ANMA - Geoff’s Wedding

Episode Date: December 18, 2023

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We talked about how the sun is hot. We talked about the NBA play internment. The NBA MC's internment. The end of the year slow down, we talked about the NBA play internment. The NBA emits season tournament. The end of the year slow down, we talked about a lot about TV shows. How we're an amazing race podcast. Common interest puke in late night testing. She's a finale this week.

There you go. So that was all last time. And now it's this time. Good morning, Guston. There you go. Who do you think is gonna, who do you pull in for to win? Is it okay to talk about that? We're not worried about spoilers or anything? I mean it's airing live Hey, if you if you are super invested in amazing race, but you haven't seen the latest episode

Don't listen to the next 45 seconds. I don't I kind of imagine who that would be I'm hoping like I'm fine with all three teams that are headed to the be. I'm hoping, like, I'm fine with all three teams that are headed to the final. I'm hoping Robin Quarry would. The father or son? I'd say, they're just adorable. So good. Really wholesome, so supportive, so positive.

Also, the dad looks so much like cousin Sal. I can't get up. The dad's, he's really funny. The brothers, I think, are adorable too. They are so positive. I hate them because they're talented at everything they do like everything they pick up. I was like oh I I lived in France and I know French now because

It is like he's like oh luckily everything's in French because I'm fluent in French cool And he's like my brother is too, but not as good as me anyway. We'll be fine We're like oh this this this challenge which should be incredibly difficult for anyone. We're just gonna breeze through it Yeah, oh, yeah, I've never done this incredibly complicated thing before, but it's like this other incredibly weird obscure thing I've done. Yeah, no problem. I've never seen two people who are just so able to quickly pick something up and just so talented everything they do.

They're how people see themselves in their head. Yeah. I can figure that out. But they actually, yeah. I have nothing against the best friends, but they are who we would be if we were on the show, old, at a shape, dudes. They had a really great moment a couple of weeks ago

where they thought they were last. They were like, you know what, let's just slow down, let's just appreciate it. They were like eating their sausages and just hanging out and they show up to the mat. And they're like, you're not last. Like what? Yeah, that was really sweet. I thought that was great.

Really enjoy the process, enjoy the journey, kind of thing. But speaking of reality shows, you mentioned the Squid Game Show last week. The challenge. Squid Game Challenge. Squid Game the challenge. So I've been watching 10 episodes. I've been watching 10 episodes this past weekend. It's really well made

But the whole time I was watching it it just kept bothering me how much The crew whoever decided to go forward with it just missed the point entirely of the show And I thought you know after we talked about it Maybe they did something a redeem it or made something to make sense like no It's just like some dumb dumb who watched Squid Game was like, hey, you know what would be cool? If we make that game for real. It's like that's kind of... Yeah, that's kind of the premise.

It's kind of, this is the whole point about like, how capitalism is evil and just thrives on crushing people and destroying them. And they're like, nah, nah, nah, nah, let's just do the games. No, no, no, no, I think it makes the point for capitalism. I think the show is 100%. Like the show is like, oh, you can make more money off this doing it differently. This is capitalism, baby, and they'll eat it up, and I'm eating it up,

and I have to point out, because it's like, oh, it's fucking terrible. Anyway, I'll watch it all every episode of season two. It's terrible because they just missed it, but it was well executed. No, I think they got it. I think that's not something they missed anything. That being said, you know, I did hear about, there was something that annoyed me about this, and it's not about the show itself, it's about people's reaction to the show. There's a lot of talk, I believe the show was filmed

in January this year. So it's really cool. There's a lot of talk online about like troubles or in production, about how contestants were getting hurt, and it was like really cold. Do you know where it was filmed? There was something in England. Okay.

And it's supposedly some people who claimed they had hypothermia, some of the need to like serious medical attention. It's this whole thing, who knows, right? I didn't see anybody's breath. Ha ha ha ha ha. Well, supposedly, during, and I'm not gonna give any spoilers

because the final episode just came out a few days ago apparently. Apparently when they were filming red light green light, filming that challenge took seven hours. I heard that, yeah. And that sometimes they would have to freeze and hold in position for 30 to 40 minutes while they reviewed footage to like go over

to see who need to be eliminated and who didn't and that it was like an unheated airplane hanger in January. That sounds terrible. Which sounds awful. But I feel like when, you know, now that the last episode came out, there was kind of a controversy for like a better word on social media about like, oh, they haven't even paid the winner yet.

But all the interviews I read, like the winner understood that they didn't, they were not going to get paid until the final episode aired. Sure. And it's like, okay, now the final episode aired. So now they're gonna get paid. Right. So I felt like it was the kind of thing

where everyone sees the headline, the headlines are written sensationally. And everyone gets angry about it. But then if you read the article, it's like they interview with the winner who says, yeah, I know I wasn't gonna get paid until the last episode came out. Now I expect the payments to start coming.

Like, yeah. Eight. If you know, if your neighbor goes a compete on a game show and they come home and you're like, hey, did you win four and a half million dollars? They're like, I don't know, you have to watch your show and see. And then you see them buy boats and cars.

They were driving and asked and marked. And I was like, oh, you work at Circuit City. That's my good city. That's your pole circuit city. And the worst place I can think of to work in present or past. But yeah, that was it. I thought production value, it looked really good. I thought they did a great job.

But there were things that I felt like were done, that I thought they were, I thought whoever was producing the show was controlling the outcome of some things. Like the way some things were set up. It really thought that as well. Like there was one, and again, well I'm not gonna give any spoilers or anything,

there was one time when people had to go up and push a button, and it was like, if it turned red, you're eliminated, if it turned green, you're fine. But it's like, why did they have this elaborate button system where that can, that you don't see what it's connected to or anything. I feel like someone could be manipulating

what the outcome is in the back end. Why not just like pull a ball out of a hat or something else? Yeah. I say that because they do that sometimes. Like they'll reach in and pull out a ball and it's got someone's number on it. You just made that part up and I'm like, I mean, yeah, I guess that works.

I think it's less. No, it was got someone to number on it. You just made that part up and I'm like, I mean, yeah, I guess that works. I think it's less. No, it was something else that was in universe. I have done contests and stuff where we have prize pools in the past. I know that we're legally required to follow certain guidelines and we can't manipulate the outcome and stuff. So I assume that they are under those same strict rules, but who knows? Yeah, who knows?

I do agree that they could have done something a little more tactile to shut it to lay any concerns, but I'm also happy just to trust it. Yeah, I can't imagine how difficult it is to make a show like that with 456 people that you're trying to wrangle and... Dude, and you know, even the logistics of like, they didn't like the show, right? Like the beds are all set up. And even like bringing in food and the facilities, like toilet showers, like how do you scale?

I don't know, it just seems like a nightmare. I can't do it. As someone who produced two seasons of Survive Block Island, which was a reality show we filmed in Minecraft, but that was meant to be real and, uh, and an un, uh, and it was like an un manipulated outcome, right? Yeah. of 12 people straight and just trying to keep them on track, on rails, and from breaking the game, or dealing with the inevitable breaks and mistakes that happened. It was like, it was awesome. I mean, we say this all the time,

survive block and on's probably the most fun I've ever had. It's so much fun. Probably the most fun I've ever had in my professional career, and I wasn't even in it, I was just producing it, because it was just so much fun to figure out the puzzle and to keep it all together,

but it was such a level of intensity and stress. I cannot imagine a show with 456 contestants, and they're getting, like the crew must have been, the camera crew, I think, must have been massive. The amount of producers, because they did sit-downs with every one of those people, they had a story worked out. They were clearly carefully selected for their situations

They were in and life and how badly they needed the money and their money Kind of calls back to the show. Yeah, of course and And I just thought like they did a superb job because I can't imagine how difficult that must have been to keep straight Yeah, and to keep honest. I. Or to keep the appearance of honesty. Oh, Eric sir. Hi, Eric. Thanks man. Bless you.

