Welcome to the podcast where bending in the gym is riskier than a caffeine-fueled honky-tonk dance-off . Today , we're unpacking both baggage and work ethic , wondering if mom's influence is just as questionable as dad's dance moves . Plus , we're hitting Nashville , where the Music's Electric and the Grand Ole Opry is taking center stage . Buckle up , whether it's your suitcase zipper or that regrettable coffee purchase , we've got a packed episode for you next on Cabin Pressure .
Speaker 2This time of year up in Ohio it is the fall and we're doing a lot of cleanup Lots of cutting back of the bushes , tons of trimming of the trees , the grass . Man , I was busy this past week doing all this fall cleanup . You know , I was loading stuff up , taking it to the back , sweating my butt off , getting to the back , burning stuff , coming back trimming more stuff . I got a pretty big lawn . So , man , I was really getting at it and I was at it for about three or four hours .
Speaker 1Oh yeah . But Mother Nature too is helping you out , because every time you clean it up , she's going to mess it up .
Speaker 2Oh yeah Well , the wind's blowing like crazy .
Speaker 2So the leaves are going nuts . But anyway , I was sitting there and I was really working hard and all of a sudden , as I'm working , my phone starts to buzz . And then I bring it out and you ever , in the middle of doing all this work , a friend . They will send you a message . Go hey , buddy , what are you doing ? And you look down at your message and this friend of yours is sitting on a beach and he is getting his tan on with his sunglasses and you're like you've got to be kidding me , man . You're sending that shit to me and I'm out here working my butt off . So then I get going a little bit farther and I'm dragging some more branches to the back and sweating it again . And as I'm walking back , all of a sudden my pocket vibrates again . I'm like no , he's not no-transcript buzzing . Next thing I see is hey , look at these . I'm watching these whales and I'm like you've got to be kidding me Now .
Speaker 2I've been working out in the yard all day long Dragging this stuff , doing this . It was a long day , sean . What were you doing ?
Speaker 1Well , I was sitting on the beach snorkeling , watching some whales , you know , doing those things that you're supposed to be doing on vacation .
Speaker 2Yeah , sending those pictures to somebody else who was working .
Speaker 1Well , you know you're supposed to be in , like I'm trying to share my experiences with you . Isn't that what , like Facebook and the social media is about ? I mean , we're tight , so you know G .
Speaker 2That's called rubbing your nose in it . That's not tight man , that is rubbing your nose in it . I was like , are you kidding me ? He's going to send me another one . I knew it . I absolutely knew you was going to send one . But , hey , how was your vacation anyway ?
Speaker 1Yeah , my vacation was amazing , man , I went down to Cabo . Cabo is like my new favorite . I mean , we're on the East Coast , so Cancun is the place that we normally would go close to Mexico destination type of thing but Cabo it's kind of like that next step up . If you go to Cabo , you got two cities . You're right in the middle of two cities . Both cities are two different places . One's Big Party , cabo San Lucas , and then you got Cabo , san Jose del Cabo , and that's kind of like an artsy , chill , relaxed town . So you got whatever type of vacation you want to do , you can do it in Cabo .
Speaker 1But we're becoming more and more of a fan of Cabo . There's so many things to offer All kinds of water sports , just like Cancun , all that good stuff . But it's amazing . That's why I was sharing my pictures . So how many days did you spend ? We were down there a week . It was good . I mean , it was a good relaxing time and you know I've already told you that I'm getting ready to go in for surgery , so that I'm getting ready to go in for surgery . So I needed some R&R time , my last walking about on my left knee .
Speaker 2Oh , your ass would be sitting around not doing anything for months . You've got to be kidding me .
Speaker 1No , I'm never not doing anything . Are you kidding me ?
Speaker 2No , but you know something Don't let him .
Speaker 1Fool you folks .
Speaker 2We do give each other so much crap . It's so much fun .
Speaker 1Yeah , yeah , don't let him fool you . He has his little fun going on too in his house . What do you got fun going on in your house ?
Speaker 2Oh my God , you know this was amazing . Actually , not more than a little over a year ago , we lost our little Yorkie . Her name was Dakota Amazing dog , had her for about 15 years . Just absolutely broke my heart and we decided to go out and start looking around and searching for another puppy . Now that in itself is an absolute adventure .
