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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Oh boy boy.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Happy New Year, right 2025, Podcastlandia.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Happy one to all of you.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
I know it's hard to believe we've been around this
long that we've done a couple ofthese now, truly, you know well
, this will be our third NewYear into this, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know it'shard work, guys.
It's hard out here for apodcaster in podcastlandia, you
know.
Since it is the new year, Iwant to shout out our top
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countries, which would be UnitedStates, germany, south Africa
and England, followed closely byScotland.
So good job, guys much loveplanet earth.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Globally renowned I tell stories, that's what they
call us.
Followed closely by Scotland.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
So good job, guys.
Much love.
Planet Earth yes, globallyrenowned.
I tell stories that's what theycall us.
It's amazing.
I never would have expectedsuch a clamor about this little
thing.
Me and Owen do, I don't know.
It's pretty intense.
I don't know what you did onNew Year's Day to make you were,
you know, in good favor withthe new year's gods or the baby
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or the old guy, whatever it maybe.
But uh, one thing I did that Iseen on this list and I figured
we'll just get out of it rightaway.
By the way, we're going to tellyou guys about new year's, uh
superstitions that will bringyou good luck we hope right,
because we're all aboutpositivity over here and uh
things of that nature.
But the one that I did was Iwoke up early, because I wake up
early every day.
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So I didn't I didn't know aboutthis at the time, but yeah, I
woke up early on new year's day.
I was up at about six o'clockin the morning.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
I think that's relatively early so, yeah, that
seems early, especially for bysome people's standards, after
whatever they might be gettinginto on New Year's Eve.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Right, I know, but like you know what, Obviously I
definitely partook in all theseNew Year's celebrations of the
past, okay, when there was a lotof alcohol involved and stuff.
But it's like, if you want tostart the New Year, right, why
would you want to start like,just feeling like total shit?
It sounds like yeah, no.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
It seems like a terrible way.
I did have some alcohol on NewYear's Eve, but I had way more
Mexican food, which is I'll takeMexican food over booze any day
.
Thank you, no, nothing likethat.
And I did make it to midnight.
For the record 45-year-old.
That doesn't happen muchanymore, but people are just
setting off fireworks and Iguess I'm not so old that I went
out there are you damn kidsShut up.
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I was just like oh well, Iguess I'll make it to Midnight,
right?
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Yeah, sounds of freedom, my friend, you know
what I mean.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
With Chinese gunpowder Go Marco.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Yeah, big sense, perfect sense.
Hey, check this out.
I'm just going to get rightinto this.
Well, because the beautifulNicole, her birthday is on New
Year's Eve, and so that's what Iwas up to on the eve of the new
year.
But to be truly lucky, I guess,which I think she's as lucky as
they come.
But the way to go about thisjust guaranteed luck is be born
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on, be burned, don't be burnedon this date.
Be born on January 1st.
Can you tell?
We're out of practice sometimes, guys, when I misspeak and such
, I'm sure.
But yeah, so if you're born onJanuary 1st, you're in good
shape.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Hands down, that just means you're golden, my friend.
So I don't know.
Yeah, one doesn't have much sayin being born on January 1st,
but to those who were, yeah,happy, belated, since this will
probably come out second orthird.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Nonetheless, there's another one.
I'm going to come with somesimple ones and, if you want to,
you know, step in and tell mesome of your, your ones that you
found I'd gladly take that steponly with your right foot,
which, as it says.
It's confusing, but manycultures think that if you step
into the new year with yourright foot leading forward, that
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it's the right way to step intothe new year.
I guess I don't know.
That's literally as crazy asthat is.
I don't see any old folklorearound this right foot thing,
owen.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
I'm not wild about this one.
Apparently, in Puerto Rico, tothrow a bucket of water out your
window is said to bring goodluck.
But like what if it lands onsomeone with a gun?
Like that doesn't sound like itwould Right.
And then also apparentlysprinkling sugar outside your
home, which I was also thinkinglike do they not have ants in
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Puerto Rico?
Like I'm sorry, I just can'tget behind.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Apparently not.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Can't get behind these ones.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Yeah, you know a lot of like stuff, superstitions of
sorts, sprinkling powders.
