Life with Nat - EP13: Scraping the Barrel #2

Episode Date: June 2, 2024

Nat, Marc and Emma take a deep dive into Marc’s meatballs, discuss how much they text each other and how much Nat played computer games in her childhood. Enjoy. Please subscribe, follow, and leave a review. xxx You can find us in all places here; https://podfollow.com/lifewithnat/view INSTA: @natcass1 A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: [e-mail] SHOW INFO: Life with Nat - it’s me! Natalie Cassidy and I’ll be chatting away to family, friends and most importantly YOU. I want to pick people's brains on the subjects that I care about- whether that’s where all the odd socks go, weight and food or kids on phones. Each week I will be letting you into my life as i chat about my week, share my thoughts on the mundane happenings as well as the serious. I have grown up in the public eye and have never changed because of it. Life with Nat is the podcast for proper people. Come join the community. ♥️ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Get groceries delivered across the GTA from Real Canadian Superstore with PC Express. Shop online for super prices and super savings. Try it today and get up to $75 in PC Optimum Points. Visit Superstore.ca to get started. Hello Emma. I just took a swig of drink. Hello. Hi. How are you? Alright, thanks. How are you?

Yeah, I'm very, very well. Very good. I've got Mark here today. Hello Mark. Hello. How are you Emma? I'm alright, thanks. How are you? Very good. I'm not sure how Mark feels about his last episode being called Scraping the Barrel. I think I suggested it actually. Did I suggest it?

I think it was mentioned in the episode. Oh right, yeah. I think it was mentioned. It was mentioned actually, but you were. Well I'm not scraping the barrel tonight. Well you are, by definition, because you've asked me to do this again. It was mentioned, actually. But you were. Well, I'm not scraping the barrel tonight. Well, you are, by definition, because you've asked me to do this again.

I am very busy at the moment, and me and Emma just thought it might be nice to just, you know, get a little ep in. And it's nice to have a third person involved. And you went down very, very well, young man. Is Emma the third person, or am I the third person? You're the third. Right, okay. You're the third.

But yeah, you went down very well last time. And how do you know that was the case? Because I had a lot of correspondence about it. A lot or one? One message maybe? I'll find one. I mean, it's going to take me a while. What I was quite excited about after that episode,

I got an Instagram message inviting me to try out a spa up the road. I haven't replied yet, so apologies. What spa? Some spa and hairdressing place. Is that only Mark who's invited? Just me. Influencer. I haven't replied, though.

Didn't know what to say. I felt a bit overwhelmed with the offer. Well, it's not every day that sort of offer comes my way. Well. It says quite a lot, but it's taken a while to find any kind of mention. Just finding the date, sweetheart. Who is this? Hi, Nat.

It's Emma from East London. heart who is this hi nat it's emma from east london um going on the key and trolley situation i hear the lady said he kept stabbing you in the stomach yeah it does i've done that it bloody hurts but if you do it the other way around just you have to have a little bit of a fiddle with it but it does still come out and then you don't have to have the key stuck in there so give that a try people are still talking about that it's incredible yeah absolutely the cheapest option is definitely to put a pound in why because anything else you stick in there costs more than a quid some trolley tokens aren't a quid are that no i've made that up yeah you've totally made that i have no different to viennetta viennetta all over again i'm sorry the viennetta chat came from you no chinese whispers that was you said no no it did come from me it did come

from you in in 2017 is when I said it. Yeah, I know. Do you stand by your words, Mark? No, not anymore. I do. I've had a lot of pictures from people and messages saying at Farm Foods, the birthday Vionetta is a pound. Love it.

Someone messaged saying, I live in Hertfordshire in a town called Stevenage and I just want to know how many people are listening in Stevenage. Ah. I don't think we can be that specific, can we, in terms of the UK and towns. Anyway, love, love your podcast. I'm always listening to you on my dog walks and whilst I am cooking.

What did you think about Beth talking about your meatballs? I thought it was quite flattering. Something she was most grateful for that day, she said. I have to say, I don't think they were very well cooked, so I think she was being polite. She thought they were brilliant. I thought they were a bit tough. I've never ever had a problem with your meatballs.

