NN - EP09 - Smoke Jumpers, Canes, And Kindness

Originally released in March 2020

We move from a heartfelt goodbye to Joe into a messy, funny, and hopeful tour of daily life—folding canes, sunny sidewalks, Tom Hanks’ steady humor, and a sharp look at scare tactics in cannabis coverage. Community shows up in distilleries making sanitizer, remote teams learning to talk better, and taking the long road without social media blasts.

• remembering Joe and talking honestly about loss
• the folding cane, aging pride, and small aids that help
• spring scenes from a neighborhood keeping distance
• Tom Hanks’ calm update, Vegemite, and levity
• critiquing cannabis scare headlines and separating hemp
• real uses of hemp from fiber to bioplastics
• remote work habits that rely on trust and clarity
• distilleries pivoting to hand sanitizer for communities
• joy in simple films and ignoring noisy critics
• choosing word of mouth over social media promotion
• NAPA nostalgia, political satire, and everyday greatness

It ain't all bad, and no I'm not going to fix that spellcheck (ain't).

Listen, life sucks. You will die. Do your best to make it suck less for others & you'll be amazed at how quickly your sthi turns around. Just sayin'.

Keep it 'tween the ditches, my friends. Keep being great & doing great things!

Chapters

• 0:00 Host Returns And Tribute To Joe
• 3:00 Tech Woes And Catching Up
• 4:10 The Folding Cane And Aging Pride
• 7:00 Spring Weather And Neighborhood Joy
• 11:30 Planet Of The Apes Jokes And Readiness
• 13:50 Tom Hanks Update And Vegemite Banter
• 17:40 Media Scare Tactics And Cannabis Study
• 22:50 Hemp Uses, Farming, And Policy Frustrations
• 26:20 Working From Home And Communication
• 31:40 Distilleries Making Sanitizer And Community
• 35:10 Playing With Fire Review And Joy In Corny
• 41:30 Anti Social Media Growth And Care Bear Love
• 45:50 Napa Nostalgia And Political Satire
• 49:40 Wrap Up, Credits, And Patreon

Transcript

SPEAKER_05: 0:00

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SPEAKER_00: 1:16

This is one of fifty thousand voices from the collection of the Vincent Voice Library at Michigan State University.

SPEAKER_02: 2:13

I don't know where to begin. I always have that problem, seriously. Hey gang, Larry Compton, your host and self-quarantined citizen, back to share some more nonsense with you. So much going on, both in my head and in reality. It's crazy. I'm crazy. But if you know me, you already knew that. I don't like to talk about uh sad things, but sometimes I have to. Dear family friend recently passed away. But he'll always be around in spirit. I know that may seem a bit harsh to say for some, but it's true. He was really suffering for quite some time, and quality of life escaped him and all around him. Nobody wants to be a burden on those they love. We will always love you, Joe Stansfield. Just saying, rest in peace, my friend. Oh, all right. Okay, shake it off. Nobody wants you to be sad, right? Oh man, hey, how about this?

SPEAKER_03: 3:21

How about now?

SPEAKER_02: 3:23

How about now?

SPEAKER_03: 3:25

Oh shit.

SPEAKER_02: 3:28

You got an echo?

SPEAKER_03: 3:30

No.

SPEAKER_02: 3:31

No echo? No. I actually hear you pretty good too.

SPEAKER_03: 3:37

How much of a delay between what we're saying, I wonder.

SPEAKER_02: 3:40

Oh, you just uh broke up a little bit there. You sounded broken and stupid.

SPEAKER_03: 3:44

Damn.

SPEAKER_02: 3:47

Hey. Dude, I just had to run back outside. Sorry about that. I I realized I'm like, oh, I'm gonna take one more pull off the cigar. And then I came up and tried called you and and it didn't you weren't you didn't answer. And then I ran back outside thinking, oh yeah, he'll be back in just a second, so I'm gonna run back outside. I left my hurricane out in the garage. I was in a hurry, man, and I was without my hurricane. This thing came a day early, and it's fascinating to me. It's absolutely fascinating since it it's such simple technology. And it folds, it stands on its own, it adjusts the height, and it helps me get up. And you know, if I have to stand for long periods, very helpful then. I don't need it otherwise, which is where the folding comes in, which that's kind of cool. I was just having a conversation with Stacy about it because I haven't used it outside the house yet.

SPEAKER_03: 4:55

Watch an old man will open doors for you.

SPEAKER_02: 4:58

Well, that's what I'm talking about. I, you know, I don't need it to walk, usually. So I don't I I look I think I look too young to be using a cane.

SPEAKER_03: 5:10

And frankly, it looks like you know, it looks weird.

