This Is All Irrelevant - Powered by Sparkle Princess Parties AND Keenan and Keenan! (Ep. 127)

0:00 I didn't want to spend the night there. I don't. I sleep in my own bed or a very nice hotel bed. That's where I sleep. Well, yes, that's what I'm suggesting. You stay in a. Hotel well. No, but a very nice hotel. Very Rachel Hotel, says Rachel. Yeah, it's not a Comfort Inn. My opinions on hotels are it must have a white duvet cover. Like it must be white bedding with a white duvet if it has a flowered, you know, a floral print. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Not staying there, No. Yeah, if it doesn't have a duvet, not staying there. Tell you the Dwight thing doesn't mean anything, even in a fancy hotel, because when we first moved to Saskatchewan, they put us up in the Royal Saskatchewan H1 of the Fairmont. Oh.

0:47 Very historic places, but also let us bring in our puppy and the whole room and the bedding and everything was just full of fur. Oh God. That's gross. So even a nice. Hotel Cuddle up Rach. This is due to underwhelming demand. The podcast that's not only underwhelming, it's it's underpaid. But maybe, but maybe not for long. We're going to welcome a new sponsor, Sparkle Princess Parties perfect for us momentarily. 1st I just.

1:29 I just want to let you know we're all here. We're Dave, Rachel and Foreman and on the podcast today. Let's see here. Oh, I have a new Golf friend that I'll be telling you about. Rachel's preparing for a garage sale weekend where she lives, and Foreman hates pretty much everything, but mostly cutting someone else's lawn. And mostly with someone else's lawn. Mower. OK, got it. All right, OK, But let's start with Sparkle Princess Parties, a new sponsor. Yes, welcome, Abigail. Mucho a plazo. Mucho A plazo, yes. You may have even seen her in the wild.

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3:51 Face. Painting is amazing. Like look at some of the pictures. It's unreal, unbelievable. She she does great. Work. So there you go. Yeah, she she's got all kinds of different animals, but then she can also just paint fun designs like around your eye or on your forehead or whatever. So for kids and adults, so Sparkle Princess parties, check them out online on Facebook, on Instagram. Got to admit, a Sparkle Princess party for adults does sound interesting. I mean a little sparkle Princess party with a little sparkling wine that's. Not it. Never. It's not a bad night. It's not a bad. Night, just make sure you cut the grass first. Oh, to host. Your. Party. Foreman, Here we go. That's right, That's right, Foreman cut them two. One go.

4:34 Just really isn't the most fun when it's someone else's lawn and especially with someone else's lawn mower. Have you ever been in that situation? And don't say yeah, Rachel, because I don't know if you've ever cut a lawn ever. You've never cut the lawn. Ever cut with the riding mower? Yeah. With the riding mower. But not I've never used a push. How? Many one time. Have you done that one? I used to. Do it a lot as as a teen. I would help my dad. Yeah, OK. And. He would do the push mower part and I would do the riding lawn mower part, Yeah. Sure. That is that's what I think part people's part well and with people with riding lawn mowers who live in town, who have town sized yards and I think what a waste because half of your yard you have to go back out and do with the push.

5:16 Mower and I know so. Yeah, it was usually around the trees that he would have to do. But we had a we had a bigger yard, Yes, when I was growing up. So yeah. Of course he did. It must be cool and. Yeah, well, riding his. Lawn mower, you know, sparkled Princess parties. Yeah, it all goes we. Never had those. We never got to have those. Sure. I don't believe that. I didn't believe that. But I I can't even remember the last time I would have cut someone else's lawn with their mower in years, if ever. But I did. I just did to. Who's more? I'm sorry, First, who's lawn? Barry Marlene's My Inlaws. You're in Paris. Yeah, and they're mower. Yes, OK.

5:57 Have you never cut their lawn before? I don't think so. He's definitely cut mine. And thank you, Barry, of course. He has. Yeah, what kind of lawnmower do you do you have? How old's your lawnmower for me? I have had that thing since, like it has come from Ontario to Nova Scotia and back. I've had that since. That's the first lawn mower I bought as an adult and I still have it. OK. Yeah. It's a pull cord gasoline push mower from Home Hardware. Mine's AI, don't know what. I've had mine since I moved into my house. It was brand new. I bought it brand new. I've had it serviced a couple of times because I don't want to buy a new one.