Yeah, I can't imagine how much footage you just have to go through just trying to track everything. And then as the game progresses, we're like, oh, this person now, who is one of the few remaining, what was their journey the whole way through like having to go back and look through it all and come the footage like, do we get anything of them in the first?

That's another thing. It's like if any character you meet in the first three episodes is dead. Like there's no way. You're not gonna learn about the winners until halfway through the season at best. Right, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, It's like pay attention to people that start getting,

like in all reality shows. Pay attention to the people that start getting airtime, like episode five. It's an episode season, episode six. Halfway through, yeah. Once it's whittled down a bit. Yeah, that's definitely true. This way too many characters.

There were a couple of things that I'd want to talk about last episode that I just totally forgot. We brought it up, like we were driving away from dog day and I was like, oh, we don't know what to do with this. We didn't talk about that. We got to invest in the NBA tournament And that led us to a lawyer tournament. So it was it was really an off the wall episode I've been keeping an eye on the commercials on the lawyer commercials Mike Mike stop He grabbed this on the way out. Hey, I was just on an anma

We got it. I'm sorry. We got to do a Mike portal episode. Yeah, we have to have Mike on he is We should get his insight into lawyers. Yes We're sorry. We gotta do a Mike Pertle episode. We have to. We have to have Mike on. He is. We should get his insight in the lawyers. Yes. I talked to him. He was like, you guys got a research to think because this is like the way they do these commercials and all this stuff.

And I'm like, well, we'll start researching it and he said, and I'll be the research consultant. I love when Mike listens to the show. It's that time of year where Ted Lorenz is running his Christmas commercials and I fucking hate him. Anyway, back to so we got so distracted. We're getting distracted again talking about these lures.

We had lunch a couple weeks ago at Texas Chilly Parlor. Yeah, yeah, talk about this. Didn't talk about this on anything. No, it was my wedding day lunch. Yes, I wanted to have I wanted to have here's something, I think is awesome about Texas chili parlor, because I know Gus is about to shit on him. I love that place, and I will go to the grave, love in that place.

I have had way more good meals than bad meals. I love the ambiance, I love the attitude there. And one of the things I loved about them is when we had our rehearsal dinner for the wedding, instead of just having like the bridal party We wanted to have everybody involved right we wanted to be able to have some like another opportunity to visit with people that are coming in from out of town And to get some actual FaceTime because then the we knew on the wedding night. It would be just insanity and So we thought let's just run out of really casual place

We asked Texas chili parlor and they said we'll get back to it And then they got back to us like an hour earlier. They they said, you know what, we're gonna say no. And I said, oh, really? And they go, yeah, and we're gonna say no because we just don't wanna piss off our regulars. And I thought, that's the best answer I've ever heard. I garnered so much respect for them because of that. And then we had it somewhere else, which was even better.

Like, no offense, but top notch was amazing. And they were super accommodating, and they gave us a little plaque, and they were lovely, and they were as fucking hamburger for days, and it was fantastic. But I gained a lot of respect for place, I already had a lot of respect for when they turned us down. For that reason.

I feel like you never hear that. People will get upset. They did not want the money. No, so we, I believe the plan was to meet up there at noon and I was worried I was late because parking there is tough for one of the reasons I typically don't go there Just because finding a spot is really a pain in the butt and I think we're supposed to meet at 12 at like 12.05 I finally like walk in the door like as I'm actually as I'm walking up to the place I see Gavin walking in like right in front of me. He gets dropped off right there.

Like, okay, cool, Gavin's here. Like, I'm not gonna be the last person. I was convinced I was the last person. Then I walk in. I also wouldn't have mattered if you were. I don't like being late. I know. You know that about me.

Like, if I'm on time, I'm late. Yeah. So I walk in and I see Gavin and we look around. We're like, oh, we're the only ones here. Okay, cool. So we walk up to the front and where the guy, the register. We're like, hey, we're here for the wedding lunch. The guy looks at us like we're aliens.

Jeff Ramsey, we didn't have a reservation. Yeah, he's got no knowledge of what we're talking about. I was like, okay, I'm just going to go outside and we'll call him. So Gavin and I walk outside, we're like, all right, they're obviously not here. There's just gonna go outside and we'll call them. So Gavin and I walk outside, we're like, all right, they're obviously not here. There's no reservation or anything. We'll just wait. You all show up a couple minutes after that. And how many was where? They're like eight nine ten. Okay. You know, they go in real nice. They sit us down.

They find like a table. We sat at opposite table. I didn't get to talk to you. Yeah. I was bummed. Well, it was like, it was one of those things where I saw there was a seat. Nobody was gonna want, but it was perfect for me. It was like back in the corner. Well, you don't have to talk to anybody. Right. You'd be left alone. So I went and I sat back over there and, you know, they, they, they, you know, they

come to take our orders, whatever. And they had like some special of the day, which was like enchilada with chili on it, whatever. But I saw they had a free to pie in the menu. And I was like, I'm going to order the free to pie classic. It's chili, three dose it, whatever. But I saw they had a Frito pie in the menu and I was like, I'm gonna order the Frito pie. Classic, it's chili, Fritos, cheese, onion. So we all order, she leaves, brings our drinks and then our food comes out, not like super fast

but not like super late, like 20 minutes. Maybe for everyone, yeah, normal amount of time. No more time. Yeah, she puts her Frito, my Frito pie in front of me and I think, that's weird, the cheese isn't melted. I wonder if they just like put the cheese on it the last second, and I get my fork, and I was also weird because the freedom pie

wasn't in a free-to-back. It was like, they poured, I would assume, was probably generic, free-toes onto a plate and then cover it with chili and cheese. So I get my fork or my spoon actually, and like I take a big bite, put it in my mouth, and I put my spoon down, and I say, that has just come out of the refrigerator.

What he said was, mm, ice cold. Yeah, my chili was, my chili was also oddly not warm. Mine was perfect, then I had a great time and I loved the meal and it was fantastic. I think there were other people. What's, what, what's, what's we left? There were other people who I said,

yeah, my food was really cold. It was not warm at all. Not the best day. I don't understand how it was that cold. It's not like it had just been sitting out. It was like it was in the fridge and they forgot to warm it up. Yeah, it was, it was pretty impressive. It was cold.

It was the last day. It was ice cold. Somewhere along the steps, someone had to realize it wasn't warm. Hey, you're gonna cook that and send it. Send it. Like, even picking up the food to put it down in front of me, like, this plate's really cold. You know, there were multiple points of failure along the way.

And it was funny is, before the food came out, like, we all placed our order in Eric was sitting next to me. I said, man, I haven't been to the textually partly like in 15 years. It's been a long time, so I've been here. Like I said, the parking is normally really bad. And then I took that bite and we sit in there and I turn there and go, yeah, it's been a long time so I've been here like I said, the parking is normally really bad. And then I took that bike, we sit in there and I turn there and go, yeah, it's gonna be another 15.

So it's, I'm good. Listen, listen, everybody who's listening to this Go to Texas Shillie product, it's awesome, nine. Nine percent of the time. I will say, I've been a bunch of times. I've never had a bad time. My food's always been hot and good.

