That's the Ticket!

We dive into tickets—how prices balloon with fees, why scarcity makes some seats legendary, and how to time your buy without gambling away the experience. Along the way, we detour through Denmark’s street fireworks, the great pizza-and-ranch candle controversy, and a laugh-out-loud reel of rejected vanity plates that somehow says everything about the internet’s sense of humor.

We get honest about family logistics and the cost of memories: when to splurge on theater, why football’s price curve stings more than most, and how digital tickets removed paper headaches but also erased the small joy of a torn stub tucked into a scrapbook. We traded hacks on picking seats, gifting shows without a physical ticket, and the pros and cons of resale roulette. Then it’s the real world of friction: red-light cameras that bill your mailbox, a passport errand that turns into a lesson in patience, and the relief when technology works as promised—like choosing movie seats in advance and breezing to the middle of the row.

What ties it all together is the pursuit of the moment. Whether you’re chasing Broadway, playoff energy, or a comedian under the summer lights, the value comes from who you share it with and how present you feel once you find your seat. Hit play for wit, warmth, and practical takeaways that help you save money, save time, and maybe save a stub or two in spirit. If this episode resonates, follow the show, share it with a friend who loves live events, and leave a quick review—what’s the one ticket you still want to score this year?

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Transcript

SPEAKER_03 0:06

Hi, thanks for joining us today. It's Nora. And Nora, we're glad you're back with us. To those of you who have just stumbled upon us, settle in.

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Maybe they search just for awesome podcasts. Yes, they're in too fun Nora. Nora real triass.

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And for those of you loyal listeners, well, you know the drill.

SPEAKER_02 0:25

Yes, we're happy to have you. I'm happy to be here. Thank you, Nora. Lovely spread. Well, you know. Craft services at the podcast recording session today.

SPEAKER_03 0:34

You should see our podcast budget. Oh my gosh. But I finally feel like I'm back in the groove today.

SPEAKER_01 0:41

Yes.

SPEAKER_03 0:42

Monday, some kids went back. Tuesday, more kids went back. Wednesday. The whole team was kind of. Yeah, Wednesday everybody went back, but it was like not fluid for me.

New Year Traditions And Denmark Fireworks

SPEAKER_02 0:53

Uh well, I showed you a picture of my daughter at breakfast table in a row, a unicorn robe buttoned up to her chin with sunglasses on. There's three used tissues in the picture. Oh gross. And she was like, the lights are too bright for my eyes. Is this at seven o'clock in the morning? 7.55. Oh gosh. So I feel like she should have been fine by that point. But you know. But she's a tailor. She's well, she's a Ryan. She's she's uh Taylors are up and at them. Uh, you know how last week we talked about New Year's Eve traditions? And you had mentioned Denmark throwing plates against the doors. My sister and her family were in Denmark, so I asked her about it, and she said she didn't see any broken plates, but what she did see were fireworks. There are no fireworks laws in Denmark, so anybody can set off fireworks anytime, anywhere. She said, so people had those little like bottle rockets and were just like lighting them, like just in the street. Like you, she said you'd be walking, and all of a sudden behind you it was like it was very unnerving. She goes, I would have rathered the plate.

SPEAKER_03 2:11

I wonder because the plates stemmed from a place of the loud noise scaring scaring, scaring away the bad spirits. I wonder if the firecrackers are kind of like in that same plate house, yeah. Oof, because a loud noise. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 2:27

No, yeah, that makes sense. But she that would freak me out.

SPEAKER_03 2:31

Yeah, that would I was like that either.

SPEAKER_02 2:34

Like I feel like you need to walk around with goggles on or something. Yeah. Protect your house.

SPEAKER_03 2:38

Last week did we talk about my friend Heather giving me the housemaid book and I read it in a day? No wrong. Did I tell you that?

SPEAKER_02 2:44

Yes on the podcast though? Yes. Oh, okay. Because then I had said to you how I feel like I need to cut back on my word games to read more. And then I've been talking to a lady about this, and she said you should try books on tape or like audiobooks. I didn't get a cassette player. And so I was like, oh, maybe I'll listen to this great book that Nora has recommended. I'm not used to reading scary books.

SPEAKER_03 3:14

You know, it was a little scary. She was unnerving. It wasn't scary, it was more suspenseful.

SPEAKER_02 3:20

Yes. And I was like, oh, she's so mean and oh, this poor girl. And then I was like, something's not right with the husband.

SPEAKER_03 3:28

Well, we you need to read it yourself sometimes. But I will tell you that not only did I read it in a day, and you listened to it in two.

SPEAKER_02 3:37

Probably three and a half. Okay.

SPEAKER_03 3:39

Well, that's quick for you.

SPEAKER_02 3:40

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 3:40

But our friend Jessica read it in a day as well.

