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Wake up with Josh & Chantel every weekday from 6a-10a on Classy 97! Missed the show or want to revisit your favorite moments from the show, enjoy Wake Up Classy 97 - The Podcast!
Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Tuesday, May 19th, 2026
Episode summary introduction:
Who's really doing the math in the relationship, a rescue story about a dog who fell 21 feet into a sinkhole, what would YOU do if time froze and you were the only one unfrozen, Chantel shares her terrifying near-split moment on a freshly mopped floor, do phone keypad codes still work, tribute bands, the viral mix-up between Weird Al Yankovic and "Weird AI," AI-powered virtual clothing try-ons, the struggle of women's pants sizing, Josh's refreshing hike up Manan Butte, a weekend Boise trip featuring scooter safety lectures to strangers, the best Cuban grilled cheese you've never heard of, a Would You Rather that sparks a full-on debate about schedules, control, and who really decides when the party's over, don't forget it's Idaho Primary Election Day! Get out and vote!, and more!
Timestamps:
(0:00) - Bonus: Josh is in charge of math
(2:45) - Touch frosty grass & loud videos
(7:14) - Good News
(10:09) - Freezing time
(15:15) - Caution: wet floors
(20:09) - White Bryony tubers
(27:42) - What's #
(32:44) - Vote today
(34:20) - Tribute bands
(40:27) - Ai pant sizing
(47:06) - Where's your helmet
(53:19) - Previewing a menu
(58:11) - Weird Ai
(1:02:40) - Would You Rather
(1:07:32) - Menan Butte hiking
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Full show transcript:
If we're ever in a situation where we have to do math together in our heads, I want you to know that I'm just relying on you to do the math correctly. Oh, is that right? I'm pretending that I'm doing the math. Oh. And there are times that I actually am trying to figure it out.
But then when you say, oh, it's this, I go, yeah, it's that, yeah. So I hope that you've got the answer correctly. Do you have an example of this? I'm not sure. I don't.
Like, I guess the most recent example I would have is like, when I estimate the cost of something and I'll go to the website and I'll write out like how much it costs and I'll put together a calculation. I'll go, all right, three of those is this, five of those is this, whatever. And I go, it's going to be this much money.
You go, okay. Yeah, exactly. You're not double checking my math? I am not. No. Interesting.
For me. So you better be getting it right because yeah, I don't, I'm not sitting here going, no, you forgot to carry the three. I'm not doing that.
I am thinking about it in my head going. Yeah, what you said. Uh-huh. I'm just waiting for you to make the answer. Okay. And then I go, okay. That sounds right.
So you're carrying the weight of the math problems. I want you to know that. Well, I'll do my best. Thanks for letting me know.
You're welcome. I mean, it's a pretty simple math, I guess, most of the time. I mean, some of the times, yeah, but I just don't think you know that you're the one that's in charge of that.
There are times though that you have like had a math situation and I've tried to help you and you're like, I'm trying to figure it out. And I go, okay. There are definitely times where I go, no, I absolutely want to solve this problem. But most of the time I go, no, just do it. But yeah, there are times where I genuinely do want to solve it.
You should do some math puzzles. Don't make that face. You gotta work out that muscle. Keep the old brain crackle-ackin.
That's right. You can learn. Yeah, you can learn.
You can. All right. Let's start today's show.
All righty. Hello. Oh, Josh. Hi.
Good morning. Wouldn't it be weird if we just arrived at work without singing? We were just singing each other at home just five minutes prior. I mean, it is strange to go, hey, how's it going? Hey, Josh. How's everything? What's going on today? I just saw you just moments ago.
I'm glad you made it to work safe. Same. Yeah.
Same to you, buddy. Yeah. How's your morning?
So good. Yeah. Did you have to let the dog out? I did. Yeah. I always do. I know. Yeah. How'd that go?
I have a routine. It was icy on the grass. Nice sign there was frost on the backyard. I've been enjoying because it's been lighter in the morning, so I've been enjoying taking her out and then walking out their barefoot so that I can touch grass and ground myself. Did you freeze your toesies? And say hello to the morning sun. It was Julie this morning.
Yeah. And then I stepped on something icy cold and then it was stuck to my foot. Ew. And then I couldn't get it off.
Ew. What was it? I don't know. Good luck. Yeah.
I just scraped it. Ew. Ew.
A yuck. Yeah. I did not have that experience this morning. No.
I had nothing stuck to my foot. I also, you know how like sometimes you'll do that thing in the morning where you go, five more minutes. Five more hours.
Well, yes. But then you just look at your watch and you go, oh, I can do five more minutes. Then you just lay there and lay there and lay there. And then five minutes comes and you go, you know, five more minutes. I woke up at 4.30 because the dog had a barking episode. I don't know what that was about.
Didn't hear that. And so then I was like, okay, now I'm awake for a second. And then when you woke up, I don't know what was going on with your phone, but it was like nuclear loud. Nuclear loud? It was so loud. And then you hurry and go, oh, like turn it down, turn it down, turn it down. And then whatever video you watch next or again was just as loud. And you're like, oh, this is the same one. Why was that video so loud?
I don't know. It was crazy. It was demo Facebook. And you know how sometimes it'll play videos automatically and sometimes it won't?
No. It just kept playing that same video. I do know that of all the media players that have ever been invented, Facebook's is the absolute worst. It's terrible on mobile. It's terrible on PC. Facebook video is not their strong suit.
It never has been. What is their strong suit? Well, originally connection.
Just being able to find people and message them. That was their big thing. But it was super in the beginning. It was super exclusive.
Yeah. You had to have a college email address. It was made for college kids. Specifically and creepily to rate girls on college campuses.
That's what it was originally invented for. Terrible, Mark. Terrible. Mark Zuckerberg. And then a yuck, Mark. And then, you know, for some reason, everybody and their grandma started using it. So that's what happened to Facebook. But then Metta bought it all. They started the parent company. They bought Instagram. They tried to connect all of their platforms together. Instagram became over complicated. Meanwhile, YouTube out there just doing their thing on video. Doing well.
What did we turn this into? I'm just saying their media player is awful. We've kind of ran all over the place this morning. Still sticking with the very loud video from Facebook on their terrible media player. OK. That's all. You said it was dumb ol' Facebook. Dumb ol' Facebook.
That's how we jumped into Facebook talk. Good morning. I hope you got to touch grass this morning and see the sunset sunrise. Sun.
Sun. If you haven't yet, go do it. It's nice.
It's a great way to wake up. Maybe wear some small shoes or something. No, ground yourself.
Touch the grass. I know, but it's frosty. I know, but how? And don't get that whatever stuck to it.
Yuck. Here is some interesting good news. And interesting because I'm going to take you on a bit of an adventure.
