Bellied Up - Love is Blind Bellied Up Edition #202

Episode Date: May 28, 2026

We're at Spiritview Bar in Three Lakes, WI. Laura comes on the pod to talk about her single daughter, Katie! The first caller is a truck driver named Edgar, who has a laundry list of questions for us. Then, a commercial Alaskan fisherman named Parker calls in to tell us about his life. We then set him and Katie up on a blind date.Go to shadyrays.com and use code belliedup for 50% off 2+ pairs of polarizedsunglasses. #ad

Hey, folks, welcome to the bellied up podcast. I'm here with my good buddy, Miles. We are in three lakes, Wisconsin over here at Spirit View Lakeside. Spirit View, ladies and gentlemen, right here. Beautiful Lake, one of the many. There's more than three lakes. Is there more than three lakes and three lakes technically? Yeah, there's like a way more in there?

Yeah, I mean, well, this is the biggest. chain of lakes in the world, isn't it? So how many total lakes? 28 total. In 28 lakes, Wisconsin. Well, no, there's 28. It's a chain and it goes up to Eagle River, too. I'm just, how many did you say specifically on 28?

How many and three lakes proper? There's 20. There's 20 lakes and three lakes, Wisconsin. 20 lakes and three lakes, Wisconsin. Got it. And that, that makes perfect. sense when you don't think about it. I've been here a couple, two, three times. I've been here three times if we're going off the Three Lakes, Wisconsin. There you go. Math. And what's nice about it,

Miles, is, you know, we're already cooking with gas right behind you. You got yourself a nice little set of pole taps. We'll be, we'll be dipping into that. You got to put money up first. And we got a claw game, which is slick and a little ducky game. So you're going to, Miles, I think, before the day's done, I'm going to get you a couple ducks. Okay. That's on. Well, Jake's got a Jeep, so you can get him to him. How's that sound? Oh, yeah, Jake's a Jake's rock hard over little rubber duckies. That's good. How many ducks do you have, Jake? He's got five ducks. I hate it. I hate that. That's embarrassing. I hate it. That is, yeah. Um, but anyway, I'm excited to be here, Miles.

We got a heck of a show coming up for you today, folks. Before we do that, when we were driving here, I got a side story for you. We saw a Jeep driver. They passed us going. And first stuck out to me of how many rubber duckies were on the dash. Had to have been 30. 30 duckies on the dash? How is that not a pull you over kind of a deal?

And this gal had two bumper stickers. one was it said on the back Milfmobile nice yep uh-huh and the other bumper sticker said save a pit bull euthanize a dog fighter and I was like okay wow that's that's great you know I don't I don't think I would disagree with that we shouldn't maybe be you know doing dog fighting but where's she buying that specific of a bumper sticker is what I want to know why was that bumper sticker even made. It's kind of like at the Pita gun show, I think. Yeah, it must be the place that they sell it. Oh, what I also like about this bar, Miles, by the way, is, uh, is, I'll go fuck myself. No, I'm, I want to talk more about that, but I just saw it and didn't want to forget, but like the hummingbird,

hummingbird, uh, hummingbird feeder dragonfly hummingbird and the hummingbird hummingbird feeders. Now, do you think that that was worth our precious podcast time, Chuck? Yeah, Miles. What do we talk about? on this podcast, nothing and everything at the same time. It's actually maybe a good representation of her podcast. It's absolutely. Talk about nothing and everything all at the same time. Deep tease, folks. We have a bellied up dating segment coming on this show.

We got Katie on the other end of the bar. Yeah. And she is looking for a man. So what is a man or woman? Katie, what is your, what is your guys's relationship? Yeah, what's the relationship here? Between you two. I knew it.

I knew I was like. So Katie's mom. Katie's mine. You own own the, she owns the bar. You want to come on here. Come on over here. It's because you're not just marrying a woman.

You're marrying the family. So you got to. Okay. Oh, my goodness. So introduce yourself to the folks. I am Laura Forsyth model owner. Laura. Forsyth.

That was my first husband. Nice. I don't use the second husbands, but then the third husband. I like collecting last names. That's good. Yeah, yeah. It's good. It's like, you know, some people collect docs for their Jeep.

You collect last names. That's beautiful. And you got an injury here on your hand. I will have to say the fact that it's kind of looks like it's starting to turn red. It's not a great sign. Can you hold that, Mike, a little closer to your mouth there. There you go. real good. Perfect. So how long have you

own the spot now? Four and a half years. Nice. And what was it before you got it? Well, it was called Bonnie's Lakeside. Uh-huh. And Bonnie was, uh, it used to be a bartender, right? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Or she is a bartender currently. I think. Same Bonnie? Different Bonnie. Okay. There's a couple different Bonnie's in town.

All right. Well, never mind. We never know which one you're talking about. Bonnies are around. Anyway, so you've owned this four years what's been the best part about owning this bar I'm really starting to like it a lot now cool it took a minute learning more about it and I did have a business partner that kind of went yeah yeah and otherwise I would have never gone into business by myself never I would have never known what to do yeah and now it's it's thrilling that's good yeah the best part of owning this I'm not kidding you as my employees I'm not trying to because this wouldn't be this if it weren't without them. Oh, now that's a sign of a great, great tavern owner right there, you know.

Yeah, when everybody says, you're doing a great job. I say, no, it's not just me, it's everybody. Wow, that's beautiful. I love that. That's great. Now, tell us about your daughter. Oh, she's the oldest one. We call her the old bat.

The OBAT? Yeah. What does that mean? She's old. Oh, I'm not kidding. Wow. No, it's just a joke because. I'm the fossil.

She's the old bat. The old bat. I thought you said the old bat. No, the old bat. Yeah, I got you. I got you. I got you talking like you. No, that, that, that, I just didn't hear the D there.

She is my oldest of six. Oh, okay. And the one here with the, that's the youngest. I knew that you were the mother because only a mother would be trying to find a significant other for their daughter that quickly. Well, because she just doesn't seem to make. the right choices so she should have mom make the right choices wow what choices are we trying to fix here you know i'm just not sure she always kind of goes for that um ruggedy looking like you all

oh that's a bad thing ruggedy looking scruff on the face she likes that she's a scruffy face kind of yeah i think she likes she likes the tough asses tough asses okay and what do you want her to find somebody that like is really into the family thing because some of these guys like you know they just want to they'll come over for Christmas and they hate in the bedroom or hiding in the bedroom you know there's some people that just aren't very not just her my other daughter too has why don't you just have Christmas at the bar do you know what I'd be like calling all those Christmas gifts here I still shop for everybody it's oh my gosh it's a disaster With six kids, you're still shopping.

And then five grandkids and spouses, I do. Wow. So the bar is pretty low, actually. You just hope that she finds a guy who at least will stay in the room during Christmas, is what you're looking for. Well, and be like if we go to the kids petting zoo to come along and, you know. Yeah. Kind of be in the family.

And I get there's some people that are, they call them awkwardly social maybe. Yeah. Yep, that's what they call it. It's what they call. Yeah. Yeah. And so, but you're looking for kind of somebody socially. Someone socially unawkwardly social.

