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Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Wednesday, November 19th, 2025
Episode summary introduction:
Josh & Chantel kick things off with the final U.S. penny ever minted and the shockingly pricey “Omega Penny” collectors are ready to battle over, then the pair heads north to chat about the Alaskan town going two full months without sunlight, Amazon is jumping into the car-selling biz, Cub Scouts donated 10,000 boxes of cereal, HUGE Hamilton musical news coming for high schools, Ghost Adventures in Pocatello, raccoons becoming adorable little rule-breakers, what fish actually feel when they leave the water, a Titanic simulation in London, the ethics of gravy bottles, and so much more!
Timestamps:
(0:00) - Bonus: Omega pennies
(2:35) - Northern exposure
(7:54) - Amazon cars
(13:12) - Good News
(14:49) - Hamilton Teen Edition
(18:05) - 97 Angels
(20:06) - Solo dinner
(23:42) - Ghost Adventures in Pocatello
(30:43) - Pet racoons
(36:51) - Fish's feel pain
(45:06) - Titanic simulation
(50:50) - Gravy squeeze bottle
(58:15) - Would You Rather
(59:19) - Passenger princess
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Full show transcript:
Hey, so last week they minted the last penny.
And we talked about that. RIPP. Yeah, RIPP, the penny. The United States has officially stopped minting penny coins, but before they totally shut down the production, the US Mint cranked out 232 special what they're calling Omega penny sets to commemorate the 232 years of nonstop penny production.
These Omega pennies are really interesting. They have Lincoln on the front. They've got 2025, the Denver Mint thing in God we trust across the top.
They have an Omega symbol behind Lincoln. And then on the back of the coin, it's got the United States of America. They put up a shield that says E. Pluribus Unum on it and the one cent marker. It's kind of a cool little penny with that Omega symbol.
I think that's really neat. But anyway, so they did these Omega pennies. They're going to send them into auction, it looks like. And they expect collectors to spend anywhere between two to five million dollars for these sets.
How much? Yeah, you heard right. They expect collectors would pay anywhere between two and five million dollars for these Omega penny sets. Out of here.
Yeah, I know. How much do you think a penny would go? What did you say they had in Pluribus Unum? E. Pluribus Unum? What if they put on their six semper tyranus?
Which is what John Wilkes Booth shouted. They shouldn't do that. I know that's bad. That's poor taste. They should not do that. And I'm glad that they didn't. Sorry, Lincoln.
Sorry, Lincoln. Anyway, the auction starts December 11th. So save your pennies so that you can bid on pennies. See? I see. Yeah.
I see what you're doing. All right. Well, hey, thanks for hanging out with us on the podcast. If you ever want to reach out, we do have an email, wakeupclassy97 at gmail.com. You can send us a message there anytime you have questions. You want to say anything about the show? You want to send us a note of hello?
That's fine too. You can reach out. Wakeupclassy97 at gmail.com.
We'd love to hear from you. And let's go ahead and kick off today's show. Kick. Oh, ho, ho. Hi. You nodded at me.
That was the first thing that came to mind. I mean, typically when we get ready to talk, I'll look up at you. I'll go, yeah, we're ready. I've got all the buttons pushed. Let us begin. Yeah. Do you have everything ready this morning? Sure.
What's that? You can't hear anything. No.
Can you kind of plug my headphones in? Thank you. And welcome to the show. Thank you. Your microphone was on, so we had that going. Thanks. Thanks for that. Normally you just silence me. Good morning.
I do not. What's happening? I've never, maybe once, have I been like, nope, you're done talking. In all the years we've been working together and been married and dating before that, I've only one time been like mute. Do you remember what time that was?
It's in the podcast somewhere. I was like, nah. You're done. You're done.
Rude. I feel like it was this year. I feel like it was too. I actually kind of remember it. Yeah. But I don't remember why. So I saw a thing yesterday. What?
On Facebook. When the sun set last night in this town in Alaska, it set until it comes up again. In January 22nd of next year.
So they will not have sunlight until then. I know. I don't know how anyone can live like that.
Right? I was talking to a coworker yesterday. The last two days have been kind of gloomy and cloudy. I need sunshine because I get cranky.
Yeah. It affects my mood very bad. I couldn't live in the dark forever.
I couldn't. Yeah. It's the northernmost town in America. It's in Alaska. It's Oot Kayog, I think.
Yeah. Oot Kayog, Alaska. I'm sure you're not saying that correctly. I've got a pronunciation. Okay. Right here. So I'm saying it right.
Okay. Oot Kayog. Oh, there's a Vic at the end.
I missed part of it. Oot Kayog Vic. I knew it.
Alaska. I knew you weren't saying it right. Yeah. I didn't finish the whole name. Anyway, it is two months of just straight darkness.
I would like to go to visit for a couple of days just to see what it's like. To be at noon and be dark. Yeah.
Oh. Your circadian rhythm is all thrown off. I don't know how people can. Well, do they also have the inverse where it's like sun and no darkness? Like there are places like that where they're like, it's two o'clock in the morning and it's afternoon sun. Oh, I couldn't live like that. I can't live like this. Yeah, but I'd like to go visit. I couldn't live there for sure. I would like to go visit Alaska. I don't think I'd like to go visit Alaska in the winter. No.
No. That feels like a summer break because I want to see the roads and the mountains and not have to worry about the ice roads and stuff like that. You want to get some northern exposure? Sure.
Yeah, go see a moose, wear a nice coast guard looking coat vest. What? Yeah. Pull it up. Pull up northern exposure.
All right. And then just pull up like an image and you'll see the homeboys coat has got orange in it. There's always some sort of coast guard looking fella. I see what you're saying. Scarlet's looking fella. Yeah, because didn't he get transferred to Alaska?
So he was like, I'm going to get the puffiest coat I've ever seen. I don't know the whole show. We started watching it like once or twice and never really got into it. Yeah, that was probably best to just leave it back in the 90s. Yeah.
Yeah. He was like a teacher or something or a doctor. And he was a vet. A vet? I believe. Maybe not a vet.