It was a carefree afternoon in the countryside of North Yorkshire, England. However, it turned into a very stressful adventure after a 12 year old Staffordshire bull terrier named Macy fell and got stuck in a narrow crack in the earth. Oh, no. Yeah. How did that happen? Well, she ended up trapped 21 feet underground. No way. Which obviously resulted in her frantic owner calling the Scarborough and Rydale Mountain Rescue Team for help.
That's four of me. What is she was 21 feet. Oh, yeah. I guess it's a weird way to measure things.
That's weird. I was just trying to think of how deep it was. When you say 21 feet, I have to think how deep is that? And then I go, OK, well, I'm five foot four. So that's essentially four of me down.
All right. Saving Macy required a massive team effort and a ton of ingenuity from the 18 person crew who showed up to rescue her. The sinkhole was incredibly tight. So the team had to send their smallest volunteers down into the darkness, ditching their safety ropes, which were causing loose rocks to fall into the open hole. The rescuers wedged their bodies across the narrow gap, using a hammer and a chisel to slowly widen the rocks as they went down. After six hours of listening to Macy's whimpers, three volunteers formed a human chain inside of the hole and they passed the dog up to safety. One of the members of the team named Tony admitted that the rescue was very special and emotional.
He said, I filmed the last moments and you could see the tears in the eyes of everybody as the dog came out. That's nice. Yeah.
So Macy was rescued from the 21 foot underground sinkhole. That's crazy. Unreal. Sinkholes are so nuts, aren't they? I mean, yeah, I'm kind of afraid of sinkholes. And to be fair, like I'm looking at a video of Macy coming out, that hole is not very wide around.
I mean, it's barely wider than the chair you're sitting in as a circle and 21 feet deep. That's crazy. Scary.
It is. I'm so glad they all work together to get her out. Heroes, you know. Good story, Joshua.
That's good news. If time were frozen, would you do anything illegal? OK, hold on. I have many questions before I can answer that question.
Of course you do. Well, am I in control of the freezing and unfreezing? Or did it just happen and I'm the only one that I know of that's not frozen? That for now. We'll say that for now. What? That's two questions.
What do you mean that? OK, let's say it's been frozen and you are the only one unfrozen that you know of for now. Let's do that one first.
No is the answer. No, you wouldn't. I might like little stuff like I can't pay for food or gas or whatever. I mean, you could.
So I'm going to have to. I mean, I could leave money, but I don't have cash like just that they're ready. So it's not like I can just leave $20 and go when things unfreeze, there's the money for what I took.
You could write at IOU slips. Yeah, that's that works out well. So so I, you know, does does water flow is like I have many questions.
Yeah, everything is working properly. But who's what's frozen? Just people, cars, time, time and people. So time quits ticking. But everything is in people aren't moving. Correct. But everything else is working.
Yes. Even the wind. The wind is frozen.
Yes, I like this. OK, but everything's working properly besides that. OK. And you've been frozen now for like a day.
So so a day has passed. Yeah. So I've already kind of like figured out things are frozen. Correct. But I have no idea when it's going to unfreeze. See why I have so many questions. I know.
Are you during? When you say illegal, like what? Like rob a bank? Yeah. Are you going to go steal some money?
Are you going to go? Not really. I don't need it. Why? Because if everything's frozen, I can just go get what I would need the money for. But you don't know when it's going to unfreeze.
Right. But I also don't want to be in the middle of a heist when it unfreezes. I'm going to be like, oh, no, I'm in a vault and everything just came back. That's a risk I'm not willing to take. Yeah, you are. You are a very cautious person.
OK. I'd start probably doing funny stuff. So then what? What do you mean funny stuff? Painting people's faces. Painting their faces. Yeah, like giving them like clown makeup. So when they unfreeze, everybody's like, why?
Why do you look like a clown all of a sudden? I disagree with you. I think you would go, woohoo.
I'm out fishing. That's true. What if the fish are frozen? That's why I was asking about flowing water. Oh, I asked about that.
I didn't hear that. Is the water still moving? Are the fish frozen as well? Because then they're just going to be stuck in time. Yeah, especially if the water's frozen.
The water's moving, but the fish are frozen. That doesn't that doesn't add up. It does. No, it doesn't. OK, then I feel like the water has to stop moving as well.
What if you could freeze and unfreeze time yourself then? Are you doing anything illegal then? No, you're so nice and squeaky clean. I don't need to. Because I can freeze time and move the vehicle that I want from there to my house. I don't need to go like, yeah, that's grand theft, but. No, no, no.
Yeah. Like life comes back. You're just you have the capacity to freeze and unfreeze time. Yeah, I'm going to freeze time. I'm going to drive where I need to drive. I'm going to unfreeze time.
And then guess what? I didn't have any traffic. Yes, sir, because cars got frozen on the road. I just had to go around them. Easy peasy.
You you put too much. I I'm going to look for modern convenience in my time control ability. I'm going to freeze time and then I'm going to be like, look at how quiet it is. Yeah, that does sound nice. Doesn't it? In a stressful situation and you just snap and everything freezes. And you're like, I got to take a breather for a minute. I think what I would do is I would do illegal stuff, but it would be like it would be minor things like, oh, I'm trespassing.
Whenever there's like a no trespassing sign. Yeah. Oh, who's going to get me? Wow. Danger is your middle name. I know. Ah, man. It's a weird question for this early on a Tuesday, but thank you for asking. So yesterday I was walking and somebody had just mopped at my other place of business and I walked into the bathroom to wash my hands when I walked over the mop.
Path. And as soon as they get to the sink, one of my feet slips underneath the sink. I had turned on the water and my feet went one foot went behind me one foot in front of me.
So it was kind of doing like a half split situation at the sink. I could not, it could not stand back up because my feet were so slippery. And so I did like it was, it was something from a movie, Josh, where my feet were kind of doing that like, I'm holding onto the sink because I'm trying very desperately to get any kind of like leverage to hoist myself back up. If anybody had walked into the bathroom, they would have seen half split woman going like, help.
It was crazy. Did you call for help at all? No, no. I think I made this noise. Did you, how'd you get out of it?
I finally was able to get some traction and kind of use the sink as leverage to hoist myself back up. Yeah. Did you pull a muscle at all? I kind of think I did.
Yeah. That feels like, like a week or two recovery for a person our age. It feels like I'd be down for a minute.
I'd be like, it doesn't hurt if I'm walking, but if I, like I just tried to lift up my leg to kind of put it under my other leg. And that is real. Yeah. Stretching that muscle. If I stretch that muscle a little too much, it goes, oh, remember what you did?
I'm like, it wasn't my fault. Okay. Was the caution wet floor sign out? No. That's a problem. Yeah. You work there.
I know. What if that's a customer? You got to get that sign out.
You got to talk to somebody about getting that sign out. I was just, you know, how you're just walking with confidence and then all of a sudden you're like, oh no. Yeah. That's called winter. Uh, because ice. Whenever it's slippery. Here's, here's the other thing.