Right. Yeah. I get that. Okay. Well, I think we can find it out there tonight or today whenever people are listening to this. That's our goal for today is we're going to find Katie a match. So and you guys are all going to be groomsmen's then. Nice.

That'd be great. Yeah, we can do a speech. Yeah, we can be pallbearers at the bachelor party too. Yeah. Dead man walking. We'll do it all. But that's what I usually say when people come in and they're, you know, they're having their bachelor at or bachelor party and they're getting married. I'm like, oh, I'm sorry. Yeah, that's good. Yeah, because, you know, you've, well, you've had, are you currently married? Are you single? Okay, yes.

The first one, he passed away. Okay, rest of peace. He's the dad of all six of my kids and that was 24 years ago and I raised them all. And then the other one, we just don't even, nah, uh-uh. Okay, don't even. So this one's, he's seven years down. Seven years down? Yeah. And many more to go. You're still looking.

Hey, well, we'll do a matchmaking for you. He'll never know. Yeah. You know, well, good. And, uh, well, we're excited. And by the way, I want to say thank you for, uh, having the opold fashion on the menu, ladies and gentlemen, with Barron's old fashion brandy, not a sponsor. But anyways, yeah, very excited.

It would be nice if Barron's old fashion brandy would pay. Oh, yeah. I, for how much plugging, you get all the benefit and I get nothing. out of it. Are you wearing a you betcha hat right now, my house? Jeez, Louise. How about that? You're going to go ahead and then there, my house? Yeah, sure. You're done with me trying to set people up. Well, we'll get Katie on here. Yes, you will. So you said she normally goes for scruffy guys. Are we looking for a clean cut guy then? Well, I would say yes, but she would probably say no. So I guess even if we could get somebody for a

couple days, it would be good. Okay. Couple dates. You said two days and then you get your finder's fee. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We'll get her at least a couple dates. Don't you worry about this. Yeah. Okay.

All right. We got her to take. We want to go to a petting zoo. With the family. Yeah, with the family. Not just not his own. Stuff like that. Pumpkin farm.

Good. You know. Yeah. Standard stuff. Yeah. And like in reality, it's, it's, that's quite literally the lowest bar set is just showing up to stuff. Yes.

You know? Uh-huh. It's all we're asking. We're not asking for the world. You know, I'm asking for six, five. No, I'll hold it for it. I know you bummed your hand. How'd you bum that, by the way?

I fell off a granny step stood a ladder. Yeah. And where were you at? Doing that? I can't say that at my yard. Like, it was in my she shed. I mean, nice. You didn't call it a she shed earlier.

I don't know. I can say that on here. Can I? You can say it. Well, it's called my cunt cave. And everybody says, because I have a sign that says, they said, why don't you have a sign that says that? I says, because I have grandchildren that can read.

Right. Yeah. Yeah. You got a line. Yeah. You just call it your CNAX Tuesday, Cave. Yes. Yes.

Yeah. You know what you need is a son-in-law, maybe someone Katie finds that can make you a sign like that. Yes. That's some commitment to the family. Right. Right. All right. Well, we'll find that on the show today.

And thank you for having us in here. We appreciate you. Yeah. Absolutely. I thought this would happen on a Tuesday to me. You know, just another day at the office. Yeah. Yeah.

It is Tuesday. Yeah. Hey, well, we'll see a cold Tuesday in the Northwest. Cold Tuesday. It is blustery out there. You got to come back when it's warm. Oh, yeah. We'll be back.

Yeah. We'll be back. Yeah. We'll take you inter tubing and fishing and. That'd be fun. Like inter tubing like we're going to float down the river or you're going to pull us behind the boat. My tubing days are done. None.

No. But maybe one time, you know? Yeah, give it one more. And then I'm going to need. Or something behind the boat? What's up? Did you collapse the lung behind the boat? Yeah, I've done it all.

I broke my neck a few times. My dad, basically my dad used tubing as a way to take out all of his anger of having children on us. You know what I mean? It's like legal abuse. And he's probably in that boat just laughing. Yeah, basically. I get it. Yeah.

Well, we'll be back once. warm and we'll go tubin. That'd be good. And you heal up that arm and... But you really think... You gotta heal that up so you can come tubing with us though. Is there really something wrong? You think if it's turning red?

Well, you just need to get to mice on that, I think. I did. That's really cold. You got to keep icing it. All right. Well, go luck. Get that information down. Okay.

Okay. Thank you. Oh, perfect. All right. Well, listen, Miles. Let's find Katie a guy. Let's do it. Miles, I'll tell you this right now.

Right after Memorial Day, weekend when everyone's back on the road all at once and not everybody's fully dialed in you know you got people coming off long weekends at the lake rushing to get home distracted making late stops missing signs pit stops not paying attention traffic you can be driving completely normie you know and you still got someone coming out of nowhere crash yeah they're sunburned to all heck and they're not even thinking. No, they're too busy rubbing vass on their face. Alavira on their face. Yeah, yeah. Just, just honeysuckle, whatever it is. And then all, before you know it, you're bumping and you're making use of that bumper. And now you might know

if your neck's got a little whiplash on it. What are you doing that moment, Miles? What do you do? Pop quiz? I'm going to call Nicolet Law. Nicolet Law, ladies and gentlemen, you call up Mr. Russell, Nicolay, that big, beautiful, bearded beautiful man beautiful man and he's got uh you know he keeps it trim and write and you go to nicolay law dot com or just call one eight five five nickel a law chuck i'm having flashbacks right now oh what are you flashing back to my yesterday when you and i were chopping down trees in your woods and we had our shady rays on making sure we weren't getting anything in our eyes making sure we weren't getting anything in our eyes, making sure we weren't getting that glare, making sure that we were

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Oh, how's it going? We're going good. How's it going with you? I'm just hauling some rock right now. Okay. We're at. It's just a little right next to Madison, actually. Okay. Good. Are you on time?

What's that? You on time? Oh, yeah. Good for you. I'm just working with a pipe through today, so dumping some gravel for them. Sure. Are we talking some high-quality gravel? It's all sorts of gravel, I guess.

Right now I'm hauling clear. stone for the pipe crew and then i got to get some bigger stuff three inch sure road it's all over the place yeah it's not one thing it's the other i i like that actually you know i'm gonna add that to my list of stuff to say once you know you're talking to someone like a lot of them are like it is what it is you know just saying like it's all over the place yeah this is great i like that line yeah it says it's is everything you want to say and not too much. We're just at the bar drinking, you know, have a few beers. It's all over the place.

That's good. Mm-hmm. I like that. Put that on his shirt, Miles. Mm-hmm. It's all over the place. So, Aeger, why don't you belly on up to this bar? We'll get you a cola since you're driving.

But what's on, what's, yeah, we're in three lakes, Wisconsin. Yeah. Gotcha. I was actually going to ask, uh, I called in what, like, maybe two times. three times. I don't remember what the last time I called in was for. So I don't know Jared can do his magic and give me a reminder here.

Yeah, what we remember he's looking right now. Is there anything off the top of your mind you want to talk about? Okay, here Jared's got it. You're looking for a house? Oh, okay, that's what I thought. It was about that AI house, we call it. Yep. Wait, what?

