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Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Monday, July 7th, 2025
Episode summary introduction:
Chantel had to borrow my headphones today, we have a 'found' cell phone from Riverfest, a 12 year old hero made Good News, Chantel cleaned out the fridge & threw away all of Josh's sauce, we didn't get the right kind of watermelon, Chantel thinks 25MPH is way too slow, we recap our 4th of July, the kids really want to talk about their monster truck filled weekend, our daughter tested our parenting limits, Josh finally replaced the water filters, we heard eagles in our backyard, tropical depression Chantal is making landfall, a quick and easy Would You Rather, and Disney has special flags.
Timestamps:
(0:00) - Bonus: Plane yoga
(1:32) - Chantel's lost headphones
(4:59) - We found a lost cell phone
(10:54) - Good News to Get You Going
(12:59) - Chantel threw away the ranch
(19:06) - Watermelon update
(23:26) - Chantel got pulled over
(27:41) - 4th of July recap
(34:59) - Monster trucks
(39:42) - Testing the limits
(42:51) - Water filters
(46:52) - Eagles in the backyard
(49:48) - Tropical depression Chantal
(52:36) - Would You Rather This or That
(53:34) - Disney flags
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Full show transcript:
What is that thing that you like to do in the studio, that you didn't do today, but usually you do? Stretch. Stretching, what do we call it? Studio yoga. Have you heard of plain yoga?
No. Okay. Look. Apparently, it's kind of a scam. But, but good stretching and, doing some yoga is a good time.
Right? And if you're on a long flight, like when we flew to New York, you're cramped in the seat. You don't get a lot of time to stretch out. You're sitting for hours in a small seat. So some flight crews have started leading plane yoga exercises I love it.
Where they get on the PA, and they direct passengers to move and bend their bodies, but it is a little bit self serving. There are multiple videos on TikTok that are showing plain yoga exercises, except that when they tell you to touch your toes, they then instruct you to pick up any trash on the floor while while you're looking at them. So, you know, they're kinda like, hey. Alright, everybody. We're gonna do some plain yoga.
Go ahead and pull that seat back up. Alright. Great. Now make sure your tray is folded up. See?
And then they just work it into the stuff they normally have to do. Yeah. That's And then they're like, awesome. Alright. Now we're ready for landing.
Everybody stay safe. Everybody buckle up. That's right. Yep. Smart.
Yeah. Plain yoga. So they're they're calling it a scam because they're just getting you to, like, clean up the airplane for them. I know. I like it.
That's some forward thinking. Right. Right. You wanna start the show? Do it.
Alright. Alright. We're here. Here we are. Hi.
Hello. Good morning. Good morning. I haven't worn headphones for a few days, so everything sounds a little bit weird. These aren't even my headphones.
I know. Are you experiencing a different sound? Kinda. Yeah. Every single pair of, of headphones is different.
You don't have, yours. Yours are misplaced this morning, so you're using my backup pair, which that pair that you're wearing is my oldest pair of headphones, and they are still in dang good shape, I would say. Tip top condition. I mean, they they've the the little, what do they call that? The little foam pads on both the pair I'm wearing and the pair you're wearing because they wear out have been replaced.
Your pair is, like, what, three years old. So your pair is, like, brand new. But that pair, I have had, boy, well, Pocatello. So 2,008? It's an old pair of headphones.
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, they're no Beats by Dre. I'll tell you what. I've had a a long conversation with our son about headphones and what you get for what you pay for.
And, and you pay for a name and a whole bunch of plastic when you buy those. The stuff that we're wearing is studio professional you know, it's metal parts. There's there's plastic bits, but most of it's metal, and they sell replacement parts for everything. And so, and they're like a $100. It's not like you're paying $300 for these headphones, and you gotta wear them every day.
It's like a tool. And and they're sturdy, and they're a great headphone. They sound good. They say, like, professional studio on them. I know, Josh.
Yeah. We've had this headphone conversation with our kids for I don't know how many years. But did you hear what, what he was telling our daughter, Emery No. About headphones? Mm-mm.
He was, don't buy that stuff. It's just plastic. You don't want all that. You're just buying a name brand. And I went, yes.
Victory. Now if he applies that hated him. I know. But if he applies that to other things in life that that he's trying to purchase, hopefully, he'll buy some quality product and not just something that has some flashy name on it that is, literally you're paying for the name. I get it.
Oh, but they sound so good. Okay. It's not Bose here, buddy. Nice. Bose.
You know what I mean? I do. Yeah. Is Bose the one that in the commercial, the guy was blown away? That was RCA.
Okay. That's old school. Yeah. It is. Yeah.
Anyway, we're here. You we have we have headphones, so that's a good start. What is going on today? Do you have any idea? Back to work today after a holiday weekend, and that's totally lame.
Yeah. That seems to be a thing, isn't it? Yeah. Totally lame. You you like that?
But I am took today off. Several people. Why didn't we? It's fine. We can work.
Here we are. We're happy to be here. What you tell yourself, you believe. Is that right? Good morning.
Put that on a shirt. What you tell yourself, you believe. That's solid advice. I like it. Just a second ago, I was talking to Victor, from K Bear over there.
And I I was talking to him because someone left a phone in here. And and he was in here, during the Melaleuca Freedom celebration. He was making sure that if something went awry where you and I were broadcasting and where I was pushing the button to start the music and everything, he was making sure that, everything in the studio was still functioning. So he's like a backup, in case something disconnected, and I wasn't able to to, do it from from Snake River Landing, he'd be here. So Right.
We walk in this morning, and there's this, this cell phone sitting here. And I said, oh, maybe Victor knows what this is about. So I wander over, and I said, hey. I found a phone in the studio. He goes, oh, yeah.
