Toni and Ryan - Don't Do This When Parking

Episode Date: December 5, 2024

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G'day. Okay. G'day. Is that a thingodge. G'day. G'day. Is that a thing that you say? I say g'day. I say g'day. It's an extra Australian gusto this morning. Yeah, but I'm just feeling Aussie. Oi, oi, oi.

Let's call Josh. JB. Let's go JB in Sydney. Yeah, JB. That's what I'll say. All right. Ask him what he does for a cast. You'll love it. Josh JB. Let's go JB in Sydney. Yeah. Yeah. JB. That's what I'll say. Ask him what he does for a cast. You'll love it. Josh.

JB. How you doing, mate? How are you guys? Oh, mate, I'm bloody up 10-4, mate. Bloody good. What do you do for a cast, JB? Copy, copy, Robaducky. Yeah, nice.

I have a skip business. Huge news, huge news. Oh, you're in Sydney. We can't see your BIMs. I know I would have done any renos you guys would have needed. Oh, can I just say, you know, that old saying a friend with weed is a friend indeed, but no, that's not, no, that's a friend in needs a friend indeed. A friend with weed is better. I guess what I'm getting at is that having a friend with a skip in is the best friend you can have.

Yeah. Or a lawyer. What did you do? What are any other side hobbies? Sometimes they both need each other. Josh, will you approve today's podcast? Sure will. Legend.

Hey, it's Josh from Sydney and I approve this podcast. Today is an incredible day for me. I'm in such a good mood because I'm wearing my Suzuki Jiminy t-shirt that I got given by my best friend Tony Lodge last year. I went to a cafe down the road this morning. This is like the best coffee I've had in ages. Sometimes that just hits right. I don't know if it's fresh beans or just fucking, oh great.

I went for a swim this morning. I'm feeling fantastic. Amazing. And then I said, to be fair, somewhat aggressively, it would be I went for a swim this morning. I'm feeling fantastic. Amazing. And then I said, to be fair, somewhat aggressively, it would be a shame for anyone to ruin that. And then just before we hit start, Tony told me that STDs are rife in retirement homes because old people are just fucking all the time. Yeah. Fuck.

I don't think that that should bring you down. It should give you hope for the future. Maybe. Yeah. that that should bring you down, it should give you hope for the future. I don't think- I was like, oh, maybe, yeah. And also like, I mean, you got nothing else on, not going to work anymore. Well, you got bingo at nine, fuck Eunice at 10, and then fuck like Genevieve at three. Apparently the STDs are wild. And to paraphrase Tony, because you can't get pregnant anymore. You don't need protection.

Well, that's probably the mentality. Cause they're like, Oh yeah, well, none of us can have kids anymore. So let's fucking get it. Well, but what else are you doing? They go through like a lot of lube, don't you think? Cause that's the thing about like, yeah, yeah. They would have lube there for medical reasons. And just like in the center.

Yeah. And so do you reckon they're like, fuck, we're going through that quickly. Yeah. Well, you know how at a prison it's sort of like you give them five bucks, 20 bucks and they'll get you some cigarettes, you know, it's a bit of, so do you reckon at the old people's home, there's a bit of like, Oh, if you get me a bit of extra lube, I'll fucking put you in my super. Yeah. Oh, that's good. I'll make you a, what is it called? A beneficiary

in my superannuation. Just get me a bottle of the good, that blue stuff each week. That blue stuff. Someone's got a brand they like. We've got to get our favorites. Don't pretend like you don't. I don't, I don't like lube. I think it's absolutely disgusting. I can't do it. The feeling of it is absolutely foul. What about when you get a massage and they use oil? That's not lube. But the same concept. No, it's not. Is it?

No, well, because oil is like thin, but oil because it's like thick. Oh, I just can't. The feeling of it is absolutely foul. In the Tony and Ryan Facebook group, we did a post called, what has gradually disappeared over the last 20 years without you really noticing. And when I, we read through the answers, it's like, it's like a beautiful trip down memory lane. And it's also kind of sad that some of these things don't exist anymore. And I think you'll, cause whilst you are a modern lady, you do have,

there are a few old school things that you really appreciate. And I think they're on this list. Heather. Hi, Heather. People just dropping in for a visit. I am really sad that that's not a thing. Do you think that that's like that community thing? Like people don't really have their like village the same way that back in the day you did.

I grew up in a home where people just stopped by for coffee or to play cards all the time. Now having to plan for weeks in advance and then people flake, it's killing my spirit. I wish people would just drop by. I do. I really like that. Yeah. I think also that's probably why our m moms always made us like clean our room and stuff. Cause people actually did just drop by.

Yeah. That's a great point because why would I even bother cleaning now? Because, Cause no one's ever just going to like swing past or, or even if you said to someone that I'll be in your hood later today, like I'll swing by, like people would be like, well, no. Yeah. Like you just would panic the second that someone did that. You were at my house yesterday. Yes.