I've been on the market for like, man, it's probably going to be a year. already, you know. I kind of wanted something with land and we went to go look at a house right outside Beaver Dam. Oh, shit. And

it was like pretty much like perfect. All I was looking for at a little over two acres. The house was pretty like modern. And yeah, I was like, yeah, let's do this. bit left doing.

And then there was a construction site going on right next to it. Like, looked really big. And we had no idea what it was. So we did some more investigative. Oh, God. I figure out what that is. I don't know what this is.

We found out it stole AI, like the metal buildings, whatever. Yeah, that's a nightmare. I remember we had the grocery store, I think, with my fiance. And she was like, hey, you know, Charlie Barron's going to be in the fever down. Yeah.

And I got all excited. I'm like, ooh, I'm going to have a show here. And she's like, no, he's coming to, like, talk about this building, this AI building that they're thinking of constructing here. Yeah. Well, they're doing more than thinking about it. I think they're pretty well on their way. Did you buy the house? No.

That's what the realtor guy told me I should wait off because. they don't know like all the consequences or the side effects or whatever yeah the data center living next to these these data centers yeah yeah the hyper scale ones yeah so far i was over at some of the neighbor's houses and it's not really good news some of them they had wells run dry others had a marsh go dry and then uh one had their river run dry and then it came back and flooded the whole thing so there's there are a lot more questions and answers you know yeah i was just really i really wanted that house it was like perfect and that's what well since i i almost put the offer in but we were able to figure out what that construction

building was going to be so that opera didn't go through yeah and i was just wondering what because i heard that yeah i saw some clips that you were yeah go ahead charlie go ahead go ahead um talk about how you feel about the the data centers. Well, the data centers are a big problem because first of all, Beaver Dam, they did a tid with it, which basically is tax incremental districts. So the community probably won't get any benefits for that until that tid's done, which I think is quite a few years. And at that point, the technology may have advanced where they don't even need the data center. So then the community could be stuck with that tab. The other thing is the water, not sure what they're putting in the water,

a quote-unquote closed loop system. You know, and then basically the EPA's fast-tracking chemicals. There's just a lot of uncertainty on that. And the woman I know who lives next to it, you know, she's been trying to figure out what's been going on with the water, with the wells running dry and whatnot. And it's kind of getting passed around between the company and then the state, local representatives, the DNR just can't get a straight answer. You can look that up. Her name's Miley. She did a speech.

But it's just they're not great neighbors and there's just a lot of uncertainty. And the big problem is, is they greenlit that thing without any input really from the community. They just kind of, they had an NDA and they got it all figured out on their end without that community input. it. So those are the quick problems with it. And, you know, there's, there's kind of more as well, because they just approved the second data center. And then, you know, if they get their claws in, they just want to keep steamrolling those things through. So that's kind of the problem with that. Yeah. Yeah, I was wondering why it was listed like a decent price. It seemed kind of cheap for a little over than two acres. Yeah, it would be one. And I was like, there's,

there's got to be something wrong with this place and I guess that's what it was yeah and that's the other thing is home values you know they can go down because you're dealing with years and years of construction and it's loud as hell and there's you know that's what I've been seen I've looked up some tictox too and see what I can all find and yeah it's all it's not news it's a real pain in the pecker I'll tell you that much agger yeah and you know it's it's sort of like uh It's more extraction than it is investment, you know. Then you think why do they need these data centers so big? You know, how much of that data do we actually want out there?

You know? A lot of it's... Yeah, because living in Beaver Dam actually for like two and a half years now. I think it's almost three years. Yeah. And I like the area, but I was just looking for something with land. So it was in where that house was, it was like right outside Beaverton. so it wasn't going to be too far of move.

Yeah. It's still listed, actually. This was like a month ago, and it's still on the market. It still hasn't sold, so. Yeah. That's a problem with it. That is a problem. And then they'll annex land from a neighboring town,

and then no one in that town gets a say at all. It got no representation, you know? Yeah. So that's how it goes. I'd look elsewhere myself, but, yeah, So you're not a single guy, Eager, huh? A single guy? Yeah.

No, I got my fiancee, two kids. Oh, good for you. Well, that's great. Yeah. Hey, where's Miles? Miles's been kind of quiet back there. What's going on? Yeah, Chuck is much more educated on data centers than I am,

so I'm not going to talk about anything I don't know about. I actually had a list on my notes here on my phone, and I was looking at them for when you guys called. Yeah. And realizing that most of my questions were towards Miles, actually. Well, let's fire him off. Fire him off. So my first one is, so Miles, your wife is Ann.

Yeah. Does she work or does she just stay at home? She's at home with the kid. Because she did like photography, right? Yeah, she did. And that's actually kind of funny. I like to joke that she was my sugar mama when we first started dating because I was so broke trying to do my own thing

and she had a photographer like a wedding video and photography business and I knew how to work a camera so then I would help her on the weekends and she would pay me to help her with her weddings and that's how I paid the bills and was the first shooter for you betcha first time I went out with Miles Ann was shooting the videos yeah and it was it was great she did a great job you should bring her back on miles what do you think yeah i mean it's best for our relationship if if we don't do videos together separate work and play right yeah um she's doing a lot of work with uh she just doesn't like it when i get into work mode

you know yeah you kind of definitely have like uh i'm at home hanging out mode and then if if i'm at work I'm, you know, it's a little more silly. I'm trying to get shit done. Yeah. And she doesn't like that. Yeah, you lose sort of your natural touch. I should talk to Ann about that because sometimes I feel like you lose your sweet little touch with me too sometimes, smile. If you spend enough hours with Charlie Barron's, you would lose your sweet little touch too.

Well, you know, that's one man's opinion. You know, we're trying to get a video done. and he's talking about the hummingbird feeder outside, you know? Some nice feeders over here. I'm trying to get home to my family and Chuck wants to talk hummingbird feeders. You know, you can make your own hummingbird suckle at home. Did you know that miles? It's better.

You don't want to use the dyed ones out there. Got it. But yeah, so Ann's at home now. She still does some photography stuff. But yeah, we've been lucky enough to be able to have her just at home. home with the kid and raising her child. It's kind of nice. She was an early investor and you betcha.

Yep. Yeah. She wasn't pin off of that. I wasn't wondering like, how old is your kid now? He's almost two. Is he talking yet or how's that? He's starting to talk. He's saying some words.

He likes to, he likes to say hi and buy a lot. And for whatever reason when I'm going to work, he immediately says buy and shows me. where the door is. The fan's leaving and I'm watching him. He has meltdowns. That's tough.

But at least he likes one of us, you know? Yeah, because I was wondering because I have the same, well, I have two kids, but she's a stay-at-home mom. Nice. And, well, one is two and one is one in a couple months. So they're both really young. Oh, so you got like two under two basically? Pretty much, yeah. You got a madhouse then.

I don't know. I just think, I don't know if we're behind that. They're really not talking yet or? Oh, no. The last thing you should do as a parent with a young kid is worry about milestones. Every kid does different stuff at different times. Don't even worry about it. They're going to talk.

Yeah, that's what a lot of people tell me, but then some people are like, It should be talking by now. They do, well, the older one does say a couple words. Yeah, you're, you're chill. I wouldn't worry about it at all. The people that are worried about it, they got their own issues to figure out. I think you could use the line, hey, why don't you watch your own bobber? Yeah, that's a good line.

