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Bless Your 'Hardt - Back to School Shopping & Stealing Cigarettes
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Amy Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt Jr. are back in the Dirty Mo Studio for another episode of Bless Your ‘Hardt. On today’s show, Amy and Dale talk about back-to-school shopping for Isla and Nicole, and we reminisce about school supplies in the '80s and '90s. Then, Amy shares how Nicole managed to get gum stuck in her hair, Dale recalls a time as a teenager when he stole cigarettes, and tells us why he’s super into inspiring quotes now.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Hey, guys. Dale Jr. And I are back in the DirtyMomedia studios. Finally with Tim's It's Been a While for another episode of Bless yous Heart. We have a fun show for you today. Cussin betting and bubble tape. Let's get started.
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Amy Earnhardt
Cussing betting and bubble tape.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah.
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Tim
Hey, listen to this. All it needed was a new starter. Got a great deal on ebay. Did it myself.
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Amy Earnhardt
Yeah, that's cool.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
But how about the soft purr of an upgraded exhaust? When it fits just right for me.
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Amy Earnhardt
It'S the little things. Like these new windshield windshield wipers from ebay I installed.
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Tim
From small fixes to big upgrades, ebay has all the parts you need at prices you'll love. Guaranteed to fit every time. Ebay things people love Eligible items only exclusions apply.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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Amy Earnhardt
The following is a production of Dirty Mo Media.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Oh, yeah. This is the way it's going to be, girl. We're going to hang out, open a bunch of jars. You got big strong hands. Are you suffering from high cr?
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Amy Earnhardt
I'm working.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Working that mouth. Yeah. Tell us about all that cussing, Ralph.
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Amy Earnhardt
Cussing. All right, first off, we have the drink of the week.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yes, our drink of the week. This week I got from a gentleman off of Instagram. His name is Jared, and he sent me a recipe for something he drank at a racetrack. He said it was excellent. It's called the Orange Crush. So it's sponsored by hi Rock, of course. And you have 1/3 cup freshly squeezed orange juice, 2 ounces of high Rock Vodka, an ounce of orange triple sec. Sorry, Crushed ice, and then you chop it off with lemon lime soda. And it is supersonic.
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Amy Earnhardt
That's great. Yeah, pretty tasty. Visit highrockvodka.com if you want to score some of our vodka, which is winning awards all across the country. We just won double gold out west about a couple weeks ago. Visit highrock vodka.com It's a locator on the website to help you understand what liquor store near you has a bottle you can go grab. Or there are some states where High Rock Vodka can Shipped directly to you. So you know that that would be an option too through the website. So drink responsibly. And you must be 21 or over, of course. So all the cussing. One thing. So sometimes me and Amy, how we do this show is like this. There's a shared note in our iPhone and me and Amy live our life and when we see a moment that we think is funny, humorous, silly, stupid, whatever, we flag it and write it in that note and we just jot down like a quick reminder so that one of us, we don't really get too descriptive in the note so that we don't ruin the conversation that we could have live here on the show. And we want to get our genuine reactions to stuff. But sometimes I write stuff down on there that I don't even know how to work into the show. And last week there was a note on there. So we go to our beach house during the summer and we're, I, I, I feel, you know, feel super fortunate that we get the chance to go do that and can do that. And so, you know, we're, we're around coast of South Carolina. I raced at Myrtle Beach. I'm very familiar with that area and all of the surrounding areas like Monks Corner and Somerville and all that. So it's a really comfortable place for me. But we're down there in the summer and I'm now working in the summer broadcast and so I got a print some of my work, I got a printer that I took off of my bus and this printer says every time I try to print some documents. So I'll, when I print for my notes for the races, it's 15, 20 pages at times.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
It's full of stats and bullet points and different things about the drivers, the track, anything you might want to know.
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Amy Earnhardt
That's right. And so I'm always, you know, printing all kinds of things during the week that I'm getting from racing insights and so forth to prepare my notes and just information for the weekend. And so every single time. So if you got 15 or 17 pages to print, the, the down printer defaults to double side and it annoys the out of me because I keep forgetting to uncheck that and I print everything double side and I can't use it double side in the, in during the race broadcast.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Most people find the double sided print to be a perk. Right. Because like we don't want to waste that much paper.
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Amy Earnhardt
Yeah.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
And he doesn't, he needs it to be single page so he can just lay them all out flat and like shuffle them around. He's not stapling them at the corner and flipping back and forth. You know, that's right. So he's madder than a hornet every time he goes in there to print off his work.
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Amy Earnhardt
I mean, that's wasting paper.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
And now we've wasted paper.
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Amy Earnhardt
Defaulting the printer to double side is a clear issue. So all you printer people out there, Hewlett Packard and whatever, can we just not default to double side? I want to send that message out there. Maybe over the course of the next decade, we can shift away from that, that, that, that, that sort of setting and.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Because we just need to laminate some instructions for Dale to put in his office so that he can remember to unclick the box. It's kind of like when you remind me that you need to uncheck that box when you're buying something. So they don't send you emails constantly. You probably. That's what you have to do. Like you have to unclick the box before you learn.
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Amy Earnhardt
I'm learning. And one day I'll learn this way. I'll get adjusted to doing it this way. And then they'll wise up one day and change that setting and. And then I'll have to relearn the other way. Maybe it's just a real pain in the ass, but this, this leads to a conversation around for all the married relationship people out there. You don't have to be married. You can just be in a great relationship with your. With your girlfriend or your boyfriend. And people always say, like, man, if they do this, you got you a keeper. Or if they do this, they really love you. Or if they do this, you, you, you better hang on to that person. Well, one of the things that they need to do that should, should they should do every now and then they is let you rant. So, like, you know, you've, you, you've had, you know, something bothered you, you woke up on the wrong side of the bed, whatever. It's just been a crappy day. Or you just annoyed. It's been a great day. But you're just mood. The other day I was so freaking annoyed.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
He's sitting on the couch, though, not saying anything. But he's got this aura of pissed off around him, you know, And I can tell that he's really annoyed, but I'm trying to figure out, like, is this something he needs me to help him with or should I just wait for him to come to me with it? Because at some point it's coming Out, Right? Is it something I need to deal with? Or is that something that's really unrelated to all of us? Like, should I leave it alone? And finally, I'm just like, you know, you look like you're really annoyed. What's going on? And he goes, I'll tell you what's going on. And he stood up. He said it in a way that I thought maybe I was about to get it attacked, because I was like, oh, I don't know what I did, but maybe I did something wrong. I just don't understand. And he starts marching around the living room, just ranting and raving and throwing his hands around. And I'm like, this is almost entertaining. I know that he's needing to get all this steam off his chest. And he had legitimate reasons to be pissed off. He really did. It was like a pylon of stuff. But I was. I was kind of entertained.
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Amy Earnhardt
That felt so good.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
At one point, he's over there talking to the fish tank. Like, he's.
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Ralph
Wow, just talking.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Did you even realize you were doing that?
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Amy Earnhardt
So you know what I was. What I was frustrated with was nothing important, nothing serious, but it, you know, kind of you. You. You suppress all that stuff over time, and you feel like you can't complain because you don't have anything to complain about. You're in a good spot. Life's good, works good. And so you don't think you have the right to complain. So you don't. Right. You don't complain at work. You don't. You know, there's somebody that did some. Maybe that just some frivolous thing that you're like, God dang it, why'd you have to. You know, you don't put that there. That's not where that goes. You put it over here. We all know it stays here. This is where everybody else puts it. Why do you move it over here? And, you know, just. People have habits about themselves. They're just not the same as you. And you got us. You can't make us fuss or stink about things like that. And I had been piling up a bunch of stuff about things, you know, silly stuff like that. And I got home, and I was like, I'll tell you what the hell is pissing me off. And then I stopped and I said, are you sure I can do this?
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I'm like, yeah, go ahead.
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Amy Earnhardt
She's like, let her rip. And I was like, all right. I mean, this. Don't. Don't. You know, this is going to. You might stop me and go Dale, this is nothing to be mad about. Stop.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Well, there were so many opportunities to stop him, but he had another issue. Like, there was, like, another thing you wanted to talk about. So I felt like I just needed to let him go.
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Amy Earnhardt
It felt good.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
It was awesome. So it's hilarious because as soon as he was done, he's like, oh, I feel better. Thanks for that.
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Amy Earnhardt
I did. So, yeah, like, the next day was a better day. The next day was an even better day. Like yesterday, I had an incredible day. Like, one of the best days that I've had in a long time in an environment that's. It's usually really stressful and anxiety ridden for me. I was at a photo shoot and I was out of my element, and I was around a bunch of people that were. I was just feeling a little.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
He wasn't around like his typical racing community.
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Amy Earnhardt
I was feeling a little pressured to nail it. And, man, I went in there with a great attitude and kicked ass. But he left the house a little.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Mopey and he talked himself into having a good attitude as he was flying in. He's like, you know, I'm looking out the window and I see all these beaches. He's going down to Florida and he's like, it's so beautiful. And I realized all my problems are so stupid. I should just have a good day. I'm like, that's exactly right. Choose joy and have a good day. And he said he did.
