gwunspoken - Beyond the Plan
gwunspoken: Beyond the Plan
Hear the person beyond the plan.
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gwunspoken - Beyond the Plan
Conversations with Jeremiah: Rides, Rivalries, and Rocket Ships
Welcome to an edition of GW Unspoken Beyond the Plan on behalf of EngageU. And I've got my little mate Jeremiah here. How are you Good? Where are we doing our podcast today?
Speaker 2:Northlakes.
Speaker 1:Yeah, Northlakes Library. We do podcasts all over the shop, don't we? Mm-hmm, Can you remember the last time we did a podcast where we were?
Speaker 2:Oh, at my house, I think.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we were. And then before that, like Caboolture, we did a roaming one. Yeah, yeah, remember. And I beat you in a race. No, you didn't, you beat me in a race. Yeah, all right, how are you feeling? Out of five today, if five's the best, one's the worst, what number are you today? Four, okay, that's pretty good. And what are you grateful for? What are you thankful for at the moment in your life?
Speaker 2:I don't know.
Speaker 1:Come on, what about footy season?
Speaker 2:What do you mean?
Speaker 1:Are you happy about footy? Yes, yeah, cool, I know you always love footy. Now I just saw your North Lakes food court. I had a few sushi, but you had something else. What did you have? I ate some hot dogs, oh yum. Did you have nuggets? No, what did you have?
Speaker 2:McChicken and cheese.
Speaker 1:Oh yum Was it good.
Speaker 2:Mm-hmm.
Speaker 1:I know she didn't buy me one. All right, now you've got a bit of a story to tell, but before we go there, what are we doing today, besides the podcast? What are we doing? You've got this new thing you want me to do with you. What is it?
Speaker 2:Going to Planet Arcade.
Speaker 1:Planet Fitness yes, no, Planet Arcade Is that where you do like bicep curls and bench press.
Speaker 2:No we're going to Planet Arcade.
Speaker 1:What's at Planet Arcade?
Speaker 2:We're going to Planet Fitness. Is Planet Arcade, like you have to go to Mars because it's on a planet. No, it's an arcade.
Speaker 1:On Mars.
Speaker 2:No.
Speaker 1:Like you have to take a rocket ship to get there.
Speaker 2:No. It's in the shopping centre.
Speaker 1:And what do you do in Planet Arcade?
Speaker 2:You play games.
Speaker 1:Oh, arcade games, that's hard to say, mm-hmm. Oh, is it fun, mm-hmm, have you been there before?
Speaker 2:No Ooh. But I've been to other planet, arcades.
Speaker 1:Oh, have you Mm-hmm. What's your favourite game or thing to do there? I don't know, and since it's on Mars, do you have to wear an oxygen mask?
Speaker 2:It's not on Mars.
Speaker 1:Why do they call it Planet Arcade?
Speaker 2:I don't know.
Speaker 1:Should we ask them when we get there? No, I'll say Jeremiah wants to know why. No, we should ask him why you?
Speaker 2:All right, so you're going to play arcade and then what are we going to do after that? Play footy at the footy field, and I'm going to beat you.
Speaker 1:Oh, probably again. Last time you did like a 30-metre kick.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:That's huge. And then you also got the cricket pad out and hit that as well. Yes, you're getting very good at your coordination.
Speaker 2:Mm-hmm. And then I did the best kick remember.
Speaker 1:It was massive.
Speaker 2:I remember how I did that kick that you couldn't do.
Speaker 1:What was that one Between the posts? Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 2:How I was standing on the line and the post was right in front of me.
Speaker 1:Oh, you were in the corner. I was standing on the line and the person was right in front of me. Oh, you were in the corner. Yeah, really sharp angle. Why do you have to tell everyone who's listening to this how bad I am and how good you are?
Speaker 2:I mean, you are good at the cricket bat.
Speaker 1:Maybe I should have played cricket, not football. What do you think? Is it too late for me to play cricket? Am I too old?
