The Prepper Broadcasting Network - Father's Day Special

Episode Date: June 15, 2024

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You're listening to P.B.N. You're playing back the stability here. Oh my, does it do my soul good to be behind this microphone? Wow, I didn't expect this feeling. Oh, I didn't expect this feeling. I, uh, oh. This is the Infected Commander coming to you from the Prepper Broadcasting Network. The infected commander. I've been going through a PBM family.

It is wild. It is wild. much dialed it all in, from a spider bite poisoning to an infected wound, which has gone and moved now into some kind of virus that is brought about, just a brutal fever, and I'm living between, I'm living between, like, the first three to four hours of ibuprofen right now, I'm living between the first three to four hours of ibuprofen right now. It sounds terrible. It's so not me. I mean, it's like nothing.

It has to do with rest. So anybody who's worried out there, it fundamentally has to do with rest. It's been a run-up to an important week this week. Work had to get done. Stress, money, you know, all the things that lead up to the kind of week that I'm having this week. And, you know, just is what it is. It catches up with you, you know.

Even a guy like me, it catches up and it's caught up with me full scale. Full scale. But, you know, it is what it is, we're gonna make the most of it, uh, I don't want to complain, this is a Father's Day special, it is later than I would have liked, I couldn't even talk last night when the time came for me to do this show, I was like, there's just no way that's happening. So it didn't happen. You know what I mean?

But again, everything's on the up and up. I'm on antibiotics. Don't worry yourself. We're going to talk about things that fathers need, gifts that prepper fathers should have and consider. I got a list, man. I got a list, man. I got a list. I got some new stuff I've never seen before that are kind of on my wish list.

Cool stuff. You know what I mean? Hydro Blue. I can't forget that. You guys, many of you might know that because it's one of my favorite. It's probably my top prep of all. Like if I had to say what is my top prep of all, would you guys watch a YouTube video channel of me just talking about that kind of stuff, review stuff, you know, if I did that

kind of thing, I could avoid getting, but I hate so much to dance the YouTube jig, I don't know, fatherhood's very important to me, folks. I did a podcast, and I'll share it with you when it comes out, with prepared mentality. And we turned that thing into a fatherhood podcast, because he's about to be a dad, and I've been a dad for 12 years, 13 years. And, you know, it's just, there's nothing like it for men, there's, I mean, the idea that me and my wife used to think, like, we're not gonna have kids is bananas, bonkers, the idea that we would pull up, like, we would go on vacation, and it'd be us two, and we'd be like, what do you wanna do today, okay, what do you wanna do, and that Okay, what do you want to do tomorrow?

And that's one very minuscule example. You know what I mean? I used to say, which is funny because of what's on my computer right now. I used to say, it's an ascension. It's basically like going Super Saiyan, for those of you out there who are Dragon Ball Z fans. It's a power-up. I mean, it is. A man who's a father and has been a father, or even a man who is a new father, is such a different thing than a man who's never been a father.

I don't care. You're not supposed to say that kind of stuff because everybody's equal. I don't care. Until you have a thing that is beckoning all the time in your house, you can't understand it. You know what I mean? Until you understand the, well, one of the biggest growing moments for me as dad was understanding that, you know, it's, this is a limited time offer. That's tough, you know, you, because you marry your wife for life, and you're like, I like this woman, man. I'd like to spend my life with her, and the trouble with kids is, you know, if you

raise them pretty well, if you care a little bit, you wind up with people that like, I like this dude, too. Like, I wouldn't mind playing video games and camping and picking raspberries with this guy for the rest of my life, either, and you can't do that, you know what I mean, it's not an option, and you, and, and then you realize the reason that I am having the moment that I'm having is because my dad sent me out into the world, and it's, you know, maybe it's not so hard for other dads like i said i took a unique route because i started freelance writing and working from home with my kids at a very young age and you know i was with them all time by design there's a man by the name of charles kettering who

made a quote that graces my computer screen. And that quote's pretty straightforward. It says, every father should remember one day his son will follow his example, not his advice. And if you really want to reduce fatherhood down, this has been on my computer for probably six months now because I think it is, it's it, it's the best. There is nothing better for dads to understand, right? Every father should remember one day his son will follow his example, not his advice. Charles Kettering.

