy speeds through water. So,   you know, they're out there. They're already here, but, you know, they're out there. You know, that's fine. Fuck. I'm an alien. Okay?  

[02:11:26] Unknown:

I'm an alien.   I'll tell you.  

[02:11:30] Rich Chelson:

Yeah. Middle named alien.   Right. It's Richard alien.  

[02:11:34] Unknown:

That's right. Oh, so we've already known we've already known that.   So   what's new?  

[02:11:41] Unknown:

Well, no. Let's say I was just telling everyone else that, hey. You know you know the Men in Black movies? Those those are real.  

[02:11:50] Unknown:

Oh, look. They are. They're based off of fact. Yeah. Yeah. They're documentaries.  

[02:11:55] Duuude-Ron :

Right.  

[02:11:58] Unknown:

Oh my gosh.  

[02:12:00] Rich Chelson:

Here in a few moments, I'm gonna I'm gonna have to to bump out so I can, call in over to the,   to the scale house.   So   here in a moment actually, I'll go ahead and I'll send it over to you so I don't have to interrupt whatever conversation we're having at that moment. But Oh, I'm just Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Just yeah. Yeah. Just don't hit the end meeting button. Yeah. No. That's why I'm making you host.  

[02:12:23] Unknown:

Okay.   Well, we know what you guys and buttons do.  

[02:12:29] Rich Chelson:

Oh, hell yeah. Gotta push the buttons.  

[02:12:31] Unknown:

Yeah. Let's push this one, this one, this one, this one, this one. Why does it stop working?   Yeah. What did I fuck up? Yeah. I pushed too many goddamn buttons.   Yeah.   You guys and buttons.  

[02:12:45] Unknown:

Well, you know, I ain't gonna lie. I I'm I'm a button freak.   I like the button.  

[02:12:54] Rich Chelson:

That's what she said.  

[02:12:56] Unknown:

No. That's what his ham radio says.   Ah.   Oh.   I said, I found another button.   Let's press it.  

[02:13:04] Unknown:

Well, yeah. I gotta find out what it does.  

[02:13:07] Rich Chelson:

A bit. Oh, shit. Speaking of of Ham Radio, there is   a a podcast that I've been listening to here recently called the Prepper Academy, and they just been   he's been doing a, series.   I'm playing catch up on it since I'm just kinda getting into the just starting to get a little deeper in in prepping and stuff.   But   one of the things that, the the host   was he's been talking about on in this little series that he's doing   is about   lessons in communications   that he learned through during the hurricane Helene.  

[02:13:43] Unknown:

Right.  

[02:13:44] Rich Chelson:

And and stuff. And he was just kinda talking about how, you know,   different types of the interference and stuff. But the thing that I actually was really interested at in is that he has got he does a,   see, I don't even know enough about it to even know exactly how to how to describe it. But, anyhow, he's got some type of digital   ham radio,   group that they meet every I think it's every Sunday. I'll see if I can I'll I'll regrab the information. I'll send it over to you. Because because every time I hear him talk about it, I'm like, hey, Richard. Probably like that. Oh, go ahead and tell me. I because I've I've got an idea of what you're talking about. Go ahead. It's I I can't it's something it's a digital group where they just they kinda try and he gives off   the description. He take it tells what the what the, the frequency is, and it's something about a waterfall and and a bunch of other stuff. And I'm like going, oh, wow. I don't know what this is. And I keep forgetting to actually write it down so that I can   fully ask you all the details of it. But at the same time, I'm like, hey. I bet your rich probably enjoyed the heck out of that one. Well, if they're if they're actually talking  

[02:14:52] Unknown:

through through a digital,   they're probably using RIDI or PSK 31   Okay. Which I mean, I've used those, and   those things are actually fucking cool as shit.   So, I mean,   yeah, as far as the unless they're unless they're on the lesser on the two meter side,   and then,   they might be using digital voice.   So, yeah, send me the details, and I'll look at it because I'll I'll I I mean, I   I know about a lot of this stuff. I might not know the   detailed stuff, but   but, yeah, digital stuff, yeah, I've used PSK 31,   which is old technology,   but still works.  



