Oh, really?

... we got[laughs] He's on the couch, I'm on the couch I'm on the couch.

Yeah.

Door's opening up.

[laughs] Oh, man.

Yeah, so then our plan was to bring Matt's Gladiator, uh, out, and he was towing that thing out there, and then I drove the GX out all the way.

Mm-hmm.

How long until the Super Duty version though?

Uh, I know I like to message Ivan sometimes in the background and so maybe I'll-

I'll-I'll, uh, ask him if maybe he would be my mentor, and I, I love this.

Thank you so much.

I appreciate really the holistic set of opportunities we have together.

It's really fun, and the ad hoc hangouts, too.

So Scott, what do you think?

I feel okay.

Um, I'm really grateful to the teaching of the Buddha, and it has, uh, liberated my mind to not think about the past, to not bring up the past, to not worry about the future.

Hmm

... um, that's where it was like a switch flipped, and it was like, it was more like the floodgates were open.

I was like, "I wanna try this.

I wanna do this.

I wanna go with all these things." And that's where Victoria was like, "This is getting to be a bit too much." And that's where she kinda stepped back a little bit.

Um, and when that happened too, it was one of those things where I had to...

I started, like, looking at myself and being like, "Is this normal? Well, probably not, but is this fine and healthy and everything?" And, you know, what I've found is with all that, if it's between consenting adults, it doesn't matter what you're int- into.

What do you say to that?

Yeah.

So yeah, we're gonna release them a bit later.

But yeah, it's, it was nice, but it's turned into a beautiful day.

So no wind, um, very relaxing.

And we're also doing demos with the, uh, Burdekin Shire Council's got a lot of, um, w- uh, equipment to remove aquatic weeds, and they got a new weedoo, which is like a little Bobcat, um, on the water, and it just lifts the weeds out of the water.

So we're doing demos of that.

Yeah.

So that's, it's just bec- 'cause of the height, the, you know, I guess, barriers, we're not, our Aussie fish aren't as smart as the Northern Hemisphere ones, where, you know, you get the big salmon that swim up the rivers, and they can jump over rocks to get up to breed.

Hmm.

And then, so that, that was one.

And then I got married.

My ex-wife had two daughters, three and four years old when I met them, and they became my entire life.

Uh, I spent every moment I could with them, and I loved them with all my heart.

And after 14 years with them, I deci- decided that this was not right for me, and it was extremely difficult to do this for a number of reasons.

But that marriage was toxic, and there was a lot of drinking in that marriage as well [sighs] among other things, and I decided it was time to go.

Well, say what you're angry about.

[upbeat music]

Oh, shoot.

It's Build Me Up Buttercup by The [laughs] Buttercups.

[laughs]

[upbeat music] [bell dinging]

It's not Shake It Up, Baby.

I think that's it.

No, that's The Beatles.

Yeah.

And, uh, Bangkok in Thailand.

So you could even get more affordable than that.

But out of all the places we've been, these are the most affordable, and you get a lot for your money.

So we have not sacrificed any quality, which is something I was kind of concerned about.

Like, oh, maybe you get what you pay for.

Okay, well, the scale is all different here.

Let, let's first define for the viewers what is slow travel, and what is the importance of slow travel?

What does that look like?

Oh, the ideal candidate that we're looking for is that someone who's easygoing, who, who's, uh, creative, innovative, that has good communication skills, and that person has a public mindset to help the residents of the City and County of Honolulu.

Mm-hmm.

Um, um, that's what we're looking for.

That's just my opinion, man.

Sam, you're so on point with all that, man, and I feel like a lot of this has to do with the fact that they want us to play their game, you know? And once we play their game and engaging on, on, on their level, then we're automatically at a disadvantage, you know? They want us out in the streets.

They want us to get violent.

They wanna rile us up.

They want to pull us in to a place where now we're, we're outside of our own, uh, autonomy, and, and we're reacting.

You know what I mean? And so, you know, such, so much of the solution to all this, man, is just, like, taking back our power.

You know what I mean? Taking back our power, realizing how much power we actually do have, n- not only as individuals, but collectively as well.

Call 1-800-GRAINGER, visit grainger.com, or just stop by Grainger, for the ones who get it done.