And it's not about the things that you understand that you do and your kids see. It's about being aware of the example 24-7 that you set. And look, right off the top, you're going to do things that are terrible as a dad. Just get through it. You know, get over it. Get through it. I've been doing it my whole life. I've been doing it. It's going to happen. It happens much less now.

But you're going to do things. You're going to scream. You're going to throw shit. You're going to do things because you're a man also. You know what I mean? And life gets hard and life gets crazy and money drives you nuts and all the things. You know what I mean? Life gets crazy and money drives you nuts and all the things. You know what I mean? So understand that that's not the example I want you to focus on. God, I can't believe I said that to him. God, I can't believe I said that to his mom. You know what I mean?

Those things are going to happen. I made that choice. You know, one of the things that I have a tendency to do horribly as a father is I just do stuff. If the time is right to explain something to my kids, that's a big moment. I just do it. And I leave my wife out in the outfield sometimes. And that's wrong of me. But like I said, those are the things to not worry about. My kids are video gaming kids, probably like your kids. You know what I mean? They like that stuff. They like screens and all that. And one of the things that I didn't understand about examples

was one of my favorite things in the world, and it doesn't really happen much anymore because everything dies. My son would wake up, my youngest. My oldest would do it too when he was younger. But he would wake up, my youngest. My oldest would do it, too, when he was younger. But he would wake up and he would come downstairs and he would sit on my lap and tell me about his dream. You know? Almost all the time. Like almost every day of summer break, that's what he would do.

He would come down and sit on my lap. And what he would see, my example, what he would do. He would come down and sit on my lap. And what he would see, my example, what he would see is he would walk downstairs, maybe, you know, eight, nine o'clock, and he would see dad's back staring at a screen. Because this is, you know, a lot of what I do to make a living. So this, you know, obviously builds in your kids. Like, this is what men do. Not all men, but, you know, this is my prime example. He spends time looking at screens. And you have to look at your kids and you have to say, you know, this is part of it.

This is part of why, you know, they are the way they are too. And, you know, it's nothing bad. It's nothing good. It just is what it is, you know, they are the way they are too. And, you know, it just is what it's, it's nothing bad. It's nothing good. It just is what it is. You know, it's allowed me to do amazing things and live an incredible life. And it's just, just what it is. But if the reason I bring it up is because of the example. In other words, if dad gets out of his chair that he's been in for a few hours

and says, you kids need to go outside and spend more time outside, then it looks funny. They look at you and go like, oh yeah, you probably need to go outside too, dude. You know what I mean? So every father should remember one day his son will follow his example, not his advice. Okay. Now let's get into the goods. Let's get into the goods. Let's get into the goods. I'm going to throw some stuff at you, man. Some of it's stuff I want. Some of it's stuff I always use. I'll bounce back and forth because we'll have a little fun with it. Because I think, you know, there's some cool preps out there that I've never even heard of.

I was introduced to a marketer named Bawana. I was introduced to a marketer named Bawana. Instagram, for all its flaws, has connected me with a lot of great people. And Bawana works for a website called safecastle.com. And safecastle.com is, it's got the goods, man. And they're not a sponsor or anything. They're not a long-term sponsor. But I want you to understand, I'm always

on the lookout for a prep or store like safecastle.com. I'm always looking for them. They got a product over there that I gotta have. I have to have it. it's a little pricey but it's sweet and it's called the floodgate and the floodgate man is unbelievable 35 inch by 40 inch openings 35 inch to 40 inches um and it's a quick dam that goes you know in doorways in

And it's a quick dam that goes, you know, in doorways, in wherever you would need to put it. Crawl space. I don't know exactly what it's made out of. Floodwater protection up to 26 inches high, adjustable and expands to fit multiple doorways. It's pretty cool, man. And the floodgate is the most expensive and coolest one. They've got other great products, too, that are all geared towards this idea of flood preparedness. I don't know if it's a thing, but it's a thing for me where I live.