About that phone that was handed to me at Riverfest. It's someone's phone. We didn't know what to do with it, so I left it there so we could try to find the person that owns that phone. Oh. I said, oh, okay.
So it's like a lost pet. I've got now a stray animal I need to find the owner of. And it's probably dead. Yeah. I I turned it on.
It had a passcode screen. I don't know the passcode. Right. And then it immediately died died. So I do have this phone.
I think the, the best thing probably to do, I'm gonna charge it. That way, if somebody tries to call it, I I can answer it. So that's probably step one. Step two would be, I'll probably post some pictures of it Yeah. On, on socials because then, somebody can see it.
And then if you know the pin, clearly, it's yours. Right? I would think. It's a good way to tell. Right?
So, anyway, that's what I'm gonna try to do is charge it and then post about it on social media. But we have this, we we possess a stray pet. Oh, no. Yeah. In the form of a phone.
Here's the thing. You become so attached to your phone. Yeah. I bet the person who has lost that, it's like losing your wallet. Uh-huh.
But your phone has. Everything. Yeah. Yeah. And how do you get ahold of somebody?
Well and you'd probably you know, if you lose it, then you could have been from out of town. Like, there's this is gonna be difficult. This is gonna be a challenge. Yeah. It is.
But we'll talk about it a couple of times. We'll post on socials about it. We'll see if we can find the person who owns it. But but if you, if you lose that, you're probably presuming that someone stole it or, you know, something like that. Well, we have it.
It's it's in good hands. Just need to find out whose hands it should be in. Because somebody if it's a if it's a kid or a teenager, somebody's in trouble. Oh, I hope not. It's just silly.
It's a simple mistake. But somebody's, like, lost their phone. Oh, no. So We have a phone. We have a phone.
And we'll try to see if we can find who owns it. So, yeah, we'll get the phone line opened up. We'll get an email out there. We'll we'll make some contact happen, as best we can to see if we can get this phone back home. What do you do?
Here's the question. Because at my other job, there was also a lost phone. Mhmm. And I saved it for oh, god. I probably saved it for about a year and a half.
And same. I didn't have any way. We posted it. We nobody came to claim it for over a year and a half. And then I go, what what should I do with this phone?
Should I take it back to the phone dealership? Like, do I take it to Verizon? That you call them a phone dealership. What are they? What would you call it?
I don't know. That's a that's a good way of putting it. That's all I'm saying. It's a phone dealership. Yeah.
I don't know what to do with it. It's still sitting there, but I would like to get rid of it at some point. So I thought about just taking it to the phone company and being like, hey. Is there any way you can, like, see who this belongs to? And maybe they don't use the same phone company.
I don't know. Yeah. I don't know either. Anyway, we have a lost phone. If you know somebody who has lost a phone, tell them we have it.
We might have it. If it might not be your phone. I'll tell you it's not an iPhone. It is, it it I would say it's probably a Samsung, if I had to guess. But it doesn't have any no.
It's not. It's not that. It it runs Android, but it is not a Samsung. It is not a Google Pixel. It is not a an iPhone.
Okay. It is, it is a strange phone. It's a stray. Stray phone. This is a mutt.
We have we have a stray mutt, and we will find its home. Okay. That's our that's our new mission. By the end of this week, we gotta find out who owns this phone. Yeah.
You don't wanna hang on to it for longer than that. That's exactly right. Go, what do I do with this phone? Right. And I I know the provider, and I don't think you can just, take it into an office.
That's what I was asking. You can't? No. Why? Because it's not AT and T.
It's not T Mobile. It's not Verizon. Oh, no. Mhmm. Interesting.
Yeah. I don't and I I don't know if it's a prepay. I'll have to look into it a little bit. Maybe it's a burner. Now you're involved in a crime ring.
Great. It has glitter on it. You're involved in it. I'm involved in a glittery crime. Involved in a heist.
It's a unicorn's phone. Anyway, we'll try to find the the owner as as quickly as we can. And maybe they'll make, good news to get you going when we do. Hey, yes. And we'll see.
Great idea. Alright. That's what's coming up next. Some good news to get you going. I've got two really good stories here.
I'm gonna I'm gonna just pick one, because they're both really excellent stories. But here's this story. This one comes out of Petersburg, Virginia. A 12 year old named Ramir Parker, became a real life superhero when a fire broke out in his home. He woke up to strange noises and thick black smoke.
And he didn't panic. Instead, he acted, which is amazing. He scooped up his baby brothers, ages one and two, and ran outside. He said, I just fit him inside my arms, and I ran outside the house. Oh.
His work wasn't done, though. He then ran back into the burning home to rescue his grandmother as well, and everyone made it out safely Well done. Just minutes before the firefighters arrived, which is just unreal. His, adventure concluded when he was honored at a local government meeting where the mayor gave him proclamation declaring him a municipal hero because of how critical his swift response was in preserving the life and minimum, minimizing harm. And they added that, Ramir showed a level of bravery and presence of mind well beyond his years, which is really impressive.
Name? Ramire Parker is 12 years old from Petersburg, Virginia. Good job, buddy. Yeah. Way to execute a plan.
I mean, hopefully, they had talked about that. That's a really important thing that we try to encourage people to do, is to have a contingency plan. You gotta have a a house fire plan. You gotta have a, you know, a a storm plan, a some of the power goes out plan. You gotta have things in place that you you know, everybody in the house is aware of.
Here's where you go. You're just gonna you can reach out to in the neighborhood. Quickly. And then you gotta just follow through when, hopefully you know, I know people get a little serious about it, run practice drills and stuff. If that's your style, cool.
