The Nateland Podcast - 130: #130 Air Travel

Episode Date: January 4, 2023

It’s been tough times for the airline industry lately, so Nate, Brian, Aaron and Dusty decided to share their thoughts on airline travel. The guys delve into hot topics like saving seats on a Southwest flight, pilots sleeping in the cockpit, and a poop so bad it grounded a flight. Podcast produced by Nate & Laura Bargatze Recording & Editing by Genovations Media https://www.natebargatze.com https://www.genovationsmedia.com Email - [e-mail]

Hello folks and hey bear welcome to the Nate Land podcast I am Nate Bargetti, Brian Bates, Aaron Weber, Dusty Slates, the Greens, Zoc, Doc, Rocket Money, and Better Help. So here we are. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. Good to figure that out. If just to let you know, we were with All Things Comedy, and we're now with Audio Boom. Boom.

Boom. So I don't even know if you have to know there's not like anything changes uh uh we're reading ads a little bit different or uh that's about it but uh you know we're excited to be on audio boom all things comedy was awesome it was great it all was they're wonderful and then uh it's kind of, here we are, now at Audioboom. Just letting everybody know exactly what's going on. No one even really knows what it means. Yeah, I had no idea who we were with before. Yeah, just showing up.

Yeah, I knew that they would retweet my stuff once in a while. And I was like, well, that's very nice of them. Yeah, all things coming is great. Now Audioboom is great. That's how it goes. Yeah, it is how it great. Now audio boom is great. That's how it goes. Yeah, it is how it goes. Welcome, everybody. I hope you had a great new year.

Happy new year. It's 2023. Feels like it's going to be a good year. Now, Dusty, do you celebrate New Year? What year is it at the Dusty Slay House? I don't know what year it is, but I do think that we should celebrate New Year's in like April. That's what I think. Why?

Well, it's a spring, right? Everything's coming to life. It's newness, right? So it's like in the winter, everything has died. It feels like the end. But the spring, that feels like the beginning. Well, January, I think, is the beginning of the start of spring. It's like, here we go.

We're ramping up. It's like, give us time. We're not going to just be like that. I also think the day should begin at sunrise. Look, we did a calendars episode before you were here. Yeah. And what you're talking about was the Julian calendar, which I think is when-

Julian McCauley made it up. Yeah. And now we're on the Gregorian calendar. But we all said said what's something we would change and i said the day should start at sunrise not at midnight yeah that's mine that's what i think but but if you did that you wouldn't you would be like so if you start at sunrise you have to be working nine and if you live in in Alaska where it's dark all day, there's just the same day all year.

Well, that's their problem. Yeah, exactly. But I think that it just doesn't, you know, it doesn't work with our system the way we, we have our work days.

If you're just a farmer, you know, and you don't have to pay property tax. So would 1am be the sunrise? I think it's working pretty well. I just think the day would be the sunrise. The day should start like at 5 a.m. Like that should be what we consider the next day.

Oh. Oh, until, okay. When the sun comes up. Yeah, yeah. Or six or whatever. Different time every day. Instead of making it midnight. Yeah, but yeah, it would be hard though because the sun comes up early here and late here.

We're in a system, right, go we have to go to work and we have to you know we have to be on schedules but if we were just living off the land that would just be easy to be hey a new day a new day we got a lot of people for that yeah yeah it would be hard to do now yeah you need organization but i do think that they used to do uh new year's in april right and then when they changed it everyone everyone that still celebrated in April were called April Fools. And then by used to was 1500s is what you're saying. A long time ago.

Yes. You're acting like, yeah. Not like last year. Not like the 80s. Yes. That's how you kind of- Yeah, that was 1582 was the last time they celebrated in April. He said it like, well, they used to do it this way.

You're like, did they? When was that? When you were in elementary school? No, 1582. Yeah. Oh, okay. You nailed that, though. I said 1500s.

I was like, wow. I thought you were just. But even still. I've been waiting for this question from Dusty my whole life. I think a used to is not really subject to an amount of time. You don't think so. You're right. I don't.

Used to is in the past. 1582, though, is a little more than a used to. I guess. I would say used to means you should be alive. Yeah. I think you have to be alive in your used to. Or you say. Maybe we could say society used to, not we.

Because obviously. How about back in the day? Back in the day feels like the 80s. That does feel like the 80s. A long time ago. A long time ago. long time ago because i would i think you got to separate it because if your history teacher just came in and was like so they used to have a war and it was the 1812 war i don't know is that right war of 1812 war

of 1812 so they used to do a war in 1812 and you'd go what i don't you're like should i that sounds like i should be well Like it was that close. That would almost be like a Mitch Hedberg joke. Where it's like, we used to have war. We still do. But we used to. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. That's. Yeah, I think used to. I think you got it. When it's 1582s. We should really work on the definition of used to. I would call that the 16th century. Yes.

That always confused me. The nots. How we were like in the 20th century and the 1900s. Yeah, that doesn't. That seems weird. They should switch that. Yeah. But I don't think they're going to.

No. One day they'll look back and say, we used to. You know, we used to. Yeah. We used to do that. Wow. What was that? 500 years ago.

Oh. I don't think, yeah. So that's really how April Fool's started? That's what they say. It's hard to. Who's they? It's hard to find. Wow.

The ones that just said, we all know who they is. Well, you know, it makes sense, though. Where did April Fool's come from, right? But then if you realize that some people say there even used to be a 13 month calendar and they eliminated a month i like all of the language of this where some people like you're it would it said it sounds like you live in a village and you're like well some people and by some people i mean you know who's over in the tent over there. Exactly. They think, you know.

Well, you know, people always speak in, like, absolutes about history. Like, they really know what went down. So I like to be like, I don't know, but I've heard some things. Yeah. With the days and stuff, because I didn't know how we would get into this. I watched a conspiracy thing. Because JFK stuff's been talked about a lot lately i feel like uh and uh they think one of the shooters for jfk supposedly this one this i know it's random to get into this but uh eight they think there's like eight shooters uh one guy in a sewer never heard

about that but a guy in a sewer but one of the guys they think actually hit JFK. I don't think you could ever guess, unless you knew in a million years, who the person could be. But it's someone we know of. It would be someone you know of's dad. Someone you know's dad. A famous person's dad. Oh, man. Let me think. A famous person's dad. Oh, man. Let me think.

So that's 1960s. I'll say The Rock's dad. The Rock's dad. Ted Cruz's dad. Ted Cruz. Let's say Val Kilmer's dad. Woody Harrelson. Oh, wow.

How crazy. See, I feel like I had heard something. And I didn't know who it was, though, but I feel like it was an actor. Yeah, how crazy is that? Yeah. His dad was like a hitman in the mafia. In real life? Yeah.

You can look his dad up on Wikipedia. Really takes some of that everyday man vibe out of Woody Harrelson. Charles Harrison. Yeah. Was an American hitman, organized crime figure. He was convicted of assassinating federal judge John H. Wood Jr. I've never heard that. First federal judge to be assassinated in the 20th century.

How crazy is that? I had no idea. Boy, I'll tell you what. They've done a good job keeping that under wraps. Yeah, Woody Harrelson. They find out about your history left and right nowadays and like woody like i'm not you know it's just crazy to be like oh yeah your dad did that i mean you know i i don't think woody knew his dad i'd imagine that doesn't seem like a that doesn't feel like a father that's there a lot no uh you know like if he hit like every he goes

what about your dad doing all this stuff? He goes, I'll be honest with you, he's a good dad. Right, right. Coach my little team. Yeah, it's. Always around.

You go, I don't know. You go, I know, but he did awful things. You're like, I know, dude,

I know, but I have pancakes every morning. Yeah, he shot a judge and then came home and fixed my bike. Good, good fellas. Yeah. He makes, they make pancakes or something for his kids.

Uh, what's his, uh, what's the little guy's name? Joe Pesci. Joe Pesci. You know, he makes pancakes for his kids. Oh, yeah. In Goodfellas. The little guy's name. Now, he was a, it wasn't Goodfellas.

He's single. Maybe it was something else. He's single in Goodfellas. Casino. Maybe. Casino, maybe. Yeah. Yeah. You might, maybe. Yeah. Yeah.

You might. Yeah. Somewhere, right? I haven't seen Casino recently. Goodfellas. I feel like someone made Pancake. Like, he's like taking his kids. You know what I mean?

Mom people were. They had families, you know? Yeah. In 1980, Harrelson had a six-hour standoff with the police, and he said, I killed Judge Wood, and I killed president john f kennedy he said later i was just saying that to uh give him by myself some time you know um but i don't know how that buys you any time yeah i mean come get me i'm dangerous i would if you're in a standoff with that i don't you know i wouldn't say if you're you could yell some stuff that could throw people through some loops,

you're like, you know, I was a part of the Valentine's Day massacre. And everybody's like, what? And then they got to be like, is he? Is he old enough? It's just a little bit. Some questions are being asked. I couldn't think of anything. Like a bank robber.

I would say a bank robber. I changed the calendar. Yeah. Yeah. You could do that. Yell out facts that people don the calendar. Yeah. You could do that. Yell out facts that people don't know. Yeah. I couldn't help to notice that Dusty now has a Wikipedia

page. Oh, do I? Do you really? Did you start it? I wish I knew how. I'm the wrong guy for that. He is the youngest comedian to ever perform at the Grand Ole Opry. Well, I'd like to challenge that fact.

I wish that one would go away, really. Age 40. When did you perform for the first time? 37? Yeah, I would have been. I mean, they used to say that at shows, and I would come out. Aaron is now. And one time it was on both of your websites.

Well, I'm going off the fact that Dusty said it and then I was like well I was younger than him when I made my debut so I've just been going off of that

who knows if it's true we just know it's not me that's true yeah I'm the oldest I passed Grandpa Jones well you know people used to say that

they'd bring me up to stage and I'm like I bet when you heard that you thought I'd be a much younger comedian. Yeah. Well, then they think, well, it's the Grand Ole Opry. Yeah.

Yeah. Look at that. They've got your whole bio on here, man. This is awesome. Got a personal life section. Oh, man. What do they say about that? Slay has been sober since 2012.

He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, along with his wife, Hannah, and their daughter. Oh, okay. You think that's a little too much information up there? What are the references for his wife and daughter? Let's get your address on here, too. A little too much. Oh, a little Nate Land podcast shout out there. Congrats, dude.

This is a big step. Getting a Wikipedia page. I'm going to make so many edits to this later. Oh, do it. Please do. Beef it up. I like it. Good stuff. Congrats,ats man i didn't i said that with no emotion

i was just trying to move on but uh but it's yeah no it is it is uh it's very cool when someone makes a wikipedia page you uh had a big uh titans game that you yes oh yeah yeah i was at the uh i went to the titans oh yeah look at uh they they wrote us in the t-racks the back t-rack and then uh the back of the the car and uh yeah it was awesome that picture is great i love the comments on that that's the titans twitter and the comments waving to brian bates comic up at the top yeah it does look like you're waving to him it was when i was waving at him hi i got my binoculars is that nate uh yeah it was awesome man and uh they got a like they were very cool doing it. I'll tell you what, getting traffic, getting to the Titans game, wow.

It's – we left at – like, I had to – that was at 645, and I think we left at 515. And I had to – we got in front of your old apartment. I got out and walked to the stadium. So wherever that James Park, where is it? James Robertson. That's Fifth and Main. Fifth and Main.

Yeah. But James Robertson becomes Main Street right there. Okay. So it's like right there. So I'm on the opposite side of the interstate. And it was me, Harper, and Lauren. It was 6, I think it was 6.30. So it was an hour and 15 minutes.

