Hosts Beck and Dash chat about home and apartment quirks, pets, and grief after Beck’s 15-year-old dog Wenda dies, discussing euthanasia, cremains, and pet rent. They talk about caring for and rehoming animals, moving with cats, litter robots, and Beck wanting an older small dog. Beck discusses an upcoming pap smear and past awkward medical experiences as a trans man, including visibility, bias, and the importance of preventative care for lgbtq people. They share jokes, a local Appalachian wrestling discovery, and reflections on drag and play. A sponsor bit riffs on “Hill Williams: Rent a friend” DIY repairs. They cover stained glass class, bargain stores, odd food stories, and an Appalachian “paper plate holder” icon, then end with rural healthcare access issues in eastern Kentucky—limited PET scanning delaying cancer and heart treatment—and plans for jobs, a discord, and community YouTube nights in a queer rural Appalachian space.

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00:00 Podcast Welcome

00:14 Mic Setup Talk

00:55 Drafty Apartment Woes

02:44 Remembering Wenda

05:11 Cremains And Goodbyes

07:36 Rehoming Pets Stories

09:36 Litter Robot Debate

11:54 Moving With Cats

14:18 Renting Vs Owning

17:26 Pap Smear Anxiety

20:19 Trans Healthcare Mishaps

27:43 Dark Humor And Ads

30:00 Wrestling Sponsor Realization

30:49 Marvelous Marcus Saga

32:33 Wrestling as Adult Play

34:40 Cat Break and Sponsor Bit

38:00 Stained Glass Crafting

41:09 Factory Seconds and Bargain Stores

44:33 Expired Groceries and Dollar Food

45:54 Ketchup Cookies and Umami

50:18 Appalachian Paper Plate Holder

52:15 Rural Healthcare Bottlenecks

56:08 Plans Jobs and Community Hangout

59:26 Thanks and Sign Off

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Welcome to Queernecks, the podcast that

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puts the Yee Hall in y'all means hall.

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I'm your host, Beck,

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

and I'm your host.

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Dash.

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Welcome to today's episode.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Oh, that's a fancy microphone.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

It is the same one.

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Um, but I got an actual stand for it

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Oh

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

instead of just like

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holding it in front of me.

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It had a piece, it came with

this piece that I lost somehow.

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And so I had this little stand thing

that's magnetized and it's sitting on top

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of it so that the sound of my fingers.

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And finally, I was just like, I, I gotta

put something a little more ergonomic

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together here and splurged on a little

stand, which actually wasn't that bad,

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but it makes it a bit easier to sit here.

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I also have a heater going under my feet.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

yeah.

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It's pretty chilly here today.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Well, I wanted the window

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open, but it's missing a pain.

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So it's not totally open, but it's only,

it was, first of all, they're the original

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windows, so they're a hundred something

years old, and there's a, they're supposed

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to be double paned, and even then they're

like rickety wooden things inside a sash,

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so they're not super, what's the word?

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Insulated.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

It is leading

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Yeah.

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So it's a little breezy.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

the, uh, recent windstorm that we had

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here, knocked some of the siding off

of two of the buildings in my complex.

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Turns out there's plywood

underneath the siding.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Yeah.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah.

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They took it.

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They, they put so much effort and

so much care into building these.

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if you touch the wall, you

leave fingerprints on it, like,

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Oh, it's that, like that gummy kind of

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paint that they just put a new layer on.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

They had that stuff in the, the

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building I lived on, on campus up here.

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It was nice of them to provide it for, for

free until I could find somewhere to live.

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But it had that stuff on the walls

and the cats would, you know,

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you know, sometimes they like to

parkour off the walls and stuff.

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There were grooves that looked

like a haunted mountain lion

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had run down the hallway.

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Like as I, especially when I went to

cleaning the place out when I, I was like,

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oh my God, they have ruined these walls.

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What, what am I gonna do?

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And so I went around, I was like

pushing it back down, trying to

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like close the grooves up with my

finger, which kind of worked, but

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then it just left the a fingerprint.

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I was like, now I just left proof.

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Is your buddy still there?

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Uh, no, she left about an hour ago.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Oh, okay.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah, that was I, my, my BFF came to

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visit and that was very much needed.

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I should have been working all

weekend, but to hell with it, I had

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fun with my best friend instead.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Well, and you had a loss.

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We, we put this in the newsletter, but

it has happened since our last recording.

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So if you don't read the newsletter,

you don't know listeners.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah.

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I lost my baby.

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Wenda,

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Yeah.

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Such a beautiful little baby.

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15 years old though.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

yeah.

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And she had two teeth left

and one good eyeball and,

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: She

was really just all of us in so many ways.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah, she came out of a really bad

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hoarding situation, like a puppy

mill situation, and the lady that

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I got her from said that she had

pulled her out of the cage herself.

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she had spent her first three years

living in a cage, in a puppy farm, and

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she had no idea how to dog when I got her.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: yeah.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

And 12 years later, she

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was the doggiest of dogs.

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She liked to do all of the dog things.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Yeah.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

thing about all of it

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is sleeping without her

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Mm-hmm.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

hand goes to her like in my sleep, and

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I have reached for her a thousand times.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: a

little, she was a little teddy bear too.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

She, she went between nine and

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12 pounds depending on the, the

season and how she was eating.

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And between nine and 12 pounds,

she was a pug yorkie mix.

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She was a tiny little thing.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

RIP Wenda.

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You are amazing.

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And I'm just sorry that your losses

have stacked up on you like that.

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It's not right.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

the way it runs for me.

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You know, I

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Mm-hmm.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

lose one parent, I have

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to lose three in a row.

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I can't lose, one dog I

have to lose two in a row.

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When I lost my cats after my

adopted dad died, I lost both of

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my cats in like a six month period.

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and I had had them for 12 and

13 years, 15 years, you know,

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: I,

I know of, um, you know, like couples

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that have grown old together, that,

that's kind of happened too a lot.

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Uh, back home.

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Just like one will go, it, it'll be

like both of them hold it on like it's.

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A drinking contest and the last one

to tap out wins, you know, hobbling

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around or whatever for decades.

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And then one goes and the

other one is right behind them.

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Okay.

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I've gotta stop this.

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I moved some things in here because

part of my to-do list is to, to

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actually start working on the house.

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And also this room is really echoy,

so I've moved a bunch of the stuff

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that was in the other room over here

and the cats are like attacking it.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

No, not for us.

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We hate this.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Yeah.

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Well, I still think that we

should make our wind a sticker.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Oh, I'm down with that.

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She's not going anywhere.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Did you get, um, the box,

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

What box?

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

her cremains?

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Is that what they call it?

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

It happened on Tuesday morning

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and I'm assuming they're gonna

call us tomorrow or Tuesday.

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If I don't hear from them by tomorrow, I'm

gonna call myself because I want her back.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Yeah.

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Sabrina went and got Link's, cremains,

and I, I, I was aware of that word,

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but man, what a fantastic word that is.

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Like, it's portmaneau.

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It's super descriptive.

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If you'd never heard it before,

you immediately know what it is.

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But it's also like a little

stark and dispassionate.

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I guess maybe 'cause the word remains

also sounds kind of like Jesus.

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We don't gotta call 'em that.

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That's probably how pro-lifers

feel when we say fetus.

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It's a person.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

You know, that was, that was the

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hardest thing when we lost baby.

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We had to take her to the

crematorium, but on our

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Mm-hmm.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

That's, I would rather pay the extra

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a hundred dollars to let the vet do

it and not have to see the place.

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You know what I

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Mm-hmm.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

So Wenda cost us a little bit more,

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which is surprising 'cause baby

cost us a lot, but we also paid for

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diagnostics on Wenda hoping that

there was something to be done.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Yeah.

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you, you'll want to feel certain.

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I've never, I've never had to make a

decision like that of, of, you know, being

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at the vet with, uh, with one, I just

haven't had, you know, pets, like indoor

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pets long enough to go through that yet.

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We all always just had outdoor animals

and they just kind of die on their own.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

So, I, I can't imagine.

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I know it's gonna be awful of having

to like actually make that call.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Oh, it's the worst fucking thing

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Yeah.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

then you have to watch the

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trigger warning for anybody.

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You have to watch the

light go out of their eyes.

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And the way that my vet checks to see

if they're still alive is he opens up

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their eyelid and pokes in their eye

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Oh my God.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

yeah.

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And it's so traumatic to

me every time it happens.

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ugh.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

I mean, and we sort of talked

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off air how they'll go like, you

sure you wanna be here for this?

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It's like, yeah, I wanna

be here for it, but

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

they offered like three times to

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let us leave before it was over.

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I've always wanted to fight 'em.

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I was like, fuck you.

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I'm not leaving

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

what are you suggesting?

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

I don't wanna leave her when

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she's dead, let alone, you

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Yeah.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

I just can't imagine taking one of your

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babies to a place like that, getting them

in that position and then walking away.

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what kind of heartless bastard.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Yeah, that really highlights the

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monstrosity of people like Kristi Noem,

and you know, folks who can just, just

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make that decision so preemptively

because they didn't wanna deal with it.

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And I know that people, there's lots

of examples of animals in shelters

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for behavioral issues that are likely

more just a person and the animal

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didn't click or the person wasn't

knowledgeable on how to rehome an animal.

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Like what that adjustment

period takes I understand.

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Even though it couldn't be me, because

I absolutely, I will wear it down.

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Like if you come into my house,

you're staying, I don't give a fuck.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Right.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

I, I've re-homed one animal and it

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was Beef and it was because I had to

mb into a hatchback and drive: 1500

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miles with four animal or fi five cats.

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And he was the biggest

fattest of them all.

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And they, he really just threw

a wrench into everything.

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And I was still gonna do it until

Vanessa said that she would take him.

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And I was like, thank God, because

he stressed all the, they, it

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would've been one long three

day cat fight in, in this car.

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And I was just like, this

is gonna be dreadful.

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It still wasn't awesome, but the four of

them, for some reason, they do better.

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When he was in the mix, he

just, he fucked it all up.

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And I do miss him.

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Like

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah.

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he's with your sister now though, right?

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Yes.

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And he is so happy pro, probably

much happier than I would make him

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because he's the, not the only animal

in the house, but he's, the only cat.

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There's a dog that lives

in fear of him, of course.

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And then there's two kids who

he loves, like he's loved them.

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He met them before he

went to live with them.

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He's a black and white cat,

like tuckie animals in general.

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They tend to be better with

people and especially with kids.

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So he's living high on the hog.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah, never had a black and white cat.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

I almost said you want one, but

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah, we, we've talked about that.

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And I would love to have a cat,

but I don't wanna chain myself to

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a litter box for 15 years, know,

that is just, uh, no thank you.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

yeah, the, the litter robot life

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is the life for me, but it is.

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It's got a pretty big price

tag at, at the beginning there.

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I mean, that's, if you go name

brands, there's lots of knockoffs

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now that could be as good, you know,

but still you're gonna, that's a

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few hundred dollars at minimum.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

The efficiency it has with the

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litter though, like it does kind

of save you money on, on litter.

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And you, I haven't scooped

shit in over a year, so

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Wow,

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

you just open up a little

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drawer and pick the bag up.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

that's fancy,

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: It is,

it's like, that is, that's like maybe the

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most exorbitantly, unnecessary, expensive,

fancy toy I've ever gotten myself.

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And it's because I hate scooping litter.

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It's disgust, like I love my cat to

do, but it's just I, and I'm too a DHD,

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so it would get like really dirty and

then I really didn't want to do it so.

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This just, it has a little sensor.