SPEAKER_02: 5:14

And that that gives me some sort of complex, obviously. So but I'm comfortable enough that I'm you know within a couple hours here, I've been using it uh to get up and down. And I'll probably use it outside the house at some point. I'm sure I might, you know, take it in the truck with me and my errand running travels, that sort of thing, you know?

SPEAKER_03: 5:34

Yep. I have one of those. I have canes everywhere. But I couldn't give up the hand, Matt. When you go to town, you do them.

SPEAKER_11: 5:45

I know you can't give up the hand, man. I know you.

SPEAKER_03: 5:49

When I my grandson, he used to be my cane keeper. If I'm going for my wallet, I just let go. He just grabs it immediately. It was his job to keep up with my cane.

SPEAKER_02: 5:59

Aww.

SPEAKER_03: 6:00

He's so adorable.

SPEAKER_02: 6:02

Evan? Yeah. Yeah, Evan. Oh my gosh, he's so adorable. Dude, today, uh, how was the weather there today? Because the sun was out like mad today here.

SPEAKER_03: 6:11

I was everybody's out. They're just keeping their distance. Yeah, I went to the walking path, and a lot of people were out. Yeah, it's real spring-like weather. Exactly. It was exactly.

SPEAKER_02: 6:24

I I mean, I was blown away. I I was just looking outside my back window, and the neighbors apparently have their grandkids, and they're out there trying to play ball with one and frisbee with the other at the same time, and it's freaking adorable with the little dog running around the yard, you know. And then I go out into the kitchen to get some more coffee, and I look out the front window, and the family across the street is out in their front yard. Dad's, you know, home from work, mom's home from work, the kids are home, and they've got rollerblades on and helmets and playing ball, and it was just so freaking awesome. I'm like, this what a beautiful day, man. Holy crap. I wish, I hope everybody, you know, gets to do this, gets to do that, what uh what I saw. It was just so freaking cool. What'd you do? Did you get outside? Did you actually ride or did you just start it up, the bike?

SPEAKER_03: 7:18

No, I just started up, but uh yeah, people are out enjoying things uh to get that time in before we turn into Planet of the Apes. No, you saw the movie. You know what's gonna happen. You know what's gonna happen. Dr. Zayas is pissed off.

SPEAKER_02: 7:40

Yeah, I, you know, I I'm ready. I'm ready. When it goes down, I'm ready. You know, listen, it's like I like I was saying to somebody else, you know, I fully expect to be attacked, folks. You know, so don't think, you know, I I I I know you can take me out. I'm fine with that, but as long as you're fine with no one, you know, you're probably gonna take some damage along the way. There's gonna be a claymore, you know, where you least friggin' expect it. So I don't know. Hey, speaking of the virus stuff, did you see the story on Tom Hanks? I didn't. How he him and his wife, you know, got the virus. Did you see that?

SPEAKER_03: 8:22

Oh, Tom. Yeah, Tom Hanks. I thought you said Tom man. Yes, yes. Well who'd you think I said?

SPEAKER_02: 8:29

Tom Cruise? Oh, no.

SPEAKER_03: 8:31

So I was thinking, no, I wouldn't read that, but yes, yes, Tom Hanks and Rita.

SPEAKER_02: 8:35

Now you know. Now you've already laid out the plot to the next Mission Impossible. That's not even funny, Mark. You just ruined the whole next Mission Impossible for a whole shit ton of people, probably six or seven listening to this show right now.

SPEAKER_12: 8:49

Winning. You don't even care.

SPEAKER_02: 8:54

So so first off, of course, it's on you know, headline news last week, you know, Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, you know, both got the uh uh uh skivvies and or coronavirus. I'm not sure. Yeah, yeah, in Australia filming a movie about Elvis when uh hey, ding ding. Elvis doing movies in Australia. Yeah, that's gonna be interesting. But in any case, they both got it. They both, you know, suffered horribly. No, they didn't. They're they're doing okay. I'm sure it's it's it's miserable. But this is what I wanted to talk about was uh just what what was this one? This story is from yesterday. Yeah, yesterday, on CNN Entertainment, which I'm on all the time because I'm so much into uh celebrity news. I know everything the celebrities do, what they wear, what time they usually shit, and those sorts of things. I'm just you know in that. No, I saw it in my news feed on Google Home.

SPEAKER_03: 9:56

I think you need to admit it though, so that's good. I have no clue what's going on with I think I'm way more important than those guys, so I can't bother to read their dribble.

