Haggling, Running Out of TP & Anti-Daylight Savings

Summary

The Dale Jr. Download

Episode: Haggling, Running Out of TP & Anti-Daylight Savings

Date: October 30, 2025

Hosts: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Amy Earnhardt, Ralph

Network: Dirty Mo Media, SiriusXM

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Episode Overview

This episode of "The Dale Jr. Download" takes listeners on a lively, candid journey through Dale Jr. and Amy’s family life, business updates, parenting foibles, and playful debates. They offer insights on personal changes, marriage dynamics, Halloween traditions, and take on listener-submitted "fixin’" dilemmas—everything from haggling at the car dealership to running out of toilet paper. The crew wraps with a humorous “Bless Your Heart Feud” game, listener Q&A, and strong (anti-)feelings about Daylight Savings Time.

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Key Topics & Insights

1. Life & Business Updates

Time: 02:36 – 06:15

• Dale Jr. celebrates business wins with Filter Time and Jerky Boys, noting Filter Time’s “best month ever,” while Jerky Boys sales are up 85% on Amazon.
  • "[Filter Time] just had its best month ever. Still going." -- Dale Jr. (03:05)
  • Dale describes handing out Jerky Boys jerky in his shop to whoever he sees, embodying a grassroots, hands-on promotion style.
• Product quality talk: Amy and Dale stress that while their products are pricier, they're made with high-quality, preservative-free ingredients and small-batch production.
  • "It's great, great stuff. No, no junk." -- Dale Jr. (06:08)
  • "No preservatives. So very good for you." -- Amy (06:10)

2. The "Drunk Witch" (Halloween & Family Talk)

Time: 06:15 – 10:55

• The "Drunk Witch" is introduced as the drink of the week, featuring High Rock Vodka, and triggering playful, spirited banter.
  • "Could you imagine the drunk witch? Get her drunk and she'd tell you some pretty good stories about her witching days." -- Dale Jr. (06:29)
• Halloween stress: Amy pressures Dale to dress up, recounting past family costume themes and teasing him for nearly missing costume prep this year.
  • "What are the chances of me not being in any costume whatsoever?" -- Dale Jr. (07:57)
  • "That's the lamest choice." -- Amy (08:01)
• The couple reminisces about family parades at preschool, noting the bittersweet nature of kids growing up.
  • "That was, like, the last time we're ever going to get to do that...bittersweet." -- Amy (10:55)

3. Parenting in the Chaos

Time: 12:21 – 16:04

• Amy describes the sugar-induced chaos after a kid Halloween party ("pound of sugar…not like chocolate, like colored food dye candy"), how it affects her daughters, and the negotiation battles that follow—especially about costumes and morning struggles.
• The couple reflect on how life has shifted from self-centered "just us" moments to complete devotion to their kids, with Dale admitting he "wouldn’t have it any other way."
  • "Now we're just like vessels for these kids...I wouldn't know what to do without them." -- Dale Jr. (11:29)

4. Family Communication & Phone Habits

Time: 14:46 – 18:53

• Dale’s habit of making phone calls while driving is both a running joke and a debate point. Amy pokes fun at his poor timing (calling while she naps; making soup noisily).
  • "This man is trying to get me to come out of my skin." -- Amy (17:06)
• Dale shares that calling loved ones while driving feels like productive multitasking for him and many men.
  • "You have this steady sort of obligation in the back of your head of, like, I hadn't checked in in a while." -- Dale Jr. (22:41)

5. Read-the-Room Fails & Everyday Domestic Humor

Time: 18:53 – 24:17

• Amy details moments when Dale calls just to settle trivial kids’ debates, like city vs. small-town living, even during high-stress kid bath time.
  • "I'm like, golly, this, this couldn't be more ridiculous, this whole situation, what a mess." -- Amy (22:01)
• Dale admits to failing to "read the room" but firmly believes these conversations matter even if the timing is wrong.

6. Relationship, Change & Letting Yourself Go

Time: 26:32 – 36:02

• Amy poses the delicate question of how you address a partner "letting themselves go."
  • "How do you approach your partner and tell them...maybe we should get back to trying?" -- Amy (26:32)
• Dale advocates for kindness, emphasizing how love increasingly transcends physical appearance over time, with endearing appreciation for Amy.
  • "What you look like...really doesn't matter anymore at all." -- Dale Jr. (29:54)
• Both admit mutual blind spots, with Amy grateful Dale never commented when she "got fluffy" and Dale hoping for loving nudges if his bad habits get out of control.
• The pair discuss how tough it is to give such feedback, agreeing the risk of hurt feelings or resentment is high—especially for men.
  • "You got to be careful because you'll break his spirit...Women are tougher." -- Dale Jr. (34:58)

7. The Fixings: Advice Segment

Time: 37:19 – 44:17

a) How to get a kid to take antibiotics?

• Consensus: Bribe them. Chocolate works best.
  • "Find their weakness and bribe them and do not feel any shame about it." -- Amy (38:18)
  • "When they're sick though, you don't care...That's all you have in the tackle box." -- Dale Jr. (38:58)

b) Awkward Haggling at the Car Dealership

• Listener openly haggles at his wife’s request, causing her anger. The crew finds it hilarious.
  • "You handle that perfectly. I love it. Hell yeah." -- Dale Jr. (40:04)

c) Letting a Kid Stay Up for a Sports Game (Core Memory vs. Bedtime)

• The panel empathizes: It’s a special memory, but acknowledge you can’t do it routinely; next time, apologize and own the error.
  • "It ended up going poorly. Just say, hey, I'll use better judgment next time." -- Dale Jr. (43:00)
  • "If you do it twice, it's not like a core memory. It's just a bad habit." -- Amy (42:02)

8. Bless Your Heart Feud (Comedy Game Segment)

Time: 45:02 – 52:08

A "Family Feud"-style quiz with funny, sometimes raunchy answers. Highlights:

• What do you do when you run out of toilet paper?

  • Top answers: Yell for help, don't wipe, hop to another bathroom, panic/cry, use a towel (!).
  • "Don't wipe. Number two." -- Ralph (49:27)

• If men had wagging tails like dogs, what would make them wag?

  • Answers: Attractive women, food, sports, beer.
  • "Titties was by far the number one answer though." -- Ralph (51:55)

9. Listener Q&A: Holidays, Projects, and Favorites

Time: 54:07 – 69:56

• Best time to start Christmas music?
  • The Earnhardts agree: After Thanksgiving, to preserve the magic.
  • "If you started too early, you just wear it out." -- Amy (56:18)
• Getting a partner to finish projects?
  • Only subtle, helpful offers stand a chance—nagging creates arguments.
  • "Offer to help. Very subtly. 'Hey, you want me to finish that for you?'" -- Dale Jr. (58:31)
• Favorite part of Halloween?
  • Amy: Dressing up and makeup with the kids.
  • Dale: Decorations, neighborhood vibe, the spookiness.

10. Daylight Savings Rant

Time: 66:01 – 66:53

• Dale expresses annoyance that we still do Daylight Savings.
  • "It's moving the furniture around in the room just for no reason. We're just gonna move the couch over here..." -- Dale Jr. (66:27)
• Amy: "I don't care what time it is." (66:53)

11. Closing Moments

• Amy will be at the Phoenix Xfinity Race, planning a spa day and hike with Dale.
• Favorite Kentucky memories: Amy treasures the people, the beautiful setting, and the horse culture more than anything.
  • "I loved the horses, the horse tracks. Going to Keeneland was amazing." -- Amy (68:45)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Love and Change

  • "You’ve become my best friend. I love hanging out with you more than anyone."
    -- Dale Jr. (29:01)

• On Parenting

  • "Now we're just like vessels for these kids...I wouldn't know what to do without them."
    -- Dale Jr. (11:29)

• Joking About Letting Yourself Go

  • "If you got really stinky, I might say, hey man, you know, but you're not going to do that."
    -- Dale Jr. (29:43)

• Core Memory Regret

  • "If you do it twice, it's not like a core memory. It's just a bad habit."
    -- Amy (42:02)

• Fixing Failure

  • "Don't wipe. Number two."
    -- Ralph (49:27)

• Daylight Savings Time

  • "It's moving the furniture around in the room just for no reason."
    -- Dale Jr. (66:27)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Segment | Time | |---------------------------------------------|--------------| | Business Updates & Jerky Boys | 02:36-06:15 | | Drink of the Week: Drunk Witch & Halloween | 06:15-10:55 | | Parenting Chaos & Reflection | 12:21-16:04 | | Family Phone Habits & Humor | 14:46-18:53 | | Relationship/Letting Yourself Go | 26:32-36:02 | | The Fixins (Advice Segment) | 37:19-44:17 | | Bless Your Heart Feud (Comedy Game) | 45:02-52:08 | | Listener Q&A: Holidays, Projects & More | 54:07-69:56 | | Daylight Savings Rant | 66:01-66:53 | | Closing Questions on Kentucky & Phoenix | 68:38-end |

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Episode Tone & Style

Candid, irreverent, playful, honest, and warm. Amy and Dale trade stories, poke gentle fun at each other’s quirks, and openly discuss the real work of family, partnership, and the ongoing negotiation that is marriage and parenting. They mix Southern humor, nostalgia, and a healthy dose of self-deprecation, making for a relatable, breezy listen.

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Takeaways for Listeners

• Even NASCAR legends wrestle with Halloween costumes, marital honesty, and running out of toilet paper.
• Parenting and partnering are dynamic challenges—sometimes all you can do is laugh.
• Core memories are great, but boundaries (and rest) matter too.
• For almost every sticky domestic problem, someone else has been there—and may have strong opinions about bribes, haggling, and the right time for Christmas music.

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Transcript

[Dale Jr.]

Morning, Zoe. Got donuts.

[Amy]

Jeff Bridges, why are you still living above our garage?

[Dale Jr.]

Well, I dig the mattress and I.

[Amy]

Want to be in a T mobile.

