Auto Part Stores Are Terrible #144

Summary

Podcast Summary: Bellied Up – Episode "Auto Part Stores Are Terrible #144"

Episode Overview: In episode #144 of Bellied Up, hosts Charlie Berens and Miles the You Betcha Guy delve into the frustrations surrounding auto parts stores, explore the complexities of modern birthday celebrations, and engage with listeners about gift-giving preferences and cannabis culture. Recorded live at Dr. Jekyll's in Appleton, Wisconsin, the episode is filled with humor, relatable anecdotes, and insightful discussions that resonate with a diverse Midwest audience and beyond.

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1. Introduction and Birthday Celebration

Timestamp: 00:00 – 08:30

The episode kicks off with Charlie Barron's warm welcome, highlighting the live recording at Dr. Jekyll's and celebrating his co-host Miles's birthday. The hosts engage in playful banter, setting a lighthearted tone for the show.

• Charlie: “We are live and feeling right and everything is good in life. We are at Dr. Jekyll's here in Appleton, Wisconsin. I'm here with my partner, my life partner, Miles, that you betcha guy.” [00:00]

• Miles: “Hello, Charles.” [00:17]

As they sing a humorous birthday song, Charlie transitions the conversation to discuss the pros and cons of birthdays in today’s society.

• Miles: “I think best part, you just have a built-in excuse to do whatever you want with no consequences.” [02:41]

2. The Modern Birthday Dilemma

Timestamp: 02:41 – 08:30

The hosts delve into how social media, particularly Facebook, has transformed birthday celebrations. They lament the influx of generic birthday messages and the pressure to respond to every well-wisher.

• Charlie: “You don't get a whole slew of people that text you once a year on your birthday, and they text, happy birthday, exclamation point.” [03:00]

• Miles: “Facebook just displayed my birthday. I did not ask for people to do this.” [04:12]

They discuss the shift from personalized celebrations to more commercialized recognition, emphasizing the desire for genuine interactions over obligatory greetings.

3. Listener Call: Connor from the Carolinas

Timestamp: 08:30 – 22:06

Connor, a beer salesman from the Carolinas, calls in to discuss the challenge of maintaining Midwest-style politeness while setting boundaries—a cultural clash he experiences after moving from New England.

• Connor: “What's up with these auto parts stores? They have super shitty customer service.” [47:59]

Charlie and Miles role-play a Midwest sales team handling Connor’s frustration with auto parts stores like AutoZone and O'Reilly's, blending humor with practical advice.

• Charlie: “Sometimes you got to learn the lesson the hard way.” [17:39]

The segment highlights regional communication styles, customer service expectations, and the importance of effective planning in business operations.

4. Listener Call: Becky from Colorado

Timestamp: 23:07 – 43:52

Becky from Colorado joins the conversation to address her predicament of receiving stoner-themed gifts despite not being overt about her cannabis use. The discussion broadens to compare marijuana and alcohol consumption, touching on societal perceptions and personal preferences.

• Becky: “I'm not someone who's very outward about my stonerness.” [23:44]

• Charlie: “Do you think smoking and drinking for leisure is any different?” [24:15]

The hosts share personal anecdotes and opinions on the differences between substance use, the evolution of cannabis products, and the societal implications of each. They also explore strategies Becky can employ to redirect the type of gifts she receives by cultivating new hobbies and interests.

• Miles: “Just pick something else that maybe is something you'd want more.” [35:03]

This segment combines humor with insightful commentary on modern lifestyle choices and the influence of social circles on personal preferences.

5. Listener Call: Tucker on Auto Parts Store Frustrations

Timestamp: 46:53 – 52:44

Tucker Jenkins shares his frustrations with the poor customer service at major auto parts chains like AutoZone and O'Reilly's. He recounts experiences of unhelpful staff and inconsistent product availability, seeking recommendations for more reliable alternatives.

• Tucker: “What’s up with these auto parts stores? They have super shitty customer service.” [47:59]

Charlie and Miles respond by criticizing the overemphasis on marketing by large chains and advocating for local, independent auto parts retailers who prioritize customer satisfaction.

• Charlie: “These guys are gonna have the things that you need, you know, and so you go find the local ones.” [48:56]

The discussion underscores the value of supporting local businesses and the pitfalls of corporate customer service models.

6. Humorous Interlude and Light Banter

Timestamp: 37:43 – 44:36

Interspersed throughout the episode are lighthearted moments where Charlie and Miles engage in playful exchanges, mock role-playing, and humorous critiques of each other's antics. This includes jokes about auto parts store ownership, mock advertisements, and friendly ribbing about personal traits.

• Charlie: “You worked at a bike shop… recycling.” [49:29]

• Miles: “You always gotta have a good lawyer in your back pocket because life happens.” [45:17]

These segments add levity to the episode, showcasing the hosts' chemistry and comedic timing.

7. Conclusion and Final Remarks

Timestamp: 44:36 – End

As the episode wraps up, Charlie and Miles reflect on the diverse range of listener interactions and the importance of maintaining a fun, engaging environment both on and off the air. They encourage listeners to call in with their own stories and express gratitude for their audience's support.

• Charlie: “Some days when you're feeling down, you just pump your own tires with that. And Jared, I'm going to need you to clip that last part.” [44:48]

• Miles: “We have stoners that listen to the podcast, too, it seems.” [44:32]

The hosts sign off with a reminder to tip bartenders and maintain a sense of community among their listeners.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps:

• Charlie Barron's: “Facebook ruined society, dude. It did. I hate that goddamn website.” [04:16]

• Miles: “Your lack of planning is not my emergency.” [12:01]

• Becky: “Do you think smoking and drinking for leisure is any different?” [24:15]

• Charlie Barron's: “Do it acoustic style or don't do it at all.” [26:00]

• Miles: “You always gotta have a good lawyer in your back pocket because life happens.” [45:17]

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Key Takeaways:

1. Navigating Modern Celebrations: The episode highlights the challenges of celebrating personal milestones like birthdays in the age of social media, emphasizing the loss of genuine interactions.

2. Customer Service Woes: Both Connor and Tucker's calls shed light on the systemic issues within large auto parts chains, advocating for the support of local businesses that offer better customer experiences.

3. Gift-Giving and Personal Preferences: Becky's discussion reveals the complexities of gift-giving when personal interests aren't openly shared, suggesting proactive strategies to influence the types of gifts received.

4. Cannabis vs. Alcohol Debate: The conversation between Charlie, Miles, and Becky explores societal attitudes towards marijuana and alcohol, stressing the importance of moderation and informed choices.

5. Humor as a Unifying Element: Throughout the episode, the hosts use humor to bridge gaps between various topics, creating an engaging and relatable listening experience.

