Swimsuits and Spacesuits

Swimsuit season brings out everyone’s opinions, insecurities, and oddly strong preferences, so we finally say the quiet parts out loud. We talk through what we actually wear to the pool and beach, why a bikini can feel like a full-time sunscreen job, and why cover-ups, linen pants, and rash guards sometimes do more for our confidence than any “perfect” suit ever could. If you’ve been hunting for real-world swimwear advice, we get into one-piece vs two-piece vs tankini, support and fit, and how the UV index somehow becomes the main character of family vacations.

Then we take a left turn into the best kind of chaos: the basket-shaped Longaberger building in Ohio, paying “line sitters” to wait in TSA, and an ice cream dessert at Yankee Stadium that looks exactly like a chicken drumstick. We also try to wrap our heads around a theft of 400,000 European Kit Kats, because where would you even put them, and how would you sell them when everything is barcoded? Somewhere in the middle, we realize we need a refresher on space travel too, including what the International Space Station is and why people are suddenly talking about the moon again.

We also share a little swimsuit history that’s wilder than you’d think, from heavy old bathing gowns to the moment the bikini got its name from Bikini Atoll and the idea of an “atomic” fashion impact. We close with our weekly highs and lows, including a broken elbow update, a small moment of not speaking up when we should have, and the joy of finding a show we can actually watch with our kids without stress.

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Transcript

Welcome And Accidental Discoverability

SPEAKER_04 0:07

Hi, thanks for joining us today.

SPEAKER_03 0:08

It's Nora. And Nora to all of those who have just happened upon us, and of course, those that continue to turn in week after week. We're glad you're here.

The Basket Shaped Landmark In Ohio

SPEAKER_02 0:18

What do you think people would search for that in podcasts that would have us come up? Just Nora. Awesomeness. Really nice ladies. Moms? I hope not. Oh, yeah, I hope not. I mean, we are. We are. I don't know. That mum. Mom podcast or awesome podcast? Fun podcast. If you're thinking about it or talking about it, that must be. Why? Did you Google us? No, but you just because when you just said for those who who just happened about us, I'd be curious to know how people found us accidentally. What did I just do? You just ate a pretzel. Well then while you're finishing your pretzel, one of our very loyal listeners, Laura, she texted well, she called me by accident. That's even better. Yes. And but then she texted me. She's very familiar with the Longeburger Basket Company and has a few. She has a few. And then what she pointed out to me was that, oh, her husband's cousin sold them. They have a headquarters in Ohio and it's shaped like a basket. Look at this thing. This is Wait, she's a baller. Yeah. She has a couple of these.

SPEAKER_05 1:32

I wonder if she has the baskets for her kids' Easter baskets.

SPEAKER_02 1:36

That is a building. That's so cute. This is like it's like an orangey brown building, and it no joke, looks like a basket. It even has handles on the top. I wonder what she does with her baskets.

SPEAKER_05 1:50

I don't know. Puts all her eggs in the basket.

SPEAKER_02 1:52

It puts all her eggs in those baskets. But I the basket is darling. This building is so cute. It looks like it's in the middle of nowhere. It's in so it's in Newark, Ohio. But if you were from Newark, Ohio, because I dated someone who lived there, they would say nurk. Nurk? Because when he said I'm from Nurk, Ohio, I was like, what's Nurk? And he goes, Newark. He was like, Nurk. And I was like, nurk? I was like, how do you spell this word? And I was like, oh, Newark. He goes, yes, Nurk. Is it kind of like Nollins? I guess so. Lesser known nor. So, anyways, in Newark, Ohio, I digress. But they sold it. The company sold it in 2017 to this developer who was going to turn it into a hotel, which would have been adorable. Oh, that would have been a cute hotel. Except COVID ruined its plans. So I think it's just vacant sitting there. But it is a protected landmark. It's an empty basket. But I believe it's a it's a protected landmark. So you can't knock it down. Thank God, because it's just too cute.

SPEAKER_04 2:55

Oh, that's unfortunate.

SPEAKER_02 2:57

They should Cadbury Bunny should move in there. From England, they make it their US head course. They can make it their US head course. Oh gosh, yeah. Or something like that. Mm-hmm. It'd be funny if they would put things in it. Big inflatable fruits or like a big baguette. Big bunny, just they should let us be in charge of this building.