[Dale Jr.]

Commercial like you teach me. So Dana.

[Amy]

Oh no, I'm not really prepared. I couldn't possibly at T Mobile get the new iPhone 17 Pro on them. It's designed to be the most powerful iPhone yet and has the ultimate pro camera system.

[Dale Jr.]

Wow, impressive.

[Ralph]

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[Dale Jr.]

Get iPhone 17 Pro because they've got the best network.

[Amy]

Nice. Je free. You heard them.

[Dale Jr.]

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[Ralph]

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[Dale Jr.]

So what are we having for lunch?

[Amy]

Dude, my work here is done.

[Dale Jr.]

The 24 month bill credits on experience.

[Ralph]

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[Dale Jr.]

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[Ralph]

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[Dale Jr.]

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[Amy]

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[Dale Jr.]

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[Amy]

Dale Jr. And I are back in the studio at DirtyMome Media for another round of Bless yous Heart. We have a good show for you this week. We're gonna talk about all kinds of weird things. Let's get started.

[Dale Jr.]

The following is a production of Dirty Mo Media.

[Amy]

Oh yeah. This is the way it's gonna be, girl. We're gonna hang out, open a bunch of jars. You got big. Are you suffering from high crack?

[Dale Jr.]

I'm working.

[Amy]

Working that mouth. All right, first up.

[Dale Jr.]

Hold on.

[Amy]

You aren't here.

[Dale Jr.]

I am. Honey, I got some maybe some good news.

[Amy]

Is it shareable?

[Dale Jr.]

So yes, I have two companies that I'm.

[Amy]

Kapaw. Go back in the corridor and gather your thoughts.

[Dale Jr.]

So all my Life. I have been a spokesman. Right. And I have been. I have partnered and agreed and signed contracts to promote products and services. Good ones, ones I've always enjoyed. Budweiser, the National Guard, you name it. We were always really lucky to partner with brands that, that work.

[Amy]

That were fun.

[Dale Jr.]

They were fun. Yeah. Great. I never really got asked to do something that was uncomfortable maybe once or twice, you know, I was, I always worried, always wondered how Mark Martin got over, got through the Viagra days, you know, but especially, God, imagine doing that today.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

You know, back in, back, back in those days, it wasn't really.

[Amy]

It would be very hard.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. Back then there was a social media and stuff. So hard you kind of could ignore the noise, but rock hard. See where you're going with that. Anyways, I never ever have started a business or been part of our owned equity in anything outside of like racing and race teams. Right. But two things that I started in the last four or five years. One was Filter Time. I partnered with Blake, my friend Blake Cook, who's also a racer. Filter Time's just had its best month ever. Still going. Filter Time's still going. I don't really talk. I wore the shirt today. I don't really talk about Filter Time as much because I only got so many minutes in the day and I got, you know, we, we have since me and Blake and his brother Christian launched Jerky Boys, which I'm wearing the hat. So those two companies, Filter Time, Jerky Boys, are very important to me, as is High Rock Vodka.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Dale Jr.]

We also have. Have become partners in that little venture. Jerky boys is up 85% over last month on Amazon. Jerky Boys is killing it.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

You have helped me put together like this little packet.

[Amy]

Yeah. We send some marketing boxes.

[Dale Jr.]

Send some marketing boxes out to some friends of ours, the Luke Combs of the world, and trying to see if they may like it and talk about.

[Amy]

It or just start ordering. Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

I walked into the gift shop this morning and met a man who was shopping for souvenirs and handed him two free bags. Every time I go in there and I see somebody, I say, hey, you like jerky? I'm going to give you a bag. I'll give you the first bag free.

[Amy]

He's like water cooler Dale. But the Jerky Boys daily at the jerky thing.

[Dale Jr.]

And so passing it out, I walked. I've just had some good news today with Filter Times kicking tail. Jerky Boys going good and just excited and I just wanted to share that.

[Amy]

But also, what's the News.

[Dale Jr.]

Well, that's the news. Jerky Boys has 85% over net over last month on Amazon. You can order on Amazon or you can order order on Jerky Boys. It is. It is expensive, but it's a small company we're making. We have very small production, and it's expensive for us to make it. We're charging it. What? What we have to charge you? We don't want to charge you this. When we get our production numbers way up, we're coming down on the price. We got plans to bring the price down.

[Amy]

But it's also expensive because it's made with really good products.

[Dale Jr.]

It's great, great stuff. No, no junk.

[Amy]

No junk. No preservatives. So very good for you. But speaking of High Rock.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. Hi. Rock is here. And today's drink is the Drunk Witch. Yeah, she sounds like a lot of fun.

[Amy]

On trend with us.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, she sound. The drunk witch.

[Amy]

Feels like me, anyway.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, she'd be fun hanging out with at the bar, sitting there having some drinks. Could you imagine the drunk witch? Get her drunk and she'd tell you some pretty good stories about her witching days. Right? Could you imagine? She might not tell you everything when she's sober. When she gets a little tipsy, she'll tell you some of the spells she's cast. Right. That'd be fun.

[Amy]

How she escaped the stake, I don't know.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, right.

[Amy]

Okay, we're getting out of hand. Today's drink of the week is called the Drunk Witch. And it is 2 ounces of high rock vodka, 2 ounces of blue caraco, 2 ounces of grenadine, and then you top it with lemon lime soda. So you can find all of it in the glass, stir it up, and then top it with your soda. And it's delicious.

[Dale Jr.]

It's like grape juice.

[Amy]

And it looks like a dark purple color, which is Kool Aid. Dale's very, very into it. Visit highrockvodka.com to find a bottle near you. They have a store locator on the website, so you can find Hyrock or any of the other Sugarlands products in a store close to you. And you must be 21 years or over. Please drink responsibly.

[Dale Jr.]

Tasty. I usually. I'm a T, man. I'm. I'm.

[Amy]

You're picky.

[Dale Jr.]

I'm picky on. On mixed drinks. I am.

[Amy]

That is very good.

[Dale Jr.]

I like them. Yeah.

[Amy]

To make some of those tomorrow before we go. Trick or treat.

[Dale Jr.]

Oh, is that tomorrow?

[Amy]

It's tomorrow, man.

[Dale Jr.]

I ain't Ready.

[Amy]

I know you're not ready. I know that you don't have a costume.

[Dale Jr.]

I don't have a costume.

[Amy]

You might. I tried to talk him into being my being an old lady. I have my old lady dress up.

[Dale Jr.]

As an old lady.

[Amy]

And he said, no, but we could do an old man again. We got that costume.

[Dale Jr.]

What are the chances of me not being in any costume whatsoever?

[Amy]

I feel like that's the lamest choice.

[Dale Jr.]

But you said all the. Boy. All the. All the dads are not going to be there. TJ ain't going to be around. TJ's busy at Phoenix. And so like my partner, partners in crime, my pals, like, I don't mind dressing up. And.

[Amy]

And I'm not asking you to dress up as the team thing. Like, we usually have the theme and everyone does it together.

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

So there's two.

[Amy]

But it's Halloween.

[Dale Jr.]

There's two components missing that make me feel comfortable, and that is. I'm not part of the big idea because it's. What is it called? The demon.

[Amy]

The K Pop. Demon Hunters. Massager Boys.

[Dale Jr.]

Yep. I ain't doing that. So I'm not part. It's not like, you know, what did we do that year where we all had fun? We were, you know, we were the.

[Amy]

Jacket of their own.

[Dale Jr.]

We were League of Their Own. We did Star wars, you know, and I could be a. Be a person. I could be a thing.

[Amy]

Yeah. I'm asking you to do that.

[Dale Jr.]

Well, no, but this year we should.

[Amy]

Have made you a jerky thing to put on. You could have been a piece of.

[Dale Jr.]

I know. I didn't. I came. Came up. Came up on me. Halloween came up on me real fast.

[Amy]

He. He's been playing.

[Dale Jr.]

The other thing that. The other components that's missing is tj. My buddy tj.

[Amy]

Yeah. He's got to be at the racetrack.

[Dale Jr.]

We trick or treat with his family. He always is dressing up as well. So we both sort of take. Take one for the team. And he's not going to be there, so I'll be this. I'll be the lone.

[Ralph]

I don't know.

[Amy]

I don't know. You're not selling me. Sorry.

[Dale Jr.]

I know I'm not. I'm just trying to tell you I'm sure there's somebody. There's one out of 10 people listening, going, I get what he's saying. So.

[Amy]

Yeah. I feel sorry for you. I still want you to, like, swing by the Halloween store and figure.

[Dale Jr.]

I'll figure something out. I need it. You know, I just Want to wear, like, regular clothes and a scary mask?

[Amy]

That works for me.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, that works. You know, it'd be fun to be like.

[Amy]

It's easier to walk around the neighborhood with you when your face is covered up.

[Dale Jr.]

You know, Teen Wolf would be a good costume. Let me get the hands. Get the mask. And then I could wear a leather jacket.

[Amy]

Your letter jacket?

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, the one I had from that commercial where me and Bill Elliot and Chase Elliot, or I was remembering the 90s in my.

[Amy]

So you have one that fits you now, because the other one have.

[Dale Jr.]

It's a prop from that commercial.

[Amy]

Okay. Yeah, that sounds like a good plan.

[Dale Jr.]

Well, I just need to team execute. Yeah. I have 12 hours, I guess, to track down me a costume.

[Amy]

Yeah. And the Halloween store was very packed. We went through there the other day.

[Dale Jr.]

They have a Halloween store here.

[Amy]

It's by Walmart. Yeah, the spirit Halloween just kind of pops into whatever vacant spaces around, you.

[Dale Jr.]

Know, really, they rent for.

[Amy]

And there's one close to the. It's right across from the movie theater.

[Dale Jr.]

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

[Amy]

Right. But. Okay. You all right? You're gonna. You're gonna be fine.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, I'm figuring it out.