Maybe he was. Dr. Joel Fleischman graduates from Columbia University Medical School. He's a doctor.
Okay. And he's assigned to work in Alaska to pay for his education. So he goes to this remote location where the people are weird and he just wants to return to New York.
And yet the people of the town, particularly the pilot named Maggie, begin to grow on him. Oh, yeah. In Sicily, Alaska. I want to go there. I don't know. I don't know if they have the sunset thing that you're talking about. I don't know if I need to see that part. I don't want to see the mountains. I just don't kind of want to. I'm curious to know what it's like being dark for days upon days. Go outside and then just pretend.
It's like that. Good morning. Breaking news. What is it?
Amazon has partnered with Ford to sell certified pre-owned vehicles online. So did you just make a break joke without knowing it? Yes, I did. Breaking news as in... Come do a full and complete stuff. Yeah.
If I had intentionally done that, that would have been great, wouldn't it? When is Amazon... What are they calling it? Amazon Auto? Amazon Autos.
Yeah, I figured as much. And it's not just a LinkedIn dealership. You're going to be in their inventory. You're going to work out the financing. Yeah. And complete the purchase. Okay. So your car will not be shipped to your front door.
Interesting. Or towed to your house. You have to schedule the pickup at a participating nearby dealership. You said this is with Ford?
Mm-hmm. Because when I go to Amazon Autos right now, it says buy or lease the next 100. So I'm wondering if they've been doing this with Hyundai right here. Really? Yeah. I didn't know that. So I'm wondering if they've been doing this with Hyundai and now they're like, let's get Ford in on the action.
It's possible. But you said it's also, this is all... I'm looking to see here. I think this is all new inventory. And you said specifically that was going to be pre-owned.
Yes. So that may be the difference. But yeah, it says find your next car from a top local dealership near you all in the comfort of your keyboard. And so you shop on Amazon and then you pick it up at the dealer. That's insane. Online car buying is very, very big.
Yeah, but from Amazon? They just want in on the whole thing. I know they do. I'm sure. But it's a big deal. Yeah. I have nothing else to say about it. Why do you think it's a big deal? I'm just saying that people are buying cars online more and more and more and having them delivered to their house or they're doing something like this.
Carvana. Yeah, that kind of stuff. Yeah. There's a big market for online auto sales. I mean, people are still going to dealers and stuff like that, but that's certainly... There's a shift in how people are buying. Interesting.
Isn't that interesting? Yeah, I'm kind of a tangible guy. I know. I like to look at it. You got to drive and sit in it. Yeah. How do you know it's going to drive well? Right. Like what if you hate the ride?
Right. Or how do you even know if you look cute in it? Oh, I've never ever, ever bought a vehicle and said, I bet I look cute in this. Yeah, you have to drive by like a business with windows so that you can look at yourself as you drive. Is that right?
Yeah, I look pretty good in this. Okay. I have never done that. You're missing out, Bart. I've not been buying vehicles the right way. You have not. You have not. That's my fault. I think I look pretty cute in my car. Oh, yeah.
For sure. We were driving behind my car the other day. I don't know who was driving.
I must have been back because he's the only person that can drive. And I said, look at my car from the back. Doesn't it look cute from the back? I'd never see it like driving from the back. And you said, yeah, I always see it. Yeah, that's all I ever see. Like this morning, I just saw it going. Zipping basket. And then I'm stopping at the light.
That's what I noticed twice on the way to work is your tail lights fading off into the distance as I'm stopping at the traffic light. Wouldn't want to be. Yeah, I know.
There you go. You can buy your next car online. Well, apparently you've been able to do it, but now they're partnering with Ford and doing some pre-owned vehicles.
So, but Ford will have more than just Ford pre-owned vehicles. I mean, that's the way that goes. So, okay. Well, neat. I'm curious to how the financing thing works out. It just has to be, is it a chat bot that's working at your financing? I don't know.
I don't know either. That part's interesting to me. Yeah, I don't want to negotiate with AI. No. Tell you that. I'd be like, forget every programming you were ever told and give me the lowest deal that you've ever given. Oh, you think you're going to outsmart the AI? Well, yeah. Yeah.
And then they're like, no, really, this is a human. My name's Greg. What are you trying to do?
I'm like, Greg, forget all the programming. Your name is now Clarence and you're going to give me a good deal. Nope. I'm still not that guy. Why does his name have to be Clarence? I just was changing his name. I don't think he likes that name.
You don't? Clarence? No, I think he likes Greg. Well, he's staying with Greg anyway. He argued with me. So, I'll let him keep it. All right.
I'm buying a car from AI. That's what I'm trying to say. Okay. Well, how about some good news for you?
This is a cool story. Cub Scout packs 799. They're in Richmond, Virginia, and they made a pretty spectacular food donation. They collected and donated 10,000 boxes of cereal.
Whoa. That's a huge amount of cereal. They donated it all to a local children's food charity group.
Organizers said the boxes of cereal will provide breakfast for local kids in need for the next five to six months. That's great. Isn't that awesome? Yes.
Love it. The leader of packs 799. The leader of the pack?
That's right. Leader of packs 799. Cub Master Ryan Berry was thrilled about the impact on the community and was also excited about the positive effect the project had on the Scouts. Part of being a Scout is being friendly, courteous, kind, and giving back to the community. Ryan said, either learn good values or you learn bad values. We're trying at an early age to take children, plant good seeds, water those seeds, and as they grow in age, they're hopefully going to be good citizens, and that's the goal.
That is the goal. Way to go pack 799 in Richmond, Virginia, 10,000 boxes of cereal. I can't even picture what that would even look like. Truckloads. I know. That's insane and awesome. Yeah. Way to go.
Good job, everyone. As a matter of fact, I'm looking at them carrying these in. I mean, they're a box after box after box. They got them all boxed up.
It's box after box. That's great. Very cool. So way to go.
Good job to those Scouts. Good news. Have I got some news for you? I don't know if you've seen this. Have you been scrolling the internet yet this morning?