[02:15:36] Rich Chelson:

Right.  

[02:15:37] Unknown:

You know, I use FTA mostly now.   I haven't played with Ridi in a long time, but when I did,   it was fun because with Ridi,   it it I mean,   on your screen on the computer,   it it prints out character by character.   I mean, slow as hell,   but it's it's like, you know, it's like, you know, in the movies,   when you see those machines in, like, you know, the army offices that, just start printing for,   you know, printing information.   Right. That's ready. It's called radio teletype.  

[02:16:13] Rich Chelson:

Okay.  

[02:16:14] Unknown:

So so   so that typewriter or that, yeah, that typewriter   was hooked up to a ham radio and an antenna. And when the signal came through, it got decoded   and then   sent to the   the typewriter,   and they would type it out. And then they would rip the sheet off and and then read the information.   Okay. Yeah. It's it's it's they used it in World War two. So but and it's still used today. There there are still some people   that'll play with Ridi, and and I I mean, I enjoyed Ridi. PSK 31,   I liked it a little better   just because it moved a little quicker. Not much, but it moved a little quicker. And Right.   The difference between RIDDY PSK 31   and some of the others in FTA. FTA   is basically like a text message.  

Real quick test text messages.   And if if the signals are right, you can make a contact in about   forty five seconds.   Okay?   Oh, yeah. Quick.   And and and everything is automated. But with Riddie,   you actually have to type out   what you wanna say. And as you're typing,   the radio keys up, and it's sending   those characters.   Okay. It's, I mean, it's freaking cool as shit, man.   It is. I mean That's cool. I mean, if you saw it in action,   even though it's slow as hell, you'd be like, oh, no fucking way. Yeah. Yeah. It's awesome.   I can sit here and type on my keyboard   what I wanna say, type in a box. And like I said, as I'm typing,   the radio is transmitting.  

Mhmm. And then when I'm done, it stops transmitting and then have to wait,   and   then I get a I get a reply message back.  

[02:18:07] Rich Chelson:

That's cool. That's cool. Alright. Well, I'm gonna I'm gonna bounce out of here. I'll be back here in about 05:10.  

[02:18:12] Unknown:

Okay. Alright.  

[02:18:14] Unknown:

So we're talking about the ham radios.   How did your contest go? The one the week after you got your had your teeth removed.  

[02:18:24] Unknown:

Oh, well,   I mean,   as far as talking and everything, that was fine. But but propagation was so bad,   I didn't hardly make any con I couldn't hear anybody. I couldn't hardly hear anybody.  

[02:18:40] Unknown:

Really?  

[02:18:41] Unknown:

Yeah. Really.   I mean, it was it was it I think I got   48 contacts, and I had to work for every freaking one of them.   And I I mean, I I knew I knew there was a lot of stations out there. I just couldn't hear them because of of the radio wave propagation.   And the sunspot numbers were in the god. Sunspot numbers,   I think we're at, like, 78,   79.   So Okay. So the signals   the signals were getting absorbed.   You'd shoot a signal out and,   you know, I I see,   on that contest, I I think I made   like, my first 10 contacts   was between Alabama and Georgia.   Yeah.  

You know? And, normally,   I   normally, I can't on on 20 meters, I can't   talk to Alabama   because   the signal on 20 meters goes out a lot further.   And with the antennas I have,   they're set to go far.   They're not set to go close, but propagation was so bad. My signals were going up and coming down   real short.   I wasn't getting no multi hops, no nothing.   Now later on, I did get   I did get Mexico.   I did get some other countries. I I would have to look the log to see what I I got, but I was later on, I was able to get   other countries.   Uh-huh. They were,   yeah, very few. Very few. And, I mean, it was a twenty four hour contest night. I was up for most of it, and I just I couldn't hear a lot. You know? Now this fall   this fall will fucking rock.  



[02:20:31] Unknown:

Oh, okay.  