Speaker 1Yeah , what's the process ? Even .
Speaker 2Well , it depends on what you're looking for . We were looking for a small breed , a smaller , actually , yorkie , than Dakota was . So you know , you have to know what you're looking for . There's certain things about their legs , about their size , who the breeder is , the size of the mom , size of the dad , actually the grandparents . There's so much that goes into that , like you're getting into the dog genealogy .
Speaker 1The genetics , the whole genetic of this animal that you're looking for .
Speaker 2Yeah , it's amazing . And then you know we had gone through like two to three months of searching on like puppiescom and they have other ones like the marketplace for the AKC , but breeders are really different .
Speaker 1Yeah , they really are . Yeah , that's a different crowd .
Speaker 2Yeah , they really are . They're different . I mean , it was kind of strange . Every time I talk to one , you think that they're somewhat normal . All of a sudden then they get real strange . I know it's crazy , but anyway . We found this little tiny little Yorkie Tiny is an understatement , oh my gosh and she was out in Los Angeles so had to fly all the way out to LA to get her man . She is 1.1 pounds .
Speaker 1Yeah , it would have been cheaper to send her through the mail .
Speaker 2You know , I mean , we brought her back . We brought her back , sean , in a . She was brought back in a container that guinea pigs are brought in . That's how small she is . That's how small she is . I mean , she is so tiny and we are going to post a picture for everyone , a video , yeah , a video
. Actually , her name is Gemma , and Gemma does not run , does she , Sean ? No , she hops like a little bunny , is it ?
Speaker 1about a bunny that's like a very little , tiny bunny .
Speaker 2And she is absolutely hilarious . I've had so much fun with her the last couple days . I've missed Dakota more than anything in this world . Anybody that's ever had their pets or lost their pets knows Dee was my girl . Gemma is an absolute sweetheart . She is so much fun . I had a great time the last couple of days waking up with her , having fun with her and training her .
Speaker 1Puppies are so fun . I mean , the energy level is like you have to shift your gears here . You know they're going to be excited every day to see you .
Speaker 2Oh , absolutely . And you know something ? I've said this a thousand times and you've heard this saying that we don't deserve dogs because their love is just completely unconditional and we don't deserve them . But we have them , we're fortunate to have them , but you know we don't deserve them . But anyway , we will show you a little video of Gemma hopping around the front room .
Speaker 1She is a cutie had a lot of fun picking her up and a lot of fun with her the last couple days . Yeah , I feel a little uncomfortable having Gemma around my house , I mean because I'm a klutz . Oh my God , I'd step on that little thing and I'd just be cracked .
Speaker 2She tried to jump over my foot and she slid her belly across the front and did a belly slide right across the front of it . Oh yeah , I'm telling you , when you guys see her , the picture won't even do her justice , because if you put your cell phone on the table , gemma could put both , all four feet on the cell phone . Wow , and she , she could stand on it . That's how small she is . But anyway , she's an absolute little dream of a dog . I love her a lot already . She's going to be a lot of fun .
Speaker 1Yeah , man , you know that's cool .
Speaker 2It is . It's really cool . But you know , when I was working , I was working out , though whenever you were on your little vacation You're always working out , I know . But you know what I hate about you know . Last time you said about getting older yeah , so I'm going to the gym , work out all the time lifting . Rarely ever hurt myself in the gym because I'm really strict about how I lift .
Speaker 1And also you're smart . I mean you use machines . You're not trying to do something that you don't need to be doing . You're not trying to do something that you don't need to be doing .
Speaker 2You're not impressing anybody in there . No , this is all about my health and about with myself . But this is what I hate the most Bent over just to move the plate right , move to adjust it Okay .
Speaker 1There you go .
Speaker 2That was it . All of a sudden I was like you have got to be kidding me . I just tweaked something in my back . And I have learned one thing when I do this if I continue the lift , I'm in trouble . I'm going to be down for the next week . So what I do is I just pack my stuff up , I go home , I lay down for about a day or two , let the nerve calm down . Then I'm back in the game . So it was short-lived , but if you're one that lifts and you go out there and you tweak your back , just go lay down , take it easy and let the nerve calm down and you'll be back in the game or you'll be waiting for your next tweak because we're old , oh my God .
Speaker 2Yeah , I hate that , but it is part of getting older and we have to deal with that . But did you see that video of that baggage cart ?