SPEAKER_02: 10:05

I mean, that's my point. They want to meet me. Well, this listen, this guy impresses me. This guy has made me laugh and cry, uh smile, and have those fuzzy feelings more than most. And to me, that says something, and I think that says, you know, something to a lot of people. For I I personally relate to Forrest Gump. I relate to the dude uh stranded on the island. I really there's a lot of shit.

SPEAKER_03: 10:36

Oh, I remember when first I watched Forrest Gump, I was telling everybody, I got a best friend that's just like the dude. Yeah, so yep.

SPEAKER_11: 10:46

The running bit and everything, right? Yep.

SPEAKER_02: 10:51

So uh so CNN Entertainment says uh yesterday at 8 57 a.m., they said, uh, Tom Hanks offers some good news. So I definitely wanted to read that. Tom Hanks is making us feel better as only he can. The actor posted an update on his official Instagram account Tuesday evening. Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, are currently in Australia where they have been recovering after testing positive for the coronavirus. He posted a picture of a uh Corona, old school corona typewriter, and uh said the following. Hey folks, good news. One week after testing positive, in self-isolation, the symptoms are much the same, Hanks wrote in the caption of a photo showing his antique antique corona typewriter. He never f no fever but the blaz. Folding laundry and doing the dishes lead to a nap on the couch. Welcome to my world, Tom, and I don't have the virus. On Monday, it was announced that the couple had been released from a Queensland hospital and gone into self-quarantine. Tuesday, Hanks joked about the downside of their togetherness. Bad news. My wife, Rita Wilson, has won six straight hands of gin rummy and leads by 201 points, he wrote. But I have learned not to spread my vegemite so thick.

SPEAKER_03: 12:22

Yeah, I saw a picture of his toast in water.

SPEAKER_02: 12:25

Oh man, he cracks me.

SPEAKER_03: 12:27

That's a real popular thing down there that vegemites.

SPEAKER_02: 12:30

Oh, I know. Don't I mean, don't you remember back in the what uh 80s, like you know, vegemite sandwich?

SPEAKER_03: 12:36

Uh Vegemite. Yeah, the U Yeah.

SPEAKER_02: 12:41

Exactly.

SPEAKER_03: 12:42

You know what our S going with that. You knew exactly where it is. They come from a land down under. Right. They do. You know, a lot of them. Where women bitch and men plunder.

SPEAKER_02: 12:52

Yes. At least at some point in history they did. Mark Hunt is from down there. I don't know if he's Mike Hunt is down there.

SPEAKER_04: 13:06

Have you seen Mike Hunt?

SPEAKER_03: 13:10

Has anybody seen Mike Hunt?

SPEAKER_12: 13:16

Mark Hunt is a fighter, ladies and gentlemen.

SPEAKER_02: 13:19

He's a big, uh, very successful fighter. In any case, this is the story I called you about, this one, which was on CNN Health. Again, listen, I'm not a I'm not promoting any one news source. Just so people know, I am totally against getting your news from one source. I am all for you getting off your fat ass and doing a little digging into the shit that matters to you. Just saying. CNN Health said this at 8 56 PM Tuesday. I like to share the time. It's handy. Single joint linked with temporary psychiatric symptoms review finds. I'll read that again. A single joint linked with temporary psych psychiatric symptoms review finds. This is by Katie Katie Hunt.

SPEAKER_12: 14:09

Another gunt. I'm so sorry. I did not know. I wasn't even gonna say, you know, who it was by, but then I saw the name and I had to. Katie Hunt. Hunt? Hunt. H-U-N-T, like Helen Hunt. She was adorable.

SPEAKER_02: 14:25

Is adorable. Uh, anyways, it shows a picture uh and it and it and it has you know marijuana plants. Oh my god, and a human brain. Just like it's it it's very much like the eggs. Do you remember the eggs? Remember? Cracking the eggs into the pan?

SPEAKER_03: 14:46

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. The egg bill. You brain on eggs, yeah. I've ate a lot of brains.

SPEAKER_02: 14:50

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03: 14:52

A lot of brains. Did it say where the story was from? I mean, like, who did the research?

SPEAKER_02: 14:58

This is my point here is that this is the bottom line. Ladies and gentlemen, if you have not identified scare tactics by now, when you see scare tactics in the media, this is a perfect example of scare tactics from CNN. Around the world, tens of millions of people use cannabis. It's legal for recreational use in 11 U.S. states and Canada. In these and some other places, it's also approved to treat some medical conditions. But a new analysis highlights that the debate over marijuana's health risks and benefits is complicated and depends on the active compounds involved. A review of existing research published Tuesday found that a single dose of the main psychoactive ingredient, THC, in cannabis, equal to one joint in otherwise healthy people, can temporarily induce psychiatric symptoms, including those associated with schizophrenia. People, you could go friggin' batshit crazy. Do not let this touch you. Are you kidding me?