You know like brick dust islike a way to keep away evil
spirits if you put it in frontof your doorway.
You know like brick dust islike a way to keep away evil
spirits if you put it in frontof your doorway.
You know, I'm just saying Idon't know.
Check this one out.
I know Boogie did this one.
Boogie being the dog ofBoogie's Bodega, located in
Billings Montana on First AvenueNorth, I always forget the
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actual address.
My friend, I'm sorry 18-0-2,first Avenue North.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Thank you, thank you, so 18.02 for 7 or 9.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Thank you, thank you.
So I know Boogie did this one,but take seven laps around the
house.
Just whoo whoo, whoo whoo.
I'm pretty sure he did.
Probably so, yeah, especiallybeing, as you're, a
30,000-step-a-day type of guy.
But apparently you know it saysyou can also run around your
room, which just seems kind offucking lame.
If you're going to do this shit, do it right.
Podcast land.
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Get out there and run aroundthe house seven times, hands in
the air, screaming woo Right.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
And then I saw in Columbia it's considered good
luck at midnight to run aroundthe block as fast as you can
lugging an empty suitcase whichis supposed to bring you at
least one travel adventure inthe upcoming year.
Adventure in the upcoming yearI'm with that.
That's cool.
Seems a little loony, but thespirit of it, totally, totally
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with that.
Also, in Korea, apparently,sipping soup made with meat,
vegetables and rice cakes issaid to be good for the soul.
Oh, really, soul, soul Korea.
Hey, I love Koreans.
I don't think I've had the soup, but again, cake is said to be
good for the soul.
Oh really, ha, soul, soul,korea.
Hey, but uh, I love koreans.
We don't think about the soup,but again, I'm with this one.
Like there's a lot of these,I'm like okay, but uh, I'm a
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positive.
And apparently in haitia, inhaitia, in haiti, vacation
tradition is to have a pumpkinsquash based, uh, soup.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Oh, that's fantastic.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
It's said to be a symbol of liberation from when
the Asians were freed fromFrance Allegedly freed, you know
what I mean?
Right, still, the remnants ofcolonialism are ever-present.
But anyway, yeah, I'm with thesoup on New Year's.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
No, I'm yeah, especially during the cold
weather, my friend.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
When I thought Well, Haiti, I don't think, has much
cold weather.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
I guess not.
But sorry, woof, if you see meright now, that went over my
head.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
Now that went over my head.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Cold Asian winters.
Yeah, that one went right overmy head.
Hey, it's freezing right now inthe PNW.
Even I swear.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
It's cold here, I think it's 19.
Ugh gross.
It's fit for ice fishing, whichis America's hat to the north
of us Montanans, that'stradition, I guess, on New
Year's Day, I think of icefishing.
Wow, listen to Drake and go sitin a frozen shed and have fun.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Yeah, what did they have, molson, I don't know.
Anyway, I had to think aboutthat, hey.
What I thought was kind ofweird, that I didn't totally
agree with initially, was like,don't clean on New Year's day,
and it's like what?
See, yet again it?
To me, this is counterintuitive, because it's like you want.
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You're starting the new yearwith a bad habit, similar to
like waking up all hung over,you know.
So don't clean your house onnew year's day, guys, which
whatever.
But apparently cleaning orsweeping up on new year's day,
uh, also means like's Day, alsomeans you're sweeping away the
good fortune.
And as things have become moremodernized, they apply this to
even don't do your fuckinglaundry, don't do nothing, just
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be lazy on New Year's Day, or,like I went, go ahead.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Sorry, where is that?
Whose philosophy is that?
Speaker 2 (08:23):
I didn't find it doesn't state that one my friend
.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
Okay, because in Puerto Rico it's tradition to
clean every nook and cranny ofyour home.
Oh well, I like To start off on, I guess.
Yeah, so I'm with that PuertoRican one I don't want to be
throwing water on.
I'm kind of thinking thateveryone in Puerto Rico has a
gun, but it'd be my fortune thatif I threw some water out it'd
probably be somebody you know.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Apparently this one's Chinese.
I just did some quick Googlingand that one's Chinese.
No-transcript.
Yeah, I would love to go toPuerto.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Rico.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Yeah, I'm pretty sure felons are okay and you don't
need a passport.
