So... Alright - Jumping over low fences and your emails

Episode Date: December 16, 2025

Geoff discovers limitations or doesn't, and answers some of your emails. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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like don't try that you might no longer be able to do that and it's weird how your body into its age before your brain does I guess like before I even thought about engaging with that low fence and trying to jump over it

my body was sending warning signs like you don't have this in you which is so strange right? Because I don't feel any old. I mean, I do. I feel old sometimes, but not in a way where I can't like do shit old, you know? And I'm not saying I couldn't have gone and jumped over that fence. I go jump over that fucking fence right now. Just dare me. I dare you to dare me. I'll do it. But something about the way the young guy effortlessly jumped over it just made me realize that some effortless physical things might be over for me. And I'm a young guy, right? I'm fifth. I'm young,

old. I'm 50. And I'm in pretty good shape. I'm not saying that I couldn't do this. that. And I'm also not saying that I couldn't, you know, do a bunch of stretches and spend two months in the gym and then be in better shape than I was five years ago even, you know? It's just like, just one of those moments where you feel the natural progression of life and it kind of catches you by surprise, I guess. You feel it by surprise, you know? Realizing that my body has different ideas about what I'm capable of than my brain might and is sending signals is just funny. I wasn't going to jump over the fence. I had no desire to jump over the fence. But you know, you see somebody do something that looks fun and your, you know, your first

instinct kind of pulls you in that direction, you know, almost like physically. And it was just funny that my body pulled back. I started playing a pretty fun game this morning. I streamed it for about two hours. It's called Dave the Diver. And it was recommended to me a ton back when I was playing that cosmic horror game dredge. And I'm only, I don't know, two hours into it, I guess, but it is really, really fun and charming. It is this game where you're this kind of rotund old diver dude who gets pulled out of retirement by an old friend and sent to this mysterious remote location to go diving

for fish to help a sushi restaurant operate and you end up spending your days diving for fish and then your nights working in the sushi restaurant helping prepare. So it's kind of like dredge meats overcooked. It's actually a little overwhelming and complicated at first, but it is so chockful a charm and ambiance, I'll say. It's a very atmospheric, fun little game that sucks you in. They have all these really adorable vignettes and cutscenes for when you level up something in the kitchen. They show this like sushi vignette or if you level up a fish and pole or a spear gun. And people keep telling me I'll like it at first and then after a point where I start, I don't know, there'll be a point in the game where suddenly I become addicted to it and I go from liking it

to being obsessed with it and loving it. I'm not there yet. I'm clearly too early in the game, but I'm definitely liking it. I'm glad it finally came out on Xbox. People kept recommending it to me back when it was on Steam and I'm just not going to go out of my way to play PC games because I'm a stick in the mud. And so now that it's finally on Xbox. I can fully enjoy it and I definitely am so far. It has, it actually has so much charm that I'm, I overlook something that is one of become one of my biggest old man peeves I've noticed, which is you don't need a phone app for everything.

I shouldn't need a phone app for every store and restaurant and gas station I go into. I shouldn't need a different phone app for every time I park my car in a garage or on the street. I shouldn't need a phone app for my light bulbs, for Christ's sake. I shouldn't need a separate phone app for my television that's separate from all of the apps I need to run the apps on my television. And this game, it does it. You get a phone. As soon as they told me I had a phone, I was like, ah, fuck. When you have a phone, that means you have a smartphone. And when you have a smartphone, the game wants you to use a smartphone. And they do. Every 10 minutes, they install a new app on your phone that is a new game mechanic, but it really does annoy the shit on me.

But I'm looking past it because the game is that fun. Diving is fun. It's like a 2D game. There's fish down there to catch and to fight. There's weapon upgrades. There's resources. There's some spooky shit going on. I tried to fight a shark. It didn't go well. I assume I'll be able to at some point. But I recommend it if you're looking for a, a little, you know, sit down and play it for 15 minutes and then walk away kind of game. So far, it fits that bill perfectly. Speaking of streaming, I've also been on occasion streaming at night with my wife. She has been playing Peggle 2.

