Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Thursday, February 27, 2025
Episode summary introduction:
The Vikings are making news, the robot takeover is coming - gear up, someone reimagined children’s board games as horror movies, one of us can throw fruit further than the other, Chantel wants to give away our dog, Josh has a very organized address book, Pooh Bear is a cute nickname, crows hold grudges just like someone on this show, we’ve worked a couple of terrible jobs, Josh is up with all the hot trends, the dryer didn’t steal the socks - the dog did, and more rich people are going to space.
Timestamps:
(0:00) - Intro
(2:37) - Viking and Dolphins are good NFL teams
(8:18) - Alexa+ is a money grab and the beginning of the robot apocalypse
(12:47) - Good News to Get You Going
(16:24) - Bored game horror movies
(21:21) - Chantel can't throw fruit very far
(25:00) - Our dog needs some more training
(30:26) - Josh has an organized address book
(37:05) - Pooh Bear, Pop-Tart, and other nicknames
(42:16) - Crows are wicked smart
(46:22) - The time we walked off the job
(51:05) - Josh is up on the trends
(54:35) - The dog stole all the socks
(56:51) - Would You Rather This or That
(59:32) - Rich people are going to space + outro
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Full show transcript:
Hi, Chantel. Hi, Josh. Hi, Chantel. Good morning or good afternoon or What's up? Good evening, good day.
My little poo bear. Okay. Alright. Let's, let's do this show, It's Thursday, February 27. Today on the show, the Vikings are making news and in the best way Yeah.
And then you said, of course, they're the top of this list. Of course, they are. They're the best. The robot takeover is right around the corner. Gear up.
That's what you said. Gear up. I I don't because I don't know what we're gearing up for. I also don't know how you gear up. Gear up.
How does that what does it mean? I don't know. I don't either. Someone reimagined children's board games as horror movies, and it's awesome. They missed a couple.
Who would they miss? Hi Ho Cherio. Oh, spooky. Yeah. What is in the basket of cherries?
One of us can throw fruit farther than the other? Guess guess who can throw food far fruit farther? Guess guess who? It's me. I can throw fruit farther than you.
Surprise. I'm not good at something. Whatever. I wanna give away our dog. But don't.
But I would get such a good night's sleep if we did. Yeah. Well, consistency is gonna be key in this battle. Josh has a very organized address book. That's right.
I'm proud of that. Important. It is. Pooh bear is a cute nickname. Apparently.
Small little Pooh bear. I don't okay. Crows hold grudges just like someone else on this show. Guess who? Guess who?
Guess who holds grudges on this show? Guess who? Guess who? I get I'll guess. I guess it's you, Chantel.
No. No. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
We've worked a couple of terrible jobs. Yeah. Walked right out. Yeah. We didn't show up on the last day.
Josh is up with all the hot trends. Oh, so You are in the know. Let me tell you, I if it's a hot trend, I know about it. You know about it. Mhmm.
The dryer didn't steal the socks. The dog did. Oh, dog o. That dog ate so many socks. Many, and more rich people are going to space.
Hey. Cool. Cool. Cool. You're excited?
I'm so upset about it. I think you're pretty excited about it. Cool. I think you're I think you have envy. I think you wanna be up in space with Katy Perry.
No. Certainly not. Why? She's cool. You're just shaking your head.
Yeah. I know. That makes no noise. I know. Alright.
We're Josh and Chantel. This is wake up classy ninety seven, the podcast. Enjoy today's show. It's alright. Should we start the show with some football?
Football yesterday and football today? I mean, I got new football news that involves the Minnesota Vikings. What? So I thought you might like to know first thing in the morning. Yeah.
I kinda do. I kinda involves the Miami Dolphins. What? I know. I love both of those teams.
I know you do. Wanna know what they're up to? Yeah. Because they're like my friends, and I haven't seen them for a couple of weeks. Okay.
Alright. The NFL Players Association report card came out, and finishing first and second. For the second consecutive year, the Miami Dolphins and the Minnesota Vikings have topped the list of the nearly 1,700 NFL players who graded their teams on stuff like treatment of families, locker rooms, training facilities. Bro, I knew it all along. The Dolphins were number one.
The Vikings were number two in how they treat their players, their players' families, the way their locker rooms are, the way they got their gear, the way they the whole thing. Good dudes. Good I knew it. Good teams. Yeah.
Never root for a team that wasn't full of good dudes. Alright. Very good. The Dolphins and the Vikings scored very high. Who do you think is at the bottom of the list?
And before you guess, I'm gonna tell you, here is the statement that the teams the team released upon getting their score on the report card and coming in thirty second. Okay. They said, we will continue to explore all the other ways, large and small, that we can get better in every single area of our operation. Well, my first thought is the Chiefs. It is not the Chiefs.
Second thought is the Browns. It is not the Browns. Oh, really? Okay. Cowboys.
No. Okay. Let me keep guessing. Sure. The forty niners.
No. Alright. I don't know. It's the Arizona Cardinals. Really?
Yeah. Bottom of the list. Arizona. Yeah. They got, let me tell you where they got real bad scores.
They got an f in their weight room and their locker room. F minus in their locker room. Cleanliness and taking care of their gear and stuff. Assume. Yeah.
They Who's judging this? Over 1,700 players, sixteen sixteen hundred and ninety five players Okay. Provided feedback. So, f minus on locker room, f on weight room. They got a d minus on their food and dining area.
They got a d plus on treatment of families. That's not a good place to have. They got a d minus on their training room. They got a c on their training staff and their c a c plus on their strength coaches. Arizona.
Their nutritionist, dietitian got a b. Oh, they they treat that person nice. Their team travel got a b. The head coach got an a. The ownership got a d minus.
Oh. Not good. That is not good. Not good. Arizona, you got some work to do.
Yeah. Treat people better. Treat your stuff better. Be better. Now there's always room for improvement.
Right? But let me tell you, when I look at the, the Minnesota Vikings card, their nutritionist dietitian got a b plus. Everything else is a's here. Bro, look at that. Yeah.
Look at the Vikings. We're so good. We're so nice. We're good people. They were first in treatment of families.
