Off-Time Hobbies: What Bulk Transit Drivers Do for Fun

1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:06,560 You ever notice how easy it is to put someone in a box? That that came out a little bit weird. I 2 00:00:06,560 --> 00:00:11,719 don't mean physically put somebody into a box. That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking 3 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:18,440 about metaphorically putting someone into a box truck driver, for instance. That's it. That's the 4 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:23,680 label. That's the whole story, right? You see the truck, you see the long hours, you see the miles, 5 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:30,520 and you think you've got that person figured out. But here's the truth. A lot of these guys, for them, 6 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:36,799 the job is just the thing that pays the bills. It's not the whole identity. It's not even close. 7 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:41,200 Because when they park the truck, when they finally get home, when nobody's watching and 8 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:48,080 there's no clock to punch, that's when the real version shows up. And that version might surprise 9 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:54,840 you, which is the reason for today's episode. We're talking off time hobbies today, but not in that 10 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:59,869 surface level. Yeah, I fish on the weekends kind of way. We're talking about the stuff that keeps 11 00:00:59,869 --> 00:01:06,269 these guys sane. The stuff that gives them purpose outside the cab. The stuff that answers a bigger 12 00:01:06,269 --> 00:01:13,150 question. Is this something you do or someone you are? Because trucking will take a lot 13 00:01:13,190 --> 00:01:20,109 out of you if you let it. Time, energy, sometimes even pieces of who you used to be. So 14 00:01:20,110 --> 00:01:26,789 what do you hold on to? What do you build outside of trucking? And who are you when the truck isn't 15 00:01:26,790 --> 00:01:32,749 part of the conversation? Well, today we're going to find out on all these pneumatic ever static. 16 00:01:33,230 --> 00:01:38,550 You are listening to. Always pneumatic, never static. The Totally Pressurized podcast brought to 17 00:01:38,550 --> 00:01:44,069 you by Bulk Transit, where we keep the lines clear, the tanks empty, and the conversation anything but 18 00:01:44,069 --> 00:01:48,910 dry. Whether you're running powder pellets or anything in between. Pull up a seat, crack the 19 00:01:48,910 --> 00:01:55,350 windows, and let's hit it. How's it going out there? Bulk and Spur, welcome into another episode of 20 00:01:55,350 --> 00:02:01,369 Always. Pneumatic, Never Static. Thank you so much for clicking download today. I am your host Marcus 21 00:02:01,369 --> 00:02:08,009 and we are on to, I believe, episode 14 here of always pneumatic, never static. We are cooking with 22 00:02:08,009 --> 00:02:13,489 gas. Uh, we are we are running the rails. We're doing all of the things we're we're all of the 23 00:02:13,490 --> 00:02:18,249 sayings that you could come up with right now. Uh, we're on a gravy train with biscuit wheels. That's 24 00:02:18,249 --> 00:02:24,529 one I like, uh, weekly content here for you from always pneumatic, never static. All about Bulk and 25 00:02:24,529 --> 00:02:30,009 spur and, uh, some really cool episodes that we've had here over the past few weeks. And this one 26 00:02:30,009 --> 00:02:35,649 today is absolutely no different. This one, actually, uh, one of my favorite ones I've recorded 27 00:02:35,649 --> 00:02:41,569 so far. Just because, uh, super laid back a lot of fun was had today, uh, when we were recording this 28 00:02:41,570 --> 00:02:46,889 segment. So we'll get into that here in just a second. But before I do anything else, obviously 29 00:02:46,889 --> 00:02:52,609 you guys know I'm big on the homework. I gotta say this stuff to you every week so that it gets just 30 00:02:52,609 --> 00:02:58,279 tattooed onto your brain like it is onto mine. And then any question that you have can be answered 31 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:04,960 by heading over to the one place I send you every week that is podcast.bulktransit.com. That's our 32 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:11,479 podcast landing website page or web page. Excuse me, website page makes me sound like I grew up in 33 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:17,799 the 20s. Good lord. Um, it's a one stop shop. Okay, all the episodes are there. First and foremost, you 34 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:22,839 can go to Spotify, or you can go to Apple Music or Google, and you can find the episodes of this 35 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:29,840 podcast. But you can also just bookmark podcast.bulktransit.com and go there every single week. Uh, 36 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:35,479 the episode descriptions there will have info on the guys that, uh, joined the show and, uh, we're 37 00:03:35,479 --> 00:03:39,360 going to have info about what we're talking about. That's also where you can find the quizzes each 38 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:43,800 week. Uh, we try to have a quiz with every podcast. Now, something that's interesting this week, I 39 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:48,359 don't actually think there will be a quiz for this week's podcast, because it's more of a laid 40 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:53,720 back, just finding out about some of the people that are your coworkers type of an episode. Uh, so 41 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:57,219 actually what I'm going to see is I'm going to see if the three guys that joined us in here 42 00:03:57,219 --> 00:04:02,819 today for this episode can send us some pictures of some of the hobbies that they enjoy, since 43 00:04:02,820 --> 00:04:07,900 that's what we're here talking about today. You heard it in the cold open. We are talking about 44 00:04:07,939 --> 00:04:14,860 off time hobbies. Now, in a little less than four years of making podcasts for truck drivers as a 45 00:04:14,860 --> 00:04:21,499 as a living, um, I have learned one thing, and that is that you cannot label a truck 46 00:04:21,500 --> 00:04:28,059 driver as just a truck driver. Uh, there are way, way too many nuances about the 47 00:04:28,179 --> 00:04:34,140 job alone, but about the way that the job has worked. Some guys are local drivers. They're home 48 00:04:34,140 --> 00:04:38,780 every night, some guys are regional. They're out on the road a little bit. Some guys are OTR, they're 49 00:04:38,820 --> 00:04:44,179 out on the road a lot, and that can kind of affect the hobbies that we have. Right. Can you do these 50 00:04:44,179 --> 00:04:48,739 hobbies on the road? Do you need to be home for these hobbies? Uh, what does it look like? What what 51 00:04:48,739 --> 00:04:53,489 kind of stuff are you getting involved in in your cab? Um, we're not going to get into a lot of the 52 00:04:53,489 --> 00:04:58,969 Over-the-road stuff today, because that's just not the drivers that we have that joined us. However, I 53 00:04:59,049 --> 00:05:03,529 will say we'll do another one of these off time hobby episodes because for you drivers that are 54 00:05:03,530 --> 00:05:07,170 out there on the road a little bit more, doing some more regional stuff, maybe you're not home 55 00:05:07,170 --> 00:05:13,409 every single night. Uh, that might affect the hobbies that you that you, uh, grab Ahold of. And I 56 00:05:13,489 --> 00:05:20,169 am such a big hobby guy. Um, a lot of people will have said to me over the time, like you do so much, 57 00:05:20,170 --> 00:05:25,890 when do you have time for it all? And really, that's the hardest part. I wish I had more time if 58 00:05:25,890 --> 00:05:32,049 I had more free time in an unlimited budget. Um, you can't imagine the amount of money I would 59 00:05:32,049 --> 00:05:38,929 spend on my hobbies. And my hobbies are are sort of interesting. I mean, I think they are. You 60 00:05:38,929 --> 00:05:44,369 guys know I love golf. Okay. Um, many people don't know because I don't talk about it very much on 61 00:05:44,369 --> 00:05:49,649 on the podcast. But I am a drummer. I've been playing the drums since I believe I was 12 years 62 00:05:49,649 --> 00:05:56,119 old. I'm 42 now, so I've got a solid 30 years under my belt. I have a pop punk cover band. We play all 63 00:05:56,119 --> 00:06:01,720 sorts of blink 182 and Green Day and Fall Out Boy and you name it. Uh, our, our band is called Pop 64 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:07,599 Punk for dummies. And maybe someday we'll be in a city near you. Um, I've. I've loved playing music my 65 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:13,480 entire life. It's a huge release for me. Just like golf is really challenge myself. Do the hard thing. 66 00:06:13,559 --> 00:06:19,479 Get out there. Play the song that you've never played before. Learned something new. Of course, as 67 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:25,320 we've discussed in passing on this podcast, I'm going to align with a couple of the drivers today. 68 00:06:25,359 --> 00:06:31,000 I'm a real outdoorsman. I do like to go out with, uh, with my dad and, uh, and the hunting crew, my 69 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:36,479 uncles and some cousins and elk hunt every single year out here in Oregon, if I can get there. And 70 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:41,840 even if I don't draw a tag, uh, I'm gonna try to go out there and just help and just be out in the 71 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:48,839 woods. I really do enjoy that, um, deer hunting as well. Uh, I've done some waterfowl hunting. Um, I was 72 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:54,619 a very avid wake boarder until a pretty catastrophic knee injury. Sort of took me out of 73 00:06:54,659 --> 00:07:01,018 that game, but I still do ride from time to time. I was a wakeboard instructor at one point in time 74 00:07:01,019 --> 00:07:07,699 at a ski school here in Eugene, Oregon called blue turns out at Fern Ridge Reservoir. Um, I obviously 75 00:07:07,700 --> 00:07:14,219 am huge into broadcasting. I've been broadcasting for about 20 years now. I have thousands and I 76 00:07:14,219 --> 00:07:20,860 mean thousands of podcast episodes under my belt that I have either created myself or that I've 77 00:07:20,860 --> 00:07:26,139 just done, I've guested on, I've been a part of for other people in the industry that I've known. So I 78 00:07:26,140 --> 00:07:32,179 do, while this is my job, sort of consider it on the outside, a hobby, because twice a week I will 79 00:07:32,179 --> 00:07:37,539 join another podcast, uh, that that is done by some of my friends. I'm just a guest on and I don't 80 00:07:37,579 --> 00:07:42,099 they don't pay me anything. Uh, there's there's nothing that happens there other than the fact 81 00:07:42,100 --> 00:07:45,980 that I get to flex my muscle a little bit and I get to broadcasts, which is something that I 82 00:07:45,980 --> 00:07:52,729 really enjoy. Um, beyond that, I love I absolutely love a lazy Sunday with my 83 00:07:52,730 --> 00:07:57,608 wife. You could call me a hobby husband. Uh, maybe we get to watch a movie. Maybe we work in the yard 84 00:07:57,649 --> 00:08:03,570 a little bit together. We take the dogs on a walk. Um, you know, make dinner together. That is 85 00:08:03,570 --> 00:08:09,289 something I. I'm kind of a hobbyist husband. Like. I really do enjoy that time. So I think the reason 86 00:08:09,289 --> 00:08:14,809 that I'm putting all of my hobbies out there to sort of introduce this episode is to say you 87 00:08:14,810 --> 00:08:21,649 really can't put somebody in a box. Like I said, off the top, I might look like a 88 00:08:21,649 --> 00:08:28,449 guy that, uh, you know, does XYZ. I might sound like a guy that does ABC, but until you 89 00:08:28,449 --> 00:08:33,729 actually live with me or you, you are out there experiencing these things with me, or you get to a 90 00:08:33,729 --> 00:08:39,889 tailgate, uh, during Oregon Ducks football season, which is also a huge hobby of mine. Uh, you just 91 00:08:39,890 --> 00:08:44,409 really don't know the person that you're talking to. And one thing I've learned about truck drivers 92 00:08:44,409 --> 00:08:51,029 is a lot of them don't make a lot of noise about the things that they do outside of work. Obviously, 93 00:08:51,030 --> 00:08:55,549 it's kind of a solemn