Quick Dam Sandbags. They sell like a bucket of Quick Dam Sandbags. Grab-and-go flood bucket. Five 10-foot flood barriers in the bucket. I don't know. These things are cool. These things are cool. They're on my Father's Day wish list, I could tell you that much, it's a cool little item, the quick dam, I think, but Juana was kind enough to give us a code, and I don't remember what the

code is, let me check, let me do a double take, let's see here, okay, SP save 10, okay, SP save 10, with a minimum purchase of 250, and, uh, let me see exactly what you're getting off, but one, I'm sorry, I'm unprepared, I've been feeling like death lately. $10 off. Okay, $10 off. There you go. If you're interested, SaveCastle.com. We're going to talk about more stuff from their site because they got cool stuff. SPSave10.com.

Now, let's see. I'll give you one of my picks for dad. Well, you know what? Let's talk about SurviveDrive while I got your attention because this is a cool product that's been invented. I'll have to link to it down below because it's in the Indiegogo phase. So it's been invented. It's in development now. And it's essentially a paracord bracelet.

But instead of it being like a fire starter or a buckle at the end, it's a USB. And it's designed to fit it's got fittings for both iPhone and Android. And it's packed with a survival library. And I think

it's a really cool backup to the backup. You know what I mean? I think it's a pretty cool backup to the backup, you know what I mean, I think it's a pretty awesome backup to the backup, in other words, I can't, you know, it's not likely in most survival situations that I'm going to be, you know, putting myself, like, in a book to find my way out of an issue, I'm going to go wood or fire. Signal probably. You know what I mean? And start moving.

But. All that said man. I don't have my navigation game up to snuff. As good as it should be. You know what I'm saying? Like there are things. Maybe. Building certain shelters. It'd be nice to have a look at.

So what you do is you take this thing. It's got a compass and a clip and it's paracord and all that good stuff. Let me see what else is in. I don't know the full. Use that as a medical bracelet so first responders know how to treat you, safeguard your most important files and photos. You can upload whatever you want on it, but they also offer survival libraries. And like I said, when you pop this thing open, boom, you got your USB in the middle there. And it's packed with the goods.

It's pretty cool. Pretty cool. MySurviveDrive.com. I'll link to what I'm going to link to for you is the Indiegogo and the show, so you can go probably get like, they're going to be $25 each. I'm sure if you go to the Indiegogo, you can get them for like $15 or $10, $20. I don't remember all the details. Yeah, man.

Cool. Innovators. Innovators. Innovators out there doing it. I got to talk about the hydro blue. The hydro blue is an old prep. It's a prep I've had a long time. And it's one of those things, man.

It's like I got to have it. If my hydro blue disappeared, I'd be suddenly very nervous. And it's because it's my transportation of water. and it's another redundancy on filtration of water, and it's just perfect, man. It's one of these things that's just perfect. It's designed to be easy carry. The water is under pressure. Just by pumping the water and using the water, it gets forced through the filter. It's tremendous.

The Hydro Blue Jerry can, it never shows up anymore on ads and stuff like that. I've gone to them a million times to try to get them to, you know what I mean? Please, I love your product. They don't care. That's okay, it's fine. If we don't sell them, it don't make money.

It don't make sense to them. You know what I mean? But for me personally, must have. It's an absolute must have. How many of you guys have heard of a Kelly Kettle? Ever heard of a Kelly Kettle? The Kelly Kettle is a badass little device for... Well, I mean, it could be used for camping and everything, not just necessarily surviving the end of the world and all that kind of stuff. I'm sure some of you out there have one.

They come in a variety of sizes. They can cook and boil water and do all the things. I don't have one. This is another wish list item. it's one of those ones, I'm pretty sure you gotta use, like, a weird fuel, and I'm not a big fan of the weird fuels, say goodbye to disposable fuel, the Kelly, oh, no, I was wrong, yeah, this thing is so sweet, I'm gonna get one of these, stainless steel, 41 fluid ounce capacity, 2.2 pounds. This kit goes beyond boiling water. Included fire-based pot, grill, and gripper. Handle allows you to cook complete camping meal all using the same natural fuel source. They're awesome, dude.