They were first in locker rooms. They were second in strength coaches and and training staff. They're doing good. They are doing good. They got third in team travel, head coach, and ownership.
Third in team coach. Who got first in head coach? I don't know. Hold on. Well, the vice got coach of the year.
So I gotta figure out who has the best coach. How do I sort that? Best coach? Not just best coach. But this is who has the highest rated head coach based on their team?
Let me guess. That's 11. This is a very hard Lions. Thing to navigate. I'm gonna guess the Lions.
Dame Campbell. A good guess. Let's see. Falcons were third. It was the Dolphins.
Really? Yeah. Mike McDaniel. Oh, no. He's sixth.
This is a confusing confusing website. No. Detroit was fifth. Really? Yeah.
This is tough to figure out. Let's see. We're never gonna know. Fourth was, was all mustache from Kansas City. Now Yeah.
Ugh. Head coach second was, the coach of the Falcons. I don't even know who that is. It's really difficult to figure out. It's it's super hard.
This website, I tell you, it could be so much better. Like, you have you have to click on each team to even get to that section. What a pain. I could I can't tell you who the best coach is. I can't tell you who got first in the coach.
It's okay. I don't necessarily need to know. I just know that my Vikings. Yeah. Second behind the Dolphins in overall team ratings, to player ratings.
So go go your teams. If you're looking for a football team to file follow, might I recommend the Vikings? Okay. We had a really good season last year, and we're pretty good dudes. We're pretty good dudes.
Yeah. We treat our family nice. We treat our locker room nice. Come join us. Okay.
Very good. Amazon has announced a big Alexa upgrade Oh, is that right? Called Alexa Plus. Have you heard about this? It sounds like they just want more money.
Because anytime they say plus, that's a that's an additional subscription. Not necessarily because it's free to Prime members. And then everywhere else you go. Yeah. Okay.
Pay $20 a month. That's what I said. It's more money. Go ahead. $20 a month for what?
Okay. This is kinda freaky, and I'll tell you why. Because it's it's more like Alexa is going to be your actual assistant rather than just like a home device that's there. We don't have an Alexa, but we have a Google Nest, which is very similar. Yeah.
The same smart speaker. Yeah. But this, Alexa Plus can browse the Internet for you. It can text people for you. It can book Ubers.
It can order groceries. It can buy concert tickets. Okay. They say it's more conversational. It's got new AI in it.
Yeah. It's a big deal. Yeah. It's smarter. It's personalized and helps you get things done.
Here's an example. K. You've got a broken appliance. She can refine a repair piece and where to buy that piece. She can set up an appointment with a Repair person.
Repair person. Yeah. And then add it to your calendar all on her own. But then she can also remember things. Like, if your family's coming over for dinner, she might say, oh, don't forget your niece is gluten free.
That's weird. Yeah. It's kinda freaky. Yeah. That's weird.
The makers of this say that it's less like interacting with a piece of technology Right. And more like, in their quotes, engaging with an insightful friend. I don't think so. Freaky. Yeah.
I don't I don't I don't like it when they call AI your friend. That's weird. That's that's a strange way to put that, Jeff. What? Maybe maybe work on that.
That's a little creepy. Okay. Well, I'm trying to find, yeah. You you were talking about this. You can also add to her knowledge by sharing documents, emails, photos, and messages via the desktop browser, the mobile app, and even via email.
That way, she can remember, summarize, or take action on these things. For example, you could send a picture of a live music schedule and have her add the details to your calendar. You could upload study material and ask her to turn it into a quiz. You could forward email from your kid's school to Alexa and say add all early dismissals to my calendar or remind me what days I'm volunteering in the classroom, stuff like that. Okay.
So, yeah, she's a little bit more AI driven. Yeah. What's cool about it. Like, it seems like it's gonna be really cool. Right?
Like, we were just talking the other day about how we need an assistant. Yeah. But I'd rather have a person. I know. Me too.
Yeah. This is cute. Rather have a person. Robot takeover. It really is.
And then they end this whole whole thing on on the Amazon website with Alexa Plus is built with privacy and security in mind. Of course of course, she is. Jeff? Until she explodes and all your private information is everywhere. The second you start putting the private information in, it's everywhere.
Yeah. And then, yeah, $20 a month or free for prime members, which again Bezos. Okay. You don't need more money. No.
But it's a race to a trillion. So, you know, gotta gotta see who can get there first. So I'm gonna put out Josh Tielor plus. Yeah. What's he gonna do?
More. Josh Tielor plus. He can come to your house and do all of that for you. No. I'm not doing that.
What do you What I do, just more of it. It's Just my usual stuff. Right. Alexa does her normal stuff, but then some more. So I'm gonna do my normal stuff, but then some more of what I do already.
But who's gonna pay you? Who's gonna pay you for this? I don't know. Somebody. I don't I don't think they will.
You know? I don't think you're gonna think somebody's gonna pay me for more of me? No. Okay. Sorry, dear.
Well, one can dream. You know? The robot takeover is about to happen. Everybody gear up. Gear up.
What do you I don't know. I thought it would be cool to say. Here's kind of a cool story. This is, from Australia. Okay.
There's a guy named Clancy Lester. Clancy? Yeah. Clancy, is known as the b man in Australia because he's dedicated his life to b hotels Okay. Which are these structures that provide a safe haven for solitary bees, which don't have colonies, or make honey.
So these are bees that, they end up They got displaced. Displaced. Yeah. And so he has made these bee hotels. Now we have, on our fence in the back, a a little bee house.
And so this is anybody ever uses it. It's it's got some stuff in there for sure. Spiders. I saw a spider come out of there one day. That's not what it's for.
But he basically builds those, but he builds them kind of in a larger scale. So he'll take a section of wood or even a section of, like, four by four post, put a bunch of holes in it, so that the bees have somewhere to call home, if they are a solitary bee, which is a really cool thing. Okay. So these hotels, he'll make out of bamboo or hardwood. They have multiple rooms where female bees can safely lay their eggs.
He has over 800 bee hotels that he's built so far, and he's traveling from town to town educating communities about the importance of bees and the importance of bee hotels. He said it's one of the simplest ways of simulating as best we can the natural environment where native bees and other insects will nest in. So as you said, yes, other insects will find little holes and go, yeah. There's a spot for me. Spiders Yeah.