And I have got to say, it is so much fun. It's just fun to spend time with her and to play games with her in general. But it is so much fun to watch her discover something that I love so much. and actually enjoy it and get good at it. Like she's better at the game than she realizes. She's got good instincts and it's just really adorable to watch her succeed at it. And she gets, she's just a bundle of joy, man.

I'm having a lot of fun with it. I'm going to be sad when she beats the game. Although I think she's got some time before she gets there. But she's almost halfway through it. The back half of that game is a lot harder than the front half. but she's definitely picking up skills as she goes, so we'll see. But the point of today was to do a couple of viewer emails,

now that I have griped about how old I am in a couple of different ways. A few podcasts ago, I sent out a request for emails of stuff you guys wanted me to talk about or discuss, and so I haven't looked at any of it yet. I've been holding on to it, and I'm going to dive into it right now with you. Blind. All right. Oh, no, my phone just sent ranking trade candidates for Terrick Scoobel. I do not need to, I don't need that negativity in my life right now.

Jesus Christ. Shake that off. This is from Tristan. Hey, Jeff, just thought I'd share something. I discovered over Thanksgiving weekend while visiting my sister in Kansas City. I know you've been a fan of Meow Wolf, and the first I'd ever heard of it was through you. I've since visited the Omega Mart in Vegas and the original in Santa Fe earlier this year. My girlfriend has been to these as well as the Denver location, and we love them.

Fucking A, man. I've wanted to go to the Denver location for a long time. I actually bought tickets for opening week. They were expensive, too, and I wasn't able to go because of it got delayed, and then I think it was COVID, and there were a million other things going on. And I just remembered right now, I'm still sitting, oh, no, I'm sitting on two very expensive tickets to the opening of the Denver Meow Wolf, which I wonder if they would even honor at this point because it was years and years and years ago, but also, it's on an old

email address I don't have access to anymore. Shit. To the point. During my holiday weekend, my sister asked if we wanted to check out this new attraction near the Kansas City Speedway. I would want to check out the Kansas City Speedway, honestly. called Atlas 9. She is also a fan of Meow Wolf

and mentioned this seemed familiar. It's only been around for a couple of months and as far as I can tell, this is currently the only location. So we all went there on Saturday and I gotta say it was emulating the Meow Wolf vibe. I wouldn't say it was exactly the same, but the experience was equally enjoyable.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was inspired by Meow Wolf. To describe it would be difficult, as Meow Wolf is for me, but you basically play the role of a special field agent investigating an anomalous appearance of a movie theater facility that suddenly dropped to Earth that's seemingly trapped in the 90s. There's mysteries and hidden things all over the place

along with interactive experiences and performances. If you ever find your way to Kansas City, I would encourage you to check it out. It was reasonably priced and very enjoyable. Plan maybe two or three hours or more. Here's a link if you want to check it out or even reserve tickets. Thanks for the entertainment over all the years, Tristan Burger Count, unknown. Tristan, I got to say, that is one of the most well-crafted and complete emails

I have ever received. And I'm not blowing smoke up your ass. You hooked me immediately by relating your thing to something that I am a fan of. Then you explained it well and succinctly. And then you answered every question that I thought of while I was thinking of them in a row, basically, including how many hours I should plan for. I have no idea when I'm going to go to Kansas City next, but when I do, I promise you I will go to Atlas 9 in your honor. You have sold me on this. I'm not even going to look at the trailer that you sent me.

I'm just, you did such a good job of exciting me. I'm going to figure out how to get there and I'm going to go. And I'm not going to forget about it like you have forgotten about your burger count. Thank you for a genuinely enjoy. well-written email, Tristan. Tim says, maybe don't read this blind live. Oh, boy.

I think we're gonna. Recently, you asked for some topics to discuss. You kind of touched on this in the past, but I'd love for you to get to learn more about ultra-running. My uncle is the owner-founder of one of the largest ultra-running companies in the U.S. And he's directed over 200 races. He inspired me to run one for myself.