And we were just, and I mean, basically all of it was spent just there. And so then we had to get out. And I just grabbed Harper. And then me and Harper went. And then I basically walked in and just got on that thing and then just drove around i mean it was like that quick yeah and laura did not get to the because we were he's very lucky i didn't meet the president burke uh uh burke new hill i can't not hill not hill not hill you motioned to the picture like that's the president that is the president the t-rex with the mascot the raccoon uh burke wonderful uh wonderful guys the president of the titans it

was very fun being up there uh with him and he came to a show and i got to meet him so we were in uh uh his suite so then laura didn't get into there to like 7 30 we left at 5 15 gosh yeah it was and then uh it was that tough to get in i met amy strunk the owner uh very nice uh yeah it was cool it was seeing the game was you know we had a good going josh dobbs that makes it fun yeah it makes it you know next week uh that dude's a rocket scientist yeah isn't that crazy if people don't know that like the quarterback that they put him with the titans right now josh jobs he played at tennessee which you know uh it's tough but that's tough but he is a rocket scientist like that's you know because they say it's hard to learn a play book and you're

like but with him you're like oh he can figure it out he'll be all right yeah yeah that's so uh yeah rocket science yeah so it was great the whole uh uh i gotta do a little thing with dude perfect uh to promote the special january 31st amazon prime uh and uh but the yeah the game was the game was awesome and then uh next day went to Toronto for New Year's Eve. Toronto, so great, so nice. They were just, the crowds were so nice. And got to celebrate New Year's. Yeah.

That's awesome. That was it. Yeah, I was off. I was home with my family, first Christmas with my daughter. And it was great and a great time and yeah um that's that's about it yeah there you go lightening up do you ever think when you're younger you'd be living this crazy life that you're living right now too just rock stars so long ago that was that used what did you what were we saying earlier? 1,500. I used to.

Back in the day? Back in the day. Did you used to think? You could say that about your life. Did you used to? It's that long ago. Did you used to think? Back in the day.

Back in the day. Now, I remember the wrestling episode. You kind of made fun of wrestling. Did I? I feel like you did. A lot of people said you did. Oh, I got a little bit of flack for it. Yeah.

But I was, you know. And what'd you do last night? I went like you did. A lot of people said you did. Oh, I got a little bit of flack for it. Yeah. But I was, you know. And what'd you do last night? I went to Monday Night Raw. Wow. At Bridgestone. Wow. It was awesome, dude. All right.

I got swept up in it immediately. Live wrestling is the best. It was, my favorite part was Hardy. You know, isn't there the country singer Hardy? I know. Yeah. He's in the audience. And they kind of cut to him a couple times on the big screen. Everybody goes, oh, there's another country singer, Hardy. I know. Yeah. He's yeah. He's in the audience and they kind of cut to him a couple of times on the big screen.

Everybody goes, oh, that's Hardy. And at one point there's a brawl going on. You know, the announcer tables flipped over. It's just chaos. And Hardy's has a guitar somehow. And he's trying to he's trying to give one of the guys a guitar. Yeah. To hit the other guy with. And I'm thinking, oh, man, they're going off.

Hardy's going rogue over there, you know? Yeah. So then they ignore him. They go back into the ring. And then all of a sudden, Hardy jumps out of the crowd into the ring and hits the dude with the guitar. I don't know what's happening. It was just like a million things happening at once.

It was a blast. Yeah. Wow. Crazy. They used to be Jeff Jarrett's thing. Hit people with a guitar? Yeah. And before that, it was the Hon yeah wow crazy they used to be jeff jarrett's thing hit people with the guitar and before that it was the honky tonk man yeah yeah well you guys know i i was going into it completely do they say who hardy is does everybody know who hardy is i felt like a lot of people there knew who he was but they put his name up on the thing and he just

had like a song of the year or something with the weight in the car where he beats up supposedly beats up a guy abusing a woman so he's probably like he wrote a song by himself beating up i think he's i think he's playing a character in the song oh yeah it's called hardy yeah i don't think it's autobiographical i think it's yeah it's called like weight in the car or something weight in the truck so the song the Truck. So the song's about- Wait in the Truck. Yeah. The song's about a girl.

He sees a girl at a gas station or something, and she's been beat up. So he drives to her house and beats up her boyfriend. Goes to prison for it. Yeah. And doesn't regret a single thing. In the song. Good for him. In the song.

And then he's saying, Lord, have mercy on me. Have mercy on me. Have mercy on me. I mean, that sounds like. And then he's at Monday Night Raw beating people up with a guitar. It was awesome. I realize I say guitar wrong. I say.

You say guitar? Like, get out of here. Get out. Get out of here, guitar. How do you say it? Guitar. Guitar. Guitar.

Guitar. I say guitar, too. Guitar. Yeah. Yeah. Daddy, get the guitar out that's people you know y'all didn't have TV back then

uh so the song is he he there's a song that he that he sings it's it's uh it's with him and Lainey Wilson

and it's kind of a back and forth she has a verse she's the one who protects. She plays the character of the woman that he protects. Yeah. She was bruised and broke from head to toe with a tear in her bloodstained shirt. She didn't tell the whole truth. She didn't have to.

I knew what happened to her. I didn't let her down with questions. She'd been through a lot. I just threw it in drive, looked in those eyes, and asked her where he was. So then he shows up, and he says, wait in the truck. Didn't try to hide my pistol. I didn't even try to run. I just sat on the porch smoking one of his cigarettes,

waiting for the cops to come. So it's like, it's kind of like Johnny Cash. Or I don't know, like, didn't he? I don't know. I don't know, man. Boy named Sue? No, it's like I was thinking he killed a man in Reno just to watch him die. Like, that's cool.

Yeah, this is like. It's cool to kill somebody for no reason, but to do it to avenge somebody. Well, it's. It's not cool? No, it's just the idea that you're like, all right, like, this woman got beat up, and he's like, I'll go take care of it. So then he goes, and I get that's a fun line. He's setting the porch, smoking one of his cigarettes, and waiting for the cops to come.

Yeah. Okay. That's a great one. And then he goes to prison rather than encourage the woman to just leave the guy. Well, two things can happen at once. She can leave him, and he can take care of it. Yeah, but now he's got to go to prison. Now he goes to prison.

What does she do? Does she move on? She takes his truck. She comes to visit him in prison from time to time. I would imagine in this scenario, she might have got back together with that first guy. And then he goes, what? He goes, well, he's changed since you did that.

So he didn't kill him. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. He's dead. Oh, he did. He he didn't kill him. Oh, yeah. He's dead. He said, I might be here forever, prison. It ain't paradise, that's true, but it's a whole heck of a lot better than the place I sent him to. Oh, okay. He took the guy out. Yeah, but you would think-

We're assuming. We don't know where that guy went. Yeah. And you would say- That guy had one rough night. He may be in heaven now. Yeah. Yeah.

We don't know. And you could probably handle it. Why didn't you just beat him up? Why did you have to go as far as to. Just go talk to him. Yeah. I like to think this guy's been given a lot of chances. Yeah.

This guy, maybe it's the last straw type situation. You know, this isn't the first offender. This is a guy who's. It's the, I don't know. It's making is a guy who's it's the i don't know it's making i it's just it's the celebration of it's a scenario where it's like it's not supposed to be about you it should be about her and it becomes about him that's what i did like it's like i went and handled it so now the story is like not even on like the situation it's like look went and handled it. So now the story is not even on the situation. It's like, look at me.

And then I went and did what's supposed to be done. I was thinking about that a lot. And weirdly enough, like last night, in Monday Night Football, right? The Buffalo Bills. I don't know what that guy's shape is today. But it was crazy to see what happened, right? And it was about that guy and that family and like all that.

And then I was watching the coverage of it too afterwards, and it's just kind of like, I don't know, a lot of people talk about their feelings in that time, and I didn't like that. Like it's like my, you know, it was like a lot of denouncers were, not denouncers. I actually think they did great, Joe Buck, because it's a crazy situation. But it's like, then they go to ESPN, and then they start, you know,

it's all this, and it's, they keep saying it's about, all we want is Hamlin. They want him to be healthy, but then it's also like, you know, you just sit here and watch the game. But then they tell you from their perspective of watching the game. And it's – I don't know. Well, it's a fine line because if I can't talk about how I experienced it, I have nothing to contribute.

Because they should all just agree, like, we can sit here and kill dead air for a long time. Yeah. But it's just – we got nothing to say. They just analyze it to death. They could just cut to another show. I agree. Yeah.

It's like, it's, yeah, it's like what they did with, they, Joe Buck and them did it. They kept on, they came back and they go, there's nothing to update, nothing to say. We're going to go to commercial. They just kept going back to commercial. Cut to that Burger King commercial. Then they go to ESPN. And then I, this sounds insane. And I don't, but it's like then there

you can see like adam sheffer like is almost crying a little bit and all this stuff and you're like i just don't i don't like that i don't it's like you take it like i don't want to watch you cry like it's like i think about that guy's it's like think about that guy's family whatever the second you do that stuff i think it becomes about's like, it's a little you and it should be like that. Like show those players and show those, you know who went to the hospital last night? The fans, the fans of the, the Bengal fans and stuff. They went to the hospital where he was at.

The game ended and everybody just went home. It's like about like the fans. That's not about the, it doesn't feel like it's about them. The fans are like, okay, it's like about like the fans that's not about the it doesn't feel like it's about them the fans are like okay it's a monday night they have to go to work the next day the game gets canceled and then it shows bingle fans outside of that hospital praying and with you know candles and that kind of stuff it's like it just made me it's like it's a's, I think it's all those fans. Oh, like, you just, I hope people remember that. Like, you're the, you're, you're the ones that are the reason the earth is awesome. It's the, those fans, the fans that go there and about them, not these announcers, not

these, like all these other that are just trying to, like, I feel like trying to even act like they have emotion about any of this stuff. You know, it's like they wanted updates and I don't know. I just, it's hard for me to like listen to, it's like I'd rather just listen to the fans experience of it or the, you know, because it's like that really,

you're really experiencing it versus someone on TV that's just like, I don't know. And if you don't want the airtime for it, they would just show something else. Yeah. Well, they didn't know what to do. And then they start talking about the NFL being like, just cancel the game. Why didn't they just cancel the game? You're like, this has all happened. No one, they canceled the game.

It's like they start then blaming someone. You're like, I imagine I, it's insane what's happening. So we don't, it's, it's all being figured out kind of in that time. Right.

And then it's like, I don't know. Then it's like some of the, it's like they showed a little bit of like the bingo fans going to the, the, the regular fans that paid $200 for a ticket, then go to a hospital to support the opposing team's guy because they get it. They actually get it.

Yeah. It's like all of them are together. It's the regular people. I don't know why. That's why this some reason rubs me. All of it rubs me the wrong way of, like, just it being written in this way that you're like, yeah. You know.

Imagine the guy inside. I don't know why. The guy in the house might not even know why that guy's there. He's like, this is a break-in and entering situation here. Yeah. Yeah. The girl's still in the truck. He's got no idea why that guy's there. He's like, this is a breaking and entering situation here. Yeah. Yeah. The girl's still in the truck. He's got no idea why that guy's there.

Yeah. It's like, uh, this is not, yeah. Yeah. Well, you know,

he's in jail forever, but what does Hardy look like? He looks a little bit like dusty, honestly, like a guy that would do this. I've nothing gets hard. No, you know,

play the character in the songs, but he looks a little bit like, uh, Oh yeah. He's got somey Slay vibes there for sure. Yeah, yeah, that is true. He's compared all the time. Yeah, that guy went and beat up a... Yeah, because I...

Yeah. I was about to say, I couldn't sing a song like that anybody believed in. Yeah. I wanted to see what he looked like. Yeah, I don't know if that guy went and beat up a guy. Maybe Tom Hardy, as you have. Yeah. That guy looks cool.

Yeah. It is, if you ever... It's a you have. Yeah. That guy looks cool. Yeah. It is if you ever. It's a fun song. Yeah. Oh, people think y'all look alike. I see it. Well, I don't get the comparison a lot, but people do say it sometimes. Oh, I could see it.

He has a white hat that he wears sometimes. Yeah, if you trimmed it up, if you, you know. But I don't, yeah, I don't want to look like that guy. No, no, no. You would be. Yeah, I mean, I feel good. I like where I can go. You know what was a very odd kind of dark moment at the Monday Night Raw last night?

Was while everybody's getting updates about Hamlin getting hurt in the game, there was like a storyline going on in the wrestling match that a character was being evaluated for like medical treatment. There's a girl got like a nosebleed and they carted her off and they kept giving updates. Like she's being seen at the medical tent right now. And then we're all looking at our phones. Like this is happening in the game. It made it seem so silly in the moment.

It made it like, yeah, yeah, man. In professional wrestling, when someone really gets hurt, is this a storyline? Because there's a lot of storylines where they bring in an ambulance and stuff like that.