It's great. It's good to be special, right? Yeah. My food wasn't great that day, but that's okay, because I did some social engineering that I had had in the back of my head. I wanted the opportunity to test where Bern dog was sitting at the table with me

and Dwight and Malice dad was sitting with me. And I knew, I knew. And I just leaned over to Dwight and I said, hey Dwight, take a look at this. And I showed him a picture of one of Bernie's paintings and I go, this guy across, he's an oil painter from Newy's. He loves the classics. And Dwight lit up and he goes,

Hey, and he started talking to Bernie and Bernie wants nothing more than to talk about art with people because he just doesn't have a lot of people in his life who can speak intelligently to it. And they started naming painters back and forth. And Bernie's eyes would get wider every time Dwight knew who a painter was or he would have like a fact because Dwight's like a walking cyclopedia. There's an art off. He knows everything.

It was. And those two didn't stop the rest, a pedia. He knows everything. It was. And those two didn't stop the rest of the day. Oh, you so much fun. You connected them and it was like in the car, in the hotel room, at the wedding, it was just them constantly go, what about this? Yeah, it's me and my friends getting together

and naming former Padres from the mid 2000s and going, hey, you remember Kyle Blanks? Yeah, you remember Wilkins. Yeah, yeah. And then like, oh, well, you got to go to the Sagrada Day Familia. They have it. It's not known for its art, but if you go into the back of the hallway on the right, they'll be a painting by Dessons or even you and bring it like, oh, I got that same on my computer.

You know, and it was awesome. It was so cool. It was a very eclectic group for your wedding. And it was so much fun. Yeah. Your wedding was a really good time. We got to see Gus and Esther for a little while and that was really nice.

There was something funny that happened at your wedding. I felt like I barely saw you at the wedding. I just bummed about that too. If you were busy, trust me, I know what it's like. You had other things going on. Yeah. Right before your ceremony, you were up like getting at the altar, whatever.

People were getting ready. There was seating for us. Eric was sitting to my right. To my left was Jack, but there was an empty chair. Jack wasn't there. Can I ask you guys a question? Before you tell the story, how was the seating? I put hours and hours, Emily and I both passed hours and hours

of trying to fit you guys where you would be. Have people to talk to and it would be awesome. Yeah. We had it was really good. We had to make some concessions here and there, but I was most worried that you guys would be sitting next to people you weren't comfortable with. It's totally great. No, I'll get.

So this is, you know, right before the ceremony itself. And like I said, to my left, there's an empty chair where Jack's supposed to be seated, then there was someone on the other side and then your mother to the left as well. And then, you know, Eric and I are talking to shoot in the shit and then Jack comes up and he like stands right in front of me.

And he like leans down and looks at me and goes, I was supposed to tell Jack he to go stand over there. And I'm just like nodding at him, nodding. And I point and I go, she's right there. And he goes, oh, I was like, yeah, it's Jeff's mom. That's who you're looking for. She's right here. He goes, oh, okay.

He turns her like, you're supposed to go stand over there. I was like, this is the weird thing where I was looking at him like, why is he telling me this? Like, oh, he doesn't know who that is. Like, like, like, like, like, like, like, I was just like, yeah, why are you telling me? Gipshit, go over there, go tell her.

Oh, man, it was fun. It was a good wedding and you had tattoos and, Oh, we had a tattoo artist. Yeah, everybody's tattoos fell out. Really? Not everybody but a lot of them. I think Michael got one. I think it fell out. I think I think a lot of people think it just happens. Millies is good. Some some were good. Some were some were not. So it goes. Yeah, this is to get in a tattoo at a wedding. Um, we're at once over coffee. We're not talking about once over coffee yet. We're not talking about the place. No. We're talking about the cinnamon roll, because you guys are all interested

on getting the cinnamon roll. They look so good. I think they look medium, but I'm glad you guys are excited about it. Oh no, it's something the bottom of mine was covered in like wet honey and it's so like, oh, it's so fresh. So here's what happened. So fresh.

So here's what happened. So good. We're going up to order the coffee and then Gus then Gus and Jeff have decided that when there are snacks and treats, sometimes this is a snack and treat. Only if they look good. I'm always hungry and they didn't have tacos. Yeah. So we at the bottom, there are these.

It's like a bakery case. Yeah, let me take a picture because it's kind of a cinnamon roll. It's totally cinnamon roll. If it was like a dry cinnamon roll and they sprinkled cinnamon and sugar on it. It's like, when I think of a cinnamon roll, it's got icing and it's an ooey-goo-ee-so-soft and chewy sort of treat.

Yeah, it feels very good. Yeah, yeah, yeah. This is, this is like, if somebody went like, well, this is classically what a cinnamon roll is. Yeah, exactly. You guys both saw it, you're both very excited. You're like, oh, I'm gonna get one. How many get one too?

And then we ordered them. And then I'm like, oh, this thing that's like on the top and they're serene wrapped. And I'm like, but they're down. What's the difference? You were like, is that the same? Yeah, and she said, oh, the ones up here from yesterday, so they're like a discounted.

They're half price. Uh huh. And then Gus went, oh, yeah, we'll just get two of those. And Jeff went, he can have one of those. I'm getting one from the bottom. It's so good. It's still good. It's just from yesterday.

Come on, that's wasteful. Half price? I'm concerned about the budget here. I don't want today's fucking cinnamon. I don't want today's to turn into demoras. I'm trying to cut it off while it's still fresh. So. There's that honey.

So good. So guys, you guys both got a cinnamon roll. And again, we're not talking the coffee at or necessarily the spot. But outside of the spot, you guys both got a cinnamon roll. And again, we're not talking the coffee yet or necessarily the spot. But outside of the spot, you guys both got a little snack. We're sitting by this river. This is... Is it a river?

A river quotes. What is this? It's just a little stream. This is a spot that I found yesterday and I went, oh, we'll just do that. I wanted to go south of the river and find something. And what is, like, where are we? It's probably like fucking bold and creek

and it winds. It probably is, I'm just verifying that. So is this like a spot you guys are from, not once over, but like, is this a spot you guys are like familiar with? It is bold and creek. We were like like South first or this place. Yeah, like not this spot in particular,

but like this stretch. Like this is a great stretch. It's been a while since I spent a lot of time here, but we have, you know, we used to come down here every so often. There used to be great Mexican bakery across the street down a little bit. That was open for many years. It just closed, I think, last year.

That was the best place in town to get Mexican pastries. A lot of good Mexican foods used to be up and down here. They've largely been pushed out. I would say this is an area we, I hung out with a ton earlier and awesome. Like there used to be some cool clothing stores and some, like, I don't know, just some curiosity shops and stuff. South versus, it's an awesome location.

It's always been an awesome location. It's basically one of those situations where I hung out here when all the stores were just different things. And all the same stores are there, they're just different things now. But yeah, it's lovely. I was actually just reading, we got our blade tattoos around the corner from here. We did, that tattoo parlour's no gone, incredible ink.

That tattoo parlour's on Mary, I think. On Mary, yeah, South-Earth's on Mary, and that place is a suit peddler now. Oh, is it? Yeah, or some next one we would put in. You think if you walk in with your blade tattoos, you're like, I got a tattoo here, can I get some suit? Yeah, give me some, hit me up.

No, the lady, give me some, give. No, the lady who owned that tattoo parlor without getting into specific surnames, the lady who owned that tattoo parlor, Gus and I saw her during the pandemic and she was homeless. Oh, no way. Yeah, yeah. Wow. Oh, that's crazy.