SPEAKER_02 3:44

Well, it was, I mean, kudos to the author because the way it was very short chapters. And a lot of them, but very short chapters. So you were like, wait, oh, more. More of this. I need it was well written because every chapter ended on a bad decision. I felt like it was like, and so then I decided to rob the bank, which is not. I made that up. That's not in the book. I don't want to spoil it.

SPEAKER_03 4:06

I was just so engrossed in the book that I didn't even realize chapters were ending and new ones were starting.

SPEAKER_02 4:12

I just well, mine was being read aloud, so it's like chapter 17. And the woman who read the book, she did a great job. She had a little Long Island accent sometimes, and she did a great job.

SPEAKER_03 4:26

Um, so listeners, if you haven't read this, it's called The Housemaid, and they have adapted it into a movie. So are we gonna watch it?

SPEAKER_02 4:35

Yeah, heck yeah.

SPEAKER_01 4:36

Okay, it's gonna be creepy.

SPEAKER_02 4:39

That's okay. But I've been so I've been listening to this book, and then my teenagers are making me watch stranger things. I don't usually watch or read or listen to scary things, and I got nothing but suspense and creepy and strange things.

SPEAKER_01 4:54

The other night I was going to bed and I thought I heard something, and I woke Al up and I made him go to I've done that to Ryan before.

SPEAKER_03 5:01

It's so weird there, I don't know about Al, but Ryan's never happy when I ask him to do that. I'm like, you're welcome. I should be saving us from a crook or throwing you. And also, what kind of ninja do I think Ryan is at like 1:30 at night? And it's like bots are short. He can't see a save soul. Oh, I can't either. He just like throw them into the fire.

SPEAKER_02 5:24

Like, you go get murdered first, and then I'll try to save her. I'll try to bargain with them. Yeah, I was like, everyone's fine. I'm like, I thought I heard something.

Strange Scents And Candle Culture

SPEAKER_03 5:33

So then I put my noise-canceling headphones on and then go back to bed because you're safe because your husband is saving the house. Exactly. Speaking of strange things, yes, I read a story about Bath and Body Works.

SPEAKER_02 5:44

Uh oh.

SPEAKER_03 5:45

They were celebrating National Candle Day on December 4th, as one does. Would you like to take a guess at what their flavor or their scent was that they went with this year? There's a couple of them. Earwax? Close. Pizza and ranch. Nope. Mm-mm. Nope. It was a fast no for social media.

SPEAKER_02 6:08

Pizza. Wait, they were mixed together? Yeah. Mm-hmm. I don't like the way ranch smells. Nor, I mean, I like the way pizza smells, but I wouldn't want my home to smell like artificial pizza.

SPEAKER_03 6:20

Either would I, or real pizza. I find myself cleaning up quickly after we eat, so my house doesn't smell like food.

SPEAKER_02 6:28

Correct. I hate my house smelling like food. Unless it's like brownies or cookies. Then I'm okay with that. Like a bake, bake good smell, but not like.

SPEAKER_03 6:38

No, they also had a chips and salsa flavor that got better reviews. No, I don't want my house to smell spicy. Are you spicy enough on your own? Hello. Imagine if it's someone walking like, hmm, very zesty. Do I smell salsa? Do I smell ranch? And a hint of pizza. Did you order pizzas?

SPEAKER_02 7:01

No, I just lit wax on fire, and that is causing it to smell like pizza.

SPEAKER_03 7:06

Well, this is one you'd be a fast snow on, but was much more well-liked and much more popular than Pizza and Ranch was the Palladill pickle.

SPEAKER_02 7:15

No, no, no. Mm-mm. Okay, take it back. Pizza and Ranch, Amales.

SPEAKER_03 7:21

Well, you can get it now for$7.99 reduced from$25.95. I mean, if nobody wants it.

SPEAKER_02 7:27

Just thinking about that store. Like when you walk into that store, it is such an assault on your senses because that place is stocked to the brim with merchandise. So it feels clustered in like all the every you feel claustrophobic being in there. And then all of the smells at once. And they're usually sweet and very fruity, flowery.

SPEAKER_03 7:46

Bring you back to like the 90s with cucumber melon. In Frisia. Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_02 7:53

But then to have then pickle or ranch and pizza like mixed in with that. Because sometimes after if I could like if I cook chili or something that does have a strong scent, I don't want to light a candle right away. Absolutely not. Because I'm like, I don't want my beautiful candle fighting with chili.

SPEAKER_03 8:13

I open my windows regardless of the city.

SPEAKER_02 8:15

Or I'll let it, I'll let it air out a little bit. And I'm like, oh, I'll light a candle in the morning to get her out. I hate the smell of food in the house.