In ours. Yeah. But that right there is, is bee hotels, and, Clancy is spreading the love for the bees across Australia. And I just want Clancy, the bee man, to know, that we have one in our backyard. Okay.
So we're we're right there with you. We're trying to contribute. That's right. We don't have any bees that live there. That you know of.
You don't spend a lot of time hanging out next to the bee hotel. There could be bees there. Always check for activity. I don't see any bee activity. Expecting to see?
There's never any bees that check-in. Not that you know of. Spiders that check-in. Oh, man. I don't think bees and spiders hang out together typically.
So I think if there's a spider, a bee is gonna be like, yeah. I'm not staying there. Pass. Moving along. You know what I'm saying?
But I also don't know how to get that spider out. What are you what are you looking at? I'm just trying to find out if if a spider gets in your bee hotel How do you Is that a problem? It is a problem. A bee and a spider are not gonna, and it's a tiny one too, so it's not like there's a lot of space.
It's not like a luxury hotel where they have lots of floors. You get me A single spider in your bee house isn't usually a major problem. It can become an issue if the spider is large enough or in a position to catch a significant number of bees in its web, which is not what's happening. He doesn't have a web there. That's what I'm saying.
And I don't even know if he still lives there. I just know that one day, I went to look at the bee hotel, and there there was a spider that was crawling around in it. I don't know if he took up residence. Well This has been good news to get you going. You know how AI is doing all of this, stuff?
Like, it's doing all kinds of stuff. Well, like, it'll reimagine characters based on what they would look like in real real life. Sure. Yeah. So it's taken, like, the characters of Bluey, and then, like, here's what they would look like as real people.
Yeah. It does that for all kinds of stuff. So a thing I saw yesterday was AI had turned childhood board games into horror movies. That's interesting. Okay.
And I looked at these pictures because there's just pictures, and I looked at the pictures and thought, what a great idea. These are actually really kind of creepy ideas. The first one is Uno. K. And on the on the picture, it says, pray for a reversal.
Okay. Alright. Then there's operation. Looks pretty spooky. Alright.
I'm looking, I'm looking at mouse trap. Is that on your list? Yeah. That looks a scary one. Don't get caught.
And it's just got the cage. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay.
And then there's chutes and ladders, which is a slide that's all bloody, and there's, like, some bloody handprints on it. Operation is scary, though. I know. They all look scary. Then there's The Uno one is really not not friendly.
Candyland? Yeah. The Candyland one looks, looks sort of like Stranger Things, but with little candy Yeah. It looks like kind of an apocalyptic Yeah. Little world, but although the candy is, like, dark and black and Right.
Spooky. Hungry hippos. They're hungry, it says. It's there. And it's like a Jaws looking poster with a hungry hippo, ascending to the surface of the water, and then there's, like, one of those fan boats that you see down in the Everglades.
In the bayous? Yeah. And then don't break the ice. Oh, I didn't see that one. That one's not on my list.
Evil lurks beneath, and it's got Oh, there's a kraken. There's a ship on. It's supposed to be an ocean, but it's there's ice surrounding it. You don't do you have the cooties one? No.
So cooties is in here. Oh. They feed on fear. Oh. Yeah.
Wookie. Yeah. Very, very crazy. And then there's also in this one, guess who. I do have guess who.
Yeah. That one's crazy. The ultimate choice. Yeah. That's kind of an interesting concept.
I know. I think it looks so cool. These are brilliant ideas. I mean, I'm not into scary movies, but I see what you're saying. Yeah.
I'm into scary movies. Yeah. I would watch every single one of these. I would. I would.
Good for you. You let me know how they go. I'll, be somewhere else. Well, they're not made yet. I need some No.
I know they're not actually made. Good idea, though. It's an interesting concept. Yeah. Board games turned into scary movies.
Yeah. Guess who? Guess who? Do you remember playing that game? Yeah.
I love that game. That was one of my favorite games. There was, there was one dude. I think it's Alfred. Yeah.
I know exactly who you're talking about. Alfred. He had red hair. Alfred had red hair. He he.
And and he had the little mustache. Yeah. He was a crazy guy. Alfred. What a guy.
I took, Alfred. I thought he was happier than that. Alfred was so sad. Alfred's been working a lot of days. Somebody did, an Alfred, Halloween costume.
Really? Which I think is very funny. Brilliant. Just wore a red shirt that says, guess who with the orange wig and the orange mustache. We have this game.
I'm gonna have to play this with the kids. I took when Emery was little Uh-huh. I took pictures of our family, and I took out all of the characters of guess who would put our family pictures in there. Right. That was fun.
That was a fun idea. It is a fun idea. Do I still have that? I don't know. There was a couple of dogs in there.
Our dogs that we had at the time were in there. True. That was fun. David needs a better beer. To be.
I used to be. Seen David lately? No. Who's David? Guess who David?
He is yellow golden hair, but he's also got a terrible beard. Just awful. He could be a horrible He's the guy. He's the guy. You're like, guess who?
And it's David with his terrible, terrible beard. Get a better beard, David. He likes that beard. Leave him alone. No.
He does not. He looks like a broom. It does. We got the opportunity to attend a melodrama last night. I enjoyed it.
It was fun. Had a good time. I did too. I giggled. I threw rotted fruit and vegetables at the stage.
Rotted. That was the intention. Rotten. Rotten. Rotten.
Yeah. And and it was for felt just felt fruit. Okay. Yeah. They were it was fake fruit that I got to throw at the stage, but I had a good time doing it.
Yes. There was a villain with a wiry mustache, and, and I felt very, very good throwing fruit at him specifically. I booed and booed for him every time he came on stage along with the rest of the crowd because that's what you do in a melodrama. That's right. At one point, I booed and hissed.
Oh, what did your hiss sound like? I don't know if I heard it. I said boo hiss. You said the word hiss. Yeah.
Hiss. Okay. And Emery looked at me and said, what? Yeah. And I said, I'm hissing.
And she went Oh, hiss. Alright. It was the saga of the golden horseshoe. Yeah. That's the name of the show.