But at least have a plan and talk about it. That's that's the big deal. So, anyway, well done. Ramir Parker, from Petersburg, Virginia is good news to get you going. Should I get a stack of sticky notes and attach them to things?
Should I get a marker and write on stuff when I put it in the fridge? Like, how do I keep stuff around so that when I wanna use it, it's still there? A sticky note's not a bad idea. Okay. Do sticky notes, fall off in the fridge?
Probably when they get cold. I just need to know you need to write a note that says don't throw away. That's what I'm saying. And then put a date on it. No.
I'm not gonna put a date. I'm gonna say don't throw away, and then you can just guess. No. No. No.
No. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Because if that thing's been in there for over six months Can I ask Sure? How many times have I left things in the fridge for over six months? Lots of times. Zero. Zero times.
No. Unless it's, like, a bottle of ketchup because that's gross. I'm not gonna touch it anyway. And it's fine. And ketchup sits in there for years.
Yeah. Yeah. Here's what happened. Let's rewind. Sure.
Before we cut before we try to come up with solutions, let's explain the problem. Okay. The problem is, I made taquitos, one day over the weekend. And I said, you know what would be awesome? If I had some good restaurant ranch dressing, which I love, and I save when I get it.
And I could mix in a little bit of salsa, maybe some hot sauce, and make a spicy ranch for my taquitos. So I go and I open the fridge, and I knew that just a couple of days prior, we had had, some some good, local pizza, then they have a really nice ranch. And so they had given me an extra cup of ranch, and I was like, yes. I'm gonna save this. I because I know I'll I'll use this.
It's good restaurant ranch. This is awesome. I put it in the fridge. And then when I made the ta quitos and had this amazing idea that I was going to make this spicy ranch, I opened up the fridge, and I can't find the ranch. It's missing.
The little tiny plastic black cup of ranch has gone missing. And and my immediate response was, she threw it away. So I said, hey. Did you, throw away that little cup of ranch I had? And you said, in this voice, yeah.
And I said, alrighty. I'll use the gross ranch. So I was able to get the product. Yeah. It just was not the quality I get it.
That I wanted it to be. I'm sorry. There was something else that I threw away too. What do Do you remember the other thing I threw away? I'm trying to remember, but it happened twice this weekend.
I went to the fridge, and I said, hey. Where's that at? Where's that other thing? Then you oh, yeah. Threw that away.
So here's the thing. Stop it. Well, here's the thing. Other thing, Josh. Yeah.
Sometimes the fridge gets too full, and so things need to be thrown away. And when I look at little packets of ranch, I go, how long have we had this? Yeah. Two days. I didn't I actually don't go, how long have we had this?
No. You just throw it away. Here's here's what happens. There's a mosquito in the studio, and it keeps flying around. That's a that's a tangent.
I had a squirrel moment. Here's what here's what happens, and it happened over the weekend in a house cleaning project. You get stuck on these little tiny things. Uh-huh. And so when you opened up the fridge, you probably were like, I'm just gonna grab something.
I wanna cheese. I don't know what it was. And as you were standing there looking for something to munch on, you went, this thing's gross. No. And so you pulled the garbage can over, and you just started chucking stuff.
No. I really had the intention of cleaning out the fridge because I knew that there wasn't gonna be room for stuff when we needed to go to the grocery store. Mhmm. So I said, I'm gonna clean this up. And that little tiny black cup was in the way.
It's a two ounce cup of ranch. Get out of here. I don't know how long you've been in here, but you look strange. You gotta go. Two days.
Honestly didn't think anyone was gonna eat it. My bad. I'm sorry. So here's the the way the pendulum will swing. It's gonna go completely the other way where you're gonna go, I'm just gonna leave that stuff in there.
And then That's not true. And then six months will go by, and you'll go, look at that gross ranch. I should've thrown away six months ago. Yeah. Exactly.
Yeah. That is how it's gonna I know. So just make a note. So that's why I'm asking. Back to the original beginning, is the solution right do not throw away on the sticky note?
What's the date? I'm gonna create a space for you in the fridge. Here's the solution. Oh, this is nice. You're gonna This is how I ended up with a third of the closet in the bedroom.
You created a space for me. That's nice. Thank you for that. So the whole fridge is yours. Here's what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna put my sauces in the outside fridge because you don't care what that one looks like. No. I don't care about that. That's a good idea. Put them in a spot in the outside fridge, and I'll just have yeah.
See? This is what happens. I gotta move my stuff out so that you can have comfort in your spaces. Alright. I'll keep all my stuff in my little room.
I'll bring the mini fridge out of the shed, put it in my studio, and just go, there we go. That's good. Now I have a spot for my sauces that won't get thrown away. Josh, just put your stuff in the garage. That's where you Or just don't throw my stuff away.
Or maybe was I home when you were doing this? Yes. So you could've said, hey. How old is this ranch? And I'd say, that's from Friday.
It's good. I'm gonna use it for tiktitos later. It was from Wednesday. So there. And it got thrown away on?
Friday. Two days later. Two days. We talked about, watermelon seeds fitting contest because you were talking about hot dog eating contests. That's right.
Joey Chestnut. Did he win? I don't know. Oh, we gotta find out. Sure he did.
Okay. So then I thought watermelon seed spitting contest used to be a thing. Right. And I was like, we're gonna do it. And then we had a whole conversation about how you were gonna kick a watermelon Yes.
In half. Right. You were gonna punch a watermelon. I didn't ever talk about kicking one in half. I thought I probably could, but I really wanted to punch my way through one.
I feel like I could punch through a watermelon. Well, guess what happened? We didn't do it. We didn't do it. And you bought a seedless watermelon.
A watermelon, but it was seedless. Right. And I went, well, that was a bad idea. Right. It was a great watermelon, though.