6:38 Well, I just want to keep it. I mean, I don't want to. I don't want. To do that for you for a price. Yeah, I think. You could start a small engine repair in your driveway. I. Don't believe you. I don't believe you could. No, I do the oil, I've replaced the blade. I'll do the the filter. Wow. I've done the muffler, the spark. Plug, I'm not going to you. Oh yeah, not. Going to you all. Right. It's running great. Did you learn that yourself, or did Barry teach you all that? YouTube. YouTube teaches you everything for. You and it still works, eh? Absolutely it does. Good Forman's got a new gig. But being an older one, like it's, it's got its quirks. It's like having an older car, you know that how to tap the brakes and stuff like that.

7:20 You just know. You know exactly how it works. You know exactly how it operates. So. And then in your own lawn, you know exactly where to go and how bit wide the corners can be and. All you know your pattern. How far away are your in laws from your home? How far? Oh. Walking distance 10 minutes. OK, so next question would be then why the hell didn't you bring your own mower? You're going to walk 10 minutes with the boat you're going to put. Your in the back of your. You know it's easy. You just lift it, put it in your trunk. The back of my Mazda 3. Fit. It'll fit. Stick it in there. No, it'll stick at the back. I. Didn't I should have? Yes, because they always used to have a regular lawn mower and in recent times they've got all electric battery powered everything which just seems simple unless you've never used it before and you're there alone using it for the first time. So this is a battery so.

8:21 You've never used. Mower. And trimmer. I don't think I would like that. I use a battery operated. Weed whacker, Yeah, well, same, I guess, but they yeah, it's really down to the mower, which I can get the battery in and press the button and then you move the lever down and then it starts going. But it changes speeds based on how much grass is under it. I wouldn't like that. I'm thinking why isn't it shooting the clippings at the side but it's just bunching up underneath and then quitting? We don't know this yet. I don't even know what you're talking about. Like I don't even understand. You know the the grass that gets cut because it's not attached to the ground anymore? Where does it go? Where does it go, Rachel?

9:02 Yeah. Where does? It go, Rachel. No, well, actually it gets bagged because Jeremy bags it. So doesn't get easy but we don't bag. I don't bag mine because I know this is, you know, I, I don't. I'm not an expert on lawns, but I was told a long time ago get a mulching mower. And a mulching mower is a mower with a blade that chops up the grass, supposedly. Yeah, I and. Then leave and then you don't have to bag it. You don't have to bag it it. Sits on your. Grass in the pool. That's why we bag it in the, you know. It's around your pool house, the grass. No, no, not anymore. Kids, kids feet. Ohh, I see. Yeah. I just rake a my lawn. I rake the grass, the tall bunched up grass from the good sections onto the slightly dead sections and try and even.

9:49 I feel like that's even in it out. Yeah, exactly. Well. That's a good. I don't think it works. Might maybe it helps it grow. So where do you put your bagged grass then, Rachel? Out for a yard waste day? I don't know. But they don't take your well in the city. They don't take grass. Jeremy takes it to the dump or the grass bin place or something. That's what. I miss in Saint Thomas we had a green bin, in Halifax we had a green bin. No green bin in central Elgin. No, you have to take your yard waste to a depot or something. Well, yeah, but you can't bag your yard waste. That's the way it is in London anyway. That's why I don't. I wouldn't do it anyway, but that's. Why? Well, this has turned very riveting. But yeah, sorry, this is we're at a municipal council meeting right now. Where do you take your?

10:36 Why can't you bag it up? Back to me struggling with someone else's mower. Yeah, Foreman, Yeah. I'm sure the neighbors probably were watching thinking who is this complete idiot? Does he never cut grass before? Like it was it was bunching, it was turning off. I was raking every two minutes. Were you? I couldn't get the corners right. So there's like long grass in between the strips where I'm mowing because I couldn't figure out how to line it up You. Really stuck at cutting grass. Oh, it was terrible. Now, when, when all of that was going on, were you making any? Were you? Oh yeah. You can picture it. Swearing up a storm.