job. You're by yourself a lot, so who are you going to make noise to? And 94 00:08:55,550 --> 00:09:01,468 furthermore, um, truck drivers are a very humble bunch, and you're going to see that in one very 95 00:09:01,469 --> 00:09:06,789 particular, uh, driver today that we're going to talk to here in just a few minutes. Um, humble is a 96 00:09:06,789 --> 00:09:11,029 big part of his game. And you can tell you can hear it in his voice and that they're just not 97 00:09:11,070 --> 00:09:15,988 they're not braggadocio guys. They're not big, um, you know, brash people that are out talking about 98 00:09:15,989 --> 00:09:20,869 themselves all the time. That's my experience with truck drivers. And that's why I want to do this 99 00:09:20,869 --> 00:09:26,749 episode, is because I want to pry those doors open, and I want to see, what are you doing? I mean, it's 100 00:09:26,750 --> 00:09:31,709 stereotypical. If you were to say, oh, yeah, I bet you every truck driver likes to turn wrenches and 101 00:09:31,710 --> 00:09:37,149 work on hobby cars in his off time. Some of them do. And and actually, some of them are a lot better 102 00:09:37,150 --> 00:09:42,709 at it than what you'd give them credit for. But I also know drivers out there that would say you 103 00:09:42,710 --> 00:09:49,658 expect me to spend my entire week in a vehicle, and then get out of the vehicle and go get into 104 00:09:49,699 --> 00:09:54,699 another vehicle and start working on it. I don't want to do that. That's great. What do you do, man? 105 00:09:54,700 --> 00:10:00,460 Are you are you out there hunting? Are you fishing? Are you a golfer like I am? Maybe you're a, you 106 00:10:00,460 --> 00:10:07,219 know, any maybe a gamer. Okay. Uh, there's this huge, uh, you know, argument in the online space 107 00:10:07,219 --> 00:10:13,619 about whether or not video games are a hobby. Well, I'll tell you what. I know multiple people that 108 00:10:13,620 --> 00:10:20,099 make lots of money playing or designing video games. I would say it's probably a pretty good 109 00:10:20,140 --> 00:10:24,699 hobby to pick up if you can make money at it. If you can just have fun, turn on a camera and a 110 00:10:24,700 --> 00:10:29,819 bunch of people come to watch you, have fun and pay you to have fun. Man, that's a heck of a hobby. 111 00:10:29,859 --> 00:10:33,939 Sounds like it might even turn into a career, which is pretty cool. That's what I did. That's 112 00:10:33,940 --> 00:10:39,939 what this hobby is. Okay, I started off first time I ever spoken to a microphone on the airwaves. I 113 00:10:40,020 --> 00:10:45,839 volunteered at 17 at the little podunk radio station in my town to play punk rock music on a 114 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:52,238 country station for three hours each Sunday night, and I absolutely fell in love with it. And fast 115 00:10:52,239 --> 00:10:57,039 forward down the road 20 some odd years and here I am, made a career out of it. That's a heck of a 116 00:10:57,039 --> 00:11:03,719 hobby. I got lucky, man. Not everybody gets that lucky, but everybody has hobbies. And today we've 117 00:11:03,719 --> 00:11:08,440 got three drivers here with a bunch of them that are going to add a little bit of nuance to the 118 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:14,159 truck driver label. Okay, not all these guys are the same. In fact, every single one of them is 119 00:11:14,159 --> 00:11:18,839 different. And, uh, today's episode is going to pull the curtain back on that a little bit. I'm very 120 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:23,919 excited about it. So without further ado, without any more chin wagon from your boy here, I'm going 121 00:11:23,919 --> 00:11:28,280 to get out of the way. We're going to get those three drivers in and talk off time hobbies. 122 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:41,439 All right. Now we're cooking with gas here on always pneumatic, never static. Ready to get our 123 00:11:41,469 --> 00:11:47,189 three drivers in here today and talk a little bit about what they get into when the wheels are not 124 00:11:47,190 --> 00:11:52,989 turning. Uh, believe it or not, even truck drivers have a pretty significant life outside of the job, 125 00:11:52,990 --> 00:11:56,909 even though they spend a lot of time doing the job. And I'm very excited to have these three 126 00:11:56,909 --> 00:12:01,468 gentlemen in here today. First and foremost, let's welcome a guy who's joined us on the show before. 127 00:12:01,669 --> 00:12:05,909 Uh, please welcome to the show, Bryan Alexander. Bryan, it's great to have you back, man. Always a 128 00:12:05,909 --> 00:12:10,989 pleasure. Appreciate it, appreciate it. Look forward to the conversation. Yeah, man. We're going to have 129 00:12:10,989 --> 00:12:16,229 some fun today. Um, couple guys making their first appearance. Uh, and they were excited to join us. 130 00:12:16,229 --> 00:12:21,349 We're very excited to have them. Just like we're excited to have any of you guys out there, uh, 131 00:12:21,349 --> 00:12:26,110 driving for Bulk or working in the shop. Whatever. If you're under this umbrella. We're happy to have 132 00:12:26,110 --> 00:12:31,109 you here on the podcast. And, uh, this next driver actually reached out to me and said, hey, I want to 133 00:12:31,109 --> 00:12:36,589 come on, get me on that episode. And here he is. Please welcome to the show, Gerald Cress. Gerald, 134 00:12:36,590 --> 00:12:41,900 really appreciate you reaching out, man. Glad to have you here. Thanks for having me on. Marcus. Of 135 00:12:41,900 --> 00:12:48,538 course. And our third guest today was recommended by Gerald. That is Paul Francis. Paul, we appreciate 136 00:12:48,539 --> 00:12:55,459 your time as well. Welcome to the show. Thank you. And I'm pleased to be on. Well, listen, 137 00:12:55,460 --> 00:13:00,699 Gerald and Paul, I've already gotten a little bit of Bryan's background before because he's joined 138 00:13:00,700 --> 00:13:05,819 us before, like I said. But I always like to introduce the drivers in a way where if somebody 139 00:13:05,820 --> 00:13:10,619 hasn't met you, maybe they'll know who you are if they see you in passing. So, Paul, since I'm with 140 00:13:10,620 --> 00:13:14,700 you already going to go ahead and start with you. How long have you been working here for Balkan 141 00:13:14,700 --> 00:13:21,699 Spur? Well, let's just say next week will be 12 years. Wow. Next week, 12 142 00:13:21,699 --> 00:13:27,098 years. I'm giving you applause for that man. 12 years anywhere is a great, great stretch. Actually. 143 00:13:27,099 --> 00:13:33,619 Two, two weeks. Two weeks. May 14th. Okay, well. We're not going to take your applause back for a one 144 00:13:33,620 --> 00:13:39,479 week gaffe there, Paul. We're going to keep it. And which, uh, which terminal do you call home? Paul. Oh, 145 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:46,479 Sydney. Sydney. Terminal. Okay, great. Yeah. And I understand today is, uh, not the best day out 146 00:13:46,479 --> 00:13:52,159 there on the road for you. Have a little bit of mechanical issues. Did you? Yeah, but I'm used to it. 147 00:13:52,159 --> 00:13:57,479 It don't bother me. You know, anything can happen while you're out here on the road, so you just 148 00:13:57,479 --> 00:14:03,679 roll with it. Yeah. After 12 years, water off a duck's back, right? Exactly. I mean, I'm still 149 00:14:03,680 --> 00:14:10,599 heading. I'll be at the customer in about 20, 25 minutes to unload, and then I'll head home. Perfect. 150 00:14:10,599 --> 00:14:16,799 Well, glad that, uh, nothing too bad t happened out there today. And, uh, we're glad to have you here. Uh, 151 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:22,399 welcome into the show once again, Gerald. Uh, where are you at right now? Today? What's, uh, what's your 152 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:27,839 day looking like? Any mechanical issues got you parked on the side of the road? No. Today's been 153 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:34,599 pretty smooth sailing other than some slower traffic holding me up, but, uh, got some 154 00:14:34,599 --> 00:14:40,629 pretty, uh, pretty calm roads ahead of me. So won't be. Won't be too much longer. And I'll be, uh, 155 00:14:41,069 --> 00:14:45,630 swapping some trailers around and getting myself ready for the next day. Okay. All right. And how 156 00:14:45,630 --> 00:14:52,589 long have you been working here, Gerald? So, not counting the year and a half break I had back in 157 00:14:52,589 --> 00:14:58,469 21. I've been here cumulatively five years. Okay. That's good. You know what? That deserves a round 158 00:14:58,469 --> 00:15:04,949 of applause as well. Why not? I'm giving him out today. Five years. Yeah. No joke man. That's a good 159 00:15:04,949 --> 00:15:11,949 that's a good career. Yep. I really enjoyed the break because of 160 00:15:11,950 --> 00:15:17,469 some burnout there in 21. And then came and then I was ready to come back and they brought me back 161 00:15:17,470 --> 00:15:22,909 with open arms. So burnout is a truck driver. That's the first time I've ever heard of that. 162 00:15:25,830 --> 00:15:30,949 It happens. It happens to the best of us. It does, man. It does. It's a tough job. There's no question 163 00:15:30,950 --> 00:15:35,849 about it. We don't make any bones about it on this podcast. And, uh, we're just always glad that you 164 00:15:35,849 --> 00:15:41,049 guys can find time in your day to join us, because we know that it is a a crazy job that you guys 165 00:15:41,049 --> 00:15:46,890 work, and for that reason is sort of why I wanted to have this conversation with you guys today. Um, 166 00:15:46,890 --> 00:15:52,210 I have talked to enough drivers in my almost four years of making podcasts for truck drivers to 167 00:15:52,210 --> 00:15:59,129 know there is no end to the amount of unique hobbies that you guys can get into. And the reason 168 00:15:59,130 --> 00:16:03,848 I like doing an episode like this is because you guys spend a lot of time on the phone with each 169 00:16:03,849 --> 00:16:07,848 other. Gerald and Paul actually told me off the air. Hey, we're normally talking to each other all 170 00:16:07,849 --> 00:16:13,288 day. Um, this episode is one of those things that could even teach you guys something new about one 171 00:16:13,289 --> 00:16:18,488 another that you don't know. Uh, even though you guys are, uh, pretty close. So, Bryan, I'm going to 172 00:16:18,489 --> 00:16:24,248 start with you here because, uh, we brought this up a little bit in the past here on the show, and, uh, 173 00:16:24,249 --> 00:16:30,609 you are not only a very accomplished, uh, jujitsu. Do they call it a jiu jitsu fighter? Is that how 174 00:16:30,610 --> 00:16:36,159 they. Is that how you're you're termed. Oh, no. I mean, you could just call it a grappler. Grappler. 