Ben’s Emergency Trip To the Hospital In Europe, Micah's Missing Motorcycle, & Evans Lambo Is Broken AGAIN

Summary

Podcast Summary: Life Wide Open with CboysTV

Episode: Ben’s Emergency Trip To the Hospital In Europe, Micah's Missing Motorcycle, & Evan's Lambo Is Broken AGAIN

Date: September 2, 2025
Hosts: CJ, Ben, Ryan, Ken, Evan, Micah, Alex, Mike

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Episode Overview

This lively episode centers on untold, behind-the-scenes stories from the CboysTV crew’s recent adventures, mishaps, and discussions about travel, health scares, car culture, fasting challenges, and community events. The standout story is Ben's harrowing yet hilarious medical emergency in Croatia, which kicks off a cascade of personal anecdotes, travel reflections, and classic Cboys banter. The episode is packed with quotable moments and real-life wisdom mixed with lighthearted teasing.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Ben's Croatian Vacation: Best and Worst Moments

Timestamps: [02:09]–[16:48], [20:01], [21:36]–[24:54]

• Trip Setup: Ben joined his fiancée Greta’s family on a boat trip along the Adriatic coast of Croatia – a new, beautiful, and adventurous destination for him.

  • “It was like the best vacation I’ve ever been on and the worst vacation I’ve been on. Peaks and valleys.” – Ben [02:19]

• Swimming Reluctance:

  • Ben, self-described as not an "ocean guy" and bad at swimming, felt pressure to join Greta’s family in the water, only to be plagued by his childhood nemesis: water stuck in his ear.

• Medical Ordeal:

  • Attempts to “self-heal” with rubbing alcohol and Q-tips made things worse, resulting in complete hearing loss in one ear.
  • Memorable Moment: Ben’s anxiety peaks as he reflects, “I just packed something in my ear. Worse. I’m so right now… this is my life, dude.” [07:10]

• The ER Experience:

  • Desperately searching for help in tourist towns, Ben ends up at a local Croatian clinic in a scene he describes as an “insane asylum.”
  • The receptionist–doctor douses his ear with microwaved water from a giant syringe, flushing out an impressive amount of compacted wax.
  • “She just starts pressure washing the inside of my ear... Oh, it felt amazing.” – Ben [12:28]
  • Cost: 20 Euros, cash only! A far cry from the $1,500+ he feared.
    • “I was so relieved because… every time you walk into the ER, it’s two grand, right?... They just go, ‘20$.’” [14:12]

• Lesson (and Crew Solidarity):

  • Other members have had similar ear issues; Alex recommends home syringes and cameras for wax removal.
  • Ben vows to get regular flushes, swearing off Q-tips: “I’m afraid of Q-tips, dude, because my dad burst his eardrum.” [20:10]

2. Ben's Nightmare Return Flight (Food Poisoning in the Skies)

Timestamps: [24:54]–[32:33]

• Food Poisoning on Flight:
  • Two hours into an eight-hour transatlantic flight, Ben starts violently throwing up. He spends the flight making repeat runs to the airplane bathroom and using “throw-up bags” supplied by increasingly sympathetic seatmates.
  • “I proceeded to get up, go to the bathroom, and then come back about five more times. I’m like dead at this point.” – Ben [26:41]
• Culprit: Sketchy oysters at a Michelin-star restaurant – four family members fell ill.
  • “They even tasted shitty… and I love oysters. Well, I don’t love them anymore.” [31:22]
• Brutal Details:
  • Ben had to throw up at every stop through customs and the drive home – “Every stop along the way, barfing, it was so unbelievably bad.” [30:32]

3. European Travel Observations

Timestamps: [21:36]–[24:54]

• Highlights: Croatia's beauty, the warmth of the people, the food (when not tainted), and the deep sense of history.
  • “If you guys have the opportunity to go to Europe, highly recommend. The architecture… there’s just so much to appreciate.” – Ben [21:41]
• Tourism Economy: Commentary on local reliance on tourist industries: “Everyone in this town just works in some kind of tourist industry… I don’t know how these places made it through Covid.” – Ben [22:12]
• CboysTV European Video, Please? The crew muses about filming an epic European adventure.

4. Food Differences: Europe vs. America

Timestamps: [35:25]–[39:05]

• Bread & Gluten: Greta, gluten sensitive in America, could eat European bread without issue. Ben and Ken marvel at the lack of preservatives and difference in flour/fertilizer use.
  • “It really makes you wonder what’s in the food here.” – Ben [35:54]
• Preservative “Experiment”: Evan leaves gas station food out for weeks, and it's perfectly preserved — “The flies aren’t even interested.” – Mike [38:49]

5. Fasting Challenge and Crew Health Trends

Timestamps: [39:40]–[44:12]

• Fasting Talk: Inspired by Ken, Ben and others take on a 72-hour fast for health and self-discipline.
  • “You got your nervous system… I just live in [sympathetic] state all the time... you eat, you then trigger your sympathetic state... It's just something I'm trying… to see if it'll calm me down.” – Ken [40:25]
  • “CJ's right though — it's good to do hard things. And I've been kind of a cheddar dick for the last two weeks not working. So I was like, I owe this one.” – Ben [43:06]
• Benefits (discussed seriously and playfully):
  • Metabolic reset, cellular repair, improved mental clarity, and triggering the body's “cleaning” state.

6. Community Updates — Golf Tournaments, Local Philanthropy, Quirky Fundraisers

Timestamps: [44:47]–[52:45]

• Golf Antics:
  • Dalton mistakenly wins the “women's longest putt” at a tournament (and a $25 Zorba’s gift card).
  • Grandpa Ron's motivational line to Dalton: “Pick your club up. You're not good enough to throw your club… and you're not even good enough to be mad.” – Grandpa Ron via Ken [45:59]
• Charity Sponsorship Funnies:
  • Micah becomes the “title sponsor” of a local car show without realizing it, leading to swag with his Instagram handle (“...presented by @micahsalmon”), and attendees wearing his shirts everywhere.

7. Micah's Mysteriously Missing Motorcycle (Papio)

Timestamps: [56:17]–[60:59]

• Micah discovers his Papio pit bike is missing. The crew trades theories: stolen, misplaced at Sturgis or Moab, or simply hidden among their many toys.
  • “It's a full-blown motorcycle, so it'll turn up... it didn't get lost between the couch cushions.” – Alex [56:55]
• Ben suggests posting a “Missing” on social media, but Micah is wary after looking foolish doing so before.

8. Jake Coulter: Fargo’s 20-Year-Old Mayoral Candidate

Timestamps: [61:49]–[66:37]

• The guys riff about local North Dakota news: a 20-year-old National Guardsman named Jake Coulter running for Fargo mayor. Initial laughter gives way to genuine support.
  • “You get someone young in there, they probably care more about the future than someone old... much more future to live.” – Ken [65:27]

9. Car Culture & Crew Updates

Timestamps: [67:14]–[89:39]

• The group critiques and laughs about the ugliest cars ever made (SSR, Aztek, Prowler, Nissan Murano Convertible). The idea arises to buy one as a campaign car for Jake Coulter.
• Self-deprecating talk about their own car projects, including BMW i8 price crashes, Subaru builds, and the subjective definition of “supercar.”

Evan’s Lamborghini Mechanical Scare

Timestamps: [83:16]–[88:55]

• Evan’s Lambo breaks: Transmission stuck between gears. Potential fix ranges from simple sensor (cheap) to $20k manual swap.
  • “If I put 20 into it, it should bring at least [value] back.” – Mike [85:05]
• While walking, he bikes to the local casino and wins back enough to cover potential repair costs.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "I start feeling around... and now I can't hear anything. I'm like, I just went from bad to worse." – Ben, describing his ear-troubles in Croatia [07:01]
• "The receptionist grabs a syringe with microwaved water… and just starts pressure washing my ear." – Ben [12:28]
• "20 bucks?... I put down 20 bucks and dude, I was on with my day." – Ben, relieved by the low ER bill [14:25]
• "Every stop along the way, barfing. It was so unbelievably bad." – Ben on his flight food poisoning [30:32]
• "Best part about vacation: you just do this." – Evan, pantomiming eating [34:26]
• "If you can't resist the urge to feed yourself a fucking McChicken..." – Ken on fasting & self-control [41:03]
• "Pick your club up. You're not good enough to throw your club… and you're not even good enough to be mad." – Grandpa Ron as told by Ken [45:59]
• "To this day… the hardest quote—Ken: 'Sorry, you're confusing me with someone who gives a shit.'" – Alex, regarding Ken’s legendary indifference [91:12]

Lighthearted Banter & Running Jokes

• The group repeatedly riffs on American vs. European foods, with Evan’s long-lived donuts as the comedic evidence of US preservatives.
• They poke fun at their own quirks—Alex’s ever-lost vehicles, Ken’s time lag after Europe, Dalton’s golf drama, and the surreal local politics of Fargo.
• Wistful plans to return to Vegas, reminisce about the “glory days” of WRXs, and plot pranks like gifting Jake the ugliest campaign car known to man.

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Timestamps Reference Table

| Segment | Time | |-----------------------------------------------|--------------| | Ben’s Croatia Medical Story | 02:09–16:48 | | Ben’s Flight Food Poisoning | 24:54–32:33 | | Europe Travel/Culture Observations | 21:36–24:54 | | Food Differences: Europe vs. USA | 35:25–39:05 | | Fasting Challenge/Health | 39:40–44:12 | | Golf Tournament & Charity | 44:47–52:45 | | Micah’s Missing Motorcycle | 56:17–60:59 | | Fargo’s Young Mayoral Candidate | 61:49–66:37 | | Ugly Cars, SSR/Prowler Banter | 67:14–73:08 | | Lamborghini Breakdown & Casino Story | 83:16–88:55 | | Legendary Ken Quote Discussion | 91:12 |

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Final Thoughts & Takeaways

• Ben’s European adventure is a cautionary tale of travel gone hilariously wrong, ending in new appreciation for both foreign healthcare systems and the hazards of Q-tips.
• Health, discipline, and indulgence are common Cboys themes, embraced with both seriousness (fasting, reflection) and irreverence (food experiments, impulsive eating, casino trips).
• Friendship & local flavor shine, from supporting community fundraisers to inside jokes and sharing the small details that keep their bond strong and the show relatable.
• The Cboys spirit is all about good-natured chaos, storytelling, and never taking themselves too seriously.

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For next week: Will Micah find his lost Papio? Will Jake make mayor (and will he drive an SSR)? Will Evan’s Lambo shift again? Subscribe for more laughs and behind-the-scenes madness from the CboysTV crew!

Transcript

[Ken]

Dalton did win women's longest putt. They announced it Dalton Songstead and they have it on the website.

[Ben]

I got food poisoning in the middle of an eight hour flight. Ken went to Europe 10 years ago and he came back and he never caught back up.

[CJ]

You lose track of everything.

[Ben]

Ev the comments did appreciate your mother. They spoke very highly of her.

[Mike]

It's good to hear.

[Evan]

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[Ken]

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[Ben]

And in the app.

[Ken]

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[Alex]

Very good.

[Ben]

And we're back.

[Evan]

And I'm awake now.

[Alex]

We're rolling.

[Ben]

We are so back. I'm back. Feels good to be back. Yeah.

[Ken]

You're in a third. You're not in a third world country. You're in a different country.

[Ben]

I was not. It was not a third world far.

[Ken]

From a third world country.

[Ben]

I got into a couple situations that it felt like a third world country, which I'll get into. I've been refraining from telling you guys how it went. It was like the best vacation I've ever been been on and the worst vacation I've been on. Really? Yeah. It was peaks and valley. Valleys, Peaks and valleys on that one.

[Ken]

Well, I'm glad you, you were. It was nice because Grandpa Ron told everyone at the golf tournament that you were in Kuwait. And I, I, Craig and I say, well, there's a big difference, I think from Croatia and Kuwait, Grandpa. But yeah, they were like, ben's in Kuwait.

[Ben]

I was, I was not in Kuwait.

[Ken]

He was in Croatia.

[Ben]

Everyone I told that I was going to Croatia was very concerned.

[Evan]

Really?

[Ben]

I don't know why they thought Croatia was like a war torn country, but everyone I said, yeah, I'm going to Croatia. They were immediately like, are you sure that's a good place to be going?

[CJ]

I mean, you say you're going on a European vacation, you know, you think Italy, France, Spain. I, I typically don't think a lot of those Eastern European countries.

[Evan]

Croatia, like one of the most beautiful places in the world. And where Mate Ramak is from, who founded Ramak and currently is the CEO of Bugatti.

[Ben]

He is from Croatia. Yeah.

[Alex]

So tell us, why Croatia? I mean, some people are probably like, never, never even heard of it.

[Ben]

I had never thought of Croatia or really heard of Croatia besides for the fact that Mate was from Croatia, but I didn't know anything about it. But yeah, I basically was there with my fiance's family as soon as I proposed. Then I was invited with on nice family vacations. And so Croatia is on the Adriatic Sea. It's basically the entire coast of it surrounded by or like butted up with islands on it. Right? So we were on this boat that started at the bottom of it, and it was like a seven day boat tour from island to island. And you just basically made your way up to sea, which was awesome. And I've said many times on this podcast that I am not, one, an ocean guy.

[Evan]

You hate the ocean.

[Ben]

Not an ocean guy. And two, not a swimmer. You're bad at it. Bad, bad at swimming. And so hearing that we were going on a boat cruise, I was pretty concerned about the fact of swimming.

[Evan]

Understandable.

[Ben]

Yeah. Her family loves swimming. And I was like, I hate swimming.

[Ken]

Sinks like a rock.

[Ben]

Yeah, not good. Just doesn't work for me. And so on the second day of the trip, right, people are swimming. They're looking at me like, what's this guy doing?

