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All right, Chuck, we're back. We're here at Matt Matty's Bar and Grill here in New Berlin.
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Chickadee, Chuckety, chuckety, chickadee. Check it, Chuck. Feeling ready to roll, Miles?
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I do. I don't want to start this episode off on the wrong foot, but you do need to clean your glasses. And, and starting now, Charlie, I am going to be the friend that when you have something in your teeth, I'm going to tell you immediately. And if your glasses are smudgy, I'll tell you. All right, that sounds.
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I love you. I love you in a weird way. I love you. Can you clean them for me? Yeah, like that doesn't feel right. But I think. I don't know why I can't get these glasses. Do they have self cleaning glasses? I want some windshield wipers for my glasses. Why has that not been invented? You know?
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Yeah, these things are terrible.
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I know, dude, I know. She got glass cleaner. Oh, that's really nice.
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Glasses were clean.
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Those glasses were crisp as hell, man. I was like, are there even lenses there? Let's see what she uses. Oh, she's got some Windex.
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Okay.
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Nice.
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That's how bad Charlie's glasses are. They gotta break out the big bottle.
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Oh no, she's using the industrial Windex on that. And now she's going to the back room. Dude, she's gonna power wash them. That's cool. What if she just takes them? That'd be hilarious. Thank you. What was, what was your name? Kirsten.
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So Kirsten, I have a question for you. How do you keep your glasses so clean?
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Well, I work here and I just use the glass cleaner.
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Do they make pocket size glass cleaners for a guy who's constantly on the road?
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Probably you could go to like Walgreens or something. Get some like travel size.
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I'm sure that's, that's good to know. I'm going to, I'm going to do that. And if that doesn't work, I'll go to O'Reilly's or something and get some windshield wiper cleaner.
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WD40. I'm sure, I'm sure that.
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Oh, WD40.
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I think it might just be that they're so scratched that they just appear smudgy.
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Very scratched.
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Are they scratched?
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Scratched? That's insane.
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See, I'm not dirty.
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There's no amount of glass cleaner that's going to clean those things.
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I need new glasses. Oh, that's way better.
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It's better. It is better.
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We appreciate it way better than we appreciate your Service. Really appreciate you. That was. That was wonderful. Thank you. Well, Miles, we really need another sponsorship here because I apparently need to buy new glasses.
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Yeah, you gotta go to the Warby Parker store in the mall. Yeah, the only reason why that is when I walked to dinner last night, I walked by a Warby Parker.
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Is that. Is this an inside joke from my favorite podcast? Oh, okay. Is that just how people say Warby Parker sound like it?
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Warby Parker. Just funny because I started, like, we're an online glasses thing, and then now they, like, only just do in store purchases I've gotten.
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These glasses are from Warby Parker.
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Are they?
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Yeah. Because. Why? Oh, I know why. Who was it? My. They had a.
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Doesn't matter. So, Charlie, how you feeling today?
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Are you my sister's friend work there? She's gone. She said, come on by. I'll hook it up.
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Okay. Nice.
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Mm. That's what got me in the door. And then since they have my thing on file, and I don't know if you guys know this, I'm known to lose my glasses once in a while. Just easier.
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You should lose those glasses. So then you force yourself to have to get a new pair. She should have taken those out back and thrown them away. So you had to get a new pair.
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I. But I see.
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Huh?
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I see you.
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No.
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Yeah. Anyways. Okay.
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Yeah.
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What's up, Miles? What's up, dude?
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So you grew up here, Charlie.
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Far away.
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What was it like growing up in New Berlin?
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New Berlin was great, man. We had a mulch pile out in the backyard. Mulch pile underneath the white pine. This beautiful, expansive white pine. White pines, when they grow close together, they kind of. But this one was a little further apart and sort of spread its branches, so it was an easy climber. What me and my brothers would do is we would jump into this mulch pile. Now, there was a gun, a little toy gun hanging from a string. And we had a game where we would try to jump and get the gun. None of us ever got the gun, Miles. If a man's reach never exceeds his grasp, then what's a heaven for? And the best times to jump into this pile were after Steve Zalucki. He was cool, man. The Zaluckis, sue and Steve, they never had us call him Mr. And Mrs. Zalucki. We just call him sue and Steve ever since we were, like, 4 years old. I mean, how cool is that?
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I think that's pretty common.
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No, usually it's Mr. And Mrs. All.
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Of my friends parents wanted us to say first name Agreed.
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But what? But what? Really? That never happened to me until. I don't know what you guys are doing in Fargo. I don't know how you're raising your kids, but I would expect you raise them better.
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Well, we would start with that, and then they would be like, oh, don't call us that.
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Yeah, but at what age? Like when you're four.
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I can't remember.
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I'm four years old over at Betsy's Lucky's house.
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I'm just two. I'm a year and a half old. Just can barely talk.
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Anyways, you know, the best time to jump into a mulch pile is after Steve got done cutting the grass because he was a saving the clippings guy. And then he would go put his clippings in our mulch pile. There's no better landing in a mulch pile than after the grass clippings.
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So basically, your entire childhood is just the plot of Assassin's Creed.
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Assassin's Creed. They were jumping in mulch piles.
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Well, it's. Hey. It's. Hey. They're jumping into hay instead of.
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Okay.
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But yeah.
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Difference with grass clippings, though, is like, on day three, you can you see the. The smells come up from it. They're visible.