We actually reached out to some people that we knew who knew her and let them, it was like a mental health thing. And like we tried to, we tried to, you, you, you, she screamed in my car once. Oh, really? I showed you a video of it. Oh, no shit, really.

Yeah, yeah. Wow. Oh, that's crazy. So you guys got blade tattoos around the corner from here, and then you used to come down here all the time, but now everything's done and different. So live south of the river. Yeah, that's the big thing.

We were driving here, you know, we took the Riverside exit to get over here and I made a comment while we were driving. I'm like, there was a time for several years where that was the exit. I would take every day to go home. Yeah. Probably six years. Yeah, and it was like, I would just always sit at that light.

And we've talked many times about how the river cuts the city in half. And just like once you move to one side, you typically stay there. Just crossing at such a pain in the ass. I was reading on Reddit today, kind of in this area. Did you know that there's a series of trails behind, like where Peter Pan Minigolf, like at the bottom of it,

there's trails that start there that go all the way down, like between Lamar and whatever's on the other side of that, where like, there's a Trek bicycle store there. We used to go to some of the pawn shops there back when we were in the troubles. And apparently there's like a whole trail system that you can mountain bike and stuff back there, but it's super not safe because there's like

a bunch of aggressive violent homeless camps there. And I guess the city and the neighborhood just had like a cleanup project. And anyway, I was reading about it and I was fascinated because I was with an Austin for a billion years and I guess the city and the neighborhood just had like a cleanup project and anyway I was reading about it and I was fascinated because I was in Austin for a billion years and I never knew there were trails back there I never knew that was a place you could hike and ride bikes and do they go all the way down to like seeing Edwards because I feel like I think they must there's some I felt like I heard before there was some backup over there I've been to the St. Edwards trails before I walked around there last year and it's really

pretty and really nice the crackles have a right yeah it may connect but I just it's weird when you find out there's like there last year, and it's really pretty, and really nice. The Grekkles have arrived. Yeah, it may connect, but it's weird when you find out there's a whole trail system, like it's behind a restaurant used to go to. Yeah. If you had no idea. It's a hidden in plain sight. You just have to move some tree branches aside

and it's like a lost civilization. Yeah, I guess the trailhead is literally where we filmed hardcore mini-golf. Oh, I'm just never new. Yeah. That's cool. It makes sense that they would be stuff back there, but, you know, if people don't know,

then that's what happens, right? Like, it just becomes unused. I read that it looks like a narnia back there. So people say, let's walk there right now. After this podcast, let's go. This episode of Anima is sponsored by BetterHelp. It's a holiday season. I know everyone's busy thinking of others,

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I'm looking at getting a different car, but I don't want to have like a car payment Mm-hmm. So I'm trying to like see what I can get for my car and then try to trade it for another car and not oh anyone anything, right sure so I Went down the other week. I went down my wife and I went down to Capital Chevrolet so like, you know, I would look at other week, I went down, how I can I went down to Capitol Chevrolet. So I was like, oh, you know, I would look at Chevy Bolt, right? I've talked about that car before.

Is it the bolt or the bolt? They have both, I was looking at the bolt. What's the difference? The bolt is gas electric, the bolt is all electric. Okay. Um, so down, I was like, I'm gonna look at some of these and I forgot what a misery going into a car dealership is. It is a fucking nightmare. I forgot what a misery going into a card dealership is.

It is a fucking nightmare. Like we walked in, and well first of all, we're walking up to the building, and there's like dudes loyting around the front, like and I guess it's like, oh, it's salespeople. They're just like looking for people to pick off as they walk in. You know, we got intercepted. Dude was fine, like I got nothing against the guy, right?

He's doing his job. And he was actually probably the most pleasant part of the entire experience, honestly. But, you know, we would tell him, we want to see a bolt, whatever. He's like, oh, you know, come in, you know, sit down on my desk, I'm gonna go get the key, the lot's huge.

He's like, I'm gonna go find the car, and I'll bring one around. They had a bunch, actually. So we sit down, like, we'll go into the building and there's like music blasting on a giant Bluetooth speaker near the front entrance and it's bad enough, right? It's like really loud, kind of electronic, very basic music, which is awful enough, but.

For like a Saturday morning. Yeah, whoever was running the music from their phone, like I guess this was a Bluetooth speaker because it kept losing Bluetooth connection to whoever's phone It was playing music for a while right and it was like pop in and out So like the music would stop for a second and then kick back in and then like stop like Every minute it would probably cut out three or four times And it was just like this is hell this is a nightmare and they seem the bliviest to it

They don't care like I think they just need the noise so you can't hear other people talking. Yeah. Right. It's just, and also it just like overpowers your mind. It overpowers like you're, you're thinking. I think so. Like it just, this is a Scientology. It dulls out your like higher brain functions. Like you're just unable to, to think. And you know, we go back and forth and they, you know, they're like, I'm like, how much money can you get from my car? How much, how much money is this car? All of back and forth and they're like, I'm like how much money can get from my car, how much money is this car, all of this, and they run the numbers. And they're like, yeah, you know,

you can walk out here today with that Chevy Bolt over there for only $25,000. And I'm like, how the fuck am I gonna give you a three year old electric car, and you're gonna say I still owe $25,000 on that car. And they're like, yeah, yeah, we're on the numbers and your car, your car's only worth, I think they said it was like $26,000.

And I'm like, I looked on my phone like, it blew books for 32,000 trade-in. Like, yeah, I don't know, they were on the numbers. That's what it says. Tesla makes a lot of cars now. The cars have gotten cheaper. Like, yeah, but not this car. Not this car, like you realize

that different cars have different options. Your car salesperson, right? Different cars have turned off like yeah but not this car not this car like you realize that different cars are different options your car salesperson right different cars have different packages yeah this this one is worth 32 that's what the internet says like yeah I don't know I don't know it's like at this time I'm like all right fine we're out of here start walking out and then he's like well you know what a you know in ideal world what what kind of you know what kind of deal would you make what would make you happy and I And I said, my ideal world, I would trade you my car and you would give me that car and we would be done. And that would be it. He was, oh yeah, we can't do that.

Like, oh yeah, well, I mean, obviously not. So we're leaving. And then like another guy comes in, like the manager comes over, he's like, oh, what can he give us the same spiel? What kind of deal can we make today to get you in that car? I'm like, I'm gonna tell the same thing. I told the other guy, like if we trade and that's it,

we're done, he goes, yeah, but we can't do that. I'm like, yeah. And he goes, well, what if, you know, what if you only paid a dollar for that Chevy Bolt? And I said, oh, yeah, I would absolutely do that because if I don't like the car, I'm just gonna sell it for a profit. Is like, are we just making stuff up now?

You know, I have a dollar in my pocket, is that where we're doing? Yeah, it's like, are we just making stuff up now? And it was like, I feel like that kind of broke his brain. Like he didn't know how to respond. Like he just kind of froze. Like yeah, I mean, okay, I'm leaving now. It was just like the most awkward encounters.

It, if anything, it's gotten worse. I, similarly, at the exact same time, have been looking for a used car for Millie. Okay. Let's get her first car. And I bought one last week or two weeks ago. So we might have run into each other. We might have, except I wasn't at that dealer.