Yeah, so that means I'm goldenright.
So all right, pretty cool man.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
And then did you see what your folks in Denmark, what
one of their traditions is.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
No, I did not.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Enlighten me To smash plates and then go around to,
like your friends and neighbors,to ward off bad spirits, and
smash plates on their doorstepoh, on their doorstep, okay, yes
, not on their head, sorry, yes,okay.
No, that might.
Yeah, I mean that starts anenemy.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Those wacky Danes.
Yeah, I don't know.
Yeah, I don't know aboutDenmark anymore.
My people's, my peopleApparently Pop the Door Open at
Midnight is one in thePhilippines.
So it's like you open all yourdoors and windows and stuff.
It doesn't kind of make senseto me.
Some of these older ones likethis do make sense, whereas it
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just clears out the bad vibeskind of like you know,
especially if it's a colder areayou live in, which I don't know
about the Philippines, if theyever get cold either, but like
I'm assuming not.
But yeah, that's what I'msaying, but regardless to them,
a cool breeze is probably a warmbreeze to us, right?
So like it just kind of likepushes all that bad energy out,
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freshens the house up, and thatmakes sense to me.
Also thought is, is this, someof these traditions like may
come from far older places, andthis comes to me right now,
podcast landia, as I'm doingthis episode with my good friend
owen mcmichael.
Okay, and the reason I say thisis because, unlike like
christmas and a lot of theseother like holidays and
festivals and such, where thetimes have jumped around
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throughout histories, uh, the,the solstice is always the same.
You know what I mean, and sothey're always celebrating
around certain traditions aroundthe same time of year, I would
assume.
So I bet you, if we were reallyto do some deep digging in this
shit, some of these would makesense way, way back, just way
back.
That's just a guess, guys.
Hey, I don't know what the fuckthis is, but it has something
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to do with New Orleans.
Okay, new Orleans, which youknow.
Whatever, here it's, eat KingCake when the clock strikes 12.
I don't know what King Cake isbut we're going to kind of
figure it out.
King Cake is that deliciousdonut-like dessert famous in New
Orleans.
Do you know what this is?
Speaker 1 (11:18):
I just heard of it recently, I think, maybe when
you sent me something about this.
Okay, yeah, I just heard of itrecently, I think, maybe when
you sent me something about this.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Okay yeah, apparently in France.
But, I haven't had it.
Yeah, it's called Galate desRois.
What do you say?
I don't know.
I say it like Spanish because Idon't know French really, so if
I was speaking French andSpanish it would be Galate des
Rois.
But it's not so, I don't know.
And eating it signifies you'resatisfied with the end of the
Christmas season and ready for anew year, my friend.
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And if you're lucky enough,apparently there's a slice
sometimes that may or may nothave a gold coin in it.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Which is also a tradition in Greece and Romania,
to put a coin in to bake kidsespecially sweets.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
I love that.
Apparently, you could also Endup eating A tiny plastic baby In
this New Orleans tradition, newOrleans, so Yikes, yeah, I
don't, that would suck Cause howI eat.
I would like Inhale Said coinerbaby, like you know what I mean
.
That would be terrible.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Galette.
Galette de la what?
What?
That's the king cake.
Sorry, oh, thank you, coinerbaby.
Like you know what I mean, thatwould be terrible.
Galette de Bois what case?
That's the king case?
Sorry, oh, thank you very much.
Did you look it up, galette?
Speaker 2 (12:30):
de Bois, thank you, yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
I was like okay.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
Yeah, you had to do that for our listeners.
Yeah, that's for you people.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Roi would be king R-O-I.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
Oh, really that's crazy.
I think Latin king is Rex,rexum, yep yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
All right educational moments for myself yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
Like one of the first .
The way I know this is whenKing Alfred was trying to unify
England and propose the idea ofEnglish which there is no such
thing as an actual Englishpeople until this point he
started putting out coins thatsaid Angloris Rexum, which
literally meant King of theAngles, and that was one of the
first ones.
Like that, my friend.
That's how I know that.
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Anyway, check this one out, bro.
I know you did this yesterday.
Whip out your red underwear.
