REWIND: Friday Happy Hour #6

Summary

Laugh with Me – REWIND: Friday Happy Hour #6

Host: Jeremy Odom
Guest: Eric
Date: January 17, 2026
Podcast: iHeartPodcasts

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Overview

This "REWIND" episode of Friday Happy Hour is a celebration of weekend vibes and catch-up convos between Jeremy Odom and longtime friend Eric. With a mix of banter, irreverent takes, Midwest nostalgia, and reflections on routines, beverages, and blackjack strategy, the episode keeps the laughs flowing as Jeremy and Eric riff on what makes them genuinely chuckle. The show offers both a window into their friendship and a slice of laid-back, end-of-week camaraderie.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Weekend Kickoff & Show Introduction

(03:03 – 04:41)

• Jeremy welcomes listeners to the inaugural Friday Happy Hour episode since joining iHeart, encouraging everyone to relax and crack open a beer.
• Reflects on the universal "Sunday scaries" that creep in, making the most of the brief weekend freedom.
• Sets a casual, inviting tone for new listeners.

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Music Habits, Playlists & “Emo Girl”

(04:41 – 09:41)

• Eric teases Jeremy for referencing old sports topics, like Lakers' playoffs and O.J. Simpson’s death, making fun of delayed podcast listening.
• Discussion turns to music listening habits:
  • Eric prefers curated Apple Music playlists, not CDs.
  • Jeremy lovingly mocks Eric for discovering bands late.
  • Both share which songs they know by heart.
• Notable Quote:
  • Jeremy: “Emo Girl is one of those songs that I know for a fact. I could just... Bam. Give you every lyric.” (08:40)
  • Eric: “So when you sing along with the duet... do you sing both parts?”
  • Jeremy: “I do sing both parts... Sometimes I like to act like I’m the background singer and I'll just hit them with some stuff that's not even in the song.” (08:48 – 09:08)

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Genre-Hopping Musicians & Drink Preferences

(09:41 – 13:24)

• Jeremy notes MGK’s move onto the country charts, with Eric remarking on genre crossovers (MGK, Beyoncé, Post Malone).
• The conversation pivots to favorite drinks:
  • Beers, Fireball, and Pitbull:
    • Eric proclaims beer as the “safest drink.”
    • Laments chaos when shots (like Fireball) get involved, especially during celebratory events like New Year's with Pitbull.
    • Quote: Jeremy: “Pitbull is as synonymous with New Year's Eve as the ball drop and I will die on that hill.” (11:14)
  • Champagne Sundays and the right mimosa ratio (5–10% OJ, otherwise “just drink the champagne straight!”).
  • Jeremy recounts brunches with build-your-own mimosa bars.

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Midwest Nostalgia & Socializing

(13:24 – 16:16)

• Jeremy and Eric reminisce about Sunday mimosas in Omaha, value of simplicity (“just pour champagne in a gas station cup and drink it”).
• Lament drinking too much OJ ("What a waste of a Sunday... just drinking orange juice all day—like, sociopath.").
• Plans are made for more “champagne Sundays” when Eric moves back.

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Coffee Culture & Morning Routines

(16:16 – 24:10)

• Eric’s Coffee Ritual: Only began drinking coffee in the past three years, takes it black, never tried creamer or sugar.
  • Funny Exchange:
    • Jeremy: “You do know coffee gets better, right? When it’s flavored.”
    • Eric: “You’re all drinking curdled milk?” (18:37)
  • Eric’s pet peeve: Airport coffee is always “too hot,” even though airports are places where you need to drink it quickly.
  • Jeremy points out the dual benefit of creamer: flavor and cooling.
• Routine Breakdowns:
  • Eric: 3 cups of black coffee before noon, sometimes with a fig bar. The “crash” hits at 2pm, revived by cracking open a beer at home.
  • Jeremy: Wakes at 4:30am, downs a Monster, maximizes work output before "a lull," then transitions to water, coffee, maybe a pop (Midwestern for "soda"), and naps before hyping up for the evening.

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Forming & Breaking Habits

(26:33 – 29:28)

• Eric muses about moving to Omaha as a chance to revise routines (less beer, fewer coffees, eating better)—but admits reverting to old habits is easier.
• Jeremy analogizes creating habits to sticking with strategy in blackjack—routine brings success, but deviation (just once!) can break your streak.

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Blackjack Stories, Table Rules, and “The Bob Move”

(27:28 – 41:04)

• The pair swap favorite blackjack stories, including viral videos and their own escapades.
  • Staying consistent vs. deviating in blackjack (splitting sevens, double downs, etc.).
  • Quote: Jeremy: “Like, you never want to stray from the routine. You do what you do...” (27:29)
• Legendary tale of a friend (“Bob,” not his real name) who split fives at the Excalibur—an infamous blackjack faux pas.
  • Dealer confusion, the group’s horror, and Bob’s luck (“You survived, never do that again.”).
  • Quote: Eric: “Bob put down the fives... like he’s casting a spell... the only motion that the dealer recognized... was the split.” (35:28)
• More on betting strategies (progressive betting, chasing losses) and that fatal pit dealer burn:
  • Dealer: “Well, you don’t bet like that.” (39:17)
  • Jeremy: “That was the sickest burn... I look at it as a compliment. You bet with the confidence of ‘this is what you do.’”
• The Bob nickname origin and hilarious persistence ("His name's not Bob. I was one of his groomsmen and his parents were confused... Well, I'm not going to stop calling him Bob." 40:24).

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Moving Back to Omaha – Changes & Expectations

(41:18 – 47:49)

• Georgia’s strict gambling laws vs. Nebraska's complicated betting landscape.
• “The Larson Bump”—joking that Eric’s return to Omaha will spark sports success (Nebraska Huskers to win a bowl game, per Jeremy).
  • Quote: “Let’s put on the record today that the Nebraska Cornhuskers are going to win... because of the Larson Bump.” (43:07)
• Eric mourns Georgia’s favorable weather (Atlanta’s record high isn’t even that hot!), wonders if he’ll ever acclimate back to Midwest winters.
  • Glove and scarf epiphany—“this is so comfortable... my neck is warm.” (45:14)
• Jeremy and Eric agree baseball is best as a social experience—minor league games, “Thirsty Thursdays,” hanging out and people-watching.
  • Jeremy: “Baseball games are different. It can be a social event where you’re just hanging out... you could also be really into it... but it’s just fun.”
  • Eric: “It’s tough not to be romantic about baseball... A pastime you check in and out of.”