I was, I was glad to hear that you didn't just lay down and then crawl out of the situation to dry land and stand up and start over. Why? Cause that seemed even more ridiculous.
That's something that I would do. Like the fact that you caught yourself in the mid-split was, was pretty brave. Pretty good, right? Yeah.
And we're able to work your way through it. How, how many seconds do you think that episode lasted and how many did it actually last? Cause I feel like that's one of those like everything's in slow motion right now. It was really only like five seconds. It was probably only.
Yeah. I was probably only maybe like 10 seconds. It felt like a long 10s. A long time. I will say how long 10 seconds is. I will say that the person mopping.
Yeah. Walked into a different room right as I went into the bathroom. So we exchanged pleasantries.
And then. So it was a freshman. I had my commotion. Yeah. And then I was the, the door was kind of propped open a little bit. Okay. And I was like, well, I'm just going to go in and wash my hands. So there's no need to shut the door.
And so I was like praying that he wouldn't come out and walk back by and see me in that predicament. Yeah. He did it.
Well, he got to get that sign out. Slippery floor, fresh mop. I guess it's on me for walking through the mop path to. Was there another way I could have gone?
No, I didn't even check. Different bathroom. Yeah. I could have went to a different bathroom, but it was just going to be an in and out. A quick wash my hands, get out situation. Then you had to go and get all skitty wampus.
Crown yourself a little bit, you know, what shoes were you wearing? The, my new ones. Yeah.
Those same ones you're wearing today. No. Okay.
Try it today. See if these ones have a better grip. I think they do.
These ones are. I don't know what I can use to describe them. They've got some grip. Grippy.
They're grippy. Just be safe out there. Everyone.
Yeah. You never know when a puddle might want to get you. Have you heard of white briny? I have not. Do you have any idea what that might be? No.
A shrimp. No. No, I don't know. It is organic. It is of plant origin. Okay. So it is not a meat from the sea.
Okay. It can be found in our backyard because I've been digging it up. It's a noxious weed. Bryonia alba. It sounds so pretty. Oh, it sure does.
White briny. Let me tell you about this vine. Here's the deal. I've been fighting this vine in the yard for a couple of years.
And I've just been ripping the vines off and tossing them in the garbage. You know? Yeah. And that was what I was doing to combat it. And then two days later, I got more vines and I'm like, here we go again.
And I never feel like I can get it all. And then the neighbors have it on both sides. It's out in the field area. It's pretty nasty. So I was doing some research on it. And I found out it is indeed listed by the Idaho State Department of Agriculture as a noxious weed, which means it has potential to injury to public health, crops, livestock, land or other property as deemed by Idaho law. That's what a noxious weed is. There are other weeds like crab grass and stuff that, you know, are just annoying. But this one, white briny. Noxious. Go up being so noxious. Vines can reach up to 50 feet.
The root on this thing is impressive. Okay. So last year I was fighting this and I looked online and it said the only way to get rid of it is by the tuber.
That is correct. And I decided that would be too much work. And so I was like, I'm not going to go fight it by the tuber.
And so then I would just keep pulling and pulling and pulling. Yeah. You took it upon yourself this year. Oh, I got the shovel out. I'm not having it.
You're not my yard anymore. I pulled out so much. I should weigh it. You should weigh it. I have pounds and pounds and pounds of this root. It's crazy. The roots on that thing are huge.
I saw some people talking about it in the gardening group that I'm that I'm part of on Facebook. And, and there's a guy who says, you know, what is this particular thing? Excuse me. It's a lady. Her name's Brittany. And she said, you know, help me identify this thing.
And all the comments are like, you got to get rid of that thing. You got to dig it up. You got to get rid of that root. We had a root that was the size of three basketballs. I believe it. Dude, I have pulled some of the biggest roots out. I mean, if I was growing sugar beets, I'd be winning prizes at the state fair.
These roots are huge. I came home yesterday and you go, you got to come see this. You've never seen anything like this. Have you? No, I haven't. Not, not until you went to the state fair and saw the root of Vegas that we're growing.
Not since then. If you've seen tubers that size. I'm growing tubers.
You like growing some tubers. Not anymore. I dug them up, but boy, howdy. And here's what else I learned. Incredibly poisonous. Yes.
The vines, the leaves, the tubers. Terrible. Yes.
Terrible. So I started looking at like, because people grind up the root and sell it. For what? That's what I wanted to know. If this is a noxious weed and it's so poisonous, what are people using it for?
Exactly. So it's, uh, it's used in folk medicine. And is it homeopathic? Is that the right way to say that?
Um, and you can highly dilute it and people will use it to treat dry coughs, joint pain, muscle aches, headaches and other ailments. And I went, no, thank you. No, thank you. Historically, they've grated fresh root and applied it as like a plaster to relieve sciatica arthritis. You have sciatica. I'm not going to be putting this root on me. It gives you a stinging sensation similar to nettles.
No, thanks. I've brushed up against stinging nettle. I don't want to purposefully do that to myself. No, thank you.
I kind of want to, just to see what it's like. No way. And then internal folk medicine in low dose as a, as a powerful laxative, a vomit inducer, treat respiratory issues like bronchitis or pertussis or pneumonia.
No, thank you. Not that I want those, but I don't want to be using a very toxic, noxious root. Tuber. Yeah. As a remedy.
No, thank you. And then right after that, in all bold, ingesting crude forms, is dangerous and can be fatal. In all bold, right after it says, they've used it historically for all this. No, thank you. Do not ingest. No. Would not recommend. Wear gloves. Do not. Don't just grab that stuff with your hands because it's nasty.
It's got a resin in it that'll, uh, that'll get you. I have grabbed it before with my bare hands. Quit doing that. But then I wash. You better wash a lot.
That stuff's nasty. How deep in the ground were the tubers? Did you have to dig and dig and dig? Uh, quite a ways.
It says right here, uh, a fully developed root is quite massive, reaching 18 inches in length and easily weighing five pounds or more. No, but did you have to dig deep to get them out? I mean, the top of it's pretty surface, but they're 18 inches deep. Some of these, they're huge. I pulled out one.
It was easily a foot long. They're crazy. I don't know, man. So I'm going to be fighting these really hard and aggressive this year. Uh-huh. And I probably will be fighting them pretty aggressively for the next couple.
You will be. Uh, as I, as I get rid of these, but what'll happen is the, the, the little berries on there, the birds eat them and they don't digest the seed. And so wherever the birds go, they disperse. Where the birds go and we have lots of birds.
So that's probably why, where this gets spread so much. And if you're hitting them aggressively in our yard, that doesn't mean the neighbors are hitting it aggressively in their yards. No, but if, if I can get them from giant tuber down to small carrot and start winning that game, cool.
If I don't have the big tubers anymore, that'll be great. But they are like right underneath like some of the foundational concrete stuff and they're next to tree stumps. Like they are crazy. These things.