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And you guys were the stinky. The Barron's family was the stinky kids that smelled like old mulch.
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No, but our backyard did smell like my mom and my dad. That was. They. They would have discussions, we'll call it, about how bad the mulch pile was.
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Before we move on, I do need to ask what you mean that you just had a gun hanging. What do you mean? So you were jumping off of a tree? Yeah, to try and grab a gun that was hanging from another tree, I presume.
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No, same tree, just a farther branch.
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And you guys just, at all times just had a gun hanging from a branch?
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Yeah. I don't think we ever got that gun. Can you believe that?
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How did it get there?
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People lived there before us. We don't know the origin story of the gun, but we do know that it was difficult to jump to. And I wonder if that's still the case now. I bet you those branches have gone stronger, and you could have climbed up over to it or gone farther out on the farthest branch and gotten a little bit more leverage. Maybe there's a little bit more bounce on that branch now. I should go over there and see if they mind if I look.
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Yeah. After this, can we swing by your childhood home?
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Sure.
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Okay.
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Yeah. Why don't we go there and see if we can just check out the mulch pile. And then what if we get that gun?
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You don't find it weird that you guys just didn't. You just had a gun hanging from a tree.
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Wasn't a real gun. Was a toy gun.
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Okay, all right.
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It was a toy gun, but not like a squirt gun. It was a cap gun. Yeah, it wasn't that. It wasn't there. It was almost like a Nerf gun, but an off brand Nerf gun.
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Mm.
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And he never got it.
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And, in fact, I can't tell you for certain what kind of a gun it was, even, Miles, because, no, we never got it. Yeah, never.
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It's kind of like when Batman's trying to escape the League of Shadows. That big tunnel, and he keeps jumping and keeps jumping.
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Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yes, yes, yes.
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Like that.
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Pretty much.
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He doesn't. He doesn't. Actually. You know what the problem was, Charlie, is you should have removed the mulch pile, because just like in Batman, he doesn't successfully make the jump until he eliminates the harness. That is his backup plan if he doesn't make the jump.
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Oh, you're right.
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You guys should have moved. You should have gotten rid of the soft landing, and so you'd have to catch it. And then once you got the gun, it would slowly lower you to the ground from the branch.
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The way physics works, to my knowledge, Miles, is that would have broken the branch, and then we would have fallen.
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But you wouldn't have fallen as hard as if you just jumped and landed on ground. You'd landed on your feet. I think that was your problem, Charlie.
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Okay.
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It's a good life lesson.
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That's. That's wonderful.
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Don't have a backup plan. Just go for it.
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Just go for it, Miles. I love it when you force one of your plans into my childhood memories and you stick to it, even when it makes less and less sense the farther I push you on it. And I appreciate that about you. You're a good friend.
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All right, let's take a call.
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Let's take a caller. Miles, you know what I like about these brunt hats that we got on right now?
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What do you like?
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I like that I can wear these to, you know, work here. I can wear them, like, just working in my garage. And I can also wear them to church. Yeah, Baptism. Well, I got to take them off in church or my dad will, you know, smack me a little bit, but.
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Yeah, but. But for the pancake feed afterwards.
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You can.
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Great.
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You rock it. Yeah. And I mean, pre wedding parties, whatever. They go great with a tux, you know, and they come in a variety of colors. And they also got that little hint of blaze orange on them. I don't think that counts for hunting.
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You can't wear that hat out.
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No, no, no. But it's a thought that counts. It reminds you of hu, which I kind of like.
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Me too. I also like. Nothing drives me up a wall more than a hat that isn't deep enough.
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Oh, yeah, These hats are deep. Deep. I like them. I like a deep hat too.
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Yeah, because I don't like it when it like. Because I got hair, you know, I got quite a bit of hair, so it'll like push my hats up. Yeah, these, I don't have that problem. I haven't even adjusted my hat since I put it on.
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Wow.
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Yeah, I haven't seen you touch it once. Looking good, too. Styling. Yeah, it's really. They're pretty slick. I like them. Oh, should we tell the folks that we got a promo code for them?
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We got promo code code bellied up. You get 10 bucks off an order right now. And you can put them towards boots, you can put them towards the hat. You can put them towards the sweatshirts. They also got. We haven't even talked about the pants that they got, Charles.
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Oh, the pants are nice. We'll do that next time.
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But it's. It's cool. I'm excited that we work with the workwear company. I think it's long overdue. And so you guys got go check them out@bruntworkwear.com I'm going to tell this.
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To you right now. Miles, are you ready?
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I'm ready.
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This is fake spring part of winter right now, where everything's mountain but nothing is safe. Nothing. Sidewalks are slush, driveways are glare ice. And everyone's acting like it's nice out because the sun showed up for nine minutes.
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Fake dopamine is what I call that.
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Faupamine. And you know, like, it might look nice outside and. And then you're like, oh, wow, okay, I'll drive a little faster. Right. But then the sun might melt that wal and you're like, oh, it's above freezing. I can give her a go. But then just like that, sun goes away. Frozen black ice. You're walking to a mailbox or something. If you park and don't crash and you're taking the trash out and someone's dog comes squirting by and you just like, you know, might have committed a crime. I don't know, but the next thing you know, you're dealing with a dog bite and the owner's yelling, he's friendly like, and he's not friendly. Bites on you. Or maybe you slip on the slush and go down hard. Now your shoulders barking for a month and Is that a normal day? No, but it. It could lead to a real injury. In that case, you want to call Nicolay. 185. Five to the five Nicol.