[Evan]

You didn't get in until the second day?

[Ben]

I did. I got in on the first day lightly, just to feel out the water. The second day, people started talking. There was rumors floating around the boat, like, what's going on with this guy?

[Alex]

Bluest Water we've ever seen some blue ass water.

[Ben]

Yeah, I will. I will say that it was some blue ass water, right? So people started questioning what was wrong with me. Can he not swim? Is he afraid of fish?

[Evan]

Yes.

[Ben]

Yeah. Many problems, right? So I had to prove myself that I could swim, although I'm not good at it. Started swimming. Well, I realized why I don't like swimming. And that's a problem that I've had since I was a little kid. And that's. I get water in my ear. Oh, yeah, classic. And I get ear infections and. Or like swimmers ear, you could call it. And I have nose and my nose. And I have a very bad time. I've had it since I was a little kid, right? And so I get out of the water after swimming to prove myself right to the family that I could swim. Although it was a bad sight. Thankfully, salt water, you float a lot better. Figure that out.

[Evan]

You were this bad at swimming.

[Ben]

I just don't enjoy it, Ryan. So I get out of the water, I start shaking my head. I'm like, oh, oh, this isn't good. This isn't good. Start shaking my head a little bit more. I'm like, oh, this shit ain't coming out. So I have a trick to this that you put rubbing alcohol in your ear. I did this to your ear when we were in Lake Powell, right?

[Evan]

Yeah. Hydrogen peroxide used on me. But it worked, Works the same.

[Ben]

Thankfully, it did work the same. So we were like going from, like town to town, and we hop off the boat. I still got water in my ear. I'm like, looking for the first spot to find rubbing alcohol. Keep in mind, these little towns are just like. They're just pretty much straight touristy little towns, but not the best health care systems. So Third world. Yeah, Little third world Ask. So I finally, I find this. This pharmacy. I get some rubbing alcohol. I'm laying in town center and I have Greta pouring it in. Stand up. I'm like, now the rubbing alcohol stuck in my ear.

[Evan]

Oh, no, no.

[Ben]

Yeah. I'm like. And it just got worse. And I'm like shaking, you know, I'm jumping up on one foot, trying to get it out. Being the absolute idiot that I am, I thought, well, maybe I could, like, get the water loose with a Q tip and hopefully that'll make it come out.

[Mike]

Get in there tight.

[Ben]

So I start feeling around, feeling it a little bit, a little bit. And it just goes, oh, now I can't hear anything.

[Evan]

Oh, my God.

[Ben]

I'm like, I just went from bad to worse right now. And so I immediately look at Greta, and I'm like, I just packed something in my ear. Worse. I'm so right now, he's like, this.

[Evan]

Is my life, dude.

[Ben]

The first thing that came to mind, I was like, this is how Evan feels. I was like. And then I was reflecting back to how did Evan lose his hearing in his right ear? And I was like, oh, he got a bad ear infection, and it just never came back. So now I'm starting to panic, right? I'm like, I got water in my ear, I got rubbing alcohol in my ear, and now something else in my ear that's not letting any of it come out, right? And so I'm walking around this, like, tourist little town, and I'm just trying to figure out what to do. Jumping up and down. I'm jumping up and down. I go back to the pharmacy. I buy, like, this earwax spray, and the lady's, like, barely speaks English, and she's like, why are you looking for this? And I'm like, I packed something in my ear with a Q tip. And she was like, you used a Q tip? And I was like, why do they sell them then? What else are Q tips for? And so anyway, I go back to the boat, and I'm, like, kind of panicking at this point. I'm like, this is why I don't swim. I'm about to lose my hearing in my ear if things don't get. If I don't resolve this issue. And. And so I go to bed that night, hoping that I'd wake up and it would, like, kind of dissolve and get better. Didn't. Woke up in the middle of the night. It was still bad. I'm, like, starting to panic at this point. I'm, like, looking up, like, closest ers to me. I'm in the ocean. Doesn't work. And so we get to the next town the next morning, and I'm just like, yo, I got to go to the ER. Well, they don't really have ERs in Croatia.

[Mike]

I wonder if a candle would have helped you.

[Ben]

Have you ever used. I had a candle, and that didn't work.

[Ken]

Like, I remember. I was like, oh, that's gonna be so sick. It, like, sucks the earwax or I.

[Mike]

Don'T know if it's. But it does have some suction to it, which maybe it would pull the water out.

[Ben]

So. So get this, Ev. I got one of those candles, and I thought it was a good idea, too. And then Greta starts doing research on it. They're like, do not use this. I'm doing research. I'm chat gpting. And they're like, this could damage your ear even worse. Even worse. I'm like, how the hell could it get worse? It's plugged.

[Ken]

Earwax falls in. I've got water, rubbing alcohol and ear or any candle wax.

[Ben]

Candle wax? Yeah. Right.

[Alex]

At this point, the rubbing alcohol hopefully evaporated.

[Ben]

It didn't feel. I couldn't. I couldn't hear. I was straight up. I. I was like, this is how Evan goes around with his day to day life. And this sucks. I have a new perspective, Evan, of how you feel. And so I vetoed. I was like, I gotta try something before I put this candle in my ear. For what? Everyone is telling me not to do it.

[Mike]

So you never did try it?

[Ben]

I never did try it.

[Alex]

So you go to the makeshift er so I'll show.

[Ben]

Let me show you a video. I walk in here and it looks like I'm straight up walking into like an insane asylum.

[Ken]

Frick.

[Evan]

I love that the red cross is just, you know, though at least it says dentist.

[Ben]

I was very confused as well.

[Evan]

Ryan, who's this guy in front of you?

[Ben]

This is Chrono. He's the guide and croono. Was. Was my man for the job here. And we get in there, it's like kind of weirdly busy.

[Mike]

That woman have a band aid on the side of her head?

[Ben]

Yes, she does. But yes.

[Ken]

Like a movie.

[Ben]

Yes.

[Evan]

Oh my gosh, it does. Dude.

[Ben]

I. I look around and I'm like, this could actually go from worse to even worse. If. So if I can track something here.

[Evan]

Bro, if it's anything like the DL, hospital take about nine hours.

[Ben]

And so, yeah, I sit there for like an hour and a half. Finally, the lady that checks me in up front, like the receptionist, she. She walks by me and she goes, we are ready. And she brings me to this back room again. There's like, it's just natural lighting in there. I was like, what happens when there's like less light? What if somebody needs to get something done at five?

[Ken]

Actual lights?

[Ben]

Dude, I. I was looking around and I didn't see lights in there. And so the receptionist brings me back and she starts freaking putting on rubber gloves and getting ready. I'm like, the receptionist is about to do whatever she's about. Like, there's no doctors here.

[Evan]

Stupid American. He won't know.

[Alex]

I would like to think that she was the doctor that also had to act as a reception.

[Ben]

I would like to think that too. I'm hoping that's the case. And so I come back and I snag this picture. And if you look real close, right here, this is like a syringe that she had filled up with. With water that she had just microwaved. Right?

[Evan]

She microwaved the water?

[Ben]

Yes, you can see the microwave right there.

[Evan]

Oh, my God.

[Ben]

And so she microwaves the water and she puts it in this big syringe, and she grabs this little ear scope, and she puts the ear scope in my bad ear. And she goes, full. And I was like, full of what? She was like, earwax. And I was like, oh, okay, makes sense. And then she looks in my good ear and she goes, also full. And I was like, well, I can still hear out of that. Don't touch the.

[Mike]

Don't touch the good one.

[Ben]

I was like, all right. Well, I don't. Don't know how full that one is because I can hear great. And then I started wondering, what is she seeing? Right?

[Evan]

She's just looking at your ear.

[Ben]

So she puts the syringe in my full ear.

[Evan]

This is still the receptionist.

[Ben]

I didn't question it at this point.

[Ken]

Look at Ben's face.

[Evan]

You look fucking nervous.

[Ben]

Nervous, bro. And so she puts this syringe in my ear. Oh. And she's just starts.

[Mike]

She's biting her lips. She was getting into it.

[Ben]

Yes, she was. She just starts pressure washing the inside of my ear.

[Evan]

Was she concerned about you filming this?

[Ben]

Was.

[Evan]

Was that unorthodox for her?

[Ben]

No, I. Dude, I don't know. She didn't speak English. And so she puts it in my bad ear, blows it out, flushes it out, and. Oh, it felt amazing. And she pulls it out and she was like, clear. And I was like, what came out? And she shows me this. This is how much ear. Oh, my God.

[Ken]

Dude, that's fully packed down.

[Ben]

It's kind of hard to tell, but it was probably. It was about the size of my fingernail. Yeah, there was two of them. And so apparently I. When I was poking around with a Q tip, I packed it full.

[Alex]

Push it in.

[Ben]

Yep. And I was just like, oh, my God, this is insane that I've never. I've never had my ears.

[Evan]

Had that done.

[Ben]

I've never had that done. I was like, how old is this earwax? Right? And I was like, this is why I hate swimming. For my entire life, I've been dealing with swimmers ear.

[Alex]

But it's just because you have waxy.

[Ben]

I had waxy ears. And it just never came out because like I fast forward. I went swimming a bunch of times after that and my ears were just fine. Really Never had problems with it.

[Evan]

Right.

[Ben]

And so anyway, I get done with it. I was in and out in like a couple minutes.

[Evan]

Really?

[Ben]

Yeah, it was crazy.

[Evan]

Didn't have to wait long.

[Ben]

No, no, no. I waited like two, two hours for this to happen.

[Evan]

Okay.

[Ben]

But she blows my ears out and then I like walk up, back up to the front and there's this big sign that says cash only.

[Evan]

Shut up.

[Ben]

I immediately look over at my guy chrono that brought me there and I was like, I don't have much cash. I had like a couple hundred euro cash thinking that this is going to be like fifteen hundred dollar endeavor. Every time you walk into the er, it's two grand, right?

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Ben]

And he goes, don't worry, I have cash. And I'm like, well, how much cash do you got here? Like, what is this gonna run me here? They gonna keep me? And the lady just goes, 20$. What?

[Alex]

That's amazing.

[Ben]

20 bucks? Oh, it was 20 bucks for this whole thing? Yeah, it's not quite as expensive as the American healthcare. And I was like so happy. I was so relieved because I was like, how about 50? No, but dude, I was so happy. I just should.

[Alex]

Should cost.

[Ben]

Yeah. I put down 20 bucks and dude, I was on with my day.

[Alex]

I got it.

[Evan]

There's no lighting.

[Ben]

She's. Now she's back. She's back to being a receptionist.

[Alex]

I want to hear more about the good parts, but I just want to real quickly say went through that same thing. I remember like my whole life, like, what's wrong with my ear? Put the Q tip in my ear, mashed in there. I'm like, I can't hear. Start freaking out. If that happens to you, it's probably just because you haven't cleaned your ears, which is fine. It happens to lots of people. And I got one of those syringes you don't have to go to the ER in your case. Obviously you had to go somewhere. You had to do that.

[Ben]

Oh, you.

[Alex]

I have one of those self syringe. Yeah. And it just has like three. It goes in, but they shoot out the sides instead of like straight in your ear. And I cleaned out my bad one right after like a day of being like, what's wrong? What's wrong? Now it's like it's a chill thing. If it happens again. And I clean it out, the bad ear. And it was just like that. I'm like, like that much Wax just came out of my ear. Oh, like, what have I been doing my whole life, actually, like, what have I been doing? And then I did the good ear, and about just as much wax came out of that one, but it just wasn't packed in. Yeah, but it is insane. Now. Sydney has this one of the camera ones. I mean, you probably get on, like, Temu. Amazon.

[Mike]

My sister has one of the camera.

[Alex]

And she, like, does it regularly to me. Scoops it out, scoops it out again. It's. It's absurd. Like, how much.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Alex]

How much builds up, but does it regularly. And now it's like, I never run into that issue. But, yeah, for a stint, I just would, like.

[Ken]

Yeah, dude, I've had it done, too, and it felt amazing. I've told the story before on the podcast, but 11th grade, I basically got water and packed it. Had to go to the er like, two, three days later.

[Alex]

But, yeah, I was just gonna say, felt so good. Get one of those syringes or get a camera and you'll be dialed.

[Ben]

Yeah, dude. So I get done with the whole thing. I walk out, hop back on the boat, and there was another couple on the boat, and I didn't. I didn't know them up until this point. And people are on the boat. We're, like, 30. And so, like, word had already spread around.

[Evan]

Around the boat.

[Ben]

Around the boat. That I was just like, I was fresh. Yes, that it spread around, but that I was, like, fresh out of, like, the Croatian er. And I was like, you know, because I was telling people, they were like, how'd it go? And I was like, boy, do I have a story for you guys. Right? And so word had spread around, and. And this guy comes up to me and he's like, hey, are you. You're the guy that was in the. Had the ear problems. I was like, yeah, I did. And I was just happy that they weren't calling me the bad swimmer at this point. Right. Happy to be the ear guy. And he goes, ah, wish you would have told me. I'm an ER doctor in California, and I have a. I have an ear pick with me.

[Ken]

Oh, my God.

[Ben]

With the camera. Okay. Right there. Yeah.

[Alex]

Luckily, you have a really good story. But it is funny that it ended up being 20 bucks. Like, that's good.

[Ben]

Yeah. I was like. I was, like, worth it for the podcast story.

[Ken]

I feel like the water is even better than the ear pick, though. Like, that thing.

[Ben]

Flush the water in the water if it's clogged.

[Alex]

Definitely the water. Freaking syringe. I also laugh at her syringes so happen to be like the biggest syringe.

[Ken]

I remember being that big too when I got mine done.