It was a lot of fun. What I found out is that we were sitting in the third row Yeah. From the stage. Yeah. And when I went to throw my felt potato Was that a potato or a bread?
What was it? I think it was a potato. What I found out is that when you went to throw it, the same thing you found out. What What'd you find out? I'm not so good at throwing.
I found out that three rows from the stage is out of your range. Yeah. There let's be fair. Three rows, a bit of a walkway, an orchestra pit Yeah. The stage.
Yes. See. You hit the people in the front row. You hit the people two rows in front of us. It wasn't like you made it into the pit.
The first time I did, and then there was a second. I was gonna throw another one, and then I kept, like, I gotta I gotta wind up. Uh-huh. But I couldn't ever and we were sitting. That was kind of tricky too to sit and try and throw.
Yeah. And I also didn't wanna bother the people behind me. What kind of throwing are you doing if your people behind you were involved? See, I would I had a bit of an advantage because I was on the aisle seat. See?
And so I could put my arm out Exactly. Right arm at all Patrick Mahomes style. Yeah. Yeah. I didn't have that luxury.
There was, like, I saw You think you would have done better if you did? Yes. There was a kid who would walk up a kepsi and a kid walking up the aisle and just like I'm like, I should do that. Aiming and and a couple of times connected. I know.
Yeah. Like, I need to do that. I need to get in the aisle and throw my fruit. I was I've never thrown fruit and vegetables at a, at a play before. That was I felt like it was old times.
That's what it was. I I was intention. I know. It was very fun. It was fun.
Like, anytime like, there was there were some pretty lame jokes. I started throwing bad jokes. Like, that joke was lame, throwing fruit at you. Boo. Have a fruit.
It was fun. It was a good time. Yeah. It's a it is a good time. What's it called?
It's called the saga of the golden horseshoe. It makes sense. Now I've seen the play. That title makes sense. It was a saga.
Mhmm. It was indeed. And we are good at throwing fruit. Now when you say we, who do you mean? I was good at throwing fruit.
Let's be real. I mean, you did throw fruit. Yeah. That my intended target was two rows in front of me. Oh, was it?
Yep. Oh, good. It's come to my attention that a 15 pound creature in our home, kind of rules that place. You think? Yes.
Why do you think that? That 15 pound creature, is free to a good home. Why? Why are you trying to give away the dog? Holy moly.
That dog. We haven't even had that dog a year. We rescued this dog last April. Yeah. April 3 will be a year.
This dog. What's what's going on? This dog is two years old. She is a toddler. This dog Yes.
This Jack Russell dog Yes. That I didn't want. Alright. Enough about the what what happened? What's got you all upset about the dog?
Got her. She was kennel trained, and it was great. And she would go in the kennel at night, and that's awesome. Yeah. And then we slowly just within the last couple of weeks, we're like, alright.
Like, maybe we'll just get you a bed and you're gonna see We got the bed for Christmas, and we thought maybe we would because the kennel's not a big attractive thing in the living room. No. And so the idea was let's get a dog bed. Kinda sad. I don't know.
I didn't like her sleeping in a cage all night. That's sad. Okay. And so So we moved to this padded bed thing, this real nice dog bed. Yep.
And she left it. In the corner. Yeah. And we would put her to bed, and she would lay there all night. Totally fine.
Until Inconsistency. Couple of steps. Inconsistency. Because Who did it first? Who was the kid's first?
One of the kids was inconsistent and said, I'll let the dog sleep in my room, and I'll let the dog sleep in my room. Not a good idea. I'll let the dog sleep in my room. And the inconsistencies very quickly have made the dog think that she doesn't need to stay on her bed in the living room. You are correct.
I'm not a fan of this new development, and I'll tell you why. She's also stubborn, this 15 pound creature. Yeah. And she doesn't give up. So all night, I'm not even kidding you, hours, she sat outside our door, and all three of our doors Yeah.
Right next to each other. Right next to each other. So she's whining at the doors, whining all night. We went to bed at 10:00. Yeah.
She started at ten, probably 10:05. Yeah. And I also I woke up at twelve something. She was still whining. Seriously?
I'm not even kidding. And I just kept thinking, I'm just gonna ignore it. Yeah. I didn't. I fell asleep.
And, normally, it it would keep me up, but it did not. Just faint enough that it wasn't, like, keeping me awake, but loud enough that it would wake me up occasionally. And then there was some little some little barks thrown in there. I was like, you've gotta stop this. Eventually, I did hear a door open.
Uh-huh. And then the whining stopped. The door opened. One of the kids went, you can stay in my room. Yeah.
Because I think one of the kids was annoyed with the whining too. I don't know who it was. I was not about to give up my bed for that dog. No way. That dog has her own bed.
That's the whole point. So mad. Does anybody want a two year old Jack Russell? Stop trying to give away the dog. She's great.
I promise she sleeps in her own bed. Yeah. Trying to give away the dog. If anybody wants her. No.
You know what she needs What? Is to run some energy out. That's what she needs. She needs, she needs to go on some walks. She needs some running.
She needs to be tired because she's not going to bed because she's not tired. No. So we gotta work on that. I agree with you. Things will be better.
Here's the problem. My waistline could use the walk as well. I agree with you. We've just been super busy, and we haven't had time to go on the walk. And by the time we do have a time to go on the walk, it's cold and dark.
And a million other excuses. But the point is the dog is not going to bed because the dog is not tired. I think the dog has just been pretty spoiled the last couple weeks. That too. But then she's gonna be lounging about all day, you know, in between chasing squirrels and barking at the window, because that's what she'd do.
Just wear her all night. I was like, I have no What? Go to bed. Go to bed. Do the, do the impression yeah.
That's really accurate. I know. Very accurate. Guess I heard it all night. It's good.
I like it. Oh, funny. We're trying to give away the dog. Well, I think she needs to go to bed in her own bed. I agree.
I'm sick of this. A couple of months ago, she was keeping us awake at two because the water softener Correct. Was recharging. You are correct. And she got spooked out by that.
Yeah. We haven't had a good night's sleep since we got that dog. It's a good dog. That's what I'm saying. It's like having a baby in our house.
I'm over it. Good bird. Hey. How is your take out your phone. Okay.
