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Speaker 1 (00:08):
What's up everyone.
Welcome to episode 18 ofJennaPod.
Today is Saturday, may 3rd 2025.
It's gonna be May.
I saw a post earlier that waslike halfway to Halloween shut,
shut up.
Just no one needs that energyright now.
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No one needs it.
Did everyone start theirtraining to become a
professional dancer?
What teams are we trying outfor?
I would choose one that alreadyhas a dome Pro tip if you are
from Fairfield Ohio,specifically the class of 2000,.
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Does anyone know what happenedto Ronnie Swain?
The last time I saw him wasprobably the early 2000s,
partying at Miami University.
Plot twist if you go to oursenior yearbook, his senior
picture isn't there.
Was he real?
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My friends and I need to know.
Anywho, reach out to me if youhave any intel.
Anywho, reach out to me if youhave any intel.
I think my19-year-and-two-month-old cat
has a bit of ye olde dementia orsome type of cognitive issue
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going on.
Twice she has randomly startedscreaming and it's been first
thing in the morning, like 5 am,and I shoot out of bed like the
house is on fire to check onher.
When I get to her she's likewhoa bitch, settle down, I'm
fine and good morning, accordingto a random cat to human age
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calendar I found on almanaccom.
Cinders is like a 92-year-oldlady and I talk to her like
she's one Very loud, very clearwords.
According to USA Today andWikipedia, the oldest domestic
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cat ever recorded was namedCream Puff, who lived to be 38
years old from August 3, 1967 toAugust 6, 2005.
38.
I can't even fathom Littlegremlin skeleton walking around.
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We have some drama on who is theoldest dog to ever live.
According to DogTimecom, theoldest dog that ever lived whose
claim was verified was Blueynot the show an Australian
cattle dog who lived to be 29years old.
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Bluey's record has stood since1939, only being briefly broken
by Bobi, a Raffiro de Alentejo,which is also called a
Portuguese watchdog, or theAlentejo Mastiff, which is crazy
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.
It was a big dog and not theTaco Bell dog.
Bobi was first certified byGuinness World Records to be 31
years old in February of 2023.
However, his record wassuspended in January 2024 due to
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questions about a lack ofevidence.
So Bluey not the show at leasttemporarily regains her
85-year-old record as theworld's oldest dog.
Get it Bluey.
They needed their real IDs forreal verification.
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Next Tuesday I am attending amusical theater dance class
Jersey Boys.
The Musical is coming to theFranklin Theater and my parents
and I are going to see it onMother's Day.
I have seen Jersey Boys down atour big theater downtown, loved
it Phenomenal music so theyadvertised a two-hour Jersey
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Boys style dance class for $10.
We love a deal.
I'll report back on that.
So virtual auditions for thistheater for next year are going
on right now and then in-personauditions.
No, I'm not trying out, butmaybe that is something I could
work towards for next spring.
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I looked at the auditioninformation and it said send
your headshot, need one resume.
Okay, a private YouTube link ofyour audition video.
I mean no clue on how to dothat.
The video can include one16-bar cut of a song in a
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one-minute monologue or twocontrasting one-minute
monologues.
Now, back in my youth, I was adecent singer, not a great
singer.
I was surrounded by many greatsingers.
I'm more of a chorus girl, agirly.
I have never even attempted.
A monologue Sounds terrifying,but I do this, so why not?
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What should my monologue be?
This, so why not?
What should my monologue be?
Suggestions, please.
But do I have an impulse botpiano in my home?
Yes, I grew up playing piano formaybe two to three years legit
lessons.
And then it got hard and I waslike no, my parents did not move
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my piano from Cincinnatibecause it's expensive as hell.
So within the past two yearsI'm like I want a piano, let's
get it, I'll play every day.
Well, I get on the Nextdoor appand there is a free piano.
I'm talking to Nancy, who ownsthis piano and it's only two
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miles from my home.
I call a piano moving companyand they say it will be $277 to
move it.
So this free piano cost me $426.
