Best Bits: Mike D’s Super Bowl Stories & Braces Update, Plus Morgan’s Adulting Breakdown

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Bobby Bones Show – “Best Bits: Mike D’s Super Bowl Stories & Braces Update, Plus Morgan’s Adulting Breakdown”

Release Date: March 1, 2025 | Host: Premiere Networks

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Introduction

In this engaging episode of The Bobby Bones Show, hosts Morgan and Mike D delve into a variety of captivating topics, ranging from exhilarating experiences at the Super Bowl to personal updates on dental braces and the challenges of adulting. The conversation is rich with anecdotes, heartfelt insights, and relatable humor, making it a must-listen for fans and newcomers alike.

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1. Mike D’s Unforgettable Super Bowl Experience

Morgan opens the discussion by prompting Mike D to share his recent trip to the Super Bowl, an event he describes as his "most wild experience ever" despite only attending about four NFL games in his life.

Mike D [01:13]: “No. And it was wild. … there was so much security before. … It made me feel more secure but also kind of like something was going to happen here because it was intense.”

Mike recounts the electrifying atmosphere in New Orleans, emphasizing the "energy in the room" and the unexpected thrill despite the game being a blowout. He highlights the heightened security presence, comparing it to his experiences in Mexico, adding depth to his narrative.

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2. Celebrity Spotting Galore

A significant portion of the conversation revolves around Mike D’s passion for spotting celebrities during the Super Bowl festivities. From encountering the Costco Guys from TikTok to bumping into Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports and even meeting Emmitt Smith at a Post Malone concert, Mike D shares memorable sightings that added to his Super Bowl adventure.

Mike D [04:09]: “I saw the Costco guys get out and I was like, that's them. They bring the boom.”

Mike also describes a serendipitous meeting with Emmitt Smith at a Bud Light show, capturing the moment when Smith enthusiastically engaged with the crowd, creating a “perfect” blend of his two worlds—sports and music.

Mike D [06:17]: “That was all my worlds coming together. … I'm a huge Dallas Cowboys fan. … How is this even gonna happen now?”

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3. Mike D’s Braces Update and Dental Decisions

Transitioning from sports to personal matters, Mike D discusses his ongoing dental journey. He shares the complexities of his orthodontic treatment, facing the decision between a dental implant and a bridge.

Mike D [15:02]: “I am at the stage where braces could have come off by now. … I've been trying to make space on a side of my mouth that has two gaps.”

He elaborates on the challenges posed by bone graft requirements for implants, which initially seemed daunting due to the “18 months” timeline and the invasive nature of the procedure.

Mike D [16:22]: “That bone graft sounded gnarly.”

Ultimately, Mike D opts for a less invasive bridge option, appreciating its simplicity and quicker recovery time compared to implants. He reflects on the importance of balancing cosmetic desires with practical considerations.

Mike D [19:34]: “I could get it done in about two appointments … it’s kind of like veneers.”

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4. Morgan’s Struggles with Adulting

Morgan opens up about her recent life challenges, discussing a “full blown meltdown” triggered by overwhelming health issues, home repairs, and general adult responsibilities.

Morgan [28:09]: “I broke down for a solid 20 minutes … I just have to figure this out.”

She details the frustrations with the medical system, car troubles, and the incessant demands of maintaining her home, painting a vivid picture of the stresses that come with adulthood.

Morgan [29:21]: “They make it so difficult mentally, but all of the different structures of medical, they make it so difficult to get the help that you need.”

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5. Coping with Mental Health Challenges

The hosts share their strategies for managing mental health struggles. Morgan describes her method of “forcing herself to sit with” her emotions to prevent them from overwhelming her and affecting others.

Morgan [30:42]: “I just have to allow myself to feel whatever's happening … I literally just sat there for two hours.”

Mike D complements this by emphasizing the calming effects of breathing exercises and hot showers, which serve as his personal remedies during tough times.

Mike D [32:36]: “Breathing always helps. … a hot shower is like my go to saving right now.”

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6. Terrifying Movie Moments

Adding a lighter touch, Morgan and Mike D discuss the scariest movie scenes that have left a lasting impact on them. Mike D recounts a chilling moment from M. Night Shyamalan’s "Signs", where the first appearance of an alien left him traumatized.

Mike D [35:19]: “That was one of the scariest moments I've ever experienced in theaters.”

Conversely, Morgan shares her aversion to "Final Destination 3", particularly the tanning bed scene, which deterred her from using tanning beds ever since.

Morgan [36:34]: “I stopped going because I was like, you can die in these things.”

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7. Fun Debates: Water Temperature and Parking Preferences

The duo engages in spirited debates, touching on everyday preferences such as water temperature and parking habits. Both express a dislike for ice-cold water, favoring room temperature instead.

Mike D [41:32]: “I am pretty much a room temp guy.”

When it comes to parking, Morgan and Mike D reveal their aversion to paying for close parking spots, opting instead for distant, free options despite the inconvenience.

Mike D [45:26]: “I hate paying for parking. It's such a waste.”

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Conclusion

Wrapping up the episode, Morgan and Mike D promote their respective podcasts, encouraging listeners to engage with their content for more in-depth discussions on movies, health, and the intricacies of adult life.

Mike D [49:36]: “You can listen to my podcast, Movie Mike's Movie Podcast …”

Morgan [49:48]: “Go check that out. Part three this weekend.”

This episode of The Bobby Bones Show masterfully balances entertaining stories, personal revelations, and relatable debates, providing listeners with a comprehensive and engaging experience.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps:

• Mike D [01:13]: “No. And it was wild. … there was so much security before. … It made me feel more secure but also kind of like something was going to happen here because it was intense.”

• Mike D [04:09]: “I saw the Costco guys get out and I was like, that's them. They bring the boom.”

• Mike D [15:02]: “I am at the stage where braces could have come off by now. … I've been trying to make space on a side of my mouth that has two gaps.”

• Morgan [30:42]: “I just have to allow myself to feel whatever's happening … I literally just sat there for two hours.”

• Mike D [35:19]: “That was one of the scariest moments I've ever experienced in theaters.”

• Mike D [41:32]: “I am pretty much a room temp guy.”

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Transcript

[Mike D]

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[Morgan]

Happy weekend everybody. Welcome to the Best Bits. Mike D is joining me.

[Mike D]

Hey, Mike D. How's it going? I forgot what to say in that instance.

[Morgan]

Words are hard sometimes. It's okay. Well, it is a Saturday and we're here hanging out and catching up on all things life. But Mike, you haven't been on since you went to the super bowl. And I know obviously Super Bowl's past, but I need like details.

[Mike D]

That was the most wild experience I've ever had. Never been to a Super Bowl. I haven't even been to that many NFL games. Really. I think that's like my third NFL game of like all. Maybe fourth, I guess. My fourth.

[Morgan]

You're never going to be able to go to a regular NFL game again.