Conclusion: Episode #144 of Bellied Up successfully weaves together diverse topics through engaging discussions and humorous exchanges. By addressing everyday frustrations and personal anecdotes, Charlie and Miles create a relatable and entertaining narrative that resonates with listeners across different backgrounds.

Transcript

[Charlie Barron's]

Folks, here we are. We are live. We're live and feeling right and everything is good in life. We are at Dr. Jekyll's here in Appleton, Wisconsin. I'm here with my partner, my life partner, Miles, that you bet you guy.

[Miles]

Hello, Charles.

[Charlie Barron's]

Hello, Miles. And it's a big day for Miles, ladies and gentlemen, because this week it is his birthday. Happy birthday to you. Happy birth to you. Happy birthday, Mr. Miles. Do you like that? I'm kind of like doing the Marilyn Monroe.

[Miles]

I feel it.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, yeah, it was getting erotic over here. Anyway, happy birthday to you.

[Miles]

Do you guys have any breath mints at the bar?

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh, that's funny. That's funny. You know, I was here, I was trying to be nice to you and sing you a birthday song. Miles, what's the best part about your birthday and the worst part about your birthday? Just birthdays in general. You don't even have to personalize it.

[Miles]

Yeah, I mean for me, I think I'm not like a big birthday guy, you know, we all.

[Charlie Barron's]

Not anymore. You lost a lot of weight. That joke's for your birthday.

[Miles]

We all got a birthday.

[Charlie Barron's]

We all do.

[Miles]

What are we celebrating?

[Charlie Barron's]

Should be celebrating our mom.

[Miles]

Yeah. Thank you, Charlie.

[Charlie Barron's]

Did you call your mom on your birthday, Miles?

[Miles]

Well, it's not my birthday yet when we're recording this, but I actually will be with my mom on my birthday, so that's even better.

[Charlie Barron's]

Where are you guys going?

[Miles]

Cambodia.

[Charlie Barron's]

Nice. So, Miles, I interrupted the thought process there. What's the best part and the worst part about the birthday?

[Miles]

I think best part, you just have a built in excuse to do whatever you want with no consequences. Just short of breaking the law, you know, I think that's gonna fly in court. But you know, hey, I want to play video games all day. Then you're like, well, you can't. My birthday. It's your birthday. Perfect. Not saying that's what I want to do, but you just got a nice built in excuse and do whatever you want. Now where I think the worst part is, is when people start taking advantage of that and a birthday turns into a birth week, which turns into a birth month, which turns into a birth year, you know, and all of a sudden you got 33 year olds getting a party bus because it's their birth month. And I don't know, it's a lot.

[Charlie Barron's]

I get that. I get that. I think a hard part about birthday in, in this day and age and Facebook really started it is like announcing it's your birthday. So then you get a whole slew of people that text you once a year on your birthday, and they text, happy birthday, exclamation point. You're like, yeah.

[Miles]

And quite literally, you open up the text, and the last text chain you got was from a year ago. And they didn't even switch up what they said. They weren't like, happy birthday, man. Or, happy birthday, bro.

[Charlie Barron's]

Or, hope you have a good one today.

[Miles]

Happy birthday, exclamation point.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

So, yeah, that's tough.

[Charlie Barron's]

There's kind of those people that only text on birthdays and Christmas and Thanksgiving. You know, those are the three days that people reflexively text message. And then what you have is just this dilemma of, like, do I even bother responding? That was nice. They thought of me. But did they, you know, or not on Facebook, or did they send out a mass text? Like, for Christmas? They sent out a mass text.

[Miles]

There was a weird period of time, like on Facebook, when your birthday was public and people would write on your wall and they would say, happy birthday. And you felt really bad initially of not responding to all those people, like, yeah, they wish me a birthday. Don't be a dick. Whatever. And then you got a couple of years into that, and you're just like, I don't. I'm not going to respond to this.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

Or I didn't ask for this. Facebook just displayed my birthday.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

I did not ask for people to do this.

[Charlie Barron's]

And then the other thing would be people would do is, like, the next day they'd be like, oh, my gosh, I feel so loved yesterday. Thanks to everyone for all that. But came a blanket statement. Yeah, you got. Now you got to hire a frigging PR team to thank everyone for wishing you a happy birthday. Fucking Facebook ruined society, dude. It did. I hate that goddamn website. Everybody subscribe to. Charlie Barron's on Facebook. I don't even give a shit.

[Miles]

Constantly living in a glass house.

[Charlie Barron's]

I know, because Facebook is what Facebook is the only reason I'm standing here today. Charlie, can't you just take the good and the bad? Why are we always looking at the glass half full? There's still beer in that glass. I actually am thankful for Facebook. One aspect of it that I was able to do comedy outside of that, I think it can rot in hell. So, Miles, back to your birthday. What kind of present are you hoping to get?

[Miles]

I'm probably just gonna get another golf shirt from my parents. Yeah, so I got last year. And honestly, I like that I'm to the stage where, like, I never think to go buy a golf shirt. So, yeah, I'LL take a golf shirt for my birthday. Easy peasy. I'll be on vacation golfing so that I can just wear it the next day. Perfect.

[Charlie Barron's]

You want my beef with golf shirts before you go on to your next present? Golf shirts, man. You wear these things, they hold your smell, you know, I try to wear shirts a few different times before washing them, you know, And a golf shirt you can't do that with because, like, it's rank, you know? Do you notice it? I think it's a polyester.

[Miles]

Yeah. I don't wear golf shirts more than once in a row, usually because I'm. I sweat, you know, when you golf?

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. Really?

[Miles]

Especially when I was 60 pounds heavier. I'd sweat on the weight of the course with the AC on.

[Charlie Barron's]

All right, that's funny. Visual.

[Miles]

But in terms of gift from, like, Ann.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, we. She gave you a baby.

[Miles]

Yeah. And we kind of just decided not really to do gifts to each other.

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh, really?

[Miles]

Yeah, we just don't really do it.

[Becky]

Yeah.

[Miles]

Like, I'll send her flowers and stuff, but, like actually going in a gift, we're both like, if you just want something, let's just buy it whenever you want it. Oh, plus, like, we go on a nice vacation. Like that kind of stuff.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, like, no, you guys. Yeah, you guys, your gift is to each other every day.

[Miles]

Mm. Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

You know, some people like the gift giving aspect.

[Miles]

Yeah. I mean, that's the thing, right? You talk about the love languages.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

Neither of ours are gifts.

[Charlie Barron's]

Interesting.

[Miles]

So.

[Charlie Barron's]

Well, that's good.

[Miles]

I'd rather just go to dinner and have a good conversation with my wife rather than her get me a present.

[Charlie Barron's]

Wow.

[Miles]

Then I got to figure out what to say once I open it. You know, it's like, oh, yeah, yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

Where it's. I like the people that are really looking at. Wow.