[02:20:32] Unknown:

Because yeah. In the summer, it's it's,   yeah, in the summer, it's it's, not that great. You know?  

[02:20:40] Unknown:

And is that usually the   the the norm   that in the summertime, it's hard in the wintertime   just because, obviously, the way the Earth is sloped?  

[02:20:53] Unknown:

Yeah. You get more   Yeah. Normally normally, that's that's how it is. Like, during,   cycle nineteen, which was back   they were at cycle 25 now.   So about   sixty years ago,   that was the best   sunspot cycle   recorded.   I mean,   you   it didn't matter what day.   You could turn the radio on and hear 500 people.   You know?  

[02:21:27] Unknown:

Oh, okay.  

[02:21:28] Unknown:

Because propagation was just that good that year. This year   well, not this year.   A cycle is eleven years   roughly, give or take. Okay.   And so   we're   we're coming to about the halfway point now.   Now last year,   propagation was pretty good.   And, see, I was out of it for a while. I got start of it. I had started back in it at the '23,   and, oh, man, it was great. '24   was good.   '25,   it's it's starting to get back to normal. They're saying about '27,   we should be on the downside of the cycle,   and that'll make it hard for all communications   just because of the way the sun does its thing.  



[02:22:15] Unknown:

Right. Uh-huh.  

[02:22:17] Unknown:

So we'll see. You know?   We'll see how it goes. I mean, I I I can still make contacts,   and   they'll still have the contest.   You know? And, you know, you know, if I hear someone, I can talk to them, but,   you know, I won't make   50 or 80 contacts   or or 200 or a 180,   you know, when,   cycle gets further along because it just   we'll be at a sunspot minimum.   But once it hits the bottom, I think it's,   twenty, thirty one or two or three, somewhere around there,   it it should start to pick back up.   So   Alrighty.   So I've got probably the rest, well, I've got the rest of this year.   Next year will be we'll just have to wait and see what the sun does   and,   and then go from there on that.  

But, yes.   Yeah. Yeah. The sunspot numbers have been in the tank, and we've been having solar storms like crazy.   It's been quiet here   for for about the last two weeks. But  

[02:23:28] Unknown:

Yeah. I I heard something. I can't remember where it was at   that we're having   a considerable   amount of seller   of, solar storms right now.  

[02:23:41] Unknown:

Yeah. Well, this week this week has been quiet. It's been very quiet.   We haven't had many.   So, I mean, that's that's good right now.   But yeah.   Oh, yeah. No. The like, last month,   couple months before that,   yeah, this yeah. The k index was well, there was times in in some of them solar storms, I saw the k index up to nine.   When it's up to nine,   yeah,   you ain't getting a signal out.   I mean, maybe two, three hundred miles max   is what you'll get.   But when this like, right now,   at at because it is no.   Those are wrong numbers. We need to update   because   it's not. It's zero thirty five UTC right now.  

It's, what, three?   Two.   02:41   UTC right now.   I wanna say the sunspot numbers are running about a 138   right now, which ain't bad.   But   when you're used to having over 200 sunspot numbers,   by god,   signals rock then.  

[02:24:52] Unknown:

So the higher the sun   the higher the number of sunspots,   the better the signal   Yep. Or the better the strength.  

[02:25:02] Rich Chelson:

Yep.   Oh, okay.  

[02:25:04] Unknown:

Yep. Yeah.   Yeah. When they're low I mean, one thirty eight,   yeah, it's okay.   That's usable. But if it's, like, at that last contest, it was, like, in the seventies,   low eighties.   Yeah. There was I mean,   honestly, I don't know how anybody   well, if you had an amplifier,   you could make contacts, but I don't I don't have an amplifier.   Oh, okay. Because those things are about   anywhere between   4,500   and $6,000   for a 1,500 watt amplifier.  

[02:25:40] Unknown:

Yeah. Is the is the cost worth   is the cost worth the reward   for you?  