Genuinely. Any time I've popped them into my mouth, I thought they were a bit tough. I've never ever had a problem with your meatballs. Genuinely. Any time I've popped them into my mouth, I thought... What's the problem? Nothing, nothing, nothing. What is funny, Emma? Nothing, I just... You're a very lucky woman. When I said to you on the last ep,

you need to come round and try them. Beth loved them. I love them. I have them on a regular basis, so I'm the lucky one here. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But the last step you need to come around and try them beth loved them i love them i have them on a regular basis so i'm the lucky one yeah yeah but the next time you come over you've got to try them she's pimping your meatballs out now clearly change the subject i wonder if we could sell them i don't think so right come on Move on from that. Very embarrassed now. I've gone red. Any tips for fellow meatball chefs? No. The thing is, they were terrible.

They weren't. They were. You said they were. Ones you've done before are slow cooked. Yeah. And they fall apart. They tasted absolutely perfect. Okay.

Well, that's very nice. Lovely. There wasn't really any skill involved. I just put them into a pan and cooked them. With a nice sauce? That's not even funny. Why are you laughing at that? Change the subject.

Okay. Yeah. Have you done any baking today? Yes. I made a batch of muffins for Elia. How lovely. Because, I made a batch of muffins for Elia. How lovely. Because, I mean, first up she said, have you got the recipe? I really want to make some.

So I sent her the recipe. Then she asked about some ingredients. Oh, I haven't got this, I haven't got... Basically, she was in a roundabout way saying, can you make some more chocolate muffins? Right. And as Joni and I were off today, being half term, it was a nice activity, so we made some muffins,

which Joni then delivered. I was just trying to find the video that Elliot sent me today. Videos often go down well on podcasts. No, but the sound was good. Honestly, have you ever met a better person? Oh, where is he?

Oh, he's not out the car yet. Have a look at this. So Elliot is filming your car. Have you ever met anyone better than this man? While this was going on, Joanie was putting a badge on. She wanted it to look like a delivery. Oh, we're waiting for Joanie.

Elliot sounds very excited. Well, Joanie sounds drunk. Listen to this. What have you got there, Joanie? This is Pony Squad Bakery. Here's the sign okay oh wow eight chocolate muffins here's your delivery the pound is eight pound the bill is eight pounds so can you please pay by card show me open the box oh is it what way is it? What way is it? At the top. Oh, that's lovely. Oh, wow. They look lovely.

I bet she was well pleased with those. Yeah. So, well, she had the girls around because they were working from home. Oh, brilliant. That's nice. How has it been having the girls whilst I've been at work? Fine. What I find funny, Em,

is that if Mark's at work most of the time, Mark works very hard, and I have the children, I don't seem to go through my day step by step with him as much as he does when he's got the children. For instance, done the dishwashers put some washing in we're just getting ready then a picture of them in the car having a mcdonald's

crazy golf picture of the crazy golf i get that then home sort of throughout the whole day, it's kind of a... Catalogued. And a very large thing that you're doing, but really you're just looking after the children. See, I think you forget on the rare day that you're at home with the kids

that you do exactly the same thing. And I haven't got my phone with me, so I've got no evidence to this. But I think you basically... I definitely send you some lovely videos and pictures. We do message a lot, don't we? We do. I've had people say to me before,

it's not normal the amount you message Mark. But that's us. That's what we do. It's really sweet, though. We continuously message all day. Yeah. I've got no one else to message. Well, believe me, I have, but I still choose to message you.

Okay. Competition, no? No. I just thought you would be interested in what we were up to. I'm interested in the pictures of Crazy Golf and stuff like that. There you go. I don't need to hear about every step of the day. So what did you not need to hear about today?

Okay. Oh, you're consulting the phone. Well, what do you want me to do? Well, I haven't got mine, so I can't give you examples of when you did the same thing. Okay, it's quite good, actually. Oh, good. I've had a good tidy up of the pots got rid of the dead stuff given the dodgy olive tree some tlc i've replanted all of those pots with new compost i've also worked on the compost heap

i've made a pile of stuff that needs to be jet washed, dried and put away. That's actually not what I'm talking about because we always message like that. Yeah, I mean, I'm just explaining what I've been up to. Yeah, no, that's fine. I don't think there's anything controversial there. Joanie isn't impressed with her muffins. She's made some lollies. I've just watered all the pots and hanging baskets.

