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The best conversations start with a small spark, and ours begins with World Kindness Day before ricocheting through weather whiplash, missed northern lights, and two jaw-dropping world records: 374 bagpipers blasting ACDC and a PE teacher drilling 1,516 three-pointers in a row. From there we wander into a modern folklore lesson on Jeep “ducking,” why tiny rubber ducks on dashboards are a rolling chain of goodwill, and a surprisingly competitive taste test pitting Trader Joe’s PB&J pockets against the classic Uncrustables.

Then we roll up our sleeves and get truly sudsy. Soap hasn’t always been a given; it was once taxed as a luxury and arrived in our homes far later than most of us realize. We trace the arc from ancient fats-and-ash recipes and Roman oil scrapers to the rise of industrial soap, the late bloom of liquid hand soap in the 1970s, and the everyday culture wars of bar versus body wash. Along the way we dig into scents, skin sensitivity, antibacterial labels, and why foam pumps win with reluctant hand washers. We swap stories about public bathroom nostalgia, the pitfalls of using body wash as shampoo, and a little DIY curiosity—plus a reminder that the best hygiene habit is the one you’ll actually keep.

It’s a cozy, curious tour of how small rituals shape home life: a bottle by the sink, a seasonal scent, a kid who defaults to sanitizer, a parent who says “soap and water.” We share practical tips, laugh at our own mishaps, and find meaning in the mundane. Press play for a kind, funny, and unexpectedly informative ride through records, rubber ducks, and the science of clean.

