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Wake up with Josh & Chantel every weekday from 6a-10a on Classy 97! Missed the show or want to revisit your favorite moments from the show, enjoy Wake Up Classy 97 - The Podcast!
Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Thursday, May 14th, 2026
Episode summary introduction:
Josh is deep in backyard project mode trying to figure out exactly how much mulch he can haul in his Tundra, Chantel mourns a plant that didn't make it four days, the surprising comeback of hacky sack among Gen Z, are Josh and Chantel elder millennials, Xennials, or proudly Oregon Trail generation, a review of the Billie Eilish 3D concert film directed by James Cameron, the viral men in flip flops debate, a mystery coworker's open-air Culver's leftovers that have been sitting in the work fridge since Tuesday, an incredible "It's Never Too Late" story about a 72-year-old woman graduating from medical school, the beautiful sunflower theory making the rounds on TikTok, a Second Chance Prom announcement, NFL schedule release night drama, a very important warning label exercise, and more!
Timestamps:
(0:00) - Bonus: Mulch calculator
(4:11) - Chantel's gettin' ready routine
(8:21) - Good News
(10:15) - Hacky Sack is back
(15:48) - Warning labels
(19:22) - Work leftovers
(23:38) - 27th Annual 2nd Chance Prom
(27:07) - Billie in 3D
(32:07) - Men in flip flops
(39:11) - Elder millennials
(44:44) - Sunflower theory
(46:31) - Dead flowers
(50:23) - NFL schedules
(53:10) - Would You Rather
(55:41) - Backyard view
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Full show transcript:
As you know, and as we've talked about often, there's a lot going on in the backyard. And one of the things that I'm trying to figure out is how much mulch I need.
Yeah. So I found a bunch of different calculators online. I called and got a quote yesterday. And I was like, here's what I think I need. I've got, because what I'm trying to do is put down mulch in between all the garden beds that you can walk on. It's a nice surface that kind of finishes the garden. Right. Like it's going to make it look nice.
Absolutely. So I'm going to do some edging and I got to put some mulch in and then I'll have kind of a real nice finished looking garden. And it's bugging me that all I can see right now is the, is just the weed barrier stuff that I put down on the, on the ground above the grass where the garden beds are at now. And it's making me a little bit cranky because I'm tired of looking at it.
And I want to see it finished. So, uh, you know, there's, there's a whole bunch of like math equations that go into figuring out how much you need for square footage and how, and then how deep you want it to be. Right. Cause you could just have like a little bit of coverage or you could go like I want it two and a half or three inches deep, which is what we want. We want a good few inches of mulch on there. And so I'm trying to figure out how much it is. And then I'm like, okay, now that I know I need like a half yard or a yard of it, whatever, uh, can I fit that in the back of my truck? That's a different question.
Can you fit it? Is your truck going to hold the weight? Yeah. Is that what you mean?
Well, mulch is different than gravel. Gravel's way heavy. And I was able to carry a good, good amount of gravel in the little four by eight trailer. But boy, is it a twisted up little frame now because of the amount of weight I put on.
But it needs rebuilt. So I don't feel confident pulling the trailer with it. I think I'll just use the truck, but I have a short bed on my, on my tundra. I don't have the big long bed. And they say in the long bed, you could carry two yards of mulch and I don't need that much. So I think I'm going to be okay getting away with mine half a yard.
If nothing else, you'll just have to take two trips. That sucks, but you could do it. Yeah.
That wouldn't be the best option. I would like to do it all in one. That'd be better.
Well, I know that would be better. But if you can't do it in one, you can take two.
But I'm nervous that if I don't get enough, I'm going to have to go back and get more. But then on the same note, if I get too much, what I'm going to do with the extra.
We'll find places to put it. Well, you can always use mulch.
True. That is true. Anyway, that's, that's what's going through my brain is a bunch of math about mulch. Fun.
I know. They have a calculator for everything. That's true. You know, they have a pizza calculator. Yeah.
It'll tell you how many slices per person and then how many pizzas you need to get. Exactly. You'll fill that. Yeah. What size? Yep. So you use that for my 40th birthday. Yeah. Is that where you learned about the pizza calculator? Yeah. Because you were trying to make pizza for how many people?
No, I use it all the time. Oh, do you? Your birthday was a problem because people did not RSVP. And so then they gave me kind of a, that's a story for a different time. Is it? Yeah. Cause I, I way over bought pizza because I, people didn't RSVP.
How many extra pizzas did we
have at the end of the day? So many. I don't even remember. Do we still have some? Probably. It's been four years ago. We're still eating on that pizza. Oh man. I way over ordered. I could have done a nice dinner for the amount I spent on pizza. That pizza calculator, it helped, but it was the people.
It was the people with the problem. It was the non RSVP. I see. So you had more pizza than people because you were trying to compensate because you knew people were coming that didn't RSVP. I see. All right.
Well, hey, thanks for throwing me an awesome party. But that was awesome. Mulch calculator. That's pretty cool. Yeah.
I'm going to go try and see how much I can fit in a truck. That sounds like a cool idea. Let's go mulch. Yeah. Hey, here's today's show. Enjoy. Good morning, Chantel. Oh, hi. What's up? Um, nothing.
You're over there doing your usual get ready routine. Correct. Is it the same every day? Do you vary it up? What do you mean? Is it the same routine? The same order of everything? The same same?
I mean, it's the same same unless I'm doing something different with my hair.
Oh, what's on the menu for today? I don't know. Yet to be seen.
It depends on how I feel when I go to do it.
I see. I see. Why do you ask? I just was curious. I saw you over there with a with a bag of different things and I just didn't know what you had going on. There's a lot. You have a lot you have to do.
Yeah, I know. All of this to look beautiful for you.
