1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,719 Speaker 1: Check one two one two one two is this thing 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: on Oh My God After Show podcast. I'm here to 3 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 1: say goodbye and happy holidays. It is time for vacation, 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: but you know I couldn't leave you guys hanging. The 5 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: show is over. It is ten thirty. I finally am 6 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: finishing up all of the work that I've been doing 7 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 1: and had to do today as we slide off into 8 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: vacation and close out twenty twenty five. I just wanted 9 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: to say to you to the after show Army, thank you. 10 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: I love you, and yeah, thank you for being you. 11 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:36,559 Speaker 1: I appreciate it so much. I do my best to 12 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 1: do a podcast as much as possible. And you know what, 13 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 1: today's show was so so much fun, man, so much fun. 14 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 1: Make sure you check it out on the podcast. We 15 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: had the end of year Awards, which is something that 16 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: we look forward to every year. We also had the 17 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: talk Packer of the Year. Kim is our talkbacker of 18 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: the Year. I know some people probably upset about that, 19 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: but I don't know, Man, she brought it. She was consistent, 20 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 1: very funny. Anything that we're talking about every day, she 21 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: has something to add to it, which is why the 22 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:10,399 Speaker 1: mayor of the South End won too. You know, he 23 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: adds to the show, and I feel like every talkbacker 24 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 1: adds to the show in their own way. But you know, 25 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: Kim stood out from the very beginning, so she won. 26 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: And then of course there was Billy's boyfriend who joined 27 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: the same thing, joins the show every single day. But 28 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: I gotta be honest with you, even Billy's boyfriend left 29 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 1: a talkback nominating Kim and said he thought Kim should win, 30 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 1: So shout out to him. And of course Sarah from Maine, 31 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 1: who is a regular talkbacker but went the extra mile 32 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: when she went undercover at the Jordan Hudson pageant that 33 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 1: was earlier this year. Man, so much happened this year, 34 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: and I'm looking forward to twenty twenty six. You know, 35 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: it's been a wild year. You know, there was some 36 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: changes obviously, the change to the show, the big change 37 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: that you know, kind of shocked everybody, and working through 38 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: that and you know, trying to find our way, and 39 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: you know, we're doing our best. To shout out to Winnie. 40 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: She has her podcast. If you miss her, make sure 41 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 1: you listen to that. Support her, Support her podcast, because 42 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: you know it's if you're a fan of what she says, 43 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: and her as a person her as a on air personality. 44 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: She has a podcast that you can listen to. You 45 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: can listen to both. You can listen to our show, 46 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: you can listen to that, or you can just listen 47 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: to that. It doesn't listen. It's a free world, free country. 48 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 1: You can do whatever you like. So, yeah, a lot 49 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: of changes on the show this year, and you know, 50 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 1: we did our best to find our way. It's a 51 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: different show. One of the things that drives me nuts, though, 52 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 1: is people say that the show is not edgy enough. 53 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: Billy kind of alluded to this a couple of days 54 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:44,239 Speaker 1: ago on the podcast, and I get what's missing from 55 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: the show, right, is that kind of you know, off 56 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: the top random comments. I know that's missing on the show. 57 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:56,639 Speaker 1: But when you say that the show is not edgy, 58 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: I mean, look, you know we're playing crazy clips, like 59 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: crazy things. I'm playing talk back saying crazy things. I 60 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: mean what other radio show is playing crazy you know 61 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: Billy things that he's saying and kind of like riskue things. 62 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 1: You know, the show is not all vanilla. So you 63 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: know I get that the anger and listen, I've talked 64 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 1: on and on about this. I'm not going to like 65 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: keep going about it. But I do my best best 66 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:29,679 Speaker 1: to bring some edge. But I do understand that observation 67 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: because it's true that is missing. I can't do that. 68 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: I can only do that through the clips. You know, 69 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: that's not who I am as a person. That's who 70 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: Winnie is as a person. That's what made her valuable, right, 71 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: that's who she is in real life. She says those things. 