WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:08.000 Minnesota. Goodbye for May thirteenth, twenty twenty five. Here's our 2 00:00:08.039 --> 00:00:12.080 first email, diving right into attacking art. Let's attack art 3 00:00:12.199 --> 00:00:16.280 because we need to attack art. Here we go. I 4 00:00:16.359 --> 00:00:20.480 heard the caller message about the unusual sculpture project in class. 5 00:00:20.519 --> 00:00:23.640 Back in December. I had a sculpture class and a 6 00:00:23.679 --> 00:00:27.120 girl's project was literally newspapers pinned to the wall, no 7 00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:31.559 other effort involved. The project was called impermanence, or the 8 00:00:31.640 --> 00:00:35.880 project idea was called in permanence. People went ape shit 9 00:00:35.960 --> 00:00:38.479 for her project. I thought man could use more effort. 10 00:00:38.600 --> 00:00:42.039 A few tidbits about sculpture. It has to be conceptual 11 00:00:42.920 --> 00:00:47.600 to be classified as sculpture. Almost all projects are named untitled, 12 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:51.039 and sculpture can either be parts put together or taken 13 00:00:51.039 --> 00:00:53.920 away to make a project. I honestly thought you literally 14 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:58.799 sculpted sculpture, as the name implies. We talked about this. 15 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:00.600 It comes up maybe once every sek months or so 16 00:01:01.719 --> 00:01:04.400 about how people would go to a sculpture class and 17 00:01:04.439 --> 00:01:07.040 somebody would come in with a shoe with a not 18 00:01:07.319 --> 00:01:09.719 tied in it, and they'd be like, Yeah, that's my sculpture, 19 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:13.239 and you could not argue that it was not art. 20 00:01:13.719 --> 00:01:16.239 Because I mean I would, because that's just the way 21 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:18.959 I think. But somebody would say, oh, well you've got 22 00:01:18.959 --> 00:01:21.120 a reaction out of it, it's art. So but the 23 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:22.840 thing is, I think you can put in minimal effort. 24 00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:25.879 I could wad up a piece of paper and dip 25 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:29.519 it in caramel sauce and then call it untitled. Oh 26 00:01:29.879 --> 00:01:32.560 what does that mean? That means I call it, in 27 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:35.319 well me inedible. I call it inedible exactly. 28 00:01:35.359 --> 00:01:37.959 It's making me I think something, and if I hate it, 29 00:01:37.959 --> 00:01:39.280 it's making me feel something. 30 00:01:39.719 --> 00:01:41.599 And if your intention is for it to be art, 31 00:01:41.640 --> 00:01:42.159 then it's art. 32 00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:44.159 Okay. 33 00:01:44.439 --> 00:01:46.760 Like art doesn't have to be good, you know, like 34 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:49.200 it doesn't have to have effort into it, so like, yeah, 35 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:52.439 obviously good art. Like for me, it's like a beautiful 36 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:54.480 painting that I can think like, wow, that took a 37 00:01:54.519 --> 00:01:56.599 long time, that took a lot of effort. Then I'll 38 00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:58.400 be like that's the kind of art I like, versus 39 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:00.879 your caramel dipped piece of paper bought it up. 40 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:02.560 I'll be like, this is crap. And then I'll just 41 00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:03.439 walk along and. 42 00:02:03.400 --> 00:02:06.560 An uncle art, Yeah, uncle art was it was. He 43 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:09.319 was very old when I met him, and he pulled 44 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:13.159 out a giant diamond and it was an uncut diamond. 45 00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:14.360 I don't know where he got it, but it was 46 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:18.639 a little smaller than a ping pong ball, maybe a 47 00:02:18.680 --> 00:02:21.120 little smaller than that, but it was it was diamond. 48 00:02:21.319 --> 00:02:24.000 Definitely a crystal. It was a diamond. And I remember 49 00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:25.599 him showing it to me when I was like five 50 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:28.639 or six or seven, and he's like, yep, that's a diamond, 51 00:02:29.159 --> 00:02:31.919 and I'm like, shit, that's cool. 52 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:32.520 Whoa. 53 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:35.319 He was riding on a greyhound bus, fell asleep and 54 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:39.560 somebody stole his bag. So somebody stole this diamond that 55 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:41.919 he carried around with him. Uncle Art, Yeah, I. 56 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:43.520 Was carrying that around with you too. 57 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:46.479 He also gave me and my brother silk scarves. Now 58 00:02:46.479 --> 00:02:49.400 my brother was probably ten and I was five, and 59 00:02:49.479 --> 00:02:53.759 so he gave us silk scarves, silk, very nice, and 60 00:02:53.800 --> 00:02:55.520 he's like, look at these, these are for you and 61 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:58.960 your brother. And he was maybe a little fishy. I 62 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:00.879 don't know where he got them because he didn't have 63 00:03:00.919 --> 00:03:01.400 any money. 