SPEAKER_03 8:24

It's it's stick to bath and body works for hand sanitizer, not candles.

Vanity Plates Rejected In Illinois

SPEAKER_02 8:31

Yeah. So la I think it was last year you had talked about the license plates that got rejected. Oh, we did the state of Illinois. Yep. So it's happened again. So and this article made me laugh out loud. So the Illinois Secretary of State, Alexi Gianulis. I think he's kind of handsome. He is handsome. Uh top three handsome secretaries of state.

SPEAKER_03 9:00

Have you? So no, I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 9:01

Yeah. But he said they had to reject like around 550 vanity plates. It's a lot. Including. But it was very funny because he did a press conference and so he said what the license plate was. And then he made like a little comment about it. So he's handsome and funny. Oh, he's a real catch. So the one was B-D-A-S-M-O-M. Badass mom.

SPEAKER_03 9:28

I like badass mom.

SPEAKER_02 9:30

One was I-C-U-P.

SPEAKER_03 9:35

That's never not funny.

SPEAKER_02 9:37

And then I don't know what this one is. S-Y-B-A-U.

SPEAKER_03 9:41

Oh, I know what that is. We say that at all the time at our house. Saibow.

SPEAKER_02 9:45

What is SaiBao?

SPEAKER_03 9:47

Shut your O up.

SPEAKER_02 9:51

Ah. SaiBao. Okay. And then the one he said.

SPEAKER_03 9:56

So you try that with your high schooler.

SPEAKER_02 9:57

SaiBao?

SPEAKER_03 9:58

SaiBao.

SPEAKER_02 9:59

Okay. And then BBL, which he said someone had to explain to him which was Brazilian buttons.

SPEAKER_03 10:05

Or is it the laser um process on your face? The I don't know, the whatever. And so when I googled BBL for laser for your face, I got Brazilian butt lift. I was like, oh like a totally different thing.

SPEAKER_02 10:22

Oh wait. Speaking of plastic surgery, remember the Nora Taylor? I'm totally going off course. The Nora Taylor whose email I got another one for her yesterday. She's looking into some plastic surgery. And I got an email from her doctor about her consult for plastic surgery. And it was in Spanish. She's bilingual. She is. Yeah, she speaks Spanish.

SPEAKER_03 10:43

Well, I didn't know that. Maybe I was gonna say maybe she or she's like, what is it? Uh medical tourism. Oh, maybe maybe you should respond in Spanish to her and she'll get back to you. Because are you very generous and you like forward stuff up?

SPEAKER_02 10:57

I don't anymore.

SPEAKER_03 10:58

I reached my I mean, it's been probably 15 years.

SPEAKER_02 11:01

No joke.

SPEAKER_03 11:02

You know, that could have ended very differently. You guys could have like formed a friendship, a pen pal. You guys could have met for Las Vegas.

SPEAKER_02 11:10

I had her home address. I get quotes because I get quotes for her like tile, her renovations.

SPEAKER_03 11:15

Anyway, she's doing okay. But she's just a renovation.

SPEAKER_02 11:19

I kind of wanted to write back like Nora, you're beautiful as you are. Nora, you don't need this.

SPEAKER_03 11:24

I don't need this.

SPEAKER_02 11:25

You're fine. But anyways, back to the license, please.

SPEAKER_03 11:27

Well, I hope she had a Merry Christmas. I know she's pretty social.

SPEAKER_02 11:29

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 11:30

Isn't she?

SPEAKER_02 11:31

This one, S N D N U D S. Wait, say it again. S N D. Uh-huh. N-U-D-Z. Send nuts. Nudes.

unknown 11:42

Send nuts.

SPEAKER_02 11:45

Secretary of State says, this apparently stands for send nudes. No thanks. And this one, IBP. I'll let you write it down. I B P O O P N.

SPEAKER_03 12:06

And what did he say? And that was okay. That was pretty funny.

SPEAKER_02 12:12

And then another one was bricked, which I think that means something else. He just said, this apparently has nothing to do with construction. I would recommend just Googling that one. And then another one was T Y P S-H-T.

SPEAKER_03 12:30

Oh, yeah. That's what the kids say.

SPEAKER_02 12:32

Yeah, I don't know what that is. I'm on that Secretary of State type, you know what? Apparently also a Gen Z thing.

SPEAKER_03 12:41

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 12:42

I don't know what that is.

SPEAKER_03 12:44

The kids say.

SPEAKER_02 12:44

Oh, and then Saibao, we talked about that. Send nudes, that's funny. Send nudes. To where? Where would I send them? And then there was another one. B-L-U. B-A-L-N. Ow. That's gross.

SPEAKER_03 12:59

Why? Why? Why? Nothing to be proud of.