Speaker 2:I don't know.
Speaker 1:How dare you? I, I don't know. How dare you, I don't know. We're going to have some fun anyway, aren't we? Mm-hmm? All right now, tell me what happened on the weekend. What did you do? That's exciting and fun on the weekend.
Speaker 2:On Sunday we went to the Ecker.
Speaker 1:The Ecker.
Speaker 2:Uh-huh.
Speaker 1:Tell me you can go on some scary rides.
Speaker 2:I did go on one.
Speaker 1:Oh my gosh, what was it called?
Speaker 2:The Ferris wheel. What that's scary. It was higher than the Ferris wheel.
Speaker 1:Higher than the Ferris wheel. That goes like near to the stars.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it was a spinning ride, it was like a swing ride. And it puts you all the way up in the air and you get to see like the whole city.
Speaker 1:Now I've got to ask you a question.
Speaker 2:Were you scared? No, now I've got to ask you a question. Were you?
Speaker 1:scared. No, aren't you scared of heights? No, you sound like my daughter. It went slow, yeah, but doesn't it like fan out and it goes all the way out and up like an octopus or anything.
Speaker 2:No.
Speaker 1:Oh, it just goes straight up, yeah, and then spins around.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Is it higher than the Ferris wheel?
Speaker 2:Yeah, oh my gosh, you're freaking me out. That's scary. And then my sister cried on like the littlest ride.
Speaker 1:Did she?
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Isn't it strange how some people get scared and some people don't?
Speaker 2:Because I think it was because it was going fast, but it did go high up in the air.
Speaker 1:Oh did it. Yeah well, I can't believe you don't get scared of heights at all. No, I'm not. So when you're tall enough, will you go to Dreamworld and go on some of the big loop-de-loop roller coasters and things like that.
Speaker 2:No.
Speaker 1:Look, will you be scared of roller coasters?
Speaker 2:I usually go to Movie World.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but when you're tall enough will you go on the big scary moot rides? Maybe, and it won't be scared.
Speaker 2:Not really, oh my gosh. Because you're safe.
Speaker 1:It doesn't feel like you're safe when you get flung up in the air.
Speaker 2:You're strapped in, you're safe.
Speaker 1:It feels like I'm going up into the sky. It feels like I'm going to go into the clouds or something.
Speaker 2:You're not the rides, don't even go up in the ride.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but I don't know, I'm freaking out. How can you not be scared? Did you get a show bag?
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 1:What was the show bag you got?
Speaker 2:A Zappo one.
Speaker 1:Oh, is there any Zappos left?
Speaker 2:Yes, it's Tuesday, there's lots of them, because we got the big one. But it wasn't only Zappos, there was other ones.
Speaker 1:Were other lollies in there.
Speaker 2:Yeah, there was a lot of lollies in there.
Speaker 1:Have you had a lot of lollies? Have you eaten a lot of them?
Speaker 2:No, no, we only got it two days ago.
Speaker 1:Are you allowed to have lollies?
Speaker 2:Yes. Do you have to ask when you're allowed to have lollies. Yes, okay In that show bag?
Speaker 1:what is your favourite lolly? I don't know, I don't know all of them. Is it a?
Speaker 2:Zappo. Do you like Zappos? Obviously yeah, I do. Okay, it's not my favourite candy. That's just what I wanted there.
Speaker 1:Okay, and what else did you do at the show? I, okay.
Speaker 2:And what else did you do at the show I went on? These are the rides that I went on Okay yeah, the ride that my sister cried on was the Phoenix, I think.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Which spun around and there was like a paper airplane one.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah cool. Oh yeah, I know what you mean, yeah.
Speaker 2:That one. And then I went on the break dancer.
Speaker 1:What's that?
Speaker 2:It's a ride that hurts your neck.
Speaker 1:Does it move your head around?