That's what I got to start doing here. Yeah. Some of mind their own business. Yeah. Go have their own kids. Yeah, man. You go have your own sack. all right let me see here keep going down my list like this yeah it's a nice little interview we don't

also before you move on from that shout out to the stay-at-home moms out there yeah oh that's all I know I know it's hard and sometimes I give her shit but yeah because I don't I don't know I don't know how she does it sometimes like it's so annoyed when they're both crying and oh my God well actually last weekend she was out of town and so I was watching them and I'm just shot by the end of the day. I'm like, this is just so much work. And so shout out to the stay-at-home moms out there doing God's work and stay-at-home dads. It's a full-time job.

What do we got here? Oh, so because of the belly-up podcast, I don't know how long ago it was, he had a caller call in once about these like crazy brats. Oh, yeah. Yeah. And I saw Miles did a TikTok review. Yeah. Of like the Skittal ones, I think. Yeah.

Like how bad are they? Are they actually bad? Are they decent or? No, they were, I mean, obviously the, the candy ones were definitely strange. And I'm definitely not maybe working them into my normal rotation. But I wouldn't say that they were bad at all. I'm trying to remember because the skittles, the Sckitles, the Sour Patch kids brought, and the,

Jake's right here. He, he remembers. The Sour Patch one, which one did, which of the candies that I rate highest? The Sour Patch Kid one. No, the Skittles was the highest. So yeah, the Skittles was the best. Sour Patch Kids was just a weird flavor palette mixed with the meat, whereas like Skittles was a little bit better. But their other brats are obviously in my mind much, much better. So did you try?

It was fun to try and experience it. I would maybe get a pack and throw it on the grill and not tell anyone and see what people think at the lake this summer. It could be kind of fun. But yeah, what else you got on that list of years? Let's see here. Oh, this is kind of like a Patreon question that Jared has never, like, got to. I don't know why.

Shout out. You Bet Your Radio Patreon found on patreon. On patreon.com slash you betcha radio. sponsored by Barron's old-fashioned brandy by the way I always wondered like every time I think about like you guys at the office or wherever

like that you betcha office I always in my head I think of Rob's fantasy factory yeah am I like totally like way off because that's all I can think of just Rob's fantasy factory I mean there's always been discussions

about what we could do in the warehouse you know and but we got a golf sim and a bar and all that stuff but we've never gone full fantasy factory. We've almost done pickleball too. Yeah, pickleball

um, you know, Healy's we've used Healy's in the warehouse. Scooters, we got scooters rolling around. Um, once in a while just ride a pallet jack. Mm-hmm. You know, you can ride a pallet jack like a, like a scooter. It's kind of fun.

Can you? Yeah. Oh, that'd be fun. I never get to do that. you tell me to stay off all the machinery when I get there. I just learned to kickflip on it. Did you? Oh. That would be so cool. It'd be so strong to do that. I would love for it to be like that, you know, because there's always, you know, like, God,

we could put a zip line right here, you know, but. That'd be an insurance liability if you put a zip line in. But you know what? Well, if somebody gets hurt, Miles will just say they're trespassing and then Miles sues them. That's true. So you sue an employer. or me. Yeah.

Yeah. When I always listen to the podcast, that's all I can think about when you mentioned the office. I keep thinking Rob's fantasy factory vibes. That's all I can think of. Yeah, I mean, there is like a bobblehead of me there, like a life site, not life side. It's like four feet tall and like random car. It's about life size. Well, and that one time we did mess around, Tyler broke his leg.

Yeah, it's true. So how did he break his leg? We were playing football. We were playing two-hand touch football and Tyler collided with another guy and broke his ankle or whatever he broke. And you thought it was a contusion right away, not a broken? I was just like, I think it's just a bruise.

He went to the doctor and it was broken. But now I know, you know, if it's, if there's, if there's rapid, uh, if there's rapid local swelling to a spot, it's probably broken. And that's, uh, you know, uh, she left. Her hand, you know, that's why I was a little concerned about it. She might have broke her hand. Yeah. RLS going on there.

Yeah. Is that a medical term? RL. Rapid local swelling. Yeah, I don't know. You put localized in it. Some are medical. Mm-hmm.

Rapid localized swelling. So, yeah, that was something else. Speaking about, well, continue with the podcast here. Sorry, Charlie. It's all about. I don't give a chance. This is nice. Usually it's all about Charle.

No, it's not Miles. Turned out of Patreon, no. Yeah. So, Miles, would you consider Ryan being like a good, good buddy of yours, like a real good buddy,

like best buddy? Yeah, I mean, we hang out outside of work. We're definitely good buddies. I think that I would probably consider him a better friend than he would consider me.

Just because he has way more friends than me. And so I'm just like a dime a dozen. to him where I don't have as many friends. Do you know what I mean? Ryan, a guy with a mustache like that can I mean, he can get some friends. That's a guy you want

to be friends with. Would you consider Charlie a good friend, like a best friend? That is a great question. I would consider Charlie your best friend. That's great. I'm a best friend. And here's why I feel like that is because Charlie never answers his phone and or text messages.

Uh-huh. But pretty much every time I call you, you answer. And if you don't, you call me back later. Yeah, I do. And that is the bar that's set for being really good friends with Charlie. So thankful my mom isn't listening to this podcast. Oh, no. You're screening your mom's calls?

I'm not screening it. It's just I'm not by my phone a lot. and sometimes she got she i forgot to call her back the other day and she wasn't super happy about but i was fishing and i my phone was in the glove box you know yeah so anyways that was just normally i answer my mom's calls if i'm around my phone and it's not on dndy that's do not disturb for anyone yeah go ahead acre if you had to choose will you choose right ryan or charlie Ryan. I love these questions. Ryan? Heartbeat. I don't have a mustache like Ryan. It comes back to this mustache. Ryan looks like he could be anything from a convicted felon to a stripper to a fireman. And it all works for him. Yeah, it does kind of work. Yeah. But yeah, I choose Ryan. Ryan's got more baseball cards. That's the reason. Yeah, that really helps. I walked into Ryan's office and he had stacks of cards. I think he's. he spends most of his day selling those cards on eBay.

Oh, yeah. No, that's, he calls them sales meetings. Anytime he's selling anything on Facebook Marketplace or eBay, he calls them sales meetings. He just, right now, he's just decked out with cards. He's probably got a friggin' be-low or five-end just ripping through sales. Just looking to buy a Michael Jordan rookie card or something. What is it, 80 whatever, Fleer? Yeah, 86 Fleer.

Yeah. Does he, is he some Pokemon cards or is that just Jake? Just you. Jake's got, Jake is sitting on $7,000 worth of Pokemon cards right now. And his address is what? I forgot. He's in Minneapolis, but he's trying to turn some of those into a diamond. So we'll see how it works out for him.

Yeah. I don't know. should be saying that online. What? Oh, my bad. I forgot. Does she not know? She knows. Yeah, they're trying to get engaged. They're trying to, you know, make it official, you know, just like you, Edgar. We're all on our way.