It was I just ate some for breakfast, and it was very delicious. Yeah. So we do have a friend who is in she did I think she's I think she's in karate. Okay. I think she's a black belt in karate.
Okay. Uh-huh. So she got a watermelon Yeah. And she was able to her daughter was able to kick a hole in it. Right.
She said she tried to punch it, but she didn't have anything stable to support it. So she kept hitting the chair's arms that were holding it. What I'm saying. That's the hardest part for me was trying to figure out how am I going to brace this watermelon in a position where I can punch through it. Because I feel like it needs to be, like, punching bag height.
Like, I don't wanna punch it on the ground. Like, it needs to sort of, you know, it needs some firm support so that when you punch, you punch all the way through. She said it was more difficult than she thought it was gonna be. Yeah. And she's a black belt in karate.
I get it. I'm just saying, you think you can punch a hole through it. I do. Like a cartoon. Yeah.
I feel like I'm like a cartoon. I can punch through it. Okay. She cracked it. Yes.
She did. But she was also having problems with bracing it, and I think that's the big deal. You have to have a really solid brace Now on that watermelon. And kicking it originally came up because there was a thing on the Internet a while ago where it was a it was squeeze it between your thighs. Yeah.
It was a attack trend where you could break it by squeezing it with your thighs. That's right. You said you could do that pretty easily too. I didn't say easily. I said I think I could do that.
Okay. There's no easy about it. It's a watermelon. It's got some it's got some It's got some bulk. Yeah.
For sure. I think it's probably easier to squeeze a a long watermelon than a round one. So I wanna squeeze a long one. I feel like there's more surface area to squeeze in the center. A round one is gonna be harder to squeeze in half.
I wanna I wanna punch one, and I'm also thinking it's gonna be a long one. I want long watermelons Okay. Not round ones. I think that's important. K.
I'm gonna find one. The long ones. Kidding you. We're gonna do this because you think that you can do this. And then it's gonna have seeds in it, so then we can also use it for the watermelon seed spitting contest.
Okay. That's fine. See who can spit their watermelon the longest, the furthest. Did I get him? I think I might have got him that time.
Oh, no. That mosquito is driving me crazy. I know he is. I haven't seen him yet. I don't think he's real.
Okay. Well, I hope I got him. Joey Chestnut won. Good. I'm so happy to hear it.
He ate 70 and a half hot dogs. Oh my gross. He had hoped to break his own record of 76, and he said, man, I really wish I'd eaten a couple more. I wanted to get 77. He didn't.
He got 70 and a half in ten minutes. That makes my stomach hurt just thinking about it. That's too many hot dogs. Ugh. Gross.
And watered down buns. Yes. We gotta stop talking about it. Don't talk about it anymore. I wanna hear about it.
It's time for confession time with Chantel. Why don't you tell everybody what happened? I got pulled over. Yeah. Uh-huh.
He pulled me over Right. And said, did you know that you were speeding? I'm just saying, yes. I'm not gonna lie and pretend that I didn't know that I was speeding, but I also didn't know that it was a 25 mile per hour zone. Mhmm.
And I also didn't know why anything is marked as a 25 mile per hour area because it's too darn slow. Right. So the speed limit's at fault here. Is that what I'm understanding? Yeah.
I didn't know it was 25. 25 is too slow. This the road should keep up with me. Exactly. Right.
He, he was next to me at the light. Okay. And he said I took off pretty quick. Yeah. I have ridden with you before.
That checks out. So he got behind me. Uh-huh. And as the kids say, he lit me up. Yeah.
Boop boop. Yeah. Did he do one of those? He did not. He just hit the lights.
He just turned on his lights. But inside, did you go whoop whoop? No. Inside, I went. Is that I think you probably did that outside.
I did do that. No. Whoop whoop whoop. And I pulled over, and he comes over. I had all my stuff already put together for him.
I handed him my little packet. I said, here you go. And he's like, you knew you were speeding. Yes. I did.
Run my stuff. 20 five's too slow. And then he said that he paced me at thirty seven. Dude. Dude, what?
You showed me where this happened. You would have had to have taken off pretty quick. Right. There's not a lot of space for you to get going 37 in between lights. As Emery said, we have Life three sixty, and it'll tell you where you are, like, where Mhmm.
Members of your family are. And it'll tell you if you're driving or if you're walking. And she said, my car is mostly always a race car. Yeah. Pretty much.
And that means you're going too fast. And you mean you're a race car. Mhmm. Anyway, so the polite officer said I was gonna print you a warning, but, I'm in a new car, and I can't figure out how the printer works. You got lucky.
So I got a verbal warning. Mhmm. And he said, go slow. And I said, I will. I promise.
And then you took off. Oh, no. You burned tires? No. Then I told the kids because I said this is a learning moment, guys.
Like, this is what you do when you get pulled over. We have one driver and another soon to be driver. Right. And I drove away. I did the speed limit.
I said this is very slow. They, they put those there for a reason. I know what Like, it's not a suggestion. I thought it was 35 there. I really did.
So at 37 know. Now I know. It would've been funny if he went I I paced you at 27. You're going a little hot there. It's 25.
Is there no leeway? That's fine. I admitted that I was in the wrong. I knew I was in the wrong. Last time I got pulled over, it was a very similar speed also in a 25, which is typically the speed limit in a residential.
But this this road is half residential, half canal. So I feel like that road could be a little bit quicker, but apparently not. Well, he said he asked me, is there any particular reason why you are going so fast? I said, no. I just have a zippy little car.
I didn't tell him that. No way. No. This car doesn't go 25. It's broken.