[Evan]

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[Ben]

Yeah dude. So anyway, I was, I was going to say though from now on, at least like once Every two years I'm going to go in there and just get a quick little flush out.

[Ken]

It's not bad.

[Alex]

I'm just saying you can do it yourself.

[Ben]

Preventative. You know what? I might have my buddy Mike dude give me a quick flush out.

[Mike]

How often do you use Q tips?

[Ben]

Never. Ever.

[Alex]

Don't ever.

[Mike]

Well, I know you're not supposed to, but like. So you just straight up.

[Ben]

Don't clean my ears? No.

[Mike]

Oh, that's kind of crazy.

[Ken]

I do. Just because it feels good, but yeah. You're not really supposed to.

[Ben]

No, I'm afraid of Q tips, dude, because I don't want to. My dad burst his eardrum. My dad versus eardrum. One day with the ranch.

[Ken]

Then what happened?

[Alex]

Camera.

[Ben]

Yeah, I think he went to the.

[Ken]

Er and then what'd they do?

[Ben]

I have no idea. Two tips.

[Evan]

I don't know.

[Ken]

You're supposed to have wax.

[Mike]

I use Q tips, like twice. Twice a week. Probably. It's like a normal after shower thing because you have a little water in there and then you just.

[Alex]

But I guess if you. If you have normally clean ears or if you're using them often, then I should be good.

[Mike]

Well, it was funny because my, my sister was chewing my butt doing. Don't use Q tips. Dir dude takes the camera and it's like basically like, well, I can't. I can't wait to see what we're gonna pull out of here.

[Alex]

Oh, clean, clean, pretty.

[Ben]

Yeah, I guess if you're pretty clean ears.

[Alex]

If you're pretty clean, you can run the Q tips.

[Ken]

I think you're just not supposed to go into the ear canal. Like, you should stay on the outside. Like you can clean them that way, but you might just have super overly active earwax production.

[Mike]

I've never done it though. I mean, that's crazy. So sometimes in like one week, I'm like, oh, yeah. Damn, where did that, like, come from? So going years is insane to me.

[Ben]

But yeah, dude, it's crazy how much better I hear now.

[Ken]

That's awesome.

[Evan]

How about the rest of the trip? What else was notable?

[Ben]

Dude, it was a great trip. Europe is so sick. If you guys have the opportunity to go to Europe, highly recommend. Just the culture is so much different than America. The architecture. I'm not a huge architecture guy, but it was so much to appreciate of the beauty and the magnitude of some of these buildings and the history of how old Europe is. Well, it depends where you go. Some of like Croatia, a couple places were founded in like 1400s, 1300s.

[Evan]

Jesus. Yeah.

[Ben]

But then a couple other places that we went to were bc, you know, so it varies on where you're at in Europe. But it was unbelievable. The food was super good, except for one night, which I'll get to. Oh, boy. And it was. The people were super nice. And it's wild though, how much the culture just at least the places that I was at revolved around tourism. Everyone in this town just works in some kind of tourist industry, whether it's like giving actual tours in the city or working at stores or restaurants that are just funded by tourists. Like, I don't know how any of these places made it through Covid. Like, it's true. Yeah. Crazy, because it's like they 100% they.

[Mike]

Believe in Covid over there.

[Ben]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. They were shut down.

[Evan]

Damn.

[Ben]

But it was really cool. I'm excited to get to go and experience other places in Europe. I want to go to like, Italy, Spain, Germany. And I think just being there, I was. I was really fired up for like, us to get to go over there and like, film a video. I'm so excited every time that the crew gets to experience something for the first time that's so vastly different than anything that we experience on the regular living here. It's always magic and the globes are magic. Yeah. So I'm really excited for us to get to drop in over there. And we've got a couple ideas of what we could do. And so hopefully in the next year we end up going to Europe at some point. Let me know if you guys. I guess either one live in Europe somewhere and you got a really cool spot that you think would be a good, good place for us to come and film a video at OR2. If you've traveled to Europe and. And you think that we could go and do something cool there, there's plenty of different places with that. And that was a cool thing too. Is like Europe isn't that big in scale of the United States. Right.

[Evan]

To like travel across.

[Ben]

That's what's good.

[Alex]

You can visit multiple countries.

[Ben]

Two states is the size of a country.

[Alex]

We would visit a different state.

[Ben]

Exactly. Yeah. So, but it's. It's crazy how like vastly different each country is from just like their food and culture to the actual, like, topography of it, like the mountains to the ocean of. There's just so much more packed into a smaller area. So, yeah, it was, it was really cool. But let me skip forward here. It's an eight hour flight to get home from Europe and I was two hours into an Eight hour flight and my tummy started rumbling. I'm sitting in the middle. I felt like Ken booked my flight on this one. He might have logged in and change it and change it because I was dead. Back of the plane.

[Ken]

In the middle.

[Ben]

In the middle with Greta or.

[Alex]

No.

[Ben]

No. What? No. Well, keep in mind, maybe he was.

[Evan]

Bad during the trip.

[Ben]

Mark put him in the back of the plane. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. I'm not a part of the family yet, you know, so they were in.

[Ken]

The front, you're in the back.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah, you can come with, but you're at the back of the plane.

[Ken]

Okay, that makes sense.

[Ben]

Fair enough. No, no, it just happened with. We like missed our flight and everything got right. Right, right. Screwed up.

[Ken]

No, I get it.

[Ben]

So I'm sitting in the back of the plane in the middle seat, right. So my tummy starts rumbling and I'm like, I gotta go to the bathroom. Right. Walk into the bathroom, start projectile vomiting. No, into the toilet.

[Ken]

Okay. At least made in the toilet.

[Ben]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I'm like, well, this is bad.

[Ken]

That's gross too. In this. I mean, it's airplane, bathroom.

[Evan]

How many hours left?

[Ben]

So I'm two hours into an eight hour flight.

[Evan]

Oh my God.

[Ben]

Scenario crazy. And so I throw up everything in my stomach because I could see the last two meals that I had.

[Evan]

Oh, God.

[Ben]

And I'm just like, what was it, oysters? No, it was, it was like some like pasta I had had on the plane and then some ramen noodles I'd had before the plane. I'm like, well, there's the last two meals I had. I should be good, right? I don't know how loud I had my AirPods and they're like noise canceling. Which I probably should have taken out to know how transparency. At least I was throwing up in that thing, right? But I get out and I'm just like embarrassed. You know, obviously you can hear it. And I like go and tap the guy and I get back into my spot and I'm sitting there for another 30 minutes and I'm just like, oh, no, here comes again. I get, I tap the other guy actually, that I, I was like, well, hopefully, you know, I just bother, you know, one guy on each side so it's not back to back.

[Evan]

Oh, you were middle, middle.

[Ben]

I was middle, middle. Okay. And so I go back in the, in to the bathroom and I start projectile vomiting again. And I'm like, oh, this is, this keeps on coming. At this point, it's like straight liquids of like the waters and whatever.

[Evan]

Yeah, you got nothing left.

[Ben]

I'm like, oh, this is not good. I'm like in the bathroom and I'm weighing out my options at this point. There's, you know, five hours left on the flight. I'm like, how long can you sit in the bathroom before you get kicked out of the bathroom? Because I was like, if I got another 30 minutes, like, it's better off me just staying in here, right? I was just like, oh, I don't want to, like be holding up the bathroom. So I go back, tap the guy, sit down. I proceeded to get up, go to the bathroom, and then come back about five more times. I'm like dead at this point. Let me just show you guys a photo of my face. Just the classic. Just the classic. Right.

[Mike]

I'd have to imagine by those last bushel of trips, it was just had to hurt.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Mike]

How much was coming out.

[Ben]

Yeah, Right?

[Mike]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Ben]

I'm sorry, for the listeners, this is pretty graphic.

[Alex]

But that's actually the worst part. When you're trying to be discreet on a plane, you don't want everyone to know you're throwing up. The dry heaves are the loudest.

[Ben]

At this point. You know, I'm. My. Both my neighbors are just like, this guy. Oh, dude. I'm like waking him up from sleep. Oh, no, it was tough, dude, it was tough. And so switch seats with you. I was, who wants the middle?

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Ben]

And so I finally get up. There's about 30 minutes left of the flight, right? And I'm like, this is my last. This is the last call right before. You can't go anymore. Because then I was thinking Back to when C.J. was in the bathroom and they wouldn't land the plane.

[Ken]

They were going to. They totally would have.

[Alex]

Ken was making it.

[Ben]

They didn't.

[Ken]

Yeah, Ken was making a scene.

[Ben]

And so I get up and I'm walking back to the bathroom. And the flight attendant is like, sir, sit down.

[Evan]

Oh, man, you're on final approach.

[Ben]

No, I'm like, I gotta go to the bathroom. And they're like, nope, sit down. And I go, fine, give me a throw up bag then. And they're like, eyes go big. And they were like, all right. They get me a plastic bag, I go and sit down. Five minutes later. Oh, I'm projectile vomiting into this bag. Right.

[Ken]

Were you keeping it in the bag?

[Ben]

Yeah, I was.

[Alex]

Wait for you. But I stuff to throw up.

[Ben]

That's. I was amazed too. And I grabbed the freaking blanket that they give you on those long flights and I just put it over my. My head and I just kept throwing up.

[Evan]

Oh, man.

[Ben]

I was like, this is so tough right now. This is so tough. Such a bad look. But one. I feel bad for my neighbors, too. And so, like, I'm like, throwing up. My neighbor over here is tapping me on the shoulder. I grab the blanket up. He hands me another bag.

[Evan]

Oh, that was nice of him. He's just, like, hoping you don't overflow.

[Ben]

Yeah, right. And then the plane finally lands. He taps me again, and he's like, do you want the water? Oh, I was like, yes, I will. Thank you. I felt so bad for that guy. But then I had. So I'm in the dead back of the plane and I had to, like, figure out, all right, am I closer to this toilet or am I closer to the next one off the plane, right? And I'm just, like, waiting for everyone to get off. And then finally I just, like, book it for it. Get off. Get. Greta, I'm like, you won't even believe what just happened.

[Alex]

What'd you do with your bags? Sorry?

[Ben]

Oh, I just threw them in the bathroom. Oh, somebody else started throwing up because of you? I think so. I think so. But it was in a bag. But I go to throw my bag in. In the bathroom, and they in. The flight attendant just goes, put it next to the other one. Yeah, yeah.

[Alex]

Oh.

[Ben]

And so, yeah, I finally get off the plane and like, going through customs before customs, go and throw up. Go through customs before baggage claim.

[Evan]

Jesus, dude.

[Ben]

And then hop in the car. Greta's driving me and her sister to drop her sister off, get to her sister's apartment, go upstairs, throw up. Like, I'm like, every stop along the way, barfing, it was so unbelievably bad. But three other people, Greta's two brothers and then his girlfriend were like, going through the same thing on the plane. Two of them were on a different flight, so they were already home before it hit them. And then her little brother was sick before we hopped on the plane. Like, it had hit him like the night before. You know, I started, like, recalling, like, all right, what was the. The catalyst of all four of us being basically having the same symptoms? And we had all eaten these shitty ass oysters. Oh, At a Michelin star restaurant, like the nicest restaurant that you can go to. So.

[Alex]

They even tasted shitty.

[Ben]

They tasted shitty. Why eat them? I only ate one. And I love oysters.

[Mike]

They taste shitty and I love them.

[Ben]

Well, I don't love them anymore. I like. I like oysters.

[Alex]

But if I was at a Michelin five star restaurant, I'd be like, well.

[Ben]

They have to be good. I don't. Like, that's what I thought. But I literally. I ate it. And Greta was like, how was it? And I was like, terrible.

[CJ]

Why didn't you just send it back? It's a Michelin restaurant. You can do that.

[Ben]

Ken, I don't know the rules of. I don't know the rules of a Michelin restaurant now. Now I do, I guess.

[Mike]

So do they put tires on your car while you're eating?

[Ben]

What's the deal? Very nice.

[Evan]

Does the Michelin man serve you?

[Ben]

Yeah, big guy. He's knocking over plates and, oh, your tread's below 50%.

[Mike]

Be like, Gavin, your service in Michelin.

[Ben]

Yeah, Right. So, yeah, long story. Super long story short. And graphics. I apologize for that. I got food poisoning in the middle of an eight hour flight. And it was as bad as it was. It was as bad as it gets. So I can't think of a situation worse.

[Evan]

Do you think that maybe it could have had something to do with the European cigarettes you were smoking?

[Alex]

Those are good for you.

[Ben]

That's what I was told.

[Evan]

Are they?

[Ben]

I was told they're good for you.

[Alex]

The only cigarettes I've ever smoked are European.

[Evan]

Who told you that?

[Alex]

Philip Morris, the guy from Europe.

[Ben]

They.

[CJ]

They don't have something that they put in American cigarettes.

[Ben]

Tobacco.

[Alex]

It's just something we car ourselves.

[CJ]

Maybe a filter. I don't.

[Evan]

I don't remember.

[Mike]

Yeah, it's the filters.

[Ben]

Yeah. Did rip a couple darts, but it was to fit in.

[Evan]

It was Europe.

[Ben]

Yeah, it was.

[Ken]

It was everyone smoking them there besides your crew?

[Ben]

Yeah. Yeah. Like ripping darts inside everywhere.

[Ken]

Really? Yeah, they don't. They don't have that where you can't smoke inside.

[Evan]

They're healthy there.

[Ben]

Dude. We were straight up at a club and we were just ripping darts, like at the club.

[Ken]

It's actually kind of lit.

[CJ]

I remember when I was there long time ago, but like, everyone smoked cigarettes everywhere.

[Ben]

Yeah, it was refreshing. Like. No, I didn't see a vape the entire trip.