[02:25:49] Unknown:

As of right now, no.   Yeah. Now in about ten years,   maybe. We'll see.   But, you know, that's that's something when I   even when I first got into   amateur radio.   Okay? I had heard I had heard of people talking about,   you know, amps and using amps and 1,500 watts. That's great.   But Yeah. What amateur radio   is   using what you have.   And   if you have five watts, you can make contact with five watts, 10 watts, 20 watts, one watt, a half a watt.   You know? Yeah. Yeah. Or or a 100 watts.   A 100 watts and a wire,   you can pretty much talk wherever you want.   I don't I don't need to be sitting in your lap talking to you.  

If I am, that's great. You know? But if not, I That's fine.   But that's I've always   I've always kept that   kept that at Brian's back. I've always kept that mentality   that I don't need 1,500   watts.   It's not a need because   I can make contacts with the 100 watts.  

[02:27:01] Rich Chelson:

You know what I mean? Yeah. But it's 1,500 of them.  

[02:27:05] Unknown:

Well, I know. But $6,000   price tag?   Sorry, dude.  

[02:27:10] Rich Chelson:

Oh, you could swing that.  

[02:27:15] Unknown:

Yeah.   I probably could, but no. I don't wanna.   No. I mean, I did find one   that I wanted, but I didn't have the money for it. And I think he only wanted,   like, $22.50,   and it was it was an old tube type amplifier.   And it it wasn't too old, but it it was older. But it it was marked and set up for the plate and the grid knobs.   You it was marked with, like, 40 meter band, 20 meter band, fifteen, seventeen,   twelve, ten.   It was set. So you just turn the knobs to there   for, whatever bay in you were on,   and you run 1,500 watts. I was like, oh, I want that thing. But dude wanted, like, $2,500   for it,   which I mean, that's   that's a really good price for   a 1,500 watt amplifier.  

So   but that's why I don't have one because   I've made all my contacts with, you know well, I gotta say now 200 watts or less.   I've made all my contacts.   So why do I wanna   spend 4 to $6,000   on 1,500 watts?  

[02:28:30] Rich Chelson:

I'm not with the You could just go for a 100,000 watt.  

[02:28:34] Unknown:

No. I can't do that.   Not not by the rules.   Fifteen   fifteen hundred is all I'm allowed.  

[02:28:42] Rich Chelson:

I can't go more than paying attention. You could do you could do a 100,000 watt.   Sorry, dude.  

[02:28:50] Unknown:

That that was just have to say all I have to say is   lockers before amplifiers   Before light bars.  

[02:29:03] Unknown:

Yeah.   Oh my lord.   Yeah.  

[02:29:07] Unknown:

No. I Well, you you can always get new axles, you know, for your Jeep, ARCs.   They have lockers.   I think each axle is about,   oh, close to $6,000.  

[02:29:20] Rich Chelson:

Who's that?   Hope you had enough.  

[02:29:23] Unknown:

No.   That's each axle. I would need two axles.  

[02:29:28] Rich Chelson:

Nah. You only need to lock one.  

[02:29:30] Unknown:

Yeah. Okay.   No. I'm good. I'm good.   Hey. Yeah. I think I think I'm good.   So, yeah, right now, it's just it's it's   and, I mean, we here lately for the past couple months, it seems like every day,   we've got storm clouds   coming by.   I mean, well, like like that storm cloud that that I videotaped.   Right. Yeah. That that just popped up.   I didn't even know it was coming. I was outside and heard the thunder.   I didn't even know it was coming.   But, yeah, we get those. And, I mean,   one minute, you'll see them on the radar, and then about thirty minutes later, they're gone.  

[02:30:14] Rich Chelson:

Yep.  

[02:30:16] Unknown:

It's like, where'd they go?   Makes you think of where's Waldo.   And then, oh, they're back,   but they're in Biloxi or Gulfport or Louisiana or whatever. Right.  