25. Who does 25? Law abiding citizens. That's who. The July 4 has come and gone.
And can we talk a little bit about the July 4? Please do. Alright. So, you and I started up a breakfast tradition, which is awesome. So we did that.
And then, made our way to, the Riverfest activities happening at Snake River Landing. We we have foregone the parade in the past couple of years. Yeah. As our kids have gotten older, they choose not to go to the parade. So we've made it our tradition to go to out to breakfast while everybody else is at the parade.
Right. It usually is pretty dead at breakfast. But this year Yeah. I think the rain kinda kept a lot of people I think you're right. From the parade.
It it felt a little busy. It did feel busy. I think as we left breakfast, I think it got busier because I think the rain was was, like, increased and people were like, let's dip out. Yeah. Let's go grab breakfast instead.
There was some soggy Yeah. Pictures I saw. Yeah. Yeah. For sure.
Four people in the parade. Lots yeah. People walking that thing and yeah. But it happened, rain or shine Yeah. Which is which is great.
And then, yeah, made it to, Riverfest, Idaho Falls Community Hospital Riverfest, and, we were there with, Stones Kia, and we were there with Tag and Go Car Wash, and we were there with ICCU and all the vendors and, Rev Motorsports. You and I got to cruise around, pretty pretty good portion of the day in a side by side from Rev Motorsports. Now you had a pretty good time, I think. In the in the Can Am. By side.
In the Can Am. Yeah. Yes. It was pretty fun. I enjoyed it.
I sunburned my thighs. Very what? Yes. You see? I sunburned my thighs.
We weren't able to go very fast. Well, yeah, because there's people around. So I wish we could have gone a little bit faster. But when you could open it up on a big stretch of Yeah. Of road.
Open her up. Yeah. Really let her fly. Watch out 25 miles per hour. Pretty fun.
Felt quite quick, didn't it? It did feel pretty fun. 25 miles per hour felt quick when you were limited to, like, 11. But that was a lot of fun. That was fun.
And then, you know, the kids zone was packed. We've we've wandered around, got some different food, which was great. And then, made our way to the Melaleuca Freedom Celebration, to kinda close out the night. And holy smokes. Literally.
I mean, that There was some smoke. That, that thirty one minute tribute was absolutely incredible. It was insane. It was it was pretty spectacular. Definitely one of the best that I've seen.
I shared, on our Facebook page and on the Classy ninety seven community, Facebook group, Melaleuca posted the finale. And so I shared that. If you missed the finale, oh my goodness. Like, standing as close as we were, I guess, sitting as close as we were, directly under it, my body went, what's happening? Like, it was crazy.
I think my body was in shock of, like, what should we do? Should we should we run? Should we flee? Should we stay? It was a little bit stress to my body, and I had to remind myself that it's okay.
Settle down. It's just a lot of noise. Yeah. Absolutely spectacular. A lot of boom.
And they say that it was 18,715 high flying fireworks. Really? Yeah. Incredible. Yeah.
Yeah. In thirty one minutes, which is just amazing. You were in charge of pushing the button That's right. To get everything to kinda Well, so there's multiple buttons that have to be pushed at the same time. We gotta get, like, a clearance from fire marshal, that we're okay to proceed because there there could be wind.
There could be there there's, like, you know, a zone that gets roped off, a launch zone. So that has to be confirmed that that area is clear. So multiple, like, last it's like a like a a launch. Right? Like a a space shuttle launch.
Like, all of these checks have to be made. And then once that happens, the countdown begins. And then, when we get to the bottom of the countdown, we hit the button. And that my part is starting the music. I don't I don't start the fireworks.
That would be that would be a fun button. The fun button is the one that makes that first firework go up there by itself, and then the show begins. That's cool. That's a fun button. I bet that is a fun button.
Have that button. No. But you pushed the music button. I pushed the music button. And you were a little bit nervous, but you did a great job.
You, it's one of the more nerve wracking days of my of my year. There's a little bit of pressure involved in trying to make sure everything's synced up and on time and it all happens and that everything is you know, everybody's having a good time and and all that stuff. So there's a little bit of pressure on pushing that button. I know. And I don't you're so cool and calm and collected.
Sure. Sure. The other three hundred and sixty four days of the year. Three hundred and sixty four days and, and twenty three hours and fifty eight minutes. It's two minutes of just sheer stress of my year.
Most of the other time is pretty laid back. Yeah. You did good. The show is epic. It was I mean, I look.
I didn't build the music. Right. I gotta give kudos to Jade. He puts that together, every year, and it's spectacular. And he puts to he puts a lot of hours into making that happen.
It was good song selection. Yeah. He had good songs. Really good. There was no Neil Diamond.
At which point she's sad. It was never. But you got to hear it a couple of times. There was Defying Gravity in there. I enjoyed that.
Yeah. That was a very cool moment. And that was your suggestion? Well, I I said dude. It was such an epic moment.
I he's he's always looking for, like, new, songs and new ideas to put in there, and I said, this was so monster. Like, you have to get that part in there. And then when I heard what he had done, I went, that is going to be huge. And there was yeah, what you're gonna say is that as it happened, I hear I hear people, behind us singing and and, you know, along with it. And then right when it happened, they were like, yes.
Like, there was green and pink fireworks right at that moment. So good. So good. Oh, no. Good fireworks show, everybody.
So well done to everybody involved. It takes a lot of people, to make Riverfest happen and a lot of, people to even set up the grounds, and it takes, I mean, months of planning Yeah. It does. To happen. So And the everybody involved.
I had two minutes of stress, and I got to ride a side by side for a few hours. Not a bad day. Not a bad day at all. And it ended with an epic finale. And it ended in sunshine.