Broken Elbow And March Madness Luck

SPEAKER_04 3:19

Oh gosh. Oh gosh. How's Aiden's elbow?

SPEAKER_02 3:21

Oh, Aiden B. So Aiden broke his elbow on Saturday and he's bummed because it's a terrible story. He just tripped walking upstairs in the theater in the high school and he landed on his elbow. So he was in a splint from the emergency room, but we saw an orthopedist, and the way the break is, luckily for him, he doesn't need a cast for the splint anymore. He has to keep it in the sling, he has to do some exercises and some ice, and then we'll get it checked out in two weeks. So for spring break and showering and swimming. And so it'll be a huge relief not to have to cover it up.

SPEAKER_05 3:58

Yes. Oh, I'm glad he's on the road to recovery. Well, he was all tied up and in the ER. We were busy cheering on our wildcats. It was so exciting. But then I read about this eighth grade girl from Pittsburgh. She had the last remaining correct bracket.

SPEAKER_03 4:14

Oh, get out. Up until Saturday night. And the chances It was perfect. It was perfect until the chances of completing a perfect bracket are one in nine quintrillion.

Moon Mission And Space Station Basics

SPEAKER_02 4:28

Stop it. It's a lot of zeros. Dang. Yeah. Aiden is actually in third place in the bracket pool that my dad puts us in. Oh, good for him. Which is funny because I would say Aiden out of the six of us probably knows about the third to least amount basketball. College basketball. But uh he's doing great, the pool. He made like$450. It's all, I mean, it's all a gamble. It's all never no.

SPEAKER_05 4:55

How about this moon landing?

SPEAKER_02 4:57

Wait, what?

SPEAKER_05 4:58

The moon?

SPEAKER_02 4:59

They're sending a they're sending more people up there? Yeah, this is the first time in 50 years. Well, yeah, I know it. It'd been a while. I hadn't heard about this. It's launching tonight. No, systems go. How have I not heard about this? I don't know. I feel like this is right up your alley. Yes. Yeah.

unknown 5:16

What?

SPEAKER_02 5:17

This is very exciting. What are they gonna do up there? Check on people. Whatever people doing should be. Hopefully they're not moving at each other. They're howl at the moon. They would howl down. We're on the moon. You have to look down an owl instead of ooh.

SPEAKER_03 5:37

Would you have been just flabbergasted if I was like, oh, they're going to XYZ? Duck spirit experiments, collect some rocks.

SPEAKER_02 5:43

Get some dust. Get some rocks, yeah. We maybe we ran out of rocks. That's why they gotta go back on there.

SPEAKER_03 5:49

But I was like, gosh, I thought people went to the moon all the darn time.

SPEAKER_02 5:52

Mm-mm. No, they haven't. I knew that there had not been a moon mission in a very long time. Well, where are they all going? They go to the space station, I believe. It's not on the moon? It is not. It's just or the space station is just free-floating orbiting around Earth. What? It's not connected to any of these. How do they land on it? There's a little locking base. So you kind of like pull up beside it and then it connects. You lock in. You better lock in. And then you can go in, but it's almost like a big gerbil cage. Oh. Mm-hmm. Like rotating around. Across a bridge in there? Or no, you lock it in. No, no, you lock in. So your door, it's almost kind of like an airplane in a netway, but I would hope much more sealed. And then you transfer in to the space station for the city. Is that how you do it? Yep, you do. You crawl. Let me ask you this. Why don't they just put it on the moon? Well, I would imagine because you would probably need to send equipment up to the moon to like have like a foundation and to build it there to have something permanent. So they just launch this thing and it floats around. And it's like a satellite thing. I wonder how it doesn't come back. I don't know. That's what they were on. Remember astronauts that were stuck up? Oh, yes, yes, yes. They were on the International Space Station. Oh, it's international. Mm-hmm. Yep. So anybody can use it. You gotta make reservation. It's like it's like an all-inclusive. It's like a resort.

unknown 7:22

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 7:23

Just really far. Terrible weather. Well, I wonder how far it is. Well not a lot of amenity. I wonder how far away it is from the moon. That's a great question.

SPEAKER_03 7:32

If they could just like make a day trip. You know where I was going with it. We'll stop at the space station, like get situated, and then we'll head to the moon for a few hours.

SPEAKER_00 7:44

You don't want to stay on the moon. Oh, you're way better off staying at the space station and just taking a day trip.