64 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:01.960 Uh. 65 00:03:02.039 --> 00:03:03.919 And my mom said, I'm not giving him to the boys. 66 00:03:04.039 --> 00:03:06.039 I'm going to keep them. And she kept him in 67 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:09.400 her dress or drawer, and we all forgot about them, 68 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:12.800 all forgot about these silk scarves, and when she died, 69 00:03:12.840 --> 00:03:14.840 we're going through things, it's like, oh my god, there's 70 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:19.599 these beautiful white silk scarves. And I truly, to this day, 71 00:03:19.639 --> 00:03:20.840 I don't know what happened to him. 72 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:23.439 Your uncle Art sounds like he's one of those Safari 73 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:25.919 guys who's like goes to Africa and then comes back 74 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:28.319 with some kind of like, you know, ancient gem or 75 00:03:28.439 --> 00:03:29.479 a silk scarf. 76 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:29.919 Right tusk? 77 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:35.560 Yes, I got a giraffe, Yeah, exactly from the Maharasha. 78 00:03:35.199 --> 00:03:37.400 Uncle Art rip. You know what, you were quite a 79 00:03:37.479 --> 00:03:40.080 character in the very few brief moments that I knew you. 80 00:03:40.199 --> 00:03:41.879 I honestly thought you were setting us up for a 81 00:03:41.879 --> 00:03:43.759 bit there as you started talking about Uncle Art. 82 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:47.360 So I was waiting for a punchline at yeah. 83 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:49.520 Yeah, do you want a bit? Do you want me 84 00:03:49.520 --> 00:03:50.080 to set you up? 85 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:52.120 I mean, I love it, I love it, but now 86 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:53.280 we know it's a bit. 87 00:03:55.120 --> 00:03:57.000 Well, let me see if I can find one for you. Okay, 88 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:01.240 you know my gonna tell you guys, my life has 89 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:03.080 not been the same since my accident. 90 00:04:03.400 --> 00:04:05.080 What accident, the one. 91 00:04:04.919 --> 00:04:13.840 Where I got my finger stuck in that wedding ring. Okay, 92 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:19.319 I may have another one, maybe not all right, Nope, 93 00:04:19.319 --> 00:04:19.720 I'm done. 94 00:04:19.759 --> 00:04:23.759 Okay, next one, the calendar I gave you that you 95 00:04:23.879 --> 00:04:26.319 never even entertain anymore? 96 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:27.639 Did you throw it away? 97 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:30.399 I did. I threw it away. I thought if I 98 00:04:30.399 --> 00:04:33.040 threw it away would make a good bit, because I 99 00:04:33.079 --> 00:04:35.480 never read the jokes off your calendar because they're so bad. 100 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:38.160 So I thought if I threw your calendar away, it 101 00:04:38.199 --> 00:04:41.160 would make a good bit. Jenny's face right now is 102 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:44.720 as she just saw a ghost. I threw it away, 103 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:48.040 shrew it away for the bit good money on that. 104 00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:50.079 But that's okay, I didn't. 105 00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:51.160 I didn't. 106 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:55.639 No, Wow, I am shook because you're a very. 107 00:04:55.879 --> 00:04:59.560 You're a very You're you like gifts, but not like 108 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:02.519 you need to receive gifts. You like thought behind gifts. 109 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:04.800 I do, yes, So that's just why I'm like a 110 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:05.439 little shocked. 111 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:07.759 But well, if you notice look over here. Yeah, what 112 00:05:07.839 --> 00:05:08.800 else did I throw away? 113 00:05:08.959 --> 00:05:10.920 Nothing? It looks no fucking cluster fox. 114 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:13.920 No, I true. Remember the rock, the rock that I 115 00:05:13.959 --> 00:05:16.600 bought for forty dollars that's supposed to give off like 116 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:20.480 positive energy. I threw it away, yeah, because it was 117 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:23.360 causing clutter. And there was a couple of other little 118 00:05:23.360 --> 00:05:25.439 things over here, like something we never played with, or 119 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:28.439 the fart spray. Oh remember the bottle of fart spray? Yeah, 120 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:29.920 because do you see it over there anymore? 