[Ken]

It was nice.

[Evan]

I was ripping cigarettes outside at the Alexandria Zorbas. They let you smoke them outside there? No, like, they have, like the outdoors.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Evan]

No, on the patio. Just the middle of the patio. It was actually pretty.

[Ben]

It was pretty lit.

[Mike]

I got a headache just thinking about smoking a cigarette.

[Ben]

What do you mean?

[Alex]

What do you mean?

[Mike]

I mean that I can vape all day long, but I smoke a cigarette and it goes right to my head.

[Ken]

So there's feeling cool.

[Evan]

So after, after your sickness now you're not eating to like punish yourself or what? You're doing a fast, dude.

[Ben]

I'm doing a fast because I ate so much food.

[Alex]

I bet.

[Evan]

And he's looking tubby.

[Ben]

So much bread and so much pasta.

[Alex]

It's actually one.

[Ben]

And I drank wine like a fish.

[Alex]

One of the things I don't like about vacation, obviously the food is one of the best parts about vacation. But I'm not like a three meal type of guy. So it's like we have a big breakfast and then it's like, should we start getting ready to go out for lunch? And I'm like, we just ate a full blown meal 2 hours ago.

[Evan]

Best part about vacation, you just do this.

[Alex]

It stresses me out and I like, I shit so much and it. Honestly it does. It's like too much food. Three full meals a day is way too much food.

[Mike]

I, I don't think blame it on Jen, but I've kind of got to be a one meal a day person as well because she makes big hearty meals like meatloaf and potatoes and corn on the cob.

[CJ]

That'll get a guy too.

[Alex]

Like that doesn't mean you're truly eating once a day. You're obviously eating other times.

[Mike]

Yeah, but it's like my, my big meal. Normally I think a lot of people's big meal is dinner. Maybe have a hearty breakfast, a light lunch, a big dinner. Now I just skipped breakfast. Massive lunch snack for snack for dinner.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ken]

I mean, you're going to Zorba's though.

[Alex]

Yeah. Snack.

[Ken]

Getting a little snack, bro.

[Mike]

I have brought food, ordered food at Zorba's. Let it sit on the table, never touch it, Bring it home in a to go box. I have two full personal pizzas and a cheese bread in my fridge. I'm like, I'm just gonna keep drinking beers until I'm hungry and then I never get hungry.

[Evan]

Never get hungry.

[Ben]

Press the appetite.

[Ken]

I heard that in Europe though they have like the bread and the pasta because they don't preservatives. Yeah, they don't have as much preservatives in that type of. So it tastes completely different and you feel completely.

[Ben]

It does after eating it. Yeah. Like Greta, she's gluten free and has been for.

[Ken]

Because she's sensitive.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Like she doesn't eat it in. In America.

[Ben]

Yep. And she could eat bread over there. Really?

[Ken]

That's crazy.

[Alex]

That is especially for her. Not again being gluten free for so long. That's insane.

[Ben]

Yep. It really makes you wonder what's in the food here.

[Evan]

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[CJ]

Made to travel.

[Ben]

Okay. Right. Yeah. He.

[Ken]

He made him preservatives and then they, they also say like the fertilizers.

[Ben]

Like fertilizer. Yeah. And like something, something with a flower.

[CJ]

It's amazing. You look at the ingredients and products and it's just there's food.

[Mike]

I was wondering.

[Alex]

I was wondering why you were saving this.

[Ken]

What the.

[Ben]

This is crazy. All right.

[Alex]

Is actually crazy.

[Evan]

So this, we picked up Rich, which you guys are going to see in a future video, and we got him donuts and a burger from the gas station.

[Ken]

They look Brand new.

[Ben]

They.

[Alex]

Look.

[Evan]

I had been keeping him around because I was gonna make a reoccurring bit throughout the video where I go donut, Which I did.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Evan]

And then he left, and then I left for the weekend, and I came back on Monday and looked at him when I really gotta throw this away, and then kind of just forgot about it. And now I just want to see how long until it deteriorates.

[Ken]

Not going to. It's just like.

[Evan]

It literally looks perfect.

[CJ]

Is there even any mold on there?

[Evan]

No, they're. They're both perfectly fine. It looks like the day they came.

[Ken]

Out of the mold doesn't even want it.

[CJ]

And now. That was what, three weeks ago now?

[Ben]

Just.

[Alex]

And sitting in room temperature for. Yeah, two and a half.

[Mike]

The flies aren't even interested.

[Alex]

Yeah, that's.

[Evan]

That's saying something, actually. Holiday gas station food.

[Alex]

Disgusting.

[Ben]

Nasty. Right there.

[Evan]

But anyway, yeah, that was my. When we start talking about preservatives, I was like, oh, yeah, look at that. That food. I won't put that food in front of you guys. Even though that probably doesn't make you hungry.

[Ken]

I. I could use a donut. I mean, I'm only.

[Mike]

Bro, I brought donuts.

[Ken]

I'm on a fast. I'm in 17 hours and 40. 45 minutes in.

[Evan]

Not that you're counting.

[Ken]

No, I have the timer. I just wanted to do it. This is my second time doing. I just wanted to.

[CJ]

Looks like it's brand new. Like, it looks like you could take it out of the food case today.

[Ken]

It does look like it's brand new. I thought they were brand new.

[Mike]

I've been thinking about hitting a fast this evening, too. How fast can I drink these beers?

[Ben]

There you go. You'll have to let us know how it goes, Ev.

[Mike]

I'm sure.

[Ben]

I think. I think you'll do good.

[Ken]

Don't you do that every night?

[Alex]

I'm sure we'll catch an update.

[Ken]

What about last night when you're throwing up?

[Mike]

That really didn't have anything to do with the beers.

[Ben]

Was that the moldy cheese bread?

[Mike]

No, no, that was actually fresh slice of cheese bread. No, I. I got myself into a coughing attack, and then I choked on my own saliva, triggering a yak. And then once I started, you know, he's shoveling.

[Alex]

Shoveling off the cement outside.

[Mike]

I didn't use a shovel.

[Alex]

Oh, that's what I heard, like, in the video. It was like, get me, somebody.

[Ben]

Give me.

[Ken]

And then you walked inside.

[Mike]

I walk through the moist grass first.

[Alex]

There you go.

[Evan]

You got it clean. So how is. How is the fast? Talk to me about that. Why not eat for 72 hours?

[Ken]

I mean, just. It's good for you. Like, there's plenty of benefits.

[Alex]

Yeah, it definitely cleans your gut. I mean, think three days, your gut is getting cleansed.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Evan]

You don't have anything.

[Mike]

Are you gonna not use the toilet for three days? Without going into too much detail, but.

[Ken]

Well, I use it this morning. For me specifically. I don't know if it's even worth saying on the podcast, but do it. Like, I feel like I'm always kind of on edge. So you got your nervous system. If you're in, like, sympathetic state, that's like the fight or flight state. I feel like I. I, like, live in that state all the time. Like, I just. That's why I like, try CBD and stuff like that. And I guess, like, when you eat, you then trigger your sympathetic state. So it just reinforces that. So I'm just trying to. It's just something I'm trying just to see if it'll calm me down, which I'm feeling calmer because I'm tired, because I'm not eating.

[Ben]

But.

[Ken]

But it can rebalance some of that and, like, push you more into the parasympathetic state. And it's good to push yourself, you know, like, do something hard. It was funny, we were talking with just somebody yesterday, and they were talking about how their friends on Ozempic and they haven't eaten in like a day or something like that, or it maybe was two days. And like, they were like, bragging about. I was like, you don't got to go on Ozempic to not eat for two days. Like, that's easy. Like, all you got to do is just don't. Don't eat. Like, I don't know. I feel like if you can't resist the urge to feed yourself a fucking McChicken, I don't know what the hell you're doing, dude. You know? So I don't know. I think it's just good. Just self control. I think you guys should do it. That's why I texted Chat. Ben's joining in on.

[Ben]

On it with me, so I am joining in. So after I had my food poisoning, I just had no appetite.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Then CJ texted that last night, and I was like, well, I'm 12 hours in to not eating. And it gives you, like, mental clarity too. After they say, like, the first two days is. Is the hardest. And then, like, the third day, you have, like, a lot of mental clarity.

[Evan]

And because it brings out your body's like primal state of like, we need food, we got to get our shit together. Isn't that what they say? Like, I don't know.

[Ben]

That's a good question.

[Ken]

Well, that's why you feel that. That's why you feel. Yeah, the mental clarity, it's puts you into that, but that's only in the first 24 hours, I believe.

[Evan]

Is the fog or the clarity?

[Ken]

The clarity. And then after that, then you go into more of like a rest and digest type of state.

[Evan]

Interesting.

[Ben]

But yeah, I don't know, I felt like I've had a lot of brain fog and especially getting back like jet lagged and just after just eating a lot of food and alcohol and shit and just not really feeling dialed and just kind of looking for like a reset, honestly. Yeah. And I've never done this and I've, I've heard good things about it and I knew it would be hard, but I'm pretty much 24 hours right now. And it's hard.

[Ken]

I mean, a lot of hard.

[Ben]

Yeah, it's hard, bro. CJ's right though. It's. It's good to do hard things. And I've been kind of a cheddar dick for the last two weeks not working. So I was like, I, I owe this one to myself to challenge myself.

[Ken]

You're already over 24 hours, that's good. So like, I had my own reasons, but. So it's a full like metabolic reset. I had to look it up, but yeah, metabolic reset. Cellular repair is another big thing that happens after 48 hours. 48 to 72 hours. So like if you have damaged cells or proteins in your body that can be considered cancer cells, it cleans those up, basically. It, I don't know, I think it eats them or something like that. And then, you know, so after this 72 hour fast, you're going to have new cells.

[Alex]

It reminds me of like if you had a restaurant and the kitchen staff and you like quit, you, you're like, all right, for the next three days no one's going to order food, but all you guys are going to stay on staff gonna have to start cleaning and like doing other stuff.

[Ken]

Good point.

[Alex]

Like it's, it's a weird metaphor, but yeah, it's like everybody that your body is still on staff, so it's going to start cleaning other things.

[Ken]

And look at me, I eat a ton. I mean, I eat three pretty big systems a day and I'm. You guys. Everyone's always saying, I'm always Eating. Which I am.

[Mike]

Is it true Alex kicked you off the nuts, though?

[Ben]

Well, just.

[Ken]

It made me so gassy, dude.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Mike]

On the golf course the other day, and I made a comment about, like, where's the nuts? He's like, ah, Alex made me quit. The.

[Ken]

Kicked me off him.

[Ben]

Yeah. I had to kick ass.

[Ken]

I mean, she didn't necessarily kick me off him, but I just did it for her.

[Ben]

Yeah, that's true love, because I know how much you love those nuts. So good. Love those nuts.

[Ken]

So good.

[Alex]

So good.

[Ben]

Yeah, dude.

[Alex]

That's a homemade nuts by Jen and CJ's defense. Yeah, Jen's nuts are really good.

[Mike]

Yeah, clip that.

[Ben]

Hey, speaking of the golf course, how was the golf tournament the other day?

[Ken]

It was great.

[Mike]

Like, it was great.

[Ken]

John played. Evan's dad played amazing.

[Mike]

Of course, my opinion is he played fine, but he wasn't. He didn't play as good as.

[Alex]

He wasn't locked in.

[Mike]

And me, Dalton, and CJ definitely did not play as good as we could. So as a team, I didn't play too bad. No.

[Ken]

I mean, I made some putts that we needed.

[Mike]

No, we had plenty of good moments. I'm just saying, like, if we went out there to win it, like, I could say, like, nobody was on their A game.

[Ken]

I think my favorite part was Dalton was getting, like, fired up the whole time because he thinks, like, I think he expects so much out of himself. Like, maybe he thinks he's better than.

[Ben]

He thinks He's Tiger woods, though.

[Ken]

I mean, he just flat out wasn't playing as good as he normally does. But on top of that, then he was, like, getting mad, and it was, like, kind of funny. But also, he was on my team, so I didn't really want to poke the bear. And it was just funny because this one moment, Dalton throws his club after he hits a bad shot, and Grandpa Ron goes, pick your club up. You're not good enough to throw your club.

[Ben]

He always says that. That's a big thing.

[Ken]

And then he goes, and you're not even good enough to be mad. And then we all just kept going.

[Ben]

That's really fun.

[Evan]

I knew was like, I want to come on here and have a good time. I want to listen to this kid.

[Ken]

Cry the whole time.

[Ben]

No.

[Mike]

I knew we were in for a good one when we started on hole six. So that's right outside the clubhouse, so everyone's kind of around there, whatever. And Dalton's hype because it's short. He can drive the green.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Hit it six feet. Oh, really?

[Ben]

How much did you love that? You were like, oh, he's on my team, but I love it.

[CJ]

How'd you guys end up placing for that?

[Ken]

I don't even know what we place, but Dalton did win women's longest putt.

[Ben]

What?

[Ken]

Yeah. Did you put him down on that? Who wrote him down for that? That was funny.

[Mike]

I didn't real.

[Ben]

We must have missed that. It said.

[Mike]

I. I didn't.

[Ken]

They announced it. D Song said. And they have it on the website.

[Ben]

Shut up.

[Ken]

Women's longest putt for the.

[Ben]

Yeah, that's precious. Funny, dude.

[Ken]

I didn't know it was an accident, because when I heard it, I was like, what? That's hilarious. Evan must have just done that and, like, didn't tell any of us to, like, walk away.

[Mike]

It was actually Grandpa Ron was the one that was like, oh, we got a proxy.

[Ben]

Let's measure it.

[Ken]

Maybe Dalton actually did make it, but then grandpa just didn't read the sign and wrote him down.

[Ben]

Don't. Definitely made a big putt.