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Transcript

Warm Welcome And Kindness Day

SPEAKER_01 0:06

Hi, thanks for joining us today. It's Nora and Nora. We're sure glad you're here. We are. Welcome, welcome. Welcome to those that tune in week after week and to those that just happened, stumbled on our two Nora's over here. And thank you for coming back after our icky episode last week. Hey, happy National Kindness Day. Oh, and to you. You are one of the kindest people I know. I think the same about you. You're very kind. Well, it's a good thing we do a podcast together, which is why we're not an explicit podcast. Yeah. Because we've had people say to us we need to have hotter takes on things. But really, besides pickles and cockroaches, we're pretty, you know, there's room for everybody. I know. How was your week? My week was good. I have to have a shout out to my cousin Kevin Schinnick, who is in town from California, and his sister, Jean, is one of our loyal listeners. Thanks, Jean. And so he texted her when we were at dinner, and he's like, I'm with Nora right now. You know, and he's like, and I told him what the podcast was gonna be for Monday. So Jean got a little sneak peek. Oh, that's fun. Yeah, it was really nice. These are my technically my mom's cousins, and they live in California. We don't see them very often. So it was nice to see Kevin and his wife Laura. We had a nice dinner. Nice. Mm-hmm. How about you? Kind of thing. We just had a pretty run-of-the-mill week. But I like those sometimes. It's nice where you're like, oh, everything just kind of went as we had snow. That was wild. I know. I did not love that. It was bizarre waking up and seeing it out my window. I out loud I actually said, oh, it did snow to yourself. To myself in my bed. And my children were disappointed because they thought we were gonna have a snow day. The weather was so rotten for football. I was in snow pants. That's smart because they were water repellent. Yes. That's so smart. Chicago's so confused because it's gonna be 65 this weekend. Yeah, we're meteorologists too. We are on we dabble. We dabble in a lot of different things. Did you catch the northern thing I was gonna say next? Oh, I'm so angry, Nora. I didn't see them on Tuesday when they were. Did you see them on Tuesday when they were crystal clear? What did I just shake my head? No. No. For all the listeners out there, Nora just shook her head, no. And then last night I was outside desperate to see them. I saw a little streak, but it was cloudy. I had the same situation you did. I missed them the first night, and then in the morning, when I was watching the news, I was like, oh, I get another shot. We're gonna for sure watch it on day two. And then I blanked. So I have a couple really garbage pictures that I was like, that's gotta be it. That's you know, but Nor, that's an airplane. No, that's not. I took these at night. I'm like, no, it's not. So it looks a little bit. I mean, because they have that weird kind of cloud. Because my neighbor was outside too. We're both trying to see them, but they're not colorful. Like it's like cloudy. Well. Anyways, I tried. Some people got really beautiful pictures, and I'm happy for them. I'm happy for them too. Yeah. You know who else I'm happy for? The people who have set some new world records. In what? One is in the most bagpipers assembled to play a song. Where did these people assemble? In Australia, and I bet you we could have probably heard it from there. It must have been so loud. How many did they have? 374 bagpipers playing ACDC's It's a Long Way to the Top. I wonder how they chose that title. Well, ACDC was playing their first concert ever in Melbourne. And so I guess in honor of, they were like, oh my god, look at this. We got bagpipers and ACDC. It just doesn't matter. Is it an opening act? No, they all gathered in a square. It's a big square. Oh my god, just like the beginning, like the I hope they were facing outside. I hope they had earplugs on, like the people who were bagpiping, because I like bagpipes, but it is loud. Bagpipes to me is funerals and a south side irish parade. But indeed. Yeah. So congrats to all of those. And then Ryan Martin, a PE teacher from Maine, he has three world records, but I could only find two of them. I don't know what the third one is. He so he's a PE teacher. He attempted to make 1,683 three-point shots. In a row? Yes. But he was only able to make 1,516. Oh my god, how annoyed was he on 1,517? That is insane. So but he didn't make the record. No, he did. That is the record. Why was he shooting for 1,683? I don't know. Why not like 1,600 just to try for some and also why are you just be like, I'm gonna see how many I can make? I wonder who is counting. Somebody who's a real steady hand. Keen eye. But he holds the the world's record for most free throws, 2,494 in an hour. What wait, the what was this for what was 1,516? Three pointers. Oh, three-wow, I wonder if his arms were store. Well, so funny you should say that because he said at 28 minutes he had a real bad cramp in his side. But then he had he had the crowd, one of his friends, Nick Wilson, had the crowd going crazy. Ah, Nikki. It was like a message from God. Great perfect timing. And they were loud at the perfect time, and he fought through it. So how many people gathered to watch him? I don't know. They were at the middle school, but he's a former college star, and his nickname was Mr. Maine Basketball. There's nothing more like Maine than that nickname. Like, well, this kid's pretty good at basketball. We should call him Mr. Maine Basketball. That was his nickname or was he Mr. Maine? Oh, like Miss America? Like Mr. Main. He was once named Mr. Maine Basketball. Yeah, because I think there's like I think they get named by that. I think that's a thing. Oh. Like see, I was making fun of it. No, it's a thing, I think. So is there a Mr. Illinois basketball? Yes. Oh, you're right. Because I have a friend who is Mr. Indiana. Get for basketballs. Yeah. You're right. Oh, thank you for telling me that. Recognizes the top high school basketball player in the state of Maine. And it's a w an award. Okay, I thought it was a nickname. No! Presented by the Maine Association of Basketball Coaches. Wow. Oh, it's a five-person committee, like five basketball players. Oh, that's cute. That is cute. Oh my gosh. It goes back. So it started in 1988. Well, there you go. My friend was named Mr. Basketball in 1999. Way to go. Yeah. What's his name? Jason Gardner. And he coaches at Arizona. That's very cool. Yeah. All right. Well, thank you for setting me straight on that. Okay. Well, sorry for making fun of Maine. Congratulations. That's very kind of me. I'm world kindness day. Wait, I've got an interesting yet super random story. Great. Do you ever see people driving around in jeeps with ducks? Little Oh, in the windshield. Yes. Have you ever wondered why? Yes, because rubber ducks are a thing on the Disney cruise. People will leave ducks around the Disney cruise. Okay, and they're a thing for Jeep owners, like Jeep Wrangler drivers. And in 2020, a girl was road tripping back home from the US to Canada, and she decided on a random act of kindness. Okay. And she bought a small duck from the convenience store, tapped a note on it, nice Jeep, snapped a picture, hashtagged it, duck duck jeep, and carried on. No way. And it kind of took off. What? And so now Jeep owners will leave duck each other. Yeah. Duck duck jeep. Duck duck Jeep. I've always wondered, like, what's the deal? Yeah. Oh, so all the ducks they have are from strangers. Mm-hmm. You don't buy yourself duck. Duck your duck.