175 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:40,718 There you go. That's it. So you are. You are an accomplished jiu jitsu grappler, and this is a big 176 00:16:40,719 --> 00:16:45,679 part of your life. Talk to me a little bit about it, man. What is the, uh. Where have you come? How 177 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:52,439 decorated are you as a grappler, and how long have you been into jiu jitsu? Um, 178 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:59,280 so it's, uh, it's a pretty significant part of my life these days. Um, it started off as, uh, just a 179 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:06,599 cool little hobby I fell into. You know, I'm. I grew up watching the UFC and didn't really have, uh, any 180 00:17:06,599 --> 00:17:13,039 real opportunities where I grew up to, uh, get into it and learn it. Um, I actually got started because 181 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:19,959 I did some amateur boxing in the gym that I was at, um, had some coaches there, and I fell 182 00:17:19,959 --> 00:17:24,759 into it before Covid. Uh, I didn't get real serious until after Covid when the gyms opened back up. 183 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:31,800 Mhm. Um, I'd say I really started about April of 21. Um, so I've been at it, uh, around 184 00:17:31,870 --> 00:17:38,430 Five years now. We just passed April 1st, so I've been at it five years now. Um, I mean, I like to 185 00:17:38,430 --> 00:17:42,989 stay pretty humble. It's a it's a sport that'll humble you if you get if you get too arrogant. Um, 186 00:17:42,990 --> 00:17:49,390 but I'd, uh, I'd say just in the last two years, I've probably had 187 00:17:50,270 --> 00:17:57,069 50 or 60 matches. And I'm probably in the 40s on my on my win count. Wow. Um, 188 00:17:57,109 --> 00:18:04,069 I've actually, um, when this airs will be on the back end of it, but this coming 189 00:18:04,069 --> 00:18:10,149 week in May, second and third, I've got a tournament in Columbus that's a 190 00:18:10,749 --> 00:18:14,989 pretty prestigious banner to compete under that I've never competed under before, so I'm looking 191 00:18:14,990 --> 00:18:19,789 forward to that. That'll be a two day tournament in Columbus, and then I'm turning around and at 192 00:18:19,790 --> 00:18:24,349 the end of the month, uh. Thank you. Thank you. Um, at the end of the month, I'm competing again, um, here 193 00:18:24,350 --> 00:18:30,969 in my local area in Dayton, Ohio. Um, so I like to stay pretty active. I, uh, I trained probably 4 or 5 194 00:18:30,969 --> 00:18:37,889 days a week. Um, I coached four classes a week as well, so. Wow. Honestly, if I'm not at the house 195 00:18:37,890 --> 00:18:44,529 with the family, you know, cooking, making dinner, hanging out with the family, I'm, uh, I'm usually in 196 00:18:44,530 --> 00:18:48,689 the weight room prepping for the tournaments, or I'm at the gym training or coaching. Mondays and 197 00:18:48,689 --> 00:18:55,049 Wednesdays, I get there about 5:00. I don't usually get home to about 10:00 that night, so I work all 198 00:18:55,050 --> 00:19:01,689 day, and then I go train and coach and train some more. So I, uh, I'd say it's a pretty significant 199 00:19:01,689 --> 00:19:06,568 part. I mean, I usually take 1 or 2 days off. That way I can spend it with the wife and the kids, you 200 00:19:06,569 --> 00:19:10,650 know, that way. Uh, well, I guess I should just say the wife. We've got a 20 and a 17 year old. There's 201 00:19:10,650 --> 00:19:17,609 not. There's not much time for mom and dad around, but, uh, I, I like to I like to hang 202 00:19:17,609 --> 00:19:22,849 out with her. You know, I don't want her to feel left out or anything. She, uh. She supports me 203 00:19:22,849 --> 00:19:29,679 through all the craziness. She's always pushing me to get better and and commit. And it's been pretty 204 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:35,999 therapeutic for me. So having her support makes it easier to dedicate to it. And honestly, I think 205 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:42,840 that's why I've ended up having the success that I had. Um, I think 23 and 24, I went, uh, 206 00:19:43,439 --> 00:19:50,399 without a loss in like four different banners. Wow. Um, so we're just pushing it till the wheels fall 207 00:19:50,439 --> 00:19:55,919 off. I just turned 40, so I know I ain't gonna have forever, but I'm trying to look at the longevity 208 00:19:55,920 --> 00:20:02,400 and keep it pumping as long as possible. Heck yeah. Man. That's amazing. And you know, when you talk to 209 00:20:02,439 --> 00:20:07,879 me about it before on on the episode, obviously we weren't focused on that aspect of your life. We 210 00:20:07,879 --> 00:20:14,399 were talking a lot more about the job that day. Um, but I had no idea that you competed as much as 211 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:19,679 you did. And that you are. I mean, I knew you were decorated, but, man, going two full years without a 212 00:20:19,719 --> 00:20:25,159 loss, that's pretty amazing. And you're teaching all these classes. Um, this became a very 213 00:20:25,159 --> 00:20:29,579 significant part of your life, like you said. Have you gotten. Have you had any luck getting the kids 214 00:20:29,579 --> 00:20:36,539 or the wife to the gym and getting them rolling with you at all? Um, so the wife, not so 215 00:20:36,540 --> 00:20:41,619 much. It's just not her personality, and I don't I don't force anybody to do anything. Right. Um, the 216 00:20:41,619 --> 00:20:47,619 17 year olds in and out with me, um, you know, he's still trying to figure out what what route he 217 00:20:47,619 --> 00:20:53,259 wants to go on life and sounds like he's going to end up taking the the Air Force route. Um, our 218 00:20:53,300 --> 00:21:00,099 nephew, um, he's 19. He's trained with me a little bit. Um, honestly, as much as I trained and I 219 00:21:00,140 --> 00:21:05,939 compete, I'd say I've been lucky enough to fall into coaching. And that's really where my passion 220 00:21:05,939 --> 00:21:12,459 has been. Being able to share my knowledge and watch other people become more confident. And, you 221 00:21:12,459 --> 00:21:15,659 know, when you show somebody something and then they come back in a couple of weeks and they're 222 00:21:15,660 --> 00:21:20,939 like, hey, I hit that move. You showed me on like three different people and or I did it in this 223 00:21:20,939 --> 00:21:25,729 competition, you know, that's what that's what really makes me feel good. You know, I just try to 224 00:21:26,170 --> 00:21:30,769 lead from the front, as I like to call it. That way they they see the things that I'm showing them or 225 00:21:30,770 --> 00:21:36,769 stuff that I actually I use. I don't want to show them anything that doesn't give me any success, 226 00:21:36,810 --> 00:21:42,929 you know? And, uh, I don't know, man. It just, uh, I kind of fell into it, and it's, uh, it's been a 227 00:21:42,930 --> 00:21:47,929 healthy addiction ever since. Boy, it sounds like it, man. And how cool that you like to coach and 228 00:21:47,930 --> 00:21:53,369 you like to pass on that knowledge. Um, you know, I, I was a high school wrestler, and I was not a good 229 00:21:53,370 --> 00:22:00,249 one. I think my my, after three years, my record was an even 500. Um, but there is one thing I know, 230 00:22:00,289 --> 00:22:05,809 and that is having a good coach can even make somebody that's not super great at that sport, uh, 231 00:22:06,010 --> 00:22:10,409 really feel like they've accomplished something. And I had some really good coaches in my time 232 00:22:10,449 --> 00:22:17,289 that made me want to be on the wrestling mat, even though I wasn't that good at it. Um, so, uh, just 233 00:22:17,290 --> 00:22:21,529 huge props to you, man, and teaching the younger generation and passing on what you've learned in 234 00:22:21,530 --> 00:22:26,959 these five years. Uh, you can really hear the passion for it in your voice, man. I appreciate it, 235 00:22:26,959 --> 00:22:30,399 I appreciate it, yeah. It's the, uh, the difference between us was in high school. I was a 236 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:36,919 professional knucklehead. So sometimes I think I'm, uh. I'm trying to make up for lost time also. Well, 237 00:22:36,959 --> 00:22:41,879 no. No better way to, uh, to, uh, punish yourself for being a knucklehead than almost getting your arm 238 00:22:41,879 --> 00:22:47,719 broken in some type of arm bar or something like that, right? Absolutely. You know, I just took a, uh, 239 00:22:47,719 --> 00:22:51,879 inadvertent knee to the face last night in training. I'm walking around with a pretty good 240 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:58,039 shiner right now. So. That's a good thing. This is audio and not video. Yes, sir. Well, I can say that 241 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:04,879 about myself every single day, man. Uh, Gerald. If you're embarrassed about that 242 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:10,160 shiner, you can just say, hey, my wife hit me last. Night. Yeah, that's probably what happened. We 243 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:17,039 always know they run the household, huh? Yeah, yeah. We let them think they did well. And you 244 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:21,800 might be good at fighting defense, but, uh, you'll never see that sucker punch coming. They're really 245 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:25,699 good at getting behind you when you don't see them there. And then all of a sudden, POW! Uh, you're 246 00:23:25,699 --> 00:23:31,540 seeing stars. So, uh, great stuff there, Bryan, I appreciate it. Uh, Gerald, I want to come to you 247 00:23:31,540 --> 00:23:37,539 next. You kind of gave me a litany of hobbies that you have. Um, maybe litanies, a bit of a big word, 248 00:23:37,539 --> 00:23:43,579 but you're kind of a man of a different hobbies, Gerald. So let me have you do this. Why don't you 249 00:23:43,579 --> 00:23:49,660 rank your top three off time hobbies for me? What do you like to spend your time doing the most? And, 250 00:23:49,660 --> 00:23:56,619 uh, kind of go from there? Well, I I've always been one to serve. So I got to say, 251 00:23:56,660 --> 00:24:03,579 doing, uh, working at my volunteer fire in the EMS house is probably one of my favorites. Um, 252 00:24:04,099 --> 00:24:09,739 I spent four years in the service right out of high school, and I've always loved serving to. And 253 00:24:09,739 --> 00:24:16,660 I've also been a member of my, uh, volunteer fire department for 20. The. This November will 254 00:24:16,699 --> 00:24:23,489 be 24 years. Wow. I'm running with. Them. I'm giving you a round of applause for that one, man. That's. 255 00:24:23,489 --> 00:24:29,729 I got a special place in my heart for volunteer firefighters. Um, and and I've, you know, I grew up 256 00:24:29,729 --> 00:24:35,848 in a very small town, 2000 people. I think there was maybe 200 kids at my high school. And I have 257 00:24:35,849 --> 00:24:42,010 vivid memories of multiple times during football practice. My four years as a football player, 258 00:24:42,609 --> 00:24:48,409 almost all of my coaches having a just a, a scanner on their hip and all of a sudden that 259 00:24:48,410 --> 00:24:53,530 thing going off and I've never seen guys, I mean, I don't know why they didn't teach us those skills 260 00:24:53,530 --> 00:24:58,729 because the change of direction and the sprint that those guys made to their cars was impressive 261 00:24:58,729 --> 00:25:03,568 at their age. Um, and, and they were out there saving our community. There was more than once 262 00:25:03,569 --> 00:25:08,050 that they went out and put out a fire at somebody's house that we knew personally, or they 263 00:25:08,050 --> 00:25:14,089 put out a structure fire in a business that saved somebody's livelihood. What you do as a volunteer 264 00:25:14,130 --> 00:25:19,389 firefighter is greatly underappreciated. Gerald and I want to take the time not only to thank you 265 00:25:19,390 --> 00:25:23,589 for your service to this great country, but thank you for your service to the community. Man, that is 266 00:25:23,589 --> 00:25:29,229 an underappreciated volunteer role, and we need guys like you out there that that want to do it 267 00:25:29,230 --> 00:25:35,108 and enjoy it. Man does that. It brings a lot to you, right? You you feel you feel definitely like 268 00:25:35,109 --> 00:25:40,109 you've helped out and you've given back to the community after you go out and serve. Yeah. Oh, 269 00:25:40,150 --> 00:25:46,109 absolutely. Just being there to help somebody out and what, what they feel is the worst day of their 270 00:25:46,109 --> 00:25:52,550 life is, is like, and I do it as a volunteer basis. I'd love to do it as a career, but I take more 271 00:25:52,550 --> 00:25:58,949 pride in doing it as a volunteer because I don't receive money to do it. And it's 272 00:25:58,949 --> 00:26:05,869 it's I pride is my pay as I like to as I like to say. Well said man. Well said. Okay. 273 00:26:05,869 --> 00:26:10,789 So that's the that's the first one. That's your love. What's next? What else do you have in the bag 274 00:26:10,829 --> 00:26:17,349 for your off time hobbies. So other off time hobbies. Uh, love renting on cars. 275 00:26:17,819 --> 00:26:24,619 Uh, building my own, uh, firearms. And, um, what was the other one I told you? Uh. 276 00:26:24,699 --> 00:26:31,338 Oh, yeah. I love I love flowers out of the weekend and and and 277 00:26:31,499 --> 00:26:37,420 hit in 18. Yes, sir. Are you talking Marcos's language? Yes you are. Yes you are. Man, don't, don't. 278 00:26:37,459 --> 00:26:42,459 Don't put it past me. I'll bring up golf on this show just to shoehorn it in, because I feel like 279 00:26:42,459 --> 00:26:49,099 it. Okay? I, I love the sport, man. Here's the funny thing. Uh, last time you talked to Brad, Bryan and 280 00:26:49,140 --> 00:26:55,139 Andrea about what they like to do when they're not in the office, and they were. They were talking 281 00:26:55,140 --> 00:27:00,300 about golfing and all that stuff. I, I seen Andre a link about maybe someday having a company golf 282 00:27:00,300 --> 00:27:07,059 outing. Oh, that would be great, man. I love the idea of a golf. Term get you. You could get up there and 283 00:27:07,060 --> 00:27:12,540 play with us, Marcus. You betcha. I'll be there. I'll be the guy that they're going to put a speaker on 284 00:27:12,540 --> 00:27:17,849 the back of my golf cart and give me a microphone. I'll be the entertainment out there. I would love 285 00:27:17,850 --> 00:27:24,009 to do something like that. We have fun. Oh, I bet, I bet. You know, I could see, uh, you know, uh, one thing 286 00:27:24,009 --> 00:27:28,969 I've seen that they're doing it a bunch of, uh, amateur tournaments up in Canada. There's these 287 00:27:28,969 --> 00:27:33,729 two guys that'll sit on one tee box, and they'll just roast everybody that comes up to tee off. It 288 00:27:33,729 --> 00:27:40,289 doesn't matter who you are. Oh, I love those videos. I've seen those. Yeah, yeah. They are great, man. 289 00:27:40,329 --> 00:27:45,289 Uh, that would. Be so they call them. Back off challenges or something like that, I. Think. Yep. 290 00:27:45,329 --> 00:27:49,449 There's there's a few different groups of guys doing them, and I'll tell you, they're ruthless. 