11:17 Absolutely. Picture it. Yeah. Were the neighbors outside? Did you see anybody? Thank goodness. Oh, good. OK, so nobody that you know of was watching you or could see you and. It was a Saturday morning and it was raining because every is rain for every day for like 2 weeks it. Seems to have it was true. I'm doing it anyway so I'm it needs. To be done. Wearing raining. Clearly your in laws were away. Are they back? They're back now, yeah. How do they enjoy the the treatment to your lawn? Didn't they comment? Said about theirs because I learned that while they're away they were at their other daughter's house. So my brother and sister in law's right, which is a much larger country property and they were gone for an equal amount of time as Barry and Marlene were away from here. So, which resulted in Barry having to cut their grass. And.

12:08 Which they have a lighting riding lawn mower in a large large country lot. OK. So that's a lot more work. And it's not the riding lawnmower you remember as a child, Rachel, because these ones don't have steering wheels anymore. They just get the levers and what can spin on the spot. Yeah, I don't know how to work that. And I sure would love to see that video. That would have been fun. Listen, if Barry can tap trees and make Maple syrup, he can. He can figure out the levers on a lawn mower. He figured it out, but I I bet you the the experience was similar to mine. Lots of swearing. There you go.

12:49 No neighbors though. No neighbors. Yeah, everything worked out well then I think. So that's a happy ending. Thanks. Foreman love to hear stories about Foreman learning new skills. Great job. I like a happy ending. Thanks, Foreman. And we want to welcome back to our podcast, Keenan and Keenan Handyman Services. Yes, they've been very busy lately, they told me. So if you're if you're looking for some work to get done around your house, something that maybe you've been putting off or you can't do yourself, or maybe you just don't want to do, you can called Jen and Johnny Keenan.

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16:51 I you know, I'm not sure if the two of you are aware of this, but I enjoy the occasional game of golf. Do you really? How often do you golf, Dave? Well. What do you mean by it? Like when you say how often? What does that mean? How many times a week? All eight days a week or. No, not 8 days. No, no, I don't do eight days a week, four or five, four or five if I could nap. Four or five now 4. Or five? Well, it. Was 3 when we were when we had. Jobs. No, I've upped my upped my game now up my game. You really? Have I played literally? I play with, I've been playing with a couple of guys we're I think close to.

17:36 I think we're we just started our third year playing together. You've gotten thing. With a bunch of other guys. Yeah, but then that's the difference you don't have time for. That that groups falling apart different to a new group. Here there is a new. New foursome. New Well, actually, no, it's just three of us. Is this the old man breakfast group? Yeah, this is who I go and have breakfast. I. Was actually thinking about your old man breakfast recently because I saw a bunch of old men having breakfast when I was out for breakfast with my old man and it wasn't Dave so I wondered how your old man breakfasts were going. That's not where I was, but it's probably where I was in the winter time. I'm not there now.

18:19 I'm not there now. So they're good guys. They they took me into their threesome when I was looking for someone to play with their twosome. I should say there was this. It's the two of them and they've accepted me and we have a little game now. We play for a little money, we know each other. Very well put. Them on to that playing for money. Nope. Nope. They invited me in. They watched. Because you played for. A while I I did one of those. What do you call it when you? Hustle. You hustled them. I sandbagged right I I looked worse than I was. Hustle. For a long time I was my golf game had kind of petered out a little bit and then they invited me into a money game because they realized I was about as good as maybe as good, maybe a not quite as good as they were.

19:10 And there was a chance that they could win some money off of me. OK. And I quickly got better, right? Because that's how I, that's how I, that's the way to work, I. Just needed the motivation. I just needed. That's right. I just need to so we have a little money game. It's not a lot of money. It's a little bit of money. You can maybe win a couple of bucks on a day. Highly unlikely. Today I won a quarter. I'm rich. A. Quarter, I know I. Always knew when Dave had a good golf day because he would Jingle jangle his change down the hallway. I don't need to hear him coming. Yeah, because my wife said stop doing that. So I don't do that anymore. I have I, but I, I keep my winnings in a container and I'm OK, I'm ahead for now. OK, so I can always, you know, so I've always. Got that jar for.