SPEAKER_03: 16:11

We just don't smoke joints, it says. Oh, don't bond seem to be all right.

SPEAKER_02: 16:15

I I've been saying for years, if you touch that shit, you anyways. The first takeaway is that for people in uh general, there is a risk. Even if you are healthy and taking a single dose, a one-off, you could have these symptoms, said Oliver Howes, H-O-W-E-S, in case you want to know how to spell dumbass's name. A senior author on the study and uh molecular psychiatry professor at King's College, London's Institute of Psychiatry. I told you it's in the UK, I knew psychology and neuroscience. So that's all I'm gonna read from the story because this guy, I don't give a shit which college he's from, who he's gone to school with, what the fuck he has done. I can tell you this he's a fucking ignorant dumbass on this topic. If this is his area of research and they want to use this method of scare tactics. We uh that only that only comes from the UK. My gosh, man. Do we do you prohibition? Anyone, anybody who I get so angry past that. I do, I get so upset when people try to force their in any way possible through deception, through, you know, the trying to make this study may hey listen. I haven't looked any further into it than this article. Probably a valid study that some guy has worked very hard on for very long, but it was a very dumb idea. It was a stupid friggin' thing to do. Because we have decades and decades of medical friggin' history on this. It's just not public. For one, uh but I I'm not gonna get into conspiracy what just go back and learn about prohibition if you disagree with what I'm saying. Just go back and learn about prohibition. That's all I would say. I'm gonna leave it at that. You you got any other comments for these idiots, Katie Hunt and dumbass hoes or house or whatever. You got anything else to say to them?

SPEAKER_03: 18:30

They can ask me about these questions on marijuana. Well, that's why I called, man. Avid expert.

SPEAKER_02: 18:36

That's exactly why I called because you were decades ahead of of every, you know, of everything. And and you know, you know, I'm when I remember when when uh you tracked me down and we reconnected 2003 or or where 2004.

SPEAKER_03: 18:52

Somewhere in that area, yes. I don't know, I smoked so much marijuana, I can't remember.

SPEAKER_02: 18:59

Yeah, it was around 2004 actually. 2004 it was. I know it was because I remember, in fact, I still have pics. I think I've got them somewhere, but in any case, you know, that's when I fell in love with the Pacific Northwest. I had wanted to be out here, you know, the whole time I was in the service, I wanted to be, you know, i in the Seattle area, you know. But that that never played out. And, you know, they apparently needed me at friggin' Fort Bragg my entire career. And any case. Where was I? What was I talking about? Now I'm all pissed off at the military.

SPEAKER_03: 19:32

I guess that when you we reconnected back in 2004. Right.

SPEAKER_02: 19:36

When we reconnected back into uh so I come out and and at that time, you were very actively involved in teaching people how to grow in Oregon legally through uh nonprofit organizations, through, you know, legal, uh, you know, state sponsored methods for uh medicinal programs. Medical marijuana program. For medicinal methods, we had three thousand. Members. Yeah. And to me, that was fascinating. You know, that that led me to do uh start doing some research, frankly, that I've never told you about. You know, I started doing some reading. And because I couldn't absorb all the shit you're telling me, you know, I couldn't take any uh but but it was fascinating to the point where, you know, when I had free brain cycles, I was I was looking shit up and I'm like, wow, oh wow, that's cool. Oh wow. You know, I didn't know any of these things. And I'm not saying I've never smoked. I I I smoke, you know. Listen, I've smoked. That's all I need to say. And I bet a lot of you have too. And and the reality is that, you know, it's not a scourge. The way it it's been presented, the way it's been bastardized. Hemp, more importantly, in my opinion, I'm even more pissed about hemp, to be quite frankly. Quite frankly, no, quite frank, I guess. But I'm even more pissed about that. That that that friggin' fiber, that plan was such a huge part of our country and is so damn useful in so many friggin' ways, and has zero count, count with me folks. Fucking zero psychiatric, psychopathic, fucking psychotic, whatever, no fucking type of euphoric drug use application directly from from him. Really? Right?

SPEAKER_03: 21:33

Am I wrong? No, it's true. There's a small percent, but not enough. Right, right. That's what I'm saying.

SPEAKER_02: 21:42

It's n oh, you got a bad echo.

SPEAKER_03: 21:44

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02: 21:45

One of us does. One of us does. I don't hear an echo here. Is it? I think maybe maybe I think I'm good now. Oh yeah, it's probably it's probably just quality of the connection or some shit.

SPEAKER_03: 21:54

Here where I'm at, we have fields and fields and fields of it. Everybody's growing hemp. Oh yeah. I mean, it's everywhere.