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Amy Earnhardt
But everybody listen. If you're in a relationship, a really good one, this needs. It needs to be a good relationship, not a new one. Don't do this within with after, you know, 10 dates. But if you're in a good relationship, you should every. Every now and then, maybe once a month or so, just let your partner unload and just sit there and let it happen. That was one of the coolest things that Amy could have done for me in that moment. I don't know that, you know, she. She does all kinds of little, you know, gestures and acts of service and all these things all the time. But that was, like, low effort for her. All she had to do is sit there and listen. But, man, it was so helpful.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Well, we did learn that in therapy. So our therapist told us years ago. She said you always have to remember that if you need help to preface when you're talking to especially, she told me, men feel like they have to fix everything.
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Amy Earnhardt
That's right.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I find that to be ironic because I'm the one doing all the things, like, I need. I need your Help. But I only ask when I need your help. So, like, that was hard for me to learn, but I feel like I've learned that enough now to know that you're just venting and to let you vent. So, like, if you need help with something, a girl's. Listen up. Apparently you're supposed to say, hey, honey, I need your help. Can you listen to me? Or, hey, honey, I'm so annoyed. I need. Just need to vent. And then you can turn your ears down and not really listen and then just let the person go. But apparently that is a real tool that's actually helped us, which now we're not even doing. We're not prefacing it anymore. We kind of know better, but it took us a while.
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Amy Earnhardt
Dude, I'm telling me. Yeah, me and Amy had this awesome therapist named Jane, and. Incredible lady. Incredible. Like, I. Therapy. I've been in and out of therapy all my life and for different things, you know, and working on different stuff. And. And some of. Sometimes you. You'll go to a therapist and it just isn't working. And. And you're like, I just fix this myself, you know, and. Or it's just not a connection with that person. We had this great relationship with her. She came to our wedding. Like, she was one of the.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
She was more like a life coach. Yes. We had this awesome picture of us walking down the aisle, walking out, and she's standing right there.
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Amy Earnhardt
She was the reason why all that happened. Yeah. And so. But she told us. It's simple. You know, she told us a lot of awesome advice, but one of the. One of the. One of the ones we remember. So I would come, you know, I'm around Amy. We're together, you know, going through this relationship, and, you know, I would. I would start complaining about something, and she would be. Or she might start complaining about something that happened to her or that she's not happy with or. And it might not have anything to do with me. And I'm like, what do I need to do? Just tell me what to do. I'll fix it.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Like, on guard.
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Amy Earnhardt
Like.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
And uncomfortable.
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Amy Earnhardt
Yeah. And. Well, my reaction is to go, just give me the order of. What specifically is it? Is that I can do to fix this and erase all this stress or, you know, fix the whole problem. I'll fix it. Tell me what it is. But sometimes she didn't need me to do that. And sometimes she would tell me things just so she needs someone to hear it. And so she. We would. We would get in arguments when we're really, really. Like, we would.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Wait. This is going awry. Why are you getting frustrated?
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Amy Earnhardt
We get an argument, and I'm like, well, just tell me what to do to fix it. I can fix it for you.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
And she's like, shut up and listen.
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Amy Earnhardt
You know, and we would get into these little weird conversations that were going nowhere inspired, and then we'd get mad, be mad at each other.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
We're mad because we're mad at each.
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Amy Earnhardt
Other because we're mad. And then we're so stupid. And she's like, listen. She's like. She's like, before you. If you don't need Dale's help or if you don't need a help, you got to start with, I don't need you to fix anything. I just need to tell. I just need a vent. I don't need you to do anything. Like, because, you know, you'll have, like, Amy, Amy. Or I might. I might have a problem with somebody, right? And I'll be like, man, you know, this person pissed me off. Well, Amy's reaction is to go, I'll handle this. You know, they have pissed.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Not anymore. Back in the day, we've calmed down a little bit.
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Amy Earnhardt
Yeah, but, like, you know, well, I'll. Next time. Next time I see that person, I'll handle this. And so. But, you know, so you got to preface it like, I don't need you to do anything. You don't have to get involved. But I just wanted to tell you what happened, and I'm mad about it and help me. Help me understand how to get over it or get. Get through it. And so those little. That.
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Travis
That's.
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Amy Earnhardt
Those silly. That sounds. Silly. That sounds insignificant to say, hey, I need your help before you go into the dialogue about what you want to say. Right? Or, hey, I don't need your help. I just need to tell you it.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Changes the tone of the entire conversation.
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Amy Earnhardt
Because it let the person hearing it goes, all right, I can relax. She doesn't need me to fix anything. I'm just going to listen, and I'm just going to get. You know, I'm just going to hear it, hear it, and help her sort of, you know, be, you know, calm down or whatever. And so, yeah, that stuff was. That stuff was really helpful. But, man, if you're, like, having a stressful day and piling up, or you feel like it's piling up, like, if your partner can be like, here, man, just let it just. Just unload. You know, we're sitting here getting ready to have dinner and you're in the house or whatever, just sitting around on the couch. Just get up, march around for about 20 minutes, just cussing at everything that you're mad about and everybody.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
And, boy, you can also do this when you're alone. You know, it's not unallowed to talk to yourself just the same, especially if you live by yourself or whatever. If you're by yourself, you can do that too. It is very therapeutic just to, like, get it out of your body.
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Amy Earnhardt
So it's different for men, I think, because, like, in a race car, we have a button. We can talk to our crew. We can talk to the world. A guy cuts you off, you. You can say that ass. But it's not as good or it's doesn't feel. It doesn't feel. You don't feel the relief unless some. You mash the button and someone hears you say that. It doesn't care. I don't matter who hears it. Just someone needs to hear it. That asshole. It just cut me off. That guy. I'm gonna get him. If you say it without mashing the button, it's like it wasn't even said at all. And so while. Amy, I think you're right. You can march. I do. I march. You know, I cuss to myself or I hit my thumb or. Or something breaks and stub your toe.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
You know, I'm like, yeah, that's what I'm talking about. Like, I'll walk around just, like, not super loud, but, like, if I'm walking. Gus, sometimes I talk to myself louder than I probably should just to, like, get things off my chest. And as I'm saying them out loud, I realize how stupid it is to begin with. And then I feel better, and I don't think about it anymore.
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Amy Earnhardt
Well, I like saying I like getting out of my chest, but I need you to hear it.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
You just want the attention.
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Amy Earnhardt
I need your attention.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
That's what it comes down to.
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Amy Earnhardt
So back to school shopping. I know you've been doing a little bit of that.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah. So the girls are going back to school in a couple weeks, and Isla's got her list. And so I take the girls, while you're out of town, to Target to do her back to school shopping. And there's this, like, perfect little section in the back of the store. And so me and all the other moms with their kids are back there kind of, like, politely, just like, with our little list, like, going from the thing to the thing, because they're kind of this same, you know, like, you need the pencils, and then you need a pencil bag, and they're all just perfectly, like, right next to each other. So you kind of hit this spot, then you turn and you go to the next spot. And so you have to be kind of methodical about the way you're moving through here. But I've got Nicole in the cart because I just knew better than to let her free willy nilly.
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Amy Earnhardt
Oh, yeah, because there's all kinds of fun little kitty stuff.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah.
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Amy Earnhardt
Even the. Even the school supplies are very kitty and fun.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
And then Isla has her list, and I'm making her read off what she needs, and she's helping me pick out her things and put them in the cart. And so it just was nostalgic for me. There are so many cool things now. We had cool things growing up, too, and they've gotten kind of. I feel, like, more rigid about what you're allowed to have in school, just so it's not such a show and tell. But, yeah, we did have a little bit of leaning over the cart to grab at this and that. The other Isla's dead set on getting a new backpack, even though she has 30. And so, like, there was a lot of, like, excuse me. There was a lot of trying to wrangle their thoughts as we're trying to, like, get the things and get out. And, like, all the other moms were all chuckling at each other because the kids are all doing the same things, and they're all wanting these, like, shiny purple things. And it's like, nope, we have to have this red folder, and da, da, da, da. And so it was just, like, a fun learning experience, a fun moment for me. Last year, I got on Amazon and just ordered it all so I didn't have to go through this. And this year, I was like, you know what? I'm just going to Ida L. Is reading now. I'm gonna take her. I'm gonna make her pick it all out herself and make her read through the list. And I think that they both enjoyed it, and it was pretty fun. But the experience for me was honestly far less stressful than when I went as a kid with my sisters and my mom? I mean, she had three of us to do. But don't you remember, like, wanting to pick at the Trapper Keepers and, like, all that fun stuff and, like, what design you got? And everybody's digging through all the shelves and there's, like, a mess of stuff everywhere. It didn't look like that in the store anymore. What? Like, do you remember going Back to store shopping.
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Amy Earnhardt
Yeah. Yeah. It was like a chaos. Everything. Like, it was chaos, little things mixed in with other things. And.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
And I don't remember getting like a hard list from the school either. It's just like, get your school supplies.
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Amy Earnhardt
Yeah. I mean, but it was so much. I feel like that's because it was so basic back then. Like, you. You needed pencils, number two pencils, you needed erasers to go on them. And because the little tiny stubby eraser is going to break off or get ripped off, and you're going to get a spiral notebook, maybe a Trapper Keeper, the. The click open note, you know, binder. But otherwise it was very. I mean, there wasn't a whole lot of creativity in the school supplies back in my day.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
So I felt like there was in my day, like the 80s, the late 80s, early 90s. Like, I mean, you could have unicorns with rainbow, like all the fun. Like.
