A (1:57)

I already know where you're going with this.

C (1:59)

My phone was on max volume. I just. It pops up and Katie's screaming, and I'm like, yo, yo. I'm, like, trying to turn it down really fast. And then obviously, I watched the video and had more concern. Right. Initially, it was like one of those.

A (2:18)

And so here's the thing about that. That was a moment of, like, I. And I'll just say this. I'll tell anybody this. I wholeheartedly believe in the power of prayer. Wholeheartedly believe. The more people that are, like, surrounding you in prayer, and good thoughts and love and good vibes. Like, I believe in that. And I was like, I. I'm so hardened, I think, to livestock crap happening to them, to them hurting themselves to tragedies, to whatever. Because there's a larger volume with, like, livestock. I haven't had anything with my dog.

C (2:52)

Yeah.

A (2:53)

Like, in a long time. And not these two dogs either, which are, like, my only dogs I've had since I've been, like, an adult out of the house. Like, they're my children. And I did not handle it as well. Like, I mean, once we got to the vet, I was composed. But, like, in that moment, I was just like, I need everyone that I know possible to be praying this dog doesn't die. Because. So what happened was that day. This has to be what happened that day. We had been filming and we had filmed multiple things. I was like, let me go change my shirt just so that I'm not wearing the same shirt in, like, three videos. And so I went and changed my shirt. My dogs were at the house and they are just out. Like, I don't have them in kennels. Like, they're just out in the house. And I, like, I remember I refilled their food bowl and their water and left. I had to have just not shut the door all the way. And that was at, like, 2. And so that's what's scary about it because we didn't find her until, like, it was dark. So probably 7:38. Anyway, we had had a really long day doing stuff and I. I think we had a bunch of calves born and we were like, moving mamas and we were tagging and like, all this stuff. So I didn't get back to the shop until dark.

C (4:14)

Yeah.

A (4:14)

And then my mom was about to come over with her puppy and I was like, I'll just wait to go get the dogs until after she leaves with her puppy. And we. I think she was grabbing dinner with us. And so my parents got over there for a few minutes, we're chatting, and then Jonathan pulls up and he comes in with Kimmy. He's like, why is Kimmy out here just running around? Kimmy's my, like, tiny little dachshund. And we live not far off of a 50 mile, 55 mile per hour highway, which most people are doing, like 60 faster. And so I was like, oh, my gosh. And immediately. And I'll say this about Jonathan, he loves his dogs, but, like, Kimmy is his worry. And I like, Winnie's more my dog. And I was like, Where's Winnie? Like my brain was just like, okay, Kimmy's good. Like where is Winnie? And so we all start off looking again. It's dark, it's raining, so it's just really difficult. And so luckily from like my dad this past Christmas, we got him a handheld thermal. So it's like a little, it's like binocular, a monocular, but it's thermal imaging. So you know, you heat, you see heat signatures. And then Jonathan has one too. And so what we did, and this is why we found her within the hour because we covered all five of us, covered the entire like property which is four acres. She was not on the property, she was not in the house. So then my parents went across the street to their house. They were like, we'll focus on the farm. And then me and Jonathan and Austin, Jonathan's brother, focused on the road because we were like, that's priority if she's in someone's yard. Like I was afraid she was going to get hit, right. So we were like scanning with a thermal instead of having to go and like trespass and stuff, which was really, really handy. So we were going down side roads. We were all the things couldn't find her. And then we had decided, okay, let's go help mom and dad and like do the fields. Because even though know you're looking through the thermals, it was all like grown up hay and it like rises and stuff so you could like miss her, you know. And so we started doing that and they called and she was like right inside the fence where someone had, they had to have just grazed her because she was had like, like the road is here, it drops down and then it's the pasture that's flattens out. She had like most likely gotten clipped, tumbled down the, the thing and then she was right inside the fence.

C (6:42)

Yeah.

A (6:42)

And unresponsive, like tongue hanging out, breathing very labored, very fast. Yeah, she had de glove been de gloved on her side. So what that means is like it wasn't completely like her skin wasn't ripped away but it had like a puncture and the skin had been like ripped off of her like muscle. So there was like an entrance and then it was a big hole like inside. So like it was like a pocket. And then her face was all bloody from where she had like, I'm assuming, you know, like gone down into the ground. And she's like an English bulldog. So you know, she herself has been a very healthy bulldog. I think that's an oxymoron to a lot of people. Because a lot of people, you know, know don't believe you can have a healthy brachiocephalic dog. But she generally doesn't breathe like a bulldog or, like. Like, she doesn't have the loud breathing unless she's, like, snoring.

C (7:40)

What? What did you say?

D (7:42)

You made that up.

A (7:43)

Brachiocephalic.

C (7:45)

What does that mean?

A (7:46)

Smush face dog.

C (7:47)

Oh, brachios.

A (7:49)

Like boxers, pugs, bulldogs, you know. Anyway, so, you know, she's generally not that type. Like, she doesn't get winded. She can, like. Like, she'll get, like, she'll snore and, you know, whatever. But she was. She was labored breathing and really just not. Not acting like she knew anything.

C (8:10)

That's so scary.

