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You're listening to the number two kindness podcast in the world according to Feedspot

John 0:18

That's right. We're number two, no doubt about it. Welcome to The Kindness Chronicles, where here we are once again, hoping to inject the world with a dose of the Minnesota kindness that it desperately needs. It is midsummer. The 4th of July has come and gone. America 250, what a beautiful experience that was. It was real hot

Steve 0:42

Yep.

John 0:44

And with the heat comes some kindness opportunities. Yeah.

Steve 0:49

Yeah

John 0:50

And I think that I- it would be fun. ...We have, uh, Steve Brown. Hi, Steve. Hi. Uh, Kevin Gorg is up in Brainerd. He's got a, uh, week up there with, uh, with his special friend and his

Steve 1:04

Kevin Gorg exist anymore?

John 1:05

any existence- Well, we'll talk about that later. He's,

Steve 1:07

we'd love to see him again We'd love to see

John 1:09

to see him. yeah, We'd love to see him. We're-

Steve 1:10

He's on some big assignments

John 1:12

on a lot. Yeah. He's gonna be delivering big for us ...sometime in the future. Jeff, hi. How are you, Jeff Hoffman? How

Jeff 1:19

guys? Good to be back

Steve 1:20

are you guys? Okay, and, uh, we

John 1:20

we are gonna be checking in with our, uh, offsite correspondent. Yeah. He's been out, uh, scouring the Twin Cities

Michael 1:28

All over

John 1:29

Mr. Dempsey. Welcome.

Michael 1:30

Hey, welcome. Welcome to me? Thank you. I'm, I'm so happy to be back. Welcome to me.

Steve 1:36

to me. Um,

John 1:37

is gonna be one of those kinda clown car... We don't have any special guests.

Steve 1:42

No, just, just our contributing,

John 1:44

he's special in a different way He's special in quotation marks. A different kind of special. But, um, I just wanna, um, I was in, uh, New Buffalo, Michigan last week.

Jeff 1:56

It's sort of like New England, but

John 1:58

But not. But, but different. And I learned why it's called New Buffalo. There was a guy by the name of, uh, Major Whittaker who, uh, took his, uh, took a boat from, uh, Buffalo, New York- through the Great Lakes, ended up, uh, spending the winter in New Buffalo. At the time, it wasn't called that, but he decided, "Let's call this New Buffalo," and he never left. Yeah. Uh, and there's, Whittaker is everywhere. Whittaker Woods Golf Course. Um, but it's sort of like where the glitterati from Chicago

Steve 2:30

Oh.

John 2:31

Met Jason Sudeikis, uh, Rahm Emanuel was there. Um- Yeah. Yeah, there was all kinds of very, uh, a bunch of, uh, Chris Chelios, who plays for the Blackhawks. Yeah. He's got a place there. You know who that, You know who that is. ...Of course you do, Steve.

Steve 2:48

got the stick and everything

Michael 2:49

Yeah. A

John 2:49

that's, most hockey players have that. a whole bunch of Chicago Bears, these big jacked guys. You can tell that- You know, they didn't fit in with the rest of us- little jacked guys. Um, but no, I, I, I was thinking, wouldn't it be fun if we just did a little talk about the role that summer can play on kindness or lack thereof?

Steve 3:11

That's a great idea You know?

John 3:13

You know? Yeah.

Steve 3:14

Well, yeah, it, it's it's deep summer and, uh, temperatures, temperatures get hot. and people get a little... We're, we're kinda done being like holiday time, right? Because now we're in

John 3:24

term hot around the collar comes

Steve 3:26

It's hotter

Jeff 3:26

That's Right. There's a lot of sayings like

Michael 3:28

Yeah, There's a pressure cooker to the heat. There's no, ...no, no, no doubt about it. And what's interesting about that is typically we think, well, it- the winter and snowstorms and the cold that, that that really gets, you know, the, the crankiness amped up. But

Steve 3:45

Yeah. 'Cause we're stuck in the house and, yeah

Michael 3:47

in the house cause we're stuck in the house, and we don't know how to behave out in public. But I would suggest that summer heat, that's just as drastic on really testing- Yeah how we sort of engage out in the wild.

Steve 3:59

yeah, I have another thought that involves weather. Yeah. I definitely wanna talk about it. But before we do that-

John 4:04

do you want to talk

Steve 4:04

what do you wanna talk about? Well, we wanna, we wanna get a formal check-in with

Michael 4:08

Oh, wow

Steve 4:09

haven't had one of these, one of these segments in quite a while. Yeah. We haven't seen you for a couple months

Michael 4:13

now. Yeah. That's right. It's been A couple.

Steve 4:14

Yeah. That's right. A couple. But what I wanna tell you is, uh, my friend Steven- Yeah has helped put together a, a, some optional, uh-

Jeff 4:22

Intro

Steve 4:23

Intro themes intro themes for you.

Michael 4:24

Oh, God. Oh,

Steve 4:26

writes the he does the theme music

John 4:27

I know, but we have a theme for-

Jeff 4:30

we we do. We want people to feel welcome and special when they come here.

John 4:33

that's nice

Michael 4:34

mean, do you listen to the, you, I mean, do you listen to the radio show and they have a reoccurring guest? Right. And they usually play a little something. Well, I mean, you know, once in a while, let's hear it

Steve 4:44

so let's listen to, uh- Version one

Jeff 4:46

Version one

Steve 4:47

yeah, just listen to version one and you guys decide if we, if this fits

Jeff 4:50

Tell it, Tell us what you think. Listen closely to the lyrics. Here we go

John 4:53

story?

Steve 4:54

it's

Michael 5:08

Oh, wow

John 5:11

hair band vibe

Michael 5:12

Yeah

John 5:15

And, uh, uh,

Jeff 5:16

What do you think?

John 5:17

Is that how he did that

Michael 5:19

That's really good

Steve 5:20

That's how He, did that. That was very good he pre- did it in his apartment and, uh-

John 5:22

That was really good. Yeah. He did it in his apartment. He's putting people out of business. That is... AI is gonna crush people. That's really clever. That's,

Steve 5:27

was- It's a little more of a... It's very

John 5:28

Good luck. I bet you number two... Yeah, that was

Steve 5:30

''80s hard

Jeff 5:31

we thought of you

Michael 5:33

cranking,

John 5:33

cranking,

Steve 5:33

cranking out Checkin' In with Dempsey

Jeff 5:35

weren't

Michael 5:36

it.

John 5:36

concept ...for a guy who might be struggling in that

Michael 5:38

don't really have a lot of hair, but that's good. Okay, I love it. What's option two. I don't know if that can be topped

Jeff 5:44

give that shit. Now here we go

Soundshow 5:46

Is that anyone else that you wanna see? It's not you, or me, checking in with Dempsey. Checking in with Dempsey.