You can still tie it behind stuff.

stuff.Agree, yeah, 100%.

We've actually, we had an eight meter previously, which was a sick boat, and we loved it, but it was just that little bit on the big side, towing, launching, just maneuverability.

The, the 770 is just a little more agile.

It just allows you to do all that big boat stuff, but like you say, without the big boat footprint, I guess, which is, yeah, so-

Um, is there anything that you're looking forward to, um-

Uh, for, for us personally, we've...

I mean, we're, we've, we're there at full capacity, our Fishing Adventure stand.

Mate, we've been chat- we've been chatting about you while you've been surveilling your girlfriend.

Um, yeah.

So I literally went, "Oh, I wonder how the dog is," I forgot Tiff was here, and just pressed the button and then I ha- I could hear people talking.

I'm going, "That's, that's crazy.

It sounds like a, a, a Craig Harper podcast." And then I went, "Oh my God, you know, Tiff is doing the podcast in my house right now." And then I turned the camera all around, all the way around so I couldn't see anything, but then I'm driving along listening to the podcast live going, "This is actually super cool."

Yeah

...

in '94.

Perfect.

[laughs] I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Clementine is no longer time because Clementine was put down.

Clementine had to go.

There's still-

Perfect.

[laughs] I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Clementine is no longer time because Clementine was put down.Clementine had to go.

Perfect.

[laughs] I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Clementine is no longer time because Clementine was put down.

Clementine had to go.

And so-

KT, KT, KT, KT.

[laughs] Bye-bye.

Call your therapist.

It'll be okay.

A- anyone else wanna jump in and tell their story?

Yeah.

I, I'll share a little bit about mine.

Um, so my name is Scott.

I'm from Sacramento.

There's a couple people from Sacramento on this call today, Stan and Devin.

So, you know, I was a runner in high school.

Sure.

But, uh, no, I- I love it.

Um, I think for me with the band, s- uh, I was kind of just getting a bit more disillusioned with the way things were going near the end.

We weren't really progressing, uh, in any way.

We'd had a couple of rough tours.

Um, our one guitar player had left the band s- six or eight months earlier-

Right.

And, uh, no, it was just kind of a- a mix of all those things, and then we got together with our- our record label again, and yeah, like Jay said, it wasn't, uh, wasn't the f- best meeting we've ever had.

Go ahead

... would you say the same thing about, uh, Vajrayana? Because they're so invested in, like, uh, deity worship and stuff like that.

Scott, what do you have to say?

Yeah, this, uh, this really speaks to me.

The, the Buddha's emphasis on, uh, uh, on discarding speculation really, really speaks to me because I've al- I've always personally considered myself a skeptic.

Like I've, I've always been skeptical of any- anything someone's telling me to believe.

So it's really refreshing to hear a teaching that only relies on investigating your ...

the reality of your experience, uh, in the here and now.

Uh, is that, is that, is that your thought as well, Scott, when it comes to it? I mean, you, you've obviously been more interested in the tech.

Yeah, I, I had the high expectation approach, like I wanted this to solve all the problems of the world, and I, I've reduced my expectations, of course.

I, I feel like a good analogy...

Well, maybe not a good analogy, a bad analogy would be, like, the Tesla, everyone, the, the self-driving cars, um, and that technology isn't there yet, but that still doesn't mean that a Tesla isn't a half-decent EV.

So, um, I'm looking at this as it's going to be a good mobility device, and sometime down the road as the software increases, it's gonna add features and features.

It's gonna make it, uh, an evolving product that'll make it even more useful to me.

Uh, but I think out of the box it's gonna solve some problems for me, and I'm looking forward to, you know, the updates that come down the road to make it even better.

And Scott, what, what's your take on that?

Scott, would you like to describe who they see?

You see a very tall, um, human man sort of, like, come from behind, adorned in, like, kind of a black and gold plate.

Um, with, um, sort of, like, flowing robes, a blown, b- blue cloak, and then altered at the side is, like, a, a lantern hanging by a chain.

Our life's better than that.

We're looking for an ancient mace relic that was last seen here about six months ago.

Do you know if it's inside?