[Miles]

I really did need one of these. How did you know? Oh, yeah, you texted me and asked me what I wanted and then I told you, and that's exactly what I got. What a surprise.

[Charlie Barron's]

You know, I. I actually, I was listening to this thing at one point in the car. I was driving somewhere, but this person was talking about sort of like gifts and that initial reaction, like some people give gifts for that. They get high off that initial reaction of you, like opening a gift, you know, and if you're not excited enough, it kind of blows it. But I feel like there are some presence where you're not excited to open it, but the long term excitement you have for that gift, it's just. It can't Be measured in that some people aren't like good at showing emotion when they open something right away, but they really do like it and appreciate. So all you gift givers out there just know that if you got resting present face, it doesn't mean that they hate the present necessarily. Yeah, good psa. Well, sounds like you're done with this intro, Miles.

[Miles]

Yeah, no. Thanks for wishing me a happy birthday, Charlie. Happy birthday means a lot.

[Charlie Barron's]

Happy birthday. You remember that Christmas cartoon where the snowman goes Happy birthday?

[Miles]

I don't.

[Charlie Barron's]

It's great. You should look it up. All right, let's take some calls.

[Miles]

Well, guys, we got Connor on the line. He is from New England and he's wondering how someone who is Midwest nice can still tell someone to off.

[Charlie Barron's]

That's a good question, Connor. Where, where you said you just move out to the East Coast?

[Connor]

No, so I actually. So I live in the Carolinas now. I'm originally from New England.

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh.

[Miles]

Oh, okay. So yeah. So you're moved away from New England. You're maybe because I'm in. If you're a New Englander, I feel like you're just telling people to f off left and right.

[Charlie Barron's]

That's how you say good morning.

[Miles]

And now he is gotten away from it and maybe wants to clean it up a little.

[Charlie Barron's]

He wants to clean it up. He wants to be. Though he's not from the Midwest, ladies and gentlemen, he's looking to spread that Midwest cheer. And even when he's got a jeer, you like that rhyme.

[Miles]

So who do you think, who is this going to be targeted at? You clearly have someone in mind.

[Connor]

So kind of when I, when I called in and left the voicemail, so what triggered me? So I'm a beer salesman in the Carolinas and I, I used to work for a big wholesaler and I actually used to sell a whole lot of Bush Light, but now I work for a smaller brewery in the Carolinas. Kind of what triggered me was, you know, it was, it was like 3:00 on a Friday afternoon and an accountant called me and said, you know, we give accounts a lot of free stuff like glassware or the coasters that, that kind of the branded coasters and bars. And an account called me at like 3 o'clock on a Friday and said, hey, I'm completely out of glassware. I need you to bring me two cases right away before, before the end of the day today. You know, I was like, listen, there's no way on Friday at 3:00 you just found out you had no Glasses, so kind of stuff like that. And you know, it's the same that goes when they'll, they'll call on a Friday, same, around the same time. And, and their delivery day was on Tuesday. And they'll say, hey, I never got my keg on Tuesday. And I'm like, oh, cool, you waited till Friday to let me know, so. Well, you can go fuck yourself.

[Miles]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on, Charlie.

[Charlie Barron's]

What's that?

[Miles]

So this is a. Essentially they are your customer. Correct?

[Connor]

Correct.

[Miles]

And you are delivering product to them. Correct?

[Connor]

Correct. I technically don't deliver it, I sell it to them.

[Miles]

But your company is delivering that and they call you and say, you guys didn't deliver the keg I ordered and you're telling them to fuck off. What's up with that?

[Charlie Barron's]

That seems like very Boston.

[Miles]

Yeah, it seems like that might be you are the problem, not necessarily them.

[Connor]

So my whole point of it is, listen, your delivery day was on Tuesday. You didn't notice until Friday at 3 o'clock that you didn't get your keg. Now I have no time to get anything done for you. If you noticed on Wednesday your keg didn't come in. Well, I got two days figured out.

[Miles]

I mean, if you just would have done it right the first time, you wouldn't have to work at 3 o'clock on a Friday.

[Connor]

Exactly, exactly. But what I always tell, I don't tell people this, but it always comes to my mind. My long time ago, my dad said to me, your lack of planning is not my emergency. And that comes to my mind every single time something like this pops.

[Charlie Barron's]

I think you might be taking that a little bit out of context if you guys didn't get your beer delivered.

[Miles]

Your lack of planning is not my emergency. Your lack of being unable to do your job correctly the first time is their emergency.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, there. Connor, you're gonna have to find out. The glass one. I can count. How does a bar go? Oh, geez, sorry. I'm stepping on Miles's cord. And by the way, want to talk about Midwest nights, instead of politely saying, charlie, you're stepping on my cord for the third time this show. He just yanks it like a pissed off dad, you know, And I think Miles's advice to you was kind of like pissed off dad advice. You know, that's what you gotta remember here. Connor is like, you know, the Midwest. We're nice, but, but you know, we'll tell it to you how it is. And, and that's because we all have that Midwest dad in Our life. So, yeah, I think, I think with the keg, you're in the wrong with the glassware. I could see it. I could see it. But at the same time, you know, you want these accounts to buy your beer. So it's, it's kind of.

[Connor]

And that's why, you know, it's, it's more, the more frustrating part is when, when they ask me for those little things, you know, late on a Friday and I was like, listen, hey, you know, between me and you, I've already packed, I've already packed it in at 3 o'clock on Friday.

[Charlie Barron's]

You packed it in at 3 o'clock on a Friday? Wow. Sounds.

[Miles]

Dude, I'm ready drinking beer.

[Connor]

I'm ready at the bar, drinking.

[Miles]

I have met so many people that are in the beer distribution business. They don't. The salesmen never work, Charlie.

[Charlie Barron's]

Is that how it goes?

[Miles]

They are never on the clock.

[Connor]

All about relationships. And my relationship building is I'm going to come have a beer at your bar.

[Miles]

Exactly. So they're just. So as soon as they're required to do an. A little ounce of work of emailing someone to drop off glassware, they can't handle it.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, I, I can't be bothered. I just cracked this beer. It's 3:00 on a Friday. Now if you want to role play Miles, how they should go.

[Miles]

Yeah, sure. Stage.

[Charlie Barron's]

What is it, Connor? Who do you want to play? You want to play that? You be the bar. Tell us exactly what the bar said and Miles and I, we will be your Midwest sales team. And this is how we're going to kindly tell you to fuck off if you deserve it. All right, so give us a call that you had recently. Ring ring, ring ring. Hello?

[Connor]

Hey, Charlie, how you doing, man?

[Charlie Barron's]

Doing all right. I'm sitting here with Miles. We're just having a beer at the bar.

[Miles]

You want another one, Charles?

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, let's do another one already.

[Connor]

3:00.

[Charlie Barron's]

You gotta start sometime, you know.