John 5:59

Yeah. one's pleasant. I like the first one

Michael 6:03

uh, uh, there's the irony of the first one. the second one. probably fits ...the character a lot better, but the irony of the first one. All right. Yeah.

Steve 6:12

the irony of the first one. All right. Yeah, yeah. I, I'm, I like, I like either one. I think the number one is a little more, you know, catchy. Yeah. A little more, you know, wakes you up a little bit. It

Jeff 6:20

I like it. It's peppy. Mm-hmm

John 6:22

So

Steve 6:22

based on that- yeah yeah, let's, let's get a, ...let's get a check it in

Michael 6:26

it. Let's

Steve 6:26

Let's do it. Tell us what's been going

Michael 6:28

no, let's hit number one

Steve 6:29

No, let's hit number one again. All right, one more time.

Michael 6:30

real. Let's do it

Steve 6:31

it? again.

Jeff 6:31

here. Whoa.

Steve 6:32

go...

Michael 6:32

Oh yeah, that's good

Steve 6:33

I think applause needs to be done.

John 6:45

Jackin' in with Dem Say

Michael 6:46

Yeah!

Jeff 6:55

There you go

Michael 6:56

I love it. I love it. Well, thank you for checking in with Dempsey. Here is the deal. It's been a couple of

John 7:02

a song.

Michael 7:02

You do. Well, I

Jeff 7:03

You have one, Dr. Diction.

Michael 7:06

Oh, Dr. Diction,

John 7:07

Oh, yeah

Michael 7:08

I've been out for a couple of months. I'll highlight a couple of stops along the way. I was in Philadelphia not too long ago.

John 7:14

city of brotherly

Jeff 7:16

That is.

Michael 7:16

a lot of love there. And, uh, no, uh, well, I mean, anybody that's seen Rocky, of course, they know. And you gotta go see the statue when you're there. the steps? Oh, yeah. I mean, I walked them. Yeah. I mean, I didn't, I didn't, I didn't run them. I did run down to them, but I wasn't gonna that... I was tired, so I didn't go up this. And the- and it's, um, it's surprisingly small, that statue. Oh, really? Yeah. Yeah. When, when, you know, in and amongst, you know, the, the building, it's ...kinda small. But, um-

John 7:43

is only like 5'6", right? I mean, he's kind of a shorter guy

Michael 7:45

he's not,

Steve 7:46

And it's not a historical person, it's just from a movie,

Michael 7:49

sitting there. And it's funny because you go down that road and there's lots of monuments that are historical- Yeah along the way, and then you have, uh, a- a, Hollywood. Uh, but I had a... It was fun. I mean, Philadelphia was good. I, I had my first... And I've been to Philadelphia several times. I got the recommendation of where to go get a- Cheesesteak. Yes.

John 8:12

about that For a- while

Steve 8:13

for a while.

Michael 8:13

talk about that ...for a while Cheesesteak. It was, uh... I went to, went to Chester's. Okay. And it was right downtown, and, um, it was bigger than I needed.

John 8:21

or or

Steve 8:22

It's bigger than you need

Michael 8:22

Provolone or Cheese Whiz? It was Bigger than you need No, it was, uh, it was, uh, pro- provolone. I got... I didn't get American. I didn't get

John 8:27

they have Cheez Whiz and provolone.

Steve 8:29

thing I thought,

Michael 8:30

Yeah, It is. You can, you, you can, you know, the, uh... I guess it's

John 8:33

Dempsy has a more sophisticated

Michael 8:35

tasty. Yeah. It was, uh, it was delicious. But the key, I guess, is the bun, right? It's, it's, it's, it's not, it's not... It's like no other bun. That it has a sort of crusty outside. There's, uh, like a cornmeal kinda deal. Oh. It's a, it's... The bun is key, but don't mistake it for the Italian beef, which is still, uh, Chicago's own Italian beef, which, which I prefer. So Philadelphia's great. Lots of kindness. I got in and out of there. But, um, then a few weeks later,

John 9:07

Can I just- Yeah before we move on, Isn't it ironic- Yeah that, like, Eagles fans are apparently the least- brotherly love people on the planet? Sure. And so,

Jeff 9:19

They were throwing full beer cans down on Minnesotans.

John 9:22

they threw b- beer cans ...at Santa Claus. They

Michael 9:26

The only thing I'll say about that is th- they did, but they owned it. You know what I mean? They didn't run from it. They, they haven't, they haven't, run from it. They're... Uh, wasn't the old Veteran's Stadium the only stadium with an actual jail in it?

Steve 9:39

They're hoolig- they're

John 9:40

in the basement,

Michael 9:40

There was an actual

Steve 9:41

American hooligans, yeah. And so-

Michael 9:43

And so, uh, but that's not kind. I will tell you, my kindness was tested. Uh, I've been listening to all of the podcasts, keeping up, and, um, I had a really rough week because, um, uh, two weeks ago... Well, my, my, my lovely wife and I were planning to go to Teddy Roosevelt National Park ...in Western North Dakota. Beautiful area. There were a few things going on. There's a little town called Medora. and they put on this musical. It's sort of a campy little Western musical, and right next to where they put this on, they were opening the presidential library, right? So we were all excited, and we bought these tickets in February. A week before we were going, we're gonna see this, we get an email.

John 10:31

Sorry, folks. Park's closed. Trump.

Michael 10:35

be in town. We have to lock her down. You can't go. And we're the... Are you serious right now? We went anyway. We went anyway. It was all closed down, and we sort of snuck around, and we got to see some things. But that tested me. Now-

John 10:52

there curse words?

Michael 10:53

there curse words? Well, there were some curse words. Okay. But I thought to myself, That's okay," because in two days, after the notification, so I left, in two days, I'm gonna go-

Steve 11:04

Sorry folks, bar's closed

Michael 11:05

to the new Shakopee Amphitheatre- Oh. and I'm gonna see Dave Matthews. Oh, now that's- So two days later- I said, I said to myself, Okay, I can't go to this library that's not really a library because the president's gonna be there. I'm disappointed, but in two

John 11:23

Yeah.

Michael 11:24

I'm gonna, I'm gonna go to Shakopee." Amphitheatre. Yeah. that's it. So-

John 11:28

it. So- It's like rain

Michael 11:32

we, we

John 11:32

on Dave Matthews Day

Michael 11:35

bad, and we drove down. There was an accident. It took us, like, two and a half hours, and we got there. But, but I'm telling you, it

John 11:44

And it g- it got canceled, right?