SPEAKER_00 8:35

Yeah. Oh. Oh boy.

SPEAKER_01 8:37

Oh boy. Not an explicit podcast. That's so lovely. You should go duck. That's a really neat thing. And it's been going on for five years. I know. Isn't that funny? That is really funny. Do you have to be a Jeep owner to the queen? A duck? Or can like could I could I, if I had a duck, put one on a Jeep? Yeah, I don't think people know like Oh, okay. They don't see you. And do you have to put a little note on there? They I don't know what the rules are.

unknown 9:12

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 9:13

But I think that I wonder what you could do for a mini-man. They tried to do it with Broncos. Oh. And it tanked. Bronco owner is not that nice, apparently. No. What kind of car do you have? I I'm trying to think what would go with your car. Uh Chevy Traverse. Okay. So you if you could do like a traverse, would you? I don't want anything. You don't want a toy. Yeah. Manievian owners should get like Pure L or like goldfish crackers or something because you're driving around kids. I got my car back, by the way. Fantastic. She's back, muffins back. So happy to have her. But can I tell you something really stupid I did? So I got the car back and I didn't drive it until that night. And I got in the car and I was like, oh my God, it's so dark in here. And I was like, oh no. They must have blown a fuse. None of the interior lights were working. You know, like how all your everything on your dashboard on your dashboard. But then I was thinking, well, maybe it didn't, it didn't light up. Is this normal? Did I just get used to the loner car? And then I had Rory like Googling it. We're trying to fix it. And we're like, oh, maybe there's a fuse blown. And I got home. I was like, your headlights are off.

unknown 10:30

Oops.

Jeep Ducks And Random Acts Of Kindness

SPEAKER_01 10:31

And he flicked the little thing and it was like a Christmas tree. It just lit up. And I was like, oh my God. I'm so grateful. Oh, you know what I like when the solution is easy? How about those 13-year-old twins who took their mom's movement out for a joyride? No. At 2 a.m. Is this in Florida again? No, this was, I can't remember where this was. But yeah, it was short-lived. They hit two AC units, a curve, a fence. Oh boy. Kareem through a couple of yards. Got scared and drove home. Oh no. Where were they wanting to go? I don't. They were bored. It was 2 a.m. because they didn't have school on Veterans Day. So they were up late. And they're like, I have a great idea. Uh-huh. Neither of us know how to drive. Let's take the car. Let's take the car out. Mom's asleep. Oh, Lord. I would. I mean, I can't even fathom how angry I would be. Like, what do you do? You're just like.

SPEAKER_00 11:27

Did you guys ever take the car out?

SPEAKER_01 11:29

No. No. Did you? We had friends that did. Oh, like Cole Kovacs was her. Mm-hmm. Oh, my parents would have murdered me. Yeah, and then another very good friend of mine. She was a really good driver, too. Oh my God, before she was six. Oh, yes. Yes. We would drive to all over. I mean, Beverly's not a big place. Oh my gosh. And that's not easy driving in Beverly. I was thinking Scottsdale, but no, this is one in each place. Oh god. Yeah. Oh, there you go. Yeah. That just makes like fills me with anxiety.

unknown 12:06

I know.