[Miles]

Tell them we're doing a little market research.

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh yeah, we're doing market research. I'm testing this new beer out. It's pretty gosh darn good, I gotta tell you. It's so good. I'm gonna have another.

[Connor]

All right, well, listen, this is, this is Connor over here at Connor's bar. Listen, man, I know it's late on a Friday, but my bartender just told me now we're completely out of glassware and coasters where we're not going to make it through the weekend. Got a real busy weekend Coming up. You know, man, I just don't know how I'm going to get through the weekend without any glasses. I know it's late on Friday. Is there any way you can bring us. Get us. Get us some down here like right away? A couple cases will get us through the weekend.

[Charlie Barron's]

A couple cases? Glasses, couple.

[Connor]

Yeah, yeah.

[Miles]

Really putting us in a tight spot.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, I mean, I spoke. Suppose we could.

[Miles]

We. We could.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yikes. Wolf.

[Miles]

Well, let's.

[Charlie Barron's]

Let me ask you this.

[Miles]

Like, do you need, you know, bad? Here we go, Charlie. We could do a themed Toby Keith tribute night and you guys could just use red solo cups all night. How about that little marketing?

[Charlie Barron's]

Got yourself a Walmart close by.

[Connor]

That might work.

[Miles]

That might work.

[Charlie Barron's]

Okay, maybe I'll doordash you one quick question, Sharpie.

[Connor]

I could write your beer company. I could just write sharp and sharpie on the cup. So my workout, that's.

[Charlie Barron's]

That's not a bad idea. How are you out of glassware, by the way? I mean, as a bar, you kind of have like one job and, well, you got many jobs, but that's a pretty important one.

[Connor]

I feel like these bartenders, they just. They just chuck them on the ground at the end of night. Yeah, that's just a big let's break everything in the bar day.

[Miles]

Yeah, I mean, a lot of times your employees are reflection of your management style, Connor. So, you know, we could run to the office, grab some glassware and bring it over there. But you might also want to take a look at how you're leading these people.

[Connor]

Okay.

[Charlie Barron's]

Because, Connor, I'm gonna be honest with you. I just cracked this second beer and it's not safe to drive when you got two beers in you. So it's gonna be at least before I can drive, assuming I don't get another beer. And oh, I just got another beer bought for me at the bar. Thank you, Miles. And yeah, so this is gonna be a real tough one. I'll see if I can doordash you some glasses. But yeah, my recommendation is just, you know, sometimes you got to learn the lesson the hard way. And I think that if we step in and save you now.

[Miles]

Well, yeah, I mean, what lesson is he really learning? You know, my Midwest dad would always make sure I learned a lesson. And would we really be acting in his best interest if we just solved his problem?

[Charlie Barron's]

No, we can't just reprimand you and then bring you the glasses. That'd be learning the lesson the soft way. But you want to be hard, don't you, Connor?

[Connor]

Yeah, I like learning them the hard way, that's for sure.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yep. Yeah, there's going to have to be that.

[Connor]

I'm just saying we should have planned better. We should have planned better. I can't make my lack of planning your guys emergency. I understand that.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

And I think that's what we really learned today.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. So I tell you what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna sit here. Thank you, Miles. I'm gonna drink this beer and I'm gonna think about you and the lesson you're learning. And I'll say a prayer for you. And I might light a candle for church in you the next time I'm there.

[Connor]

Hey, just have one for me. You might as well tip another bag for me.

[Charlie Barron's]

All right. Cheers. And by the way, we're still good for the. You're still. You're still buying the whole three kegs next month, right?

[Connor]

You got it. You got it.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

Well, since you kind of inconvenience us today, disrupting our market research, I'll put you down for six kegs next month. How's that sound?

[Connor]

Okay. All right. We can do that.

[Miles]

All right.

[Charlie Barron's]

There you go.

[Miles]

Don't let it happen again, though.

[Charlie Barron's]

Well, I suppose, Charles, I suppose it's about that time. Let's do another. So. Yeah. Connor, you know, we didn't really answer your question how to. But.

[Miles]

But that's what you do. You just start talking.

[Charlie Barron's]

You start talking and the. The general vibe of all the words you're putting together is going to eventually spell fuck off, but you don't have to explicitly say it.

[Miles]

Yeah. If you can throw it a lot in there, it lessens the blow of the f. You.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, the groans go a long way.

[Connor]

They're trying to make me feel bad. I just got to make them feel bad for making me feel bad.

[Charlie Barron's]

Exactly.

[Miles]

It's a classic gaslight situation. But in a nice way.

[Connor]

Perfect. I love it.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. Nice gaslight.

[Miles]

So. Yeah. There you go.

[Charlie Barron's]

Anything else on your mind, Connor?

[Connor]

No, not really. Where you guys drinking today?

[Charlie Barron's]

We're over here at Doc Doc Jekylls in Appleton, Wisconsin. You got to get up here sometime.

[Connor]

Yeah, I got to get back. I'm actually. So I'm visiting. I'm in. I'm in Rhode island right now.

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh.

[Connor]

In a parking lot.

[Charlie Barron's]

They say bubbler over there.

[Connor]

Yes, we say bubbler here for sure. This is where I grew up for 21 years before I moved down south.

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh, cool, man. Just living the island life.

[Connor]

Yeah. Roads and the islands.

[Charlie Barron's]

Good for you, man. Good for you. Well, we hope you enjoy your time over there. And Rye and. Yeah, we'll. We'll have to. We'll see next time we're out there in Providence.

[Connor]

Yes, that sounds good.

[Miles]

All right, man. Well, thanks for calling in. And let's just. Let's deliver those kegs on time into the right spot from now on. How about.

[Connor]

That's always the main goal.

[Charlie Barron's]

We're not mad at you, Connor. We're just a little disappointed.

[Connor]

I learned a good lesson here today, calling into the Belly Dove podcast. I appreciate that, guys.

[Charlie Barron's]

You betcha. You watch for lobster over there, all right.

[Connor]

All right, guys.

[Charlie Barron's]

See you soon.

[Connor]

Shout out to your mother for me.

[Charlie Barron's]

We will, we will.

[Miles]

What about my dad.

[Connor]

And your dad?

[Miles]

Oh, he's still on the line. I thought we hung up.

[Charlie Barron's]

See you got her.

[Connor]

See you guys.

[Miles]

Yeah. Say hi to your mom for me, dude. What? It's.

[Charlie Barron's]

Folks, that's kind of an east coast thing. That's kind of a Maki mock thing. Say hi to your mother for me.

[Miles]

Yeah, that makes sense. I mean, this is a classic situation of getting mad. It's a defense mechanism when you mess up your own job.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

Start getting pissed the other person.

[Charlie Barron's]

That's how it goes.