But I've always hated the process of buying a car. It's so unfunny. It's awful. It's so like, especially, you can go in there and be like, listen, I'm gonna buy this car in cash right now. Just let, I just wanna be out of here in 45 minutes and they'll go, no problem, you can get you out here in six hours. What are you typing? I'm giving you all the money for the car right now. Just give me the car and I'll come back and pick

the fucking plates up in three weeks right. And so to the point where I was getting pretty frustrated, used cars are real fucking expensive right now for what you get. And my brain got a little broke by that. I was thinking pre-pandemic where you could buy a used car with less than 100,000 miles for less than $12,000. Go talk to CapitalShavvy, they'll buy a used car super cheap for me. And so I, like I was trying to get a Subaru, they're very safe cars, and I just got so annoyed with the Subaru people.

Oh really? I was like, I'm just not gonna buy a car from them. And I got turned off by so many, I ended up going to a Honda dealership and they were the least annoying. And so I didn't get a Honda. I had a different car on the lot that I used to car that I got.

Which was the least annoying Honda dealership? Howdy Honda up there, it's up there about like, Stek, I think. There's a lows up there. Yeah, kind of that area. And it's still the same thing, like terrible music. I still was there for two hours, even though I was buying the car outright.

But the kid was really nice, and the finance guy was really nice. And they weren't high pressure, and I appreciated that. But yeah, I was on like my fifth dealership at that point. And I was just on a point where like, I'll buy a car from anybody who's not a dickhead, you know? And it sucks. It takes four or five dealerships before you find a decent person. I'm just doing put where like all by a car from anybody who's not a dickhead. Yeah, you know, and it sucks It sucks that it takes four or five dealers before you find a decent person. I'm just I'm just doing it online now

Yeah, I just like Carvana like all of the shit. I just have like search filters set up So it emails me and like car I Has a car that I like then I'm just gonna trade my car online and buy by one online It's weird that we're all in the same boat my wife literally just did that. Oh really just I was from Carvana He's very easy. She was a smart one. She bought a car off of their service or whatever. And then they're like, oh, we're going to deliver it on like this Saturday. And then they're like,

actually, sorry, we're delivering it on like this following Friday. I found a guy who's going to come later this week. He's going to do a 600 point inspection on the car. Too many points to check on a car. That's a lot of points. It's only 300 points in that car. That's what I was just checking. Everything twice. But because I called Mean Jean Johnson

to see if they were, I'm like, hey. That's the best shopping town. I said, hey, if I bring this car and do you guys do an inspection? Because when you buy the car, you have seven days to check it and they either return it or you go, hey, I like this car. It's great car.

I don't think anything's gonna be fucked up on it. 14,000 miles, everything's on the car. But this guy's gonna come and check it and everything. Jean Johnson, the guy. If you live in Austin, Jean Johnson's spot. Yeah. That is the place to come.

So the guy's like, I don't do those inspections. Go to this, he gave me a site. He's like, go to this guy. This is the guy I tell everyone to go to. That's the spot. Okay, cool. Guys kind of come and check it out or whatever. It is the least.

I've only ever bought cars in parking lots for cash. That is the only way I've ever bought cars in my life. It's the only way I've bought cars. This was very impressive because I did not think that buying a car over the internet was a good idea. It seems insane to me, but it arrived. The thing I was really impressed with is that he brought the car, my wife checked it out.

Great, cool. He was leaving and then she started getting texts and emails that said, hey, the report for your windshield breakage has been entered. Hey, this auto like glass, whatever is going to come repair on this day. And she's like, what the fuck is going on? Apparently, on the drive over, a rocket kicked up and broken the windshield. And the guy who dropped off the car put all of the stuff in, it's no cost to her. Because it's still there, car or whatever.

And it's getting replaced later this week. That's the big thing I worried about. What's the damage in transportation? And they took care of it and everything. She didn't even see the chip and then they took care of it and they're coming later this week to do it. I would have bought a car from Carvana. Is that the ones with the vending machine?

Yeah, I don't really want to do the vending machine. But it just like everything was too expensive. Yes, that was fine. I mean, the problem is it probably because of quality control. It is. the vending machine, but it just like everything was too expensive. Yes, that was fine. I mean, the problem is it probably because of quality control. It is. You're getting free windshields. It is expensive to buy a used car.

It's not a lot. It's just not the service for a kid's first car. Exactly. Yeah, my fear is we're at totally fine. My fear, like I've bought many cars with cash at parking lots like you're talking about. Yep. I feel like people scams got so complicated nowadays that I would rip down.

I 100% agree. In 2008, it felt like, oh, this is fine. I found it on Craigslist and everything's fine here. Now I feel like I'm about to get fleeced. Every time, yeah. I feel like that. I feel like everything. Have you seen the Facebook Marketplace stuff

where it is cars that people are selling for like $4,500? No title, key fob missing and all this stuff. And people are like, I got you cash. And it's like, you want to kill real cheap? What the fuck? Fuck. It's pretty cool. That's great.

You dark blood Facebook. That's awesome. Yeah. Years ago, the first time I ever bought a car to dealership was my Prius back in 2010. Before that, I'd always done parking lot deals that you're talking about. And I'd always heard what you were talking about, Jeff,

it's gonna take forever and you're gonna be trapped there. So I thought I was being smart when I bought that Prius. It's like, I'm gonna show up 30 minutes before closing. I know they've got the car I want. I'm gonna be like, that's the car I want. Yeah, they stayed. I think we did not leave till close to midnight. They were like, how the fuck?

They knew, they were ready. Yeah. They closed at six or seven or whatever. They're gonna stay, they're ready, they're ready for it. And you just wanna be like, all right, the car's $9,000. Here's $9,000. Now you give me the keys and I leave and we're done. And they're like, well, not so fast.

We need, this guy needs to cling on a computer for about 45 minutes. He's gonna need to take three breaks. He's gonna need to inexplicably walk to the back for a while and then come back and look confused and then cling around on the computer a little bit more and then we'll let you go. Yeah, me as a reason.

It's kind of like getting a tattoo where your tattoo artist just starts going and then stops and goes, I guys smoke a cigarette and you go, that's just weird. This should only take, dude. It's kind of like getting a tattoo where your tattoo artist just starts going and then stops because I got a smoky cigarette And you go, oh, that's just weird. This should only take dude. This should be a 90 minute process Four hours cigarettes are why I have half why I don't have more tattoos I would have twice the amount of tattoos as I have if I didn't go to a tattoo parlor with it You know you make an appointment you already know what you're gonna get done

You've already worked it out in the email months in advance, and you walk in and you go, all right, I'm here at 10 a.m., I'm here at 9.55, let's go and they're like, all right, cool, 10, all right, I'm gonna go out for smoke break. I'll come back in and they go out for smoke break. And I'm not singling out any single tattoo artist. This is every tattoo artist.

This is every tattoo artist. And they go, okay, and they set up their station a little bit and they put, you know, they fucking pour the ink and they get everything going, test the gun, they're like, all right, I'm gonna go get the smoke break real fast, and then I'll come back in. And they're gone for 20 minutes,

and then they come back in, and they have to have a conversation with somebody else, and the nap person goes out for a smoke break, and they follow them out, and you're like, are they smoking again, or I can't tell? And they come back in, and they tattoo you for 30 minutes, and they go, I'll be right back.

Yeah, and they have another smoke break. Seven cigarettes get smoked for every tattoo. Okay, the thing that gets me is when you're getting worked on and someone else is, another tattoo artist just comes over and sits and watches but doesn't say a word. They don't make conversation. They're just having a look and eating an apple with a knife.

And you're like, what the fuck is this? Stop, stop this now. So bizarre. We're getting on towards like 40-ish minutes. So I do wanna talk about once over. Never been here before. Found it on a whim. Just wanted to come south with a river.