Whoa. Hey, it's not for me. Who's it for? Good question. Because I like it just the way you are. Stop. Stop it. I'm never like... Man, I really hope she does her face today.
No, there was one time I do remember this. I said, do you think I should wear more makeup? Or I said, do you think... What did I say? I said, do you think I wear too much makeup? And you said, I think you could use more. Yeah, because I was joking. No, no, you were not. Whatever.
Actually, if you wanted to put on a little rouge.
Actually, if you wanted to really just do the whole shebang. I'd never really change your face. You never said that.
You did too. No, not in seriousness. There's no way. You wear minimal makeup and yet still you have to carry around a basket and a bag. The basket's for hair stuff.
Uh-huh. The bag is for makeup stuff. Got it.
There's a lot that I have to learn. Because I mean, I've known you a long time. I don't know what's in that bag. I don't go in there. There's nothing for me in there. Okay. I'm just saying. What's in there? Do you use every bottle of stuff that's in there every day? No. What are you carrying around extra? I know.
This is weird conversation.
I just mean, it's what's in front of me. This is a... What's... You don't use every day?
This. I don't use this every day because I don't like this actually. Why do you have it? Because I bought it and then I didn't like it. It's a foundation that I don't like. So I don't know why I still have it. Okay. I don't use that. Right. This is...
We can lighten your load. We put you into like a one bag or one basket situation.
No. I need the basket and the bag.
Okay. What are you talking about? I was just trying to help. Yeah, put that back in there. You don't want to lose that. So the one bottle. Okay. Okay. Got it. The one bottle. Everything else gets used every day. Yeah. Okie doke. It does. Huh. I'm glad I don't have to deal with that. You know? Yeah. I don't have to deal with hair because I'm bald so I put on a hat.
I know. Sometimes I wish... I don't mind the makeup thing. It's the hair thing that bothers me. I hate doing my hair every day.
That's where you have to decide what's really going to be different.
Yeah. Okay. And it's all dependent on my mood.
What did you do yesterday? Because it looked real nice yesterday.
It looked real nice but you don't remember what I did?
I'm saying... I didn't watch what you did. No. What did it look like? Nice. But was it... Hueyvy. Up or down? Down. It was down and Hueyvy. Yeah, that's standard.
Okay. That's my standard do. It looked good. Thank you. Thank you.
You're welcome. Hey. Good morning. Good morning. This story is from the It's Never Too Late file. Have you seen this file? I have not. This is the one where we've got people running their first marathons. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's Never Too Late file.
72-year-old Don Zeugiest Kraft was growing up. Her mother predicted that she would become a doctor. She earned an undergraduate degree and considered going to medical school but chose to put those things on hold to get married and raise a family and work as a neonatal nurse practitioner. Well, in 2020, Don was inspired to fulfill her dream of becoming a doctor. She and her husband dipped into retirement funds and Don hit the books, started studying, and all that hard work and sacrifice paid off as she is set to graduate from medical school and begin a three-year residency. After 45 years of working in hospitals as a nurse, she is not looking for like a trophy degree.
She plans to bring decades of real-world experience and amazing passion to her new role as a doctor at 72. That's fantastic. Isn't this cool? She said, I feel alive when I work in a medical field.
I want to do this because I really enjoy this. So that is amazing. 72-year-old mama four raised him. She's like, been a nurse for a long time and now she's like, it's time
for me to put on the white coat. Yeah, it's time. And you did it.
Don, you did it. That's pretty amazing. So congratulations and a reminder that it's never too late. It's never too late. Never too late. You want to do it? Go for it.
Dip into your retirement and do it. It's good news. It's been a little like a week or so ago that our daughter was like, everybody's playing hacky sack in the halls and it's making me crazy. And I have one I carry around.
I haven't played because I haven't had like a hacky sack circle where a bunch of us gather around and play. But I think I need to break this thing out more often. It's taken off. It's going crazy. Gen Z is all about hacky sack right now.
Oh, they need to see a video with Freddie Prince Jr.
True, true. It's a poetry slam.
It is a poetry slam. She saw that. Yeah. And he sings about us, not sings, but.
He does a poem about his hacky sack. He got to keep it up.
Don't let it drop. It's a whole thing. Yeah.
It's now spread onto college campuses and parks and schoolyards. It's all over the place. And they're trying to figure out why. Why? Why what? Why is hacky sack making a big comeback? Why is hacky sack back?
Yeah. Here's why. It's low effort, low pressure and refreshingly offline.
Sounds like they're trying to sell me a soda. Refreshingly offline. There's no scoreboard. There's no winner.
There's no skills gate keeping. It's just standing in a circle trying to keep a little beanbag in the air. It's, you know, you can get tricky. I haven't played in a minute, but I was for a while.
Could you do the thing where you hit it from like behind?
Yeah, I could do behind the leg. I could do little toe flips. I had several different things, but it was a lot of soccer skills. Ah. But that's also my ability to jump through my leg comes from the flexibility of hacky sack.
Josh. It's a similar move. Wow.
Yeah, I know. So a bunch of what they call burnt out on hustle culture is really what's going on. Everything's hyper competitive. Everything's like do it, do it, do it, move, move, move. Next thing, next thing. This is the anti all of that. It's just hang out.
There's, it's not super athletic. I like it. And you just get to like chill out. It's not about being good. It's about being together. It's about not checking your phone. It's about killing time. The old school way is what they're saying. Now I wanted to look up other things that were from the nineties or before that had a similar kind of, uh, offline connectivity thing.
And what'd you find for square? Never played. I never played that either, but that was not too long ago that was in playgrounds. I don't know if it's still either. Our kids don't go to elementary school, but I, it was there when they, we're in elementary
school, but that game focuses on hand eye coordination, positioning. It's a little athletic. It's four players, but I think you can have more because I think you swap out if you get out. So there's, there's, you know, a good group of people can play that.