291 00:27:49,449 --> 00:27:53,809 It's no holds barred. But that's what you gotta do to get a golfer to mess up his swing when he's 292 00:27:53,810 --> 00:28:00,809 been doing it for 20 some years. So, uh. That actually makes me play better. Yes, sir. Uh, you know, 293 00:28:00,930 --> 00:28:05,050 uh, Paul, that reminds me, I used to play with, uh, one of my dad's friends, and my dad would always 294 00:28:05,050 --> 00:28:10,170 say about this guy, uh, that that Ron, he could fart in his own back swing, and he'd probably make him 295 00:28:10,170 --> 00:28:15,550 hit the ball 20 yards further. You kind of one of those guys. Distractions don't. Bug. Me better. Yeah, 296 00:28:15,589 --> 00:28:22,469 I play better when people are talking and even talking to me. Because it. Takes my mind 297 00:28:22,509 --> 00:28:28,790 off what I'm doing. And I don't mess my swing up there. There you go. There you go. Yeah, the that's 298 00:28:28,790 --> 00:28:33,509 the best way to make me better at golf is to get me to stop thinking about my swing. Once I start 299 00:28:33,509 --> 00:28:38,069 thinking about it, that's when it all goes. All goes down the hill. Just like you're at the range. 300 00:28:38,069 --> 00:28:44,989 I can hit every ball straight, get on that tee box, and then it just all goes to crap. Yep. 301 00:28:45,029 --> 00:28:51,988 You know, it just. Yeah. But man. You get back to your show. No. Hey I we can again we can 302 00:28:51,989 --> 00:28:56,509 take a left turn detour for golf all day, every day. In fact, now you guys just submitted it. I was 303 00:28:56,510 --> 00:29:00,870 thinking about going golfing later. I'm definitely going golfing later because we just talked about 304 00:29:00,870 --> 00:29:07,749 it. So, uh, there goes my afternoon. But, uh. Well, I know me. Gary and a couple other guys are talking 305 00:29:07,750 --> 00:29:14,419 about get together one weekend and try to do it, you know, once a month or something like 306 00:29:14,420 --> 00:29:20,819 that just to get out and play. Absolutely, absolutely. It's such a great thing to get out and 307 00:29:20,820 --> 00:29:26,259 do with your friends. Uh, nothing like walking off of the 18th green and having the back of your 308 00:29:26,259 --> 00:29:31,899 neck hurt because you've been laughing all day. Uh, who cares how you hit the ball, you know? Um. Hey, 309 00:29:32,420 --> 00:29:37,139 real quick here, Gerald, before we get away from it too much. You mentioned, uh, you like to wrench on 310 00:29:37,139 --> 00:29:42,819 cars and and just please understand that I'm just trying to be policing myself here and not talk 311 00:29:42,859 --> 00:29:48,419 about golf for the next 40 minutes, okay? So I'm trying to trying to stay focused here. But, Gerald, 312 00:29:48,420 --> 00:29:52,579 do you have a project car that you're working on or is this do you just kind of like to do the 313 00:29:52,579 --> 00:29:59,259 routine maintenance on your daily drivers? Uh, what type of engine are we doing here? Oh, uh, so a lot 314 00:29:59,259 --> 00:30:04,300 of it is routine. Routine maintenance stuff. Just save myself a buck or two here instead of taking 315 00:30:04,300 --> 00:30:09,419 it to the shop to get it done. Uh, like I got to do wheel bearings on the wife's car here before too 316 00:30:09,420 --> 00:30:16,280 long. I do also have a project in the garage. It's slow going. I got to save up 317 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:21,599 for parks here and there, but I'm taking care of those little budget items right now that I'm 318 00:30:21,599 --> 00:30:28,519 working on at the 2000 Chevy S10, that I'm trying to turn into a bit of a show truck. I love those 319 00:30:28,519 --> 00:30:33,800 little s tents from that vintage man, those things are great except for I will tell you. Or I will 320 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:39,160 ask you about this since you're a wrench turner. I was a detail boy at a Chevy dealership as a 321 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:45,559 summer job in high school for a few summers, and I helped one of the mechanics take an engine out of 322 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:52,039 an S-10 blazer, and there was a crossmember that ran underneath that engine that 323 00:30:52,319 --> 00:30:57,879 I've never seen a mechanic have so much trouble with an engine hoist and with a book, and with all 324 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:03,640 the knowledge and 20 years of experience, he got that busted engine out of that blazer and put it 325 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:09,238 over on the ground and took a pry bar and beat the living heck out of it for 20 minutes 326 00:31:09,270 --> 00:31:14,829 afterwards. I mean, it took us hours to get this thing out. Gerald, do you have any experience with 327 00:31:14,829 --> 00:31:20,949 that? Uh, with that crossmember that runs between the engine there, uh, in an S-10 or an S-10 blazer, 328 00:31:20,949 --> 00:31:27,709 because that thing was a nightmare. I haven't had any experience with that. I haven't sold an engine 329 00:31:27,710 --> 00:31:33,910 from that type of truck yet. Um, haven't decided on whether or not I want to pull my engine, but I 330 00:31:33,910 --> 00:31:39,269 have busted my knuckles a few times and, uh, made me want to throw some wrenches, punch a toolbox, 331 00:31:39,269 --> 00:31:45,230 and I feel better. Gotcha. Well, uh, if if I could give you any advice from a guy that's not really 332 00:31:45,230 --> 00:31:49,310 a wrench turner, I would say just leave that engine in there because it's stuck. You'll never 333 00:31:49,349 --> 00:31:54,949 get it out. Uh, and if you do get it out, you might not get it back in. I remember I was working with 334 00:31:54,950 --> 00:32:01,149 this mechanic. Uh, he was running the engine hoist and holding a pry bar. He had me stabilizing the 335 00:32:01,149 --> 00:32:06,349 engine with both hands, and he went to drop the engine in just a little bit. Of course, he dropped 336 00:32:06,350 --> 00:32:11,809 it too far. It took that pry bar and pinched his hand up against the firewall of the engine. It was 337 00:32:11,809 --> 00:32:18,489 a really long process to get this engine out, and I will be honest with you that I love looking at 338 00:32:18,489 --> 00:32:25,408 an S-10. I never want to work on one again. You're a better man than me, Gerald. Yeah, I've done 339 00:32:25,449 --> 00:32:30,568 I've done a few different engine swaps. I've never had that much trouble. But, uh, it can be a little 340 00:32:30,610 --> 00:32:36,208 bit of a pain in the butt. Yeah, no joke there. Uh, real quick, before we we go on to Paul and I, I 341 00:32:36,209 --> 00:32:39,649 don't know, I'm. I'm guessing we might end up talking a little bit more golf there with Paul, 342 00:32:39,650 --> 00:32:45,089 but, uh, you mentioned that you like to assemble firearms. Now, are you a hunter or are you more of 343 00:32:45,089 --> 00:32:49,810 just a sportsman? You like to go out and plink? What is, uh, what is the hobby look like for you, 344 00:32:49,810 --> 00:32:56,530 Gerald? Um. As of right now, it's more just, uh, putting holes through paper, doing some 345 00:32:56,530 --> 00:33:01,849 training and stuff for, like, if if something would actually happen with civilization would break 346 00:33:01,850 --> 00:33:07,998 down. I'm kind of trying to make sure I stay ready for, you know, who? Who knows what? But, uh. 347 00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:15,038 But for most. Most of the time, it's just put some lead downrange. Doing any competition or anything 348 00:33:15,039 --> 00:33:21,599 like that. I'd like to, but it it's doing some competition stuff. 349 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:26,759 That closest one I've been able to find is over three hours away. It's not really feasible to 350 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:33,760 drive that far just to go. Just go do one competition in my head where I can find one 351 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:39,959 at. Sure. Sure, I understand that. Well, that's still a fun hobby and a practical one too. And, uh, based 352 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:43,718 on where you guys live, there's a lot of deer out there in the Midwest. Just in case you ever decide 353 00:33:43,719 --> 00:33:50,638 you want to put some venison in the fridge, you're ready. Yeah. Unfortunately, my my firearms that 354 00:33:50,639 --> 00:33:56,239 I have are not legal for hunting in the state of Ohio because they're all shoulder cartridges. I 355 00:33:56,239 --> 00:34:03,159 don't have any straight cartridge rifles to be able to go hunting with. Gotcha, gotcha. Oh, 356 00:34:03,199 --> 00:34:07,189 so you just got to go out and buy yourself a bear at 50 cal. They'll let you hunt deer with that out 357 00:34:07,190 --> 00:34:13,949 there, right? Maybe. But I don't think there'll. Be any. Salvageable meat after that. 358 00:34:15,510 --> 00:34:21,469 Yeah, I hear you. That's what I am. I am, I take it all the way out. Yeah. No, it's it's funny, man, I, I 359 00:34:21,549 --> 00:34:28,189 saw a casing from a I think it's, is it called a 375 Nitro Express. Is that the. Is that the 360 00:34:28,350 --> 00:34:34,149 caliber I'm thinking of? Just a it looks like a, like, maybe a little shorter than a 300 wind mag 361 00:34:34,149 --> 00:34:39,148 cartridge, but gosh dang, the thing was as big around as four golf tees in the middle of it. Have 362 00:34:39,149 --> 00:34:46,029 you seen one of those? I have, but that has nothing. That's nothing compared to the 30 363 00:34:46,070 --> 00:34:51,469 Mike Mike that shot out of the two door eight that's in the eight warthog. 364 00:34:52,870 --> 00:34:59,389 Yeah you're right, that doesn't really compare. Okay, cool. Well, uh, Paul, thanks for your patience, 365 00:34:59,389 --> 00:35:04,409 man. Coming to you last here to talk a little bit. Now, we know you're a golfer. Uh, what else do you 366 00:35:04,409 --> 00:35:10,810 get into when, uh, when the wheels aren't turning? Fishing. I'm an avid fisherman, 367 00:35:11,009 --> 00:35:17,809 and I fished a lot of catfish tournaments. Oh, okay. Are you. Are you noodling for these 368 00:35:17,809 --> 00:35:23,929 things, or are you catching them on a limb? No, no. Online. I haven't got the opportunity noodle for 369 00:35:23,930 --> 00:35:30,290 them yet. Uh, I'll tell you, it looks fun, Paul, but I also don't. The thing that it looks fun until they 370 00:35:30,330 --> 00:35:34,969 duck all the way under the water, and then I'm like, maybe that's too far because you're about to 371 00:35:35,010 --> 00:35:40,648 pull a fish the size of a Honda Civic out from that mud hole. Oh, exactly. And it's got your all 372 00:35:40,649 --> 00:35:47,409 the way up to the elbow. And they're mean. They do bite. I mean, even a small one 373 00:35:47,409 --> 00:35:52,649 will make you bleed. Right. I mean, they don't have big teeth. That's just like taking rough sandpaper 374 00:35:52,649 --> 00:35:57,649 and running across your knuckles. Right. And and, I mean, they're just a big, long muscle and a fat 375 00:35:57,649 --> 00:36:04,239 muscle, too. And, man, they can they can flop around. Me and the wife. Probably here in the next couple 376 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:11,279 of weeks will be going probably every Friday. Saturday night. Wow. And let me tell you, you're 377 00:36:11,279 --> 00:36:15,918 bringing home some nice catfish to fry up, aren't you? What? What do you like to cook out of it? Is 378 00:36:15,919 --> 00:36:20,999 there anything, especially doing catfish sandwiches or anything like that? Nah. Wife don't 379 00:36:20,999 --> 00:36:27,399 like catfish, but I do. I like to make a. I just call it a Cajun catfish, but 380 00:36:28,399 --> 00:36:35,319 I make it over rice with salsa, some cheese on it, some spices. And that. 381 