My phone is in my hand. And then call me. Call you? Don't actually call me. Just type in my name like you're gonna call me.
You're no. I I hit a button, and then I call you. I don't type in anything. What is my preset? No.
I hit my phone button, and I've set up favorites. I tap on your face. I'm a favorite? Yeah. That's nice of you.
Okay. What is my name in your phone? Your name? Oh. What would it be?
I don't know. What? Some kinda code name or No. Kinda I I've we've talked about the the way I store people in my phone, and everybody is their real name unless I don't know your last name. In which case, you become oh, I don't even have him in here anymore.
Oh, maybe he's under You put in first and last names into your phone? Yeah. I have every you're in here as first and last name. Yeah. Our kids are in here as first and last name.
Why? Because that's how they exist. That is bonkers. No. It's organized.
The only people that are not in here by their first and last name are my mom and dad who are in here as mom and dad. First and last their names. You put first and last names in your contacts. Yeah. I'm boggled by that.
Why? Because that's so bananas. Our kids have their last name in there too? That's their names. Why don't you just put their first name?
What if I meet, another another Emery? You know? What do you mean? Then you put Emery one and Emery two. No.
I'll never do that. I will never ever I have a very organized contact list. My phone book is very organized. So is mine, but I don't have a single last name. I have some last names.
I have some last names. Look at it's very clean. Like, everybody has a first and last name. This person has, where they work in parentheses behind their name. Everybody.
What if you don't know their last name? Then I put, like, this this Amy. I don't know her last name, but I know where she works. So it just says Amy and then where she works. Okay.
If you meet somebody new and you need to get their phone number, do you say, oh, can I get your last name so I can put it in my organizer? Wouldn't know it. Here's the thing, Josh. Mine is organized. Chantel?
What's the thing, Chantel? I'm really I'm I don't know. I'm really surprised by this right now. Yeah. I've got nobody's last name.
Even if the only time I have a last name is when I have multiple of that same first name, and that's so I can tell them apart. Like, I've got a couple of Ashley's, and they're all listed by their last name because that's a pretty common name. Okay. I got a guy in here who I have his first name, where he works, and then I have his nickname in parentheses. You are so strange.
What a strange person you are. Why? I don't know, Josh. What is wrong with that? I don't know.
I really am scrolling through my phone going, like, it's very rare that I have somebody's last name. No kidding. Yeah. Kidding. Okay.
Well, the point of this, we got a little bit derailed, but I I thought maybe I would be listed under a cute nickname or something. But, no, I've just got my got my full name in there. Yep. It's your name. Got you listed by your name.
Well, I have you in my phone as Joshy. Well, that's nice. That's to keep you differentiated from all the other Josh's names in my phone. Actually lots? I don't think that I have any other Josh's one, Chantel.
Oh, but you got me by my first and last name. It's a pretty common name. You better get us by our last name in there. Do you go through and fill out all the cards for people? No.
Why would I? So you don't have email addresses attached to people in your contacts and stuff? Nope. Why would I? Like, look.
When I go to yours, like, I can I can hit message, email? I can get, like, all kinds of things. I've got address put in here. No. I've got birthday.
I've got Who has time for that? I'm not doing that. You are so strange. You don't have a fully filled out address book. I don't care about that.
Because guess what? My email address is, if I've already emailed you, will save that information. And then I'll just type their name and it go, oh, do you mean this one? And I go, yes. Thank you for remembering that so I don't have to.
You are a bitch. Why are your eyebrows so furrowed right now? You're so you're baffled. You think you know a person, and then you are so Organized. I'm organized in my contacts.
That's it. I got a good address book. Congratulations, I suppose. Thanks. Okay.
Well, that's this break took a turn. I I did not anticipate that this is where this would have gone. Well, you asked. And then you you tried to tell me to type in your name like that's how I use my phone. No way.
Why are you typing people's names in? How else do you call people? That's how I call people. I type in their name, and then it says, do you mean this person? And I go, yes.
Thank you for remembering their phone number so I don't have to. I weird. It's not weird. Everybody does things differently. I'm not saying that have an address book.
You can just go to the contact and tap on their name, and you're done. Yeah. Or I could type in their name, and then it goes, here's their phone number. And I go, thank you very much. Call.
You think you know a person? That's what you said. Okay. Congrats on your clean address book. Thanks.
It says address book. How many how many duplicate entries do you have in your in your, contacts? I don't know. What do you how do you determine that? I bet you have a bunch.
What do you mean by that? So we were talking about earlier, we were just talking about how I might have been listed in your phone. And I thought because you have a couple of different nicknames for me. Okay. I thought maybe I would have been listed in your phone as one of those nicknames.
Oh. So earlier when you said, pull me up in your phone, you were expecting it to say something cute? I thought it would have said, pumpkin or darling. You don't call me those. I will call you pumpkin or darling.
I mean, I can if that's what you want. Hey, pumpkin. Hey, darling. I mean, they're nice names. I'm not I'm not not being critical of the names by any used to.
Those are nice names. You used to. A long many, many, many years ago, you used to sing that song. Oh, darling, darling. It's a Led Zeppelin song.
Yeah. You don't do that anymore. That's sad. Well, I just haven't heard the song in a long time. I used to work on a on a radio station that played Led Zeppelin.
I know, but that I liked it when you did that. I liked when you sang that to me. I no. I didn't was I ever, like, listened to this and sang it to you, or did I just sing it when you were around? You just no.
Like, you just sang it. I was like, stop everything. I gotta sing this song. Like, you would you would just Darling. Darling.
Darling. I just liked it. It was cute. I see. And then there was a while that we used to call ourselves.
I would call you the boy, and I was the girl. Yeah. And that was cute. So you think I would put you in my phone as the girl? Yeah.
That was your your thing. I don't I don't I don't know what to tell you. I I'm you're in here as first and last name. That's really just what's up. I know.
I mean, it's not personal by any means. But, also, I don't have you listed as any of the things that I used to call you either. Right. I just have you as Joshy. Yeah.
I have called you Pop Tart. Yeah. That used to be a nickname I had for you for a while. Did you ever have me in your phone as that? No.
Because that's a crazy thing to do. No. It isn't. No. It isn't.