SPEAKER_02 13:02

He said, I don't think they're referring to DePaul's basketball program.

SPEAKER_03 13:06

He's funny. It's funny.

SPEAKER_02 13:07

Did he say those, you think? Yes, they're in quotes. Anyways. Just thought I'd share for a little giggle.

Odd Heist: The Walrus Artifact

SPEAKER_03 13:13

Yeah. Speaking of, we're kind of in the same wheelhouse of inappropriateness. So there was a thief in a New Jersey restaurant. Did you see it?

SPEAKER_02 13:22

No, what did he take? Cannot wait.

SPEAKER_03 13:24

We took a walrus's you know what?

SPEAKER_02 13:27

From wait, why was that at a restaurant? It was on the wall. Oh.

SPEAKER_03 13:32

At a place called The Donkey Place.

unknown 13:38

The Donkey Donkey Play.

SPEAKER_02 13:41

I love New Jersey.

SPEAKER_03 13:46

Off the wall, it said that this group of men had been quote unquote drinking for hours. It's in camp. When he asked the bartender to remove it from the wall so they could look at it, and then one of them just walked out with it.

SPEAKER_02 13:59

Donkey's place. Best cheesesteak in the area? Might as well come from New Jersey. Wow. Is this the right place?

SPEAKER_03 14:06

Well, I didn't actually go to the donkey place. But how many steaks? I mean, how many can there be?

SPEAKER_02 14:13

Oh, right? Oh, there's a whole oh my. This is I'm trying to see because they have a whole 3D tour you can take, so I'm curious if I can find it on the walls. It's a bit of a hodgepodge in the old store. It's it almost looks like a ro like a fair market. Oh, oh.

SPEAKER_03 14:34

There it is. Oh. Help us find you know what.

SPEAKER_02 14:40

Interesting. Don't take somebody else's.

SPEAKER_03 14:43

Oh, here it is. Yeah, don't take yeah, gross. Maybe they're better on the other. It's supposed to be a good luck term at Donkey's Place. Oh. But why would you clearly wasn't because it got stolen? Oh yeah, the best cheesecake spot. We're talking about the same place. Or cheese steaks. What did I call it? Cheesecake. No, no, cheesesteak. Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_02 15:04

Yeah. It's uh definitely an eclectic looking st looking spot here. But uh I'm sorry that they were robbed. Just what would you do with that? You couldn't display it at your house. You wouldn't want it in your office. No one really wanna touch it. Ew, no. It really belongs at a place like this, like a dive bar. It doesn't belong in your home. What does one do with it?

SPEAKER_03 15:26

It belongs attached to the animal.

Gen Z Slang And Trend Jargon

SPEAKER_02 15:28

Well, yeah, that's that's part of it. There's a new Gen Z. I have a couple Gen Z things. What's up? Let's go. All right. There's a new Karen for Gen Z, a new name. I don't like it. It's not Nora. Okay, fair. Jessica. What? I know. But then I feel like this is typical Gen Z. They can't agree. They're like, some people are saying it's Jessica, some people are saying it's Ashley, and then other people are saying it's Britney. This this can't be a thing. Figure it out, Jessica. Figure it out, Gen Z. Like you can't just be like, because some I guess somebody started doing a Jessica thing, and then other people are like, no, all Jessica's are nice. I I don't agree with that. I like Jessica and all Jessica's nice. On behalf of all Jessica's, we uh disagree with this. So I'm like, no, no, no. Get it. Just stick with Karen. Just stick with Karen. Yeah, exactly. That, and then I don't know if this is a Gen Z thing, but have you heard of friction mask maxing? Oh, is it appropriate? Yeah. It's saying avoid a quick fix. Like trying to, and this article was really funny. They're like, it really means character building, like having to do annoying things, like when your parents would be like, it builds character. That's why you have to go and do this. Because I said so. Yeah. Yeah. So avoiding like getting Uber Eats. Like go outside and get your food. Like go drive and get your food. Don't be lazy. Don't be lazy. Essentially. Okay, go ahead and your parents. Friction maxing. So like put yourself in, like, do those annoying tasks instead of finding an easy out.

SPEAKER_03 17:07

I agree with that.

SPEAKER_02 17:08

I support friction masking. Although then this article, this article in The Guardian was really funny. They did it almost kind of like the articles we write for Greet, like as a dialogue. And so they were saying, so avoiding all conveniences like the dishwasher, like washing machines, like they just rattled off a bunch of technology. And they were like, no, those are fine. And they're like, oh, so just only avoid things that weren't around when we were growing up. Yes, like, yeah, that's basically like yeah, friction maxing.

SPEAKER_03 17:40

Friction maxing and chore mancing. What maxing? Chore mancing. Chore mancing. That's a thing now, too.