Speaker 1Yeah , the baggage cart that— .
Speaker 2Turned the Dreamliner into a recycling plant .
Speaker 1Oh my gosh , yeah , it is . It's amazing . We will post that on the web as well , on our Facebook site , for sure . This thing's just rolling down the tarmac here , the baggage cart , and it was another airline , right .
Speaker 2There was an Airbus , there was a Dreamliner behind , there was a crossroad from where the baggage carts come , and then there was an Airbus in front of them . One was taxiing in , one was going out , and the Airbus was pulling out and their jets , their engines , blew as this baggage cart was coming across the front of it . Actually , I'm sorry , behind the Airbus , right .
Speaker 1But in front of the Dreamliner .
Speaker 2The air blew the last cart right from the baggage cart . You've seen this thing come apart and all of a sudden you're looking at this and you're like , oh hell , no . This thing is going right to that Dreamliner .
Speaker 1Yeah , the guy in the baggage handler . He's like no , no , no , no , no , no , this is not happening . How am I going to explain this ? And you can see all the carriers are just floating in the air , tumbling towards this engine and then one just gets like Shredded , Shredded .
Speaker 2It looks like aluminum can going in . There's a $20 million mistake right there .
Speaker 1Yeah , those Rolls Royce engines are like $20 million a piece .
Speaker 2And that thing was just turned into scrap Scrap . Wonder who wrote , was just turned into scrap Scrap . I wonder who wrote a check for that one .
Speaker 1Somebody's like I'm getting drug tested .
Speaker 2It wasn't even my fault , yeah that guy was like yeah , it wasn't me , I swear it wasn't me , I didn't do it , that wasn't me , I didn't even get close to that engine . Yeah man , that was an absolutely crazy thing . But again , they turned a Dreamliner into a recycling plant that day .
Speaker 1Yeah , you know what . You know there's things on the plane that always bugs us here and you know we got something to complain about these oversized bags . You know people packing their bags on the plane . It's out of control .
Speaker 2Well , they put those extended zippers on them so they go anywhere from four to six inches and they unzip and they're like . Well , my bag I mean my bag is able to do that . It fits on most planes .
Speaker 1Yeah Well , the crazy thing about these planes too is that the baggage bins are like all different sizes now Like they're trying to adjust . The airlines are trying to adjust to bigger bins to accommodate more bags , but you get on an older plane and they're like smaller and it fits a roller board . But you unzip that little teeny zipper , expandable , you know area and make it into that now ballooned bag and it's like four inches bigger .
Speaker 2Oh my God , there was a gate agent , sean the best announcement that I ever heard in the boarding area . This gate agent . He gets on the mic and he tells people . He says Ladies and gentlemen , we're getting ready to board the aircraft . Everybody , take a quick look at your bag . If , when you purchase that bag , it was a rectangle and today it's an oval , you need to bring it up . We're going to check it Because that's exactly what it is . It looks like a big oval when they come on the aircraft .
Speaker 1Yeah , I don't even get it . Every time I see them I'm like you need to take something out of that bag and the stuff that comes out of the bag , that's a whole other show .
Speaker 2Well , they're shoving it down and they're breaking their zippers . I mean , they're just shoving in or the bins . Yeah , well , you just came off of a Max and those have the big bins in them . Then you come to a 737 , has a completely different bin in it , right , and you're like , well it fit on the last plane . Well , the last plane was a huge plane , it was a Max or it was a wide body and this one's a 737 , it ain't going to fit .
Speaker 1Yeah , it's out of control , but I mean these oversized bags . You just need a like stop .
Speaker 2Quit using the 4-inch zipper . Yeah , I don't even know why do they do that ? Yeah .
Speaker 1I don't know , you know what ?
Speaker 2That should not be allowed . That shouldn't be allowed on bags brought on aircraft .
Speaker 1Now , if you want to put it in the belly , and it has an extension .
Speaker 2I understand that right , because it's a checked bag . Well , even the belly is out of control . I mean , how about that super stroller ? Oh my gosh , we are going to post this one . This person brought this super stroller up and this thing was absolutely ridiculous . All my years of flying I have never , ever seen a stroller so big . And she looked at us and she was like , well , it fit on the last plane . I said , well , ma'am , that last plane was a cargo ship from China .