If you're hoping 2025 will be aspicy year, uh, make sure to
slip on some red panties beforewhat the fuck so?
Or boxers.
I'm assuming this doesn't haveto only do with women, I don't
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know, but apparently red pantieseverybody on new year's day
supposed to wear them.
This is a common in latinamerica.
Wearing red underwear on newyears is believed to bring
passionate relationships for thenext 12 months.
Uh, it's up to you if anyoneelse gets to know you're wearing
them, I guess.
So there we are.
That's another one, my friend.
There was one that you told methat I was like what the fuck?
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And I didn't look into itbecause I kind of wanted you to
fill me in, but uh, I believethe french word and Spanish word
for it is pan.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
It has to do with that.
Oh, the bread.
I thought it was in Ireland,though, where you smack bread
against the wall to bring goodluck.
As much fun as I make with mypeople's cuisine Scottish, Irish
and English for the most partit's like yeah, I don't, I'd
rather.
I don't know, maybe if it'sstale bread then, but otherwise
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it seems like a waste of bread,Like I'd rather just eat it with
some Kerrygold, Kerrygoldbutter, which I was thinking
about.
Here's the Scottish one,apparently the Isle of man
specifically, but first footingis it's very important who the
first person that walks throughyour door, and I'm thinking
about that.
No one came to the house andlike the shop's more.
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Even though I'm only here threedays a week, it's really more
home to me.
Yeah, because it has boogiestamp and my but, anyway, yeah,
somebody I hadn't I think I'dseen him years ago, maybe at the
old shop and he just just camein and was, yeah, just a really
nice guy Like said he was superexcited to see how different
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this place was than everywhereand I was like, okay, that was
cool.
I was kind of thinking about it.
I was like you know, whoevercomes in, they're going to be
cool.
But I was like all right, thatwas somebody you know.
Yeah, but I was like all right,that was somebody you know.
Yeah, it was a good way tostart the year.
No, it's fantastic.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Yes, it's fantastic.
Speaker 1 (15:27):
Typically they're supposed to bring, apparently
like a gift of shortbread orwhiskey or something.
But I can't expect, you know,some random person who just
happened to pull up like, whoa,they're open on New Year's Like
I should probably bringshortbread and whiskey yeah,
might as well.
Oh, they're open on New Year'sLike I should probably bring
shortbread and whiskey yeah,might as well.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
Did you know?
I just Might as well.
Yeah, you inspired me, myfriend.
In Scotland apparently they callit Hogmanay is the word for the
last day of the year, and Idon't know Seems like it's
relatively Like, they still kindof do that and it comes from
like old Norse traditions orViking comes from like old norse
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traditions or viking, actuallynot norse.
That's kind of you don't wantto say that vikings are
encompassed, kind of denmark,norway, sweden, any of these
peoples up from there, andincluding the, they're probably
their islamic brothers that rodewith them, I'm assuming,
because there was a lot ofdifferent peoples that were
actually vikings, not just abunch of honkies with braids, my
friends, um, that's a realthing.
And also in Scotland, becausewe love our Scottish people.
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Okay, I don't know why, but wedo.
It doesn't even have to do withOwen, okay, it's just how it
works out, I guess.
But baking a black bun.
Black bun is a traditionalScottish cake for celebrating
the New Year, a fruity dessertof shortcrust pastry raisins,
currants, brandy and spices.
Of course there's brandy inthere, okay, with Scotland, and
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not that singer from the 90sguys I'm talking about, like you
know.
Speaker 1 (16:50):
So anyway, nonetheless, here's one I like
in Ecuador, which mom lovesEcuador.
She's been there at least twice.
But burn away your grievances.
So it's tradition to, not onlyfor your own sins, but she's
been there at least twice, Ithink twice.
But burn away your grievances,so it's tradition to, not only
for your own sins, but images ofsinister or evil people, and
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you light them on fire and thenalso all your past, all the bad
stuff you just.
It's called a Los Anos Viejos,which translates to the old
years.
I think I got that right Again.
Here we go Spanish, and thenGalatea.
It's French, but yeah, I couldget with that one.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
Right, no shit, not only carry grievances, but burn
them away.
No, that's fantastic.
There are some traditions likethat.