[02:30:29] Rich Chelson:

So   I have to see if I can find the video again, but   there was a,   group that   was videotaping a, a storm cloud.   And they got the moment that it let loose the hail,   and that was one of the coolest looking things you'd ever seen because you're sitting there looking up, and all of a sudden,   you start seeing it, noticing, oh, there's these all these little dots all over the place, and the little dots are getting bigger in his hand.   Right. And that granted, it wasn't big hail, but at the same time, just the fact that all of a sudden you could see   hail   coming after, and it was a it was a nice little sheet of it. So,   yeah, I'm always in dug weather. I mean, granted, I've almost got struck by lightning,   but, you know,   still   still a a little of weather.  



[02:31:18] Unknown:

You almost got struck by lightning.  

[02:31:21] Rich Chelson:

Oh, yeah.   Have I got help you out?  

[02:31:24] Unknown:

I if you have, I don't remember it. Okay.  

[02:31:28] Rich Chelson:

Well,   I was about I'll old enough to know better, but too young to really give a shit.   I would say about 13, 14.   And   I was down in Paradise.   Alright.   And   I was spending, spent a couple weeks with, my great grandparents   and mom. This is there, I think, is at the end of end of the the   stent that I was staying staying with them, and mom was coming by to pick me up and stuff.   And while we were there,   this, a glacier storm came in. And, I mean, you could walk. We lost power, but you could still walk through the house   without running into anything. You can still see just fine because that there was that much lightning going on.  



[02:32:13] Unknown:

Wow. That's crazy.  

[02:32:15] Rich Chelson:

And and so my dumbass, I was like, yeah. I wanna go I love watching the thunder and lightning. I always love storms.   And so I go out in the back out in the backyard where, my granddad had his, had his garden and stuff. And I was hanging out there with an umbrella because, you know, it was raining. I wasn't gonna get wet.   And, just watching the the thunder and lightning and the light the light show and and listening to the rain and the thunder rolling through there and a couple big booms and, you know, all this. And all of a sudden, it was almost like   someone turned the electricity off   because there wasn't anything for a second.  

But at the same time, boy, I got a light feeling. I felt all nice light and airy and and tingling and stuff. And then   if I had to guess and now greater from what I've under gotten around to understand is probably a lot further,   but as bright and as dazzling and all that that it was,   I could've sworn it was about 15 to 10 to 20 feet out in front of me. Right.   All of a sudden, the wall just looking up and   and, yeah, I dropped the, because I was hoping and went,   and I didn't go in through the door,   which was a joy to be closer.   No. I ran off because of my dumbass.  

And   the house and come in through the front because,   you know, why not?   And my come out and was like, what's wrong? They're like, I was like, man. I almost got struck.   But, yeah, it was right.   I I was close enough to feel the air getting charged up with electricity   as the, as the, you know, the positive or negative charges, whichever one it is, that makes contact with ground.   So   it was it was a sensation that I will not forget. Well Never feel bad again. I know   fight the dirt. Just lay flat down on it.  

[02:34:18] Unknown:

Well, I I don't know I don't know I don't know if I ever told y'all this one.   So you got this this happened.   See, I was driving my red peak then. So that was   9899.   I had a I had a eighty five   three fifty nine   extended hood pea with a 36 inch coffin bunk. Oh, I love that truck. Oh, fuck it. That was sexy.   Sexy as hell. Anyway,   I was on I 80,   and I had just come out of Illinois   into Iowa,   and I was I was coming up to Walcott.   And   before you get to the Iowa 80 truck stop in Walcott,   about five miles back, there's a Flying J.   And I I was like, no. I'm I'm driving on to Walcott to stop there. And   I hit a wall of rain.  

I couldn't see.   No. It wouldn't be. Well, anyway,   I couldn't see, and,   I mean,   I couldn't   even see the end of my hood,   but I knew where I was at because I had driven this road so much. I I mean, I knew it.   And I went up under this overpass. It was the last overpass   I had to go under before,   and I was probably about   a mile and a half, two miles from Walcott.   And,   as I went under this overpass   and came out the other side,   a bolt of lightning hit so close.   My eyes closed immediately,   and I saw the light it lit my truck the inside of my truck up. I mean, it it was like the brightest white light I had ever seen, and my eyes were closed.   Yeah. Okay? And I understand that. Yeah. And it hit, and I wound up in the median.  