SPEAKER_02: 22:00

I mean, since they passed the Farm Act, that's that's what, you know, I'm glad to hear that. I am freaking glad to hear it. I I want to see that happening because there's so many things that can be done with it. And you know, of course, far better than I. Like all the shit that can be made with it, all the it's just baffling to me. You know?

SPEAKER_03: 22:20

Anything that petroleum products make, you can make with hemp, including plastic.

SPEAKER_02: 22:24

I know. I know. And people think we're, you know, tinfoil hat friggin' crazy left-winger hippies or or something, but that's not the case. I mean, uh there are plenty of facts to to support my position. Not that I I give a shit to argue it with you, but I'm just saying. Uh it's crazy. It's absolutely crazy. And now, listen, another thing that's that's been on my mind and that's kind of interesting is that you know, I've been working for from home for about six years. And a little over six years. And and you know, it's a it's a transition. Everybody talks about it, you know, when they when you say you work from home, everybody's like, oh, that's so awesome, you know. And it is. It is. But they they also say that you actually work 40% more, that so on and so forth. So so it's not all, you know, roses and you know, kittens or whatever, you know? In any case, now everybody's working from home. Yes. You know, isn't that crazy? Uh to me, it's kind of interesting because now people will get to experience a little bit of, you know, what what what it's like. And um so I saw this the other day and and thought I'd I'd I'd share this. The work from home readiness checklist. And I know you don't work anymore, Mark, but you you live. And to me, we live, that's our work. That's who we are. That's how we've always made a living, is who we are. Whether it's in music, in the military, when in any job, i we make a living as who we are. So if you don't have a formal job or a formal employer, I don't see that as not working. You know? It's the same thing, and see, I go off on these damn tangents, but it's like the end of life. It's like the end of life stuff. Right? At the end of life, when people lose quality of life, that's one thing. When they lose hope, that's what really matters. When they lose the belief that they can pull themselves out of this, that's what when things are are, you know, uh dire. And and you know, I've seen that my whole life since a kid, you know, and so many people at the end of life both young people and old people, you know, that that finally get it too late. It's just it it just fascinates me that you know we work so hard uh for so long. And you know, you hear these stories about folks like Steve Jobs and you know how he, you know, towards the end of his life, you know, of course, was regretful. Well, we talked about David Crosby, you know. What what a what a genius. Anyway. This article, the work from home readiness checklist, this is where on Owl Labs, uh it must have been in my news feed, owllabs.com blog. And it's written by Meredith Hart, not Hunt, Meredith Hart, and she's a cutie too, says with the growing public health concerns surrounding coronavirus, many organizations are turning to remote work to prevent the continued spread of the virus. During times like these, it's important to create a plan and ensure people have the training and tools they need to work from home effectively and clearly communicate decisions and next steps with employees. Boom. That's all I'm gonna read. Listen, there's a lot of resources there. It's pretty cool. I didn't go through everything, but this is my point. This is gonna force people to communicate. It's gonna force companies, it's gonna force families, it's gonna force people to communicate better. Hopefully. I hope that people force a break in life, you know, to to facilitate that work-life balance stuff. This is such an amazing gift we've got right here. I know it's a horrible virus. We're madly working on, you know, treatments and cures for 10, 12, 18 months from now, after they make it through trials and labs and all of that stuff. Don't even get me started on the prescription drug world.

unknown: 26:34

Yeah, you know.

SPEAKER_02: 26:36

But yeah.

SPEAKER_03: 26:44

Did you see that?

SPEAKER_02: 26:45

I saw the other one. No, I I saw the one where they they took a part of the uh DNA sequence of it, and they're using it in a known proven method that they've you know produced other vaccines, and they're using part of that sequence to see if it builds up the uh antibodies necessary to fight it more effectively. And so, you know. That that that's the sort of thing that that you know I do on Saturday morning. So split DNA sequences, make cures, right? It's a fascinating there are so many people doing so many great things out there, man. And so many fascinating things too. And so you know, here's the thing one thing. Uh so many of them seem so mundane to many, but like to me, it it's fascinating. Like, I talked about on our show Patreon uh posts a while back. I posted something about applying to work at this diner that I go to all the time. Because I I really think I might at some point want to do that. I I think I want to go back to do I did that, you know. I did that when I was a kid in high school. And I it fascinates me to just sit there and watch them. I know I could be helpful, you know. Shit, I at some point in my life I might even volunteer to do that shit.

SPEAKER_11: 28:07

You know what I mean? It'd be that guy opening the door.