Michael 11:45

Well, we got to, to Mystic Lake. We're gonna take the shuttle over. Everyone's waiting in line. It's raining, and about a half hour in, uh, the concert's been postponed-

John 11:56

Oh, no So

Michael 11:58

So I'm telling

John 11:59

you- You got Lionel

Michael 12:00

You got it the next

John 12:01

You got it the next day. Yes

Michael 12:02

next day, you went to Lionel Richie. He has a, you know, minor, uh, uh, health issue. You wore your hello T-shirt. But I, I was tested. Dempsey out on the road has been tested, And I've come out, ...I've come out the other side. All right. I've come out the other

Jeff 12:18

You were, you, you, remained calm? I remained calm?

Michael 12:20

didn't hurt anybody. You remained

Jeff 12:21

And you, you didn't punch the moo- moose's

John 12:24

moose and the nose. Do you have this queued up, Jeff?

Michael 12:27

Yeah

Steve 12:27

just

Jeff 12:28

have the still images

Steve 12:29

do it for you.

Jeff 12:30

and so we could

Steve 12:31

folks, park's closed. Moose should have told you

Jeff 12:34

But what I thought was interesting in this is they didn't even have the c-- they didn't have a courtesy of, of an actual human until the ne- the second layer so it's like they, he, they, they said, You know what? It's gonna be fine," and the wife was trying to stop him, and then, you know, John Candy popped in. But it's like, did they have that for you? Like layer one was a, like a little sign and an electronic message, and then layer two of security was a person?

Michael 12:58

There, was multiple layers, but I'll tell you, that's- that's when your kindness is tested, right? When you're planning-

Steve 13:05

long drive, dude

Michael 13:06

it's a long drive to western North Dakota. I, I... And the shout-out to North Dakota, though. I'll tell you, at, uh, uh, whether it was a McDonald's for a Diet Coke or or the hotel we stayed in or the small town of Medora, I- everybody was so kind, and it was so hot. And, but everybody was, uh, k- kind and

John 13:28

They're just happy to see humans-

Michael 13:30

I guess so. But, uh, uh, hey, sidebar on, uh, western North Dakota, where they're celebrating Theodore Roosevelt. This is the kind of stuff that gets me irritated, though. He was only there for 18 months, for crying out loud. I mean, he didn't live there. I

Jeff 13:44

but he, he lived in an intense life there. He, the, the, the,

Michael 13:48

two years. His mother and his wife pass on the same day, ...and he goes there. You know what he went there To do?

Jeff 13:54

To live a strenuous

Michael 13:56

No, he went there to

Jeff 13:57

what he said. That's a quote

Michael 13:58

went there to start a beef- a cattle company. That's why he went there. Yeah. I mean- That's a

John 14:07

Absolutely

Steve 14:08

It's a historical

Jeff 14:08

he hunted a lot too, though.

Michael 14:10

checking in.

Jeff 14:11

He is, a, he is, he is on the Mou- he is one of the people on the Mount Rushmore, so he must've done something

Steve 14:16

Wait, Michael. Yeah. that's all you have for checking in? Well,

Michael 14:19

I just wanted to... I don't wanna maximize the, co- Oh,

Steve 14:21

can we hear about the how the, uh, the, f- the FIET's been going? Oh. But

Jeff 14:25

we do that, since I'm referencing, and we'll, we'll come back to this, but it sounds like you, you remained this version of Clark Griswold. You didn't go to this version, and you could have, but, but you stayed, you stayed calm like this

John 14:39

Yeah. Having a drink

Michael 14:40

Oh,

Steve 14:41

That's right. For those of you listening- You stayed, you stayed calm like this one Having a drink with, uh, with Rusty,

Michael 14:42

having a beer with

Steve 14:43

talking about how far your car flew. and then the other one is, uh, going off the rails and, uh, zippity-doo-dah out your, uh...

Jeff 14:49

That's right. We're, we're on a quest for fun when the ki- when everybody else is backing out.

Michael 14:54

It's not a quest for fun yeah. What a quest. Th- th- That's right. that's right. Uh, the, uh, the school year wrapped up great the, the, beginning of June. Uh, wonderful experience spending, uh, time with grade school kids, doing gym classy stuff. Um, uh, it's just a, a, a, it's a different version of the lunchroom story that I love, right? 'Cause there's always the kids who are really athletic ...and, um, ...just tear it

John 15:18

Yeah, that was

Michael 15:19

Yeah, that's me, too, presidential physical fitness work. But then there's all those kids that aren't naturally coordinated, ...and, uh, ...to get them all... Yeah, that was Steve. Hey, listen, he couldn't get his, ...he couldn't get his he couldn't get his Elvis,

John 15:35

I know.

Michael 15:36

right? So, but, um, yeah.

John 15:39

the Elvis thing?

Steve 15:39

No.

Jeff 15:40

had a dancer's body, so he was

John 15:42

you have an outfit? Did you have Elvis did. Oh, he

Steve 15:44

the photos. My mom

John 15:46

I was, I just wanted to hear about it

Steve 15:47

I did glue my sideburns on ...with spirit gum. Oh, spirit

Jeff 15:50

That's so

John 15:50

spirit Gum?

Steve 15:51

it was- so it was true.

Michael 15:52

is good. Yeah, yeah. So, uh, the gym class was great to, to, to see all of these different kids and get them engaged and get them hyped up and get them, you know, just sort of celebrating and, you know, whatever sort of physical sort of PR accomplishments they could have. And, uh, I loved it. And you know, it was funny, towards the end of the school year, I was talking to the gym teacher and she's like, "Yeah, the principal's looking for a, a part-time P.E. teacher next fall." Uh- ...a- and, and, and I said, "Well, you need a, you need a license, right?" No, you don't, you don't need a license." And I'm like, "Are you serious right now?" She's like, "No, you, you don't need a..." And then she looked at me and she's like, are you are you seriously interested?" And I, I said, I,

Jeff 16:37

We can make this happen if you need

Steve 16:38

Yeah.

Michael 16:38

Well, what she didn't know was m- my wife had actually been on the hiring board for the principal at that school 20 years ago.

Steve 16:46

Oh. So,

Michael 16:47

so it wouldn't have been really tough to sort of get it, but I, I don't, I couldn't be. Uh, teachers, are you serious? You, last, last week you had the Forest Lake,

Jeff 16:57

Weren't they awesome?

Michael 16:58

They were a- they were

Jeff 16:59

Kate and Ka- or Katie and Jake, yeah

Michael 17:01

and tuba Jake. Uh, teachers, that is a profession, uh, like nurses, we've talked about it. Yeah. These people are angels. I mean, what they, ...what they have to endure and the impact they have on kids is unbelievable. I don't know if I have the stomach. I mean, it's a

John 17:17

Oh, you got a

Jeff 17:17

got the stomach, but

Michael 17:19

You've got the stomach. Oh, yeah. Well, I mean, not, not that kind though. Not that

Jeff 17:22

We're just having a Philly cheesesteak. No.