What did you guys think of the coffee? It is a, first off, once over has been, I recognize this sign. I don't recognize their current branding, so it's been around for a while, I think. It's in a section of South First that is like the coffee corridor. There's like nine,

there might be the highest concentration of coffee shops in Austin right here, it feels like. I would give it like an eight. I really enjoyed my iced coffee. I love the branding even more. The brand is cool. I felt like initially, every other sip I was taking to the coffee tasted entirely different.

Whoa. Like at first I was like, oh, this is awesome. Then I was like, oh, no, this is terrible. There's like, no, wait, it's really good. No, wait, it's not like- You like kombucha, girl. Yeah. Oh, no, that it's settled.

It's kind of watery. I felt like it's not the right ratio of coffee, to the outer corner of the aircon. Yeah. It's a little weak now that I'm on the back half. So I'm going to go lower than eight. It's about, I think it's about on par with dog day, in my opinion.

I'm out of that. Like a 6.0. Yeah, yeah, yeah. This is definitely better than dog day. I think that this, it's a little watery. I think you were right. I think it's probably just been sitting for a little while. I don't have anything wrong with it.

I'd probably give this like seven and a half for eight because it is, it's a decent cup. Like if I lived around here, I think I would come here every once in a while. It's a B. Yeah. It's a B. I think it's a B. If I lived around the corner, this is great. I love sitting out here with the bowling crea right here.

It's really cool. This is really cool picture. It's cold, it's cold-ish, but it's fine with hot cup of coffee. Say not here, a day old cinnamon roll. Yeah, I will say this about this place. We walked in the front door and we immediately walked into Austin in 2006. Yeah. It is, I don't know what it is, but this place feels like walking back in time in a good way, right?

Yeah, absolutely. And the staff was all, like leading off of that. The staff was all like super friendly. Awesome. It was like super cool. You know, we were just standing around waiting and they're like, we'll be right with you. Like, all right, yeah, I mean, it's fine.

I know you're busy. This looks like every place Gus and I ate text mechs for 15 years. The stack porch. Like half the restaurants we ate at, half the bars we went to. This is Austin in the early 2000s. Just like next to a craggy little creek that's more rocks than creek with probably like 40,000 mosquitoes just out of sight.

Yeah, it's like the kind of creek that only exists to filter or to siphon away flood water. Yeah, exactly. Like when it rains, I'm sure it fills up. What are the neighborhoods around here gorgeous? I mean like the Heights, the back yard and everything is right up against it. And it's like, damn, man, this is like really nice. It's a very, very nice area. Yeah, really nice. If you go that way, you're getting close to Zooker Park.

Pointing west and it gets. Yeah, sorry. And it gets going. It's a really fucking fancily right over there on the other side of Zuckerpark and on the other side of Lamar here is an area called Barton Hills, which is fucking stupid. Yeah, stupid expensive, stupid expensive, yeah. The thing that once oversize on their site

is that they share a lot with what they said are the best tacos in town at Primos. Oh, now you tell us. I didn't know I looked it up in the middle of this recording. I went like I was looking to see like how long it had been here. And then it said like, hey, we share this a lot with Primos next door. And I went, oh, okay. No, Primo means cousin Spanish.

Yes. Little, let's your Spanish restaurant for the day. I already knew that. Primo means prime in American English. Maybe we don't have time for this, but I wanted to follow up with something I said like a month ago. I finally went and got my driver's license renewed. Last remember I like I tried to go on my mark.

Yeah, how was it? I had an appointment scheduled. Did you go up to the place off camera or whatever? No, I went to the one. In my mind, the place to go for your license in Austin is the place off of Lamar, close to Canig, by the Waterburger. Oh, the DPS I was in there.

I don't think that's been the place for about 10 years. I used to go when we were, our office was downtown. Yeah, I used to go the downtown. I don't know the one by the capital, I don't know what you were about. But that's been gone for a while. That's been gone. Yes, I went't know the one by the capital, I don't know what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about.

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That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about.m. and I thought, I'm a busy man. I wanna try to get this out of the way. The check-in says you can check in 30 minutes early. Like, I'm gonna check in early, I'm gonna get this done, that way I can get on with my day. So I show up at 10.10, check-in, and print me out a number and I'm E71.

And I'm like, okay, cool. I look up at the board, they're at E41. Okay, 30, not terrible. It's a big building. Not great, not great, but not terrible. So I go and I sit down, 10, 40 rolls around. And this is that place over on the mar? Yeah.

Okay. 11 o'clock rolls around, 11, 30 rolls around, noon rolls around. Finally, at 12, 10, they call me up, an hour and a half past my time. I'd been there for two hours. I showed up early, that's my fault. Right.

But an hour and a half past my time, they're like, A71. I'm like, finally, I go been there for two hours. I showed up early, that's my fault. Right. But an hour and a half passed, my time, they're like A71. And like finally, I go up there and they've got like the camera to take your picture and everything. And I sit down, the woman is very guarded. I could tell like, she's probably dealt with a lot of angry people. Yeah, I'm angry, but I don't want to be angry at her. She's doing her job. Right.

It's not her fault. And I'm trying to like kind of like make jokes and break the ice and she's not having any of it. And the camera that I'm sitting next to that you're supposed to take your photo with, it's like you can hear the fan going in it. It sounds like it's dying. Like a brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr And I'm like, is that a refrigerator in your desk here? Or is that the camera? I'm like, that finally broke the ice. She liked that.

OK. And she was like, oh, yeah, she's like, I was just thinking like it's my grandmother's refrigerator. It all refrigerated. Sounded like that, right? It's like, yes, finally. Exactly. I forgot it.

But it took so fucking long. I showed up early. I had my paperwork all done. Had my passport with me. They changed passwords, by the way. I had to get a new passport. They're like, it was different from my old one. They've got like a hard plastic page in them now

with your photo. Yeah. My old one didn't have that. How old is your passport? My old one was from 2013? I got to know it in like 2021. That's when they changed them, 2021, I think. Anyway, finally got it.

It was a huge pain in the ass. And so, and the whole time I sit in there, like I fucking hate this state. I fucking, if you cannot get a driver's license in this goddamn city, because the state doesn't know how to fucking run a driver's license office. Anyway, that's the update. I went to the one on Cameron,

and I picked a number without an appointment, and I was in and out in 30 minutes. Remind me, when we get to my car right now, remind me to show you my driver's license photo. Oh, cool. Because it is the worst photo ever. Because the camera was low. Yeah.

So I had to look down and I got like all the neck rolls. She showed it to me and I was like, not perfect, let's do this. Is your driver's license in color? So I have the temporary one right now. Oh, okay. Which is like the black and white. She said I'll get my permanent one in two weeks.

My wife says in color, I think she got her is like more recently. I got mine a couple of years ago and it's black and white. Yeah, mine's black and white too. Yeah, on my license. I think that's the new recently. I got mine a couple of years ago, and it's black and white. Yeah, mine's black and white too. What? Yeah, on my license. I think that's the new style. No, is it?

Maybe she got older. She was older. That doesn't, I will say that's a photo that does not look like the new style, Jeff. Oh, okay, so maybe black and white is the new thing. Huh, I think so. I take the foot, every time I have to take a driver's license photo, it becomes a battle between me

and the person on the other end, where they got not acceptable. I know, let's try again, not acceptable. I'm gonna be here all day. Eventually, you're gonna have to say yes to one of these photos. That's the one that's big of a say, yes, too. I think it's interesting, because I just flew to New York for the weekend.