[Amy]

Well, we also had our last Halloween parade at the preschool yesterday, and I didn't even think about it until we left and got in the car, but that was, like, the last time we're ever going to get to do that. So Nicole was about to go to kindergarten next year, and they don't do that anymore. So it's kind of a bittersweet thing.

[Dale Jr.]

It was.

[Amy]

But it was very cute. She's got nothing but girls in her class.

[Dale Jr.]

We were going to the Publix to pick up a grocery order, and I sitting at the stop sign with the turn signal on, thinking about how I was having one of those moments where you kind of go, damn. I remember when me and you, we didn't have kids, and we would just go, well, we've got the week off or we've got some free time. Where are we gonna go do something? And we just go do something for ourselves. Super selfish.

[Amy]

And that's what happens when you're young.

[Dale Jr.]

I know. And now we're just, like.

[Amy]

To be selfish.

[Dale Jr.]

And now we're just like vessels for these kids. We're just like. We're taking you here, taking you there, making sure you're doing this, making sure you're doing that, making sure you're brushing your teeth. And honestly, wouldn't have it any other way. I don't. I wouldn't know what to do without them.

[Amy]

Right? Yeah. I'm glad we have the purpose. Now we are just running around willy nilly.

[Dale Jr.]

All this guided. All this guided common sense and love and effort and everything ported into these kids every single day. And I can't even imagine, like, what were we doing?

[Amy]

I don't know. Probably hanging out in Key West.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, I know.

[Amy]

Eyes crossed.

[Dale Jr.]

Like just going to a bar and drink a beer. Yeah, sounds great actually.

[Amy]

But yeah, yeah, I'm not fit for that anymore. So I'm glad we were changed in this phase of life. But yeah, last Halloween parade, so that was a little sad. But they were cute.

[Dale Jr.]

And I'm ready to though I am ready to be taking her to the same school as Isla.

[Amy]

I am too. I'm ready for you to buy the conflict for me in the morning. This morning was absolutely miserable. So the kids went to go have a play date yesterday at a friend's house. They're outside, they're at this long table, they're making potions, which is just like colored water and glitter and mica powder. Like, it fizzes up. So they're just playing outside. But coincidentally, they also had like a pile of candy. Between the Halloween parade and just the stuff we had out, Nicole at least had a pound of sugar and not like chocolate, like colored food dye candy, you know, And Isla's always been very sensitive to that. So I'm like, really, really rigid about how much food dye they eat because it just makes them rude. It doesn't just make them, like, silly. It makes them very hard to deal with. And so by the time I got to Nicole, because she went home with Carrie because she has kids at the school, so she picked them up and I waited for Isla to get done with her homeschool and then we went. She was bonkers. And she has been bonkers ever since. Like, I don't know where she's at. She's not on. She's not on planet Earth. So this morning we get up to get ready and she's still having the attitude, doesn't want to brush her teeth, doesn't want to get dressed. And then I try to explain to her, like, this is what's happening today. It's going to stop raining. You're going to get to play outside. You need to wear this, it's cold. You're gonna have your Halloween party at school today. And now the only thing she hears is Halloween party. And so she locks in on wanting to wear a dress. And not just a dress. And by the way, it's still 40 degrees outside, a princess dress. And she comes into the closet wearing a dress. And I'm like, you can't wear that. Like, it doesn't fit her boot. Her tiny little chest is hanging out of it like it's Isla's, Clearly. And so we move on to the second one. And she comes in. She's dressed as Ariel. I'm like, nicole, you can't wear that to school today. It is not a costume party. You did that yesterday. It's Halloween. Wear something.

[Dale Jr.]

Halloween.

[Amy]

Ish.

[Dale Jr.]

It happened yesterday.

[Amy]

That little back dress you have. Go put that on.

[Dale Jr.]

In her mind, she's thinking, well, this is partying. I did this yesterday. Today I wanted to do this. Why can't this happen?

[Amy]

Yeah. And her response to me is, I can wear this if I want to. And then she just looks at me straight in the face. I'm like, listen, I get what you want, but that's not gonna work.

[Dale Jr.]

Tough couple, 24 hours parenting.

[Amy]

It can go up, I guess. Only way to go at this point. I have a random question for Alex.

[Ralph]

What do you got?

[Amy]

Do you have anybody in your life that insists on talking on the phone while they're driving?

[Ralph]

Oh, yes.

[Amy]

And you're riding in the car. Passenger. It didn't matter. They're always on the phone.

[Ralph]

Yeah, my dad.

[Amy]

Your dad?

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Okay, so dad over here is like that.

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Amy]

He always calls someone. He's in the truck, and he'll call me if he's got no one else that'll pick up because I'm usually not the one that's going to pick up first. Sometimes he calls me first, but not usually. So he calls me the other day, and it's Monday. I had it just from the weekend or whatever. The girls were at school. I had like an hour. I was like, I'm just going to take a nap. So I lay down on the couch. I've been trying to do better about putting my ringer on my phone just so he can get a hold of me, or anyone can if there's an emergency. I had just dozed off, and all of a sudden his ringtone comes on. So I answer the phone.

[Dale Jr.]

What's my ringtone?

[Amy]

The flight of the danger Mayday. It's the flight of the Conchords theme song.

[Dale Jr.]

Oh, yeah.

[Amy]

Yeah. So I'm like, hello? He goes, hey, what are you doing? I'm like, I'm trying to take a nap. He goes, oh, well, let me tell you about my day. I'm like, I'm trying to take a nap. He didn't even care. Didn't pick up on it. So he tells me about his day, tells me about his. You came in and interviewed somebody. Somebody, didn't you? Maybe it was Tuesday.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, yeah, we did the interview. We did the Dale Jr. Download.

[Amy]

So he comes into the house, and I'm still trying to pretend to go back to sleep, to take a nap. It never happened. But my eyes are closed because I'm trying. And he's like, fiddle farting around. And eventually, like, it's like 11:30. It's not that late. He goes into the kitchen, starts making soup. Like, he starts to cook. I'm like, there's a lot of other things you could have gotten out that are more quiet than that. And he's got a metal spoon and a metal pan, and he's in there going, sh. Tink, tink, tink, tink. Like every 30 seconds he's tasting it and seeing if it's hot. And then he gets his bowl out. Clank gets the pot, pours it out, puts the pot in the sink. Like the whole thing's making all kinds of ridiculous noise. And then he sits down at the table next to me and then just starts slurping and eating it and looking at his iPad. I'm like, this man is trying to get me to come out of my skin. I don't know, wait till lunchtime to. Actually.

[Dale Jr.]

Where was I supposed to go?

[Amy]

Eat a sandwich?

[Dale Jr.]

Did you mean to sit on the couch in silence? What was I supposed to do?

[Amy]

Go to the computer room? It's not like you don't know how to disappear.

[Dale Jr.]

So disappear. That's what I should have done.

[Amy]

Let me sleep.

[Dale Jr.]

Yes.

[Amy]

I would never do such a thing. If that man's asleep on the couch.

[Dale Jr.]

I only need five minutes.

[Amy]

Well, we're not the same person.

[Dale Jr.]

I understand.

[Amy]

You can fall asleep in a crowded room also, and I can't do that. So I had just fallen asleep. That's not the only time he's done stuff like that. Yes. It was at 2. Sleep.

[Dale Jr.]

I'd go to sleep right now.

[Amy]

Yeah, you could. He used to fall asleep behind his sunglasses in the airplane. You'd think you were talking to him. Y' all were having conversation. All of a sudden, he's not responding. And it's because he fell asleep behind his sunglasses. That was a pretty popular thing for you to do.

[Ralph]

That's so funny.

[Amy]

Yeah. So the other night, it's Tuesday, the girls go to dance and they have costumes because it's Halloween week and Isla's face is Painted green. She's Elphaba. So I get her home and I've got her in the bathtub. And I'm trying to.

[Dale Jr.]

Everybody knows who that is.

[Amy]

It's the wicked witch from the wizard of Oz.

[Ralph]

Okay, that makes more sense.

[Amy]

She's a witch and she's got green paint all over her face, her ears and everything. And so I got her in the bathtub. I'm trying to get the green paint off. It's like all hands on deck. I'm trying to make sure this green paint doesn't get slung anywhere. I'm probably overthinking all of that stuff, but I am trying to make sure I get it off of her before she gets it in her mouth or whatever. Phone rings, it's Dale. And he's like, hey, what are you doing? Well, I've got Isla in the bathtub. I'm trying to scrub the green paint off of her face. Well, Nicole and I, they're coming back from Kennedy's birthday dinner. Nicole and I, we were riding and we just had a question. I'm like, okay. He goes, are you going to ask her? Nicole? Of course, Nicole's not talking on the phone. And like, this is all taking way longer than it should.

[Dale Jr.]

Nicole's the one that wanted to call mom. And Nicole's now shy or something. Now. I'm out on an island now. Because the silly ass question that we gonna ask.

[Amy]

Yes. So the question he finally gets out is, we were curious, do you like living in a small town or a big city? Better, because Nicole swears that you like living in a big. With all the buildings and all the people. And I like living in a small town. So we got into this conversation about who likes to live where. And I was like, you gotta be kidding me. This calling me to ask.

[Dale Jr.]

This is how this happens. Me and Nicole went to.

[Amy]

And there's no threshold for. Let's filter this.

[Dale Jr.]

Me and Nicole went. No, me and Nicole went to Kennedy her birthday at Epic Steakhouse in downtown Mooresville.

[Amy]

Yeah. Kennedy is Kelly's middle child.

[Dale Jr.]

Epic. Yeah. And Epic's the best chop steakhouse in Moore's world. So we went down there.

[Amy]

I thought you went to 131.

[Dale Jr.]

Nope. Oh, epic. Great, great. That's good.

[Amy]

Because you really would have been late.

[Dale Jr.]

I love Epic. So we're there and so we leave and we're driving through Mooresville. And I said, I, you know me, I'm like, this is how I talk to my kids in the car. We're driving down the. We pull. We're driving down Main Street. And I go, man, look at, look at Main Street. Look at me. It's seven o'clock at night. Look at Main Street. How pretty and lights. Look at how beautiful downtown Mooresville is tonight.