SPEAKER_02 17:47

Is that romanticizing chores?

SPEAKER_03 17:48

Yes. It's like if you need to run errands, make it romantic with your partner or your date. I don't know about romantic. That's what I say. Like, no, I want to I want to go to Target by myself. I do, yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 18:01

I mean, everyone, like Alan. I went to the tile store the other day. Sorry, you know, talk about really finding that spark. Yeah. It was so romantic. It was me, Alan. We're always walking around at the tile store. And I was like, oh, this was actually kind of nice to have you along because we're trying to find tile for our mud room. But I think if if I had a list of like five things to do. Yeah, I just want to get her done. Unless I was like, if you would like to drive me in the car and I will just jump out.

SPEAKER_03 18:26

I do that to my kids all my time.

SPEAKER_02 18:28

Yeah, I don't mind that. That would be fine. But that's just efficiency. That's not that is efficient.

SPEAKER_03 18:33

And then I don't then I don't have to drive. And then that's my favorite thing to do.

SPEAKER_02 18:39

Mm-hmm. Be the passenger. I had Aiden, I had stuff to pick up at Target in the grocery store and I needed gas over break. And I was like, guess what, pal? Let's go. I'm like, he went and did all my pickups. It was great.

SPEAKER_01 18:52

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 18:52

Bye. But I guess that's not friction mask maxing, but that's teenager maxing. Yes. I'm maximizing my teenager to go and help me. Well, yeah, you're what's it called?

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SPEAKER_02 19:13

Yeah. You know what? I think this gray weather for the winter has got me down. Like I maybe I need some vitamin D.

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SPEAKER_02 20:00

That sounds so refreshing and already makes me feel warm inside.

Main Topic: Tickets And Pricing

SPEAKER_03 20:05

I'm here for you, Nora. Thanks, Nora. And now back to the show. Our topic today is tickets. Tickets. Tickets. We can go in a lot of different directions with tickets and full disclosure, listeners, we haven't compared notes.

SPEAKER_02 20:21

No, we haven't. And do you know what I hear something funny? I did not write this in my notes until now. I forgot that I used to sell tickets.

unknown 20:29

What?

SPEAKER_01 20:31

I worked in the Times Square ticket office.

SPEAKER_02 20:37

I've been thinking about tickets like for the last three hours, and I did not remember that I worked at and got fired. You got fired from a job. Nora Ryan got fired. I was very upset. And it was very, I was upset. I this everybody I think I got. I'm gonna start over because I'm so defensive about it. The guy did not like me. Everybody I worked with was super nice, but all gay men, and I was the only girl. And I think he was he wanted a certain type of person working there. And I really think that's why he fired me. No, this was when I was in my 20s. No, what was his recent? Oh, what was I thought you said this was recent. No! I was like, no, a little side hustle. He was just like, I don't think it's working out, and you're not the kind of person we need at the ticket booth. And I was like, okay. It also could be because people be like, oh, should I? I wasn't I'm not an upseller. Correct. I'm not, and I'm I would always be honest. You know, they'd be like, oh, it's me and my eight-year-old. We are gonna, we want to see Phantom. And I'd be like, I don't think your eight-year-old wants to see Phantom. I'm like, you should try something else, or try some of these other shows, or you don't have to pay for front row tickets. You know, if you sit here, it's still pretty close and you're gonna get a good view. And I don't think he liked that I was. Oh, I'm sorry for your loss. I was scary.

SPEAKER_03 22:02

But anyways, yeah, I did sell tickets. I was thinking about tickets to like shows and games. I'm never the one to buy tickets. Ryan's always the one to do it. Really?

SPEAKER_02 22:11

See, I'm the ticket buyer. You are.

SPEAKER_03 22:14

Yeah, I can't look at an arena and pick a good spot.

SPEAKER_02 22:18

No, no. Well, now it's easy because you can see like the point of view seat. A lot of sites, like if you click on the seat, it will show you the view from the seat. No. No? Not for you. Nope. But that's okay. And it's probably one of those things Al doesn't really do it unless because I will do it. Al will do resale tickets and but he likes to. I think it reminds him of his like stock trading days, because he's like, he'll check the prices and then he's like goes back and he's like, they've gone down, but I need to buy it before it goes up again. So he like plays a game with it.

SPEAKER_03 22:56

My sophomore daughter had wanted to see an artist that was playing in the fall and had asked, like, I don't know, several weeks prior. And it was just too expensive for me to justify like a Tuesday night just for kicks. It wasn't a birthday gift, it wasn't a Christmas gift, it was just for the heck of it. So I said no, and another suggested we wait till it got closer, thinking the prices would drop because Ryan and I have done that before. And they didn't. They went up and she didn't go. And I feel like it was kind of a lesson learned that you don't just get whatever you want.