You don't have to show your ticket anymore. You just show this ID, because it's got the little star. It depends on the ID. It depends on the ID. It depends on the ID. It depends on the airport, not every airport. It does that. I've done that with my old license,

which does not have that star at some airports. It works in Austin and JFK. I was just like, I don't have to show anything. You go and you give them the license. You never show anything else. It's so inconsistent though. Yes, it is. Well, it's like taking off your shoes

and taking your laptop out and everything. Here's your sink consistent. Wow, shocking. Whenever my things are run medium. When I flew back from Singapore a couple of months ago, we showed up to the Singapore airport, flying Singapore to San Francisco, San Francisco, Austin, showed up to the Singapore airport.

And when I get there and we check in, we got a a back to check so we go to the counter check our bag You know walk up, you know leave go like they're like go that direction we walk over there There's like a dude who like looks at our passports stamps us we're leaving the country walk over to our gates and Esther turns me goes you realize we didn't go through security And I was like You're right. We just showed that dude our passport, we didn't go to like a metal detector, no one asked to take our shoes off or anything. I was like, that is really weird.

And then we get to our gate and there's a metal detector at the gate. It's like the last, you scan your boarding pass to get on the plane and then they like scan you at that point. Like, the screen was at the last possible moment getting on the plane. So everything leading up to there, I guess you have to show your passport,

and you have to show it like a ticket to prove that you can be there, but screw you like, was that the last second? I guess they don't want to give you like 45 minutes to an hour and a half free in the airport to figure out how to make a bomb or something. You know? It's bizarre. How strange, but that's how I felt like flying back from Japan and stuff too. There's like signs that say like, don't take off your shoes.

And you're like, oh, okay, cool. Thank you. One time, I don't know if you were on this trip or not. We flew domestically in Australia. I believe it was a flight from Melbourne to Adelaide. Or no, no, it took back. It was from Adelaide to Melbourne. I was in there.

And we went through, we show up to security and there was no one there. It was like honor system. It was like, you put your stuff on the conveyor belt, you walk through the metal detector, you pick your stuff back up, and then you keep going. Like, it was just totally unmanned. There was no honor system. It was like you put your stuff on the conveyor belt. You walk through the metal detector You pick your stuff back up and then you keep going like it was just totally unmanned. There was no one there Was that another? That was an athlete. Wow. It was so weird We're nearing the end of the episode. Okay. I want to get some airy. I know I'm very sorry But don't worry. I think we have to pre-record one and we got to do needed to pee this entire time

I'm using it. Yeah, we're doing burgers on Wednesday, baby. We just gotta figure out when and all that. Hey, so anarchy questions, you guys can send us questions. If you want at Animal Podcast on Twitter or Instagram and our slashing Animal Podcast, which is a subreddit, we don't run. Here's one from WinchesterGhost. Do you ever dream about retiring and opening a record

or coffee shop? Yeah. Which one? Both. Neither specifically. I used to dream about retiring and opening a bookstore. I have a friend that just did that up in an upstate New York and he's having a fucking blast doing it and I'm having a blast living vicariously through him and not wanting to go through the amount of work I'm watching him go through. By the way, if you give a chance I think it's CS Miller bookshop up in a Norwich New York shout out to Jason Frequent him he probably needs to it could use the business

He'd open the bookstore in 2023 so he I definitely dreamed about retiring. I'll tell you what I was dreaming about the other day. If I'm being totally honest with you. I was on my bike, I was doing my bike around town lake and there was a city of Austin, Parkstude, driving around in a golf cart. And I followed behind him for a while. He just drives up to a trash can. He takes the lid off, he just grabs the bag,

slings it into the back of the golf cart, drops another trash bag in he takes the lid off, he just grabs the bag, slings it into the back of the golf cart, drops another trash bag in, puts the lid on and it keeps driving. And I thought, that is the best job on earth. That dude is out in the parks every day. He probably goes to a different park. He's like, I gotta go Wednesdays, Mary C. Bright Park, Thursdays, Ramsey Park, Friday, I'm down at Zilker. I feel like we've seen these guys before, some of our episodes.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Saturdays Northwest part. Yeah. And I just thought like this guy's outside all the time, he's by himself, nobody's fucking with him. He's got air pods in, so he's just listening to podcasts or he's driving a golf cart, which is, I would pay to drive a golf cart, you know?

That's like, it's so much, it just seems so fun. That's great two months out of the year. Yep. What do you mean? Then you got to deal with like May to September, like we just did, and it's just over 100 degrees every day and you're out in that. Yeah, but I wouldn't have to be doing that here.

Oh, I see, I see, okay, yeah, that's much better. There's a crucial piece that you left out of that. No, I just like, I just saw the job. I like the job. It's got to be an awesome job. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Those jobs are everywhere. Much better. But I dream about that kind of stuff. Like, man, like, I like the job. It was not to be an awesome job. Like it could be, those jobs are everywhere. Much better.

But I dream about that kind of stuff. Like man, I dream about cutting grass. Sometimes I loved cutting grass. I had a little yard cutting business when I was in high school like everybody did. When I was in the army and they would do details, I would always volunteer to cut the grass. That's how I got.

You had all two of your motives there. Well eventually, that's how I got, the whole thing where I had to go to the hospital because I was huffing gas. Yeah. I got the whole thing right to go to the hospital because I was huffing gas and yeah I got busted up But but I think about it all the time like I do want to retire from this I clearly want to retire from this. I don't know that I want to retire from podcasting But I do I would love to be done with work and then be able to work a job that I just find

personally fulfilling in some way. You know, like small tasks that are easy to accomplish in a job that you don't bring home with you. I think that would just be ideal. I could work, I've joke about working owning a laundromat, but I'm serious about that. I think that would be fun. I don't know.

I would like to do something else. And something that has nothing to do with entertainment. You know, people would be like, isn't that the guy that used to do red versus blue? Why is he bagging? Like, why does he work at a hardware store? I would have the biggest grin on my face. There was, like, a viral social media video a year or two ago, and I'm going to get some of the details wrong.

I apologize in advance, where someone found, like, a former actor, I want to say it was from like another world or something, like working at Trader Joe's. Oh, it was hot bridges? No, no, no, it was, it was, they put him in always sunny after that. He's, I can see the guy's face, what was he in? I don't remember, but.

Webster? I remember thinking at the time like, like when I'm done and I retire, I'd work at a trader, Joe's. I don't work at a Costco, like something where I'm just like putting shit on a shelf and then you go home and you don't do it. You don't worry about it, like that's it. He was the guy who played Tiger Woods in the episode of Always Sunny

in Philadelphia where he tried to get D to take pictures of her feet for him. And he is from a sitcom, maybe Cosby Show, something like that. Maybe. Yeah, I can't remember the guy's name, Michael, maybe, but anyway, and he was like, yeah, I gotta make a living. Right, I have family to feed. Of course I'm gonna, like, here I am working, fuck you, you know. Yeah, and I thought people, I don't know,

shaming him from working at a grocery store making money to support his family. That's crazy. What an entitled bunch of assholes. A bunch of opinions online, that's not crazy. Yeah, similar really, I don't know specifically what I'd wanna do, but something that you don't know specifically what I'd want to do, but something that you don't take home with you, definitely something out of the limelight. I want to disappear.