19:56 That that's right. So I don't. I never feel like I'm. Losing. If someone needs a coffee at your house, that's the jar they go to. Right, there's enough for one. Yeah, that's right. Anyway, what happens though when you're at and I play it, there are members at my golf course. I'm a member, but it's it's a public golf course. So people, I call them, you've heard me to refer, refer to the momos before. A Momo is, is a, a golfer who maybe plays, I don't know, you can play 567 times a year. But a Momo is a golfer comes out to a public golf course and thinks that he's Rory McIlroy. You know, he, he, you know, he Plumb bobs with his putter. He takes four or five practice swings. He does all of that stuff.

20:44 He scuffs, he does so and then and then he chunks it right and he's in front of you and you hate that. That's. Like me. Hate, hate, hate that I. Line it up perfectly. But if you have a threesome and you're surrounded by foursomes, it it can get tedious because we're quicker and they're not as quick as we are. So we had someone who joined us my first year playing with these guys. They just said, oh, by the way, they're coming tomorrow. You OK with that? I'm like, yeah, sure. I don't care who plays with this.

21:25 Sure, 4 is always better than three because it's not slow. So anyway, I played with this person two years ago, I think maybe 10, maybe 12 times. And then last year they didn't come at all. And I think I asked at one point, hey, we're, you know, oh, well, they've got some issues. Some, you know, they can't, you know, so they can't play golf or whatever. And I'm like, oh, OK. Anyway, so this year this person has is all in. This person is a female, by the way. I didn't mention that. Oh. OK, I conveniently left out the fact that she's a female, so she's not in our golf game at all.

22:07 She's not in breakfast iPad either. No, no, she's not invited to. I haven't seen her. You're quite exclusive with your. Lifestyle not no, not necessarily anyways, she's very nice lady. I you know, she's an older than me and I know that's hard for you guys to imagine. Wow, I know so older than me. At one point she said what are you in your mid something the other day and I went no, but thank you. So I felt good about that. I felt pretty. Yeah. I, I, I was like, it's. Because you're a, you're a very young spirit, David. That's right. Could be the two young women I live with. That could be something to do. So whatever, whatever works.

22:49 That's right. Anyway, so she's joined us Now here's the thing. Not last year, the year before when she played with us, she didn't really bother me. I, you know, she can play, but she has a habit of she's she's not taking it overly soon. She's not really keeping score. But so that means when if she hits a lousy shot, she'll often drop another ball and just hit another one, which can get kind of annoying if you're not expecting that. That's what I do. Yeah, OK. Well, that's not how golf works. That's not how we play. We don't. You hit a bad shot, you have to accept that, and you hit your next shot when you get to that bad shot. OK, so anyway, but that's fine.

23:35 That's not like a really difficult thing to do. Yeah, shall we? Played. What about that youthful spirit, Rachel? Yeah. Anyway, so now she's now she's playing with, with us more often. So now she's a little she's like who books the tee times? That's my job. We all have a job in the force and one guy keeps score. The other guy I think buys beer if we ever need a beer. But I don't know. I don't know what exactly what he does. And I book all the tee times. You can book 8 days in advance. And I do that. I I'm up early, I book the tee times. So she asked who's booking the tee time. So, you know, my one buddy says Dave's doing that. Oh, well, I don't, I think we're playing a little too early. It's a little chilly.

24:22 I'm like, I don't care. Don't say that to Dave. Yeah, I don't care. Oh boy. Like you, you get what you get. And you don't get upset, right? You get. It's too early. Oh. It's too early and you know, you know what too early is for them at 9:00. Well, it's not very warm out yet at 9:00. No, it's not it. Will be soon, like in July, you're going to want to be out there at 7:00 or 8:00. Supposed to be, she says to me one like one day. She goes, well, did you not check the forecast? No, I don't check for a forecast that's eight days away. It's, you know, the end of May. I'm booking 9:00.

25:05 If you don't like it, but I didn't say don't come, I just said. Yeah. So does she have any other friends that she could golf with? Or apparently she chooses to be with you. Apparently she chooses. To be why does she not have other friends? I don't know. That's what I'm beginning to wonder. So yeah, yesterday we played and I would be coming No eighteen holes at yes at 9 and I was becoming and she because she was complaining about today's tea time yesterday. Well, it's too early for me. I'm like, good, don't come. It was the I just said to her, it was the only time I could get.