[Amy]

He's selling something at all times.

[Dale Jr.]

And Nicole goes, yeah, but it's small. And I go, yeah, but I like small. I like small towns. Yeah, I like big towns. She says, she says, I like cities. Big cities. Me and mom and Isla, we all like big cities.

[Amy]

Which is funny because has she ever been to one?

[Dale Jr.]

I know. And I'm like, really? And I said, yeah, you want to call Mom?

[Amy]

Yeah, let's get mom involved in this.

[Dale Jr.]

Not because, of course I'm going to call somebody. I'm in the car driving, of course, Mom's who were talking about, do you want caller? Yes, let's call Mom. So, boop. Call Mom. Hey, while we're talking, do you like big cities? Because that's what the girls are saying. That's what Nicole says. You know, what are we going to talk about? We're going to talk about the topic of the conversation in the car. Yeah, that's how my brain works.

[Amy]

Yeah. So in the moment, like, there's just no reading the room. There's no, like, I couldn't read the.

[Dale Jr.]

Room I wasn't in.

[Amy]

And I'm. I'm trying to wait, like, for a real humdinger of a question, you know? And then when he pulls out the big city, small city thing, I'm like, how do I politely respond to this and not lose my absolute mind?

[Dale Jr.]

Well, it was going real good till. Till Nicole totally ditched me on the phone call when the phone rang. And I'm like, man, this will be cute. Nicole's gonna ask her about the town. Big town or small town? And then Nicole completely shut down on me. And then now I'm like, well, this is silly.

[Amy]

Well, so I had walked away too, from Isla, because she was in the bathroom with. With the water running, so I couldn't put it on speaker and, like, have my hands free. So I've got green paint on my hands, holding my phone, walking to the closet. And I'm like, wait, what?

[Dale Jr.]

I had no idea.

[Amy]

I'm like, golly, this, this couldn't be more ridiculous, this whole situation, what a mess. But yeah, that's a pretty common everyday occurrence at our house. Yeah, the chaos, the awareness, man.

[Dale Jr.]

I just. Yeah, I wonder if anyone else is like that when they get in the car and start driving and their mind goes, I'm calling this. Who can I call? Who do I need? Who do I need to call?

[Ralph]

It's like a guy thing, too. I've started doing it, too.

[Amy]

What?

[Ralph]

Yeah, it's like, I. What's. I have 30 minutes. This is wasted time. I can knock out three phone calls.

[Dale Jr.]

I know that.

[Ralph]

I can knock off my list for, like, a month. You know, call Grandma. Call this.

[Amy]

Like, you have to do phone calls.

[Ralph]

Well, you know, you gotta check up on family, friends, and you can kind of check that off your list.

[Dale Jr.]

You have this.

[Ralph]

I have to talk to them for a little bit.

[Dale Jr.]

You have this steady sort of obligation in the back of your head of, like, I hadn't checked in in a while.

[Ralph]

Yep.

[Dale Jr.]

I haven't talked to this person a while. I just. I just gotta call them and they'll. And that'll be. They'll be good.

[Amy]

Yeah, I mean, I have that going on. I also usually have, like, two kids in the car, noise. And so I can't really do that.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. I don't call. So that's. To your point, like, driving to school, I don't call anybody.

[Amy]

Unless you call Kelly just to say, good morning.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. Well, I mean. Yeah, because then Isla and Kelly can talk, but I won't call, like, a crew chief or I won't do a work call and have a conversation about things. And Isla's sitting there.

[Amy]

Sure.

[Dale Jr.]

Unless it's, like, absolutely instant, you know, somebody's reached out to me. But. Yeah. And as soon as I get her out of the car, I pull out of the parking lot. It's like, who we calling? Oh, yeah.

[Amy]

I mean, I thoroughly enjoy my time in the car because it's not that long. Usually when I'm by myself, like, just 10 minutes of silence or like, I listen to radio, like I listen to the chill station on xm. I called that station. It's just beats, just music.

[Dale Jr.]

I got done with. I dropped her off, and I called Marty Lindley, crew chief of the 88 car. And so I had this conversation with him, and his conversation made me think about another conversation I needed to have with another person or multiple people. Right. Because we're running for the championship this year at the expense or this weekend. And I'm like, man, I need to call. I need to call each driver and tell them this, this, and this. And I need to, you know, do make sure this and this and this is right. And.

[Amy]

Yeah, well, I don't have any of that going on, so I can understand why you need to make some of those calls. But the ones I get are not necessary.

[Dale Jr.]

Had I not called Marty I would have never none of that would ever like sparked and I would have not done some things I probably should do this week. Yeah I hear Morning Zoe. Got donuts.

[Amy]

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[Dale Jr.]

Well I dig the mattress and I.

[Amy]

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[Dale Jr.]

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[Amy]

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[Dale Jr.]

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[Ralph]

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[Dale Jr.]

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[Amy]

Because they've got the best network. Nice. Jeffrey, you heard them.

[Dale Jr.]

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[Ralph]

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[Dale Jr.]

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[Amy]

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[Ralph]

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[Dale Jr.]

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[Dale Jr.]

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[Dale Jr.]

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[Dale Jr.]

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[Ralph]

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[Dale Jr.]

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[Ralph]

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[Dale Jr.]

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[Ralph]

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[Amy]

I do have one random thing, and you can probably help me with this, too. How. How can you. If you're in a relationship for a long time, which we are, and this is like, a hard thing to breach, but how do you approach your partner and tell them that they've kind of let themselves go? Like, maybe we should get back to trying. Like, we're dating again. Like, you're trying a little harder to keep yourself up or. You know what I mean? Like, maybe it's clothes. Maybe it's, like, your eating habits. Maybe it's your just.

[Dale Jr.]

Grooming.

[Amy]

Grooming. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hygiene. I don't know. Like, how do you. Is there a good way to do that?

[Ralph]

No, I don't think so. I think. I think being just honest and open, while it might hurt in the short term, is the most effective long term.

[Amy]

Do you, like, just go for one small thing and hope that, like, it's like a trickle effect from.

[Dale Jr.]

Is there a lot. Is there some things.

[Amy]

Think about all of it.

[Dale Jr.]

Is there a lot of things going on that somebody needs to work on?

[Amy]

No. So my reason for asking this is because I had kind of gotten that way.

[Dale Jr.]

What are you talking about?

[Amy]

I have lost 15 pounds in the last several months. I have gone back to working out all the things. Dale never once said, hey, you're getting kind of fluffy, or, hey, is Pilates still open or nothing. He never once made me feel bad about letting myself go. And so I, like, thank you for that. But now that I've gotten my bod back or gotten back in shape and I feel so much better, I was just curious as, like, if there's really, truly not a good way, or maybe guys don't care if girls get extra curvy. No, but if you gain 30 pounds.

[Dale Jr.]

When you get extra curvy, you get extra curvy, which is a good bonus. Like, when you put. If you put on £15 or £30 or £50, I mean, there's positives to that.

[Amy]

Yeah. I mean, I understand.

[Dale Jr.]

I don't see it as a problem.

[Amy]

But guys gain it in one spot.

[Dale Jr.]

And I'll be honest, like.

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

I'm not just saying this, but when we first met. I mean, the. Of course. I mean, when I seen you walking across the parking lot, it was immediately just a physical thing. I didn't know who you were, how you acted, how you talked or what you. What you sounded like, what, you had an annoying laugh or whatever. Right. I mean, I'm just like, that's a beautiful woman. I'M I'm immediately attracted to what I see.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

And while that has been awesome, over the course of the relationship, I have become your. I mean, you've become my best friend. I love hanging out with you more than anyone and I want to be with you every day and I always want you around. And every time I'm around and doing something and you're not there, I'm always wondering how much better this would be if you were present. And, and so what you look like. It's not like I can, it's not like, I mean, if you let yourself go to an extent, I mean, you know, you've got pretty. If you got really stinky, I might say, hey man, you know, but you're not going to do that. You know what I'm saying?

[Amy]

But there's still time.

[Dale Jr.]

I'm not. I'm just saying like all the physical, the attraction physical really doesn't matter anymore at all.

[Amy]

I mean, it does a little.

[Dale Jr.]

It really doesn't. And I, it does it for me because. And I see, I know men, friends of mine, people that I know where they're better half age and, and, and wear and tear and, and life is.

[Amy]

That'S part of that.

[Dale Jr.]

Life is just caught up.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

But also, you know, they, they are not as fit or not. You know, they just think, you know, as you get older, it's just really, really hard. Metabolism changes and all this. And they could give a shit less. They love them as if they love them as hard and as much as they ever did. And so I see that that's like an example for me. And so, and I can connect. I can totally relate to that. Like I'm, I'm thankful that you, to me, I tell you too all the time, like, you don't, you don't look any different to me than you did.

[Amy]

I know he'll say that sometimes even if I have like you are lying. I can tell you right now, my pants don't zip. And so I know that there's differences here. I know he just like rose color, rose colored glasses. You love me and that doesn't matter to you, which I'm grateful for. I'm not. This is not an attack on you whatsoever. I'm grateful for that. So I don't know if you gained 30 pounds, so I'd probably be like, hey man, we're gonna quit buying some.

[Dale Jr.]

Well, I hope you would if you, if I was, if I was not doing, if I was having some bad habits, which I do. I mean I have terrible Habits. And, and I think about, like when I grow my. It out and I know it's ridiculous looking and, and I wear. I'm lazy in terms of how I dress. And I just, some days like to. I mean, I love this Filter Time sweatshirt, don't get me wrong. But today it's bare minimum. I grabbed the pants I wore yesterday off the floor. I put on some new socks and underwear and I grabbed this first sweatshirt I could find that. That had a logo on it that I wanted people to read.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

And then I grabbed. Yeah, and then I grabbed a hat.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

So, I mean, it's like, in a way, I have like a basic white T shirt and I have like a stack of them and I just wear these every day under the shirt. It's bare minimum. I'm not trying.