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Hi, fellas. This is Sally from Sheboygan.
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Oh, yeah, we know who you are.
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Oh.
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How's it hanging?
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It's been good. How are you?
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I'm. I'm doing swell. Doing real swell. Yep. Yep.
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Jared, remind me, has it been a year since we talked to Sally or longer?
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A little over a year.
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A little over a year since we last talked to you, Sally. How are you?
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I'm doing real great. Kind of had a trying year this year. A little bit of a cancer scare. Not going to go into it, but, you know, today I am wrapping Christmas presents for the company Christmas party.
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All right, which is.
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Which is this Friday.
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Okay.
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I have about 42 of them left.
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That's a lot of Scotch tape.
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Scotch tape, exactly.
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Well, we're happy. We're happy.
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It's actually pretty funny, Charlie. Like, yeah, I'm wrapping presents, so I got to go to the store and get some scotch. And then you come back with a bottle of Scotch. No, I got plenty of tape.
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You always wonder, too, why isn't it Irish tape? You know, why is it Scotch tape? Those Scotch, they know their. Their way around adhesives, though. How do you think their peckers stay in those kilts?
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So anyway, I don't know, because they don't wear underpants underneath them.
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No, I've seen Braveheart. I've seen it. And.
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And.
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But I wouldn't want to if I'm. If I'm rolling out in a kilt. Sally, I'm not wearing underwear either.
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Oh, gosh, Charlie, don't even get me started on hall passes.
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All right?
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You just got one or two. And that is not what we're talking about today, my guy.
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Okay, wow.
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So Charlie Barrons is your hall pass. Do we know that? Or specifically, Charlie in a kilt with no underwear on is your hall pass.
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I'll take him wherever.
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Oh, wow. It's been a while since I've been to the wild there, Sally, but maybe I gotta get over there again.
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And then my second. Oh, gosh, my second hall pass would be Miles. Miles with me and my husband's hall Pass talks. We can't have two on one hall pass, so. And we can't have two hall passes at the same time. Same time. His is Selma Hayek. I mean, I don't blame him.
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Selma Hayek. Who's his other one?
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Penelope Cruz.
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Okay. Wow. I. You know, you guys have a healthy relationship, and that's.
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We really do. We really do. He's a good, good guy.
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We're the official Hall Pass podcast of.
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Sally, Sally and Sheboygan. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Bellied up podcast, the official podcast of Sally and Sheboygan's Hall Pass Kilter.
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No, we would go there, but it's absolutely true.
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We. We went right there. And I think you did think we were gonna go there, because I didn't. I didn't set you up that good.
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Yeah, you kind of were comfortable with one another.
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I know. Going commando in a kilt. Really?
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It is nice that you are saying that we don't. The hall pass doesn't have to be redeemed at the same time. I. I think Charlie and I would appreciate that.
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Yeah. I was going to tell you what city we are in, Sally, but I feel like you might get in your car.
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So you're in New Berlin.
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How do you know?
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Because I saw the reel on Facebook today.
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Oh, that's right.
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Yep, yep. With that really nice chalkboard thingy. Thing.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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You're at the Cincinnati bar, but it's not in Cincinnati. It's in New Berlin.
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Oh, Cleveland.
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Oh, Cleveland. That's right. That's right. Cleveland. Yeah, sorry.
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Close enough. Same. Same church, different pew.
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No, Sally, I. Each other's sentences.
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See, it was meant to be.
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Now we gotta watch what we say on this.
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We really do have to watch what we say. Sally's gonna be out. Out our window, Miles, watching us cuddle up at the Hampton Inn.
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So tell her where I'm staying.
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Oh, are you at the Hampton?
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Why would you tell her what I'm saying?
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The one in Milwaukee. So, Sally, last we talked to you. Last we talked to you, Sally, I think you had some New Year's resolutions.
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Sure did.
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And one involved chopsticks. Can you give us a little bellied update on your.
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What were the resolutions last year? How'd it go? And we want to know what your resolutions are for this year.
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Okay, so last. Let's start with chopsticks. Last year, I made two resis.
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And short for resolutions. Charlie.
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Thank you, Miles.
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Thank you.
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Correct. And I was kind of 50. 50. All right, so the chopsticks, they really worked out I mean, that. That I stuck to. I started with. I know you guys were gonna ask. You did ask me last year, like, what I was gonna eat first with chopsticks and not going to be a bowl of Cheerios. So I. I went to Noodles and Company.
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Okay.
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And I had Japanese pan noodles.
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Okay.
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With extra cilantro. Hello. And I used the chopsticks. Now, those are the wooden ones that you can, like, pull apart. And I scooped up, like, an entire handful of those disposable chopsticks that I put them in my purse. Really? I was. I was like. I was gonna do this right. Really well, Like, I know how to eat with chopsticks. I just, like, got better at it over the year. And I did actually purchase something. It. It's a bowl, a ceramic bowl I got at Meijer. And it has permanent chopsticks. Like, not the disposable ones, but the ones that you can wash and reuse.
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Yeah.
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Okay. So now I'm saving the environment. And also bonus points. This bowl had cats all over it. Not real cats. Like, pictures of cats on this Japanese noodle bowl with reusable chopsticks. So I invested in that, and now I no longer have to swipe the disposable ones from Noodles and Company.
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Yeah, you're gonna keep your Noodles and Company in business.