When is the wedding, Edgar? That was actually another question I had. We've been engaged for like two years. okay should I be rushing this now or do I just take my time or you got two kids so

I don't think rushing it is the answer Yeah you might as well Just get it going When does your fiancee want to get married Oh as soon as possible Oh okay then you should maybe You should do that Yeah

Well she was thinking of next year But then I don't know Something always comes up Like we said I were trying to get a other house, like a different house. Yeah. So I think of getting that.

Vacation. Well, if you do it right, you do the vacation with the wedding and it's just called a honeymoon. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's what we didn't know either. We should do like one of the old things that we travel somewhere and go get married or here. Like traditional. You should have a cheaper wedding at home than the next day go on vacation for a week and spend some money on that.

That's the move. Any more questions for Miles? Well, I actually had a question for you, Charlie. Okay. So what happened to the podcast you had going on? Oh, thanks for asking. The Krepes cast. You know, I...

We're talking to, like, the guy, he listens to podcasts all day. He's driving truck, you know? All day long. I know. I got to get back on it. I've been toying with... You're going to get back on it? I've been toying with an old-fashioned interview podcast.

You know, I like doing them in person. It's just tough getting people in Milwaukee. But I'll probably be getting, I've done a couple old-fashioned interview podcasts, and I kind of like that vibe there because I get to, you know, be bartender. And, you know, but it's really, I've been on the road a lot doing shows. Tickets at Charlie Barrens.com. All fall dates are out now. and sponsored by Bairns for old-fashioned brandy but um you know it's just tough to do it all you're like a NASCAR driver yeah you know you know the Chevy Fas and all 46 car was doing really good

and he's as he's holding a Coca-Cola in his hand yeah i am drinking a high life not a sponsor but um yeah no but i'm i'm hoping to do more of them um but it's just it just comes down to time and I'm trying to spend as much time at the lake as possible. Later today, we're going to be pouring some footers for my deck. Miles doesn't know that yet, but he's a concrete guy. I welcome his expertise, and I need someone to make sure the deck's supported while we get that going. It's funny because I know we're going to have zero supplies, so this could be a disaster. No, I got the concrete.

Are we using your ice auger to drill a hole or what? Miles, I have a whole little hole digger. Okay, it's called a shovel. Okay, so we're doing this by hand. Okay. We're doing it by hand. All right. I did have an ice auger.

Actually, I do. That's not a bad idea. I'll go get that. Unfortunately, I have a small ice auger, you know, old perch guy. But anyway, that was Charlie Barron's long-winded answer to say, no, he's not going to continue to do the Krepes cast. No, I'm just changing the name. Charlie Barron's translator right there. No, you don't get to be my translator.

later Miles. You know, we're not even best friends, apparently. Oh, we are best friends. It's just Ryan's a better friend. Is that right? I didn't say that. It just made me choose. Oh, yeah. Sorry. I don't have a mustache. But no, I'm going to get back on it. Okay. So there you go. That's the official answer. Yeah. I see now that you had Neeroy Butler on there quite a been doing you? Yeah, you know, he would be a good one to get on an old-fashioned interview. He's not a drinker himself, but I can make a mean kitty cocktail. So, yeah. I actually, that was part of my one of my notes I had here. Yeah. I was really hoping you could do me a favor. Yeah, I'll do you a favor. Sure, Edgar. You got it. What do you want? So, like, when I was in

high school, I think I might have been a freshman. sophomore maybe. Sure. But Leroy Butler came to our school. Yeah. Something about breast cancer, I think. Yeah, breast cancer awareness, sure. Yeah, and we were in the gym. And out of every, all the kids, like the whole school was in the gym.

And out of everyone, he, like, picked me out of the whole crowd. Did he really? To, like, go down there. I don't remember exactly what he had me do down there. that must have been a cool cool uh day for you it was pretty cool and then he gave me an autograph like a picture of himself doing like a lambo leap lambo leap inventor of the lambo leap leop leop lear butler guys yeah and he signed it and so this was years ago and i always had at my parents house and once i moved away i have no idea what happened to it damn so you want to get another one

So I was like, maybe Charlie can hook me up with one if he's good friends with him. I can hook you up with that. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. I feel like I just, I didn't appreciate it as much back then. You know, I was little. I didn't know what was going on yet.

And now I'm thinking back, I'm like, God, I wish I could have that back. Well, you know what, Edgar? Here's what we'll do. You text your address to Jared, the number that you called on. And we'll send you Leroy Butler. autograph photo. That's not a problem. The Lambo leap.

Yeah. Oh, hell yeah. Yeah, we'll get that. Hell yeah. I really appreciate that. Yeah. No, that's not a problem. He would love to do that.

He loves the fans. You got one, right? Oh, yeah, I got many. Why you just send them yours? No. I'll get him the, I got to, I'm going to see him soon here. Okay. So, yeah.

I'll get your own personalized one. I'll even have him say, hey, Edgar, Remember when I pulled you out of the stands? And yeah. Yeah. Yeah, we'll get that personalized. Look at me over-promising and under-delivering miles. It's a lot.

It's a lot to remember. That's great. All right, Edgar. Appreciate it, man. And you stay safe on the roads there, man. All right, yeah. Thanks for taking my call. Tell your wife, we say hi.

Oh, I will. Good. Bye-bye. it was a nice housekey house cleaning call yeah you know i feel like it was like you know before uh before a meeting it's always like hey we got a few housekeeping i guess a few things run down the list i felt like agri really did a good job doing some house cleaning he held us accountable me on the podcast you on the song yeah you know little like low priority questions but stuff we need to just get through yep yeah agenda items.

Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. He's he's he would make a great city councilman. You know? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

What do they call it the rundown on a city council meeting, the notes or the agenda. Yeah. It's just the agenda. The minutes. The minutes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Parker, this is Charlie and Miles. How are we doing? Oh, how are you doing, fellas? We're doing good. What are you up to? Um, driving through Texas right. now. Holy smokes. Where are you doing down there? I'm going to visit a buddy of mine on a little sandbar called Port Oranzas. Nice. Can I go do some sport fishing. What kind of fish are we catching? Where are you at?

What's you catching? Well, this upcoming couple days, I think we're going after Yellowfin or Wahu or something. I don't really know much about the fish down here. Wahoo. Well, you say you don't know much about the fish down here. Where are you from? I'm from Michigan originally, but I spend most of my time in Alaska and Washington. Okay. Way up north. What do you do up there in Alaska and Washington? I'm a professional deck hand, you could say. Nice deck, dude. Okay. So I'm wearing extra tough boots right now. Would you consider that stolen valor? What was that? I kind of missed the last.

little bit there. I'm wearing extra tough boots. Oh yeah. Would you consider that stolen valor? Oh, uh, well, maybe a little bit,

but that's, that's fine. Um, that's one thing about Alaska that I found out through wearing extra tough boots is it's basically all they wear up there. And I have a friend that's from Alaska and I was asking her about it. And she said, yeah, I've seen people actually get married in extra.

tough boots. Really? Mm-hmm. Well, those, these shoes, I was telling you yesterday, they're very fashionable. Thank you. These are the more exotic ones with the, with the camo pattern on it. Yeah, that's like an old-school duck pattern is what that is. And then that orange pop on them.