Sophie, you were at my house yesterday. Yes. Should I have cleaned up beforehand? No. Okay. Is that a sign of friendship? But the house also was like not. Yeah, it's fine.

Not clean. Like, I don't think that, um. It's cause we've got a junk room. Yeah. Right. You just fucking put it in the junk room. That sounds like next year's problem. Yeah.

Or if there's a bunch of stuff on the table, you go, yeah, just pop that in there. I'll grab it later. Yeah. But then you go through it later and you go, oh my God, I didn't pay that bill. Yeah. Yeah. I'm actually, shout out to the people at Yarra Valley Water that have passed my account over to the, you know, when they like give it to the people.

The debt collector. Yeah. It was in the spare room. It was in that room. Oh, well, I actually just did the same thing, but with our rates. Yeah. Who are you with? I put the thing away and then I just forgot about it.

And then the other day I saw it and I was like, that's over June Dulls. I thought, what are they going to do? Like, push the house over? Like, I don't know. Yeah. They send a couple of heavies to like bring down that gate. They take one brick a day or something like that's the threat. I don't know.

And then I was like, oh yeah, OK, that's a, that's a good point. I just paid it. No, I think this is what you should say to the good people at what council are you? I don't know. Yeah, you definitely haven't made that bill. What's this one? Darabell? Banuel. that bill. What's this one? Banyul. Banyul.

Are you a banyul? I think so. Or is this is banyul. OK, so I only know three councils and it's Nylumbic, banyul and darabin. And that's because it's yours. This one. And what other are there? I don't know.

Yarra? Yep. I used to live in the there? I don't know. Yeah. Yara? Yep. I used to live in the Yara, not in the Yara. Here's what I'd be saying to the city of Darrabin. Yep. If you want me to pay rates, you got to clean up the witches on my street. Oh yeah. People have to stop putting curses on me.

If I'm getting cursed, I'm not paying. Because what am I actually paying for if I can't walk the streets of your city without being cursed by a witch? That is really such a good point and really supportive. I appreciate that. I'm here to support you. Jennifer says, I miss junk mail. And I actually already know Tony stans on this.

I love junk mail. I miss getting it every week. It's like window shopping, but I can do it from home. Yeah. I love it. And the thing about living in an apartment, I never got any junk mail. Now I do. And I absolutely love it. And the other day I got a spotlight catalog. So already a winner from me. And on the front, he was like, tear this off for 40% off. And did it tear?

Yeah, it did. It certainly did. What did you cut it with scissors? It's Christmas time. Of course, Vouchuffer, Spotlight, fucking went pretty far. A big crafting summer coming up. Yeah. That's actually huge for me. Would you prefer to sit down with a magazine that you paid for or sit down with a Spotlight catalog?

Or a catalog I just think is. It's huge. I think I like it because there's light mystery involved. I haven't asked for it. I don't know what's in it. It's just appeared. It's just come to me. Yeah.

And what a beautiful thing. Caitlin Coast says, first of all, clearly a fake man. I like it. That sounds like a fancy singer. Caitlin Coast, I miss receiving Christmas cards. I used to love receiving Christmas cards. Oh, I used to love getting Christmas cards at work or in the mail, but you just don't get that anymore. My mum used to have like a part of her Christmas decorations

she'd put up was big like the string, the string, like a string. And then you put the Christmas cards. Oh, similar. Yeah. She had like these things that hung up and you like place them into the little, like, it would have like slots for it or whatever. And that would fill up. Like she'd get 40 or 50 Christmas cards and she would start at the beginning of November and she would hand write all of her Christmas cards with calligraphy pens.

She had calligraphy pens and like pots of ink and she would hand write all of the cards, hand address all of the envelopes. So people would say it and be like, Oh, that's one of Liz's. That's like, it was like a thing. That's really special. I'm pretty sure my grandma, if you opened it up on one side, it was like the handwritten personalized and on the other side, it was like printed out. And it was sort of like, this is what the grandkids are up to.

And here was our year. And me and Eric, we went so, you know, we went for that trip during the year and it was sort of like, here's where we're up to all the best to your family. And that's really beautiful. Have you received a Christmas card this year? No. Oh, Sophie.

No, you know who sends them? Like your real estate. Oh, that's marketing for dentists can fuck around. Well, I would be an honor for me to give you each your first Christmas cards of the year. Here we go. Um, Mary, this is, uh, don't judge the art. It's beautiful.

I did it myself. Um, Tony, um, so I did yours first. And then when I did Sophie's, I realized that it's actually supposed to be a star. Yeah. So it's not a sun. It's just like glowing light. Okay. It's just glowing. Beautiful. Thank you.

Also, I wrote this last night, so I can't remember what I put in it. Merry Christ... Me ride Christmas. I couldn't fit them all on the same thing. I hope you Christmas is as beautiful as your ass. I think it's your Christmas. I hope you Christmas. I hope your Christmas. I hope you Christmas.