SPEAKER_03 7:50

Don't stay on the moon. Oh my goodness. So that's not where this podcast was planning to go, but is it ever?

Paying Someone To Wait In TSA

SPEAKER_02 8:01

Speaking of travel, and this also ties into something else we talked about. Remember, we were talking about people who would do like strange jobs and they would you could pay someone to wait for you in line. Oh, yes. Or do the strange, like menial tests. With all this hubbub with the TSA, this is happening. People are paying other human beings to wait in line in the TSA line for them. Well, you know$25 an hour, minimum of two hours.

SPEAKER_03 8:29

How lucky would you be if you were one of those line waiters and the guy who was passing out vodka shots was in your line?

SPEAKER_02 8:36

Could you drink on the job? I don't know. See, this is you is that in the line plate? Wait, what are they called? They are called line sitters. Is that in like the line sitter bylaws? You can't drink on the job. I'd wait in line. I mean, you if as long as you're prepared for it, if you have no kids and you're by yourself, I could still like a wait line.

SPEAKER_03 8:56

I mean, it wouldn't be like a vacation with mood, but what is? If I had nowhere to go and just had to wait.

SPEAKER_01 9:02

I know.

SPEAKER_02 9:02

There are worse things you could do for$25 an hour. Anyways.

SPEAKER_04 9:09

I wonder about these people flying to New York if they're gonna hit up a Yankees game and get dessert there.

SPEAKER_02 9:15

Oh, is there a new dessert? A new dessert there and I'm fall in.

SPEAKER_05 9:19

It's the chicken drumstick dessert. What?

unknown 9:23

No.

SPEAKER_05 9:23

Sit type.

SPEAKER_03 9:24

Ice cream. Ice cream cone shaped like a drumstick chicken. Chicken leg.

SPEAKER_04 9:29

With chocolate covered cookie as the bone, which that creeped me out. Yeah, which doesn't need to be in a tongue. Sounded good. And then coated in like white chocolate and then cornflakes.

SPEAKER_02 9:40

So kind of like fried ice cream.

SPEAKER_00 9:43

Oh.

SPEAKER_02 9:43

Wait, is there ice cream on it? Yeah, that it's oh, so like a cooking center. Yeah, and then ice cream shape like the drumstick. White chocolate. White chocolate and then rolled in cornflakes.

SPEAKER_05 9:54

Because you know like fried ice cream is ice cream. Yes, I like fried ice cream.

SPEAKER_02 9:58

Or like a crunchy French toast. What are they calling it? The chicken drumstick dessert. Oh yeah, I don't have the price on it, but it comes in a cute little uh I'm trying to think of a better name. I don't know. Like a like a play on words with chicken and ice cream or like the chilkin. The chillkin.

A Town That Celebrates Chickens

SPEAKER_04 10:18

They should ask somebody from Wayne, Nebraska. Oh, why? Are they very creative? Well, they have an annual Wayne Chicken Show.

SPEAKER_03 10:25

Oh. Every July.

SPEAKER_02 10:27

Live chicken ice wheel chicken. Anything poultry related. Oh, so it's not like the chicken dance.

SPEAKER_03 10:33

Oh yeah, they do a chicken uh they do the thing. They set the record for the largest chicken dance.

SPEAKER_02 10:39

They have a cluck-off, like imitating a chicken.

SPEAKER_03 10:42

Not a cluck off.

SPEAKER_02 10:43

Yeah, right. That that would be like a almost like an insult. This is sick. They have a hard-boiled egg eating contest. You should send them yours. No, I still have them. You do. Yes. Oh. See? Isn't that a weird thing? Oh, that's Burf City. Yeah. Anyone who wins that loses. I would go and get like a big thing. Are they pre-shelled? Or do you have to do you have to shell them yourself? That's a very good question.

SPEAKER_03 11:11

I would hope for them you'd have to shell them. Because then that would slow you down. Chicken eggs?

SPEAKER_02 11:19

Eggs? Hard-boiled eggs. Hard-boiled eggs. It's disgusting. Wow. I wonder how it smells. I feel like it would not smell good.

SPEAKER_05 11:28

But I guess it's like their county. That's what they do.

SPEAKER_02 11:31

It's a Wayne County chicken show. It's the chicken thing. Wow. Well, that's interesting. I don't think we'll be taking a road trip there, do you?

SPEAKER_01 11:38

No.