Speaker 1Yeah , yeah , your little Fiat 500 can't fit with you .
Speaker 2This thing was absolutely huge . I mean , okay , that's another story , these strollers .
Speaker 1Yeah .
Speaker 2The strollers that they check . These things are huge . They're like all-terrain vehicles .
Speaker 1And they are like . I mean , they're like transformers , like they just like expand collapse . Now they've got them where the stroller , where , like you can unhook the kid and wheel the kid down the aisle . Have you seen that ?
Speaker 2Oh yeah , I mean it's crazy . But these dads . What's funny is the dads come on like pack mules . They have all these bags packed up and they're pushing that stroller down there . And man , these things are . You have to go on and you'll have to look at the size of this stroller . This thing is just ridiculous .
Speaker 1Yeah , it's basically a little small Fiat 500 .
Speaker 2That thing was huge , man . But you know another thing , talking about a waste on the aircraft we were talking about this the other day Do you know what people waste the most on an airplane when they purchase in the ? Airport I don't know , yeah , when they purchase inside of an airport . Now , this is the one thing that's probably the most sold in an airport , right , yep ?
Speaker 1Coffee , coffee , coffee all day long . I mean , these people bring all these like gourmet coffees and you know everybody's running to Starbucks . Seven , nine , twelve dollars , yeah , fifteen , yeah , exactly and cold hot they're huge , cold , hot , doesn't matter , different size containers and they bring them on the plane and the first thing they do is they empty those things and they're handing them to us .
Speaker 2Can you dump this for me ?
Speaker 1Yeah , can you dump this for me ?
Speaker 2Half of this cup , sometimes three quarters of this cup , so you just spent $12 on this yeah , buy the small one . I'm dumping six . Buy the small one , finish the small one .
Speaker 1Be happy about that . We have coffee on the plane . I know it's not Starbucks .
Speaker 2But bigger is better and I love my big gulps , Exactly , but you're wasting . I mean it's amazing . You know this . It is amazing how much money people waste every single day on coffee . We throw it away every day .
Speaker 1Yeah , I mean we have so much disposable income on the plane . I mean coffee cups are just like every other person In the morning time , anything you can imagine . I mean it gets even crazier when you get down the line on lunch and all that stuff . You get the pizza boxes come on board , oh yeah , all kinds of crazy stuff like that . But yeah , coffee is out of control . It is huge .
Speaker 2And you pay such a high markup in the airport too ? Yeah , Because they know that you're going to buy it .
Speaker 1But you know , are they just sending us a message that they don't like our coffee .
Speaker 2Our coffee is actually really good . Our coffee's good . I mean we have a dark roast coffee .
Speaker 1Right right On our airline . Our coffee is good .
Speaker 2Our coffee is actually really good .
Speaker 1But maybe the other guys ? There's a problem out there .
Speaker 2I don't care . Listen , buy the small cup of coffee . There's no reason to buy that big grande thing . Get the smaller one , be happy with that . You're going to save a few dollars at the airport , for sure .
Speaker 2Oh , for sure , Because we throw that away every single day . Yeah , now the other thing when you went on your vacation , you had said to me oh , you could do this too . Remember that , yep , because I was giving you a hard time about your vacation . You're like , oh , all you got to do is take some time off and you could do it too .
Speaker 1GE never takes time off . The hardest working flight attendant in the industry . I mean man , if it wasn't for FARs he wouldn't stop working .
Speaker 2I probably wouldn't , I'd probably keep going .
Speaker 1Yeah , you just keep going .
Speaker 2I mean , he can't help himself . Did you ever you ?
Speaker 1know , yeah , but you know
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Speaker 2Okay , let's be fair , you also are doing stuff all the time . I mean , I give you crap , but you're always busy . I don't care what it is , you're always doing something .
Speaker 1Yeah , I'm doing something . It's school , it's golf , it's work , it's donating my time to nonprofits . I do all kinds of stuff . I mean I'm never sit still . There's something that's always going on in my life .
Speaker 2So I mean that's why we're I mean , both of us are alike in that way but I do give him a big . I give him a lot of crap a lot of times . But I had thought about what you said and I started thinking about why ? Why am I the way I am ? Have you ever did that ?
Speaker 1Oh yeah , the self-reflecting is a good , healthy exercise for everybody right , yeah , it is .