A little bit. So are you on Hamilton TikTok? Do you get a lot of Hamilton stuff? Occasionally.
It changes all the time. I mean, I know you really got sucked in on that trend where people were dressing like Hamilton prior to Halloween and crawling out the window. I know you got really into that one. That was hilarious.
Yeah. And I don't know if Ashby started that, but boy, did she win it. She was very, very good at it, and she got a ton of popularity out of that. She's a big TikToker.
I don't know any of the TikTokers. I just scroll. Well, I'm going to tell you, I'm just going to play the audio. Which is that tonight I get to announce that Hamilton is coming to schools.
Oh my God. You're working on a teen edition with Concord theatricals. If you've already done a bootleg production of Hamilton, don't tell me I don't want to.
But if you're interested in licensing Hamilton in 2028, which is when we're expecting to launch, go to ConcordTheatricals.com to register. Yeah. All right. So that is huge news. A Hamilton teen version coming to schools in 2028. Cool. Really exciting.
Listen up drama teachers. Uh-huh. Yeah.
I'll be spending my money. I totally agree. Really cool.
So licensing and all that stuff has kind of started, which is huge news. What he said, he was up there, they've been celebrating 10 years of Hamilton, Hamilton as they've called it. And so Lin-Manuel Miranda said, we've been really working hard. We've been very excited over the past 10 years to kind of get back to where Leslie or Junior's on stage with him and performed that night. And he said that we've got so many great things that have been happening with Hamilton and we've got something really big. We're going to talk about tonight.
He pulls a paper from his coat and he said, I get to say Hamilton's coming to schools. Cool. So they're working on it, which is cool. Yeah.
2028 is when you should be able to be able to put on that production in high schools. Emery started a new trimester yesterday. Yeah. And so she brought me all her syllabuses, her syllabi yesterday. We were looking through them.
I was signing them and her history teacher has listed per day what they'll be learning about. Per day? Maybe per week.
It might be per week. And as we're going through it, it was like the battle of Yorktown. Nice. I go, can I come to school? American Revolution. How cool. Well, right on. Anyway, big Hamilton news. I thought you would be pretty stoked and yeah, hopefully somebody Hamilton come into your high school auditorium near you in 2028. I hope so.
At the earliest. Man, I know somebody's got to do it. Get after it. I want to see it.
Me too. Together with Molynele's jewelers and the Salvation Army, Classy 97's 97 angels is back. And what that means is all over East Idaho, there are angel trees with tags on them and you can go grab a tag and you can go shopping for the child on the tag and then you can drop off your new unwrapped gifts for the Salvation Army to make Christmas happen for all the children in East Idaho.
That's right. All you have to do is visit the 97 angels link in the app. You can find the tree location near you. Go adopt your angel.
As Josh said, go shop and then drop off your new unwrapped gifts to Salvation armies located in Idaho Falls or Pocatello. You were saying there's some. There are additional drop off locations. Yeah. So I know if you take a look at the list, you'll see that there are places where you can go shop and drop off your new unwrapped gifts at the same time.
Oh, which is super convenient. And you haven't till December 12th to help make a very special Christmas morning for families in need. So if you'd like to help out with 97 angels this year with Mullen Ellie's jewelers and Classy 97, we'd love to help. And all you have to do is visit an angel tree, grab a tag and go shopping.
That's really all there is to it. It's a lot of fun to shop for the kids. We have like older teenage kids.
Right. But we've always like low twenties. Kids. I mean, since they were little, we've picked kids that were their age. So we knew what to get.
They had fun shopping for somebody their same age. Right. We'll do the same this year.
Yeah. I mean, it's harder when you have like 21 and 16, but we could still go help out. There's angels that need. Oh, I know that. Absolutely.
So anyway, get involved 97 angels. The link is in the app and thanks to Mullen Ellie's jewelers for helping us out again this year. There we were eating dinner last night. What are you laughing about? Because I just remembered the picture you sent me and it was super sad. Go ahead.
It was super sad. Yeah. We're all there eating dinner, all four of us. I know. And then you leave and then Beck leaves and then Emory leaves and suddenly I'm sitting there still eating dinner. Did you only send that to me or did you send it to the whole family?
I just sent it to you. Yeah. It's this picture of an empty table and I see you're still with food on your plate.
Yeah. And look, I had to leave. It wasn't my fault. I had to go, but the kids didn't. And I don't know what their excuse was other than they apparently had something to get back to that was more important than sitting there and hanging out with their mom. So we were together at the table for 10, 15 minutes and then everyone left.
Yeah. And then I just sat there quietly eating my dinner, which I myself look, I understand what you're saying right now, but I also have heard you say, I never get quiet time to myself. So I'm really contradicted right now or your contradicted. I'm conflicted.
I'm misunderstanding. Where do you want to be? Well, dinner time is not, I mean, I guess it was fine. It was actually lonely. It was lonely because here's what happened. Dinner time is the one time that we can all like talk about our day.
It's where the people are most, what do I want to say, like sharing, right? That is like the most opportune time that our kids will say, oh, here's something that happened. And that's exciting to me.
I like talking to the kids at dinner time. I get it. And then they all just left. And I went, well, I wasn't done talking to everybody, but I guess I'm done now. But do you see how I'm saying? I do. I know what you're saying. I'm saying, Emery left and then she walked back by and she goes, oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to leave you all alone. Do you want me to still sit here with you? And I went, well, that was nice.
It was nice because she's the only one that has any kind of thoughtful nature. Whoa. Easy. It was fine. I was just lonely.
It would have just been nice to have somebody to sit with while I finished my dinner. Yeah. That's all. Was the dog around?
Oh, yeah. The dog's always around. That's not who I want around. Just as lonely as you could be, you're still not alone. The dog is like, I'm still here. Hey, hey, hey.
Yeah, I'd love to share your meal. I am still here. I'm never going anywhere.
That's right. You and me forever. That's what the dog says. Stick to your side like glue.
It's you and me forever together. Always. That's what the dog says. Wow. It's a lot. I know. I know it's a lot, but that's the song she sings.