[Mike]

And I remember them filling out the price.

[Ben]

Yeah, you did, too.

[Ken]

Mine wasn't the winner.

[Ben]

Get an award.

[Alex]

Please don't tell me that they gave him money.

[Ken]

No, no money. No anything like that. Just, like, basically announced it. It's on the website.

[Ben]

That's so funny.

[Ken]

Pretty funny.

[Ben]

Funny. That's hilarious.

[CJ]

Gavin and I played in a tournament last week as well.

[Ben]

Who? Gavin? Who?

[CJ]

Gavin. Elan Wrench. Gavin.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah.

[Evan]

You weren't here for this.

[Ben]

In a golf tournament. We.

[CJ]

We placed fourth.

[Mike]

You should have seen there.

[Ben]

Out of how many, Ken?

[CJ]

Nine.

[Mike]

They had matching. What, Rubber ducky shirts?

[CJ]

Bananas.

[Mike]

Oh, yeah, bananas. They walked into Zorba's wearing matching shirts for after the golf outing. It was a sight to see what?

[Ben]

How.

[CJ]

People were. Not good.

[Ken]

Sounds like. Oh, Dalton did win money. He won a 25 gift card to Zorbas.

[Ben]

Oh, that's wooden.

[Alex]

That's fair.

[Ken]

Dom identifies as a woman.

[Mike]

Oh, it's not fair.

[Alex]

Well, no, it's not. I'm just glad it's not like, some, like, we know, 3, 4.

[Ben]

Political with this Evan. Yeah.

[Evan]

You can be whoever he wants to be, man. It's 2025. It ain't right.

[Mike]

But he can do it. Mike just goes, oh, that's.

[Alex]

Yeah, it was. It's not fair.

[Mike]

Not fair.

[Alex]

I just. I just.

[Ben]

Did he. Did he. Hold on. Who's second place? Because if the second place is a guy, it doesn't say second.

[Ken]

It just, like, just says he was.

[Alex]

Probably the only one that was even submitted for it. Dude, there's I just donated. Like, Brett Turcotte asked us to be in that tournament. And there's, like, all these you can donate for the hole and this and that. Women's longest drive, women's longest putt, men's blah, blah. And I just see, like, highest score. I'm like, I'm gonna donate for that one.

[Evan]

Nice.

[Alex]

So I put up the prize money for the high score, but then I'm wondering, do people coming into the tournament know that that's a prize option?

[Ken]

Like, how good of a prize are you?

[Mike]

I've never heard of.

[Alex]

I donated 500 bucks.

[Mike]

I've never heard of this.

[Ken]

Of your own money.

[Ben]

Yeah. But where's this Terry Michael?

[Ken]

All over the place.

[Mike]

Well, I could see a team, like.

[Ben]

Once, you know, CJ. No, the winner. The winner doesn't get the 500 bucks box. It's for charity, right?

[Alex]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I believe. Yes, it's for charity.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ken]

I'd be 10 in every hole.

[Alex]

I was like, dang, this is steep for whoever gets the highest score. But it's kind of funny because, like, I'd be stoked to win that one. I'd be, like, stoked to be a part of the tournament. But I put up, like, a 69 on the front nine. And then.

[Ken]

Such a really good guy. You always donate. And then I'm at the U Motors car show the next day. This guy comes up, and he's talking to me. I look at his shirt. It says, presented by At Micah Salmon. It has your Instagram handle on it.

[Alex]

Was it the JJ's hog?

[Evan]

JJ's hog rose presented by at Micah.

[Ken]

It has your Instagram handle on it.

[Ben]

Okay.

[Ken]

Pretty awesome. I thought, what?

[Ben]

So, like, I'll put it on.

[Alex]

We get.

[Ben]

What is this?

[Alex]

We get so many, like, emails and this and that to donate. And we do. We donate to a lot of it, but at some scale. Like, I'm not just gonna fire every email that I get. Like, hey, guys, want to donate to this? Donate to this? Sometimes I'm like, well, I could be philanthropist of my. Of such. So then I'm like, sure.

[Mike]

Saving their seats for your taxes, right?

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Evan]

Micah.

[Ben]

I haven't seen this yet.

[Evan]

That, like, the whole thing is super sweet, but why? Presented by Mike.

[Ben]

You don't even show up.

[Mike]

Mike, how much did you donate?

[Ben]

Okay. The best.

[Alex]

I have not seen this yet. That is insane.

[Ken]

There are people walking around at this point.

[Ben]

Show with them.

[Ken]

I'm surprised.

[Ben]

Are you?

[Ken]

I almost said something to the guy, but I just, like. And I don't Want it to come off, like, wrong. So I just. I just. Literally just silently I go, hey, can I take a picture of your logo? Take a picture. And just saved it for this moment.

[Alex]

How did they not get me any of these T shirts? So basically it was this. There's a fundraiser car show that. That I got in talks with last year. It's right next to Zorba's. I'm like, you know what? We're in. Before I even knew anything, our schedule's all over the place. We're in. We happen to all pretty much be gone last year. So I showed up with a few cars, and I'm like, sorry I couldn't do more. And then the next year, they're like, could you. I'm like, yep, I'm in. And then I'm like, I'll donate 2,500. Last year, we donated c boys donated 2,500. And then this year I'm like, well, I'll just donate whatever. Be a philanthropist. And then they're like, sick. You actually donated the biggest donation. So we're gonna make you the title sponsor.

[Ken]

That's awesome.

[Alex]

I'm like, that's awesome. They're like, yeah, it'll be 2025. JJ's Hog Roast presented by Money Mike. I'm like, that's so funny. I love that. So then it's kind of awkward that they just said, presented by Instagram at Micah Salmon.

[Ken]

I think that's fun. I mean, maybe you'll pick up a couple followers.

[Evan]

It's a great cause. It's a good thing to support.

[Alex]

Yeah, they. They donate all the money to, like, hospice, which is like, that's who helped my dad, like, in his last last year. So, like, I definitely wanted to donate, but, like, that's hilarious. And I didn't get any of those T shirts.

[Ken]

I think it's awesome.

[Evan]

We were donated another 500 to get a T shirt.

[Alex]

They were bummed when they were like, oh, you're not coming. I brought, like, the Cummins Ranger, my truck. And then the off road mega quad. And then I'm like, sorry, we'll be in Sturgis, bro.

[Ken]

Did you see this picture of. Of Ryan and Dalton at the car?

[Ben]

Yes.

[Ken]

They roll up in Corvettes, right? And they both. I made them stop so I could take this picture, but they were both talking to some guy, and they were standing with their arms like this. Their Rolexes were popping under their coat. And I go, gotta have. Holy shit, I gotta get a picture.

[Ben]

That's so good, dude.

[Ken]

I left For a week.

[Ben]

And I just see Dalton's Instagram story of him flexing a Rolex and driving around in the Z06 Corvette, and I'm like, what the fuck the did I miss?

[Ken]

He's looking at getting R8 now too.

[Ben]

I was like, how long have I been gone?

[Alex]

I know he is, but, you know.

[Evan]

I've been to Europe.

[CJ]

You lose track of everything.

[Ben]

Ken went to Europe 10 years ago, and he came back, and he never caught back up. He's still behind. Ken is still two weeks behind or however long he was in Europe. And that's how I feel, dude. I logged into Instagram or Snapchat or whatever. I saw Dalton flex in his Rolex, and I was like, what is going on right now?

[Ken]

We'll just wait for this next one.

[Ben]

The boys.

[Ken]

They ran into some brothers.

[Evan]

The boys, Dude.

[Ben]

It's so classic. Everyone just wearing the merch.

[Ken]

It's like, you can't even make this up. Like, it just happens.

[Alex]

The best part, Corvette, Guys, after all this. Yeah. Ryan and. And Dalton bonded Corvette stuff. Someone gave Ryan the dankest.

[Evan]

It's so sick, dude.

[Alex]

Leather jacket I've probably ever seen. As far as Corvette jackets go. Just gave it to him pro bono.

[Ben]

For repping the creek.

[Alex]

Yeah, super nice.

[Evan]

Go back, go back.

[Ken]

Let me just pop this picture up of Evan's family in front of your hole.

[Ben]

Now, what do we got going on here?

[Mike]

I mean, that's number 12 at Wildflower.

[Ben]

CJ, are you gonna do something about this? No.

[Mike]

I feel bad. He's not eating. He's. He's got enough problems. I'm just gonna leave him.

[Alex]

For those of you listening, we're CJ's zooming in on the plaque we have on our hole. Oh, that's good. That's good stuff.

[Ken]

Ev.

[Ben]

The comments did appreciate your mother in the last podcast.

[Mike]

I haven't even looked.

[Ben]

She did a great job. They spoke very highly of her.

[Mike]

It's good to hear.

[Ken]

As everyone does.

[Alex]

Yeah. You almost can't. Not.

[Ken]

As everyone does.

[Ben]

All right, well, what else did I miss?

[Evan]

Well, I want to show you this jacket.

[Ben]

Yeah? Yeah.

[Mike]

I was like, you gotta take my mom drifting.

[Alex]

Gotta see that. That was super sick.

[Ken]

I think it's gonna be a funny clip.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Evan]

That is leather.

[Alex]

It's so baller.

[Evan]

So sick, dude.

[Ken]

He's like, I bought this for myself, but, man, I've never ran into somebody living the life more than you.

[Alex]

So sick.

[Evan]

The best part is Dalton. I went to Grand J together, and we're both wearing our jackets, dude.

[Ben]

He just straight up gave you that jacket. That's got to be like a 300 jacket.

[Evan]

We've been talking about it. I've seen him, Seen him around the lakes bars a couple times. And he was like, dude, I've been telling you, I'm gonna get this to you. This is a perfect time. What a nice Corvette owner is pretty sick, dude.

[Ben]

It has good perks.

[Evan]

It's good culture.

[Ben]

I got a couple things when I was a Corvette guy. Yeah, yeah. It's just culture. It's like what goes around, comes around kind of thing.

[Ken]

Classics.

[Ben]

Do you guys remember when I got my Corvette and we were rolling through Cormorant?

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Ben]

And that other guy in his Corvette came up and I was asking him where his merch was, and he was.

[Ken]

Like, I swear, kind of stumbled.

[Ben]

I usually wear it. I usually wear it.

[Ken]

I normally at least got the hat on.

[Alex]

You ended. You ended that conversation. Just don't let it happen again. And he was like, okay, I won't.

[Ken]

I remember Richard thought you were being serious too.

[Ben]

And he's like, man, this guy really holds people accountable.

[Alex]

Well, Ben, I don't know if you missed this in the last week because I think everyone knows now, but it's officially happened. I have so many toys that I lost one without knowing it.

[Ken]

A pretty large one too. He either misplaced it or it was stolen.

[Mike]

I'm actually very invested in, like, I don't know if I'm helping anyway, but, like, I'm very, like, I want to know. Like, I'm. Yeah.

[Alex]

So the other day, I'm just like, looking at the pit bike papio lineup. I go, does anyone know where my papio is? Haven't seen that in a minute. Everyone's like, no. Like, well, I mean, it's a full blown motorcycle, so it'll turn up.

[CJ]

It's a little motorcycle.

[Ben]

It didn't get lost between the couch cushions.

[Alex]

Yeah, it's little. That's why it cracked me up when we, like, you know, I'm like, I checked the storage unit. I checked the barn. You know, farm shop. Obviously, it's. It's not there. And Ken's like, did you check your garage? Which happens to be like 3 square feet? And I'm like, it's not in there, Ken. But yeah, my papio is this gone.

[Mike]

And I will say that I also. Everything but the storage unit, which I trust that you did good there. But I also, knowing how much shit is in our barn, I'm like, be pretty easy to just, like, do a quick look. So Like I went in there after you told me and like I felt that I gave it a very thorough search. Not there.

[Alex]

And then I went and double checked it because again, we're talking about full. Not a full size, but a full blown motorcycle.

[Ben]

Yeah, yeah.

[Alex]

And so there's.

[Ken]

You ride it somewhere like you couldn't have gone.

[Alex]

There's so many scenarios though, because like it could have been stolen. I truly could have misplaced it. I have a couple buddies that.

[Ken]

Because I remember the last time we do the pop.

[Mike]

Sturgis was the last.

[Alex]

The list. The list is a lot longer than.

[Ken]

You know what I wonder, okay. I almost wonder if you wrote it to Randy's and then caught a ride in a car and it's sitting in Randy's garage.

[Alex]

No, it's. Because it's one of those. I've been there. You see it. So it's like.

[Evan]

It's a motorcycle.

[Ben]

Mike, I'm looking through my photos too. I'm trying to see the last place.

[Alex]

I remember us using.

[Ben]

It's not this one, is it just last year.

[Alex]

It's the one we got a red cage on.

[Ben]

What? Different.

[Ken]

Oh yeah, this one. It makes sense why they stole that one. Yeah, you made yours the coolest.

[Mike]

If it got stolen, it. It had to have gotten stolen from Fargo. There's no way it got stolen from our property.

[Ben]

Do you have different bars?

[Alex]

Yeah, I have like pro tapers, whatever. Low pit bike bars, Camo thrill seekers pad. So if you did steal it, which I'm not even saying it's stolen. I'll get you.

[CJ]

I think we just.

[Alex]

And I'm just kidding. Have fun.

[Mike]

I think I saw it under a bridge.

[Ken]

What?

[Ben]

No, Mike, you can't just.

[CJ]

I think we just left it at Sturgis because we were. Were pretty hungover that Sunday when we left and I'm pretty sure is his.

[Mike]

Actually is licensed and titled and everything. So just say you randomly abandoned in a parking lot in Sturgis. Like it has on it.

[Alex]

Yeah, that's.