A (8:10)

Yeah, it was so terrifying. And so that's when, like, I literally. I was so scared. Like, I was like, she's brain dead. Like, she's like, yeah, you know, and she moved enough, like, by the end, but, like, it took about 30 minutes to get to the vet hospital. We'll talk about that in a second. And I felt like. I'm like, okay, she's alive. Because I did, like, I laid with her in the back of my car. Like, we laid it down and I laid with her back of the car and was, like, holding her through. Through, like, turns and stuff so that she didn't, like, you know, turn. Because I didn't feel like she had a spinal injury. I didn't know if, like, anything. Anyway, so we got her there. We called ahead. They wheeled out like a stretcher and, like, whisker away. And I'm sitting there saying, like, yes to CPR and like, whatever. So we get into the room and they. They came in and told us, like, hey. She took a few steps for us. I'm like, what? So she was very bloody, and that was more so from the degloving and, like, her nose is bleeding. So it made it look so much, like, not to say worse because she was still bad off. Like, she could still die for the first two days that she was there, but it just looked really, really, like, gruesome. And so this is the thing. Here's the thing. The vets that were there saved my dog. I have zero bad things to say about the vet, about the caretakers, about the people that worked in this establishment. They were fantastic. They are the reason Winnie is alive. They were absolutely the best veterinary professionals for small animals I've worked with. Okay. Awesome. The establishment, though, I have a problem with. So it. It's A emergency vet, you know, and I can, I can understand that there's probably a lot of people that skip out on their bill or they, you know, whatever. But they had taken her to critical care. They had come in, said, hey, we have her kind of stable. We're doing X rays, you know, here's the prognosis, whatever. They knew that she had pulmonary contusions. So super bruised lungs, super. They were trying to assess if she had fluid or not that could turn into pneumonia. Like, there's a lot of ifs, but they had kind of a prognosis to tell us so that we could, like, go home and like, we knew that she wasn't coming home with us, like, that she was staying there.

C (10:28)

Right.

A (10:29)

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C (11:39)

Yeah.

A (11:40)

No, you have to pay the full. And here's the thing, they give you two estimates, a low and a high, and they list everything that they think they're going to do.

C (11:51)

Yeah.

A (11:52)

And you have to pay for it. And if you're not going to pay for it, I don't honestly know. They don't do payment plans.

B (11:58)

Like, they don't let you go Back and see your dog if you say that you can't afford it or what.

A (12:05)

Kind of how it was like portrayed. And after I put this on Snapchat and a lot of people said that like they were in a space where they couldn't pay the bill and like their pet, like they kind of withheld their pet or like, you know, like they had it where they were like, hey, your pet needs to be euthanized. And they were like, well we're going to take her to our primary care vet to be euthanized where it's cheaper because you're going to pay four times more, you know, whatever. And they would like, were almost withholding their, like there's lots of instances of that. So it was $6,500 for the low up front and I had to pay that before they'd let me see her.

C (12:44)

I've never heard of such a thing.

D (12:46)

Me either.

B (12:47)

Huh.

D (12:47)

That's insane.

A (12:48)

And I kind of was like shocked by it. I mean it was, you know, like I'd been sobbing like I was just like, it was just like all whatever. And I'm like, of course, like, you know, I'm fortunately in a spot where I had the ability to pay it. Like I had a credit right there. But I couldn't imagine being hit with that and being in a space where I'm like, do I have to choose if she just dies right now?

D (13:12)

Right.

C (13:13)

No, like we had to take our dog Sui to the emergency vet. Something we thought her like kidney was feeling when she was a puppy. It was like a three thousand dollar bill, but it wasn't anything like that. It like they didn't bring it up until the end. Like we, I mean I couldn't, I can't remember if we paid it, if we were able to pay it right then or not.

A (13:35)

I think there are some lending agencies that work with vet hospitals where like you can do a lower interest rate that's like a, you know, whatever. But I, that I didn't ask in that moment. So I'm not sure, I can't speak on that. But then when we got there to get her to pick her up two and a half days later. So what they ended up doing was two sets of X rays, an ultrasound, wound care. So like her degloving, they cleaned it and stitched it, they put in a drain and then she was in the oxygen kennel for two days. It was an additional 30 $500.

C (14:17)

Are you serious?

A (14:19)

To pick her up. And then, and then two days later because she came Home.

C (14:29)

I couldn't have saved my dog.

A (14:32)

This is insane. This is insane. And then two days later, because I had been keeping her at home, we just stayed home over the weekend, like, just laid with her and, like, just kept her chill and whatnot. So Sunday night after that, two days of just lounging with her and she seemed to be doing okay and, like, you know, changing her drain and everything. She started really labored breathing that night. And, like, I was counting her breaths and just like, I mean, I honestly hate the fact that I was like, double checking, like, triple checking. Is this warranting going to the vet? Because I was like, I know they are going to just absolutely, like, drag me across the ground again. And so her breathing rate, like when she was calm before was like 16 to 18 per minute, which was good. It was up to like 58 per minute. And like, that was the lowest we could get it too. Like, she, like, was so labored breathing could not. And I was like, we got. We got to take her and this is at midnight. Like, she had been fine and then she just started having the. Like, she couldn't chill out. And we had been like, we thought she was hot. We were putting ice packs on her. We were like trying everything, and that was not helping. She had had some, like, fluid buildup in her lung and it's fine now, but anyway, we took her back in. It's middle of the night. It's, you know, she needed the oxygen kennel again and some different pain meds and they did another round of X rays, so. Another round of X rays. They might have ultrasounded her one night in the oxygen kennel, another four, $500 up front. Up front?