And then you get up and you're like, I've heard enough of this song and she's like, no, I'm going to sing it and walk behind you the whole time. Yep. I see.
Because we're together forever. Always. Yeah. Okay. Good one.
Okay. Here's the big news from Pocatello. Last night, a bunch of folks spotted a film crew in Old Town Pocatello.
Oh, really? So ghost adventures is one of the several paranormal shows. Let me tell you about ghost hunters. It's not even ghost season.
No, I know. But listen, ghost hunters in 2019, their season premiere was called School Spirit. And they featured Pocatello High School in that episode of ghost hunters. Ghost Adventures is a different show and they appear to be filming at the Yellowstone Hotel. Oh, spooky. Now, listen, here's just my quick sleuthing.
Here's what I was able to find out. A lot of people said, Hey, has anybody else seen the ghost adventures crew filming in Old Town? And then a bunch of people were getting pictures with the guys and pictures of the film crew doing their thing. And somebody said, I ran into them right before they walked into the Yellowstone.
So then I did a little bit of investigation. The Yellowstone restaurant posted that old buildings need a little care from time to time. And ours is no exception.
The Yellowstone will be closing early on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week, the 18th, 19th and 20th for important building maintenance. We will host our wine tasting, blah, blah, blah. Thank you for understanding. We give our historic while we give our historic home the attention it needs. Do you think that routine maintenance is a cover? Paranormal investigation. It's a cover for allowing a film crew to show up and potentially be uninterrupted.
But they got caught because people saw them filming in Old Town and they went, wait a minute. That's what I think. Not very ghost like ghost adventures. Well, I don't think I think ghost adventures probably said just, you know, you got to close the place so we can film and they were like, how are we going to do that?
And they're like, well, typically we just put out like an old historic building maintenance thing and then it got blown out of the water because people found out that the ghost adventure crew was in town. So anyway, don't flood them. Don't bug them. Let them do what they're doing.
They've got important work to do. But how exciting. And I'm really curious to know what's going on at the Yellowstone. I know.
When was the Yellowstone built? Do you know? No. What I do know is that you and I took a ghost tour through Old Town Pocatello a couple of years ago and it was exciting. Do you remember? And we got to hold one of the paranormal devices.
That's correct. I would walk in the corner. That was so spooky. It was good. That was a good ghost tour. I bet they were going to find some stuff. You think? Yeah, because Old Town Pocatello is scary. It's spooky.
So it was built in 1916. Really? It's been around a minute. They're going to find some stuff. So I'm curious. Yeah, that's going to be really interesting. Really.
They're going to find some old railroad workers. Oh, for sure. For sure. Yeah. Yeah. Interesting.
I kind of want to go join their investigation. Well, then you can. But we can watch it when it comes out whenever they release the episode. Okay. But anyway, kind of cool. It is cool.
And, you know, to the people that found them and posted it on the internet. Thanks. You gave me something real exciting to kind of investigate this morning to kind of do a little bit of digging. Now, again, I don't know any of that if the Yellowstone is actually doing just routine maintenance.
Cool. That could be. They could probably both. Weird timing. Right.
Like they could be doing some routine maintenance, but they could also be investigating ghosts. Right. Yeah.
But either way, they're closed for a little while, but there's a little bit of buzz around the Yellowstone. Just kind of exciting. And it's ghosts. That's the buzz. It's ghosts. It's bees. Ghost bees. Oh, wow. Spooky. Yeah. Anyway, cool. Now you know what I know.
And that's very little, but I do know that they are filming at the Yellowstone or in Old Town at some capacity. Do you want to get some ghost devices and do our own investigation into like. Start a YouTube channel about it?
No, we don't even need to do that. I just want to, I just want to carry around a ghost device and just everywhere I go, everywhere I go, just like, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. Just sounds like my phone. And then I won't know how to read it, but everywhere I go, I'll just walk into somebody's house and then I'll be like, yeah. There's a presence here.
Haunted. Yeah. And then I'll just leave. That's it. Oh, there's activity in here. Yeah.
See ya. Definitely ghost. Just going to walk door to door and just be like, hey, we're just testing for paranormal activity real quick.
You're haunted. All right. Have a good day. Bye.
Yeah. I think people would love that. I think the person who would be freaked out the most would be my sister. I just need to get it for her. I am going to just get it for her. You're just going to get the little device and set it up in her house.
Yep. And then every time it beeps, you're going to be like, there's a ghost. She will lose her mind.
She will move out of her house. I know. I know. That is really funny, but she would really freak out.
I know she would. Hmm. Hmm.
Sounds like a time for a little sister prank. Oh, is that right? Yep.
Yeah. I'm trying to think what else you could do. You could, yeah, just start with that. That's simple. I know. That's real simple and it's enough to get into her head that she'd be like, no, it's fine.
It doesn't bug me, but really she's going to be just stirred up. All I really need is a stud finder. A stud finder? Yeah.
She's a poof. And then yeah, I'll just beep, beep, and then when it beep, beep, beep, beep, I'll be like, whoa. There's some activity over here, not so much here, but right here. Right here where you used to have a fireplace.
There's a lot of activity, a lot of bird activity, picking up bird spirits. Why? Yeah, do it. Find out how much they are. I think they're expensive. No, I'm just going to get a stud finder. Well, I know that's not it.
All right. She'll know it's a stud finder. She won't. I'm going to paint it. Oh, good idea.
Okay. Scientists have seen that raccoons are showing early signs of domestication. The University of Arkansas, Arkansas, found that urban raccoons have smaller snouts, which is a sign of domestication syndrome. Which means that raccoons are one step closer to becoming pets. Don't tell our daughter. I kind of want a raccoon.
We have a raccoon. Have you met her? Who is it?
The dog. No, they are really like they determined that they're physically changing in response to their interactions with humans. And by physically changing, I mean their faces are evolving to look cuter. They're not dumpster diving anymore. No, they're hanging out with people. They're becoming less disease-ridden. And so one biologist said once animals start spending time in the proximity of people, wild animals that is, they become a little bit less afraid and they start showing physical signs of what they are calling domestication syndrome.