John 17:25

That's one of those American idioms

Michael 17:27

Oh. that's what it is. Thank you

John 17:29

Oh. that's... Thank you. Yeah

Steve 17:31

Not that kind. of- Oh not that kind. Is that a figure of speech? No. Yeah. That's one of those American idioms. Oh, that's what it is. What'd you call me? Well, uh, I, I appreciate this, uh, Checking In with Dempsey. And what, how that originated was you came on to kinda tell us how we're doing. yeah. Um, it sounds like You've been listening. I have. You've been catching in. You've been, you've been catching up a little bit. Um, I will just say, kind of as a Checking in, I'm incredibly proud of our YouTube streams. Um, Jeff has done an incredible job putting those together. people are subscribing. people are watching. people are sharing. It's fantastic. Not that we've signed up to do a TV show, but it ends up being something people like to get on YouTube, so check it out on YouTube 'cause it's

Jeff 18:03

Well, it opens up um, another dimension if we need to show something or refer to an image. It gives people an option to go,

Michael 18:10

Yeah, but you, you guys have, uh, uh, captured some amazing guests. The, um, uh, the folks with the Special Olympics. I, I, didn't tell you This

Steve 18:18

Kelly and

Jeff 18:18

Yeah,

Michael 18:19

we went, we, we drove to western North Dakota. I made my wife listen to the last four episodes.

John 18:24

what do you mean made?

Michael 18:25

Yeah, I said, "Listen, honey, I, I'm gonna be

Steve 18:27

on- I gotta catch up,

Michael 18:28

You gotta catch up. You gotta listen." And, Uh, I'm... Uh, she was actually, she enjoyed that. She had commentary on all of you fools.

John 18:36

enjoyed that? You know, you're using words here that are concerning to

Steve 18:40

I don't make my wife sit and listen to

John 18:42

wife listen. She was actually

Michael 18:45

Yeah, entertained. Yeah.

Steve 18:47

Let's talk about getting cool. Let's talk about cooling down ...because it is hot, It is summer, and it's, it's when people get irritated.

John 18:54

keep your thermostat at? Just curious, in the

Steve 18:57

I think, uh, I think, 70. I think. Me too. Yeah. Can

John 19:02

Can I, um, ...I know that, that we want this to be timely, but I do have a, a comment It's a comment about the World

Jeff 19:09

about the World Cup.

Michael 19:10

Yeah

John 19:11

I have found the World Cup to be far more interesting than I ever imagined it would be. And part of it has to do with the, the joy that people seem to have being in the United States of America. The, the fascination that they have for things like Buc-ee's, and ranch dressing, and the Waffle House, and there's so many great memes. There's this, uh... Have you guys seen the Japanese guy who says that he doesn't speak English

Jeff 19:40

is it that one?

John 19:41

the guy!" that guy just gives me such joy.

Michael 19:52

Yeah

Steve 19:52

think he's... You sent that Yeah. No, but I know what you're seeing. You, you showed us that. It's funny

John 19:57

uh, soccer players, the way that they, like, clean up after themselves. We may have talked about this

Steve 20:03

Not the players, but the fans. No, but the- Oh, the players too, yeah ...the

John 20:06

rooms, like they- Oh, sure. It's so cool. Yeah. Yeah. But the love that they have of big food, like, they now understand why there's so much obesity in the United States. Oh, yeah

Michael 20:18

Oh, yeah

John 20:19

I mean, when we were in Europe, it's like, where are all the fat people?

Steve 20:23

'Cause they're all walking They're all walking. Right,

John 20:25

all walking. They're all walking. Right, right.

Michael 20:26

Some of that has to do with, uh, most of their

John 20:30

food

Michael 20:30

is not processed, right? And, and they, they, they have to grow it ...and eat it, and you go to the market and you buy the stuff, and you know, it's not got shelf life and all of that. Let me tell you what raises the heat for me.

Steve 20:41

is it?

Michael 20:42

gonna tell you to raise it. And maybe, I... You guys need to... Yeah, I... Let, let me tell You something. You wanna flip a switch? What you gotta do is you come into a store like Target, and you decide you're gonna call somebody, and you're gonna put that on speaker. And then you're gonna walk around talking into your phone while somebody... Oh, my God. Oh. Oh, well, is that the harsh of... Like, they're having a full-blown conversation about what's for dinner in two weeks while you're sort of walking through ...the clothing section. I- if you wanna have a conversation with someone, have it, but I don't wanna hear it. I don't wanna hear it.

Steve 21:20

All right. Okay. Hold on, hold on

Michael 21:22

me off. Does

Steve 21:22

See, you're already... He's already heated up. let's let's, let's hold on a second. John's talked about that in the past. He's been guilty of that. Yeah. And it's not really heat-related, but it's, it's, it's maybe part of the- Yeah environment right now. When you go to Target to get cool, you see that. Yeah, yeah. But okay, listen up. We're officially into the heart of summer. The Fourth of July has come and gone. The novelty has worn off. Now we're standing in line at Target- Yeah or wherever, sitting in rural construction, waiting behind somebody ordering 14 custom coffees, trying to keep kids entertained. And someone, uh... And somehow everybody feels just a little warmer, and not just because of the weather. Today, we're asking a simple question. How do we keep cool, uh, how do we keep a cool head- Yeah and a kind heart, and leave a little room for everyone else? How do we do it? This is what we're gonna explore a little bit today. So it's kind of gripes. We're gonna go through ...some gripes. We're gonna go through, um, some ways and to think about it. We all become crab asses when w- when it's hot and, uh, what I was gonna say earlier is here's another part of it that connects with weather, at least locally ...in, in Midwest. We only have a certain amount of summer days. So we cherish ...and we invest in those days- Right and our weekends, our cabins, our whatever we're gonna do, or just getting the yard done or whatever. So when someone's impeding on your timing- Yeah you... it's all starts to crunch together. 'Cause I I feel... As I get older, I feel like I'm still appreciating just wearing a shirt outside. Yeah. Like, no jacket. Like, this is so great. We are in a time, uh, a time crunch here That's true

Michael 22:55

interesting. That's interesting you mention that. So in essence, what you're saying is we feel m- not, and, and not only is it the heat, but b- based on the limited time we have- Yes we feel so much pressure- Pressure

Steve 23:06

to have fun ...and get out to the cabin

Jeff 23:08

Good observation. Yeah, that is a good

Michael 23:10

"I gotta get home ...because I got, uh, six kid things that I gotta get done," or, "My kids gotta go to camp," or- That's right ..."If I don't get three trips to the cabin in, why did I buy that cabin? Yeah.