[Mike D]

No. And it was wild. And I know at this point you've all heard what happened in the super bowl, but I think just being there and the energy was something I wasn't expecting because even though it was a blowout, it was so entertaining to be there. There was like an a vibe and an energy in the room and we were like up high. But even being up high, we had like the perfect view. Seeing the behind the scenes of the halftime show was awesome. How quickly they put that stage together and how quickly they tear it apart, even though we couldn't really hear it from our perspective. But I think just being in the city of New Orleans during a Super bowl was crazy because I'd never seen a city with so much security before. You'd walk down the street and there were cops everywhere. I'd go to Starbucks and there'd be like five cops there. Getting a, getting a coffee. Anywhere you went. There was heavy. Just police activity, which I suppose is a good thing. Yeah, Choppers flying by. So in a way it made me feel more secure but also kind of like something going to happen here because it was like, it was intense. They had like streets blocked off with like these little like pop up almost like military checkpoints. It kind of reminded me when I'd go to Mexico and there'd be like, people like armed guards standing in the road, making sure you were safe. But wild experience. I think the coolest part for me was all the things we got to do leading up to it.

[Morgan]

All of the interviews and stuff like that.

[Mike D]

Yeah, we got to see, like, I love spotting celebrity. That is my favorite hobby. And I can spot some secure, some obscure celebrities. So being there, we went to two days of Radio Row, which is where all these radio shows and podcasts get set up and just people come through. The whole time getting interviewed, I was just like focusing on work, but also like looking who was walking around me and trying to like, snap pictures of people so I could send to people like, hey, check out who's here.

[Morgan]

Who was the big, like top five you saw at the Radio Row and at maybe at the super bowl too.

[Mike D]

Oh, I could do like my whole week.

[Morgan]

Okay, do it. Break it down for us.

[Mike D]

I'll just go. I won't rank these because I'm going to forget all these. I'd say the one that caught me the most off guard is I saw the Costco guys from TikTok.

[Morgan]

Oh, it's like Costco guys commercial. And then I was like, oh, yeah.

[Mike D]

The dad and his son. And they were in like a cameo cybertruck getting dropped off to their hotel. Because I would just walk around, like after we were done for the day, I would just go walk around because I was trying to spot celebrities.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Mike D]

Because I knew like Blink182 was in town. I was like, if I could spot them out somewhere, I would love to just run into them.

[Morgan]

That would be cool. But no, Blink 182.

[Mike D]

No.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Mike D]

So that was when I was just walking around and I see this just flipping flashy cyber truck pulling up to this hotel. And this hotel was like, where all the celebrities were staying because it was like right downtown and there were just a line of just black cars, SUVs dropping people off. And out of everybody I was excited to see. I saw the Costco guys get out and I was like, that's them. They bring the boom.

[Morgan]

Did you say hi to them or anything?

[Mike D]

No, because I think it was kind of weird for me. Like, I knew they were famous, but then also he's like a kid. He's like an 8 year old. And I'm like, that's kind of weird. And it's like a whole family. And I was like, that was. It was cool in the moment. I told people about it, but that was the one that I Was like, who gets excited about the Costco guys?

[Morgan]

Well, it's also like, Bobby always says that fame is relative and you find the people that you love and who you're going to be excited about, and you learned one of yours. That kind of caught you off guard. You're like, I didn't expect that.

[Mike D]

That was one. Another one random on the street, I saw Dave Portnoy, who is like, the head of Barstool.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Mike D]

I started seeing, like, I was walking to dinner and I saw like two or three dudes with barstool hats. And I was like, big barstool fans. And then I see this other guy walking with two security guards next to him. I was like, oh, that's Dave Portnoy. And he was just walking around. And I think that was the kind of the vibe of seeing celebrities as everything is going on.

[Morgan]

Wait, I have a question. Did he have Ms. Peaches with him?

[Mike D]

No, it was just him.

[Morgan]

Dang it. I would, like, listen. Cool, Dave Portnoy, you're awesome. But, like, if he had missed Peaches, I would have freaked out.

[Mike D]

No, it was just him.

[Morgan]

Bummer. Makes sense, though, because I don't think Ms. Peaches could have gone to the Super Bowl.

[Mike D]

It was wild to see him with, like, that much security because he. I mean, he's famous. I feel like he's a type of person who a lot of people would come up to and bombard and also possibly try to fight him.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Because he's kind of controversial in a way. Like, he loves to share his opinions. And when you share opinions, you're obviously going to have both sides, because I've seen a bunch of his posts before, and there's always people in the comments and stuff just going at him or then you have people supporting him.

[Mike D]

So.

[Morgan]

So maybe that's why. And he does. I mean, he's got a massive following. Barstool Sports is huge.

[Mike D]

Yeah. So that was cool. That was random.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Mike D]

I'd say the next one would probably be Emmett Smith, which we interviewed him the day of. But that night I went to the Post Malone Bud Light show, which was cool for me because that was like, the first time I saw Post Malone was at a Bud Light show, which is always like a smaller venue. I think this venue only held like, 3,000 people.

[Morgan]

That man loves his Bud Light.

[Mike D]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Like the lifetime partner.

[Mike D]

So he's. Yeah, he's all Bud Light. And then I was in the crowd and they had like this VIP section next to the stage where all these people were. There was like a Lot of people who had been there for the Super Bowl. And I just see Emmett Smith there with a liquid death water in one hand and like a beer cup in the other hand. And. And he's just having the best time, like singing along, knows every word to every Post Malone song. And then everybody around us just starts to notice that that's Emmett Smith over there having the best time. So you just see people start yelling, just Emmett, Emmett. And then he's going off. So I was like, I gotta film this. And I filmed him singing and that was just cool because, I mean, that was all my worlds coming together. That was me at a Post Malone show. I'm a huge Dallas Cowboys fan. So there's one of the greatest Dallas Cowboys of all time singing a Post Malone song. I'm like, I couldn't even like think of this when I was a kid. Like, how is this even gonna happen now?

[Morgan]

Is Emmitt Smith known for being like that or was that kind of out of character for him?

[Mike D]

I mean, he's a pretty. I'd say he's a pretty out there guy.

[Morgan]

Okay. Like pretty outgoing, fun.

[Mike D]

Yeah, he's a fun guy. Like he did Dancing with the Stars. So he's pretty extroverted.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Mike D]

But I think it's just weird seeing him like anybody in that, like, have that good of a time. Like, aside from like Taylor Swift at an award show, I don't really see celebrities like enjoying themselves at a concert.

[Morgan]

It's so true.

[Mike D]

It's YouTube. They're backstage or somewhere else where they're like too cool and they're like not even paying attention. He was like, actually just like having fun like everybody else.

[Morgan]

Yeah, he just was there. He was there for the party. He didn't care that he was Emmitt Smith. He was like, I'm here to party. Was that also a cool experience for you seeing Post Malone twice in a 24 hour span?