SPEAKER_02 23:28

Yeah, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't work.

SPEAKER_03 23:30

But yeah, it didn't work that time, and I was so disappointed. But that's too bad. I know it's that's a bummer.

Physical vs Digital Tickets

SPEAKER_02 23:36

But tickets are so expensive. That's what I wrote. So expensive. I read that the fee, it the fee is like 15 to 25 percent of the ticket. It's wrong. It is wrong, and it's such a bummer, too. It's like it's prohibitive and it's every prohibitive, thank you. It's sports, it's music, it's theater. I want to I want to take the boys to see the outsiders. It's coming in February, and I'm I keep going on the ticket website and I'm like, oh my god, four tickets. Four tickets, like not great seats, is like over$600.

SPEAKER_03 24:08

That's insane. I was looking at the sports prices for tickets, and the most expensive is football, followed by basketball, hockey, and soccer. And I think that tracks pretty well.

SPEAKER_02 24:19

Uh I think too because football, there aren't as many games. True. And for baseball, there's a gajillion.

SPEAKER_03 24:26

I think also for football, I was reading about the most difficult tickets to get, and it's season tickers tickets to the Packers.

SPEAKER_00 24:32

And look at you guys season tickets.

SPEAKER_03 24:34

Well, but it tracked, it said it's about a 30 to 40 year wait, which Ryan waited 40 years. Yes. Oh my gosh. So that is the most difficult ticket to get, along with master's tickets, which Al goes to the master's tickets.

SPEAKER_02 24:48

He goes to the masters. He likes to go to the practice round. So he usually has good luck getting those tickets. And then a friend of his has gotten corporate tickets the past couple years, so he's been able to kind of ride the coat too. Isn't it? And I kind of miss having printed out tickets.

SPEAKER_03 25:04

I know.

SPEAKER_02 25:05

I I like a physical ticket. And I would use them as bookmarks.

SPEAKER_03 25:09

And then I'd use them in my scrapbooks.

SPEAKER_02 25:11

Yeah. My friend Nicole had a great collection of all her ticket stubs and things like that. But there's pros and cons. Because it is nice to have it on your phone and you know, okay, it's not gonna blow away. I'm not gonna spill on it, it's not gonna get ripped.

SPEAKER_03 25:27

Yeah, but it's to hear it get torn and I like that too.

SPEAKER_02 25:32

But then you're like, oh God, I need to make sure I have my phone. I can't lose my phone. My phone has to be charged.

SPEAKER_03 25:37

So if you could get tickets to anything, is it music and shows?

SPEAKER_02 25:43

It would be live theater. Live theater. Okay. Yeah. I'm going to see a show on Sunday. I'm really excited about it. I'm a dais at the Stephen Loaf. It's gonna be amazing.

unknown 25:52

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 25:52

But yeah, I wish like if I every year I'm like, I need season tickets to Broadway and Chicago, and then I never do. But your number one is musical theater or just theater and general. I'd say theater in general and then concerts.

SPEAKER_03 26:04

Oh, okay. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 26:05

Yeah. Any kind of just live performance, I'm all in. I think I'm a sports girl. Yeah. I know I'm a sports girl. The thing that I always struggle with with sports is like I know if when I leave the play or the concert, I'm gonna be pumped. You know, I'm not like no one's gonna lose. Like we all win. We all saw the show. It should go as according to plan. But like with sports, you're you're a little bit bummed if your team didn't win.

SPEAKER_03 26:28

Or a lot. Well, I've never thought about it that way. You know what you're getting with the play or concert. We all win the play, and you've had to tell people that.

SPEAKER_02 26:35

Yeah, there's no winner in the play. You've already made it, you're all in.

SPEAKER_03 26:39

And I just have such fond memories. Like growing up, we had soc tickets. Yeah. So I like that's kind of nostalgic. The Packers are fun for our family. The Bears, though, I don't understand standing out in the freezing cold. I've never been to a Bears game. I've never been to a Bears game either. I'm kind of okay with that. I'm 100% okay with that. Yeah. Because I don't want to stand in the freezing cold.

SPEAKER_02 27:00

I really don't.

SPEAKER_03 27:01

I love box seats.

Movie Seating, Parking Fines, And Cameras

SPEAKER_02 27:03

Oh, that's yeah. That is nice when the food comes to you. That is nice. And when you're cozy. We gave Aidan and Rory tickets to see John Mullaney at Wrigley Field this summer, which I'm really excited was about. Great gift. And but it was a gift, and I was like, how do we like we don't have tickets? So I made my own tickets on Canva.

SPEAKER_03 27:23

I bet you did.