The European Kit Kat Heist

SPEAKER_02 11:39

But do you know what something happened and it kind of breaks my heart, Nora?

SPEAKER_01 11:42

Why?

SPEAKER_02 11:42

One of my favorite candies in the whole wide world is European Kit Katz. Yes, I knew that. And someone stole 400,000 of them. Of the European ones? Yes. Why? They were en route to Poland and the Kit Kat, Nestle released a statement and said, you know, we tell people to take a break with a Kit Kat, but someone really took on a made a break. Oh, I get it. Yeah, yeah. We made a break with all our Kit Kats. 400,000 Kit Kats. Where are they storing these? That's fishy. That's insane. I mean, I if I ever go to Europe or if people ask me if I want something, I'm like, can you bring me back like two or three like mini packs? And that's plenty.

SPEAKER_03 12:23

What are they gonna sell them on the chocolate market? The dark chocolate market. Yes!

SPEAKER_02 12:31

Oh gosh. We should do a podcast. We should. I don't know what their plans are. Are they gonna give you the kids selling candy? They're like, it's for my baseball team. Some 13-year-old kid was like, we're gonna sell all these Kit Kats. Yeah, that's a silly thing. And they even said in the article, they're like, you know, every single one of those bars is barcoded, a unique barcode. So if you ring it up, it's gonna be marked. Stolen. Stolen. Because we know the barcodes that they took. So, anyways, I hope they find their KitKats. I hope they get them back. Or maybe they don't want them. I feel like if you recover your stolen Kit Kats, you can't sell those. No, but then at least you can get the crooks. Yeah, you want to get those chocolate crooks.

SPEAKER_05 13:18

I wonder how much space all those Kit Kats take out, and I wonder how uh take up, and I wonder how they transported them.

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SPEAKER_02 13:24

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SPEAKER_03 13:42

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Swimsuit Types Fit And Cover Ups

SPEAKER_02 14:44

I sure will. I'll see you later. And now back to the show. Our topic today is swimsuits. Of course it is. Why would we think it was anything? Why would we think it was calendars? Well, because it was supposed to be calendars. But then we realized our topic after that was going to be swimsuits, and this seemed much more spring break apropos.

SPEAKER_03 15:08

It definitely fits with the theme of spring break. We definitely had this conversation yesterday. I definitely forgot that we had the conversation.

SPEAKER_02 15:16

I am sorry, so let's go. But we both love calendar. I love a calendar more than I love a swimsuit, if we're being honest.

SPEAKER_03 15:24

I'd rather be with my calendar than a swimsuit than with your swimsuit.

SPEAKER_04 15:29

Do you opt for a one-piece or a two-piece or a tinkini?

SPEAKER_02 15:35

Where are you at these days? I am not a bikini fan. Okay. It is just too much sunscreen for my body. It's just not worth it. That is like sunburned city. Despite like, oh, I mean that on top of like I would be remarkably uncomfortable with that much of my body. Tottling around. I'm already uncomfortable in a one piece. So with my belly exposed, I would, I would not be comfy cozy. Okay.

SPEAKER_03 16:03

How about you? I go both ways. It kind of depends on what I'm doing. Fair. So it depends on event and where I'm at and who I'm with. And if I'm gonna be in the water with the kids.

SPEAKER_05 16:15

So I have a wide selection because now I feel like you can buy so many reasonably priced swimsuits at Target and mix and match them. So for a one piece, I'll splurge. For some tummy control. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And but for a bikini, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 16:34

I mean, I really need to support on top. The versatility of a tankini, but I know they're kind of nerdy. Aren't they? Oh yeah. But I love that it's like you could if you have to go to the bathroom, that's easy peasy. It is easy peasy. Oh, literally, gross. I'm so sorry. I didn't need to do that. Like for Rose, when she was little, I was like, you've gotta have a two-piece tankini situation because I'm like to peel a wet bathing suit off a child is no bueno. Lots of peeling swimsuits off kids in Arizona. Oh, yes.

SPEAKER_05 17:09

Your swimsuit collection was vast because they'd go through so many.