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Wrap-Up & Final Laughs

(50:12 – 51:16)

• Jeremy derails Eric's poetic baseball musings with fantasy baseball talk (“That’s what happy hour is all about.” 50:49).
• Eric signals it’s time for another drink.
• Jeremy teases the open-ended, “as long as it goes” spirit of Friday Happy Hour.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Just because you’re behind on listening to Laugh with Me doesn’t mean I’m not. Hit subscribe, follow, listen. Every week.” – Jeremy (05:14)
• “Give me the lyrics? Yeah, but ‘Emo Girl’ is one of those songs…” (08:46)
• “Pitbull is as synonymous with New Year’s Eve as the ball drop and I will die on that hill.” – Jeremy (11:14)
• “That was ignorant… You’re all drinking curdled milk?” – Eric on flavored coffee (18:37)
• “If you split five-fives, you’re a wild man… Never do that again.” – Jeremy on “Bob’s” infamous blackjack move (37:46)
• “Let’s put on the record today that the Nebraska Cornhuskers are going to win… because of the Larson Bump.” – Jeremy (43:07)
• “I wore a pair of gloves... when I was like 30. And I was just like, this is so comfortable. Why have I not worn gloves to this point in my life?” – Eric (45:14)
• “That’s what happy hour is all about.” – Jeremy, after a tangent (50:49)

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Timestamps for Highlighted Segments

• Weekend Opening & Happy Hour Invitation: 03:03–04:41
• Music Playlists & ‘Emo Girl’ Song Banter: 06:44–09:41
• New Year’s, Pitbull, and Champagne Drinks: 10:19–12:14
• Mimosa Ratios & Sunday Traditions: 12:14–15:37
• Coffee Taste, Heat, and Cremer Conversation: 16:20–19:00
• Morning Routines & Beverage Riffs: 20:37–23:31
• Blackjack Stories & “Bob’s” Legendary Split: 35:22–37:47
• Gambling Laws & Coming Back to Nebraska: 41:18–44:48
• Midwest vs. Georgia Weather & Adjustments: 44:48–46:25
• Baseball as a Social Experience: 47:49–49:29
• Wisecracks on Changing Habits: 26:42–27:12
• Final Fantasy Football vs. Baseball Gag: 50:12–50:49

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Tone & Takeaways

Tone: Playful, irreverent, nostalgic, banter-driven, “weekend’s here” vibes.

For new listeners:

• The episode encapsulates casual friendship, inside jokes, and heartfelt chuckles, resembling a bar conversation between old friends.
• The chemistry between Jeremy and Eric, with witty jabs and relatable stories, makes even the most trivial routines (coffee, mimosas, music playlists) good, easy company.
• Whether you love sports, are nostalgic for Midwest living, or just want to laugh about the absurdities of adulthood, “Friday Happy Hour” delivers.

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[Jeremy Odom]

You said the bad one. This is the Friday happy hour. Rewind a laugh with me podcast with jeremy odom and I'm your host, J. O. It's always good to get to the end of that work week. It is definitely sad. On the flip side, it's sad when you know it's gotta restart again. In just a couple of days. 48 hours from now, we're gonna have the Sunday scaries and we're gonna be thinking back to work. But until then, Johnny, we shall enjoy our weekend again. This is the Friday Happer rewind. Which means we're gonna give you a little dose of what the Friday Happy Hour is all about. This is in fact, the first taste of Friday Happy Hour since we've joined iHeartRadio. So to our new audience, enjoy unloading and enjoying the weekend. Crack open to that beer. By the way, it's Happy Hour after all. Johnny, do one of them beers.

[Eric]

Ladies and gentlemen. Yeah, I was just listening to an episode last week and you were talking about LeBron's troll footage, that trophy.

[Jeremy Odom]

That was months ago.

[Eric]

Well, that was the topic of the show. Like, you spent a lot of time talking about it and it was like the, like, like, are the Lakers gonna make the playoffs? And it's just like the playoffs are over. Jeremy.

[Jeremy Odom]

Dude, just, you know, you know what's gonna rock your world? When you hit the episode called Moment of Silence and you find out O.J. simpson's dead.

[Eric]

That happened months ago.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah. Just because you're behind on listening to Laugh with Me doesn't mean I'm not hit. Subscribe, follow, listen. Every week. Yes, exactly. You know, you got, you know, you're moving back to Omaha. You, it, you know, pace is a little slower in Nebraska than it is in Hotlanta. So you're gonna have time to listen to Laugh with me every week. I feel. What's the commute like? You was, you were like a mild difference in Atlanta from your office. No, actually, you know what? That in Atlanta, you were flying all over the place, all over the country.

[Eric]

Right.

[Jeremy Odom]

You had time to listen to the episode on the plane, on the beach. What the hell?

[Eric]

I, I, I, I, I don't know what to tell you, man, if anything.

[Jeremy Odom]

You'Re gonna have less time to listen to it living in Omaha because you're gonna have this just basic commute from office to home, office to home, office to home.

[Eric]

I mean, I like listening to the, the podcast when I'm not getting a walk.

[Jeremy Odom]

Okay.

[Eric]

But I normally don't hook the phone up into my car. Oh, yeah.

[Jeremy Odom]

So what do you listen to? CDs?

[Eric]

Yeah, just music.

[Jeremy Odom]

Like CDs?

[Eric]

No, no, no. This is 21st century, Jeremy.

[Jeremy Odom]

I'm aware, but.

[Eric]

So I'm listening to the Apple music to their curated playlist. Alternate alternative alt control I think is what it's called.

[Jeremy Odom]

So you let the man tell you what you listen to.

[Eric]

Nope. Yeah, no, I mean, that's what leads. That's what leads to me every once in a while being like, hey, check out this artist. And then you replying, oh, great, Eric just discovered, you know, young blood or somebody.

[Jeremy Odom]

It's exactly how it was.

[Eric]

And I'm always like, I read whoever you say, like, oh, you just discovered this. And I'm like, I don't even know who the hell that is.

[Jeremy Odom]

And I'm like, yeah, I've. I've listened to their last three albums and I've seen them live. Like. And you're like, oh, Bowling for Soup's good.

[Eric]

You know when they had that year end, you know the update where they tell you how many times you listen to songs? Yeah, my most listened to song last year, I didn't even know what it was. Like, I had to play the song from the playlist and then just be like, oh yeah, I've heard that song before.

[Jeremy Odom]

That's great. What was the song? You couldn't even tell me.

[Eric]

Like, I'd have to go back and look at it. Like, I'm sure if you went to, you know, greatest alternative songs. Well, as 2023.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah.

[Eric]

You know, it would be up there.

[Jeremy Odom]

Towards the top, but probably MGK.

[Eric]

No, no, no.

[Jeremy Odom]

You sure?

[Eric]

I feel like MGK's career ended as far as alternative Apple playlists.

[Jeremy Odom]

Don't say it.

[Eric]

When he made that don't say it. That song with Willow.

[Jeremy Odom]

Oh, there's nothing wrong with Emo Girl. And it was my most listened to song the year it came out.

[Eric]

Oh, I. I was hoping that you were just saying that to spite me just because you've known from the start that I have not appreciated that song.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah, there's probably. I don't. How many songs in. In every song you've ever heard, how many songs do you think from beginning to End. You could say every lyric in, like, total number of songs, do you think?

[Eric]

Oh, I mean, I probably put that at like maybe 40 or 50.