25:46 I don't want to play at 2:00 in the afternoon. I would prefer to play at 9:00, but sometimes you can't. OK, Oh, well, it's too early for me. Great. So you won't be here tomorrow. Wonderful, I say to myself. Right. Anyway, she became. If it was me though, he would say it to me. Mildly annoying yesterday. She doesn't follow the golf etiquette. You know, she's sometimes she's chatting when she shouldn't be chatting. Oh, in the backswing I hate. That, or sometimes she. Likes to drive. She likes to drive her cart ahead when, you know, one of us maybe hit one of those lousy shots that we have to still go and hit the second one and she's 50 yards up and you have to go, hey. We're back here good at Target you. Can't go ahead of everyone's ball. You have to stay behind the last ball. Anyway, so I talked to myself yesterday after I left. I'm like I'm starting to get annoyed. Should I say something to my fellow the other two guys 'cause I'm wondering, is it just me?

26:51 Am I gonna go straight to hell because I like am I the one? She's ruining the line. Yeah, Am I the only one? Like she's starting to annoy me. All of a sudden, I think step one, maybe if you've got the three of you without her at a moment, you could be like, yeah, what do you guys think? And then if that doesn't go anywhere and nothing changes, then it looks like tee times might. The only time I could get is 8. Yeah, exactly. I'm booking 6:00 AM. Well, I was going to say, like, if you. So if the three of you decide you don't want to play with her, who gets to tell her? That this is the problem. But no one has to it is Dave starts progressively making earlier earlier tea time she'll.

27:34 Leave. So anyway, obviously I like to stick up for the. Women. But in this case, I'm like, yeah, I could see that. That's annoying. I'm, I'm annoyed and I think to myself, I know she's not playing today because it's way too early for her. So I'm. I'm actually going to say something to the other boys today. I'm gonna go, you know? Yeah. She's starting to annoy you. Or am I the only one that's getting annoyed? Except that I showed up. I drove into the parking lot this morning, and there she was. Oh, for the early tea time. And I just went. Well, there's my day's boy. How she's treating you guys is how I would treat my husband. But not other men. You know, like, not other people. Like if you, if I'm in a foursome, yeah. Like I wouldn't, not that I would be rude to him, but I would say things like, well, I don't, I don't want to play at that time.

28:23 Right. Like I would, I would exactly. I would ask for the adjustments, but I wouldn't ask for an adjustment if it was a group decision already. Do you know what I mean? Oh, she wanted my phone number so she could contact me and I went no, you can't have my phone. I am never giving you my phone. Number. Ever, ever, ever. Yeah, today. Today was way worse. I mean. Way. Worse, to the point where at one point she squanked a shot. So she squanked her shot. Yeah, to the right. We all saw her do it. And she's like, oh, and she talks a lot. And so I'm next. She was sort of off to my you. Did like in reading?

29:06 Next, I'm hitting. Next, I'm getting ready to hit a shot. She's now behind me and whistles a ball by my head because she hits another shot. What? So. I said to the boys, what the hell was that? And so Charlie says I'll speak to her. I said no, don't bother. You can't be hitting another shot if someone's standing right there. So then he did, he spoke and she was like, I'm really sorry. I I wasn't even thinking. And I'm like, yeah. You have. To look at where you're hitting it, though, look, there's someone standing in front of me. I shouldn't hit. Second last hole is a par three.

29:47 I'm hitting last, the other three have already hit. I take a practice swing and she takes off in her cart all the way to the to the green. And I looked at the other boys and said, what the Hell's going on? And they're like, so I went, well, I'm hitting. Yeah, it's I, I have to hit. She's not looking. She's at the green. So I hit right at her. Not intentional. Well, no, yeah, I'm not that good. You all have to wait at the same. You all have to be at the same spot so nobody gets hit. And she and she. She looks. That at the ball, it didn't come closer. It didn't come that.