Owen Hart died, like for real, in a wrestling match. During a match. And they kept going. They didn't cancel it. They didn't show it. I remember watching that. He fell from a thing. It's crazy.

Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah i mean last night that was that was something man like it was uh i really do hope that guy and you know they raised and then it was like they his toy charity thing got i don't know is it well over a million last i heard it was a goal of 2500 yeah and the last time i looked it was well over well over a million you know what I mean? Like that's, you know who does that? You do. You listening to this.

That's who does that. That's like, that's the point. Like that's the, it's like, it's all, it's us together. Like, it's like, that's what makes, you know, it's, I don't know. I don't, I could be wrong on all this. I have no idea. I have a, I think I have a weird relationship with TV stuff. Like I don't – I just – it feels all fake to me.

And it all – more than it ever has. I get that. I don't think they care. I don't think they – I think stuff – People crying on TV. I hate it when sports people cry. It's a side shit. I mean, like if you win the game and you're excited and you shed some tears, okay.

But just these people – Well the not the athletes right but it's like yeah the the in that like the you know it's like they got to bring themselves like back right dude we're all part of this we cover this so we're the same as you and you're like no dude have some separation like be you know it's uh i don't need every person on your every espn person person to be like, well, here's my – you know, I just think about – because I don't believe it. I don't think you – you know, it's like I'm not buying it. If you have a 24-hour sports channel, that's the problem. You either got to show highlights of other games, which some people say is insensitive, or you got to hear stuff like this. You got to see people crying.

Yeah. Yeah. Sports, it's either highlights or tears. Oh, yeah, the highlights, dude. They're showing. The other night I had on ESPN Late, and it was just the most. It was, oh, the Jimmy V, like, you know, his famous speech, which is, like, great.

It was two hours of those speeches. Yeah. At midnight. What are you? I mean, they're all – like, are you crazy, dude? It's like how depressing can you make life? It was like that and then the – what's his name? Stuart Scott, like his speech, too. Dude, yes, and the speeches, I understand it.

But, like, you also got to go – you're entertainment. Entertainment. That's what the E stands for. Yeah. You can't just be like, I'm sitting on a couch like, oh my gosh, dude, this is so heavy. Yeah, it's YouTube for highlights for me. ESPN, it's all emotion now. Yeah.

Everything. It's always a storyline. They're always like, oh, this game means this to this guy because of this that happened to him way back. And it's like, well, it maybe means something to him just because he's an athlete and he wants to win. Yeah. Yeah. No, it does. Let me read

the first comments from you guys. The people. I love the people. I'm having a great time. I'm about the people. We never got to... we got everyone except you. Okay. What have you been up to?

Oh, I went to Canada for Christmas. Okay. Let's do the comments. And it was great. And then I went to Raleigh, North Carolina for New Year's. Which is your Canada. It is. Yes.

Yes. And Canada was great, by the way. I do love Canada. I've been to Toronto a bunch of times. Very nice. We went further north. It is. Yes. Yes. And Canada was great by the way. I do love Canada. I've been to Toronto a bunch of times. Very nice. We went further North, very cold. It was great. And then Raleigh was, I did New Year's at Raleigh. I did a countdown. Lots of people said, Hey, to everyone here. Oh, Hey. So a lot of Hey bears and they were pumped. That's awesome. My daughter had a stuffed bear last night that she kept saying hey to me with.

I was saying hey bear to the bear. She was holding it. She's a fan. That's all we want. Get them young. Hashtag AG1. I just drank it.

I don't know if that's her hashtag. Should be Should be Texas comments That was fun though Yeah, that was good Vincent the Texan As a native Texan and San Antonian I was filled with immense pride

Hearing my city get a shout out Almost immediately on the pod Thanks for that big Tex bait Wow, that's the most positive one i've ever heard yeah also thanks for teaching me neat facts i've uh never knew like the smallest skyscraper and the helium up in amarillo i'm adding that to my texas history knowledge i think we need a texas part two for barbecue sports legends the alamo and more yeah a lot of Texans said, hey, our state's too big just for one episode. We need a part two.

As big as Europe, right? Probably. No, I think it's bigger than all of Europe. Okay. Which is when people always say, like, we should be like Europe, you're like, well, our one state is as big as all of Europe. Or maybe Alaska. You think Texas is? Look it up.

I'm almost thinking. Did you get a new laptop? No. Oh. Is it a different color or something? I don't think so. I've had this case for a while. Is this a cover? Yeah, it's just a little cover.

Maybe that's why the case. No, Europe is significantly larger than Texas. Europe has an area of 10 million square kilometers. Texas has only 695 square kilometers. 695,000, I should say. Maybe we should be like Europe, then. It's like England. Maybe Texas and England.

I bet Europe would have known that. Just the whole continent. There's a reason in my head. Who knows? It's as big as America, basically. Texas is barely bigger than Italy. Yeah. It's funny, but none of us knew for sure that that was the case.

It sounded good. Yeah. All right, well, learn something every day. I think I've said that a few times. Well, maybe. Would Alaska be about the size of Europe? Yeah, but Alaska is just land. What are we comparing it to? I don't even know.

Compare? Well, Alaska, though, is so... It doesn't count? Yeah, well, it's so... Like, there's nothing there. So here's an overlay of Alaska. Alaska's bigger than France and Germany and, you know. Closer.

Covers a lot of width. Yeah. Portugal all the way out to Russia. There goes that. Not Russia. Richard Smith. So thankful Nate came out to West Texas and hope to see all of you out here soon. Nate murdered and so did Dustin,

but the absolute best part of the Lubbock show was when Mick turned the crowd 100% against him in 18 seconds into his set when he praised Lubbock as the home of the Texas A&M University Aggies. I love that Richard saw this. It was, yeah, we, you know what's the, I love that Richard saw this it was yeah we you know what's Nick because we were talking

in the car Dustin thought we were like they go Texas A&M is here in Lubbock and then I was like oh okay and then we said something to the lady the driver the runner we had and I think she said something. It was like one of those, I don't know if anybody really knew what anybody was talking about.

I remember seeing a sign that said Texas Tech is this way. Yeah. And I was like, I didn't really think, but they were in the middle of talking about Texas A&M, so I didn't really think of it. So Nick goes out and then just like starts talking about Texas A&M. Dustin also talked about it, but did it in a way where I think people were confused. They didn't know if he was like he was making fun of it because we were in Texas Tech or whatever. But it was very – Nick brought it up immediately. I mean, he walked out and just immediately just brought up –

Good to be here, Lubbock. Lubbock, Texas A&M, Aggies. Home of Texas A&M Aggies. What did they do? Did they boo? I think you got some boos and some, like, just a lot of confusion. I mean, college football is so intense on stage. Yeah. Especially in Texas.

Well, especially when you mention the wrong place. Yeah. And, you know, that's like, yeah. I mean, it just kind of came out of nowhere. And that is very funny. Yeah. We didn't realize. I didn't know that he said it.

So it wasn't until afterwards that we. Yeah. Jennifer Wiley, right. I love this podcast so much. Only on Nate Land do the hosts go from talking about passports, the Rolling Stones Sports Center, their love of cake, comedy gigs, chocolate, chili, spaghetti, and finally Godzilla in less than 20 minutes. I love you guys so much, and I hope you all come to Wichita, Kansas, in the near future.

Yeah, I'll be back there, I don't know, next year. But yeah, Wichita, it's still one of my favorite. I had a great show in Wichita on a Wednesday. I was just there. Didn't see you, Jennifer. Well, she knows what shows to go to. Garrett S. I like that Aaron said the Cancun show was on his calendar for a year,

and he waits until the final day to try and get his passport. He really is a man of the people. That's how I live. Seat of my pants there you go guy uh biggest show of his life it was find your niche niche uh love how nate nate's love of mc of McDonald's has influenced how he now pronounces Mick Jagger to Mick Jagger. Oh, yeah. Well, you said it kind of the same way.

Mick Jagger? Yeah, you were saying Mick Jagger. Like it was a burger called the Mick Jagger. The Mick Jagger. The Mick Jagger. That's a burger that'll cut you. Get the Mick Jagger, but be careful. Yeah.

They put stuff in it. Yeah. Be careful. They put stuff in it. Be careful. Scott Speed. I like how Nate refers to the Rolling Stones as Mick Jagger's band that keeps playing so he can clear the building. You remember that? Oh, yeah, because his band. Yeah, you were saying how he leaves and the band keeps playing.

But you're talking about the greatest band of all time. Yeah. That's the band. Yeah. Well, they become the band keeps playing. But you're talking about the greatest band of all time. That's the band. Yeah. Well, they become the band. Yeah. You quickly become just the band.

I mean, you got to be like, yeah, we're Rolling Stones and you're like, yo, dude, we're in the band too. He's like, yeah, I'm Mick Jagger. Mick Jagger. I'm Mick Jagger.

Jagger. So I'm going to get on out of here. And they go, Keith Richards. Oh, yeah, Keith Richards. Maybe, yeah. Yeah, they're like the most famous band of all oh yeah keith richards maybe yeah yeah they're like the most famous band of all time maybe they're just slowly no i know that yeah he's they've been a man they've been touring forever tell you what uh touring forever make sure you go out this

weekend and catch one of tom hanks new movies he's got he's got another one i don't get it auto tom i just think that oh he's got too many movies the same people the same people in every movie i'm sorry are you talking about pinocchio or a man called auto yeah two movies yeah i'm just pumped about both of these new world i mean he's got three movies that came out in 2022 tom hanks been around for 1 000 years uh the pinocchio thing and i'm a big tom hanks fan how old is he 66 i'm a big tom hanks i'm not this is not against tom hanks it's uh but it's it does seem i was like of course you're just this i watched elvis too i don't know if uh i liked it i won't watch it yeah i everybody went to everybody like loved it justin

smith loved it totally watch it i just didn't like the way he was i haven't seen it i didn't like the way he was done yeah i won't i mean it was like done like i the way it was told it was like kind of a back and forth uh i i and to me it was like elvis's life after going there you're like his life is so crazy you want to be like just do the movie it was like Elvis' life after going there. You're like, his life is so crazy. You want to be like, just do the movie. It was kind of done in like a different kind of way. Like an artistic kind of way? Oh, yeah.

Yeah. Well, I thought someone would see it. Y'all should watch it. Let me know. You say artistic? Artistic. Artistic. That's what I thought.

Yeah. Do it in an autistic way. Yeah. That's what I thought. Now, why are you guys not a fan of Tom Hanks? Artistic. Doing it in an autistic way. Yeah. That's what I thought you said. Now, why are you guys not a fan of Tom Hanks? No, I am a fan. I know you are, but these guys have said previously they're not.

Okay, I mean, I like old Tom Hanks, but Tom Hanks is in everything. It's too much. It's like I don't need to see Tom Hanks every other day. And I also don't like- I mean, dude, look at how many movies has he made since like go go up i mean i understand all of them in his print now go right there 2013 so one two three four five six seven eight 16 movies since 2013 so 10 years he's done 16 movies i mean tom hanks and he's the star of 16 movies tom hanks was at the ryman one time while i was there i did a joke where i said I look like Tom Hanks. I look like Forrest Gump after he ran for a long time.

And I was told that he really enjoyed the joke. I've met him, and he was the best. He's so nice. He's the best. But you were about to say the real reason you don't care for him. No, no. Okay, there was a second thing you were about to say. I could tell it was going to be a little conspiracy theory.

No, I just think he's in too many things. Did he kill JFK? That would have been next on the list. Yeah. Woody Harrelson. I would think, well, maybe Frank Hanks, whatever Tom Hanks' dad name is. He had a stretch from 92 to 2002 that is just unreal. Yeah.

This string of movies, League their own sleepless in seattle philadelphia forrest gump apollo 13 toy story saving private ryan you've got mail toy story two green mile castaway road to perdition that's pretty crazy yeah uh all great all in a row and then the next one up there is uh catch me if you can't coen brothers movie i think right there the lady killers yeah that was great. Terminal was great. People hate the Terminal, but I liked it a lot. I loved Terminal. Polar Express is like one of our, we watch it every year.

But yeah, you know what? I think Tom Hanks is great, but they just try to make him like the ultimate, like just good guy. I mean, he was very nice, but it's just like, I don't know. He is that nice. Let me see him be a bad guy in a movie. That's what I want. Give me bad guy Tom Hanks.