Somehow, I've got everything back in order in the house oh you've sent me so many messages like that snuggie's tidy her room is ready for bedtime what does her room is ready for bedtime mean um it means it's been tidied the bed's been made the curtains are are drawn, there's fresh water in her bottle, her pyjamas are out. Sorry, when we say fresh water in a bottle, she hasn't got a baby bottle, it's a water bottle, just for anybody listening. It just sounded funny. And also, I mean, I think it's quite good,

because normally you finally get her into that bedroom to put to bed. She lays down, she starts snoozing away, and then she wakes up and says, I need some water. Yeah. And you have to go downstairs and get the water. So I thought she wakes up and says, I need some water. Yeah. And you have to go downstairs and get the water. So I thought I could do it early, so it was all prepped. That's very good. There you go.

There's quite a lot involved, really, in prepping the room. Did you do any washing today? All of it. What, all the kids' baskets as well? Every basket's empty, yeah. Oh, lovely. Yeah. Made the dinner yeah you've had a good day yeah i mean i didn't feel like i achieved much in terms of any of the projects outside mark he's building a railway in the garden at the moment, Emma.

Ooh! How many passengers? Like, what's going on? It's just a model one. Little one? Yeah, little model one. Used to have one in the old house. And, um... It's quite...

It's not little, though. Yeah, well, yeah. You don't ride on it. No, it's little, but what I mean is it's not a model railway. No. Is it big enough to put, like, hot drinks on and send them round the garden? You could put a sausage on and send it round if you're having a barbecue. You could put a pint on it.

Yeah, films and TV, like, made that the peak of luxury, is being able to have a little train carry around your dinner. Paddington, the film. Yes. In the lovely shop of, you know, all the toys and gadgets. They have tea and biscuits in there on the model railway, I believe. Yeah. But it is kind of magical, isn't it?

So Mark's been wanting to do this since we moved here not had a chance and the one in our old garden was so lovely and we've got great nephew and nieces you know all little ones and we really want to get it built now well he wants to get it built so you know they can enjoy it I don't know how on earth I made the last one in the last house because I was thinking today I mean how did that happen you were out there I think for four days solid for 14 hours a day

well it did it didn't it got it done I think we need to do an episode soon about hobbies that would be a good one so Mark goes to a railway Emma I think we need to do an episode soon about hobbies. That would be a good one. So Mark goes to a railway, Emma.

Hmm. What, just the local train station? No, West Hornden. There is a railway there called Barnard's Miniature Railway. And Mark and his friends built the railway. Oh. And it is the longest miniature railway in the UK. It's the longest end-to-end miniature railway journey.

Okay. Not, strictly speaking, the longest miniature. Oh, right. I thought it was. That's where my steam engine's kept. You said she's done two miles this year. Two miles this year. Poor Joan. Mm.

She's called Joan as well. Oh. Yeah. Was the child named after the train or the train named after the child well the steam engine was named in 2014 and then two years later joanie came along and that was sort of the reason that the i and the e got put on the end wasn't it so you were worried about that yeah i would have had baby jo, but because he had a steam engine called Joan... You didn't want them confused.

Where's Joan? Well, she's in West Hornden. Yeah, I'm just steaming her up. Yeah, it could get confusing, couldn't it? But the name Joan is very important because it's Mark's nan, grandmother. What did you call your nan? Nan.

Oh, you did say nan. Yeah. Or Joan, she was known as I mean what a question No I couldn't remember if it was a nana or a Oh well I don't know I suppose nanny when I was little And then nan Yeah

Progressed I'll be a nanny Nanny nat nat That's a mouthful isn't it Well as we've learnt from the listeners You don't really get to decide What the young kids end up calling you no uncle pissy and all that have you found that um you said you said my episode

i was in with you went down really well it did have you located the message no no did any actually exist or did you just say that so that i'd come on here? Hi Nat, this is a really embarrassing voice note to send. I just wanted to say a massive thank you for your podcast. I'm currently training to run a 5k for the Race for Life, which doesn't sound like a lot, but... Cheers, Sue. It's actually quite a lot. And through rain or shine, I'm still training

and your podcast keeps me going every time. So thank you so much. Bye. Oh, thank you. But yeah oh thank you but yeah that was noisy wasn't it she was out in a storm i think but lovely that she felt the need to message me whilst running yeah i know that feeling very good this could be for you hi now it's sue from wolfham abbey in essex just wanted to say how marvelous your podcast is i'm sitting here in my car waiting for my son to come out from senior school listening to chapter 9 pissing myself with laughter on a subject of kids just wanted to bring to your attention about my family