Yeah. Tried to take over my climatis one year and I was like, not today. Son, I dug them out. They're not going to take over the climatis this year. Their tubers are gone.
Thanks, Josh. Well, they're in a pile. I got to throw them all away, but. Oh. Yeah. I'm winning it.
I'm winning it this year. I got a bunch of holes, but there's no tubers in them anymore. So victory is mine.
Take that tubers. Emery and I were sitting in the car last night waiting for back softball game to start. It was cold and windy and we were like, we're not getting out until we absolutely have to. And she decided that she was going to check the balances on some Dutch pros gift cards that she had. And as she was typing in the numbers, she goes, what's the pound sign? Cause it said, ah, enter your number and then hit the pound.
And she goes, what's the pound sign? And I went, which one do you think it is? Yeah. And she said, I think it's that one and pointed to the star. And I said, nope, it's not that one. And she goes, is it the hashtag?
I go, yep. It's the hashtag. I wonder if that's a bigger challenge for people than we think it is. We know it is pound forever, forever, but then the internet started using it as a hashtag for, uh, you know, categorizing content. Right. But it was pound for years and years and years.
That's interesting. And I think every, everything I've ever logged into on a phone has said, enter your password followed by the pound key. Like just forever and ever and ever. But she hadn't ever had to use it until just that moment. I don't think she even had ever heard it being referenced as the pound sign before ever. Interesting. And it comes up on your phone dialer. You have the asterisk, the star, and you have the, the hashtag pound key.
So, uh, that's, that is interesting. What was the star 69 where you could six, seven, it was star six, seven would redial who you called. Would redial. Yeah. So if, if someone prank called you back in the day, you could do star six, seven, it would call them back. Do you think that still works?
I have no idea. Now it was star 69 to call them back. Yeah. Traditional telephone feature code used to automatically call back the person who made the most recent incoming call. It is also known as the last call return. Uh, star six, seven would hide your caller ID.
So you would put in star six, seven, and then call your number and it would show up on caller ID as private blocked or unknown. That's the one. Tricky.
That's the one I would use. Do you think they still use are still. I have no idea. Valid.
I don't know. Okay. I'm going to, I'm going to star six, seven, and then I'm going to call you and then see if it gets blocked. Well, let's see if it even works. Okay. I will. It might not.
I might not work. Okay. Star six, seven. Oh, wait. Don't say my number on the air. What are you crazy? Okay.
I'm calling. Uh, it says restricted. Oh, it works. You guys. Great.
So cool. Can't wait for other people to know about that. That went away for decades. Now look what you've done. Brought it back. Awesome.
So now I want to know. Now you start 69 and see. Because I'm not on a landline.
I wasn't on a landline either when I just. No, I know, but that particular one, like it didn't store any, any information other than restricted. Like I can go to my keypad and do star. Now I want to learn about other.
Call phone codes. Yeah. See, welcome. It doesn't work. Oh, dang it. Because there's it doesn't, because there's no data there.
Now six, seven is interesting, but huh. Now, if I had a landline, I could maybe try that, but I don't have a landline. You do have a landline. That's, that's a business landline. That's way different because you have to hit numbers in order to dial out. So it's not good. It also is not going to store that data the same way. I need an old school residential, traditional landline.
And then I could try it. Your mom doesn't still have one. Does she? No, I think she was the last. She was the last one in Burley. She was the last person in Burley to get rid of her landline. I could still know that. I still know that phone number though.
You want to give it out? Starts with six, seven, eight. Because that's what all the numbers started with in Burley. And the last four is I use for a password on. Well, let's not say those last four. I'm not going to.
Six, seven, eight. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So today is the Idaho primary. So we want to encourage you to get out and vote. Correct.
Like exercise your. I got it. So it's my right to vote. There you go. Do that. Sing that little song as you're on your way to the ballot box. Today is the primary. So polls are open now and you can go until I think eight o'clock tonight.
Eight to eight. I believe they're open. You can go and you can vote if you need information on where to vote. If you want to learn about what you need in order to register to vote two day at the polls, you can go to vote Idaho dot gov. You can also find out where your polling locations are. That's correct.
You just enter. I just did it because I wanted to see if mine changed. No, but I still voted at the same place.
Same. You can view sample ballots as well, but there are federal offices. There are statewide executives, statewide legislative elections, primary elections, judicial stuff, county stuff. There is precinct stuff, local stuff.
There's school stuff on there. There's a lot to consider and to vote and get your voice heard about. So go vote.
Get all the details again at vote Idaho dot gov. And today is the primary election, which will set the stage for the general in November. So get out and vote today. Polls are open right now until eight o'clock tonight. Exercise your right to vote. There you go. What? This is a question that I asked my friends over the weekend and I can't, I don't think anybody, I don't think everybody answered.
What tribute band would you want to be a part of? Did I answer? No, you did not. What were some of the answers that were given? I think there was only one answer and it was Prince. Oh.
I asked one, two, three, four, five of you and I got one answer back. Prince would be so fun to be a tribute band. Listen, maybe. Oh, totally. What part are you playing in the band? It depends. It's whatever part you want to play. Right. Because if I'm going to have a vocal range that is beyond anything I can do now, like there's some bands that would be fun to be a part of, but I can't perform at that level. I'm going to be.
So that's why I'm asking, like, am I performing at a big level or what? When you just put your hand like that, you look like Mick Jagger. Were you going to say the Rolling Stones? I was not going to say the Rolling Stones. You're wearing this sport jacket and a t-shirt and then you just did the rooster pose and I went, uh-oh, Mick Jagger's in here. I absolutely would be Mick Jagger.
I would 100%. It was, that was happening. No, I see it. I put my hand behind my back because I was going to say that I would be the drummer for a Death Lover.
Wow. I actually would love, I think I would really love being in a Death Lover tribute band. That's going to be my pick or the Rolling Stones.
But you're going to be, what's the drummer's name? No one knows. Yes.
Everyone knows. I just can't think of it. I'll look it up really fast. Well, you look that up.
You want to be in, you want to be the drummer of a Death Lover tribute band Rick Allen with one arm or you want to be Mick Jagger in a Rolling Stones tribute. Yeah. Wow.
Those are very different roles. I think it would be cool to be able to execute the harmonies of a Beach Boys tribute. I think that's so cool. Yeah, you would love the Beach Boys. That would be so fun.
But I can't do that. Good vibrations and all that. Okay. Yeah, no, I know the song. Okay. Good. All right. Okay. You're just that guy. Enough. I don't need to hear what I can't do. Or, I'm trying to think who else. Josh, it's not that you can't do it.
You just have a willingness, you have to have a willingness to try. Yeah. A support team.
Oh, thanks. I'm almost the other thing. I'm here to support you. Okay. Are you willing to try?