Yeah. You know, I'd both want to disappear so badly. Yeah. I love that. Let me ask you this, because it's another question. This is from Excel hockey fan. In the past, on the RT podcast, Gus mentioned that Esther was against him becoming a pilot. How does she feel now? And is it something you're going gonna keep person? Well, I mean, she definitely embraced it. That's why I started. I think, you know, the pandemic kind of changed her opinion, you know, not only her,

it changed a lot of people's perspective on life, right? It's like, if there's something you like and something you enjoy, you should do it. This is the only chance you got. And I think, you know, we're in the middle of that. And, you know, before the, you know, well before I started training, she was like, you. And, you know, well, before I started training, she was like, you know what,

when the vaccines come out and we're closer to the other side of this, you should absolutely do it. This is the only life you have. And I appreciate that so much. I'm so thankful to her for finally getting on board. She also saw how serious you were about it and how safe you've been about it. Yeah, and it's been great.

I can't imagine ever doing that as a career. I love it. I would love to find a way to can't imagine ever doing that as a career. I love it. I would love to find a way to have a second career doing that, but in order to become like a serious pilot, it's very complicated. It takes a lot of time and a lot of money to get to that point. That's for a commercial pilot, right? Like what if you were one of the guy who flies banners?

Yeah, I mean, technically that's commercial pilot. Sure, but it's not an easier level to achieve probably. That is very dangerous. Really? Flying banners, yeah, that is incredibly dangerous. Cause like a windy day or something? It's just, it's a lot, right? I mean, you're pulling that banner, you're centrally

in slow flight, you got your flaps down, you're low to the ground, if something goes wrong, you don't have a lot of altitude to trade off, you're essentially in slow-flut, you've got your flaps down, you're low to the ground, if something goes wrong, you don't have a lot of altitude to trade off, you're already slow, you're low and slow the entire time, which is like you do not want to be, that's why landing a takeoff is so dangerous typically. If you're high and or fast,

you have this energy you can play with and trade with. When you're toe into banner, you're low, slow with a ton of drag on you. If something goes wrong, man, that's not a good place to be. Can you, is there like a eject banner button? Yeah, you can, I mean, that's how you have to get rid of it, right? Yeah.

You can, you can drop it, but still. You're still in a bad place at that point. That's true. I think about you every time I see those, and I see them all the time. I've always stared at them, I'm always really curious. I was curious the other day, I was looking up to see how much it would cost to get a banner.

I was like, I should get a banner. I should pay someone to fly a banner. How much is it? I don't remember. I think I found a place I'll go out of Sandmark because that would do it. I have to look it up again. I was a... I've been thinking a lot about how it's 2023, right?

It's almost 2024. And when I was a kid, what I thought the 2020s would look like. And I think the biggest surprise to me in my adult life has been that we don't have flying cars, right? It just seems like something we would have. And then it struck me the other day, we absolutely have flying cars. And we've had them for a very long time.

They're called helicopters. Right. And then I got me thinking like, why aren't helicopters more prevalent? Why don't you see them all over the place? The skies are empty. It's a much faster way to get from point A to point B. I understand it's more formal complicated,

but people are clearly able to build Burke and do it for Christ's sake. Yeah. And then I went to New York City, and I looked up and I went, oh, I guess we are in the future. There are like Uber helicopters in New York. I just, because we stayed by the Brooklyn Bridge,

like right by the Brooklyn Bridge in Dumbo, and the sky at 7 p.m., I could probably see 25 helicopters. Just all, it looked like a thousand Logan Roy's descending on New York City, right? And I was like, oh fuck, we are here in certain places. And I felt very excited about the humanity briefly in that moment.

I almost had to hire one, like one of those, like a helicopter ride chair. The last time I was in New York years ago, because I was stuck. I had given a presentation at a 30 Rockefeller Center and it was like, my flight was out of Newark and I had to leave at 5 p.m. It was like on a Friday.

I was like, fuck, I was in the car heading to New York and I was like, looking on my phone, like, do I need to tell this guy to drop me off at a hell of a port and stay? Am I going to miss my flight? Because if I missed it, it's like, then I'm spending another night in New York, like, what's the trade off, and then, luckily, the driver was able to find a way to get me to their port in time to make my flight, but it was fucking close. We got to do a helicopter episode. I don't think my wife would let me go to a helicopter. It's, they're expensive to maintain.

Yeah. And expensive to fly. And dangerous to fly as a result. Yeah. I mean, yeah. So, it's a flying car. We have flying car technology. That's it.

It's had it for a long time. That's what's prohibited. People say, oh, a flying car, I would use one. It's like, essentially, then you're just, people have to become pilots at that point. I mean, I just don't trust people driving regular. Right. I want that in the start. There was a period in time when nobody in the, nobody in the world knew how to drive a car.

And then we all managed to get there. Yeah, but look at where we're at. Yeah, but it's like if you have a problem or you don't know what's going on, you pull over and stop. When you're in the air, you can't stop. When we get to the air. You can stop. You just fall fast. When we get to the roundabout, again, next time I'm with you and we're in the roundabout on 51st,

I'm just going be like yeah, man So you want these people to driving helicopters? You want to fly next to you? I know it's a part I get personally I get very frustrated in the roundabouts Like you're not a real man. I would love to take a helicopter. I think that would be fun I'm just disappointed in us as a society that we don't use them more. They're expensive. I think it's just really like inefficient I guess I just feels like we could solve that we could solve the cost who's we use them more. They're expensive. I think it's just really inefficient. I guess. I just feel like we could solve that.

We could solve the cost. Who's weak? Society. This guy's talking about batteries. Oh, you're a car. No, it's now it's helicopters. Battery-powered helicopters. Yeah, probably.

Make them small. Oh, those exist. I just read. I just read. They're launching autonomous helicopters. That is something I would never trust. I just, you just unlocked a memory. I just read that just read they have a thought they're launching autonomous helicopters that is something i would never trust i just i you just unlocked memory i just read that on the plane i think i saw united airlines is investing in some of that technology like to get people

around to and from the airport in congested city's like new york yeah test bits that they were considering crazy well that's an episode of what a wild episode as i we were all over the place going on that's fun uh... next week I think we're going to do a burger, which means we're going to record Wednesday. We have to, we're pre-recording some episodes for holidays. Holiday. So when you listen to this and you go, ah, it's a lot of data. That's why.

That's why. So don't worry about it. But these are stories from 40 years ago. They're all outdated. Oh, so don't worry about it. Maybe something we should talk about. Next time, I keep me to bring this up and I keep forgetting, I'll put it in the notes. I don't know if you've been watching the new Nathan fielder show on show time the curse

I've seen the first three episodes the zelner's directed like episodes two through four two three and four They didn't do episode one and then I wish watch this past Friday's episode They did not do that one either. I read about it. They did there's it's a ten episodes series I think they did three of the episode okay, so in there three they did two three four Yeah, they did they did three of the they they're the only people aside from whoever the director is. Make a field director. I think director last night's episode. Yeah. Maybe the first one. So maybe he did the rest of them. Maybe he did the others. Yeah. I thought that was really cool. So happy for them. Yeah. Awesome. Good for them. Love them so much. They work with so many people. I'm such a fan. I'm

such a huge Nathan fielder fan. So many people that I'm a fan of get to work with them. That's how I look at it. They're really talented. They are so cool. Well, very cool. Hey, thanks for listening to Anima, Arsache Anima podcast. This is a Reddit. We don't run at Anima podcast Twitter and Instagram to see all the pictures from this week's episode, never another episode. Uh, but that'll do it for this one. That'll do Eric. That'll do. Thanks. I'll do. Appreciate it. Any final thoughts, parting words for the folks at home? If you can get a day-old pastry for 50% off, you fucking buy that pastry. And then buy the full-priced brand-new one and discover how much better it is. They're probably can't go wrong either way, but pay the extra money and get the good one. Thanks for listening. Bye. you