SPEAKER_02 17:14

Yeah. Every day. At least one. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 17:17

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 17:17

I ordered a cute swimsuit from Amazon, but now I feel like I've had it for two summers and now she's tired. They kind of run their course. But I also have my favorite one-piece swimsuit has a cap sleeve on it. Oh, it does?

unknown 17:32

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 17:35

My shoulders always get burned. Like no matter how much sunstreet. I think just from years of getting burned on my shoulders, now they're just more sensitive. It's just a black swimsuit. It's a black one piece. The back is kind of cut out, which makes me feel because I have a crooked spine and I feel like it's like a picture frame of the most crooked part of my back. But whatever. But it has a cap sleeve that I really love. And then I don't worry about getting burned as much. Okay. I like that. Colorful swimsuit or black swimsuit? What do you usually go for? I typically go black or like a blue. I do have a couple that have flowers on it. I go bright.

SPEAKER_01 18:17

Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 18:18

That probably see, I am uncomfortable in a swimsuit, so I typically am trying to like where I invest a lot of my money is the cover-ups. Oh, yeah. I love a nice pair of cover-up pants. Yes, you do. I think I've worn them before. A pair of my swim pants. One of Alice cousins once. Because I would you like in the summers when we visit them and we go out to Long Island on the beach, I would have a lot of linen pants that I would wear at the beach. Like a flowy linen pants. Yeah, it's like a flowy linen pant, a beach pant. He's like, Why are you always wearing pants at the beach? I was like, it is not worth it to me. Like, I'm gonna get burned. Like I just would rather be in pants and not worry about it. And then later on that day, I saw him and I had missed a spot and I was just like bright red. He was like, Oh, I see what you mean. Now we get it. Does your burn turn to sun? No. Does your burn turn to teen? No, it just really goes like red, pink, white. Oh. Yeah. So it's not even worth it the skin cancers anymore.

SPEAKER_03 19:21

Well, your girls or will Rose, does she prefer a bikini? Does she like a window?

SPEAKER_02 19:25

She was kind of dabbling in them last year and she was like loving the bikini life. But then I think when she realized how much sunscreen was required, she's like this summer, she was because we're going on a trip tomorrow, and she picked out a couple like a couple one pieces, one like tankini. And actually, she's like, maybe I should get one with sleeves in case it's really hot and I have sunburned.

SPEAKER_03 19:49

I was like, Yes. She is your daughter. Yes, my daughter. It's been kind of a slippery slope as my oldest daughter has reached the teenage years. The swimsuits look a little different.

SPEAKER_02 20:01

Are they just small? They're tiny. Oh. Itty bitty. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 20:06

Makes it hard to play, you know, pool games in a very small space. In Marco Polo. Right. But my girls are so hyper-focused on the UV. Oh. Always asking what the UV is. It's a very good thing.

SPEAKER_02 20:18

Unless UV is high, they are all in. That's great. But then that's funny because the UV is only covering their privates. They've got to be worried about they just want to get tan. And they want their hair to get blonder. Oh, see, this is not even an option in our family. Blonde hair or tants. Okay. So because Rose asked me, because I guess is it in the Barbie movie where she's sunning herself? You know, like those old school people would put foil on record albums to try to reflect the sun up on the bottom. Or baby oil? Yeah. Yeah. She was like, could I do that in Florida? I was like, you could use uh, you know, tin foil and a record album. And I'm like, but you're just gonna burn. She's like, no, but I would like to get a tan. Like, she might. No.

SPEAKER_01 21:00

His outlook not good.

SPEAKER_02 21:02

Not look. Oh, wait. What about your boys and rash guards? Oh, it's a rash guard? Like the t-shirt. Oh. No. Not even when they were like, yeah. Just because it kept them protected from the sun. But now Yeah. Rory still likes to wear it. The other boys, I make them wear it to the pool. Oh, like a cover up. Yeah, like yeah. And Aiden's like, can I just wear a t-shirt? I was like, Yeah, as long as you have some sort of shirt.

SPEAKER_05 21:29

It's hard enough for me to get John to even wear a regular shirt around the house, which is a problem.

SPEAKER_04 21:34

I never got that problem with Mike. John Westwell loves himself with a pair of PJ bottoms and topless. Bearing it out. Remember once he drew abs on himself with a Sharpie?

SPEAKER_02 21:49

Oh, he didn't do that before, too. I thought it was hilarious. And I let him and Rory draw all over themselves. They were like three and four. They were really little. And so they were like drawing all Over themselves. And then I for well, Al was in charge of bats, and he came home and he was like, What is this? I was like, rah-rul.

SPEAKER_00 22:08

See you later.