Are you wearing some of those shorties? Yeah, the shorties on. Nice. They're comfortable. They're great. They're durable. You can do anything in them. Absolutely.

Alaskan sneakers. That's exactly what they are. Yeah. So why don't you bell you up to the bar with us and tell us what's on your mind? All right. I just apply my belly to this bar here. What bar are you guys at so I can set the scene? We're at Spirit View here in Three Lakes, Wisconsin, which has 20 lakes.

A little known fact. Nice. Right across Lake Michigan from my stomping grounds. Where's your stomping grounds over there? Traverse City? No, well, I guess I'm a bit south of there. I'm in like the Grand Rapids area. Oh, sure.

Yeah. Good fly fishing over there, Steelhead. That's what I hear. I wouldn't know. I've never been much of a sport fisherman. I only just done it for work. Well, you're going sport fishing today, so your life's changing. Yeah, yeah, we're getting there.

I'm making moves, changing my ways. Speaking of which, that's what got me to call you guys. I had a few beers and was just kind of thinking about some of my dilemmas. Thinking about like if I were to change careers, the skill set I've built doing this, I'm sure you guys could think of some funny ways to think what I might be able to transfer these skills to. some other kind of career. Well, I think that's, first of all, tell us the top three skills you have as a deckhand.

Being able to operate with minimal sleep. Okay. Boy, I guess just high tolerance. All right, that's it. High tolerance for physical pain and discomfort. Okay. And being able to follow orders, I guess, regardless of how much they make sense to me. All right.

It sounds like you are a perfect fit for a stay-at-home dad. No sleep, physical pain, and you take orders from the real boss, your wife. Wow. You know? Well, well done here, Miles. And you probably wonder, what about physical pain? and you find out that your kid likes to drop stuff on your feet, throw stuff at your face,

and you end up bending over a lot to pick stuff up. So you're going to be in a lot of physical pain. Nice. Yeah, that's pretty clever. Yeah, yesterday I dropped a nut even trying to put together Miles' piece of shit chainsaw, and he just sat there and looked at it instead of bending over to pick it up. So he saves his bending over for when he's staying with. with his kid. I only got so many reps in his back.

Hey, Chuck. I get it. I get it. So do you have a wife, fiancee, girlfriend? No, I am extremely single and have been basically. Single. Yeah. Wow.

Well, we might have someone here for you. We'll find out. Where does she go? Did she go to the bathroom or something? We got a gal here in three lakes. Her name's Katie, and, yeah, she's looking for a special someone. So we're going to, might be able to hook you up here. You never know.

But while we wait for her, you know, what are you looking for in a gal? I dream about a nice Midwest farm girl or, yeah, one of those Midwestern gals. Yeah. I don't know, just, just a Midwestern gal. Good time and man. looking for my good-hearted woman. He's a good-hearted woman. Well, we might have one right here.

Step on up. Come on, Katie. He's belly up here. Yeah, should we get her some headphones? We're getting her hooked up with, we got our first ever bellied-up speed dating round. Yeah, blind, blind date. And it quite literally is truly, this is love is blind.

They can't see each other. Yeah, you guys can't see each other, but we'll see if you have a connection. Just a second. Just hold on. She's got to get her beer, which is a big plus. You said you're looking for a Midwestern woman. She likes drinking beer.

Yeah. Now Parker, Parker, Katie, just to catch you up, always set you up. He is a commercial fisher. Deck hand. He's got a big deck out there in. Yep. And I hear, I'll let you hold that. He's very qualified to be a stay-at-home dad,

but he has other skills that could translate to other jobs. He operates well off of the. limited sleep and he does tolerates physical pain. So I don't know what you guys are into, but that could also be an advantage. And he's willing to take orders even if they don't make sense. Yeah. So sounds like a kind of a dream guy.

So why don't you talk to Parker? This is this is Katie. Katie's introduced yourself. Hello. Is somebody even really there? Yeah. Don't be shy, Parker. Where'd you go?

Hi, Katie. Nice to meet you. Hi, Parker. You sound Southern. Oh, no. No, I just, I don't know. I guess I've worked with a lot of Southerners. So maybe I've picked that up on a...

Southern by association. He's from Michigan, though, Katie. Not too far across the big pond. He's over there just short of Grand Rapids, it sounds like. Oh, wow. So a nice Midwest fella. Just a ferry trip over. Just a ferry trip over.

I like that. That sounds like a Midwestern Hallmark movie. Yeah. A ferry trip over. Yeah, it could be called Ride in the Ferry. Yeah. Sure. So, Katie.

All right, you guys get out of here for a story. I was just thinking how weird it would be to be on a blind date with Chuck and I commentating. Yeah. Miles and I. How terrible that would be? Yeah, we'll shut up. We'll just be sitting here silent in the cuck chairs, okay? So you, you, no, you, you got the basics on me.

I want to hear about you, Katie. What's your, what's your deal? What's my, well, obviously I have a pretty bad stage fright. This is a little nervous, Parker. So we'll give her a little grace here. Let's all her into it. It's like when you first step foot in the hot tub, you're like, oh, I can't sit down in this, you know. You know, how many English classes I failed because I wouldn't do speeches.

Oh, really? You got a great voice. I intentionally took the F. So I didn't have to publicly speak. Wow. You just took the F like that. Yeah. So I got to thank all of you.

All right. Chuck, shut the hell. Sorry. I'm in the hot seat here. Yeah, no. So tell them a little bit about yourself. Where are you from? Well, I, I'm from here at Three Lakes.

Lived here forever. What do you like to do? Well, of course, we're on the chain and got a boat. and anything outdoors. Biggest chain of lakes in the world, Parker. Okay, she's underselling her chain right now. Are the Great Lakes technically a chain or not? Because that would be hard to beat.

Shut up, Parker. That is a hard no. Okay, okay. Yeah, look at him coming at us with facts, you know. Parker, Parker, never mind. I'm going to shut up. I keep talking. Go on, Katie.

Katie tell. Where did we leave off? Oh, the chain of lakes. Yeah. What do you like to do on the lakes the most, Katie? A boat and have snacks and drink beer and water ski. You can water. Die on a water, a tube once in a while.

All right. Yeah. What do you do for work, Katie? I am in the landscaping. I do. Can we? Yeah. you can do whatever you want.

We can always cut it out, Katie. So speak freely. It's okay. It's a little nervous, Parker. This isn't live, you know. Okay. Yes. You're not giving a speech.

You're just talking to Parker. Yeah. Parker, good guy. All of these 15 people are not in the room. I know all of them. Including your mom. Yeah, thanks, mom. You ever been on a date with all your family here?

Here they are. Yeah. And your two buddies, you know? Yeah. So your landscape and what else? Well, I do the flowers. I do flower ranging and design, yes. Nice.

We're supposed to shut up. Sorry, I was just going to say that. Parker is supposed to respond to that. Sorry, Parker. We're learning this too. Yes. So, yeah. What do you do?

The commercial fishing thing, but a lot, that's my main gig, but I kind of. What's commercial? Do whatever there is that needs done around, I guess. Move around. Yeah. So she asked, Parker, what's commercial fishing? Can you give her sort of a sense of what that looks like? That is the start of the process that leads to fish in the grocery store and restaurants and things.