[Jeremy Odom]

40 or 50, right. Yeah, I, I, I would say the same thing. Even though I couldn't tell you all of them. It's just if the song started.

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Jeremy Odom]

Just, you know, my memory, I would be able to do it now.

[Eric]

Oh, if it's karaoke.

[Jeremy Odom]

00. Absolutely. Give me the lyrics. Yeah, but Emo Girl is one of those songs that I know for a fact. I could just. Bam. Give you every lyric.

[Eric]

Both parts. Like, do you.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah, I always, I sing both.

[Eric]

So when you sing along with the duet.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yep.

[Eric]

Do you sing both parts?

[Jeremy Odom]

I do sing both parts.

[Eric]

Do you do a falsetto?

[Jeremy Odom]

Sometimes. Oh, sometimes this is what I do. Sometimes I like to act like I'm the background singer and I'll just hit them with some stuff that's not even in the song. I'll just like, maybe they should consider it, like, adding it to the song. Like, I think maybe if it was live, it would really add something.

[Eric]

You should, you should record those. I should send it to the artist.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yes, I should.

[Eric]

With a note that says possible remix.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah, here's some notes. Yeah. And that's not me being critical of the original work because obviously I love it, but I've got, I've got some things for you. Yeah, that'd be pretty cool, I think, in my humble opinion. But the. Which is one more thing about mgk, because this is my show. No, one more thing.

[Eric]

Happy hours almost over. We gotta get another beer.

[Jeremy Odom]

He, he just entered for the first time ever, the country charts.

[Eric]

Yeah, I, I don't know what to think of this.

[Jeremy Odom]

Like, he's hitting all the genres.

[Eric]

Taylor Swift leaves country, and then all of a sudden, you know, Beyonce and now MGK are, are jumping into country.

[Jeremy Odom]

Everybody's getting in. It's pretty cool. Post Malone, he's got a whole country album. Yeah, it's pretty cool. So I don't know, I don't know why you gotta hate it is Friday happy hour. We're drinking beers. But, like, it's not always about the beer. Like, what, what are some of your, like, favorite go tos.

[Eric]

For beverages.

[Jeremy Odom]

For beverages? Yeah. What the fuck do you think we're talking about?

[Eric]

I'm pretty, I'm pretty equal opportunity. You know, the beer is the mainstay because the beer, like, you know, I'm almost to the point where I've been able to drink as long as I haven't been able to drink you're old, dude. Yeah, we're gonna. We're both gonna reach this point here.

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[Eric]

We're both in the next calendar year. We're gonna reach this milestone. But I have learned that, you know, beer is the safest drink.

[Jeremy Odom]

Okay.

[Eric]

Because you start mixing fireball, you start mixing shots, any of that kind of stuff, like, you're gonna lose control.

[Jeremy Odom]

Okay, wait, are you talking to me or you're saying you.

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Jeremy Odom]

You're gonna lose control? Are you talking about we're gonna lose control?

[Eric]

Well, I mean, we're both gonna be doing the same amount of shots. You know, if it's New Year's Eve and Pitbull's on, I mean, there's gonna be a lot of Fireball drinks.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah, man, that's the thing. Pitbull is as synonymous with New Year's Eve as the ball drop. And I will die on that hill. And that's because he did, like. He did, like, four straight New Year's where he was, like, a feature act, but there was.

[Eric]

There was a while there where you could not, like, if you were just flipping between the broadcasts.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yep.

[Eric]

Guaranteed that one of the stations would be playing a Pitbull song.

[Jeremy Odom]

Absolutely. Yeah. It was incredible.

[Eric]

But, you know, I think the only other mainstay that I hit all the time is, you know, champagne.

[Jeremy Odom]

Oh, yeah.

[Eric]

A little bit of orange juice.

[Jeremy Odom]

Call it mimosa on a Sunday.

[Eric]

Yeah. And, you know, maybe that's one of the reasons that I'm moving back. You know, it's tough down in Atlanta, you know, in those situations where you gotta celebrate champagne Sunday by yourself. And, I mean, I'm not afraid to drink an entire bottle of champagne.

[Jeremy Odom]

No, I'm not either.

[Eric]

Orange juice.

[Jeremy Odom]

In fact, that sounds like a normal Sunday for me. But here's the thing. You're moving back. Drinking mimosas. Oj.

[Eric]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jeremy Odom]

Just.

[Eric]

Just a little.

[Jeremy Odom]

So how much. How much orange juice to champagne like, ratio would you say is, like, perfect?

[Eric]

I would probably. I think between that. That 5 and 10% would probably be that sweet spot. Okay. You get any less than that, like. Yeah, well, then you just might as well just drink the champagne straight.

[Jeremy Odom]

Right.

[Eric]

But you get any more than that.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah.

[Eric]

Like, it's almost to the point. Like, if I got a restaurant and I got more than that, I almost want to send it back.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah.

[Eric]

I'm ordering this for the champagne, not for you to give me the orange juice.

[Jeremy Odom]

Just give me a little flavor. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There's a. Well, it's a movie. Theater out in. Out here. Gretna. Elkhorn.

[Eric]

Tell me more.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah, and it has a restaurant.

[Eric]

Wait, hold on. Gretna? Elkhorn. Like, isn't. Isn't Elkhorn, like, all the way up in the northwest side?

[Jeremy Odom]

Dude, where do you think you are right now?

[Eric]

I thought I was in Gretna.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah, and then if we just take the highway, we're gonna run right into Elkhorn. So it goes Gretna into Elkorn. You've been gone.

[Eric]

You guys have no idea what you're doing out here.

[Jeremy Odom]

Hey, man, I'm just driving, so.

[Eric]

All right, all right.

[Jeremy Odom]

Anyway, there's a movie theater, right? It's awesome. In fact, our good friend Joe Ramsey, he gets credit for building this movie theater. He did the electrical work in it. Anyway, we have this movie theater, and they have a restaurant in it.

[Eric]

Okay.

[Jeremy Odom]

On Sundays, they do a brunch. At this brunch, they do these, like, where you can order a mimosa. Like, build your own mimosa. Little, like, bar they bring to your table.

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[Jeremy Odom]

And they bring you, like, three different juices and bottles. Bottles of champagne, and you just build your own mimosas. And it's fantastic. I don't know. It's cool to me.

[Eric]

No, that's. That sounds great. Yeah, that was.

[Jeremy Odom]

That.

[Eric]

That's a gift idea that I saw once that I was always very jealous of. It was a New Year's Eve party, and the people didn't bring a bottle of champagne and said they brought, like, a little Bellini mix. It's like, peach.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yep.

[Eric]

And they brought that for the host because they were like, you're probably gonna have, you know, a bunch of champagne that's left over you probably over purchased.

[Jeremy Odom]

Oh, no, that's impossible.

[Eric]

Well, not our parties.

[Jeremy Odom]

Okay. I was gonna say that's not how we go. Yeah, but that's funny.