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Chinese delivered at the house. You know, I don't have to, like, say, oh, can you send extra chopsticks?
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No.
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Yeah, you order, like, one entree and you're like, yeah, there's gonna be about 15 of us eating, so can you send some extra chopsticks with it? You don't gotta do that.
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Did you ever. What's the trick to doing the chopsticks for those. Those who don't know.
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It's really hard to describe. It's just like, I. I'm right handed, unlike Miles, and so I have to. I have to. You put it in between your ring finger, your wedding ring finger, and your middle finger. And then you use your top, your pointer finger to really maneuver the units.
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Oh, yeah.
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Yeah.
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That's pretty decent.
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So the. So you put it between your. Your middle finger and your wedding ring finger.
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Correct. Oh, but that's on your left hand. I mean, I'm talking right handed.
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Yeah. It doesn't matter for me either way. So. Okay, so you keep the bottom one. You keep that between. Then you use your top one.
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You know how to use chopsticks, don't you?
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What you want to do is leave the pinky finger out of it. Leave it out of the whole situation. Just let it hang off to the side.
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Right.
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You know how to use chopsticks, right?
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Yeah, I've used chopsticks, Miles.
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Okay, so you got it?
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No, I was just curious. Just for people. Just. I didn't know if there was a trick. Straws. Yeah.
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Maybe something that she's doing that you're not.
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Yeah, yeah. Straws don't really work as an example, but we trust you. We trust you, Sally, that you got.
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So that's one mission accomplished. What was the other? What was the other resolution?
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Moonwalk.
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I can tell in the way you said it. I can tell you weren't watching enough, mj.
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Well, I'll tell you what. My niece's wedding. I wanted to get good at the moonwalk for my niece's wedding so I could be the cool aunt on the dance floor. Yeah, well, the wedding got called off.
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Oh, wow. So I don't think. I wouldn't consider that a fail. Yeah, I consider that, like a reboot. You know, it's like. Like when you make a bet on a player and they don't play in a game, you get your money back. You know? I mean.
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I agree.
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So. Yeah.
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What do you think?
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What do I think? I think that you got, like. How far did you get? Are you. Were you kind. Was there part of you that was like, oh, thank God they broke up. I wasn't gonna be able to pull through on this.
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Well, I will tell you this. I've got dance moves. Okay.
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Okay.
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I've got moves to beat the band. All right.
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Do ya.
C
Was practicing the moonwalk, and I couldn't freaking get it down.
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Yeah. It's a tough one.
C
And it's really not since then. This year, I kind of replaced my resolution, but it's not a resolution. I'm trying to do the V walk and the toe tap that Snoop Dogg does.
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A Crip walk.
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That's awesome.
C
Yep.
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Nice.
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Yep. So that's a lot harder.
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Yeah, so. So you could master one that's easier. So you said, you know what? Screw it. I'll try something harder. Maybe that'll make me focus harder or.
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Exactly.
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That's good.
C
Exactly. And we didn't mind that the niece's wedding was called off because he was a freaking clown. I mean, not by profession or anything. He just, like, no use for it. And what's really. What's really silly is. Well, not silly. I don't know what the word is. All right, let me take a little sip. Cheers.
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Here she is. There she is. Sally. All right. Cheers. Yeah. I'm not sure what you said, but I don't think I should say yes.
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Little Charlie Barron's brandy right here, right now.
B
Oh, okay. Yep. I'm drinking the same thing.
C
Oh, nice. So. So. So I gotta save the date card for my niece's wedding. Okay. Which was really fancy. And then I got the wedding invitation. Okay. And it was super, super fancy. And I think that when it comes to wedding invitations, you know how expensive and fancy it's going to be by the invitation, by the number of envelopes inside of the wedding invitation. So it comes in a burgundy envelope and there's all these flowers on it. And then you open it up and then, oh, there's another envelope. So then you take that because that first envelope is protecting the second envelope. And then you get in there and then there's like five of the envelopes. Then there's the RSVP card and that comes with it, like a thin layer of foam in it and an envelope and a stamp and it's like how many friggin envelopes are going through? And she had to cancel the wedding?
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Yeah. I mean, she's probably what, eight grand in envelopes?
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Yeah.
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They were the fanciest envelopes. I. I never did Duncy. I'll tell you.
B
What'd she say?
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Never did Duncy.
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Why, why did they cancel the. The wedding?
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We'll just put it plainly. Infidelity. And that's putting it lightly.
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And that's why he's a clown or what?
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On his ass. Oh man.
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Did you.
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I always had a funny feeling about him. I mean, not just because he came on to me the first time.
B
I was gonna ask, I was gonna ask. How did he come on to you?
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It was in the courtroom.
B
In the courtroom?
C
In the courtroom of a family event. And we were both getting our quotes at the same time. And he kind of slither up and was like, oh, can I help put that on for you? And I was like, no, I could put on my own court.
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You're like, no, I have hall passes, buddy.
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You're not in them, you're not one of them.
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So he came on to you by putting your coat on, huh?
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Trying to.
B
Trying to, yeah.
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Were you struggling? Like had you had one too many drinks? You couldn't get the arm in the hole or.
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No, no, I was just. We're just like both in the goat room at the same time.
B
Wow. Well, that's flattering, at least a little bit.
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Yeah, I mean, you know, you gotta, you gotta get it when you can take it.
B
Yep. So anyway, did she catch him in the act or something?