I mean, they got it all. They got it all. You get the fire-based, the hobo stove, the cook pot, the small camp cup, the large camp cup, the cook pot lid, two plates, gripper and grate and pot support, sweet, sweet, I mean, it would take some time, like, you'd have to use the Kelly kettle, probably several times before you were like, yeah, I use the Kelly kettle, man, I use it all the time, you know what I mean, before you felt like you were really versed in it, but it is one of those things, you know, I would get rid of my jet boil, I would get rid of my cheap opening, you know, the thing that screws onto the jet boil,

I don't know the names of this stuff, man, I bought these things years ago. They work. I use them. I'm not a geek when it comes to gear types and names and nodes and all that. But another great one, man. Another great one for dad. He may love a Kelly kettle. Oh, and safecastle.com. Get your Kelly kettle over there. How about another one that I can't live without? Another one that I can't live without, man.

This is a little cheap one. This is one that is very valuable, particularly to preppers and campers and outdoorsmen, but I think it's really cool, and you can get a creative one, a fun one. It's a little lighter holder key ring. You know, that you shove the lighter up in? I can't even imagine they cost more than 10 bucks, I got one sent to me by a friend that said, let's go Brandon on, it was 3D printed, it's the best, it's absolutely the best, it's so nice to always have a light, I don't smoke, you know what I mean, so I don't carry lighters on the regular, I mean, I got them

in vehicles and backpacks and that kind of stuff, but as far as in my pocket, I don't carry lighters on the regular. I mean, I got them in vehicles and backpacks and that kind of stuff, but as far as in my pocket, I don't carry lighters. Now I do because I slip that thing in there and it just stays there. So it's fire. You know, you could get into fancy stuff and ferrocerium rods and you use the black beard rope to start your fire. All that's good. I spent many, many, many years, guys, figuring out how to be good at fire. I really did. I spent many years failing. I spent many years learning how to use the ferro rods to start fire. Then I thought, oh, you know what? I can start fire. I've got this fire thing figured out. Then I realized, I don't know shit. I have to now build the fire and sustain the fire properly so that I can walk away from it for two seconds or get it big enough that it warms me or big enough that I can cook on it. All of the above. Right. And those things, they take time.

Those things take time. They take, you know, don't underestimate fire. I know more than two hands worth of people, you know, that have come directly to me and said, dude, I can't make a fire. We got a fire pit out back. We go out there. I spray gasoline. I spray oil. They don't know how to do it. You know what I mean?

So it is a skill. There's no doubt about it. Once you hone it in, once you know I can start a fire with a ferro rod if I need to. I know how to make the tinder, bird nest. I can put something together, get a, get a flame going, once you're secure in that, lighter, you know what would be cool, I'll tell you what would be really cool, is if someone created one with a zippo, some kind of holder that the zippo can go in, you know, it's probably like a leather one, that'd be nice too for that, we have a ton of zippo lighters, I should carry one,

what else, we did the Survive Drive, yeah, check the Survive Drive out, man, I met him through Instagram also, he's a cool dude, he was a really cool guy, he's got a great idea, you know, I, once he gets up and running, I'm gonna start peppering him with questions about, you know, how about we EMP proof that thing? You know, that kind of stuff. Get it, get it going. You know, the sling bag for me is essential. I don't know how many dads are into carrying a sling bag. Whatever, you know, if it's your thing, then it's your thing. If it ain't, it ain't. It's, you know, not hurting my feelings. But to me, dad should have, if dad's going to have have fun dad needs to be able to carry effectively you know maybe that's the takeaway like my my thing to do i have been looking at arrowhead

tactical shorts lately though they look pretty promising check them out arrowhead tactical shorts because dad this dad goes out and has fun with the family you know we do crazy stuff and you can't do it all especially not in the summer in tactical pants so dad has to have a way and i like it off body better than on body personally because then i can you know i don't have to worry about going upside down i don't have to work what you don't worry about these things going in water, all that. If dad has something he could take off, something off his body, even if it's one of those things, one of those fanny packs, you know, something that gives dad an option to carry that firearm. And I'll tell you right now, if your dad's the type of guy or if you're a dad out there who

carries a big honking firearm and you're like, is the one i need i know how bad things are out here i'd tell you this like with a sling bag one of the things that you can do is you can carry even on your person you can carry a subcompact firearm you know a smaller firearm with a smaller magazine and just buy one or two extended magazines for your gun. Like, in other words, you're walking around and dealing with a threat that occurs, which is rare already. You got your pistol. It's in your hip and so on and so forth, wherever you carry it. If something crazy happens, you know, three guys kick the door open at the theater with AR-15s, like we saw in Russia, you know, Mohammed's best kicked the door in, and they're coming for you,