dynamics so currently I've got an 18 nearly 19 year old and a son of 15 he'll be 16 in October and believe it or not when I'm trying to discipline my son I actually now get my daughter who thinks she's a fully fledged adult trying to tell me how to discipline my son I mean what the actual have you ever heard of that yes and believe it or not my husband actually looks at her and goes what do you think faye what do you think we should do with your brother like are you for real this is ridiculous anyway well done on the podcast absolutely love it carry on with the good work up the girls see you later nat bye that wasn't about you, sorry. No. However, Sue, I will say one thing. We do know what that's like,

because Eliza thinks she's Joni's mum. She tries to discipline her all the time. She's very rude to her. She drives her mad, but she's seven, and I keep saying she's seven, Eliza. She is annoying, but you were annoying at seven. You just didn't have a big sister driving you crazy. It's true, isn't it? It is true.

But Sue, thank you for that message. Pleased you're enjoying it. Hard work. Very hard work. Parenting by democracy by the sons of Israel. Absolutely. Love a vote. Tell your husband to shut up, quite frankly.

I found one here, Megan. Hi, Nat. I'm not in any of those fabulous countries and i don't know how many there are here like me but i just finished listening to episode nine in san diego california i've heard everyone since it started thanks for sharing your thoughts and chatting to us the girls were wonderful and mark sounds like a quality guy you sounded like lisa tarbuck then did i did i yes yes really yep emulating i would say i promise you i didn't even think about it she is my favorite i know that's why i mention it that makes me very happy good for you and i'm happy for you all the best from out west no i was just saying she said

you're a quality guy brilliant so that's basically the feedback saying everyone really liked no 100 of the messages she's found about you are positive say you're a quality guy exactly let me see who this is hey now um it's pa's Paula from Hertfordshire. Just saying absolutely love, love, love your cast. It's amazing. It's so funny and so current and so like you're a mate. And I live in Ware and I see you around all the time. We've chatted a couple of times actually in the pub. And you're just a great girl, someone that you could just have a drink with and be friends with.

But anyway, I've just listened to the episode with Mark. You two are so lovely together. There you go. Hilarious, absolutely hilarious, the way you, like, bounce off each other. Oh. And you talking about helmets and him laughing and you going, oh, yeah, that's, like, a really amazing space for a map. You remind me of how me and my partner are

and you remind me that relationships can be wonderful and you can be best friends and you just have to cherish your partner and you will end up with a relationship like yours. Carry on doing what you're doing. You are amazing. Thank you. Who's she talking about?

Make yourself laugh then. A little bit. Who's she talking about? Make yourself laugh then. A little bit. Oh, yeah. Who's she talking about? Isn't that nice, though? Well, not me. It's like us. But wasn't that nice?

Yeah. What do you mean? Us is still good. You're still mentioned. Yeah. Are you not happy with that? Yes, I'm happy. I mean, what are you going to call this episode?

Scraping the barrel hashtag two or something? Mark's meatballs. You can't. A deep dive. We did a deep dive into the meatballs. Honestly. Mark's sausage on a train around the garden. Oh, dear. It's embarrassing.

She's going to tell us about your muffins as well. What's these muffins like? They're very nice. I'm not a muffin fan. I haven't got a sweet tooth. But apparently they're unbelievable. I mean, I'm only following a recipe. You like baking though, don't you?

So your hobbies are steam engines and baking. I don't know if it's a hobby. Wait a second. Emma, can I ask you something? Do you think someone who bakes three times a week at least three times a week is that a hobby or not yeah that's a hobby definitely that counts really yes it's not as much to bake you know it's like eating cake to be honest with you but if it wasn't a hobby you you could just buy cake. Yes. It's very expensive. I'd get through loads.

Yeah, that's true. I mean, it would cost a fortune. That reminds me, actually. What? No, I'm back in a second. Where are you going? Never in your mind. Talk amongst yourselves for a second.