Steve 23:23

it can become about money.

John 23:24

Well, I'm hot all the time. What... E- no, just through winter, like I'm always sweaty, so I'm always kinda crabby about how I feel

Steve 23:35

Well, okay. So let's ask, let's ask you this, John. Yeah. what what makes you cranky? Aside from sweatiness.

John 23:42

What makes me

Steve 23:43

Yeah, like, like, Well, what is it about heat- Well- Hold on. What is it about heat that makes you cranky? we'll we'll save another, whatever you're gonna say before. What about heat makes you cranky in the summertime? We're talking summer right now

John 23:56

Really, I, I don't mind the heat of the summer because I rarely outside. I-

Steve 24:02

cut your grass, you do all kind- you do mulch

John 24:05

story? I gotta cut grass later on today. My yard looks terrible cause I've been gone for a week. I really don't spend a lot of time outside. I am, as many times you've heard, I'm an avid indoorsman. I don't like when the house gets above 72 degrees. That's what makes me cranky. But I, I would say that I don't like golfing in the heat. Um, you know, that physical activity, although I take a cart, um, while my playing mates all walk because... Oh, good for them. Um,

Steve 24:40

You just

John 24:41

talking to you, Mr. Burns. Mr. Burns is a

Jeff 24:43

What if you had to walk? if you were for... And, and I remember you even said, uh, in, in Italy, you, you, you set things up properly so that you would be happy because there wouldn't be a lot of walking

John 24:56

usually the walking was associated with a meal at the end of the walk.

Jeff 25:00

Right. So there's a reward. there's a reward

John 25:03

was a reward, And it was usually a very good reward. But here's the worst part. You had to walk back on a full stomach. Ah. Not good. And,

Jeff 25:12

that's I think where you're going. What, what, what triggers in your mind that can make you blow up like Michael Douglas here in Falling Down, right? And, and does the heat contribute to that?

John 25:23

I see what you're

Steve 25:24

heat is very much

John 25:24

I misunderstood the question

Steve 25:26

for instance, uh, you know, you get in your car and your steering wheel's boiling hot, your seat's boiling hot, it's 115 degrees in your car. So now everyone gets in like, "Ah." You gotta wait for a minute or turn the air on right away or open the windows, whatever. That's, that's

Jeff 25:40

Are there things that trigger anger in you that we, if we're mindful of it, we can hopefully stave it off and be kind?

John 25:48

I don't care for when people don't understand my sarcastic jokes. That is very triggering for me. Like, people that are super sensitive about things that really are meant to be funny, um, have a candy bar. Oh, see, now that is an assault. I was just throwing... This was a very... Uh, uh, that wa- that could be a weapon. That could be a we- no. I, uh, y- you know, I get upset like

Jeff 26:15

...an episode back you said pe- some people that don't get me. You said that once- and it

Steve 26:21

here's

John 26:21

what... I'll give you one. Like, I am very generous with letting people in in the traffic. If I don't get a wave for the traffic- ...it very, very irritating to me. Um, you know, ...where's my wave? All I want is a wave. But, and when I get a wave, ...it really brings me up. Uh, but it is, that is a Seinfeld episode. I didn't even think of

Steve 26:43

Where's that wave?

John 26:44

why-

Steve 26:44

Where's my wave? No, that, I I think everybody appreciates that. why why won't you... H- how hard is that just to go, "Thank you"?

John 26:51

thank you.

Steve 26:51

do it all the time. I always give people

John 26:53

the other thing that I, I think that people need to do more often. I am a distracted driver sometimes, okay? And I almost caused a car accident today, and the person laid on the horn and honked at me, and I gave him the one hand on the chest, one hand up in the air, and the like, "I am sorry" nod. Like, that's on me.

Michael 27:16

No hand on the wheel

John 27:18

the response that I got... That's a problem, too. I didn't have a single hand on the

Michael 27:23

a hand on ...the

Jeff 27:23

steered with his thighs at

John 27:25

from the guy was very... It made my day, 'cause he's like, "Okay, I appreciate

Jeff 27:30

That's

Steve 27:31

yeah. I'm so sorry.

John 27:32

so sorry. I'm so sorry, And, and it's usually my fault. Yeah.

Jeff 27:35

Yeah.

John 27:36

And I really need to be, do a

Jeff 27:38

very big of you to do That

John 27:40

you do that Yeah. Thank you. So, again- I like talking about-

Steve 27:42

back to heat ...and what makes people cranky. Um, the car, um, mosquitoes have declared war. Mosquitoes kicked in when it gets muggy ...and hot. Uh, every road is under construction. and I... It's kinda shifted a little bit. It, it, the spring was, I think, worse, but I

John 27:56

I know. Here's one. We're driving from Michigan through Indiana to Illinois, okay? The left lane was shut down for no apparent reason. They had the orange, like, barrels up for 20 miles. and the traffic was down to a crawl. They had a wide open lane there that could have helped. It's like, if you're not gonna be out there working, take the cones down and let us use that lane f- That irritates me, And when it's real hot

Steve 28:30

That irritates me. And when it's real time- You're managing construction on the road site, you're managing... You think their plan is bad? I... yes.

John 28:32

yes. And I think it's against me.

Steve 28:35

And I think it's against me.

Michael 28:36

It's completely against it. And no amount of hand on the chest ...and waving is gonna change it, And that's,

Steve 28:43

They probably put them out there a day before and they're gonna start the next

Jeff 28:47

Would it be safe to say that an internal dialogue is happening with you when you're

John 28:51

are words. There are words- ...that we don't use on this podcast

Steve 28:54

so how do you, like, I guess we're just gonna stay with John and his traffic issues. But Michael, you tell me too, like, when, when things get crazy and heated, maybe Jeff, you can chime in here too, but what do you do to keep your internal thermostat, we'll call that your thermostat, what makes you freak out- ...and get cranky. What, what do you do? What are the tools? What do you go to? What Without even maybe-

John 29:17

I start to snack

Steve 29:19

start to snack. you start to

John 29:19

Yeah

Michael 29:20

do you, what do you, At least when you're on a road... Let's go to food real quick. You're road tripping. Is it corn nuts? Jerky?

John 29:25

I'm a big jerky. I'm a big jerky guy. Yeah, I love jerky.

Michael 29:29

Oh, so you start with the

John 29:30

in your teeth and then Yeah teriyaki or whatever. No, I'm a big fan of, uh, what's it called? Old Trapper. Oh,

Michael 29:37

Yeah, That's refreshing. Yeah,

John 29:37

the traditional. It's so good.

Steve 29:39

Yeah. Cub Foods has it.

John 29:41

Yeah. Love Foods has this.