I don't think you're going to believe it. I'm sure they tried. He's in Killing Lincoln. Is it? I don't know. It just says it. There's movies. He's solely.

I mean, he is. He's, I guess, probably the best. He's the greatest actor of our generation. Yeah. Or maybe of all time, right? I? He's the greatest actor of our generation. Yeah. Or maybe of all time, right? I don't think we're all the same generation. That's why I quickly changed it to all time. The look on your guys' face was like, buddy, we are from different generations.

I guess it would be of all time. I'm not going best actor of all time. Who else would you say? I don't know. There's better people, though, I think. Joaquin Phoenix. Robert Duvall. He's mine.

Robert Duvall. I love Robert Duvall. Yeah, but you got to look at't know. There's better people, though, I think. Joaquin Phoenix. Robert Duvall. He's mine. Robert Duvall. I love Robert Duvall. Yeah, but you got to look at his movies. They're just the best. You're talking about commercial success and just cultural impact. It's hard to beat Tom Hanks. It's hard to beat. Yeah, these are Oscar movies, and they mass appeal.

I'll be honest with you. They should put them in more. Yeah, you've really started talking him up. We've turned around here. You know what? There's not enough that he's done. I mean, his Wikipedia says American cultural icon. That's not on your Wikipedia yet, Dusty. Well, I'm not saying I'm the greatest actor.

I'll put it on there tonight. No, no. I'm just saying that's pretty crazy that's on there. But, you know. Yours would just say American cultural. And then it would stop. Yeah. I mean, I'm not comparing myself to say American cultural, and then it would stop. Yeah. I mean, I'm not comparing myself to Tom Hanks, but he's not the greatest actor of all time, to me.

Yeah, Forrest Gump, yeah. Forrest Gump, incredible. But who's, would you even be able to say someone? Yeah, I mean, there's so many great. Batman. Steven Seagal. Jack Nicholson. Brad Pitt's a great actor.

I'm a big Brad Pitt fan Denzel Washington I have a friend that just worked with Brad Pitt He's a writer And he came on something, a show I think it's a surprise So I don't know But he just came in and did an episode And he said Brad Pitt was the best

Oh, that rules He goes, I mean, just such an awesome dude. And, like, just talking to everybody, like, very, like, I think would, you know, make fun of himself and, like, and just walk around and be, oh, what's up? You know, like, one day he said he was just sitting in, like, the video village or whatever they call it, like, where where you sit behind the screens, you're looking and he said, he just walked in,

he goes, what's up, man? And he just talked and he said, he was awesome. That's great. He goes in, you get it.

Like you're, it's like when you're around him, you're like, yeah, that's why you're a star. I just watched some movie on a plane about him on a, on a train. It was some bullet train is what it was called.

Yeah. It's great. I didn't even hear about the movie, brad pitt's so great so also tom cruise is great i agree i tom cruise is great too but they're i would almost say they're a little different tom cruise is the greatest movie star yeah to me he's different than but tom cruise had real deal movies i mean he has yeah but then he just became an action star. Even like, people like character actors like John Turturro, Steve Buscemi. Well, I guess you would say

Daniel Day-Lewis. Daniel Day-Lewis, really great. Best actor of all time. Just not a ton of things. Philip Seymour Hoffman. Yes, those are the best actors and then Tom,

but Tom Hanks. Joaquin Phoenix. But Tom Hanks is that you've done commercial, you're that good of an actor and to have the mass appeal is very hard to do. There's not, like Daniel Day-Lewis But Tom Hanks is that you've done commercial. You're that good of an actor. And to have the mass appeal is very hard to do. There's not, like, Daniel Day-Lewis can't go host Saturday Night Live or something.

Like, he's not, he's, you know, it's like, that's just, but that's not what he does. It's like, he's like, he's like a, just a straight actor. Like, Daniel Day-Lewis, you might walk up and you're like, he's in some weird Broadway play and like yeah you know but tom hanks is but tom hanks could do that broadway play and host it like but he's never really done a successful bad guy that's what i'm saying i mean show me bad guy tom hanks uh i'd have to look i mean i bet someone we're see someone's gonna say he was a hitman in road toition, but he was still a good guy. Yeah. But like a Jack Nicholson, for instance. Jack Nicholson plays good guy and bad guy.

Road to Perdition, I think, is a movie that me and Laura, she thinks she saw it with me. I've never seen it, and she tells me I was there. And I say, I was not there. I've never seen that movie. You could have been there and just tapped out, though. I don't know. I don't believe that I was not there. I've never seen them. You could have been there and just tapped out, though. Yeah, that probably don't hurt someone. I don't know.

I don't believe that I was there. Leonardo DiCaprio. The top of Tom Hanks' Wikipedia page, it says, this article is about the American actor. For the seismologist, C. Thomas C. Hanks. That's tough for this guy. Yeah. This guy is good enough at seismology that he has a Wikipedia page,

but he's Tom Hanks. His whole life, everyone's disappointed. What's seism... What is that? I think it's like earthquakes. Oh. Like a seismograph.

Because I do earthquake stuff. Yeah. Because I'm pretty great at it, though. You go, no, I bet you are, but you're not Tom Hanks. You know what I mean? I bet his name was Tom Hanks until Tom Hanks came along.

Now he's Thomas C. Hanks. Yeah, you got to differentiate. So he just tells you how big the earthquake was? And you don't hear about it. Really greatest seismologist of all time, they say. Of our generation. He goes, that was a big earthquake.

And they go, yeah, yeah, I'll wait until I watch Tom Hanks do it in the movie. If they ever do a movie about Thomas C. Hanks, it should definitely be Tom Hanks to play him. Oh, yeah. I agree with that. That was hard to say. A little tongue twister. It is. Yeah.

Stuff we didn't get to in the 2022 comments. This is the comments from that. Cameron, the fact that people are literally texting comments to Bates directly is the most Bates thing to happen. Yeah, I had to take my phone number off that day. The fact that he's responding to all of them is the most Bates thing. Yeah, he loves it. Sean Toblin.

Tobbin. Tobbin. Tobin. Sean Tobin, I bet. Yeah. Dusty coming up with his genius math in one breath. Dusty, I read that like Thomas C. Hanks. Yeah.

And they go, ain't no Tom Hanks. Dusty coming up with genius math in one breath, then saying that he likes to think aliens are less smarter than us in the next breath. It's peak Nate Land podcast. Well, I don't know. I just don't know why we always assume that we're the dumb species of the universe. Like we're like, oh, if aliens came here, they're just brilliant, man. And we're just.

I think it's because they came here. I would say the thinking is in order to get all the way to Earth, you had to have had access to some technology. We have to know something we don't to be able to get all the way to Earth, you had to have had access to some technology. We have to know something we don't to be able to get all the way here. I mean, I guess. But what, you know, like, let's say this. Like, you know, people that are like really smart at one thing, but then not smart at another. So maybe the aliens are really great at space travel. Yeah, but they're real socially awkward. Yeah, they show up and they're like, what?

You know, they can't handle it. What if they are all Forrest gump yeah forrest gump you would you know you're like well i don't know if that guy's the right he's not the smartest guy in the world but he he got farther than everybody else gets things done so like it's just an alien on a ship going and then one day i just started flying yeah i didn't know why i started flying. And then there's all these other aliens following him. He gets to Earth. He's like, I'm tired. I'm tired.

I think I'm going to go home. Jenny. Yeah. Colin O'Neill. The math that Dusty discovered is called digital root. It also works with multiplication, subtraction, and division for all non-negative numbers. It's a negative. It's a mean number.

It's a doubter. It comes in the number three that's like, well, everything's not so great. Oh, gosh. It can be used to check your work on a math equation. If the root numbers on both sides are not the same, you know you made an error.

Also, the plot of Good Will Hunting now seems more realistic. Well, you know, Aaron posted a clip of that on his Instagram, and we were taking a lot of heat. Oh, my gosh. People were so mad at me for just thinking of this thing. Well, it's a good example. We talked about this before, when something you post online gets outside of your thing. Well, it's a good example. We talked about this before when something you post online gets outside of your world. So it has over a million views on TikTok. I got a bunch on Instagram. People have no context for what this podcast is or who any of us are. And I did edit

the video for comedic effect. So it makes Dusty look a little silly. I want it to look funny. But the amount of just mathematicians apparently who saw this, half of them say what Dusty said is wrong, right? People were saying this doesn't work. Right. And it works every time. The other half were going, this is so obviously true. You guys are idiots for having to even point it out. So are i mean i spent all of christmas day arguing math with people i was like i'm getting fed up with the comments i would i'm defended dusty in my honor and they're like just arguing math with people it's crazy well they all act like they're just math experts and they're like it's and i don't even know what those things

are but i'm like yeah i'm just saying a thing here. Yeah. You know? They're like, oh, duh, buddy. This is basic algebra. And I'm like, it's not algebra. I'm like, are you typing stuff out? Yeah. It's not algebra. It's just. Yeah, it's not algebra. I'm just adding things.

Yeah. I had never heard the term digital route. I didn't know that this was the case. You know, I've taken math classes. People acting like you learned this in second grade. Yeah. It's crazy. Like, I'm in there arguing, you didn't know this.

Yeah. Don't act like you're a genius. Yeah. Anyway. Yeah. Well, you know, all the, none of those people are, it's not even like, and most everybody's just like, yeah, I didn't know that. And then they move on.

That's how everybody acts. Mm-hmm. And most everybody's just like, yeah, I didn't know that. And then they move on. That's how everybody acts. Mm-hmm. Garrett, here's another fun math fact for you. The difference between a two-digit number and the sum of its digits is always a multiple of nine. So, you want me to explain this?

Yeah. So, give me a two-digit number. 25. Sorry. 25. Sorry. 45. You said 45. So, but 45 is, yeah, and 27. That's not.

Four plus five. Both y'all just said plus. 37 and 45, both equal nine. Yeah, y'all made it so easy. We're already proving it right, dude. 52. So, 52. Five plus two is seven. We're off to the races. So 52, um, five plus two is, uh,

seven. We're off to the races. I know. I know. Um, and the difference between 52 and seven is, uh, 45.

Yeah, there you go. I forgot how to do this thing. So that's it. Four plus five is nine. Yeah. All right. Wait,

what? The difference of seven is 9. Yeah. All right. Wait, what? The difference of 7 is 45? The difference between 52 and 7. What about 13, right? That'd be 1 and 4. That'd be 1 and 3. That's 4. Yeah.

And the difference of 13 and 4 is 9. That's 9. Oh, wow. That's pretty cool. Unbelievable. Yeah. All right. Yeah, that's fun.

Math is great. I don't know what I was doing in school, but math is fun. Duh, guys. I learned this in kindergarten. But what it would be if it is like 63 and that's nine. Yeah. Nine times one, nine. But you just come out of nowhere with that nine times one.

Because it'd be 30. Wait. So what did you just say? 63. That's the number you're picking? Yeah. Six plus three. All right. I'll change 30. Wait. So what did you just say? 63. That's the number you're picking? Yeah. Six plus three. All right, I'll change it.

36. That's okay. I forgot what we were even doing. Yeah, see? It kind of messes you up. Yeah, I got thrown off. Dude, the other one, it was 52.

We should be writing it down. Five plus two is seven. So 52. What's 36? Yeah, I forgot what we were was 52. We should be writing it. It was 5 plus 2 is 7. So 52. Well, what's 36 minus 9? Yeah, I forgot what we were going to do. I did it at home and it worked, but now I can't remember how we did it. No, we just did it. 36 minus 9 is 25.

Is that right? Yeah, what were we just doing? And that's it. 27. 3 times 9 is 27. 3 plus 7 is 9. I don't understand. I've lost now.

I understand, but it's hard when you don't write it. All right, so 36 is three plus... Yeah, so 36 minus nine would be 27. A lot of U-turns. And that's divisible by nine. Oh, okay. Wow. So 63 minus nine would be 54, and that's divisible by nine. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. So 63 minus 9 would be 54, and that's divisible by 9.

Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Divisible just means it equals it? I think there really is something to 3-6. No, you can divide 9. 3-6-9. There's some real stuff going on with those.

Yeah. A lot of things are divisible. I don't know. 1 plus 12. I got a lot of comments about math. But why do you do that? 1 plus 2 is 3, then 12 minus three is nine. But you wouldn't, you know.