Oh, OK. Do you want anything? Before I go? No. I'll have a slice of cake. Send it down the... It won't be long we'll be able to do stuff like that. You do know that, don't you? What? Posting cake down the Zoom it won't be long we'll be able to do stuff like that you do know that don't you

what posting cake down the zoom 3D printing it hang on a minute sorry it won't be long and you'll be able to send something you could send an item to Emma immediately

transport it now she's been watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory too much Mike TV well and what's the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory no

what is the film Waiting is it oh she's so annoying Honey I Shrunk the Kids about sending stuff from oh no it was Mike TV

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory chocolate yes sorry i'm so sorry it took a while for the brain just to go full circle there i think we will be able to do that as emma said we have 3d printers yeah but you can't 3d print a cake might be able to oh no they are doing it with food yeah you can 3d print certain i think it's plain old flavors at the moment but yeah they're starting to that'll be the next thing won't be long you'll be able to smash it down there slice a marmalade cake off we go oh no i've run out of marmalade ink so could you do a slice of like cherry cake instead you know you just reminded me j Jimber in the office the little scene when they've run out of paper

it's Gareth is it Gareth? no it's not who's Mackenzie Crook? Gareth is it Gareth? fucking hell you're on fire tonight well I just wanted to go and get a top up

Gareth of what? brains? Gareth leaning against the fax machine and he's explaining how they've had a nightmare, they've run out of paper, so they get in Windsor to fax them overload.

Yes, it's very good. The best scene. Honestly, when I saw that gag on telly, I remember laughing so much. Yeah. And then having to go, I mean, I was young and I're going outside to sort of tell my parents about this joke it was that profound it was so funny could i have

something to drink yep some water could i have a dessert wine or something dessert you can have dessert wine yeah you haven't got a sweet tooth no i think do you know i fancy something sweet do you want another slice of marmalade cake i don don't want any cake. You sure? Yes. You had quite a lot earlier. Why are you saying that I had cake earlier when I haven't? Why is that funny? Because you're trying to make out

you don't like cake. When do I eat cake? Permanently. Permanently baking. Trying to make out to Emma you don't eat cake. Very strange.

Were you all hobbies? My hobbies? What do you do? you don't eat cake. Very strange. Were you hobbies? My hobbies? What do you do? I don't have any hobbies. Do you not? I've got lots of things I'd love to do. I've got a bag with blue wool in it. Knitting needles.

I've been knitting Mark a scarf for eight and a half years. So that was a project I started and really wanted to get into knitting so I started that left that then I started doing some cross stitch with my friend Maria she bought me all the little bits and pieces all the cross stitch stuff and I wanted to create a little fox for my little Alfie my great, for one of his birthday cards when he was little. That's still sat there. Never got round to it. He's 22 now.

You do sound like me. It's the hobby cycling is something I do a lot. So Emma is 100% certain that I've got ADHD. Aren't you, babe? There's a lot of things that we've spoken about that resonate for you and for me very much so so i do feel like it's worth looking into this starting hobbies and leaving them is one of them isn't it that's known as hobby cycling it's a big thing where the excitement and dopamine comes from

like the very initial thing then you deep dive into it do lots of research and then yeah then the fun goes and That's definitely me. It's a hobby graveyard you build. Like I got into puzzles for a few months. I've got lots of jigsaw puzzles. I've got the crochet. I've got knitting. I've got painting.

I've got lots of crafts. I've got loads of paints. I've got so many pots of paint, paintbrushes and easels. Never started it. I love writing if you were to see how many notebooks i've got and i really want to write and never write i love art i've got thousands of books on art although that's different i think because i do dip into those every now and again but the main thing is there is not enough hours in the day yeah not when you are trying to be a mum you're going to work full time you want to be have time with your partner have

time on mark there isn't time to well basically there just isn't a sunday when i go out nine o'clock in the morning and come home at six o'clock and don't pay for childcare and i don't have many of those excuses i don't have a mark i'm not a parent and i still don't pay for childcare. And I don't have many of those excuses. I don't have a mark. I'm not a parent and I still don't find time. There's so much to do in the world all the time that hobbies do get a backseat. And also, I just think it's lovely to be somebody who, I think it's good to be curious. I'd hate to not be a curious person.