00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:40,639 Sounds good. How I. Like. It. That sounds good, man, that sounds good. You know, I, I don't have very 382 00:36:40,639 --> 00:36:46,919 many catfishing stories. I've got one. I was fishing on a six inch bobber lead for 383 00:36:46,919 --> 00:36:53,678 crappie next to a dam on the snake River. It's oxbow reservoir where we were, and we were 384 00:36:53,679 --> 00:36:59,979 probably 30 or maybe 50 yards from the dam. Just got the boat parked there in the sun passing the 385 00:36:59,979 --> 00:37:05,100 whiskey bottle around, just having a grand old time, not catching a damn thing. And then all of a 386 00:37:05,100 --> 00:37:11,939 sudden my bobber shoots to the bottom of the reservoir like I've never seen. I mean, the the 387 00:37:12,300 --> 00:37:18,179 line was just pouring off of my reel and it finally stopped and we spent, you know, I was on a 388 00:37:18,179 --> 00:37:23,340 5 pound test line and we spent. A. Half an hour, 40 minutes trying to get this thing up off the 389 00:37:23,340 --> 00:37:29,659 bottom, and by the time we did is the biggest freshwater fish I'd ever caught. Um, I'm not going 390 00:37:29,660 --> 00:37:34,218 to do the whole thing where it was three feet. If it was an inch, I don't remember exactly how long 391 00:37:34,219 --> 00:37:40,580 it was. What I remember is not being able to move my arm after the 30 or 45 minutes I spent 392 00:37:40,580 --> 00:37:47,219 fighting that recall. That's why I like fishing for catfish. They're fun. No matter what, what 393 00:37:47,260 --> 00:37:53,499 size you get. You know, most of our lakes around here have channel blues and 394 00:37:53,499 --> 00:38:00,129 flathead. Okay. So channels, if you get a 30 pounder, you're doing really, really 395 00:38:00,129 --> 00:38:06,779 well. Blues can get up over 100. Blacks can get well over 100 to 150 396 00:38:06,780 --> 00:38:12,129 pounds. Wow. They can. They can get huge. What's the biggest one you've ever landed? 397 00:38:13,490 --> 00:38:18,809 Uh, channel was 27 pounds. And that was at a local lake, Kiser Lake. 398 00:38:20,249 --> 00:38:27,169 Uh, biggest flat was 42. Wow. Blue. I've never weighed. I've caught a few, 399 00:38:27,169 --> 00:38:33,689 but. But we got a lake. It's 20 minutes from my house. It's known for 400 00:38:34,250 --> 00:38:40,609 big flathead. Somebody caught one this year. 67 pounds. My God, that's 401 00:38:40,610 --> 00:38:47,529 huge. Now they're out of Indian Lake. That is wild. So you said you you do some, uh, competitions 402 00:38:47,530 --> 00:38:54,489 from time to time? Yeah, I get a lot of tournaments. Local catfish tournaments? Nothing major, but 403 00:38:54,490 --> 00:39:00,119 he still wins. You know, last year I won four tournaments. 404 00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:07,919 Uh, we fished in six of them. Me and my stepson took first and big fish. 405 00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:15,279 So it's just we do it for fun. A lot of guys we know. But it's the same guys that 406 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:22,040 fish in tournaments every month. So it's just. We do it. Just have 407 00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:27,519 fun. Yeah. Just to have a high old time. Man, that sounds awesome. Yeah. Do you, uh. Is there any other 408 00:39:27,519 --> 00:39:32,439 fish that you fish for? You know, I, I you said you like to to fight them. I'm wondering if you do 409 00:39:32,439 --> 00:39:39,279 bass ever. Yeah, I fish for bass, but I like to fish at night for bass. Okay. And 410 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:46,279 he's he's a rubber crawl or something. Just jig off the bottom and it's all by touch 411 00:39:46,479 --> 00:39:53,479 and feel. Because you can't see your line because you're fishing, you know, at night. So 412 00:39:53,479 --> 00:40:00,459 you just cast. and when you feel them. Kaiser lakes A really good lake for it. The small lake. I 413 00:40:00,459 --> 00:40:07,259 know Gary knows it. I'm sure Bryan knows it. Yep, yep. It's, uh. It's just. 414 00:40:07,300 --> 00:40:14,019 A. It's a lake with no motor. You're not allowed to. Any boats with motors. Oh. Very peaceful. To clean. 415 00:40:14,139 --> 00:40:21,019 And clean. But I grew up fishing there, so I fished for walleye. 416 00:40:21,659 --> 00:40:28,139 Actually, next weekend I'll be up at Lake Erie on a walleye charter. Okay. Very cool. 417 00:40:28,179 --> 00:40:32,260 Now, uh, do you guys. I don't think you guys have them out there. Do you get any kokanee in any of 418 00:40:32,260 --> 00:40:39,138 those, uh, deep waters out there in the Great Lakes? Yeah, they could affect Lake Erie. Okay, but 419 00:40:39,139 --> 00:40:46,139 I'm not sure. We have all kinds of different fish up there. I don't even know what's all in 420 00:40:46,179 --> 00:40:52,259 that lake. Okay. You know, I, I only ask because that was some some fun fishing I did as a kid at the 421 00:40:52,260 --> 00:40:58,289 lake that I grew up on. Willow, a lake in northeast Oregon. Big Mountain Lake was formed by a glacier. 422 00:40:58,289 --> 00:41:04,849 And they catch and they catch a new state record kokanee out of that lake every couple of years. In 423 00:41:04,850 --> 00:41:10,049 fact, I had a buddy, one of my best friends in the world, held that record for less than two weeks, 424 00:41:10,049 --> 00:41:15,809 and his best friend went out there and caught the next one. And it wasn't me. But they they're just 425 00:41:15,809 --> 00:41:22,169 constantly yarning these things out. Um, but we had to go deep, deep, deep water for him. Uh, Paul. And 426 00:41:22,169 --> 00:41:26,610 that's why I was wondering if if up there in Lake Erie, that's a pretty deep one. I would assume 427 00:41:26,610 --> 00:41:33,129 they're up there. Yeah, it probably is. I know they got sturgeon up there. Oh, man. See, I've never I've 428 00:41:33,129 --> 00:41:38,889 never fished for sturgeon, but I've watched guys fish for sturgeon. Uh, from the Bonneville Dam, uh, 429 00:41:38,889 --> 00:41:45,370 here on the Columbia River. Have you ever caught a sturgeon or fished for him, Paul? No, no, no. My main 430 00:41:45,370 --> 00:41:52,110 thing is basically carp, catfish, bass. You know, bluegill, crappie, perch, 431 00:41:52,550 --> 00:41:59,349 trout, just what's basically around the lakes and rivers. Sure. You know, just 432 00:41:59,350 --> 00:42:04,989 around our area. Well, Paul, I gotta be honest with you. With golf and fishing, as two of the main 433 00:42:04,990 --> 00:42:09,509 hobbies, you are going to have one hell of a retirement, my friend, whenever you decide to hang 434 00:42:09,509 --> 00:42:16,269 up. The. Boots. I'm an avid hunter. Okay, shooter. I also shoot like Gary 435 00:42:16,309 --> 00:42:21,709 does. Actually, my wife owns one of guns that Gary put together. Oh, really? What he put together for 436 00:42:21,709 --> 00:42:28,269 her? It was an AR five, five, six guy. He can tell you more about it. We haven't even shot it 437 00:42:28,270 --> 00:42:34,749 yet. My stepson bought it from Gary. Then I traded, uh, for 50 438 00:42:34,790 --> 00:42:41,589 Bushmaster to get the AR. So Jake would have a gun to use for deer hunt. Okay. 439 00:42:41,590 --> 00:42:47,509 Gotcha. So is it mostly deer hunting that you're doing, or are you hunting anything else? I do deer, 440 00:42:47,549 --> 00:42:53,698 rabbit. Squirrel, Turkey. Wow. You know, if I get a chance. 441 00:42:54,740 --> 00:43:01,659 I took about a ten year break in the last 2 or 3 years. I got back into it. Yeah, it. Was. Because 442 00:43:01,659 --> 00:43:06,539 of my stepson. Oh, okay. Good. So you got somebody that kind of pulled you back into it? Well, in all 443 00:43:06,540 --> 00:43:10,580 those years without venison in the fridge to. Right. Those will those will pull you back closer. 444 00:43:10,620 --> 00:43:16,419 No, I. Always got deer because Jake would shoot one every year and give it to me. So. Oh, okay. Good. So 445 00:43:16,419 --> 00:43:22,658 he kept you stuck? I always had. Yeah. And I, I mushroom hunt. Uh 446 00:43:23,780 --> 00:43:29,819 oh. You know, I say golf, just basically whatever I can do outdoors. I tried. To. Do. Yeah. Sounds like 447 00:43:29,820 --> 00:43:35,059 you're a real avid outdoorsman, Paul. That's that's great. I, I definitely got a huge amount of respect 448 00:43:35,060 --> 00:43:41,580 for that. You know, that was as much as I like golf now. Um, really, my childhood was kind of spent 449 00:43:41,580 --> 00:43:47,419 doing stuff like that. I was always out hunting with my dad. We did a lot of waterfowl hunting 450 00:43:47,419 --> 00:43:52,249 over where I was from. A lot of duck and goose hunting. You get into any of that? Yeah, I've done 451 00:43:52,249 --> 00:43:59,168 it a few times. I just don't care for the meat. Oh, you got to make pepperoni. Oh. Do you? I 452 00:43:59,169 --> 00:44:05,610 like duck. I just never. Did. Get into the geese, but. Duck. Yeah, I like duck. We I'm an 453 00:44:05,610 --> 00:44:12,449 avid. I like to cook, grill. Okay. So what, you you do any competitions there? I 454 00:44:12,449 --> 00:44:16,490 know sometimes you guys get grilling. Like to get out there and compete a little bit too. Are you, uh, 455 00:44:16,490 --> 00:44:23,090 are you competitive in the grill? My, no, I haven't got into that yet, but I do get into some 456 00:44:23,290 --> 00:44:30,050 chili cook offs and stuff like that. I haven't won yet, but it's still fun. 457 00:44:30,090 --> 00:44:36,968 It is all stuff I do. I do it for fun. I hear you, I hear you. Well, uh, 458 00:44:36,969 --> 00:44:40,769 Paul, I don't mean to brag here. I feel like I. I don't want to steal your thunder, but you are 459 00:44:40,769 --> 00:44:45,888 talking to a one time chili champ right now on the podcast. Oh, wow. Good. Yeah. Good. My, uh. My 460 00:44:45,929 --> 00:44:52,309 thunder from down Under. Tailgate Chile won the 2009 Bicoastal Media Chili Cookoff. I still have 461 00:44:52,310 --> 00:44:58,749 the award and I wear it proudly. Um, it's it's one of my biggest accomplishments, having an elk 462 00:44:58,749 --> 00:45:04,589 burger chili that everybody really likes to eat. So. Um, yeah, I. Can't go wrong. There. I mean, it 463 00:45:04,590 --> 00:45:09,629 sounds like you and I need to hang out. Golf, outdoors, activities and grilling. Man, I could get 464 00:45:09,629 --> 00:45:14,549 in on, I don't know. You know, uh, Bryan and Gerald have been pretty patient over there. Uh, is 465 00:45:14,550 --> 00:45:19,668 anything Paul is talking about here? Uh, Gerald got your got your fancy up you a grill or two by 466 00:45:19,669 --> 00:45:26,470 chance? Oh, dude, I love taking any opportunity I can to go outside, fire up the grill and 467 00:45:26,470 --> 00:45:33,309 throw the meat on there. Yeah. Favorite thing to grill? Uh. As of right now, 468 00:45:33,350 --> 00:45:39,270 I like smoking ribs. But, uh, this year, I'm going to go out and buy some brisket and try to smoke. Ooh. 469 00:45:39,309 --> 00:45:45,299 Brave man. Turns out brave man. I'm doing most of my grilling on the open fire. 470 00:45:45,699 --> 00:45:52,459 Really? Yeah. Rustic. I like. It. Yeah. Yeah. And what's your favorite thing? To cook up over an open fire. 471 00:45:52,499 --> 00:45:59,419 Paul. Uh, I'd say rib eye or ribs. Yeah, yeah. There's nothing like a rib 472 00:45:59,419 --> 00:46:04,899 eye over an open flame, man. I mean, the. Only thing. I swear to. Go. The only thing that stinks is that 473 00:46:04,899 --> 00:46:09,339 I can't get my head between that steak and the open flame to catch the juices running out of it. 474 00:46:09,379 --> 00:46:16,139 You know, that's exactly. That's the issue for sure. Bryan, how about you? Are you a you a griller at 475 00:46:16,139 --> 00:46:22,859 all? Oh, yeah. I'll, uh. I'll cook any way I can possibly make it happen. I'm, uh, if there's, 476 00:46:22,899 --> 00:46:27,220 uh. My favorite pastime is probably eating. So, you know, somebody's got to cook your food if you're 477 00:46:27,220 --> 00:46:34,019 going to eat on a regular basis. Me, too. Yes, sir. And. And that that jiu jitsu regimen will 478 00:46:34,020 --> 00:46:39,620 keep you eating, too, because you're spending a lot of time in the gym. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. You gotta get 479 00:46:39,620 --> 00:46:46,279 those calories back one way or another. Yeah. Name a truck driver that doesn't like to eat, and I'll 480 00:46:46,279 --> 00:46:53,279 go ahead and tell you you're lying. Yeah, right. I think I can eat my head. Yeah, we just gotta. Gotta 481 00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:58,398 make a little better decisions and all that gas station food. I can't do all that. No, no. I use it. I 482 00:46:58,399 --> 00:47:03,398 won't eat til I get home. I don't I don't think the guys on the mats would like all that gas from 483 00:47:03,399 --> 00:47:09,679 the gas station. Exactly. Amen to that. Amen to that. And. And Paul. No. No roller dogs for you. 484 00:47:11,439 --> 00:47:15,639 Well, you know, I could take one, but I'm going to need to go put it on one of your guys's smokers 485 00:47:15,639 --> 00:47:20,079 and flavor it up a little bit different than gas station flavor. That's the only thing, right? You 486 00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:26,399 gotta you gotta dress those things up a little bit. Well, uh, you know, Paul, I. I was thinking about 487 00:47:26,399 --> 00:47:32,079 it there. Um, you're home every night, right? So you can wait until you're, uh, until you're home to eat. 488 00:47:32,120 --> 00:47:39,119 Yeah. Yeah, I just got back to this route I'm on. Last week. I was running overnight. 489 00:47:39,439 --> 00:47:46,428 So when I'm on dispatch, Guys like Gary don't like it because I take 490 00:47:46,429 --> 00:47:53,269 the loads he wants. Okay. And you're calling. You're calling Gerald. Gary. Is that correct? 491 00:47:53,270 --> 00:47:59,389 I'm not. These aren't two different people. Yeah. That's what we call him. Gary. Okay, gotcha, gotcha. I 492 00:47:59,389 --> 00:48:03,229 wasn't sure there for when you first mentioned Gary. I thought, man, we got to get this Gary guy on. 493 00:48:03,229 --> 00:48:09,949 He sounds cool. We already got him. Uh. He's here. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, well, I like, 494 00:48:09,950 --> 00:48:16,789 take it Paul likes taking my loads. I like to run down, like. Like Tennessee and and 495 00:48:16,790 --> 00:48:22,469 stuff like that. Every time he goes, yep, I took that load. I'm like, you son of a gun. Yeah, man, I, 496 00:48:22,470 --> 00:48:26,749 I've given you a few different ways that you can distract him. All you got to do is say, hey, man, I 497 00:48:26,749 --> 00:48:30,709 saw a real big flathead in the channel on the way to work. You ought to stop and catch that thing. 498 00:48:30,909 --> 00:48:37,909 That's all you gotta do. But that burnout was real, right, Gary? Oh, absolutely. You know, you 499 00:48:37,949 --> 00:48:43,449 need a little change. Yeah. You live and learn. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Well, fellas, I got kind of an 500 00:48:43,449 --> 00:48:46,649 interesting question I want to ask you here because you guys have been talking a lot about 501 00:48:46,649 --> 00:48:52,849 the things that you like to do. And, uh, one thing that I notice about truck drivers is you guys 502 00:48:52,850 --> 00:48:58,049 have to own the job that you do. You guys kind of. Yeah, your personality will embody it. If somebody 503 00:48:58,050 --> 00:49:04,489 asks you, what do you do? You don't say, I drive truck. You say, I am a truck driver. And I 504 00:49:04,530 --> 00:49:10,569 wonder about. And Bryan, I'm going to start here with you because the jiu jitsu thing is, is so 505 00:49:10,569 --> 00:49:17,009 prevalent in your life, you dedicate so much time to it. Um, would you say that, uh, that 506 00:49:17,050 --> 00:49:22,449 trucking is something you do or something that you are? And I want you to do the same thing with 507 00:49:22,450 --> 00:49:29,289 jiu jitsu as jiu jitsu. Something you do or something that you are. Um, you know, I think they 508 00:49:29,290 --> 00:49:34,129 could both fall into a little bit of both categories. I mean, the career is always going to 509 00:49:34,129 --> 00:49:39,759 come first. That's how we pay the bills and get the free time to do the things we want to do. Um, 510 00:49:40,679 --> 00:49:47,519 I'd say I probably am, personality wise, more of a, um, a jiu jitsu 511 00:49:47,520 --> 00:49:52,919 grappler submission grappler. Um, just I mean, if you're if you've got free time and you're 512 00:49:52,919 --> 00:49:57,359 choosing to do something, I think that, uh, falls more in line with your character and your 513 00:49:57,360 --> 00:50:03,198 personality. Um, don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed holding that steering wheel. I'd say I'm 514 00:50:03,199 --> 00:50:10,159 more of a steering wheel holder than a truck driver. Um, uh, but, you know, I, I do 515 00:50:10,159 --> 00:50:15,320 that, so me and the family can do the things we want to do, and then that way I have the free time 516 00:50:15,320 --> 00:50:21,760 to to train. And it just, you know, it it more or less, even if I'm not competing because I've taken 517 00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:27,199 breaks from competing. Um, even though I've got quite a few competitions under my belt, I did take 518 00:50:27,239 --> 00:50:32,759 about a 6 or 7 month hiatus from competing. Um, just so I could get the nerves back when I do 519 00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:39,549 compete. Um, but it's it's more of a therapy. You know, I, uh, I believe as men 520 00:50:39,550 --> 00:50:44,189 and, you know, these guys, their hobbies aren't the easiest of hobbies either. I just feel like we 521 00:50:44,190 --> 00:50:51,030 gotta continue to challenge ourselves and doing the hard thing. Um, even if we're not 522 00:50:51,110 --> 00:50:56,389 the most, uh, communicative about, you know, what we might be going dealing with mentally or even 523 00:50:56,389 --> 00:51:01,668 emotionally, putting ourselves through the hard thing, uh, kind of centers us. Gives us a good 524 00:51:01,669 --> 00:51:06,389 release, gets rid of that toxic energy, and allows us to keep more moving forward with a good, humble 525 00:51:06,389 --> 00:51:12,030 attitude and keeping everybody around us going and happy. Boy, that's that's really well said. 526 00:51:12,070 --> 00:51:18,469 Bryan. I, I appreciate the, the sentiment there because, um, doing hard things that is that is 527 00:51:18,470 --> 00:51:23,669 definitely something that keeps our character high. And, uh, I will tell you right now, um, for 528 00:51:23,669 --> 00:51:29,789 those of you that are golfers that listen, that's why golf, I'm so bad at it. It's so hard to be good 529 00:51:29,789 --> 00:51:36,489 at it. And, uh, yeah, it's a challenge. Um, uh, Gerald, Gary, I'll come to you now. Uh, kind of the same 530 00:51:36,489 --> 00:51:43,409 thing for your hobbies. Are you a wrench turner? Are you a, uh, a gunsmith? Um. Are you a 531 00:51:43,409 --> 00:51:50,009 truck driver? Is this who you are, or is it just something that you do. The the gun sniffing thing 532 00:51:50,010 --> 00:51:55,889 that that's definitely, uh, that's just definitely more something I do. That's not who I am. Because 533 00:51:55,889 --> 00:52:02,849 it's actually been a hot minute since I've put together my last firearm. Just really haven't 534 00:52:02,849 --> 00:52:08,969 had a whole lot of time to time to do it and been dedicated, uh, dedicating some funds to some other 535 00:52:08,970 --> 00:52:15,889 stuff and, and, uh, yeah, it doesn't take me much time. Once I got everything, once I 536 00:52:15,889 --> 00:52:20,169 got everything to do, it takes me no time at all to put something together. But, um, it's just more 537 00:52:20,169 --> 00:52:26,689 along the lines of, I ain't got really a whole lot of, uh, dedicated my funds. Funds to other 538 00:52:26,689 --> 00:52:33,250 things. To where? Uh. They're a little bit higher on the priority list. Um, 539 00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:40,519 But I definitely can say I am a firefighter in EMT and I definitely am a truck driver because 540 00:52:40,639 --> 00:52:45,878 honestly, where else am I going to be able to make the kind of living that I'm used to? 541 00:52:48,080 --> 00:52:53,799 Outside of a truck? Because, I mean, I've looked into factory jobs and there is no factory job 542 00:52:53,800 --> 00:52:58,519 that I can even go apply for today and start tomorrow, where I'll be making the type of money 543 00:52:58,519 --> 00:53:04,199 that I'm currently making right now. Right. Exactly right. And then, you know, furthermore, if that's the 544 00:53:04,199 --> 00:53:08,359 case and you were to take a different job, you start working more hours at that job to make the 545 00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:12,080 extra money. All of a sudden you don't have the time to give back to your community as a 546 00:53:12,080 --> 00:53:18,918 volunteer firefighter anymore. Exactly. All right, Paul, on to you now, man. Same question. Are your 547 00:53:18,919 --> 00:53:25,359 hobbies something you do or somebody that you are? And same question about your job. Are you a truck 548 00:53:25,360 --> 00:53:31,359 driver? Is driving trucks something you do? No, I think I'm a truck driver because I really enjoy 549 00:53:31,360 --> 00:53:38,299 it. I look forward to, you know, coming to work every day because I enjoy it. Plus, you know, it 550 00:53:38,300 --> 00:53:45,019 gets me out of the house. But, uh, my hobbies, you know, the hunting, the fishing, golfing. 551 00:53:45,459 --> 00:53:50,979 I'd tell you, I, too, I am also because I take a lot of pride in it. Even though golfing, I'm not the 552 00:53:50,979 --> 00:53:57,979 greatest, but I enjoy it just like I do my job. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. And I 553 00:53:57,979 --> 00:54:03,020 know. It's hard to say you're anything other than an outdoorsman. When you have as many outdoor 554 00:54:03,020 --> 00:54:10,019 hobbies as you do. You just like to be outside in nature. Yeah. I mean, I can't, uh, you 555 00:54:10,019 --> 00:54:16,379 know, I could probably think of a few more things I dabble in, but, you know, those are the main 556 00:54:16,379 --> 00:54:23,100 things I do. Just like work. You know, I put in a lot of hours every week in five days. 557 00:54:23,260 --> 00:54:28,059 Yeah, it depends on how traffic falls. It usually right around 12. Averages out to about 12 hour a 558 00:54:28,060 --> 00:54:34,089 day. Got it. Well, uh, fellas, this has been an awesome conversation. And there's one thing that I 559 00:54:34,090 --> 00:54:40,569 want to say about my three guests today. Uh, I'll always be fully transparent here. We've had just 560 00:54:40,570 --> 00:54:47,049 nonstop technical difficulties today, and we still were able to get this episode cranked out. So, uh, 561 00:54:47,090 --> 00:54:53,209 Bryan, Gary, Paul, first and foremost, I want to thank you for your saint like patience today. Uh, 562 00:54:53,210 --> 00:54:57,649 with. Oh. You're welcome. I mean, you guys were all so gracious. We're happy to just sit on the phone 563 00:54:57,649 --> 00:55:03,168 and talk amongst yourselves. I promise you, if you could have heard my microphone in those, like, 5 to 564 00:55:03,169 --> 00:55:07,489 10 minutes and I was trying to fix things, you would have heard so many words that are not good 565 00:55:07,489 --> 00:55:14,289 for air. Um, I was really. Having. I was spinning out over here, guys, but you guys did awesome 566 00:55:14,290 --> 00:55:18,849 today. Um, and I just want to say thank you real quick before we get to the final thoughts for 567 00:55:18,889 --> 00:55:23,610 that patience. Uh, there's a lot that goes on on this podcast off the air that sometimes you guys 568 00:55:23,610 --> 00:55:28,570 don't hear. And I just want to let everybody know we're living it here. Okay, I will answer the 569 00:55:28,639 --> 00:55:35,399 question too. I am a broadcaster and good lord sometimes does it put the stress on me. So great 570 00:55:35,399 --> 00:55:40,559 to have. Yeah, great to have you guys here and just be so patient with me today. I can't thank you 571 00:55:40,559 --> 00:55:45,959 enough for that. Our Final Thoughts segment here on the show today, fellas. Uh, I'll explain it to 572 00:55:45,959 --> 00:55:50,519 you, Gary and Paul, since it's your first appearance here, we give you a segment here called 573 00:55:50,520 --> 00:55:54,959 Final Thoughts where you get to talk about anything you want. Now, if we left anything on the 574 00:55:54,959 --> 00:55:59,479 table here and you didn't get to bring it up during the recording, now's the time. If you want 575 00:55:59,480 --> 00:56:05,359 to give a shout out to friends, family, coworkers, now's the time. It's literally wide open for you 576 00:56:05,399 --> 00:56:11,159 guys to say whatever you want as we close out the segment. And since he's a vet now and he's done it, 577 00:56:11,159 --> 00:56:16,799 uh, I'm going to go to Bryan first with his final thoughts. Uh, Bryan Alexander, again, thank you so 578 00:56:16,799 --> 00:56:22,600 much for joining us today. Thank you for the Saint. Like patience. You guys were awesome. Yeah, 579 00:56:22,639 --> 00:56:28,019 absolutely. Man, I appreciate you having me back on. Um, it's always a good conversation. Get