[Mike D]

Twice and for free.

[Morgan]

Yeah, yeah.

[Mike D]

And in pretty intimate settings like that. That was a smaller venue. I was further back because it took us forever to get into the show. I waited in line for an hour.

[Morgan]

Did you go to the first one by yourself?

[Mike D]

I went with Reed, our video guy. And then he left like halfway through the show to go meet up with the other guys. I'm like, I'm not gonna leave. And I have no problem being at a concert by myself.

[Morgan]

Yeah, I figured.

[Mike D]

So after a while it was just me. But when we got there, there was a line to get in. And the line I thought to get in was actually the VIP line. So the line we had to go in was general admission. And we kept walking and walking and I'm like, surely the line's going to end. It was so long that I was like, there's no way this is the line. And we just kept going further and further back and we're there for an hour.

[Morgan]

Dang.

[Mike D]

Luckily, we made friends with the guys behind us.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Mike D]

And it was. It was kind of like a fun bonding experience, But I've never waited in line for an hour before.

[Morgan]

Mike, look at you making friends. Yeah, that's kind of a little update. Obviously. I know, like, you know, fun, short term friends. It wasn't like long term friends, but are you proud of yourself?

[Mike D]

It was a guy and his brother. Dude was a lawyer. Other. His brother was like there for a minute. They went to go get a drink. So mainly talked to his brother for the most part. But there was like a bonding experience of us both liking Post Malone. He was like, I think I kind of blew his mind in a way. Because there's a weird part, like, I don't get recognized a whole lot, but there was a moment I got recognized in line and like, somebody came to talk to me and they took a picture with me. And then the whole time I'd already been talking to this guy for 30 minutes. He's like, wait a minute, what. What exactly is happening here? That's a weird moment for me because when I get recognized and have to explain it to somebody else, I'm like, I'm not famous. Like, this is a very, like, rare occurrence. And it's so, like, it's hard to explain exactly that situation.

[Morgan]

It's hard to explain to people, you know, let alone people you don't really know. So, like, when I feel like when you're out and about and you're with your friends and family and stuff, they're kind of like, okay, well, we know you and we know what you do. Yeah, it's so weird that it's happening, but when it's people you don't even know, then they're like, wait, did I miss something? Am I like missing a piece of this? And it's. It's funny to kind of watch the reaction is that what kind of happened?

[Mike D]

That's exactly what happened. And then he was just like asking about that and he's like, wow, this is weird. He's like, why are you waiting in line? Like, that's why. Like, what I do gets me in this line, but it doesn't get me to the front of this line. Like, I'm not famous like that by any means.

[Morgan]

Okay. So we made friends.

[Mike D]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

We saw Post malone twice in 48 hours. You were in the Super Bowl. Lots of famous people. Any other famous people?

[Mike D]

I would say famous for me. I saw the Workaholics guys.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Mike D]

As a Comedy Central show that I really loved growing up.

[Morgan]

I think I know who it is, but keep talking.

[Mike D]

And they were both. They had. They have, like, a show. Podcast, too, and they were working next to us.

[Morgan]

Oh, yeah. No, all, like, especially two of them. Is that. That kind of looks like Weird Al? Is that not Weird Al? Looks like him.

[Mike D]

That's Blake Anderson. That's who I got a selfie with before we left. Like, I didn't take many pictures while we were there because we were working, but that was, like, the last day we were leaving. He was leaving at the same time as I. Hey, man, can I get a selfie with you? Yeah, man. Very chill.

[Morgan]

He seems super chill. And then the other two, Adam Devine and Anders Homer in a whole bunch of movies.

[Mike D]

Yeah. Adam Devine is probably the most famous out of all them. Like, he was getting recognized the most people yelling at him. He was also. They were also all at the Post Malone show, and he got recognized, too, and they were yelling at him.

[Morgan]

Okay, that's cool. It was just, like, a celebrity week. Were you just, like, high on life?

[Mike D]

Yeah, I just love spotting celebrities. And the last one was I saw Keegan Michael Key from Key and Peele.

[Morgan]

Oh, yeah. Okay. I'm looking him up just to put a face to the name.

[Mike D]

And I just saw him walking around, and I was like, oh, that's. That's Key from Key and Peele.

[Morgan]

Oh, my gosh. Yeah. It's so funny because, like, you say their names and you're like, there's no way I know, like, who these people are. And then you look them up, you're like, I've seen them in so much stuff.

[Mike D]

Yeah, yeah.

[Morgan]

He's been in a lot, too. He's a major actor.

[Mike D]

Big voice actor, too. Any animated movie comes out, he's in.

[Morgan]

It, and he's funny. Was he, like, really outgoing in person, or would they seem more chill?

[Mike D]

When I saw him, he was, like, going to the bathroom.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Mike D]

So I was like, I can't judge him on that.

[Morgan]

That's awesome. So many stories to share. And, yeah, you're never going to be able to top that for an NFL game. Unless maybe the. You know, the Dallas Cowboys are in the super bowl and you go that.

[Mike D]

Would be the only difference. And after going to a Super Bowl, I have to imagine how nerve wracking it is for your team to be in it. Because it was a low pressure game for me because I didn't really care. Being a Cowboys fan. I'm not an Eagles fan, but I almost enjoyed their fans there more than the Chiefs fans because there was like a. When we were there, there were 70% Eagles fans. It was, it felt like a Philly home game when you were in there. And I kind of respected that a little bit. Even though now it sucks that they're in our division and it's like super bowl champs. But in that moment I was like, this is cool, like to see them cheering and like being so passionate. Like I could respect that.

[Morgan]

Okay, which was better, super bowl, this one or the Dallas Cowboys where you went with the whole Jerry Jones, you were there at the stadium, that whole situation.

[Mike D]

Yeah. Nothing is going to top the Dallas Cowboys day. That is the best. Like, that is something that can never be replicated. Like, I could go to another super bowl and pay a massive amount of money to get in, but that day cannot happen like that again. Like flying to the game and Jerry Jones helicopter. Like, that's not going to happen again.

[Morgan]

That's so true. I wonder though, because listen, those are like two top tier events. I don't know how you choose, but I'm also not like, you're a die hard Dallas Cowboys fan. Die hard Texas Longhorn fan. I like K State, you know, I'm not like the end of the world for him. So it's a different, probably perspective for you. That's why I was so curious between the two.

[Mike D]

Yeah, my top three sporting events. Number one will always be that Dallas Cowboys game where we went because we also got to interview Jerry Jones before the game, got out on the field and then we won the game. So it's like everything went right. That could never happen again. Like we could go again and we could lose. But that was perfect. Number two is this super bowl we just went to. And then I think number three would be probably the last Texas Longhorns game I went to because we also got to go down on the field and my wife got to be a part of that. And that's like the one time, like she gets to experience the cool part of like my job and my connections. She's like, okay, this is cool now.