30:31 Closer and then, she said. Well, I'm really sorry, Dave. What would you do for us? So what do you say, Foreman? Just book keep. Booking early and. Early, I'm golfing at six, I'm golfing at six. I'm avoiding the confrontation and I'm golfing at six. I wish I was a better golfer. I might have hit her. I don't know, You know, I just, that's a terrible thing to. I'd find a new foursome. This is due to underwhelming demand. The podcast with the upcoming companion children's book, The Little Podcast That Could.

31:16 It's far more relatable when you think about it for 21st century kids, don't you think? It's true. Yeah, there's a little podcast the YouTube. Channel that could is another. By the way, our YouTube channel is trying so OK, well please subscribe I have. Friends who say you absolutely should watch us on YouTube because our reactions, including Rachel yawning constantly, yeah, are. Worth the? Price of. Admission it's very late. It's. Very late. Right now it's too late anyway. And I'm tired where the little podcast that could, yes, available as soon as Rachel writes it. So yes. Among among everything else that I do, that's. Right. I hope we can get. Podcast here if you. Don't mind. Yeah, something else I've been doing lately is getting ready for our garage sale, big garage sale weekend here in my town and and I'm getting ready for. Is that this coming weekend as we record this? As I record this, yeah, May 31st, the day after my birthday, and tomorrow is Foreman's birthday after we've like as we're recording this, so.

32:17 Yeah, jokes on all, you've been trying to make a big deal about my age last week and I'm still 39. Yeah, bottom line is still. Today. It's not really by the time. You hear this podcast both of us. Is all irrelevant. OK, good. Right. OK. Should have been the name of the podcast. This is all irrelevant. This is all. Irrelevant. Why didn't we call it? Yeah, well, that would be the title of this episode exactly. I'm writing the next. I'm not. I'm putting that down. Forget that. Yeah. That's. Right. All right, so it's garage sale weekend. This is all. What is it irrelevant? Garage sale weekend, except it's already over. How it's? Already over?

32:58 Well, I hope we got rid of all of our crap. Did you sell the cpap for 7 bucks that? Sold years ago Foreman that was that's long gone this year we're getting rid of most of the toys that are in our. CPAP that's so funny. If you miss it, we we talked about that on our on our radio show, because I. Went when we mentioned that a couple weeks ago. I went back through the archives to try and find that bit and I couldn't. You couldn't. That's. Too bad. Oh, it was way too far. Too bad. Yes, well my my stepdad had a CPAP device, like he was selling the tubing for it or something. I don't know. Whatever part that you can sterilize, he was and I think I put 10. He's like just sell it for whatever. And so I think I put 10 bucks on it. Some guy like hassled me for 7-7 bucks and. These guys are all like.

33:47 That's how much your life is worth. Your life is worth. Well, I don't know. It's the tube for some. I don't really know how they work, so I don't know. Yes, but if it's if if it's got any value, why are you trying to dicker it down? It's life or death. It's. Life or death? I need one of these. Can you? Would you sell it for five so. And that's how we garage sale Jeremy and I, we will. Roll the dice again tonight. Hopefully it works. There's no crack in it. We will put a price on something, but then if somebody's like will you take this much? We're like, yes, the end like fine. Well, just I don't care because once you have gone through your home and organized everything and gotten it on to your driveway, I am not taking all that back in. It is not coming back in the house. It is either.

34:44 Being. Sold for a penny or it's going to Goodwill, like we are not bringing that back in the house. OK. So anything that doesn't sell goes immediately in the trunk and goes somewhere else. Yeah, OK. Because I'm not, I don't want to deal with it. I've already gotten it out of my house. It's, it's, it's physically out. I'm not bringing it back in. Most of the battle with garage saling is just getting everything organized ahead of time. It's not the actual sale itself. It's the going through toys. So even tonight before this podcast, I, you know, me and, and Jeremy and the kids are down here, they're in the basement going through all their toys. I'm like, can we get rid of these dolls? Can we get rid of this playset? Can we get rid of this play kitchen? Can we get like stuff that has just been sitting there and no one cares about?