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It knows when one leaves and it cycles,

and then it tells you when it's full.

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So mine have maxed it out though.

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You're, 'cause you're supposed

to, it's like up to four cats

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and I have four high producing

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cats.

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They'd be, they'd be shitting.

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Uh, so I'm really like, I should

get another one or something.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

We're gonna look for a new

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dog, but I don't know, I just

need a little bit of time.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Yeah, there's no rush.

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And some so often, like the,

the animals find you, you know?

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah.

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Yeah.

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I want a little dog.

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I don't want a, a big dog.

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I don't want, I mean, we talked

about a cat, but that's not the,

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that's not the route for us.

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I definitely, and I don't want a baby.

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I want like a three, four, or five,

6-year-old, somewhere in there.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Well, because you still are not, I

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mean, y'all aren't like putting down

roots in that particular apartment, so

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

no.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

easier to move a dog than it is cat.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

They just kind of get in the car.

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They're happy to be wherever you are.

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A cat is not like that.

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Cat's like, did we discuss this?

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: I, I

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want to take a cat to look

at apartments with me.

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Like, what do you think?

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

My first cat on my own.

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Trance, was a big cat.

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I think he was part Norwegian Forest

cat, and I'm not even kidding about that.

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He was huge.

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And he had a huge tail

and he was beautiful.

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But he had a bit of a

badass streak in him.

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But anyway, so we got one of those

big giant blue, uh, containers, like

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the storage bins, and we cut a hole

in the top so that he could breathe.

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And we put 'em in there and put it in

the trunk of my, my Hyundai accent.

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And whole way from Huntington, West

Virginia to Hamilton, Ohio, he sat

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in the back of the car going, help,

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Yeah,

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

help, help, It sounded like

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we were kidnapping somebody.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

uh, Oscar can make some ridiculous

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sounds I found out as well.

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And, and I know that Ka like they have

this, like they can downshift their

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meo, you know, and they can just be

like, and he will do that on a loop

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He and Felix both will just scream

for the first like maybe 15 minutes

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we're in the car after, after that.

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If it's a long drive, they

just sit down and go to sleep.

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So that, 'cause they have moved so many

times and they've driven around so much.

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They just literally snoozed in the car,

the hallway from Kentucky to Minnesota.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Wow.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

I don't put 'em in a carrier.

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I don't do, like I will if I, I will

to move them from the house to the car.

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Sometimes I'll do that with

Felix because he's, he's a little

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shifty, Yeah, he, he's not bright.

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Um, so he panics because he,

if he doesn't understand what's

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going on, his instincts kick in

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but the rest of 'em, I just kind of grab

'em and throw 'em in the car and let 'em

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situate wherever and then we, we take off.

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So brisket, he was a baby, so

he sat in my lap most of the

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way and looked out the Wenda.

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Oscar and Felix slept

on the passenger seat.

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And Ziggy, this is her in general,

she was just off somewhere

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else in the car, chilling.

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She didn't wanna come out.

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We got there and Felix too.

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They were both like, no, we live here now.

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You wanna do this again?

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What's your problem?

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Oh my God, I have moved so many times.

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I just realized that's gotta

stress them out so bad.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah, we have moved quite

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a few times too, but

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: I

don't, I mean, I know that I'll probably

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have to move again now that I have to

find a different job, but I don't really

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want to, like, I had plans for this house.

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I don't hate it.

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It's, it's fine.

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It's one of those like places people

will look at and go, it's got potential.

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So I don't know.

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I'll work on that.

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Maybe I'll work on it, even though I

know I'm gonna have to sell it right now.

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I owe more on it than it's worth.

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So I would've to pay somebody to take it.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah.

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The home owning life is not

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Not for me.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

for, for reasons like that.

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I, the handyman shit, I can just

call a number or put a file online

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and be like, come fix this shit.

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You know?

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And it, it doesn't affect me and

have to mow the grass or be in,

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in charge of that or any of that.

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I don't like living in a complex at all.

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But I mean, this was the solution

we had to having three dogs,

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including baby who was giant.

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but now we'll have a little

bit more flexibility.

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you think if since Wenda passed,

they'll take her off of the rent?

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Or do you think I'll have to pay for

her the whole time We have a lease.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Uh, that's a good question because

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I don't know what pet rent is for,

like, it's not a security deposit.

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It's, it's, I don't think they

know what it's for either, because

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I think that it's just them

squeezing more money outta people.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

well we got two of them certified

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as emotional support animals, so we

don't have to pay anything for them.

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But I made that Baby in Pita

because those are the two most

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commonly, like that would be

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Yeah,

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

because Pita's a chihuahua and

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they're known to bite, you know?

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So I thought Wenda would be the

safest one not to have covered.

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so she's the only one that I

had to pay actual rent for.

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But now that she's gone, I'm just

curious if they'll take it off my rent.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

I mean, I would ask them to.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

and

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Yeah.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

I mean, it'd be 30, it's 30 bucks a month.

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I.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Yeah.

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I've gotten used to being like, I don't

think I'm very good at being a homeowner.

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Like I'm not somebody

that's on top of shit.

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But I don't wanna go back

to renting necessarily.

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I probably will if I leave here.

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Although if places don't wanna

let you have a dog, they damn

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sure don't want you to have a cat.

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And I've got four of them.

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So

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah,

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you'd be fine.

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At my complex.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Really?

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

in this, in this complex has a cat in it.

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It's a cat tree.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

maybe it depends on where I was,

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but like in Richmond, nobody

would want you to have a cat.

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I couldn't find anybody to rent.

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I had to lie about 'em,

which I don't like doing.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah, this place was a unicorn.

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That's why we ended up here, you

know, because why it's, we pay the

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more expensive rent and everything.

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It's not for the freaking amenities

that break every five freaking minutes.

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Like the, they have these no slam drawers.

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Right.

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And the one with our

silverware in it broke.

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Like the day we moved in, like

nothing in here is top quality.

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Everything was just slapped together.

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I mean, it looks nice,

but it's, it's all crap.

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touched my wall, and it

has fingerprints on it.

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I didn't have greasy, I mean, I wasn't

eating fried chicken and touched

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the wall, you know what I mean?

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I just like was getting up and

I was pretty close to the wall

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and touched it, and now there's

fingerprints there and it's like,

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

It is the worst paint in existence

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that they choose for that.

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'cause it's just so cheap.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

yeah,

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

I had, so I think, I'm not sure,

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but tomorrow I have, uh, a doctor's

appointment and I think it's

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gonna be a, uh, what's it called?

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A pap smear.

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Yeah.

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It doesn't say that on it, but like, I

remember I've been seeing her every month

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ever since all this bullshit started.

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And last time I saw her, she was like,

so do you still have these parts?

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And I was like, yeah, because it

keeps, it'll come up right in my chart.

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It'll be like, you're overdue for

this preventative care, this exam.

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And so it kept telling

her that I needed that.

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When I would see her.

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And so I was like, yeah.

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And she said, okay, well, and she said

something weird, like, well, I don't like

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to spring those on people, so, um, we'll

just deal with it next time you come.

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And I was like, wait a

minute, are you gonna do it?

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Like, what's, don't I have a say in this?

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cause I, and I don't, uh, if she's

gonna do it, then whatever, she's a

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nurse, so I guess anybody can do them.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

nurse practitioner does mine.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

uh, see that's what I'm thinking.

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It's gonna be her.

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And like, it's, would you rather it be

somebody that you have gotten to, you've

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established a certain kind of relationship

with over the course of a longer period of

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time or somebody you've never seen before?

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

I want my doctor to know

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everything about me.

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So I feel like it's just

because she's great.

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You know what I mean?

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She remembers things.

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Like I know she looks at

my chart before I come

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Yeah

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

but she remembers things like better than

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I do sometimes and it's really cool to

me that she can connect the dots so well.

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Right.

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'Cause like one of the, one time

I was taking a, uh, blood pressure

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medication and it was causing my blood

sugar to rise and we figured that out.

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Right.

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And, and things like that.

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She's really good at figuring out issues.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

I think it's because of just what

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it's like for me to have that exam.

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I have never been to the

same person twice for it.

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I, and I don't, and it's never

been somebody that I've even seen

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before or after the, the thing.

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And I think I was just taking

it for granted up until this

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point that that was normal.

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And so the idea that like somebody that

I already know and will continue to know

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afterwards, like, I can't hide my shame.

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Like this is forever gonna be

something she knows about me.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

know that about you?

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

no, and, and she also is being very

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like, aggressively cool about it, which

is very, is cool, but I'm also like,

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I'm not as chill about this as you're

being, and I re I, I know that, you

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know, you probably aren't actually as

chill as you're, as you're trying to,

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let me see that you are right now.

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And I appreciate that.

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But I don't know.

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It'll be way better than

the last person I saw.

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Like I went to see that guy

know the one who said he wasn't

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an expert in, in vaginas.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

told my students, I've told

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every one of my classes about

trans broken arm syndrome, by

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Yeah,

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

I, I told my doctor about it

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too, and And she'd never heard

of it and I was like, okay.

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It's kind of weird.

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It's hard to explain like it's similar

to, some of the biases that fat people

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experience with medical, with this

added step of, did I just say medical?

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What the fuck is that?

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

It's one of them.

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Doctor words you got.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Just so that is so cultural studies.

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Ugh, yuck.

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But yeah, the, he kind of overcorrected

after I pointed out to him that he

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was being stupid and it wasn't mean

about it, and which is probably

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why he, you know, was cool with it.

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But he decided to be like aggressively

cool about it and he goes like, oh,

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well I'll see if the ultrasound tech

is free and we can do this exam now.

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And I was like, uh, you

should warn her first, like.

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This is not a, I don't, this is not an

improvement on how things were going.

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I just need you to know that.

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Like, and so he just hollered

down the hallway to this woman

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like, Hey, are you free right now?

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And she was like, yeah.

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And he marched to me down there.

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Now look at this from her

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perspective listeners, if you

don't know, I have a pretty

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big beard and I am not short.

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there for her.

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There was no indication at all that

I Like he didn't go like, I have a

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transgender man in here who needs this.

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He just said, are you free?

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And took a a, a five foot

10 bearded weirdo into her

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and said, drop your drawers.

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And I was like.

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So,

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this will be better than that because

she will at least, like you said,

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be familiar with what's going on.

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But I think it's the social thing.

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I just don't wanna look her

in the eye after this is over.

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beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

But there's nothing shameful about

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what you're doing whatsoever.

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It's part of your body.

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dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

I know.

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and, and this will be good for

me either way, because like one,

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it just literally has to be done.

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We have to do this kind of thing, right?

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We, it's like our responsibility

to at least try our best to get the

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: 00:22:20

preventative care that we have access to.

523

: 00:22:23

But even if it sucks, and maybe

especially if it sucks, you know,

524

: 00:22:27

like, like we don't get to just not do

things because it's hard or upsetting.

525

: 00:22:33

What if I just never

talk to her again after

526

: 00:22:37

It's been nice knowing you.

527

: 00:22:39

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

And now I gotta ghost you.

528

: 00:22:40

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

She works 10 feet away from my house,

529

: 00:22:46

Oh.

530

: 00:22:46

But I realized though, that

that was like my, remember we

531

: 00:22:49

set like goals for the year.

532

: 00:22:51

That was the one I, I said,

so maybe I'm gonna do it.

533

: 00:22:55

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Nice.

534

: 00:22:56

I'm proud of you.

535

: 00:22:57

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Thank you.

536

: 00:22:58

But I had another exam though,

where it was an echocardiogram,

537

: 00:23:01

which I thought I'd had before.