I was upright.   I wound up in the median,   came to a stop,   and I was like, what the fuck was that? Because   with this lightning, I also got hit by a gust of wind   as I came out of that overpass on my trailer, and it knocked me in the median.   And I shook my head a second.   It's like, alright. Well, I'm a drive out of here. I'm upright.   And I tried to go I couldn't go forward. I had to back out of that median back onto the interstate.  

[02:36:40] Rich Chelson:

Oh, shit.  

[02:36:41] Unknown:

Thank god traffic had stopped because the rain was so bad.   Right. No one could see. I mean, they were stopped, and I backed out.   And I was   I was so glad I didn't hit nobody, and I drove on to Walcott.   And the next day,   I had some friends that lived there, and I called them, and   they come and got me. And   the weather service said it was straight line winds. I saw trees'   limbs cut   cleanly,   cleanly   at a 45 degree angle,   All over the place. And it was funny because   my friends,   their neighbor   when we came in, there was an old barn   that looks like it was about ready to fall down. I mean, you all come and go,   it would fall down. Right? Fall on. That's the way it looked. Well, when we got to their house,   their neighbor just down the way had built a brand new barn. Right?  

The next morning, it was in it was toothpicks.   It was firewood.  

[02:37:50] Rich Chelson:

And that The barn that was leaning over was standing straight up. Yes, sir. The old barn the old barn was still standing.   It was  

[02:37:59] Unknown:

I was just like, oh my god. It it was insane, man. It was. Well, they're older like they used to.  

[02:38:05] Rich Chelson:

Right. That tongue and groove,   joint is a strong, weakened joint. I will tell you that for sure.  

[02:38:11] Unknown:

Yeah. It is. But, no, it's yeah. I've I've I mean,   like I said, I don't know how close it was. My eyes were closed, and it still lit up the inside of my eyelids.   Now I'm good. I mean, I'll watch it from afar, but I'm good. Yep.   You know?   Oh, shoot.   It's about that time.  

[02:38:33] Rich Chelson:

Holy smokes, man. It's alright. It is alright. Nine to seven. So, anyhow, see if I can see if I can keep my my bladder ring down a little bit this time. So so, you know, I realized last time I got a little carried away again. So, anyhow so, guys, everybody listening, thank you all so much for taking the taking the time to listen and see what three weird, grumpy, old vets have to say about,   life and and technology and and aliens and everything else that happens to be happy, go on and on in this crazy world. And, we do this just as a means to just   keeping our friendship going. That's the that's the root of why we do it. And we thought, you know, it'd just be kind of fun just to turn this into, you know, three heads, one brain type of show where we all just kinda   yammer and talk and and share life experiences with each other and sit turn around and share them with you in   in retrospect. And so that's part of this show came from, and we've   mentioned it a couple times through the, through this particular show, but we are a value for value show. And it means we're not going to cut in the middle of a sentence   and try to sell you   a mattress or try to sell you   some type of,   of loop box type of subscription program. Though there are several out there that are really cool and that are really neat, that's not what we're about.  

We talked about how advertising   doesn't always necessarily work unless you have a particular niche   that you know some advertisers would work right with. And so, like, if you're a hyperlocal, then using the local   businesses as your advertising. You don't need McDonald's   advertising   for a for a hyperlocal podcast.   We're not hyperlocal. We're rather general.   And since we're rather general, it's it's easier for us to go ahead and just say, what do you   think we'll want? What do you what type of how much do you think that the value how much value do you believe you received   from our show? Maybe maybe a little bit, maybe not, maybe a whole lot. It doesn't I I don't know. I can't put a value on this show   that would equate to what you think the value is. And so   that's the glory and the and the   greatness of what value for value is because it's not just,   well, I think you're worth, $50 a month. Well and if you think that, awesome. Great. Thank you. I highly appreciate it. We will give you a shout out, give everybody who who donates shout outs   and answer any questions that you have.  