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No.
C
No. Oh, gosh, you guys. So no. So he works way up north, huh? And he lays pipe. I don't. Well, let me get there. So he does, like, E1 lines or, like, fiber optic lines in the ditches. And so he's up north in Wisconsin for weeks on end. And evidently she had a harem, if you will, of lady women, just tramps that he was. He was laying pipes with. And that came out. And so, you know, the wedding was called off.
B
Ah, yikes. How did they find out?
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I don't think she. I don't think my taste listens to the podcast.
B
Probably not. Probably not. How did she find out? Did she find some text? Or did one of the up north tramps kind of go a little too far south?
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Well, so he came down with a really bad disease.
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That deserves a round of applause for the clap right there.
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Clap it up for him. Yeah.
B
Wow.
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It wasn't Covid, but he had to be quarantined, and she, the wife or the fiance had to be in the same room, which didn't have to be, but she did to help him during all of the. And that's when she went through his phone, and that's when he didn't know if it was a spider. Oh, God. He didn't know if it was a spider bite or something because he's in the trenches doing his job.
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Sure.
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You know what I mean? And so. Yikes.
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Yeah.
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She was with him the entire time. And that's when she.
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She was like, that's not a spider bite.
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No, no, she was helping him out and. And was there the entire time, and she comes across these. These text messages on his phone from this. His harem of. Of women. Like, it was crazy nuts.
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Younger kids call it a roster, by the way.
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Oh, wow. I'm out of date. Good thing I don't know that I'm happily married. Hello.
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Yeah, hello indeed. Yeah, your roster is sitting at this bar right now. Well, okay. Interesting. Well, sorry to hear, but I'm glad she dodged the bullet.
C
Yeah.
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She didn't come down with a sickness, did she?
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No.
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Okay, that's good.
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Real good.
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Really dodged a bullet.
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So what are we thinking for this year for resolutions?
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Okay, so this year for resolutions, I kind of made a pact with my hubby that we won't take PTO vacation time until, like, April.
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No. No PTO until April.
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No pto.
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No PTO until April.
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No. I feel like I've tried it over the years, but I Never really resoluted to do it, so.
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And clearly your track record, once you make it a resolution, it gets done.
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Oh, I give my best, you guys. I try my best.
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Is there any specific reason why you'd want to wait till April?
C
Yeah, because I'm sick and tired of running out of PTO and vacation time by the end of the year. You know, during the weird ass like Christmas and Thanksgiving and New Year's. All those times when like, oh, this company, you know, my company's working a half day or it's working a full day and it's like two days in between, but then you get these two days off. I mean, I always have to work during those stupid days because I'm out of pto. And so I just really want to make it to the year end. And you know what? If I make it this year, then I really want to experience the feeling of being able to roll over vacation time.
B
Roll over vacation time. Won't that be nice when you're just rolling those dates? You get a solid a week. You can go do whatever you want.
C
Exactly. So here's the scoop, though. My husband and I were married on February 20th, not 4. 22.
B
2220. Good to know. Good distinction.
C
Yep. And so a lot of times we take vacation during that time. It's a perfect time to take vacation. A vacation, because it's after the holidays and it's before spring break and the weather is shitty in Wisconsin, so we just. We just scoop it up, you know, we might take two days of vacation. I don't get a lot of vacation time.
A
You get 10 weeks.
C
So then. Then for me, like, it's freaking gone by the time the rest of the year comes in. And then there's that one week, like the fourth of July. You know what I mean?
B
Yeah.
C
I'm trying to use floating holidays, and then I'm trying to use, you know, the company sponsor whatever holidays. Well, guess what?
B
Why? What?
C
I ruined it this year.
A
You already took your vacation days.
C
I took a day of PTO today to talk to you guys.
A
Oh, come on.
B
Oh, hang on, hang on. No, you're rapping. You're wrapping all the presents.
C
Yeah, well, I'm trying to do that because my other New Year's resolution was to not procrastinate. And obviously I'm procrastinating by not wrapping a presentation sooner.
B
Well, hang on. Aren't you working, though? Aren't you technically working right now for the company? If you're wrapping the company presence, I mean.
C
Yeah, but I took a Day at pto. And, you know, your call was supposed to be at noon, and then it wasn't.
A
All right, well, right in the middle.
C
Of my day, here's the. I gave up on two New Year's resolutions.
A
Okay, well, here's the deal, though. We're going to give you a hall pass on your New Year's resolutions. And today didn't count.
B
Today doesn't count.
A
You get a hall pass for it.
B
Yep.
A
That's our hall pass.
B
Yeah. What's your company. We'll call them up and see if we can get that PTO back on your deal.
C
No, you won't.
B
I was gonna do it. I was gonna do it.
A
Thank you. Finally, someone calls Charlie on his.
B
Oh, finally. I get called out all the time on my. Here.
C
I work in Sheboygan Falls. I can give you the phone number, but, you know.
A
No, it was an agreement with my boss, Charlie. Trying to convince the business owner to let you have a free day of pto.
B
Hey, Mike, how are you?
A
Doing good. Doing good. Who do we got?
B
It's Charlie. So I wanted to talk to you about Sally, Charlie.
A
Who?
B
Don't worry about that, Mike. I just want to talk to you about Sally.
A
Okay. Yes, Sally. We love Sally. Yeah, she's actually gone on PTO today. Oh, you're looking to connect with her?