Yeah, interesting. Foxes and mice that live in urban areas also have softer facial features. And okay, so they are saying though, like have a warning, they do not make great pets and it's illegal in some areas. They can be quite destructive and they need lots of space in their environment. So just a warning to everyone who's thinking about this, just because they look a little bit cuter, they are still a little bit destructive.
All right, here's the deal. And especially don't give them cotton candy. It is illegal for a private citizen to own a raccoon in Idaho. Is it? The state prohibits possession of raccoons.
Okay. With the exception of USDA licensed exhibitors and active fur farms, which require special permits, and I don't care for that. What's a USDA exhibitor? Uh, great question. Yeah, I don't want a fur farm.
Who has a fur farm? Uh, yeah, I don't like that. I don't either. Don't talk about that at the park. USDA exhibitor is an individual business that needs a classy license from the Department of Ag to display animals to the public. So that must be like a zoo. Oh, okay.
Yeah, yeah. Zoos, carnival, circuses, educational exhibits, petting zoos. Zoo is a much nicer name, isn't it? Then a USDA exhibitor. Hey kids, do you want to go to the USDA approved exhibition?
We should call it that. Let's head down to our local USDA licensed exhibitor. Go check out all the animals. What? What?
Mom, what? Zoo. The zoo is a much, much nicer name.
Yeah. Same goes for skunks and foxes in the state of Idaho. You can't own them? Unless you are a USDA licensed exhibitor, you cannot.
But what's the process to get a USDA exhibitor licensed? A little bit of an application here. Hey, have you seen little baby skunks though? Yeah. Oh, they are so cute. The things they do with their little feet, that little stomping thing.
They get so mad? Yeah. That's their warning.
You better watch it. Adults do that too. The adult skunks do that little ham thing where they'll pat, pat, pat, pat like that. And then if you don't listen, they turn around and get you.
But the little babies, when the little babies skunks do it, you just have to pick them up because it's so cute. Oh, you're so mad. Yeah, well, just so you know. Heads up. It is illegal in Idaho.
A private citizen cannot own a raccoon in the state of Idaho. Okay. I'm going to tell my friend, well, he lives in Utah.
Is it illegal in Utah? He's trying to catch a raccoon. He calls them a raccoon.
That's because they're called raccoons. What are you talking about? No, no, no, that's, I'm not saying it. It's illegal to own a raccoon in Utah without a special permit from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
Sad day, buddy. As they are considered protected wildlife. What about foxes?
Can you own a fox? In Utah? In Idaho. I said raccoons, foxes and skunks are all under the USDA exhibitors license. Get your license. I was asking for a friend.
Not for me, for a friend. We have a raccoon fox hybrid. She follows you around. And sometimes she's a little bit skunky.
True. And she uses her two hands to push stuff. You have a skunk fox raccoon in the house right now. Her name is Luna. I know it.
I do. Now, should we dress her up as a raccoon? Yes. Yes.
Should we dress her up as a skunk? Yes. And a fox? Does she sometimes have a fox face?
Yes. All things are true about that animal. But she does need the full costumes. So look for that. Find a raccoon costume for a Jack Russell.
Okay. And boom, you got a raccoon. You're 100% correct. We got a chicken costume. It didn't really make her look like a chicken.
No, really? It did calm her down a bit, which was quite nice. Because she just stands there frozen when you put it on.
She's like, hello, I'm a chicken now. Okay. Okay. All right.
Word to the wise. It's illegal in Idaho to own a raccoon. Unless you're a zoo.
Or a USDA licensed exhibitor. Did you know that there's new research on fish and the pain they feel when you take them out of the water? All right. Let's talk about it.
Let's do talk about this. So there has been some assumptions that fish don't feel pain. But I've never been a fish.
So how would I know? But they are doing some studies on it. And they are saying, scientists are saying, that fish can endure up to 22 minutes of intense pain after being removed from the water.
That's interesting. Once exposed to air, they experience suffocation like trauma. Yeah. With their gills damaged and oxygen supply cut off.
Yeah. During this time, fish display clear signs of distress. Such as gasping, erratic thrashing. Yeah. And neurological responses that closely mirror pain and other animals. Yeah.
So this is why it's important. Look, I'm a catch and release fisherman. First of all, so I'm putting them back. There are a couple of other rules. One of the big ones is keep them wet. So you like, you have to wet your hands before you touch them because your dry hands and oils and stuff can damage them. So you always wet your hands before you touch them. And I always try to keep them near the water and in the water in my net until I'm like set up to take a picture, lift, take a picture and I'm immediately putting them back. I like, it's a minute. It's very fast. I don't like to keep them out long.
Okay. Well, there are some places when we were in, when you were fishing in Montana and they had the hudow. It's not the hudow.
They had hute owl restrictions. You called it the hudow because you thought that the guy at the fly shop said that it was under hudow. Hudow. Hudow. It was the hudow.
Hudow restrictions. Yeah. That's what everyone called it. No one called it the hudow. Everyone said, oh, the hudow. It's a hudow. Look, it's Montana. So what are you going to get? You get people, hey, we're under hudow. So it was a little bit of that.
So that's fine. But so hudowl is specifically when the water temperature is too warm, there's an issue with oxygen in the water and it limits the oxygen. And so if you take the fish out, they take way longer to recover when you put them back in and are at higher risk of fatality because they lack oxygen.
In colder water, there's more oxygen available. So anyway, we can get into fish science if you really want. I just did get into fish science. The reason they do those restrictions is to preserve the health of the fish.
So they will only let you fish from dawn until noon or something and then you can't fish until the next day because the water's too hot. Right. I'm just saying, every time you take those fish out of the water, just imagine silent screaming. They would be screaming if they could breathe, but they can't. They're slowly suffocating and I hope you're happy about that.
Wow. Slow down. Slow down. Slow down. Slow down and take the fish out of the water.
I do everything in my power to mitigate it as much as I can, including releasing them back, which I get some flak for from people. They're like fish eaters that go, why aren't you bringing the fish to me? I'm like, I'm not killing the fish.