Why is that crazy? I also used to have I used to call you marshmallow matey. Remember that one? No. I don't.
I did. I called you that. Do you okay. I also, for a time, called you my little poo bear. Okay.
So let me ask you this. Because you you still can put custom ringtones when someone calls. Okay. Do do you ever do that? Yes.
Did you ever have the ringbacks, which is when someone would call you, they would hear a song instead of a I did not. Ringing tone? No. I never did that. I didn't either.
You had to pay for that. Do you have a do that. Custom ringtone for me? I I'm trying to think. I pretty much always like everybody else.
Yeah. Yeah. I just have the one ringtone. That's what I have now. I don't have multiple ringtones.
But you can do that. Now I just have the one ringtone for everybody, but there was lots of times that I would have you as a separate ringtone because it was cute. Okay. But see, it used to cost money to send text and then, like, okay. So let's let's go back in time with cell phones.
Right? You used to have to pay for minutes. Yeah. And then they they said, let's put texting in there. And, so you're paying for minutes, and then you're paying to send text messages.
And so people weren't using texting. So then they were like, well, let's make texting more affordable. Let's take away the per text thing, and we'll just charge people a a plan for minutes or whatever. Okay. So so then people were like, well, it's it's more cost effective to text than it is to call.
So people quit calling. And I think that's kind of where we've gotten now is that over time, people have just become more accustomed To texting. To texting Yeah. Than calling. So how many times does your phone ring a day?
Very infrequently. Right. And zero. Right? Like, on average, you right.
Because I'm a phone caller guy. Phone caller. Which is I like to call people. What? What?
I was just looking to see the last time you called me. You video called me yesterday. No. I did not. You video called me.
And then while you were on the video call said, I don't know. Why'd you call me? I said, I didn't. I was driving. I'm like, I can't call you.
But it was nice to see your, face pop up there. So I was looking let me look. I'm trying to see. When is the last time you called me? I don't know.
Yeah. It's rare either. That I call you. Because as we've discussed before, the the only time you ever call is when we're in the grocery store and you can't find me. The last time I called you was Saturday at 02:35PM.
Why did you call me on Saturday? You called me. Yeah. There it is. See?
You never call me. That's because I can't find your name in my phone? Exactly. Exactly. I don't have you listed.
Would you say What? Would you say that I am a grudge holder? Yes. Yes. I would.
I would say that you hold grudges, more than anyone I have ever known. And, and whether that's good or bad, I don't know. But you do, and you hold grudges for people that are not you. What is You hold grudges for me. I don't hold grudges, and you're out there holding grudges for me.
Yeah. Like, thinking I should hold grudges because people I have wronged me or something, and so you're upset about it. I don't like when people are mean to me. Forgive and move on. I I don't like when people are mean to me, and I'll never I'll never forget.
Right. And I might I am, like, definitely, like, I might I might forgive you or I might get you back into my good graces, but I'll never forget how you made me feel or what you said to me. But it is worse when people are mean to you or the kids. I go, oh. Yeah.
I know. It's one thing to be mean to me, but if you're mean to the people that I love, you're dead to me. Fun. It is fun, isn't it? The reason I bring this up is because I just found out that crows also hold grudges.
Is that right? And crows can hold grudges for up to seventeen years. They can remember faces, and they enlist other crows to attack people who have wronged them. Really? Yeah.
Wow. So they get, like, a crow gang, and they're like Well, she which is called a murder, by the way. Yeah. A crow gang. It's pretty wild.
So, here's what I learned about crows because I knew they were wicked smart, but they actually have dialects with each crow making a different sound that conveys a message. So they communicate. They have excellent collaborative communication skills Uh-huh. And they can signal their location to relatives and warn others of threats, which, obviously, that's birds that's bird speak. They do that.
But they also they are so wicked smart. They can solve puzzles. They can use smart. All kinds of different sticks and materials, to get insects out of, you know, cracks and crevices and stuff. They're very, very smart.
What's cool about them too, though, and here's how I also identify with a crow. If you do something nice for a crow Yeah. They will also bring you presents. If you become friends with a crow. Yeah.
What I'm saying. So It's true. You gotta be nice to them, and they'll be nice to you. If you're rude, they won't forget you. Now there was a study done that there was a guy, and he he was walking around.
He was a scientist, and he was walking around in an ogre mask. There were, like, seven crows that were kind of around. I think he was a professor, and there was seven crows kind of that were repeatedly coming to his campus. And he and his research assistants would walk around in the mask, and they would kind of not necessarily harass the crows, but they would kind of, like, pick on them a little bit. And then they found out that those crows, for a while, years and years, would remember them even when they weren't harassing them anymore, and they would let out what they called aggressive cause.
Yeah. The crows are amazing. They gossip. They hold funerals. Aw.
I didn't know that. Yeah. They know the traffic rules. They're wild. They're wild animals.
Crows are cool. Really cool. Yeah. I'm kind of a crow. You you feel like you're a crow?
Yeah. Okay. If you're nice to me, I'll bring you presents. If you're mean to me, you better not even know my name. Okay.
Watch out for the crow in the room. Have you ever walked out of a job? One time. Oh. You know this story.
I do. Do I? Yeah. Remind me. I lived in Arizona.
Oh, yeah. And, I was, like, 18, 19 years old, something like that. And, you gotta have a job to stay afloat. You know? You gotta have money coming in.
So I, me and one of my roommates, maybe two of my roommates decided that we were going to, go down to this call center, because they kinda hired you on the spot. It was kinda one of those things. They just they had to either enough people that that you know, enough need that they were doing, hiring on the spot day of type jobs. And so I walked in, went through the orientation, filled out all my paperwork and everything, and sat down. And literally, the job was calling people and asking them to take a political survey.
Oh, wow. Would read the questions and input their answers into a computer system, and it was awful. Yeah. That sounds awful. My lunch break, and I did not go back.
Did your friends go back? I don't know. I walked home. It was not that far of a walk. It was only a mile and a half or so from our apartment, and we walked there to get the jobs anyway.
So I don't know if they stayed to you on the phone? Is that why? It was horrible. Yeah. It sounds awful.