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Amy Earnhardt
Yeah, but I was older where I was in senior. I was in senior high, so we weren't doing rainbows.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
We had all kinds of random fun stuff.
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Amy Earnhardt
Like we weren't doing Excite Bites, Clicky.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Pins that had all the colors around the top that you click the color. You know what I mean?
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Ralph
I got one of those right now.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
You do?
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Ralph
Yeah.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Oh, you do. The one I had was white and it was really. It was honestly kind of fat.
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Amy Earnhardt
It was like, yes, I had.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
It's like there's all kinds of stuff like that. And it usually broke. And then you didn't have a pen.
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Amy Earnhardt
But you sit there and clicked it forever.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah. You were sitting there messing with it. So they've omitted the opportunity to have any of that phone stuff in your school box. Yeah. So. Really?
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Ralph
That sucks.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah, it kind of does suck.
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Amy Earnhardt
But I remember that pen that had all the colors in. In one pen, but I never really remember using anything. I remember just clicking it and having it and everybody having one. And we'd take it apart and then put it back together. And take it apart and put it together.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Why did we do that?
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Amy Earnhardt
I don't know.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
It was just too easy. It must have come apart pretty, pretty easy.
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Amy Earnhardt
I needed to like, modify my spring.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Did you stretch it out? I always stretch mine out too far and I couldn't get back it out.
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Amy Earnhardt
And then try to get it back. You're like, oh, man, now I gotta. Really got good spring in this thing now.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
And the only ink color that ever worked was the green one, which is the last color you wanted to use.
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Amy Earnhardt
Yeah.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
The blue and the black never Worked and the red just. You couldn't see it.
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Amy Earnhardt
Yeah, I remember white out.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Remember? Yeah.
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Amy Earnhardt
Remember, I used to.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I used to white out my fingernails.
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Amy Earnhardt
Really?
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah, in class.
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Amy Earnhardt
Oh, my gosh. Yeah, we. I remember white. I remember when white out, like, was not, you know, some. I'm sure it was invented way before, but I remember the first time I saw it, and I was like, holy crap. And then you can write on top of it. Yeah.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
You know, the original white out there, you had to get it on there really, really nice to be able to write on top of it. Otherwise, it was, like, chunky. And then you rip the paper.
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Amy Earnhardt
Yeah.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
When they had the tape, that was.
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Amy Earnhardt
Oh, the tape.
- [22:17]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
The tape was really good, but it clicked, too, so, like, it made a lot of noise.
- [22:21]
Amy Earnhardt
Well, that's okay.
- [22:23]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I mean, kind of. Sometimes I would get embarrassed making noise in class. I know that you didn't because you were the class clown, but I didn't want attention at school, and so I didn't. I didn't feel comfortable doing that kind of thing. But I remember playing with a white.
- [22:34]
Amy Earnhardt
I remember the number two pencils that had all the NFL teams. And so, you know, I always had to have the Washington pencil and Chargers, Chiefs. I remember all of those. Those are pretty cool.
- [22:50]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I don't have remember having any cool pencils. I just remember never having erasers. Like, never ever being able to erase them. Whatever.
- [22:56]
Amy Earnhardt
I'm trying to think of other cool things. Like, I mean, you're.
- [23:01]
Ralph
Really young. You had that. People had those crayon boxes of all 64 and the sharpener in the back.
- [23:06]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah, that was a flex move if you came to school with a 64 pack with the sharpener in the back.
- [23:10]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah.
- [23:11]
Ralph
I was like, this guy's got plenty.
- [23:12]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I never had one of those.
- [23:13]
Ralph
Yeah, I didn't either.
- [23:14]
Amy Earnhardt
Had y'. All. Did y' all ever use the pencil sharpener on the wall?
- [23:17]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yes.
- [23:18]
Ralph
Oh, yeah.
- [23:18]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yes. I wish they still had those.
- [23:20]
Ralph
I used to borrow a pencil just to do it because I wanted to.
- [23:22]
Amy Earnhardt
Get up and walk.
- [23:23]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah, it's very satisfying grinding it through that thing. Yeah, they don't use those anymore.
- [23:26]
Ralph
Oh, that sucks. That was a staple.
- [23:28]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
You buy the pencil sharpened already, and then, like, you're supposed to go school with, like, a box of 20. So, like, I don't think they ever really sharpen anything.
- [23:35]
Ralph
No.
- [23:35]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah, I really. I don't think so. They're not even supposed to have a little sharpener in their pencil bag, so.
- [23:39]
Ralph
Really just throw out the pencil when it's done.
- [23:41]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
They Guess they just throw it out or they stick it in their backpack and bring it home.
- [23:44]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah, I don't remember much. I'm trying to think of other cool things that we had or used in school. I don't think I ever really had a Trapper Keeper.
- [23:54]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I did, and it fell apart. And then my mom wouldn't buy me a regular binder. She's like, you should have taken care of that thing.
- [23:58]
Amy Earnhardt
So, bubble tape.
- [23:59]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah, bubble tape. So. So here's. Here's the ending of our shopping experience. The girls were great. They really did pretty well. I was impressed with their attitudes and how efficiently we got through there. We didn't leave the store with, like, a bunch of other stuff, which is a hard thing to do at Target. That's like. There's so many cute, fun things.
- [24:16]
Amy Earnhardt
It's like a guy going to Lowe's.
- [24:18]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
It's like a guy going to Lowe's or Best Buy or that computer store that's downtown that you like to go to now for.
- [24:24]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah. To get you a number 10 socket.
- [24:26]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Or you come home with the whole.
- [24:27]
Amy Earnhardt
Set socket and you come home with the whole toolbox.
- [24:30]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
A whole toolbox? Yes. And a new ceiling fan or a plant or whatever. Yeah. Things you don't need. So we get to the checkout. Isla has commissioned for some gum. I'm like, yes, you can have some gum. Well, I want this bubble tape. I'm like, ew, gross. Bubble tape. And she goes, yeah, Daddy gets it for me. Does daddy get her bubble tape, by the way? Does daddy give her bubble tape?
- [24:51]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah, when I've had. When I've had bubble tape in my possession. Yes. I've shared.
- [24:55]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
When do you buy bubble tape? I feel like there's this whole extra, like, no, no, no. Couple of hours we've had bubble life that I don't know about where you're buying candy. Like, when did you know some bubble.
- [25:03]
Amy Earnhardt
Tape made its way into my stock in one year?
- [25:05]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I didn't put that in your stocking.
- [25:07]
Amy Earnhardt
Sure.
- [25:07]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I'm pretty sure I didn't buy you bubble tape.
- [25:10]
Amy Earnhardt
Okay. Well, somehow or another, I got some bubble tape, and it. And I ended up hiding it from myself up on the top shelf in the cupboard. As soon as you walk in the cupboard, up on it. I always put, like, candy on the very, very top shelf as soon as you walk in the door.
- [25:26]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah. You like to put things, too, on top of the box. I have all the pharmaceuticals in, too, so I got to get the box down to get the kids some sinus medicine and Something hits me right in the face. That's fun, but keep going.
- [25:37]
Amy Earnhardt
There was some bubble tape up there, and I lost. I forgot about it. So, like, you know, months and months and months later, I'm like, oh, crap. Bubble tape. A little extra bonus bubble tape.
- [25:47]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Is it hard? Crunchy.
- [25:48]
Amy Earnhardt
At this point, it wasn't fine. It was fine. Shoot, girl. You know, gum. Gum's got a pretty damn long life. Yeah. Shelf life. Sorry. Life. Shelf.
- [25:57]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
So you shared it with her at some point.
- [25:58]
Amy Earnhardt
I don't want to. It. I don't want to even admit how old. Some of the tops. Baseball card, bubble gum. I've ate.
- [26:04]
Ralph
Oh, my God. Oh, that's the worst type of gum, too.
- [26:08]
Amy Earnhardt
It's bad gum, but, I mean, I still ate it.
- [26:13]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Just to see if you could.
- [26:14]
Amy Earnhardt
No, but I mean, you know, you're. You're collecting baseball. We would buy. So you. I don't know. This is probably in the. It's probably 89.90, maybe 91, 92. You could. You can still buy, like, 83 tops in unwrapped. You could buy the whole box. The whole box of packets and sit there and just unwrap, unwrap, unwrap, unwrap. Chewing gum. Chewing gum. And I mean, it turned. As soon as you put it in your mouth, it turned into powder. And then it'd be, like, a couple seconds later, it would reform into gum.
- [26:48]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
It's so gross. It's so gross.
- [26:51]
Amy Earnhardt
So.
- [26:51]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
So I find that to be so ironic, too, because you won't. You will throw out pickles that are a past date, even. Even if they haven't been opened, which.
- [26:58]
Amy Earnhardt
You know, except for the Butler's Orchard.
- [27:01]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah.
- [27:02]
Amy Earnhardt
Those ain't going anywhere.
- [27:03]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Okay, so back to the. Back to the gum.
- [27:05]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah.
- [27:05]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
We're at the checkout, we get some bubble tape. Isla waits till we get in the car, and I let her have it. And she gives herself some. And she politely gives her sister some to share. Nicole's had gum plenty of times before.
- [27:17]
Amy Earnhardt
Oh, gosh.
