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Good morning. Good evening. Good afternoon. Whatever the

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case may be. This is Mike, and this

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is Mike Dell's world.

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Yeah. I say this every time, but, this

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this episode number is four zero four,

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which is also a euphemism for not found.

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Well, obviously, I haven't been found since, May

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29 as far as this podcast goes. Of

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course, I've done a few episodes quite a

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few episodes of podcast insider,

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but, you know, I I think this the

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theme of this show is missing,

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because,

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you know, 04/2004,

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it's, that just means not found. Well, also,

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it could be mean missing.

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So,

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of course, you know, my dad passed away

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in December and, over the summer, I felt

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him being missing

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because I'm doing a lot of the things

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that he used to do around the the

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house there and, plus I'm doing the things

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I need to do around my house, plus

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I'm still working on flight training.

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So it's, you know, just

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a lot of time has been missing.

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And of course, people, you know, the dad

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being missing

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and and all that. And then, this, a

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week ago,

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Monday, so almost two weeks ago,

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we had a shocker at work. Todd Cochran,

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my cohost on Podcast Insider and,

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you know, prolific podcaster and the CEO of

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my company here, Blueberry,

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passed away unexpectedly

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on his way home from visiting his kids

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out in Washington state.

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So that sort of threw the company into

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a turmoil for the last couple of weeks,

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and

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we're,

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we're doing doing okay. You know, we've

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sort of figured out what what we gotta

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do to go, you know, to move forward

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and, you know, Blueberry is not going away.

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Hence, you're getting this podcast because of Blueberry.

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yeah, that's been really hard and, you know,

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it's like, you know, I get into a

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meeting or something and I wanna I wanna

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make a snide comment. You know, I don't

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have my buddy to do that with anymore.

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That's what we would usually do is we'd

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have what we call back channel during

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Zoom meetings

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and and whatnot. And, you know, just three

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weeks ago or maybe more than that now,

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at Podcast Movement in Dallas, you know, you

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know, of course, we worked the booth together,

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Todd and I. And then, you know, we

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both spoke there and and all that stuff.

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And but on the off hours, we were

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out hunting bourbon and eating barbecue

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in Texas and, you know, just having a

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good old time and holding court the bar

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you know, all the the normal conference stuff.

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it's just hard to believe that, you know,

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poof, you're gone. It was totally unexpected. He

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and had a

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transient blood clot or something. I don't know

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the the whole story.

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was able to go down to

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his homestead there in

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in Quincy, Michigan

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and help his mom a little bit and,

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you know, Sherry's still around doing well.

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his sons,

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his son Chris, youngest son is,

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gonna attempt to take over Geek News Central,

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Todd's main show. He wants to get it

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to at least episode 2,000.

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fire up the studio and figure out how

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everything works, and I got him set up

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with equipment he can take back to Hawaii

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to to do the thing.

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hopefully, he's got one episode out. I haven't

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seen whether he put out the second one.

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again, you know, with all the turmoil. And

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we went back down for the funeral or

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I did, and there was a lot of

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podcast luminaries there. Rob Greenlee, Rob Walsh,

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country and whatnot. But,

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came from North car or North Dakota,

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the Tech Ranch guy,

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guy that does the,

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National Day calendar. There you go. And, by

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the way, today's cheeseburger day, just in case

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you're wondering.

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Friday 09/19/2025.

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So, yeah, that

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that celebration of life or funeral or whatever

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was really good. And of course, you know,

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I've known the family for as long as

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I've known Todd pretty much.

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was about a four hour drive each time

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I went down there, and I'll probably go

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back down there at some point and help

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with some stuff, but, we'll see.

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new media show, which he normally Todd would

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normally

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cohost with Todd or with, Rob Greenlee.

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o and The Daily Source Code and kind

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of the co inventor of podcasting or or

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the podfather as we call it.

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and good stories and and all that stuff.

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and that'll be posted there for a long

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time. I'm sure Rob's not sure whether he's

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shocker. But, you know, going all the way

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of them was stupid, the last one, four

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winter long, you know, having to, you know,

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blow snow and haul the tractor around and

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blow snow and haul the tractor around.

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let up after the snow, but and it's

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mom. It's just

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things to do with everything and everybody.

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any free time. So we'll we'll call that

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404 on my free time.