D (16:12)

That's insane.

B (16:13)

You know, like, this is.

C (16:15)

I love my dog.

B (16:16)

The price of a vehicle at this point, it's like, yes. And it's, it's like, how do you. Like, I feel like there's a lot of people that are like, I would never pay that much for. But like, in the moment, like, how do you rationalize, like, not like letting your pet die or like.

A (16:35)

Right. Or how do you sit there? And like, like the first time it was very time sensitive.

D (16:40)

How do I sit there? Like your bloody debate. Yeah, right.

A (16:43)

How do I sit there and be like, does she need this? Well, does she need like. Like, I'm like, save her. Go do it. And then the next one was like, they had already put her in the oxygen kennel. They had already started doing stuff. And like, I. I took her back to the same vet because I was like, they Already know her. They're. It's the middle of the night. Like, I could have taken her if it was during the day happening, I would have just taken her to my primary care. Right. Vet. But it wasn't. It was the middle of the night. And so I just am baffled. I haven't had, as an adult, an emergency with my vet or with my dogs yet. Like, they've all. I mean, I've been very lucky to have relatively healthy dogs, you know, other than a couple, like an ear infection or whatever, you know, it's just. They've been pretty healthy. And so I haven't had to do anything. And I. I was honestly so shocked because people all the time are like, I couldn't imagine your horse vet bills. I couldn't imagine. Like, whatever. I'm like, my horse vet bills are nowhere near this.

B (17:36)

Like, it's crazy.

A (17:37)

If I took, like, when I took Ginger last year was like exactly a year ago in to. In the middle of the night, she had had a puncture wound. You were there. You were there. Like, she had a puncture wound. The vet came out, looked at it, said, yep, she needs to come to the hospital. She went into surgery, had to be there for five days. So that's the thing. There's no surgery done on Winnie. Like, like this horse. This horse had, like, her hawk split open. They went in and cleaned out all the infection, like, all this stuff. And. And I think it was like, five grand.

D (18:08)

Really?

A (18:09)

Yes.

D (18:10)

Like, that's hilarious.

A (18:11)

Maybe seven. Maybe seven. And she had been there for five days on fluids constantly and like, whatever. Like almost a full week in the hospital. Full surgery, full wound care, and it was half of what this dog cost.

B (18:25)

She just doesn't make sense. Like, is it. I wonder, are. Is the. Are the specific types of drugs that they use, like, less expensive?

A (18:36)

Are they. She's on, like, that's a human med she's on. They did like an antibiotic treatment, I think, while she was there, to make sure, like, preemptively for pneumonia. I mean, there's nothing like. I'm not saying they didn't do a lot. I don't believe they did $15,000 worth of work.

B (18:54)

Do they upcharge things like, like, specifically because it's like, emergency hours.

A (19:00)

I'm.

C (19:01)

Yes, they do.

A (19:01)

For.

B (19:02)

They do.

A (19:03)

I just.

D (19:05)

Makes you not even want to take your vet or your animal to the vet.

A (19:08)

Exactly.

D (19:09)

It's like, well, it's like, well, is.

C (19:10)

Sounds like we need to find like.

D (19:12)

A. Gosh, is it. I mean, is it worth that's the thing. Is it worth putting my family in the hole?

A (19:17)

I have never done medical insurance for my pets before. I know you have it for moo.

C (19:21)

We have.

B (19:22)

After having, like, to take her to the emergency vet like, two or three times and not having it, I now have it.

C (19:29)

Yeah. One of. One of our dogs is older, so it's, like, a lot harder to get. But our younger dog, we have pet insurance for, but we didn't. I don't. I can't remember. We might have had it back when we went to the vet the first time, but I. I just wouldn't be.

A (19:46)

Able to, if you don't mind me, because I haven't done pet insurance in that way. Like, I insure my horses more so. But I've just. I. I honestly just never envisioned something like that costing $15,000. What, if you don't mind me asking, like, what does yours cover? And what is it, like a month?

B (20:02)

Hers is 25amonth. And it's. It covers, like, emergency care. It doesn't cover like, like regular, like, checkups or like, vaccinations and things like that. It covers, like, emergency work.

A (20:22)

That's so worth 25amonth, though, When. When you look at the fact that.

B (20:25)

They can rack up, you have to pay, like, a certain deductible, I think, but. But you don't have to pay anything close to, like, what you would.

A (20:34)

Right. I. I'm for. I'm doing it now.

D (20:36)

Yeah.

C (20:36)

I don't. I don't think ours is even that cheap. I want to say ours is something like 75amonth.

B (20:43)

Mine's through lemonade. It's like 800 something, which is through my. Which is who? My, like, renters insurance is through.

C (20:50)

And then I think we have a deductible. And I want to say it's like 8020 after that. So even on, like, a $10,000 bill, you're still going to pay 2 grand, right?