There was some sunshine after the rain, and happy birthday, America. Yeah. Thanks for your help. That's right. If you missed the finale, check it out on our Facebook page.
Our kids took a trip this weekend to see the Monster Jam World Final. Is that what it's called? Sure. I don't know. Some kind of competition.
That's right. Monster truck competition. Yeah. But but it's it's the, Real Monster Jam, World Finals twenty twenty five. And it happened in Salt Lake City, the University of Utah, the Riesecker Stadium, was packed.
It was packed. They were showing us some pictures. They were celebrating celebrating America with some monster trucks. Yeah. It was, two days.
It was Friday and Saturday. They went to the pit parties. Then they, did a bunch of stunt stuff, and they had, all kinds of, different racing. They had a halftime, with DJ Malski, which the kids didn't really like the DJ, they said. I I didn't even hear that story.
Yeah. Emery said she didn't really like the DJ. Interesting. Yeah. Halftime with DJ Malski.
They did get a lot of autographs by at the pit party, they got, a lot of autographs from some of the drivers, including the original well, they waited in line for three hours Yeah. To get an autograph from the original gravedigger. Right. Who was one of the judges. Oh, was he?
Yeah. So he and the original driver of Maximum Destruction. Those two were the judges for the, for the event. Beck used to be obsessed with monster trucks when he was little. And maybe about, I don't know, seven years ago, we ended up giving, like, his monster truck collection.
We had passed them along to, to a a coworker of mine who had a a son, who was super into monster trucks. And that could sort of outgrown them. And so we said, hey, dude. Do you wanna pass these along? And at the time, he said, yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. And then yesterday, he said, I never wanted to give those away. Yeah. I know.
So then I feel like the bad guy because I probably convinced him to do it. So he had a pretty good collection too. Yeah. Quite a few. Anyway, they had a great time.
What I was kinda over was the amount of times I had to view a video that was taken by them watching the monster trucks going, watch this run. Run. Watch this run. Yeah. And I watched it and said, ah, that looks like the same run that I just saw from my other monster truck.
That looks, that looks exactly the same. Do you want me to get DJ Malski to do some d DJ halftime stuff while you watch the videos? No. Thanks. I hear he does good job.
I don't know who that is. Don't either. There is in the back of your mind as a parent, you always go, are we raising good kids? Are we doing the right thing? And then Emery told me that they had the best time.
The two of them, Beck and Emery, brother and sister, had the best time together. They're having a great time. Yes. And then she told me that he, Beck, bought her a a monster truck gift. A sibling gift.
A sibling gift for Yes. National Sisters' Day. When is when is, siblings' day? I don't know. Siblings' day, is was April 10.
Oh, yeah. And so he missed it. So that was a make a makeup gift. It was cute. I think it's very cute.
Oh, we are raising good kids. They get along. They have fun together. They buy each other gifts. Yeah.
It was nice. They had a great time. Yeah. And they got some autographs. They got some pictures with the drivers.
They did not get the, the original gravedigger, driver, to sign anything because the line was cut off after they waited in it for three hours. Three hours. Mhmm. I've never waited in line to get anyone's autograph for three hours. Never in my whole life.
Okay. Who would you wait three hours to get an autograph from? I don't know. Because here's the thing. Every time you meet somebody that you're excited to meet, it's always a disappointment.
Courage Mitch big hero. Yeah. But that it's they're always rude or I don't know. I don't think I'd wait in line to meet anyone for three hours. What about me?
Yeah. You'd wait three hours for me? Yeah. No. I would.
Before we met? No. Yeah. No. No.
That's the answer. No. I was talking to Emery over the weekend, and she told me that she would often test the limits when she was little. She would test the limits of how many times she could get out of bed before we would yell at her. And by yell, she's meaning, like, when we would say, no.
Go back to bed. Get back to bed. Okay. Like, when we would get frustrated and be like, stay in bed. Three times.
That was her max? She could get out of bed three times and ask for a drink of water, tell us a story. Yeah. Okay. That's enough.
Go to bed. Yeah. So she could she could do that three times before we finally were like, enough. Stay in bed. Uh-huh.
So is she bring this up because she wants to test the limits now to see how many times? Because now I'm gonna be like, I'm going to bed. And then You do what you want. Yeah. If you don't wake up in time, that's your deal.
Go to bed. You're old now. I'm I know. Right? I can't stay awake.
Right. Not responsible for your sleep. I just thought that was interesting. I went, Yeah. As a little kid, you were just like, how many times though.
I know. Look at us. Yeah. We were pretty lackadaisical. Three times is a pretty good amount of times for someone to get out of bed and test the limits.
It feels like a good number. I shoulda asked her how many other things she's tested. Yeah. Yeah. Little sneak.
You're gonna need a follow-up. You're gonna need to go, okay, 15 year old. What are other limits? What are other things that you're testing? Are you currently running an experiment?
Yeah. What are you testing now as a 15 year old almost driving? That's what I'm saying. What limits are you Mhmm. Yeah.
That's a red flag. To be fair, I don't know if it was probably every time she tried to get out if it was three times. Because I bet there was a couple of times we would put her to bed, and she would get out after one time. And we'd be like, go to bed. Right.
I don't think it was every time it would be three times. Does that make sense? I understand. Okay. I do you I feel a little bit, like, still on the holiday weekend.
Does your brain does your brain still feel a little foggy, like, filled with smoke and haze and gunpowder and sulfur? Yeah. Yeah. I'm like, I feel a little like I can't focus on anything. It's still in holiday mode.
Well, here we are. I am. Live radio. You gonna work through it? Yeah.
I will. I'll get there. Okay. I'll be shipshape in a couple of hours. How can I help?
Do you need a nap? Yeah. Kinda. A snack? Yeah.