121 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:32.000 No, I didn't even know there was so much stuff 122 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:32.279 over there. 123 00:05:32.279 --> 00:05:34.120 I don't even know when things are gone because there's 124 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:35.759 still a bunch of random shit over there. 125 00:05:37.079 --> 00:05:40.680 That book that's called Life Hacks, that's Fallon and Colts. 126 00:05:40.720 --> 00:05:43.360 That's their book. Because I've said, oh, can I read 127 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:45.040 this on the air, and she said, no, we read 128 00:05:45.040 --> 00:05:47.680 that on our show, So that is theirs. I have 129 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:50.639 a pepper shaker, I have two magic tricks. I have 130 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:52.759 a bag of salt, and I have a bunch of 131 00:05:52.759 --> 00:05:55.040 games and a couple of remote microphones. 132 00:05:55.319 --> 00:05:57.439 And you did hear him correctly? It is a bag 133 00:05:57.519 --> 00:05:59.480 of salt because he was out of salt. So for 134 00:05:59.519 --> 00:06:02.399 his birthday last year, we got them some different things, 135 00:06:02.439 --> 00:06:04.160 but one of them included me putting a bunch of 136 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:04.839 salt in a bag. 137 00:06:05.519 --> 00:06:06.040 Here you go. 138 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:08.120 I wasn't going to go out and get you a 139 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:11.199 new salt chamber. I was salt a home here out 140 00:06:11.240 --> 00:06:12.120 there in the bay. 141 00:06:12.519 --> 00:06:13.360 And it's still there. 142 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:16.720 Okay, we here we have a ranger Jessica with today's 143 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:20.000 did you know Fact? Now, let me see if I 144 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:22.600 can push all the right buttons and make this play correctly, 145 00:06:23.319 --> 00:06:26.720 and uh and play what is that plane? 146 00:06:26.720 --> 00:06:26.839 Oh? 147 00:06:26.839 --> 00:06:28.800 It's a website playing in the background. Hold on, I 148 00:06:28.879 --> 00:06:30.560 like it. That was great when we closed that down, 149 00:06:31.079 --> 00:06:35.199 and then I should be able to play Ranger Jessica 150 00:06:35.759 --> 00:06:38.319 and her did you know Fact of the Day? 151 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:42.399 All right, Ranger Jessica, yere back again for your second 152 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:45.319 edition Did you Know of the Day? And this one's 153 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:48.480 gonna be way shorter since last week we were talking 154 00:06:48.480 --> 00:06:51.720 about quintessential Minnesota things and someone mentioned the Mississippi River. 155 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:54.519 I thought, let's talk about the Misissippi River a little bit. 156 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:58.519 The Mississippi River is the second longest river in the US. 157 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:01.519 The Missouri is just a little bit longer, and the 158 00:07:01.600 --> 00:07:04.279 length of Mississippi changes depending on how you measure it 159 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:07.920 and who you ask. Uh. Saint Anthony falls over in 160 00:07:07.959 --> 00:07:11.199 Minneapolis is the only natural waterfall on the entirety of 161 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:14.279 the Mississippi River, which is pretty cool. And also there's 162 00:07:14.279 --> 00:07:17.160 a national park here right in the Twin Cities in Minneapoli, 163 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:20.759 Saint Paul called the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, 164 00:07:20.800 --> 00:07:24.160 and it celebrates all things Mississippi River. So if you 165 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:26.639 haven't been there, go check it out. For just go 166 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:29.720 get out on the Mississippi River rain rot. 167 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:35.120 I like that ranger, Jessica, thank you. I know that 168 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:37.879 there's Saint Anthony Falls. It's that odd kind of a 169 00:07:38.079 --> 00:07:40.879 U shaped falls right by the stone arch bridge. 170 00:07:41.160 --> 00:07:42.480 I know a lot about it because I used to 171 00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:44.439 work at Mill City Museum, and so the reason it 172 00:07:44.480 --> 00:07:46.519 looks like that is because they had to use the 173 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:49.360 water for water power and to drop in the falls, 174 00:07:49.399 --> 00:07:52.120 so that's where the V shape was like it pushed 175 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:53.959 the water to either sides of the bank so that 176 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:55.480 the mills could use it. Oh. 177 00:07:55.519 --> 00:07:58.720 Interesting, now here's something else. I know that it is 178 00:07:58.839 --> 00:08:02.199 concrete reinforced, so in other words, it cannot erode. Yes, 179 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:06.160 because it's on very soft stone. And I guess centuries 180 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:11.040 or millennia ago the falls was down by Fort Snelling. Yes, 181 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:12.120 did you know this too? 182 00:08:12.319 --> 00:08:12.639 That yet? 183 00:08:12.680 --> 00:08:15.680 But over the millennia the falls is eroded and worked 184 00:08:15.680 --> 00:08:17.160 its way backward up the river. 