[Morgan]

Just that one time though, like all.

[Mike D]

This other time when you're all stressed out and working too much, that's not cool. But that, that's cool.

[Morgan]

This one off, six hour moment. Okay. We're going to take a quick break and come back. And speaking of your wife, we're going to talk about some life updates.

[Mike D]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

All right, Mike, talk to me about life. How are things going? What's happening with you?

[Mike D]

I'm having a big decision with my teeth right now.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Mike D]

I am at the stage where braces could have come off by now. And the plan was for me to get a dental implant. And the whole reason it's taken so long is because we've been trying to make space on a side of my mouth that has two gaps. Whenever they first took out my teeth, they took out my wisdom teeth and they took out some other teeth that were like cramped in there. And we've been trying to make space to put an implant in. And then I went to another specialist to get like a consultation for it and it freaked me out.

[Morgan]

Why? What happened?

[Mike D]

Because I initially thought it was a two step process where they essentially put in like this holder into your mouth that takes a while to heal from and then they actually screw in the implant.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Mike D]

And then I went to this specialist and they told me that I guess since those other teeth had been out so long that the bone had like evaporated or diminished or something and I would have to do a bone graft to kind of repair that. And the entire process with everything was going to take like 18 months. But that bone graft sounded gnarly.

[Morgan]

So when you say bone graft, are they like basically rent in a way, rebuilding the bone?

[Mike D]

Yeah, because I guess there's like some bone above your teeth where if you were getting an implant, they would be able to, I guess drill into.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Mike D]

To put the little like hole. I don't know exactly what it's called, but essentially it's like this holder thing that they can screw the implant into. But since I've had that missing tooth for so long that is kind of not there anymore. So they need that foundation to put it into you.

[Morgan]

So it's kind of like just gum, right?

[Mike D]

Yeah. And that sounds like the worst process out of all of them because I would be down recovering for about two weeks post that.

[Morgan]

Meaning, like couldn't eat hard foods. You had to like eat certain foods. You had like pain in your mouth.

[Mike D]

A lot of pain. Probably couldn't speak very well. And I mean in the two weeks is like just like generous. I could feel, I feel like it could be longer. And there's not a guarantee that once I get that done that it's going to take. So they could put it in there and then be like, well, we actually can't even get the next part we need into.

[Morgan]

So how, how big of a possibility that it does work?

[Mike D]

I, I think it was more on the side that it would work, but they didn't really tell me so much about what happens if it doesn't got it. So that part seemed like the most daunting to me.

[Morgan]

And understandable too because nobody even likes going for a dental cleaning. And that's nothing against like dentist hygienists and dentists themselves, but I have no.

[Mike D]

Problem with the actual like process, like once I'm there of them digging and prying, like I don't have. I'm not freaked out by the dentist. It wasn't that. I think for me it's the recovery part of like how long it's going to put me down and how much it's going to affect like my day to day life for that long. And I know there's like this big bigger picture you look at of like, yeah, you're in discomfort for this amount of time. It takes over a year to do, but it's like the lifelong benefits of it. So I tried to outweigh that because a lot of times whenever I get faced with somebody telling me something like that, my immediate reaction is like, I don't want to do it. And I kind of recognize that. And knowing like, okay, this might be me shutting down, being freaked out by something new. Let me give myself a second to think about it. And I did think about it for a week before I had my following orthodontist appointment. And I was like, I just don't think that's the step I want to take. And I even asked them in that first consultation of like, is this gonna affect at all, like any health thing? Like, if me not putting a tooth in, is it like, is it gonna affect me in like a negative way? And pretty much he said that it's just like a cosmetic thing. Yeah, like it's not going to affect the way that I eat or speak by not having that is more cosmetic than anything. And I think that was my main concern of like, if it's not going to affect like my teeth down the line of not having one, then I don't, it's not the biggest deal to me. But luckily after that I went back to my orthodontist and we kind of developed a new plan with my current dentist of instead of doing the implant, I'm going To get a bridge, which I hadn't heard about.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Mike D]

Which sounds. It's a lot less invasive. Essentially, I could get it done in about two appointments where they. So I have the missing tooth, and what they do is they file down the two teeth around it, and then they put. Essentially, it is like this bridge thing that it's like, to almost like they look like little teeth caps. And they put under one, put under the other one, and then the fake tooth goes in the middle of that.

[Morgan]

Interesting. And where does the bridge sit? Like, on the roof of your mouth, kind of.

[Mike D]

It's like, on the teeth. Yeah. So they file down the teeth and put it, like, right over it. So it's almost like, I guess, to put it, like, in where you could kind of see, like. Kind of like if you're putting dentures on. But it's on there permanently, so it.

[Morgan]

Wouldn'T fall out easily.

[Mike D]

No, it's, like, in there. Once it's in there, they told me it would last if I take care of it, 10 years.

[Morgan]

And then you just have to get a new one.

[Mike D]

Yeah. He said, essentially, it's not that it. It's ten years and done. It's. That's like the shelf life they put on it. Like, if you Google it, it'll last 10 years. But if you are good about flossing and cleaning it, it can last you a lot longer. It's kind of like veneers.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Mike D]

Because veneers, I think they. If you Google that, they last, like, 10 years before you have to get them replaced. So it's kind of that same thing of, like, when you would get like, a. Like a molar put in or something. So that sounded a lot better to me. And I think the reason that some people choose one or the other is because some people don't like the idea of having, like, their teeth filed down, which I think they had to file it down like, a millimeter, which is not a big deal to me.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Mike D]

So I was like, that just sounds like a lot easier to do and a lot easier to recover from.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Mike D]

And I think overall, I'm like, that's. Yeah. If it's not going to really affect my mouth health. And I think that's the way I'm gonna go.

[Morgan]

Yeah. And it gives you the bigger picture long term. Right. What you wanted out of all this was you wanted to have, like, the smile that you loved. And it gives you that because you already have most of it. This is this the last missing piece. So it'll still give you the thing that you want without doing a pretty invasive surgery that may not end up working. So I feel like you feel good about that answer based on just talking it out.

[Mike D]

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Because the other thing was apparently the, the spa, like they're trying to like create some symmetry of like my left tooth and my right side tooth. And the tooth on my left side would not match the implant they would put on my right side because the space isn't as big. So they're like, it won't look completely right because I think it's like maybe 2 millimeters smaller. I'm like, that's even weirder. If I get another two, then it's like not the same size, which I don't care that much about. But that's also why I had to keep the braces on a little bit longer to make a little bit more space for. Even with the bridge they're going to put in.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Mike D]

So like, those are little details also. When you speak to orthodontists and dentists, they're perfectionists, which that's their job. Like they're going to want it to look like as pristine as possible, as lined up as. As can be. And I think for me, coming from having as crooked of teeth that I did have, I've already come like where I want to be and I'm like, I don't need it to be perfect. There are imperfections in the teeth that are going to be there. I'm not looking for like a million dollar smile. I just want to feel more comfortable.