B
Well, I wanted to see if I can. I. See, I represent Sally in. In a number of ways.
A
Okay.
B
Yeah, I'm. I'm one of her two hall passes, actually. Oh.
A
Oh, wow.
B
And I was seeing if we could get that PTO right back. Back on her record. If we could just. This is a no go situation. And in exchange, she would be happy to show you how to use some chopsticks. What do you say there, Mike?
A
You know what, Charlie? You seem like a reasonable guy.
B
Thanks, there, Mike.
A
And that was a reasonable argument.
B
Thank you.
A
So, yeah, I'll actually give her an extra day of pt.
B
Wow. Perfect, Mike. Hey, this is real good. And as a thank you, I'm gonna send my buddy Miles over to do a free day of labor for you. Okay, Sounds great. All right.
A
Also, just, you brought up that hall pass thing. Yeah, Sally's my hall by hall pass.
B
Really?
C
Yeah.
B
Mike, you dirty dog, you.
A
I just. I had to get that off my chest.
B
Sounds like an HR violation.
A
I was sad she wasn't in the office today. I was looking to have a conversation with her in the coat room. Wow.
B
Hey, did you used to date her niece, by the way?
C
Yeah.
A
Which niece?
C
Nobody has one.
B
She wasn't up North.
A
Oh, the niece. Yeah, that was. Yeah, that was me. Yeah, that was me.
B
Okay, well, good for you, Mike. We'll talk to you soon now, okay?
A
All right. Real good. You see your folks? I says hi.
B
You watch for deer. You thought I was bluffing, Sally, I had a script ready to go.
C
His name is actually Dennis.
B
Dennis. Dennis is our tougher nut to crack, historically speaking.
A
Yeah. Mics we know how to handle.
B
We can handle a mic. A Dennis. That's a few too many consonants for my liking, but with one and or twos. One and.
C
It was so funny, my cheeks hurt from laughing.
B
Okay, well, hey, that's how, you know we got it. Look at that.
C
Yeah.
B
Well, anything else you want to, you know, indulge us with before we.
A
I'd like to know, Sal, you're kind of the queen of Resis. You know, I think that's what people are calling you. You have any resolutions that you think Charlie and I should adopt for the year?
C
Oh, man, put me on the spot. I think Charlie needs to resi. To come to Sheboygan for a show.
A
Okay.
B
I told you I'm coming to the wild at some point.
C
All right. Well, it's under. I think they're having renovations there now, so.
B
Oh, shoot.
A
Well, so that's a lie.
B
Well, when they're done. When they're up and done with that, I'll get on over to the wild. We haven't really booked the Sheboygan show in a minute, so we're. But we are going to do that, though.
C
You know what would be fun, Charlie?
B
What's that?
C
Maybe in the summertime, you can come to the lake Michigan, you know, the Malibu of the Midwest. Yeah. And do a show, like, on the shorefront on the Lake Michigan. You know, have.
B
Sure. I would love to do that.
A
Nice.
B
You like? Yeah, a little shore show.
A
You should do one, like, out on a pontoon and then. And then do like a. Like a swim up comedy show where everyone's just like, you know, like, they're in the shallow water and they're doing the, like where they want to be underwater, but it's too shallow.
B
So, like, if you were to take.
A
The water away, they're sitting in the water like this, and you're on the pontoon doing a comedy show.
B
There you go. Get. Get the wave action coming in a little bit. Yeah. Rocking that stage. Yeah. Make sure everyone's got their.
C
Actually, you're no stranger to that, Charlie. I saw you on a showboat in Nashville.
B
Oh, God, that show, huh?
C
Back in 2022.
B
Did you.
C
So.
B
That was. That was quite the show.
C
I was with my best friend, Michelle Miller. You met her.
B
Oh, yeah.
C
Michelle the farm babe.
A
Yeah.
B
On my podcast.
C
Sure did.
B
You gotta tell.
C
Yep.
B
Tell Michelle I say hello.
C
I sure will. I was talking to her today. But anyways, so I saw you on the Showboat, and she was chatting you up, and you did a really great show, and so you're no stranger to boats. No, thank you, Nashville for, like, some kind of cow convention or something. And I was her plus one.
B
That's right. That's right.
A
You actually. That. You bring that up. You. You should be a professional, like, plus one to stuff like that. I feel like that's right up your alley.
B
Yeah. Sal, you kind of bring the party.
C
Well, Michelle was kind of, like, teasing me. She's like, are you gonna be my Chelsea Handler? And I'm like, what do you. What does that mean? Like, who's that? Oh, I know who that is. And she's like, you're gonna be my handler. Like, you have to hand me my schedule and, like, go get my thing.
B
Wow, that sounds like a bait and switch. Sounds like you want to be my plus one to this cool event, and then you gotta.
A
Yeah. I mean, did you take PTO for that? Because she should have paid you.
C
I did have to take pto, but we were. We were swimming at the Gaylord Hotel and Resort School, and we were like. We dived in the water. We had so much fun. And we were walking back. She's like, well, let's go get ready for the event to meet Charlie Barron's at the meet and greet. I'm like, okay. And so we were walking back and bumped into Charlie. Charlie was walking out of the fitness room that we had to walk past.
B
And she noticed.
C
Yep. Yeah. And you were walking around with somebody from the hotel, so you must have just gotten there or something. And, like, they were showing you the grounds and not to bring. And she. She saw your leningkugel shirt, and she looked over. She's like, oh, my God, it's Charlie Barron's. I'm like, oh, my God, Shut up. And we took a video with you, and it was really cool.