Speaker 2But I was sitting there thinking you know he's going on this vacation , I know , I mean , you do your thing and I was sitting there thinking , why am I like this ? And I started thinking I was like it was my mom . Yeah , yeah , because you know , when you go back and you think in your life it's either it had to be somewhere , it had to be somewhere , it had to be like either a mom or dad , it had to be someone that influenced you .
Speaker 1Oh for , sure , I mean our parents are giant , you know influences around our life , right ?
Speaker 2Some are .
Speaker 1Well , I mean instinctively , as a human growing up your parents are the only thing you're identifying with right . Some are Well , I mean instinctively , as a human growing up , your parents are the only thing you're identifying with right . So you aspire to be those people right that are around you . I mean so those influences and their work ethic , their morals , all their beliefs and stuff . It's going to be transposed to you .
Speaker 2So , for yourself , who would you say that yours was as far as Develop ? When you looked at yourself , when you reflect back , who did you think ?
Speaker 1Well , I think it kids in my generation I'm one of four , but she was a strong influence to you know , carry us on and support us in the world and all that stuff . And so she was always about educating yourself work hard , you know , to get what you want , type of thing .
Speaker 2Yeah , that's my mom . We were , we had five kids , we had four boys and one girl , and my mom all I can remember is that , you know , as , like I told you before , we didn't know that we didn't have things , we didn't know about that . I mean , we just thought that , you know , mom always provided certain things and we watched her during Thanksgiving . She'd always make sure that she had food and everything on the table . She had , you know , dinner and everything ready , and then , you know , she always made sure that her boys were working and we started . We started at a young age and back then we used to do walking beans , and walking beans is you'd work for a farmer and they would drop you off at the field and back then they would call that slavery because they sat there , they would drop you off of these fields , they'd give you a sickle and it was like having a golf club with a hook on it .
Speaker 2It was like a razor-sharp hook . So you'd pull these button weeds , you'd hook these button weeds and you'd drop them in the field because they didn't have the pesticides that they have now . Okay . So you'd have like 10 or 12 of these 8- , 9-years-old , 10-years-old kids in these fields hooking these button weeds , walking three-quarters of a mile , and you realize that that's where your work ethic is . It all started back then .
Speaker 1Yeah , you know what I mean . More reflection on my part here . My parents were always like if I mean you know , more reflection on my part here , the ? My parents were always like you're , if you want something , you need to go get it . And early in life it was always like hey , I mean , what was your first job ? Like you just said , your first job , how old were you ? Eight , eight , wow .
Speaker 1So mine probably started in like junior high . Junior high was my first . I started like going out there mowing lawns , trying to figure out , because I was a big runner when I was young . Yeah , so what I wanted was a pair of shoes . And that's when nike came out with their first shoe I don't know if you remember that the waffle stomper . Yeah , everybody had that , the waffle stomper . It was the , the running shoe , right . So I wanted that . But my parents like we're not buying it for you , and so I wanted it . So I was like I'm going to go get it . So they were like get a job . And I started working mowing lawns . I remember I had a job at night cleaning up a laundromat at the middle of the night , just to get paid to go buy these shoes that I wanted , and that continued .
Speaker 2Do you think , though , that part of that is , we didn't have phones , cell phones , no Right . So not having cell phones also forced us to work more .
Speaker 1Oh yeah , Well , you also— no distractions . Well , work was also a social activity , right , yeah , it was . So like when you get to work , there were your friends at work and then you went . So that was a . That was one of the social aspects of us in our generation , us growing up , I've always wanted like get to that place because there was people that I liked and we all had things in common , type of thing .
Speaker 2Yeah , it was . I mean when we worked a lot on the farm . So it was walking beans , baling hay , to tasseling corn . So there was always a group of kids it was country kids working and as you grew the workload got harder . So you went from walking beans and then baling hay . You had to be strong enough to pick the bales up and throw them up to each other and then detasseling corn . You had to be high enough to do the detasseling of the corn and it was hot , sweaty work . No one really wanted to do it detasseling of the corn and it was hot , sweaty work .
Speaker 1No one really wanted to do it , but this is how we got paid . Yeah , yeah , yeah , I mean .