It's Gaga pit. I don't know. I don't know. Those were huge when our kids, and then it was like they were taking them out because kids were getting injured.
Yeah. Uh, Jackson marbles, both of those seem older.
Jackson marbles is, yeah, that's like our parent, my parents, my parents are older than yours, but that's my parents.
Yeah. But again, if we start playing this stuff, these are similar type games, low intensity, disconnected, right? Okay. Jump rope specifically double Dutch.
We gotta see double Dutch come back. We gotta get on that double Dutch bus.
Yeah. That's right. And then there's a game called barcode. And I don't know this game, but this game is similar to hacky sack where you have a milk or a juice carton. So small. Do they still do milk and cartons? Do they switch everything to bottles?
I don't think it's, yeah, I think it's like a plastic bottle.
You could probably make it work with this. The idea is you keep that in the air. You can use hands, feet, whatever to keep the, the carton in the air.
Very similar to hacky sack. Yeah. You know what that is? However, what?
There's a dead arm penalty to the, to the loser. It's keepy upy.
With a twist. With a twist. Dead arm. With a dead arm. That's a game that was made up by kids who were bored and needed a game. That's right. Those are my favorite kind of games.
I've never heard of barcode, but that sounds like a good time. Barcode. Interesting. Yeah. Um, that's it. Okay.
You know that this is a totally separate thing, but it made me remember when milk used to come in cartons. I've worked at a preschool and they had the lunch lady saved me all the milk cartons that got thrown away and I washed them out and then I made, I was doing a lesson on the three little pigs and I made bricks out of mud and grass clip eggs. And we made bricks in the milk cartons.
In the milk cartons. That makes sense. And everybody got to take home their mudgrass brick.
No, they kind of got destroyed. And so they just stayed at the school.
Well that's still a fun activity. Look at how strong they are. They got destroyed. Little pig, little pig.
Not to detract from your hacky sack story.
No, that's fine. Hacky sack. Hacky sack.
If I came with a warning label, what would it be? This seems dangerous.
That is not the label. This is a dangerous question for me.
I think the warning label is this seems dangerous because I am dangerous. No. Yes.
No, I think I'm pretty sure it's not that. What is it then, Josh? I might fall down, set on level ground, easily tipped over. I don't know.
Yes. Some like that. Those are all good. They're all the same. This is dangerous. I think that should be the warning label.
That's a dangerous question because that could be easily misconstrued. My answer could easily be misconstrued. It's dangerous for me to answer. What's my warning label?
What is your warning label? What would your warning label be? Hmm. Watch out when it gets quiet, I think. What does that mean? When you get quiet, I get nervous. Because I'm thinking? No, partly, but also because I don't know what you're thinking. What do you think I'm thinking?
I don't know. That's why I make you nervous. I don't know. It just does. Be careful when he gets quiet.
Tread lightly when he's quiet. Interesting. When this product gets quiet. Product! Set on level ground. Yeah.
I don't want you to fall over and break.
I don't know if I'll break. Fragile. But I will fall over, to be sure. Very bad balance. You'll put fragile on there.
And then we'll know. You've got to be stored in a crate with hay in it.
I won't break, but I will get bruised pretty heavily. I bruise pretty easily. Bruises easily, that's a good warning label. Bruises
easily. I think they put that on fruit.
Or we'll cry at everything. Yeah.
Happy, sad. Just because.
You've got to have a better warning label, but I don't know what yours would be. Yeah, I think it's got to be when he's quiet. Watch out. Why? I'm probably just sleeping. No. It's not that.
Okay. You're thinking. But it's always, I don't know what you're thinking about. And then I say, what are you thinking about? And you go, I don't know. And I go, that's a lie. I don't know. I see that.
Sometimes it's literally nothing. I'm just staring off.
You're just zoning out. Yeah. It's nice.
I'm just thinking of nothing. I don't know what that's like. I know. And that's why it weirds you out. It does weird me out. Because you don't have the ability to just sit in nothing.
Just sit. No, there's 16 things that are always going through my brain. You got to just sit.
Have you tried just sitting? I've tried. When? All the time. Just sit and enjoy.
I'm just sitting right now and enjoying. Are you? Yep. Nice.
Same. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Start over. We have to talk about something that just happened. Yes. Because you went to the work fridge. Yes. First of all, that's not a place you go.
No. Second of all, please continue because I have a lot to say about what you're going to talk about. And I've had a lot to say about it since Tuesday.
What is today? Thursday? Yes. Has it been in there since Tuesday?
Go ahead. It's been there since at least Tuesday. Go ahead. Okay.
I opened the fridge. Yes. And I try not to look in there because I don't like, it kind of grosses me out. I don't like, okay.
You don't like a communal space.
I don't. When it involves food.
Because you think other people's food and leftovers is gross. Yeah.
That's what you've said. It just looks gross. So I don't look around often when I open the fridge. I get what I need out and I go on my way.
Okay. So you looked in there and what did you see?
I think it was Culver. Somebody hit eat it at Culver's.
No, that's, yeah, that's exactly what it is. I know it is. I took a picture of it on Tuesday because I, first of all, I was going to ask if you'd seen it. I'm so glad you finally brought it up because it's been sitting in my phone for a couple of days.
It's just a tray.
Yeah. It's the boat. It's a paper boat.
Paper boat. And it's got, I think, Fries and chicken tenders. Okay. Yeah. Open.
Just open to the elements. It's not in a container. It's just sitting in there like somebody was like, I'll come back and get this later. And they just set it in the fridge.
Yeah. Open. No one's eating that.
No way. It's been there for days.
You're not going to come back and eat that.
I know. I know. I don't do this at home in our own fridge.
Nobody does that at home. That's weird behavior. Who's is it? I don't know.
But it's been there for days. Just sitting in the open fridge air.