[Eric]

No, that. That's. You'll get some of the amateurs that make a mimosa, and you could get to, like, 50.

[Jeremy Odom]

50. Oh.

[Eric]

And that. I think that's how some people think that they're made disgusting. And it's just like, what? Like, what's the point?

[Jeremy Odom]

No. What a waste of a Sunday when you're. When you really think about it.

[Eric]

Yeah. Like drinking orange again. Yeah, I'm just gonna drink orange juice all day. Like, sociopath.

[Jeremy Odom]

You're moving back to Omaha. We have to have some champagne sundaes.

[Eric]

Oh, yeah, right.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah. I'm gonna have to start getting sundaes off.

[Eric]

What I love about the phrase champagne sundaes is just. I feel like, there were a lot of champagnes or a lot of champagnes.

[Jeremy Odom]

A lot of champagnes. There really was.

[Eric]

There were a lot of Sundays where I just remember going over and it would just be like, you'd hand me, like, a plastic cup, like, this is. This is a cup from the gas station or something like that. And it would just be. Pour champagne in it and then just drink it.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yep.

[Eric]

And, you know, it's a simplicity that really drives home the. How fantastic it was.

[Jeremy Odom]

Do you also drink coffee when you're doing mimosa on a Sunday morning? I mean, is that kind of like you gotta. You gotta have the caffeine, but to balance it off.

[Eric]

You always give me crap about all these beach trips. But, yeah, if I do find myself in a situation where maybe I'm not feeling as fresh in the morning, maybe I, you know, overindulge the day before. I mean, I'm not afraid to come in and just straight out order mimosa, coffee, water.

[Jeremy Odom]

What's your go to for, like, what's your favorite coffee? Is it coffee made at home coffee from a coffee shop? Airport coffee? Gas station coffee? Like, what's your, like, favorite coffee?

[Eric]

So I didn't drink coffee until very recently. I've only started drinking coffee yesterday or what? Only, like, last three years.

[Jeremy Odom]

Oh, okay.

[Eric]

And so when I started drinking coffee, I just taught myself to drink a black. So I don't use any creamer, sugar, anything.

[Jeremy Odom]

So still.

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Jeremy Odom]

Have you ever.

[Eric]

Nope.

[Jeremy Odom]

So you don't know that it gets better?

[Eric]

Actually, I've never. Actually not. You mentioned. I don't know that I've ever had a coffee with creamer in it or coffee with sugar in it.

[Jeremy Odom]

You do know coffee gets better, right? When it's flavored.

[Eric]

So a friend of mine, I was picking her up Starbucks, and she wanted a caramel macchiato.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah.

[Eric]

And so, you know, I'd gotten it a couple different times. And so I was just like. One day I was just like, screw it, give me two caramel macchiatos. And then I took a sip of it and I was just like, this doesn't even taste like coffee. And she told me that was the point.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah, that is the point.

[Eric]

Yeah. Yeah, I know it doesn't taste like coffee. Why do you think I order it?

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah, you like your coffee super hot?

[Eric]

No.

[Jeremy Odom]

Do you, like, let it sit a little bit? Have you ever had iced coffee?

[Eric]

So that is, you know, probably one of my big gripes as far as being a coffee drinker is it's too hot. Well, yeah. That it's too hot. And if you want to know where to get the hottest coffee, it's at the airport. The airport. Like if you buy coffee at the airport, that is the hottest coffee that you will ever drink in your life. And it's counterintuitive because you're at the airport. Like you're not hanging out at the airport. Like you gotta get on a flight, you gotta go. So yeah, you buy this coffee, it's too hot to drink and you got like 20 minutes to drink it. So yeah, I end up having to open the cup and like let it air out for about 10, 15 minutes before I can even, you know, start drinking it.

[Jeremy Odom]

Did you know? I'm just. This might blow your mind. You put the creamer in the hot ass coffee, it's gonna cool it off a little bit and it's gonna give it some flavor and you can drink it all at the same time.

[Eric]

Isn't creamer, is the creamer like a dairy product?

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah.

[Eric]

It's not gonna like curdle it or something?

[Jeremy Odom]

No, it won't. You can do. That's, that, that was, that was ignorant. That was ignorant.

[Eric]

Is that what you guys are all doing? You're all drinking curdled milk?

[Jeremy Odom]

They were all drinking. That's gonna be one of my goals. You moving back is to get you to drink some flavored coffee. It's gonna rock your world. But I'm gonna start you off like basic so that way you can grow into the macchiato if you'd like. But you, I like, you jumped to the macchiato. That's just nuts.

[Eric]

I, I, I like the idea that you've got this like scheme in there where you're gonna like wean me off a black coffee every time I come over. No matter what time.

[Jeremy Odom]

7Pm and you want a coffee, you.

[Eric]

Want a coffee, just, you know, just slowly add more and more creamer every single time.

[Jeremy Odom]

But that's the thing, you don't even know. Like you probably just drink coffee in the morning.

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Jeremy Odom]

There coffee can be drank any time of the day.

[Eric]

Oh, see I go hard with the coffee I drink maybe three cups before noon.

[Jeremy Odom]

Three cups?

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Jeremy Odom]

Before noon.

[Eric]

Yep.

[Jeremy Odom]

All right. What, how large your cups though are you doing?

[Eric]

A little like 1212 ounce.

[Jeremy Odom]

All right, that's decent.

[Eric]

You know, I get, I get a nice, know nice bathroom trip in there, you know, after that first, after that first cup, you know, spend some quality time in there. I have two more and quality time.

[Jeremy Odom]

It'S short, it's fast. He talked about quality time.

[Eric]

Can we curse on this?

[Jeremy Odom]

Oh, yeah.

[Eric]

But yeah, I found that if I go to that fourth cup, that's when the stomach is just like, no.

[Jeremy Odom]

Do you eat anything during this time?

[Eric]

I might have like a fig bar for. For breakfast.

[Jeremy Odom]

Gotta eat something with all that acid. You. So do you drink this coffee? Sorry, this is. This isn't. This is exciting. I. Do you.

[Eric]

I didn't realize that Friday happy hour was like, you were the Howard Stern of interviewers.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yes, I am.

[Eric]

Like, let's get to the bottom of this coffee.

[Jeremy Odom]

We're gonna get to the bottom of this. Do you drink coffee? Like, when you wake up? Like, do you have a cup going at home? Or is it like, you know, I get ready, I'm, you know, whatever is my morning routine. And then I go to work and then the CO starts.90 of the time.

[Eric]

I go to work first. But wow, as you said in Atlanta, I've got. My drive in is like nothing. So, I mean, there's a very good chance that I've only been awake for 30 minutes by the time I get to work.

[Jeremy Odom]

Do you have a coffee maker at home?

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Jeremy Odom]

And you make coffee at home? Is it hot enough for you?

[Eric]

Yeah, yeah, it's good.

[Jeremy Odom]

So do you put sugar in it?