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should just carve out time, but, you know,

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this is a this is a show. I,

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the fall cold a little bit here and

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there. It hasn't been cold last few days,

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Just give you a big overview of all

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Campers. You know, we went camping, and I've

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camper for mom and my sister and whatever,

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and and then I gotta go back and

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haul my camper. And, you know, we went

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loans out her camper to her friends, which

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one that pulls the camper. So

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he does home dialysis, so he can't really

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this camper really works out for him and

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they're doing great. And then I did it

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relative ish sort of, kind of.

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mom was the executor.

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stuff around for, for the the estate, you

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a kitchen table,

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which is really nice. Antique wooden kitchen table

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is really nice. And,

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you know, of course, I hauled that and,

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you know, again, it was just a lot

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I call it. Plus, I'm still trying to

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get my flight training finished.

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I took the checkride

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and screwed up a couple of maneuvers, so

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the on the items that I missed. I've

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got till October 15 to finish that, but,

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shouldn't be too much of a problem,

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barring weather and airplane delays and

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whatnot. But,

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so that's still going along swimmingly except for,

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and you can't land anything before the spot,

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and you have to land within a 100

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of the spot, you know, beyond it.

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perfectly,

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but I did it from five feet up.

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but, that shouldn't be a problem. We've, you

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know, flown a few times since then, and

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I think I got everything dialed in. We're

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gonna do one more

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next week. And then

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after that, the following week, I'll take the

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the recheck or the check ride, finish the

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check ride, and hopefully,

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that'll be that. And I'll have the rating.

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So it's all good.

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Let's see what else has been going on.

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Of course, you know, there's always

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visitors. You know, we're in a tourist area,

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so we have friends and family that show

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up. And, of course, you know, you gotta

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kinda entertain them. And,

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you know, we had a a garage sale

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that, took up a lot of time and

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took a really long time to to

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get rid of.

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So I had to move some stuff out

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of the driveway and all that. Also, when

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I was hauling that camper or not the

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camper,

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the

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the kitchen table that mom bought,

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I

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jackknifed the trailer into the side of the

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truck and put a nice big dent in

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the side of the truck, which sucked.

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So I had to get that into the

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body shop. So, anyway, I put it in

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the body shop when we went to Texas

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for the conference,

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and it was supposed to be done. But

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just before that,

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I had to, haul a camper out to

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or no.

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At just after that, I had to haul

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a camper out to another place for these,

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friends of my mom's. Of course my truck

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was still in the shop longer than it

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should have been so I ended up

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hauling it out with a borrowed truck and

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that was a little stressful because I didn't

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know the truck very well and it's a

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36 foot camper, and the truck's just a

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half ton, the one that I borrowed.

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And, you know, it was a little squirrely,

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but we got it out there, got it

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parked for them, got it set up.

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And then, you know, I figured I'd get

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my truck back, and I did except for

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when I went to go get my truck,

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it it quit running. You know? And this

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is a relatively new truck with low miles.

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And so I had it towed over to

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the dealership, and the dealership was supposed to

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get it done on a Friday.

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And I was supposed to go pick up

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the camper

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on Saturday.

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Well, my truck wasn't done on Friday.

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And then

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on Monday, it wasn't done. And on Tuesday,

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it wasn't done. That was over Labor Day

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weekend. Of course, it wouldn't be done on

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Monday. But anyway, by Wednesday, I finally got

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it back, but I had to use that

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borrowed truck

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both directions,

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for this camper pole. And

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that was

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an adventure

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for sure.

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But, anyway, got the truck back. Dents gone.

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The fuel pump went out. That's what was

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wrong with it. And come to find out

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it was still under warranty, and it was

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a known issue with that truck. I have

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a 2020 Tundra

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with,

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I guess, now 46,000

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miles because they put a thousand miles on

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it this week back and forth to,

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Quincy,

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two trips.

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So

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but, you know, it's low miles for a

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five year old truck. And,

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you know, I love the truck. It was

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dad's last truck and,

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you know, it's got all the bells and

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whistles. And it's a, you know, heavy duty

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truck, so I can pull the big campers

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and

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I think I'll pull stumps, I guess. I'm

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not gonna do that. But,

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anyway, nice vehicle, and I'll probably have that

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as long as it'll have me.

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Although, you know, I kind of worry about

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the electronics,

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but they're getting better. And Toyotas are always

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pretty good.

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At least,

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in fact, that's all we have left is

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Toyotas.

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I've got my old '99 Corolla with a

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stick shift and Kathy's got a Highlander

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SUV.

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So, we're all Toyota family at the moment,

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but I think I might,

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sell that Corolla

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or or whatever and get a get a

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fun car.