Not particularly. Who else do you want to be in your band? Well, that's what I was trying to figure out, because I feel like tribute bands historically have been what's sort of these oldies and quote unquote classic rock acts. Yeah.
Right? Like, it's not often you see a tribute band for a current band. And that's not necessarily true because there's a Taylor Swift tribute. Like, there's, there are current artists that have tributes. So I'm, I'm super blown away by the fact that like, Taylor's been around for a lot of years and is now getting a tribute while she's still actively making new music.
Right. Like, if you want to see a car's tribute band, Rico Kasich and the gang are not currently making music. So I would like to be, I want to be in a car's tribute band. You want me to just name bands and then you can be like, Oh, I like drive. No, that's the worst car song.
I know. What about a kiss tribute so you could sing best? No, no, I would not want to be in a kiss tribute. No, no, I would not want to be in a kiss tribute.
What about Aerosmith? No. You don't want to, you don't want to be the Stephen Tyler?
What about, what about like a Huey Lewis in the news tribute? No. Peter Gabriel? Yes. Okay. Mostly I just want to hear the songs that I like.
Okay. What about a band that you can't see anymore? Like we've got Three Doors Down coming up. Yeah. Because their front man passed away. Right. Yeah. So what about a Three Doors Down tribute or Smash Mouth? No. A Smash Mouth tribute band.
Touring, doing Smash Mouth. No. I don't, I don't want to do that.
When do we start getting some of the 90s stuff as tribute bands? Like heavily, heavily and well done. I don't know, Josh. I don't either. Or Elvis. Maybe I'd want to be in an Elvis tribute. There's so many. What are you going to be Elvis? Yeah. The market on Elvis tribute is over saturated.
And Michael Jackson same. Yeah. Lots of impersonators. Yeah.
So I don't want to do that. My top three death leopard rolling stones, the cars. Okay. It's a good pick. And you're Beach Boys? That's the only one I can come up with right off top of my head that I think would be a good time. Good time. I get to wear, I get to wear shorts. There's surfboards. You get to wear shorts.
Yeah. I like to perform in white slacks and shorts. On the beach. And a striped t-shirt with beach balls and surfboards around. Barefoot in the sand. Yes.
No, I'd wear loafers. Take my tribute seriously. Okay. I am mostly anti AI.
Now, why do you say mostly? Because there is, I was shopping for some pants yesterday online. And I don't like shopping for pants unless I can try them on first. Because I am a short person and pants are usually very long and not all pants are the same size. They don't fit the same. Well, and I think that's interesting too, because I feel like women's pants, they give you a waist size, but they do not give you an inseam option.
No. Where with men's pants, they give you a waist and an inseam. So you can buy pants that fit. What's the deal?
I don't know. Plus we get pockets. Yeah, I know. Like why don't you have appropriate pants size? I don't know, Josh. You tell the pants company that.
Well, I know. But I think I heard from somebody who was pretty like into fashion and clothing retail for a lot of years say that every pair of pants is going to fit differently. And so when she went pant shopping, she would try on 40 different pairs of pants just to find a couple pair that fit the way she liked. And I think that's part of the process. I think that's part of the plan is to get you to try on 40 or 50 pairs of pants so that you can find the one that fits. Now for me, I can go, okay, that's my size.
It's like buying lumber. I go, I need a two by four. And I go, all right, there it is.
Got it. I'm out of the store. Buying pants is like buying lumber for me.
I know I need a two by six, eight foot. I walk in, I go, there it is. I'm out the door. I got what I needed. I'm set. They really made it simple for me.
Yeah, they did. And guess what? I'm not buying your pants because I don't like trying on clothes. Right now. So I get a pair from a place that I like, and then I go, I guess that's what I'm going to be wearing for the next 10 years.
So when I need pants, I go, I have to go here because that's the one. They changed them. I know they did. They changed them.
I know they did. You got to go try on 40 pairs of pants. Could you imagine if I walked into buy pants and I was like, I got to try on 40 pairs of pants because I don't know what's going to fit. Forget about it. Forget about it. Right. Okay.
I can't be bothered. So I was, I was shopping online for bear pants and it said, what size do you think you'd like? And I go, I don't know. Show me your size chart. And you know, you can pick the size chart. Oh, it's just a bunch of numbers. I never look at it.
What size are your hips and what size? No, I don't. I don't know anything about it.
Cause I don't use it. I know. Buying pants is like buying lumber. I don't know what size my hips are. And guess what? I'm not going to measure because that's just going to make me sad.
Why? Because it's just the size you are. So listen to me when I say that they've now updated it and they say what they said something yesterday and they said, what size do you typically wear? And I put in my size and then it said, how tall are you? And I put in my size and then it said, okay, based on what you've said and recommendations from things that you've purchased in the past, we think this size is going to be great for you.
And here's why. And I was like, Oh, I kind of like that AI just did that for me. And now there's an option where you can, you know how like if you're buying glasses, yeah, you can try them on. You can try them on if you're buying them online. You upload a picture of your face and it puts the frames on there.
But let me tell you, it never looks the same because the frames I don't think are like scaled to your face. No, I understand that. They need to do better at that. That's a technology that needs to be improved a bit. But you can do that now with clothes.
You can try on the outfit. Yeah. So I did. Yeah. Let me see.
Okay. I saw this pair of cute pants. And then I uploaded a picture of myself and it put on the pants for me. That's super weird. That looks great.
Okay. Isn't that weird? It's super weird. You can do it with anything too. This particular website is let's try in this pair of pants. Okay, let's see. It says you're a paper doll is what's happening. And you love paper dolls. I know this is made for you.
I know it is. Dude, I'm gonna be trying on stuff every day. This other pair of pants. Hold on. It takes just a minute.
Oh, this is what it's doing. Yeah, you can try on that skirt too. I don't want to try on it.
I know because I want to know what legs it gives you. So I kind of want to see. I want you to try on one of the skirts just so I can see. Not that pair of pants.
Not with that shirt. That's vertical and horizontal stripes mixed. Listen, I don't know much about fashion, but I know you don't do that.
Dude, I'm going to be doing this all day. You are a paper doll. I'm gonna be trying on skirts put on that skirt. I want to see what legs it gives you because I know it's not going to be your legs. Here's a pair of leather skirts. A pair of leather skirts or just one.
Just one. Okay. All right, let's see. I can't wait. It takes a while. So hang tight. I can't wait to see what legs it gives you because you were wearing pants in the photo you uploaded, right?
Correct. Oh, it's going to be ridiculous. It has no idea what your legs look like. What if it gives you like draft legs? Giraffe legs?
Yeah, I hope so. It just picks random legs and shoes. It doesn't know what shoe.
No, it's not your shoes. Hey, real lady legs. Real. Those are real lady legs. Those aren't like crazy.
You've never done a leather skirt. What do you feel about it? I don't like it.
Okay. No, that's not it. It's not that. No, I don't think those are my legs either.