I don't know. You know what I mean? Yeah. You see what I'm saying? When you go down to that, it's like, well, then it just works out. 12 minus three is nine. But when you go to the top, the big numbers, then you're like, well, then now you're adding stuff and it gets weird.

It's a mess up there. It's two different glad we got to the bottom of that thank you garrett ronda aw the whole teriology thing reminded me a day when i was in first grade and thought i had discovered what we that we only have nine fingers i asked the teacher to go use the restroom, and I was sitting there in the bathroom and began to count my fingers and was flabbergasted that I kept ending on nine. I eventually realized I shouldn't start out with zero. Yeah, that's funny.

Rhonda's our kind of person. Yeah. I could definitely, I could see a moment. I could have a moment. I have had a moment like that. I can't remember exactly, but like that where you just end up, you get two in your head, and had a moment like that I can't remember exactly but like that where you just end up

you get two in your head and then you're like it's very funny to be like hey can I I need some space I might have just figured something else in first grade

in first grade I have just blown the lid off yeah you have to just be like oh man it's you go

come back to the bathroom, and you're like, this doesn't even matter anymore. Yeah. Whatever she's telling you doesn't matter. We have nine fingers. Just, it just did, this whole thing's. Yeah, it's all a farce. It's all a farce.

We have nine fingers. Zero. One. Zero. One. Yeah, you go one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. We have nine fingers. Crazy. Reed Goss. Goss.

Goss. Nailin' in a Nutshell. What begins as a serious question by the challenger, as well as quickly ends up in the guys asking, how tall is Big Bird? Hard-hitting journalism at its finest love it well if we find out big bird was about eight foot we did find that out yeah yeah yeah yeah um you know that is good though my credit card actually reached out to me the other day and they were like hey did you make both of these charges and it was like two different like i uh apple things or whatever and i'm like i don't know

i don't know if i bought both of these things or not i could be subscribed to things that cost exactly the same yeah no rocket money man gotta get that rock uh one thing i forgot to mention too uh because i've talked before i got my wisdom teeth out oh yeah that was a big yeah it was uh yeah i know it was good it was i mean it is i got put out and sorry i got put out i could put to sleep it is crazy you just go like uh it's just the guy i remember he asked me if i knew he's like oh you know this guy and you're're just like, yeah, I think I, you know, and then you're just. Were you nervous? Yeah, I did laughing gas just to kind of like, because I was like having that panic.

And then it was, but then, I mean, I don't really remember anything. And so, yeah, it was good. Yeah, but I was nervous at the beginning but no problems after no i had one i just did the top ones the bottom one's not like it's needs to come more so i just did the top ones and the one this the one on my right i mean was like i it felt like i didn't have anything done and then the left one think I had, it was a little up there. Ours was a little affected. And it was, so my mouth has been sore.

Still a little sore. I'd say the top ones are easier than the bottom ones. Yeah. That's good, man. I'm glad it wouldn't mess me up for weeks. Yeah. Yeah. No, it was, I was, yeah.

Cause we, I mean, it was all during Christmas and then whatever. And then I got got into i started eating bad though that was the bad thing because i started eating some ice cream and then you're like oh boy just got down a spiral so what are you gonna do all right that happens this time of year i mean that's what in canada that's what they were doing we were eating eating eating and then it was cookies and cake and pie and and i love that stuff oh i try to stay away from it real hard so good but it's delicious yeah it's so good all right so this week we're talking about air travel good week to talk about yeah yeah let me

ask you big southwest guy huge southwest a lot of people say now they will no longer fly southwest are you with them ridiculous no i'll. No, I'll fly Southwest till, till the day I die. Even if you make it, they're the only company I think I'm loyal to. Really? Yeah. And they handled everything that happened.

I think they handled it the way, I mean, I understand a lot of people's Christmases were ruined and everything, but I think they handled it like you'd want a company to handle it where they came out and they were like we messed up and we're gonna do everything we can to make it right that's what it felt like for me as somebody who was not personally that affected by what happened i'm sure if you were there in the airport stranded for a few weeks not weeks but you know a few days you'd feel differently yeah my buddy doug

brown who wrote the who made the wrote the, who made the music, Safety Suit, who made the music for this, they were in Phoenix. And, I mean, they canceled their flight. And they, it was on the 27th he was supposed to come home or something. And they just go, there's no more flights until after the new year. Yeah. Which was, I mean, it's a lot of days. So, and then I think they just, they ended up finding some flights because i feel like

they just canceled like they just go it's almost like you gotta be like just cancel everybody's flights and now start a new yeah we need to just like reset but i mean like other airlines no no like southwest is like oh yeah you're you're kind of stuck in it and so you got to go like everybody's flights canceled now Now go buy new flights. And then, you know, but that, yeah,

that it was, it's a tough one for them. Well, I don't know anything about that. I hate Southwest boarding process, but very vocal about that. But, I didn't,

I did not know this was happening. What, what do you think about the seat saving in Southwest? Is that yay or nay on that uh i mean it's like you can't like out outwardly like just do something but it's like some people put a bag down or you can't tell someone i'm i don't think you can say i'm saving this seat but you could set a backpack there you could set like you know you could do something trying to act like you don't know what's going on.

It's like that. But if someone asks for it, it's like the gigs. All that other stuff, that's gamesmanship. That's all part of it. That's what we're doing. I'm going to fatten myself in this aisle, take up space. That's all part of it. But you can't straight up go, I'm saving this for my husband.

I mean, if they were right, I think I've had being like, it's that guy behind you. Coming down the aisle right now. And if I know there's, you know, you're like, you're trying to take a seat that's like, you can sit there. That's why I hate that boarding process. With no other airline, you're not dealing with that. You're like, this seat's saved.

I'm like, oh, no, it says right here that that's my seat, right? Yeah, I don't, because it adds a little stress to the, you got to be like, we have to be there because you get boarded late. I'm not the biggest fan of it either. I do better if it's like, you know, if you can get on somewhat, we have your, like, your family. It's perfect because it's like y'all three. And you get a board. and the family you get the family boarding so you're guaranteed a row between a and b now this woman saved three rows for her family ridiculous yeah no that's crazy this guy says hey southwest i'm an a-list guy who flies a lot and you do a great job but i had a

good a boarding on my flight home and wanted an exit row, but one lady was holding three rows for her entire family. Yeah. How does this stuff go on? That's absurd. Yeah, you got to go. A, she's got to go to the back, and then. Yeah, you just sit down. And then you can't.

Well, I know, but it's like, that's the thing is like you're, that's, you know, it's like you have to be very. Yeah, nobody wants to have a confrontational moment with a stranger on an airplane i got into a thing with some people in a in an airport well you're different i get into it with all that yeah this lady had all the seats saved for a kid but they were all running around and i sat down and oh this is like at the gate oh yeah those seats oh yeah okay and it was just like i mean she was like she finally confronted me i just sat there i heard her talking about me and i just kept sitting there and then she

finally confronted me. And then I was like, so I was like, well, there's no one sitting here when I came over. So then I got up and then we were like bored. Yeah. And then they tried to cut in front of me and boarding. And then they cut in front of me. They were like, and then I cut in front of them again.

I mean, it was a, it was a thing. Yeah. But, and then I had to sit next to the lady on the flight. Really? Yeah. How? It was just, that was our seats. Wow.

I mean, it all worked out. That's why on Southwest you could have got away from her. Yeah. Yeah. Like I was sitting there and she had to come down and go, I'm in that seat. Oh, wow. Yeah. That's crazy.

The reality is in this situation, it's up to the flight attendant to recognize what's going on and being like, if you want to sit with your family, you have to go back in line and board with them. You can't show up and hold an exit row of all races. Well, you got to pay for all the things. And if you're like, it's expensive, you're like, yeah, it is. And that's why you don't get to save the seats. Totally. Yeah, I agree. like yeah it is and that's why you don't get to save the seats totally yeah i agree because the exit road that's the one thing that drives southwest too is when they let uh like if you get on a plane that has some people that stay on the plane because you could be a1 and you're like

oh i'm gonna get any seat i want and then you get on the plane and you're like every there's only two three there's only there's only three good seats on on southwest that long one i don't and i don't even like that one but you got the two exit rows yeah window and aisle and then the long one and now sometimes now they've added more exit rows but so you're looking at four at the most four good seats and you get on a plane and they're taking you like well then what was the point of me buying all this yeah yeah yeah because then you're just letting any you know it's like there's no system like you should tell those people you can move but you can't move to an exit road because people you know yeah people might a little confrontation that lady looks like she's geared

up to uh to argue with you yeah but yeah that's i'm in for it it's it's it's that's tough yeah yeah yeah yeah can i tell y'all i don't know if y'all agree with me the only thing that annoys me more than what this woman is doing in this picture is the fact that somebody took a picture of her and posted this yeah that that's becoming a real thing that bothers me yeah is why not why is this a moment that you had to a it's weird of i know it's her she's not facing the camera but you took a picture of this woman and you tweeted it out like that the whole that whole type of behavior is really starting to bother me just photographing strangers in public and putting it online that's because they don't

really have the guts to confront them in real life so they take it to the internet where all their followers can back them up borderline if she said something to him that guy might have just gone no no i understand and then he's like i'm gonna just try to well that's when they take pictures of someone they go this guy just did this i've seen that with people could do your thing internet oh yeah oh yeah and you're like borderline should go to jail for some of that you're like yeah i mean you better hope nothing happens to this guy because you're yeah i it's a good point i agree because you're made like you know like this is just a moment that should live and die on that plane right there yeah you know and then you tell about it yeah you talk about her afterwards you don't take her picture yeah i complain about people all the time but i don't

yeah i wouldn't take their picture no this guy's verified too probably has a ton of followers it's uh yeah it's well it's the the arrogance people have with these airplanes that they think and i look i get getting a hold of them but yeah like it's everybody's like how dare you do this to me like you see a lot of blue check marks complain about stuff and you want to go like yeah do what are your a if you're if you're doing well and not saying a blue check marks doing because you that doesn't mean that this person but if it's a famous person yeah and then they're like how dare you i get you know i do this i've been flying low and then they try to at the person and they're trying to get something out of it being like i have a lot of followers you don't yes the arrogance of that is so gross disgusting i know disc i mean the grossest thing

possible who do you think you are that you think oh i can just i can just tell them what to you know don't treat me that's part of why i took a hard southwest stance i got annoyed by all the people of the outrage as if what happened was personal to them. And you go, yeah, my mom's flight got canceled too. Yeah. But she's not on Twitter. Yeah. You know, it's not about you.

Yeah. So I'm just being the contrarian there, defending Southwest. Yeah, I agree. Yeah. And some of the, you know, a lot of people that work at the airlines, it's so hard. They get yelled at all the time. Hardly everyone that's talking to a person that works at an airline is fussing at them. Like you're rarely being like, hey, great job, guys.

I just want to let you know I'm enjoying my flight today. Everything's wonderful. Thank you. Like I landed back from Canada. We landed and then we had to sit on the plane for like an hour. And then when we got to the bags, we waited for like another two hour, hour and a half. I went to one of the guys that worked at the baggage. We had our baby and we checked our car seat. and then when we got to the bags we waited for like another two hour hour and a half i i went to one of the guys that worked at the baggage we had our baby and we checked our car seat so i just

talked to this guy i was like hey man you don't happen to have a car seat that i can just borrow do you and he was so nice he found a car seat let me borrow it we ubered home and then i drove back took the car seat back to the guy, picked up my bags. I mean, it was great, but it was like we would have been stuck there for another two hours with our baby who was starting to lose it. But because I was nice to this guy and I didn't go in there yelling at him, he was like, yeah, I'll hook you up. I mean, I just think it's so much better.

And then that other family came in and goes, what do you mean you gave our car seat away? He goes, the guy's coming back i just got all my bags i just want to go home my baby's crying and we can't leave because you gave a car seat away and he's like you should have been nicer yeah he's verified on twitter yeah yeah he's a big deal but the uh but yeah i mean i think i do think it was like an old car seat that somehow no one ever picked up but um but whatever you got to work out great for me that's what being nice does yeah being nice does is gets other people's stuff yeah well there's a

place and we've talked about this before scottsboro alabama unclaimed luggage you ever been there no i've heard about it i want to go seems like your kind of place dusty they uh airports hold your luggage for 90 days and then after that if no one's claimed it i think this place buys it from the airport for a price and then they resell it and um i've never been but we talked about this on a previous episode they They've had some crazy stuff there. Live Rattlesnake was in a bag. Some shrunken heads. Some crazy stuff. What watches do they have? It's right down this weekend.