Michael 29:41

so you grab a couple of, uh, chunks of Old Trapper, And then- you... then the heat comes, then the heat comes down a little

John 29:48

it takes me back to, uh, what's really important

Michael 29:52

It takes me back to, uh Yeah. The Old Trapper jerky and

John 29:54

Old

Michael 29:55

D- ...and some Diet Coke. And a Diet Coke. Does

Steve 29:58

and a Diet Coke. That might be, get you back to your comfort zone. What do you do? yeah. What's your thermostat?

Michael 30:02

I, I, Well, so I try to do preventative medicine because what this is all about is you're jacking with my time, right? So the road construction. And so when it's hot, I feel like people are really rushing. There's no leisurely drive, especially around the city. It's like, I gotta get to the T-ball game. I gotta get to the picnic. I gotta get to the lake. I gotta get to the fireworks." Time's a-wasting. Time's

Steve 30:29

Times are wasting, Summertime's leaving us.

Michael 30:30

so my preventative medicine is, um, I'm gonna leave early. Yeah. Like, I'm gonna, I'm gonna go earlier. And so one thing that really sets me off, and I was just having this conversation yesterday with my, my, my daughter and my wife. I said, "You know what really pisses me off, ladies? Is when I say, 'Okay, on Thursday we're going to Chicago,' or something. We're leaving at 8:00 AM. "Are we, are we clear on that? 8:00 AM.' And they're all like, "Yeah, 8:00 AM.' And then like six hours later I say, 'You guys, what time are we leaving on Thur- 8:00 AM.' And then the next day I say- "Just so we're clear, it's 8:00 AM, right,

Steve 31:10

The ASA Wow Just so we're

Michael 31:12

I just gotta...'" And then... Okay, but then, Thursday rolls around, who's the only one standing at the door at 8:00 AM? You wanna, you wanna get

Steve 31:21

You actually paint, You're, you're, you're causing yourself that though

Michael 31:24

what are, what are you talking about? I'm trying to lay the groundwork

John 31:27

what I would suggest

Michael 31:28

could say to me, "Hey, Dad, how about 8:15?" You named 8:15, 8:15 it is. I don't care.

John 31:34

So here's what you wanna do, Michael. It's

Steve 31:36

torturing yourself,

John 31:37

very

Michael 31:38

It works itself. Yeah. Yeah. It's very simple. Yeah, what is it?

John 31:38

If you wanna leave at 8:00, you tell people we're leaving at 7:00. Manage your own expectations. Trust me. I mean, that's just, ...it's a very simple

Michael 31:46

Oh, You gotta just lie? You gotta lie?

John 31:48

what you wanna do is you want to manage your own expectations about the people that are around you. So my wife, ...let's talk about her for a

Michael 31:56

my wife, let's talk about her first. Yeah, let's go

John 31:57

So I like to get to the airport really early.

Michael 32:01

Well, you gotta get the McGriddle. I get it. It's called the McBird.

John 32:03

It's called a McGorgan, by the way, BTW. I know where both of the McDonald's are in the, uh, in the airport. But anyway, um,

Michael 32:12

You wanna get there

John 32:13

Becky is one of those people that likes to be the person that gets onto the plane just as the door is closing behind her. I mean, that is not good for a healthy marriage right there.

Steve 32:23

I

John 32:23

I like to- When I travel alone, I get there two and a half hours early. I can walk casually, leisurely. I leave even earlier just in case the traffic is gonna be bad, and I might get there three hours early. But you know what I do? I go, I sit down, go get myself a McGorgan. Everything is fine.

Michael 32:43

Read a little. Stress of that.

John 32:45

of that, Ugh.

Michael 32:46

Ugh. Yeah. Me too. I'm the same as you

Steve 32:48

I I'm as well. man. I, I don't know if it's just t- it's a little type A, but my wife is just like your wife, uh, in that she's She she has no, she thinks it's wasting her time to be early. it's like it's wasting my time. Yeah. So we've been, we've been, oftentimes like, I'm like, "We gotta get to the gate." We've sat down and had a Caribou coffee. Like, "We gotta, we gotta, get going.

John 33:10

you ever wanna say- "Why is your time so valuable?

Steve 33:13

like, ..."It's fine." All of a sudden, as we're walking, they start saying our names on the

Michael 33:18

Oh, no. No,

John 33:20

been in that position?

Steve 33:21

Oh, no. Oh, no. You've been in that position? And, and what it is is, what it is is it's actually torturing me. Oh. She doesn't realize that she's torturing me. Right.

John 33:27

What it is, what it is is it's actually torturing me. Oh. She doesn't realize that she's torturing me. Yeah. we need to have her in, and we're we're gonna talk about

Steve 33:29

she loves to just

John 33:31

Unless she

Steve 33:31

uh, fairly late.

John 33:32

I'm gonna call her Jenny and see how that goes

Michael 33:33

no, your, your, your wife and my wife are the same. They, they, they're the... We, we go to mass, uh, we're Saturday night mass people. We bring the median age down to about 65, right? We're always late. We're always late. We walk in, That priest, who by the way is marrying my daughter, is eyeballing me every time I walk in there. Every time, eyeball, a- all, just ...eyeballing me. Just eyeballing me. Well, I'm

John 34:00

If we're gonna be late to church, I'm not going. I'm

Steve 34:02

going. You're not going. I don't like to be late ...to stuff either. I

John 34:04

don't. You know what? You know

Steve 34:05

like to call attention. We're

John 34:07

great guys.

Steve 34:07

guys. I don't, I don't know if that's what it is. Yeah. I think we're, uh,

John 34:10

you get to church on time?

Michael 34:12

Yeah. Well

John 34:14

Yeah. Uh, listen to him. He's so thoughtful ...and sweet, isn't he?

Steve 34:19

That is so thoughtful of you, Stephanie I know. Jeff, how do you do it? How do you manage when the thermostat gets a little hot? What do you

Jeff 34:22

I, I, when it comes to our car, I turn my car into a university on wheels and try and learn something productive while I'm driving. I, I've always liked doing that.

John 34:31

What a surprise. Anyone surprised?

Michael 34:34

jerky. Yeah.

Jeff 34:36

And I've found that that calms my internal dialogue down, and I do, uh, not that we need to shift to movies, but that's why that Pixar Inside Out means so much to me because that's about internal dialogue, and it speaks to me in that I've found and I've just kinda set, stood outside myself when I'm angry. It's like, "What's going on here?" And I'm usually just hyping myself up or I'm seeing negative things, and I'm like, "Why is that?" And, and, uh, and sometimes it might take weeks or months to calm that down because there's something there that's bothering me, and that's where I do think faith comes into play and d- having a morning routine and church, all that stuff, because it might be, there might be a root cause that needs to really get dealt with.