B (20:59)

Yeah. So better in 10. Yeah.

C (21:03)

A lot.

B (21:04)

It is.

D (21:04)

I'm literally texting my wife right now, and as a reminder to look up B insurance when I get home.

A (21:09)

You're like, if I had to choose, like, like, think about Blue Murphy.

D (21:14)

I did. We brought him home. They were trying to keep him in when he had parvo, and we brought him home for that reason and we just gave him the shots ourselves.

C (21:20)

We need.

D (21:20)

Because we could have paid him.

C (21:21)

We need to find, like, a good pet insurance sponsor. Because I bet a lot of genuinely. I bet a lot of people don't have it. And if they ended up in a situation.

A (21:31)

That vet bill snuck up so fast trying to save this dog and, like. And that's when it's. It also hurts your heart so much more. When I walk in last night and she's feeling good enough that she's eating my shoes. And I was like, I just.

B (21:45)

And she scaled the pack and play.

A (21:48)

We got a pack and play to put her in. We still don't know how. It's a mystery. It's an unsolved mystery. Unsolved mystery how she got out of this thing. Anyway, we can move off of the vet thing, but that was a solid. I hope y' all didn't take this as me crapping on veterinarians. That is not it. The veterinarians themselves were so amazing. They kept me informed, they were knowledgeable. They were truthful to me about her prognosis, and they were, like, so helpful. The vet techs were amazing. That's not who I'm pissed at. I'm pissed at the man.

C (22:21)

The man.

B (22:21)

Okay, real quick. This is what my pet insurance covers. Blood tests, urinalysis, X rays, MRIs, lab work, ultrasounds, CT scans, outpatient emergency care, surgery, hospitalization, medication. And that's when accidents or like, sudden, like, illnesses, like, come on. So it's not just like a pre existing, like, condition or anything, but.

A (22:49)

Well, yeah, I need to. I need to look into that.

B (22:52)

Yeah, for sure.

A (22:53)

Get that. Absolutely. Because I. I mean, again, I'm so grateful. I was in a spot where I could offer my credit card and it not be, you know, like, I. I could do that, but it. I couldn't imagine being put in that predicament. And I know that happens all too often. So. Yeah, that's just. It's been a lot of my week. Other than that, we also, like I said, calving season has, like, quintupled and that is.

B (23:24)

And now we're wrapping up for the day, so that's all for this one.

A (23:32)

I do want to point out Abigail is just so much more here for it with calving season than bowling season. Like, she's joyful for cavity. Well, she's. Well, she's got a way better attitude about it.

C (23:46)

Is it because you don't got to be there?

A (23:49)

It's.

B (23:50)

It's the.

D (23:51)

It.

B (23:51)

It is. No. Overnight. Yeah.

C (23:55)

Like, you don't have to be there.

B (23:56)

You don't have to be there for the births. I mean, it.

D (24:00)

Yeah.

B (24:01)

Yeah.

A (24:02)

It was just the way you said that was just so funny.

C (24:06)

Show up in babies.

B (24:07)

Yes. But also, I just. I don't know why. I just find like little cow babies, like so much more like fragile and like innocent than like.

C (24:17)

Yeah.

A (24:18)

Horseback babies.

B (24:19)

They're kind of there and they are cute and like, they're sweet, but they're a little skin scary. Not scary.

A (24:26)

But Kirby, Kirby did come out like, ready to fight.

B (24:30)

Yeah. Not scary, just like they could still hurt you.

C (24:34)

Yeah. The cows are a little more.

A (24:37)

Yeah, moms are scary. Yes. And the horse moms are a lot less. So they let you get up closer.

B (24:46)

They do, yeah. I, I, yeah, but we, we interact.

A (24:49)

With them a lot more. The horses. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, some of the cow mamas are fine.

B (24:55)

I mean, if we were leading the cows like in and out every day, they, and like hand feeding them like treats and stuff, they would probably be pretty tame. Genuinely probably.

A (25:06)

What are you, what are y' all doing?

D (25:09)

Nate missed his segment.

C (25:11)

I missed the segment.

D (25:12)

I didn't get to say how much insurance cover.

C (25:14)

Insurance details now.

D (25:17)

I was trying.

A (25:17)

You missed your, you missed your wave.

B (25:19)

Yeah, we're not going back.

C (25:21)

But my annual coverage is only 15,000.

D (25:24)

So he'd have been capped in one visit.

C (25:26)

So if I had, if you had to go back one more time, all out of pocket.

D (25:31)

So back to the vet.

C (25:33)

Anyway, anyway.

A (25:35)

But anyway, y' all saw the Cavs for like, basically the. No, you came a couple of days ago to do like the whole video because if, if you haven't watched it, there's a like little calf count video that'll catch you up on calving season so far. So if you haven't watched that, go do it. But they're very cute. We've had more since that video. Today, even bluebell had her baby. You'll have to see if it's blue or not. Give it away. It's black.

B (26:06)

It could change.

A (26:08)

We did think Maybelle was black for a minute.

B (26:10)

Yeah.