[Eric]

No, no, no. This is going to sound counterintuitive as well, but at the office, my coffee cup actually has one of those warming plates.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah.

[Eric]

So it actually sits on the warmer thing and it keeps at a consistent temperature.

[Jeremy Odom]

So I think that's genius and that's great. And I wish I utilized one of those things, but at the rate you're drinking your 12 ounce cup, do you need it?

[Eric]

Sometimes.

[Jeremy Odom]

Okay.

[Eric]

I mean, you get distracted, you get meetings, you get different stuff that might pull you away from the cup.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah, that's true.

[Eric]

Especially. Especially now. I mean, that was my advantage down in Atlanta. You know, I could just sit there and kind of drink my coffee and not have to do any work till I finish that third cup.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yep.

[Eric]

Yeah. Now that I'm in Omaha, I mean, the grind is real. Like. Yeah, I'm actually gonna have to work and drink coffee at the same time.

[Jeremy Odom]

Wow. So you're drinking the coffee. I know you're a Dr. Pepper drinker. You're not really an energy drink guy, right? I know you. I know you drink energy drinks, but you're not really an energy drink a day guy.

[Eric]

No, no, no. It's not part of my routine.

[Jeremy Odom]

Definitely.

[Eric]

Neither is. I mean, soda either.

[Jeremy Odom]

Oh, really? Cut that out.

[Eric]

I've kind of. Weaned myself off of.

[Jeremy Odom]

Good.

[Eric]

You're like, do you add sugar to your coffee? And it's just like, no, I'm trying to cut sugar out of my diet.

[Jeremy Odom]

Oh, all together? Yeah. Really? No donuts, no cookies?

[Eric]

Yeah. I mean, if they're there, I'm going to eat them.

[Jeremy Odom]

So you eat sugar, but I don't go. Stop the. Eric, you eat sugar?

[Eric]

Don't go out of my way to find the sugar.

[Jeremy Odom]

Okay. Yo. All right, so if I was to introduce a plate of cookies to you right now, this is not something you would turn away. Johnny, can you bring the plate of cookies, please? You.

[Eric]

You had this planned.

[Jeremy Odom]

I did not. That was. I just wanted to see your reaction. You saw me turn? Yeah. You thought I had cookies.

[Eric]

Yeah. Well, then I saw the panic in Johnny's eyes and I was just like, did Johnny eat the cookies?

[Jeremy Odom]

So that's the thing. So at what point? So here's, here's. All right, I'm gonna tell you what's going through my head right now. Okay. You're drinking three cups of coffee before noon.

[Eric]

Yep. Getting a good poop in, I assumed then.

[Jeremy Odom]

And you're not eating much.

[Eric]

No.

[Jeremy Odom]

So you're getting jittery. I assumed There was a Dr. Pepper involved in there at some point and some lunch, but you've cut out the pop almost exclusively. So when does the crash happen? Like. Because you've got to be coming down off all that caffeine.

[Eric]

Oh, about 2:00pm okay.

[Jeremy Odom]

And then what brings you back up?

[Eric]

Going home from work.

[Jeremy Odom]

That's enough of a push.

[Eric]

Yeah, I go home and I, you know, crack open that first beer and, you know, all of a sudden the energy comes flooding back into me.

[Jeremy Odom]

That's awesome.

[Eric]

So, yeah, I can't work until I finish the third cup and then I need to get all my work done by 2pm so I've got normally an hour and a half in there where I can get stuff done in the day.

[Jeremy Odom]

That's awesome. What a. What a life. So, so is that kind of what your day looks like? I know, because you're, you're, you're switching kind of what your daily routine is going to look like. So when you're, when you're switching here in a month or so, like, what. What's that going to look like? Are you going to be able to crack that beer open at 2 o' clock or. You're gonna have to find a new way to keep yourself ticking.

[Eric]

I mean, I. Find a new way.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah, man, you. I got nine to fiver Right.

[Eric]

Why are you shaking your head at me?

[Jeremy Odom]

I'm just, you got this captivated.

[Eric]

Like, I feel like this is the look that you gave Cody when Cody was just like, life isn't gonna change when I have a kid. Like just this, this wide eyed, smiling, just. What are you gonna do?

[Jeremy Odom]

Well, let me tell you because I'm. This is what I'm living. This is what I'm living right now. Okay. I'm waking up at like 4, 4:30am Right. So then. And I'm instantly drinking a monster. I'm getting myself ready because I hit, I hit it hard, quick, early. You.

[Eric]

So you fast, like you power through that can.

[Jeremy Odom]

I power through the can. And I'm trying to accomplish as much as I possibly can before 7, 8am.

[Eric]

Oh, when the customer show up.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yes. So this. Well, no, that's, that's when I get a lull in my day. Oh. So.

[Eric]

Oh, I forgot about the convenience store.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah. So I'm trying to like maximize the potential of my customer all ways and get my day set up. So I'm, I'm hitting a lot, right. Then when, once I hit that time zone, then I'm like, all right, well, maybe I'll have a water, you know, maybe a coffee. So I'm, I'm hitting one of those two things. And then by lunch, and this is the thing, I did the same thing as you. I cut pop out almost exclusively. Ever since I started working at the freaking gas station in January, I've been drinking a little bit of pop again. Again. So it's like, all right, well, sometimes I'll have a pop. Then at lunch and around lunchtime, which could be anywhere between for those that.

[Eric]

Are confused out on the coast. He means the soda.

[Jeremy Odom]

The soda.

[Eric]

Yeah, yeah, the pop soda. The same thing to the Midwestern mind.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah. So then, you know, and then when we get to like one one 32 o', clock, my day's over. My work day's over.

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[Jeremy Odom]

So then I come home, I drink a water, I get a liquid iv. Sometimes I'm cracking a beer because it's the end of the work day. I take a little nap and then I gotta hype myself back up again so that I've got the rest of the night. Like. So I am very much fascinated with all that, all the coffee and then having to go further than like one o'. Clock.

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Jeremy Odom]

Like I'd have to have another monster. But I'm also starting like way earlier. But it's just, I'm fascinated with that. I don't know, people's routines fascinate me.

[Eric]

That's. I'm hoping. You know, I've always seen the. The studies that say, hey, you got to do something like 14 times in a row to get, like, the routine. You got to do it for, like, two weeks. So part of me has this thought that, hey, I'm gonna move to Omaha. That's going to be my chance to reset all these habits. You know, maybe I won't have two beers, you know, in the evening. Maybe I won't have three coffees in the morning. Maybe I'll start packing a lunch. Maybe I'll start eating better.

[Jeremy Odom]

Wow.

[Eric]

Or I could just, you know, continue doing the same crap up here that I did down there.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah, you could.

[Eric]

I mean, that sounds a lot easier.

[Jeremy Odom]

It's way easier. And more likely. But that's. Yeah, that's here nor there. But you talk about routine. It's kind of like playing blackjack.

[Eric]

No.