So I trained hard, lost 50 pounds, and completed the Sangre de Christo 100K Ultramarathon in Colorado in 2020. 23. I could go on and on about what the experience meant to me, but that could make this email impossibly long. I'm going to cut out some personal information here. My uncle is a character in himself and would make a great guest on So All Right. I would also love to talk more about my experience, but there are many more qualified than myself, I'm sure. Oh, I don't know about that, Tim. I don't know about that at all. Thank you for the continuous stream of content you've

put out over the years that made training fun. What's your burger count, Tim? You know what? Hey Tim. I'm going to email you back right now. thanks for the idea I'd love to talk to you more and maybe I'd love to talk to you more about ultra is it ultra marathons or ultra running

ultra marathons now it is called ultra running ultra running would you be open sometime in the early months of next year.

Huh. Hey there, Big Jeffie. Oh, this is from Brandon, who's a regulation listener, comment, lever, and shirt haveer. He missed out on the black metal shirt and wants it badly. We will definitely reorder some

probably in January, Brandon. But let's get to your email. I notice the camera you have on set for the overhead shots on the break shows the Sony A6,000 of some kind. Yeah, I believe it is. I work at a camera shop as a result of listing restrictions

on Amazon right now. We have a lot of various accessories that sit around for long periods of time before trying to figure out what to do with them. If you guys are looking for anything related to your camera, just let me know. And I'll see what we have lying around, collecting dust. Hopefully we could save you guys some money here and put it towards something else. That's awesome. And I'm going to make a note to myself to talk to Gavin about that camera camera accessories. I think I have something where you can remote zoom the 16 to 50 millimeter lens you have on there as well so you wouldn't have to physically touch the camera. That'd be fucking awesome. All right. I'll be in touch with you.

and thank you so much for that. Oh, this is just a nice little thank you email. This is from Sean who said, short message here, I dress moderately okay for a guy. I have one outfit that I am really, truly happy with that I will wear on pretty much every first day. Boy, if that isn't a guy behavior, I don't know what it is. I'm right there with you, though.

When RT was going away, I used a bunch of points I'd accumulated on the store to pick up some new items, and one of them was your rebel without a cause inspired jacket. that's a little red like James Dean style jacket that we, it was like the last thing I sold in the store I think

or one of. I genuinely receive at least one compliment a week for my jacket specifically when I've probably never had any clothes complimented ever. You've given me many things better in life than this jacket. Well, that's subjective

and very kind of you to say. But I figured this might not get the attention to deserve so I appreciate the threads. Oh my God, thank you, Sean. That's really nice. I am a big fan of that jacket too. And I'm glad to hear

that somebody else, it's working for somebody else out there. Because it's a pretty solid jacket. I wish I was in a position to make jackets again. I don't think that'll ever happen, but that was a good one. And I'm really glad to hear that it's still getting some solid use out there in the world. Thanks, Sean.

This one's from Byron. Hey, Jeff. Tim Duncan always comes up in the conversation of Goat. 2K has him at number 9. I saw him as a rookie and then fell off for a decade. Was he actually good, like Steph Curry good? Or are they just looking for more big guys to populate the list.

Would love to hear your opinion. Oh, man. Oh, Byron. Tim Duncan was every bit as good as they say. If anything, he was a little better. If Tim Duncan suffered from anything,

anything in his career, it's that he was so head down, focused on work, he was so quiet, and just focused on his craft. He let his basketball playing do the talking for him. him that he's kind of forgotten about when you think of that era and some of the flashier. You know, he was, they called him the big fundamental for a reason.

He focused on his craft. He had his head down. He was very quiet. He came from an era where basketball players were flashy and larger than life. You're talking about Alan Iverson, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, you know, and he was the opposite of that. He was just like the consummate, hardworking team player. He didn't make demands.