And that's so annoying because it's just going to sit there for weeks and weeks and weeks. And then no one's ever going to claim it. And then somebody someday is going to say, hey, we need to clean out the fridge. And somebody's going to say, I don't know who's that is.
I know. Claim it. So I took that picture on Tuesday at 731 AM. So it's been that's almost exactly two days ago that I took that picture. I didn't notice if it was there on Monday, but it's certainly been there since Tuesday. Gross. And I'm so glad you got you saw.
I'm so happy you saw. Just open aired chicken tenders and fries. Just sitting there. Just sitting there. Yep. Oh, it kind of grosses me out to think about. Whoa. You're having a hard time. I don't like, I don't like other people's food in the fridge. I don't know why it is so gross to me.
Do you want to go put some open air cheeseburger next to it? Just leave it like half a cheeseburger that you've eaten. Just open sitting next to it. And we'll just see how many open air foods we can put in there until somebody's like, what's going on in here?
Open aired foods. It's gross. It is gross.
Who does that? Who does that? I don't know. We got to. I do like that you said that's not normal behavior. Because it's not. It's not. That is strange behavior, my guy. We got to find out who did it. Do you have any guesses? I have one idea. Oh, who do you think? Call them out. Say their name.
No, I don't want to. Because that seems mean. I don't know. It could be, it could be, I don't know. What if it's our boss, Jade? I bet it's Jade. It's not Jade. Is it our boss, Kevin? It's not Kevin.
Kevin. Kevin.
That's a weird behavior, buddy.
We'll get to the bottom of it. Somebody's open air food in the fridge. Being weird. So a lot of people have been asking what's going on with the second chance prom.
That's right. Well, officially, it's all happening and everything has been released and all the stuff is out there and you can get tickets now and it's happening June 6th, 8pm to 11pm at the Snake River Landing, the waterfront at Snake River Landing. It's the 27th annual second chance prom. This year's theme, it's a royal regency ball. You ever seen Bridgerton?
I actually have. It's that. It's that. It's the royal regency ball this season. I need a dress. I need quite the attire. I need a date. Well, get ready because you got one. Who is it? What? No one's asked me to go. Are you serious right now? I am serious right now.
You did this last year.
Yeah, I know. You're doing this again this year? Yeah, because you should have learned last year that you need to invite me to go to the prom with you. Okay.
And it's got to be more than one good prom.
I mean, something a little more romantic.
Alright, fine. I'll put something together maybe for lucky.
Maybe. That means I'll forget and I'm not going to ask you.
Whatever. Not true. Anyway, there's an event listed on our Facebook page. You can RSVP there. You can get all your ticket information at our website. Go to klce.com. You can get tickets. There's free tickets available.
You can buy your tickets online right now and be ready to go. It's the 27th annual Second Chance Prom. June 6th, it's a Saturday, 8 p.m. to 11 at the waterfront at Snake River Landing. It is going to be a good time. If you've never been, this could be your first Second Chance Prom. The idea here is that maybe you're with somebody who isn't your high school sweetheart. Right.
And maybe you're now saying, hey, I'd like to go to prom with that person who I married and I never got a chance to. So let's go. It's our Second Chance. Or maybe you want to rekindle the magic.
Or maybe you just want to go with a bunch of friends. Maybe. We've seen that happen too. Yeah. Maybe you just want to come alone. We've seen that happen too.
That is true. Maybe you've been to every single one of the 27. We have seen that too. So if you're looking for it, it's happening June 6th, 8 p.m. to 11, 27th Annual Second Chance Prom. Free tickets available through several different folks.
We've got Closet Revival, Mahana Fresh, and Black Tie Car Wash. All the details again are at klce.com. So you can get tickets. You can buy tickets. Go and get all the details right now, klce.com.
And we will see you at the prom. Get your boogie shoes and join us. Ooh, boogie shoes. My, my, my, my, my boogie shoes.
No, we knew. We didn't.
We didn't. We did that. Don't harsh my mellow, dude.
I just am saying that we knew boogie shoes. I know you knew it.
I wasn't singing it so that people would know it. I was singing it because I'd like to sing it. Yeah, okay. You are really. What? Nothing.
You're really nothing. We'll see you on June 6th at prom. We last night had quite the experience and I, I haven't been to a 3D movie in boy, I can't even tell you the last time.
Since they used to do the glasses one red and one blue.
Well, no, I think it's been since then, but it's been a long time since I've seen a 3D movie and we went and saw the Billy Eilish concert film, the James Cameron directed with her.
I didn't know he directed it. Yeah. Until last night.
Oh, you didn't know that from the trailer? I didn't know. You didn't know it was James Cameron the whole time?
I didn't see the trailer, I guess. Oh, okay. That was a surprise to me.
Oh, well, cool. So it was all filmed in 3D. The way 3D works these days. Me too. I was really impressed. The Moana live action trailer was the only 3D trailer that we saw. The rest of them were all 2D, but that was interesting. Like as we were watching that before the Billy Eilish concert film, it was really, like you would say like, boy, the technology's come along. Oh, yeah. Like this actually looks decent. It really did. It wasn't uncomfortable. Like I think they've figured out some 3D stuff. Like it didn't feel...
There were some parts in the movie because it was Billy Eilish's tour that you're watching and some behind the scenes footage and stuff. And there are like times where like the crowd had their hands up and it was like right in front of you. And there were times I felt like I needed to...
You were trying to push them down?
It felt real. Yeah. Like you were really there.
When the confetti was falling at the end, it felt like it was falling in front of your face. The 3D has come a long way. Yeah. It was super, super, super good. It's a limited run, right? Like...
The movie? Yeah. Oh, the movie. It was so good.