[Jeremy Odom]

Like, you never want to stray from the routine. You do what you do. We watched this. I sent you this, like, viral video that's going around right now where this guy, he's playing a hand, and he gets a pair of sevens. He splits the sevens.

[Eric]

Correct.

[Jeremy Odom]

Then he. He gets.

[Eric]

He's going against the five.

[Jeremy Odom]

He's going to get to five. He splits the sevens. The first hand to him is a six on the seven. He. He doesn't take another. He goes the next card. It's another seven. So then he splits those sevens. Then he. He ends up going down the line where he's got, like, four or five.

[Eric]

And he.

[Jeremy Odom]

Different splits, double down a couple of times.

[Eric]

Yep. Because there's one of those. I think he got, like, a three.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yep. And he wanted the card down. Yeah. And he's like, put it down. Doubles down. He did it twice. He ends up getting, like, four or five different seven splits. Yep. Before getting to a final seven seven where he decides not to split. Now the dealer shows. Dealer flips a card, takes a card, ends up getting 21.

[Eric]

Yep. Flips the face card, draws the six.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah.

[Eric]

So if he would have taken one more card, he would have caught the six.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yep. And if he would have stuck with his routine. If you stuck with what he was consistent with, he gets it.

[Eric]

No, that. And I'll say. I mean, I've always felt that my strength at playing blackjack was that they're so ingrained in my mind that even when I've been drinking and playing for, like, eight hours, like, just the. The mechanical motions are just gonna take over.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah.

[Eric]

But yeah, and you kind of have those rules. Like I always say, like once, once I put the money on the table, like it's no longer like money, right? Like you can't look at it and say, oh, I've still got a hundred sitting here in my, my pot. Like, you got to just, it's play what's on the table. You play what's out there that you're entertained. If you're worried about losing the money, then you shouldn't be. You shouldn't put it down in the first place.

[Jeremy Odom]

Pull it and walk away. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I feel the same way. And I, I just found that so interesting because you can like relate that moment to different things in like your life. Like we were talking about your routine, you know, and it's just sticking to what it takes to create a habit. And it's like this guy had just the luck going down the line. Stay consistent, stay consistent. He's going to create something and then at the very last second, he decides to change.

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[Jeremy Odom]

The course of history ends with him losing.

[Eric]

And doesn't it always end up that way though when you're at the blackjack table? Like you are down to like, hey, you know, I put my, I put my X amount of dollars on here.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yep.

[Eric]

I'm down to like my final bet. I can say with almost like I would gamble on this. All right, this person's down to their final bet. Like I give it a 65% chance that they're going to get a card that they need to split or double down on and they're not going to have any chips on there and they're either going to have to borrow from somebody else that's at the table or they're going to have to put down more, more cash to get more chips.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yep.

[Eric]

Like just it. That's the way it always works out.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah. Oh man. That. It's like my early days of playing blackjack when I didn't really get it, you know, I was just kind of playing with you guys and it was just, I Wanted to be the guy at the table with you guys. I was, I was doing some dumb, like, moves. And then you, you learn. All right. There's ways that can, a consistency to it that kind of, kind of help your odds. Now you're never going to have the odds favored over the, the over the house, but you could favor your odds. Right. In order to come out ahead.

[Eric]

They've always said if you play perfectly, yeah. You can bring it up to a 48 chance of winning.

[Jeremy Odom]

Right. And if I can get a 48 chance at the casino, I'll take it. So. But what I did find, even in those, in those times, way back when I was playing, when I played consistently reckless, you know, when I cons was consistent with how I played, I still came out ahead. No. Now the table didn't win. And those were things I had to learn. Right. I learned that that wasn't right. And I did some things that were selfish and, you know, and then some of my friends didn't want to play at the table with me until they learned I knew how to play. But, but, but I, I was consistent. Now I know the, you know, I've known the rules for forever now, and I, I play and I come out pretty good. Right? You and I have had some good runs at tables, and it helps not just myself, but it helps, helps the table itself, but yeah. Oh, man, some good times. We got a friend, though. Yeah, He, Bob, knows the rules. He plays by the rules too.

[Eric]

No, not a dumb guy.

[Jeremy Odom]

Not a dumb guy. Actually one of the smartest guys we know and really enjoy any conversation with him. Like, he's just, he's awesome. He, he's, he's played some hands. He never split. I've never seen him split sevens, but we've seen him split five fives.

[Eric]

Yes. Yeah, I wouldn't recommend where it was like, that was an Excalibur.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yes, it was.

[Eric]

We were out there and you know it. And it doesn't even matter what the dealer had.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yes.

[Eric]

I don't remember what the dealer did. Not the dealer. Let's just say this. The dealer did not have. It wasn't like he was sitting there with like a 4, 5, 6. Like it was a bus card that he had, you know, seven, eight, nine somewhere in there. And yeah, our friend Bob, he caught the two fives. And I think what he was meaning to put down, he put down extra chips. And so the guy's like asking him what he wants to do. And Bob just kind of like waves his hand like he's Casting a spell. Like, it was like, he's casting a spell, like, like doing all this stuff. And the only motion that the dealer recognized out of that was at one point that the two fingers split. The pointer in the middle split. So he split fives, which, yeah, never, you never do.

[Jeremy Odom]

No matter what the deal is showing, that's not the move.

[Eric]

I mean, I would almost forgive more splitting tens. At least you're starting with a 10, so.

[Jeremy Odom]

And I think I did that same night because I remember Bob trying to give me about splitting tens, and I'm like, dude, no. Like, first of all, you probably got me shook when you split the fives. So you're probably in my head and that's why I did it.

[Eric]

But damn it, Bob, I appreciate that we front loaded this segment with so much positive stuff about Bob so that we can just talk about how stupid this. But, yeah, so Bob put down the, the fives. And I don't remember the exact measurement of cards, but he took two cards to each of those fives to basically get himself up there. And the dealer, you know, flips and ends up busting. And I just, I remember, you know, it's just like, I made eye contact with the dealer and like, he looked at me and he just shrugged. Like, just, what are you going to do? Like, yeah, I, I, you know, you.

[Jeremy Odom]

See, I did my best.

[Eric]

I'm going to see a thousand hands tonight.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah.

[Eric]

I've never seen this before. Like, what are you going to do?

[Jeremy Odom]

Yes. That's one of those ones where you. All right, Bob, you survived. You won.

[Eric]

Yep.

[Jeremy Odom]

Never do that again.

[Eric]

Never. Never do that again. Never do that again.

[Jeremy Odom]

That's incredible, man. We've had some good runs at the table, though.

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Jeremy Odom]

Even with Bob that same night. Even with Bob. Like, some good runs where he wasn't pulling that.

[Eric]

But, well, that was, that was the night that. So, you know, I found out later on in life that this was called progressive betting. How I was betting where I'd increased my bet every hand that I, I won. And I got up to a point where I was playing for like $80 a hand. And I ran into a similar situation as the video where I got double eights. And it was just like, well, I gotta, I gotta match the 80. I gotta split this.