SPEAKER_01 12:07

Wait, I have something for you. Oh, really? So we talked about these weeks ago. Oh, you got the Trader Joe's. I got the Trader Joe's on Crustables. Okay. And it was funny because when I was checking out, I told the gal that I read the story, which led me to purchase these, and she said, I saw the same one. Oh. So but they're not, they have not destroyed all their inventory, clearly. No. And I think they look very similar to a Jamie Sammy. These are, yeah. I guess the crimping, as we discussed, not as pronounced. The shape, pretty similar. The shape is, yeah. But these are strawberry, not grape. These are strawberry. It's a huge label. It is cute. Isn't it? Yeah, like it's very playful. Yeah, it looks happy. It looks like a plate date. It's like a happy little thing. So I'm gonna try one. All right. You know, I'm going to. I can't believe you eat them frozen. I don't. I'm worried about your teeth. Oh my. I can't get it. Oh my god. You gotta froze. Well, there's one difference. These are more frozen. Oh lord. Same idea. First couple bites is just bread. Bread is frozen fresh. I've been wearing my retainers, so my teeth are like shifting. I can hear the ice when you took a bite. Same. Exactly. Exactly the same. Well, I guess that's why Smuckers is bad. But these are only a box of four. These are vegan too. Oh, okay. All right. Well, I guess that's why Smuckers has beef. All right, I'm gonna yucca score this. Hang on. Hot dog, 72. What? What is um Crestables is way lower, right? Nine. Oh. So I would buy these. Oh these for you, yeah. Would you buy them for your kids? I mean you would buy them for me. Yeah. That's really interesting. Because uh Smuckers has so many additives. Oh really? Mm-hmm. Well, shoot. That's actually very interesting. So they're maybe that's why Smuckers is mad too, because they're healthier. Yeah, that's that is really interesting. That's quite a difference. Because they're the same. It just goes to show. Like they're the same ingredients. Don't judge a book by discover. Principle concept. Wow. Huh. Should we uh check in with our sponsor? Nora, fall is here. It's so crisp and clean and cozy. Fall, do you know what else is falling? What, Nora? Prices at Mike Haggerty Buick GMC. Really? Yes, 10% off MSRP and 3.9% financing on the 2025 GMC Acadia?

SPEAKER_00 14:57

Whoa!

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Trader Joe’s Vs Uncrustables Taste Test