But like if you wanted to see it, do you still have a chance to or is there more show times? Anyway... I do not know. Let me... The film was really cool. And it is like the immersive concert experience. So it's... I would argue like there's nothing like live music. So when I say that this was probably better than being at the show, it's not.
It's not. Because it's not the live music experience. But boy, do you get a lot more like way closer to the artist. Yes. You get like a way better show.
If you can't... Because I love live music. I love being in there. I love the excitement of being in a venue with... Right.
A big shared experience. I get that. But if you can't go see your artist, because we've tried to go see Billie Eilish because our daughter loves her and I love her. Yeah, right.
She sold out. Every concert is sold out. So you can't...it's impossible to go see her.
Unless you're going to pay an arm and a leg for some secondhand tickets or whatever.
Exactly. So this was a good alternative. Yeah. And it was...
It was so good. It was very, very good. The music was great as a performer. She's really, really great. And to be able to kind of get some of the behind the scenes stuff of like how they traverse from parts of the stage to different parts of the stage. Kind of get behind, you know, into her brain about how she put the show together was fascinating. Like it was really, really cool. So good. You were looking for other show times?
Yeah. You haven't seen anything? It's run until, I mean... So the answer is yes. Yes, you can still get bigger.
There are still opportunities. Yeah. Okay. So if you're interested in checking it out, it's definitely...
I would absolutely recommend it. Billy, in 3D was such a cool experience. If you like Billy Eilish. Yeah. That's the one to see.
It's very, very cool. And worth the, how long? I don't know. A couple hours. You think? Yeah.
I would not recommend buying popcorn because that's extreme. The cost, the expense? Yeah. I see. We don't typically go to this particular theater. Right.
Because we're poor radio people.
I bought popcorn and I was like, you've... Emery was embarrassed because I go, 1050 for this? I know. Yeah. I know. It's crazy. And then we said, shh, mom. I was like, I don't care. That's crazy. That's crazy.
It is crazy. I know. It costs two cents. I know. I'm aware. It's wild. Anyway, great show. So good. And really well done. James Cameron. I would watch it again.
And the 3D technology. Boy, was that neat. I would go again too. It was very good. It was so good. Yeah. Anyway, thanks for inviting me. I'm glad I went.
I know. I'm glad I bought tickets. It was a cool experience. How do you feel about flip flops?
I used to have some. Dudes.
Yes.
Specifically, I'm dudes. Yeah. I'm a little over it.
You used to have some. I did. And I didn't mind you wearing flip flops. And I didn't mind you wearing jeans and flip flops.
It's fine. I prefer now my Chocos. But I want new Chocos because I have the one that has the little toe thing. And I don't care for that. I want the ones that don't have the toe thing.
I like to wear the one that was in the back of the house. I love the one that has the little toe thing on my Chocos too. And it cuts off my toe. Yeah. I feel like my circulation is being robbed.
I don't feel like that as much as it rubs raw the webbing between my toes. I don't like that. Sad. So I want to get new Chocos.
Like an open toe Chocos. Just the strap. Yeah, same. Yeah. Without the toe thing.
And then I'd be like super excited about them. And guess what? They make some that have the strapping is like brown trout and I want those. So, you know.
Okay, but tell me why you stopped wearing flip flops.
They broke and I just never replaced them. That's that's it.
I think it was so weird to see you in flip flops now.
I had a little pair of red ones. I don't know where they ended up, but I used those in showers like at the gym and and like that. Like I think it's good to have them there because there's other people's bacteria, but I haven't I don't even know where those ended up. They could be in the trailer.
I don't know where they are. I haven't used them in a while, but those are possibly I'd have to look but I they were just a simple little plastic pair of red flip flops for for public showers or like at camps, right? Like when we would go to week-long camps and you're out there on the wood deck with nails poking up, it's nice to have a flip flop on. So that those I feel like that's an appropriate place to have a shower.
I haven't seen you wear flip flops in 20 years and so now it would be so weird to see you in a pair of flip flops. I liked it when you did wear them.
Yeah. There is a viral video where women are saying men need to stop wearing flip flops. It's gross. And there's more women that have commented like, yeah, it's gross. It needs to go away. And they're like, this has to be taken seriously. Okay. The toe hair is gross. The worst is jeans and flip flops. I like that.
It's just your cash. Look, I look, I get it. Like men's feet is not a thing that I look at. Like I don't like feet in a public place anyway. I would rather if everybody wore shoes instead of sandals and stuff because I don't want to see your feet out, you know, put your dogs away. Like who let them dogs out?
So I'm of the mind of like, yeah, let's not. When I, when you and I were first together, I wore flip flops. I wore them to work and other coworkers were having a hard time. They're like, seriously, are you headed to the shower, dude? Why are you wearing flip flops out in public? What are you doing? Like they didn't like it. But I like my Chocos. I would wear my Chocos to work to work. I don't care. Yeah, it's Chocos.
Yeah, I feel like Chocos are the same as but that's what I'm at.
That was my question is the problem that they can see men's feet. It doesn't matter if it's a sandal or a flip flop or a Choco or a Tiva, whatever. If you're, if you're wearing something with your toes out, is that the issue? I feel like that's what they're saying is that the issue is that they can see a man's feet and they don't like hairy hobbit toes.
I think that's it too. But no, because they said other sandals are fine. But I go, what other sandals are dudes wearing?
What about those leather sandals? You know, not the ones like the ones your mom has. I don't care for those. Those are gross sandals. You know what I'm talking about. I, the same ones that James wears on, on the spectrum.
I don't like those sandals. But I, what about those?
I got to figure out what they're called. They're like a, like a woven toe look like a, like a basket kind of toe. Yeah, there they are. Men's leather sandals. You got to look these up. This is a closed toe sandal. I don't like that.
A closed toe sandal?
I thought the whole idea of sandals was open toe. Look up men's, look up leather men's closed toe sandal. And that is not the look. I do not like those. I can smell them from here. I can smell them through the internet. They're awful. That has to go away.