[Mike]

You should probably. I mean someone still could have stole it.

[Alex]

But I do get every day.

[Ken]

You know, they could take the plate off.

[Ben]

Does anybody have photos of the.

[Evan]

The lineup?

[Ben]

The lineup.

[Evan]

I might have one back in. Back in there because I took pictures of the pictures that are on the wall. I might have it in there, but.

[Alex]

Yeah, that's a good idea. I have not. I didn't think about going into my camera all the.

[Mike]

At least I'm not sure if it was ever at this shop after Sturgis last year.

[Ben]

Dude, that's beyond easy, Mike. Well, because you used it in case.

[Evan]

Of the missing poppy.

[Alex]

Oh, I know.

[Ben]

We gotta get to the bottom of this. Like, you should post, like, a. Like a missing on your.

[Alex]

Yeah, but the last time I did that, I just, like, looked like such an idiot.

[Ben]

That's true.

[Ken]

With your three wheeler.

[Alex]

So, like, I have, like, reason. Yeah. Half of me wants to really pursue it, and the other half of me wants.

[Mike]

Can you imagine? We go back.

[Ken]

We didn't take your problem.

[Ben]

Were you. Were you hoping that you'd tell me this story on the podcast and I would come clean?

[Alex]

I was hoping I would see some sort of, like, weird body language from you that I'm like, all right, maybe. But again, what actual reason would you have to seal my pocket when we have five other ones ready to go?

[Ben]

That one. It doesn't add up a lot.

[Mike]

No, dude, I think that we're gonna go back to Sturgis round three next year. We're gonna go back to the original parking lot.

[Ben]

It's just gonna be.

[Mike]

It's just gonna be sitting there over by that building in the loading ramp or whatever.

[Ben]

Oh, there it is. Well, it could be worse. You could have needed it for something true. Like, you could have actually wanted to ride.

[Alex]

That's how it came.

[Ben]

Versus just stumbling upon someone just not knowing where it is.

[Alex]

Dude, you got to get your papio back to Fargo and come on a minimoto Monday. Ride with us. I'm like, hey, yeah, I do have to do that.

[Evan]

Damn.

[Alex]

And then I started looking.

[Ben]

We didn't bring it. So that would have been after we brought him to Moab, right?

[Ken]

Oh, yeah. Could it have been in. In Moab and it got left?

[Ben]

No, because we. Because we brought it to Sturgis after. Was that the one that I was riding down the road?

[Alex]

And that was also really funny. I have it.

[Mike]

I have it geared 15 miles an hour off.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Mike]

So Ben thinks he's going 30.

[Alex]

Yeah. It says he's going 75, but you're really going, like, 55.

[Ken]

Everyone off.

[Ben]

Everyone's just flying by me, just looking at me, I'm like, oh, wow. Yeah, me for going five over the speed limit, huh?

[Alex]

Yeah. People in Sturgis, like, they don't. They don't care what bike you're riding. If it's a rocket or adventure bike, obviously, Harley's victories Indians. But if you're on a mini, they are literally like, get the fuck off the road.

[Ken]

Speaking of your hometown, Mike, did you see who. Who's running for your new mayor?

[Ben]

What The Fargo's mayor race heating up next year.

[Evan]

We're here with Jake Coulter. Jake, obviously you are one of the.

[Ben]

Candidates for Fargo's mayor. Sir, I know you're a National Guardsman.

[Alex]

But tell us a little bit more about your background.

[Ben]

Yeah, my name is J. Colter. I'm running for mayor. I'm in the Army National Guard, North Dakota. I'm a brother, son, and uncle. My family's ruined the city, and that's why I intend to make it a better, safer place. Why is this so funny?

[Ken]

I don't think it's funny. I just.

[Alex]

Wait.

[Ken]

Yeah, he's 20 years old, running the mayor of Holly. No. Fargo.

[Alex]

A far. That's an insane S. Like, I'm.

[Ken]

I think it's.

[Ben]

Should something get in there and shake things up, Fargo's going to.

[Mike]

Dude, right now are getting stolen.

[Ben]

Yeah, bro.

[Ken]

Yeah. So I think he could clean up.

[Ben]

I don't know about that.

[Ken]

I think he clean up the street, you won't have stolen papios anymore. You probably figure out where your popio is. But I don't know. I just think it's. I just.

[Ben]

I bet he would. I bet he would clean it up.

[Ken]

Well, initially, when it got sent to me, I thought it was a joke. I was like, oh, that's funny.

[Ben]

Like, 20 year old sent this in the group chat. CJ sent this in the group chat with a bunch of laughing emojis.

[Mike]

Okay, you guys know who that is?

[Ben]

Nobody responded, except for. I think Alex was like. I think Alex goes, What's your deal? C.J. goes, oh, is it not fun?

[CJ]

I. I walked in the house, he showed me this video, and I just walked downstairs. I just walked downstairs. Didn't say a word.

[Ben]

I'm not on it.

[Ken]

I just think I read.

[Alex]

I read the article and it was like, fully. Okay, we're laughing now. Like, the dude's got my vote.

[Ben]

Yeah, because I'd vote for him too.

[Ken]

I'd 100 vote. Not because I feel bad.

[Alex]

I feel bad for laughing, but I. I like it, but I do.

[Mike]

Oh, gosh.

[Alex]

I got a kick out of. Like, he's just. He's like, I'm down to do whatever it takes if we need frontline men. So it's like, if. If we need more snow removal guys, I'll get my snowplow license and I'll go out there until 2am Pretty soon, this guy.

[Ben]

Some guy removing snow.

[Alex]

Yeah, I know that.

[Ben]

He's like, holy. I should not have said that. It's the snowiest winter. The last.

[Ken]

I I like the kid. I just initially thought it was funny because I thought it was like maybe a prank. Like imagine me being like, hey Ken, you should run for mayor. Which we did one time. And I'm like, holy, this kid's taking it really far. He's even getting on the news and like taking it seriously. Like imagine. Then he ends up winning. But I don't know, it's just fun.

[Alex]

He's 19, 20. That's crazy.

[Ken]

Youngest mayor.

[Evan]

Yeah, you should run against him.

[Ken]

10 would fucking.

[CJ]

I, I think we should sponsor a run for Khaleesi to be mayor.

[Ben]

Move.

[CJ]

Move Khaleesi out of cormorant.

[Ken]

Get it?

[Evan]

I think they, I think they kick Khaleesi out of cormorant.

[Ben]

You haven't heard much.

[Evan]

Haven't heard much from her.

[Ken]

Classic. I think went missing. No one happened to know her whereabouts.

[Mike]

It'd be great for you to be mayor, but honestly, Waffles is going to get my vote next election.

[Alex]

Sam.

[CJ]

Damn. Can't even, can't even support the homies.

[Mike]

Waffles is the homie.

[Ken]

Oh yeah, I gotta backtrack on that mayor thing. I think it's funny because I thought it was maybe a prank at first, like the 20 year old like running for mayor. I, I would honestly vote for him. I think he's got great, same great sayings and like he's got all the.

[Mike]

Funniest one liners.

[Ken]

And I don't know, I just think it'd be, I think it'd be cool. And, and you get someone young in there, they probably care more about the future than someone old. They got much more, much more future to live.

[Alex]

So I take it there's no age limit on maybe.

[Ken]

Apparently.

[Alex]

Who knows? Like you know how president. There's the 45 year old age.

[Ken]

Well, he's running and apparently they're taking him pretty seriously because they gave him his own news segment. Dude, four minutes interview on the news.

[Evan]

Commercial. Commercial break.

[Alex]

I am glad that he's getting publicity, but keep in mind I got on the news once for building a snowboard roll in with my friend.

[Ben]

Yeah, they didn't give you four minutes.

[CJ]

If it's a slow enough news that they'll put damn near anything on.

[Ken]

They had a full on interview.

[Alex]

Dude. Yeah, I love it.

[Ken]

Some of the presidential candidates wouldn't even do a one on one interview live.

[Alex]

What's his name? Jake.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Alex]

All right, well, I'll just keep running because we're gonna vote for you.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ken]

If I was a North Dakota resident, I would 100 vote for him. He actually went to my high school, too.

[Ben]

We might. We might have to hop in on his. On his campaign run. Well, like, endorse endorsement.

[Ken]

I'll endorse them. I mean, can you endorse them if you're not. I'll endorse him. I. I can't vote for him, but I. I do stand with Jay Coulter.

[Alex]

And we might even get you a Plymouth Prowler.

[Ken]

We need to get this kid a car.

[Ben]

Let's get him a car.

[Mike]

What are we doing?

[Ken]

We need to get him, like, a good. Like, get up and, like, print some.

[CJ]

Shirts, and he needs an ssr. That's what he needs.

[Mike]

We need to make an offer on that fella at Wildflower, the one with the flames on it.

[Ben]

I already talked.

[Evan]

I've been seeing him.

[Ken]

Way too much money. Like, 22 grand for that thing.

[Evan]

Well, he knows what he's got.

[Mike]

It's a rare.

[Ken]

He also drives the out of it. He drives it there every day. I see it all the time. I'll pop a picture up of it. It's sick, dude.

[Ben]

What? What is? Actually, there's got to be a chemical imbalance in somebody's brain to buy that.

[Alex]

No, but I mean, dude, a manual convertible V8 truck.

[Ken]

When you say those words with flames, you're like.

[Alex]

When you say manual convertible, can you.

[Ben]

Pop up a picture of this thing?

[Mike]

You cannot squint hard enough to make it look good.

[Ben]

Like, seriously, we need to get this guy on the podcast and interview him.

[Evan]

Dude, that's just having a really supportive wife. Like, the fact that your wife will let you drive around in that thing, that's support. It's hard enough for a launder to love a Corvette owner, but, I mean.

[Ken]

Bro, yeah, you should buy one of those. Ken or Ryan.

[Evan]

With flames, bud. With flames.

[Ken]

But, yeah, I gotta just find the exact one.

[Ben]

Dude, I gotta shake this guy's hand.

[Ken]

So should we buy this and give it to Jake Coulter for his man?

[Mike]

I give him a blank check. Yeah, whatever he wants.

[Ken]

This is what we wanted to buy Ken for his mayo.

[Ben]

Yeah, we did. We couldn't swing it because we, deep down knew that Ken was probably gonna lose. But this one we might have to bet the farm on Jake Coulter. Is it?

[Evan]

Is it Jake?

[Ben]

Is it?

[Evan]

It's a convertible.

[CJ]

Yeah, it's a hard top.

[Evan]

Holy hard top convertible.

[Ken]

You know what's funny is I put this up on my story kind of as a joke, and one of our buddies who's also in the cars that's, like, around our Age. He was just like, yeah, I've been looking for one of these for a while. I was like. Like he thought I was being serious, that it's sick. I didn't really have the heart to be like, oh, I was just kind of joking. But so I just like. Nice.

[Evan]

Yeah, it is nice pins.

[Ken]

They're pretty expensive.

[Evan]

There's something about Chevy in the. What is this, a 2008 early 2000s. They just went full dummy with the front end.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Evan]

So, like, everything about this is hideous.

[Ben]

Everything.

[Evan]

The wheels is that it's got a headlight.

[Mike]

A Malibu. An early 2000s Malibu kind of bumper grill setup.

[Alex]

It kind of reminds me of a Dodge Neon too.

[Mike]

The headlights look like they're from a PT Cruiser.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Mike]

I don't know what the hell is going on.

[CJ]

It's like it's. They looked at a PT Cruiser and we're like, yes, that is the look we need to do.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Evan]

I remember one of my dad's buddies got one of these the same time he got his Camaro. And honestly, when you go back to like that year, it was like the 2013 Camaro. Pretty. It's not really revolutionary. Yeah, it was revolutionary, but it's really not that cool.

[Ken]

What year did it come out with the transformers? That was 2010.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Ken]

The 2010 when they redid the Camaro. That was cool.

[Evan]

In the time. And so Buddy had one of those and Randy had his. His transformers Camaro and we raced and that thing was super slow. Spanked it.

[Mike]

Yeah. Is it a 6 liter or 5? 3? I think they're 6 liters, but they're automatic.

[Evan]

It has a V8, but I think it's a shitty V8.

[Mike]

The same thing that'd be in a silverado.

[CJ]

It's the 6 liter V8.

[Mike]

Yes.

[Evan]

It's not like the.

[Mike]

The same thing we have in our. In. In our Miata. Talk about the camera.

[Ben]

They.

[CJ]

They offered the five. Three, five three or the six liter.

[Ben]

Yeah. Talk about two people having to make two completely different life altering decisions. You go Camaro or you go ssr. And what transpires after those decisions? And who thought that it was a good idea?

[Ken]

One of them held their value a lot better.

[Ben]

Yeah. How much did SSR is MSRP for?

[CJ]

Started at 24, 000, went up to 40. Well, I mean, they really haven't depreciated that much because you look at an, you know, early 2010s Camaro and they're probably worth nothing.

[Ben]

What do we got to pay to buy an SSR for Jake Coulter? Basically.

[Alex]

Let'S go with whatever's cheaper. Either the Prowler or the ssr.

[CJ]

The Prowlers are expensive.

[Alex]

Oh, okay.

[Evan]

They're too rare. They were also a pretty whack car, but unique.

[Alex]

Oh, yeah. We're only talking rare Prowler.

[Mike]

Dude, what is a Prowlers? Pontiac, right?

[Alex]

Plymouth.

[Mike]

I'm at the same time, even cooler.

[CJ]

Those were actually, like, kind of cool because they had the open wheels and.

[Evan]

All that you're looking for on Facebook marketplace right now.

[Ben]

Oh, is that the one that had the external. Yeah, yeah.

[Mike]

There's one in Detroit.

[Ben]

How much are those?