SPEAKER_02 27:23

I bet they were darling. They turned out really cute, but we've I've had to do that. I know you can do it on Etsy. You can pay people to create a ticket for you, but we've done it when we got my mom tickets to Stephen Colbert. You end up having to kind of have to make your own souvenir ticket. Because I did read you can ask Ticketmaster to send you a souvenir ticket, but it costs$30. It does? Yes. It's like, come on, give us the ticket. Like, come on. Well, but it's I was reading about airline tickets and concert tickets that it saves them so much money because there's no paper, there's no ink, there's no printers, they don't have to make like they're saving in postage. Posting. You know, they're saving in like and even just like I never got my tickets in the mail.

SPEAKER_03 28:06

The postage alone, what 74 cents a stamp? And it's not even reliable. No, it is not reliable, Nora Taylor. It is not. People are still getting my Christmas cards, and I sent them a week before Christmas.

SPEAKER_02 28:18

I know.

SPEAKER_03 28:19

Maybe eight days before Christmas.

SPEAKER_02 28:21

I was at the post office over Christmas break because Ada or Rory and Kevin needed new passports, and this was not my fault because I had an appointment. Okay. Okay. So I got there at one o'clock, 1255 from my appointment for two passports. There was one man working at the post office. No one passport ma'am? Or just one man one postal worker behind the count. Yeah, yeah. They knew we were coming because I had scheduled an appointment. There was one person in front of us just doing their mail business, like post office business. M-A-I-L business. He was a male doing his mail business at the post office. Anyway. Oh, he was a gentleman. I got rejected for the license plate. He was like, I have to send in a new license plate idea because ICUP was rejected again. And it takes a while to get your passport. I had all my papers in order. I had everything they needed. It took about 20 minutes. No one else came out to help. There was a line of eight people behind us. And this post office worker was just taking a sweet time, being very careful, very diligent, which I appreciated. At one point, he's like, Will you ring the bell to have somebody else come out here? And I was like, Gladly. Like ding ding ding. No one came out. And then it was making me uncomfortable. Because I was texting Al, like, oh my God, this line. He's like, not our fault. Just stay the course. We're like texting.

SPEAKER_03 29:49

Oh, that's so Ryan. Yeah. I was like, oh my God. I would have wanted to turn around and be like, I'm sorry.

SPEAKER_02 29:56

I wanted to, but then I was like, no, he should have apologized. Yes. That was poor planning on their part. And then he was telling me the thing that our friend Jessica was saying. He's like, people keep putting their return address on the back of the envelope, and I'm telling him not to do that because the machine doesn't know the difference. And I, knowing that he has my children's passport in the palm of his hand, I'm like, yeah, I know why people don't listen to you. You're the expert, right? He's like, Yeah. Al's like, you are out of your mind. You're glazing him. I was totally glazing him. Big time. Because I was like, please just send in my passport my applications. But anywho, so yeah, this ticketmaster, they don't have to worry about that. And even airline tickets, they're not worried about it anymore. No. I mean, I sometimes my boarding passes will print when I check my bags. I don't mean for it. Oh, you never check bags. Well, my kids got carry-on bags for Christmas. So now hopefully we aren't as much anymore either. But sometimes I like the printed out tickets at the airport because then I can it's easier when you have when you're not scrolling tickets. When you're not save tickets. Yeah. When you're at TSA, like beep with your phone, beep, beep. It's just like, here's the tickets. Yeah. And do with it as you will.

SPEAKER_03 31:12

Oh, no.

SPEAKER_02 31:13

Go ahead.

Post Office Woes And Passports

SPEAKER_03 31:13

I was just gonna ask you about movie tickets. Do you like to buy movie tickets this way now? Because you get to choose your seat. I love it. I do too.

SPEAKER_02 31:21

It was that way in the UK when we lived there. So back in 2005, and I was like, why isn't the whole world this way? Yeah, that's great. I was like, this is amazing. I love that. We were watching Stranger Things and they sneak into a movie and they just sit down and Aiden and Burr were like, aren't they in someone's seats? I'm like, there was no signed seats.

SPEAKER_03 31:38

Oh yeah. Remember when you'd go to the movies and then you'd stay for like three movies? Because you could just like You could just I never did that, but I know. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 31:45

You can't. Or you could sneak in the back door. So that's they did in Stranger. Oh they did, yeah. They like went through like the mall and like the back door. And yeah, and you'd save those. I have movie tickets saved from movies I went to and like in a scrapbook like from high school and stuff like that. What about parking tickets? Oh yeah. Speeding tickets. Oh guilty. When we get the like the red light camera tickets or speeding camera tickets, Alan and I are always like, who's driving this car? We're like, what day was it? Okay, no, you. That was you. That wasn't me. I hate those. Those, yeah. Even when I see the light go off and it's not for me, you know, like if you're at the intersection, I'm always like, man, you're daisy me ruined in like two weeks. The problem is Ryan never gets them.