Speaker 2So I'm glad I didn't grow up where you grew up , because that sounds some rough hard work , you know it was , but it actually developed me and it did . I can honestly say , and when I ask people all the time if you could describe your mom and this is a tough one but if you could describe your mom in one word , what would that word be ? Mom ?
Speaker 1Hmm , I would say my mom is powerful .
Speaker 2It's tough , though , isn't it ? One word , yeah , one word's hard , because when you look at your mom a certain way and this is the thing I find funny is that I would say amazing , but there's so many other words you can use to describe your mother .
Speaker 1Yeah , a single word is not doing it justice . No , no , no .
Speaker 2No , she . I mean , like I said , you know , my mom was incredible raising five kids , and when you were talking about this and you said about with the vacation , it got me thinking a lot about my work ethic and the way that I am and that's the way I am today is that I don't stop .
Speaker 1Yeah , yeah , we don't . I mean both of us are from the same cut of cloth . I mean we both , we came in here two different ways , but we both have this work ethic that we go and get things done .
Speaker 2Yeah and it's . I just think it's amazing when you're around people like that done yeah and it's . I just think it's amazing when you're around people like that it's , um , it's .
Speaker 1It's amazing that you know when you when you talk to them , there's always someone that affected them that way . Oh yeah , heck , yeah , I mean , um , I will tell you , like my , I was , grown , grew up in a military family , so , um , for the most part of my life here , or half of my life , and I uh traveled around . So you know , I wasn't close to fields or anything like that . So my , my type of work was always like , uh , getting some type of retail job or working at the commissary or the PX , or , um , working at the bakery , uh , I mean , I had all kinds of crazy jobs , working at the record store , in the BX , uh , so I got you know . As you know , I'm very into tech . So even at an early age , you know anything , the newest tech . Back then I mean I was walking around with a Walkman because that was the newest thing you know Most people right now wouldn't even know what a Walkman is .
Speaker 2Right , right .
Speaker 1And then I had the CD player , you know , rolling around , you know , and I was always , like you know , in kid Now I can't believe I'm going to tell you this , but in high school , you know , I had the job that was in the BX , that I controlled all the albums coming in , and I was in Italy at the time that's where I was going to high school . So I had music didn't come from the United States for , but like maybe a week or two later when they got released . So when they'd come over in the BX I got the first records . So I DJed at night at our teen club and all this stuff , all my friends and this was I said I wasn't going to tell you , but they used to call me sugar bear . Now there's a long story to that and all my friends there at Vincenzo American High School that know Sugar Bear knows that .
Speaker 2Oh , you so got a new name .
Speaker 1I was out there , you know , always with I was styling . I always wore my clothes , I always had the latest music and you know I was that guy . But it was that way because of my work ethic . I went to school . Before school I had a bakery job . I get up at three , four o'clock in the morning , go work a couple hours in a bakery and go to school Afterwards . I'd do my you know sports . Then I'd go to work doing something else at the BX , you know , because I wanted these things , I wanted to be , look nice , I wanted to have all these stuff . So in order to do it , I had to go ahead and do it myself .
Speaker 2I remember one story of my mom with my brother Dave . Dave , we all played basketball . We played basketball , baseball and football and we used to wear Converse . Remember the Converse All-Stars ? Heck , yeah , yeah , the old Converse All-Stars . Back then it was the leather ones and we thought those were the good ones . But well , everybody on the varsity team wore . Remember the Dr J's ? Yeah , those were the shoes to have back then . They were Dr J's . Well , everybody had those . And my brother Dave . I remember we were driving home one night and he looked at my mom and he's like hey , mom , can you buy me the Dr J's ? And she said why ? And he said well , everybody else has them on the team and I'm the only one that doesn't have them . I wear Converse . My mom looked at him and she said who's high score tonight ? And he goes me why ? And she goes ain't the shoes . You got that right . And it just tells you what kind of person she was Right . I mean , she instilled these little things in your head .
Speaker 1Perspective .
Speaker 2She's giving you perspective . It was just , I mean , I remember them . I mean , and it just makes me think , you know , and I watched my mom and I lost my mom not long ago , but the most amazing thing was , when my mom passed , all of her kids were there . Yeah , all of them . And believe me when I'm telling you the greatest thing in the world is not about money , it's not about what you have , it's not about all these things that you're not ever going to take with you . Right when you it's time to leave this earth , when you look up and the people that you love the most are standing right there , you reach out and you can touch them . When you're afraid and you're going to pass over , that's the most credible thing in the world .