Yeah. And you, can you look at, you got to think about, you got to imagine what it looks like when the dude takes them off and the bottom of the sole is just
dirty, but then also cool tan lines, bro. Like you're going to have terrible little striped feet. Yes you are.
Yeah. I don't like those at all. I, yeah. No, especially not on a dude.
They feel very European. Don't they? Like what is that? It's so awful. And there's so many gross ones. I don't care for that. Yeah. I also don't like the, whatever those ones are. These are like a rugged outdoor walk and hike and sandal.
It is rare to see you in a sandal. Unless it's my choco. Unless it's your choco. Right. But even you in a choco feels weird sometimes. Does it? You just don't typically have your dogs out. No, it's weird.
It's weird to see. I'm going to get my chocos on. I'm going to wear my chocos all the rest of this week. So that's tomorrow. Next week, choco week.
Oh boy. No, I can't.
It hurts my toe. I need a new pair. Your daughter's going to have a fit if you do that. I should do that plus my jean cutoffs. Matter of fact, I'm going to wear that this weekend. I'm going to go, Hey, look at me in my jean cutoff shorts and my chocos.
And she's going to be like, wow, dad. Strong choice bud. So I get where they're coming from. I'm not a big fan of it, but I'm not a big fan of people with their dogs out at work in general. Even women? Men, women walk around with shoes on. They do have shoes. No.
But women typically have a nice pedicure. It looks so nice. Put them away. Put your dogs away. Have you heard of the term elder millennial?
Yeah, that's, it's kind of on the cusp of where we are. It is us.
It's 1980 to 1985.
I understand. And I get real nitpicky about this because you graduated in 99. I graduated in 2000. So we've been out of high school for a lot of years, 26, 27 years. Isn't that great? Isn't that fun information? Yuck. But here's the thing.
I'm happy to be out of high school. No, I understand. It's just the time that it's is behind us.
That's all. What I'm trying to get at is there's Gen X before us and millennial after us. And I feel like we are in the middle of this. And that's why they created the Xenial with an X, not Xenial with a Z, which is the other end of the millennial into Gen Z. Xenial with an X is a subgeneration that exists between the two, which is where we are. And I think it's like 78 to 83. And for a lot of time, we've said, what happened between 81, 82 and 85? Because there was a shift and you could feel millennial in 85.
But we still had that like leaning Gen X thing. So 78 to 83 is that like weird little five, six year Xenial with an X generation. So when they say you're an older millennial, elder millennial, I feel like that starts at like 83. I feel like we made it into the Gen X cut.
Well, you're wrong because the whole Internet is saying that it's 80 to 85 is the elder millennial.
They're wrong, but that's fine. Okay.
You're definitely the right one. That's correct. So these people are 37 to 45 years old. We do not feel old. We survived dial up Internet, three layers of lace, camis, cut off jeans and tanning beds. What? I'm just listening. Okay.
We were raised on TGIF and the Oregon Trail. Yes. We, I'm still listening.
Waiting for more. We grew up without the Internet. We used floppy disc VHS tapes and dial up Internet. I don't know. It's a good place for us to be because I think I don't like the term elder. I don't want to be called elder millennial. I'm not an elder.
No, I know. That's why we're Xenials with an X often called the Oregon Trail generation. That's what I'd like to be called. Yeah. Because that's what we are. The OT generation. Because we had an analog childhood free of social media, constant connectivity, a digital young adulthood. The term Xenial with an X was added to the Oxford dictionary in 2020. It bridges the cynicism of Gen X and the optimism of millennials. We are in between.
I'm not making this up. It's 77 to 83. It's been, it was invented well before elder millennial was invented. So don't tell me I'm wrong. Whoa. Hot button. I said I get real persnickety about this.
You really do. But why?
Because this for some reason has been important to me. I don't know why. This is a heel you're gonna die on. It absolutely is. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Because here's the big deal. I don't, I like people give millennials a bad time the same way they give boomers a bad time. Okay, boomer.
Same deal they do with, oh, you're just a millennial. Right? Yeah. It's the same attitude. Gen X gets this free pass.
Nobody's out there going like, oh, because everybody knows you don't poke the bear. And I feel more in line with that attitude than I do with millennial or with, you know, any other generation. So when they go, no, you're in this lump, you're in here. I go, I'm not not part of that. Me personally, maybe it's me personally.
I feel like you're just thinking much too seriously. Yeah. Well, and I'm sorry that I brought it up.
I give Gen X their due respect. I'm not trying to be a part of something I'm not. I'm also not trying to be a millennial. I'm in between.
I'm not trying to be an elder of anything.
Right. That's why we're zenials with an X own that it feels better. It's more comfortable. Oregon Trail generation. OT.
I'm an OT generation.
That's right. The Oregon Trail. Because that's what I learned how to do. Second and third grade. I'm sitting at a brand new Macintosh computer in our lab learning how to play Oregon Trail and trying to make it across the river.
That's all I want to do. I'm not dying of dysentery. All I want to do is make it past the rattlesnake. I gotta afford this river, man. I gotta afford this river. I gotta buy more grains.
People are starving. Look at all the responsibility I have to take on as a second grader. I gotta worry about other people getting bit by snakes. This is not my problem.
We lost Randy. Randy.
An eagle swooped down and hit him in the beak. Now he's done.
Another one done by dysentery. Ah. Bummer. I saw this video on TikTok yesterday and it's about the sunflower theory. And basically the sunflower theory is a metaphor suggesting that if you give a sunflower to somebody, you should always give two. Because sunflowers face the sun in bright times, but then if it's dark, they turn toward each other for support and warmth and brightness.
Well, how nice is that? And the symbolization is... Or symbolism. What? What did I say? Symbolization. I don't think... What did I say? Symbolization. That might be a word. I don't know, but symbolism anyway is...