SPEAKER_01 14:58

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I used to set a bar of soap in the Yeah. Well, because liquid soap didn't come out until the 70s. What? Yes. 1970? 1970. And dish soap, Nora. Not till 1980s. No way. Like palm olive? Who would you wash your dishes with? A bar of soap bottle. Yes. People use a bar to wash their dishes. Scrubbing brushes. Yes. That seems crazy. I know. This blew my mind. I would, yeah. Do you know once I put dish soap in our dishwasher? Oh. That's a big number. That's a lot of bubbles. They will spell. There's so many bubbles that the dishwasher can't contain. Oh no. And then laundry detergent in the 50s. Well, what were they doing for 20 years? If they made bars of soap. But if they made laundry soap, why didn't they make dish soap? It's a whole different ball of wax, I guess. But I mean, the thing that grossed me out the most, because I I mean I didn't think they were going to be like, oh, ivory was invented in, you know, 2000 BC. But the Greeks and Romans, they would just use water and then they would put oils all over themselves, and then they would scrape the oil off. I don't like that idea. I don't like that idea. No either. But I mean, soap as early as 2800 BC in Babylon. I couldn't even picture 2800 BC. No, a lot of sandals, I think. Maybe that's why they needed this soap. But that the even the soap that they made, and they found the recipe on a clay tablet. How cute is it? On a tablet. There you go. It was mostly used for tools and clothes. And then if people had need needed medical attention, it was not really readily used for people's bodies. That's like crazy. A regular thing. And even those soaps were animal fats and vegetable oils with like a salt or an ash. So they knew there had to be like some sort of scrubby kind of element. But yeah. Do you have a favorite soap? I kind of dabble in different ones. Like I'll try different body washes. Well, so yeah, I I guess it's clear that neither of us is using a bar of soap these days. We're on the body show body wash bandwagon. Yeah, we are on the body wash bar. Neither Olay or Dove. Okay. I like uh Joe Malone or I like native because it doesn't have all the additives in it. Oh yeah. That's what Rory and my boys use that. Yeah. Because I feel like it doesn't upset like your skin really. Right. But in the kitchen or like in the bathroom, I like that Mrs. Myers, the seasonal. Oh yes. Yeah, like the it's like Iowa pine. I love that around Christmas time. And they have a good like fall blend. I do like a foaming hand soap. Oh, but like you pump it in a few. You pump it and it comes out foamy. I do prefer that. I cringe when I think of like the soap in public bathrooms in that like silver pump and the pink soap comes out. Does that not bother you? No. Because I figure it's better than a bar and it's better than no soap. Then I will just use Pure El. Oh. Oh, okay. I don't like the smell of it. I don't like the like watery. I I just I don't like it. Yeah. Do you remember in like old school, it would be a silver container and you had to lift a bar up and the soap came out powdery? No. Powder soap? Powder soap. Where was this? Well, I can't remember. I remember it in Pennsylvania, and then in Disney World, there was a 1950s theme restaurant and they had it there. A powder soap. And it was like you lift, you pushed up this bar, and then out came a pile dispensed, like a little handful of uh powder soap. That's kind of fun. And I kind of like it because it was like totally Yeah, right? It was pretty scrubby. Um you do a great thing in that I copycatted. In your bathroom, you put a pure L and soap soap. Yeah. And I think my kids use the Pure L 90% of the time. Yes. And the soap, maybe 4% of the time. Mine too. Yeah. But I will sometimes be very specific and say soap and water. Like, especially Kevin who's been outside like playing basketball and things like that. I'm like, your hands, it's not a germ thing at this point. Like they need to be clean. It is a dirt thing. It's a dirt problem. We have a dirt situation. But the even the large-scale soap production, it it that that really didn't get going until the 18th, 19th century because soap was heavily taxed. It was considered a luxury good. It was and really it kind of got kicked, kicked off in the colonies. People left Europe and were like, let's clean slate, commercial soap, yeah, in the colonies in the 17th century, and then 18th, 19th century, when the taxes came off of soap, then it really started going. Who knew? I know. You knew. Well, I know now, but and it got its name from a low of Roman legend about Mount Sapo. Sapo? S-A-P-O. So it's like it's soap. What the with the vowels in a different place. So they said that rain would wash down the mountain, mixing animal fat with ashes, making a clay mixture that made washing easier. Sounds like the soap was dirty. Yeah, a little bit. I guess dirty soap is better than no soap. I don't know. It sounds like I don't know. Um, speaking of mixing the vowels around, do you know what we never heard back about? Wheel of Fortune? Um Did you? No. Yeah, no.

unknown 22:05

Okay.

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The History And Science Of Soap