538

: 00:23:02

I thought it was, that's what

an EKG was and I was not.

539

: 00:23:05

Correct.

540

: 00:23:06

So it was this whole thing where you

have to like take your shirt off and

541

: 00:23:10

like get on your side and put your

hand behind your head and stay that

542

: 00:23:14

way for like half an hour or however

long it takes this person to, to

543

: 00:23:18

like do an ultrasound on your heart.

544

: 00:23:20

And I don't know why they do this.

545

: 00:23:21

They always ask me what my scars are from.

546

: 00:23:24

Do they?

547

: 00:23:24

Is it all scars?

548

: 00:23:25

They do that.

549

: 00:23:26

Like does everybody,

550

: 00:23:27

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

People usually comment

551

: 00:23:28

on the ones on my legs.

552

: 00:23:30

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

okay, what do you do?

553

: 00:23:32

You go like surgery or do you

tell 'em the diagnosis or?

554

: 00:23:35

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

IU So my nephew is autistic and he's

555

: 00:23:38

echoic and he watches videos very closely

and memorizes lines from YouTube videos.

556

: 00:23:44

So you never know what's gonna come

out of his mouth and, and how he's

557

: 00:23:47

gonna phrase what he says to you.

558

: 00:23:49

so one summer, we were at my mom's house

all the time and we were in the pool and

559

: 00:23:53

stuff, so I was wearing shorts a lot.

560

: 00:23:55

And he kept pointing at my leg

and he would say, what happened?

561

: 00:23:57

And I tried to like be honest with him

and tell him that I had a booboo and

562

: 00:24:01

he'd say, you fell off your skateboard.

563

: 00:24:03

And finally I was like, yep.

564

: 00:24:04

Fell off my skateboard.

565

: 00:24:05

So that's usually, usually what

I say when somebody asks me, I

566

: 00:24:08

say, I fell off a skateboard.

567

: 00:24:10

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

I have tried to come up with a lie to

568

: 00:24:12

tell 'cause for, especially for this,

he kept going, like he, the text sits

569

: 00:24:18

next to the table and he kept going

like, okay, scoot closer, scoot closer.

570

: 00:24:22

And I was like, and he was right here.

571

: 00:24:25

And then he goes, well,

what's that scar from?

572

: 00:24:27

And I was like, uh, surgery?

573

: 00:24:30

And he goes, yeah, I figured surgery.

574

: 00:24:32

What kind?

575

: 00:24:33

And I was like, I don't wanna

tell you what kind of surgery.

576

: 00:24:35

And I just went, I had

some breasts removed

577

: 00:24:41

and I, I don't know why I phrased it

that way, like they weren't mine or

578

: 00:24:46

I didn't know where they came from.

579

: 00:24:49

And I was like pouring sweat

because it was so awkward

580

: 00:24:53

and he didn't respond at all.

581

: 00:24:55

He just completely, he went

silent and the next thing he

582

: 00:24:57

said was on a totally different,

583

: 00:25:01

and I felt, I didn't mean to

do it that to him, but I just

584

: 00:25:04

couldn't come up with a lie to tell

585

: 00:25:07

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

That's some pe sometimes pe It's,

586

: 00:25:09

it's funny to watch sometimes

people like falter like that.

587

: 00:25:12

The other day Shannon and I were

walking into the Texas Roadhouse.

588

: 00:25:15

We went out to eat and this woman

just out of nowhere comes up behind

589

: 00:25:19

us and she like stops and looks at us.

590

: 00:25:21

She said, are you sisters,

mother and daughter?

591

: 00:25:23

What?

592

: 00:25:24

And like, I just had no idea what to say

and I was like, uh, and Shannon went wife.

593

: 00:25:33

And you could just see that lady turn

pale and fade into the bushes like Homer

594

: 00:25:38

Simpson and like faded away from us.

595

: 00:25:41

It was hilarious.

596

: 00:25:42

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Why would you even ask that?

597

: 00:25:45

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

I.

598

: 00:25:45

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Was that like a,

599

: 00:25:48

a case of an intrusive

thought that got loose?

600

: 00:25:51

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

And who was the mother in this situation?

601

: 00:25:54

Who was she saying was the old one?

602

: 00:25:56

Like, I like feel like I

need to fight that woman,

603

: 00:26:00

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Sisters?

604

: 00:26:02

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

mother and daughter, wife.

605

: 00:26:05

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Oh, bless her.

606

: 00:26:11

well, it hap kind of happened again later

'cause he was, I I, I know that he, it's

607

: 00:26:15

awkward and he, we just wanted to talk or

whatever, but he was like trying to figure

608

: 00:26:20

out what they were even looking for.

609

: 00:26:21

'cause basically I look healthy

is kind of what he was saying.

610

: 00:26:25

Like, and I was like, well, you

know, there's this or that going on.

611

: 00:26:28

And he was like, well, that,

that usually affects females.

612

: 00:26:31

And I was like, yeah.

613

: 00:26:33

And he, he did, said that again later.

614

: 00:26:36

And it was like, as I was

getting up and I, I was just

615

: 00:26:39

like, well, I used to be one.

616

: 00:26:41

And he did not say anything to that.

617

: 00:26:43

So I was like, he still

hasn't put it together.

618

: 00:26:46

Like I can give them all the data

in the world they would possibly

619

: 00:26:49

need to not to be able to put

together what they're dealing with.

620

: 00:26:52

And it never.

621

: 00:26:53

Computes because in the, in sort

of the opposite to the way that

622

: 00:26:57

trans women are hyper visible,

trans men are completely invisible.

623

: 00:27:01

Like the average person has no concept

that we are even a thing that occurs.

624

: 00:27:07

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Right.

625

: 00:27:08

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

And in general, that that means

626

: 00:27:11

that we're like safer from the kind

of violence that trans women are,

627

: 00:27:16

subject to or, or live the, in the

potential of experiencing all the time.

628

: 00:27:21

But in medical settings, we die

of completely preventable shit

629

: 00:27:25

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah.

630

: 00:27:25

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

the medical field, already ignores

631

: 00:27:28

women's health and then it's never gonna

even be able to wrap its head around

632

: 00:27:32

the idea that trans men are a thing.

633

: 00:27:34

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Right.

634

: 00:27:35

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

But yeah, I had some breasts removed.

635

: 00:27:37

Why did I say some?

636

: 00:27:38

Like I kept some others,

like there was more.

637

: 00:27:42

How many were there?

638

: 00:27:43

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

One thing that made me laugh really

639

: 00:27:44

hard this week, you said a number.

640

: 00:27:46

We were watching, uh, we watched a

lot of YouTube in this house and we

641

: 00:27:49

were watching a random, uh, collection

of Family Feud, funniest moments.

642

: 00:27:54

so the question was, what was a

number that a man might exaggerate

643

: 00:27:58

and the woman went, uh, hundred,

644

: 00:28:05

well, then he gave it to the other lady

and she got her ex, and she was like 69.

645

: 00:28:09

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Oh man.

646

: 00:28:10

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

And I had to go over to the other people.

647

: 00:28:12

And then finally that guy was like his

height, like one of them finally got it.

648

: 00:28:16

But the hundred about took me out.

649

: 00:28:18

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

I, I love when, especially like when

650

: 00:28:20

I'm the person who has said something,

so just incomprehensibly stupid.

651

: 00:28:24

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Oh yeah, I do that regularly.

652

: 00:28:27

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Can you remember the last time

653

: 00:28:28

you absolutely cracked yourself up

654

: 00:28:30

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Oh.

655

: 00:28:31

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

or just your favorite time, like.

656

: 00:28:33

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Wow.

657

: 00:28:34

I don't know.

658

: 00:28:34

I'm pretty hilarious.

659

: 00:28:35

I've got a lot of, a lot of jokes.

660

: 00:28:37

Like when we were at the, at the graveyard

when we moved my mom's body and we were

661

: 00:28:43

putting my dad in the grave with her.

662

: 00:28:44

We were putting, basically burying

both of my parents together that day.

663

: 00:28:47

And the, cemetery that

they're in is pretty new.

664

: 00:28:50

And so it's still expanding.

665

: 00:28:52

And my niece, uh, commented on that.

666

: 00:28:54

She was like, yeah, this

place is really growing.

667

: 00:28:55

She's like, yeah, I heard

people are dying to get in here.

668

: 00:28:58

That may be the top of

all of my jokes ever.

669

: 00:29:01

Like.

670

: 00:29:02

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Uh, pretty classic.

671

: 00:29:04

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Or the time that that Planet Fitness

672

: 00:29:06

texted me and asked me if I wanted

to join, and I said, no thanks.

673

: 00:29:09

I've decided to stay fat.

674

: 00:29:10

they had no sense of humor

about that whatsoever.

675

: 00:29:13

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Oh, really?

676

: 00:29:14

What'd they say?

677

: 00:29:15

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

If I change my mind to let 'em know,

678

: 00:29:18

we'll do Chad

679

: 00:29:19

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

there's some an ad that makes me laugh

680

: 00:29:22

every time I see it, even though I always

know it's a commercial for safe flight.

681

: 00:29:27

You know, the, the windshield repair?

682

: 00:29:30

Yes.

683

: 00:29:31

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

flight Re.

684

: 00:29:32

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

There's a shot in one of their ads

685

: 00:29:34

of their van driving away, and on the

back of it it says, nice windshield,

686

: 00:29:40

let us know if things change.

687

: 00:29:43

And I don't know why that, that's

just my specific kind of humor.

688

: 00:29:47

Like that makes me laugh so

hard every time I see it.

689

: 00:29:49

Because imagine actually encountering

that in the wild and being behind that,

690

: 00:29:54

seeing that message and then like all

of a sudden being aware of the fact that

691

: 00:29:58

like, oh God, something could break.

692

: 00:30:00

You know what I found out you know

that joke I was doing with the sponsors

693

: 00:30:03

of the Appalachian wrestling thing,

I found out that that's a real thing.

694

: 00:30:09

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Oh wow.

695

: 00:30:10

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Yeah.

696

: 00:30:11

They didn't like comment or anything,

but like, and the, the reason I

697

: 00:30:15

found it out is because we actually

are in the same circle is because

698

: 00:30:18

I have some weird friends and.

699

: 00:30:20

On Facebook.

700

: 00:30:21

I have a, friend I made from, uh,

I, well he was a coworker at EKU and

701

: 00:30:27

we also trained at the same Dojo.

702

: 00:30:29

And he is a, professional wrestler

in his, I don't know how he

703

: 00:30:33

has spare time, but he does.

704

: 00:30:35

And he posted on Facebook, like

he's a part of this drama going

705

: 00:30:39

down in, in the, um, Appalachian

Mountain Wrestling Coalition.

706

: 00:30:45

And I was like, oh, shit, I better

stop making those jokes then.

707

: 00:30:49

he's like this, um, kind of

Captain America type thing.

708

: 00:30:53

He wears these like, really

spangled American flag pants,

709

: 00:30:58

these spandex pants and a cape.

710

: 00:31:01

His name is Marvelous Marcus.

711

: 00:31:03

And.

712

: 00:31:03

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Oh, nice.

713

: 00:31:05

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

I was like, oh my God, that

714

: 00:31:06

is, that's pretty funny.

715

: 00:31:07

But also, like, I thought I made

that up and apparently I didn't.

716

: 00:31:12

And they, they, uh, meet in Corbin.

717

: 00:31:14

They go all around like the southeast

Kentucky, like the, basically all

718

: 00:31:19

those jokes I was making except,

except they weren't sponsored by

719

: 00:31:23

like folding lawn chairs and shit.