A (26:11)

Because she's so dark. I will say we have more chances though, because blue belt, like last year and in the past years, like Bonnie was like our only chance at a blue round. Bluebell was our big chance. But then we have some later. Do like our two heifers, Moon Pie and Maybell. They're due in December. They could have blue rose. And then I, I totally forgot about this. I think we have two or three embryos of bluebell and a couple of different bulls coming. So, like there's some black recip cows that are carrying bluebell babies that could have blue rose. So, so we've got, we've got like four or five more chances fortunately, but yeah. So cafe season is going good. We are coming up on our cattle sale. That'll be this weekend. Lots of just like work going into it. It's like a rainy week. So unfortunately like the weather's not the greatest. It's not held here this year. It's held at our partner farm, Martin Farms. So there's gonna be like a whole video on that as well. Anyway, we mentioned embarrassing stories earlier. I say this because I thought of and it's, it's pretty innocent, honestly. It's pretty just like stupid teenage girl story. So you know when you literally get re embarrassed 15 years later about something. Yeah, that's, that's what happened to me last night. And I had to tell the story to Jonathan and then I was embarrassed telling my husband.

B (27:31)

Okay.

A (27:32)

And y' all might laugh at me. So I'll just start with my embarrassing story and then y' all should, y' all should share.

C (27:39)

Considerate.

A (27:40)

Had to burp. Hold on. Okay, so just set the scene. I am a nervous person and I'm a lot better now as an almost 30 year old than I was at 17 years old. And I know I was 17 years old because I was so nervous to get my license that I waited a year. Okay. So I didn't get my license until I was 17. So, so, so I had a white jeep and I didn't drive that much. Like I would go to school and I didn't like go that many places. And again, stupid 17 year old girl. So I make it to a gas station near home that like I was on fumes, I was not going to make it home. So I go to a gas station. This might have been one of the first times I've ever pumped my own gas. Gas. Just throwing that out there. This might have been the first time. Cuz my dad, I'm an only child and he's like, he would, he would go like fill me up. You know, like we've got, we've got gas tanks on the farm, you know, he, he fill me up and whatever. So this might have been one of the first times. So I pull up to the gas station, there's not that many people there and there's no way I'm going inside to, to ask someone for help. Yeah, no way. So I pull up and I'm like, are all these pumps like out of order? Like it wasn't allowing me to get the, the handle out. And I was like it. I, of course I pulled into the one gas station that like everything's out of Order. There was nobody else pumping. I'm like. I'm the only one that didn't know that there was no gas here or something like that. That's, like, what my brain was thinking.

B (29:16)

Okay.

A (29:18)

That's what my brain was thinking. So I call my dad. And of course, this is such a huge thing because I'm 17, I can't get gas, and I. You know, from home. And I, like, I let it get. Because he always preached to me, like, you always have a jacket in your car. You always have your phone battery full. You always keep your tank full. Like, all this stuff. He's always preached to me. So I'm already, like, knowing he's gonna get mad at me that, like, I let it get to where it's basically empty. Like, I've run out of gas. And. And. But I called him and I made him drive there to come bring me gas. Because I swore to him. And this was. There was no FaceTime. There was no, like.

D (30:03)

Yeah.

A (30:03)

You know, and before I. Because I swore to him that everything was out of order and I could not make it to somewhere else. And of course, I'm not going inside to ask somebody. I refused. He gets there. And it was one of those where you just had to pull the lever up.

C (30:20)

Had to flip it up.

B (30:22)

You just had.

A (30:23)

You just had to pull the lever up, and then you could. You could start. And I don't. I don't know that I've ever had a moment where my dad thought I was so. Just so dumb. Like. Like a disappointment where it's like, no. He's, like, so disappointed in my intelligence. Like, it's not just like. Like I was just so dumb. And I don't know that I've. I've ever felt more stupid. Like, I. I just had to lift it up. And then it was a regular. Anyway, so that just popped my brain last night, and I just got re. Embarrassed all over again.

B (30:58)

That's rough.

C (30:59)

Here's a little fun tidbit about pumping gas.

A (31:02)

Okay.

C (31:03)

Not pumping it. My grandma has never pumped gas.

A (31:08)

Still.

B (31:08)

Wow.

C (31:09)

Still. My grandpa's always filled up her car. Since cars were made. Since they've been. Exactly. Since they've been driving.

B (31:16)

Wow. That's sweet.

A (31:19)

That is sweet.

C (31:20)

She would have the same trial. She would go.

A (31:24)

What's her name?

C (31:25)

Margaret.

A (31:26)

Margaret. Me and Meg just.

C (31:29)

That's right.

A (31:29)

Against the world. Okay. Makes me feel better. Who's going next?

D (31:38)

I've got one of similar intelligence.

B (31:40)

I was gonna say. I don't have one where I feel.

D (31:42)

Like I've got no shortage.

B (31:43)

I did something like really dumb that I can remember.

C (31:46)

I've got a few.

D (31:47)

I do very dumb things.

A (31:49)

Never done nothing dumb. It's fine.

B (31:50)

No, I mean I have done dumb things but I can't think of something like that's similar of like I just like it was so obvious, you know.

D (32:00)

Right. I'll do dumb things.

A (32:01)

I just don't think I've ever done anything that by myself exactly saying yeah.

B (32:05)

Got it to that level.

C (32:07)

I don't know if you far surpass Matt.