185 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:20.480 Yes, it has sandstone underneath and limestone on top, so 186 00:08:20.519 --> 00:08:22.839 the sandstone would he rode away and then the limestone 187 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:25.319 would break off, so it traveled upstream to where it 188 00:08:25.399 --> 00:08:27.759 is now, and then when they started using it for power, 189 00:08:27.800 --> 00:08:30.160 they were like, oh crap, this is going to keep 190 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:30.800 eroding away. 191 00:08:31.040 --> 00:08:33.440 Yeah, so they put it's called an apron over top. 192 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:34.559 No shit, it. 193 00:08:34.480 --> 00:08:36.600 Looks like a dam, but it's not a dam. It's 194 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:38.600 an apron and the apron has made up. 195 00:08:38.639 --> 00:08:41.840 God yours that I'm impressed and disgusted with you at 196 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:44.200 the same time. That's really amazing that you knew that, 197 00:08:44.240 --> 00:08:46.440 because I really thought that it was very uncommon knowledge 198 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:48.759 that anyone knew that. I've never been to the headwaters 199 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:51.120 up by Itasca, and I'd like to take a camping 200 00:08:51.159 --> 00:08:53.559 trip or a motorcycle ride up to Itasca to see, 201 00:08:53.879 --> 00:08:56.600 and I've heard it's not anything spectacular. It's like you 202 00:08:56.639 --> 00:08:59.480 can walk across the Mississippi because it's like, you know, 203 00:08:59.639 --> 00:09:01.720 four which is deep at that point as it flows 204 00:09:01.720 --> 00:09:02.559 out of Lake Itasca. 205 00:09:02.679 --> 00:09:04.120 For the novelty, why not. 206 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:07.879 Yeah, I think I went to Itasca State Park like 207 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:11.080 a year, maybe last summer, but there was like a 208 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:14.000 really fun waterfall there that usually was just like a 209 00:09:14.039 --> 00:09:16.279 trickle sometimes, and we had so much rain last summer 210 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:18.480 that it was like a booming waterfall. So I think 211 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:20.000 This is different than what you were talking about, but 212 00:09:20.039 --> 00:09:20.639 I really liked it. 213 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:26.000 I've always wanted to speak of the Missouri River. One 214 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:28.759 thing that I always wanted to do and I always 215 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:31.159 planned on when I had a boy. One day, we 216 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:33.840 were going to canoe down the Missouri River from Fort 217 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:39.279 Benton into Fort Peck Lake because my grandparents pioneered or 218 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:42.840 what's the word homesteaded on land around there, and I 219 00:09:42.840 --> 00:09:43.720 thought that'd be really cool. 220 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:45.399 Grandparents Lewis and Clark. 221 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:51.559 No that would be explored. They were homesteaders and it's untouched. 222 00:09:51.559 --> 00:09:54.120 It's all preserved, so it looks exactly like it did 223 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:57.200 when Lewis and Clark went through there. And I've always 224 00:09:57.240 --> 00:09:59.360 wanted to do that, and we never That's one of 225 00:09:59.399 --> 00:10:02.600 the regrets my life is that we never ever made 226 00:10:02.720 --> 00:10:06.639 time to take that Carson and Dad canoe trip down 227 00:10:06.679 --> 00:10:09.279 the Missouri River. And we had it, you know, we 228 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:11.639 were going to do it alone, and then we just 229 00:10:11.679 --> 00:10:13.720 didn't have time to get experts enough in it to 230 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:16.120 do it. So we hired an outfitter to take us 231 00:10:16.120 --> 00:10:18.240 down and we had to cancel it because he had 232 00:10:18.279 --> 00:10:20.039 boy scout camp and he had this and that, and 233 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:23.679 we just couldn't do it. Som' still something I want 234 00:10:23.720 --> 00:10:25.200 to do with Carson. But I don't think that he 235 00:10:25.279 --> 00:10:27.279 is a camping, outdoorsy kind of a guy. 236 00:10:27.200 --> 00:10:29.320 Not anymore. I don't think he used to be right. 237 00:10:30.039 --> 00:10:31.840 You know, that's a question. Can I tell you the truth? 238 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:33.440 I think he hated Boy Scouts. 