SPEAKER_01 22:05

Could you imagine if I was like, oh yeah, I filmed last week? Yeah. So they did say we have up to a year. Okay. So we still have two months left? Three? Yeah. That was a brutal adventure, though. They got our hopes up. Because what happened? They didn't, because we I like forgot like what we did, but we went and waited in line. Yeah, and I did I wasn't ready for the waiting. Yeah, though, I felt bad about that. But you knew there was gonna be a line. I knew there would be a line. And then we did the interviews. We did like the computer, we had to do a test game. I thought I nailed it. You did good. I did not do great, but I wasn't sure what to expect. Nor was I. But anyhow. But yeah, but it's fascinating to me, the whole history of so my daughter last Friday when they were off of school, she wanted to give me a spa day, and which was nice very sweet. And so basically, she has she has her own bathroom. And so I went in her bathroom, she had me sit in a chair and put my head in her sink, and she washed my hair. And then, so I know what kind of shampoo she has, and this smelled like a whole field of strawberries, which is not the shampoo that she has. I was like, oh, Rose, what she's like, I don't know what this is. I found it in a drawer. It was body wash. And she was like being, she put on like spa music, like and she was being so sweet. And so I was just like, okay. And then I shout when I showered later. It was so slippery. I was like, oh, this is why shampoo is shampoo and body wash is body wash. Oh my god, it was so strong smelly. But do you remember as a kid washing your hands with regular soap a lot? Oh, you do? Yeah. I do not. No. And I said, I remember my aunt had liquid soap. Oh, because I remember, like, you know, your parents would be like, I'm gonna wash your mouth out with soap. Yes. And my aunt had liquid soap, and we were like, Oh, I'm glad you can't do that in our like I was thinking behind your teeth. Oh. Yeah, but we, I remember in school, before you'd walk into the cafeteria, there was like a trough of water and it probably had like 10 little nozzles. So you'd get a squirt and then you'd walk down the trough in paper towel. Oh. Was this in Scottsdale? Pets they were ahead of their time. Yeah, they really were. No. I hated that thing because it had the pink soap. Oh, that's yeah, I just I don't have memories really of ever washing my hands. I remember I just remember because my aunt had liquid soap and I feel like it was brown. It was like that golden. Was it like soft soap? It was soft soap. It was like a goldeny brown soft soap. I used to use method hand soap pre-COVID, but then I realized it wasn't antibacterial. Oh. And then I was like, well, this is dumb. I bet my soap isn't antibacterial. Your pretty soap? Mm-hmm. Maybe not. So I wash my hands and there's still bacteria all over them. They look clean though. And they smell nice. Yeah, they do. Well, shoot. I mean, I should reevaluate. Well, maybe. It's up to you. So what is that then? That's just bubbles? Soap? But just cleaner? I don't know. We do you want me to get the bottle? Yeah, okay because this is beautiful soap. Someone gave it to me as a gift. This is one of my favorite brands. This is lovely. I you introduced me to this brand. Okay, so it's foaming shea butter hand soap. Yeah, it's not antibacterial. And also you can get it at TJ Mouse. Oh, here we go. Crisp fall breeze, formulated with shea butter aloe vera to c gently cleanse and moisturize. But it is not antibacterial. Huh. Well, this is a good soap. It's lovely. Is it design works, I call it? Mm-hmm. And you can get it anywhere. But also insider tri insider tip, TJ Maxx has it. That's great. Yeah, I was thrilled because I had never bought it for myself, and then two different people gave it to me as a little gift. And I was thrilled. Sounded, yeah, it was great. And it's a foamer like you like. Or no, it's four. And it's foamy, yeah. It's foam. That's what you like? I do. Yeah, okay. Foam friendly. You don't mind me just sitting over here eating. I ate an entire own costable. Well, good for you. Why not? They're still good for you. Right? They're good for you. You might as well. I'm gonna start buying them. Have you ever made your own soap? We made Yes, I made my own body once. And it was kind of tasted it. You didn't. I did. I couldn't help myself. Really? Yeah. It probably was like oily. Okay. Oh no. Oh, cranny sugar. Salty sugar in it. No. Oh, it was sugar in it, not salt. Did I just admit on our podcast? It was so it smelled so good. It didn't smell really good. But I was like, not the one with the rose petals. No, I didn't eat that one. Oh which one did you eat? Wait, don't say eat. You just tried it. I tasted. I got a spoon. Oh man. No. I know. I'm sorry. Well, it was it good? It was crunchy. Soon don't Julie knows. But we might not be invited back this year. Well, I mean, she made a nice soup. Oh, and you bought champagne? I did. Yeah. It was a lovely afternoon. Really nice afternoon. Maybe if she's listening, you can all inspire and do it again. Yeah, that was really fun. And I won't eat it. She doesn't even have to have us over to make the soap. Yeah, we don't have it for lunch. Yeah, let's just go and have lunch. That was so nice of her to invite us again. Yes, exactly. But I think if somebody was like, here's some animal fat and some vegetable oil, I would be like, oof. Maybe I'd be like the Greek and Romans and just do water and oil. Yeah, I'd be like, if you was woke up and you had time traveled to BC times. I would close my eyes and try and fall back asleep. Okay. Yeah. You you would, yeah. Because I mean, can you imagine how badly it must have smelled? But then they must have just been used to it. Right? I don't know. Good thing I'm not going there. Yeah, that's yeah, I wouldn't recommend it. Okay.

unknown 29:02

All right.