[Amy]

And I don't care about your clothes.

[Dale Jr.]

I know. I'm just saying, like, that's, that's one. There's things that I need to tighten up on. And, and so I think about that. I go, man, you know, I. I go, I. I do think about this. This does cross my mind every now and then.

[Amy]

Every now and then. So speaking of every now and then, it crosses your mind when you got in a race suit or you've got to put the penguin suit on, which we have to wear this next week.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

The tuxedo.

[Dale Jr.]

Anytime I have to wear tux, I go, it's been a year. I'm going to go and try to put this thing on. And if it's tight, I'm going to be so depressed.

[Amy]

We have a moment in the closet where it's like this countdown of if it's going to zip up. It's a. It's stressful, it sucks.

[Dale Jr.]

And so, I don't know. I used to never give. I used to never be that damn. I used to not give a sh. T. But I don't know.

[Amy]

Well, you're fine. This isn't an attack on you. You're great. All I'm saying is I'm grateful for you not making me feel bad about it and wondering if there is an actual way that anyone's had someone tell them, ooh, you know, you're kind of slipping or whatever. The thing is, I think I just.

[Dale Jr.]

Count my blessings that you don't have like chronic bad breath or some. You're sort of, you know, particular flaw, for lack of a better word.

[Amy]

I have got a thousand flaws. You just like all of them.

[Dale Jr.]

I like all the things that I like everything about it. There's nothing That I wouldn't. I wouldn't. There's not a thing that I would change, you know, I just. I think I count my blessings.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

I'm so lucky because, you know, I have friends. I had a buddy of mine that had chronic bad breath.

[Amy]

What?

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. And I'm like, golly, man, what do you do about that? Right?

[Amy]

Did you tell him? No. Does anybody tell him?

[Dale Jr.]

No, I couldn't tell him that. I mean, I could tell him he's got a booger in his nose, but I can't tell him. Like.

[Amy]

Really? You can't say, man, you need some gum?

[Dale Jr.]

Well, I don't know that it's a gum thing. I think it's something.

[Amy]

I know, but it might trigger, like, my breast stinks.

[Dale Jr.]

I don't know.

[Amy]

This kind of goes back to that conversation we had last week about friendship.

[Dale Jr.]

And, like, maybe we weren't that close physically.

[Amy]

Yes. Enough for him to put his breath on. On you.

[Dale Jr.]

But I'm just saying, look, you know, I'm thankful because, I mean, I'm particular. I'm very. I'm very particular.

[Amy]

Yeah, very.

[Dale Jr.]

I'm very selfish in, like, how, you know, how I hoped my. My life would turn out. Life partner would be.

[Amy]

Yeah, well, I'm grateful.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, me too.

[Amy]

Let's talk about something silly now. I think we have some fixes.

[Dale Jr.]

Did we exhaust that?

[Amy]

Yeah, I think so. I think we squeezed the hell out of it.

[Dale Jr.]

You can't tell them.

[Amy]

Can't tell what?

[Dale Jr.]

You can't. So you gotta.

[Ralph]

You don't think you can tell them.

[Dale Jr.]

You just gotta come out and tell them?

[Ralph]

I think so. Don't pile on. But, like, you know, subtly mention it.

[Dale Jr.]

I'm telling you, man, be careful. Cause I think women, or women are probably. Women are tougher.

[Amy]

It is tough.

[Dale Jr.]

Women are tougher mentally. And boys will just. If you tell a guy that he's fallen short, you're 10 years into a deal or five years into relationship, and you tell a man that he ain't doing the he's supposed to be doing. You got to be careful because you'll break his spirit. I mean, women. Women are tougher.

[Amy]

We are tougher, but we don't forget what you said either. So even if we, like, 10 years from now, like, things happen, aging happens or whatever, like, we're always going to be a little concerned. You know what I mean? Men are visual creatures. Women are the flowers we're supposed to be.

[Dale Jr.]

That's the other thing, too. Yeah. If you tell a woman.

[Amy]

So it's just one of Those things we're always concerned about.

[Dale Jr.]

If you tell a woman this, she's gonna take the information, she's gonna, she's gonna make the adjustments if it's necessary, but then she's also gonna remember it, and then that's gonna come back and bite you in the ass.

[Amy]

It only bites if it's like something that they can't fix. You know what I mean? And that sucks.

[Dale Jr.]

Well, no, I think you'll. If it's something they could fix, you'll fix it. And then there'll be a day where there's a disagreement or an argument and that comes up. Yeah.

[Amy]

Because it hurt their feelings and they just.

[Dale Jr.]

Feelings are still hurt.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

There's no good way.

[Ralph]

I don't think there is a good way. That's, that's, that's the final opinion there.

[Dale Jr.]

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[Dale Jr.]

The fixings segment brought to you by Hellman's Mayonnaise. Made with real quality ingredients. Hellman's is a lifesaver in the kitchen. Grab a jar next time you're out. Check out hellmans.com for recipes. You can fix anything that you might have going on. Use a little Helman's. We put. We were just talking about it last year. We put Hellman's on the turkey.

[Amy]

Yes. We were making Thanksgiving plans and talked about the turkey and Isla was like, you guys have to make the turkey like you did last year. And we put Hellman's mayonnaise all around the outside of it to help it brown. And it was absolutely amazing.

[Dale Jr.]

It was so. Yeah, sometimes you mess up real bad and you need someone to tell you exactly how to make it right. In the, in this new fixing segment, our listeners have sent in some, some disastrous moments or tough predicaments. And me and Amy try to try to help them recover with a plan. So let's go.

[Ralph]

Yep. First one, how do I negotiate with my 7 year old daughter to take antibiotics?

[Amy]

Oh man, that's hard. So we have to do that in our house too. First kid will take all the vitamins, all the medicine. Even if it tastes bad, she understands the process and that it's going to be quick and painless. The second kid does not. So we have to bribe her chocolate with chocolate. That's the only thing we figured out. Find their weakness and bribe them and do not feel any shame about it.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. I mean, you can sit there and think, well, yeah, this is definitely probably going to bite me in the ass because I'm going to have to bar. It's going to be. They're going to learn the bargain, they're going to learn to negotiate and now they're going to want to negotiate everything. Can I be done with dinner if I just have two bites? Two more bites?

[Amy]

Yeah. You're like, nope, we're not counting. I think that when they're, when they're.

[Dale Jr.]

Sick though, you don't care if you teach them how to negotiate or how to bargain, they're definitely going to start doing that. So know that.

[Amy]

But that's all, it's part of the process.

[Dale Jr.]

That's what you have. That's all you have in the tackle box.

[Amy]

Yeah, it works. Bribe them.

[Ralph]

I was that kid. You needed to bribe it.

[Amy]

Really?

[Ralph]

That was the only thing that worked.

[Amy]

I mean, the only one they'll take is amoxicillin because it tastes like bubble gum.

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Amy]

And that's truly the only one.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Everything else, it's, they'll develop at a.

[Dale Jr.]

Very young age some really good negotiating skills that'll pay off down the road.

[Amy]

And you'll learn some self control and some calmness or all the things maybe you won't, but you'll remember how to, how to get it done.

[Ralph]

All right, so bribe them. That's what we suggest. Next one. This one's funny. I recently went to buy a car and I wasn't worried about getting a good deal as much as I just Wanted the car I wanted with all the add ons I desired. Just as the sale was coming to a close, my wife turned to me and said, aren't you going to haggle? Feeling small and less of a man. When the guy came back, I went, my wife thinks we should haggle, so let's haggle. She got up pissed and walked out of the dealership. She's still mad about it, but I was pissed at her comment. So what should I do?

[Dale Jr.]

I mean, you handle that perfectly. I love it. Hell yeah.

[Amy]

The word haggle is also.

[Dale Jr.]

Congratulations. That's awesome.

[Ralph]

I know.

[Dale Jr.]

I wish I could have been there to see it.

[Amy]

That's pretty funny. I'm surprised she didn't laugh in the moment because of the ridiculousness of him actually saying that out loud. I don't know. I think that's pretty spot on too.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, spot on, man.

[Ralph]

I think you said Amy, like saying the word haggle in that is hilarious to me.

[Amy]

Like, hey man, let's, let's wrestle there. Let's haggle.

[Ralph]

Let's go, let's go.

[Dale Jr.]

There are some times I think when you have to do those type of things to send the signal to your better half that you look, man, I'm crazy. And if you, if you push my buttons, I'm all embarrassed. Out of both of us, right?

[Amy]

That is not what I thought you were going to say. I thought you were going to say, hey man, I'm in charge.

[Dale Jr.]

No.

[Amy]

And this is how this is going to go.

[Dale Jr.]

No. Like I'm, like you hurt if you.

[Amy]

If you damage my ego, I'm going.

[Dale Jr.]

To show you my ego like I'm going to. I can make a clown out of both of us.

[Amy]

Oh my God.

[Dale Jr.]

That's both down. And you'll, it's, it's in the. And you know what? The, like Amy or the better half that side may not get that message at all out of the whole thing. Right. But you're, you feel so much better. Is. I bet he felt great.

[Amy]

Oh my God. As a clown would.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

You know.

[Ralph]

Good job, man. All right, here's my last one. I'm a huge Toronto sports fan and my 8 year old son just started taking interest in the sports teams I like. I let him stay up past his bedtime to watch the World Series game this past Monday, thinking it would be over at midnight. Well, the game went 18 innings and didn't end till 3am Holy moly. So as you can imagine, he didn't get up in time to catch the bus for school and my Wife had to drive him. She was furious at me for letting him stay up so late. However, I explained to her that this was a core memory for me and something I will always remember. Does this need to be fixing or should we just both drop it?