People will do similar thingswith lanterns during certain
times of the year in differentcultures.
You know those ones like theChinese ones, but they don't
just do it in China, I'massuming, but like where they
kind of burn and it floats inthe sky.
It's very similar thing, whichalso made me think that I should
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look this up for one.
2025, people, is the year of thesnake on the Chinese calendar.
I just looked up and the reasonI found that out is because
when we were reading about theChinese tradition of not
cleaning up, I was like, well,what day does that actually fall
on?
Because the Chinese new year isdifferent.
So, uh, it's supposed to be the29th of January this year.
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So on the 29th of January,don't clean your house, people,
cause I don't know, you know,I'm just saying you know, just
remember that in the next fewweeks that on the 29th you shall
not clean your house, for goodluck, all right, all right, yeah
, I know.
Just I don't know.
Do you have anything that youlike to do on New Year's Day?
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That's lucky to you, oranything like that.
Speaker 1 (18:48):
I mean, honestly, I just really try and have every
day of the week, just enjoy it.
Yeah, it sounds cheesy, butreally it's just sort of like I
don't know.
To be honest, I'm always justkind of relieved when all the
holiday stuff's done with andit's just like we can just go on
with the new.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
Right, well, that seems to be how it is for most
people, man, I mean except forkids, I'm assuming.
Usually, if you have to doanything for the holiday season,
like set it up or do shit likethat, you are very relieved when
it's over with.
Speaker 1 (19:16):
So I agree it just fucks up business stuff
sometimes.
Yeah, it does, meh, like a fewcompanies Just forgot.
They're like, oh sorry, like wedidn't say that it was the
holidays, and it's like Uh, huh,yeah, whatever.
But Anyway, yeah, so you knowme, and the holidays Always,
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ever cheery yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
Well, yeah, yeah, the holiday episodes, yeah, always.
You know, I was thinking I waslike, hey, you know what?
I did wear red underwearyesterday, so I'm in good shape.
I'm trying to think of thethings I may have done.
That is the only thing that Ican think of.
And no, they were not the pantyvariety, they were just boxers.
Okay, owen, you know none ofthat.
Thanks for saying that.
Yeah, I have to clarify thatfor everybody out there.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
So, all that being said, what was your favorite
dish?
You ate at the thing you wentto on New Year's Eve.
My friend, I didn't go.
I ate so much Mexican food thatI just stayed home.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
I took a long nap.
You did, yeah, but I thoughtyou went to some.
Did you eat out or did you havefood at home?
Speaker 1 (20:24):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, but I was going to go to.
It was like a stoner partybasically, and I just wound up
yeah, I didn't eat all day.
And then about 1.30 am I metour friend Galen friend of the
show, I don't know if he'slistening yet, but yeah, and he
owns a dispensary here, growssome of the finest cannabis you
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could ever get your hands on.
But we went and ate.
He's been by this place, I'vebeen to Santiago's here on Grand
Avenue and he lives up in theHeights and he said he'd
actually driven by Santiago'sand we talked about going to
lunch and then I brought it upand he was like okay, you know,
and then my neighbors, eddie andSandra, called and they were
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actually we've gone to the oneon Grand several times, but they
were actually up at the Heightsone and offered to bring me
food when I literally the minutelike it was seriously like less
than a minute after I'm up withG.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
Oh wow.
Speaker 1 (21:23):
But so we went up there and what did?
I had a shredded chicken andbean and rice, burrito beans and
rice, on the side, chips andsalsa.
These peppers, which the ladywarned me, were incredibly hot
and seemed to kind of snickerwhen I was like, good, oh, they
weren't very hot for me, butthey're stuffed with shrimp and
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cheese, oh wow.
And then I also had a porkbelly taco.
So I went home and, yeah, I wasgonna head over to the event
about 4 30 and I woke up aboutalmost six and was just like I
don't want to move much rightnow.
It makes sense.
Yeah, so sorry, that was along-winded.
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No, I asked account, but checkout Santiago's people if you're
ever in Billings Montana.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
Yep, there we are Free plugs.
You know that's Seriously,though.
I mean, if something's good,you just say it.
You don't have to pay us moneyNot all the time but.