720

: 00:31:24

But like, but it is, I started like

following their Facebook things and

721

: 00:31:29

it is so funny, like the stuff they've

got and they have like actual, like

722

: 00:31:33

the story arc he's in right now, he got

a, a, it's some form of rule breaking.

723

: 00:31:38

I don't know if it was cheating

necessarily, but a cheap shot basically

724

: 00:31:41

where his opponent set him on fire

and he, he actually had this like

725

: 00:31:46

little pyrotechnic in his, in his

like wrist guard or glove or something

726

: 00:31:51

and shot a fireball across the um.

727

: 00:31:55

The ring at Marcus who like, he

was very theatrical and so now he's

728

: 00:32:00

doing all these like rick flair

style things from the hospital with

729

: 00:32:05

these big bandages on his head.

730

: 00:32:06

I just thought like, man, we should

see if he wants to record a little like

731

: 00:32:11

just message and put it in the show.

732

: 00:32:13

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

That would be awesome.

733

: 00:32:14

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

I, yeah.

734

: 00:32:15

If, if, if anybody's near the Corbin

Hazard region and you go to the

735

: 00:32:20

Appalachian Mountain Wrestling, let

us know if you've seen Marvelous

736

: 00:32:23

Marcus, I forget the name of the guy.

737

: 00:32:25

He who did the Fireball.

738

: 00:32:27

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

That's pretty amazing though.

739

: 00:32:29

We've reached Mario level of technology.

740

: 00:32:31

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

and of course it would exist, right?

741

: 00:32:33

It's pretty one of those,

well, I don't know, like what

742

: 00:32:37

is it about wrestling anyway?

743

: 00:32:39

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

I've never understood what, what

744

: 00:32:41

the appeal is, but I don't know.

745

: 00:32:43

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

You know, I understand it better

746

: 00:32:45

now that I understand drag better.

747

: 00:32:48

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah,

748

: 00:32:49

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Yeah.

749

: 00:32:49

Because it's straight person drag.

750

: 00:32:52

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

right.

751

: 00:32:53

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Well,

I think drag is more than the kind of

752

: 00:32:55

drag that like we are aware of in America.

753

: 00:32:58

Like if the, if we like, even if

we expand it back out even more,

754

: 00:33:03

it's just play and it's a specific

kind of play that adults do.

755

: 00:33:08

And I, it's proof of the fact

that we don't like, just suddenly

756

: 00:33:12

not have the need to play anymore

because we're not kids anymore.

757

: 00:33:17

And so like what we think of as

drag is as the gay version of this

758

: 00:33:23

is just one culture's version of.

759

: 00:33:27

That particular kind of play pantomime

or whatever you wanna call it, because

760

: 00:33:31

like, white, cis, straight women,

they've got pageants and stuff.

761

: 00:33:36

Uh, but I don't know some other versions.

762

: 00:33:39

There's probably lots of other versions.

763

: 00:33:41

Listeners let us know.

764

: 00:33:42

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

There's Dandyism in the black community.

765

: 00:33:44

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Dandy.

766

: 00:33:45

Okay, hang on.

767

: 00:33:46

I don't know that, let me look that up.

768

: 00:33:48

So is it, does it like stem

from Oh, black Dandyism.

769

: 00:33:51

Got it.

770

: 00:33:52

So it's distinct from like the British, I.

771

: 00:33:56

Cool.

772

: 00:33:57

like a lot of the stuff we talk

about is a version of that,

773

: 00:34:00

like, uh, the county fair, right?

774

: 00:34:03

That is all, well, a lot of it

anyway, the more like the spectator

775

: 00:34:08

portions of it, definitely.

776

: 00:34:10

Mm-hmm.

777

: 00:34:11

And like tractor pull, what the fuck?

778

: 00:34:13

Even who comes up with that?

779

: 00:34:15

And like, I think you can identify,

play as something that, because it's

780

: 00:34:20

not that you never learn anything, it's

not that it's never even constructive.

781

: 00:34:24

All kinds of things only

exist because of play.

782

: 00:34:27

A lot of the skills and techniques we

have, they were just horsing around first.

783

: 00:34:32

But I think at its outset, it's.

784

: 00:34:35

It's a combination of enjoyment

and showing off a little bit.

785

: 00:34:38

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Aren't most good things.

786

: 00:34:40

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Yeah.

787

: 00:34:41

Hi Brisket.

788

: 00:34:42

Well, let's uh, take a break in

here from this week's sponsor.

789

: 00:34:45

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Okay.

790

: 00:34:46

Hi baby.

791

: 00:34:47

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

You see him?

792

: 00:34:48

Hey buddy.

793

: 00:34:49

He is fat,

794

: 00:34:51

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Me too, buddy.

795

: 00:34:52

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: right?

796

: 00:34:53

You gonna say hello?

797

: 00:34:54

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

I could bring Pita over, but

798

: 00:34:55

she would just growl at us.

799

: 00:34:56

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

You are shedding so bad.

800

: 00:34:58

I've gotta clean this house

from all the shedding.

801

: 00:35:00

okay.

802

: 00:35:01

You can say hello, but then you

have to leave the microphone alone.

803

: 00:35:04

Let's say it's Memorial Day weekend

and your whole clan is already en

804

: 00:35:07

route, and the pipes start humming

that forlorned melody of imminent

805

: 00:35:11

failure, or a porch step that now

identifies as a ramp has appeared.

806

: 00:35:15

You can call the pros, but they'll want

a down payment just to come look at it.

807

: 00:35:19

Instead, call Hill Williams.

808

: 00:35:21

Rent a friend.

809

: 00:35:22

We may not be bonded, but we also

aren't insured, and you can take that

810

: 00:35:25

to the bank and be swiftly escorted out.

811

: 00:35:28

They haven't spent a single day at

the Greater Appalachian Institute of

812

: 00:35:31

Traditional Tinkering around here,

a PhD from the University of Hold

813

: 00:35:35

My beer and watch this as the only

accreditation we actually trust.

814

: 00:35:39

The Hill William Hallmarks

are the Swiss Army human.

815

: 00:35:42

If it involves a roll of duct tape,

a pair of vice grips, or a very

816

: 00:35:46

specific way of kicking the starter

motor, they've got it handled.

817

: 00:35:50

Redneck ingenuity where a contractor

sees a code violation, a hill William

818

: 00:35:54

friend sees a creative bypass.

819

: 00:35:56

It may not be pretty, but by

God it also might not work.

820

: 00:35:59

Judgment free labor.

821

: 00:36:00

They don't care that you tried to fix

it yourself first and made it worse.

822

: 00:36:04

They've done the same thing.

823

: 00:36:05

They're just Here to

help you finish the job.

824

: 00:36:07

Since we aren't limited by codes or

best practices, we've put together

825

: 00:36:10

some specialized friend packages.

826

: 00:36:12

These are tailored to those moments

when you don't need a contractor.

827

: 00:36:15

You just need a guy who owns

a truck and asks no questions.

828

: 00:36:19

The Gaum-Mess special.

829

: 00:36:20

When you started a simple weekend project

that has now taken over the entire living

830

: 00:36:25

room, kitchen and personality, we'll send

over a friend just to finish it for you.

831

: 00:36:30

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832

: 00:36:32

If your mailbox is leaning at a 45

degree angle or your deck is a little

833

: 00:36:36

Slaunchwise our friend specializes in

functional gravity, we'll shim it, kick

834

: 00:36:40

it or tie it to a nearby tree, or our

paint hunter HVAC electrical special.

835

: 00:36:46

If your AC sounds like a trapped ghost

or your lights are flicking like there's

836

: 00:36:50

an open portal to another dimension.

837

: 00:36:51

This one's for you.

838

: 00:36:52

This one requires a purchase of

a case of bush ice for the liquid

839

: 00:36:55

courage to touch the shoddy wiring.

840

: 00:36:58

If you don't know how you got here, try

the bless your heart bulk by one friend

841

: 00:37:02

with a working knowledge of the redneck

way, a large poke of assorted zip ties and

842

: 00:37:06

duct tape, two hours of labor that ends

with the phrase, this ain't going nowhere.

843

: 00:37:11

kerosene matches in a hastily

acquired insurance policy.

844

: 00:37:14

If we can't fix it, we'll at least

sit with you while you process

845

: 00:37:17

how it came to this and shake

our heads and commiseration.

846

: 00:37:20

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

That's fun.

847

: 00:37:21

He is really enjoying your

848

: 00:37:23

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

I don't know what it is,

849

: 00:37:24

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

You're busy using it.

850

: 00:37:26

Hello Kitty kitty, kitty.

851

: 00:37:28

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

if you chew on that.

852

: 00:37:30

All right.

853

: 00:37:31

Look at the fur flying.

854

: 00:37:33

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

He is so pretty.

855

: 00:37:34

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Yeah.

856

: 00:37:34

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

the stains on his face.

857

: 00:37:35

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: he's,

he's from a very, um, multi-ethnic litter.

858

: 00:37:40

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah.

859

: 00:37:41

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

They're all, they look

860

: 00:37:43

unrelated, but is raccoon tail.

861

: 00:37:46

I'm gonna sit you down because

you're really overstimulating me.

862

: 00:37:49

Thank you.

863

: 00:37:50

I think the worst part about

having cats and a beard is how

864

: 00:37:52

much cross-contamination there is.

865

: 00:38:00

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

We went to, uh, when my friend

866

: 00:38:02

was here, we went to a stained

art or a stained glass art class.

867

: 00:38:06

Uh, we made sun catchers

and it was a lot of fun.

868

: 00:38:09

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

So that, that was like real glass.

869

: 00:38:13

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah.

870

: 00:38:13

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Wow.

871

: 00:38:14

I just saw you post that and

then I, my mom used to do

872

: 00:38:16

this kind that you just paint.

873

: 00:38:18

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

yeah, no, so it start, so you

874

: 00:38:19

start out with a pattern, right?

875

: 00:38:22

And then you copy the pattern, and then

you cut out the little pieces of paper.

876

: 00:38:25

Then you take those little pieces of paper

and overlay them on your pieces of glass

877

: 00:38:28

to make sure that they're the right size.

878

: 00:38:30

Then you have to like, score it and cut

it and break the glass and all around it.

879

: 00:38:35

And then they have these grinders

that you use to smooth it out.

880

: 00:38:38

they're like a wet grinder.

881

: 00:38:40

And then once you smooth it all

out, then you use a copper tape

882

: 00:38:44

that you put all around it.

883

: 00:38:45

And then you use the flux, and then

you use the the aluminum or whatever

884

: 00:38:49

it is, the, the metal, whatever.

885

: 00:38:51

Metal.

886

: 00:38:52

I think it's aluminum that just a big bar.

887

: 00:38:54

And you use it with the,

I'm losing my words here.

888

: 00:38:57

What's the word?

889

: 00:38:58

The hot thing that you

890

: 00:39:00

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

A solder.

891

: 00:39:01

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yes, the soldering iron.

892

: 00:39:03

And then the metal with that, and

then you just go through and you

893

: 00:39:05

cover all of the copper tape with it.

894

: 00:39:07

It was a lot of fun.

895

: 00:39:08

I made a, a dog's paw.

896

: 00:39:10

Shannon made a, a hand doing the I love

you hand, and Tracy made a fish, so

897

: 00:39:15

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Cool.

898

: 00:39:16

I.

899

: 00:39:16

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

I would definitely do it again.

900

: 00:39:17

It was a lot of fun, especially

now that I know what I'm doing,

901

: 00:39:20

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Yeah.