SPEAKER_02 22:09

It was hilarious. It kept him really quiet for a long time. Oh, and they're so white, too. So it was like so hard. Oh my gosh, Nora.

unknown 22:22

Oh.

SPEAKER_05 22:22

Oh, John loves to draw on himself. Oh. Write notes on his hand.

SPEAKER_02 22:26

Oh boy.

SPEAKER_05 22:27

It's bad. I tried to, this has nothing to do with anything. But today is April Fool's Day. So I went into his room and I said, hey, I've got to week we've got to get to school a little early. The principal and your teacher need to have a meeting with you. Oh, your means? Like in you too? I was like, yeah, so we need to get going. He's like, okay. I said, are you concerned? He said, no, I haven't done anything wrong.

SPEAKER_03 22:54

And I said, it's kind of scary when the principal and the teacher want to meet with your mother.

SPEAKER_05 23:01

And he said, look on the good side. Maybe they want to tell me I'm doing really well.

SPEAKER_03 23:06

Oh. So that didn't really work out in my face.

From Wool Bathing Gowns To Bikinis

SPEAKER_02 23:11

And then you're like, oh, April Fools, you're not. It bombed. Oh, that's so great. Oh, we're all over the place. Oh my gosh. But I youth here's the thing though. I would much rather wear a bikini than what women were wearing in like the 1800s. What were they wearing? Oh my gosh. You've never seen a picture of an old swimsuit? Well, not from the 1800s. Well, in the 17th century, it was better. Like the Smithsonian actually has this is Martha Washington's bathing gown. It was just a linen thing, and they put lead weights in the hem so that it wouldn't go up on.

SPEAKER_04 23:52

Could you imagine it being suctioned?

SPEAKER_02 23:54

It would just be so but that was better than, you know, here's this is called this a bathing suit, but it was made of wool. It was cold. And you get cold in there? It would be horrible. And also, I would love to know how many women drown wearing those things. Because they were like, oh, you know, we can't see your body. You have to keep your modesty. But then you were just soaked and heavy. And had lead in your dress. Yes. Yeah. And then it got a little bit better in Victorian times, but they were, you know, it was just wearing these heavy, heavy like swimming costumes. And then finally in the Olympics in 1896, this Australi they let women swim because it was also not really socially acceptable for women to exercise and at all or be in the water, like working out, like swimming and doing laps. But this Australian swimmer was incredible, and she wore a tight-fitted costume, but she was doing an exhibition in England and she came to the to the US too. And they didn't like that you could see her bare legs. So she sewed tights to the bottom, but they were still like, oh my God, we can see too much of this woman too.

SPEAKER_04 25:05

Did you see about how the bikini was named in 1946? No, I did not. Well, that's right after that, isn't it? Because didn't that go to 1945? Yes. So that yeah. Yeah, so in 1946, this French designer created the bikini and he named it after a nuclear bomb test site.

SPEAKER_02 25:22

Oh, bikini atoll. Because yes. I know the nuclear bomb test site. Oh my gosh, you're so smart. Well, because that's also bikini bottom for SpongeBob. They say that's why they're all weird down there because they got like the fallout from the radiation.

SPEAKER_04 25:36

Oh, that's so funny. Yeah, because he hoped that it would have an atomic effect. Oh, hey oh. Yeah. On the bathing suit line, and it sure did. And he also said that it you weren't able to define a bikini as a bikini unless it could fit through a wedding ring. That's how small it had to be. And to be Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 25:56

Is that what your bikinis are? Oh yeah. Really rings? Oh, just kidding. I thought that this one was cute. Then in the 1930s. Like, oh did I jump for it once? Sorry, but that's okay. But there there were some in the history of, you know, swimsuits and bikinis, some of these, it was interesting what I read about bikinis where they were like, well, the belly button has to be covered. Of all things. And I was like, but your ladies are out, but God forbid we see your belly button. But then but look at this man is wearing a very small swimsuit, so what the heck? Might as well let the women wearing swimming. This is a no-top swimsuit.

SPEAKER_03 26:35

I have a hard time with men in speedoes. Speedos? Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 26:40

Because you don't know where to look. Yeah, it's just not a good book. Yeah. Do you? I mean, I none of my immediate family members have one. I could see if you were swimming laps in an Olympics. You were like that the Olympians now wear these speed suits. I think these look really cool. The pants. Oh, I didn't know that. They're like one piece, and they I think they go like below, they either go to their ankles or like to their calf.

unknown 27:10

Oh.