Is just like loyalty and support and encouragement and... Yeah. I think it's nice.
It is very nice. And I think that's something everybody kind of needs. to have somebody lean on, right? Yeah. Yeah. Sunflower theory. That's pretty sweet. The sunflower theory. So if you're going to give somebody a sunflower, you better give them two.
You have to give them two.
That's the way it works. But that's if they're not cut. If they're cut flowers, they're not continuing to do photosynthesis, so they aren't going to turn toward the sun. And then, you know, they're just going to like lay in the water until they dry up, which is sad.
Sad times. You are going to plant some sunflowers in a wildflower bed.
I have mammoth sunflower seeds. I'm very excited. They get like real tall. Let's put those puppies in. I'm drying. I just haven't planted the wildflowers yet, but that's on the list of things to do.
And then when it gets dark, they're going to turn toward each other. I know. It's sweet. Hey, buddy. I look at a friend. Oh. We planted a bunch of flowers on Mother's Day. That was what, four days ago?
Something like that. I spent a lot of money on flowers, and I have one that is already dead. What happened? I don't know. I have no idea. It bums me out. Have they been watered? This is a front yard plant. Yes. Not a backyard plant. Not a backyard plant. Where all the watering system is.
And all of those are perennials. This is an annual that I place in a container. Yeah. And I grew two plants next to it. He is dead.
Are the other two okay? Yes. What's going on with that one? Couldn't tell you.
I'm really bummed out. It's been four days.
How can it be dead already? I mean, it was super windy yesterday. I know. Did it just get beat up? I don't know. Or is it dried out? I don't know. You just saw that it looked a little sad today.
I checked it. No, I noticed it yesterday, and then I checked it this morning on the way out the door, and it was pretty crispy. Pretty crispy fried. Crispy looking. You didn't touch it. I did touch it. It's crispy. It's dead. So it's dried out. Yeah. Well, it needed water.
You're looking at me like, yeah, no, duh. Duh. Listen, it needed water. I gave it water. Every day? I'm just asking a question. I'm just asking a question. I'm sad about your plant. I am sad about you. But you're not mad at me. You're mad about the plant.
I know. I've not mad at anything. I'm just sad. I'm just sad. I just want my plants to live, and it's only been four days. How can it be already dead?
It's got to be a water issue. If it's dried out, that would lead me to believe that it needed water. How's everything else looking? Everything else looks great. You said the other, the two on the sides are looking okay. Did maybe they don't need as much water? I don't know the answer. I don't need that.
I don't feel sad for you. I feel like I'm a fixer, and so I'm trying to figure out how to help with your water. I just wanted to be sad. Okay. I didn't need a fix.
How's it going being sad about it? Sad. I don't know how to help. If you don't want it fixed, I don't know how to help.
I want it to be fixed. I mean, you're going to have to replace it. I have to replace it, and that makes me sad. Right. Because I liked that plant, but I don't know. I don't like when plants that I like that I bought die because it makes me feel like I've done a terrible job of taking care of them.
That's why you got angry when I said it needed water, because you're like, what, I was supposed to just water it every day?
I gave it water every day. That's going to question.
See, that's the way the anger comes from. You feel like you failed the plant, but it's just what happened. It's okay. You can replace it.
It's going to be fine. I know I can replace it. It's only been four days. How does a plant die in four days?
I don't know. It was so windy yesterday.
It could have just been real sad. It could have been bad soil for that plant. It could have been not planted deep enough. It could be a number of things. I'm aware.
It could be planted too deep. It could be, I mean, a hundred different things.
For now, I'm just going to be sad about it.
Okay. And what do you want me to do? Nothing.
Just be sad with me.
All right. I'm sad about your plan. Check.
Thanks for your support. You're welcome.
When do you want to go get a new one? Today. All right. Sounds like a plan. Are you ready for the football schedules that are coming out today?
Oh, yeah. You talked about this the other day.
Tonight. There's been a bunch of the schedules that have leaked online. The only ones, because I know you want to know about the Vikings, the only ones that I know of that have been sort of confirmed are going to be November 22nd.
The Vikings will be against the 49ers in Mexico City. Okay. So that's happening. January 3rd, Vikings at Jets. And then Sunday, January 10th, Bears at Vikings.
Those are the only ones that show up. And I know you were hoping that you would be able to see them maybe in Vegas so that it was a close enough game we could go see. But they haven't released everything yet. So as far as the actual Raiders schedule, Dolphins at Raiders on September 13th, Chiefs at Raiders on October 4th, Bills at Raiders on October 18th, Rams at Raiders on October 25th, Raiders at Jets on November 1st. So still waiting to see, oh, and Seahawks and Raiders on November 15th. But the full schedules aren't out yet. Only sort of leaks and rumors. Tonight though, full schedule reveals. So you're going to be able to see everything.
Why do they make it such a big to-do? Like why, if they've got the schedule, just send it out. Why are they like, oh, we've got leaks. Just put it out. Yeah, I don't know. Why does it have to be such a big deal?
I don't know. All nine international games were leaked out before the official announcement is made, which is kind of interesting.
Just make the announcement. I know. What's the big deal? Yeah, I don't know. It's just a schedule. Get over it. Okay. That's annoying to me for some reason. If you've got the schedule, just release it.
Well, the official announcement for the NFL schedules will be at 6pm this evening. Why does everything have to be a thing? Everything has to be a thing. Make the schedule, put it out.
Official. Make it a thing. No, it doesn't have to. Not everything has to be a thing.
Why? It's like a tour announcement. Make it a thing. Now, just release it. Come on. That's dumb. I'm annoyed at the NFL. Okay. All right. What are we going to do about it? Nothing. Okay.