Speaker 1And like .
Speaker 2I said , it just had me thinking about my work ethic and I have to say that , well , that's because of my mom , and I don't think it's ever going to stop , because my mom never stopped . So she was one of those women that was just . She just kept going . So she was absolutely amazing . I loved her . I love mom and I know that a lot of you people out there you have moms and dads the same way and you look at them the same way . So just had to touch on that today because Sean had said something to me and it kind of hit me about my work ethic and the way that I am and I just want to give that props out to my mom because she was an amazing person .
Speaker 1Yeah , man , you got to appreciate everybody that's influenced you in your life , and you know we've really focused on mom today , but fathers are an important part of our lives too , and both of us had pretty , very strong fathers . Oh , yeah , yeah , we did , and they'd helped influence us into the direction and the men that we are today . And I knew G's dad . Unfortunately , he didn't know mine because mine passed away when I was 16 . But , yeah , those family members are strong influences .
Speaker 2Oh yeah , and , like I said , go back on those and draw from them when you have to , because I do it all the time . I think about my mom all the time , I think about my dad all the time , but it is the way . It's the reason why I am the way that I am . It won't change . I was built this way . I'll remain this way until the day that I leave this planet .
But anyway , let's go on to hey G . I just want to let you know one thing before you go on . What's that ? They did a good job .
Speaker 2Okay , sugar Bear , you are so good at it .
Speaker 1You couldn't wait to say that . No , no , no . You know everybody out there .
Speaker 2You are going to hear that now , sugar Bear , I let it out the box . Yeah , you did Bad thing , but hey , listen . Let's talk about the destination .
Speaker 1Destination . Destination this week is Nashville . Nashville Music City . Love Nashville . Nashville's a blast . I mean you don't have to like their music or not like their music . Oh , don't even talk to me about country music Listen country music in our generation has grown leaps and bounds , and they've spread their wings to all genres .
Speaker 2Oh yeah .
Speaker 1There's no place that Nashville has not touched . You know , like rap music , classical music , rock and roll . They're touching it all , all of it , they're there . Nashville is such an amazing place to visit . I mean , if you ever get a chance to go to Nashville , one of my favorite places to visit , because there's just so much to do , right , yeah , what are some of the things that you like to do ?
Speaker 2Well , they have . Which I absolutely love is the Grand Ole Opry . Yeah , classic , that's one place I have not been . Well , I think for anybody going to Nashville if you're making the trip to Nashville , it's country music . So the Grand Ole Opry , you got to go .
Speaker 1Yeah , but here's the problem with that . The problem is that when you get to Nashville and it doesn't matter where you step or what block you're on , there's music coming out of a bar . It's hard to even get to the Grand Ole Opry because there's some places that's playing music and you're like what's happening here ?
Speaker 2And you might even sit on the side of the street and the and the people on the street are so good you don't even go , even go in the bar , yeah , yeah , I mean there's just , there's music everywhere , even even when the hotel that we laid over they have . They have actually performers downstairs in the lobby on the weekends .
Speaker 1Yeah , yep , I actually . I mean , nashville is just a great place . If you love music , nashville is the place to go . Some other things about Nashville is . That one it's the Country Music Hall of Fame and the museum that's there . And this is another state capital . Like I was saying before , when we we lay over in a lot of places that are state Capitals , I mean reach out there , go visit those places . They're they're free to visit , they're open to the public . We own them , we bought them anyways . Um , another place is really interesting in Nashville . Um , I rented a car one time , me and a crew kind of like flew , you know . We got all over nashville there and we went to this park and it's called parthenon in , uh , centennial park and if you know what , the parthenon , parthenon in greece , you know , oh yeah yeah , yeah , so they've replicated that building in the park .
Speaker 1Really , it's the exact replication and it is just the wildest thing . You're driving down the street there . If you keep driving down broadway , eventually you're going to go and you'll see this park and here's the parthenon , just sitting there . It's wild . I'm definitely have to do that yeah it's , it's a beautiful little park , um , lots of activity , lots of people walking around taking pictures and stuff next to this thing . Um , but the you know , the main track in Nashville is to walk down Broadway .