[Morgan]

Yeah. And I feel like you're in a place with that. And I think this answer will give you that without making you uncomfortable in the long term because you could end up doing it to your point. You could end up doing it. They could put the, the random tooth in there and then you're like, what have I done?

[Mike D]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

You know, and you don't want to be in that position either of go, yeah.

[Mike D]

Going that far and being like, this is stuck in there.

[Morgan]

Yeah. I can't take that back.

[Mike D]

Yeah. I just feel like at one, at some point in that process, I would regret it and it would be too much because you could take 18 months and there's three times that I would have to be put under for an hour. Yeah. That's a lot for, for a cosmetic thing. It just seemed like, like I'm not in. I don't think I need to do that to myself.

[Morgan]

No. And honestly, your teeth look great, Mike. Like you, we always notice our imperfections so much More emphasized than everybody else. And until you ever talk to me about this, I never would have noticed personally. But maybe that's also because you haven't been comfortable enough to smile. You know, I don't know how much you smile in pictures. Do you soft smile more than you regular smile?

[Mike D]

I think in the last maybe year or so, I smile more with like full teeth just because they are the straightest they've ever been. And I think it has been that one side that I notice where I am missing that tooth that I try to like, not angle myself towards that. And when I do, I'm like, I post on that one.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Mike D]

And even like when my wife and I take pictures, I'm like, you be on this side.

[Morgan]

It's understandable. But, you know, everybody also has a good left or right side, so that's a lifelong thing too.

[Mike D]

Yeah. So that's. Yeah, I think everybody has that to some extent.

[Morgan]

Well, I'm happy you have answers. I'm sad for you that you kind of had to make a hard decision. Because honestly, if there's especially anything I've learned in the past month with all of my vertigo stuff, like health stuff sucks, and when they come at you and give you like, these are your options and none of the options are super great or what you wanted to hear.

[Mike D]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

You just. It hurts everything in you be, especially something that, like, whether you're going to be faced with it for the rest of your life, whether you're something that you're not getting answers in the way that you really planned for, for the way that your lifestyle is, however it may go, that's frustrating. That's a frustrating experience and you can't do much about it. You feel very out of body, out of control, and you just have to like, kind of prepare yourself for the best case scenario that you feel comfortable with. And that's not fun. Like being an adult sucks. You know what I mean? And this is one of those moments for you. But you sound happy about it. At least what you came with. Your dentist versus the other option.

[Mike D]

Yeah, I feel good now that there's a plan. I guess there's not like a full timeline of when it's all gonna happen, but now that I know it's not gonna be another 18 months of that, I feel a lot better about it.

[Morgan]

Good. I'm. I'm happy for you. I can't wait to see the finished product after all this happens. I bet you're not even going to be able to tell. That would be my guess.

[Mike D]

Yeah. I think so like, the more I look at it, I don't feel it's as noticeable to other people. And like the way like my teeth and everything they've been trying to fix, I think by the end of it it's going to be good.

[Morgan]

Just remember I told you though, when you take off your braces for the first time after so long, you may feel a little traumatized.

[Mike D]

Well, I did have them off for like a month in between, like my old ones and my new ones and that was wild. I just kept like feeling my teeth with my tongue. I'm like, this feels weird.

[Morgan]

Uh huh. It's like you have to get used to a new person almost because you're so used to having this kind of fixture accessory and then you take it away. You're like, who am I? It's like if somebody wears glasses all the time and all of a sudden they stop wearing glasses, it's a different person.

[Mike D]

And there's also like things I haven't been able to eat. Like I can't eat apples right now. Like there's a lot of like crunchy foods I can't eat.

[Morgan]

Have. Has that always been the case or just right now?

[Mike D]

No, like the whole time I've had them is because if I, if I bite into something crunchy, it could pop a bracket. So there's a lot of foods that I've not had. And I'm waiting, like I can't eat any kind of almonds or cashews, which I love.

[Morgan]

Oh my D. I'm pretty sure when I advertise I ate all that.

[Mike D]

Really positive.

[Morgan]

I did not listen very well. You're doing great. You're, you're abiding by the rules.

[Mike D]

I'm an adult. I like, I'm following all the rules because I don't want to mess anything up or delay it any longer.

[Morgan]

I was going to say I was in high school, so you know, I was just like, you don't care as much. The rules don't apply to you.

[Mike D]

The wild part is with adult braces, whenever. Last time I called to make my appointment to see that specialist, they thought I was a teenager. They were asking me these questions. They're like, yeah, you could probably ask your parents and check with your insurance. I'm like, I think I have that with my job, not with my parents. They're like, oh, date of birth. I was like, they're like, oh, okay.

[Morgan]

They probably should have asked the date of birth first to know what they were doing.

[Mike D]

A lot more sense, I think that is a frustrating part with any kind of calling a medical office, which I know they're just doing their job, is. It feels so impersonal at times that they're just like trying to like get you. And I'm like, man, I'm a human.

[Morgan]

Here it is, dude. Mike. I, I feel that on such a level though. I, I have a lot of health stuff going on right now and I'm trying to get a lot of stuff established. Like with the primary care, which I haven't had one. I know that's not great, but I've had horrible experiences with like primary care doctors who like all they want to do is like send you to test and you pay like fifteen hundred dollars out of pocket. You're like, what, what was that for? What are we, what am I doing? And so I never had one. And now with all the health stuff that I'm having, I've had to get like established because I'm trying to get sent to different specialists and see things. I. I had a full blown minty bee yesterday, Mike. I broke down for a solid 20 minutes where I was like, I am alone. I have zero help. I have to figure this out. There is no, like, there's no, there's nobody I can fall on to fix this. I just have to figure this out. And it was like everywhere I turned I was just hitting walls and I wasn't getting answers that I needed. And I full, like just full on was like, I'm done. You know, I'm. I really don't want to be an adult right now. I would like to do none of this anymore. And I like freaked out. And it's because they make it so difficult mental, but all of the different structures of medical, they make it so difficult to get the help that you need. And I know that's not like any of the doctors are side. It's like the insurance in the.

[Mike D]

Oh yeah. Is the worst.

[Morgan]

Oh, it's horrible. And I don't understand it. You could give me like a whole list and I'm still confused by it. I'm like, what does that mean? So this is a network, but it doesn't work. What make that make sense to me. And then we have an insurance that even isn't in our state. So how does that work? It's just all those kind of things. So I had that full blown adult breakdown. And then on top of that, my house is also falling apart.

[Mike D]

Falling apart.