[Miles]

But honestly. But if this whole podcasting comedy, all that stuff does fall apart, we are a phenomenal tag team for a beer salesman.

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh, we would be great.

[Miles]

We doubled our sales of that account in the matter of, like, five minutes.

[Charlie Barron's]

I mean, that was all you, too. I was. It was kind of like the.

[Miles]

Your rambling led to the sale, and that's really what it was about.

[Charlie Barron's]

That's what I like, my rambling.

[Miles]

Because you kind of just got to get them to the point where they just need to get out of the conversation.

[Charlie Barron's]

I exhaust anything, I exhaust them.

[Miles]

The exhauster.

[Charlie Barron's]

And then you're sitting there, like, giving them the. The. The off ramp. Yeah, but the off ramp's going to cost him.

[Miles]

You know, it's like a boxing match where you just run around for a while, get them real tired, and then you still got all your juice, and you. One punch, and they're done.

[Charlie Barron's]

Boom.

[Miles]

A little rope of dope.

[Charlie Barron's]

Do you box, Miles?

[Miles]

No.

[Charlie Barron's]

We should box sometime.

[Miles]

Well, so we're digging our collar.

[Charlie Barron's]

Let's do it.

[Miles]

Hi, is this Becky?

[Becky]

This is Becky.

[Miles]

You got Miles and Charlie from the Bellied up podcast. How you doing?

[Becky]

I'm good. How are you?

[Miles]

I'm doing good. You got some time to chat with us?

[Becky]

I actually do have a little time. Yes.

[Miles]

Awesome. All right, well, guys, we have Becky from Colorado Becky in the hot seat. Becky is the. Her friend group stoner, and she keeps getting gifts with weed leaves on them. What's the problem with that, Becky? What's the problem?

[Becky]

You know, it's. It's fine. I appreciate it. I'm just not someone who's very outward about my stonerness.

[Charlie Barron's]

Apparently not, Becky, because all your friends are getting you the same gift.

[Becky]

I know. I mean, it's birthdays, it's Christmas, it's dish towels and socks and, you know, so I don't know. I don't. I have a question for you guys.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Becky]

Do you. Do you think smoking and drinking for leisure is any different?

[Charlie Barron's]

Smoking weed? Actually, you know what, Becky? You called in the right podcast. When I was in college, freshman year, I wrote a paper on the differences between the psychoactive properties of marijuana and alcohol and the physical properties. And I'll tell you right now.

[Becky]

Did you really?

[Charlie Barron's]

I did. And I got an A on it. And my parents were upset. And from a psychoactive perspective. Perspective, they are similar. But I suppose it. It all depends on, like, how much from a smoking perspective, you're actually like. You inhale deeper with weed. So it's actually. Can be worse than cigarettes. If you're, like, smoking a lot, it just takes less smoke to get you high. But from the. The drinking thing, I think. I think all bets are out the window ever since that we're in this sort of gray, not legal thing because. Because the dope they have these days is so. Now I sound like an old man, you know, the dope they have these days, it's different from when I was smoking it. Back in my day, you could get a whole bag for a nickel. They called it a nickel bag. And that was. Half of it was marijuana. The other half, they actually put leaves in it, for God's sake. So I was smoking oak with it too. And now these days, you don't know strangers. Yeah, you don't get in car with strangers. You smoke dope with them outside the car. Don't be driving and smoking.

[Miles]

But yeah, and then they invented the old hot box. And that's when society went downhill, you.

[Charlie Barron's]

Know, I tell you what, I'll tell you when society went downhill is when they started these freaking vape things. You know, everyone's sitting there just sucking on their robot peckers. It's like, for God's sakes, do it acoustic style or don't do it at all. That's roll a blunt and grow up.

[Becky]

You're right. It's simply too convenient.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. Yeah. So, you know, I do think that I've read some studies on it recently, just for fun, and I think that the amount of THC that they're putting in this stuff, the problem. Here's the problem. You gotta regulate it. The government's gotta just say it's legal now. And then you gotta actually get somebody in there who's not getting bought off by the big weed industry, you know, to. So they can actually say, are you using pesticides in this stuff? Are you not. Cause you're not just smoking marijuana. You're smoking whatever fricking pesticides they decide to throw into that deal.

[Becky]

That's right. That's why here in Colorado, it's nice, because we can grow our own.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. And you get some real hippie. Yeah. If you're growing your own. Yeah. That certainly helps. Now, how much are you smoking a day? Becky? You high right now?

[Becky]

You know, I am. I am, actually. I'm not gonna lie.

[Charlie Barron's]

Good for you.

[Becky]

But. But because I smoke before I go to the gym. So I'm sitting in the gym parking lot. I was about to go in, I got my little smoke on, and then you called, and I was like, shit.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

Yeah. She's gonna lose it. She has to do it again before she goes in.

[Charlie Barron's]

You're an active smoker. I like it. It's nice working out.

[Becky]

I am.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. It's nice working out with a little bit.

[Becky]

It is nice. Have you ever tried?

[Charlie Barron's]

I've tried it. Yeah. I will say, though, that how often are you, like. Are you high all day, every day?

[Becky]

No, no, I'm not high all day. I. I smoke at night or I take a gummy before bed to help me sleep.

[Charlie Barron's]

Okay.

[Becky]

And then, you know, I'll smoke before the gym or. You know, I am a daily smoker. You're a d. Or gummier.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Becky]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

I think anything you do on a daily basis, you want to watch out for that because, you know, you're really committing to it.

[Miles]

Yeah. Because she was definitely about to go down the. The rabbit hole of talking about how alcohol is wor. And weed and all that. But if.

[Becky]

No, I wasn't. I wasn't. Miles. I promise. I do not believe that.

[Miles]

Oh, okay.

[Becky]

But I do believe that weed is not as bad as people think. Who have never smoked it. Who drink a bottle of wine a night.

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh, yeah.

[Becky]

You know what I'm saying?

[Charlie Barron's]

No, you're talking. It's same church, different pew. You know, if you're right, if you're doing. That's all I'm saying, yeah, alcohol, I don't think that's good for you. I don't. I don't think. I think that's pretty. If you're. We're not doing this stuff because it's good for you necessarily. Like, right. There are some people, like, talking about the health benefits of marijuana and alcohol, and I think all those are kind of dubious at best, but, you know, moderation in all things, as they say.

[Becky]

Yes, yes, I agree.

[Miles]

So what have you been. What have you been doing personally, other than just smoking all the time, that has caused your friends to be like, she needs these socks with weed leaves on them.

[Becky]

I don't know. I don't know. I don't talk about it. I'm not, you know, someone who's super open about it to strangers. I. I just think it's because they know I prefer it over drinking wine or, you know, alcohol or beer.

[Miles]

But if you were. But if you were a big wine drinker, they're not going to give you socks with wine glasses, right?