You know, I like gin. So then I buy books on gin or I want to go to a factory and make gin. It's just what I'm like, I like gin. So then I buy books on gin or I want to go to a factory and make gin. It's just what I'm like. I love candles. So I want to learn about candles. I love Christmas. So I've got books on Christmas and the history of Christmas. And I want to delve into things. Like you say, I like delving into things. And if that's ADHD, that's fine. But at the same time, I do think it's a curious mind and an open mind yeah lifelong learning's great i went through a few years where i always wanted

to be doing at least one kind of course or something and yeah i was doing like a dress making course for a bit and then like an improv classes unbelievable driving lessons and all that you know that is brilliant it's good it's really fun you are what we call emma an autodidact what on earth does that mean autodidact is someone who self-learns oh i always used to say i'm i'm self-taught guitar but i'm a terrible teacher so yeah i got into all of that as well and then never i bought myself a guitar when i was younger never learned it i bought a piano for my 30th birthday can't play it yeah lots of things i want to do lots and lots of things mark at least your hobby you do you get on with it and you enjoy

it well you say that yeah i do but i still struggle for the time I know but you do make time for it and it's good you do manage to do it and you stick to one thing it's something that's been a passion since you were little yeah all your energy goes into one thing therefore you make time for it yes that's true

you know whereas I'm running around and there's loads of different things I don't know what to do first I don't know what to say first I don't know what to say No it's true, I'd love a greenhouse I'd love a greenhouse I've not touched a plant this year Apart from watering some

Mark's done all the tomatoes, all the chillies And I long to do it But I don't do it I have been saying for two weeks I'm going to pot some courgettes have i no but so this is the interesting thing you're sort of saying that oh you know you've you make time for your hobby but then in the next breath you just said oh i was planting some tomatoes and chilies and you get on with stuff yeah but i don't you get on with things yeah i try i try to but then the trouble is from now onwards but you're

a list maker i think it makes a difference if you're a list maker that helps i don't have any lists of things no no and i suppose therefore you end up naturally just because you're a busy person you then sort of forget well I just go from this to this to this to this to this yeah but I do get things done

the house is my first priority as you know if I'm at home yeah I have to have the house in order oh absolutely but sometimes you think

well that could be left go and plant the courgettes yeah don't worry about the washing basket Absolutely. But sometimes you think, well, that could be left. Go and plant the courgettes. Don't worry about the washing basket. The only thing, this time of year, I do think while there's a certain amount of daylight, or I'll do these things during the day because I know that in the evening I won't be able to do them, whereas I can do invoicing or whatever in know in the evening and it's not dependent on

the weather or being outside or yeah but um i still i do i mean today i sort of struggled not to do anything outside but was distracted by tidying up washing doing So it's similar in a way, aren't we? Yeah. But now this has taken over. So this is my hobby. Actually, this is my hobby. Because I love it. I don't stop thinking about it. It's like my new passion.

I don't see this as work. I drove home tonight thinking, I've really missed seeing Emma. I really can't wait to do it. I can't wait to pod Emma did you changing the subject just curious did you ever play Tomb Raider yes but I was a bit young for it it was a bit scary did you ever play the the bit in Tomb Raider where you sort of got to learn how to operate the jumba that's basically the only bit we ended up doing is the tutorial where we locked the butler in the freezer

what does this remind you of listen to this zoom is cutting it out when the butler walked around yeah you could hear him coming and he was carrying a tray with a drink and whenever i hear that noise it reminds me of tomb raider reminds me of my dad yes with his whiskey glass i love the sound device i didn't play tomb raider but i did love computer games big hobby for me when i was younger i was massive into computer games i love the sims that was my one Sims was good That was more earlier than Roro the Sims

They were obsessed with that I was earlier So I had an Atari ST Joystick and all And a mouse And I had Squeak Please let me know if you remember Squeak anybody You used to paint the tiles from blue to pink.

Little fluffy creature. Loved it. I also had a game called Rick Dangerous, and he was a little man in sort of the Aztec world, and it used to go dun-da-dun. Wah! It used to shoot people. If I could play Rick Dangerous now, I would cry.

Oh, that's the kind of thing that would exist on like an emulator online i'm sure i would love to play rick dangerous squeak i had a game which was a james bond and he was on a jet ski i used to love that the postman game and then i obviously moved on because then i got a super nintendo I had a Mega Drive. I had the Game Gear and the Game Boy. I was a very spoiled child. Only girl and all of that coming along 15 and 18 years later. I never asked for all these things, just anything that was out I got. And I loved my games. I absolutely loved Sonic, Mario. And then as i got older i really got into ssx tricky and tony hawk skateboarding and i used to play that for hours good news i think most of these are games you can play online

now rick dangerous seems to have like an online emulator stop so can i download that on my laptop you seem to be able to just play it on the web yeah just on a website all right well that's the end of uh life with nat new hyper focus life's work lasted well i can just play it online that's amazing what happened to that podcast that natalie cassidy did oh well, she downloaded Rick Dangerous. Dun-da-dun. Wow! Well, it has the same noises on it. Can't wait to have a look after. Genuinely need to look at that. Oh, brilliant. Oh, so good.