[Morgan]

Well, my car, we learned my car died, right? I had to replace the battery. My wifi Stopped working. Had to replace my whole WI fi system. I. Last night, 3:00 in the morning, my smoke alarm starts going off. I'm like, what the. Are you kidding me right now? Wouldn't stop beeping. I replaced it. I'm up on a ladder, still dizzy, and this is not good for anybody good. And I'm like, okay, I'm going to pass out and I'm, you know, nobody's going to find me for like three days. And I'm up here trying to change it. The battery is still won't stop beeping, so I'm pretty sure I need to replace the whole smoke system. Whatever. I literally ended up like turning off half my breaker last night. I was like, I'm going to bed. I'm not dealing with this right now. That's my life this week.

[Mike D]

How do you deal with a mental breakdown? Because I've been there. Like, when you feel so overwhelmed, life is just kind of like piling up on you. What has been your like, go to? Like, I just need to take a break, a reset.

[Morgan]

I kind of just have to force myself to sit in it honestly, for that's like my first step. I just have to allow myself to feel whatever's happening because if I don't, it's just gonna flood out in different ways or I'm gonna take it out on somebody. And that's not fair to anybody else. Like, I could take it out on the poor UPS guy that comes to my house. You know what I mean? So I'll sit with it for however long I need to. Like yesterday after it happened, I sat on my couch for just like two hours and like, mindless scrolled. I couldn't focus on anything else. I wasn't even trying to touch my work. So I'm just going to. This is not going to end up well as far as me doing the best work that I can do. So I literally just sat there for. For two hours and then I had another appointment. And I was like, okay, deep breath. We just have to. We have to do this appointment and we'll come back and take another break. And just as. As much as I need to, I take breaks until I finally feel like I've caught my breath. Because the mental breakdown feels like is where you. You like, the breath gets taken from you in a way. And so I have to do things that will like, help me catch my breath, but I have to do it intermittently. It's not like I can do it all again at once. I have to do a little Bit at a time and I'll take another break a little bit at a time. But then it like set me back because, you know, I didn't go to bed till like 1am last night because I was taking so many breaks because my brain couldn't comprehend all the stuff that was happening. So it was like, that helps. And then now today, after I plan to like go for a long walk, try and reset in that way.

[Mike D]

Walks are good.

[Morgan]

Yeah, walks help. And I'd love to go work out. That's always typically my way. But I can't work out. I haven't been able to work out for a month, which is also not helping my mental or physical health. So normally I would go for a walk and then I'd go work out and I'd have like a really good reset. But I can't do that right now. So typically, how do you handle a mental breakdown?

[Mike D]

I'd say like full on mental breakdown. Like I've had panic attacks before. Breathing always helps. As basic as it sounds, just like breathe, take a minute, whatever you're worrying about, just try not to think about it for a few minutes and just breathe. I think that always helps. Um, I can't run when I'm having a mental breakdown because I'm full on like about a lose mode. So that's why I walk. Like if I'm walking like that means like it's because like running is how I like keep my mental health in check and like I take a break from everything that's like just normal. But if I'm having a mental breakout breakdown, I can't run because if I go run I'm like, I'll like start crying. Yeah, I'm at that point. So I'll like. If I'm walking, that means I'm going through it. And then a hot shower is like my go to saving right now. Like some maybe because it's been like cold lately. But if you get in the shower, it's like super hot, like steamy. I feel like that kind of resets me. It's almost like to me like taking an Advil. Like if I have like a, like I feel mental breakdowns or even like when I get like into a depressive state, I get like this weird headache where it feels like there's something like just over my head where it's not like a real headache, like I need to take some kind of medication, but I feel that in that moment I'll get in the shower and it kind of like lifts it away a little. Bit. So that's like my. My natural Advil to go take a hot shower.

[Morgan]

That's good. I do. Listen, I do love a good cry in the shower. Do you ever cry in the shower?

[Mike D]

I've never cried in the shower.

[Morgan]

You never had, like, your movie moment when you just sit there and you're like, huh, I'm in a movie, I'm crying?

[Mike D]

Not recently, maybe sometime, but I can't recall a time like crying in the shower. I feel like that's my happy place. Like, I don't. Like, nothing can affect you in the shower because there's. There's nothing there. There's no technology. Time doesn't exist there. So I don't. I don't really want to associate crying in the shower.

[Morgan]

I. That's fair. You shouldn't take away your happy place and change it with something else. But I will tell you, a good cry in the shower is very. It's like, cleansing. It's almost like you feel like the cry, the cry didn't happen because you went in and cried and it got washed away.

[Mike D]

I used to like a beer in the shower. Is that the same thing?

[Morgan]

We can roll with that. I think a beer shower is great. Different experiences, but, yeah, I think it's also great. It also doesn't count. You know, beer in the shower, it's cleaned away from the body.

[Mike D]

You spill any, it just goes down. A beer tastes better in the shower.

[Morgan]

It does. You're not wrong. Okay, we're gonna take one more quick break, and we'll be right back to talk about some more fun kind of random topics. All right, Mike, we're gonna talk movies and TV shows.

[Mike D]

Okay?

[Morgan]

Because you are a movie guy, what movie scene traumatized you for life? Now, I have two of these that come to mind. So I'll let you, like, think on something.

[Mike D]

I have mine.

[Morgan]

You have it?

[Mike D]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Okay, then roll with it.

[Mike D]

Mine was Signs. I saw it in theaters. It's the M. Night Shyamalan alien movie.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Mike D]

And the scene whenever the alien first appears on screen and walks across traumatized me. That was one of the scariest moments I've ever experienced in theaters.

[Morgan]

Okay, because it was an alien or.

[Mike D]

Because of all the tension leading up to it. That movie doesn't show the aliens that much. It builds up the suspense in your mind. And again, this was, like, early 2000s, and there was just this moment where the entire theater gasped because it's the first time you get a glimpse of the alien. It's on this, like, shaky found footage. And then you just see it walk across. If you watch it now, you're like, man, those graphics look a little suspect. But at the time, that was the most terrifying thing that freaked me out for so long. And I remember leaving the theater that day. I was with, like, my cousins and my brother, and I had to ride in the back of a truck to get back, and I was just terrified. And that stayed with me forever. And that scene still freaks me out.

[Morgan]

Oh, yeah, that's. That's a really good one. I don't even know that I can recall that movie. Most of the scary movies that everybody made me watch when I was younger, I've definitely blocked out in my brain. I'm not a. I'm not a horror movie person. I'm too traumatized. I am a baby.

[Mike D]

I am a horror movie person. I've been chasing that same feeling ever.

[Morgan]

Since you went, like, opposite direction. I went like, I'm going to hide in a hole.

[Mike D]

I'm like, I got to get that jump scare moment again. But, yeah, it still traumatizes me.

[Morgan]

Okay, the one for mine is From Final Destination 3. Did you watch that movie?

[Mike D]

Yeah, I've seen most of them. I think they're making another one.