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I'm thinking, maybe a a Miata

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or

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a or a Porsche Boxster

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or an Audi TT convertible,

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Something. Yeah. Something I'd only drive in the

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summer anyway,

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but we'll see.

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I don't know if I need that headache.

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Maybe I'll just save my money and buy

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an airplane that,

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that's kind of come up in my list

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too. Maybe build one.

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But, yeah. You know, toys, toys.

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But, yeah, it was, you know, with

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Todd missing from work, that's, that's been, like

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I said, a hardship.

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You know, dad missing as well. That's, you

403
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know, I wouldn't call it a hardship. I

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mean, I guess it is the order of

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things, but it's, you know, kinda hard to,

406
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you know I don't don't have my buddy

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to call, you know, either Todd or my

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dad.

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You know, I have other friends, obviously, but,

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you know, we always had

411
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always had the stuff, especially with flying. You

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know? My dad was an instructor

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and air taxi pilot and few other things

414
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in the aviation world, and,

415
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you know, it was always cool to

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to chat with him about flying and and

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airplanes and whatnot. We'd get into those conversations.

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And, well, I got my uncle, dad's brother.

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He was also all of those things, instructor

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and air taxi pilot and, you know, he

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had an airplane

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and so, you know, get to talk to

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him, but not nearly as much.

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So, anyway,

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I'm sorry I've been missing, but

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that's that's what's been going on in in

427
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my world.

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I was trying to think of anything else

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00:16:00,534 --> 00:16:01,195
of interest

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00:16:01,654 --> 00:16:03,195
that's happened since May.

431
00:16:04,294 --> 00:16:06,455
We've had kind of a weird summer. It's

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been, you know, really hot and dry at

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times, and then we get dumped on with

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water

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and with rain. And they say this winter

436
00:16:13,230 --> 00:16:15,809
is supposed to be an El Nino winter,

437
00:16:15,870 --> 00:16:18,029
which usually means we get dumped on some

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00:16:18,029 --> 00:16:18,850
more. So

439
00:16:19,309 --> 00:16:21,070
but I think I'm gonna handle the the

440
00:16:21,070 --> 00:16:22,930
snow removal a little differently.

441
00:16:23,309 --> 00:16:25,149
I'm gonna leave the tractor out at the

442
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farm and

443
00:16:26,475 --> 00:16:26,975
and,

444
00:16:27,914 --> 00:16:29,355
you know, take care of that as soon

445
00:16:29,355 --> 00:16:30,875
as I can because, you know, mom needs

446
00:16:30,875 --> 00:16:32,414
to get in and out, whatever.

447
00:16:32,955 --> 00:16:35,355
And then only bring the tractor into town

448
00:16:35,355 --> 00:16:37,355
to do mine on the weekend, you know,

449
00:16:37,355 --> 00:16:39,750
say on Saturday. I'll go out there, get

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00:16:39,750 --> 00:16:42,250
the tractor, bring it in, plow here,

451
00:16:42,629 --> 00:16:44,230
and in the meantime, I'll just use the

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00:16:44,230 --> 00:16:45,690
walk behind blower,

453
00:16:46,149 --> 00:16:46,649
to

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clean out the driveway enough to get in

455
00:16:48,870 --> 00:16:49,529
and out,

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and I think that'll be a lot less

457
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stressful than hauling that camper every time, Or

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00:16:55,195 --> 00:16:57,615
camper, the tractor every time.

459
00:16:58,875 --> 00:17:01,695
You know, so that that's that's the story.

460
00:17:01,834 --> 00:17:03,595
I think I think I'll go back to

461
00:17:03,595 --> 00:17:04,815
that method rather

462
00:17:05,914 --> 00:17:08,095
than rather than every time.

463
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And that'll give me a little more time.

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And tomorrow,

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00:17:12,190 --> 00:17:13,170
you know, usually

466
00:17:13,470 --> 00:17:14,210
on Saturdays,

467
00:17:14,590 --> 00:17:15,250
I do

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some aviation stuff. We go over to the

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hangar and do some hangar talk with the

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EAA group or

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or I go flying or you know whatever.

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Saturday mornings, I usually have something going on

473
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and I just decided now this last couple

474
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weeks have been stressful.

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So tomorrow morning, I'm gonna attempt to sleep

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in, which means I'll probably get up at

477
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five.

478
00:17:36,500 --> 00:17:38,259
That's alright. I'm gonna sit in my easy

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chair and drink coffee and

480
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surf the web on my iPad or read

481
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a book or

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watch some YouTube, whatever, and then got some

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chores to do.