SPEAKER_02 27:11

Look like Orcas. Yeah, I think it's pretty cool. I would almost love to try on one of those bathing suits to see what I'm saying. I have a hard time getting it off. It would just be so swampy. Get it off. My sister made a joke about like girls today and their homecoming dresses. She's like, homecoming dresses today are essentially what our grandmothers wore as swimsuits.

Trends Plus Pool Vs Beach

SPEAKER_04 27:32

She's not wrong. She's correct. So the trends for this season are sporty elegance, which I'm all for.

SPEAKER_02 27:41

Okay. That's great. I actually I did buy a new swimsuit and I really like Is it asymmetrical by any chance? Because that's a good one. Well, all my swimsuits are because my back is crooked. It's black, but then it has, it almost looks like I have a white tank top under it. It's hard to explain. But it's but it's I don't have a white tank top under it. It's all black except it it has like a built-in other second piece, and so it looks like I have a white tank top. So it's like skinny black straps, but then thicker white ones that look like I have a tank top on the table. That's cute. Yeah, they said excited about it. That sounds sporty. Is that sporty? Am I on trend?

SPEAKER_04 28:18

Sporty elegance, asymmetrical cut.

SPEAKER_02 28:20

No one will see it because I will have a cover-up on the entire and high-cut bottoms. Oh no, thank you. Oh, like high-cutt, like so your butt cheeks are out? Or like your hips. I have a problem because I have a very flat bottom. So sometimes I'm like, oh, my suit won't stand. I feel like it rides up. That's a me problem. I should probably do more squats. It's getting too personal.

SPEAKER_04 28:47

Oh high cut.

SPEAKER_02 28:49

Like in the front?

SPEAKER_04 28:50

No, I think just like on the sides. Like a hidecut.

SPEAKER_02 28:54

But is your bum covered?

SPEAKER_04 28:56

Well. Maybe not all. Maybe not at all.

SPEAKER_02 28:59

Maybe it's a little cheeky. It's a little cheeky. I don't know. I do like to get in the pool. You do? I do. I like to be in the pool. Do you go under? Sometimes. Sometimes it feels good. Yeah. No. I don't. I'll dip. Yeah. I like to go in the pool. I used to love to go in with my kids and like play around and stuff, but now I kind of don't know what to do. I get bored. Because then you're in a pool and you're just like, okay. Hanging out in a pool.

unknown 29:28

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 29:28

That's my problem with the beach too. I just, I'm like, now I'm in a swimsuit. I got sand on my bottom. Oh, I do.

SPEAKER_03 29:34

I'm not a beach girl. I am a pool girl.

SPEAKER_02 29:37

So through and through. At this hotel, there is beach access and pool access. If my kids go to the because I'm sharing a hotel room with them, I'm like, everyone's gonna have to really rinse off.

SPEAKER_01 29:47

Yeah, rinse that swimsuit out. In my hotel room. Or in your tub. It's gonna remind me of Daytona. That was disgusting.

SPEAKER_03 29:54

Dayton to Daytona? Yes. What kind of swimsuits do the girls from Daytona wear?

SPEAKER_02 29:59

Well, the Dayton Girls? Yes. Oh, it was a lot of one pieces, a lot of tankinis, couple girls in but then day one and then day two, everyone was sunburned and had t-shirts on. So in Arizona, because there's pools everywhere in college. I will say I never saw one of my friends in a swimsuit until Daytona.

SPEAKER_05 30:19

That's crazy. But yeah. I guess I mean but our apartment complexes were all built around pools.

SPEAKER_02 30:25

So crazy. And then there was a pool at the rec center, and yeah, that was a thing. That's so fun. So different. I wish we could time travel and I could visit you at college. Yes, wouldn't that be fun? Leave your purse at home. I'll bring my swimsuit. Just bring some boots. Some boots and some gym shoes and cargo bait cargo.

SPEAKER_03 30:47

I'd get you a pair of rocket dogs. Ooh. Maybe like a I don't know. Some butt shorts. Oh, did you get some butt shorts?

SPEAKER_04 30:54

It said U of A on the back. Fit right in.

SPEAKER_02 30:59

And a spray tan. And a tank top. A halter towel. Wow. That would be really funny. That would be great. I feel like. I just feel like I would know where to put my bags. I wouldn't have pockets.