[Morgan]

Oh, God. Yeah. I'll never touch those again. I'm pretty sure vinyl doesn't. Nation 3 is the only one I saw. I never saw any of the 12 or anything after. But there's a tanning bed scene, and she dies in the tanning bed. And at the time of this movie coming out, I was going in tanning beds all the time. That was, like, the cool thing to do. And obviously, you know, horrible. Never do that. It's bad for you. But at the time, I was. And I remember this movie happening, and that was like, what cured me from going to tanning beds. I stopped going because I was like, you can die in these things. And of course, it's like the most exaggerated. It's like most extreme scenario, but it's still a possibility. And as soon as I saw on a screen, no chance. So I have not touched a tanning bed since that movie came out.

[Mike D]

I have another one from Final Destination. I don't know if it's the same movie, but it's whenever there's a. Like, a semi in front. No.

[Morgan]

Yes, I know you're talking about. Go ahead. Sorry.

[Mike D]

And the log, like, comes through, then kills him like, every time I'm on the highway. And it doesn't even have to be like, a semi like that. But anyway, thing hauling something that I Feel could fall off. I'm like, I'm getting out of this lane.

[Morgan]

I'm the same exact way.

[Mike D]

I reference that scene every time because I'm like, is it happening to me?

[Morgan]

It's true. Not even just log. It's like, to your point, like anything when it's hauling, but especially if I ever see anything just like cylinder, like the log, like if it's metal, if it's pipes, anything of that nature, I'm out.

[Mike D]

I'm not in that lane because of that movie.

[Morgan]

I had. I did have like kind of a freak out moment when we had our snow. You know how people get the snow on top of their car and they don't like wipe it off the ice missiles? Yeah. It won. Hit me. I panicked. Like, you should see me swerve. Like, I didn't know what to do. It was like an out of body experience. It hit me and I was like Mario Kart.

[Mike D]

Like.

[Morgan]

And I tried to swerve. Obviously I didn't because I didn't know where it was coming from. It was terrifying. I'm really thankful that it didn't do any damage to like my windshield or worse. But those things are scary. Like, why don't people get rid of those?

[Mike D]

I guess too lazy to dust off the car.

[Morgan]

I mean, I get it, it's freezing out, like the whole thing, but man, once you've seen or experienced one of those as you call, ice missiles, I will never, like, make sure my car has snow. It's gone from anything that was traumatizing.

[Mike D]

Yeah, you got to dust them off.

[Morgan]

It was so very final destination moment that I also did not realize was going to be connected to that. Okay, what is the biggest lie that you believed because of a TV show?

[Mike D]

Mmm, good question.

[Morgan]

And I can go first?

[Mike D]

Yeah. Let me think about it.

[Morgan]

So for. And it could be a movie too. Not just, not just a TV show. But the thing that inspired this, and I hadn't really thought of it, was there was a meme. And it was like friends taught me that people go and have breakfast before work all the time. And that's not true at all. Totally true. I have never known anybody in my life who has breakfast before they go to work with their friends, unless they actually all live together or something. So huge lie. That's what inspired this. But I actually thought flying monkeys existed because of wizard of Oz for a very long time.

[Mike D]

That it was a real creature.

[Morgan]

Yep. And the best part was, like, I was even. I even played a flying monkey in like a play of wizard of Oz. I thought they were real. I thought these things were real for decades. I think it was in my, like, middle 20s where I finally realized I. That, okay, those aren't real. The flying monkey is not a thing. I just thought for some way, like somewhere out there in the universe there was a flying monkey. And that was where was Revocus got inspired from. But sure enough, there are no. There are some. Obviously they jump and stuff, but they do not fly.

[Mike D]

I feel like it could be like some science experiment that somebody made of, like trying to cross breed two animals and there's some kind of flying monkey.

[Morgan]

Listen, if we get the flying monkeys from wizard of Oz, we should all be in bunkers at that point.

[Mike D]

They're terrifying too.

[Morgan]

They are. And they are mean. What about you? Did you come up with a.

[Mike D]

For me? In, like, movies, I always thought it was a real thing that police could just take anybody's car. Oh, and like, I'm police officer. I need your vehicle. That happens so much. And you can't really do that.

[Morgan]

Do we know that? That's for sure. They can't do that.

[Mike D]

You can't do that. You can't just go and like, take somebody's car because you're chasing somebody. There's so much liability there.

[Morgan]

That is true. I guess I thought that they could do. I didn't even think twice about it. Those. The FBI police, like CIA shows definitely have given me a version of all of those types of government, like, programs. And I don't think any of them are accurate. If I ever meet any of them in real life, I'm gonna have a whole lot of questions like, do you guys do this or be like, no, this is not real.

[Mike D]

It's all tv.

[Morgan]

It is. All right, dumb debate. How do you like your water? Cold or room temperature?

[Mike D]

I am pretty much a room temp guy.

[Morgan]

Okay? I. I had this hard. I was on a date with a guy, and for some reason, he really wanted, like, super cold water. And I was like, that hurts my teeth. Why? What? That's weird. And he was like, really? I thought it's weird to get room tem. So you're also a room temp person?

[Mike D]

Yeah, like, I'll have my. My water bottle and it'll be cold, but by the time I drink it, it's room temp. Cause I don't really like cold. Like, especially with ice. Like, I'll never drink ice water.

[Morgan]

Yeah. I guess the only times I drink ice water are at a restaurant mostly because I just don't want to be the person who, like, asks for water.

[Mike D]

Without ice, I feel like for the most part, I get Even at restaurants, I get just straight up water.

[Morgan]

Some of them have definitely, like, moved over to just water with no ice. But there's still some places that do ice water. Chain restaurants.

[Mike D]

That's it, you know, old school.

[Morgan]

They're still in the same. They sell their little ice buckets and stuff. I do love Sonic ice, though. But beyond that, I really. I don't like, like, the chunks of ice. I've also been on dates, too, where I'll take a drink of water, and they do have ice in it. I'll like, get a cube, and I'm like, I am stuck here. How to either swallow this hole or spit it back out. There's no in between. And I have done both. And it has not been a good experience.

[Mike D]

Yeah. In general, I'm just not an ice person. Unless it's iced coffee.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Mike D]

Aside from that, like, I don't put ice in anything.

[Morgan]

And when you drink iced coffee, I'm assuming you're drinking out of a straw too. So you're not really, like, dealing with the cubes.

[Mike D]

Yeah, I don't have the teeth or the ice hitting my teeth.

[Morgan]

Okay, I'm with you. We are room temp. I'm curious any of the cold water drinkers out there, because you might be.

[Mike D]

A little crazy, but I also, like, chug water. Like, I'll just chug, like, a 24, like, glass of water. And you can't really chug ice water or cold water.

[Morgan]

That is true. I wish I could chug water. I wish I was better. I'm trying so hard, especially with everything that I have going on. I am trying my dangest to drink so much water, and I am not doing great at it. And that's me, like, actively trying.