Then the tuning dude was likewell, this piano was asleep for
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a very, very long time.
Aka, no one played it.
So we got it tuned as best hecould.
It's half a note flat and it'sgoing to take another $500 to
make it super functional.
The action of the piano needsto be taken out, whatever that
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means, and the axles need to belubricated.
So there is no such thing as afree piano.
All I'm saying is that I wantto play my piano and sing along
and give small concerts in myfireplace room while people
drink wine.
When's the last time Iattempted to play this piano?
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When's the last time Iattempted to play this piano?
That's none of your business.
Speaking of drinking, I learnedthis week from another podcast
that Bacardi 151 wasdiscontinued, also known just as
151.
The story from the podcast wasabout a bartender who had an
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older gentleman customer order aBacardi and Coke a rum and Coke
, if you will but the bartenderused 151 instead and an
ambulance had to be calledbecause the man was so
intoxicated he couldn't walk.
When I got to college in Augustof 2000, I hadn't drank much
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alcohol before, but I did notlike the taste of beer.
So someone in the dorm saidhere, take a shot of this.
And I did, and from then on ifwe were going out I would take
three shots of 151.
It tasted like gasoline.
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Bacardi was sold in the UnitedStates and Canada from at least
1963 until 2016, when productionwas discontinued.
It was named for its alcoholconcentration level of 151.
Us proof that is 75.5% alcoholby volume.
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A bottle of Michelob Ultra, thebeer of my mother, is only 4.2%
ABV, aka alcohol by volume.
The Wikipedia page on Bacardi151 is very short, but it does
have a banner called Safety andLawsuits.
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It was highly flammable and thecompany faced at least two
lawsuits from consumers claiminghaving been badly injured by
said flames.
I was 18 years old, ingestingthis into my body and walking to
uptown Oxford, ohio.
I was thriving.
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Then I remembered anotherliquor that still exists to this
day and I'm shocked, and that'sEverclear.
The puking-induced hangovers Ihave from this product make me
shudder with fear.
Everclear has four levels ofalcohol, by volume, ranging from
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60% up to 95%.
If you ever had Everclear, itwas probably in a large rubber
trash bin that has been sittingwith fruit and an array of
mixers probably Hawaiian Punchor Kool-Aid for hours, and you
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would get your red Solo cup andhave the time of your life until
you couldn't remember the timeof your life.
Everclear is also used as ahousehold food-grade cleaner,
disinfectant or stove fuelalcohol, because its fumes and
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odor are less offensive thanisopropyl and rubbing alcohol.
How do I still have insides?
At Miami University, we calledit Jungle Juice.
I've also heard it called HarryBuffalo.
Jungle Juice, according toPunchDrinkcom, was concocted by
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American soldiers in theSouthwest Pacific in the 1940s.
Okay history.
Do the baby college youths ofAmerica still do this?
Or are they just downing theirtrulies and white claws or their
mocktails, electrolytes andskincare?
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Maybe I'll go out this weekendand get some Mad Dog 2020,
orange Jubilee and head downtownto Broadway let's not and say
we did.
And head downtown to Broadwaylet's not and say we did.
I ordered some True Classicactive polos for my husband
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because he was going on a golftrip and didn't have anything to
wear because he hasn't beengolfing in a very long time.
But now True Classic isemailing me daily.
Now I could have ordered theseon Amazon and that's where I
went wrong, but I actually usedan influencer's discount code
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and honestly, with shipping, I'mnot even sure if I saved money,
but I get it.
Companies need to email outdiscounts and fun stuff, but I
am maybe buying these productsonce a year.
I am not buying a productweekly.
I'm not Jeff Bezos.
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So then if I unsubscribe fromthem, I'm not getting any
discounts, so then I have to payfull price when I go back to
order and truly this sounds likea scam.
Does anyone work in theclothing email industry and can
anyone explain this to me?
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Thank you.
I know I have mentioned my dreamman is a 90s Abercrombie guy,
but in 2025, I want my man insome short shorts.