But if you are   if you don't have 50 that $50 a month, then you may only have 5. Same thing works. Maybe you only have $2   and that you'd like to be able to give. Okay. Again,   we're grateful for anything that you give. If you wanted to send Satoshis, you stream Satoshis to us, You can do that with a with a modern podcast app. You can get that at podcastapps.com,   and there you will be able to choose any type of   of podcasting apps out there. There's, TruePay, which is a a great modern podcasting app. There's Cast O Matic if you are   a, an iPhone user. There's,   Podcast Guru, which works on both of them. There's, PocketCast is actually   going value for value, and you can actually   hit a value tab, and it'll bring up PayPal help page. You can say, hey. Here you go. We've got, got some,   got some money that we wanted to send to you. And we could turn around, you'll leave a note and say and say what you want, and we respond.  

If you don't have any money, but you're like, man, I I'd love to be able to help. There's a I I think I'm gonna be doing this thing for, for a,   a podcaster   that is   that I was just trying to look for, the,   the Prepping Academy podcast. I may have to reach out to them and go, hey, dude. I'm not able to give you any money for, for the value that you provide because you do provide a good bit of value. But, man,   you need someone to work on your website because you don't have what? He's got a playlist,   and   that's it. There's no way to   view the individual podcast episodes.  

And it's like, come on, man. I mean, how you how are you supposed to have people share your episode out?   Because while I I may use PocketCasts,   but somebody else may use Apple Podcasts. And so that's not I can't share   podcast out and have them open it up. I'll I could probably turn around and use episodes.fm.   That's a great little little system out there.   Yeah.   But but, anyhow, so I could I could provide you see, we're we're falling short   on a,   making this site the best best site possible. Maybe you turn around and go, hey. I'd love to help. I I wanna make the chapter episode oh, the chapter marks for your, for your episode. Sweet. Awesome. Well, let's not let AI do it. AI just kinda goes   set decides, hey. You need about 50 chapter episodes for a three hour show. Here you go. We just kinda shotguns them out there, and it really doesn't make a whole lot of sense as to where to place   on. So, you know, while we have may have 50, maybe   10 would be a more manageable number. And so maybe you put those in and put it in   art work. And then maybe you're, you're good at doing chapter art. Maybe you're really good at making really decent looking   AI artwork, and you would like to be able to, not the rich does does poor, chapter,   or poor AI artwork, But, you know, just saying that   if you wanted to help out in that and take a load off of Rich's hands,   maybe you want that's something you might be able to do is go through and create a bunch of chapter artwork, you know, that   you get a whole bunch of, episodic art out to come in and you go through there and say, hey. Let's put this one up here, this one up here, this one up here. And   that you could help out. So you could do your time, you could do your talent, or you could do your treasure. Those are the three t's of value for value.  

And if you wanna if you have questions or wanna wanna help or or anything like that, you can reach out to me. That my name is Brian, and, my email address   is circle cast, that's acirclecast,@Gmail.com.   You can get ahold of Rich at r chelson, that's chelson,@Gmail.com.   And if you wanna get ahold of Duke, just send an email over to me or or Rich, and we will get the, get it over to   to dude because nobody can spell his email address.   So   yeah. So, anyhow, Rich, what do you got to say?  

[02:45:26] Unknown:

Oh,   not too much. I do wanna say I I guys,   I really enjoyed tonight with the subjects we talked about because   we talked about all kinds of different stuff and   stuff that we normally don't talk about. So, you know, it it was it was actually it it was nice.  

[02:45:46] Rich Chelson:

I I don't know. Yeah. I didn't even get around to the lesbians that are suing people.  

[02:45:50] Unknown:

Right. Right. And, you know, that's fine. You know? Because they're obviously gonna be suing people for a long time.   And so they're gonna be in the news for a long time. But, anyway,   no. I wanna thank everyone who who is listening, who comes back and listens.   And, yeah, like like Brian said, you know, if you wanna help, because I won't lie, I do use AI to   make the artwork a lot of times, most of the time now, because   AI thinks better than I do.   And I kinda like it. I mean, it's it's not horrendous like some of my other ones. But   but yeah. No. Just   thanks for listening, and and keep coming back. And tell your friends. Tell your family members. Hell.  