Where's my pen? I hope my Christmas as well. From Ryan from work. Thank you. That's beautiful. I'm sorry that I don't have one to return. Like I can't exchange a card with you. The gift is for the giver.

That's not how that saying works. Sophie has a Christmas card. Mine actually says Merry Christmas. Okay. That's not a competition, Sophie. Sorry. It has a star on the top. It's not a competition, but you've won it.

Yeah, okay. Dear Sophie, redacted from Ryan from work. There is a PS. Oh yeah? It's been so great having you on the team in 2024. We would be honored to have you in 2025 if you and your redacted would join us. Wow. That is so sweet.

Thank you. Christmas cards are great. Thank you so much. What's your saying? I was just looking for a PS. That is so sweet. Christmas cards are great. Thank you so much. What's your saying? I was just looking for a PS. You got a full thing.

Yeah, mine just said redacted from Ryan from work. You'll get a PS later. Penis small from me. We're no part of does it hits the PL. Amber. Hi Amber. I feel like you don't see outy belly buttons anymore. What a revelation.

I think that I, I mean, I don't really look at anyone's belly button. Both of my brothers have them, but no one born after the two thousands has them. Are they not in fashion anymore? Well, what is an Audi belly button? Is there, is it when there's like a, when that, cause it's from the umbilical cord, right? And umbilical, umbilical, whatever. So is it a problem with how maybe they've changed the way that they cut that and tie

that off and so it doesn't happen anymore? Cause that's how you get an outy belly button. Isn't it? I just thought it was like, like just nature, like summer in summer out, some people left ends, I'm right. I didn't think there was any, but now that you've said that, even if it's not true, that makes sense in my brain. You know what I mean?

I'll take it. That's my gift to you. Thank you. What a great Christmas. You got me this shirt last Christmas and now you've got me that. It's a throwback. Yeah. That's better than a card to be honest. Not better than Sophie's card. That's okay.

Okay. But yeah, I wonder if that's the thing. Science. Also, I think when she says, are they not in fashion anymore? I'm like, I don't know if Amber knows how they work either. Well, you didn't a minute ago. In fairness to you and to Amber. I don't either, but I'm not the one bringing it up. But I don't think someone goes, oh, I just feel like an outie today because it's in fashion.

I wonder if someone could do that. When I worked at Jason PJ, we had this girl on the show that had two belly buttons. Who's that? Two complete belly buttons. Like it was an arc that we did. Where was the other one? Directly underneath it. That wasn't the...

Like, don't! Hey. You've never seen one? The thought of two belly buttons is throwing me. You know the people that have- So you know how I said two belly buttons, not a belly button and a vagina? Yeah. Yeah.

I guess that would be the difference. I, if anyone's wondering, have a belly button and a vagina. Yeah. All in the right places. That's good shit. In the right order. Finally, Hayley says baby names Gary and Karen. Gradually phased out. I actually always wanted to have twin boys and call them Larry and Gary, the bash bros, but that got phased out. So sorry, Laz and Gaz.

And Natalie. Embroidered. Unfortunately, no, Natalie, Markey and not unfortunately Natalie. Thank you for messaging. Something that's been phased out over 20 years and we never noticed. Natalie said back in the day, the world had like five and five only supermodels and everyone knew who those five supermodels were. And that was like it.

Oh, yeah. There's models and stuff, but like there were the five, they're the supermodels. Yeah. And that's it. And everyone in the world at any given time, like, oh, well they're the five. And it's almost like one would drop out and you won't get better. It was like they were the five. And now there's like fucking zillions.

Everyone's a model. And I think that that probably extends to literally just like celebrities. Yeah. Like the only person you would ever stop and get a photo with would be Tom Hanks. Now people stop and get a photo with everybody. That is true. You know, like Tom Hanks, but when you think about like a celebrity, you go, Oh, a movie star or like a rock star. Maybe you go up Tom Hanks or Bono.

If I say either of them, I hope I've got my disposable camera with me. Yeah. I'll tell you who I'd love to get a photo with. It's this like Kiwi guy that I think he won like the Tik Tok award recently, but it's like he's got three daughters and they're just savages. Oh, I don't won like the TikTok award recently, but it's like he's got three daughters and they're just savages. Oh, I don't think I've seen his videos. And they just rinse him.

Oh, and you want to get a photo with him? He is so funny. Oh, well get your camera out. Yeah. Is he here? No. Sorry. But be prepared, you know.

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I'm asking shout out to a few of our champion tapas over at our Patreon. Um, it's all, uh, all layers of champion tapas. No, all tiers of- A trifle of tapas. Which is fitting for Christmas maybe. Is trifle that layered cake? No, uh, oh yeah, I guess there is. It's like custard, then jelly, then cream.

Then is that that? Yep. I've never had a trifle. It sounds pretty intense. But, um, Torbz's mom makes trifle. She's like, I just leave out the shit layers. So she's like, Oh, I don't really like the layers of, um, cake. She's like, they just go soggy.