Oh. So do you fish Lake Michigan then? No. It's too bad that there isn't any real commercial fishing opportunities in Michigan. Because I'd love to do this job and work out of Michigan. Michigan, but no, unfortunately not. My work is mostly in Alaska and Washington. Oh, that sounds fun.

Yeah, you ever seen Alaska? I have not been to Alaska. Okay. Yeah. Wow. It looks beautiful. It does look beautiful. I wonder if you had someone there to show you around, Parker.

That's a freaking hit. Parker doesn't sound 80. No. How old are you, Parker? I'm 31. 30 fun. Holy smart. All right, real good.

Nice. Yeah, I'm feeling pretty accomplished. 31 whole years under my belt. Yeah. Lots of experience. We're not here, guys. Just talk freely. You guys go ahead.

Talk freely. It's a first day. Candles lit, you know. Are we in Michigan on this candlelit date right now? Or are we in Alaska? Where are we? We could meet in the middle. We could be on a boat out in Lake Michigan right now.

That's the middle. I like that. That's romantic. Chuck, we're not here. Sorry, silent cucks. So important question right off the rip is if I keep on doing this job, are you the kind of gal that could have her fella be uncontactable and just out far away for months at a time?

I mean, it does sound kind of nice. Let's go, Parker. Parker. I mean, yeah, I got to have some alone girl time too. Oh, cool. Yeah, alone girl time for like, yeah, I don't know, maybe four months in a go. Is that a reasonable number? Get to catch up on my favorite Netflix shows.

What months are you gone? I'm usually gone pretty much all summer, like May, June, July, August, September. and for crab in the winter, that usually keeps me busy November, December, January, and February. What months are you free? Well, it's kind of a fluid schedule, and I'm not like 100% committed to any of those time frames. But for the last few years, I've generally had October off and a chunk of time. spring like May, April or May. So he's free two months out of the year, which...

But that's only if you don't move to Alaska. Yeah. Well, this is my challenge here. That's why it's so tough to find a gal. Yeah, but here's the thing you were asking about maybe a potential different job. Yeah, he'd be willing to do other things. Is what he said. And, hey, you know what?

there's a lot of fishing guides out here in three lakes i wonder if parker you know your way around a walleye right well that's the thing see i i never did any sport fishing really um so i i don't know anything about a rod and reel but i'm sure i could learn katie i've netted a walleye before okay it's a great start but i don't like to bait my own hooks i parker can you bait a hook yeah sure okay you can bait it up all right now now we got the housekeeping items out of the way Parker why don't you tell us something about yourself oh what do you like you know tell us something that we can get to know you more should have brought that one game with oh yeah uh we're not really strangers

you ever played that game no what is it okay um it's a scary game we should have brought that game well let's just riff it off the top let's ask a question Wait, that kind of scary? Oh, no, it's not, it's, it's, it's not, it's, it's fun scary. Yeah. Okay, here we go. First question is you both can, you both can answer what was, uh, what was your most embarrassing moment in your life?

Oh, not let, you go ahead, Katie. You go first. There's been too many. Probably ask your mom, but she's got a feel. Yeah. I mean, pull her on it. When I was in, oh, man, seventh grade, middle school, I was peeing in the urinal one time, and then buddy was hollering to me, and I turned to holler back, and the angle and the splashback all kind of changed,

and put a pretty large spot on my shorts. And so in a panic, I was in there trying to dry off, and then the bell rang. before I knew it. So I just hit out in the bathroom for a whole class period and then it came out like nothing happened and nothing happened. I didn't even get marked absent in the class I missed. And people asked me about it. I told them some kind of lie.

But I got away with it, but it's still the most embarrassing scenario I've ever found myself in. I have not had an accident with the urinal yet. Thank God. Yeah. I probably can't beat that. Well, do you have anything that comes to mind here, Katie? Otherwise, I got another question on that.

I'll take the next question. I guess I don't really get embarrassed. Okay. Besides right now. Right now. Why are you embarrassed right now? Well, I said I have stage fright so bad and getting put on the spot. I can't even play darts or horseshoes.

I'm on horseshoe team in darts. And everybody's watching. and I can't even make the board. I just get stage fright. She gets stage fright. So what, how would you describe feeling being in love in one word? One word.

This is right up your alley. You just got to come up with one word. How about feeling in love? What's yours? That's two words. Startling. Startling. Okay.

Katie, give us something. Give us something. He's his startling. Charlie, you go. The only being in love. It's a tough one. Heaven. That's a callback.

That is a wonderful answer. I wish I had one like it. No, you can think of something. It's like, what's your favorite thing to do, Katie? Aside for Netflix, what's your favorite thing? You wake up in the morning could be a cup of coffee. Could be a nice brisk walk. Yeah, I do love my morning coffee.

Well, Charlie, said that so you got to pick a different one well yeah i mean i'm not gonna compare being in love to a warm cup of coffee that actually could be a good one we'll take that one we'll say yeah that was good warm cup of coffee coffee that's right um what what did you do before you came here katy what i do uh it took up my dog i had a cup of coffee oh she's got a dog tell parker about your dog oh well i have a Great Dane. That's three years old, and her name is Molly.

And she walks me sometimes, but, you know. Do you like that she walks you? Yeah. I love her to pieces. Yeah. Parker, do you have a, I'm guessing you don't have a dog because you're gone 96% of the year.

Do you like dogs? I love dogs. All right. You like Great Danes? They're a little A little odd looking of a dog Aren't they? If I'm thinking of the right kind of dog They're kind of

Like a beefier greyhound Almost looking thing They are on the bigger They're very slobbery too aren't they Yeah well I mean yeah If they want treats I guess I'm sure there's great things about them

Yeah I don't know if I've ever met a great Dane though Well what's the greatest thing about Molly Katie? Oh, well, very cuddly and needs my care and attention all the time. And I don't know. You like that? I guess I do because it's my second one.

So they're super needy. Do you like both of you do you like cuddling? Cuddling? Yeah, Parker. Just go with it. Okay. Yeah, yeah, sure. Sure.

It's an awkward word. What word would you use? Snuggle? Geez. Spooning? Well, all the words associated with it are awkward. But the actual act, I'm a big fan. I love to be close to a woman, man.

I don't get to do that very often. Now, Katie, do you like cuddling a man? I mean, yes. But when it's bedtime, it's bedtime. Like, I'm rolling over. I got to get comfort. Can't disturb my sleep. I'm totally on board with that.

I'm a cuddler, but I'm not like a cuddled sleeper. When it comes to sleep and I need some space, I need to spread your face down type of thing. Sound incompatible right there. Let's go. All about the snuggles. Now, are you a big spoon or a little spoon, Katie? A little. Your little spoon?

Parker. What about you? That works just fine. Parker, you like being the. the big spoon, huh? I mean, I could switch around a little, you know, if I'm feeling like being, shoot, what's that word, vulnerable? You'll be a little spoon too, all right.

Katie, would you consider being a big spoon? Yeah. If, yeah, of course, if need be. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Parker, UK with hair in your face as the big spoon? Yeah.