then you can just say, all right, let me drop this 10-round magazine out, and put this 30-round magazine in, and put this other 30-rounder in my back pocket, or, you know, whatever, easy access, and go, you know, not go to work. If you're with your family, what are you going to do? You're going to fire at them and get the hell out of there, right? You're going to lay down suppressive fire and back up and get out, right? And if you hit one and kill one in the process, great, but, you know, you're not going, all right, honey, run to the car, avoid the bullets flinging every which way, and what we're going to do is, a daddy's going to go take down three guys with rifles, it's not the, not the play, right, the play is to, if they don't see you, you know, then you can get

the hell out of there, maybe, I don't know, it depends, I can't say, in honesty, maybe you get your family to the exit, and then go in and do work. But there's inherent risk. There's a serious risk. Could be it. Could be your last dance. But, of course, in that situation, the other thing that you call into question is, let's say you skirt out the back. And this is personal.

I'm not giving advice. This is personal. Say you skirt out the back door with your family and everybody's safe and you go home. Police come, all that, the thing running. They killed everybody. Imagine, they killed everybody, imagine they just killed everybody, and then blew themselves up, you know, and you just got to be able to sit there, and go like, I wonder if I could have stopped that, I wonder if I could have done more to prevent that, maybe, maybe not, I don't know, you know, it's dark, it's a dark thing,

I don't know how we got there from Paiudata Slingbagua, that's one that I can't live without, that's an essential, that's an absolute essential, we're gonna go back to Safe Castle, I love these guys, I'm gonna badger them, I hope they start making a lot of money because we're going to badger them for sponsorship for sure. I just love that it's hard for a website to put together a list of prepping goods that are good. You know what I mean? Like you look at them and you see made in America. You see high quality stuff. You know what I mean?

A lot of these sites, you go to a prepper site and you see stuff that's made in China. You guys can tell. And this is what I was always worried about, I don't want to represent some kind of place where you will go in there, and you see they got, like, hmm, let me think, you know, they got, like, the hand crank radio for a certain dollar amount, you know what I mean, they got the storm matches, nothing wrong with storm matches, but you know, there's some of these campy, silly 16-in-1 survival acts thing, see, I can't even badmouth the old 16-in-1 acts, because my son has one of those in his bug out bag, it's not a bad, I mean, look. Who makes that one?

It's not the worst tool, I'll tell you that. Probably what makes it the best is that it has a foldable saw in it. The handle has a foldable, I can't think of the brand. Off-grid tools. I reviewed it years ago, and I gave one away. And then I got another one one year for speaking at Prepper Camp. It was a good time. But they got Yoder's Natural. They got Sport Tea. They got all kinds of good top quality survival food. Let's go freeze dried food. Let's see what brand they use. We'll put them on blast real quick. Yeah, you come here. Look, this stuff is, in my opinion, probably the best.

This stuff is, in my opinion, probably the best. Mountain House Foods, Ready Wise, and Military Surplus. Future Essentials, another great brand. You know, they got the stuff. I'm going to have to, yeah, I don't know. It's not that easy. I mean, you can go to, like, Emergency Essentials or one of those big guys, but I like the little guys just starting out. And it's so cool to see somebody put together.

I mean, there's tons of items. All right, let me stop. Let me stop giving them a back rub. But I do want to talk to you about the radiation detectors because we're living in this age, man. We're living in this age. Oh, they've got a nuke alert. Man, I still got a nuke alert. The nuke alert's going for $166, PB and family.

Holy mackerel. How can that be that much money? $195 for the nuke alert. Well, it's a good thing we're about to talk about the FNIRSI GC01 Geiger counter, nuclear radiation detector, personal dosimeter, for $69.50 on sale. And they also have the cool, you know, if you really want to get that something to get started, you can hit them with the Rad Triage. The Rad Triage, that's the 50 personal radiation detector for wallet or pocket. And these things are kind of cool, man, the little rad triage.