So I leave those out and she basically, it's just custard and cream. A bowl of cream. Yeah. And it's like that big glass bowl. Yeah, like the huge bowl. Yeah, just having some trouble. And then, so it's just custard and cream and cheese

and she grates a flake on the top. Oh, for a bit of texture. Because it's fancy. And then so Tom's like, he's told me that he- I'm not just gonna eat cream out of a bowl. Yeah. So it's like, it tells me that he like loves, this is years and years ago.

And we first started going out. He's like, yeah, I like truffle. Mum makes it. Chris is like, Oh yeah. And I go to the house. I was like, I've never had it, but I don't think that's it. I love the effort. Um, well, try is three.

Flake, cream, custard. Do you reckon that's why it's dry? And full? Yes. Full. Yes. Of why it's try? And full? Yes. Full, yes, of cream. So is it trifle? Yes. Yes. You're actually so, so true.

Every single tier of our Patreons are currently scrolling across the bottom of our. Yes. Is there a topic we should do on this podcast? And it's like, do you know someone who loves something, but that's not actually the thing that- Oh my God, no, because that all be about me. I love this. Oh, that thing. Oh no, that's not it. Yeah. Or they go like, no, I'm allergic to blah. Cause my mom told me I was allergic to Disneyland or fucking something like that.

My mom just told me that so much stuff had mint in it. So I would need it. So I wouldn't eat it. So it feels like the same thing. When Tony and I were first becoming friends, I was going to Tony's house and I was like, I'll get her some drinks as I come around to watch a movie. And because Tony doesn't like mint in my head, I was like, don't get mint. Don't get mint. I mean, I mean, I mean, got it. And then I got to the place and I was like, mint, please.

And then just bought Tony a four pack of like sodas and mint. And Ryan's like, I got like a whole bunch of stuff and I was like, oh, sick. And it's all these like a box, like a mixed box of all this random stuff. And every single one of them had mint in it. It wasn't a prank or being a dig. I just like, not in your mind. Yeah. And it was like, I told you no, all I heard was mint. I heard mint. I remembered mint and I got there. I went, man. Yeah.

And it was fine. I think I just had water. It was all good. No, it was I got there and went mint. Yeah. And it was fine. I think I just had water. It was all good. Nah, it was, it was a very sweet gesture. It was, um, it wasn't sweet at all. It was minty. Minty gesture. It's like the opposite of mint. A minty gesture. Like a sweet would have been great. Yeah. I feel like, um, it was around the time when, um, like espresso martinis in a can got good. Yeah.

And so I think that maybe we'd even discussed the notion of an espresso martinis in a can got good. Yeah. And so I think that maybe we'd even discussed the notion of an espresso martini in a can. Um, and then, so that was obviously disappointing because I was like, Oh my God, I thought I was doing that. But have a watermelon and mint fucking. Which like people love, like love that for them. Not going to yuck you're young, but you're an idiot. Um, which is the definition of yakisons.

Yeah. Um, every tier of Patreon is currently scrolling across the bottom. If you want to check it out, all the links are in there. Show notes. If you're watching on YouTube, you can see that, but a few of our champion tapas, Libby, a big shout out to Libby. Thanks Libby. Stacey Knight.

Good on you Stacey. Thanks Stacey. Brittany Carrington. Caro. Trisha. Sha. Tisha. Chris Galea Chris Galea.

Galea. And Courtney. Do you reckon Chris Galea's, have we already made a joke about being a friend of Tony Galea from Spud, Spudbin in New, in Western Australia? Spud. Do you mean Tony Galati from Spudshed? Tony Galia from Spudbin. What was that thing? Tony Galati from Spud shed, Tony Gallia from Spud bin. What was that thing?

Tony Gallati from Spud shed. I loved Tony Galli from potato farm.com. Spud bin. He's my friend. What's Spud bin? That's fun. Spud bin. Yeah.

It's really visual. The term Spud bin is real. Like really. What's it called? Spud shed. At Spud shed, there would be a huge bin full of Spud bin. Spud bin. Spud bin. Spud bin. Spud bin. Sp. The term spud bin is real like really spud shed.

At spud shed, there would be a huge bin full of potato. Like there literally would be a spud bin. And so forgive me. The thing about spud shed is that it's like all the things that kind of get full off the back of a truck and they only sell it once. So they've got like Ben and Jerry's for three dollars, but they only have it one time. And then all the food's like about to go off. Yeah.

And it's like, how do they do it so cheap? I'm like, don't ask questions. And like, yes, all the food. So it's quite good because you get all the seconds and thirds that like the supermarkets throw away. Yeah. But, um, We do a huge weekly shop at Spudbin.

Just go with the trolley this big and just fill it, that place ruled. Yeah. No, it's fucking unreal. Anyway. Uh, so we were just talking about things from the past. Yep. I'd like to talk to you about something from the future. Oh, and I think I want to introduce a concept that I don't think anybody's ever thought about before, but it's been playing on my mind recently.