[Jeremy Odom]

And what's your normal bet? Like, what's your normal start?

[Eric]

I would normally start off. I mean, at that time it might have been like 15, 20 bucks.

[Jeremy Odom]

So 80 bucks is like a lot.

[Eric]

I was way up at that. So I get to this point, I Split them, Take my cards. I end up having to split again off of the, the second card that comes up. And then I think there was a double, like, in there. So all said, you know, again, I have like $300, like on there. Dealer flips their cards, goes in, hits 21. And I'm just, I'm despondent. Like, I'm, I'm sad. I'm taking this hard.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yep.

[Eric]

And the dealer's just like, what's, what's wrong? And I was just like, I'm not used to. I'm not used to losing this much. And she says, well, you don't bet like that or you don't bet like it. And it was just number one. Like the sickest burn.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yes.

[Eric]

Of that. And just number two. Like, you know, again, you got to play to how you have played.

[Jeremy Odom]

Like, right.

[Eric]

You can't be beholden to that.

[Jeremy Odom]

Consistent. Because there's many times where, Because I, I started betting in that strategy because of you. You know, you kind of showed me kind of how that works. And I won a few times with it. I'm like, all right, well, this works as long as I'm, you know, fiscally responsible with it. And the, the thing is, if I'm consistent with it, I'm going to come out ahead on a couple of hands. It's going to help me cover, you know, a lot of the bad ones.

[Eric]

Yep.

[Jeremy Odom]

But I look at what she said and said, well, you don't bet like it. You were just saying that was a sick burn. I look at it as a compliment. Like, you bet with the confidence of this is what you do. And then when you lost, you were like, oh, my God.

[Eric]

But we'll see. That's. That's how I originally took it, as a compliment. And now 41 year old looks back at that. They're like, what a moron.

[Jeremy Odom]

What an idiot.

[Eric]

What a Bob.

[Jeremy Odom]

What a Bob. That's awesome. I just love that our friend Bob's name is not even Bob. Yeah. And it's not even a name that we're like, making up for the show. We call him Bob. Like, his name is Bob to us.

[Eric]

He's just.

[Jeremy Odom]

His name's not Bob.

[Eric]

I was, I was one of his groomsmen and his parents were, were very confused. Like, wait, why do you call him Bob? And it's just like, seriously. Well, I'm not going to stop calling him Bob.

[Jeremy Odom]

Right. That's his name. To us. Yeah.

[Eric]

Do you think, you think us holding to that is why we only see him at draft time anymore.

[Jeremy Odom]

That's probably true. Actually. I went to the zoo with him a few months ago.

[Eric]

Yeah, but what was he wearing? What was the shirt he was wearing?

[Jeremy Odom]

A T shirt that said the Bobs. Yeah.

[Eric]

So hey, if you, you know, please, anybody listening out there, if you see a man wearing a orange shirt with a football on it that says the Bob's, say hi to, say hi to our friend Bob and tell him not to split fives anymore.

[Jeremy Odom]

Oh, geez. I, I don't think he would ever do it again.

[Eric]

I don't know that we could get him to play blackjack with us again.

[Jeremy Odom]

Well, you don't think he'll play anymore?

[Eric]

We'll find out if he listened to the show. If he'll just even talk to us again.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah, that's, that's very true. We gotta get, we gotta get some blackjack going at some point. You're moving back. We got to get some blackjack.

[Eric]

I'm excited about that. Just to the fact Georgia, no sports, no sports betting, no gambling.

[Jeremy Odom]

I'm surprised by that.

[Eric]

Yeah, it's a, it's like 100 mile drive to get to North Carolina. That's the, the closest casinos to the Atlanta metro.

[Jeremy Odom]

And that's just to make sure that Michael Jordan's comfortable. Yeah, yeah, it's good.

[Eric]

But it is funny because the Atlanta Braves stadium has like a Harris Casino, like a sponsored.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah.

[Eric]

Deck. And it's just like we, we don't even have gambling in Georgia. But here's Kara or Harris Casino sponsoring.

[Jeremy Odom]

Is it something that comes up during election time, try to get on the ballot?

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah. Okay.

[Eric]

Yep. Nope. So that was, you know, I, to me that was like the biggest thing. Stacey Abrams ran for governor last time and she said that she was going to legalize sports gambling, so.

[Jeremy Odom]

She did not.

[Eric]

Yeah, she did.

[Jeremy Odom]

Well, she did not in fact win.

[Eric]

She did not win. But, but anybody that I know for sure that voted against her, I've made sure to point that out to them. Like, hey, we could have had this.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah, well, you know, you could have what we have, which is it's legal to bet on sports in Nebraska, but you have to be on site and there's not many sites.

[Eric]

No. So I mean that this is still.

[Jeremy Odom]

Easier to drive across the river to Council Bluffs, Iowa and bet.

[Eric]

But no, I mean, that's one of the reasons, you know, I'm coming back here though is to you're going to have some exciting stuff to bet on. I mean, the Braves won a World Series while I was down there. The Bulldogs won two national championships. Like, there's going to be some success coming in here.

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[Jeremy Odom]

Oh, you're bringing success with you.

[Eric]

Larson Bump.

[Jeremy Odom]

So we're. Let's put it. Let's put on the record today that the Nebraska Cornhuskers are going to win. What? Because of the Larson Bump.

[Eric]

A bowl game.

[Jeremy Odom]

Let's go. We're gonna. You heard it here. You heard it here first. Don't laugh with me. The Huskers are gulling bowling, and we're gonna win the game. There's probably some plus money to make on that right now, actually.

[Eric]

Yeah. My hands are, like, itching. I'm like, I need to get this bed in.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah, that's. You know what? There's actually a lot of Nebraskans that would be freaking over the moon for. For that very thing to happen.

[Eric]

This is success to us.

[Jeremy Odom]

Oh, that's fantastic. So what are you gonna miss the most about living in Georgia?

[Eric]

The weather.

[Jeremy Odom]

Okay. That's fair.

[Eric]

That's. That's why I always think it's funny when you call it, like, Hotlanta. I was actually looking at it the other day with somebody, and, like, the record high in Atlanta is like 106 versus Nebraska, which is like 129.

[Jeremy Odom]

Then it feels like 150.

[Eric]

Yeah. Yeah. So Atlanta is actually up in the hills. They got a lot of trees, lot. A lot of walks. I'm so spoiled down there that if it's not, like, sunny by the end of February, like, if I can't go outside without wearing a coat or a hoodie by the end of February, I'm like, like, what are we doing here?

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah.

[Eric]

Like, what are we doing as a culture, as a people, as a state? I get. I get upset.

[Jeremy Odom]

The last few years, you have come back to Nebraska over, like, New Year's period.

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Jeremy Odom]

And you've experienced winter. Right. This is gonna suck, having to, like, live through it the whole time. Right. Like, you're not looking forward to that?