He didn't speak in the media much. He just quietly did his job. And I think Bleacher Report, I was actually, it's funny you say that. I was looking at Bleacher Report recently. They had a top 10 basketball players of all time. Their current list is, I'll just go through it. We'll just do one through 10. They have the top 100, actually.

But Michael Jordan, number one, obviously, no debate there in my eyes. Number two, LeBron James. Number three, Karim Abdul-Jabbar Number four, Magic Johnson, number five is going to be Bill Russell. Yeah,

I, you know, I have Celtics bias. I would probably put Bill a little higher, but that's okay. Number six is Shaq, can't really argue that. Number seven is Tim Duncan. So your list had him at nine.

Bleacher report has him at number seven. He definitely is, somewhere in the back half of the top, I would say he's somewhere between like seven and 12 on most lists, and I think that that's pretty accurate. By the way, just for posterity, number eight, Larry Bird, number nine is Will Chamberlain, and number 10 is Steph Curry. Hard to argue too much with that list, but yeah, Byron, he was as good as they say. I think that it's only even a question because he was so quiet and dedicated to basketball and nothing else right he wasn't larger than life he wasn't flashy we don't remember him

in a way you know people don't remember him because of the shoes you know he uh he just did his job he was just a very quiet hardworking team player you know and if if he's forgotten for any reason at all it'll just be that it'll be that he just he wasn't gregarious in a way that a lot of people of that arrow were and are and are remembered uh partially because of I think. All right, let's do one more. This is going to be from Johnny. Hey, Jeff.

I love all the sports-related content and so all right. Since we basically follow the same sports leagues, I was amazed to hear that you were letting the NBA fall a little by the wayside and getting into the NHL because that is exactly what I've been doing for the first time. That's like we're twins or something. Me and a couple of mates threw a few teams into a random generator, bottomish teams to avoid bandwagoning since I'm Australian and don't have a city or place I feel really connected to. I think that's a great idea, by the way.

I really do. Leave it up to chance and stay away from the bandwagon teams. I think that's a great idea. I got the Anaheim Ducks and couldn't be more excited since they are doing amazing this year. I too am Googling

four to five things a game at a minimum and the more I understand the rules the better the game's becoming. I got to say, I always thought ice hockey was cool from the outside, but the more history I learn and the more I absorb, it really is skyrocketing

to be one of my favorite sports. Completely agree with you there, Johnny. I know you don't really ask, for sport recommendations, but since I'm Australian, I have to recommend AFL, which is Australian Football League, also known as Ozzie Rules Footy. That's how I've heard it referred to. I also follow the NFL, go Lions. Hell yeah, go Lions.

But are we going? I don't know. Might be going to Cancun early. And even though it's obviously biased, the AFL is an extremely unique and amazing sport. Our little country can pack stadiums with 80,000 plus crowds for regular season games. That's pretty impressive. The athletes range from compact, explosive midfielders, the size of David Montgomery, to big, powerful full forwards who are roughly the size of NBA players like Jason Tatum.

It is full contact like NFL, but free-flowing like basketball. Check out an AFL highlight. And if you do decide to watch a game, grab an Aussie mate to watch with you, or feel free to grab me on Discord. I've been to games with Americans before, and it's definitely confusing off the rip. Thanks for everything, man. Been a fan since I found RVB in late 2003 while playing hooky. downloaded it on a USB

and rode my bike across town to show my mate. Go ducks, go lions, go tigers, go warriors, go Carlton Blues. Hamburger's 28. Love you, bro, J.D. Love you too, Jady.

Thank you so much. Oh, I think I called you Johnny earlier. I hope that's not a problem. You know what? We will do one more. This is from Nicholas. He says, first off, I want to say thank you.

Been a fan for many years. I would love to hear you talk about your history with punk music and the shows you've been to. Also, the punk tattoos you have. I have a few myself from bad religion, no effects, pennywise, and the descendants. Again, thank you for everything. I look forward to seeing and hearing what's so all right and regulation pod have in the future.