35:30 And they'll say, Oh, well, sometimes we play with that. I'm like, how many times you put you play with it one time a year? It's going, we're getting rid of it. All you guys care about is your iPads. Anyway, I'm getting rid of all your toys. Like you have nothing left toys and play outside. I don't know, do something else or iPads and go outside. So all you want to do is be on YouTube, whatever so. Keep a soccer ball and you're good. Keep a soccer ball. We have outdoor toys. That's fine, you know, because in the summer where it's at all the time. So no more toys ever. These kids are never getting another toy. No, I'm not. I don't. I don't think I bought any toys for Christmas last Christmas. I don't believe you at all. No, that does not sound. Truthful.

36:11 No, that doesn't sound. Truthful. They got a video game system and that was the big thing. I don't think I bought any toys. No. There's. A small pause, but enough of a pause between. They got a video game system, yeah. They did get a video game. Ohhh yeah. So that was their big thing, right? We should follow this up in a few months, but OK. Sure, they don't play with enough ever. Like what a waste of money. The video game system. Play more video games. Yeah, what's wrong with you kids? We've got the VR. Stop playing outside, get in here and play with this video game system. Like it's. You bought the VR headset? Must be nice. It must be nice.

36:54 It must be nice. Julia and I was like, okay, well they're not getting much else like I don't. So I was like, fine, this will be like the you're not getting a lot else, but this is your big gift for everybody, both of you and whatever it's you. Just put it out for the garage sale. Well, I'm not doing that because they're. Not are they using it. No, some not. No, not very much. Give you 7 bucks. No, it was way more than $7.00 I. Throw in the CPAP machine because. Here's the other thing that happens with Garage. Sale. People want stuff for nothing like a CPAP machine for 7 bucks. That's the whole right now. We don't sell things for very much either. Like you were like books $0.25 you know? Like I don't care I just wanted out of here. Some people really love to sell things for pricey amount. 5 bucks each.

37:48 No thanks. No, that's not a garage sale price. So we were getting everything out of the garage. You put prices on everything. Do you like sit down the night a couple of nights? Before. Or I buy those stickers that are easy, or I just put like all the books in a box and say $0.25. I don't know, whatever a dollar, do you? Have should I come to wherever this is taking place? Should I if I were to come? Can I don't carry cash? Can I use my? Well you could E transfer me I guess. You cannot tap your phone like at a garage sale. I don't have like a tap for you. $0.25 a book Can I? Can't tap for $0.25.

38:28 No, you have to bring cash. I don't. Like to bring cash? I think people go and get cash to go garage saleing. Do they? Yeah, because you get the early birds, right? Like, so they're out at 7:00 AM or 6:30 and they're circling to see who's open. They want to get the good deals. They want to get the good stuff before it's all gone. They're prepared, they're out there early and they always have cash. Are there good deals? Is there anything worth even buy? Do you buy from anybody else that's selling? Sometimes if I find something but. That's, but that's the. Whole I don't even have time to go, just a. Second, you're. That's the whole point of this is to get rid of stuff. Oh my God, yes. Well, last year our neighbors were getting rid of a BBQ playset and Julia was like, I want that. So they gave it to her.

39:13 Do you think she touched it at all? This whole year? I'm like, you were 10 years old, there's no way you're going to play with that. You know you have to sell it. Yeah. So I said I'm putting that garage, I'm putting that back out for the garage sale, by the way, on your driveway, so you can make money on this. Yeah. And it's going to be sold like we are not keeping this enough. We basically stored it for them in our basement for a year. That's what we did. Well, you're selling a lot of your stuff as much as you can, and then what you can't sell goes in the car and it's going to Goodwill, but you're also out wandering around buying everybody. Re accumulating. Yeah, sometimes. Sometimes, yeah, but not. Always. I salute most of the kids. Re accumulating.

39:54 I salute your town for doing a great job of recycling. Sure you can if you're looking for toys. Like when I was a young mum and would look and I had little kids, buying toys and stuff like that from garage sales was the best. Oh yeah. I mean, for that kind of especially the little kids stuff and babies, there's absolutely no reason to buy any of that brand new, no. So you're OK with that? You're OK with buying other people's toy, especially young kids toys that they chewed and slobbered and done all that? Stuff, I mean, it's typically the stuff that's in good. Shape very particular about the sheets in your hotel room. Oh yes, I'm not buying used sheets at a garage sale, I tell you that. Buy my own brand new comfortable down filled bedding. Thank you very much.