SPEAKER_02: 28:10

Yeah. Come on in, sit anywhere. I don't give a shit. I don't work here. Exactly. But yeah, uh so anyway, I threw together uh some thoughts already, and I think I'm gonna pump out an episode uh tomorrow and and throw that out on the street instead of shit canning it for next month, you know. I think I just throw another one out there, you know. What the hell? By the way, did you see the goals? I changed goals on our did you ever go to our Patreon community? You should be on there in case you know people ever do want to message you. I mean, I'm not into promoting you uh become a social media guy. I'm against in fact I'm telling everybody, don't share our show via social media. You you know, feel free to send it via email, that sort of thing. Private message, what have you. But we're we're trying in a little experiment here. We like the long road. We enjoy taking the long way. And quite frankly, we're pretty sure this way is gonna bring the people that we want to talk to and learn from and uh that sort of thing. Uh so uh hope you'll hope you help us out with that and not do shit via social media for us. That's kind of kind of ironic, isn't it? Where was I what was I saying? I lost my train of thought again. You would think I was, you know, hitting your bong over here or some shit.

SPEAKER_03: 29:40

Oh sorry, I was nodding my head. I forgot we're on the phone. Wondering, why are you noticing me? Why isn't he seeing me? What's that jingling noise I keep hearing? Are you on chatterbait or something? Somebody sending you tips or something like that? No. What's going on over there?

SPEAKER_02: 29:56

It might be. I wonder, well, two things. Oh, let me see. Sounds like wind chimes. Oh, oh, the wind chimes. That's my ring. That's ring telling me, hey, there's hey, there's deer in your backyard or a big scary guy in your backyard. One of the two. You just never know. Hey, how about this? Distilleries are aiding hand, what are they? Making hand sanitizer. Yes, that's what I was trying to say. Making hand sanitizer.

SPEAKER_03: 30:28

That's what they're gonna do is pump out their own hand sanitizer for free.

SPEAKER_02: 30:32

Yeah. Distilleries are making hand sanitizer with their in-house alcohol and giving it out for free to combat coronavirus. This was on CNN as well. Man, why I don't mean to be referencing so many CNN articles, folks who hate CNN. I personally prefer Fox or MSNBC. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. Anyways, uh CNN article from when was this? This was three days ago. We all know the advice wash your hands often with soap and water to prevent the spread of the coronavirus when you can't use hand sanitizer. But actually finding hand sanitizer anywhere is another story. Bottles of Pure L and other sanitizers are few and far between on the store shelves, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So it goes on about how distilleries are giving it away. And and you know what? Good for them. I love this shit. I fucking man, I dropped the F-bomb, sorry. But I do. I really do love seeing community. I love seeing companies do stuff like this, you know?

SPEAKER_03: 31:44

Well, later on when they're selling their booze, they're gonna advertise. Hey, remember when we made hand cleaner? That's right.

SPEAKER_11: 31:50

Remember that shit? That's right.

SPEAKER_03: 31:52

Yeah, dude, I'm buying your whiskey, buddy.

SPEAKER_11: 31:56

Remember us.

SPEAKER_03: 31:58

Remember that shit?

SPEAKER_11: 31:59

Next time you wackos go with another friggin' run at prohibition. Remember the hand sanitizer thing? That's right. Sneak your ass.

SPEAKER_03: 32:08

Drink up, bitches.

SPEAKER_02: 32:12

You know, if you want to see a fascinating documentary, for those who haven't, PBS has one on uh prohibition. That that is a really good one. I saw it a few years ago again. I think I've seen it a couple times, to be honest with you. But it is a very incredible. I'm a documentary person, folks. That's what I do. Uh I don't watch uh TV. I'm no longer on social media. I now get up and down with a cane. So you see where this is going. Boy, you're a mess. I am a mess, man. But I feel better than I ever have, which is weird right now. I mean, not physically, but but mentally, I feel very, very good. Which is, you know, hey, that's half the battle, right? Actually, it's more than half the battle, in my my opinion.

SPEAKER_03: 33:03

Nope. We better get ready to wrap it up. My laptop just flashed a screen saying, Your battery is low, dude.

SPEAKER_02: 33:10

Mine too. All right, man. Hey, listen, thanks so much for for everything. Always. I gotta get down there and get that cane real, real soon.

SPEAKER_03: 33:19

Right on. Yeah, I need to get mine out of the car now. I feel like using it.