We are talking seven inches andshorter.
That's what she said.
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That's what she said.
No, they aren't booty shorts.
Show some thigh.
Your shorts shouldn't betouching your kneecaps.
Do I wear shorts?
No, that is because I need atan and also as a middle ages
lady, the spider veins arecoming in hot.
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No one prepares you for that,and I'm not looking at my legs
24-7, and then you happen tolook down and you scream and it
looks like a map of rivers andcreeks.
The internet says spider veinsaffect more than 50% of women.
Yeah, um, 50% of the populationis over 40, and, oh, it's more
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common after the age of 80.
No shit.
Well, I'll be wearing muumusaround my assisted living at
that point.
I have already had many friendswho have claimed me as their
assisted living roommate.
So get in line.
We will create havoc, but wewill also make sure we take all
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of our medications.
On Sunday, my mom and someout-of-town family members went
down to Arrington Vineyards inArrington, tennessee, for some
wine and snacks.
Love a winery in any capacity.
Take me to Napa.
I heard you should always havea bottle of Prosecco at your
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home, ready with like meat,cheese and crackers so you can
entertain at any moment.
But how do you not consumethese things while waiting to
entertain?
Is it like a lockedrefrigerator situation.
So we got into the discussion atthe winery of stay-at-home moms
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versus working moms and my momsaid I stayed home with you for
a while.
I had no idea she quit her jobas a property building manager
to stay home with me.
How sweet Her next sentence wasI hated it, excuse me.
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She said.
She lasted six months and wentback to work.
I was like, okay, you hated me.
You said fuck this baby, I'mout of here.
Her previous job begged her tocome back.
So did I suck as a baby?
It sounds like it.
I think I've made up for it,though, things that happened to
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me since the last podcast.
I got a real OG pair of Crocs.
Now I have been to the Crocsstore several times but I had
bought their platform sandals.
But I had bought their platformsandals.
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It's the most comfy shoe ever.
And then I ended up with threepairs of Crocs platform sandals
and they're the only thing Iwore last spring and summer.
Crocs are primarily made from aclosed-cell resin material
called Croslite, I think, cellresin material called cross
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light, I think, which is a typeof foam made from ethylene vinyl
acetate.
Sounds like the ingredientsfrom 151, but they say they are
non-toxic, waterproof andbacteria resistant.
However, the big issue with thefancy dress croc shoes is when
they scuff and scratch.
There's absolutely nothing youcan do.
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Can you run a 5k in them?
Yes, do they look like you rana 5k in them?
Yes, but anyway, I received aDSW gift card for my birthday
and went and got me some goodold, regular Crocs.
There weren't many coloroptions, so I got like a light
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blue gray color and I want towear them everywhere for the
rest of my life.
So I get it.
Everyone that has been wearingCrocs since 2002.
I apologize, I used to callthem fugly, aka fucking ugly,
and you know I am late to thegame, but I am a Croc lifer.
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Now, if Crocs invents a workoutsneaker, watch out.
If Crocs invents a workoutsneaker, watch out.
We got through the third episodeof Season 1 of the Last of Us
on HBO.
It's the episode with NickOfferman, aka Ron Swanson.
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I cried, I cried.
It was so sad but beautifullydone, and that's all I have to
say about that.
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We are approaching Real ID Week.
People.
This is my Super Bowl.
Wednesday, may 7th is the daythis Real ID goes into effect.
At the airport, I have had alot of people talking about this
and asking questions.
The news is saying this is door die as far as TSA.
So catch me for the first timein my life purposely watching
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network news Tuesday night intoWednesday morning.
If you are flying this week,specifically Wednesday and on,
please reach out to me and letme know the vibe.
If anyone gets arrested, pleasefilm it.
I have motivated people to findtheir passports they haven't
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seen in five years.
I promise after next episode Iwill never mention Real ID again
, maybe Lies.
All right, y'all.
That's episode 18.
Thank you for listening andeveryone have a great week.
Thank you for listening andeveryone have a great week
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Laters.