I like talking on the phone. I'm fine with that. I prefer phone calls. This was prior to cell phones, so it was not like, we were calling people at their homes in the middle of the day, asking them their opinions on politicians and political policies No. They because that's what they had hired this call center to do.
And I said, no. This is not for me. I didn't even go back to collect the half a day's pay. I just left. And I've never done that ever since or ever before, but that job was not it.
I see. Interesting. I I left. I went to lunch, and I didn't go back. I went and had a Carl's Jr sandwich, and I left because it was right next door to the call center.
And I just went I'm I can't go back. Any job. It is it it had sucked four years out of my life in half a day. Aw. I was done.
And so I left. It was not the job for me. That didn't sound like it. Have you walked off a job? I didn't walk out of a job, but it was there was a job that I worked in high school not high school, college, and I hated it so much.
And there was nothing ever to do but, zone, which is to make everything look pretty. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Reset the shelves.
Yep. Sure. Make make sure everything's forward facing. And I would say, is there anything else to do? And they were like, nope.
Just keep zoning. And I was like, okay. I got five more hours. And they're like, yep. Just keep zoning.
And I went Oh, no. Wow. I made a day very, very long. And then they also had some college interns that were interning there to be, like, managerials. And those college interns had lots of power hungry Oh, cool.
Attitudes. Okay. And so I didn't care for that. And it was the only job that I quit, and I did not show up on my very last shift. I didn't show up.
I didn't call. I was just like, no. I'm not going in. So I didn't walk out, but I didn't go back on my last day. I was like, no.
I can't. I can't. And they mailed me my check, so I got my money. Well, good to see you. No.
I'm not going in. Yeah. That job was awful. Yeah. Well, not not every job is for every person, I think.
And I think more and more now, you got people that are figuring that out, and they're like, I don't need to stay in this horrible toxic environment or whatever and, stick around, and they're they're leaving. And and for good or bad, you know, they're just like, I I don't need this. Sometimes your mental stability is more For sure. Beneficial than a paycheck. You gotta be happy.
Yeah. True story. I don't know what else to say about it. I'm about to walk out of this Hey. Easy.
Easy. This this is a good one. What are you talking about? A fun one. I like it.
They keep coming back every day. I keep paying me. I keep talking. Sometimes it's good. Sometimes it's not.
But here we are, talking. The Internet is way behind you when it comes to trend, Chantel. About what? Because, you know, I know you hate being, like, late to a party. I hate being late to a party.
But you are, like, way ahead on this party. I don't know if this is why why this is just now catching on. But you know those favorite things parties that you've been doing for years and years? Yeah. That's just now taken off, and they are becoming a viral thing.
No. They've been they Listen. Took off a long time ago. I I know. But now it's getting headlines.
It's getting news. People are talking about the favorite things parties. It's a new trend. This has been a trend already. That's what I'm saying.
Oh, that's what I'm saying. That's what I said when I started. I said, you are already on this thing. Let me see if the way they explain it is the proper way. They say it's kind of structured like a white elephant party, except that instead of gag gifts, each guest brings their favorite thing within a set price limit or a theme or whatever as the present.
And then you you draw numbers, you pick an order, you have rules for stealing, you know, that kind of thing. Yeah. But you also get to see what's hot and then can decide if you wanna buy that thing that you didn't get. So it could be beauty products, or it could be accessories, or home goods, like stuff like candles, or it could be, candies and treats, or it could be books, or anything that you love and wanna share with friends, and you and that's how it works. Is that correct?
That's correct. Okay. Well, they're they're they're the hot trend right now. Uh-huh. Yeah.
They've been the hot they've been the hot trend for a while. I know. You've been doing this for at least five years or more. Yeah. This has been around.
This isn't news. Not hot new trend. This is old news. It says trends, favorite things parties. It's old news.
Big new trend. Old news. Keep up with the times, Josh. Come on. Is not me.
I'm reading the Internet. I'm telling you today You're on Earth. There is this is the trend. Old Internet. You know what else is a trend?
What? The messy bun. It's back. No. This I'm telling you.
I'm hot I'm hot on things. I am up on the trends, and it's all about favorite things, parties, and the messy bun. It's back. The messy bun never went away. Did it go away?
About a decade ago, messy buns were all the rage. They fell out of style as we embrace the sleek, slicked back bun perfect for no shampoo days. But now you can just throw your hair up in a messy bun because the messy bun is a hot trend. This is old news. This is new news.
You're on old Internet. No. I'm not. I'm on today's Internet. No.
Yeah. Old. Trends. Favorite things parties and the return of the messy bun. Well, I guess I'm pretty trendy then because I never left my messy bun.
And And you've been doing favorite, things, parties for ten years? And I've been doing favorite things, parties for a while. So there you go. There you go. The the the Internet is looking at Chantel and going, what is she doing that's so good?
Guess what? You just said the other day that it is. Skinny jeans are back. I never got rid of my skinny jeans. Jeans, messy buns, favorite things.
Here I am just trendsetting every day. You still wanna give away our dog? Yes. No. Yes.
I do. But here's here's this dog. Let me tell you about this. This is a Bernese mountain dog, which we have friends that have one of these, over in Meridian. And this dog's name is Luna, which is the name of our dog.
That is the name of our dog. Name is, Lulu. So that's kinda fun. Yes. This is a seven month old Bernese mountain dog in California named Luna who was feeling a little under the weather and dealing with a a stomachache.
So her owners took her to the vet, and they found out why the dog has a stomachache. Uh-oh. Well, Luna's stomach had become the family's lost and found. Oh, no. Oh, no.
44 foreign objects that she had ingested. No. 24 socks. 24 socks? A onesie, like a baby onesie, a hair scrunchie, couple of hair ties, a shoe insole Oh my gosh.
And 15 miscellaneous cloth miscellaneous cloth pieces. Miscellaneous? Miscellaneous cloth pieces. You heard me. Holy moly.
Luna had to undergo surgery, to remove the objects. She is said to be doing well. Stop. Stop. Stop.
Will, do a better job at picking up the loose items because those are all things she would have found on the floor. Does she think she's a goat? Maybe. Hepburnese mountain goat. Yeah.
Way to go, Luna. Quit eating that stuff. So, you know, we could be dealing with that. We could be dealing with a seven month old Luna instead of a two year old Luna. Ours stays up all night.