No, it's not. It doesn't know your legs. You were wearing pants. That leg is much bigger than that leg.
Yeah, well, okay, it tried hard. Anyway, I really like that feature. I'm gonna be trying on stuff all day. Great. I'd be like, hmm, I look good in that.
And tomorrow's payday too. Great. Yeah, try that. See, you're going to be doing it too. Well, see what happens.
Upload a picture of yourself. Let's try out stuff for you. I don't know if I want to. What are you going to try on? I'm not going to look good in that skirt. I'll tell you that much. You might.
Let's try it on. Plus, it's going to have weird legs. They're not going to be mine at all.
It's like that's a man body with woman legs and a skirt on. Nope. Let's not do that. Deal? Deal.
All right. We were in Boise over the weekend and we were waiting for an Uber with our friends. And there were some, I want to say young adult boys. Yeah.
Early 20s probably. Yeah. That were writing some scooters downtown.
Yes. And I felt the need to say, Hey boys, where's your helmets? You did say that out loud. Where's your helmets? And they went, okay, old woman. Yeah. Not with me. I'll tell you that. I told, I told Emory that story. And she goes, you didn't mom.
You didn't say that to them. And I go, I did. And she goes, you know that they hated you.
And I go, yeah, no, but that's partly why. But also for a minute, they went, thanks mom. Like inside for just a moment. They went, yeah, I miss you too, mom. Yeah. There's one part of them that was like, but they were also like, right. Yeah. Cause they can't admit that they missed their mom. Right. But for just a second, they were like, yeah, I should call her. I hope so.
If your college age boy was writing a scooter and Boise over the weekend, just know that this mom was looking out for her. There you go. That's nice of you.
Very nice of you. They were terrorizing downtown on those scooters. They were doing wheelies and trying to like, they were, they were being obnoxious with them. And they were cruising all over the place around the block as fast as they could. They were, they were being annoying.
Erasing each other and doing all of that stuff. And let me say they were being annoying to old folks like us. They were definitely having a good time. They were like, don't you miss your youth? You know what? I said, yeah, if I fall down, I won't break my hips.
I'm flexible and quick healing. What's that like? Remember being 20? Yeah.
And my mom will pay for my hospital bills. Yeah, sure thing. Good for you, bud. I saw a guy talking about the other day, I saw a video online and this guy was talking about how annoying it was that these kids are cruising down the street on these electric scooters. And he was like, I, he was like, I'm going all over in my neighborhood. And I'm watching them and I'm like, these kids got to stop.
Like this is dangerous. They're out in the road. They're, they're not paying attention.
There's no helmets. He's like, they're just going crazy. And then he stopped for just a second and he's telling this whole story and he goes, what would I have been doing if this stuff existed when I was a kid? He goes, I'd be doing exactly the same thing.
And he goes, and then I really looked at what was going on and I went, wait a minute. These kids are outside. They're playing outside. They're terrorizing their neighborhood, riding around on scooters outside. All we ever tell kids to do is go outside, go get some air, go do the thing.
And then we look at them and go, go inside. I'm tired of seeing you. Yeah. Like you're, you're being loud and annoying.
And it's like, you can't have it both ways, right? But then he realized like, how great is it that these kids are out there doing stupid things on scooters, potentially breaking bones. They're getting stories because there's, there's this whole mass of, of young people that went through a generation of screen time dominance that now seeing some kids outside playing is like, how refreshing because they're outside. They're, they're doing it. They're, they're getting dirty. They're, they're going to have an outside story to tell when they get home.
And, and that's really good news. So then I kind of went like, okay, I'll, I'll ease up, but I really am going to hate the day when I see one of those kids hit a car, because that's going to be bad news. They, they fly down the street. Yeah, they're dangerous. They are dangerous. That's why I said have fun, but be safe. Right. Wear a helmet. Yeah. Where's your helmet?
I mostly was, yeah, just kind of pestering them too, because I'm like, I'm kind of jealous of you. You can ride the scooter. I know. You don't ever ride one by yourself. But I gotta do it. I'll never do a wheelie on it. And I'll never do any fly in the jumps.
Because it's too scary. They're real heavy. Yeah. So I don't think you, I don't do wheelies on them, but you should ride one. Wheelie, I don't. Low hanging fruit on your wheelie joke.
They're wheelie, wheelie fun. You should try one though. I think you'd have a good time.
Yeah, maybe. Once you got the hang of it, I think you'd be like, I'm out of here. And you'd, we wouldn't be able to get you off of that thing. Cause you'd be zipping around like one of those 20 year olds. You'd be part of their crew.
And like an agency. Hey guys, can I be a part of you? Can I go fast too? I'm gonna, like you would figure it out and you would love it. Like you've ridden it, but you've, you're like, I'm just gonna hold on and stand on it with you. You should drive your own. You should try it. I just like to be a passenger.
A passenger. You should be in control. They're real easy. I know I've ridden one before.
I've driven one before. When? We did it downtown. I don't think you ever got on it. Yes, I did.
Okay. It was over by smoke and fitness. No, I remember where it was, but I don't remember you riding it. Well, I did. I remember it disappeared for many minutes and we're like, we're going to get called in for our reservation and the scooter and our son and nephew are clear down on the other side of the green belt.
They need to get back here quick. That's what I remember. That's why I didn't go very far because I was like, well, we gotta go.
Well, well, well, well, our reservation is coming up. I just got to go around the block. I don't think you even did that much. I, hey, hey, settle down. Calm down.
I do. You do a thing and, and it's fine that you do it. I'm not being critical.
Let me start by saying that it's just you do a thing that I don't do and you do this for more than just what you want to talk about. The thing you do is if you're going to go to a restaurant that maybe you've never been before or even if you have, you will pull up the menu online before you, like if we're picking a place and it's going to be days before we go there, but we've got a plan, you're looking at the menu to go, what do they serve? What do I like?
What do I want to order? And then you still take time when we're there to decide. Yeah. So why even look? Because I want to see what the options are. And then I pick, before I go, I pick like my top, maybe three or five choices. And then I go, that sounds good.
I think I'm going to pick that. It's exhausting. And then when I, three or five.
Yeah. And then when I get there, I go, oh, I'm kind of feeling this or I'm kind of feeling this. And then I order and then it's great.
It's not exhausting. For me, I just show up at the place and then I look at the menu and I make my decision then when it, when it matters. I like to look at the menu before I go. Yeah.
Yeah. But why? Because I like it.
You like to figure out your top three to five. Yeah, I do. Okay. And then I make my final decision.
Yeah. Once I get there. I just make my decision at all there.
All of it. I look at it and I go, oh yeah. That's got broccoli in it. That sounds nice. That's got something else in it. Okay.
Maybe that. And then I go, nah, I think I'll just do that. And I make my decision. It's pretty easy.