902

: 00:39:21

Uh, I played with enamels for, um, just

like one semester in, uh, college, which

903

: 00:39:29

is, it's not like it's similar to stained

glass because some of the powder, whatever

904

: 00:39:34

that you fire to make the, the colors,

it's some of its ground up glass, I think.

905

: 00:39:40

But I, I, it was kind of,

um, unpredictable because the

906

: 00:39:43

way it doesn't look like it's

gonna look when it comes out.

907

: 00:39:45

And so you'll think like, oh, this

color is gonna be beautiful or

908

: 00:39:48

whatever, and it'll come out brown.

909

: 00:39:49

So I was not super, I, I know it's

because I wasn't very knowledgeable

910

: 00:39:53

and people who know what they're doing

can make beautiful things doing that.

911

: 00:39:55

But I think the glass thing would

be more fun 'cause you could kind

912

: 00:40:00

of, if you weren't already super

knowledgeable, still kind of make

913

: 00:40:04

something cool by accident, at least.

914

: 00:40:06

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah.

915

: 00:40:06

It was crazy how much chemistry

was involved with Shannon's glazes

916

: 00:40:10

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Mm-hmm.

917

: 00:40:10

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

and stuff in her, in her,

918

: 00:40:11

uh, ceramics program.

919

: 00:40:13

There was a lot of chemistry involved.

920

: 00:40:14

I.

921

: 00:40:15

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Yeah, my mom worked at a ceramics

922

: 00:40:18

place for a while down in Tennessee.

923

: 00:40:21

I don't remember exactly what she did.

924

: 00:40:23

I think she, uh, well it was a small

place, so she probably did a little bit of

925

: 00:40:28

everything, but it wasn't like that stuff.

926

: 00:40:30

It was mostly just the kind where you pour

it into a mold and make certain things.

927

: 00:40:34

I think we must've been really small

or we didn't go there very often.

928

: 00:40:38

You know, like when you're a certain age,

you go to work with your parents a lot.

929

: 00:40:41

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah.

930

: 00:40:42

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

So I remembering like she had

931

: 00:40:43

so many weird jobs like that

when we were, when I was small.

932

: 00:40:47

If I was small then Vanessa

was probably like an infant.

933

: 00:40:50

Yeah, she worked at a ceramics

place and she worked at do

934

: 00:40:53

you know the brand Duck Head?

935

: 00:40:54

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Uh, vaguely.

936

: 00:40:55

Vaguely.

937

: 00:40:56

I think.

938

: 00:40:56

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

It's kind of like a, a tough

939

: 00:40:59

wearing, you know, jeans company.

940

: 00:41:01

I don't know if they're still around.

941

: 00:41:03

They had a plant there, in Jellico

942

: 00:41:05

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Oh.

943

: 00:41:06

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

that she worked at for a while.

944

: 00:41:08

I wonder if they're still around.

945

: 00:41:09

Always future facing, drawing

strength, growth and inspiration

946

: 00:41:14

from its deep roots in history.

947

: 00:41:16

These are clothes, you guys, are you okay?

948

: 00:41:21

Yeah.

949

: 00:41:22

Like this is one of those like

fancy brands that outsourced.

950

: 00:41:27

Its like they, it probably

went from in Jellico to.

951

: 00:41:31

Uh, Singapore or something, you

know, like they as soon as there

952

: 00:41:35

was a third er world to send

their, to outsource their labor to.

953

: 00:41:40

They did, but it was fucking, and it was

kind of weird because it was like whatever

954

: 00:41:46

factory there was around that there would

be random really nice clothes from it

955

: 00:41:50

on the poorest kids you've ever seen.

956

: 00:41:53

And it was always like stuff that

the stitches weren't quite right or,

957

: 00:41:57

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Right.

958

: 00:41:58

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

'cause they was uh, also, uh, a lot

959

: 00:42:00

of kids in the high school, they were

wearing Jordache and like Guess jeans,

960

: 00:42:05

like super popular, expensive shit.

961

: 00:42:07

But it's because it was all made

in factories around there, and

962

: 00:42:12

all the seconds got thrown out

or sold at the second stores.

963

: 00:42:16

Did you ever shop at those,

like the, was it goodies?

964

: 00:42:20

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Like the factory stores.

965

: 00:42:22

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Yeah, there was certain stores

966

: 00:42:24

around like Corbin or down in

Lafa that only sold seconds, and

967

: 00:42:29

I think Goodies was one of them.

968

: 00:42:31

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Yeah.

969

: 00:42:31

We had a goodies.

970

: 00:42:32

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: I

was in TJ Maxx one time and I said, I

971

: 00:42:35

was talking to the person I was with

and referenced, I said something like,

972

: 00:42:41

check the zippers on that before you

get it, because these are seconds,

973

: 00:42:46

and so sometimes it's the zipper.

974

: 00:42:47

And a, a staff member was going by and she

goes, they're not seconds, it's overstock.

975

: 00:42:52

And I was like, okay.

976

: 00:42:54

The overstock in the store just happens

to mostly have ruined zippers and seams

977

: 00:43:00

and two different length pants slicks.

978

: 00:43:03

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

Like Gabe's,

979

: 00:43:04

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Gabes, I haven't heard of that one.

980

: 00:43:06

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

oh, they're, they're a big chain.

981

: 00:43:08

Used to be Gabriel Brothers.

982

: 00:43:09

Now it's just Gabe's.

983

: 00:43:11

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

Gabe's?

984

: 00:43:11

No, I don't.

985

: 00:43:12

Don't use my precise location.

986

: 00:43:14

American off-price Department

store headquartered in

987

: 00:43:18

Morgantown, West Virginia.

988

: 00:43:20

Haven't heard of that one.

989

: 00:43:22

What about an Ollie's?

990

: 00:43:23

I love an Ollie's.

991

: 00:43:24

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

But there's a Ollie up here in BG

992

: 00:43:27

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248: Yeah.

993

: 00:43:28

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

where the big Lots used to be.

994

: 00:43:29

dash--he-him-_33_03-29-2026_110248:

I love a cheap ass store.

995

: 00:43:30

I.

996

: 00:43:31

beck-a-roonie-guest595_34_03-29-2026_120245:

yeah, me too.

997

: 00:43:32

But I will not eat food from them.

998

: 00:43:33

I just, my dad was a regional manager

for Big Lots at odd lots when in the

999

: 00:43:38

eighties and they would get food in and

there would be spoiled food in the food,

: 1000

00:43:42,975 --> 00:43:44,685

in the canned stuff and stuff like that.

: 1001

00:43:44,685 --> 00:43:46,695

And I just heard too many horror stories.

: 1002

00:43:46,845 --> 00:43:48,615

-: 2026

The dollar stores are the same way.

: 1003

00:43:49,945 --> 00:43:50,305

-: 2026

either.

: 1004

00:43:50,705 --> 00:43:52,475

-: 2026

like there are certain things that

: 1005

00:43:52,475 --> 00:43:54,995

I will get from a dollar store that

: 1006

00:43:55,395 --> 00:43:59,455

it's, it's kind of like knowing how

to buy food at the Dollar Store is

: 1007

00:43:59,455 --> 00:44:01,555

similar to being literate in media.

: 1008

00:44:02,326 --> 00:44:06,616

Like you have to know how to

decide what is okay to take

: 1009

00:44:06,616 --> 00:44:07,666

a chance on and what's not.

: 1010

00:44:08,066 --> 00:44:11,276

Like I've seen people that got

like dog food or something from

: 1011

00:44:11,276 --> 00:44:12,836

the Dollar Store, full 'em moths.

: 1012

00:44:13,236 --> 00:44:14,796

-: 2026

Have you seen the dollar steaks?

: 1013

00:44:15,066 --> 00:44:18,126

Who's buying and eaten the

dollar steaks from the Dollar

: 1014

00:44:18,246 --> 00:44:19,596

General or the Dollar Tree?

: 1015

00:44:19,596 --> 00:44:20,946

The Dollar Tree has 'em here.

: 1016

00:44:21,306 --> 00:44:21,696

-: 2026

Mm-hmm.

: 1017

00:44:22,026 --> 00:44:27,166

Like you go there and get some bulk

candy or get your pops or whatever.

: 1018

00:44:27,646 --> 00:44:29,036

But yeah.

: 1019

00:44:29,156 --> 00:44:30,986

-: 2026

a garbage can from my bathroom there.

: 1020

00:44:31,016 --> 00:44:31,436

Like

: 1021

00:44:31,556 --> 00:44:31,676

-: 2026

: 1022

00:44:31,796 --> 00:44:32,756

-: 2026

things like that or.

: 1023

00:44:33,156 --> 00:44:33,606

-: 2026

: 1024

00:44:34,006 --> 00:44:36,616

Although, like something

that happens out here.

: 1025

00:44:36,646 --> 00:44:38,086

'cause nobody cares.

: 1026

00:44:38,116 --> 00:44:40,486

Nobody, you're not, nobody's

gonna get reported for a

: 1027

00:44:40,486 --> 00:44:41,866

single goddamn thing out here.

: 1028

00:44:42,266 --> 00:44:47,186

So the stores, the grocery stores, they

don't cycle out their expired stuff.

: 1029

00:44:47,216 --> 00:44:53,496

They don't, I, I bought a thing of

peanut butter at the store here and

: 1030

00:44:53,496 --> 00:44:56,016

I opened it and it was more solid.

: 1031

00:44:56,046 --> 00:44:58,386

It was solid like Play-Doh

that had been set out.

: 1032

00:44:58,786 --> 00:45:04,616

And I was, and all of the um, the oil, the

peanut oil had separated up out the top.

: 1033

00:45:04,646 --> 00:45:07,586

And I was like, okay, maybe I

just need to stir it or something.

: 1034

00:45:07,986 --> 00:45:08,706

It wouldn't stir.

: 1035

00:45:08,706 --> 00:45:10,566

It was actually solid

: 1036

00:45:10,906 --> 00:45:11,126

-: 2026

wow.

: 1037

00:45:11,436 --> 00:45:11,886

-: 2026

under that.

: 1038

00:45:11,886 --> 00:45:13,326

And I was like, what is going on?

: 1039

00:45:13,326 --> 00:45:16,536

Because it was just Kroger brand,

which should have been my first

: 1040

00:45:16,566 --> 00:45:17,796

'cause there's not a Kroger here.

: 1041

00:45:17,886 --> 00:45:19,656

And it, I did not buy this at a Kroger.

: 1042

00:45:20,016 --> 00:45:22,326

I bought it at the, fell off

the back of the truck store

: 1043

00:45:22,801 --> 00:45:23,371

-: 2026

Gotcha.

: 1044

00:45:23,556 --> 00:45:24,966

-: 2026

So I was like, oh, okay.

: 1045

00:45:24,996 --> 00:45:29,766

And I looked at the uh, best Buy date on

it and it was six months prior to that.

: 1046

00:45:29,826 --> 00:45:30,456

-: 2026

Oh wow.

: 1047

00:45:30,856 --> 00:45:32,536

-: 2026

The best buy date on something

: 1048

00:45:32,536 --> 00:45:36,676

that is damn near shelf stable

is like two years in the future.

: 1049

00:45:37,339 --> 00:45:37,629

-: 2026

Yeah,

: 1050

00:45:38,064 --> 00:45:40,224

-: 2026

So this stuff rolled off of whatever

: 1051

00:45:40,224 --> 00:45:42,219

assembly line five years ago.

: 1052

00:45:43,416 --> 00:45:45,636

And I was like, what do I do about this?

: 1053

00:45:45,636 --> 00:45:47,886

You know, like I'm becoming

part of the problem now.