Yeah, they got some good... It's... How can you use those watches, though? The smart ones. They must be able to reset them. I thought that you couldn't. I don't know. That was the whole point of them.

I don't know. Yeah. I doubt you buy a watch for there and it's just like, you know, you have to enter the passcode and you don't know it. Yeah, love Tiffany. Just for show. Yeah. Yeah, I got an iWatch.

It's a good. I don't know what it's called. I don't love the idea love that like this stuff how much i love some of these are like yeah look at the screens all scraped up yeah scratch how much is that one though 20 bucks yeah 20 bucks you're just giving that to a kid uh as a toy yeah yeah well one of them v tech and we might actually have one of those watches that's like the one that is for kids uh yeah it's like what is it so the airport sells it so that they have to buy it from the airport well that's what i think people just don't sometimes if they're like if their stuff doesn't

come they just go whatever and move on yeah yeah you uh yeah i wonder how yeah you mean it's like the carousel? No, no, like if your stuff doesn't come or gets lost and you've got to fly home or you've got to fly somewhere else. How much do they pay though? Like it's like, does the airport pay? Like, I mean, how much do they charge them to buy the stuff? I don't know. I just assume that's how it works.

I don't think they're just giving it to unclaimed baggage. The amount of detail they have on their website is, unclaimed baggage has purchasing agreements for unclaimed items with all domestic airlines and other travel and transportation companies. So they don't go into a whole lot of detail how this works. I love that this is in Alabama. Isn't it funny? Yeah.

Why did it end up there? Only 0.03% of all check luggage this happens to. Go get your luggage. Because everybody's just... I like this store. But then you're like, you're paying the airport? Like, that's the stuff I don't... So this place, you like...

What do you do? You write a check to... No, the store owns the stuff now. I know. But when they go buy it, who do you do? You write a check to? No, the store owns the stuff now. I know. But when they go buy it, who are you paying? I guess the airline maybe that's holding it in their office. So they make money off even the luggage you use. Yeah, you paid to check it.

Now they're selling your stuff. You paid to check it. Maybe you didn't go get it because of this situation. They lost it. They lost situation. They lost it. They lost it. They lost it. Yeah. Yeah, that's pretty funny.

You pay to check it. They lose it. They sell it. Yeah. Someone else buys it. Yeah. That's a great business. It is a good business.

Yeah. Yeah, that is a funny. I've never thought about it like that. That is a funny business. You go, well, you lost it. But they got to give you money if you lose it yeah yeah but it's still like that's the airline doing it not the airport yeah yeah yeah i don't know it's complicated yeah yeah uh so the record that i could find for longest that people have had to sit on a plane was uh

i think i talked about this in a previous episode, JetBlue. So this whole episode is just stuff we've already talked about? I know, I know. But I believe I threw this out at the end, and you're like, why didn't we get into this sooner? So now I'm going to do it. JetBlue used to have a, I think their policy model was, we don't cancel flights. And then there was a big blizzard in 2007 and uh people sat on flight for 10 and a half hours why did they sit on because it landed in the runway and they wouldn't

let them off they were about to take off and then it got so bad that they couldn't take off but jet blue's like no no no we're not canceling we're not canceling and they would not let them get off and they sat there for 10 and a half hours i wanted to start after an hour i wanted to start a chant that said let us off yeah like just let us off the plane and then we'll i'll make my way back to the airport yeah just let me out of here yeah i wanted to go let us off i was afraid people wouldn't join there was a guy playing the trombone i was like this is out of control here yeah where's the guy playing the trombone yeah i would have probably filmed that yeah i think i may have got a little film of it there was is out of control here. Was the guy playing a trombone? Yeah. I would have probably filmed that. Oh, gosh. I think I may have got a little film of it. Just out of no reason?

Well, yeah, they announced he was going to come up and play, and he played a little song, and I was like, all right, okay, great, great. But then after that, after we sat there for a little longer, he started playing again from his seat. And I didn't really mind it, but it was like, it's time to get off. Yeah. Let's get off this. Yeah, yeah.

So now there's rules. Department of Transportation says after three hours, they have to let you off. This is departing or- Three is too long. Yeah. Well, I agree, but I guess, I don't know why, but maybe- I'd say an hour. Yeah.

There's some crazy situations. After three hours, domestic flights, four hours for international flights, either departing or arriving. How about there's no crazy situation? They do the three-hour rule, and then they go, well, there's, you know, this one thing happened once. So now you're, you know, it's like, yeah, but it doesn't happen. So just be an hour.

Yeah, I guess I was just- Like everything, no, I'm not mad. Yeah, I'm saying like the rules it always ends up being uh well you know this one time this thing you're like yeah yeah but that doesn't happen so the everyday situation doesn't mean i want to be in your weird situation because you're going one time it really worked out yeah run one time a bunch of horses were on the runway and you're like yeah but that's not going to happen again. Three hours is a long time. Why not make sure it'll never happen again?

Yeah, let's put up some fences. Yeah, not everyone gets in a wreck on the street, but let's put up some speed bumps to make sure nobody else will. Now the rest of us got to drive over the speed bumps every time. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And they go, well, one time, one time, something this. That's what Hannah was telling me. Like they used to, all these kids used to swim at this one place where she grew up. They used to swim. Like it was a big childhood thing for her. They

all used to swim out there. It was great. Families would come, they had picnic tables. And then a kid drowned out there one time and they wouldn't let anybody swim. And I'm like, it's like, that's a bummer, right? It's like, it's unfortunate that guy drowned. But don't take this away from us because that guy was a weak swimmer. You know what I mean? Do you know what I mean, though? Well, you change that from there was a boy that drowned to that guy drowned. Now you made it like nothing.

Yeah, that idiot can't swim. He's got to get older. Yeah, he's got to get older for that last one. Yeah, he used to be a boy. Yeah. Yeah. But I don't know. I just like, i think that it's like just let us swim let us you know put put a sign out hey people drown out here yeah there should be a lot more at your own risk yeah don't let it be you but people do drown out here you worded a little better but yeah yeah just a heads up they should should just have you walk around.

Yeah. And just, you know, you go, hey, what are you having? Yeah. Yeah. Hey. You still having a good time? Yeah. You still having a good time?

Ahoy. Ahoy, matey. I just watched Andrea Doria last night. Ahoy, matey. Don't be a weak swimmer. But, you know, it's like, imagine being that family. Now, especially if you're like the other kids at school like if that kid has siblings and now they're all like oh because of your brother

we can't swim at the yeah you know that's the real tragedy in all this yeah i'm just saying the tragedy you know it's a big deal right i get that you know what i mean? Yeah. Put a lifeguard out there. Yeah. All right. Uh, yeah. Yeah. So I did not know this, but someone posted like, what does celebrities do at the airport? Do they stand in line like everyone else?

And a lot of them, there's a special terminal for a lot of celebrities and they go to this special terminal. They do the checks and then they're driven by car to the plane. Chrissy Teigen tweeted about this and how she does it, and apparently this is a pretty common thing. I guess you do this, Nate, but. I've done, there's one in LAX.

Yeah, I think that's probably the one that's is that the one she's probably does she live in la uh yeah you pay membership for it they do the same security private and take you to the plane in the car yeah uh yeah i've done it's, it's, uh, yeah, you go, like you drive up and, uh, you, there's a room that you stay in, there's food there. You can get a massage. You can get like, you got a thing, you get your haircut. Like it's, uh, but it's a service. Like I don't have a membership to it. I got to do it. I think I got to do it. Cause it was like a credit card. Like it was like, think i gotta do it because it was like a credit card like it was like i got a thing to go do it but it was unreal like you go and you uh you go in a you just drive up they get you i mean the plane's boarding like you come up that you know the door where you sit down the luggage or whatever

you uh they drive you there you come up the stairs uh you might board before anybody's even on the plane before the you're maybe the first person that and then they kind of like sit you in that way uh i don't know if it's not at every airport it's at la it's in la but i mean for la it's like i mean it's you know that thing's a nightmare so you can show up whenever you want you can show up early uh you know if you're like i'm gonna go and enjoy the thing you could go there and show up whenever you want. You can show up early. You know, if you're like, I'm going to go and enjoy the thing, you could go there and show up early. And it was, you go through your own security kind of thing. They drive you in the car.

You just drive around. I mean, it's, yeah, it's the most convenient. You get your own little, you can get a room where you could, I mean, it's crazy. I do. I mean, for so many people, it would be impossible for them to go through the air i've seen vince i was on a flight with vince vaughn once in chicago and uh he someone drove him in a golf cart up to the plane i mean not to the plane too they drove through the thing up to the boarding process. Oh, yeah. And I think someone kind of maybe stood there with him or, you know. Yeah.

But he boarded, like, he was on the phone. He boarded on the plane. Normally. Normal. But it was, it's like, I don't think they have them. He couldn't just go sit in the, well, everybody else. Yeah, yeah. Because it was like too many people would have came up to him.

Right. But I know that a lot of them, you know, but there's been, you see people, but a lot of them will be in the airport like normal. Oh, yeah. I know Rory Scovel met Ryan Gosling once, and they were just going through TSA together, and they were in the lounge together. So, I mean, I think they go up to that lounge or whatever, you know,

and maybe they just pay for it. I'm sure if someone's super famous they're just like no just go on in you can come in yeah uh but they you can i mean because you can pay for everything you know you can pay for everything so that's what they're you know they're doing it's but she has she pays for something like that but that one is crazy. That one, you're not even remotely. You're at a different thing. It's wild. Yeah, and they're like mega famous, mega rich.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, they pay. I mean, because I don't want to ruin people's perspective of me, but if you fly a lot, the airlines will just give you things, right? So American Airlines gave me an admiral's lounge membership yeah so i could just go in there right and it's awesome yeah and i don't even i don't

need it people are not hounding me but i'm like i get free snacks i get better wi-fi i'm like this and it was just free they were like here take this how about they ask you so then they ask you to leave yeah they're like well if you get like, ugh. Well, if you get credit cards, yeah. I mean, everybody, you get benefits. If you travel a lot, you're going to give your diamond. I think I'm diamond with Delta. You just end up because you fly a lot. Right.

You're these things. Have you seen the Southwest Lounge at Nashville Airport? I've never seen the Southwest Lounge. It's the smoking room. Oh, okay. That's what I always say. That's funny. Yeah, that's very, it's uh yeah i've

gone into the i've never been a big lounge guy i like walking around the airport i've done some lounges a little more just because we gotta if we have a group of us it's like just to go sit down but uh i'm a big i don't mind strolling i kind of you know just walk around. I don't hate an airport. Like, I don't mind the whole, as long as I can go through it without the stress. I mean, if you get like, you know, look, if there's a ton of lines and you got the stress, it can be very stressful. But when you get through security, I don't mind. And you got time to kill there? Got a little time to kill. You walk around a little bit.

I just walk around, go look at stuff. Moving platforms, walk on those. I'll avoid them because I want to because I'm trying to prolong the walk. But if you walk at a good speed and you're on that, you can get a little breeze. Yeah. I like that. You try to get to the breeze part.

You look like a superhero. Yeah, it's fun to get a little breeze going. Well, Nashville Airport, i didn't know this was the first maybe still the only airport in the country has its own beer and liquor license meaning you can don't have to stay in the restaurant area with your drink you can take it anywhere you can't take it on the plane but you could take it right up to the gate oh man i used to work for a pr company here in Nashville, and one of their clients was the Nashville Airport. I remember when that – it was a very big deal when that happened.