Speaker 2:Yeah. Oh, you have to dance on it and it hurt my back and it started to hurt me because I was putting my hands up while they were spinning around, but it still hurts a little bit and my mum tried to tell me to put my hands down, but I couldn't hear her.
Speaker 1:Oh.
Speaker 2:And my hands were just still up.
Speaker 1:And so what do you do on the break, Dancer?
Speaker 2:You just sit in the ride and it spins you like fast around.
Speaker 1:Does it make you feel sick?
Speaker 2:But you go spin around yeah.
Speaker 1:So gravity pulls you back.
Speaker 2:No, it didn't make me feel sick. But, the phoenix made me feel very sick. Did it yeah.
Speaker 1:Okay, so you've been in the phoenix the plane ride, the phoenix is the plane ride. Oh sorry, the phoenix, the chair one, the break dancer, the break dancer.
Speaker 2:And then I went on this car ride that my sister cried on again, but it was only small too, but it did go backwards and it said scream if you want to go faster. And me and my mum screamed, so I went faster forwards.
Speaker 1:Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2:And then it stopped and it said that we're going backwards now and it was just going normal speed backwards and it said scream if you want to go faster. So me and my mum screamed again and it just kept going faster backwards.
Speaker 1:Really yeah. So it wasn't like the Dodgem cars.
Speaker 2:No.
Speaker 1:It was a different car one.
Speaker 2:The Dodgem cars were inside with the show bags.
Speaker 1:Oh were they? Yeah. And so what did you do in the car one? Did you still get to drive around everywhere?
Speaker 2:No, it was just one of those roller coasters. Oh yeah, it's on the ground and spins around, spins around.
Speaker 1:Yeah, did you have any food there besides the show bags? Did you eat and dag with dogs or anything like that? No, no, no. Did you go to the animal section, the farm animals?
Speaker 2:They didn't. Yeah, we did see animals, but there was a whole other section that we didn't see.
Speaker 1:Oh, how come I don't know. You ran out of time, I think it was too many people. Was it busy.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it was very busy when we went.
Speaker 1:Was it? Is it the first time?
Speaker 2:you've been to the Eka? No it was my sister's first time, okay, when I was younger, very young. It was one.
Speaker 1:If I said to you, out of ten, ten was the best, one's the worst, what was the echo for you this year?
Speaker 2:A. Ten.
Speaker 1:You loved it, mm-hmm, so you'd go back again.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 1:Would you go next time on the scariest ride called the Ferris Wheel?
Speaker 2:That's not the scariest ride. The Warrior is.
Speaker 1:What's the Warrior? Now I'm scared of even the title.
Speaker 2:It's higher than the ride that I went on. What yeah? And it like spins you up and all the way higher than there and it just goes straight down.
Speaker 1:Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2:My mum's been on it before.
Speaker 1:Did she say it's scary?
Speaker 2:No, she said that it was fun.
Speaker 1:Is there like a minimum age you have to be to go on it, or do they say you have to be 12 years old or a certain height? I never went on it.
Speaker 2:I didn't want to go on it.
Speaker 1:Oh, you didn't want to go on it.
Speaker 2:No, it looked scary. Oh, you don't want to go on it. No, it looks scary.
Speaker 1:You just said you're not scared of heights and things.
Speaker 2:I know, but how high is that one?
Speaker 1:That one's really high, isn't it?
Speaker 2:Yes, Did you have fairy floss? No, I had no food. Oh Were you there for long. We were there for the whole day.
Speaker 1:Okay, that's cool, well done. And you played footy Friday night this time.
Speaker 2:I didn't like that.
Speaker 1:Why.
Speaker 2:Because first they were punching us and swinging us around, that's a bit nasty.
Speaker 1:That's not why you play football.
Speaker 2:I think one of the players tackled one of the people and then, I think, broke his ankle too, because they smashed their ankle with their boot.
Speaker 1:Oh really.
Speaker 2:And I think he broke it.
Speaker 1:That's nasty.
Speaker 2:Yeah, the other team broke one of our teammates' ankle.