I always thought about them. I never bought them. But what I thought about, and I thought the best way to use them would be, because it's like a card, and the card, it's sort of like a water test or like a pH test. The card tells you whereabouts you are

with nuclear radiation in the air. And I always loved this idea because I said to myself, if we were in a situation where nukes started going off, you know, even if it wasn't around me, I'd take a rad triage and I would hammer it into a tree that I could see from my window. You know what I mean? So now I can look out my window and say, could see from my window, you know what I mean, so now I can look out my window and say, okay, we're doing okay, it hasn't gone up much, and the sensor's not going up, the sensor's not changed at all, you know, these Rad Triage cards are fun, guys, I need to talk about survival gear more, don't I, I never talk about it very much, I don't know why, Why is that? I've got a lot of experience with this stuff. I

barely ever bring it to you. But yeah, Geiger counter rad triage, something along those lines. Another great one for dad, man, is a kettlebell. You know, you got to brief him on it. You got to show him what the deal is. But dad can take a kettlebell and transform himself. Look, Dad can take a kettlebell and transform himself. Look, I'll give you this. You get Dad a kettlebell, and you let me know, or if you've got a dad who wants to be a member or if you want to get Dad a membership this weekend, you let me know. Reach out through Element.

Reach out through PrepperBroadcasting.com through the contact page. I'll give you a discount on membership for Dad. I didn't run anything special. Our big membership deals never really do very good. Whatever, no big deal. But if you're listening to this and you're going, you know what, dad would love to be able to sit down and look over those spreadsheets and watch those videos and do the Prepper Fit and Health and do the Bushcraft for Preppers videos and listen to the Bug Out series and take all the incredible courses over at pbnfamily.com.

Yeah, might be time. Might be time. But the benefit of getting a membership with a kettlebell is, you know, we have a whole series, like a whole beginner's kettlebell series that we put up over at Prepper Fit and Health. I'll direct you to it. Don't you worry. The other thing is if you screwed up and you're like, oh, I didn't get that anything, PBN membership tomorrow, right? You can have a PBN membership tomorrow.

You can have a – you really want to make dad excited. You can also have an Ammo Squared membership tomorrow. Yeah, AmmoSquared.com slash PBN are incredible. Incredible sponsor. Amazing, those guys. Those guys are padding the stats for me on Ammo every month. It feels so good. I can't, you know, I always talk about the preps that feel good.

This is one of those preps that feels good. It's like, I just want to forget about it. I just want to forget it. I give them $50 a month. I want to forget about that 50 bucks a month, I want a year to go by, and I want to be like, ship the ammo, you know what I mean, and I just get bricks and bricks, you know what I mean, and loaded down, I don't know, it's exciting to me, so, excuse me, sorry, the infection, the infected commander, Prepper's Medical Handbook, another great one, but like I said, more in the vein of, whoops, didn't, didn't, didn't get that anything, Refuge Medical, you could schedule my class, you know, something like that, Disaster Call, you know, I'm gonna go uh, disaster call, you know, I don't

gotta go through all the, all the hymning and the hawing, I want to read something to you, I may read it all, I may not, I'm sorry for, like, the bing, bong, boom, bum, boom in the background, if you hear it, oh, yeah, you hear it, uh, I'm holding the microphone in my hand, I didn't bring a boom with me, I'm holding the microphone in my hand and sweating didn't bring a boom with me. I'm holding the microphone in my hand and sweating like you wouldn't believe, profuse. And all I want is a ham and cheese sandwich. You know what I'm saying? I've been reading Rugby Chapel for a very long time,

and I've been reading selected segments by poet Matthew Arnold because they blow me away. I mean, they really do. I didn't know how Rugby Chapel could be so good until I realized that Rugby Chapel is the name for where his father was buried. And on a visit to Rugby Chapel and probably a return home, you know, he was, the way I look at it, he was given one last gift from his dad, and that was, you know, he, dad's in the ground for like a year, I think,

and dad gives him one last gift, and he gives him a, what I think is one of the best poets ever, poems ever written, really. Matthew Arnold Rugby Chapel. Coldly, sadly descends the autumn evening. The field strewn with its dank yellow drifts of withered leaves and elms fade into dimness apace. Silent, hardly a shout from a few boys late at their play.