It was the first airport to let you carry beer around, and they were stoked about it. They're like, this is going to set the Nashville Airport apart. I think a few others let you do it now, though. All right. It is a good idea. The Nashville Airport is a lot of fun. They were the first one to allow Ubers and Lyfts, too, atville really it was a big deal yeah nashville where it's good it's like when they're going through this fixing it there was times you're like god this is awful but like

it's about to get i'm that hotel's about done like nashville i was saying that we're the titans game we're talking about the nashville's about to be insane we're're going to be Chicago, I think. Like you're going to – it's in like Austin, Texas, where they're like, oh, we're the same. Come on. Come on. We play different games, all right? We're a major city. And the stuff that they're building with the dome

and they'll grab these restaurants and all this stuff on that river. And like, I mean, Nashville is going to be crazy and beautiful and like it's it's it's super fun yeah i mean the airport i mean i i boarded like on thursday and then flew back on sunday by the time i came back on sunday this new bar had opened up where the starbucks used to be and it was just this awesome like wraparound bar i mean i don't drink it's not gonna do me any good, but I was like, this is awesome. Old red in there.

Yeah. Old red is right there too. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's yeah. I mean, Nashville is blowing.

And they got the new, which I tried it. It's a lot of fun. They got the little store where you don't have to check out at all. You just grab stuff and leave. That's a lot. I did that. I did just to try it out.

Yeah. That's a little creepy. It's creepy, but I wanted to try it. It's crazy, dude. It's creepy, but I wanted to try it. It's crazy, dude. It's great. Did you have to tip? No, there's no tip.

There's nothing. I know. I'm just joking. You did everything at the airport. Oh, yeah, yeah. But that story is crazy. It feels uncomfortable. I think everybody – yeah, I mean, you're always like, this stuff is cool.

But there is times where you – I don't know. maybe it's the older you get, the more you go. You're like, ah, what are you doing? Like, you go, you're just, I'm just walking out. And then, yeah, you're getting closer and closer to be like, there's a chip coming. Yeah. That chip's going to go in somewhere. Because you're, I mean, maybe it's just your eyes or it's something. But it's like, there's you know i watch there's a chip

coming yeah yeah i mean that's how i think they have some grocery stores like that now too you remember like like you know it's like it was like it would be like the mark of the beast you would think like how could they ever when you heard first heard about you like well how could they put a chip in who would take who would ever who would take it why would you ever be talked into it to go and like yo dude there it's in my lifetime it's like there's a chip coming they and they were talking like you're like you're like and there's mp and you're like you see how you're they could make you do it because you also yeah because you would always go why would anyone take that knowing knowing what would happen how would they even bring up to put in a chip and then you're like i don't have to carry this thing everywhere yeah

yeah yeah and now you're like i want to have to carry this thing everywhere yeah yeah and now you're like i want to eat you put a chip in your dog yeah that's true people do put chips in their dogs yeah that's crazy well i see that a little bit different than a human it's i'm saying it's not a crazy idea yeah we're putting chips and stuff yeah so there is a... I watched Divergent all weekend too. You ever watch that movie? No. The Divergent?

No. Oh, that series? Yeah. It's like a hundred games. It's like a team. Okay. Yeah. I went to a mall.

It was great. I'll check that out. Yeah. Oh, that's great. So there has been a plane crash at the Nashville airport. Oh, geez. Bad news baits i know

this is an interesting one though 2013 um plane from a cessna from ontario canada uh flew to nashville circled airport for about two hours before crashing on the runway and bursting into flames killing the sole occupant the burning wreckage went unnoticed for nearly six hours because it was obscured by dense fog. And then someone finally noticed it. Turns out it was a drunk guy who was stalking Taylor Swift. And he'd written letters and flew to Nashville to stalk her.

I remember this. That's wild, dude. See, that's why Taylor Swift can't go through the airport normally. That's why you got to get the special treatment. That's crazy, man. Well, Taylor Swift, she spoke to NYU graduation, I guess, spring of 2022. And she said that her secret on Southwest, she says she flies, I guess she used to fly Southwest, was she and her mom would get in a fake argument with each other in the boarding area so nobody would want to sit next to him that's

interesting yeah yeah that's a way to do it yeah yeah i doubt she's flown southwest i don't i yeah i would argue that that's never happened and they've talked about that's what we should do that's what i would argue probably because it's like flying southwest yeah because you're you're like when would you know i mean i she definitely would have flown southwest didn't you say henry sat next to her on southwest that's what yeah i've heard i've heard that i don't know the details okay i think i think that happened yeah so um you think their ticket master stuff i don't that stuff is crazy to me i know because it is it's like ticket ticket master isn't it's they're that's insane they're awful and then uh and they

have like a monopoly on the industry which is frustrating i have to use them all the time yeah you have no choice a lot of your shows are ticket master yeah yeah i don't know how to make them not yeah i choose not to it It's through the venue, right? They have these contracts at the venue. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, and they do it. But then on the stuff, then the things go up, the fees and you're, yeah, it's a weird thing. And then her stuff, though, yeah.

Because I don't know if she's doing something she needs to do. She's the one that can do something. I mean, do whatever she wants. I'm not telling someone to do something. Right. But, yeah. All right. So in an airplane bathroom, if someone chooses just to lock themselves in there,

there's a secret latch that flight attendants can use to unlock the bathroom. I don't know if you guys have seen this or not, but underneath the lavatory sign. There's a little switch. Yeah, they did this because I went, when I went. Oh, this has happened to you? No, I had to. Mr. Bargatze, you got to come out. I'm not coming.

This is when I had the opposite of claustrophobia. I was like, this space is too big. I need a smaller space. Yeah. Uh, but this weekend when I flew home, I had to go to the, I had to pee really bad.

So I mean, the second we could, I got up and I was like, can I go to the bathroom? And she's like, yeah. And then they, she did that because it was locked.

They locked it when we took off. Okay. So then when I went up to go pee, she had to unlock it because it's been locked. And so she opened, she like did, I didn't really pay attention.

the normal lock wouldn't have worked, I guess. No, because she did the, The normal lock's on the inside. Yeah, you're the one telling me

there's a way to do this. I'm telling you that they did that. I got you. I just, I was confused. What brought up this whole conversation

was the fact that you're showing a thing about how they can unlock and lock it. Well, just unlock it. I didn't know that. Yeah, I was confused why if no one was in there, it would have been locked. If they can unlock it from the outside, would you assume they could lock it? I hadn't really thought about it.

There's nothing like having it. I could also go live in a park. I watched, there's another Seinfeld, the Kenny Roaster. Yeah, Kenny Rogers. When he, Kenny Rogers Roaster, and he goes, why don't we move,

why don't we switch apartments? And Jerry just goes, I could also go live in the park. He wants to move in. Why don't we just move in here? No, he said switch. He goes, let's just switch apartments. He goes, I could also go live in the park.

Or I could move out and we just, then you knock all the walls down. Like that was. He's like, these are load-bearing walls. Yeah. There was a British Airways flight. I got this from the Nateland Facebook fan page. Oh. British Airways flight that was forced to turn around because someone used the bathroom

and the smell was so bad they had to turn around and come back. Turn the plane around? Yeah. I'd be like, don't. I mean, I guess that's awful smell, but I'd be like, I don't. Open a window. Yeah, exactly. Yeah.

I would really go hard. Y'all can't crack a window. Yeah. Like, just give one, go down, go down a little bit. Yeah. You can't. Those pilots have to open a door, open a window, just a quick two minutes. Recirculate.

Recirculate it. How bad? What are you eating? Yeah. They said because the air recycles in a plane, so it would just be bad for everyone because it's just the same. Take that plane down 10,000 feet, whatever it is, 15,000, 20,000 pilots, crack a couple windows, open the door. Emergency exit doors.

Super easy. I mean, you could probably, like, they can't crack, you know, but you could open the pilot's windows up in the front, open it, a little quick, you little quick breeze through here. Shut it. Head back up. We're all good. Not a problem.

Not a problem. I feel so bad for that person. Yeah. Did they put the person's name in this article? I don't think anyone claimed it. Who it was. But everybody on the airplane knew. Yeah.

He comes out of there and you're just like. They were like, oh. Do not go in there. do not go in there yeah not go in there do not stay on this plane yeah that's a tough one poor guy man that's a tough one they said it's impossible to open that emergency door when it's in the air um just because the air pressure yeah but the windows i know you got to go down i know that but i'm just just segueing. I didn't know that. There have been some crazy people who have actually tried to do it.

How long of a flight was it going to be? I think they were going to Dubai. Yeah, from London to Dubai. I don't know. Seven-hour flight. All right, turn it around. Turn it around. Turn it around.

That food is, yeah. Oh, boy. I don't know where the food was, where he the food but it's probably you know that's tough man imagine even connecting to the jet bridge I mean that smell would probably come on up through the airport if it's bad enough to turn around yeah

you open the door there maybe just do a landing and be like that's open the doors and then we just let it breathe for a bit yeah and then you're banned from the flight Maybe just do a landing. Yeah. Like, let's open the doors. And then we just let it breathe for a bit. Yeah. And then you're banned from the flight. Heathrow, we're coming back. Don't come back here.

They land. Yeah, landed. And just, yeah, they just land in some, the Kansas City over there at their airport. And then they get the steps and they have that guy go first. And they go, we're just going to get off. And he gets down to the bottom and they go, yep. And they shut the door and they go. See ya gonna get off and he gets down to the bottom and they go and they shut the door and they go see you sucker enjoy london's kansas city that's what they and then he farts and then smells his own thing and he's like okay yeah i get it i get it that

was a reason why when they shut the door and they take back off they realize he left another little like yeah he like crop dusted it and they go, and he's just down there pointing out. He goes, I got you again. You want to guess what percentage of when you're 35,000 feet? Yes. How close are you percentage wise to outer space?

Dusty? You're about, I missed the first part of that that question when you're as high as you can be which is 35 on a commercial airline on a commercial airline how close are you to the edge of space so you're saying like is is you're 60 there or you're whatever uh i think you're about a third of the way there. So you don't want to do percentages. Well, 33%. I'll convert that. I mean, that was the whole, everything about of it. Everything about the whole conversation. 33.33% chance.

Can you unlock and lock that door? What's the percentage of the people that thought, if you're at home, let's do a poll. We haven't done a poll in a while. What's the percentage of you? Is it one-third or half? I mean, what's as high as you can be? What does that mean?

Yeah. Well, I mean. Well, this is not a fair question. Cruising altitude is usually like 35,000 feet. I think some international flights, I can get up to 50,000 feet. I'll say, when I've been up that high and I look down how far we are, I'm like, man, I think we're almost to space. Yeah, yeah. And we're about what? You say it out loud to the person next to you

oh the guy that asked for the middle seat uh yeah he just he just he i could see that you just sit there and you wait till the people show up and they go are those seats taken you go no and i was the first to board i bet we're almost out of space and we're about what we're a little under seven miles up i guess so yeah good for 35 000 so you're saying you're saying we're 33 there i think I think we're like 75% there. I say we're almost there. I say 50. Yeah.

It's a good answer for, you know. Yeah. Yeah. I'm just playing the game. Yeah. We're 7%. Whoa.

Oh, we're not even close. Not even close. Wow. Yeah. Wow. And we're not high enough. Not even close. Wow. Yeah. Wow. And we're not high enough to see the curvature of the Earth. That I know.

Never are. Never are. God. No one ever gets up that high, do they? No matter how high they get, they're never that high. They just can't see it. Now, they say pilots can, because if you have a wide, you need at least a 60 degree, you can start seeing the curvature.

But from our windows, there's not enough space to start seeing it. I know. So, Dusty, maybe someday the pilots will let you come up. Yeah, I'd like that. Yeah. I'd like to hang out. What's going on up here? Yeah, what's going on?

They can see it, we can't. Yeah, what's going on? Yeah. There's some bigger windows out here. Over 50% of pilots have admitted to dozing off while flying. 31% said they woke up and their co-pilot was asleep too. Oh, boy. I could see that.

I mean, it's all autopilot. I mean, how are you not falling asleep? Yeah, there was an Ethiopian flight back in August where they both fell asleep and missed. Just because it's Ethiopian is funny. Yeah. It seems like, yeah. Maybe you laughed. Like, I just know this, but I'm not looking at my notes.

It's an Ethiopian flight. Yeah. Everybody's got a lot of room on the seats on that flight. Yeah. Sorry. That's for the Ethiopian opener, the skinniest people. Yeah. Especially growing up.

That's got it. Yeah. Growing up, it was all about funding Ethiopia. Yes. Yeah. So growing up, the idea, the picture you have is that everybody is, you can sit wherever you want to. Well, both pilots fell asleep, and they missed their landing.