239 00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:33.639 Sure. 240 00:10:33.840 --> 00:10:36.840 I think he hated once his friends were out of 241 00:10:36.879 --> 00:10:38.840 Boy Scouts and he didn't have buddies to hang out 242 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:41.039 with and be obnoxious and make fart jokes and poop 243 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:44.399 jokes and booger jokes. At camp, he was kind of 244 00:10:44.440 --> 00:10:46.320 hanging out with the younger kids, and he didn't like 245 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:48.279 it anymore. Yeah, And I think that one day I 246 00:10:48.279 --> 00:10:49.840 want to ask Carson is like, I know you love 247 00:10:49.919 --> 00:10:52.399 Boy Scouts when you first started, but did you just 248 00:10:52.559 --> 00:10:54.840 hate it? Because I don't think he's quite ready to 249 00:10:54.840 --> 00:10:56.720 be honest with me yet, but I do want to 250 00:10:56.720 --> 00:10:58.799 know whether he'd liked it or not. He was a 251 00:10:58.840 --> 00:11:01.639 great experience and there's some great adventures he would have had. 252 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:04.200 But I think it's important if your kid, daughter, son 253 00:11:04.320 --> 00:11:08.600 joined Scouts that they've got a friend that's in with them, 254 00:11:08.679 --> 00:11:09.240 or they want. 255 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:09.879 To know it worth it? 256 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:10.159 Right? 257 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:13.120 Yeah, Okay, continuing on, let me see if I can 258 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:15.519 click the right button here. All right, here we go, 259 00:11:15.679 --> 00:11:20.399 Melissa Wright saying, hello, things, I love all of you. 260 00:11:21.080 --> 00:11:23.799 Things I don't love three hours waiting online at the 261 00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:26.320 government service center to get my kid's birth certificate. But 262 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:29.039 alas it's given me a minute, one hundred and eighty 263 00:11:29.080 --> 00:11:31.200 minutes to be exact, to finally send an email to 264 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:34.320 the show. A few months ago, Bailey mentioned that she 265 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:37.679 had a sibling who was still born. I'm wondering how 266 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:39.759 and when her parents told her about her sibling and 267 00:11:39.759 --> 00:11:44.000 how her family did or didn't navigate that sibling's memory 268 00:11:44.159 --> 00:11:45.000 into the family. 269 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:48.279 Yeah, I guess I can't remember when I was told 270 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:50.519 because I think we were just always told that we 271 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:54.360 had a brother and his name was Zakias, and I 272 00:11:54.399 --> 00:11:56.519 think they were going to name him Alexander, but once 273 00:11:56.559 --> 00:11:59.440 they found out he was still born, they like chose, 274 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:01.080 you know, name from the Bible. 275 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:04.320 Okay, So that's why his name is Zacius. And his 276 00:12:04.399 --> 00:12:06.840 birthday is in December. 277 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:12.279 So we always like commemorated it, just like, I don't know, 278 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:13.879 we didn't like do anything for it. 279 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:15.279 My mom would just tell us about it. 280 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:16.600 Yeah, so we. 281 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:20.399 Always just knew about it, and now like every December 282 00:12:20.440 --> 00:12:22.080 on the day, we try and like reach out to 283 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:24.320 my mom and say something, ah, but that's really it. 284 00:12:24.360 --> 00:12:27.879 We don't like do anything super fancy because he was 285 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:30.720 before my sister, and my sister's older than me, so 286 00:12:30.840 --> 00:12:33.200 like we wouldn't have been we weren't in. 287 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:34.639 The mix yet, I see. 288 00:12:34.720 --> 00:12:37.519 But yeah, my mom still gets sad about it, which 289 00:12:37.919 --> 00:12:39.480 makes sense so rightfully. 290 00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:42.320 So you know, it was kind of a secret in 291 00:12:42.360 --> 00:12:46.200 Susan's family. Susan ed is still born older sister, and 292 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:48.200 I think this sister would have been She's had two 293 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:50.919 older brothers and this sister would have been the oldest. 