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Becky]

That's the point. It's like, okay, guys, I don't know what to do with all this, you know, I mean, I just end up giving it to Goodwill and, you know, we're in Colorado, so I'm sure it gets used.

[Charlie Barron's]

It gets bought up pretty good. So you grow your own weed, huh?

[Becky]

I tried last year. Yes. That was my first attempt.

[Miles]

And what happened?

[Becky]

And I put it in my garden outside. I started it inside. I put it outside, and I think it hermaphrodited. Do you know what that I've just learned about this?

[Charlie Barron's]

It went from weed to cbd. Isn't the male plant cbd and the female is the thc.

[Becky]

I don't know. I don't know all of that.

[Charlie Barron's]

What kind of stoner are you? Becky, start reading papers on this stuff.

[Becky]

Right? I know, like you. I should. I should go back to college and do that.

[Miles]

Yeah, don't go back to college. Anyway, it's because you didn't put any pesticides on it. That's what happened.

[Becky]

That's right. I know. Who knows? Anyway, it basically grows a bunch of seeds instead of the actual flower shake.

[Charlie Barron's]

We would call that back in the day, back when you could get a nickel bag for a nickel.

[Becky]

Yeah, okay. All right, now I know. Thank you for that.

[Charlie Barron's]

Ditch weed. Something like that.

[Miles]

So why don't you just. Yeah. So you prefer the smoking over the gummies and the drinks?

[Becky]

No, no, I prefer just THC over alcohol, basically. I mean, I take gummies. I don't Smoke all the time. I don't. I don't like how it smells.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

But even, like, the THC drinks, I mean.

[Becky]

Oh, I haven't tried the drinks before. Have you guys tried the drinks?

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Becky]

I haven't. I haven't. Are they the same?

[Charlie Barron's]

They're all right. I mean, I don't know.

[Becky]

Yeah.

[Miles]

Same church, different.

[Charlie Barron's]

Same church, different pew. You know, it's. Everything's different. Everything's different. Like, with alcohol, you know what you're getting. You don't really.

[Miles]

But even with alcohol, you're gonna. Whiskey, to you is different than tequila and beer and acts differently as well.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. I'm just saying they have an alcohol percent on it, and I guess they do. With THC, they say 2.5 milligrams, but I think some people, like the gummies, work on them. Different than the smoking and then.

[Becky]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

I think the vapes, generally speaking, are just terrible for you.

[Becky]

I do, too.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. Because you'd have no idea what they're putting in that stuff. There's, like, formaldehyde in some of them and all that. And then you get this out here, we got, like, this Delta 8 stuff. And I. I don't know that that's exactly what you want to do. Once you start getting a lab involved, if it doesn't come from the ground, man, you can't trust it.

[Becky]

That's right. Yes. Yes.

[Charlie Barron's]

I don't really know.

[Becky]

So I just. I just kind of feel like it's a little hypocritical of people sometimes, you know?

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. I. I mean, there's. Alcohol is not good for you, and weed's probably not really good for you either. So you kind of know whatever you're doing, it's not that great for you.

[Miles]

It's kind of funny that people are like, weed's gonna rot your brain. You're gonna turn into a loser. This and that. But then, like, people just get hammered drunk and drive home and get in a car accident.

[Becky]

Yeah. Or they're, like, puking all night and they're hungover for two days. You know, now that I'm in my late 30s.

[Charlie Barron's]

Interesting fact about. Oh, go ahead.

[Becky]

No, no, go ahead.

[Charlie Barron's]

I say interesting fact about marijuana. The first law in the United States revolving around marijuana was that each household was mandated to grow a plant. And the reason is, is that was for the hemp industry. That's how they made ropes for sailing. And sailing was the. Whoever controlled the oceans controlled trade. And so every household was mandated to grow marijuana. And wasn't until The Mexican American War, where basically we stole Texas. That's when they started to criminalize marijuana because it was the traditional intoxicant of the Mexicans. And so that's when you had that. That's where the whole reefer madness thing came into play and all that sort of stuff. That's what got me the.

[Becky]

A very knowledgeable marijuana.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. My parents, I went to college and I came back with that paper, and they were like, the hell are you. You kidding me?

[Becky]

I think you're doing.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, I know.

[Becky]

That's so funny.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. But, well.

[Miles]

So, Charlie, how would you recommend she stops getting those types of gifts?

[Charlie Barron's]

How would you stop getting them?

[Miles]

I think you got to make something else that you maybe would want more. Your. Your whole personality. Even if it's.

[Becky]

Yeah.

[Miles]

Kind of like your. Your on camera Persona, you know, Even if you're not doing it behind the sc. Just pick something else that maybe is. You'd want more.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. Become a real big fan of, like, the Grateful Death.

[Becky]

Like, I just have to, like, develop a hobby.

[Miles]

That's it. Just so you can stop getting those gifts.

[Becky]

Right, right. Okay. Okay. I do like to paint. Maybe I can get more into that.

[Charlie Barron's]

Of course you like to paint.

[Miles]

You like to paint. You like to play frisbee golf.

[Becky]

I don't.

[Miles]

I don't. You like. You like the didgeridoo in your spare time.

[Charlie Barron's]

You like rain sticks?

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Becky]

Yeah. What are the likes?

[Miles]

Making necklaces with glass beads on them.

[Charlie Barron's]

Hemp.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Becky]

Yes. Yes. No, I actually don't look like a stunner. People are surprised that I smoke weed.

[Charlie Barron's]

Apparently they're not. Apparently they're not surprised to the point where they're getting you birthday presents with.

[Becky]

Well, yeah, now and then I have to hide it, like, oh, thanks. And they're like, what did Anna get you? And I'm like, oh, not just some socks, you know?

[Miles]

Yeah, yeah. I mean, just start hammering the painting thing, you know, Just won't. Don't shut up about it. And also, you know, I throw out stuff like, God, I just wish I had more brushes and stuff and just start dropping the hints. But it would be so funny. They're like, oh, yeah, she's really into painting. Let's get her some painting stuff. Let's get her some paint brushes with weed on the handles. Oh, that would be sick. So maybe I pick a holiday. You gotta pick a hobby that they just don't sell anything with weed leaves on it, which is hard to find these days. They, like, order a special paintbrush off of ETSY Custom painted by someone. Damn it.

[Becky]

Oh my gosh. That's hilarious.

[Miles]

Do you, do you paint? Do you sell your work or you just do it for you?

[Becky]

I haven't painted in a couple years, but I when I forgot, I did sell it a little.

[Charlie Barron's]

Okay, we'll get to. What are you doing doing all this weed and not painting? You're wasting the good stuff.

[Miles]

This is what happened. She was a painter first. Then she found that smoking weed helped her be a better painter. And then she found out that painting just got in the way of smoking weed. And that's how we got here today.

[Becky]

Oh my gosh. That is not true.