[Alex]

They're like 30.

[Evan]

A prowler.

[Alex]

Yeah. It reminds me of something.

[Ken]

That's what we'll do is we'll age them up a little bit by putting them in someone only old people would like. He'll get those votes. He's already got the young.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Mike]

2004 SSR in Detroit Lakes for just $26,000. But it only has 23,000 miles, and it's in excellent mechanical condition.

[CJ]

Okay, I gotta put this up on the tv.

[Alex]

All right.

[CJ]

This guy is smoking crack, asking this much for his SSR.

[Ben]

Just.

[CJ]

Just wait.

[Ben]

10. Oh, my God.

[Alex]

What the.

[Evan]

That might be the ugliest $109,000 car you can buy.

[Ben]

How many miles are.

[Mike]

Literally, you could get a Viper or.

[Ben]

You could get this SS.

[Ken]

It doesn't have a VIN number.

[Alex]

It doesn't say provided.

[Mike]

300.

[Evan]

300 horsepower.

[CJ]

This is ferocious.

[Evan]

109,000. What makes it so special? Is it, like, used in a movie or.

[Ben]

900 miles on it?

[Evan]

Did someone commit?

[CJ]

Like, it doesn't say anything about why they're asking so much money for it.

[Ken]

What are some of the ugliest cars you guys think you can think of? Like, if you Bad. It's weird because, like, it's almost ugly, but, like, so ugly that it's funny, which. Then it's cool.

[Alex]

There actually is a really weird car. It's an Australian car called the Sandman. And I find it, like, it's in the ugly category. But, like, I kind of would be cool to get one one day. I doubt I ever will.

[Ken]

You know what else is a really ugly car? And Pontiac Aztec Aztecs. But at the same time, you could damn near make that thing cool. Like, it's so ugly that it's almost cool. It kind of almost looks like Ben's Urus. Like, not that yours is ugly, but it's almost the same thing.

[CJ]

I kind of think that breaking Bad made Aztecs kind of cool.

[Evan]

I've been mistaking the new Buicks for Ben's Urus Quite a bit.

[Ben]

Like how often.

[Evan]

Both times I've seen one of the new Buicks, I've went, oh, is that a Urus? And then realize it's not.

[Mike]

Sorry, C.J. but the other day when I pulled into the farm, I mistook Micah's Wrangler for your G wagon.

[Ken]

That's okay.

[Mike]

Oh, CJ's here.

[Ken]

Classic.

[Mike]

Oh, no, it's not.

[Ben]

That's.

[Alex]

That's the Sandman.

[Mike]

Well, that's just.

[Evan]

Looks like a hearse.

[Mike]

No, that's cool. What's wrong with that?

[Evan]

Throw the bike in the back. It says Sandman big across the back. Dude, we got. You gotta get one of those. Mike. Yeah. What are you. How have you done. You not have that?

[Alex]

Why?

[Ben]

Like it's.

[CJ]

It's old enough. It wouldn't be that hard to import.

[Mike]

Ken, help him out. Let's get one.

[Evan]

Have Spenny's brother find one in Australia.

[Alex]

He sends me videos of them.

[Ben]

Really?

[Evan]

Tell him to find a clean one.

[Ben]

This is straight Australian.

[Alex]

Yeah, but Australian and super old. Like that's like a 50 year old car.

[Ben]

So like, I don't know, they're how much, Ken?

[Mike]

What are they, 70s?

[Alex]

I believe so.

[Ken]

The Plymouth Prowler. Oh my God.

[Ben]

Oof.

[Mike]

That's worth it, Mike.

[Ben]

280, 000 kilometers.

[Mike]

Yeah, it's V8 manual.

[Alex]

It's got 200, 000 miles in it. That's coming.

[CJ]

That's Australian dollar to do. So I don't know.

[Alex]

I'm saying it has probably 200, 000.

[CJ]

Miles and they're asking 95, 000.

[Alex]

That's insane.

[Ken]

So I typed in top 10 ugliest cars.

[Alex]

What do we got?

[Ken]

Number one is the Pontiac Aztec. Really was not that much of a surprise.

[Alex]

Ugly.

[Mike]

Yeah, I mean, it's so ugly, it's cool.

[Ken]

And then 61, 000, you got the PT Cruiser, which we had as Ken's campaign vehicle at number six. And then guess what number nine is.

[CJ]

Toyota Prius.

[Ken]

The Prowler.

[Ben]

Yeah, I kind of like the Prowler.

[Alex]

Well, I think all those cars actually should be on that list. What? Anything else, dude?

[Ken]

Notable. I mean, the Toyota Prius was voted number five, which is a little surprising. Nissan Juke, number two.

[Evan]

That's an ugly car. Pull up the Nissan Murano convertible.

[Ben]

Yeah, that is convertible.

[Alex]

That's the underrated ugly car. As in it's just underrated for how ugly it is.

[Ben]

Yeah, those are bad people.

[Evan]

Forget about the Nissan Murano convertible.

[Alex]

Doug demuro Did a video on this as like a meme.

[Evan]

That thing's pretty ugly right there.

[Ken]

To me, it maybe that could be your next summer.

[Ben]

I don't like it.

[CJ]

I thought these would be the one. You look weirdest. Like cars just whip around.

[Mike]

It looks slightly bigger than just like a Volkswagen Bug.

[Alex]

Yeah, it's like. It's an SUV or crossover, dude.

[Ben]

So there's no such thing as an suv Convertible. Besides for that, though, Cross. You kind of got to respect that.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Oh, I have like, they're in.

[CJ]

Oh, these ones actually don't look too.

[Mike]

Bad, but you should get that.

[Ken]

Ken.

[Alex]

That's a Barbie.

[Evan]

Look at that black one.

[CJ]

That's definitely a check car, dude.

[Ben]

You know what I was gonna say, why does it look like it's like a little kid's car? It looks like it's a little kid's car, does it not?

[Alex]

Yeah, it looks like a power wheels or even like a Barbie.

[Ken]

33 grand.

[Mike]

It's basically free.

[Ben]

All right, we're looking at a.

[Alex]

Okay.

[Ben]

Range Rover or a Land Rover.

[Alex]

Jake's definitely getting mayor.

[CJ]

Range Rover evoke convertibles. Damn. These like the sorting by lowest still. 30 grand is the lowest you're gonna get.

[Mike]

Pretty consistent at 30 grand.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ken]

It's probably already depreciated. I think maybe they hit the bottom.

[Evan]

Dude, that orange one.

[Alex]

The orange one does look.

[Evan]

Is it all wheel drive?

[Mike]

I think they are that for a laundry.

[Ken]

Ryan, you go, I got you a Range Rover. And then you pull that off.

[Evan]

Holy.

[Ken]

I mean, it's not that bad.

[Alex]

No.

[Ken]

Four wheel drive.

[Ben]

Drive.

[Ken]

It could work down in the winter, which would be sick. Actually.

[Mike]

In line four.

[Alex]

Not bad.

[Evan]

Honestly, dude, I might.

[Ken]

You should.

[Evan]

She was looking at evoke. She was like, this is a cool car. You should get one. And I was like, army green.

[Ben]

Ooh.

[Alex]

You know what kind of falls into the category here is like, maybe we're beating a dead horse here. But like, the BMW i8. What happened?

[Ben]

Those aren't ugly.

[Alex]

I don't think they are either, but they, like, came out. Everyone's like, holy. Whoa.

[Ken]

Super futuristic.

[Alex]

Dropped like a supercar. And then people, like, loved them. And then everyone's like, actually, nah, that suck.

[Ken]

Well, you got pretty Cheeto real quick.

[Ben]

They had.

[CJ]

They had. They had the looks of a supercar, but they put a three cylinder engine in it, which is just kind of defeated the whole purpose of it.

[Alex]

Three cylinders, huh?

[Evan]

Remember that one I sent? That was green.

[Alex]

Yeah, yeah.

[Evan]

Green interior.

[Alex]

They're like, stupid cheap in comparison to.

[Ben]

How much can you buy an i8 for. And what are they MSRP at?

[CJ]

I know they MSRP like over 100.

[Ben]

As far as BMWs go. I32, it's that ugly.

[Alex]

So that's kind of what I'm getting.

[Evan]

At here is your doors go up.

[Alex]

You're at. Yeah, butterfly doors or whatever. At 36 grand, you're in a supercar.

[Evan]

I would say if you're looking to impress people that don't know, that would probably be the best bang for your buck.

[Mike]

What's the horsepower on this? If it has a three cylinder motor. Oh, is that a super.

[CJ]

It's a three. It's a hybrid.

[Mike]

How many hps are we running, Kenny?

[CJ]

370.

[Evan]

We can't call it a supercar.

[Mike]

That's what I was gonna say. Is there a horsepower requirement for supercar?

[Alex]

Yeah, that there should be.

[CJ]

For supercar.

[Ben]

I think it's over like 700 now.

[Ken]

There's so many different things that make them fast, though. It's like the computer, the way the like just drivetrain, like handling. You could have a 500 horsepower car.

[Mike]

And in my opinion, Miata is a supercar.

[Evan]

It's the supercar.

[Ben]

Beauty's in the eye of the beholder.

[Ken]

If you want to be politically correct, everything's a supercar. Whatever wants to be.

[Ben]

You know what, cj, That's a.

[Ken]

That's considered a supercar.

[Evan]

It was a super something car.

[CJ]

I mean, you look at it, this.

[Alex]

Thing is a real super car.

[CJ]

Look at a brand new Toyota Camry. He's probably gonna blow the doors off of a 1960s Ferrari. But that it's not considered a supercar.

[Ken]

That'd be funny.

[Ben]

That's a hot take right there.

[Ken]

Camry beats Ferrari. They click on the video and there's just this old ass Ferrari and then like a new Camry.

[Alex]

And then Ferrari sues you because you're not supposed to take the doors off.

[Ken]

What did you guys think about they made like a. Like a Camry that now like competes against the wrx?

[Alex]

I. I'll just say, like, I think it's a. It's sick for a Camry. Everyone's like, what are they doing? Spoiler and wheels from the factory. What are they doing? I'm like, it's a sick Camry.

[Ken]

Yeah, it's a sick Camry, but it's just embarrassing that. That's like a competitor.

[Ben]

Is that the hatchback? Yeah, yeah, the hatchback that's got a sick.

[CJ]

A Corolla gr.

[Ben]

Yeah. Is that what you're thinking of?

[Mike]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ken]

Corolla Gr. Yeah, it's just. I don't know.

[Evan]

It's a reliable car. Medium horsepower, looks sporty.

[Ben]

I think it's probably cooler than a WRX nowadays.

[CJ]

WRXs have gotten super stale.

[Ken]

I like the old school. WRXs are cool. I'm starting to sound old. But like straight up after 2014, I think that the Subaru WRX went downhill.

[CJ]

Well, they don't even make the SDI anymore.

[Ken]

Pretty lame.

[CJ]

I feel like the WRX is kind of just a stale product. Nothing cool about it anymore.

[Ken]

Seems like all the kids like trucks nowadays.

[Ben]

Like that's, that's cool compared to. That's not even like modern day WRX in my opinion. Like I would rather have that than wrx.

[Ken]

But WRX is a fucking Subaru.

[Evan]

I remember my dad was always really impressed. He goes, a Subaru, wow. He's like, why do you guys like these Subaru's now? You guys pulled up in yours. He was like, oh, I get it now. Like these look cool.

[Ken]

Slow as hell. It was. I was fast at the time.

[Ben]

Dude, that was the best.

[Mike]

Dude, anything's fast when you are upgrading from a bicycle.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Careful guy. I still got one.

[Ken]

Yeah, yours is sick.

[Ben]

Where is yours?

[Alex]

Dude, it's.

[Ben]

Yes.

[Mike]

What are you Gonna have it? $250,000 Subaru.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Super car.

[Alex]

No, I'm kidding. Holy Ken's fit. Kidding, kidding, kidding.

[CJ]

I mean I, I wouldn't put it.

[Alex]

Yeah, I've. I'm around that. Yeah.

[Ken]

Under 10. He bought it for 10k.

[Ben]

That is.

[Alex]

So they're like, you wanna, you wanna dress the engine bay up now? And I'm like, yeah, because it's ugly. Like it's faded yellow paint. The engine bay matches nothing about the car because you open it up and you're like this.

[Ben]

What?

[Alex]

It's what you do. Forget about everything under the engine bay here. So now we're doing the full like full engine paint. Like delete all the AC lines, delete all the wires, everything. And then it's just hilarious because we're just on the cusp of starting the engine bit and now it's like underway. And they're like, yeah, the interior is next. It's going to be sick.

[Ben]

Like, do you think that you might.

[Alex]

Be getting swanked if they steal my car? Yeah.

[Evan]

Do you think you'll be able to drive this? Like, I feel like it's actually approaching the amount of dollars and getting so historically significant that you might actually have to not drive it.

[Alex]

So I'm scared about, man, that's what.

[Mike]

I lose Sleep, bro.

[Evan]

How do you even buy another $10,000 one to drive?

[Alex]

That's what I literally. I'm like, then I would literally. I get called crazy for that.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Then you wouldn't be driving the one that you spent. Dude, when you. When we went to go look at that thing and then you bought it that day, I would have never guessed.

[Ben]

That it would have evolved to this.

[Ken]

It was just me and Mike.

[Ben]

We went.

[Ken]

Because I've always loved Subarus and.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Evan]

Did you talk him into buying it, you think? Were you?

[Ken]

I mean, I don't think I needed to talk him into it.

[Ben]

He was on.

[Ken]

Yeah. I went with just a ride with and see.

[Alex]

Right. Yeah.

[Ben]

It was a great buy.

[Evan]

This is what you did after that. Maybe wasn't financially responsible, but it is going to be cool.