I would like to talk about the Feng Shui of parking. Because parking is something that we've talked about a lot. We're very passionate about it. Parking is something that would stop me from attending a number of events. And has, and will continue to do so. I actually went out for dinner last night in Northcote and I drove and I parked. And I was fine. What the fuck?

I know. How did you do that? I am brave and grown up. Did you look in advance where the parks might be? No, just rocked up there, turned down the street and was like, yeah, sweet. It was a two hour spot. Think I was there for three. Motherfucker.

Who is she? I know. What have you done with my best friend, Tony Lodge? I know. Crazy. Who the fuck is this? I don't know. This is for the old me.

No, but this is I'm so I'm getting better. I'm not being a condescending asshole for once, but I am actually proud of you because that's a huge that's a huge move. I was like, I'm just going to figure it out when I get there. Yeah. Where'd you go? To Primo in Northcote, just off, like, do you know where that bike shop Foofanoo is? That hell colourful shop, which I always drive past. I'm like, I just, that makes, brings me so much joy every time I see it.

It was just across from there on the high street. Love it. It was dope. The food was awesome. Favorite street in Melbourne. High street, Northcote. Yeah, it's pretty cool. Anyway, so that's kind of just a fun anecdote. It's not part of it. The Feng Shui of parking.

I feel like we all need to get into the vibe of Feng Shui. And I'm just actually going to very quickly, just for anybody that doesn't really know, Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese practice that involves arranging objects in a living space to create harmony with the natural world. So it's all about harnessing the right energy and creating a balance of kind of where things are

and how they interact with your energy and stuff like that. Obviously, I'm kind of bastardizing that as a concept, but I think it's the best way to kind of get across my point. Yeah, well, sometimes when you go into a room and it's just like the, that's not where the couch would be and that kind of, there's a window, but you've, and then someone would say, oh, the thanks way is a bit off. Yes.

Is that. Yes. And there's, there's actually this awesome guy on TikTok who, um, when people are making a TikTok, they go, oh, this is my room. How should it be laid out? And he creates little models and like turns it all around and says, like, at the moment your bed's here and it should be here. Or if you want your bed to stay there, you should get a huge headboard to

like carry the bed on. Um, but it doesn't take up as much. It's like fucking crazy. And there's also this real sick YouTuber. Yes, we'll put his information in. Um, but there's a real sick YouTuber. Can we figure out that guy and put his- Yes, we'll put his information in. But there's a real sick YouTuber as well that does something similar.

And he goes to other YouTubers' house and they make videos together. And he's like, oh, little things like the seam of a lampshade, turn it so that you can't see the seam as soon as you walk in. Things like all those things that don't really make a difference, but immediately- But it does, it does though.

You go, oh, that really, that catches your eye. I think the Turkish barber who bashes people is going to have to take a break from my algorithm this summer. Cause I think this is my new energy. It's really interesting. Nice use of the term energy. Oh, that what? Yes.

It's beautiful. Um, I think it's actually a very interesting concept and like watching these videos, you go, I just would's actually a very interesting concept and like watching these videos, you go, I just would have never thought about that. Anyway, what I want to talk about is the Feng Shui of parking. So when you pull into a car park, say it's a big car park, and obviously if it's really busy and there's only one spot, you're obviously just going to pull into one spot, but assuming there are spots to choose from in this car park,

what are the aspects of a car park that you look for? Okay. So first of all, there would be a general proximity into the area that we're headed. Yep. So if we're heading out that way, we'll all park that side or often in the shopping center, you're like, oh, there's the lift or there's the entrance sorta close to there. I will also consider, um, not only the ease of getting in, but also like the ease of getting out because you know, sometimes at the end of the road and

you're like, but if I back out and then there's a, then there's going to be a weird dog leg. Yeah. And I go, yeah, no, that's not for me. Um, and depending on what I'm doing, I'll go in forwards. If I know I'm going to be putting stuff in and out of the boot. That's clever. Because if you back it in.

Especially like at Bunnings. Yeah. Where you've got a big bulky stuff. Yep. Or even like with Mabel and the pram, you go, Oh, well, if I back in and then I'm trying to get the thing in the walls there. That's a really good point. So I think these are the parking fence Sven's Faye that I am. No, these are the aspects of the car park spot.

OK, OK. So, OK. Another couple that I love how much you've gotten on board with this. I really didn't know how this would go. It's important. I wrote down another couple of other similar ones or another couple of options. I always avoid a trolley bay. I assume that went without saying. But like, I think that these are like, if that's the only spot available, I'll go.

You take it. But now here's the thing though. You don't want to be next to the trolley bay, but if you're coming back with the trolley, you want to be close-ish. Yes, but not right next to it. So then you can put the trolley in there. Yes, and never opposite.