294 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:55.440 And back then, I guess she didn't really talk about it, 295 00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:58.360 and this would have been back in the I don't know, 296 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:02.720 the fifties or sixties, which born and Susan doesn't know 297 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:06.519 anything about her. They apparently back then you did not 298 00:13:06.600 --> 00:13:09.360 take a photo, which is very common now when if 299 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:11.360 you have a stillborn baby, you take a photo. Yeah 300 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:16.559 that's your baby, Yeah, of course. And so Susan's not 301 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:19.879 sad about it because she doesn't know. But I think 302 00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:22.600 about how different life would be for Susan if she 303 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:25.480 had an older sister and how wonderful that would have 304 00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:25.960 been for her. 305 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:28.039 Yeah, I think about mine old. I mean if I 306 00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:28.840 had an older brother. 307 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:30.080 Yeah, my mom. 308 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:33.600 Every year that whatever age he would have been, she 309 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:36.320 would give a toy to Toys for Tots for a 310 00:13:36.399 --> 00:13:37.200 kid at that age. 311 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:39.720 That is so touching. Seriously, that is something that we 312 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:42.919 don't really talk about that often. Next one, I'm asking 313 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:45.519 because our first child, oh, same thing. Our first child 314 00:13:45.559 --> 00:13:47.240 was still born. He would have been five years old 315 00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:50.399 this month. We've since had two more kids. They're very young, 316 00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:52.039 but I'm trying to find ways to talk to him 317 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:55.279 about their brother, to continue to remember our first child 318 00:13:55.279 --> 00:13:58.840 and keep some sort of traditions for him and our family. Thanks, 319 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:01.000 I realized it's not a super happy topic. Have a 320 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:05.480 great day, Melissa aka Juice because that's what my dad 321 00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:06.879 wanted to name me, Huice. 322 00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:09.480 I definitely recommend the Toys for Tots thing because we 323 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:12.639 would go shopping for a Toys for Tot's gift for Zach. 324 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:15.519 So we'd be like, Okay, what would Zach like. 325 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:16.279 He would have been. 326 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:18.879 Turning fifteen this year, so I remember us getting like, 327 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:21.080 you know, an iPod or something like not an iPod, 328 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:23.360 you know, the cheap version of an iPod to give 329 00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:25.279 to toys for tots. 330 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:27.799 That is kind, that's very sweet. I'm glad that came up, 331 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:29.080 because that is something that I think a lot of 332 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:32.519 people just don't address very much. Hello, Favorites. A couple 333 00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:34.639 of questions for you, mostly Dave. I guess, Dave, when 334 00:14:34.679 --> 00:14:36.360 you go to Colorado, do you rent a car every 335 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:39.799 time or do you store your car somewhere nearby? I've 336 00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:43.120 done both, but I rent a car now and it 337 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:46.639 is not cheap. It's really ridiculous because Colorado is such 338 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:49.919 a touristy state that they rent cars for about six 339 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:53.919 hundred dollars for five days. Who it is nuts. So 340 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:57.279 to avoid that, I did keep a car parked there 341 00:14:57.320 --> 00:14:59.840 at the Denver Airport, and so you would ride your 342 00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:02.799 sh to the parking lot about five minute right away, 343 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:05.200 and then you would get your car in a giant 344 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:07.840 sea of cars, and you could pay for covered parking, 345 00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:10.720 you could pay for heated parking. I paid for uncovered parking. 