[Ben]

Yeah. You're definitely going to have a cool Subaru.

[Evan]

That's for sure. Like, it's going to be sick.

[Ben]

And what I should do is make.

[Ken]

Them modifying it so it can be like a Lamborghini, and then maybe it'll be close to that same price body kit on it.

[Alex]

If there's anything I know about kit.

[Ben]

Cars, they go up in value. Oh, what do you think that he could sell his car for?

[Ken]

35 grand?

[Alex]

Yeah, I was going to if he.

[Ken]

Found the right buyer.

[Alex]

35.

[Ben]

If you.

[Ken]

It's going to be. It's going to be on Facebook marketplace for six months. But he'll find. He'll find someone.

[Alex]

I would do something. I'd probably entertain paying, like, cars and bids, and then I'd be like, go check out my Subaru.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Mike]

How many horsepower you're gonna be running? Few.

[Alex]

Well, we're shooting for 500 of the wheels pretty good. It's gonna scoot.

[Ken]

Once Mike gets his Subaru back, he should race Evan's Lamborghini.

[Mike]

Yeah, but if my Lamborghini runs.

[Alex]

Yeah. Or, dude.

[Ken]

Well, it runs, but what'd you do to the transmission?

[Alex]

If you can drive it should race Ken's Tesla.

[Ben]

Run it back.

[CJ]

That one real good last time.

[Ben]

Yeah. Dude. What a crazy series of unfortunate events that, like, transpired after.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Evan]

Yeah. What is the deal with.

[Mike]

Oh, I mean, it ran great on Sunday, and I parked it in my driveway, and I went to drive it on Monday morning, and it's just Brick.

[Ken]

That's the weirdest.

[Alex]

That's what happened to my water truck, too.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Mike]

I don't know. Some. With the E Shift, which apparently those cars are like. The notorious weak point is the whole electronic system involving the transmission. They say the transmission Itself is good. The motors are bulletproof. Like so many good things about it. But like the notorious weak point is the clutch and the E gear E shift system, which couple different things. It could be one of them being a sensor, which would be great. Replace that and hopefully we're back.

[Ken]

Seems like sensors more likely like the fact that it went from running amazing. Just like a top and then you park it next morning.

[Mike]

But there's also an actuator, which would be not ideal, which is also what it's doing where you just hit the paddles and it doesn't do anything. Could be the sensor not letting it do anything. Or it could be the actuator puked.

[CJ]

You're talking to me about this yesterday and it sounds like if it is the actuator, it's almost more worth it just to spend a little more money on top of that and just manual swap it.

[Mike]

Yeah. So I got. So I got quoted at 20 grand to manual bad. And when I looked into the actuator, it could be well north of $10,000 to do an actuator.

[Ben]

What?

[Alex]

Manual swap.

[Ben]

Also.

[Alex]

That's insane.

[Ben]

What?

[Evan]

I mean, making that thing manual. It does double the value.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Mike]

No, it doesn't, Scott.

[Ken]

Come that way.

[Mike]

It. If I put 20 into it, it should bring at least.

[Alex]

Okay.

[Mike]

Extra out.

[Alex]

Then it actually is like worth it add. Because of the 10. Actual 20.

[Mike]

Add 10 in value.

[Alex]

10 GS for the actuator, 20 for the manual. But add 10 and value.

[Mike]

But it' adds value if I sell it. Right.

[Alex]

I mean, but also think of the value added when you're like.

[Mike]

That would be insanely sick. But honestly, I love the paddles.

[Ken]

Yeah, they are nice.

[Mike]

And I love how it hit just it shifts so good.

[Alex]

Like, I don't know, satisfying.

[Mike]

So I don't know.

[Ben]

Well, hopefully it's just a sensor.

[Ken]

So then you were stranded at home and you decided, well, oh, there's nothing else to do. Might as well go to the casino.

[Mike]

Yeah. So I'm stuck at home and I'm. I guess I'm kind of pissed. Not like pissed just. But like pissed.

[Ben]

I'm just like Lamborghini. Yeah, it's. Well, it's a casino.

[Mike]

Well, that's the thing. It's like seven in the morning and it's stuck in between gears revving up. Freaking straight pipe Lambo in my neighborhood. I've got like a breeze.

[Ben]

What is going on?

[Ken]

Is he still drunk from last night?

[Mike]

So I'm like causing a scene. And then I've got Nikki, which maybe Isn't the strongest person in the world and I can't have her in the car.

[Ben]

I think anyone would say that your girlfriend Nikki is the strongest person.

[Mike]

I got her trying to push this car uphill up my driveway. But I'm scared to put her in the car because what if and drives it through my garage. Like I don't know. So I'm like, oh, you're gonna have to push. So I'm like one foot out the door like a skateboard. Plus her pushing it, rocking it back and forth trying to get it. Nothing works. She has to leave for work. Now I'm stuck at home with no vehicle. I talked to our guy. He's like, well you can maybe try to disconnect the battery and do some things. So I'm spend a couple hours. It's hot out. Nothing works. I go sit down on the couch for like four minutes. I'm just festering. I'm like, I'm going to casino. So I take my girlfriend's son's bicycle.

[Ken]

He's seven.

[Mike]

He's nine.

[Ken]

Nine. He rode a nine year old's bike to the casino. Driving down the road, you see.

[Ben]

He'S.

[Ken]

On a kid's bike pedaling so.

[Mike]

And then. Well, it is a 20 inch bike. But I didn't want to ride right down the highway because I didn't want to be seen doing any of this. So I'm like, well there's a little trail and like some railroad tracks and whatever. I know this little trail well. It's very grown up. So I basically wasn't even riding the bike. I'm pushing the bike through waist high brush. Like just picker bushes and I'm covered in 11am no, like 12 or 12:30 or something. But more of a story. I got to the casino, came out like 12, 1500 bucks.

[Ben]

Up. There you go.

[Evan]

You won that much.

[Ben]

Might have just bought you a new.

[Ken]

Actuator or at least a piece of it.

[Mike]

Yeah. So we'll see. I just hope it's the sensor. Plus it is due for its oil change and it's 30,000 mile service and everything. So. Yeah, I'm pretty stoked. It's gonna be a gonna be a nice trip to Scott.

[Ken]

Yeah. At least it's going to a good place.

[Ben]

The manual swap would be cool, but that's crazy.

[Ken]

I do like the paddles though. Paddles are nice. Like I used to be a big paddle or a big manual guy. But you drive in a Lamborghini with paddle shifts. It's better.

[Mike]

Just.

[Ken]

Pretty sought After.

[Alex]

That's right. So I think it's like, for that car, I think it could go either way. I'm by no means saying the paddles are bad. They have gotten better since that Lamborghini. So I think. Think that a manual in that would be very justified.

[Mike]

But the positive is, like, when I read forums and stuff, you just got people be like. And that's why I love my gated manual, because it's like, you eliminate other issues. So, like, you're there. And then even if it doesn't add a ton of value, I could pretty much guarantee it will sell way, like, I think it would sell quick even if you didn't get a ton more. I think it would sell, like, help to say, immediately being a gated manual.

[Ben]

Well, you could sell it and buy a Supra.

[Mike]

Yeah, I thought about that. But I'm like, it'd be pretty sick to park that Supra next to my Lambo.

[Ken]

Yeah, that'd be way better.

[Ben]

That'd be way better.

[Mike]

I got a little bit of money, Mikey. Me, I kind of like to add to the fleet rather than thin it. So we'll see.

[Ken]

It just sounds good, too, when you say my Lambo, like, it's just nothing cool.

[Mike]

Plus, I would think the super is cool, and some people would. But in general, everyone thinks the Lambo is cool, but most people would be like, oh, nice.

[Ben]

95 Toyota. Yeah.

[Mike]

They're like, it doesn't hit the same.

[Ben]

Does not hit the same.

[Alex]

Does not hit the same.

[Ben]

Yeah. When we were weighing it out, like, do we get him a Lambo or do we get him a Supra? We were like, it's not even in the same realm.

[Mike]

Yeah, Lambo hits so much harder.

[Ben]

It's so much harder. Yep. All right, well, got pretty caught up there.

[Evan]

You are going to be catching up for the next 15 years.

[Ben]

Yeah, right. Again, just two weeks behind for the rest of his life.

[Ken]

Ken, you're getting.

[CJ]

You're getting close now.

[Ken]

So what was the deal again? Ken went to.

[Ben]

I was wondering, eight weeks, was it?

[Alex]

Yeah, I think eight weeks I came.

[Ben]

Back and he was never the same.

[Ken]

Yeah, you never were.

[Ben]

Never.

[Alex]

He was the length that he was gone. Not necessarily that he went to Europe, but, I mean, it could have been a combination.

[Ken]

What was the deal again between Jake and you? Jake got all pissed while you were in Europe.

[CJ]

I don't know.

[Ben]

What do you do for eight weeks?

[CJ]

I did study abroad.

[Mike]

Oh, I guess that makes a little more sense.

[Alex]

The Ms. Last Mr. V's video when they like, hundred days in jail or whatever. I'm like, okay, hundred days. Like, when you watch it on this video, it doesn't seem like that long. But I'm like, that's what scares me. Let's say that I did this challenge for a hundred days. I feel like I'd come back, everything would change. All your friends would be different. Like, they have all these inside jokes and, like, all these scenarios, and you'd be like, I don't even know what's going on anymore. Just, like, moved to Kansas.

[CJ]

And sometimes just the less you care, the better. And you'll catch up eventually.

[Ben]

Get married to that mentality. Yeah. Of like, all right, well, good thing I don't give a.

[Evan]

That's still talk to somebody who cares.

[Alex]

To this day, in my opinion, the hardest quote of just about anybody. But can someone's asking him something, and he just looks him in the eyes and goes, sorry, you're confusing me with somebody who gives a coldest line, like, maybe ever.

[Ben]

Dude, he does it. Actually. Dude, he does it. I respect you for that, Ken. You really don't.

[CJ]

Well, yeah.

[Ben]

Whatever.

[Evan]

Whatever it.

[Ben]

Are you guys going to that whatever the it's called? When is it? I don't know. And then I walk line of line of the day yesterday. Ken.

[Alex]

What was Ken talking about that trip? He was talking about you never finished.

[CJ]

I did finish it, but then you guys were laughing and didn't listen to me.

[Alex]

What was it, a Vikings game?

[CJ]

No, Sema.

[Alex]

Oh, yeah.

[Ben]

Ken.

[Ken]

So you going to. You're going to Ireland for a Vikings game?

[CJ]

London.

[Mike]

Same thing, right?

[CJ]

Two different countries.

[Mike]

Oh, yeah. Leprechaun.

[Alex]

Yeah, that'll be cool.

[Ben]

Big Ben. I went to France.

[Evan]

Someone has to call you big.

[Ben]

I went to France and saw the Eiffel Tower. Really pretty hyped up. Vegas has Eiffel Tower. It's. It's more fun.

[Evan]

There's slot machines at the bottom of that.

[Ben]

We are due for Vegas.

[Mike]

It feels like it's been ages.

[Ben]

Yes. And that was. I asked the guys. I got a text yesterday for the Supercross. An invite to the after party of the Supercross in Vegas. And I'm busy, but you might not be. And you should take him up.

[Ken]

That'd be lit.

[Evan]

Yeah, we might have to go.

[Ken]

Wait, it's the Supercross after party.

[Ben]

Yeah. Twin six planted on the riders and.

[Ken]

All them are gonna be there too.

[Evan]

No, I don't.

[Ken]

It's just after party for everyone. Yeah, Omnia is always packed. That'll be lit. Yeah, I mean, they just got a residency There. We've had twin Sig on the podcast.

[Alex]

Did they really?

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Ben]

I didn't know they got a residency in Vegas.

[Ken]

That's crazy, dude. It doesn't get any better than that.

[Alex]

That is your goal because you don't have to tour. It's fun, probably.

[Ken]

You get to stay in Vegas.

[Alex]

You, like, sleep in the same bed every night, but you're playing shows for different people.

[Evan]

Ken's booking hotels right now.

[Ben]

Yeah, you guys gotta go.

[Evan]

I feel like we gotta go.

[Ben]

Gotta go.

[Evan]

You can probably not be busy, right?

[Mike]

Maybe I could swing my vape shop free trip in on that.

[Alex]

There you go.

[Ben]

Why? Why? Why? Save that for another. Oh, you're right. You're right.

[Mike]

As long as the company's paying for it, then yeah. No, you're right.

[Ben]

No, no, no, no, you're right.

[Ken]

And then maybe we'll go.

[Alex]

I don't know. I think this one might be out of pocket. Depends on if we film.

[CJ]

Twist my arm. Let's go to Vegas, boys.

[Ben]

Yeah. You guys got it. Run it.

[CJ]

It's been, what, three, four months since.

[Mike]

We'Ve been there, upgrading from the rodeo to the supercross?

[CJ]

Oh, and I'm still going to the rodeo.

[Alex]

Dirt bike rodeo.

[Mike]

Yeehaw.

[Ben]

All right, boys. All right.

[Alex]

Contracting to do.

[Ben]

Yeah, we do. Yeah, we actually. I got a fence to build, so.

[Alex]

I got one of those pencils that you. So it's like, you know.

[Ben]

Yeah, yeah. You look official.

[Mike]

Hey, that nail gun that we're borrowing has a pencil sharpener built into the hole.

[Ben]

That's crazy.

[Evan]

That's sick.

[Mike]

Doesn't work on that pencil.

[Alex]

We gotta go build.

[Evan]

Sounds good. See you guys next week.

[Ben]

Subscribe thanks for 300, 000 subscribers.

[Alex]

And you guys are running out the pods. We appreciate it so much.