I'd say two away. And never opposite a trolley bay, because that's how they roll back into your car. Yeah. Um, as close as possible to the door, which you kind of mentioned. And also sometimes if there's a shaded and non shaded, you kind of go, I'm going to be in the shops for a while. I think I'll try and find a shaded spot if I can. I actually, yeah. That's actually not high on my priority list. Shade. No, it's not. It should be. But I know that it is for a lot of people that my mum would always drive around trying to find like an undercover spot. That's not important to me. I think the other thing is Even if there's a tree nearby, it just feels like, oh, it's a bit of shade. Yeah, I get it. But it's not my highest priority. So the thing about my partner Torbz is he always picks the wrong spot.

The vibes are off. Okay. Now this seems trivial, but like that's a fucking pretty big ick, eh? Yeah. Like that's the thing that I'd say, like you'd pull it in and go, oh, really? Is that the fucking spot you've picked, dude? Yeah. That's actually like-

Like it's really bothering me. I'd be fine if someone had feral music taste and I had to put up with some shit music, but could park well. It's not that he can't park well. No, no, no, no, do this, do this. The choice is wrong. So like, for example, when we go for a swim in the morning,

the car park at the leisure center is like mostly empty. Like there's a few, but most people are parking as close to the door as they can. That's fine. Okay. So it's quite packed over there. Then there's kind of like a few scatterings of parks. And then there's a whole empty road,

but it's really close to the street. And I go, well, immediately that's off the table for me. Yeah. That's not what I would pick. That's not what I would pick. That's where people are coming in and out. Too much. Yep.

Too much. Danger. Wayward youths walking past. Not, not an option. So I would personally go for a good vibe to one in the smattering of empty ones. It's also easier to park between two cars than it is to park like in an empty like area because you've got the guide. Yeah.

Reference points. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But he would just go for like the worst vibe car park option. I'm really with you here on this, but I just, did you say a wayward ute walking down the street? Wayward youth?

I do know that that would be confusing. But that's not what I said. I'm back there because that really just took me out of it. Because I was picturing my dad's old, old, youth, which we've discussed. I had paint and shit everywhere. He used this Falcon Youth years and And I imagined it, walking. No, no, no, no, I'm so sorry. The visuals are all off now.

Wailwood youth. Yep. Yeah, no, okay, I'm back, I'm back, I'm back. And so I kind of am just like, when you're driving in, you survey the area and kind of part of the thing gives you a good vibe. Are you glad that you're not married because you don't have to get divorced now?

Well, I'm, yeah, I'm not really sure what to do. Yeah. And I said to him the other day, I was like, you always pick the worst spots. And I was like, I just, I'd love to know the mentality, like, yeah, run me through your vision and he didn't know, and he hasn't been driving long. Maybe it's he's new to the game. So this is where I was like, you know what, I'll come at you with a little bit of like kindness and be like, I would love to understand.

Talk me through your thinking. Your thinking, absolutely. And what's he had to say for himself? He didn't have any. Yeah. And clearly. I'm now going to go back to him with a few of the points that we've come up with, like whether you're back in or front way in. But I also would like to raise the question about the feng shui

of our parking at the office. Because I think that maybe there's a bit of room for improvement. No, not with the way people are parking. Cause we all have like the spots we automatically go into. Do we need to take the video show downstairs? No, we're not taking it down there. There's so much rubbish. Oh, someone's broken in and put all these McDonald's fucking bags everywhere. What's going on there?

Someone broke in and put their bags. What's happened in this car park? Someone's broken in and made my car really dirty. Where are we at with the bin? Has that been brought back in? I think it's been out for three weeks. Nah, so did you? Yeah, I did bring it back in.

Well, it's got to put it back out today, so. Um, okay, so let's not go downstairs. Okay. We won't go downstairs. Do you need something to draw on to? Well, I just thought I'd vibe it out with the team of how we feel about the parking feng shui for our work. Have you got a diagram?

I don't have a diagram, but I just thought maybe I would open up the conversation and see how you guys feel. Well, I think, no, this isn't, it's not about how people are parking. It's just the order. Okay. It's like, it's absolute. No, it's not like, oh, people are parking on the pierce. Cause no, it's not that at all. It's literally just like the order where we park. Okay. It's like, it's absolute. No, it's not like, oh, people are parking on the pierce. Cause no, it's not that at all. It's literally just like the order where we park.

Okay. What are you suggesting? I think that I would like to swap spots with Sophie. Is that what? I think I like the Feng Shui of that better. Why? Cause it's easy for you to get out. Yeah.

That was one of your priorities was thinking about how you get in and how you go out. I thought you were going to say, I should swap with Sophie. And I'd be like, fuck yeah. Cause that's really easy to get out of. Yeah, no. I think that I should swap with Sophie. I'm not adding anyone with this next comment. Yeah.