Oh, well, thank you, Nicholas. Ah, oh gosh, I mean, where to start with punk shows that I've been to. I've been to hundreds upon hundreds. Let me say, let's just deal with the bands that you have mentioned in front of me. I have seen bad religion probably 10 times in my life. Most recently, I saw them at Riot Fest this summer, and I thought they were pretty good. I mean, they're old.

Greg Grafton's getting old, and they're still pretty good. No effects. I've only seen no effects, and I guess I won't ever have an opportunity to do it again because they're retired, but I've only seen no effects once. Yeah, I saw them at a show in Austin. called Mess with Texas. It was a festival

that used to be at the old, I want to say Republic Square Park. Maybe that Waterloo Park maybe it was called. It was a festival, two-day fest

they would do called Mess with Texas Fest. Or maybe it was just one day. But anyway, it was the breeders and no effects as the headliners. And so I saw them, it took Millie,

and she was in a stroller. So it was a day show. So that was a while ago. Millie would have probably been two or three. so yeah that was probably 17 years ago or so now golly time flies and the last band you mentioned was the descendants dude one of the best shows i've ever been to in my life was a descended show at liberty lunch in austin texas liberty lunch is a often-louded concert venue that is long gone

and as always brought up as a venue that may come back that people get excited about because it was very beloved, but I don't think we'll ever see it again. And if we did, it would just be the name on a fancy brand new building, and it would probably not have any of the charm that the rundown piece of shit establishment that Liberty Lunch was had. Grossest bathroom, Liberty Lunch, to this day, maybe, maybe the outdoor emo's men's room and the Liberty Lunch bathrooms. It might be two grossest bathrooms I've ever been in my life. But I saw Descendants play at Liberty Lunch I don't remember who opened for him

it may have been RKL or SNFU or one of those bands that yeah I think one of those two bands maybe and regardless Lee Ving was there and he got up on stage and they played two

fear songs I want to say which was fucking crazy to see descendants and fear play together and I will never forget that for as long as I live. That must have been 1996, 95, 96, maybe. I'd have been

probably 19 or 20 years old. And yeah, what a wild experience that was. I've seen descendants a few times in my life, but that's the only concert that comes to mind. And rightly so, it was a special experience.

Your question about tattoos. The very first tattoo I got was a black flag tattoo on my left arm, a pretty standard dirtbag punk rock tattoo. My second tattoo was a bad religion tattoo on my leg. I got the suffer boy on my leg. Then my third band tattoo would be, not my third tattoo, but my third band tattoo was the subhumans logo on my right shoulder, which I think is still kind of there. No, I got it covered up. That's right. No, I didn't. It's still kind of. You can kind to see it. It's in my sleeve. It's also

old as dicks and probably says like sub hubbins at this point. And I think that's it. I think that's all the band tattoos I have. I think I got band tattoos out of my system with those three and then just wanted to move on to expressing my love of tattoos in different ways. But I'll have to look my body over next time I take a shower. I may have another band tattoo hiding somewhere, but not that I can remember. Not that I can remember. I think it's just those three. All right. I think that'll be an episode of So All Right.

I had a lot of fun answering those emails. Thank you so much. And there are a bunch more that I need to get to. And so I will do that in a follow-up episode here. Probably next week. Fingers crossed, we'll see. But I should probably get you a song of the episode so that you can get the fuck up out of here

and get about the business of your day. You know what? Fuck it. just you by Angela Badalimenti and David Lynch. That's all. Just listen to that. Make your day. Thank you for listening to another episode of the So All Right Podcast.

Thank you for listening to the Regulation Podcast. Thank you for listening to my wife's podcast, Clutch My Pearls. And thank you for another year of support. I can't believe it is December already. And we are wrapping the year up. I'll probably do some sort of a year-in style cap or somewhere in a future episode of So I'll write that I record over the next few days.

But I don't know what that'll be yet. So tune in for that, I guess. See you next week. All right. This is the end of the show.