[Amy]

Oof. I mean, as long as you don't do that again. Like, how did. If she won't drop it unless she knows that she hears from you that you're not gonna do that again. Cause yes, core memory made, but if you do it twice, it's not like a core memory. It's just a bad habit. You know what I mean? And yes, it makes sense that you would wanna have the memory, but that's a late night for a school kid. He can't focus on anything the next day.

[Ralph]

Yeah, that's late.

[Amy]

And then he's a mess when he comes home. That she's gonna probably have to deal with. So I get her frustration. But I don't know, I think the.

[Dale Jr.]

Best thing to do probably honestly in that situation is apologize. Understanding you made a bad choice. You wanted to try to make a great core memory that he won't, you know, that that child and the, you know, the child and parent are going to remember. But it ended up, you know, ended up going poorly.

[Amy]

And I'm surprised he didn't fall asleep on the couch.

[Ralph]

I know it's late.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. Just say, hey, I'll use better judgment next time. You know, you trust me, I recognize the mistake.

[Amy]

Yeah. Having the acknowledgment is first self awareness. Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

Don't argue and just say, hey, man, it was a one time thing. Or any of that. Don't fight, don't. It's not a battle that you need to win. Just go ahead and admit didn't go the way you hoped and you won't. Won't allow it to happen again.

[Ralph]

Yeah, I do. I do feel for the guy, though. What are the odds it goes 18 innings?

[Dale Jr.]

Well, I know, but at some point he's got to look at the clock.

[Amy]

And go, oh, man. Sorry.

[Dale Jr.]

Well, buddy, I mean, you know, it's one o' clock and this is your way.

[Amy]

You're.

[Dale Jr.]

This has gone way past what I thought. Yeah.

[Amy]

He had to have been exhausted at school.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Ralph]

Oh, yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

At some point you got to have a personal line in the sand.

[Amy]

Yeah. Your moral compass has to.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. Where you go.

[Ralph]

All right.

[Amy]

Gonna override.

[Dale Jr.]

You know what, little man? One o', clock, you're going to bed regardless. You know, and I'm gonna have to smooth this over.

[Amy]

Yeah. So she's she's like, just let him stay up till 3am now she's questioning you as a parent altogether, not just that one moment. She's like, he is not fit now. He needs to be told what to do all day, every day. It just gets you in that kind of a pickle because women don't want to feel like they have to guess your judgment. Right. So that's why it gets to be like more of a fight than it actually should be.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. All right.

[Amy]

Don't do that again.

[Ralph]

Yeah, don't do that again.

[Amy]

Don't do that again.

[Ralph]

So that was the Fixin's segment, presented by Hellman's.

[Dale Jr.]

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[Amy]

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[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. Hellmans.com has a ton of recipes to help you recover deliciously. If you're in need of some inspiration, no matter if you're cooking an apology dinner or just trying to get yourself out of the doghouse.

[Amy]

So next time you're at the store, grab a jar of Hellman's. Because when life gets messy, Hellman's is the fix in that makes it all better.

[Dale Jr.]

All right, we got another game. This is the Bless yous Heart feud, presented by Registics. Registics is a proud partner of Junior Motorsports and dirtymo Media. Whether you sell discount appliances or merchandise, Registics works directly with retailers and manufacturers to get you the best deals from the leading home improvement brands. So for reliable inventory and fair and consistent pricing, visit registics.com that's R E G I S T I X dot com. Yeah, this should be pretty fun. Let's dive right in.

[Ralph]

All right, let's do it. My first question, top four answers. Name something you see outside that would make you want to stay inside.

[Amy]

Rain.

[Ralph]

A little more specific.

[Amy]

A rainstorm. Thunder.

[Ralph]

Yeah, yeah.

[Amy]

Lightning.

[Ralph]

I was going more natural disastery.

[Amy]

Oh, natural disasters. Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

That's more basic. Not more specific. That's more broad.

[Amy]

That's more.

[Dale Jr.]

Wouldn't you say?

[Amy]

I don't know. Natural disaster is definitely more honed in.

[Dale Jr.]

Be more broad I don't know. That would have made me go natural disaster.

[Amy]

Tsunami.

[Dale Jr.]

That would have been specific.

[Amy]

Is a storm a natural disaster? Is rain a natural disaster?

[Ralph]

Thunderstorm is where I was like, I don't know. It could be. I could guess, but I don't know. I was thinking tornado or hurricane.

[Amy]

Like, it's too windy. If it's too windy, I ain't going outside, I guess.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. If I see a mean dog. Yeah.

[Amy]

It's like, are we at home?

[Ralph]

Yep. Number two.

[Dale Jr.]

Sorry.

[Ralph]

An animal. Yep. That's on there.

[Dale Jr.]

Animal.

[Ralph]

Yep.

[Dale Jr.]

Number two. We got four answers.

[Ralph]

Yeah, two more.

[Amy]

What about your in laws?

[Dale Jr.]

Bill collector?

[Ralph]

Bill collector? No, in laws is number four. Oh.

[Dale Jr.]

So we got one more.

[Amy]

Damn. I didn't expect that one to land. Okay. Oh, man. Your ex.

[Dale Jr.]

No.

[Ralph]

That's a good one, though.

[Dale Jr.]

It's not.

[Ralph]

It's not on there.

[Amy]

Natural disasters, scary animals, the in laws.

[Ralph]

Think fantasy a little bit.

[Dale Jr.]

Huh?

[Ralph]

Think fantasy a little bit.

[Amy]

Dragons?

[Ralph]

No, not dragons.

[Amy]

Dale. Do you deal in fantasy? No, only fantasy football.

[Ralph]

What is it, zombies or an apocalypse?

[Dale Jr.]

Oh, of course.

[Amy]

I feel like that falls in the natural disaster category.

[Ralph]

What? No.

[Dale Jr.]

I would.

[Ralph]

All right, all right, next one. Top five answers. Name something you do when you run out of toilet paper.

[Amy]

Yell.

[Ralph]

Yep. Yell for help. Number one answer.

[Dale Jr.]

Number one answer is yell.

[Ralph]

Yell for help.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, I look for the other roll in the cabinet.

[Ralph]

No.

[Dale Jr.]

Oh. Like, get mad when I run out of toilet paper. We've got, you know, we're in a bathroom where there's more toilet paper.

[Ralph]

I agree. This is not top five answers.

[Amy]

Use the roll. Like the paper roll.

[Dale Jr.]

Oh, my gosh.

[Amy]

If it's titi, ladies and gentlemen, you can do that.

[Dale Jr.]

All right. There you go.

[Amy]

All right.

[Ralph]

Nope, that's not on it.

[Amy]

I get that you gentlemen don't reach for toilet paper every time you go into the bathroom. Yeah, sure. Soaks it right up. It's also paper. It's better than waddling all over the bathroom trying to get to the next roll, which I now know that you do.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Ralph]

Well, that's on there. Number three.

[Dale Jr.]

No way.

[Ralph]

Hop to another bathroom.

[Dale Jr.]

Wait, what?

[Ralph]

Hop to another. Bathroom's on there.

[Amy]

Oh, hop to another bathroom.

[Dale Jr.]

Oh, go to another bathroom.

[Amy]

Really? People literally just hop on over to another bathroom.

[Ralph]

Yeah, that one's got toilet paper.

[Amy]

Wow. Gross.

[Dale Jr.]

We're not. We're assuming that they're in the middle of using the bathroom. They could have just walked in and seen an empty roll and gone. I'll go to the other bathroom with their pants down. That could have Been there. No, we're assuming their pants.

[Amy]

It says hop.

[Ralph]

Yeah, it says hop. I would also assume based on the answers that they are in the middle of going, okay, so keep thinking that.

[Amy]

That's gross. What about you're hopping around, just dribbling everywhere?

[Dale Jr.]

What about use a leaf because you have a plant? Maybe we're in the woods. Maybe you're having a, you know, had emergency in the woods.

[Ralph]

No, no, that's not on there.

[Amy]

Maybe a magazine.

[Dale Jr.]

I carry toilet paper in my bag. I carry toilet paper in my hunt bag in case there's an emergency.

[Ralph]

That's smart.

[Amy]

Good to know, Ralph.

[Ralph]

Magazine's not on there. No, but I like the. The what we're thinking though, using something else.

[Amy]

Just pull your pants up. Anyway, don't wipe. Forego it all together.

[Ralph]

Don't wipe. Number two.

[Dale Jr.]

Don't wipe.

[Ralph]

That one. I don't. I don't think that should.

[Dale Jr.]

It's not an option.

[Ralph]

That's. Yeah, it's number two, but I can't.

[Dale Jr.]

Believe people said that.

[Ralph]

Disgusting. That's number two again.

[Amy]

Think of a woman going to the number one and it's not what you're. It's not as scary of a situation as you're thinking.

[Ralph]

I agree.

[Amy]

Y' all are like, still.

[Ralph]

You got four and five left. One's an emotion and one is.

[Amy]

Oh, cry.

[Ralph]

Yeah. Like panic or cry.

[Amy]

Panic and cry. That's. Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

What's the other?

[Ralph]

The other is you're gonna use something else. Specifically, what do you use?

[Amy]

Oh, your shirt.

[Ralph]

Not your shirt.

[Amy]

Take your shirt off.

[Dale Jr.]

Pants.

[Ralph]

No.

[Dale Jr.]

Sock.

[Amy]

Your panties.

[Ralph]

No.

[Dale Jr.]

Pull your sock off.

[Ralph]

No.

[Amy]

Gross.

[Ralph]

Sock's a good one, though.

[Amy]

Please don't touch your butt with your sock.

[Dale Jr.]

I mean, I give up a sock in a certain situation for sure, rather than wipe at all. I mean, I definitely.

[Ralph]

I would tell you, if you use this, your wife is going to be pissed.

[Amy]

Oh, like the hand towel?

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Ralph]

Towels or bath masks.

[Amy]

She should be. Woo.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. If I used a hand towel, you would tell me that.

[Amy]

Hide that.

[Dale Jr.]