Steve 35:21

Or actually, a- a- as like a, a a meditative thought is you're, you're calming the monkey mind. That you're so stressed and you're

John 35:28

Well,

Steve 35:29

out- Yeah ...you take a breath, you take some deep breaths. You really realize, "What, why am I mad? What am I?" And then you go, "Oh, I'm mad. Why am I mad?"

John 35:36

this inside voice thing. You, you mentioned the, the movie Inside Out. Um, do you guys participate in in internal voice? My problem is, is my internal voice be- gets verbalized and it gets me in trouble. So, like I shouldn't have said the things I said earlier that we

Jeff 35:55

and why did you, t- why, ...why why did you say that story to yourself with that that lane was shut down and they're not working on it? Maybe there was another reason that you couldn't drive in it, but you created and constructed a story that angered you, and you don't really know the full story.

Steve 36:11

And well, and, and being angry at like-

John 36:14

I need help,

Steve 36:16

and ...being, being angry at the construction site is the same as being angry that it's raining. You can't do anything about it, so you have to adjust your thought and go, "I can't change that. Here's what it is." The universe doesn't- Probably.

Jeff 36:25

So I'm showing some of the voices on Inside Out here, and on the left I believe that's sadness uh, Disgust is on the right. She's green. Um, it's interesting, the gal in the, the, the, the middle is red. I think she's Anger. This, this is actually a better... But isn't it interesting they used red for anger, and you're talking about heat and hot and temperature? So it's like hot under the collar or he's hot-tempered, right? He's a hothead

Michael 36:51

I wanna ask Jeff this question though, because it was a really thoughtful response about you going, "Okay, why am I feeling this way? Why am I feeling anxious?" Do you... 'Cause now I'm super curious. I-i- does that happen more often in the heat of the summer or in the cold of the winter? Uh,

Jeff 37:09

The cold of the winter, yeah, for me. And 'cause the dark, the, the, the light, I, seasonally that bothers me that we get so little light in the winter. So there... But there are just triggers. Like I'll sh- I'll give you another example. Um, Falling Down. I identify with Michael Douglas in this

John 37:29

Oh, boy.

Jeff 37:30

because-

John 37:31

nice you look today? Well,

Steve 37:33

and I, I would never

Jeff 37:35

Imagine how nice you look. Well, a- and I, I would never, like, pull out the

John 37:37

Where are we going with

Jeff 37:38

but, I'm just saying this scene with this... I don't know if you remember it, but they

John 37:43

Oh, yes

Jeff 37:44

was like three minutes behind 11:30 when they stopped serving breakfast, and look how smiley they were, and that's our policy, and da, da, da, and they were not willing to make an exception. And those kinds of things do trigger me when people are following

Steve 37:58

Not human.

Jeff 37:59

that. yeah. they're, they're being robotic, and they're not being, you know, they're not meeting me halfway, and they're just, like, following the rule book or whatever. And d- they were just being sing-songy and fun, but he was getting pissed, and finally the, all, all, hell broke loose.

John 38:14

gets the burger. and the burger looks nothing like the burger.

Jeff 38:18

Yeah.

John 38:19

Hey, by the way, ...that actor, does anybody recognize that actor? From Seinfeld. He was the sidler.

Michael 38:24

He

John 38:25

He was the Sidler, and he's the one that Elaine-

Steve 38:27

in, Elaine's office

John 38:28

Elaine's office ...yeah, and Elaine gave him the Tic Tacs, and she's like, "You know-"

Steve 38:31

Put 'em in your

John 38:31

Tacs?" And he goes, she goes, 'Cause your voice is bleh." And she does this bleh. So Yeah, Oh, you're such a nice lady, Elaine.

Michael 38:42

That's

Steve 38:42

a nice lady, Elaine. Uh, okay. So, so some ways to, examples how to, how to quell this, uh, heat is you take deep breaths. you let somebody merge, You'll, you look for the wave, hopefully. You choose not to respond immediately, so take a little break. Like, walk away. use humor, use music, get a treat, ice cream or licorice or, uh, what did,

John 39:04

Jerky. Yeah.

Jeff 39:05

can I have another academic, uh, thing? And that is I read a book back in the day called Learned Optimism by a University of Pennsylvania professor and, um, about this concept of self-talk, and, uh, he had a concept of A, B, C, D. So like A, something happens. Like B, your belief system generates the, um, self-talk that you have, even if it's wrong. C is, um, I can't remember, but D, you have to dispute that self-talk. And

John 39:39

we're not doing the whole alphabet, are we, Jeff?

Jeff 39:42

just the four, it's just the four letters, but the point is you have to dispute that internal dialogue because it's probably wrong, and that can really rise your blood pressure

Steve 39:52

Yeah. And, and taking some time from it makes you go, "Okay, well, I was..." Just like if you stress out about something ...right before you wake up, and you, ...when you wake up, you go, "Oh, it wasn't really that big of a deal," ...in your mind. But- I

John 40:03

mean, really, when you think about all of the things that we get stressed out about,

Steve 40:08

Bigger picture

John 40:09

all made it through all of them, Right? I

Jeff 40:12

true. It's

Steve 40:13

and that's the hard part of life, trying to just de- take that deep breath and go, "Okay, wait a

Jeff 40:16

and think about the 250th birthday we just had and all the people that came before us to make that possible. And so when you start, like, putting those kinds of thoughts in your mind, you can't help but be grateful and calm yourself through just like, you know, maybe I can't drive in that lane today, but gosh, those 17-year-olds that stormed the beaches of Normandy, I'm sure grateful for them.

Michael 40:40

um, and then, and then grab that, th- then reach in that bag of Old trapper and you grab ...a big chunk of jerky- and you put it in your mouth.

Jeff 40:48

you soldier for making this trapper jerky possible that I'm enjoying right

John 40:53

though? I think that that, you bring up a good point, Jeff. I mean, that really is a good point. The craziness that's, that we're experiencing in our country today. Yeah. and you think about those people that stormed the beach at Normandy. There's a, a Netflix George Washington show that I watched, uh, three-part show about... I knew very little about George Washington. And I thought I knew a whole bunch about him.

Jeff 41:19

Because of the civility and, and all the stuff you

John 41:22

that stuff. That's what I thought. Uh, we have it pretty

Michael 41:27

Yeah Yeah.

John 41:28

mean, why are we so crabby with each other about things that

Jeff 41:33

Did you learn about George Washington's mother and how mean she was to him? Uh, it was awful. A- and he still was loyal to her and gave her money and helped her, and she would write mean articles about him in the paper while he was at war, you know, risking his li- it was just terrible. But he, he helped... Uh, it's just when you think about that and read about these stories and about these people that came before us and it, it does make you feel

John 41:59

had the same thing. He had a mean mom t-

Jeff 42:01

He

John 42:01

Maybe that's the key to success. We all have nice moms, ...and that's why we're just

Steve 42:07

our problem?