No, I know. It's pretty easy to look at the menu beforehand too. It's not complicated. I just think that if you, if you look at the menu ahead of time, you would make a formulated decision so that the ordering time would be less stressful for you. Because you still sit down and go, what are you having? What are you having?
What are you having? Like a social acceptance of what you want has to happen before you order. Like you have to go, no, I wouldn't ever order that. Well, no kidding. So don't. Why do you have to ask all these questions? Just order what you want. No, I like to know what everybody else orders though.
Yeah. It's never a, would you order? Because I think I want to order that. It's never a, I can't decide what I want. It's mostly it feels like you're trying to decide what you want because you then you'll go, should I pick A or B? And then, and I have no idea what A or B is. And so then I'll go, I guess B and you go, no, I'm going to have a, well, then just pick a, quit asking. What's going on over there?
But this is, I said this extends beyond menus. We're going to go to a concert in a few weeks. Have you already looked at the playlist?
Do you know the set list for the show we're going to go to? Yes. Yeah. Why? Go enjoy the show.
Be surprised by something. Because I like to know if they're going to play my favorite song or not. They're going to play lots of stuff.
I know they are. Just go have a good time. And I will.
Yeah. But why you got to know? I don't know because it's exciting to know. And I go, oh, they're going to play that one. Oh, yeah. Oh, they have that sandwich.
Delightful. We went to a, we went to a grilled cheese place over the weekend when we were in Boise and we walked up and I had no idea what they served. You were trying to find a menu online. I'm like, just walk in and look at it and go, look at that. 16 different kinds of grilled cheese.
Oh, they have a Cuban. I'm sold. I'm done. I don't need to look any further because I know exactly what I'm going to order. The second I saw Cuban grilled cheese, I went, I'm done. But sometimes I order stuff and I go, I wish I'd gotten that other thing.
Yeah. Sometimes I order stuff and I go, oh, I made the right decision. Most times you go, I clearly, I made the best decision. And I go, quit judging everybody else's food.
What are you doing that for? I ordered the Cuban. I'm very pleased. Yeah. It's not your palette. And no, I know. I'm not judging you for making your decision. Yes, it feels like you are.
I'm also just- Oh, I'd never get that. Clearly, I made the best choice. Yeah, for you. You didn't make the best choice for me. I don't know.
I don't know why I do the things that I do. You're a strange one. I know. I tell myself that every day. You do? You go, I'm a strange one. I have to live with this whole brain. I get it. I know. I know what she's like.
She's so weirdo. I know. Okay. As long as you know. I'm full on aware.
Two thumbs up. Yesterday, I learned about weird AI. Have you heard of weird AI?
No. So apparently, weird AI is this thing online that a young person discovered that is like this AI that has taken popular songs and then rewritten the words to these popular songs and then put them out on streaming services so that you can hear them. But the words are not the same as the original words. They're new words, but they're really funny. So there's a song from Michael Jackson called Bad, but weird AI has one that's called Fat.
And all of the lyrics are about like ham sandwiches and weighing a lot. What are you doing with this? What are you doing? So weird AI also has some other ones.
There's one from Queen that's called Another One Bites the Dust. Josh, stop. Get real.
No, this is real. I saw this video and this young person was explaining to her dad all about weird AI. And weird AI also has all these songs where the words are different and they're really funny, but they're like the original song, but with different words.
And so, but you should hear some of them. It's called Weird AI. So she does not understand weird Al. Oh, weird Al.
It's not weird AI. Tell me what's going on. That's what's going on. She was confused. Because AI is A capital I, which is a lowercase l. Yeah, it is. And so when she was looking through a playlist, discovered Fat from Weird Al and was telling her dad all about weird AI. And then played some of the songs for him. And he said, you guys got to hear about weird AI.
I'm just learning about this. Weird AI is taken over. And they've got all kinds of stuff out here. Like another one rides the bus instead of another one bites the dust from weird AI. So weird AI is taken over. Get real, you say. Well, what is happening?
What are you doing? It's really funny because she is like singing along to some of this stuff. And he's like, I've never heard of this. This is wild.
And he's like, I could absolutely sing every word to this song right now. You got to hear about weird AI. Check this out. This is so funny.
Yeah. But the way she was explaining what a parody song was was really funny too. Because she's like, it's like popular songs you've heard before, but they put new words to it. And it's super funny.
You got to hear this one. Like it's all about fat instead of bad from Michael Jackson. And then she's explaining it. And then she turns it on and goes, and I went, this is weird. Oh, it was super funny. Yeah. So watch out kids. Weird AI taken over for all of us.
Taking over. Weird AI. I saw weird AI live. I did too. It was a good show.
It was awesome. He's got to embrace that. Like I hope that gets to him.
Oh, of course it will. And then he goes, okay, they think I'm weird AI. Alrighty. And listen, weird. I was weird AI before AI was even, I mean, you know, that's called imagination. Yeah, that was, that's like, that's real, man. That is for real. That's awesome.
Anyway, now you know all about weird AI. Get real. Get real. What's going on?
Get real. I didn't know what you were doing. What you were just, I don't know. That's being weird. Would you rather this or that? Would you rather never know where you're going or never know what time you're leaving?
What? Would I rather never know what? Never know where you're going.
Okay. Well, I always know where I'm going. No, but now you don't. So you're saying, so you always have to be driven and nobody ever tells you where you're going. That seems obnoxious.
Yeah. Or you're somewhere at work, at a party, at a dinner function, at a scouting event, but you'd never know when it ends. I'm taking that because that's life. I feel like I never know when I'm going to leave.
I've arrived at a thing. I never know when I'm going to be done. But you're in control of when you get to leave. I mean, I could just leave. Yeah, you can. Yeah. Most of the time.
But I never know when that is. Stop talking and then you can leave. What are you talking about? Listen. No, you listen. No, because there's other responsibilities. I never know when I'm going to leave.
Like, if I go to a party and it starts at a certain time, if it doesn't have a listed end time, I don't know when I'm leaving. That's what I'm saying. You can stay as long as you want. Yeah. That's just life.
So if you go to a party, you just go, I think I'm done here and then you leave. Yeah, but I don't know when that is. You get to make that decision.
No, I know. That's why I'm selecting that as the two things. At least then I know where I'm at. No, I want to, yeah, I'm going to never know where I'm going because I don't like to know what time I'm, I don't want to not know what time I'm leaving. But you don't. But I do.
No. Because I go, okay, I'm done here. I'm going to go. But you didn't say I can never leave. You just said I don't know when, which I don't anyway.
Yeah, but somebody else is in control of when you leave. You didn't say that. That's implied.
No, it's not. You just said I don't know when. Yeah, because somebody else is dictating when you can leave. You didn't say that. It's implied. It's not implied. It's missing information that has only recently been made available to me. I did not have that information. You said, would you rather not know where you're going, which you then explained as you'll be driven somewhere and you don't know where you're going to turn up.