Tell someone you hate.   You know?   I mean you know? Because believe me, with our subjects,   we could piss somebody off.   That's no lie.   We can do it, and we we would be happy to help you. Yeah. We take pride in the piss people off.   Oh, yeah. Yes. I you know, you ain't even gotta pay us neither.   You know?   But but, yeah, seriously, just you know, if you wanna reach out and wanna hear us   hear our thoughts on a subject or just say hey or   boo shit or howdy. I don't care. You know? Like like Brian said, you know, you know, send us an email. That's the easiest way to do it. And that's [email protected]   or [email protected].  

And Brian's name is spelled with a y,   not an I, because   Brian has has stated that that really irks him. So  

[02:47:35] Rich Chelson:

do it with an I. Actually, that it it used to hurt me when I was little, but now these days, it doesn't hurt me that much anymore. I'm kinda used to it. But at the same time, anytime somebody does why do it well with a y, I'd be like, oh, okay. Alright. That's   so, actually, I had a had a, Wendy's the Wendy's,   counter,   girl,   yeah, spelled   spelled out correctly.   Because she was like, in the name, and I was like, Brian, and looked at the receipt, and it was like, with a y. I was like, sweet. Awesome.   I'm making we're making headway.  

[02:48:09] Unknown:

Well, that's cool.   But, yeah, either way, it just yeah. You know? Thanks for listening. Thanks for coming back. And, yeah, I mean,   I'm not gonna forget our global listeners   because we do have listeners in other countries.   That's crazy, but, you know, hey.   Send us an email. We've got Google Translate. We can figure out what you said,   and we'd love to hear from you. So   other than that, just   keep listening, sharing it out. Tell your friends, tell your family, whatever, and,   we'll be back here next week. So, dude, what you got?  

[02:48:45] Unknown:

Well, what I have is   just make sure   that none of the folks who listen to the podcast   are,   you know, gonna go   what's the word I'm looking for? Gonna go   yeah.   Damn it.  

[02:49:03] Rich Chelson:

Yeah.  

[02:49:08] Unknown:

Don't get scared   with the   with the an alien   anal   probe crap   coming   because we will keep you updated   on its trajectory   to ensure that, you know, it doesn't come anywhere close to Earth so we don't have any people out there worrying about it. You know,   Something may happen.   So   we will I'm sure Brian and  

[02:49:40] Rich Chelson:

Yeah. He'll keep track of it.  

[02:49:42] Unknown:

And make sure that, you know, we don't have to worry about that.   So I just wanted to make, just wanted to get that cleared out that,  

[02:49:51] Rich Chelson:

you know, shouldn't have a problem, but we'll keep verifying. Yeah. We'll we'll we'll keep an eye on it, and we'll give you a we'll give you   updates as to the   the the location of the, the interstellar probe droid.   So that's the size of Manhattan. So but, anyhow, so with that, guys, I just realized that over here in, over here in Canton, Oklahoma that there is probably some type of block war that happens from from time to time as you're going through town because there is a Dollar General and a Family Dollar just right across the street from each other.   I don't know how they pulled that one off, but, whew, battle zone back there.  



[02:50:34] Unknown:

Right.  

[02:50:35] Rich Chelson:

But, anyhow, so guys, everybody who are listening, thank y'all again for taking the time out of your day to see what more we have to have to say and, to Rich and, and,   dude, appreciate y'all coming on again. Love hearing from y'all and seeing what y'all's lives are up to and and all that. And, we will we'll talk to everybody   next week. Until then,   bye.  

[02:50:59] Unknown:

Peace.  

[02:51:00] Unknown:

Peace out.  

[02:51:02] Rich Chelson:

Alright, guys. Catch you all next week. See you. Alright. Alright. See you. Bye.   Bye.