- [27:19]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
And we're riding home, and we get close to the house, and Nicole says, I'm done with my gum, Mom. And so I reach my hand back, thinking she's gonna put it in my hand, and she goes, oh, it's okay. I already put it in my cup holder. And I was like, okay. I'm thinking, I'll just get it out when I get home. We park the car. The girls are getting out. Nicole needs help getting out of her seat. She's got her foot in the cup holder on the left side of her car seat. And so I'm like, why are you. She's like, sitting and saying all weird. So I'm trying to get her out without getting us Both annoyed.
- [27:45]
Amy Earnhardt
She's four, everybody.
- [27:47]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
She's four.
- [27:47]
Amy Earnhardt
This is crazy.
- [27:48]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
But she's. She's not four. She's.
- [27:50]
Amy Earnhardt
She's not. She's 12.
- [27:51]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
At least 12 in that mind sometimes. And so she's just, like, in a bad attitude. She's having a bad attitude. She's got her foot in the cup holder. And so as I'm getting her out, her foot kicks the cup holder out, and now it rolls underneath the car. I'm like, all right. I look in the other side. There's no gum in that one. I'm like, okay, well, it must be in the one under the car, which I'll fetch later. And so we get out and get in the house, and I turn around and look at her, and that gum is not in the cup holder. It's in her freaking hair.
- [28:14]
Ralph
Oh, no.
- [28:14]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
It's right here in the front of her hair. Smashed.
- [28:17]
Amy Earnhardt
Oh, no.
- [28:17]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I'm like, she knew. The kid knew it wasn't in the cup holder. She was just too scared to say anything. And as she should be because I was so mad. This girl's hair is gorgeous, which is beyond the point of the fact that she shouldn't have stuck it in there to begin with. But her hair is long. And I'm like, panicked. How am I gonna get this gum out? And of course, I take to the Internet and there's like, all these opportunities to try. And so I set her down and I'm. It's right here next to her face, and I'm holding ice cubes on it, trying to get it to, like, harden up so I can just pull her hair out. And she keeps going, mom, Mom. I'm like, quit pulling. She goes, you're hurting me. I was like, you don't move. Just don't move. We both need to just close your eyes. We're both gonna take a 30 second time out and just make sure that this works. And so finally, like, it gets hard enough where I'm pulling it off and we got it out, but she knew exactly what she did and lied to me the whole time. And this is the problem I have with her. Like, she'll straight look at me and just lie to me and just wait to see what I'm gonna do. And I don't know how to handle that because she thinks it's funny. But yeah, yeah, this is just how, like, the process of our days. Just go, target bubble gum. Everything's fine, and all of a sudden, boom. Gum in the hair.
- [29:23]
Amy Earnhardt
Cut her hair off.
- [29:24]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I did, too. I told her. I was like, we're gonna have to cut your hair. So after I got it out, she goes, are we cutting my hair now, Mom? I'm like, didn't phase her at all. She was just gonna let me cut her into a little bob.
- [29:32]
Amy Earnhardt
Wow.
- [29:33]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
She didn't care.
- [29:34]
Amy Earnhardt
Wow.
- [29:35]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I don't know what to say about that part of the attitude. I just. I just can't figure it out. I can't figure out how to harness it either. But, you know, we got the gum out. Yeah, but I don't, like. I'm not a fan of bubble tape. Isla keeps asking me for more, and I'm like, no, we're just gonna leave that in the bag.
- [29:49]
Amy Earnhardt
Bubble tape is good gum. It's kind of like the Big League Chew. Just really pure, basic, you know, regular. Just regular gum.
- [29:58]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah, I like Big League Chew. I like the grape.
- [30:00]
Ralph
Yeah, grape is good.
- [30:01]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah.
- [30:02]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah.
- [30:02]
Amy Earnhardt
But I like it, too. I think I like bowl tape and Big League Chew because of the. The shape it's in. Bazooka's good, but it's square. And oftentimes, like, you gotta get. You gotta chew it to get it to soften up. But it was. It's really hard until you kind of, like, get to chewing. Chewing the Bazooka, it softens up a little bit. Unless you want to keep it on the dash, you know, on a hot summer day, then it'd be amazing. But, yeah, like, Big League Chew and bubble tape is always ready to go. What is your go to candy? I know it's dark. Chocolate's a big favorite. But, like, when you. If you could eat, like, something tartar, sweeter candy.
- [30:47]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Like, if I'm going to theater and.
- [30:48]
Amy Earnhardt
I'm gonna get chocolate, not like a. You know, not classic candy. Like, go to the store. Rock. Walk into the convenience store and get the gaudiest, you know, nerds cluster or some crazy like that.
- [31:03]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
If I'm gonna go get candy, it's usually like, a peanut M M or Rolos. Those are my two favorites because I do like chocolate. But if I have to get something sugary, I'm gonna get Starburst.
- [31:13]
Amy Earnhardt
Really?
- [31:13]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah.
- [31:14]
Amy Earnhardt
Okay.
- [31:14]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Because it just tastes the best.
- [31:15]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah. What's your favorite?
- [31:16]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
All right.
- [31:17]
Amy Earnhardt
Starburst.
- [31:17]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I like pop Rocks, too. Those are just fun.
- [31:19]
Amy Earnhardt
What's the favorite color Starburst?
- [31:20]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
The pink ones. I like the Yellow ones.
- [31:23]
Amy Earnhardt
I don't know that they all taste a little different, I guess.
- [31:26]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah, they do. They definitely do.
- [31:28]
Amy Earnhardt
I liked sprees, runts, razzle, razzle.
- [31:34]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I don't like razzles because they turn into gum. And I felt like that was weird.
- [31:37]
Amy Earnhardt
That you know what eating a razzle is it razzle or Razzler?
- [31:42]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Razzles.
- [31:42]
Amy Earnhardt
Eating a razzle is exactly like eating 10 year old tops bubble gum. It is you, you take the razzle and you throw in your mouth and you start chewing and it turns into like a powder and then it forms into gum. Exact same experience. Old baseball gum.
- [32:00]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
That's so gross.
- [32:02]
Amy Earnhardt
When you're a kid or a teenager, you don't give a.
- [32:05]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
No, you don't.
- [32:06]
Ralph
No.
- [32:06]
Amy Earnhardt
You're like, give me that top scum. I'm here by myself. Who's going to judge me? This feels like I'm opening up my card packs. Nobody's here.
- [32:14]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Somebody come stop me.
- [32:15]
Amy Earnhardt
Nobody's here to judge me.
- [32:16]
Ralph
It was always stuck to like a.
- [32:18]
Amy Earnhardt
Really bad player too.
- [32:19]
Ralph
So you didn't really care about the.
- [32:20]
Amy Earnhardt
Card stuck to nothing.
- [32:21]
Ralph
Yeah, well, as the gun was always stuck to a card.
- [32:24]
Amy Earnhardt
Got this sort of powder.
- [32:25]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
You weren't old enough, Tim.
- [32:26]
Amy Earnhardt
No, no, it's got this powder stuff around it that keeps it from. It's like a. Pete. You know when you're trying to make a pizza on top of a counter, you got to put. Throw the. Gotta throw the flour down.
- [32:39]
Ralph
I don't know, I just wanted the gum. I don't know if I wanted the cards that much.
- [32:43]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
No, you just wanted the gum. Yours is probably very fresh.
- [32:45]
Ralph
Yeah, I think I stole a pack when I was really young and just got the gum and I left the cards on there. I just wanted the gum.
- [32:50]
Amy Earnhardt
Dude, you stole.
- [32:51]
Ralph
I did.
- [32:51]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
You've never stolen anything.
- [32:52]
Amy Earnhardt
I probably. Yes. I mean, only a couple times.
- [32:56]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah.
- [32:56]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah, I stole a pack. I stole a pack of Lucky Strike cigarettes. Why? So I worked at a gas station pumping gas. Full sir or full service station? I got a speeding ticket and my dad said, you know, I've been around. I've been around my dad's shop listening to all them boys and guys and all his buddies talk and talk and talk. And then they, you know, I had to call my lawyer, help me. He turned my speeding ticket into a muffler ticket and this and that and other. And I heard that over and over. And I got a speeding ticket. 16 years old. And I'm like, hopefully dad's gonna help me figure out how to turn this speeding ticket into a muffler ticket. And he goes, guess you gotta get a job. And I was like, damn. So I went and got a job at a gas station down the road from where we lived on. It's that Exxon station right off exit 36. It's closed. Right in front of the Waffle House in that. I worked in there for a summer pumping gas. And I was going to high school and I thought I. I didn't smoke cigarettes, but I was like, you know what? I kept seeing them Lucky Strikes on the wall, on the. On in the box up there.
- [34:08]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
And I'm like, they were just talking to you almost.
- [34:10]
Amy Earnhardt
I wonder what that's like. They got a filter on it or nothing. And so I stole a pack and tried to smoke them.
- [34:18]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
And then what happened?
- [34:18]
Amy Earnhardt
And it was terrible. I had like one. I got.
- [34:21]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Did you like, choke on it?
- [34:22]
Amy Earnhardt
Well, I. You know, the tobacco gets in your mouth. I mean, I was like, what do you. What do you do? They do you got to like, get a straw and stick a straw on the end of it. What do you do here? Because it's like, terrible.