Burn them and make it disappear. What?

[Amy]

Where's the Santa Claus towel go?

[Dale Jr.]

We never had one of those.

[Amy]

No idea.

[Ralph]

Burned it. All right, last one. Four answers on the board. If men had wagging tails like dogs, what would make them start wagging titties? Yep. Number one answer. Attractive women.

[Amy]

Did you see Sydney Sweeney's dress yesterday?

[Ralph]

Yes, I did.

[Amy]

I figured it was the first thing that popped up on my phone this morning.

[Ralph]

I'm like, yeah, it's on my Twitter timeline. I'm like, okay, interesting.

[Amy]

Yeah. I feel like we had enough attention, but keep going. What's the next one?

[Ralph]

All right, well, that was the number one answer. You got three more.

[Amy]

Two more. Three more. Three more.

[Ralph]

If men had a wagging tail, you.

[Amy]

Had a wagging tail. What would make your tail wag? Beef jerky.

[Dale Jr.]

Food.

[Amy]

Food, food.

[Ralph]

Number two answer.

[Dale Jr.]

Music.

[Ralph]

Not music.

[Amy]

No. Like sports cars. Something sports.

[Ralph]

Sports is the number four answer. Just one more and I'm shocked this wasn't the second one out of your mouths.

[Amy]

Candy.

[Ralph]

Nope, not candy. Physical touch or no, no, no.

[Dale Jr.]

Like if you rub my head.

[Amy]

Rub your head and your tailwind.

[Dale Jr.]

No, but that's what Gus does.

[Amy]

That's true.

[Ralph]

You guys going to be disappointed when I say it.

[Amy]

Okay, say it.

[Dale Jr.]

Beer. Oh, beer.

[Amy]

Yeah, of course. Cocktail. That was fun.

[Ralph]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Titties was. Was by far the number one answer though.

[Dale Jr.]

Is it? Is it titties?

[Ralph]

On the paper it was attractive woman, slash physical attributes. So I wrote titties.

[Amy]

That's what it is.

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

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[Amy]

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[Dale Jr.]

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[Amy]

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[Ralph]

All right, first question from Sarah. She wants to know, Amy, have you been watching Dancing with the Stars at all? And if you have, what are your thoughts on Andy making it this far? Do you watch Dancing with the Stars?

[Amy]

I haven't watched Dancing with the Stars.

[Dale Jr.]

We talked about it the other day.

[Amy]

Yeah, I saw it pop up. I love the show. Yeah, I love dancing and I love the show. I forget his first name, which is terrible at the moment. Irwin.

[Ralph]

Oh, Robert Irwin.

[Amy]

Robert Irwin, Yeah. He's, like, made the biggest scene and pretty good at it. But no, I haven't watched any of the episodes.

[Ralph]

Have you watched any of the Mormon wives at all? Like Secret Lies of Mormon Wives?

[Amy]

No, I have watched the first episode or maybe the first two, and then I turned it off. I was like, honestly, I feel so bad for these girls.

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Amy]

I can't.

[Ralph]

They're all on this season of Dancing with, like, two or three of them. So it's been very popular. But, yeah, Andy Richter is a big story that he keeps getting moved on.

[Amy]

I will have to check it out.

[Ralph]

Yeah, definitely. Next question is from Calvin. He's very furious. He asked a couple times, when is the right time to start listening to Christmas music? I guess he just heard it for the first time. Time with Halloween.

[Amy]

Oh, wow. We're always. I feel like we're always pushing the envelope with all the holidays. I put my Christmas. I put my Halloween decorations up or a little early, earlier than I typically would. And I was telling Dale, like, I started pulling them and putting it away already. It's not even Halloween yet. Because I'm just tired of looking at it.

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Amy]

And I was like, I'm not gonna get the Christmas out yet because, like, we need, like, a buffer period.

[Dale Jr.]

There is an official time.

[Amy]

It's right after Thanksgiving.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Ralph]

Yeah. So I think so.

[Dale Jr.]

I have this radio in my garage that plays the this on this. There's a station, local station, that's those. One of those. We play everything. Stations. And it's on all day, every day. It plays all the time.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

And they start playing Christmas music the day after Thanksgiving or on Thanksgiving. And they play Christmas music all the way through the new year. The new year. And.

[Amy]

It marks the. The space. You know what I mean?

[Dale Jr.]

It's like. It's like a mental calendar.

[Amy]

Yeah. He gets so excited when it turns on, and he gets a little sad when it turns off. But, like, it gives that.

[Dale Jr.]

It's sad when it turns off because I'm like. It's like a. It's like an identifier that time has passed, another year is coming. Went.

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Amy]

I feel like if you started too early, you just wear it out.

[Ralph]

I know.

[Amy]

The holiday comes. It's not as fun anymore.

[Dale Jr.]

Like, they play. Yeah. They play like, Last Christmas. And there's like, three different versions.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

That. Different people singing it and it plays. I mean, about every time I go out in the garage, there's like a one in three chance I'm going to hear Last Christmas.

[Amy]

Last Christmas.

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

All right.

[Ralph]

Well, when ABC Family used to do that, like, 25 days of Christmas was all Christmas movies. That was, like, the best.

[Amy]

I feel like they still do that.

[Ralph]

They might.

[Amy]

And Hallmark does it, too. There's like, all these different stations that will play their movies. Yeah, I like that. I like that for Halloween, though, too. There's a Halloween countdown with all the Hocus Pocus and all the movies that.

[Ralph]

You do, for sure. But, yeah, Christmas music, you'll start hearing it, I guess. Now. Next question is from Erica. She wants to know how can I get my husband to finish a project? He gets so bored when he's about 95% done and never completes it. It should be part of the fixing segment.

[Amy]

Honestly, stand out there with your shirt off. I don't know. That's hard. I'm like that. So I have a hard time answering that question. I get almost to the finish line half the time, and I either get distracted or I get busy doing something else. And, like, I have to get the nudge to come back to it. So I'm like, that. That's a toughie. What do you think, Ralph?

[Dale Jr.]

I finish them.

[Amy]

I know you finish, but how do you encourage. How do you get her to encourage him to finish? No, we don't.

[Dale Jr.]

No. So, yep.

[Ralph]

He's like, I don't have that problem. I don't.

[Dale Jr.]

I think it's a problem. I think you're gonna have to, like, you got it. I mean, I. I think it. You got to be careful because it could be a. It could create an argument. A lot of things you just leave. Left well enough alone. Like, that's so Like, I have my. I have the way I do things, Amy has the way she does things. And our spaces in the house are always going to be. Her spaces will be the way she wants them, mine will be the way I want them. And I think you just kind of got to let that person kind of do what they do and. Or the only thing. The only thing I think you could do is offer to help.

[Amy]

Yeah, I was just gonna say that. Can I help you finish?

[Dale Jr.]

Very subtly.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

Hey, you want me to finish that for you? But that's. Careful, careful. I gotta tell y' all a funny story right now. Yeah.

[Amy]

Has to do with that.

[Dale Jr.]

It reminds me of something.

[Amy]

Well, go for it.

[Dale Jr.]

I don't know if it's going so out of context. I was in. I went to Australia, and I was hanging out with a buddy of mine, Paul Morris, and another guy named Owen Kelly. And they. They. There was a bartender, female bartender, serving beer. And we had just gotten into town. We had. We were there. I mean, we just showed up. Been there. We checked in the hotel and met them at this bar that they wanted to take us to that they always go to. And it's kind of like a. Kind of like a sports bar, really. And we were the only ones in there. And Paul and Owen said, check this out, mate. And they walked up to this waitress or the server, and she had a tattoo. And Owen said, what's the tattoo? And she said, this is that. And he goes, I got a buddy of mine that can touch that up for you and. Or finish it or whatever.

[Amy]

And I was like, oh, that is so rude.

[Dale Jr.]

I know. I was like, damn. But that's why I just. You got to be careful.

[Amy]

So that made a mark on your mind. So much so that when you're talking to someone about finishing a project that.

[Dale Jr.]

They started, that's what I think of that moment.

[Ralph]

Damn.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

I think you're overthinking it.

[Dale Jr.]

No, I just. I'm just. That.

[Amy]

That is bad.

[Dale Jr.]

We were just sitting here talking about that. Sprung. That memory sprung into my head, which it does every time.

[Ralph]

There is a couple things that happen where you're like. It scares you off of some things where you're like, I don't want to touch.

[Dale Jr.]

They had a laugh. I mean, they were laughing. It was the girl laugh. The guys laughed. They laughed. It wasn't like this really rude thing. And they walked away. But I was like, I would have never thought to say that or play that prank or.

[Amy]

Was he saying it to flirt with her?

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Interesting.

[Dale Jr.]

Okay. I Don't know.

[Ralph]

Well, speaking of some advice, Tyler needs some as well. He says he waits to the last minute to buy Christmas gifts all the time, but he wants to start earlier this year. But he wants to know how does he subtly ask his wife what she wants without getting the why are you asking me now?

[Amy]

Oh, I wouldn't worry about her response of why are you asking me now? I would just ask her, like, hey, really want to make sure I do a good job on Christmas this year? If you don't mind. Put a little list together for me and put a star next to anything that's the most exciting for you just so that I can do a good job. I don't think she's gonna respond. She might, like, go, oh, my gosh. I haven't even thought about that. You know, of course, me and Amy.

[Dale Jr.]

Used to have a photo stream that was basically, you know, like a gift idea. And I would just drop stuff in there that I. That I liked. Just screenshot things on my phone and just drop it in there and. Cause, I mean, you do. You don't talk about it. You don't say, you know, you're rolling up on Christmas and you haven't. Either one of you have taken time to ask the other what they really want. And then you're panicking, trying to figure out how to get everything and.

[Amy]

And then you're going somewhere local, buying something that they didn't want to begin with.

[Dale Jr.]