Hand Soap Habits And Public Bathroom Nostalgia

SPEAKER_01 29:03

Should we hide a low? We've talked you on everything. Time travel. Oh, this is what happens. You talk about soap and you wind up talking about time travel. Oh man. What's your low? I don't have one. Okay. I was thinking and thinking, and no. So I guess if you don't have one, just I still have not figured out what my low remember. B equals A. B versus A. I don't know. I do have kind of a low something that happened to me yesterday. Okay, well. John came home. This is fourth child parenting at its finest. It's like my teacher said, and this was a special areas teacher, that he sees me, that if I don't bring that shoe box in, I could fail the class. And I told you about it a couple times. I was like, oh, that's right, you did. So we found a shoebox last night and John and Catherine Grace worked on it. And I said to him, Hey, just to so I'm clear, what have you been doing the last three weeks in that class? He's like, I just walk around. It's like great. So yeah, it was not an at-home project. But he turned into a leaded it at home. I mean, I just I don't care. I really don't care. But then he left it here. Oh no. They said I'll probably only get a C on it anyway, so maybe I'll just leave it here till Tuesday. I was like, maybe you could bring it and show her like you're working on it? Maybe. No, I don't know. What's your low? So the good news of my low is that they're putting the asphalt down for my street today. What's the bad? The bad news is you need six layers of the asphalt for a street. They are only doing four because the four layers need to settle and then the top two layers need to go on. But by the time this settles, it will be too cold. Well, it's gonna be 65 on Sunday. So they won't do the last two layers until the springtime. Well, will you be able to tell? Well, there's there will still be a little right now. We call it the drop-off because from the street to where our torn up street was was a six-inch gap. Gap. So now it will be, they said an inch and a half to two inch gap, which is still a bit of a bug. Yeah, but it will you will you would have gladly taken four layers. Yes. I mean, I'm thrilled to have what we have, but I'm also like. It'll be nice to have a fresh street in the spring, though. It will be nice. So we're so close. So we got my car back, we're getting our street back. It'll be good.

unknown 31:40

Good.

SPEAKER_01 31:41

My high is that my mother-in-law texted me to say that an early Christmas gift is on its way and should be here early next week, and I can open it. Is it another puppy?

unknown 31:52

I hope not.

SPEAKER_01 31:54

She's a really good gift giver, so I'm gonna go out on a lemon say it's not alive. But I was like, Well, then he's a friend. That is such a lovely surprise. And you don't know what it is. Oh, and it's just for you?

unknown 32:05

Oh.

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Yeah, it's an early Christmas gift. That's really nice. It's fun. I know. That is a yeah, nice pure high. Yeah. Present. Just gotta wait for it. My high is the street, basically. Yes. Just happy to have all like our house this morning was shaky. Again? Because they had the, they had to put the asphalt and then they had the steam rollers or whatever they are, and then the road paving machine. Oh. Like you could hear like glasses like clink, clink, clink. You've really. It's been an adventure. Oh. Rose said that when it's all done, we should have a block party with everyone on our street to celebrate the news. You should. I was like, we should. You should plan that. We should all. I should, shouldn't I? I'll get on that. Okay. Well, this was fun. Yeah, this was fun. Thanks for joining us. Sometimes I forget the mic is on. Indeed. And we'll uh see you next week. Yeah, join us next week. Bye.