72 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: She doesn't think about it, she just says it. And 73 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 1: it's funny sometimes, sometimes it's crazy, sometimes it's absolutely wild. 74 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: And that was kind of the you know, the added 75 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 1: part of the show. And again, I can't do that. 76 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: You know, I'm not That's not who I am. That's 77 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: not who Billy is, that's not who Lisa is. So 78 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: changes to the show I think we did okay, I 79 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: think kind of it's kind of died off or whatever. 80 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: But going into the new year, it's the highest ratings 81 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: that we've had in a couple of years, which is 82 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: good news. It means people are moving around, they're listening more, 83 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: they're they're tuning in, they're liking what they're hearing. So, 84 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 1: you know, it just makes me feel good because you know, 85 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: I put my heart and soul into this show, you know, 86 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: even all the stuff from today. You know, it's what 87 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: I love doing. I love audio. I have this weird talent, man, 88 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:42,239 Speaker 1: this weird ability to save audio, save it a certain way, 89 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: and pull it up really quickly. So you know, I'm 90 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: always working throughout the year and kind of saving all 91 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 1: these funny things and then you know, I save them 92 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: a certain way so that I can find them, so 93 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: that by the end of the year I can compile 94 00:04:55,120 --> 00:05:00,040 Speaker 1: everything because I'm big on reusing things, you know, And 95 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: you know, that's the advice I always give two other shows, 96 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 1: because you know, other shows, whether it be in the 97 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: building or outside the building, will come to me and say, hey, 98 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: how do you do this? Like how do you do 99 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:13,720 Speaker 1: that with the audio? And that's one thing I'll say 100 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: is every day, when you have a piece of audio 101 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: that you think you may use again, you want to 102 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: store that in a way where you can find it. 103 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 1: You want it to be organized. And that's that's a 104 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 1: big thing that I have going is the organization of 105 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 1: all of my audio. How I store it, and that's 106 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 1: how I'm able to pull it up really quickly. It 107 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 1: sounds amazing, right, It sounds like how does he do that. 108 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:39,599 Speaker 1: It's just a system that I'm consistent with and it's 109 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: proven to be successful. So you know, I love putting 110 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 1: together these compilations at the end of the year. I 111 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:47,840 Speaker 1: talked about it on jingle Ball Day. I get in 112 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 1: seven eight in the morning. I don't have to be 113 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,719 Speaker 1: at the garden until like four o'clock, and I literally 114 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 1: come in here, I get a nice meal, and I 115 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: work by myself, and I put together everything for today's show, 116 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,239 Speaker 1: something I've always done and I mentioned on the show. 117 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: A really cool moment with Kim in the studio was 118 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 1: after it was over, I walked out and our boss 119 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 1: Dylan was sitting on the couch outside listening on the 120 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app to our show, to the segment dying laughing, 121 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 1: and I was like, man, like that just warms my soul. 122 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 1: You know, it makes it makes it all worth it. 123 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: You know. I love what I do. I get to 124 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: live out a dream every single day I show up. 125 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 1: It's not easy to get up every single morning. It's 126 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,719 Speaker 1: not easy to be funny and engaging every day, especially 127 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 1: in a world with so much going on, so much bad, 128 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: so much negativity, especially with things going on in all 129 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 1: of our lives, family stuff. You know, everyone has problems. 130 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 1: I have my own problems at home, you know. I 131 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 1: get stuff with my son going on, my wife, my family. 132 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:54,840 Speaker 1: And to show up five days a week and put 133 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: that aside and be entertaining and be engaging and be funny. 