SPEAKER_02: 33:24

Alright, man. Peace out. I'll catch up with you. Later, buddy. Later. Speaking of movies, like the ones Tom Hanks has done that I've really enjoyed. Stacy and I watched the movie Playing with Fire, starring John Cena the other night. It's a Nickelodeon movie, and I really don't give a shit what the critics say about it being a predictable, corny, Disney-esque kids movie. Jerks. First off, do you know what a smoke jumper is? Holy shit. If you don't know, do some research. I could have been a smoke jumper. I really thought about it, like seriously, and then decided to start at the bottom somewhere else instead. Anyway, there are only a few hundred actively serving the country, thousands who have served over the years, but holy shit, what a life. It is so fascinating. Anyway, well, while I'm researching or, you know, digging around for a link to put in the show notes about that movie that uh Stacy and I had watched, I stumble on this review of the movie from Variety. Apparently, uh Variety is someplace where they think their opinion means something to somebody. You know, good for them. I mean, if that's the case, that you know, great. Hey, whatever. Here's a little of what they said though. Let me pull this up here. John Cena plays an uptight California smoke jumper who's forced to take care of a trio of children in a family comedy that's really a kiddie sitcom. This is on variety.com, and the title of it is Film Review Playing with Fire by Owen Gleberman. The plot of every sitcom is the same. There's an inciting incident and weekly story are but the real plot is-I'm sorry, I can barely see this text. A collection of characters, whether they're related or not, act the out the notion that they're a family. They snipe at each other because they love each other, and by tuning in, we become part of that family. That's why even the most can't see, is that something, sitcom makes us feel the sitcom started off as a form uh for adults, but like rock and roll and designer fashion plate coolness, it's now regularly targeted to eight-year-olds. Kitty sitcoms are ubiquitous, ubiquitous. The Disney Channel and Nickelodeon and Playing with Fire, the new family comedy starring John Cena as a fearless but emotionally tight-assed smoke jumper, is a barely glorified sitcom in the overlit and benignly smart mouthed Nickelodeon house style. Oh man. Excuse me. Sorry. Owen, buddy, you are a dumbass. You I mean, you have every right to your opinion. I I get it, I get it. Trust me. Listen, it is it is corny. It is, you know, it is that it is a lot of those things. I get it, Owen. But you know, come on. I I don't often give a shit what people say, you know. It's what they do that matters to me. That movie, that movie made me smile. It made me smile a lot. It even made my eyes water a little bit, honestly. And that's a fucking good movie in my book. I don't watch them all the time. Hell, I don't watch much, period. Sorry for the F bomb. Listen, I don't like much that goes viral. I don't like crowds, so I damn sure don't want to be a part of yours. I do like the cute stuff. I like the kind stuff you see on social media, yeah. But the hate, the egos, the greed, the gluttony, nah. Nah. In fact, I want to ask you to do me a favor. Don't talk about our show on social media. Don't share it, other than via email, private or direct message type of thing, you know? My point here is we prefer to take the long road, my friends, and we've already been to the Middle East, Far East, Europe, and more. So, you know, if we get there, we've earned it, and we don't owe anyone shit. Other than lots of damn love for being so damn inspiring. And I mean a shit ton of love. You remember the Care Bears, right? You remember how they would shoot that love like right out of their chest? That that's what I'm talking about. You'll you'll see. I know it makes you uncomfortable at times. I know that. Speaking of uncomfortable though, did you see my Patreon post about Napa? Napa auto parts? My Napa nostalgia, man. I can remember as clear as day looking up at all of those shelves, all of those damn parts.

SPEAKER_12: 38:41

Like, how the hell do these guys know where all these doohickies go, you know? Sorry about that.

SPEAKER_02: 38:46

But literally, I I felt like Charlie and Wonka's chocolate factory back then, you know, wandering through Napa with my dad. Uh, or maybe even an oompa loompa, I don't know, but uh uncomfortably amazed and in awe is what I'm trying to say. I think we probably all feel that way at times, and not just when we're young, not just when we're kids. Personally, I think we let our bias and our filters get in the way of sharing our true feeling feelings, you know, about a lot of things, a lot of the time. Speaking of filters, I went to Napa for a chrome oil breather, but completely forgot it and bought a ton of other odds and ends I needed for my spring cleanup, you know. I told Chris at the counter, I'm like, when I was checking out, uh, no worries, I'll remember what I came here for by the time I get home. This just in earlier today in Washington, D.C., another career politician said something really, really stupid. Officials are concerned that ignorance and stupidity has blatantly crossed party lines and unfortunately has made its way to those appointed by elected officials as well. We spoke with a high profile former politician who recently left office and asked to remain anonymous.

SPEAKER_01: 40:06

I don't know what happened. I remember when I announced my campaign for this position, but after that it's all a blur. I began babbling like an idiot, making promises I couldn't keep, attacking my political opposition, and generally always feeling like I was full of shit. Literally, my doctor said it's a chronic case of political constipation. I knew I should have stepped down right then and there, but they said they'd stop paying me if I did.