I will be televised on ESPN and the NFL Network. And of course, it'll be online tonight, 6pm for the official announcement.
That's right. Stay tuned. I won't.
Would you rather this or that?
Would you rather be as tall as you are wide? No. Or as wide as you are tall? Oh, no. Oh, no.
I don't know. I mean, the answer to that question is the same. The results are the same. What do you mean? Regardless of what you choose, you will be a circle or a square, whatever, however you want to look at it. It's just you'll be a small one or a big one.
What? If I am the size I am right now, I am taller than I am wide. If I choose to be as short as I am as wide, I'm a small cube. Right. If I choose to be as wide as I am tall, I'm a big cube. I see what you're saying. But either way, I'm a cube.
So what are you picking?
I'm going to be an obnoxious large cube. I will be as wide as I am tall. Wide as you are tall. Yep. They're going to have to make special accommodations for me to get around.
I want to be as tall as I am wide.
So you're going to be a little cube and carry you around in my big cube arms. Won't we be the talk of the town? Look at those two cubes. They'll say a couple of odd bodies. They'll look at us and they'll say, I swear they are as tall as they are wide. And we'll go, yep.
And then if we get any tourists, they'll say, who are those people? And the locals will say, oh, that's the cube people.
Those are our cubes. They live here. The tourists.
Oh, you don't know the cube people?
Who are those two? Oh, you're not from around here. You haven't heard of the cube duo. Come on. Cube. Those are our cube people. The cubes. The cubes. The cubes. Life with the cubes on YouTube.
Would you rather? We'll make a fortune. This. Or that. Or that.
Do you have a bunch of draft videos that you haven't posted? What do you mean? Like, if you go into TikTok or Instagram or any of those where you have videos, do you have a bunch of stuff that you haven't filmed but you haven't decided if you're going to post or not? No. You don't.
I don't post on social media. Okay. I don't. And I haven't in a long time. Okay. I know we're supposed to here for this job.
You've posted stuff for here. Like you posted me working in the garden with your feet kicked up on Mother's Day, for example.
Yes. Well, I filmed this one yesterday. I haven't posted it yet, but I was grilling last night
and I was, I was like, man, this is a great opportunity to show off grilling. I was cooking steak, onions, peppers, and I went, look at, there's the garden. And then I was like, yeah, man, I'm standing here waiting for food to cook. So I'm going to zoom in a little bit on some of this stuff. Look, look at all these, and I haven't posted this yet, but I'm trying to decide if I should look at all the peas and radishes. Do you have you seen the radishes? I have not. Oh, you're about to. I'll zoom in on those. Okay. Get your real good look at the radishes and the herbs and the peppers. Like the garden's looking pretty decent.
Like that steak you were cooking was pretty delicious too.
Yeah. But you're not a big meat person.
I didn't eat all of it either. Because I got, I was staked out.
Yeah. You gave me a lot of steak. Anyway, look at all these radishes poking up. Look at all. Good job, Josh. I know, I know. I'm waiting for my corn to show up. My corn hasn't sprouted yet. I'm waiting for that.
Corn is, it takes a minute, doesn't it?
Well, the germination takes a little bit of time, sure. But I'm waiting to see little corn stocks popping up. Like, you know how fun that's going to be? It's going to be super fun. Just like when little green plants start showing up from seeds that I've put in the ground.
Yeah. Look at them go. That means that you're a good plant growing.
Yeah. And apparently I'm a bad plant. I wasn't trying to rub in the face that yours died and I've got green ones growing. That was not the point that I was trying to make.
I know. I know you weren't.
You're still sad. Okay. You're still sad. I get it. I get it. I get it. Well, nonetheless, I'm excited that things are growing and I was standing there looking at it and I went, man, this is a good spot.
It is a good spot.
You're right. A really good spot. Well done, you. It's coming together. It's taken a lot of time and effort, but it's coming together.
But we're going to have a backyard is going to be cool. We are going to have a harvest and it's going to be awesome. Yeah.
I'm stoked. I bet I got like, oh, by the way, you pulled those strawberries and didn't eat them and you put them in that bowl and they shriveled up. Yeah, they look pretty sad.
Yeah. Why didn't you eat them? Because I was, I didn't want them. Well, we should have left them then on the plant. They would have been fine for a little while longer.
But now they're not. You told me to pick them. I picked them.
I meant come eat them. Look, fresh strawberries. Now they're all sad in the bowl. They are pretty sad. Sorry about that. Three strawberries just laying there all shriveled up.
I think there are four.
Four shriveled up strawberries. Anyway, well, I'll grow more. Okay. And then we'll eat the ones that we harvest. You don't even eat them. I do.
Strawberries?
Yeah. You don't like the seeds. I like them with that fruit dip.
Have you ever, um, have you planted the blueberry plant yet?
It's still in its bucket because I'm still working on clearing the berry field back there. Okay. I'm, I'm working. It's, it's getting water.
It needs to be planted soon. I know. The blueberry bush needs to go in. I got, I got things happening. So I got stuff to do. Okay.
Keep on keeping on. I will indeed. But maybe I'll post that video of the steak and veggies cooking while I'm looking at my veggies growing. It's a pretty good, pretty good little look at what's going on in that backyard. All right. Okay. You want to wrap up the show for today? I think so. Okay. We will do that. We'll be back tomorrow. It's Friday. It's a week away from Memorial Day weekend, by the way.
It is. That's true. Isn't that crazy? That's insane.
Yeah. It's already like time for a long weekend and honoring the brave men and women who have paid the price. Absolutely. The ultimate sacrifice. So for our freedoms. Anyway, we'll talk about that next week. Tomorrow, Friday, we'll be back bright and early, hang out with you on your Friday morning. Sounds good. I'll be here.
Josh and Chantel. Out. Out. The Cube people. Out. Cube people. See you tomorrow.
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