346 00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:13.279 My car was always covered with bird shit by the 347 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:15.720 time I got there. And then finally that car broke 348 00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:18.360 down and we had to you know, trade it in, 349 00:15:18.440 --> 00:15:20.879 and we certainly were not going to keep a new 350 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:23.960 work car there, so I just rent now. Interesting question 351 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:26.799 a thought on doodles because we were talking about you know, 352 00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:29.240 doodles are such great dogs, et cetera. And Josie was 353 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:32.000 a labordoodle and she was the best dog, no question, 354 00:15:32.039 --> 00:15:32.759 that I've ever had. 355 00:15:32.919 --> 00:15:34.159 And you also want a snoodle. 356 00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:38.960 I'm thinking about getting a shnoodle. Yeah, Schnauzer poodle, Dave, 357 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:41.320 Your sweet Josie was probably near the beginning of the 358 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:44.720 doodle craze given her age she was sixteen. Now that 359 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:48.639 doodles are so popular, their breeding is gone down. Allergies 360 00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:52.200 are very common with other health issues too. There's a 361 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:57.399 reason most professional vets say avoid doodles. I'll bet you 362 00:15:57.440 --> 00:15:59.960 avoided a lot of that. Considering you got Josie sixteen 363 00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:03.080 years ago. That totally makes sense. She was healthy and 364 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:07.480 active and she was just the best. Just something to consider. 365 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:09.399 Might be worth reaching out to a vet professional to 366 00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:12.039 see if there are healthier breeds. I'm a dog mom 367 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:14.360 of two rescues, but my dad bred labs for many 368 00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:17.399 years and had to do rigorous testing to confirm both 369 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:21.360 parents were healthy. Hope this helps from Nanda, Yeah, thank you. 370 00:16:21.679 --> 00:16:23.919 But then the next email says, I love our shnoodle. 371 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:27.120 Her name was Mitsubishi. We called her Mitzi. She was 372 00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:29.879 so loving to I don't see the problem. Get one 373 00:16:29.919 --> 00:16:33.919 if you want one, She listened, never had bathroom issues 374 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:36.240 and lived a long time from Naomi. 375 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:39.159 Do you want a dog that's gonna go on like 376 00:16:39.320 --> 00:16:39.919 hakes with you? 377 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:40.799 And yeah I do. 378 00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:44.279 I don't know if schnoodles it, then you might be right. Yeah, yeah, 379 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:46.759 I feel like walks. Yeah, but I don't know about hiking. 380 00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:48.440 But I say that, And I have a friend who 381 00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:50.600 lives in Colorado and he has a Corgie, and that 382 00:16:50.679 --> 00:16:53.080 little Corey loves a good hike, a. 383 00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:53.879 Nice fourteen er. 384 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:57.399 That thing just climbs up the mountain faster like three 385 00:16:57.399 --> 00:16:58.720 times the speed of us. 386 00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:00.879 That's you know what. There are certain dogs that I 387 00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:03.639 don't find cute, and somebody's gonna get mad. I don't 388 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:08.319 find Corky's cute. I don't find pugs cute. I would 389 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:10.039 never get a Corky or a pug because I want 390 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:13.039 to look at that dog and go, oh, I'm so cute. 391 00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:16.240 Josie was cute. She would wop walk and I would 392 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:19.519 stand behind her, walking behind her and her little ears 393 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:21.720 would flop up and down as she walked. Yeah, and 394 00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:24.359 it was just so fucking cute. Yeah, and she just 395 00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:25.880 was so happy all the time. 396 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:27.000 Yeah. 397 00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:29.359 I used to be obsessed with Corky's and then I 398 00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:32.240 feel like that kind of became a big popular breed 399 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:34.079 for a little bit. And then I met there is 400 00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:36.440 one Corky that I know that kind of really bugged 401 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:37.960