[Mike D]

I've had to, like. I purposely drink a lot of water. I'm to the point where I drink a gallon a day without, like, trying to. Just because I have to like to run as much as I do. I have to keep my body hydrated.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Mike D]

So, like, I'm always just craving water. Problem is you pee a lot, which sucks. But I find drinking room temp water helps with it because you can just chug it. I used to be able to, like, chug a beer really fast too.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Mike D]

I could chug.

[Morgan]

You just transferred it from the beer to the water.

[Mike D]

Like, I took what I learned about downing beers to drinking water now.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Mike D]

That used to be my party trick of, like, how fast I could Chug a beer. Like, not shotgunning it, like, straight up. I could beat people who were shotgunning it by drinking it normally.

[Morgan]

Do you think you still could?

[Mike D]

Probably not.

[Morgan]

Yeah. And you think it's transferred too much?

[Mike D]

I feel like the. I don't drink a whole lot of carbonated stuff, so I feel like the bubbles would get me now. Yeah, because that's really what you got to fight through. Like, when you're. Whenever you open up your throat to get the beer down, it's the bubbles that, like.

[Morgan]

Beer logic with Mike T. Yeah, it's.

[Mike D]

The bubbles that get you. But you have to, like, open up your throat a little bit to just, like, pour it into a hole and not think about it.

[Morgan]

Mikey. I can't even open my throat to take supplements. You should see me take it. I'm like, oh, God, I'm joking. I can't even do that, like, let alone with water or alcohol. I am like, if you ever see me taking supplements, sometimes I have to, like, lean my head back and, like, pretend like I'm, like, shoving it back in there because for. Something in my brain stops working. It's like my brain's like, we're not going to swallow today. So apparently that's how I am with water and supplements. And then you're over here guzzling. I need your. I need your techniques. All right, last one. Are you the type of person who will pay for parking if it keeps you close to something? Or are you the type of person who parks far away because it's either free or super inexpensive, but you have to walk a long way?

[Mike D]

I am all down for parking as far as possible to get the cheapest price. Like, here. When we go to concerts in Nashville, we will park as far as possible. It's like a mile walk at that point. But the parking is, like, $20 less. I am all about that. I hate paying for parking. It's such a waste.

[Morgan]

Gosh, it is. I am 100% in agreement with, like, pay. I hate paying for parking. It is my, like. And everywhere you go in Nashville, sometimes I will not go. If somebody invites me to something, if I know I'm going to have to pay to park, I'll be like, sorry, this is just not for me today. But I have gotten to a place where I've started to pay for parking up close. You know why? It's because by the time something will end, I'm like, I don't. I don't want to walk that far now. Like, the walk to it was fine, and I Didn't care because you're like going to it, you're excited, then you leave, you're like, I don't want to walk a mile. This is horrible. And then you're like, stop. It's just, I've had so many horrible experiences walking mile because I just decided to like, you know, not pay the $20 or whatever. And I was like, I can't do it anymore. Something, some, a switch turned in my brain and now I'm like, I'm just paying for it. Some days I hate myself for that.

[Mike D]

But yeah, even at the mall they have like that VIP parking.

[Morgan]

Oh yeah. That I won't do.

[Mike D]

I'm like, I'm not paying to park at the mall.

[Morgan]

Yeah, no, no, no. Those I won't do. But like, anytime I go to downtown stuff or I go to a place where I just know there's probably much of paid parking around and there's like, you can either find street parking or paid parking. I just, I get so frustrated and I lose a lot of patience. So I'm like, I'm just gonna pay to park. This is gonna be. But there has been, there have been times where I have like been like, I'm a pay to park and I go in there and It'll be like $40. I'm like, nevermind, I'm going back out. Yeah, like go find something new.

[Mike D]

Yeah, anything over 40. I'm like, I'm walking. I can't do it.

[Morgan]

It is true. I have a threshold. Depending on the scenario in the situation, one threshold is like $15 and the other threshold is 40, like depending on the event or situation. Like if I go on a date downtown, my, my threshold is $15. And you'd be surprised how many of them are like $30. So I do end up doing a lot of logging, but I don't like it.

[Mike D]

I think here in Nashville versus in another city. Like in another city, I'm more open to paying for parking. But it's something about being in the city you live in and then going to park there. Like, I was just parked at home. Why am I paying to park here now?

[Morgan]

Exactly. And for me though, I live, I live enough away from the city that an Uber each way costs about 15 or 20. So it's like here, this is where I start to justify it. I was like, if I'm going to pay whatever I would have paid to Uber, then I'm stuck in the same scenario now. I really also like to save money. I am relatively frugal, which many people May not know that about me, but I try to save money in a lot of ways. So I will try to like, do. I'm like, I'm saving $10 so that. That counts here. Or you know what I mean? Like, I'll do that, all that math in my head. But then there's. Sometimes I just get so exhausted, I'm like, just. Just pay the $30. It's just gonna happen. But it is. Everywhere pays for parking now. Everywhere. It's like you can't go anywhere without having to pay something at this point. And maybe that's just Nashville in our city, but I feel like it's becoming the thing. In most. Most cities, they're like paying for parking because it's easy. The thing that I should have got into for business was buying a freaking parking lot.

[Mike D]

I mean, it just generates money. No overhead.

[Morgan]

You do nothing.

[Mike D]

You have to maintain it.

[Morgan]

Heck, you don't even have to give people tickets. You can, you'll make more money, but like, you don't even have to. You know what I mean? That was the one business I should have got in on when I first moved to Nashville is buying a frickin parking. Parking lot. Parking garage. I don't know what that overhead cost is. Not that I had that money, but I should have.

[Mike D]

And then I hate the ones where you have to like, enter in your information. Like you have to go to a website and put in your. Your credit card. Like the ones that you can just walk in and it scans your. Your license plate. I'm like, okay, that's cool. At least I don't have to think about it.

[Morgan]

Yes. But those I have drama with. I always have to tell them I'm leaving. I'm like, I don't believe you that you're gonna make. You're going to upcharge me 10 more dollars. So I always like, go in the app. I'm like, I left. Leave it alone. Oh, man. Okay, well, we're going to jump out of here, Mike, tell the people where they can find you, hear you, all that good stuff.

[Mike D]

You can listen to my podcast, Movie Mike's Movie Podcast. New episodes every single Monday. Spoiler free. Movie reviews, interviews with actors and directors. And I rank a lot of movies and talk about a lot of movie history.

[Morgan]

I love that. And he's so great at movie stuff, which in part three, we're gonna head over. And one of the questions is for us to dissect Captain America. So we will be doing that. Go check that out. Part three this weekend. And you can follow me. Obgirlmorgan. You can follow my podcast, take this personally or check out the show stuff. We have lots of content on our YouTube page, obbyboneshow. All right, people, we'll see you later.

[Mike D]

Later. That's the best bits of the week with Morgan. Thanks for listening. Be sure to check out the other two parts this weekend. Go follow the show on all social platforms obbyboneshow. And follow @ webgirl Morgan to submit your listener questions for next week's episode.