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42:51 Ainsley. Who? Back in January when I was discussing problems with the guy who cuts my hair. Oh yeah. Whatever happened with that? Did you go back to him? But last time I went, he was so late he forgot his scissors in his car. He was a whole he kept getting distracted with other people and other things going on and kept and I'm just sitting there like supposed to be getting my haircut here, buddy. Let's go. And he owns the place. Oh boy. If you're, I'm sorry, Mr. Barber. If you're a Barber, when I was in on the radio, I never forgot my headphones. If you're a Barber, you don't forget your scissors in the car. Right.

43:35 Why? Why don't you just leave them at work? You own the place. I don't know. That was that was the last straw. And that's weird. You know what? Someone recommended I go somewhere else and I looked back through the messages and it was Ainsley who said yeah. Foreman. My husband goes to Angry Bear Barber in Saint Thomas. I hope this isn't the place you had issues with. It is not, but if not, I highly recommend checking them out. My husband's been going there for 6 plus years and now we take our sons. If you go book with Scotty or Toby and I was with Toby this morning and it was lovely. Look. At your hair. Look at your hair. I was going to say that well. That fade. Wow, that's a good haircut.

44:16 That's a haircut fast. Easily. I noticed your haircuts but I didn't today, so Angry Bear is a good one. Yeah, those are not a sponsor, but they're welcome to be. They're welcome. Anytime, tell Toby OK? Yes, absolutely. By the way, also a message from Dave and Elmer. OK. Sent to me, but I've. Heard from Dave for a little while. It's about you, Rachel. And I don't know if he, I mean, it's getting back to Rachel, obviously. OK Dave says that I hope my new gig is going well. Yes for sure. Side note, can you please find out what course Rachel and her woman's group is golfing at so it can be avoided at all costs the days they are there Haha Dave and Elmer. Should I tell you?

45:00 I don't know if I should tell Dave or it's just a surprise maybe for him. It's a public service. Look if you. It's a public service. If you don't want to help the public if you don't want to. I don't need to help the public in this case the. Pain and suffering that could that could happen to somebody who's stuck behind you. That's right. That's fine. She's. Already A5, some soon to be 6, some with that Lady Dave doesn't want. Yeah. You. Can have. Her. We don't want her because she seems too hardcore for us. Much too. Aloof. I think that's what you gotta. You gotta. Push for relaxed but we are not aloof, I can tell you that. Would be the funniest thing ever if somehow David you get her into Rachel's group.

45:41 No, let's see if I can do that. When do you golf? 'Cause they'll make us do three and three. I'm going out this Thursday, actually. Thursday evening now. I'll message. You later. She does like late times we have to go after work. Yeah, she likes it when it perfect. Hates getting up early. Yeah, clearly. OK, I have a message from Lindsay Devoe now that we know how to say her name. Lindsay from Halifax. Hey guys, it's still great listening to you. And thanks to Eileen for reminding me, as I've been busy with my hubby being away, that I am still waiting to see the finished puzzle project of that puzzle. Oh, Costco puzzle mail to Rachelle House. Yeah, Lindsey is the one that sent you the Costco puzzle, Rachel.

46:24 It's on a shelf in the kids toy closet. Okay, Rachel, if you're going to be the one that does the puzzle, Foreman needs to help you. That is my request. You heard it here folks. Hey Foreman. Also side note, Halifax Fleet Week is coming up. Time to go sailor shopping. That wasn't some sailor shopping. That would be fun. Yeah. Only single to be single in Halifax. The Dutch men are here. Is that what they are? They'll be Dutch sailors, they'll be German sailors, American sailors, British. Sailors. Oh, Spanish sailors. Really. Canadian sailors I.

47:05 Thought it was just like all the Canadian sailors coming home or something. Oh, it's international fleet. Week. Oh, OK, no. No, no. Everyone's on their Sunday putting on their Sunday best. Their white shoes. You're so naive, Rachel. I don't. What do I know? I don't live there or I don't know. You've never experienced Fleet Week, No. Wouldn't that be lovely so. Isn't that why your husbands away, Lindsay? Because he's a sailor. Is he away? I don't want to go down. During Fleet Week or is it a different? I don't want to go further down that road while she can't immediately respond, so that's right.