B
Yeah, I remember that. I remember that. Yeah, you guys were. You had wet hair.
C
Yeah, we looked like pieces. Like, we looked the worst of ever that we ever could. And then we saw you, like, in real life. Real life, you know, it's like, oh, come on.
A
That was Charlie's way of saying, yes. You guys didn't look very good. What?
B
No, no, I didn't say that. You looked. You looked wonderful.
C
We looked like drowned rats. We were, like, on the way to the. To the room to get ready and shower and, you know, go. See you on the showboat.
B
Yeah.
C
And. Yeah. So I just.
B
I just gotta say, the way you say showboat, I'm not sure. You probably had to bat those Nashville men off you the whole weekend. Just rolls off your tongue like butter, you know?
C
Oh, okay.
B
Yeah.
C
See, Just happily married.
B
And I thought I was your hall pass.
A
What?
C
So. So here's the school. When I saw you.
B
Yeah.
C
I was so flabbergasted. Like, it was so random. And all I could find myself to say is, hi, I'm Sally from Sheboygan. I'm happily married. I'm happily married. Sally Fishboygan, happily married. And then you took Michelle's phone and you took a video and pictures of us and stuff. And I'm just like, somebody give me a bra bag so I can breathe into it. Like, Charlie Parenthair. Sally Crushboygan, I'm happily here. That's my game. You know that. That's what I thought that was your.
B
Game at the Gaylord pool.
C
At the Gaylord. Yeah.
B
Yeah, yeah, that was. That. That was a fun time. That was a fun time.
A
I think it's funny how you say gaylord. That's a gay lord.
B
You did.
A
I said that. Multiple saying it like that.
C
That's how it said.
A
Oh, man.
C
Yeah.
A
What does your husband think of us?
C
Accepts my whole pass. He knows that, you know I love you guys. He thinks you're funny. He has. Well, on the last phone call we had, I told you about the hell one night in Wisconsin at the casino or whatever, where I saw Grandma sue and. And I got. I got the extra free ticket from the lesbian that was drunk. He took me to that, you know, and he's like, if that's what you want to do for your birthday, that's fine. He's like, that's fine. He's like, but I don't have to see him every time you want to see Charlie Barrons, I don't have to go every time.
B
I get it. That's what my dad says, too. I get it. You know? But I'll tell you this. Your husband, you guys, you tell him that we say hi, and there's no shame in him not wanting to come see it. Okay? I just know that you're happily married and you're Sally from Sheboygan, and we're just gonna leave it at that. Okay?
C
Okay.
B
All right. Okay. Sally.
C
Okay. But I do have a bone to pick with you guys.
B
I was waiting for the bone to pick. I was waiting. That's why I was trying to put a button on that one and get to the bone.
C
We are going to Midwest goodbye here right now. Because. Been a good phone call so far, right? Yeah, we've had. We've had a bunch of laughs.
B
Yeah.
C
A lot of. A lot of camaraderie, if you will.
B
Yep.
C
Beggars can't be choosers. But the last time we talked.
B
Yeah.
C
Charlie, you said that you would. Oh, no. Yes. Give. Send a autograph. Bottle of Charlie Barron's brandy.
B
You didn't get it.
C
Nope. And Miles said we will send you some. You betcha. Merchandise. Because I am a Patreon.
B
I love.
C
I love, love, love, love, love. Listen to it all the time. I'm on episode, like 113. I'm working my way from the bottom up. And so I didn't get anything.
A
Okay. You know, Jared, get on the microphone.
B
Yeah, Jared, don't take accountability.
C
And said, hey, Sally, what's a good address to send?
B
That's my bad. I apologize. That's my bad.
A
Sally, we wouldn't do that to you if we were in total control of that scenario. Which now we are going to be.
B
We are. We're going to get.
A
Follow up with Jared.
B
Yep. Jared will find that address over there. Sheboygan. We'll get that sent out right away, Sally. Don't you worry. Don't you worry at all. Okay.
C
Well, I didn't know if it was, you know, Ryan, the T shirts guy fall, or Jared. I think it was Jared's fault or.
A
It takes a village for sure. Takes village to screw up a customer service inquiry.
C
I don't care, you guys. It's just that, like, I was waiting for that and like, my husband orders off of ebay and Amazon and whatever all the time. So there's packages in the front porch, like, every other day. And when I would come home from work, I'd be like, oh, there's my. You betcha. There's my bellied up podcast. And then it wasn't there. And then at one time, I remember it was raining outside and my cat and I were in the front window just waiting for the postman to come. And a tear dripped down my eye and my cat's eye as well. And so I never got it for three months. I'm like, you know what? They forgot. But I don't care.
B
Clearly. Clearly, you don't care at all.
A
Once the mail did Come. She opened it up, it wasn't in there. And so then her and her cat just went and stood in the rain that day.
B
We know. I'll know how much cats like rain too.
C
No, we were inside looking out at the rain. It was just such a sad day.
A
Yeah, I mean, that's. You know, as leader of the company, you know, at least on the. You bet you front, I will take full responsibility. That. That's on me.
B
I'll blame it on Jerry.
A
I'll say, hey, Sally, I apologize for that. We're gonna make it right. Charlie's gonna send you two cases of brandy. He's also. I'm gonna give you free tickets to any show, to every show on his next tour, go anywhere. And then also Charlie's gonna take you skiing on. On the lake. He's gonna bring his boat up there and you can go skiing behind Charlie's boat. And that's the way. But you bet she is gonna make this right.