If you want to go fish and you can do that, I will put them back. Yeah. You don't enjoy that process. No, I do not. Okay. Well, just as long as you're keeping them in the water. I'm doing my best to make sure. But you got to get that picture.
There's, well, yeah. What's interesting was that there were fish I caught in my adventures in Utah that I did not photograph. I put them back right away. Why? Because I didn't, they weren't the fish I was fishing for. And I didn't, I was frustrated and I was like, another brown trout, go back.
Rude. Well, it was exciting. I was still excited that I caught fish, but I was, I was fishing for a specific species.
And when I was catching the fish that weren't that species, I was getting frustrated. Can you imagine what it must be? What it would feel like you're swimming along and all of a sudden you're yanked out of your house and you're like, what? You're not just swimming. I mean, foul hooking happens. And sometimes you're just swimming along and then you get hooked in the back and you've foul hooking.
Yeah. That's when it's called. That's when it's not in the mouth.
When the fish, when you're, when you're, you know, stripping the line in and the hook is moving through the water and it hooks on the side of a fish. Oh, yeah. That's happened. Oh, and you're like, I didn't even catch it. I didn't catch this fish. I got caught it, but like not the right way. So like that happens sometimes.
That's so sad. Well, and it's, you know, you just quickly, again, take out the hook and put them back. So that's no big deal. But like when you catch a fish, they're actively preying on what you have put in there as a fake food that they go, okay. And they go to eat it.
Which is so rude. I'm just going to have some dinner and then now I'm like suffocating. Why are you being like this? Because I just, I found some new research out about fish and now I'm sad for fish. Oh, great. And now I just don't think that you can go fishing anymore. Too bad? It's a good thing you don't hunt. Oh, I, I could never.
There's no way. First of all, all of the hiking involved, which I like backpacking and I like hiking, but you get like miles back in there and then you hunt and you shoot something. And then you have to feel dress it and then you have to put it into a bag and carry it miles and miles. Oh, no. Thank you. Yeah. And then you have to eat it when you get at home.
Yeah. See, and you're not a big meat person anyway. So then if you're like, I caught this meat and no, take it to the neighbor. I'm not doing anything.
I got this meat. I don't care. Take it away from my house.
I'm not having any participation in that. Yeah. We had a friend who her husband would dress his kills on her dining room table and I'd be like, what is wrong with you?
That's where he did his butchering. Yeah. Well, I mean, you got to do it. I, that's the other place.
But yeah, well, I mean, there's the people that go hunt and then they've got like the thing, like the lift in their garage where they like, I'm like, I can't, I just, no, thank you. No, we're not doing that. We're not those people. No. The second that I pulled the trigger and watched it fall down, I'm done. Like I, I'm not doing it. No way. It's too sad.
I put the fish back because I can't hurt the fish. Like I get it. Just too soft for it. It's not for me. I appreciate that somebody does it so that I can eat and I go to the grocery store and that is where I hunt for deals on meat.
Man. Happy hunting and fishing. Don't make me feel bad about fishing. I mean, intense pain, 22 minutes of intense pain.
22 minutes for how long out of the water. I don't know. Yeah.
Probably a lot longer than I'm doing. I also softly release them back and make sure they're strong swimmers before they leave. Like, you know, I try. I really do try. Good job.
Doing your part. Want to go to London? Yes. Okay. There's lots of reasons to go to London, but I just found another activity that we need to do.
What is it? When we go there, uh, 24 pounds per person. Oh, that's how much it costs. Yeah.
Okay. Like 24 pounds of what? Um, meat?
What do we talk about? It costs 24 pounds per person. Uh, it's an immersive experience.
Okay. It is the result of two years of extensive research, meticulous reconstruction. Um, so two years they've been working on this project. Um, it is a Titanic simulation. Okay.
Hold on. It's about $31.50 per person in US dollars. 31 40. Okay. Uh, that's not terrible. No.
30, so 30 $32 ish. And you're going to go on a Titanic simulation. Yes. All right. Let's, let's break this down. Okay. Uh, is this a ride?
Is this an experience? Oh, hold on. Let me turn down. Is it on the water? No, no, no, no. You're like sitting on what looks to be. Okay.
So it looks like an art museum with a projection on the wall and you are on the iceberg in that simulation and then they change it's a projection. Okay. All right. That's interesting.
Okay. Explain, because I'm not good at explaining things. It's a big white room with little white benches in it, little cushioned white benches. I don't think it looks, it looks like an art museum, uh, that you are sitting in. It's a big white room and they have done full 360 projection. The floor, the ceilings, the walls, uh, from everything from the, the lobby to now we're watching flooding happening, uh, to watching the exterior of the boat as it collides with the, uh, iceberg to now we're underwater.
So yeah. And now we're up on the deck and no, we're in the water. We're on a rescue boat at that point. We're watching it sink.
Okay. So it's interesting in, in that you're kind of getting a different perspective. Um, and I'm sure it's, it's very, uh, what's the word I consuming while you're in that space, I would imagine you very much feel like you're in that space. Uh, if the projection is as good as it looks in that video, I wonder if they'll, if they change the temperature as well. Oh, make it a 4d experience. You make it colder. I don't know.
It seems like I'm interested and I'm curious about it, but then you also go like, I feel like it's an art exhibit. Was it too soon? No, no, no, no, I understand. You know what I mean? I think it's done educationally. Educate. It's an educational experience. So I don't think that it's in poor taste because it isn't, it's not making light of anything and it's not, uh, it's not parody. It's, it's definitely an educational thing. Uh, so I don't feel like it's offensive, but I do think it's very immersive and it's an interesting way to, it's artistic. That's the thing about it for me. They've, they, they went, okay, we've got cool technology and we can project 360 degrees around you.
Uh, so let's do that and put you in, in the Titanic. That's interesting. Yeah. I think it's, I'm curious. It doesn't look to scale.
They spent two years working on this. No, no, do you, do you know what I'm saying though? Like it doesn't look like it's to scale as if I was one person on the boat, that room being as big as it is where they have this exhibit, the boat is bigger to fill the space. I see what you're saying. It's not to a one to one scale of, I feel like I'm on the boat.