We already had watermelon. Yeah. Yeah. I haven't had a nap, though. Oh, try that.
K. Quit talking to me then. Let me take a nap. Okay. I learned something, and I probably should have learned this years ago.
At least six months ago. Well, at the very least, six months ago. There are great things about homeownership, and there are other things about homeownership that I go like, well, renting is so much easier. Yeah. Lawn care, plumbing, electrical, exterior things like the roof and siding.
But then there are great benefits to, like, I I own it. Like, I, you know, like, there's This is mine. There's there's equity. There's Let's let's go with it. Whatever I want without asking permission.
Like, things like that. Yes. We have a water filter system, and we've been dealing with some water pressure issues. And I had the city come out and make sure that there wasn't a problem with the, water main. And, I noticed that the sprinklers outside the hoses are not necessarily affected the same way as the interior plumbing.
And so I said, there's something else going on here. And I thought I had a theory that maybe it's the water filters. Like, maybe there's maybe I need to change the filters. So I bought some new filter, action and brought it home. And, it changed out the the one water filter just goes to the kitchen sink for drinking water.
Yep. And the drinking water tastes excellent. Yeah. It does. I'm very excited about the quality.
It tastes self trashing. It's so clean. Very nice. The other filter, the whole home filter, filters everything except for the hoses that go outside, which is where I said, I think this water filter is the issue. That sediment water filter was definitely in need of changing.
Discussed, Dan. Yeah. It was definitely overdue. I'm making a note on the calendar. Yeah.
Well, here's months to have it changed to that. If I change it on July 1, which is perfect, then I change it again in six months, that's January 1. So I change it at New Year, and I change it to July. Change it right? Okay.
Is that correct? That checks out. Right. So twice a year, I gotta change those filters K. On put it.
July 1 and January 1. Put it on the calendar. Sweet. We'll be good to go in six months, like you're supposed to do. Yeah.
I it's been years since you It has been years since I changed that filter Oh, man. Which is pretty awful. Yeah. The filters that you replaced were pretty disgusting. Yeah.
Those were pretty awful. They were doing their job, but they were so packed with stuff that they I mean, they weren't letting stuff through, but they also were restricted on water flow. Especially that sediment one. Yes. Oh.
Yeah. Gross. So that's all done now and, and good to go. And now we're in good shape. We got good water.
Yeah. I learned something. Oh, you took a shower this morning, you mean? And I was using the water upstairs. I didn't even notice.
Fantastic. I didn't notice a bit. The problem fixed itself well. No. It did not.
My theory about the water filter, restricting flow fixed our issue. There you go. Good job. Yeah. You found the issue.
You fixed it. I should have tested it because the the filter is supposed to allow four gallons per minute. I should have tested where we were at prior to changing the filter because we we were not getting four gallons per minute. No. We were not.
Not even kinda. No. And then if you, turned on a sink in the bathroom while you're taking a shower, you were in a trickle. Yes. Not anymore?
Didn't even notice you were using the water. Good job. Yeah. Well done, Josh. Yeah.
Thanks for fixing that problem. Home ownership. Home ownership. One of my favorite parts of the weekend was, yesterday. Everybody's home.
Everybody's, you know, back at the nest. It's, it's real cool time to have everybody. After a long weekend and people traveling and all that stuff. We got everybody home. And you and I, we're just kinda out in the backyard, kinda just closing out the weekend.
We're hanging out out there, looking at the flowers, moving the water, doing all the stuff. And, and, like, both of us at the same time hear an eagle do an eagle noise. No way. Okay. That.
I was hoping you might. No way. I wanted you to try. No. Get out.
You kinda thought about it for a second. Is it a minute? Nope. Okay. So both of us hear an eagle, and I'm looking around, like, that's an eagle.
And you went, yeah. No. And we're looking, and we couldn't figure out where it came from because it sounded like it came from, like, in front of us, but also behind. It was, like, around us. We're like, where is it?
Where's it in our neighborhood? So I'm looking because we have hawks sometimes, and they'll perch up on some of the power poles and stuff, and you can see them. And they, you know, they dip down and get mice out of the field. And, anyway, so I'm looking everywhere going, there's an eagle somewhere. I just know it.
I can, like, make another noise. Like, let me hear another eagle. And, and I was like, that sounds like the Big Bear Valley Eagles. Like, that like, I know that noise. Like, that sounds like Jackie and, and Shadow.
I said, for sure. Like, I know that. I know that we watch the Eagles so much that I know that I'd like, I can tell, like, that's gotta be an Eagle. Turns out Turns out, it was my phone. My phone was playing in my back pocket.
Yeah. Yeah. After we gave up on trying to spot the eagle, you went back to looking at your flowers, and and I noticed that your phone was going and I said, is your phone on? And you pulled it out, and it was streaming, the Big Bear Valley. Because I was watching or earlier, I had been paying attention to, they were worried about the Eagles in Big Bear Valley because they get frightened by the fireworks.
And so they're all good. Everything is well. They they left temporarily. They left the area, but they're back now. Yeah.
See? Families back together. But, also, I knew those voices. I knew that call. I went, that sounded like Jackie and Shadow.
I know those those eagle voices. Anyway, yeah. It wasn't, wasn't out there. Good speaker on your phone. Thank you.
Convinced us there was eagles in the area. Neighborhood. Like, where is it? Where is the eagles? What a bunch of dopes.
Hey. Where's your phone? Chantel, you're kinda famous. Okay. Hold on.
I gotta go we gotta go go back. My for my entire life, you go into the stores, and they have those little license plates with people's names on them. Sure. Sure. Sure.
Sure. Necklaces with people's names on them. Uh-huh. And I look I've looked for for forty four years. I've looked for my name on license plates or key tags.