So good. See, I never... Didn't play games? No. Never? Didn't have a games console. Well, that's okay. You used to have a football. You used to kick it against the wall.

But you were... No, shut... Your mum listens to this. It's true. You sound like you're hard done by. You were with your dad. You were down this railway. No, we weren't. Not when I was little.

You were at Swanley. No. Well, I was. My dad wasn't. No, but you were. Yeah, but now and again. Yeah, I didn't really play computer games. No.

I'm really sorry for you. Well, I don't think play computer games. No. I'm really sorry for you. Well, I don't think that was a bad thing. I feel really sorry for you. It was a great time to be alive. I used to play with actual people. I used to play football. When I think back, genuinely now, to me moaning and groaning about phones and screens,

I used to be playing Rick Dangerous and Squeak when I was eight until two o'clock in the morning. How bad's that? Because I had a computer in my room. Explains a lot. What does that explain? It's probably not very good for your head. I don't think there's anything wrong with computer games.

Ours are just not into them. No. I've got, they've got them. They just don't think there's anything wrong with computer games. Ours are just not into them. No. I've got, they've got them. They just don't play them. Me and my dad used to sit on the Atari ST and play a golf game. I don't know, I can't remember if it was Nick Felder or something. My mum used to go mad. We used to be up there all night.

He used to have his dinner. It used to be about half six and he used to creep up the stairs and we used to sit in the room upstairs and play this golf game with the mouse it was like three clicks to get it on target going around the course i'm sure it was nick feldow we'd be up there for about seven hours but i was really little i didn't really go to bed on i didn't have a bedtime very very spoiled as a child i'm not spoiled though i'm very grateful for everything but i was very spoiled as a child not in a good way it was all love yeah but it was all over you know you were the precious princess yes i mean when they were

you know mid-40s they've had to do the real parenting, and then they go, oh, this fun one's arrived, little girl that's arrived. Never had a bedtime, stayed up all night until they went to bed. Used to lay watching Poirot, and it was good.

Great childhood. But yeah, computer games, great. I'm going to look up Rick Dangerous. Thank you for that, Emma. Very excited about that. Do you know what? I did play a game. I'm going to look up Rick Dangerous. Thank you for that, Emma. Very excited about that. Do you know what? I did play a game. I used to play Duke Nukem.

Just remembered. The 3D Duke Nukem. So it was a bit like Doom. Yeah, I don't know those games, but cool. No, that was good. Shoot aliens and stuff.

Yeah, so what was that on? A PC. Once I, yeah, I had a proper PC that was brought and that's what had

the golf game on I believe it was PGA PGA Championship PGA Tournament about 1998 Flight Simulator 98 was another

there you go you've still got that yes I've seen it in study possibly I'm trying to think of a PC really or anything of a CD-ROM these days Yes. I've seen it in study. Possibly. I don't have a PC, really.

Or anything with a CD-ROM. These days. Have these not got CD-ROMs? No. What, laptop hasn't? No. Most won't. No, you have to buy an external one. Or a floppy disk.

Yeah, I used to have loads of floppies. The floppies were all... The floppy disks were all my games. I'm sure of it. My dad had a BBC computer and that used to take a five-inch floppy. Oh, the big ones? Yeah.

Thick ones? No, they were very thin, actually. Oh. They were thinner than a three-and-a-half inch. A three-and-a-half inch was thicker than a five- a half inch a three and a half inch was thicker than the five inch that's weird really weird and they were like they were like um bits of card the five floppy disk yeah well this has been a bit chatterbixie hasn't it chatterbixie i think that's doing a disservice to chatterbix to be honest joe Wilkinson did a Instagram live I heard the audio on the podcast

you heard it he sounded so panicked and confused with Rob Beckett getting on yeah yeah he did another one before that me and Mark went to bed and I was on Instagram and I said to Mark Joe Wilkinson's live on Instagram. So we popped on and just at the minute, I promise you, as we popped onto it, he was going, I don't know how Natalie Cassidy makes this look easy. It's true. It's true, isn't it? He was on a sleeper train. Yeah. I believe. Yeah, yeah. But he looked absolutely petrified. Well, he'd probably knackered. I know, but I don't know why he's doing it to himself. He's not an Instagram bloke.