Yeah, what kind of hair are we talking? We got big frizzy. Yeah, big and frizzy. There's a lot of it. And it'll tickle your face for sure. Yeah, and what time the color of your hair there, Katie? Blonde. You like blondes, Parker?

Yeah, sure. He's, I got no real preference. I mean, I'm a blonde myself, if that's of any importance to you. Okay. Two blondes. Oh. That'll make a white. well

go on miles no words for that historically speaking you know um okay why don't you ask Parker this

oh do you think I was popular in high school or in elementary it doesn't matter do I think you were popular in high school? Yeah Okay, so I'm imagining three lakes being a pretty small community and you got the pretty big hair.

So, yeah, I'm imagining you definitely got some attention in high school. Very nice. Is that true? Yeah, well, I feel like I was just friends with anybody, everybody. You know, you had your five mean girls in a class of 60 here. so. Yeah. I can relate.

I don't really like the word popular. I think there should be some better word for people who are just friendly with everybody. What profound? Were you popular, Parker? I guess if you have to go by the classical definition of it, but I'd think I'd fall more under whatever that new word for just friendly folks would be. I was friends with everybody in my school. I like that.

I have another question for you. What are you currently working through that others can't see? I guess what that, like a midlife crisis you could say? At 31? It's a third life crisis, hopefully. Sure. Yeah. I mean, shoot, dude, I think you're lucky if you make it past 60.

So, yeah, I don't know. I'm just kind of at a crossroads in my life. Like, do I keep on just going on adventures and pretend like I'm a young buck? or do I find a nice Katie and settle down and open up a landscaping company. Wow. Hey, he can sort through your flowers, Katie. How about that?

What's your favorite flower, Parker? Katie, same question. Oh. He has no jack about flowers. Well, we'll see. I think, I guess, Technically, the part of the peyote you deal with is a flower. So, yeah, we'll go with peyote.

All right, peyote. What do you like about the peyote flower? Oh, geez, what isn't there to like? You know what those things do to you? I haven't tried. Well, neither have I, but I've looked into it. I'm interested. I wonder, Katie, have you ever considered doing a peyote trip?

On the way up to Alaska? Yes, that's a yes. Miles says it's a yes. Katie, you ever tried recreational drugs in your life? Is that a serious question? No. Okay, we're moving on. Okay, next question, Parker.

What's your most toxic trait that you're? you can admit to. Oh, so far, I love commercial fishing more than all the gals I've met. Wow. Wow. That's toxic, huh? That's tough, yeah. I know.

I told you I faced those truths. Mm-hmm. How was that make you feel? I mean, well, if he's up a... Up against all those gals, that's the most toxic thing. It's not all, I only got two months out of the year to even try to meet them. It's not that big of a pool you're competing against her. Parker, you got any questions?

Yeah. Would you ever consider living in Alaska five months out of the year on a remote island operating a small fish camp? That sounds like a Mr. Beast video. go. Which months again? I know we're all Which months? For that operation.

Is this when it's dark for 23 hours a day? Like, wait, what about 23 hours a day? When it's dark 23 hours a day. No, no, the opposite other end of the spectrum, summertime, like June through late September. So then it's. land of the midnight 23 hours a day Yeah something like that

The sun just kind of like does a lap around the horizon Yeah Yeah No that sounds beautiful All right It's great Well I think we've heard all we need to hear Yeah so on the count of three

You guys say would you like to exchange numbers How does that sound One Two Three Yeah, sure. Sure. Yeah.

We got it. We got it. Can you feel the love tonight? But do. We know whack. A we in a whack. A we know whack. In the jungle, the mighty jungle.

The Parker's chase tonight. Simba and Mufasa. Wait, no. Simba and Nala. I have nothing on Parker and Katie, ladies and gentlemen. Give it up. Give them a big round of applause. I think they've got some textuals to exchange with each other.

And we'll see how it goes on a future bellied update. Yeah. Maybe I'll be living in Alaska next time. Wow. That would be crazy. That would be what? Oh, we forgot to ask. Parker, it's Christmas.

You're at Katie's house. She's got a massive family and they like to drink and fall off stools on occasion. Are you hanging out with the family or staying in the bedroom? Oh, dude. Definitely falling off some stools, dude. There you go. If the family's going to the zoo, are you going with and petting those animals?

I don't know about petting them. Depends what kind of zoo, but I'm definitely along for the ride. Good. Hey. Would you make, her mother a sign out of wood. Thank her mother a what?

A sign for her she shed. A sign? Yeah, sure. Yeah. All right. Hey, we found it, ladies and gentlemen. All right. We're going to give Katie your number, Parker, and we're going to let her text you and let you know what she's watching

on Netflix. Hey, well, I got you guys here. I got a question for you. Yeah, sure. That middle school bit kind of reminded me of this. when I was in middle school, we did this project where he had to write something and then like read it in front of a camera to make some kind of video project. Yep. And basically universally across like everybody in the class like hated hearing their own voice on the video.

So you guys that record your voices for a living, did you ever have any kind of experience like that when you were young? Like the first time you heard your voice played back to you in recording where you didn't like it? yeah you definitely when you first start it feels like that would you agree chuck oh 100% you're like i sound like that good god and now it's actually the worst is when we rewatch home video because i've now gotten over that fact i'm just used to it but now you watch home videos when you were a kid and you're like oh god i sounded like that my parents had to have been just hated it yeah no wonder they are saints yeah and i even say some stuff now that i'm like why did i say that like even on this call.

I think you guys sound great. Thank you, Kay. We think you sound great. You got a great radio, boys. Even like listening to our first podcast episodes, I hate that. It's crazy. You wasn't back. No, I don't.

On purpose. Oh, but someone had. Yeah. Yeah. So, well, Parker, we appreciate you being a good sport. And sorry to spring this blind date on you. but, you know, hey, never know. And Katie, thank you for coming on by.

And we're also sorry we sprung this blinded on you. But blame your mom. Yeah, oh, I do. Yeah. Everything. Oh, good. Well, that's good. She got a great relationship with her mother, Parker.

That'll come in handy. Her mom owns a bar, by the way, if that helps. Hey, yeah, this is all great news. I'm excited for you guys. Okay. So you start texting and see. where the magic lands, okay? Okay.

Okay, dokey, fellas. Thanks. All right. Bye, Parker. Yeah, see you. Talk to you soon, Katie. There we go. Sounds good.

All right. I'm excited. Thank you, Katie. Thank you, Parker. We'll let you guys take it from here. Give them a big round of applause, everybody. Our first bellied up blind date. Success.

We're about to find out if love is blind. We are, absolutely. Well, Chuck, that's another good episode of the bellied up podcast for us. Sure is, Miles. We found some, all sorts of things today. We covered a lot of ground and we did some housekeeping items. Housekeeping, yeah. We found love and a bar in three lakes.

Sounds like a country song. Yeah, we even talked about a data center, oddly enough. Yeah. You know, we really did it. And that's, you never know what you're going to get here at the Bellied Up podcast, folks. It's kind of like a junk drawer. Maybe we got a D battery. You never know.

So with that, don't forget to tip your bar. We'll see you the next one. Okay, hope you guys have a good one. Goodbye now. Oudaloo.