That's such a good line, man. I love that sound. The lights come out in the street, in the schoolroom windows, but cold, solemn, unlighted, austere. Through the gathering darkness arise the chapel walls, in whose bound thou, my father, art laid. There thou dost lie in the gloom of the autumn evening, but ah, that word, gloom to my mind, brings thee back in the light

of thy radiant vigor again. In the gloom of November we pass, days not dark at thy side, seasons impaired, not the ray of thy buoyant cheerfulness clear. Such thou wast, and I stand in the autumn evening, and think of bygone autumns with thee. I mean, this is a dad who had an effect on his son. You know what I mean? Fifteen years have gone round since thou arose to tread.

Oh, so he was dead 15 years. In the summer morning, the road of death had a call unforeseen, was dead 15 years. I mean, you know, he's making his father into the metaphor Of a mighty oak tree who You know, shaded the whole family From everything that is dad, you know This is an old poem O strong soul, by what sure tarryest thou now For that force surely has not been left vain.

Somewhere, surely afar in the sounding labor house vast of being, is practiced that strength, zealous, beneficent, firm. I'll go on a little longer. I won't read you the whole thing. I'll read it when I'm off the air and cry like a baby. Yes, in some far shining shining sphere conscious or not of the past still thou performest the word of the spirit in whom thou dost live prompt unwearied as as here still thou upraisest the zeal the humble good from the ground sternly repress it the bad still like

a trumpet dost rouse those who with half-open eyes Tread the borderland dim Twixt vice and virtue Revisit succorest This was thy work This was thy life upon this earth What is the course of life Of mortal men on the earth?

Most men eddy about Here and and there, eat and drink, chatter and love and hate, gather and squander, are raised aloft, are hurled in the dust, striving blindly, achieving nothing, and then they die, perish. And no one asks who or what they have been more than he asks what waves in the moonlit solitudes mild of the midmost ocean have swelled, foamed for a moment and gone. I hope that you guys get that. I know many of you are very intelligent and do get it, but if you can understand the profundity of men and their lives being waves crashing in the middle of the ocean to the world,

and no one ever knowing who or what they were, because fatherhood makes the life of a man who is, you know, nada in the face of the world today, a man who feels like he has made no, made nothing, you know, amazing that this kind of world, this all-of-our-worlds-of-stage life would appreciate. A man who feels like he does his job and comes home, and he's not known for anything, he has no greatness, he has no fame, he has, you know... He is, because we all are, right? He is a man. He is a wave crashing in the midmost oceans, out there by himself, you know? What makes it different for men? What makes life worthwhile for men is fatherhood.

Because the moment you have a child, right, you fall in love with a woman, she idolizes you maybe, or something along those lines, for a little while, then that gets old, you know, I got a good man, he checks some boxes for me, we're in love, yada, but you have a little boy, and you become Superman, you know, I'm sure it's the same with a little girl, you have a little girl and you become something. It doesn't matter if you're a plumber. It doesn't matter what you do.

You know what I mean? That this world would look upon, this broken, shallow world would look upon and say, it's just some guy who cuts lumber, does roofs. You become the mighty oak. I think that's the best place to end it. In an age of suicide and men killing themselves left and right, that's probably the best way to end a show like this

and the best lesson I can leave you with. We can't all be famous and rich and incredible and go down in history, but if you want to feel those feelings, man, that's what being a father does for the average guy. I appreciate you, PBN family. Don't worry. I'll be better before long, okay?

I'll talk to you this week. Everything will be fine. And I appreciate you all. You guys are incredible. You know, every one of you that listens to these podcasts, I'll explain more soon. It's OPSEC-y, you know what I mean? But you guys allow a lot of great things in my life,

and one of them is the feeling I got when I got on this microphone. I mean, I've been feeling like death, dude, probably since about midday, and I took some medicine, and then I got behind this microphone. And the moment I hit record, I just felt just the life came up in me. It's because of you. All right. I'll talk to you guys soon. Check out the Survive Drive. Links down below. Check out Safe Castle. I'll have links down below to do them a solid. They're people we are, you know, building relationships Castle. I'll have links down below, too. Do them a solid. They're people we are building relationships with. I do appreciate you guys, and we'll talk soon, PBN family.

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