So what about going in the ring preparation and things like, like that? So, like, how, you know, how are we preparing our dog? Is there anything we're doing special with a Chin that we're preparing him to go in the ring? Anything once we're inside, say we're in the breed ring, how do you protect your dog in the ring, Scott?

Yeah.

G- Good question.

So this is a little bit of what to do and what not to do, at least from my perspective.

Getting your dog ready, I can't believe how many people pull their dog out of the trolley, you know, 45 minutes, an hour ahead of time, and the dog is just getting ...

Sinking, sinking, getting more bored, using up more of its good energy just waiting.

I don't like to pull out my special until the bitches are in, and even closer to winners bitch than at the beginning.

But if you have your, let's just say, your typical chin that's gonna show well for you, it has moments of great energy and moments where it's feeling a little bit-

Oh, like Facebook Marketplace and stuff like that?

Yep, Facebook Marketplace, and then I've got certain customers that are just repeat.

They'll buy certain things, whether it be nickel plate railroad stuff or military stuff.

So I do love those repeat buyers that pay cash, 'cause it makes it a lot easier, and you know you're gonna sell it.

So the other stuff I just list on eBay.

Did pretty good.

Uh, my first year, I think eBay reported I did, like, 16, and then really dove into it at, like I said, last year.

[laughs] Okay.

Yeah.

And on them sandy spots, it is so blatant.

Uh, I li- I need to do something about that.

It's killing me.

Right.

Anyway, we, I thought we were stopping discussing it.

But yeah, by your standards.

To be just, like... and with Sean, 'cause he's on the island at the minute, he's... like, I'm not making excuses as such, 'cause you still gotta fish it well, but he's got 19 three in front of him and 21 three behind him, so there's a lot of water there.

This process should go very quickly." I've debated on CNN about how the Strait of Hormuz being closed illustrates how this victory is not as decisive as we think it is.

To me, if you exit this with an Iran that has a defanged as it relates to missiles, as it relates to an aggressive navy, you take away their ability to make nuclear weapons, and you leave the remnant here unwilling to be a supporter of terrorism, that is an unequivocal win for the United States of America.

It's not-- Well, well, have you won or not?

If you consider a condition of winning destroying their military capabilities-

Mm.

So next time you jump on a meeting, you're gonna send him an email, and you're gonna say, "Hey, listen, I want 10 minutes with you before our typical agenda meeting style kicks off." And then you, he's gonna get on 10 minutes early, he's gonna be like, "Shit, she's gonna resign." And you're gonna maybe give him the little bit of fear that if you did leave his team, he's fucked.

He's got no one to talk about his cows with anymore.

But you're gonna say, "I'm gonna compromise with you.

From now on, our 15-minute meetings, I'm gonna give you the first five minutes to download everything cow talk with me, but then we've gotta move on to the rest of business.

Because you know what? Cows aren't my animals.

I'm a fucking bird person."

Ready? Three, two...

How high did you take it up?

Well, so of course, we had a supervisor for our unit that, um, oversaw our investigations.

We also worked, we also for a while, we had, uh, one or two BCA agents that were embedded in our unit, and they acted as our, our sworn law enforcement branch.

So for the search warrants and things like that, we worked with them to prepare the criminal complaint.

So we had several supervisors that we would, um, run these by and present our cases to, and then, um, we would work with the county attorney's offices to try to get them prosecuted.

The inspector general and deputy inspector general for the Waste, Fraud, and Abuse unit, who oversaw ours, um, when I first started there, the inspector general, Jerry Kerber, he was excellent.

He, he cared.

Yeah

So when you're talking about the opportunities they have that potentially could hit, why don't you give us a bit of a lineup of, uh, some of the big hitters in terms of games and IP?

This year particularly is a exciting year for Playside.

It's the first year they're sort of launching into some of their own IP.

The first one coming up is a game called Mouse: P.I. for Hire.

Probably not one that many have heard of, but it's gonna release in about a month.

At about the 20th to the 25th most wish-listed game out there at the moment.

And so Playside is just publishing this game, so it's actually developed by a small Polish company called Fumi Games, so they're gonna split the revenue with Fumi.

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