[Charlie Barron's]

What do you do for work?

[Becky]

I'm a hairstylist.

[Charlie Barron's]

Do you do that high? That's a yes. That's.

[Becky]

I'm gonna plead the fifth on that.

[Charlie Barron's]

All right. Do you have.

[Becky]

I. I am better at men's cuts, actually, because you can just really hyper focus in on that, you know.

[Charlie Barron's]

But how long are your haircuts?

[Becky]

Anywhere from one to three hours.

[Charlie Barron's]

Wow.

[Becky]

No, I'm just teasing. Yeah.

[Miles]

So, okay, I got a question that you as a hairstylist, you seem like a pretty level headed gal. I wouldn't rope you in with all of the other crazy hairstylists. Why do you think that hairstylists have gotten such a bad rap of just being crazy all the time?

[Becky]

I think it attracts that type of a person sometimes. I think that people who like drama tend to be drawn to drama.

[Miles]

Because you're basically just gossiping all day at work talking to the clients, right?

[Becky]

Yeah, pretty much. I mean, they tell you all their problems. I mean, and it's funny because they tell you their problems and they tell you about their family and then they refer their family to you. So then I know all these things about these people that come in and I've never met them before and they have no idea.

[Charlie Barron's]

That's fascinating, man.

[Miles]

So you want to know a little trick that I've done? I'm in the same scenario. The gal that cuts my hair cuts my entire family. So if I want someone to change their behavior, I just leak that to my hairstylist, knowing that it's probably going to get around to him.

[Charlie Barron's]

Wow.

[Miles]

And therefore I don't have to bring it up to him.

[Charlie Barron's]

You know, this is so Midwest.

[Becky]

That's really smart.

[Charlie Barron's]

Talking to your family by proxy of your hairdresser.

[Becky]

Very non confrontational.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, that's hilarious.

[Miles]

Wow. My mom just, she. She just constantly wants me to be there at like 6am for holidays and I just kind of Want to show up at, like, noon, you know? And then next thing you know, next Christmas, it's not 6am but it's like 10:30. I get to show up.

[Charlie Barron's]

What's the weirdest thing you've ever heard in a hairdresser chair?

[Becky]

Heard somebody tell me about their situation or just seen or. Yeah, I mean, there's a lot of crazy things.

[Miles]

What's the weirdest thing has been confessed to you in the chair?

[Becky]

I had this crazy lady one time come in, and I think she was on some hard drugs, and she told me that she had just gotten a tattoo. And she showed me and pulled her pants down in the salon in her song. Was just standing there with her butt out, and no one knew what to do. We were like, oh, that's really nice.

[Charlie Barron's]

What was a tattoo of.

[Becky]

Like, a flower?

[Charlie Barron's]

Okay.

[Becky]

It was a type of a mechanical.

[Miles]

It was actually. It was a tattoo of Moses. And what is it, the Red Sea or the Dead Sea?

[Charlie Barron's]

The Red Sea.

[Miles]

The Red Sea. And they had the waves on either side, on either cheek.

[Becky]

No. That would have been something to see, though I will say.

[Charlie Barron's]

She had someone.

[Miles]

Moses parting the Brown Sea, full moon. Why has no one ever just gotten the tattoo on both cheeks of just the moon on their ass? That'd be a clever one.

[Becky]

Maybe they have. Maybe. I'm. I'm sure somebody has had to have.

[Charlie Barron's]

Somewhere.

[Miles]

Well, this has been great, Becky. We appreciate you calling in and delaying your. Or we appreciate us calling you, letting us delay your workout a little bit.

[Becky]

You know what? It was such a pleasure. Oh. Can I say something to you, Miles?

[Miles]

Sure.

[Becky]

You look so great since you went to the gym. And you are looking like a snack.

[Charlie Barron's]

Wow. He's married.

[Miles]

Here.

[Charlie Barron's]

You're happily married as well.

[Becky]

Take that from me telling you. I'm just telling you so, you know.

[Miles]

Well, thank you.

[Becky]

Yeah. I'm just saying, I know Charlie gets a lot of attention, but I wanted to say.

[Charlie Barron's]

I didn't know I get a lot.

[Becky]

Of attention, and I was single and you were single. I'd be like, hey, that guy's cute.

[Charlie Barron's]

Damn.

[Miles]

Let's go, Miles. That's what sucks.

[Becky]

I just want to tell you, I want to encourage you. You're looking good.

[Miles]

Thanks.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. Looking like a snack.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

And you better watch out.

[Charlie Barron's]

A little fruit roll up.

[Miles]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Becky]

Be quirky.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

I want to unravel you, you know?

[Becky]

Well, I mean, I don't. I'm. I'm not saying by the foot over here.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Becky]

Oh, also, Miles, I really think you need to give Charlie Another chance at the arm wrestle.

[Charlie Barron's]

Thank you. Thank you.

[Becky]

I do. I'm sorry. I think you can. I. I'm not saying I think it would be a good match.

[Miles]

Is that. Is that the moment you realize that May crossed over into snack territory is what I took down Charlie?

[Becky]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

I wasn't expecting it.

[Becky]

It didn't hurt. It didn't hurt.

[Charlie Barron's]

Ever since that day, I've been crushing biceps every day at the gym, just waiting for my next moment. I'll find Miles when he's weak and ready to redo this, and I'll just.

[Becky]

Be Cheddar when you recover from your injury. On your elbow or whatever.

[Miles]

Whopper's elbow.

[Becky]

Beat him. If you beat him again, you'll never have to talk about it again.

[Miles]

That is true. That is.

[Becky]

And then you can be like, bro, I beat you twice.

[Miles]

Yeah, let's drop it. You're saying I need to prove it is what you're saying.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, Prove it. We think it's just a fluke, Miles.

[Miles]

Well, the funny thing is, Charlie, is the fluke is one of the most common fish in the sea, so.

[Charlie Barron's]

Is it? I never caught a fluke anyways.

[Miles]

Well, anyway, yeah. Thank you very much.

[Becky]

Hey, guys. Thank you so much for having me on.

[Charlie Barron's]

Thank you. You've been a real joy.

[Becky]

Yeah. Have a good day.

[Charlie Barron's]

Happy trails. Oh, Miles. We have stoners that listen to the podcast, too, it seems.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

It's nice to know that we have a very diverse audience.

[Miles]

We do. I think we do. All over the world, worldwide. It is fun to think about that once in a while of some of the calls that we've gotten across the world and the different groups of people.

[Charlie Barron's]

It's pretty cool. Pretty cool. Some days when you're feeling down, you just pump your own tires with that.

[Miles]

And. And Jared, I'm going to need you to clip that last part and. And so I can send it to An.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. Does an, now that you know you're out here looking like a snack, is an getting jealous?

[Miles]

I don't know.