SPEAKER_03 32:29

He's a slow driver. I am too. He's a speed limit driver. But he also doesn't get to pay physical.

SPEAKER_02 32:34

If the secretary of state is listening, so are so is Nora. We're just saying, uh, you know, even more so.

SPEAKER_03 32:40

But that irks me, but he doesn't get take hands. He does get a riled up wife, though, that prefers to drive.

SPEAKER_02 32:49

Oh, what can you do?

SPEAKER_03 32:50

I don't know. But yeah, we're slow down and I could have taken it. I guess you could do that. I I always get out of it though, unless it's I mean, you can't get out of those cameras. No, those you can throw away.

SPEAKER_02 33:00

But you don't get points on your license. It's it's really just the hundred bucks and a slab on the hand. Yeah. It's like because they can't they can't penalize an individual because they don't know who was driving. I told you it was my car's fault. Yeah. It's a self-driving car, and so send that to the car manufacturer. Send that to our sponsor.

SPEAKER_03 33:20

Just kidding. Just kidding. Oh, they're a joke. All right. She's we gotta launch into highs and lows.

SPEAKER_02 33:30

Sure. What's your low?

SPEAKER_03 33:31

My low is my Christmas card's not getting delivered in a timely fashion.

SPEAKER_02 33:36

I'm sorry. It looks, it makes me look bad. I think people know though. I mean, because also I think you're you know what's funny? Your card, I couldn't even see the postmark. I'm wondering if that has some menu to it. Because it wasn't. You think it was a black envelope? Yeah. Well, if you can't put your return address on the back of the envelope anymore, who knows? Yeah. And then I told you my thank you note to my in-laws got sent back to me because they couldn't read cursive. I mean, this is so because I I it was returned to me. Al's parents have lived there for 40 some years, and I know the address by heart. And my mother-in-law asked their post postal carrier, and he said, Yeah, sometimes they can't read cursive, so they just get sent back to who sent it. Are you kidding me? I was like, that's not okay.

SPEAKER_03 34:25

No, and it's not okay. So could have been everything was in cursive that I said. It was on a black envelope in cursive. Two strikes.

Highs And Lows To Close

SPEAKER_02 34:34

Was your return address on the back too? No. Okay, so great. Otherwise, they would have just set on fire. Oh hello. What was your law? My eyes are still red. They don't hurt really anymore. They don't hurt. Sorry. But they oh I checked a text message. And I for some reason my text went to voice text. And so now so it just recorded the last three minutes of what I said in a text to my husband.

SPEAKER_03 35:09

Well, good. He doesn't listen to the show.

SPEAKER_02 35:11

So my uh the left one not so much. The red, the red one. The right one is red, and it's just annoying. And I'm tired of it, and I just want it to be gone. Because it doesn't it looks creepy.

SPEAKER_03 35:24

It doesn't look nearly as creepy as it did originally.

SPEAKER_02 35:26

That's true.

SPEAKER_03 35:27

It's better, but my high is that my daughter practices about an hour away on Thursdays.

SPEAKER_02 35:35

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 35:35

And she's not part of a carpool because well, people come from all over. Yeah. So today somebody else is driving her, which is incredible. Wow. I know. So I off the hook. Someone else from the team. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Someone else from the team, yeah. Is driving today and it worked out that they can get L. So why do I have to drive? So you've got time back. Yeah, like the gift of hours on hours. Oh, I'm happy for you. I'm happy for me too. That's really nice. So that was a really great surprise. All the girls that are on our team that come from this area all go to a different high school. So they all leave from high school straight there. And so their carpool got dissolved this week for some reason or another. So somebody was like, hey, we're going. We'll pick you up. So thank you, Brian Hudson. Yes. Hi, Oya.

SPEAKER_02 36:31

Yes. Yeah. My high is it's musical season. Yay! Yeah, our auditions are tomorrow. I'm very excited. We're doing SpongeBob. And it's just a fun show.

SPEAKER_03 36:41

It's very happy something. It's a good spot this year because you've you've got a lot of support.

SPEAKER_02 36:46

Yes. The principal at our school is fabulous and has given me a lot of good tools that I had been wanting for a while. So it's gonna be really good. And the kids are so cute and very talented.

SPEAKER_00 36:59

So I'm excited to have more of the chips fall and how it all shakes out.

SPEAKER_02 37:05

But I'm excited. I'm looking forward to getting started. Good. I gotta start making up dances in my bedroom again. Yes. Okay. On that note.

SPEAKER_03 37:13

All right, should we call it a day? Let's do it. Thanks for joining us. We'll see you next week. Bye. Bye.