- [34:33]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
You needed like one of those old school cigarette holders.
- [34:35]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah. Like, how do you smoke a Lucky Strike in the back of not getting your mouth out of it come fall out of the cigarette? It's. I don't know. So.
- [34:44]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
These are not things that Alex James has ever.
- [34:46]
Ralph
I've never smoked a cigarette so.
- [34:48]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Ever?
- [34:48]
Ralph
No, never.
- [34:49]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
He's so pure.
- [34:50]
Ralph
I don't think they were like, when I was growing up, that wasn't really.
- [34:52]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
It wasn't as popular.
- [34:53]
Ralph
Yeah, it really wasn't.
- [34:54]
Amy Earnhardt
But I was just so curious about a Lucky Strike and how you smoked it. So I stole them. I've. I'd probably lifted something else at some point. I was. I was living in a. In a mill house with mom back in like 1980. Six years old. And we had these kids that lived across the street from us, and they were our age and they were boys. Me and Kelly would hang out with them from time to time, but they were. They were bad news. And even at six years old, I kind of felt it like I didn't need to. They were bad news. They. They weren't friendly. They wanted to hang out, but they were going to get you in trouble. And we had this. We had a gas station at the end of the road about four blocks away. And we went down that gas station and they ran in there. We all were. We went in there and they stole something. They're like, go, run Run. And I'm like, I ain't stole nothing, but I'm gonna get in trouble, you know? And. And so I never really wanted to hang out with them anymore after that.
- [36:00]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Didn't you tell me once that they took your shoes?
- [36:02]
Amy Earnhardt
And then two days, three days, maybe a couple weeks later, I had these gray adidas with blue stripes and they were kind of like the soccer tennis shoe Adidas. And I had just gotten them and two weeks later, the damn kid across streets wearing my shoes.
- [36:24]
Ralph
Really?
- [36:24]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah.
- [36:25]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Did you leave them on the porch or something?
- [36:26]
Amy Earnhardt
I don't know how you got.
- [36:27]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah, well, your mom's probably like, she's out of the house.
- [36:30]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah, I don't know if he's put them on when he was in my house or something, but I'm like, hey, them look like my shoes.
- [36:37]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Thems look like my shoes.
- [36:40]
Amy Earnhardt
Hey, this is Dale Jr. And for the latest bless your heart gear, go to shop.dirtymomedia.com We've got plenty of options for everybody and adding new stuff every day. Go to shop.dirtymomedia.com there's nothing like when.
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- [38:50]
Amy Earnhardt
So we talked about me going to work a job. I was, I flew to Florida this week to be in a Hard Rock Beck shoot. I think it's going to be a commercial. There's some videos, some print and John Daly and Mike Tyson are in this commercial. And so not. I've not never, I've not ever met them. They actually shot on different days than me. But I hadn't been on a big shoot like that in a long time. I used to do stuff like that all the time with Bud and AMP and Mountain Dew. These big huge shoots in LA and all over the place. And I walked up on this house and they had cranes and he was very. Dozens of people running everywhere.
- [39:34]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I didn't understand really what he was walking.
- [39:35]
Amy Earnhardt
I didn't know, I didn't hear.
- [39:36]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
He's like, oh my gosh. I didn't realize how big this was. I'm not used to this anymore.
- [39:40]
Amy Earnhardt
There were about 50 extras. Wow. All in having this pool. They were sort of staging this pool party in the back and man, it was fun. Felt like I was full time NASCAR driving rock star.
- [39:54]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Maybe that's why you had such a good day, gave you some energy, you know what I mean?
- [39:58]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah, it did. It was fun while I was there. So we're rent when we're shooting. We're shooting this music video at a house or not a music video. We're shooting this video for Hard Rock Bed.
- [40:11]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Settle down, Dale.
- [40:12]
Amy Earnhardt
At a house. It felt like a music video. We're shooting this, this content at this house. Huge mansion in, in this neighborhood. And this, there was this kind, kind man that owned this house and his family, his wife and kids were out of the country and he was still staying there while this entire crew had taken over the entire house they had put in. He put cardboard down on all the floors. Every, all the furniture was moved out of the way into the, around the edges of the room and they. Every room. And we're working and, and filming and staging and recording and doing something everywhere. There was makeup here and clothes rack, clothes racks over here for all the extras, they had so many clothes racks and people just wandering all over this guy's house. And I didn't know they were. That the owner was there, but he come up to me, goes, hey, man, I got a gift for you. I'm. I own the home here. I'm like, you're here? He's like, yeah. I was like, where's your family? Your. He's like, oh, my wife and kids, they're overseas. I'm just staying here during this. I was like, I wouldn't be here if I. If this was happening at my house, I wouldn't want to see it. I would. I would leave and. And hope for the best.
- [41:22]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah.
- [41:22]
Amy Earnhardt
And he's like, oh, it's fine. I've done this. We do this so many times. You know, my wife knows some people when we. The house gets used like this often, so we're kind of used to it. And he said, hey, would you. I want to ask y', all, like, on the spot, can you give me an inspirational quote that you. That you like that I like? Yeah, give me an inspirational quote. Kim's has got to be like a. Like, give me an anything. Give me an inspiring quote that matters to you that you would share with me if. Or anyone or.
- [41:57]
Ralph
Or like, a real one, not a. Like a funny one.
- [42:00]
Amy Earnhardt
Give me Tim's motto. Like, give me Tim's motto for life.
- [42:04]
Ralph
Today to do something you've never done, you have to go, I don't know. Actually, I'm messing this up. This is hard.
- [42:11]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
It is hard.
- [42:12]
Amy Earnhardt
All right, Tim.
- [42:12]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Mine is always just Tim.
- [42:14]
Amy Earnhardt
I failed already. You've made my point, Amy. Inspirational quote.
- [42:16]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Mine has always just been to choose joy.
- [42:18]
Amy Earnhardt
Choose joy.
- [42:19]
Ralph
Choose joy.
- [42:19]
Amy Earnhardt
All right.
- [42:20]
Ralph
Simple.
- [42:20]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
It's a simple life. Choose joy.
- [42:23]
Amy Earnhardt
So this guy says, I've got this. I've got this sort of thought board that he. He has teenage kids. And he's like, so the day before I was at this house, there were five hall of Fame NFL football players. And then to tomorrow or today. John Daly's there, and then Mike Tyson will be there the fourth day. And so he is getting everyone to write a quote on the stop board for his kids. And at the top of this thought board, it says something like, you know, messages for life or something. And he walks up and he goes, hey, you know, I wanted to give you this gift. Appreciate. You're awesome. You know, I've been fan of yours and watched your dad and all that, and super nice guy. And he goes, can you write. Would you mind writing A inspirational quote on this board for my kids. I was going to give it to my kids, and I thought, damn, that's cool.
- [43:27]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I can't believe you didn't write if you ain't first or last. So, I mean, that would have been like the NASCAR quote. So that would be funny.
- [43:35]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah.
- [43:37]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
So he's shaking his head in shame.
- [43:39]
Ralph
I don't mean Daddy won't hear 10 times. Yeah.
- [43:44]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
So that's right.
- [43:46]
Amy Earnhardt
So I'm. He walked out of the room and he goes. He's. I was gonna do. I said, yeah, I'll do it. I'll do it. I'll do it. No problem. And he. So he walks out of the room, and I'm standing there, I'm going, what the hell kind of quote am I going to put on this thing? Gosh, he's getting all these other guys to write quotes. I bet. They're amazing quotes. You know, football players, boy, they've been coached their whole lives. They've heard every great inspirational thing that could be said to them, right? So they have this, you know, this library of all these awesome thoughts. Yeah. Thoughts and stuff. And I'm like, I don't have a quote. I don't have a motto. And so I googled quotes, and it first showed me Dale Earnhardt quotes. And I was looking through them, and I was like, oh, there's a couple good ones, but I don't need to write that. What if. You know, what if somebody saw this and went, that's dad. This is damn Daddy's quote. That's not his quote. And so I was like, dare I Google my quotes there?
- [44:40]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I do. I Google myself.
- [44:42]
Amy Earnhardt
Damn it is this. It's weird to Google yourself. You shouldn't do that. Right. But in this instance, I'm thinking, I think I have to do it because I can't come up with a quote, and I really want to deliver. And so I. I googled my quotes, and one of them that said I never wished to be anyone else, that was. There were 30 quotes, different ones, like weird, funny, stupid, silly things that I've ever said in. In articles and whatnot. But that one right there, it was like, I never wish to be anyone else. That was the quote. And I was like, I can work.
- [45:23]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
With this, and so I can work with me.
- [45:27]
Amy Earnhardt
I know. So I went in there, and I saw that he's in his office, and I was like, hey, man, where's this thing you want me to take care of sign? And he shows it to me, and he. There it is. All the football players. Just beautiful handwriting. I mean, incredible, incredibly good handwriting. Really? Yeah. And just all these awesome, like, really good quotes about just take the. Take life by the horns, you know, just go kick ass and be awesome. And I'm like, man, I'm glad I didn't write if you're not first, your last, or something like, cheesy, like beer.
- [45:59]
Ralph
Calories don't count or something like that.
- [46:00]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah, you could have written something.
- [46:02]
Amy Earnhardt
Of course, that crossed my mind. But, yeah, when I went in there.