And the context feels a bit addy. No, I don't mean to add it at all. When you hear what I'm about to say, you might, some might take it the wrong way. And I just, I can't be clearer that that's not what I'm saying. Okay. Who usually leaves earliest? Me. So maybe it does make sense that if you're leaving earliest, you've got the clear path

out because then it opens up for Sophie and I to get out. Yeah. And I leave the earliest because I'm the most distracting. We've had conversations. I was like, Ryan's got some work to do and Tony goes, can I do anything? I go, yeah, fuck off. I just love to chat. And so if I'm working at home by myself, I can't bother anyone.

Well, you can, but it's not my problem. That sounds mean. It's Pippa's problem. Lucky Pippa. To be fair, I didn't suggest this. Maybe I, but it's not my problem. That sounds mean. It's Pippa's problem. Lucky Pippa. To be fair, I didn't suggest this. Maybe I just won't come in at all. No, to be fair, I didn't suggest this, Tony. Like you were like, I'm in a good, a distracting mood.

I'm going to take off. Yeah, no. And I'm good at knowing that because I'm like, you know what we all have to, and because also if I start chatting, because we just get fucking going and then we both go fuck, I got to keep working tonight. I've got to go home, have dinner with my family and then keep working. I go, okay, I bridge. I got to work after dinner.

So much. Cause did you get much done during the day? And I go, and we always get other good things. It's like good conversation, but it's like, we go, Oh, but I've still got things that I had to do. Yeah. Like yesterday, I got nothing done. No, it was a great day at my house and good times had by all.

So, but anyway, so that was my offer into the conversation. I want to say anything or any apologies about being at my house yesterday to my daughter, Mabel. I'm sorry that I didn't get to see my sweet little angel. Not that. What? She, Mabel came home and wanted to have a snack. Oh, fuck off. And it's an apology on behalf of both of us.

No, no apology required. Mabel, I would like to apologize on behalf of your dad and your godmother, Tony, that some of- Who? Your godmother, Tony. No! Godmother Aunt Toddy. Aren't Toddy.

She doesn't know who Tony is. You're going to scar her for life. All I'll say is that your mum made you a bunch of pikelets and by the time you got home, there was less pikelets that were made. I ate two. And I had three. I think you need to get over it. Bridget also said, please eat them.

Are they parklets? What are they called? I don't know. Oh, like a Frida. A Frida. I think like a zucchini Frida thing. Anyway. So you would like to swap spots with Sophie.

Well, I think that it would just, maybe the Feng Shui would be better because of the reasons that we're all talking about. Okay. But if Sophie. I can actually get out easily because I reverse in, it's not hard for me to get past. It's just a feng shui thing. It's more than I was like, does that make more sense? So I can get out very easily.

Like it's not that anything to do with how you park. It's just the feng shui. It's the feng shui. So I don't reverse in. That's my only concern is like, cause I come in often after you in the morning. Yeah. If I'm reversing into that little, or even driving into that spot, I'm petrified. I mean on time.

I was here at 8.59 AM. Thank you very much. Yeah. Someone had nine you very much. Yeah. Someone had nine o'clock. Okay. I think we'll consider it. My God. I'll stop with you.

I'll think about it. Could we get those ones where you like it lifts up? Oh no. Fuck no. I know you had that and you said it's not as bad as you think. It's not that bad. Oh, that terrifying. My Jimny couldn't handle it.

You actually have to have a certain size of car. Like, so Jimny actually would probably be too tall. It's too big and tough. But like it probably actually would be because- They're actually not that big. They're tall though. They're like a- I don't know if they are.

Boston Terrier. I think they just look tall. Small but high off the ground. I don't think a Boston Terrier. Look tall. High off the ground. I don't think, I think they just look tall. Oh yeah. It's like a Mini Cooper pretending that it's big. On high tires or wheels or something.

I think the shape of it makes you think it's big. And then you stand next to it and you go, oh. I've never been in one or seen one. One day I would love to come around in my Jimny that I would own in the future. And I'll, I'll take you for a drive and we'll go through the Mackage drive through. Sounds nice. Like we're teens, we've just got our license. Yeah, I love that.

It's like, Tony, I've got the car, I'll come pick you up. Where you going? I don't know. I don't know. I've got to love to see it here. Yes. A bit of context for my love to see it. Social media is being banned in Australia for people under 16 years of age.

Yes. So it got passed through the House of Reps and I think it goes to the Senate or whatever the legal process is. Yeah. But all social media... It's to protect kids. Yeah, or online bullying and even just self-esteem. Like, yeah, social media would just be fucking hard. As a young kid, yeah.

I am... I think the negatives outweigh the cons, but I am a bit Natalie and Bollier about it. Hang on, negatives outweigh the- Negatives outweigh the positives. Yep. But I am a bit like, oh, you know when you see kids getting creative with like doing little transitions and filming stuff and dancing, and you kind of go,

that is a shame because there is some good creativity inspiration to be had and to, yeah, I don't know. I also think it's the access to like communities. Like you might live somewhere where there aren't people that understand you. They don't understand like what you're going through. And I think that they're obviously there's the dark side to literally every possible situation.