B
We'll get you moonwalking on the water.
C
Well, we'll take our vote too.
B
Okay.
A
She don't trust Charlie's vote. She's like, that thing ain't gonna start.
C
Whatever. I just. I just. If you guys could just like maybe both sign the beer's bottle and that'd be great. That's all. That's all. That's all I look forward to. Oh, yeah, I. I did purchase another bottle once I found out I was gonna be talking to you fellas today. So that's what I have. My little. My little. It's. It's not. It's. It's just my little small glass. Okay.
A
Yeah.
C
Okay, now I'm done.
A
All right. We're glad you called us on that.
B
We are. We want to be held accountable by everyone we promised something to and haven't delivered on. Sally, it's probably not just you. So that's a good reminder, bellied up crew, if we promised you something and screwed the pooch, well, it's definitely Jared's fault. Yep, my fault. And probably also my fault.
C
Back to the hall pass. We are.
B
Well, Sally, it was good chit chatting with you, all right?
C
Yeah, you guys too. Keep on doing what you're doing as long as it, you know, pays the bills and keeps you happy. And the world is a big bad place right now. So you bring a lot of joy and happiness to the world. One comedy show at a time, one podcast at a time, one reel at a time. So keep on doing what you're doing. That's. That's. That's why your fans love you.
B
Well, thank you, Sally.
A
All right, I'm gonna go run through a brick wall now.
B
Sally Miles has a hard time with compliments. He's got a.
A
No, I'm saying I'm jacked up.
B
Oh, he's jacked up.
A
I'm gonna go run through a brick wall.
B
All right.
A
Charlie didn't play sports. He's never gotten, like, a pregame speech before, so he doesn't know that that makes you want to run through it.
B
It's true. No, it's true. Sally Miles has started two more college football games than I have at quarterback. At quarterback. Two more or D1. D2.
A
D2.
B
Yeah.
C
Yeah. Well, I don't know.
B
Yeah.
A
All right.
B
All right, Sally, Sally, you be good now, okay?
C
Midwest goodbye.
A
All right, now.
C
Love your team.
A
Love you, too.
B
Love you back. Bye now. Sally's real nice.
A
Always a trip.
B
Always a trip.
A
Always a trip.
B
You can tell in the way someone says boat by how long their Midwest goodbye is going to show boat.
A
So I was. You did that show on the showboat, and I was a boat to go, and then I saw you at the. The Gay Lord Hotel. Well, Jared, you got a voicemail for us.
D
Hey, my name's Chicken Man. I'm from James Island, South Carolina, and if I was mayor, I changed the name of the city from James island to Jams Island.
C
Yeah. All right.
B
Love y'.
A
All.
B
From James island to what? James Island. James.
A
Chicken Man.
B
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And then later that day, he sends another one.
D
Hey, this is Chicken Man 43, from James Island, South Carolina. As mayor on the first day, I know I'd say I changed the name from James island to Jams island, but I'd actually change it to Rick James Island. I'm Chicken man, and I approve this message.
B
Chicken man for mayor, ladies and gentlemen. Chicken man for mayor.
A
Chicken Man. Chicken Man.
B
I like Chicken Man.
A
Dude, what's. What's great about our listeners is we get a fair amount of drunk voicemails. You know, it's like. It's like normal people, when they get drunk, they call up their ex girlfriend.
B
Yep.
A
Our listeners get drunk and they call our hotline and just start saying stuff to us. And I love that about our audience.
B
About two miles makes me feel lucky to be alive, you know?
A
Chicken Man.
B
God bless the Chicken man and God bless all of you. Everyone raise your glass and shake your ass. It's been another episode of the Bellied up podcast. Make sure you tip your bartender.
A
We'll see you next one.
B
Okay.
C
Hope you guys have a good one. Goodbye, now.
Hosts: Charlie Berens & Myles the You Betcha Guy
Special Guest Call-in: Sally from Sheboygan
This lively and comedic episode of Bellied Up brings a much-anticipated reunion with Sally from Sheboygan—an audience favorite known for her warmth, Midwest wit, and infectious laughter. The show’s hallmark call-in format sets the stage, as Charlie and Myles, perched at a small-town Wisconsin bar, banter about everything from smudged glasses to winter “fake spring.” The main focus is a side-splitting and surprisingly heartfelt call with Sally, covering her eventful past year, hilarious marriage “hall pass” rules, New Year’s resolutions, and candid family and workplace tales. The episode is full of Midwest humor, playful teasing, and genuine small-town camaraderie.
Warm, raucous, and endlessly Midwestern. Sally’s charisma and the hosts’ playful energy create a spirit of genuine friendship and laughter. The tone deftly balances sharp-tongued jokes, vivid storytelling, and surprisingly sincere moments. It’s a slice of small-town bar life—and, in true Midwest fashion, the “goodbye” lasts a solid ten minutes.
Even if you’ve never heard Sally from Sheboygan before, this episode captures her spirit—and the essence of Bellied Up: good-hearted ribbing, hilarious Midwestern stories, and the feeling of being welcomed as a regular at the friendliest bar around.
Memorable Closing from Sally:
“You bring a lot of joy and happiness to the world...keep on doing what you’re doing. That’s why your fans love you.” (50:31)