A (32:09)

Hit us, hit us with it.

D (32:11)

I wish that was the case. I'd probably do something that dumb level once a week. Most recently my phone, which is not my story, but my phone. I freaking was gonna go fishing just for a little bit one morning or the next morning. And so I got up, I couldn't sleep all night because the baby was awake. I was at my in laws house and I was already upset about all that that I just mentioned. And so I just got up and I went to the gas station at like 3 o' clock in the morning and I was like, you know what? My poles aren't lined up. I'm just going to go put line on my poles in the gas station. So I put my phone, I opened the hatch of my Jeep and I put my phone in between the hatch as a flashlight to look at everything, get everything also situated. Then I go to close my hatch and something's like keeping it from closing. And so I'm like. So I moved the stuff. I moved boxes.

B (32:58)

I mean a rage. You just.

D (33:00)

I did, I moved after I moved boxes out. Still wouldn't close. I went anyway.

B (33:06)

Yep.

D (33:08)

And then I probably sat there. Dude, I sat there in that parking lot and for like 30 minutes and I was like, I mean it's 3:30 in the morning, nobody's even in. I mean like they're not just like like man, so like I can't tell my dad I'm not coming anymore. So I was like, I guess I just, I just go. And so I went.

A (33:30)

Catchy fish.

D (33:31)

I did.

C (33:31)

I caught a really big fish at the time. Worse at this point. But man, I needed to get a hold of Matt. Oh yeah, I probably called him like nine times. I'm like, what is this guy doing all day?

D (33:48)

Well, because my.

B (33:49)

All day.

D (33:50)

But it was all the way back in Nashville and I was two hours from the house and so I was committed to the end of the day. But my story that was that dumb.

A (34:00)

Was I like not being referred to as like because that was.

D (34:06)

That was silly, but could be chalked up to no sleep or whatever. But this was just straight dumb. I went. I was at a Muscadine show. I was right before the show and this opener. His wife. I had no idea at the time. Very beautiful lady. Everybody's getting ready and stuff. And she comes up. I'm in the middle of a conversation, and she comes up. She's like, hey, we're about to go on stage. She's like, hey, what does Muscadine start with? What would you answer? Probably the starting song.

B (34:38)

Probably not. Mistake.

D (34:39)

I said with the utmost confidence. M. And then went back to my conversation. And then it wasn't until, like, I went into the green room that was right next to theirs. And I didn't know that it was like a gap. It wasn't like an actual wall. I was like, dude. I was like, that's not what she asked.

C (34:58)

What to it.

A (34:59)

Yeah.

D (34:59)

Anyway.

A (35:00)

M. Did you ever talk to her again?

D (35:02)

Never.

A (35:02)

And oh, no, I ran away.

D (35:05)

Yeah, that's worse.

A (35:06)

He just can't look at her again.

B (35:07)

You didn't get a chance to explain yourself?

D (35:09)

I wouldn't have in that I was just gonna talk about.

A (35:12)

Even needs to explain. She knows.

D (35:13)

Oh, yeah.

A (35:14)

Where he messed up, right?

D (35:15)

She knows now she's clocked. Like, that's just one of those things. Like, first impressions matter. And I'm okay to never have a second impression. Personal.

B (35:23)

There won't be impression with her.

D (35:25)

You don't win them all.

C (35:27)

No, Nate, I don't even know if this is embarrassing. It. It.

B (35:34)

We're just not that, like, we're just not that good.

A (35:37)

Tell a story that's cool and be like, well, no.

C (35:39)

And honestly, I may have told y' all this story before. It would have been embarrassing had I confessed, but I didn't. And so, like, the. I never had to face the embarrassment, you know, so this was when I was doing tile work.

A (35:59)

I forgot he had. He went through like a three year period where he had like 27 jobs.

C (36:02)

I did it all. Still can. I was doing tile work and the guy was working with, you know, we're. We're doing this kitchen. We're working on the backsplash. And I wasn't feeling great that day. Just having a little. Little tummy trouble. Oh, no. And so, you know, I let one slip quietly, okay, he's messing with the oven. Like we're doing Tom and stuff. He stops.

B (36:36)

Nightmare.

A (36:39)

He said.

C (36:42)

I'm smelling gas.

B (36:45)

Gas leak.

C (36:49)

And in my head I go, you.

B (36:51)

Never said anything in my Head.

C (36:53)

I go, that's different, right? That's not the. That's not the same. It can't be me. So I go, oh, really?

D (37:06)

Yeah.

B (37:06)

Gaslit you.

C (37:08)

I just got, like, caught a whiff. I go, huh? I don't smell it. And then I'm telling you, I'm going through.

B (37:17)

Keeps happening.

C (37:18)

So we're still working. Another one slips. Like, I'm trying so hard to. Not again. It stops.

B (37:30)

There it is again.

C (37:31)

I have a gas leak. So he gets on the phone and he calls, like, the emergency line to have people come out and find the gas leak in his home.

A (37:45)

And you let it happen.

C (37:46)

They're on the way.

B (37:47)

Okay, let me just say this. If I had already. If. If it happened one time and I had already denied it, there's no way that I'm going back after that, especially.

C (37:58)

Not after he's called.

A (37:59)

They're on the way.