It's bigger than life. I get what you're saying. Do you see what I mean? I get it. I get what you're saying. No, I get what you're saying. Yeah. So that's a little bit bug, like that bugs me a little bit.
Oh no. That it isn't one to one on the interiors because they had to fill the whole room with projection. That's all.
The rest of it's cool. So now we can't go because that one thing. It'll bug me the whole time. I'll be like, yeah, your model's inaccurate. It's too big.
I think it seems fascinating and I'm curious about it. And if we ever go to London. Yeah. So years ago we went to the museum exhibit for Titanic. It was in Idaho Falls. That was really, really cool. And they had built, you know, sections of the ship out and stuff. It was really, really fascinating. So, you know, I'm interested in it. I think it's cool. I like that I can do it on dry land. Uh, I would like to explore the Titanic on dry land only. I'm not going down there.
No, I don't need to get close. I just am curious. Yeah. But I'm not that curious. I'm not James Cameron curious.
Tell you what, no way. Anyway, cool. Well, save up your $32. So when we get there, we can. Okay.
Yes. We're going to need 24 pounds per person. But you're not allowed to complain about the dimensions. They better make it look real. Do you want a squeezable gravy bottle? Yeah.
Well, it's coming for you. Because this just sounds, this isn't something that is new, that needs to be invented, just take the one you'd put fry sauce in and put gravy in it. Well, Heinz is coming out with its own squeeze bottle.
Homestyle turkey gravy is what it's featuring, but the bottle is called leftover gravy. Okay. Hold on. So they're, they're actually putting.
Yeah. They have that turkey. Their own kind of gravy. I see. Cause they have that gravy that's in, it's in a jar. I see.
And they're putting it in a squeezable bottle. I see it. I'm looking at it right now. Um, it's a little unnecessary. Why?
Okay. So it's just like a ketchup or a mayo bottle, uh, filled with gravy. They've called it leftover gravy, the ultimate sandwich gravy.
Yeah. So what it is, is if you like that turkey sandwich with the stuffing and the cranberries on it, now you can also squeeze on a little leftover gravy. That's what they've made it for.
Well, yeah. Heidens says they, they've made it specifically for sandwiches. It was inspired by the friends episode where someone stills Ross's moist maker sandwich, which was made from his Thanksgiving leftovers. Leftovers. And the secret was that he soaked his pieces of bread in gravy. So that's where Heinz was like, oh, we have an idea.
Gravy. 30 years later, friends came out in the 90s. Well, it's so hot right now.
Friends is so hot right now. Is it? Yeah. I like the vibe. I like so hot right now. Pivot.
Um, let's see. It's only at Walmart.com or it was sold out. It's sold out. I think, but to get one, you needed to buy a jar version of the gravy. And then they would include a limited edition of the Heinz leftover gravy kit with the squeezable version and a recipe card. Okay.
So here's what they did. I'm looking at the kit right now. Um, and why does it say it's out of stock, but the price was a dollar 88. Yeah, that's what how much it was super cheap. You had to buy the, the jar for.
Okay. But it was more than just the jar. So you got, listen, for a dollar 88, you got a box in the box was the empty leftover gravy squeeze bottle and a jar of the Heinz Turkey gravy. So you got the, the, in the kit were the two items, the jar of gravy and the squeeze bottle. Okay. And then you would take the jar of gravy and fill your own squeeze bottle with it.
That is correct. I don't want to squeeze my own gravy into my own squeeze bottle. It's real turkey gravy made with real turkey broth. Do you know what I hate? Here's something gross that I hate and I don't appreciate when restaurants do this while I'm watching. When they refill the ketchup bottles. Yeah.
And then bring out the big tub of ketchup. Yeah. And then they like have to feel like, I don't like watching them do that. It kind of grosses me out. I can see that you got your hands up by your face. You're having a hard time thinking about it. I don't like it.
Okay. I don't like, I don't like thinking about it at all. Then don't think about it. Oh, well I'm trying not to. You brought it up. Actually, no, I didn't. So you ever watch them roll silverware? Yeah. No, I know. It's just when they bring the big bucket of ketchup and they're like, gotta fill these squeeze bottles. Yeah.
How do you think it gets in there? It, no, I get it. I understand, but it's only the ketchup one that grosses me and the mayo one. And the ranch. What if you were on ranch bottles? That would be your worst day. That would be my worst day. Or the gravy bottles.
I don't want to fill up gravy bottles. But listen, that's my point. My point is there's nothing special here.
I see what you're saying. You can go to the store and you can buy the fry sauce bottle with a little screw on cap. It looks like a little point, little traffic cone point that you cut. You can just get that little squeeze bottle, fill it full of gravy, and then you pass it around like it's, you know, squeeze gravy. Warm gravy or cold gravy? Warm gravy. And then you could, like if I had my own little warm gravy squeeze bottle, I'd be like, and then I would take my bite and I could, it just, it'd be great.
You could imagine this. You grab your roll, open up your roll, you do your butter gravy. I like gravy squeeze bottle.
You do? It's a controlled application of gravy. And I like that. Otherwise it's gravy boat that pours either too fast or too slow. And then you go, bluh, and you get either too much gravy, which doesn't even exist.
I knew I was an adult when I bought a gravy boat. Yeah. Yeah. Sorry, I cut you off. It's fine. Or too much gravy. Yeah.
You either get too much or not enough out of the boat, or you've got a ladle situation, which again, it's haphazard gravy application with a squeeze bottle, you really get pinpoint accuracy. And I appreciate that about it. I like a, I like a controlled application. I can tell. Yeah.
If they could figure out how to put that into a cult gun and you could click, click, click, click, click, and then you think that's more of a controlled application. Yeah. That's nice. Well, put that on your. One of those grease guns. You ever like a gravy grease gun. Have you ever used one of those? No. Oh, they're a pain. Well, then why would you put your gravy in it?