: 1054

00:45:47,886 --> 00:45:49,416

'cause I don't know

who to tell about this,

: 1055

00:45:54,813 --> 00:45:56,163

-: 2026

One time I saw a recipe on the

: 1056

00:45:56,163 --> 00:45:59,373

back of a ketchup bottle, and I

posted about it on Facebook and my

: 1057

00:45:59,373 --> 00:46:00,993

friend went and made the recipe.

: 1058

00:46:01,023 --> 00:46:01,983

Guess what it was?

: 1059

00:46:02,383 --> 00:46:02,603

-: 2026

: 1060

00:46:02,628 --> 00:46:04,398

-: 2026

Peanut butter, ketchup cookies.

: 1061

00:46:05,644 --> 00:46:07,629

-: 2026

was this like a name brand ketchup?

: 1062

00:46:08,029 --> 00:46:08,569

-: 2026

heinz.

: 1063

00:46:08,899 --> 00:46:09,829

-: 2026

Oh my god.

: 1064

00:46:09,829 --> 00:46:11,809

Was this a April Fool's joke or some shit?

: 1065

00:46:12,373 --> 00:46:13,903

-: 2026

it was just a regular bottle with

: 1066

00:46:13,903 --> 00:46:17,803

a peanut butter cookie recipe on

the back of it when I was appalled.

: 1067

00:46:17,803 --> 00:46:21,043

So I posted about it on Facebook, and

my friend Tara was like, I'll bake 'em.

: 1068

00:46:21,403 --> 00:46:23,743

And she made them, and she

said they weren't too bad.

: 1069

00:46:24,143 --> 00:46:24,683

I was like, Ugh,

: 1070

00:46:25,455 --> 00:46:26,230

-: 2026

What a weird

: 1071

00:46:26,563 --> 00:46:28,243

-: 2026

yeah, I like sweet and salty, you know?

: 1072

00:46:28,243 --> 00:46:29,473

I like sweet and sour.

: 1073

00:46:29,473 --> 00:46:33,973

I like the, the dichotomy of sweet

and something else, but no, no, no.

: 1074

00:46:33,973 --> 00:46:35,233

Not peanut butter and ketchup.

: 1075

00:46:35,633 --> 00:46:37,553

-: 2026

Yeah, well, 'cause ketchup isn't,

: 1076

00:46:37,803 --> 00:46:39,333

it's neither sweet nor salty.

: 1077

00:46:39,573 --> 00:46:40,983

Tomatoes are umami.

: 1078

00:46:41,013 --> 00:46:43,963

So there are five tongue tastes.

: 1079

00:46:43,963 --> 00:46:47,853

I think especially in the western

world in America, we only think

: 1080

00:46:47,858 --> 00:46:51,513

about the four sweet salty,

sour, and what's the other one?

: 1081

00:46:51,913 --> 00:46:52,333

Bitter.

: 1082

00:46:52,583 --> 00:46:52,883

-: 2026

Yeah.

: 1083

00:46:53,153 --> 00:46:55,073

-: 2026

but there's a fifth one called umami,

: 1084

00:46:55,343 --> 00:46:58,623

which is the flavor of a mushroom.

: 1085

00:46:58,623 --> 00:46:59,913

It's that earthy flavor.

: 1086

00:47:00,313 --> 00:47:05,623

And tomatoes are really like

somebody I, I saw some Alton Brown

: 1087

00:47:05,623 --> 00:47:09,223

thing where they were looking for

the most umami flavor there is.

: 1088

00:47:09,223 --> 00:47:11,383

And tomatoes have the most of that.

: 1089

00:47:11,383 --> 00:47:17,683

And so like, that's one of the reasons

why like ketchup is shoved full of sugar

: 1090

00:47:17,743 --> 00:47:22,603

and all these other additives and it's

still always gonna taste like that.

: 1091

00:47:23,003 --> 00:47:25,163

You can't get the tomato ness out of it.

: 1092

00:47:25,563 --> 00:47:27,603

It's one of the reasons

I think it does exist.

: 1093

00:47:27,723 --> 00:47:31,053

Isn't it also technically a mustard

getting into weird stuff here?

: 1094

00:47:31,453 --> 00:47:33,953

' cause there's different kinds

of mustards or No, there's

: 1095

00:47:33,953 --> 00:47:34,733

different kinds of ketchups.

: 1096

00:47:35,501 --> 00:47:36,281

What is ketchup?

: 1097

00:47:37,417 --> 00:47:38,707

Google's gonna be so sick of me.

: 1098

00:47:39,107 --> 00:47:40,147

-: 2026

Google's just gonna be glad

: 1099

00:47:40,147 --> 00:47:42,812

you're not searching for porn like

everybody else on the internet.

: 1100

00:47:43,958 --> 00:47:46,253

Unless you're using the mustard

for the and for the porn.

: 1101

00:47:46,653 --> 00:47:46,743

-: 2026

: 1102

00:47:47,143 --> 00:47:47,653

All right.

: 1103

00:47:48,053 --> 00:47:51,003

Different kinds of ketchup.

: 1104

00:47:51,403 --> 00:47:55,763

Banana, mango, apple, mushroom,

walnut, curry, truffle.

: 1105

00:47:55,763 --> 00:47:55,973

Yeah.

: 1106

00:47:55,973 --> 00:48:02,269

So there's like, ketchup is a process,

not necessarily its ingredients,

: 1107

00:48:02,669 --> 00:48:07,246

um, but like, um, I think America

is most into tomato, ketchup.

: 1108

00:48:07,646 --> 00:48:09,176

-: 2026

Fancy tomato ketchup at that.

: 1109

00:48:09,281 --> 00:48:10,001

-: 2026

tomato, ketchup.

: 1110

00:48:10,001 --> 00:48:10,241

Yeah.

: 1111

00:48:10,661 --> 00:48:13,781

Like this is, I have gone down

this rabbit hole before and I,

: 1112

00:48:13,781 --> 00:48:16,211

I'm not gonna do it again because

it actually gets kind of deep.

: 1113

00:48:16,611 --> 00:48:17,481

I, but ketchup.

: 1114

00:48:17,541 --> 00:48:18,381

Oh my God.

: 1115

00:48:18,621 --> 00:48:20,871

That used to be I would

eat ketchup sandwiches.

: 1116

00:48:20,871 --> 00:48:22,731

I would eat shit just so

I could put ketchup on it.

: 1117

00:48:23,131 --> 00:48:23,211

-: 2026

Ew.

: 1118

00:48:23,556 --> 00:48:27,006

So when I worked at a group home one

time, I had a same guy that did that too.

: 1119

00:48:27,126 --> 00:48:31,910

He say, put ketchup on it, Harv,

and he put ketchup on everything.

: 1120

00:48:32,310 --> 00:48:34,800

-: 2026

Uh, I'm, I mean, I'm prob I

: 1121

00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:36,330

wouldn't say everything, but I do.

: 1122

00:48:36,730 --> 00:48:38,470

I don't know, I just

loved the flavor of it.

: 1123

00:48:38,470 --> 00:48:43,420

I loved that my two favorite flavors

were whatever that umami was.

: 1124

00:48:43,420 --> 00:48:45,100

Like anything that had that in it.

: 1125

00:48:45,500 --> 00:48:47,840

Um, and salt.

: 1126

00:48:48,290 --> 00:48:55,180

So I would take just a white piece

of white bread and put a fuck load

: 1127

00:48:55,180 --> 00:48:58,670

of ketchup on it and just another

piece on top of it, and that I would

: 1128

00:48:58,730 --> 00:49:00,410

eat literally a ketchup sandwich.

: 1129

00:49:00,711 --> 00:49:04,191

I would, um, suck on bullion cubes.

: 1130

00:49:04,973 --> 00:49:05,053

-: 2026

Ew.

: 1131

00:49:05,584 --> 00:49:06,694

-: 2026

I just, I think I needed a

: 1132

00:49:06,694 --> 00:49:08,254

lot of salt when I was a kid.

: 1133

00:49:08,254 --> 00:49:10,114

I think my body was like craving salt.

: 1134

00:49:10,314 --> 00:49:13,734

'Cause I would also take

the, the salt packets.

: 1135

00:49:13,734 --> 00:49:16,494

You'd get it like a Hardee's or

something, and I would put them in my

: 1136

00:49:16,584 --> 00:49:19,044

lip, like it was a, a dip or something.

: 1137

00:49:19,044 --> 00:49:22,444

And I would suck on those

until the salt was all gone.

: 1138

00:49:22,444 --> 00:49:23,374

And then I would eat the paper.

: 1139

00:49:23,374 --> 00:49:24,934

I used to also love eating paper.

: 1140

00:49:25,206 --> 00:49:25,896

-: 2026

That's different.

: 1141

00:49:26,129 --> 00:49:27,359

-: 2026

I think that I just was

: 1142

00:49:27,359 --> 00:49:28,889

a little malnourished.

: 1143

00:49:29,099 --> 00:49:33,629

And so I, I remember like

crawling around the floor looking

: 1144

00:49:33,629 --> 00:49:34,829

for pieces of paper to eat,

: 1145

00:49:38,008 --> 00:49:41,578

and then I discovered the spices

and things in the cabinet.

: 1146

00:49:41,578 --> 00:49:44,848

And so I would, I would

suck on the bullion cubes.

: 1147

00:49:44,848 --> 00:49:46,018

Those were my favorites.

: 1148

00:49:46,318 --> 00:49:49,498

And I think mom actually did eventually

be like, where's all my bullion going?

: 1149

00:49:50,676 --> 00:49:55,416

That's how I, I, I think learned

to make meals and get calories

: 1150

00:49:55,416 --> 00:49:58,926

and things like that from the,

at the food court and stuff.

: 1151

00:49:58,926 --> 00:50:02,796

Like, I would take the hot sauce packets

and I would eat those ketchup packets,

: 1152

00:50:02,796 --> 00:50:06,906

mustard, honey, and a lot of like, salt.

: 1153

00:50:06,906 --> 00:50:08,436

And I would just eat

that stuff all the time.

: 1154

00:50:08,836 --> 00:50:10,006

But yeah, it is real weird.

: 1155

00:50:10,406 --> 00:50:10,696

-: 2026

Yeah,

: 1156

00:50:10,971 --> 00:50:11,781

-: 2026

I don't know what paper,

: 1157

00:50:11,781 --> 00:50:12,531

what it was about paper.

: 1158

00:50:12,531 --> 00:50:14,031

There's nothing nutritional about paper.

: 1159

00:50:14,091 --> 00:50:14,901

I just liked it.

: 1160

00:50:15,301 --> 00:50:16,231

-: 2026

it's got a lot of fiber,

: 1161

00:50:16,686 --> 00:50:17,196

-: 2026

: 1162

00:50:17,596 --> 00:50:17,896

-: 2026

but I'm,

: 1163

00:50:18,606 --> 00:50:19,476

-: 2026

well, did you bring us a

: 1164

00:50:19,476 --> 00:50:20,736

noun of Appalachian interest?

: 1165

00:50:21,096 --> 00:50:23,226

-: 2026

I did, I did, I did.

: 1166

00:50:23,226 --> 00:50:28,371

Uh, this one has my mother-in-law

in mind because she has a whole.

: 1167

00:50:29,641 --> 00:50:30,541

full of these.

: 1168

00:50:30,751 --> 00:50:31,021

-: 2026

: 1169

00:50:31,141 --> 00:50:32,641

-: 2026

All right, let's talk about a true

: 1170

00:50:32,641 --> 00:50:35,401

Appalachian icon, the paper plate holder.