B (38:00)

You have to commit to it.

C (38:01)

They're on the way to check.

B (38:02)

You have to just commit.

C (38:03)

And so at this point, I can't be like, hey, I know you already called, and you're gonna call back. So this way, I'm like, okay, well, again, I slip. And again it's this. Like, it's strong. He's talking to the homeowner at this point. He's letting him know, hey, I have the emergency people coming out to do this. And so they get there, and they're, like, testing all the lines, and they did, in fact, find the tiniest, tiniest gas leak. They did have a gas leak.

A (38:35)

Wow.

B (38:35)

So you kind of saved the day.

C (38:37)

I kind of saved the day. But he also said, well, your gas leak. He also said, there's no way you would have ever smelt this, though. He's like, this is so small. He said, this isn't enough to, like. Like, we need to fix it.

D (38:51)

But.

B (38:53)

The guy's just like, nah, I smelled it.

C (38:55)

And so. To which I said, maybe you got a good nose, man. Yeah, like, yeah, I. I would have had I done the same. Hey, I know you.

A (39:06)

I was just tooting.

C (39:08)

I might have just tooted a couple times deep into this, like, process now. Yeah, I was internally embarrassed.

B (39:17)

Yeah, as. As anyone would be.

C (39:19)

But I never had to, like, experience getting caught.

D (39:23)

Right?

C (39:23)

No one. No one saw me.

B (39:25)

Like, you're just.

C (39:26)

Oh, you just flip it up.

B (39:27)

You're just embarrassed at yourself.

D (39:29)

Yeah, I don't get embarrassed. And maybe that's why stuff happens to me so often, is that I just don't get embarrassed. I'm just dumb.

C (39:37)

Kind of a Kind of a hero that day. I don't know.

B (39:40)

I really, I've been trying to. I can't think of anything funny.

D (39:44)

Like just the other day I got on a plane and I sat in the wrong seat three times in a row to the point where like the flight attendants and everybody in this section is like, ah, you did it again.

B (39:58)

You're just a running joke on the flight. You're the flight joke.

D (40:05)

Like the time that like, that's the kind of like the stuff that Katie would have absolutely been like, all right, we're getting another plane or getting on another flight.

C (40:12)

Like, how do you do that?

D (40:14)

I just, I don't know. I really have no idea. But I was like, I did it at a hotel the other day. I went to the completely wrong hotel that was just across the road from the right hotel and I went all the way up to room or to floor five. And. I just do stuff like that all the time. So my, my feelings and emotions are just calloused.

B (40:39)

I just, I. I can think of stuff that's like embarrassing but like not.

D (40:48)

Something that you would bring.

A (40:49)

Stupid though.

B (40:49)

Not like.

A (40:51)

No, not really stupid.

C (40:53)

Yeah.

D (40:54)

I mean some people are maybe.

B (40:56)

You know what it is? It's probably that like I've repressed it honestly, because I hate feeling stupid and it. This is for real. Like I actually have probably repressed those memories.

C (41:10)

Tell them the, the story about how you ate my biscuit this morning.

A (41:16)

That was just disrespect.

B (41:17)

It said spot. No, it said spicy biscuit and I took a bite of Wasn't the spicy one. I only took one bite. As soon as I realized I checked the other biscuit, it was the spicy one. I put it back and said, sorry, like whoever's biscuit this was, I took a bite of it. Cuz it said spicy and it was plain.

C (41:38)

It was my biscuit.

B (41:39)

What am I supposed to do?

C (41:40)

I wasn't mad though.

B (41:42)

What am I supposed to do after that? He wouldn't eat it. I can't help that.

C (41:48)

No, I didn't eat it.

B (41:49)

No.

C (41:50)

Did you eat it?

B (41:52)

No, no, nobody ate it.

C (41:53)

Oh, you're supposed to.

D (41:54)

Well, I didn't know where it was.

B (41:57)

In the bag. It was in the chick fil a bag. I have the one thing that comes up when I hear like embarrassing story that I remember is like being at the lake one time when I was young. I've told this before though. Like I already said this. Okay, well, never mind then.

C (42:12)

Wait, what am I gonna tell?

A (42:14)

I don't think she's Told you.

D (42:15)

I don't know.

A (42:15)

I've only heard. I've just heard it.

B (42:18)

I just was tubing, and we had, like, two tubes, and one was, like, the guys, one was the girls. And, like, we hit, like, a bump, and I kind of, like, flew up and caught some air, and my bottoms just, like, blew off in the wind. But, like, me.

A (42:36)

How loose were your bum to fly off?

B (42:40)

Very, very loose. I was young. I was wearing, like, Yes. A tankini in, like, a. Two sizes too big, probably two. And so. Yeah. And so my bottoms flew off. And, like, instinctively, I just, like, hung on. And, like, I don't know why. I didn't have any reason. I just was like, I don't want to fall. Like, I don't want to let go. Like, I don't want to be in the water. I don't want to fall off. It hurts. Like, it's scary. And so everyone started, like, yelling at me to, like, let go. I knew what they were talking about. So eventually, after a second, it kind of processed in my mind, like, okay, like, I should. I. Probably best case now is to. Is to just let go.

C (43:37)

Yeah.