SPEAKER_02: 40:27

Do not be alarmed if you recognize these symptoms in your elected or appointed officials. There is hope, according to health experts.

SPEAKER_06: 40:36

Many of these babbling idiots return to normal as soon as their sorry ass is voted or kicked out of office. You don't say.

SPEAKER_08: 42:23

Yeah, you know you cannot make me different.

SPEAKER_07: 42:26

Wanna change my tune, wanna get a different life, wanna live soon, wanna get up on the flight, live like my soon.

SPEAKER_08: 42:57

Y'all don't know it's real or not. Y'all don't even understand what I be saying half the time. Y'all be thinking when I'm rap, I'm cap a lot. I'm on my line. I gotta spit it all the time. But that's just not what's on my mind. I gotta tell the truth to these people. Out the roof, gotta scream it to the ones that always roll up in a crew. Gotta tell you what it's like to be the wanna live like this. Life is life. Don't kick, go and give me real or not. Y'all don't even understand what I be saying half the time. Y'all be thinking when I'm rap, I'm cap a lot. I'm on my line. I gotta spit it all the time. But that's just not what's on my mind. I gotta tell the truth to these people out the roof. Gotta scream it to the ones that always roll up in a coup. Gotta tell you what it's like to be the one and live like this lavish life. Golden kid, golden one, chosen.

SPEAKER_02: 44:01

Chosen was the name of that track by the truth. Hey, speaking of truth, the other day I posted a public list of who I think is sexy. For real. Weird, but true. I did that. Do you know who Jade Bryce is? How about Gina Carano? So inspiring. Like the authenticity. Gina's soul, her innocence, her lack of innocence too, her genuineness, her heart, her amazing talents, her perseverance. Oh my gosh. I would literally French kiss her perseverance if that were feasible. Gina Carano, so please stay at least arm's length for me, Gina. By the way, that goes for both Gina's that I know. Please. Do not be alarmed, folks. Seriously. I love everybody because I can. And yeah, I'm in love with a lot of people too, and always will be. I mean, not like my wife, not that type of in love, but I am in love with other people, both men and women, honestly, although I'm in no way sexually attracted to men. I mean, what are you gonna do? Get upset, call me names, attack my character, discredit me because I, you know, shoot love out of my chest. See, one of the things about facts, they are what they are. You know, I find the ones who go on attack, you know, over dumb shit like that interesting. You know what I mean? Or or even colleagues or peers who for some reason want to prove to me that they can do what I do, but even better. You you going to outsucceed me? Out-accomplish me? Prove to me you're far better, smarter, whatever. Do it! Please, do it. Please. I'm serious. Outsucceed me, out-accomplish me. I don't give a shit if it's out of spite, you silly goose. I see people who do more than me every day. It inspires me. I've been under attack before, too, just so you know. Quite a bit, actually. So I'm pretty comfortable if you decide to take that route for some stupid reason. I mean, in fact, I think I may be most effective under stressful situations, un unfortunately. It's not a great thing to be good at for many reasons. To date, though, as Tim Kennedy has said, like all things that have tried to kill me, they failed miserably. Listen, you you may take me out though. I get that. I get that. Hell, anyone can be taken out, anyone can be replaced, too. Listen, I know it's weird how much I love you. I know it can make you feel uncomfortable to hear, to see, to feel that. I get it. Trust me. I'm the same way. It's heartwarming, but a bit overwhelming, right? And you don't know me. I know. I know. Maybe I don't. I don't know a lot more than I do know. I know that. I I also know what I've seen you do. I know that too. Sorry, I gotta keep smacking the mic, but I do, I know that too. And I admire you for what you do. Get over it. I mean, nobody said you're Aphrodite or Melacunus for Pete's sake, and why the hell is it always about Pete's sake? The thing is, uh although I'm not easily impressed, I see greatness everywhere I look. Usually it's lurking in the shadows, getting shit done. Sometimes though, it grabs the spotlight when it thinks it needs to, in order to get something else done. Usually for someone else. Like Greta Thunberg, in my humble opinion, she's a young lady, folks. Cut her some slack. She's just getting started. Billy Eilish, too. I mean, nurture them, feed them, water them, watch them grow. I promise it'll make you smile at some point. Let's not let Amy Winehouse happen again if we can find the courage, you know what I mean? Man, what a classic she was. I see greatness all the damn time, my friends. I choose to. How about you?

SPEAKER_10: 48:51

And you just don't get it, don't daddy, daddy, not daddy, daddy, dump, don't daddy, don't accept that.

SPEAKER_02: 49:20

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