John 42:07

doing a podcast

Michael 42:09

you, you guys have nice moms. I will, I will just, uh, to, to sort of put a button on what what you were saying about the 250 and all of that. Um, we do... When, when, when it gets hot and we lose... We, we have to recognize, I think, that this just dialogue is emphasizing that we just... A lot of it is so self-imposed. Yeah.

Steve 42:29

Yeah. Perspective

Michael 42:31

just cramming so much in, trying to get so much done that we have to give ourselves some grace. and we have to give those around us some grace so that we can frigging enjoy some of the, the summer. To just sort of- like, don't overschedule the evening and go, "Well, I'm just gonna sit outside with my my

Jeff 42:50

that, that's the purpose of Sundays. The S- the Sunday is a Sabbath- It's meant to be rest, and some people work on that day and cram stuff in, and so we're meant to rest and reflect a little bit. I do think the frantic pace can get to

Michael 43:03

Yeah.

Steve 43:03

This ties in perfectly. It's what I'm trying to get to here. Everyone is fighting a summer battle. Remember, the guy driving too slowly might be transporting his elderly parent somewhere. The cashier is working her third shift. The road crew has been standing on asphalt since 6:00 AM, right? These guys are like, "Ugh, just go, Whatever. Stop. Look at my pylons. Observe the pylons. Um, eat your jerky and move on, son." The parents

John 43:29

I would have been fine if they would have been out there working- but there was nothing

Steve 43:32

parents with screaming kids are probably more embarrassed than they are annoyed, you know? Uh, the waitress, uh, has walked seven miles, you know. Her, her step count might be super high. The lan- W- You know, the, the whole point is you don't know what people are going through. Right. Give people some grace. And like Michael's saying-

John 43:49

you directing this at me specifically?

Michael 43:52

looking at me too.

John 43:53

he, but he keeps pointing at

Jeff 43:54

it, no, it's let's tell ourselves better stories with our internal dialogue.

John 43:59

There.

Steve 43:59

Telling ourselves a better story is with our internal dialogue. Right, right. It just- Yeah ...and y- if you don't have, if you don't get to the, to the lake today, just enjoy your yard, enjoy your front porch or whatever

Michael 44:07

I agree

Jeff 44:08

If a mosquito is biting you, it provides really good food for bats, right? Or

John 44:14

Wow. You know,

Steve 44:15

we're stretching pretty far there. Oh.

John 44:16

Jesus.

Michael 44:17

my God, Jeff. Yeah.

Steve 44:19

Jeff, you didn't specify.

Michael 44:20

Jeff, the introspective. Yeah

Jeff 44:23

I I know I'm getting a little syrupy here, ...but I-- 'cause I get pissed along with

Michael 44:27

I'm telling

Jeff 44:28

them. Don't worry

Steve 44:28

of the bats. Um,

Jeff 44:30

I will say my dog helps. I look at my dog a lot, and that makes me happy too.

Michael 44:34

Yeah.

John 44:35

Yeah. Yeah.

Steve 44:35

look at the dog enjoying grass or lawn. And, and this is part of it too. It's not a summer competition. Because we have limited time, ...we're all trying to get on a boat to get, go somewhere every y- as much as you can. This is not... Social media does not... help this situation. It makes it worse because it feels like they're missing

John 44:54

this is,

Steve 44:54

Limited warranty?

John 44:55

we're, going on a long time here. What do we got? We

Steve 45:02

Well done

John 45:06

also have limitations here. We gotta get to that point. Well done. Okay, you win.

Steve 45:07

Uh, anyway, yeah, social media doesn't help. The whole, the whole bit gets... Like, everyone's at a cabin, everyone's doing something great. and, you

John 45:14

Everybody's in a Mountain Dew commercial except for

Michael 45:16

Oh, that's good. That's good. Well, hey, on that, I just, I wanna take the opportunity as I always do when you guys have me in here once every other month to check in, thanks for the tune, um, to say, uh, thanks for bringing me in for the summer heat conversation. It's always

John 45:33

We'll see you in November.

Michael 45:34

Yeah, I'll be back around Thanksgiving to talk about gravy. Yeah. Talk about gravy and how we're gonna cook the turkeys.

Steve 45:44

I'm just kidding. Let's talk about gravy Let's talk about gravy and how we're gonna make it Ah. Yeah. I, I don't know. I, I... We will be having you back sooner, 'cause we need to have checkin' in. We gotta see how we're doing

Jeff 45:52

I wasn't sure if we're done or not. I can turn it off, but, uh, Okay. No, I'm just kidding.

John 45:56

was... You know what? We've solved a lot of problems today. Summer heat. Woo! Thank God for air conditioning. By the way, just can you dial it down for just a quick

Jeff 46:07

absolutely.

John 46:08

Back to the World Cup thing, the, uh, just the fact that, like, very few people in Europe have air conditioning. They're gonna be going back to hot Europe and saying, "W- where did we miss the memo on air conditioning?" I had a friend, a coworker, that was just in Italy for two weeks, and they had the worst heat for, in, in,

Steve 46:35

like- Yeah, it's been bad

Michael 46:37

my My, sister was in France last week. As a matter of fact, I'm gonna go She's here. She just landed here. We're gonna go see her after this. But they, like 1,000 people died in three days ...in France because of the heat. It was unbelievable

John 46:49

f- Thank God for air

Jeff 46:51

I

Michael 46:52

that helps keep the heat

Jeff 46:53

When we went to Europe, I could not find like a... I wanted a Diet Coke so bad and, and I could- but they were all warm. They didn't even have them under

John 47:01

have is Coke Zero

Jeff 47:03

Ugh. And, and- ...And, then I wanted an American breakfast, and I couldn't find... And then all of a sudden ...I wa- I checked into my hotel- and I looked over, and there was a McDonald's that says, "We have American breakfast." I'm like, thank you."

John 47:14

The promised

Michael 47:15

His kids are in the middle of traffic, he's running

Steve 47:18

Well, try, tr- let's just say try to be the coolest person in the room

John 47:23

Oh.

Jeff 47:24

poo, be the shade to someone's

Steve 47:27

you go. Be someone's shade. Be your own shade

John 47:29

you know what?

Michael 47:30

you

John 47:30

And as big as we're

Michael 47:31

Oh.

John 47:34

We could provide a lot of shade. With that note, I'm out.

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You're listening to the number two kindness

John 47:48

Imagine if we were nicer, we'd be number one

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