134 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: It's not easy, man, It's not easy. But I do 135 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: my best. I do my best, and I always just 136 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: try to have an attitude of gratitude. Man. That's what 137 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 1: it is. It's looking at life in a positive way 138 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: because how your life is going to go is a 139 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 1: lot on your perspective, right. It's the kind of like, 140 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,559 Speaker 1: you know, I'll quote my friend Randy, if you step 141 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 1: in dog shit, you could be happy that you can 142 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: be upset that you stepped in dog shit, or you 143 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: can be grateful that you had shoes on. It's all 144 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: about perspective in life. I could sit here and complain 145 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: about so much shit. I can do the victim mentality 146 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: and woe is me and poor me, and I'm not 147 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: where I need to be. I don't have enough money, 148 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: I don't have this, I don't have that. None of 149 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: that stuff matters, man, because we only get one life. 150 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: You know, I don't want to go down a whole 151 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: like spiritual road here. But you know, we only get 152 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: one life, We only get one shot at this. It's like, 153 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 1: what am I gonna do? What am I gonna do 154 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: to better my life? To empower others around me, to 155 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 1: raise my kids, to be a good husband, and overall 156 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 1: just be a good human, you know. And that's you know, 157 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: when I got clean, I did so much bad before that. 158 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 1: When I got clean, I started to do the right thing. 159 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:14,559 Speaker 1: And that meant no more lying and no more treating 160 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: people badly. And I've been consistent in that too. See. 161 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: The keyword is consistency. Consistency with things like the audio 162 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: at work, and consistency in life with treating other people 163 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 1: with respect and love and dignity, you know. And that's 164 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 1: why it hits me so hard, with like the negative 165 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: comments and the overwhelming amount of comments about like this 166 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 1: and that and tearing people down and what we're wearing. 167 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 1: And Billy and Lisa are too old. Let me tell you, 168 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:46,960 Speaker 1: Billy Costa is the youngest seventy plus year old guy 169 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 1: that I know. Right, this guy is like a machine, 170 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: Like try doing what he does. It is you think 171 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: that I'm a hard worker like this guy comes to 172 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: He has two TV shows, a radio show host gal Is. 173 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 1: He has two RATES shows. Actually I don't know how 174 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 1: the fuck he does it, but he is full of 175 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: energy and full of life and just a fun guy. 176 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:09,439 Speaker 1: You know. I don't know what you think. Maybe because 177 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 1: you hear these crazy things that he says, then maybe 178 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 1: he's a bad guy. Billy is like the nicest guy 179 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: you could ever meet. And it's funny because last week 180 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 1: there was a party at Ernie box house. I couldn't 181 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:25,080 Speaker 1: make it, but it was really cool that Kevin Bacon 182 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 1: was there, Karen Reid was there. I knew some people 183 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:30,200 Speaker 1: that went and I couldn't go. But I was at 184 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: home and I was just like looking stuff up that night, 185 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 1: and I'm like, oh, Ernie, you know, and I know Ernie, 186 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: And I was kind of looking at his story and 187 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 1: stuff and his dad and the car dealerships. And I 188 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: came across a Rereddit post and it said is Ernie 189 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 1: Buck a good guy or not? And there were people commenting, 190 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:48,199 Speaker 1: you know, mostly yes, but no, no, a lot of haters. 191 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 1: You know, he's not a nice guy. Yes, he is 192 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: a nice guy. I met him. He's a very generous guy. 193 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 1: Music Drive all this stuff, and then randomly someone wrote, 194 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 1: I don't know about Ernie Bak, but Billy Costa actually 195 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: a really nice guy, and that turned into a whole 196 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: thread of people being like, Billy Costa is actually the 197 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 1: nicest guy ever. I met Billy at this restaurant. He 198 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 1: came in to eat here. You know what I mean. 199 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: If you've met Billy and had any kind of interaction 200 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 1: with him, you would know that. You would know that. 201 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:19,319 Speaker 1: I know sometimes this persona of this crazy guy on 202 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:22,199 Speaker 1: the air can maybe think that he's a certain way, 203 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 1: but trust me when I tell you he is not. 204 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:27,080 