Speaker 2That's the Honky Tonk Highway . The Honky Tonk Highway , oh yeah , yeah , and that is just . It's live all the time .
Speaker 1Yeah , I mean 24-7, . That place is jumping . I mean you can walk up and down that street . It's like Nashville's New Orleans . Yeah , it's Nashville's New Orleans . You can just walk around jumping in bar to bar , different music , different music on every level of the bar . The bars there are like three stories high . They'll have music on the rooftop , they'll have music in the middle , music on the ground floor and there are three different bands in one bar . It's the craziest thing . You don't see that in many places .
Speaker 2No , and the great thing too is that , just like we were saying , country music has gotten so big that you're going to hear all different kinds . You'll hear the old-style country music and then you'll hear the newer country music .
Speaker 1Yeah , one of the places that I stopped at in Broadway was a kid rocks bar . Oh , I bet that was cool . Yeah , it was cool because he had like three different bands on three different levels . It was . It was just the wildest thing .
Speaker 1But I mean the get , get on Broadway and you go to one of those bars , you gotta go to the rooftop and you can get up on the rooftop . It is a spectacular , uh scenery there . You can see the , you know , see broadway , get an overview of the whole thing . Um , the weather there usually is pretty nice and man , it's just , it's just a great experience to do that .
Speaker 1Another thing that I did , um , if you haven't tried to do it in nashville , is there's a pedestrian bridge there and , and that pedestrian bridge I'm going to get this right is called Syngenthaler Pedestrian Bridge and I probably mutilated , but it connects the Nashville city over to the stadium of the Tennessee Titans through this bridge . And on this bridge , which is really cool , is also there's all these street performers and stuff on the bridge and it is just , it's just a cool and there's a really cool park and you can walk along the river there and everything . That's the Cumberland river or whatever , and that Cumberland river is a it kind of winds through and you know , separates the city , but really cool area to do that . But there's one last place that's a very historical museum to visit there that you should be visiting and what's that ?
Speaker 2Jay , the Johnny Cash Museum . Now , I love Johnny Cash . I mean , I loved his music , he had great music and that museum I have not been to . But I would absolutely love to go to the Johnny Cash Museum next time I'm there . But it has nothing but great things to say about it . They have a lot of artifacts and memorabilia . It's a comprehensive collection of this and they have it as definitely a must-see .
Speaker 1Yeah , johnny Cash I mean first of all was one of those performers that are so unique to me . There's voices in the world that are so memorable because they're signature voices . Oh yeah , and Johnny Cash is that guy .
Speaker 2Yeah , that was that movie . Walk the Line , Remember Joaquin .
Speaker 1Phoenix .
Speaker 2That was incredible and it was a great depletion of Johnny's life , because he was the ultimate country music singer . Oh , yeah , yeah .
Speaker 1Another thing you got to look at too when you're walking down Broadway is that Broadway doesn't have just music . It also has these crazy shops . They got candy shops , they got boot shops , they got boot shops and they'll have like thousands of pairs of boots in the shops . You can't believe how many boots . It's a really wild place to visit .
Speaker 2Yeah , that's what I said . Nashville is like New Orleans . Yeah , right , it's the country New Orleans , basically .
Speaker 1Yeah , and then off-Broadway , there's now all these shoots of streets that have more action on them . So get to Nashville . Lots of things to do in Nashville .
Speaker 2All right , everybody . It's the end of the show . Do in Nashville .
Speaker 1All right , everybody , it's the end of the show . Oh , wait , wait , wait . We didn't mention one thing about Nashville . What was that ? And I would be remiss to not mention this . All right , Sugar Bear , go ahead . All right , Hot chicken Tennessee hot chicken baby , oh yeah . I mean you got to .
Speaker 1When you get to Nashville , you got to . When you get to Nashville , you got to get some Nashville hot chicken . Yep , absolutely . It is a place to go get that type of food and it is fantastic . They have great food places there in Nashville as well .
All right , Sean's covering the food again . All right . All right , guys , the quote that we are going to leave you with today . Remember this never complain about what your parents couldn't give you . It was probably all they had . Amen , so , everyone again , thank you very much . We appreciate each and every one of you guys for listening . You guys fly safe . You guys have a great , great day and we'll see you back here on cabin . Yeah , We'll see you in cabin pressure .
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