Shipping. Shipping. Around that time is slow, and everybody's trying to get everything sent to them, and you're gonna get yourself in a corner. But we started this photo stream. We don't use it anymore. We've stopped early in our, you know, when we were trying to figure out how to be married. That was very helpful.

[Amy]

We.

[Dale Jr.]

It was helpful.

[Amy]

It was helpful. What's helpful about it is you can drop things in there whenever you think about it. And it's not like you have to sit down and, like, school. Create a list. You know what I mean?

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Amy]

And it's a little bit easier that way. And we're organic, and so you can just refer to it. There's a photo there. You can write the size or any details in the notes. It's very easy.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, that was helpful as heck.

[Amy]

So create a photo, because I don't.

[Dale Jr.]

Know nothing about shopping for what you think she's. I'm never, you know, I wouldn't have a clue. So she spell it out for you. And then I just, you know, drop my little things in there. And you knew what you were getting for Christmas, which kind of. Well, if you overdo it, but you were happy.

[Amy]

You don't have to get everything on the list. You know, like, you can just put things in there you really like.

[Dale Jr.]

And I would do that after a couple years. I'd be. I'd be like, I'm gonna get her all. I'm gonna get her the things she wants. But then also a couple things that I think are cool. And that way, if those fail miserably, at least she got what she wanted. Yeah. And we'd always have a laugh.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

Always buy.

[Amy]

There was one year he got me a pile of Mooresville High School T shirts.

[Dale Jr.]

Yes.

[Amy]

And sweatshirts. The high school he went to. This is right before we got married.

[Dale Jr.]

I think the year Amy's gonna be. I'm gonna make Amy a Morrisville High School fan. She's gonna wear my high school's shirts and stuff.

[Amy]

This is how he thinks. So we make a list and we have pictures, and it works very well.

[Ralph]

Do you think it's gotten easier to shop for each other as you've been together?

[Amy]

Yeah, it has. And then also just makes it easier to talk about it. So if you want something, like, last year, he wanted a scope for one of his guns. I'm like, okay, please don't let me screw that up. Send me exactly what it is. And so, like, he also knew what he was getting, but I've got him something he really wanted, and he would have otherwise just bought them for himself. So. Yeah, we just. It's not that big of a deal anymore. Once you have kids, the focus is on the kids anyway, and so it's not so much pressure.

[Ralph]

Yeah. All right, so, Tyler, don't overthink it. Just ask. Next one is from Amy as well.

[Dale Jr.]

Oh.

[Ralph]

What's your favorite part of Halloween? Is it carving pumpkins, dressing up or the candy?

[Amy]

I love the dressing up.

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Amy]

I think it's fun just to, like, be in a costume and dress up and do the makeup, and the kids love that, too. I feel like when we were little, we just got the one day, but now there's, like, parties and events and school things, and so they get to dress up all the time. Plus they dress up to play, which we didn't really do as a kid either, so they're very into it. Makes it fun.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

I loathe the candy part. Nobody has any self control, so we're always peddling it away.

[Dale Jr.]

My favorite part is the decorations. Probably the vibe, the scare, the exterior.

[Amy]

Like in a neighborhood Yeah, I like my.

[Dale Jr.]

I like. I like the vibe of Halloween. Like scary movies, you know.

[Amy]

The spookiness.

[Dale Jr.]

Spookiness of it. Yeah, I like that because I like.

[Amy]

You know, haunted trails and things.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, I love. I want to get scared.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Ralph]

Halloween's a great way to, like, kind of get introduced to fall again. Like, all right. Cold weather, it's getting, you know, darker earlier. But it's like a fun holiday, you know, I think it's a good time of the year.

[Dale Jr.]

It's a bit of a tease, too, towards, like, you got Thanksgiving out there and then Christmas. And I always feel like I have to always look at the calendar. Go. I don't know why, but Halloween. And Halloween feels like it should be immediately followed by Thanksgiving, but there's like a whole nother month and you're like, damn, come on. You know, you don't want to wish it away because it's my favorite time of the year. Like from this moment to the new year.

[Ralph]

Yeah, it's my.

[Dale Jr.]

I love this time of year, but I'm excited for Thanksgiving, Excited for the next Thanksgiving.

[Amy]

I always get excited just about football season, like this kind of year.

[Dale Jr.]

I've been here.

[Amy]

I know, but when it's colder and then when you don't have anything else to do, everybody's really watching football and it's more intense because it's getting towards the end of the season. You know what I mean?

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. I'm looking for college basketball. I did really good on.

[Amy]

We must have some bets going fanduel.

[Dale Jr.]

Last year with college basketball. Look forward to that.

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Amy]

When does that start?

[Dale Jr.]

I don't know. Soon.

[Ralph]

It'll start soon.

[Dale Jr.]

NBA's cranked up, so it's gotta be coming soon.

[Ralph]

Start caring about it once football is kind of over January, I guess.

[Dale Jr.]

Yep.

[Ralph]

But yeah. Also everyone in the chat saying daylight savings is this weekend.

[Dale Jr.]

Are you serious? Oh, man. That always does happen on Phoenix weekend.

[Ralph]

I think it's Saturday night.

[Amy]

Saturday night.

[Ralph]

So.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, fall back, I guess. I wish we didn't do that. Can we just not do that?

[Ralph]

Arizona doesn't. So Phoenix would be. Is going to be different time Saturday, Sunday, I believe.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. That's just confusing. I don't know why we do it.

[Amy]

Yeah, it's helpful when you travel across the time zones when it's like we just.

[Dale Jr.]

It's moving the furniture around the. In the room just for no reason. We're just gonna move the couch over here. And then in 12 months, we're gonna move back.

[Ralph]

Well, some parts of the country, it's gonna get dark at like 4:30.

[Dale Jr.]

Why? Why are we doing it? I mean, we just move it back.

[Amy]

I don't know the time. I don't know.

[Ralph]

It's somewhat farming, but I don't know.

[Dale Jr.]

Something with farming, I think.

[Ralph]

So that's their whole reason for it.

[Dale Jr.]

Because it's really.

[Ralph]

Yeah, because of.

[Dale Jr.]

It's for the crops.

[Ralph]

Crops. Yeah.

[Amy]

Really?

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Dale Jr.]

If we didn't do this, I don't.

[Amy]

Care what time it is.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah, if we didn't do this, we'd.

[Amy]

The crops up, the corn won't grow.

[Ralph]

Somebody in the chat correct me, but I think that's it.

[Dale Jr.]

All right.

[Ralph]

But speaking of Phoenix, a lot of people in the chat are asking, Amy, where are you going to watch the Xfinity race this weekend?

[Amy]

I will be at the race.

[Ralph]

Awesome.

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah. Where though, where physically are you gonna watch the race?

[Amy]

No dang clue. I'm gonna. I probably won't sit on the pit box. I've always felt uncomfortable doing that. I am in the way. There are people that need to be sitting up there that know what's going on.

[Dale Jr.]

I'm gonna. We're gonna sit on the eight car pit box with Sammy Smith.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Ralph]

Oh, smart.

[Amy]

Yeah, we'll see.

[Dale Jr.]

That's neutral ground.

[Amy]

Yeah, I. I don't like being stared at. I don't. I don't feel like they're watching a race.

[Dale Jr.]

Most important race of the year. I'll stare at you, but they won't.

[Amy]

Yeah, you will. I don't know. I really haven't thought it. I'm gonna be in Phoenix though. I'm excited about going. I wasn't gonna go.

[Dale Jr.]

And then we're gonna try. I talked her into going.

[Amy]

He talked me into going.

[Dale Jr.]

Then we're gonna get in the spa.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Dale Jr.]

We have a spa day. I didn't have one.

[Amy]

Now I'm gonna make him go hiking first. Oh, we're gonna hike the trails out there. So cool.

[Dale Jr.]

Just gotta remember to take my shoes. Yeah.

[Ralph]

Here's the hiking question.

[Amy]

Oh, we'll find you some. We'll find you some. Don't forget we're going to see. We might see some snakes.

[Ralph]

Yeah, yeah, you will up there for sure.

[Amy]

We've done it before. Yeah, it'll be fine.

[Dale Jr.]

All right, Very cool. We got a little time to kill. We're going to have to see some restaurants. Hopefully we can find some good restaurants. Should we call Dale Jarrett? He lives out there. Anybody in Phoenix want to tell us where we need to go eat?

[Amy]

Yeah, that's a good idea. Yeah, Send us some ideas.

[Ralph]

Damn.

[Dale Jr.]

All right.

[Ralph]

Someone did say the chat it is to give farmers more time in the fields.

[Amy]

Oh, so it's to give them more time in their workday.

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Makes sense that way.

[Ralph]

My last question, Amy, is from Meg. She wants to know what your favorite part about your time at the University of Kentucky was.

[Amy]

I love the people, to be honest. I mean, going from Texas to Kentucky wasn't a giant shift in the culture. Everybody was so nice. Kentucky's beautiful. I loved the horses, the horse tracks. Going to Keeneland was amazing. We did that quite a bit. That, like, atmosphere and that culture of the horse racing is probably what I took away the most. Like, going to school at UK was fun. The campus was amazing. I loved. I was a cheerleader the first year, so I got to cheer for basketball games, which was really fun. We did football too, but they weren't as near as good as the basketball team, so that was great. That was like Tubby Smith days forever ago. And they were good, so the whole experience was fun. I love Kentucky.

[Ralph]

That's awesome. Yeah, I've been there once in that area and it's very. It's pretty underratedly fun. Yeah. Yeah, for sure. But that's all I got for Ask Amy today.

[Amy]

All right, well, thanks, guys for your questions. We will hopefully see you next week. Please hit the subscribe button if you haven't already. Don't forget to check out the shop.dirtymomedia.com Did I do that wrong?

[Dale Jr.]

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[Amy]

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[Ralph]

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[Amy]

November 10th. So you still have time to vote and buy a T shirt. And we'll see you next week.

[Dale Jr.]

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[Amy]

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[Dale Jr.]

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[Ralph]

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