[Eric]

Yeah, no, no, not. Not. Not particularly. That's. That's. I wonder if my inner thermostat's ever gonna. Gonna adapt to that again.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah.

[Eric]

And I'm sure you're seeing this with your son, but, like, yeah, you. You kind of go through those, like, teenage years where you're like, I don't need a coat. I'll wear shorts in the winter. I'll do all this kind of stuff.

[Jeremy Odom]

He wears shorts the entire year.

[Eric]

I remember, it was. It was like an epiphany. It was like something that, like, I Wore a pair of gloves, like driving my car when I was like 30. And I was just like, this is so comfortable. Why have I not wore gloves to this point in my life?

[Jeremy Odom]

It's so comfortable.

[Eric]

Like, my hands are warm. You got, you, you and Ashley gave me a scarf one day.

[Jeremy Odom]

We did.

[Eric]

And I remember, like, this is great. Like, my neck is warm.

[Jeremy Odom]

That's awesome.

[Eric]

Like, so I feel like I'm going to come back up from, you know, living in the, the warmer climes. I'm going to come up here and I'm just going to be. I'm going to be George Costanza wearing the, the marshmallow jacket.

[Jeremy Odom]

It's like, you're prepared now.

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Jeremy Odom]

That's awesome. So that's different. So the weather, I mean, you lived a mile away from the Anna Brave Stadium. That whole community, everything around that state of the Battery is so cool.

[Eric]

It's weird to look back at it now and just realize that I been to more games at that Brave stadium than any other stadium, like, in your life anyway. In my life, yeah. And I could probably say that I, I don't think a stadium will ever top that. I mean, I probably saw 50 games in the five years that I was there.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah.

[Eric]

Like where, you know, that'd be a lot of Vikings games.

[Jeremy Odom]

A lot of Vikings games.

[Eric]

I mean, I'd have to hit on that. Nebraska bet I'll put my life savings on it maybe if I hit on that. Yeah, I, I can approach going to as many Vikings games as it would take to, to pass that.

[Jeremy Odom]

Now, this is obviously not at the major league level, but you maybe could find yourself, you know, heading up a lot of Omaha storm chaser games, hitting a border park a little bit, but I don't know, about 50. I mean, you'll, you'll hit some games maybe.

[Eric]

You know, actually that you mentioned. I mean, I've probably been to 20.

[Jeremy Odom]

Have you really? I mean, we're in a park already.

[Eric]

Yeah. Yeah. Because I used to, even when I lived here, they were, they were doing it and they would do the Thirsty Thursdays.

[Jeremy Odom]

Oh, you hit the Thursdays? Yeah. Yeah. So every other week I got to be hit every other week.

[Eric]

You know, working. One of my friends, Tim, worked at Warner at that time. He gets tickets to the game every Thursday for free. And yeah, we used to joke because we just stand up in the concourse and we drink the, the $2 beers and we'd just be like, this is like a bar we go to on Thursday. And it just so happens there's A bar baseball game going over here because we never actually sit in the seats.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yep.

[Eric]

I mean, that was too far away from the beer.

[Jeremy Odom]

The. They put on great show there. And it's. I don't know, it's just. Baseball games are different. Right. Like, it's a social. It can be a social event where you're just hanging out with friends, you're chatting, there's a game going on also. You could also be really into it and be like, there's a game going on. Yeah, it's just fun. You're out, you're outside. Like, you're generally always outside. Yeah. There's very few times where you're indoors when you're watching baseball. It's just. I don't know, it's different. I enjoy every bit of it.

[Eric]

I like that breakdown. Just because one of my best friends down in Atlanta, I met him down in Atlanta, you know, we're talking about going to a game and he was just. He kind of like, did this disclaimer of like, oh, I hope you're not one of those people that just wants to chat through the entire game. Like, I want to watch the game. And of course, you know, this time trying to make a friend. It's just like, oh, absolutely.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah. In fact, I keep score. Yeah.

[Eric]

I'm all about the game. And I think he'd probably be one of the first people to be like, eric doesn't watch the games. He's more interested in what's going on around it.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah. He won't shut up. Yeah. Yeah, that's. But that's what's great. Like, you talk about people who go to, like, malls and parks and stuff for people watching.

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Jeremy Odom]

Go to a baseball game.

[Eric]

Oh, for sure.

[Jeremy Odom]

Holy cow, yo. Yeah, that's the best. Just a month ago, when I went to the Padres at Kansas City Royals game, I almost witnessed a fight between a Padres and Royals fan. I saw a guy on the concourse. Whatever was going on in their life had to stop in that moment. He stopped his girlfriend, stopped her dead set. And pointed with excitement to the TV screen because they were doing the. The mascot race.

[Eric]

That's you. You're talking about you.

[Jeremy Odom]

This was not me. This was not me. But he had to show it then. Different couple, different situation. Dead stop. Point at the TV screen for like the hide the ball cup game. Like, this is.

[Eric]

Well, if you missed the start of this, you're lost through the rest of it.

[Jeremy Odom]

Absolutely you are. But, yeah, no, this is the things that go on a baseball games, and it's Incredible. And you just, you wouldn't know unless you went and just people watched and.

[Eric]

Yeah, that's, that's where it is. It's, I think the quote's been made before that baseball's a sport that's tough not to be romantic about just from kind of the timing and how all those things happen. But that's where it's like, it truly does feel like that pastime just in, it's something that you check in and out of. Like you have 162 games. You don't need to watch them all. You might miss for a week or you might miss for two, but you go and check in on it. It's the same thing with being at a baseball game, having those kind of conversations because, hey, sometimes that crack of that bat or the sound of that pitch, that's what's going to draw your attention back to the game. But you're okay to kind of zone out for like a little bit there and it'll tell you when you need to be paying attention again.

[Jeremy Odom]

You know, in fantasy baseball is different than fantasy football. Like fantasy baseball, you can zone out for a couple of months like I am and you know, and then if you want to get back in, I, I, maybe now I want to make a run. Like I think I have time.

[Eric]

I'm sorry, I can't even, I can't even respond to, I can't respond to what you said. I gave you an Emmy moment there about two minutes ago. Talking about baseball as a pastime, telling.

[Jeremy Odom]

A story, and then I bring up this bullshit and then you jump in.

[Eric]

Here and start talking about your fantasy baseball team that you haven't checked in three months.

[Jeremy Odom]

That's what happy hour is all about. Dude, thanks for joining the Friday happy hour.

[Eric]

No, no, this is, this has been great. And this, this is great timing because I'm in need of another.

[Jeremy Odom]

Yeah, me too. That's the beauty of happy hour. It can go as long as it goes. It's, it's, it's wonderful. Yeah. Though. Thanks for joining the show. You are moving back.

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[Eric]

Jenice Torres here and I'm Austin Hankwitz. We host the podcast Mind the Small Business Success Stories produced by Ruby Studio. In part partnership with Intuit QuickBooks.

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Jeremy Odom]

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