[Charlie Barron's]

We're about jelly donut.

[Miles]

We're about to find out. Let's go. Dude, you know what I always say?

[Charlie Barron's]

What do you always say?

[Miles]

I say you always gotta have a good lawyer in your back pocket because life happens.

[Charlie Barron's]

First time I've ever heard you say that.

[Miles]

What do you. I always say that.

[Charlie Barron's]

Well, I suppose if you're telling me you always say it, maybe you haven't been paying attention. Maybe it's like when you get a yellow car and then you notice all the other yellow cars. On the road.

[Miles]

Yeah. Like I, if I was a Woody doll from the movie Toy Story. Oh, and you pulled the string on my back. I would just say, say you always got to have a good lawyer in your back pocket, you know.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. There's a good lawyer in your boat.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

You always gotta have a good lawyer in your boot.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

And no better lawyer to have in your pocket. The Nicolet law, Mr. Russell, Nicolette over at Nicolet Law because you never know what's going to happen. You may be having in an ATV accident, might hit a deer on the side of the road and after your initial thought of, of, well, there's an extra £20 of venison.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

Next thought after that should be I gotta call Nicolet.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, it's. That's an extra 20 pounds of venison. Where's my buck knife? Gotta call Nicolette.

[Miles]

There you go. Yeah. One, two, three, punch.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, you get, you get that lawyer in your what, pocket, Miles?

[Miles]

Back pocket.

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh, you're gonna be scratching your ass though because he's got that nice beard. So anyways guys, call Nicolay.

[Miles]

If you're in an accident, you get hurt, you know, the whole thing.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yep. He'll get you that money you deserve.

[Miles]

Call 1-855-NICOlay all right guys, we got another voicemail from Tucker. See what Tucker has to say.

[Charlie Barron's]

All right?

[Tucker]

My name is Tucker Jenkins, 25. Yeah, so my thing is what's up with all these auto parts for at AutoZone has like super shitty customer service. I was there yesterday, asked a dude for a part, he goes back, comes back up because he can't find it. But all I did was go and like stand in between, you know, like two of the like the registers, like didn't even look. And then, then you go to O'Reilly. They don't have the part half the time, you know, so still know really what's up with these auto parts stores. Other time I was at AutoZone, dude straight up told me don't buy their stuff because it's all like built poorly so you have to come back. So yeah, just trying to find a new auto parts store someplace I, that I can get something decent and fix my truck that's falling apart, so. All right, y'all have a good one. Bye.

[Miles]

Also, I knew exactly what he's talking about. Just going and standing between this stuff and just like, like looking and being like, yeah, we don't have it.

[Charlie Barron's]

You know, the, the problem here with these autozones and O'Reilly's is they spend all their Time on the marketing. Yeah, you know. Yeah, they get the O'Reilly Auto Parts and then. What's AutoZone? Get in the zone. AutoZone? Yeah. You know, if they didn't spend all their money on those radio ads, they might have some decent customer service. What you really got to do is find your mom and pop shop. Okay. More like your Larry and Frank shop. These guys are gonna have the things that you need, you know, and so you go find the local ones, typically, because they don't. They. They can't afford to have one bad store. They only have one store.

[Miles]

That's true. What I will have to say, Charlie, is I think you would be the perfect person to own an auto parts store.

[Charlie Barron's]

Me? Oh, I take that as a compliment. Why do you think that?

[Miles]

Yeah, you're folksy, you know, you don't really have to be organized, you know.

[Charlie Barron's]

That's true.

[Miles]

These guys are just going and looking in random spots for parts and, you know, usually, I don't know, I just feel like you just would fit right in at auto parts store. I can't believe you've never worked at one.

[Charlie Barron's]

I appreciate that. No, I worked at a bike shop. Bike mechanic. Bicycles. And yeah, my bench was always messy. But you know what? I got the job done, Miles. I got the job done. Actually, I do have a lot of bike parts. You know what I used to do in college? I worked at the bike shop. I wasn't getting paid a lot, so I would go look for dead bikes. A bike that's been locked to a thing for a long enough time. It's starting to rust out. You take your hacksaw over there, you just cut the frame. If it's a bad frame, then you got a whole new set of parts, you know, so. Someone call that thievery, But I was calling it recycling.

[Miles]

So you're the guy that's stealing, like, Cadillac converters and fuel pumps and shit out of trucks.

[Charlie Barron's]

These are. These are cars that have been. These are. I'm sorry. These are bicycles that have been abandoned. You know, like Sarah McLaughlin. You know, if these bikes were living, she'd be doing commercials for them. And I'm rescuing them, giving them new life.

[Miles]

Okay. All right.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

So what would the theme of your auto parts store be?

[Charlie Barron's]

The theme? Yeah, like, we'll keep her moving. You like that? I mean, come on. It writes itself.

[Miles]

Miles, you have a keeper moving song on your.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, I do. Yeah.

[Miles]

Let's hear it.

[Charlie Barron's]

You want to hear it? All right.

[Miles]

Thanks.

[Charlie Barron's]

I thought you.

[Miles]

No, you need to sing it.

[Charlie Barron's]

I already Recorded it. We'll play it out for the episode today.

[Miles]

So this would be your theme song if you had an auto parts store called Keeper Moving.

[Charlie Barron's]

Interesting. Oh, I see what you're saying. Okay, so I won't play the song. I'll just be like, keep, keep, keep keeper moving. Keep her moving, folks. Come on down here. Whether you hit a deer or slam. Well, I won't say something else that rhymes with beer is. Or. I said beer. Anyways, don't drink and drive. All right, but if you got screwed by a drunk driver, bring your car over here. We'll fix it up for you for free because Miles is paying for it. Keep, keep keeper moving.

[Miles]

Yeah, you. Yeah, you're like. You're like Zelinsky on Tommy Boy. What's his first name? Zelin? The guy who's like the. The. The big wig guy. Ray Zelinsky, I think is his name.

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh, doing the commercials and stuff.

[Miles]

Yeah. For the American Working man. By the American Working Man.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. That's good. I should do that. Maybe I should switch careers.

[Miles]

Yeah, I think you should.

[Charlie Barron's]

You trying to kick me out of this podcast, Miles?

[Miles]

No, no, no.

[Charlie Barron's]

He is, isn't he? He talks about it. It's like, you know how good this would be if I had a different host? Who would you get if it wasn't me hosting that? So would you get. Oh, God.

[Miles]

Probably like Kevin Hart or someone like that.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. That's it, Miles. We are done. So another one in the books. High five. Up top.

[Miles]

We talked to people today. We took. Maybe we took a voicemail or two or maybe none at all, but it was a good episode of the Bellied up podcast. We are at a bar sipping beer and oxygen. We are. We have beers and good times.

[Charlie Barron's]

Good times to be had, folks. Tip your bartender.