: 1171

00:50:35,761 --> 00:50:38,911

Now, if you didn't grow up with

one, it might not look like much.

: 1172

00:50:38,911 --> 00:50:43,741

Just a little plastic frame, usually

red that your paper plate snaps into.

: 1173

00:50:44,041 --> 00:50:48,001

But the second that you use it, you

realize this thing is doing serious work.

: 1174

00:50:48,271 --> 00:50:52,051

It takes a plate that's one scoop

of potato salad away from folding

: 1175

00:50:52,051 --> 00:50:54,871

in half and turning it into

something you can actually trust.

: 1176

00:50:55,201 --> 00:50:57,121

Because Appalachian food is heavy.

: 1177

00:50:57,421 --> 00:51:00,451

We're not out here balancing a

few chips and calling it dinner.

: 1178

00:51:00,661 --> 00:51:04,351

We're sticking baked beans and macaroni,

deviled eggs, and maybe a piece of

: 1179

00:51:04,351 --> 00:51:06,181

cakes that's that's already leaning.

: 1180

00:51:06,541 --> 00:51:09,181

That plate is under pressure,

and without help, it's gonna

: 1181

00:51:09,181 --> 00:51:11,101

fail you, but not with a holder.

: 1182

00:51:11,521 --> 00:51:13,771

That little piece of

plastic gives you structure.

: 1183

00:51:13,771 --> 00:51:18,241

You can stand to talk, walk across the

yard, maybe even chase a kid or two,

: 1184

00:51:18,241 --> 00:51:19,596

and your food stays where it belongs.

: 1185

00:51:20,360 --> 00:51:24,050

No midair folding, no panic

catch, just stability.

: 1186

00:51:24,110 --> 00:51:25,430

And you'll see them everywhere.

: 1187

00:51:25,430 --> 00:51:27,530

Cookouts, church dinners, family reunions.

: 1188

00:51:27,740 --> 00:51:29,210

Somebody always brings a stack.

: 1189

00:51:29,390 --> 00:51:32,450

Some are a little warped, some got a

stain that tell a story, but they're all

: 1190

00:51:32,450 --> 00:51:34,850

still in rotation, still doing their job.

: 1191

00:51:35,150 --> 00:51:37,820

It's not fancy, it's not

new, but it solves a problem.

: 1192

00:51:37,820 --> 00:51:41,330

And it solves it well, the paper plate

holder, because sometimes you don't need

: 1193

00:51:41,330 --> 00:51:43,520

more plate, you just need a little backup.

: 1194

00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:46,500

-: 2026

I remember, um, styrofoam

: 1195

00:51:46,500 --> 00:51:48,030

plates were revolutionary.

: 1196

00:51:48,060 --> 00:51:51,405

Everybody thought those were just,

' cause they, they solved that problem.

: 1197

00:51:51,934 --> 00:51:52,264

-: 2026

Yeah.

: 1198

00:51:52,264 --> 00:51:53,344

The soggy problem.

: 1199

00:51:53,744 --> 00:51:54,944

But they would break in half pretty

: 1200

00:51:55,294 --> 00:51:55,714

-: 2026

Mm-hmm.

: 1201

00:51:56,114 --> 00:51:58,184

-: 2026

But yeah, no, the, the paper plate holder,

: 1202

00:51:58,304 --> 00:52:02,954

uh, my mother-in-law has been using

those since Shanna was a kid and they,

: 1203

00:52:02,954 --> 00:52:05,564

they, she's a diehard fan of them, man.

: 1204

00:52:05,894 --> 00:52:07,184

And I think they're great.

: 1205

00:52:07,184 --> 00:52:07,394

'cause you

: 1206

00:52:07,519 --> 00:52:07,759

-: 2026

: 1207

00:52:07,904 --> 00:52:09,764

-: 2026

dishes, but you still get dish quality.

: 1208

00:52:10,154 --> 00:52:10,724

You know,

: 1209

00:52:10,789 --> 00:52:11,119

-: 2026

: 1210

00:52:11,179 --> 00:52:11,897

They're genius.

: 1211

00:52:12,097 --> 00:52:15,157

And if you lost one or broke

one, then you were in some shit.

: 1212

00:52:15,557 --> 00:52:20,237

Vanessa had a birthday yesterday

and she said her kids got her

: 1213

00:52:20,477 --> 00:52:22,722

silverware for her birthday.

: 1214

00:52:23,218 --> 00:52:24,693

-: 2026

That's an odd choice.

: 1215

00:52:25,093 --> 00:52:26,473

-: 2026

Maybe she wanted it, maybe she

: 1216

00:52:26,473 --> 00:52:29,597

did that thing where she was like,

sure would like some silverware And

: 1217

00:52:29,597 --> 00:52:30,857

the kids are like, I have an idea.

: 1218

00:52:31,443 --> 00:52:34,243

Mom's gonna be 70 this year, assuming.

: 1219

00:52:34,497 --> 00:52:35,487

-: 2026

Yeah, my mom died two

: 1220

00:52:35,487 --> 00:52:36,777

weeks before she turned 70.

: 1221

00:52:36,777 --> 00:52:37,827

She almost made it.

: 1222

00:52:38,202 --> 00:52:38,772

-: 2026

: 1223

00:52:39,172 --> 00:52:44,330

You know, like she's back in the

hospital, um, now, but, they say

: 1224

00:52:44,330 --> 00:52:45,860

they have an idea for treatment.

: 1225

00:52:45,860 --> 00:52:49,250

Here's the thing, here's the thing

about what this big, beautiful fucking

: 1226

00:52:49,250 --> 00:52:53,340

bill has done and about what rural.

: 1227

00:52:53,740 --> 00:52:59,050

Access to rural medicine is like,

because they know what's wrong with her.

: 1228

00:52:59,050 --> 00:53:02,480

She's got lung cancer and she has,

uh, some sort of heart failure.

: 1229

00:53:02,510 --> 00:53:06,840

They're not sure, but, um, she's

gonna need a pacemaker and they

: 1230

00:53:06,840 --> 00:53:11,290

keep having to drain off fluid

that collects in her chest.

: 1231

00:53:11,350 --> 00:53:12,460

I'm not sure where it's coming from.

: 1232

00:53:12,520 --> 00:53:14,960

The all that stuff is so jammed together.

: 1233

00:53:15,020 --> 00:53:15,320

But,

: 1234

00:53:15,610 --> 00:53:15,960

-: 2026

Right.

: 1235

00:53:16,360 --> 00:53:19,550

-: 2026

so like they know she needs a pacemaker

: 1236

00:53:19,820 --> 00:53:26,730

and some medication to help with that,

but her heart's not, it's not awful.

: 1237

00:53:26,730 --> 00:53:26,940

Right?

: 1238

00:53:26,940 --> 00:53:27,690

It can be repaired.

: 1239

00:53:27,690 --> 00:53:29,190

She might need a new valve, maybe.

: 1240

00:53:29,440 --> 00:53:35,660

But they can't do that until they treat

the cancer because cancer is causing the

: 1241

00:53:35,660 --> 00:53:38,520

excess fluid, uh, problem they think.

: 1242

00:53:38,730 --> 00:53:43,020

But they can't treat the cancer until they

find out whether it's metastasized first.

: 1243

00:53:43,420 --> 00:53:44,980

They can't do that until they.

: 1244

00:53:45,380 --> 00:53:50,370

Do this kind of scan, a PET scan, and

there's one fucking pet scanner in all of

: 1245

00:53:50,370 --> 00:53:55,150

eastern Kentucky that drives around on a

semi-truck and it's like from hospital to

: 1246

00:53:55,150 --> 00:53:57,400

hospital and it's booked out for months.

: 1247

00:53:57,800 --> 00:53:58,550

So

: 1248

00:53:58,550 --> 00:53:59,450

-: 2026

oh wow.

: 1249

00:53:59,750 --> 00:54:02,600

-: 2026

it's like they feel like they could,

: 1250

00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:07,710

whatever it is, is treatable, but

is there time to navigate this mess?

: 1251

00:54:07,710 --> 00:54:10,330

And then, not to mention that

they're on Medicare and one of

: 1252

00:54:10,330 --> 00:54:11,890

those parts has been canceled.

: 1253

00:54:11,890 --> 00:54:13,930

So that probably adds to the wait time.

: 1254

00:54:14,330 --> 00:54:14,960

-: 2026

Yeah, for

: 1255

00:54:14,960 --> 00:54:15,500

sure.

: 1256

00:54:15,890 --> 00:54:17,630

Could they go to a

different part of the state?

: 1257

00:54:18,030 --> 00:54:20,280

-: 2026

No, like you have to go, you have

: 1258

00:54:20,280 --> 00:54:25,920

to go through that maze of referral

and seeing this doctor, like for,

: 1259

00:54:25,920 --> 00:54:27,690

she's in the hospital right now.

: 1260

00:54:27,870 --> 00:54:32,100

They can't do the scans because

they can't be ordered out of order.

: 1261

00:54:32,310 --> 00:54:34,980

'cause Vanessa was like, can't they

just sneak this shit in while you're

: 1262

00:54:35,190 --> 00:54:36,270

just sitting there in the hospital?

: 1263

00:54:36,270 --> 00:54:37,320

And she's like, Nope.

: 1264

00:54:37,320 --> 00:54:37,980

Apparently not.

: 1265

00:54:38,380 --> 00:54:39,460

-: 2026

Bless her heart.

: 1266

00:54:39,550 --> 00:54:41,080

-: 2026

is what we meant by this

: 1267

00:54:41,080 --> 00:54:42,130

is gonna kill people.

: 1268

00:54:42,530 --> 00:54:43,100

-: 2026

Yeah.

: 1269

00:54:43,500 --> 00:54:45,720

-: 2026

Because when you cut down on the

: 1270

00:54:45,720 --> 00:54:49,290

resource itself, then it turns

into a case of there's one scanner

: 1271

00:54:49,290 --> 00:54:54,550

floating around a whole region trying

to treat its aging population whose

: 1272

00:54:54,890 --> 00:54:57,020

benefits have also been canceled.

: 1273

00:54:57,420 --> 00:54:58,380

I just thought of that though.

: 1274

00:54:58,380 --> 00:55:01,890

Like when I, I remember thinking about

the big beautiful bill and it feel, it

: 1275

00:55:01,890 --> 00:55:06,150

felt like we kind of moved on, which we

do because this shit just keeps coming.

: 1276

00:55:06,939 --> 00:55:09,519

and then I just remembered

like, no, this is what we knew.

: 1277

00:55:09,519 --> 00:55:10,959

This is how we knew this was gonna go.

: 1278

00:55:10,959 --> 00:55:12,939

This is what it's gonna do for people.

: 1279

00:55:13,339 --> 00:55:15,529

I just, I hope we get out of this shit,

: 1280

00:55:15,929 --> 00:55:17,014

-: 2026

I hope we survive it.

: 1281

00:55:17,414 --> 00:55:19,094

-: 2026

but it just could be too late.

: 1282

00:55:19,094 --> 00:55:21,254

It probably already is too

late for several people.

: 1283

00:55:21,314 --> 00:55:22,184

I mean, for all we know.

: 1284

00:55:22,584 --> 00:55:23,904

I think he's gonna die soon though.

: 1285

00:55:23,904 --> 00:55:25,854

People are like, he looks like shit.

: 1286

00:55:26,254 --> 00:55:26,644

-: 2026

Well.