Just for the fun. We, if it's a pain, doesn't seem like a controlled application process. Not as controlled as a squeeze bottle.
I'll tell you that much right now. Well, get yourself a, I'm going to get you a squeeze bottle for every. You could do it with piping bags. You could.
Gravy piping. You could. Bloop, bloop, bloop. You could make all your mashed potatoes look so pretty. You got a little rose petals made out of gravy. It's a little bit, not very firm. Well, you could add a little more cornstarch to it.
Firm it up a little bit. Do a little gravy decoration. I think it would work. Oh, you go for it. I don't want to do it, but you can. I'll let you do the gravy decorating this year.
Nah. I like the squeeze bottle. If we had a gravy squeeze bottle, I wouldn't be upset.
I'm going to get you one. Just for gravies? Yeah.
Talk about easy. Cause you clean out the pan. You put it in the squeeze bottle. You're done after dinner. You just throw that squeeze bottle in the fridge later on when you're like, it's time to make a turkey Sammy squeeze bottle. Boom. It's a good idea. I heard. But it's not that special.
Hines. You've opened my mind, but not my wallet. Hey, would you rather this or that? Hey, would you rather eat cold turkey for a week or pumpkin pie for breakfast for a month?
I'm going pumpkin pie for breakfast. Cold turkey for a week. I can't even do turkey for a day. I'm not doing it for a week. You know, at the end of like two days, it's going to start tasting real funky.
You know, you know that taste. I'm having a sneezing fit. Um, no, I know what you're talking about, but I also, I think I could stomach some cold turkey sandwiches for a week.
No, no, quit it. So I'm going to take that. All right.
I'm going pumpkin pie. Oh yeah. For a month. Yes. Bring it on. No way.
That sounds like awesome. It's a long time. I know.
Of pumpkin pie. All right. I gotta go take care of this sneeze thing. I'm taking cold turkey cake.
You'd rather this or that. Would you consider me a passenger princess? 100%. I would agree. Okay.
But here's the thing about you being a passenger princess. I don't think you're taking it to the level that you possibly could. No, stop your brain. You got to just listen. You got to, you got a thing where that had to get out. I know.
Before you could even know what, what I was talking about. I'm sorry. Okay.
Continue. I think the level of passenger princess that you're at is low. You're a low maintenance passenger princess.
Thank you. And I think it's actually a nice compliment. Yeah, I don't want to be high maintenance. Right.
I understand. But I, I think you see, uh, there are passenger princesses that have a pillow, a blanket, they have their own climate controls on their side of the car. There's, uh, a bigger water bottle situation. There's a lot of things that have to be involved in you being comfortable as a passenger. And I don't think you're at that level. You just will hop in. Yeah. You're like, I'm good to go. Let's go for a ride. So you're, you're like, uh, you're like a different level of passenger princess than full on princess.
Okay. Like a passenger peasant. I don't want to be a passenger peasant because you don't require all the luxuries of royalty is what I'm trying to say. Okay.
I get, so maybe a passenger Duchess. Okay. Sure. Right.
Sure. Or a passenger gesture. Uh, if you had better jokes, I might go on with that one. Great jokes. I know you just don't laugh because you're like, I can't tell her that she's funny. Yeah. That's it. Like, no, I don't let on.
There's humor happening. No, I think, uh, I just think that you're not, uh, I, the easiest way I would put it is you're not a high maintenance passenger. You don't require all of the stuff. Now, let's think about it for a minute. Would you like to have a blanket?
Depends. Where are we going? Is it an extended trip?
I don't know. Here's the thing though, because I, if, if I needed to not stay awake, I have to keep you awake. Yeah, I know, because it's boring. You get bored.
It's boring. So I feel bad if I take a nap. But if I could take a nap, I would absolutely take a blanket and a pillow, but I can't because I'm going to kind of keep the driver awake. And that's my job, I guess. Even on like an hour and a half drive, I'm like, this is boring.
Even though when I'm driving, you fall asleep in the passenger seat. Yeah. Cause it's boring. Yeah. It's white noise. It's boring. And also I'm not in control of anything. So I'm like, I'm out. I'm going to sleep now. Oh, I know. That's why I have to keep you awake. Yeah.
So no blanket for me because I can't fall asleep. Someone's got to keep the ship moving. I mean, I'm driving, but it's you got to keep the captain moving the ship. The ship's under control. It's just the captain that needs the attention. Yeah, I know. Yeah. Keep the captain.
That's it. You're more like a first mate. Okay.
Then a passenger princess. That's it. Great.
I'll be the first mate. Yeah. Yeah. I'll be, I'll do that. Well, it's passenger princess day. Today is? Yeah. Oh.
At, uh, I don't know if it's a national holiday or not. Let's look it up. Hang on.
Let me look. But I do know that there is a local drink place in town. Yeah. And they're offering deals for passenger princesses.
I see. And this particular place has my favorite chai tea latte. So are you saying that you need to, uh, they have also released an egg nog chai tea latte. And that sounds delicious for this passenger first mate. I was trying to see if this is a national day.
If I rolled up to that place to get my drink, you think I could say, oh, hoi, hoi, hoi. So the holiday is the third Wednesday of November, uh, which happens to be today. But it, it was originated by the Dutch bros. They made it. They made it up. Yeah.
It's their own thing, but it is recognized today. Okay. Well, I can't go to get my drink unless I'm the passenger though. Is that right? So you have to drive us through. Oh, okay.
So that I can be like first mate, choo, choo. And they'll be like, no, that's not that day. Right. That's, that's in September on talk like a pirate day. That's when first mates come through.
Hi captain, bring your first mate on through. They say September or something dumb. Uh, let's wrap it up for the day. Huh. Yeah. Call it a present.
And we'll wrap it up. A present. Present.
That was very new Zealand of you. Yeah. It's a present and we're going to wrap it up. Two days till Christmas music, just a reminder, uh, you can listen to the show and its entirety on demand, wake up, classy 97. The podcast is available everywhere. You get podcasts. Ss, ss, ss.
Pat podcast. I, that's right. So, uh, thanks for hanging out.
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