Speaker 1:So some of the players on the other team were a bit dirty players.
Speaker 2:Yeah, they were punching us too. They started punching me too when they were tackling me Really.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that doesn't make you want to play football again when you do that stuff, when they do that stuff.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:So how many more games are you left? Do you know?
Speaker 2:One.
Speaker 1:This weekend? Yeah, who are you playing this weekend?
Speaker 2:I don't know, but I do have for the season.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:But I do have other games. I have a day where we have to play six games that day.
Speaker 1:Oh, so it's like a round robin sort of tournament.
Speaker 2:You play different teams. Yeah, we play different teams, but I don't know what it is. I forgot what it was called.
Speaker 1:Okay, maybe like a little gala day and is that on a weekend? Yeah, what do you mean? Like, is that still for club or is that for school Club? Does your school have a footy team? No, not enough people.
Speaker 2:They do have like sports things where they do have footy and soccer.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:That you can go to, okay, but not like an actual team.
Speaker 1:Oh, okay, righto, I don't think so. You've got a tournament coming up where you play round robin, play different teams coming up shortly.
Speaker 2:It's not called round robin. I don't know what it's called.
Speaker 1:It's usually called a gala day.
Speaker 2:I think it's like something starting with Shane.
Speaker 1:Shane Webke Cup.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Do you know who Shane Webke Cup? Yeah, do you know who Shane Webke was? No, he used to be a front row player for the Broncos, a very, very good player. He plays front row, like you.
Speaker 2:Number 15.
Speaker 1:Yeah, well, he wears number 8. He starts on the field number 8 or 10.
Speaker 2:Because I used to be number 11, but now I'm number 15.
Speaker 1:And when you come on the field, do you?
Speaker 2:go into the front row. Are you a forward? I don't know yeah. I think you must be. I don't think we play the things, I think we just play by our numbers.
Speaker 1:Okay, so there's no actual positions? Really just come in and play, oh, really Okay. Well, we still do, wingers I think, yeah, so know where to stand on the field, sort of thing. Oh, I'm glad you get to play with Shane Whippe Cup, that'll be fun, mm-hmm, put some shots on. Run some good lines, score some tries.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I probably will score some tries, but I haven't scored a try this season.
Speaker 1:I've scored about 10 tries against you this season At Dayborough Field, at North Lakes Field, at Caboolture. What Can't you remember?
Speaker 2:Can't you remember? Yeah, I'm not.
Speaker 1:I'm sure I've scored about 10 tries no, about 10 tries at your place, at Nan's place.
Speaker 2:No, but it's easy. No, you haven't Haven't I no, no, you haven't.
Speaker 1:Haven't I? No, do you reckon I'm just dreaming? Yeah, I'm going to score 10 tries today. Who's going to stop me?
Speaker 2:I think I'm still better than you.
Speaker 1:Shh, don't tell people that on the podcast I'll lose all my credibility.
Speaker 2:So you're saying that You're a footy coach, aren't you?
Speaker 1:Let's not talk about that. So how old are you now?
Speaker 2:I'm eight.
Speaker 1:So you're saying an eight-year-old can beat me in football? Yes, why are you laughing at me when you're saying that?
Speaker 2:Because I'm telling the truth.
Speaker 1:But why are you laughing at me? I don't know. Do you think it's funny that an eight-year-old beats a 50-year-old? I'm going to try a chip and chase today A chip and chase.
Speaker 2:Do you know what that is?
Speaker 1:Yes, you get your chips out and you throw them and you chase after them.
Speaker 2:You chip the ball. You kick him, but you chip it and then you try and run after it and then put it down.
Speaker 1:I'm going to do that today.
Speaker 2:You know, because I'm going to get the ball before you do?
Speaker 1:Oh, you're very competitive, aren't you? How about you do something different? How about you just let me win and make me feel good?
Speaker 2:How about you go hard on me? Because I still think, if you run hard on me, I'm still going to be better than you. Oh, I always go hard on you and.