Speaker 1 (22:30):
Yeah, no, that's great.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
I've heard you talk about that place before too as
well, and it's nice to know thatthere are some good places in
Blings to eat with your friendsand family.
Speaker 1 (22:37):
Indeed, yeah, man, I'm very appreciative for you
and all my family on this NewYear.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
My friend, and you're included in this family portion
, likewise my brother.
Yeah for sure, shout out to alot of our folks out there like
Apocalypse Pit, my big brother,you know.
So that's included in thefamily thing and the home we can
, and I don't know we couldshout out a bunch people,
spooner, some Billings, folkslike.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
Hoover up in Missoula .
Yeah, for sure, dave, ricky, Imean Billings Dave out in well,
in between Livingston and those,yeah, shoot, yeah, we could go
on and on, but we love all ofyou, yeah, for sure, and
appreciate you.
Speaker 2 (23:12):
So let's get it.
It's 2025, people, let's seewhat disaster comes next.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Oh, Jesus, Much love everybody.
Yeah, Much love everybody.
Oh boy boy.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Happy New Year, right 2025, Podcastlandia.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Happy one to all of you.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
I know it's hard to believe we've been around this
long that we've done a couple ofthese now, truly, you know well
, this will be our third NewYear into this, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know it'shard work, guys.
It's hard out here for apodcaster in podcastlandia, you
know.
Since it is the new year, Iwant to shout out our top
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countries, which would be UnitedStates, germany, south Africa
and England, followed closely byScotland.
So good job, guys much loveplanet earth.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Globally renowned I tell stories, that's what they
call us.
Followed closely by Scotland.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
So good job, guys.
Much love.
Planet Earth yes, globallyrenowned.
I tell stories that's what theycall us.
It's amazing.
I never would have expectedsuch a clamor about this little
thing.
Me and Owen do, I don't know.
It's pretty intense.
I don't know what you did onNew Year's Day to make you were,
you know, in good favor withthe new year's gods or the baby
(01:08):
or the old guy, whatever it maybe.
But uh, one thing I did that Iseen on this list and I figured
we'll just get out of it rightaway.
By the way, we're going to tellyou guys about new year's, uh
superstitions that will bringyou good luck we hope right,
because we're all aboutpositivity over here and uh
things of that nature.
But the one that I did was Iwoke up early, because I wake up
early every day.
(01:29):
So I didn't I didn't know aboutthis at the time, but yeah, I
woke up early on new year's day.
I was up at about six o'clockin the morning.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
I think that's relatively early so, yeah, that
seems early, especially for bysome people's standards, after
whatever they might be gettinginto on New Year's Eve.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Right, I know, but like you know what, Obviously I
definitely partook in all theseNew Year's celebrations of the
past, okay, when there was a lotof alcohol involved and stuff.
But it's like, if you want tostart the New Year, right, why
would you want to start like,just feeling like total shit?
It sounds like yeah, no.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
It seems like a terrible way.
I did have some alcohol on NewYear's Eve, but I had way more
Mexican food, which is I'll takeMexican food over booze any day
.
Thank you, no, nothing likethat.
And I did make it to midnight.
For the record 45-year-old.
That doesn't happen muchanymore, but people are just
setting off fireworks and Iguess I'm not so old that I went
out there are you damn kidsShut up.
(02:29):
I was just like oh well, Iguess I'll make it to Midnight,
right?
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Yeah, sounds of freedom, my friend, you know
what I mean.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
With Chinese gunpowder Go Marco.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Yeah, big sense, perfect sense.
Hey, check this out.
I'm just going to get rightinto this.
Well, because the beautifulNicole, her birthday is on New
Year's Eve, and so that's what Iwas up to on the eve of the new
year.
But to be truly lucky, I guess,which I think she's as lucky as
they come.
But the way to go about thisjust guaranteed luck is be born
(03:04):
on, be burned, don't be burnedon this date.
Be born on January 1st.
Can you tell?
We're out of practice sometimes, guys, when I misspeak and such
, I'm sure.
But yeah, so if you're born onJanuary 1st, you're in good
shape.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Hands down, that just means you're golden, my friend.
So I don't know.