: 1287

00:55:26,884 --> 00:55:27,754

We can hope

: 1288

00:55:28,154 --> 00:55:28,394

-: 2026

: 1289

00:55:28,394 --> 00:55:30,404

If anybody's getting the best

medical care in the world, it's

: 1290

00:55:30,404 --> 00:55:32,154

gonna be this undeserving fuck.

: 1291

00:55:32,244 --> 00:55:32,754

-: 2026

hard.

: 1292

00:55:32,904 --> 00:55:32,964

Yeah.

: 1293

00:55:34,125 --> 00:55:35,445

-: 2026

I'm, I'm impressed that she's

: 1294

00:55:35,445 --> 00:55:36,765

going to the doctor, right?

: 1295

00:55:36,765 --> 00:55:40,302

Like, this is not behavior that she has

ever like exhibited before in her life.

: 1296

00:55:40,782 --> 00:55:43,732

So, and she said something

like, gosh, why me?

: 1297

00:55:43,732 --> 00:55:45,622

Why does it feel like it's

all piling up right now?

: 1298

00:55:45,622 --> 00:55:48,502

And I was like, I don't know, because

you've been sick for decades and

: 1299

00:55:48,502 --> 00:55:50,302

refused to go to the fucking doctor.

: 1300

00:55:50,702 --> 00:55:51,472

-: 2026

That could be it,

: 1301

00:55:52,139 --> 00:55:53,549

-: 2026

And she just went, good point.

: 1302

00:55:53,949 --> 00:55:55,389

I learned it from watching you, mom.

: 1303

00:55:58,325 --> 00:55:59,555

No, I'm going to the doc.

: 1304

00:55:59,585 --> 00:56:01,715

I mean, I haven't, but I am now.

: 1305

00:56:01,715 --> 00:56:04,265

I'm trying to become somebody that

takes their health more seriously

: 1306

00:56:04,265 --> 00:56:06,035

in my forties instead of my sixties

: 1307

00:56:06,435 --> 00:56:06,785

-: 2026

right?

: 1308

00:56:07,402 --> 00:56:07,972

-: 2026

anyway.

: 1309

00:56:08,372 --> 00:56:11,522

It's gonna be 60 degrees here today,

so I think I'm gonna go for a bike

: 1310

00:56:11,522 --> 00:56:14,112

ride before I make make the episode.

: 1311

00:56:14,512 --> 00:56:16,372

-: 2026

Shanna had the whole weekend off

: 1312

00:56:16,772 --> 00:56:17,282

-: 2026

All right.

: 1313

00:56:17,282 --> 00:56:19,122

-: 2026

here I didn't do any work

: 1314

00:56:19,182 --> 00:56:20,232

'cause Tracy was here.

: 1315

00:56:20,232 --> 00:56:25,032

So Shanna goes to work at four and I

have lots of work to do to keep me busy.

: 1316

00:56:25,062 --> 00:56:25,542

So,

: 1317

00:56:25,902 --> 00:56:28,792

-: 2026

Well, I'll be working too, and

: 1318

00:56:29,192 --> 00:56:33,342

tomorrow I'll be doing scary and

uncomfortable things and then after

: 1319

00:56:33,342 --> 00:56:35,772

that I'll, I don't know what I'll do.

: 1320

00:56:35,892 --> 00:56:39,372

I'll make a to-do list and I'll, I'll

post it on the Facebook and we'll all.

: 1321

00:56:39,772 --> 00:56:43,742

We can all say what we're

gonna do today on Monday, and

: 1322

00:56:43,742 --> 00:56:45,672

then whether we did it or not,

: 1323

00:56:46,072 --> 00:56:46,582

-: 2026

you know, there's only

: 1324

00:56:46,582 --> 00:56:47,962

four weeks left of classes.

: 1325

00:56:48,362 --> 00:56:48,872

-: 2026

: 1326

00:56:49,272 --> 00:56:50,682

-: 2026

Thank the baby Jesus.

: 1327

00:56:51,082 --> 00:56:54,112

-: 2026

there's a, a job I gotta apply for

: 1328

00:56:54,112 --> 00:56:58,942

over in the cities, uh, for a summer

course they need taught that I am,

: 1329

00:56:59,342 --> 00:57:00,542

it's something about television.

: 1330

00:57:00,542 --> 00:57:02,162

So it's like, oh shit, I can do that.

: 1331

00:57:02,562 --> 00:57:02,942

-: 2026

Yeah.

: 1332

00:57:03,342 --> 00:57:05,022

-: 2026

that's, uh, on my to-do list tomorrow

: 1333

00:57:05,022 --> 00:57:08,952

is to apply for a couple of jobs

I've found or people have sent me.

: 1334

00:57:09,352 --> 00:57:09,982

I really do.

: 1335

00:57:10,012 --> 00:57:14,182

Like I'm, I have some good people

to good support and, you know,

: 1336

00:57:14,182 --> 00:57:17,362

people like send me like, Hey, is

this something you could apply to?

: 1337

00:57:17,362 --> 00:57:20,242

I'm like, fuck, I don't know, but

I'll, I'm sending my resume in.

: 1338

00:57:20,642 --> 00:57:20,992

-: 2026

Right.

: 1339

00:57:21,022 --> 00:57:21,982

-: 2026

We'll see.

: 1340

00:57:22,382 --> 00:57:24,482

Well I guess we ought go.

: 1341

00:57:24,682 --> 00:57:27,532

Listeners have a, have a nice week.

: 1342

00:57:27,742 --> 00:57:29,962

Hopefully it's getting warm there.

: 1343

00:57:29,962 --> 00:57:32,422

If it has been cold like it has been here.

: 1344

00:57:32,822 --> 00:57:32,942

-: 2026

I.

: 1345

00:57:33,342 --> 00:57:34,722

-: 2026

And should we do Coal

: 1346

00:57:34,722 --> 00:57:35,862

Miner's Daughter next week?

: 1347

00:57:35,982 --> 00:57:37,572

Will you have time to watch the movie or,

: 1348

00:57:37,972 --> 00:57:41,062

-: 2026

Uh, lemme get back to you on that.

: 1349

00:57:41,377 --> 00:57:41,617

-: 2026

all right.

: 1350

00:57:41,662 --> 00:57:42,742

-: 2026

check some things out and I'll,

: 1351

00:57:42,742 --> 00:57:43,882

I'll, I'll see what I can do.

: 1352

00:57:44,282 --> 00:57:44,572

-: 2026

: 1353

00:57:44,972 --> 00:57:49,402

We also, if, if, if anybody wants to

actually be in our discord, we don't

: 1354

00:57:49,402 --> 00:57:52,822

do anything with it, and there's like

three people in it, including us.

: 1355

00:57:53,222 --> 00:57:57,182

But, uh, uh, some people, 'cause I

mentioned it before, have actually

: 1356

00:57:57,182 --> 00:57:59,604

asked like, what do, what do we do that?

: 1357

00:57:59,754 --> 00:58:03,574

So if you want to join the

Discord, I'll figure out a I'll.

: 1358

00:58:03,974 --> 00:58:05,669

I don't think we have to

worry about anybody being in

: 1359

00:58:05,669 --> 00:58:07,829

there like horrible, you know?

: 1360

00:58:07,919 --> 00:58:12,269

How would you even find a Queernecks

Discord if it wasn't for you?

: 1361

00:58:13,229 --> 00:58:13,289

So,

: 1362

00:58:13,289 --> 00:58:13,919

-: 2026

Right.

: 1363

00:58:14,319 --> 00:58:15,969

-: 2026

I'll, I'll work on that now that I,

: 1364

00:58:15,969 --> 00:58:18,999

now that I'm not doing anything except

for trying to find gainful employment

: 1365

00:58:19,369 --> 00:58:22,919

I'll, I'll try to, I'll work on making

that into a space we can actually

: 1366

00:58:22,919 --> 00:58:27,389

hang out and maybe do fun things and

then we can watch movies in there.

: 1367

00:58:27,789 --> 00:58:32,869

Or we could have YouTube nights and like,

you know, like where we show our favorite

: 1368

00:58:32,869 --> 00:58:34,549

YouTube videos or something like that.

: 1369

00:58:34,949 --> 00:58:36,149

Fucking love a YouTube night

: 1370

00:58:36,549 --> 00:58:37,849

-: 2026

We got to show Tracy the

: 1371

00:58:38,009 --> 00:58:38,569

goodness of the biscuit.

: 1372

00:58:38,659 --> 00:58:39,009

Video

: 1373

00:58:39,409 --> 00:58:40,999

-: 2026

taste goodness.

: 1374

00:58:42,269 --> 00:58:43,849

-: 2026

and it's special honey sauce.

: 1375

00:58:44,164 --> 00:58:47,001

-: 2026

You know, the um, the Body Roll song.

: 1376

00:58:47,361 --> 00:58:48,891

Watch out for my body roll.

: 1377

00:58:48,981 --> 00:58:49,461

Okay.

: 1378

00:58:49,521 --> 00:58:51,771

Like we are, we are gonna

have a YouTube night.

: 1379

00:58:52,191 --> 00:58:55,011

Listeners comment on wherever this is.

: 1380

00:58:55,011 --> 00:58:57,591

If it is on Spotify, you

can use the comment feature.

: 1381

00:58:57,591 --> 00:59:00,381

If you're listening on Apple, I

don't know how the fuck that works.

: 1382

00:59:00,631 --> 00:59:02,341

, Just send us an email at.

: 1383

00:59:02,761 --> 00:59:03,381

mailbag@queernecks.com.

: 1384

00:59:05,931 --> 00:59:09,771

Send me a Facebook message

or an an Instagram message.

: 1385

00:59:10,171 --> 00:59:13,471

And, and we'll get this going and

we'll start having YouTube nights.

: 1386

00:59:13,871 --> 00:59:14,161

-: 2026

That

: 1387

00:59:14,196 --> 00:59:17,266

-: 2026

also put it in the, uh, the newsletter.

: 1388

00:59:17,266 --> 00:59:20,846

If you subscribe to the newsletter,

we, we'll get this shit together.

: 1389

00:59:20,906 --> 00:59:23,516

We'll, we'll turn this into

something everybody can like.

: 1390

00:59:23,916 --> 00:59:25,896

And yeah, have a good rest of the week.

: 1391

00:59:26,296 --> 00:59:28,036

Thank you to everybody.

: 1392

00:59:28,036 --> 00:59:28,936

Who do we need to thank?

: 1393

00:59:28,936 --> 00:59:29,806

We never do that.

: 1394

00:59:30,051 --> 00:59:30,401

Thank

: 1395

00:59:30,831 --> 00:59:31,051

-: 2026

Uh,

: 1396

00:59:31,451 --> 00:59:32,771

-: 2026

you to the listeners.

: 1397

00:59:33,171 --> 00:59:33,631

-: 2026

for sure.

: 1398

00:59:34,031 --> 00:59:36,261

-: 2026

I don't know if you all know how much

: 1399

00:59:36,261 --> 00:59:37,996

it means to us that anybody listens.

: 1400

00:59:38,396 --> 00:59:39,366

-: 2026

It's amazing to me.

: 1401

00:59:39,696 --> 00:59:41,796

-: 2026

Yeah, it really, I mean it adds

: 1402

00:59:41,796 --> 00:59:46,066

this layer to something that's fun

already, but just actually meaningful

: 1403

00:59:46,066 --> 00:59:47,596

now and that's fucking wild to me.

: 1404

00:59:47,596 --> 00:59:50,426

I never thought I'd do anything

meaningful, but, um, yeah.

: 1405

00:59:50,516 --> 00:59:53,306

We'll, we'll see y'all

out there next time.

: 1406

00:59:53,516 --> 00:59:55,081

Be good and say hi to your mom and them.