But I think that, yeah, for kids that are maybe growing up queer and don't have people in their lives or are growing up in the church that don't have access to people that are being supportive of them, like that does really bother me about it. I have an example, but after that example you just gave, mine seems so lame and insignificant. What? So, because yours, that's like a really good point. So, oh no, it's not bad. It's just like, compared to that, like shut So. Oh, no. It's not bad. It's just like compared to that, like shut the fuck up, Ryan.

But when volleyball is like not a big sport in Australia. Yeah. And so like you don't like speak to other people that play like it's pretty rare, but to like go on YouTube and watch games and see stuff and see like. So can I not watch YouTube? I think YouTube might be a part of it. Not being able to watch YouTube is crazy. But I even follow TikTok accounts that are just like,

there's this college volleyballer and he just reacts to other people's clips going, oh, that was sick. And how funny is this? And this was huge. I think even though it's a different situation, it's the same thing of like finding your community and how will you find things that aren't like in the mainstream if you don't have access to it?

So then by the time you're 16, it's not ever too late, but like by the time you're 16, you go, oh, well, I hate sport because I just got forced to play AFL. But then you go, oh, there's all these sports that I actually love that I didn't know about. And now I'm so far behind the other kids and stuff like that. I get it, but I'm like, oh, I don't know about and now I'm so far behind the other kids and stuff like that. I get it. But I'm like, oh, I don't know.

Yeah. Anyway, so basically the government has said, hey, Meta, Instagram, Facebook, hey, YouTube, hey, LinkedIn, hey, everyone, this is going to know. And that's why you love to say no, no, no. Yeah, I know. I know. And so they basically said, hey, look, this is gonna be the law in time. So we're sending you this note to say, how are you gonna implement it? Cause you'll have to by law.

Yeah. And LinkedIn's response is my love to see it, ladies and gentlemen. Cause you are a LinkedIn influencer. I'm a LinkedIn influencer. LinkedIn said, we're too boring for people under 16. So we're not gonna do anything. I actually do love to say that, that is amazing.

How are we gonna stop young people coming? We already are, it's our personality. I was gonna say, what are they gonna write? Like, fry cook at McDonald's? Like, do you know what I'm like? I'm like, stacks shelves at Coles. Yeah, we used to in high school, one day a

year, it was your job to be the role mole and the role. What's a role mole? So one person had to walk around all the classes of each class and like collect the role. Oh my God. And so you so they do.

I like that it was called the role mole. So you in class like Tony, so if you're Ryan, yep. And then someone would come around and collect that for each class all throughout the day. And you were, and everyone was like, it's like you had to do one day a year. And so everyone that you were the role model for the day is what we called it. That is really funny. So you put that on your LinkedIn.

You know, like, Role model worked on arts and crafts store for PNC. Like, you know, I just don't understand like what that would look like. Work experience at local newspaper. Oh, but even like, what are like some 16 year olds, I'm just really interested in the supply chain

management strategies of going forward for the automotive industry. Kids won't even know what that is now. Education being ripped away. So anyway, my love to see it is LinkedIn just being self-aware. I think that's really, really funny. My love to see it is this kid, Kai McKenzie, who he's 23. He's like a young surfer and back in July, he unfortunately got attacked by like a 10 meter great white shark. Holy shit. And lost his leg.

That was in July. So pretty recently, I've just sent you a video. He actually just shared this on his Instagram like two weeks ago. And he's fucking back on the board. Surfing on one leg. On one leg. What a fucking legend.

We'll put the video into the video show if you're watching on YouTube, but we'll put the link in the Facebook thread. Oh, and everyone gassing him up. Oh, yeah, it's just amazing. But like how incredible, but the determination, the skill required, like the actual strength. And to think like this kid only recently like had surgery

and is going through like a major life change, major life change. And yeah, just like good vibes. It is great vibes. And like just so sick to see. I just love it. So when you stand up paddleboarded the other week, I had a try and I was very unsuccessful at it. I also wasn't that successful. But you were a lot better than me and you were, you got up there and did a good job.

I'm seeing this guy that's recently had surgery and has one leg surfing and I couldn't stand on it with no waves on two legs. No, but I guess as well. How incredible. I mean, he was already a surfer. So he would have lots of years of understanding how his body works and all of that. You know, so he didn't just get up and do it, but he has gotten up and done it and it's awesome.

Good on you, Kya. Just so sick. Yeah. He's in Port Macquarie, I think. I wonder if he's got a LinkedIn page. Probably not. No, probably not. Yeah. Probably not. Okay. But I love to see that. Yeah. I'd say too. Hey, thanks for watching today. We are and listening and listening. We are on the audio every day. So if you're watching on you, plug in your wireless. Yes. Well, it's wireless. Plug in your wireless. We had to plug in your radio, didn't you?

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