B (43:37)

And so I let go. And, you know, the. In the water, it was. It was just two men on the. On the boat, and they had to hand me a towel, like, under the water, and I, like, wrapped up and had to, like, you know, wet towel, walk out on.

A (43:52)

Get on.

B (43:52)

Get onto a boat wrapped in a wet towel.

A (43:55)

What a sensory nightmare.

B (43:57)

Terrible.

C (43:58)

What?

B (43:58)

Putting. Getting the towel, putting it under the water, wrapping it, and then climbing out and then the whole boat ride back, knowing that, you know, that not only the two grown men on the boat that I was sitting with, but also all my friends that were back on the tube still, like, having a good time, had, like, seen my butt.

C (44:19)

And then they all called you butts.

B (44:22)

They didn't.

C (44:23)

Oh.

B (44:24)

But I remember, like, sobbing the whole ride back because I was. I was pretty. I was pretty torn up about that.

C (44:32)

Now, that's embarrassing.

D (44:34)

Oh, that's a good story.

C (44:35)

That's a good story.

B (44:36)

Good story.

C (44:36)

I hadn't heard that one.

D (44:38)

That's one of those ones she repressed. Now she's gonna have to.

B (44:40)

No, that's. That's like. That's one that I vivid.

A (44:44)

That's.

B (44:44)

I vividly remember that.

A (44:45)

Yeah, that's her. Go to I embarrassed myself story.

B (44:48)

Yes.

A (44:49)

Over the last couple videos. We just need to scold you for a moment because from your lesson video. From the video of. I don't even remember the. The. Which one it was But a lot of people have said, you don't look like you like your job. You look sullen, like you're given the Zoolander face. You look like you're not. You're not really part of. Part of the team. You're. You're kind of holding yourself out.

B (45:20)

It's not a job. I think it's just, like, double down. Generally.

D (45:27)

The shoe fits.

C (45:30)

Double down.

A (45:31)

He. He. Okay, so now after laughing for the whole episode, he's gonna be like, I hate it here.

C (45:37)

Womp, womp.

D (45:38)

No, I just like. I mean, Y' all gonna get me fired, but here we go. No, it's just my face. It's been brought up to me several times by my wife, by my family members, and everybody else who meets me. Strangers have pointed it out to me.

A (46:04)

Like, strangers have, like, a. I know.

D (46:07)

Like, a serious face. But it's not the worst thing in the world, though, because I've been.

A (46:11)

Cheekbones are also so, like, severe.

D (46:14)

Right? You know, they think. They think I'm unapproachable, which, as I get older, I'm thinking is not a bad thing.

B (46:23)

It's not like, the worst.

D (46:25)

Like, somebody is thinking about coming up and talking to me and then decides not to.

A (46:30)

I also want to. I also. From that same video. Do you want to apologize? Because after watching it back, I had not heard you say this that day. I'm so sorry for emasculating you when I helped you brush the horse.

C (46:45)

Oh, yeah. I was like, what is she talking about?

D (46:50)

I didn't either.

C (46:50)

And I remember.

A (46:51)

Yeah, you're like. I've never felt.

D (46:53)

What?

A (46:54)

I don't remember what you said.

D (46:55)

Less of a man.

C (46:56)

I've never felt like less of a man.

A (46:57)

When she just grabbed me like that.

D (46:59)

It was like somebody. I was like, here, let me show you how to play guitar. I just immediately did not feel in control of the situation.

A (47:13)

I didn't. I did just like.

C (47:16)

I know.

D (47:16)

I just immediately surrendered, though, so well done there.

A (47:23)

Oh, my gosh. Okay, well, hope y' all enjoyed today's episode. Let's. Okay. The calf is now not named Nate.

D (47:35)

Take it back.

A (47:38)

It's Nat. Nat.

D (47:40)

That's not a word.

C (47:41)

Name.

B (47:41)

It's Nate in my heart.

D (47:43)

Nate.

A (47:44)

It's annual.

B (47:46)

Annual. It's not even his name.

A (47:51)

It's whatever part of his name just makes it not name, though.

C (47:56)

All right.

D (47:57)

Okay. Sniffing in the mic.

A (47:58)

Dude, if there's ever a mic sniffer or a whatever. Like, there was a time it Snapchat. It's just silent. Just.

C (48:07)

I know.

D (48:08)

Well, we've had conversations about it on the phone. It's like there's, there'd be times. There was a, there was a time that we made it a point to take it out of the videos and it just became to where like, dude, this is unrealistic. It's unrealistic to try to take as many.

C (48:23)

It would legitimately add probably at least an hour of editing.

B (48:30)

My response to that is that I ask if it's necessary for me to be mic'd up usually, and I'm told yes.

D (48:40)

So because it's, it's, it's what makes you you. It's a value add now. It's a personality trait.

B (48:47)

I'm Flemmy.

D (48:50)

Flemmy. What a. What a great and horrible word.

A (48:56)

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B (49:07)

Hey, I am also wearing.

C (49:09)

Oh, my God. Ha. Y is in fall merch.

B (49:11)

Yeah.

A (49:12)

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D (49:13)

All.

A (49:13)

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D (49:18)

Oh, that's sweet.

A (49:18)

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