- [46:05]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I was like, yeah, sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the father.
- [46:08]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah, I can't.
- [46:09]
Ralph
Yeah, boobies and buffalo shrimp or something.
- [46:11]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Like, you can't move forward. Looking back, I mean, you know, there's a bunch of some. You know, they fall in line with a car.
- [46:17]
Amy Earnhardt
I get it. But I mean, those other guys wrote something that these kids could actually benefit from. I wanted to put something on the board that they might actually read and go, I will take that advice, you know? Yeah. And so I wrote, I never wish to be anyone else. Be you, Be confident. And I thought, you know, because I worry about my girls and their confidence.
- [46:41]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Well, everybody always wanted to be somebody else.
- [46:42]
Amy Earnhardt
Having some. Yeah, I'm worried about them having. Having the confidence that they're good enough and what. Whatever, you know, whatever. Whether through school or in. In prod. You know, when they're working on projects or trying to create or build or do anything that their ideas or their method or their approach is. Is good enough. Be proud and confident in your. Your decision in the direction you want to go. And so I was like, yeah, that's. That's good. I'll write that. And that guy was pretty happy about it. My handwriting was probably not the. Not the best, but was it legible? It was definitely legible. I was very careful. I was very careful to write it.
- [47:23]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
There's no point in writing down the awesome quote if they can't even read it.
- [47:26]
Amy Earnhardt
I know it. Yeah. And my handwriting is pretty bad, but I thought my handwriting was really average until I see other people's handwriting. I'm like, man, I feel like I need to go practice.
- [47:38]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
You write a lot, but you're a lefty, and you turn the page completely upside down. So. Well, there's advantages.
- [47:44]
Amy Earnhardt
There it is. From this moment forward, like, if somebody. If somebody needs a quote or wants to know a motto, you better have one ready. You better have one ready.
- [47:55]
Ralph
Yeah, that's mine is, I know what.
- [47:56]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
10 is now and forever life motto. If you go to Mexico, don't Drink the water.
- [48:01]
Ralph
Don't drink the water. Don't drink the water.
- [48:04]
Amy Earnhardt
I don't have it on me, and I wish I did, but Jerky boys is back in the store. We've been away. I've been gone for two weeks without jerky. It has been tortoise.
- [48:15]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
That is really why his attitude got so sour.
- [48:17]
Ralph
That might be it.
- [48:18]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
That's what it was.
- [48:18]
Amy Earnhardt
It has been a rough couple of weeks without jerky. But I. I see Rodney Childer's kids in there. That's Rodney Children's two sons.
- [48:31]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah, I saw him walk by.
- [48:32]
Amy Earnhardt
I have an exercise that I want to do and Tim's. You're going to do it. Okay. And when people. So can someone be a witness to Tim's doing this act? So go to create a tweet and maybe. Hey, maybe you've already done this.
- [48:56]
Ralph
Create a tweet.
- [48:57]
Amy Earnhardt
Maybe you've already done this. Type in hey Grok. Hey, you know Grok the AI? Yeah. Type in hey, Grok, who is the most famous person to visit my profile?
- [49:10]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I didn't know what grok was. He had to explain this to me last night. I know what chat GBT is, and that's as far as I go.
- [49:16]
Amy Earnhardt
Did you type it?
- [49:17]
Ralph
Yeah. Do I have to tag Grock in it?
- [49:19]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah, at Grock.
- [49:20]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
So this will be visible.
- [49:21]
Amy Earnhardt
You're talking to. It will reply. It's going to respond to you.
- [49:25]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
So will everybody that follows you be able to see.
- [49:27]
Amy Earnhardt
If you want no one to see this, don't just tag Grock first and don't put the period before it. Grok, who is the most famous person to visit my profile?
- [49:40]
Ralph
It's supposed to just show up at.
- [49:41]
Amy Earnhardt
It'll respond to you in another tweet. Grok.
- [49:46]
Ralph
But they won't see it.
- [49:48]
Amy Earnhardt
Who's they?
- [49:48]
Ralph
People.
- [49:49]
Amy Earnhardt
People won't see this.
- [49:50]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
If you will this not be an embarrassing situation.
- [49:53]
Amy Earnhardt
If you. If you start to tweet with at.
- [49:55]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Grok, Tim's, I'm gonna do it too.
- [49:58]
Ralph
Oh, I got it.
- [49:59]
Amy Earnhardt
All right. I got it. What's Grok say?
- [50:02]
Ralph
It says, based on mutual connections and public data, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Stands out as the most famous person to visit your profile.
- [50:10]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Did Dale set himself up for just a little ego FL a setup.
- [50:14]
Ralph
Must have been a setup.
- [50:15]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I was going to say the same thing.
- [50:17]
Ralph
What if it was like, Sydney Sweeney? What would you do there?
- [50:19]
Amy Earnhardt
Like if she popped.
- [50:22]
Ralph
Her right away.
- [50:23]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
He's already his pants plenty. We're done here.
- [50:25]
Ralph
I don't think I have anything left to do. That.
- [50:32]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
What the hell? Four people. Where is it?
- [50:36]
Amy Earnhardt
Amy responded. It said, me and.
- [50:39]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
And now there's other people responding back.
- [50:44]
Ralph
It was public.
- [50:46]
Amy Earnhardt
People are like, Dale Jr. Are you seeing this? Amy? Whoa. What's this activity going on here?
- [50:50]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
No one. No Gronk, or whoever the Grock is. Grok has responded.
- [50:56]
Amy Earnhardt
Yes, he did.
- [50:57]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Donnie's like, amy, freaking earn her grock did respond well. What is it?
- [51:02]
Amy Earnhardt
Read it.
- [51:02]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Just you?
- [51:03]
Amy Earnhardt
Yes.
- [51:04]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
You're doing this on purpose.
- [51:08]
Amy Earnhardt
Has anybody else responded to your tweet?
- [51:10]
Ralph
No, nobody.
- [51:11]
Amy Earnhardt
Just.
- [51:12]
Ralph
Mine's just me and Grok.
- [51:15]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Go ahead and delete it before anybody sees this.
- [51:20]
Ralph
That's so funny.
- [51:21]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Should I respond with damn it, I'm gonna retweet.
- [51:24]
Amy Earnhardt
Amy.
- [51:27]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Don'T do it.
- [51:28]
Amy Earnhardt
Let me get there. Oh, screenshot.
- [51:30]
Ralph
Let me see.
- [51:32]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I said, dell made me do this, Ralph. That was rotten of you. I should have known better. I mean, I should have freaking known better.
- [51:39]
Amy Earnhardt
I had no bad intentions, but, damn, this played out perfectly.
- [51:42]
Ralph
Yeah, but you knew it.
- [51:46]
Tim
Hey, listen to this. All it needed was a new starter. Got a great deal on ebay. Did it myself.
- [51:53]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah, that's cool.
- [51:53]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
But how about the soft purr of an upgraded exhaust? When it fits just right for me.
- [51:59]
Amy Earnhardt
It'S the little thing. Like these new windshield wipers from ebay I installed.
- [52:04]
Tim
From small fixes to big upgrades, eBay has all the parts you need at prices you'll love. Guaranteed to fit every time. EBay. Things people love. Eligible Items Only Exclusions apply.
- [52:22]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Hey, guys. Dale and I are in the Dirty Mo Media Studio for Bless yous Heart Today, and we are here for your questions for Ask Amy. We're excited that you're here. If you haven't already, please hit subscribe on our YouTube page. And also, don't forget to check out all of the merch@shop.dirtymomedia.com all right, Timmy, what you got?
- [52:40]
Ralph
All right, well, I haven't called Timmy since high school.
- [52:42]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I know. Sorry. That just flew out.
- [52:45]
Amy Earnhardt
Oh, my God.
- [52:46]
Ralph
First question's from Jerry. He wants to know who initiates going on vacation and who does most of the planning.
- [52:53]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I would say I do the planning. I don't know. We kind of initiate. It just depends on what it is. Dale's not going to go anywhere unless somebody else has teed it up. Sorry, Dale, turn your phone off. He's laughing at himself.
- [53:07]
Amy Earnhardt
No, I'm on our live chat. It's us.
- [53:10]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Why are we doing this?
- [53:11]
Amy Earnhardt
So we can. I can engage with the group. Good morning.
- [53:16]
Ralph
We both initiate.
- [53:17]
Amy Earnhardt
Who? He says, good morning.
- [53:18]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
He has places he wants to go. And he leaves it up to me to like find the location, do the hotel and do all the organ. Organ organizing for the most part. Is that right? I mean, I. I don't know.
- [53:31]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah.
- [53:32]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
If Dale wants to go anywhere, he's like, it's his typical Key west or somewhere he's been before. But if something new is arising, it's because I brought it up.
- [53:40]
Ralph
Yeah.
- [53:40]
Amy Earnhardt
Barbara wants to know why you call me Ralph.
- [53:43]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
So I started calling Dale Ralph because he didn't hear me call him Dale anymore. Like when we first started dating, if I wanted his attention, especially once he was at the racetrack all the time. If I said Dale, he was not going to turn around and look at me. So I started calling him Ralph just to get his attention. And he, he swiveled very quickly. So I'm like, okay, that's it. I'm just gonna call him Ralph. And it just stuck. And now he kind of likes it. It's like an endearing.