Yeah, one doesn't have much sayin being born on January 1st,
but to those who were, yeah,happy, belated, since this will
probably come out second orthird.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Nonetheless, there's another one.
I'm going to come with somesimple ones and, if you want to,
you know, step in and tell mesome of your, your ones that you
found I'd gladly take that steponly with your right foot,
which, as it says.
It's confusing, but manycultures think that if you step
into the new year with yourright foot leading forward, that
(03:54):
it's the right way to step intothe new year.
I guess I don't know.
That's literally as crazy asthat is.
I don't see any old folklorearound this right foot thing,
owen.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
I'm not wild about this one.
Apparently, in Puerto Rico, tothrow a bucket of water out your
window is said to bring goodluck.
But like what if it lands onsomeone with a gun?
Like that doesn't sound like itwould Right.
And then also apparentlysprinkling sugar outside your
home, which I was also thinkinglike do they not have ants in
(04:28):
Puerto Rico?
Like I'm sorry, I just can'tget behind.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Apparently not.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Can't get behind these ones.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Yeah, you know a lot of like stuff, superstitions of
sorts, sprinkling powders.
You know like brick dust islike a way to keep away evil
spirits if you put it in frontof your doorway.
You know like brick dust islike a way to keep away evil
spirits if you put it in frontof your doorway.
You know, I'm just saying Idon't know.
Check this one out.
I know Boogie did this one.
Boogie being the dog ofBoogie's Bodega, located in
Billings Montana on First AvenueNorth, I always forget the
(04:57):
actual address.
My friend, I'm sorry 18-0-2,first Avenue North.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Thank you, thank you, so 18.02 for 7 or 9.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Thank you, thank you.
So I know Boogie did this one,but take seven laps around the
house.
Just whoo whoo, whoo whoo.
I'm pretty sure he did.
Probably so, yeah, especiallybeing, as you're, a
30,000-step-a-day type of guy.
But apparently you know it saysyou can also run around your
room, which just seems kind offucking lame.
If you're going to do this shit, do it right.
Podcast land.
(05:23):
Get out there and run aroundthe house seven times, hands in
the air, screaming woo Right.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
And then I saw in Columbia it's considered good
luck at midnight to run aroundthe block as fast as you can
lugging an empty suitcase whichis supposed to bring you at
least one travel adventure inthe upcoming year.
Adventure in the upcoming yearI'm with that.
That's cool.
Seems a little loony, but thespirit of it, totally, totally
(05:50):
with that.
Also, in Korea, apparently,sipping soup made with meat,
vegetables and rice cakes issaid to be good for the soul.
Oh, really, soul, soul Korea.
Hey, I love Koreans.
I don't think I've had the soup, but again, cake is said to be
good for the soul.
Oh really, ha, soul, soul,korea.
Hey, but uh, I love koreans.
We don't think about the soup,but again, I'm with this one.
Like there's a lot of these,I'm like okay, but uh, I'm a
(06:15):
positive.
And apparently in haitia, inhaitia, in haiti, vacation
tradition is to have a pumpkinsquash based, uh, soup.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Oh, that's fantastic.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
It's said to be a symbol of liberation from when
the Asians were freed fromFrance Allegedly freed, you know
what I mean?
Right, still, the remnants ofcolonialism are ever-present.
But anyway, yeah, I'm with thesoup on New Year's.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
No, I'm yeah, especially during the cold
weather, my friend.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
When I thought Well, Haiti, I don't think, has much
cold weather.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
I guess not.
But sorry, woof, if you see meright now, that went over my
head.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
Now that went over my head.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Cold Asian winters.
Yeah, that one went right overmy head.
Hey, it's freezing right now inthe PNW.
Even I swear.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
It's cold here, I think it's 19.
Ugh gross.
It's fit for ice fishing, whichis America's hat to the north
of us Montanans, that'stradition, I guess, on New
Year's Day, I think of icefishing.
Wow, listen to Drake and go sitin a frozen shed and have fun.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Yeah, what did they have, molson, I don't know.
Anyway, I had to think aboutthat, hey.
What I thought was kind ofweird, that I didn't totally
agree with initially, was like,don't clean on New Year's day,
and it's like what?
See, yet again it?
To me, this is counterintuitive, because it's like you want.