Speaker 1: And the same thing with Lisa Donovan. Just the sweetest, 205 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 1: sweetest person ever, for real. So I love my team man. 206 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 1: Shout out to producer Riley too has busted her ass, 207 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 1: literally busted her ass. I did see a bad producer 208 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 1: Riley comment, what is that you act like? Producer Riley 209 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: replaced anybody? She did not. She still part time, does 210 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:46,839 Speaker 1: not make a lot of money and busts her ass 211 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:49,679 Speaker 1: every single day, just like I did. So shout out 212 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 1: to her and all that she does. And she baked 213 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 1: me some cookies and stuff like that because I don't 214 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 1: want a gift, but I will always take food because 215 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:02,199 Speaker 1: it's the holiday season and I've been eating. So with 216 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: all that being said, I want to say happy Holidays 217 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 1: to all of you. The after show Army, we will 218 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 1: not talk on this podcast until the new year, So 219 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 1: I'm going to get a lot of relaxing done. I'm 220 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: going to the Mentalist Sunday night. That's gonna be good 221 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,560 Speaker 1: with my buddy Adam. And then I'm going to kill 222 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 1: Tony the next weekend with a bunch of my friends, 223 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 1: and I think we're gonna take like an overnight trip 224 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: somewhere with the fam, kind of last minute that should 225 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:28,560 Speaker 1: be fun too. I'll probably want to, like, you know, 226 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 1: leave immediately. I'll leave after ten minutes because you know, 227 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,359 Speaker 1: I love my kids, but they drive me absolutely bonkers. 228 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 1: But like, those are the memories that I remember, you know, 229 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:41,960 Speaker 1: I always say, I think about Disney. The last Disney 230 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:45,719 Speaker 1: trip we went twice? Did we go twice or once? 231 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 1: I think we went twice. God, anyway, the last one 232 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 1: we went to now mind you, when we went with 233 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 1: my son, I think he was like four maybe, and 234 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: within five minutes of getting to Magic Kingdom he was like, 235 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 1: I don't want to be here. I want to go 236 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: back to the hotel pool and we're like, we have 237 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: a pool at home. What are you talking about? And 238 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: as I look back, I can think, like, there were 239 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 1: a lot of pain in the ass moments. It was hot, 240 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,439 Speaker 1: he didn't want to walk, we had to rent a carriage. 241 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 1: He wanted to he didn't want to go on the rides. 242 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: But I don't remember any of that, Like it's weird. 243 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: I only remember when I look back on it. The 244 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: first thing that comes to mind is joy. I think about, man, 245 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:27,560 Speaker 1: that was fun, you know. And you know, if I 246 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 1: really think about it, I can think about, oh, it 247 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:33,080 Speaker 1: was stressful, but overall it was fun. And that's why 248 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:37,559 Speaker 1: we're trying to give our kids experiences. One of their 249 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: gifts this Christmas is a trip to Aruba. This is 250 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 1: a trip We've been planning all year long in anticipation 251 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 1: of Christmas. So we've been saving and I've been using 252 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 1: my credit card for the miles like an adult. I 253 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 1: got like a really good credit card, a venture X Cards. 254 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: I've been using that in building up the miles. We've 255 00:12:56,240 --> 00:13:00,040 Speaker 1: been saving money and we finally planned it paid for 256 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:03,320 Speaker 1: for at in full, and for Christmas, we are going 257 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 1: to give them the gift of Aruba. We brought some 258 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 1: suit well, my wife brought some bought some suitcases and 259 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: some pictures of Aruba, and we're gonna go back in 260 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: March for the March vacation, you know, and they're gonna 261 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:16,679 Speaker 1: remember that for the rest of their lives. They're not 262 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 1: going to remember every toy that we got them, they're 263 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 1: not going to remember that, but they'll remember every vacation 264 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: or times we went away to Great Wolf Lodge anything 265 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:30,319 Speaker 1: like that. It's all about the experiences. So I don't know. 266 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:32,480 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna go off on an another tangent. I 267 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:33,960 Speaker 1: want to say I love you guys, and have a 268 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 1: great holiday, have a happy new Year. We will talk 269 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty six. Bye.