SPEAKER_04 31:17

Oh, I'd have a party.

SPEAKER_03 31:19

Oh, okay. Or a Dooney and Burke. Those were kind of big too.

SPEAKER_02 31:22

Oh, I remember those. Yeah, those were.

SPEAKER_03 31:25

Okay, well, since we can't time travel back, should we just until we can time travel?

SPEAKER_02 31:30

Should we jump into highs and lows? Sure. My low is Aiden's elbow. Oh gosh, that's a good thing. I just felt so and he is he is like me and my mom and has a incredible pain tolerance. Oh he died. Which so when he called me on Saturday, I was like, oh, this kid is hurt. I kind of was like, this is more than just I fell down and out. How did you know? Because he sounded like he was in pain and he's not a complainer. Like I have other children, bless you. Excuse me. That if they're like, oh, I fell down. And I'd be like, all right, you good. Like you're fine. But him, he doesn't complain like that. He's pretty tough. So But he's out of pain. Yeah. Unless he overextends it or over bends it, I think it's fine on a day-to-day, but he's just still got to keep it in the sling. But he's been a really good patient. Bless his heart. Well, what's your high?

SPEAKER_05 32:24

Well, what's your low? Oh. Ugh, my low. So it was a self-imposed low because I did this to myself.

SPEAKER_04 32:33

I took the dog to the groomer, dropped her off, and when I picked her up, she definitely looked fresh and clean, but they did not cut enough off. And instead of me saying something like, She looks great. Would you mind trimming a little more? I just said thank you and I paid them. And then I brought home a sweet, fluffy, clean dog who definitely needed a bigger haircut.

SPEAKER_05 32:59

And I'm just frustrated with myself that I didn't speak up.

SPEAKER_02 33:02

But I guess that's what I deserve, right? Oh, shoot. I'm sorry about that. I mean, Wilma looks cute no matter what length her fur is, but I could understand being a little bummed not getting your money's worth. Sorry about that.

SPEAKER_05 33:18

So my high is that on Saturday night we were at a friend's going away party, and then we came home to watch the second half of the cats game, and all six of us were here.

SPEAKER_03 33:29

Oh, and they won, and it was so fun to have everybody home. That's awesome. It was great. That was the highlight of my week.

SPEAKER_01 33:37

Yeah, that's awesome.

SPEAKER_02 33:39

My high is Aiden and Rory and I have found a new show to watch together. What is it? Because we watched who's he, what's it? We watched Stranger Things, which was great, but it was scary and suspenseful and a little stressful. And so Aiden wanted to watch this show called, I think it was actually called Murder Book. And I watched one episode and I was like, dude, I'm out. Even Rory was like, no way.

SPEAKER_03 34:02

Was it too scary?

SPEAKER_02 34:03

It was kind of creepy and it was animated. And Rory's like, the animation stinks. I'm like, I don't like the main character. I was like, could we please watch The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, which is a comedy with Tracy Morgan and Daniel Radcliffe, who played Harry Potter. And they were like, and it's hysterical. Oh, it is. It's a comedy. They love it. And it's a 30-minute episode. So it's really like 20 minutes. What's it called? The Rise and Fall Who? The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins. He plays like a disgraced football player and he's trying to make his comeback. It's so funny. And they love it. And I'm like, look, we can watch a comedy. Yeah. Like, let's Kevin do. He's in bed. Oh. So this is after bed. Yeah. So they Kevin and Rose go to bed and then watch the show. And it's current. Sometimes he'll like come in and out. But and it's current. So I also like that. So we can't binge it. So we watch one episode a week. And that's it. Yeah. Oh, yeah. And that's like funny. And they're like quoting the jokes back. And I like that. That's a great little thing you guys do. Yeah, I like it. It's been nice. So I'm glad we found something, and I'm glad I'm not stressed watching it. Yeah. You really took one for the team.

unknown 35:16

I did.

SPEAKER_02 35:16

Thank you, Nora. You're welcome. Appreciate that.

unknown 35:19

All right.

SPEAKER_02 35:21

Oh, we won't be here next week. We won't.

SPEAKER_04 35:23

And that's not an April Fool's joke. That is for for reels. But it's a good time to get caught up. Yeah, we're taking a spring break, and we hope you use that time to catch up on an episode you may have missed, and that you join us again the following week. Yep. See ya then. Bye.