to know a 580 00:56:28,020 --> 00:56:34,899 couple other drivers. Uh, I, uh, I like the idea of the the golf outing with the with the 581 00:56:34,899 --> 00:56:38,739 team. That would be fun. As long as you don't judge me. The closer we get to the hole, I look real good 582 00:56:38,780 --> 00:56:45,378 off the tee box. But the closer we get, the, uh, the more of a dumpster fire it becomes. Um. That's just 583 00:56:45,379 --> 00:56:52,219 part of the game. Yes, sir. Oh, yeah. Absolutely, absolutely. Um, yeah. You know, I obviously want 584 00:56:52,219 --> 00:56:57,459 to give a shout out to the wife. If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't have built a hobby that I got that 585 00:56:57,500 --> 00:57:03,099 made you give me the call to hop on to the second podcast. So, um, big shout out to her and obviously 586 00:57:03,100 --> 00:57:09,940 the family for pushing me as well. Um, as always, big shout out to Bulk transit. If it wasn't for 587 00:57:09,940 --> 00:57:15,299 them giving me the opportunity, I also wouldn't be here. So, you know, uh, shout out to both of them and 588 00:57:15,300 --> 00:57:20,499 for you, for your own patience and fighting through the hard time you had today just getting 589 00:57:20,499 --> 00:57:25,459 through the end of the podcast. So. Oh, yeah. I appreciate you for having me on, Paul. Gary. Nice 590 00:57:25,459 --> 00:57:31,928 meeting you guys. Maybe meet. New. Maybe one day we'll actually meet in person, and. I'm sure we 591 00:57:31,929 --> 00:57:37,089 will. Other than that, uh, that's that's it. Appreciate you for having me on again. Hey, of 592 00:57:37,089 --> 00:57:41,729 course, Bryan, we appreciate you coming on. And and let me tell you something about the golf. They say 593 00:57:41,729 --> 00:57:46,688 drive for show, putt for dough. Nobody's been paying me to play golf all 30 years that I've 594 00:57:46,689 --> 00:57:51,129 been playing it. So that's all I do to just get distance off the tee. The rest of it will resolve 595 00:57:51,129 --> 00:57:57,769 itself. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm good till we get to the putt. And so I ain't never making no money. Hey man 596 00:57:57,769 --> 00:58:02,449 man. And as far as the issues I dealt with today compared to what Paul's dealt with, you could call 597 00:58:02,490 --> 00:58:08,289 me soft hands ten times over and it. Still wouldn't do it justice. Uh, but. Again, I appreciate 598 00:58:08,289 --> 00:58:12,929 your patience, Bryan. You're always welcome, just like all you drivers are. Thank you so much for 599 00:58:12,929 --> 00:58:18,529 joining us today. Uh, Gary, we're going to go to you next. Final thoughts from you. First of all, thank 600 00:58:18,529 --> 00:58:23,928 you so much for making your first appearance here. Thank you for reaching out to me. Um, I promise 601 00:58:23,929 --> 00:58:28,869 I'll make it painless. If you guys are wondering how the process goes. Reaching out to Gary here 602 00:58:28,869 --> 00:58:34,229 and asking him how the whole thing came together is a good start for you. It's real simple. Send me 603 00:58:34,229 --> 00:58:40,228 a message you'll get on the podcast. Uh, one and one equals two. Right, Gary? Oh, 604 00:58:40,269 --> 00:58:46,309 absolutely. Finally, I want to thank. Oh, I. Want to thank you again for allowing me to come on the 605 00:58:46,309 --> 00:58:52,469 podcast and, uh, get to say a little bit about what I do away from work, because what I do here at 606 00:58:52,469 --> 00:58:57,269 work, everyone else does, too. I load trailers and I unload trailers, I get them, I get them where they 607 00:58:57,269 --> 00:59:04,149 need to go. So the steering wheel. Yeah. And hold that steering wheel. But, uh, 608 00:59:04,310 --> 00:59:11,229 honestly. Final thought. Hey, Brad, uh, can you get us a manual transmission again? And then 609 00:59:11,229 --> 00:59:18,109 we wouldn't. Be steering wheel. Holders? I'll just. I do miss thing in gears, man. So, uh, but, 610 00:59:18,110 --> 00:59:23,300 uh, no, I, I gotta give a huge shout out to Brad, Bryan and Andrea because like I said, when I left 611 00:59:23,300 --> 00:59:28,698 back in 21 and then came back towards the towards the latter portions of 22, they welcomed me back 612 00:59:28,699 --> 00:59:34,779 with open arms. Man. It was it was a nice feeling. And, uh, I gotta give a shout out to my terminal 613 00:59:34,779 --> 00:59:39,619 manager, Jason Schaffner. I know, I know, he's probably not listening to this because he's not a 614 00:59:39,620 --> 00:59:44,819 big podcast guy, but I gotta I gotta throw a little spotlight on him. He worked his tail off in 615 00:59:44,820 --> 00:59:49,739 the office to make sure that we got plenty of work to do. So we're not just sitting at home, and 616 00:59:49,740 --> 00:59:56,259 that's why a lot of drivers, they'll be like, man, Sydney Terminal's got so much work and. Because of 617 00:59:56,260 --> 01:00:02,980 Jason. Jason works his tail off to make sure that we don't sit. So I gotta give a huge shout out to 618 01:00:02,980 --> 01:00:08,739 him. We benefited that sometimes in Fairborn. Oh, absolutely. You guys have come out and helped us 619 01:00:08,739 --> 01:00:14,859 out when we were, when we were, when Jason bite off a little bit more than he can chew. And he does 620 01:00:14,860 --> 01:00:20,419 that quite often. Well, he knows he's got a good line of truckers waiting there to take his load, 621 01:00:20,419 --> 01:00:25,489 so he's going to bite off a big bite, man, I'm sure, and shout out to him. And I'm glad you brought 622 01:00:25,490 --> 01:00:29,409 that up, Gary, because, you know, we've talked to some terminal managers here on the show, but we 623 01:00:29,409 --> 01:00:33,009 haven't gotten through all of them yet. And I love to give them a shout out because I know they're 624 01:00:33,009 --> 01:00:39,929 out there working their tail off. Yep. Yep. He's he's he's a he's a good manager. He when he 625 01:00:39,930 --> 01:00:46,289 stepped into the management role up four years ago Paul. Yeah 45 years ago. 626 01:00:47,290 --> 01:00:53,009 Honestly if he if he if he decides he wants to go further in the company besides terminal manager, I 627 01:00:53,009 --> 01:00:59,769 think I think he'd be, uh, I think he'd be one of those, uh, battling Bill spring for his job because 628 01:00:59,769 --> 01:01:05,889 he's just a natural failure. I don't think it'd be much of a battle, but. Well. 629 01:01:07,489 --> 01:01:14,408 Jason is. Jason is a salesman. He did it for years, you know? 630 01:01:14,490 --> 01:01:21,349 So he fits good as a terminal man. Copy that. Well, big shout out to him. Uh, and I'll say this to 631 01:01:21,350 --> 01:01:25,549 you. Thanks for, uh, thanks for letting your drivers come on the show. Man, I, I know nobody's going to 632 01:01:25,550 --> 01:01:30,749 stand in the way of that, but I appreciate it greatly. And, uh, and, Paul, uh, we're coming to you 633 01:01:30,790 --> 01:01:35,229 last here for your final thoughts, my friend. Uh, great job today. Thank you so much for wanting to 634 01:01:35,230 --> 01:01:39,989 be involved in this episode. Oh, yeah. Uh, final thoughts from you before we let you get back to 635 01:01:39,990 --> 01:01:46,869 it. Well, I just want to say thanks for having me on the show. Uh, give a shout out to my wife for 636 01:01:46,870 --> 01:01:53,709 putting up with these long, hours, long days. And I don't get us there a whole lot. But she 637 01:01:53,710 --> 01:02:00,590 knows why I do it. And I want to give a shout out to a few drivers 638 01:02:00,670 --> 01:02:07,069 that I talk with every day, which is Gary. Uh, Josh? Dylan, 639 01:02:07,110 --> 01:02:13,428 Dawson. You know what? For them guys, we get bored. You know, we talk, 640 01:02:14,790 --> 01:02:21,739 you know, pretty much all day long. You know, we go. We'll have 4 or 5 of us on a call and we just all 641 01:02:21,739 --> 01:02:28,459 shoot shit, pick at each other. You know, just have fun. Just a nice. Time. Go by. Yep. 642 01:02:28,499 --> 01:02:34,620 Absolutely. Four and a half, 5.5 hour drives seem like it only takes a half hour. 643 01:02:35,019 --> 01:02:41,819 Absolutely. Well, you know, I. Have a shout out to Bulk transit also, you know, for, you know, 644 01:02:41,860 --> 01:02:48,539 giving all of us the opportunity to do what we do and, you know, make the money we need to make 645 01:02:48,580 --> 01:02:55,499 to make a living. Well said there, Paul, and I'll tell you what. Call those names out one more time, 646 01:02:55,499 --> 01:03:00,979 because I want those guys on the show, too. And, uh, there. They got. Josh Hall, 647 01:03:02,540 --> 01:03:09,259 Dylan Hensley, uh. Awesome pants. Awesome pants. 648 01:03:10,100 --> 01:03:16,519 You already got me and Gary on here, so. Okay, well, that's a start. You've had Ron 649 01:03:16,559 --> 01:03:23,279 Thompson on there, too? Yeah. Ron, help him every day. Yes, sir. He calls me 2 or 3 times a 650 01:03:23,280 --> 01:03:29,639 day. Awesome. Well, we'll get him on here. Especially now that you guys are on here calling him out. And 651 01:03:29,640 --> 01:03:35,199 before we put the brakes on this segment, um, Gary, I want to give you a chance here for just a 652 01:03:35,199 --> 01:03:41,679 little bit of reprieve. Bryan and, uh, and Paul both gave a shout out to their wife. I don't want you 653 01:03:41,679 --> 01:03:46,959 to be the only guy that doesn't give your wife a shout out here. Out of the three of you. Yeah, I 654 01:03:46,959 --> 01:03:53,119 gotta give my wife a shout out. Geez. She, uh, she just got off work now, and she's on her way to go 655 01:03:53,119 --> 01:03:59,839 pick up the pick up the kid, and and, uh. Yeah, my my daughter is going to be turning two 656 01:03:59,879 --> 01:04:06,719 here in, uh, in about two months, so. Wow. Congratulations, man. That's awesome. Well. I can put 657 01:04:07,360 --> 01:04:12,359 you put up with the long hours and taking care of the kid by herself a lot. And if it wasn't for 658 01:04:12,399 --> 01:04:17,949 that, then I. If she wasn't willing to do it, then I definitely would not have stayed here as long as 659 01:04:17,949 --> 01:04:22,869 I have. So. Amen. Well, now she can listen to this episode and you won't be in hot water later. Okay. 660 01:04:22,909 --> 01:04:28,470 That's that was the whole point of that. Giving. You a chance. I wanted to. I wanted to tell you 661 01:04:28,470 --> 01:04:35,429 I've known Jason for over 45 years. Wow. Terminal 662 01:04:35,429 --> 01:04:42,269 manager. That's a that's wild. Paul. That's so cool. We played against each other in high school. In 663 01:04:42,269 --> 01:04:49,190 sports. Who's who was better? I was, yes. Yep. You got to. Take the 664 01:04:49,190 --> 01:04:54,429 chance. He's not here to defend him. I have a rebuttal. To that one. So we might have to get 665 01:04:54,430 --> 01:05:00,388 Jason on the show. Yes, sir. We could talk high school sports glory days. I love that episode. Idea, 666 01:05:00,429 --> 01:05:06,350 man. That sounds like a good one. If you ever talk to Jason, call him frog. Frog? You got it. I'm 667 01:05:06,350 --> 01:05:11,389 writing it down right now. Is that going. To get. Me in hot water? That might get me, but. 668 01:05:13,820 --> 01:05:18,819 His new name in high school. Okay, it may not. It may not get you in as much hot water. If you talk 669 01:05:18,820 --> 01:05:24,499 to Joe Clark and call him Freddy. Okay, well, I, I feel like you guys are setting me up to fail here. 670 01:05:24,500 --> 01:05:29,299 I haven't met these people yet, so you gotta give me a little bit of, uh, advice here before I go 671 01:05:29,300 --> 01:05:35,939 running my mouth, because everybody knows I can do that. Jason, who told you? As soon as you say 672 01:05:35,979 --> 01:05:40,659 frog to him. Okay. All right. Good to know. Good to know. Well, sounds like you're getting your route 673 01:05:40,660 --> 01:05:47,220 back. Oh, man. Hey. 674 01:05:47,699 --> 01:05:54,459 We're running this round. I got a brand new trailer, and so I'm stuck on it. 675 01:05:54,499 --> 01:06:00,738 Uh, it sounds like you're. It sounds like you're happy, man. Well, listen, Paul. I. Am Paul. Gary. Bryan, 676 01:06:00,739 --> 01:06:05,939 you guys did awesome today, and, uh, you're welcome back anytime. Please look me up. You've all got my 677 01:06:05,940 --> 01:06:10,139 phone number. Now hit me right in the pocket. If you want to come back on this show, we will 678 01:06:10,139 --> 01:06:15,959 definitely make space for you. Uh, please be safe out there doing the job, fellas. And, uh, thank you 679 01:06:15,959 --> 01:06:20,559 again for such an awesome conversation. We'll talk to you all soon, okay? All right. Thank you. 680 01:06:20,600 --> 01:06:21,959 Appreciate y'all. Marcus. 