- [54:03]
Amy Earnhardt
It is. No one else calls me that.
- [54:05]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah. It is his first name.
- [54:06]
Ralph
Next question. Spencer needs some help. Based off you guys taking the kids to Hershey park a couple weeks ago, he's taking his kids 6 and 2 to a theme park for the first time. Any tips to help make the day go smoothly?
- [54:18]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Okay. That's a lot to do, especially with this heat. So I would say make sure you have your stroller for the two year old.
- [54:24]
Amy Earnhardt
Yes.
- [54:24]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Or double for both. Just in case they need a timeout take.
- [54:27]
Amy Earnhardt
Go get the cheapest, junkiest stroller you.
- [54:32]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Can find or rent one at the park. If they do that.
- [54:34]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah. And don't call, don't worry about, you know, just, just take it just because you. They're gonna want you to carry them.
- [54:40]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah.
- [54:41]
Amy Earnhardt
Or you're gonna have hilly. Yeah, it's hilly there. Yeah. It's a chocolate.
- [54:45]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
And you're gonna buy stuff. So you need like storage compartments for all the stuff. I would say also get those clip on rechargeable fans. So you have those. Those are. I mean if you have a two year old and they're.
- [54:56]
Amy Earnhardt
Yes.
- [54:56]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
There's gonna be a nap or something. If you're going all day. I would, I would suggest doing that. They have a water park which we did not do. So like there's just something to think through. But we ended the day making chocolate bars. I definitely think that's a good way to end the day versus starting the day.
- [55:12]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- [55:13]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
It's kind of like a little bit of a process and, and Then get to ride a ride at the end, and it's cool. So that's. It's just a good way to end. And there's just like a gigantic store full of all types of candy.
- [55:22]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah.
- [55:23]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Which you don't want to walk around the park with. So. Yeah, it's a lot of fun. There's a. There's a few rides that are for the six year old that, like, are kind of in between, that are fun. So, like, everything's a little spread out too. So you have to make sure you. I would hit those first, to be honest, because there's not that many of them. Like, two roller coasters that I did. The super duper Looper and then. What was the other one? Casper?
- [55:47]
Amy Earnhardt
No, Comet.
- [55:47]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Comet.
- [55:49]
Ralph
Comet.
- [55:49]
Amy Earnhardt
Comet.
- [55:49]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah, Comet. Hit those first and then just stay in the kitty park area. So it's just easier for you. Yeah, it's a great time. The kids keep talking about it.
- [55:58]
Ralph
Oh, that's awesome. That's really good. This next one also, advice from Brooke. She needs help. She's breaking up with this guy, and she's only been on three dates with him, and she just doesn't see it go anywhere. But her question is, do I even need to break up with him or can I just ghost him?
- [56:16]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I would say ghosting is like the easy way out, but also, you're gonna feel guilty about doing that. I would. I would just tell him, like, hey, this isn't working. I think you're great, but let's just be friends. That feels like an easy.
- [56:29]
Ralph
Yeah.
- [56:30]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
After three dates, how connected are we?
- [56:32]
Ralph
Clearly they're not easier to ghost there. Like, you just not. They kind of get.
- [56:36]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
But that's just so rude. Like, why are we doing.
- [56:38]
Amy Earnhardt
I have. I have some advice in this.
- [56:41]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Take her to the. The ax throwing thing.
- [56:44]
Amy Earnhardt
Nope. I just have a. Have a. Have a motto. Okay. This isn't something I would have written on the thought board. It actually. It actually does. It works across. It works for everything. Okay. The hardest thing. The hardest thing to do is usually the right route to take.
- [57:02]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah, absolutely.
- [57:04]
Amy Earnhardt
If you say, you know, it's easy just to say, screw it. Not column. Just going about my life. Yes, that is the easy way to do it. But the best way to do it is usually the hardest way.
- [57:15]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
It's good for your character.
- [57:16]
Amy Earnhardt
It'd be the most uncomfortable and awkward, but it's. It's the right way.
- [57:20]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
You're gonna feel better about just. Even if it's just a text message, you can send that and just be done with It. I send it. And block him.
- [57:27]
Amy Earnhardt
Like, at least she says that's harsh. Too rude.
- [57:32]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Mute him. What? Block him. Whatever.
- [57:36]
Amy Earnhardt
I got. Don't. And block. Double whammy.
- [57:39]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
At least it's better than being ghost. No answers.
- [57:42]
Ralph
Just a bad day.
- [57:44]
Amy Earnhardt
Break my heart and rip my heart out.
- [57:46]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Your heart's already broken. I think.
- [57:47]
Amy Earnhardt
I know, but you, like, ripped it out, and then you stomped on it. You didn't have to block. Block me. I wasn't gonna harass you.
- [57:53]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Oh, my God. Well, maybe. Maybe he will. I feel like that's a. That's a. Wait for that. Wait for the Deal with that.
- [57:59]
Amy Earnhardt
Wait for the harassment before to go. You go. I mean, you know, if some. If you break up with somebody and then they're calling you two days later, going, man, kind of, you know, can you rethink this? That's when you say, I know. Going to block you. I told you I didn't want anything to do with this. Not interested. I moved on.
- [58:19]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I don't know. I feel like it's just better to sever it all together. You have said your piece, which you absolutely should do. And if you wait to get a response, and he's like, okay, cool, then maybe you don't block, but what's the point? Or just delete his contact. I don't know.
- [58:32]
Amy Earnhardt
Amy's gonna break up with you, block you, and then get a restraining order.
- [58:36]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah, listen, when I move on, I am moved on.
- [58:41]
Ralph
Don't. I want to see it. Hear him. I don't want to see that.
- [58:44]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Smell it. Sniff it. Look at it.
- [58:46]
Ralph
Okay, there's a question in the chat from Richard. He wants to know when Dale and you decided to go steady. What song did you put on repeat?
- [58:57]
Amy Earnhardt
Hell, yeah. This is a good question.
- [58:58]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
We didn't have any songs on repeat.
- [58:59]
Amy Earnhardt
No, not us. What song were you listening to?
- [59:02]
Ralph
Yeah.
- [59:03]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Was I. Oh. Hot Sex on Fire.
- [59:05]
Amy Earnhardt
Oh. Oh.
- [59:09]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
You remember that song?
- [59:10]
Amy Earnhardt
Yes, I do.
- [59:11]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
What's the band's name?
- [59:13]
Amy Earnhardt
God dang.
- [59:13]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Kings of Leon.
- [59:14]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah. Kingsley.
- [59:15]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
That's a great song.
- [59:15]
Ralph
Good song. Yeah, it is a good song.
- [59:17]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
That came out, too, right about when we were dating.
- [59:18]
Ralph
Okay, that's good. All right. Good question. Richard, the. Oh. Somebody in the chat also wants to know how the Luke Combs music video was.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
How was the Luke Combs video?
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Amy Earnhardt
Great. Yeah. Luke texted me and said, hey, man, I got an idea. I want you to be in this video. I said, I'm in no matter what. And they said, hey, I want you to. They were like, we're thinking nextgen car at charlemar speedway. I was like, all right. And went about a day and getting the next gen was hard. NASCAR didn't have one that they could that we could use. It was just not easy. I have a late model shop with two late models sitting over there. So we wrapped them and went to tri county speedway. And. And when you listen to the song, it does sound like a grassroots, getting back to your old roots kind of kind of vibe. I was like, I ain't never going to run a next gen car that's not authentic.
- [60:10]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
So more sense.
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Amy Earnhardt
Let's go run a lake model. Shine a light on short track racing. And I think it'd be cool for people that are fans of tri county or fans of local short track racing to see Luke at their track, you know, doing something at at their place. So that's gotta be pretty cool.
- [60:26]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Also, Dale wanted to test at that track too, so he got to do that.
- [60:29]
Amy Earnhardt
I didn't need some work that supposed to race there in October, so I didn't need to run. I'm gonna go there and test. And so that was kind of a nice way to break the ice. Nice.
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Ralph
That's good.
- [60:38]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah. I have not ran laps at tri county in about 20 years. I took Jeremy McGrath, the championship motorcycle. You know, I took him to. He ran a late model stock for us about seven times. One year Jeremy mcgrath did and had monster energy on it. And so I took him to try, counting, tested, and I drove the car a little bit that day. And it was about 20 years ago.
- [61:03]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Damn.
- [61:03]
Ralph
Wow.
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Amy Earnhardt
I've lived the life. Yeah, life lived.
- [61:10]
Ralph
You should have put that on the board.
- [61:11]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Now he's only speaking in class.
- [61:12]
Ralph
Yeah, exactly. There's a ton of them.
- [61:14]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Turn him off.
- [61:19]
Ralph
Jake wants to know what's the story about getting Junebug and Gus and if there is there a certain dog breed you'd like to adopt or get in the future.