That sounds awful. Or you don't know when you're going to leave. Okay. No, I hate that. I don't know when I'm going to leave anywhere. Yes, you do. What time am I leaving today?
Probably two or three, which is what you do every day. Yeah, but I don't know when. Yeah, but you're making me crazy. Ask a better question.
Give all of the information. Don't change your rules mid question. I didn't change any rules. All of a sudden, someone else is in control. That's new info. I didn't have that in the beginning.
The point I'm trying to make is you always kind of inhabit, you have an idea of when you're supposed to leave regardless of where you are. You're at work. You know, well, I get done at this time.
I'm supposed to be there for this time. Right. But if I get wrapped up into a bigger project or if I get done early, bonus, you know? Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Yeah, but I don't know what time that'll be. I never do.
Every day is a new adventure. What time are you getting out of here? I don't know. It happens when it happens. What time are you going to take a lunch?
Ooh, good question. Should I go at 11? Should I wait till noon? Maybe it won't be till one like yesterday. I never know. I don't operate like that.
Nope. I always have a plan in my head of what time things are going to happen. So that's why you're picking, you're going to turn up somewhere you have no idea, rather than have an impact on your schedule. Yeah, yeah, because I don't, it's crazy to me that you, like right now you're like, I don't know what I'm going to have lunch.
Well, I eat lunch at noon every day. But that could change. It could, it absolutely could, but that's, I know that I'm getting out of there. Yesterday, I was in a whole bunch of different projects. I couldn't just walk away. I was in the middle of stuff. So by the time I got around to lunch, it was like one when I texted you and said, Hey, I think I'm going to get something to eat. And you said you want something. I said, No, I've already eaten. It's one o'clock. Yeah. I'm on a schedule. I got around to it. I live by the clock.
Yeah, no. Clock lives by me. Would you rather this or that? I went on a bit of an adventure yesterday, evening.
I went and hiked the Manan Butte, which is about a three mile hike. You've done that before. I have.
Now, I've done it a couple of times. When you and I went the first time, we went up the just the mean trail that is like uphill the whole way. And there's a chain at the end. And it's really difficult. And it's steep. And they take fifth graders up this thing, or at least they used to. And they would take you up to hike them an An Butte.
When that was one of the things when you were going to school around here, they would take you on a field trip to go hike them an An Butte with your water bottle and your sack lunch and up you'd go. Yuck. Yeah. That's a dumb field trip. Isn't that fun? No, that's a dumb field trip.
You get to go explore nature. Anyway, went and did it last night. And I got to tell you, I've not necessarily been working out as much as I would like to, but I've been working on my mental health, I suppose. And in a way that I've been like, you need to take more time and slow yourself down. And not that we're out there to like run a race. I'm not running in like trail running or anything. I'm just out for a walk.
Yeah. But I always find myself kind of hot steppin, moving quick, wearing myself out. But I've been doing some research about better hiking habits. And I was studying some of the people in Nepal that do a lot of hiking, not just the Everest folks, the Sherpas for Everest, but some of people that live there that hike all day. And they don't necessarily get exhausted. But what are they doing?
What's their form? How are they like doing this? And I started learning a little bit more about pacing and taking your time. And the big secret to being able to hike further distances is to pace yourself at 70, 80% effort. Not 100. I'm not running.
Yeah. I'm not exhausting myself. If I can keep myself at a 70 to 80% exertion level, I can hike for a very long time. So I kind of put that in my head. What does that look like in practice? It looks like spending time on the trail enjoying the process. No, I know, but rather than just pushing. Is it like walk until you get tired or walk until you just feel like you need to stop? What I found was that I didn't need to stop and take breaks as nearly as often. And then the other thing that was sort of weird was that with that change in my head, parts of the hike that were normally very exhausting, because I was pacing myself appropriately and taking smaller steps and like doing my ascents a little bit more deliberately, I was not, I wasn't out of breath. I didn't have like, I'm like, I can't do this.
I'm way out of shape. Like all the usual things that run through my head didn't. And then when I got to the top of the part, that's usually a big challenge that's slippery and very, very steep.
I got up there and I went, how was that not such a big deal as it has been in previous years? And that was, you know, we've talked a lot about like hiking is 80 to 90% mental. It's like 10% physical, but getting out of your head and removing the barriers of the difficult thing really makes a huge difference. And I just went like, hey, I can do this.
It's no big deal. And it's slow yourself down, take in the noise, enjoy being out on the trail. And it really helped. I had a really good experience. Really enjoyed it.
Good job. It was, it was strange at how like low impact it was. And I really was like, Oh no, like I really had a good time doing that three miles. And it was like an hour and a half hour, 45 minutes.
So I wasn't like in a rush. And it was windy and cold. But the wind changed when we got up onto the, up onto the rim of the butte. And you kind of, if you've never done the hike, you get up to the top and you walk around the rim of the volcano, which is kind of cool.
And so you get up there and we're walking around. And by the time we got over to kind of the, we went clockwise. And so when we got over to the west rim, the wind had like gone away.
And so the rest of the hike was really pleasant. It got cold. The weather, because the wind was coming out of the north, the temperature dropped. So it was chilly. And I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt, which was less than awesome by the time I got done. But it was such a good hike. Well, good job.
Yeah. And I haven't done it in a year. And I went and re-took a picture and sent it to you. So you got a new one, an updated photo from me on top of Manan Butte.
Just, you know, for, for whatever you need that for. I like the old one better. Do you? The new one is nice, but the old one is one of my favorite pictures of all time. Well, I'll take another one in a year. Okay.
And we'll see. I'll just have a progression of Manan Butte sunset photos for you. Anyway, it was a good hike. It's a, if you've never done it, Manan Butte's a good one.
It's only three miles. Okay. It's not my favorite, but I know a lot of people really love it. Yeah. It's not my favorite. Okay.
I don't think it's very pretty. Do you have a favorite? It's so cool up there. It's old volcano. Yeah, I know, but it's just not very pretty. Because it's old volcano. I know. You're walking on an extinct volcano. It's not my favorite.
Oh, it's cool. I like the hike to lower Palisades. Do you? I like that one. That's pretty. That's four miles just to get in.
It's eight miles round trip. I know. I've done it. If you do that one. I know. I've done it.
So that's substantially longer than the three miles around the Manan Butte. I know. Okay. Let's wrap up today's show. Let's wrap it up.
All right. Have a good rest of Tuesday. Remember to get out and vote.
It is primary election day. That's right. We're going to go do that. Yeah.
I do it for the sticker. You know? Oh, yeah. When they say, do you want a sticker? Oh, yeah.
Yeah. Why do you think I'm here? Free stickers. That's what I'm here for. I mean, voting was nice, but I'm here for the stick.
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You'll need that. All right. Have a good day. We'll see you tomorrow.
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