Yeah. And I go, nope. But they don't have my name. Or if they do, it's spelled incorrectly. Like, 22L's and an e at the end.
Yeah. Or with an s. Oh, there you go. So imagine my surprise when I'm scrolling through the Internet Yeah. And I see a hurricane Yes.
Named Chantal. Well, it's now been, downgraded to a tropical depression. I know that's So there's that. Lot more. You are a tropical depression.
It is spelled differently, though. I think it's probably pronounced Chan-tall. I bet it's Chantel. But then think it's Chan-tall? No.
I I think it's Chantel. There was a hurricane Chantal, which, happened in 1989. This one is happening as a tropical storm, in North Carolina. But, yeah, they they went through the names and they said, yep. We're doing this.
Tropical Depression Chantal. I can't be, yeah, I can't you can't be a hurricane. You gotta be a tropical depression. Yeah. Way to be a tropical depression, which sounds like, well, like winter blues.
Yes. Like, you got I got tropical depression. I I gotta get out of town. I don't think I'll ever have tropical depression. I'm saying you have winter blues I see.
And then you the the cure is going tropical. I see. I have tropical depression. I need to go tropical to solve it. I get what you're saying.
That's what I'm saying. Anyway, if you see Chantel in the news, just know it's not her. It's the tropical depression they're talking about. It's bringing heavy rain. Yeah.
So to North Carolina, I think, is where it's being hit the hardest. Everybody be careful there. And it looks like a a few hours ago, they did a path update, and they've got some, some roads being washed away. So stuff's happening over the next couple of days with tropical depression, Chantel. Would you rather just be tropical storm, Chantel, or tropical depression, Chantel?
Be tropical storm. Okay. Tropical depress depression sounds way worse. Yeah. I agree.
And it's a mental health Monday. Yeah. You know? I would never. I it's what I'm saying.
Anyway, good luck to everybody. Be careful out there in North Carolina as tropical storm Chantal makes landfall.
Would you rather this or that? Would you rather have a never ending sunburn pill Oh. Or always have raccoon eyes from sunglasses?
Like like a suntan line with sunglasses. Yes. Or yeah. I'm taking that. Yeah.
Me too. The I'm taking the suntan, sunglasses line. Yeah. Me too. Yeah.
I'm not gonna have peeling skin forever. Ugh. Never ending peeling skin? Ending. Ugh.
That's like, what am I, a lizard? No. Not. That was an easy one today. Yeah.
Yeah. I don't want that. Ugh. Gross. Can you imagine?
Like, everywhere you sit that you just leave pieces of your sunburn behind. Ugh. Gross. Alright. Would you rather this or that?
I just learned something that I thought to be quite interesting. Mhmm. So most of the American flags displayed in Disneyland are not official US flags because they have an incorrect number of stars. Wait a minute. And this is intentional.
These are called prop flags or pennants, and they're not subject to The US flag code, meaning they don't have to be lowered at night or flown at half mast or be displayed with the light on. Yeah. I don't isn't that interesting? That's super interesting. So they I mean, nobody's walking around counting the stars, but they probably have, like, 49 or what?
Yeah. Something like that. Most of them have just an incorrect number of stars. And they said that lowering and raising flags nightly, especially on multistory buildings, would be a logistical challenge Interesting. Them every day.
So they found a little loophole working around it. That's very interesting. It would be a logistical nightmare to raise and lower some flags. Yeah. That's what they said.
And it's just, like, I've done it. I don't know if it'd be a logistical nightmare. You could probably have, like, a team devoted to that. How many people would it take? Not many.
Not many. I mean, look. I Get people for a specific area. I I mean, look. You could even get, like, former military folks.
Like, get some veterans out there to do it. Like, they that'd be what an honor. And I'm sure that that would be a really special thing that the park could do That could be true. In in a way, you know, if they had a a team of I don't know, what if you had I I I feel like because I've never been there, I can't speak to the scope Right. Of of what I'm saying.
So I'm what I'm gonna say may be completely inaccurate. Let's say there's five flags. Let's say there's 10. If you have a team of four per flag, you need 20 to 40 people. K.
Right? If there's five or 10. Or you maybe there's 10 and you have this team of 20 that does two flag raise and flag, you know, retirement or retrieval, whatever the right word is, each day. No big deal. Okay.
I I feel like that's not a logistical nightmare. Call them up, Josh. Give them your plan. Hey, Disney. I got an idea for you.
Look. Okay. You could have special guests come in and and help out with it. It could be a whole thing. I call them up.
What a what a party experience. Tell them your plan. Come on. They do say that they think some of the flags might be themed to a specific historical period such as the turn of the century Okay. Or, the number of stars is reflected on, like, 45 is the number of stars they have because that's the number of states that there were when Walt Disney himself was born.
Interesting. There is typically one real American flag in the park, and that is the one used for flag ceremonies and different Yeah. Things. So get the team that's doing that ceremony to do the rest of them. No.
I it's fine. I get what they're probably trying to do. But it doesn't seem like a logistical nightmare. I'll tell you. They said a challenge.
Not a nightmare. Challenge. Alright. Okay. Not running out of cotton candy.
Logistical challenge. I'm gonna wrap up the show. Thanks for hanging out with us. Happy welcome back to Workday, everybody. Yeah.
And if if you took today off, good for you. Yeah. Good for you. Yeah. We'll go back to work tomorrow.
Smart. That was a smart idea. Good for you. Yeah. It was alright.
We'll see you back here tomorrow. Have a good one. Goodbye. Thanks for listening to wake up classy 97, the podcast. If you enjoy the show, please share, subscribe, and rate the podcast.
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