681 01:06:30,199 --> 01:06:37,199 Paul Francis. Gary Cress and Bryan Alexander. Fantastic stuff from them. That was a lot 682 01:06:37,199 --> 01:06:44,199 of fun, man. One of the best parts about this podcast is that I get to meet new people. I let 683 01:06:44,200 --> 01:06:49,718 me stop and back that up a little bit. One of the best parts about it for me, um, if I can be so 684 01:06:49,719 --> 01:06:55,599 self-indulgent, is to say that I get to meet new people and develop relationships every single day 685 01:06:55,600 --> 01:07:00,359 when we have new people. Join the podcast. Uh, new people reaching out to me, asking me what we're 686 01:07:00,359 --> 01:07:04,799 talking about, asking if they can come on suggesting topics. That's what this whole thing is 687 01:07:04,800 --> 01:07:11,149 all about. Listen, Bulk and Spur have a fantastic culture and you can tell. Just listen to the guys 688 01:07:11,150 --> 01:07:17,149 talk. I mean, Gary and Paul are on the phone all day, every day, um, and with a multitude of other 689 01:07:17,149 --> 01:07:23,988 drivers as well. Um, it's it's really cool to just get new drivers on, build a bit of a relationship. 690 01:07:24,029 --> 01:07:29,829 Welcome an older driver back that's been with us before on the show. And Bryan and, uh, always have a 691 01:07:29,829 --> 01:07:36,429 great conversation with him. Man, I really enjoy just kind of making friends, like I. You wouldn't 692 01:07:36,429 --> 01:07:41,350 guess if you caught me out at a at a bar or your local pizza place or an arcade or something like 693 01:07:41,350 --> 01:07:48,349 that. I'm not. Johnny, walk up and shake your hand. I just, you know, it's I'm. I'm here for me right now. 694 01:07:48,629 --> 01:07:54,949 I'm here for you during this podcasting thing. And that means that I can't wait to meet every single 695 01:07:54,949 --> 01:08:00,669 one of you and welcome you to the show. Here. Uh, I want you if you know Paul, if you know Gary, if you 696 01:08:00,669 --> 01:08:05,189 know Bryan, reach out to him and ask him a little bit about the experience of coming on. Always 697 01:08:05,189 --> 01:08:10,609 pneumatic, never static. Uh, because we have a lot of fun in here and today's episode is no 698 01:08:10,610 --> 01:08:15,489 exception. It's really cool to hear about some of the stuff that these guys do. Being such a 699 01:08:15,490 --> 01:08:21,529 hobbyist myself, being a guy that likes to get into all sorts of different things to spend and 700 01:08:21,529 --> 01:08:28,369 or waste my time, and that's on me. Uh, it's what I feel like gives value to 701 01:08:28,410 --> 01:08:35,329 life. You know, I am not like a lot of people my age. I am 41, I don't have any kids. My wife and I 702 01:08:35,330 --> 01:08:41,729 will not be having kids. And so we have more free time inherently to devote to our hobbies. 703 01:08:41,729 --> 01:08:48,528 And, uh, I just I gotta tell you, it's what makes life so vibrant for me. It's one of the things 704 01:08:48,529 --> 01:08:54,809 that makes me feel alive. If I go out there on the golf course later today, which I already told you 705 01:08:54,810 --> 01:08:59,929 I'm doing, it's already on the calendar. There's nothing you can do about it to take it off. All I 706 01:08:59,930 --> 01:09:06,679 have to do in 18 holes is hit one good shot. That's it. Just one good shot. And I'm not talking 707 01:09:06,680 --> 01:09:13,519 good. I'm talking one pro-level shot and I might only find one. Okay. Even a blind squirrel finds a 708 01:09:13,520 --> 01:09:18,679 nut once in a while so it can happen out there. I might not find one. Fact of the matter is, I'm 709 01:09:18,680 --> 01:09:23,679 gonna feel alive when I'm out there, and I'm gonna feel full. I'm gonna have a full heart when I come 710 01:09:23,680 --> 01:09:28,279 back and put the clubs back in the garage. And that's what having a hobby is all about. You heard 711 01:09:28,279 --> 01:09:34,319 it from each one of these guys, Bryan. He's a competitor. He's a coach. He's wanting to pass that 712 01:09:34,320 --> 01:09:39,519 knowledge down to the next generation. And you heard him say, the real fulfilling part is having 713 01:09:39,519 --> 01:09:43,918 somebody come up and say, hey, I hit that move. You taught me on somebody the other day, or I hit it 714 01:09:43,919 --> 01:09:49,199 in the competition. Man, I totally get how that would make him feel, because I've been that person 715 01:09:49,200 --> 01:09:54,839 that's walked up to a coach and said that before. Um, and not only that, but jiu jitsu, that's that's 716 01:09:54,839 --> 01:10:00,639 no soft sport. Okay? You get your arm broken. You heard him say he took a knee to the eye. He's got 717 01:10:00,640 --> 01:10:06,659 a shiner. Um, it's a tough sports, challenging. And I think it's really cool to see somebody dedicate 718 01:10:06,659 --> 01:10:11,419 themselves so much to it that not only they're out there competing and competing very 719 01:10:11,419 --> 01:10:16,180 effectively, but they're out there teaching the next generation how to do it the right way. And we 720 01:10:16,180 --> 01:10:22,699 move on to Gary, volunteer firefighter and EMS. Man, I told you guys got a huge soft spot, a soft spot 721 01:10:22,700 --> 01:10:29,418 in my heart for volunteer firefighters. And to hear somebody that's as dedicated as Gary 722 01:10:29,419 --> 01:10:35,619 is to it, that's one thing that you have to you really have to hone in on to realize that if you 723 01:10:35,660 --> 01:10:41,940 can't be like that in that position, I don't even know if I want you as a volunteer firefighter, 724 01:10:41,940 --> 01:10:48,299 because everybody that I know that's a volunteer firefighter, Gary included, will talk about it like 725 01:10:48,299 --> 01:10:52,659 Gary just did. It's a way to give back to the community. It's a way to help protect the 726 01:10:52,660 --> 01:10:57,660 community. It's a way to help people feel safe. And these small communities that don't have big 727 01:10:57,660 --> 01:11:03,809 firehouses, they need the volunteers, and they need guys like Gary to step up, do the job effectively. 728 01:11:03,810 --> 01:11:10,088 24 years as a volunteer firefighter is nothing to scoff about. Let me ask everybody out there 729 01:11:10,089 --> 01:11:16,729 listening. Is there anything that you can think of that you have volunteered for for 24 years? How 730 01:11:16,729 --> 01:11:22,049 about this? Is there anything you can think of that you volunteered for for 2 or 4 years? Uh, 731 01:11:22,049 --> 01:11:27,609 because this guy can't. I'm not that good of a person. Not as much as Gary, anyway. Uh, 24 years of 732 01:11:27,610 --> 01:11:34,289 volunteer firefighter big ups to him. And, uh, and thank you from the podcast, the entire community 733 01:11:34,290 --> 01:11:38,930 and, and volunteer fire firefighters everywhere. I don't speak for him, but I know that they 734 01:11:38,930 --> 01:11:45,569 appreciate a guy like Gary, uh, in the golf game, too. Man, I know the struggle. Okay, we've we've 735 01:11:45,609 --> 01:11:49,849 talked about it, um, turning wrenches on the S10. I hope you never have to pull the engine out of 736 01:11:49,890 --> 01:11:55,849 that thing. Uh, God bless you and godspeed if you ever decide to. Gary and Paul. Paul was great to 737 01:11:55,849 --> 01:12:01,008 have on, man. You can tell Paul loves his time outdoors. You get that guy with a fishing rod in 738 01:12:01,009 --> 01:12:06,279 his hand and he is happy. Now, I've talked to a lot of truck drivers over the time that I've spent 739 01:12:06,279 --> 01:12:13,240 making podcasts for them, and I know multiple OTR guys that keep a fishing pole and a 740 01:12:13,240 --> 01:12:18,798 tackle box on the truck, because sometimes they stop at a place and there's a little pond over 741 01:12:18,799 --> 01:12:23,039 there, there's a little stream or a little river, and they can just walk right from the parking 742 01:12:23,040 --> 01:12:29,079 spot, drop a line in the water, and feel all that stress melt away from the day. Um, it's a cool 743 01:12:29,120 --> 01:12:33,919 hobby. And to turn it into a bit of a competition, maybe win a few shekels here and there. Sounds 744 01:12:33,919 --> 01:12:39,039 like Paul's got it figured out. If you want to know a good cat fishing spot, don't ask Paul 745 01:12:39,079 --> 01:12:43,279 because I'm sure he's not sharing them with you. If he's done it for as long and been as 746 01:12:43,279 --> 01:12:48,919 successful as he is, you're lucky he even named the lakes that he goes out to. Uh, but maybe you 747 01:12:48,919 --> 01:12:54,240 get lucky and catch him out there and can get some tips from him on exactly how to land the big 748 01:12:54,240 --> 01:12:59,439 ones. Um, and just all the other outdoor stuff that he did. I can really resonate with that because, 749 01:12:59,480 --> 01:13:06,339 you know, grew up as as a hunter. Um, I'll be honest with you. Not as as accomplished 750 01:13:06,340 --> 01:13:12,418 of a fisherman as I am a hunter. In fact, not an accomplished fisherman at all. Um, really always 751 01:13:12,419 --> 01:13:17,418 had bad luck with fish. The only steelhead I ever caught and fought for, like, a half an hour on the 752 01:13:17,419 --> 01:13:22,220 Grand Ronde River was like a four foot long stick, and it just kept getting snagged on the bottom 753 01:13:22,220 --> 01:13:27,739 and making me feel like I had the anchor on. I'm not that good at it. But again, like I said, in golf, 754 01:13:27,740 --> 01:13:33,579 even a blind squirrel finds a nut. I did catch that big catfish on a six foot crappie lead. So we 755 01:13:33,580 --> 01:13:39,379 all have our stories. This is what hobbies do. They enrich us as people. We have more to talk about. 756 01:13:39,419 --> 01:13:44,939 We're happier because we got to spend time doing what we wanted. This will not be the last off time 757 01:13:44,939 --> 01:13:49,859 hobbies episode that we do here on Always pneumatic, never static. I know there's drivers out 758 01:13:49,860 --> 01:13:54,539 there listening to this right now who are thinking, man, if they could only hear what it is 759 01:13:54,540 --> 01:14:00,089 that I get into when the door shuts, I would love to give us a call. Get online 760 01:14:00,089 --> 01:14:06,729 podcast.bulktransit.com. Send me an email. I want to make it happen. Okay, I'm more than happy to welcome 761 01:14:06,729 --> 01:14:12,729 anybody that wants to come on this show. All you got to do is get in touch with me or get in touch 762 01:14:12,730 --> 01:14:18,209 with your terminal manager. They can help you, too. Man, it's been a long day. I want to also thank 763 01:14:18,210 --> 01:14:24,889 Bryan, Paul and Gary. One more time. I was not lying to you when I said there were some technical 764 01:14:24,890 --> 01:14:30,969 difficulties in this episode. Um, I have a hat on right now, so you can't see that my hairline has 765 01:14:30,970 --> 01:14:36,809 receded. Probably a good three inches since the beginning of the recording of this episode, but we 766 01:14:36,810 --> 01:14:41,169 were able to pull it off, and the main reason we were able to pull it off is because we had three 767 01:14:41,169 --> 01:14:45,369 guys on the air that were super patient with me. They chatted amongst themselves and had a great 768 01:14:45,370 --> 01:14:51,569 conversation while I was running around like a Tasmanian devil, pulling out plugs and restarting 769 01:14:51,569 --> 01:14:56,410 computers and kicking things. And eventually everything worked. And thank God we got a full 770 01:14:56,470 --> 01:15:01,669 episode out of it, but hats off to my guys today. Bryan. Paul, Gary. Thank you guys so much for the 771 01:15:01,669 --> 01:15:06,949 patience. Thank you for the awesome content. This was a great episode. We will do more just like 772 01:15:06,950 --> 01:15:11,789 this one. All you got to do is reach out to me, tell me you're interested and we will put it 773 01:15:11,789 --> 01:15:17,189 together. Uh, thanks again to everybody that clicked download today. You guys are the reason we 774 01:15:17,190 --> 01:15:23,349 do this. The podcast is for you, Bulk and Spur. So let us know what you want to hear on the next 775 01:15:23,350 --> 01:15:29,029 episode of Always Pneumatic, Never Static. Thanks again to Bryan, Paul and Gary. We'll see you guys 776 01:15:29,029 --> 01:15:35,269 all next week for another episode. 5 a.m. local time. Always pneumatic, never static. Signing off. 777 01:15:36,470 --> 01:15:42,269 And that's all she blows for today's episode of Always Pneumatic, never Static. Your number one and 778 01:15:42,269 --> 01:15:48,189 probably only Pneumatic Trucking podcast, brought to you by Bulk Transit. Thanks for rolling with us 779 01:15:48,189 --> 01:15:52,989 today. Till next time, stay safe, keep those lines clear and keep it pumping.