Your Instagram live is good. You should do another one of those. I enjoy doing them. I like it. I chat. It's easy. It doesn't fill me with the dread, obviously, that it fills Mr. Wilkinson with.

No. But he hasn't got to do that. What's he doing that for? When he dissects it, you've got to listen to that ep. I will do. He dissects the episode that he does. And he hates himself for doing it. Yeah, he had a right, fell into a right panic.

But he also just didn't give himself the right, the easiest set up. He threw himself in and had then David on the headphones, but echoing back round and round. And he was just panicking, hearing his own voice. Bless him. Bless him. I'll give him a little... We'll have a little chat soon, me and Jo.

I'd love to get Jo on here, actually, with me. Yeah, we will. Let's do that. I'd really love to get him on. We'll have a little chat about something. I'm going to mention Vicky actually. Now Vicky is a cleaner in my local Marksies. So she said, love your podcast. I'm Vicky. I'm from Chesant. Then she started chatting away to me about corned beef keys and things like that. Still listening to your podcast. Love it so much. I haven't stopped

laughing. Keep it up. You're my first ever podcast. My husband, Lewis, told me to listen. He loves it. This is all good. Then after 15 messages, no, about five messages, I've done back to back with your podcast. I'm loving it. But would you talk a little bit longer? It's never enough. You're amazing. Next time you're in Marks and Chesson, come and say hello. I'm loving it. But would you talk a little bit longer? It's never enough. You're amazing. Next time you're in Marxism and Chesson, come and say hello. I always see you in there. But she'd not said at the beginning that she often sees me. Then I said, thank you. She said I was cleaning the calf last night. I was laughing. I don't know what people must have thought of me at work as it was closed and empty and I was cleaning it. That's that lady laughing to herself again.

Keep going. I don't know what I'll do if you stop. I said, thank you, Vicky. Come and see me and find me. The other day, she finds me. We have a lovely chat in Marks's. I say, thank you for listening. Hope you're really well.

And then I got this. It was lovely seeing you today at Marks and Spencer's. I've come home and told my husband about seeing you and he don't believe me. So I just thought I'd message you while he's sitting next to me. Can't wait for tomorrow's podcast. Bye. Crap, I was sending this to say I should have got a picture. Next time you're in, we'll have to do a picture

because, like I said, my husband don't believe me. See you soon. There you go. So that was lovely, Vicky. did you send her a video back proof uh no i said this i said this she is right i promise you we have a little chat in marx's she told me she was pissed sent me a message and we'd have a photo next time cheers vick there you go so yeah personalised service alibi

sorted listening to your podcast at work while I clean the calf I can't stop laughing I think it's

absolutely hilarious love listening to you it was great seeing you yesterday speak to you soon bye I absolutely love leopard print

love it so you go the floral sod it fuck everyone else. Good day. I do like the voice notes with the bit of atmosphere in the background. Now that you could hear she was cleaning a cafe. Well, she was cleaning the cafe.

I did well in there on Saturday because I went in and I said, it's two minutes past 12. I know breakfast is finished, but I really fancy a granola bowl. And she said, don't worry, sweetheart, we'll put it through. So you know. It wasn't her that put it through. No. Just someone I know.

Yeah, I mean, she's sacked now. But I get treated like gold in there. Well. Do you remember... Because I'm in there all the time, so... Well, it's like when they wait for you on Christmas Eve morning, isn't it? That's the story for Christmas. Well.

We're not going into that chat now. It's too deep and it's too important. Well, that is a tease for your Christmas episodes. I thought you were going to say episode then. No, I said episodes knowing full well that Christmas for you runs for four months leading up to Christmas. I won't do four months for people. Finishing approximately a day after Boxing Day.

Correct. Put it all away, I'm so depressed. Very strange. Well, thank you everybody for listening. I really hope you've enjoyed it. It's nice to have a little chinwag, isn't it? Have a brilliant week and I'll see you next time. Remember 07788 20

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