And, I mean, nothing happened. The alarm went off because they were on autopilot. And then they woke up, and they landed like 25 minutes later, but they were both asleep. How did they miss it? They just kept going? Yeah, it was on autopilot. And then once they missed, when they started descending,

the alarm went off and I guess that's what woke them up. Yeah. And then they had to relay back, hey, I was just having a little technical difficulties up there. There you go. Oh. just having a little technical difficulties. There you go.

Oh. It actually makes me relieved that there's... They're getting rest. A, that they're getting rest. Yeah. But B, that so much of it is automated that there's less risk for human error. Oh, yeah. I think...

I thought I always heard they land just because they want to land. Like, you could... It would land, it would be... I'm surprised the plane didn't just because they want to land. It would land. It would be. I'm surprised the plane didn't just start going down on its own. Yeah. Yeah. You got to set your alarm, though.

Be like, we're going to be there. I could see nodding off. You would want the other one to be like, look, I'm going to nod off. Then you nod off. But it's got to be just like you're just that hum of that plane in that seat. Just looking at the same clouds. People can nod off in the back. And so if you're on like a 13-hour, I mean, how are you not just out?

It'd be weird if they were like dialed in. On long flights, I learned pilots, there's a secret area above them, above first class, where pilots have beds and then go up there and sleep. Good. Yeah, I mean, I bet there's times you go to that cockpit and you're like, hello? No one's in there.

They're both up there. Both up there asleep? Yeah. I mean, are you watching movies or you're doing something. Yeah. It's cramped up there, too. I've never been. I've never seen. They won't let me go up there.

You haven't seen it, though? When you see them like. Oh, yeah, you can look in there. When you see them go sit in there. Yeah, I don't think anybody. I just walked up there. They're not going to let you in there because they don't want you exposing anything. Yeah.

Well. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. One day, though. So airports charge landing fees to airlines. So every time a plane lands, they have to pay the airplane a particular rate. Like at JFK, it's $ dollars per thousand pounds of weight and a 777 airplane is 775 000 pounds so one flight would be about 5 386 dollars they have to pay just to land their plane there that doesn't make sense well it's i mean you're just i think the charging of people's

out like you're there's just they're just making up stuff. And then everybody – it's all us paying it. It's this fee. It's that. It was like the 9-11 tax. There's all – we're just paying it. Maybe that's how the main way airports make money is airlines have to pay them for something. Yeah, but that seems like too much.

Yeah. Your business, it's not like if you're an airport, you're also like, well, we also have a lot of other, we're a mall too. You're like, well, no one's coming to your mall unless that plane lands. Right. So the plane is your business. That's my point. So that's why you should charge to get to land there. I know, but then the plane could be like, well, we're going to go to another airport that's not gonna charge us we're the business you don't exist

you only exist because a plane is landing there and that's what's happening like the toledo airport someone told me that they they only have like two flights a day or something but they they said they keep raising the rates on the airline so they're gonna pull out too like shutting down the airport but to me like if you live in nashville hey delta there's a lot of people in nashville you want to come here well you got to do something to get to come here yeah but it's who's the it's it's it's who's the consumer the consumer and the who need to yeah and you i mean you both need each other and then and then if i could i'm fine charging if i can believe you're not making us pay for it. And I don't think that – I think we're paying for it.

Oh, well, that's probably true. Like movie theaters. Apparently, like all the ticket prices go to pay for the movie, like go to the studios. And then the only money that the movie theater makes is off popcorn and candy, which is why we pay $10 a Coke. Yeah, it's great. Yeah, there's a lot. I'll do it every time. It's so good.

It's a good Coke, though, man. It's the best Diet Coke. It's the best popcorn. You can't beat it. Yeah, it is good. They at least give you a giant, like it's at least like, it's a bucket of Coke. Dude, I had the best Diet Coke i've ever had in my life new at a christmas we went to this nice restaurant my wife and her family and they're all

getting this fancy stuff and i said give me a diet coke and they brought out the the glass like the glass bottle and the guy put a lemon in the cup and i was making everybody take a sip of this this is the best diet coke i've ever had yeah Nobody seemed to be as big on it as I was. I was pretty stoked. I'm not a big lemon in it. I wasn't either, but it felt right at the time. It felt good. I had a good Diet Coke.

I went to Old Spaghetti Factory in Toronto. It was around the corner. They were open late. I know Toronto has a lot of good places. Spaghetti Factory is great.. Spaghetti Factory is great. Old Spaghetti Factory is great. And they had the red plastic cups. Solo cups?

No, no. Like Pizza Hut red cups. Oh, my gosh. Not plastic. Or I guess it is plastic. But, yeah. And, like, they had those. And you see those.

You know you're about to get a good Diet Coke. You're getting a good Diet Coke, yeah. And it was a good Diet Coke. Mm-hmm. Mm- was a good Diet Coke. I don't know about it. Airlines to test if... I've seen one. If airlines... You know, birds crash in the windshield.

So to test the windshield, they fire dead chickens from a chicken gun into the windshield to see if it can withstand the dead chicken. Where are they getting all these dead chickens from? I guess a poultry place or something. I think once they fire the chicken gun, it becomes dead.

Yeah. They could reuse the ammo. I can't imagine. I don't think they're buying dead chickens. I think they got chickens and when that trigger's pulled, it becomes a dead chicken. So they're technically firing a dead chicken at the window. Yeah, we load a live chicken.

Yeah, they got the chicken getting there. It walked in. But when it hit the window, it was dead. It dies way before it gets to that window. Yeah, there was a story about some guys that took a lunch break, and then when they came back from lunch, they fired the gun, and a cat had crawled in there because of the dead chicken. And so it fired the cat. But according to Snopes, that's not a true story.

It's just urban legend. I believe that's true. I don't trust Snopes. Yeah. Yeah. So who knows? Yeah. All right.

Chicken gun, I guess a good place to stop. Chicken gun. I'd say. All right. All right. Oh, I know what I was going to ask. Airplane mode. I feel like if it's really that important that it could interfere with communication,

they need to do something to make it where they're not just trusting you to put your phone in airplane mode. Yeah. I don't think most people do. I mean, I used to be super strict about it. Well, you have a bit about this, don't you? Where the woman told you to turn your phone off? Yeah. And you did it?

You don't have to do that now? Yeah. I can't remember what it was. Oh, it was, yeah, you're not allowed to, you're allowed to have your phone on or something. Or you can, you know, it's got to have your phone on or something. Or you can, you know, it's gotta be an airplane mode.

And I was like, it was, but that was back when he was like supposed to be, I think he may as well turn it off. Back in the day, you're supposed to turn it off. Yeah. Nobody did.

Yeah. And then, uh, yeah, yeah. Yeah. I forget that. That was a good joke.

And then, uh, uh, but I, now I, I, I'm, people are texting. I'll be honest. I'll text, you know, and I'll, but I, people are texting. I'll be honest.

I'll text, you know, but I'll put it in airplane mode, but I'll be texting up until we're, like, right when you start to lift off. It's like, your phone doesn't work up there. Yeah. So it's like, it doesn't matter. I do always put it in airplane mode. I don't leave it just on. So I put it in airplane mode.

People on the phone and stuff like that that stuff's crazy i've seen people talk speakerphone oh oh but there'd be like just i mean we're taking off and you're like yo dude you're not you definitely can't be just you just the courtesy of just going like we have a system man yeah just do it we're all doing it like you know you don't need your it's the annoyance i don't think think the plane's going to go down because of it, but it's you're being annoying and talking very loud. Anybody that talks on the phone loud where you can hear, I mean, if you call me and I'm on the phone, it's like,

I'm like, hello, who's that? And then when I talk to like Laura or something, I'm like, yeah, I'm on a flight. Like it's never just, hey, what's going on, everybody? It's like, hello, what are you? People boarding with the Bluetooth, just talking all loud, talking about business deals. It's crazy, the confidence.

I hate hearing someone talk business on the phone. Yeah, I do too. You know what I mean? Yeah, because you want to go, what business is happening? You see somebody take out their laptop, they're working on a spreadsheet or something. What are you doing? Yeah, yeah. What is this business? You see somebody take out their laptop, they're working on a spreadsheet or something. What are you doing? Yeah, yeah. What is this business?

I've never heard of your company. Is it that important? That's what you said. Just tell me what this spreadsheet's about. I would like to know that. Yeah. Just to go, so what do you do? You just put in those numbers there?

I don't know how to do a spreadsheet. Nah. Oh, I love Excel. I love Excel. Really? Yeah. You know how to use it? I don't know how to use it. nah oh I love Excel I love Excel really yeah I don't you know how to use it

I don't know how to use it you met the guy who invented it right yeah I think so yeah yeah at the Paul

at the Paul Allen book that's my Tiger Woods oh yeah yeah to meet him oh wow I'll name my special after him

yeah yeah that's a pretty good alright that's pretty good alright that is funny that it's your Tiger Woods I do admit that's very funny I couldn't finish it with a punchline no that was the punchline

that my Tiger Woods would be the punchline whatever the equivalent of Hello World would be for Excel I couldn't think of it yeah Excel I did mention it's a nod to Tiger Woods The equivalent of hello world would be for Excel. Oh, yeah, yeah. I couldn't think of it. Yeah, Excel. Yeah. I got, yeah, I did mention, yeah, it is, it's a nod to Tiger Woods, the hello world. But it's like, I did it because it's like a very warm greeting.

Was the, it was, I came up with the idea, the greeting. I just wanted something to be like, you know, Tennessee Kid, the greatest adjunct. Like, it's not about a joke in the thing. And so Hello World felt very welcoming and polite. And then I was like, oh, and then Tiger said it. And so that's fun. That's perfect. Serendipity.

Yeah, there you go. Sarah and Sarah. I don't know her. Sarah and Dippity. Ole Miss Dippity. That would be, what are your girls' names? Sarah and that Ann Dippity. Oh, Miss Dippity. What are your girls' names? Sarah and that's Dippity. Dippity?

Dippity? If you named a family, meet my kids, Sarah and Dippity. And they go, Ann Dippity's her name? No, Sarah Ann. Sarah and her name is Dippity.

It's like Goofus and Gallant. Remember that? The Highlights magazines? Goofus and Gallant? No. Am I the only one that knows about this? Yeah. Are those the magazines you used to write yourself?

You don't remember Highlights magazines? I do. We were just talking about it because they're in doctor's offices. Where you have to find the stuff. But there would always be comic book characters, Goofus and Galant. It would be like, you know, Galant helps the old lady

cross the street. Goofus pushes her down. You know? And it would be like this. And so it's like, maybe don't name your kid Goofus and he won't be acting up. Yeah.

And then go, and Galant. Is that a saying? Goofus and Galant? I just remember it from Highlights Magazine. Yeah. Goofus and Gallant? I just remember it from Highlights Magazine. Goofus and Gallant. Serendipity.

Goofus and Gallant is an American shot at comedy. Oh, look at that. There's Goofus and there's Gallant. What's Gallant mean? It might be gallant. I don't know. Goofus and Gallant? I have no idea.

Could be gallant. Gallant sounds better. What does that mean? Gallant? Yeah. Gallant effort? Gallant. Maybe Goofus and Gallant. Gallant sounds better. What does that mean? Gallant? Yeah. Gallant effort? Gallant. Maybe Goofus and Gallant.

That sounds terrible. Goofus bosses his friends. Gallant asks, what do you want to do next? Oh. Goofus and Gallant. Gallant's a real bummer to hang out with. Goofus takes the last apple. Gallant shares his orange.

That's nice. Well, the orange is already pre-divided. Yeah, it's easier to share. Goofus doesn't even seem to have anybody hanging out with him. He's all alone. Yeah. Somebody's got to take the last apple. It would be.

Yeah, he only has one friend. I mean, but Gallant has two friends. Yeah. Mm-hmm. I tell you what, Gallant sits down a lot. I mean, it's, you know, you're like, stand up, maybe, Gallant. I mean, Gallant seems to make people, Goofus is like, y'all don't know what Gallant's doing. Look at him.

He sits down. He's eating the orange. He makes people go, you want this orange? Come get it, this orange. I'm not getting up Sarah and Dippity we should do our own highlights magazines

with Sarah and Dippity Sarah and Dippity I like it Sarah is normal Dippity Dippity's out there call her Dip

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