This one could, you know, eat anything. Ours? She eats a lot of stuff. Our Luna eats a lot of stuff. Treats.
It's mostly just food, but she hasn't she hasn't said no to anything we've offered her yet at FoodWise. I know she likes popcorn. She she likes everything. She's eaten bananas. Yeah.
Those are good. She she likes food. Yeah. She hasn't eaten any miscellaneous cloth items. Cloth items?
Leave me alone. Would you rather this or that? I know your answer to this already. Okay. Would you rather live in a charming cabin in the countryside with breathtaking views That sounds nice.
Or in a chic apartment in the heart of a lively city? Alright. What do you think I'm gonna pick? I think you're gonna pick the cabin. Why?
Because that's that's you. That's your nature. I am nature? Are you saying, what? You are nature.
I am nature. Yeah. Because I think that you, well, you want a cabin, and you've wanted a cabin for a very long time. Yeah. And I think that you would just love the ability to walk out of your cabin and be like, oh, here's the Woods.
The woods. Yeah. Here's where I'm gonna go fishing today. Or hiking. Or hiking.
Sitting or chopping wood. Sitting? Yes. Do you know how much I wanna go just sit in the woods? I would also like to do that.
Oh, come on. Like, I just want to go sit in a a grove. That sounds nice. I know a grove near a fishing spot, and I wanna go sit in it. It's near a fishing spot, and you just wanna sit in it?
You don't wanna do the fishing? I want both. Okay. I'll even bring a picnic. I know.
I knew that'd get your attention. I knew that'd get your attention. You perked up so fast. What? Well, you use a can.
With a blanket? Snacks? Yeah. A picnic in a grove near a fishing spot where you can you will have a picnic, and then you can read in the in the, like, sparse sun Yes. Cutting through the leaves of the ash trees.
You can do whatever while I'm fishing. Okay. That sounds nice. I know. I know a spot.
Let's go there. It's probably covered in snow or snow and mud right now. It's definitely snow and probably mud right now. The road to get to it is gonna be mud. But, anyway, I will take the cabin.
Yes. That's the question, and that's the answer. Because I like I like being in the middle of a lively city. So I want a cool apartment, but then I also wanna have an escape cabin I'm into it. To get out of people.
I get it. I'm I'm there with you. Yeah. I I I I agree. So I'm having a hard time deciding.
So I just want I'm gonna pick both. Okay. I want both. Well, that's not an option. Bothies.
It's this or that. No. This and that. I'm gonna pick both. It's my game.
I do what I want. Oh, okay. Alright. Okay. So we were talking earlier about Jeff Bezos, Bezos, whatever.
He has the or Blue Origin rocket, and he's been taking, wealthy people into space or sort of. It's sort of the edge of space. Do you remember he took William William Shatner? Yes. And William Shatner posted the picture, kinda broke the Internet a few years ago?
Yes. He's got another flight, for except for the spring. It doesn't have an official mission date, but it will be the first ever all female crew. Oh, really? Gayle King is going.
Gayle Oprah's best friend, Gayle King. Yep. Lauren Sanchez, who is engaged to Jeff Bezos, I Ayesha Ayesha Bow, I think. She is a NASA rocket scientist, and Amanda Injoyan is a research scientist, and then the film producer Carrie Anne Flynn and miss Katy Perry. What?
Why? Katy Perry's going. Because, you know is there a point to this, or are they just going to say, look how cool we are because we're so rich? Or is there, like, a scientific, like, research? No.
It's just to go look at space. Stop it. No. That's Hey, Barry. Get out of here.
Yeah. No. I'm annoyed. What? You're annoyed by her, or you're annoyed by Bezos or the whole thing?
The whole thing. Yeah. I'm annoyed by the whole thing. Okay. It's just taking rich people's face.
That's all. We're just going to look. Yeah. They just go up there real high. We just wanna we just wanna we just wanna go peek.
Yeah. Stop it. Go do some research or something. Stop it. Yeah.
No. They're just going up there to look around. Stop it. I mean, I think it's cool. It's an all female crew.
I think that's special. But now they're, you know, they're just gonna go they're just gonna go up there and float around a bit and then come back down. Okay. Cool. Okay.
We we talked about, would you do it? Would you go to space? I would go to space if there was a reason to go to space. I don't want to go to space just to be like, look at me. Look at this cool picture I set.
Alright. I if there was a research team that was there to, like, do study and do the science Well, and that's what they're doing at ISS. Right? That would be fascinating. Okay.
And I would want to go as a tag along and be like, tell me everything you know. Tell me what you're doing. Tell me what that's for. Uh-huh. But to just go and be like, look.
I'm in space. You think that's what they're doing? Yes. I mean, they they have some some people there, like, you know, some of the people on the flight. Who?
Oh, where did it go? I lost the story. There was you said you mentioned one astronaut. Yeah. One.
A rocket scientist. A rocket scientist. One Yeah. Scientist Right. On board.
Mhmm. And Katy Perry. And Gayle King. And Gayle, Oprah's best friend, please. And Lauren Sanchez who's engaged to do You're right.
Yeah. Yep. That's a that's a scientific mission for Blue Origin is a tourism rocket. That's what it's called. And this will be the first all female flight crew since, Valentina Tereshkova's space flight in 1963.
And she, by the way, is 87. Oh, really? Yeah. Was a Soviet cosmonaut who became the first woman in space during her solo mission in June of nineteen sixty three. Cool that she's going.
Everybody else, I'm annoyed by. Okay. Sounds good. Gail King photoshopped her face into a NASA spacesuit doing a space walk. That's what she posted about it and said, our very own Gail King is going where few have gone before, space.
You're into it. I can tell. You're into it. I don't know why I can't explain why I'm so annoyed by this, but I am I'm annoyed by this. I can't wait until Katy Perry writes some really good songs.
It's gonna be she's gonna play ET the whole way Yeah. Up and back. She'll just be singing it. When they shoot off, she's gonna sing So firework. Cosmic.
Yeah. And firework as they take off. Yeah. That's exactly what's gonna happen. Anyway, hope you have a great rest of your Thursday.
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