Speaker 1:I still win. What are you laughing for again?
Speaker 2:I'm not, you're laughing at me. You go hard on me and I still win. I'm going easy on you what?
Speaker 1:You're actually going easy on me and you're still winning Pretty much. Oh my gosh, how embarrassing. This is embarrassing for me. I need to have two players.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Maybe it can be Nan and I versus you.
Speaker 2:I think I'll still win.
Speaker 1:I'm going to ask Nan if is she going to play for me today.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think you might need someone else and you can play with Talia.
Speaker 1:You can have brother, sister love.
Speaker 2:No, I think it would be 1v2. I think that would be fair.
Speaker 1:All right.
Speaker 2:Because I'm still going to beat you guys.
Speaker 1:Very competitive. I like that, all right. Well, should we get ready and get ready for Mars? Put our suits on, we're not going to Mars. We're going to Planet Arcade. We're going to get our suits on our astronaut suit.
Speaker 2:No, we're going to get ready. Where does the rocket leave from? We're not going on a rocket. We're going to the North.
Speaker 1:Lakes Centre. Why would we catch a rocket to North Lakes when it's just there?
Speaker 2:We're walking there.
Speaker 1:I would rather catch a rocket, to be honest, Like it'd be more fun. So you crash into it, you don't have to crash you just up and down, straight down, you would land, it would break it. Yeah, true. And it would probably fall over because you need metal. Yeah, that's true. I didn't think of that.
Speaker 2:For it to land. Yeah, we would probably crash the whole building too.
Speaker 1:Probably put a big hole through the building, wouldn't we? Yeah, probably We'd go straight to the movie theatre. People would be watching the movie. Next thing they know a big rocket goes through the screen.
Speaker 2:That would be weird and they're like cool movie.
Speaker 1:Alright. So two things are going to happen today, this afternoon. One, you're going to let me beat you at Planet Arcade games and two, you're going to let me beat you in football today.
Speaker 2:Yeah, no, that's not going to happen. You can get hard on me, but I'm still going to win.
Speaker 1:Oh, okay. Well, on GDOM in Spokane. Next time we speak with Jeremiah, we'll give you an update of who actually won Sound good.
Speaker 2:Yes, we'll give you an update of who actually won.
Speaker 1:Sound good, yes.
Speaker 2:All right, but when we get back, I was going to say that I won because I did I already did win.
Speaker 1:Very confident, aren't you?
Speaker 2:Very confident Because I know I'm already going to win. Okay, bring it on.
Speaker 1:Who wins Connect Four Me? Oh, who wins Jenga?
Speaker 2:Me.
Speaker 1:Do I beat you at anything? You beat me in Jenga one time. That was a long time ago.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:That's it. I'm going to put on my A grade game today. Yeah that's not going to work All right. Well, should we go? Is there anything else you want to talk?
Speaker 2:about no.
Speaker 1:Well, well done. Opening up about the Eka Sounds like you had fun there.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 1:You have to wait a whole year now for it to come back.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but yeah, it's still on.
Speaker 1:It's still on now, yeah, and there's a little show here too, at North Lakes.
Speaker 2:Yeah, there is.
Speaker 1:They've got scary rides too, scarier than the Eka.
Speaker 2:No, the Eka's bigger.
Speaker 1:Do you know? There's one ride I wouldn't go into. I wouldn't go into the haunted house.
Speaker 2:I wouldn't what At the Echo.
Speaker 1:Any of them. They freak me out.
Speaker 2:My mum didn't let me go in. I wanted to go in though Did you yeah? That doesn't scare you. No, I don't think haunted things scare me, you're a very brave young man.
Speaker 1:All right, well, looking forward to the afternoon with you. Thanks for speaking so well again on the podcast. Yeah, and I look forward to meeting you in football very soon.
Speaker 2:You're not meeting me.
Speaker 1:Okay, talk to you next week.
Speaker 2:Okay.