- [61:27]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
So Dale had a production company before hammerhead previously, and he was doing a shoot. And Regina, who you might remember, she used to work upstairs, had a pomeranian. And it was tiny. It was just a little puppy. And I live right around the street corner. And he's like, you got to come down here. You got to see something. I need you to see something. And I get up there, I have no idea what he wants me to see until I see this dog. And he's like, that's what I wanted you to see. This dog was like this tiny little poof ball, like a cotton ball, just hopping around. And I'm like, oh, my gosh, this is precious. I've never seen a Pomeranian before. My cat that I had had all through college was staying at his house. I was starting to go out on the road with him, and Ol Oscar figured out how to use the dog door, and he lived happily ever after in the woods. We found him a couple of times that he just wouldn't come back. He was happy. And so he talked me into getting a Pomeranian so that I could take him with me on the road and it would be a little easier. And so we found Junebug. And then years later, after we lost Killer, I think it was about three or four years later, we lost Killer, our boxer. And Dale's like, I want an Irish setter. I had one when I was a kid. I really want another setter. So I got online and was, like, researching. There are not a whole lot of those around here. The rescue groups didn't have any. And so I found a breeder in Oregon that had three puppies. One was already spoken for, and two were available. And so by the time I called her, really, there was only one available. And Gus was actually getting ready to go to Germany for a guy that was doing dog shows and things like that over there. And I had told her who I was buying the dog for and that this dog was gonna, like, have a great life. And we wanted to, but we wanted the calmer of the two if we could have that. And so she's like, well, actually, the calmer of the two is about to go to Germany, but let me talk to my guy, because he's bought dogs for me before. And so she talked him into taking the other puppy, and I flew out to Oregon. After we dropped you off in Phoenix. Yeah, yeah, we dropped Olive at Phoenix. I went up to Oregon and got this puppy and brought him back to the racetrack. Cause they're like, he was a little bit of a. Of a chore trying to find. But Dale was very, very dead set on having another setter.
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Amy Earnhardt
Yeah. Strange thing is, is like, I've got a picture of me and Rocket. That was my first. That was my original Irish setter. Dad had brought Rocket home. Rocket was a come from a litter that I think Hal Houston, who is Teresa's dad, had had had a Irish setter. And this Rocket come from a litter that they had. And so. But Rocket was like, at full grown is like three quarter of what Gus is. So I thought I was getting this, you know, big but small dog, right? And Gus is like, he's a giant, giant he's giant.
- [64:15]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
And, man, he's 100 pounds and he's not overweight. And he's just tall. He can walk straight up to the dining table and put his head on there. He's just big.
- [64:23]
Amy Earnhardt
And he is moody as hell. Like, he's a little moody. He loves you in the morning. It's so funny because in the morning, you. He's up, you know, we're 8 o'. Clock. We're kind of all getting up. You can go over there and lay on him and rub him, and he's happy, and he's living. Lifting his head. And he. He's like, yeah. You go over there and do the exact same thing. At 8 o', clock, 9 o', clock.
- [64:43]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
When he's gotten in his bed, in.
- [64:44]
Amy Earnhardt
The room, and he is growling.
- [64:46]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Do not approach.
- [64:47]
Amy Earnhardt
It's like a growl. Like, you really think he could bite you?
- [64:50]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah.
- [64:50]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah. Wow. Like, it ain't like a. It's a real deal. Like, do not f. With me.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
He's always done that to Dale. He doesn't always do that to me, but he did that to me the other day. He's got ear infections, and I was trying to put his cone on him because I didn't want him licking his paws. And sometimes he does that when he's just annoyed. And he started growling at me, and I just. Just kept going. I'm like, you're getting this freaking cone on your head. I'm not. I'm not dealing with this. Dale's like, amy, stop it. He's gonna bite you.
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Amy Earnhardt
I never heard him growl at Amy like that. I was getting nervous.
- [65:19]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
No, we love both of them. They're just vastly different.
- [65:21]
Ralph
Yeah.
- [65:22]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Spectrums of dogs. And they get along most of the time.
- [65:25]
Amy Earnhardt
Sometimes they don't, man.
- [65:27]
Ralph
Irish setters, they all I've met. They're pretty moody in general. I think I know a few of them.
- [65:31]
Amy Earnhardt
Interesting. Yeah. So I don't remember Rocket being nothing but just a. He was an outside dog, though.
- [65:38]
Ralph
Yeah.
- [65:38]
Amy Earnhardt
And that's what I thought Gus was going to be. And Amy's like, no.
- [65:41]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I was like, we're gonna have this dog in the coach. We're gonna.
- [65:45]
Amy Earnhardt
He wants to chase birds. Let him out there.
- [65:48]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
No.
- [65:48]
Amy Earnhardt
And Amy's like, this song ain't living outside. I'm like, yeah, he's gonna live outside. That's what Irish setters do. But he's not. He's an inside dog. Yeah.
- [65:56]
Ralph
Domesticated now.
- [65:57]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
He likes to drink the water out of the faucet.
- [65:59]
Ralph
What? Really?
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
So we took the dog to the motor coach. Immediately he was like, in and out of the bus. And then he got tall enough where he needed, or he could get to the faucet and he wanted water. At one point, it was raining. I'm like, you know what? I'm not taking you outside anymore. I'm done drying you off. And so I just turned the faucet on the bathroom. And he just started drinking out of the faucet. And so now he thinks that that's what he's supposed to do at.
- [66:20]
Amy Earnhardt
Every night he comes when you're over there brushing your teeth. He comes over to the sink.
- [66:23]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah.
- [66:23]
Amy Earnhardt
He's like, move over. You know, move over. I'm gonna drink some water.
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Ralph
That's really funny.
- [66:28]
Amy Earnhardt
Funny as hell.
- [66:29]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah.
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Ralph
I got one more for you from Janelle. She and her husband are about to go into business together, and she's worried that she's gonna be really annoyed by seeing him 247 right now. Do you have any advice of what she can do to, like, not be annoyed at him for seeing him too much?
- [66:46]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
That's hard. I think it's a really cool thing to be able to do that with your spouse. But, yeah, that's always a concern that you're going to spend so much time together. I think back to what we were saying earlier about prefacing. If you have an annoyance or. And you just need to vent or if you need help, make sure that you're. You try to keep, like, the hats on while you're at work and then take them off when you're not. And then talk to each other with that friendly tone in mind.
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Ralph
They're going into business together.
- [67:14]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
They're going in. They're going to be around each other all the time.
- [67:16]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah.
- [67:16]
Ralph
So she's worried about. She's super annoyed by him, and it's going to maybe spill over.
- [67:23]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Is she already annoyed with him?
- [67:24]
Ralph
Yeah, that's. That's what I would love to know.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I think that it'll be fine. You just have to remember to, like, take a breath before you say anything. Don't. Just try to make sure you, like, keep it friendly. You know what I mean?
- [67:34]
Ralph
Yeah, I like the way you said the separate. The work and home. Maybe make sure the hats are on where they're.
- [67:39]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Where they're going, which is hard to do.
- [67:41]
Ralph
Yeah.
- [67:42]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
But I've seen it happen here. Like, it's possible.
- [67:44]
Ralph
Yeah. Yeah, that's.
- [67:45]
Amy Earnhardt
Well, they're. They should. They should look at it as opportunity to support each other, but also talk each other. Everybody Here's a quote. Everybody's going to need talking off a ledge at some point, and so that, like, don't look at it like, oh, damn, we're going to be around each other. I'm worried. Look at it like, hey, I'm lucky. I'll have this person around all the time to help me make the right decision, not make the wrong decision. Here, discuss. What should we do about this? Buying that or investing here or whatever to grow the business.
- [68:21]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Yeah, your mindset does have everything to do with it.
- [68:23]
Amy Earnhardt
You're have somebody in your corner, somebody you can trust. Like, man, when you get into business, you know, you're working with people that aren't family, that you're. You think have your best interest at heart, but you'll know that that person absolutely is in it for the right reasons. And so I think it's incredible. Should work really good.
- [68:44]
Ralph
I like that.
- [68:45]
Amy Earnhardt
It's good advice.
- [68:46]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
But go outside and scream every once in a while if you need to.
- [68:48]
Amy Earnhardt
And then you should have one hour to scream at each other every night.
- [68:53]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
We're gonna end the day with just screaming, and then we'll go home.
- [68:57]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah, yeah.
- [68:58]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Don't take it home.
- [68:59]
Ralph
Yeah. Don't drive to work together. Maybe separate cars.
- [69:02]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah, there you go.
- [69:02]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Set the tone for your day in your own car with your own music. Absolutely.
- [69:06]
Amy Earnhardt
That's a good point.
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Ralph
Yeah. Find some separate time.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
That's good.
- [69:09]
Ralph
But that's all we got for Ask Amy today.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
All right, guys, thank you for your questions. Yeah, we got a fun show today.
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Amy Earnhardt
I will close out the show with a quote. Okay. Sometimes a man will plant a tree, knowing that he will never sit in its shade.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
All right, where did you get that?
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Ralph
Where'd you come up with that?
- [69:34]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Mike is like, oh, Boom. All right, guys, thank you for a great show. Dale and I had a lot of fun talking about, you know, all of our fun things. Cussing, bubble tape, back to school, shopping. And Dale's got another quote for you guys to.
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Amy Earnhardt
Oh, I do.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
End our show. Yeah.
- [69:53]
Amy Earnhardt
When your opponent is destroying himself, do not interrupt.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
That's a good quote. Just let it fix, explode, huh?
- [70:00]
Amy Earnhardt
Yeah.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
All right, guys. Thank you again. Please hit subscribe on our channels and also, don't forget to check out our merch at shop. DirtyM media dot com. See you next week.
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Amy Earnhardt
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