484
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We have, you know, I think I told

485
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you I live in a in a log

486
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cabin, in a real log cabin, you know.

487
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And we had a rotten log.

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They just the the face of it, it

489
00:18:01,214 --> 00:18:03,634
was rotten. The structure is okay, but

490
00:18:03,950 --> 00:18:06,769
it just was getting rotten. So I

491
00:18:07,309 --> 00:18:09,150
cleaned it out, you know, cleaned out all

492
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the rotten wood and filled it full of

493
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that Great Stuff foam,

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and then put

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some

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reinforced

497
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heavy duty boards to hold the top log

498
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to the to the,

499
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I guess,

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what do you call it, the foundation because

501
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it was the bottom log

502
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and reinforced

503
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that and then put a flat board over

504
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it. And I'm gonna be painting that.

505
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And I'm also gonna be working on my

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studio

507
00:18:41,309 --> 00:18:44,349
slash office slash shed slash man cave out

508
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here in the backyard.

509
00:18:46,505 --> 00:18:49,065
I'm gonna paint the back wall. Right now

510
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it's kind of a brick orange

511
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color and it just doesn't look good on

512
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camera.

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So I'm gonna paint it the same off

514
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white and got the rest of the walls.

515
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So tomorrow afternoon we'll be painting

516
00:19:02,029 --> 00:19:03,730
and I got to paint the door.

517
00:19:04,190 --> 00:19:06,429
The back door gets all scratched up from

518
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the dog and or dogs.

519
00:19:08,750 --> 00:19:09,329
We have

520
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dogs here sometimes,

521
00:19:11,710 --> 00:19:14,244
extra dogs, and they always like to scratch

522
00:19:14,244 --> 00:19:15,605
on the back door, and the back door

523
00:19:15,605 --> 00:19:16,505
is real wood.

524
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So,

525
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throw a coat of paint on that too

526
00:19:20,085 --> 00:19:21,464
while I'm at it.

527
00:19:22,325 --> 00:19:24,884
But, yeah. Hopefully, I'll get it I get

528
00:19:24,884 --> 00:19:26,920
a day off, and I'm gonna make it

529
00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:29,559
more of an effort to, at least update

530
00:19:29,559 --> 00:19:31,400
this one more often. You know, I can't

531
00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:33,000
guarantee it, and I've said it a thousand

532
00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,080
times. Well okay. 404

533
00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:35,980
times, probably.

534
00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:38,460
But,

535
00:19:39,095 --> 00:19:41,174
yeah, I hope not to be missing as

536
00:19:41,174 --> 00:19:42,474
much as I have been.

537
00:19:42,855 --> 00:19:43,674
So, again,

538
00:19:44,214 --> 00:19:46,394
you know, thanks for staying subscribed.

539
00:19:46,775 --> 00:19:49,115
And, if you just ran across this,

540
00:19:49,815 --> 00:19:52,055
I was much more prolific in the first

541
00:19:52,055 --> 00:19:53,355
couple 100 episodes

542
00:19:53,734 --> 00:19:54,875
than I have been

543
00:19:56,109 --> 00:19:56,829
since. But,

544
00:19:57,710 --> 00:20:00,450
yeah, just my fun little podcast course. Podcast

545
00:20:00,509 --> 00:20:03,549
Insiders sort of on hiatus right now. Mackenzie

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and I are gonna carry that show on,

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and we may bring on another team member.

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We kind of round robin that when Todd

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was doing it and

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and ironically we have Todd's last recorded podcast

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episode and it was podcast insider with McKenzie.

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We're trying to decide whether we're gonna put

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that out or not. We probably will, but

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we'll, we'll probably edit in some

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some

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announcement or whatever. And then

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our editor Kate is working on a best

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of reel

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for

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for Todd. So we'll probably put that episode

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out before we resume the normal episodes over

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there.

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So be sure to check out podcastinsider.com

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if you're interested. You know, it's all about

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podcasting and what's going on at Blueberry and

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Raw Voice and,

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you know, the the greater podcasting world.

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So

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anyway, I will cut this off and everybody

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have a good however long it is till

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I'm back.

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Again, like I said, they've been rather missing

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and, you know, this episode number

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is actually apropos,

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four zero four. I was gonna do a

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comedy

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bit with the four zero four thing, and,

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of course, that was before all the

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all the, events of the last couple of

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months. So

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anyway, everybody have a good one. Catch me

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later.