(07:51):
You're starting the new yearwith a bad habit, similar to
like waking up all hung over,you know.
So don't clean your house onnew year's day, guys, which
whatever.
But apparently cleaning orsweeping up on new year's day,
uh, also means like's Day, alsomeans you're sweeping away the
good fortune.
And as things have become moremodernized, they apply this to
even don't do your fuckinglaundry, don't do nothing, just
(08:14):
be lazy on New Year's Day, or,like I went, go ahead.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Sorry, where is that?
Whose philosophy is that?
Speaker 2 (08:23):
I didn't find it doesn't state that one my friend
.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
Okay, because in Puerto Rico it's tradition to
clean every nook and cranny ofyour home.
Oh well, I like To start off on, I guess.
Yeah, so I'm with that PuertoRican one I don't want to be
throwing water on.
I'm kind of thinking thateveryone in Puerto Rico has a
gun, but it'd be my fortune thatif I threw some water out it'd
probably be somebody you know.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Apparently this one's Chinese.
I just did some quick Googlingand that one's Chinese.
No-transcript.
Yeah, I would love to go toPuerto.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Rico.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Yeah, I'm pretty sure felons are okay and you don't
need a passport.
Yeah, so that means I'm goldenright.
So all right, pretty cool man.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
And then did you see what your folks in Denmark, what
one of their traditions is.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
No, I did not.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Enlighten me To smash plates and then go around to,
like your friends and neighbors,to ward off bad spirits, and
smash plates on their doorstepoh, on their doorstep, okay, yes
, not on their head, sorry, yes,okay.
No, that might.
Yeah, I mean that starts anenemy.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Those wacky Danes.
Yeah, I don't know.
Yeah, I don't know aboutDenmark anymore.
My people's, my peopleApparently Pop the Door Open at
Midnight is one in thePhilippines.
So it's like you open all yourdoors and windows and stuff.
It doesn't kind of make senseto me.
Some of these older ones likethis do make sense, whereas it
(09:53):
just clears out the bad vibeskind of like you know,
especially if it's a colder areayou live in, which I don't know
about the Philippines, if theyever get cold either, but like
I'm assuming not.
But yeah, that's what I'msaying, but regardless to them,
a cool breeze is probably a warmbreeze to us, right?
So like it just kind of likepushes all that bad energy out,
(10:16):
freshens the house up, and thatmakes sense to me.
Also thought is, is this, someof these traditions like may
come from far older places, andthis comes to me right now,
podcast landia, as I'm doingthis episode with my good friend
owen mcmichael.
Okay, and the reason I say thisis because, unlike like
christmas and a lot of theseother like holidays and
festivals and such, where thetimes have jumped around
(10:38):
throughout histories, uh, the,the solstice is always the same.
You know what I mean, and sothey're always celebrating
around certain traditions aroundthe same time of year, I would
assume.
So I bet you, if we were reallyto do some deep digging in this
shit, some of these would makesense way, way back, just way
back.
That's just a guess, guys.
Hey, I don't know what the fuckthis is, but it has something
(11:01):
to do with New Orleans.
Okay, new Orleans, which youknow.
Whatever, here it's, eat KingCake when the clock strikes 12.
I don't know what King Cake isbut we're going to kind of
figure it out.
King Cake is that deliciousdonut-like dessert famous in New
Orleans.
Do you know what this is?
Speaker 1 (11:18):
I just heard of it recently, I think, maybe when
you sent me something about this.
Okay, yeah, I just heard of itrecently, I think, maybe when
you sent me something about this.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Okay yeah, apparently in France.
But, I haven't had it.
Yeah, it's called Galate desRois.
What do you say?
I don't know.
I say it like Spanish because Idon't know French really, so if
I was speaking French andSpanish it would be Galate des
Rois.
But it's not so, I don't know.
And eating it signifies you'resatisfied with the end of the
Christmas season and ready for anew year, my friend.
(11:44):
And if you're lucky enough,apparently there's a slice
sometimes that may or may nothave a gold coin in it.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Which is also a tradition in Greece and Romania,
to put a coin in to bake kidsespecially sweets.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
I love that.
Apparently, you could also Endup eating A tiny plastic baby In
this New Orleans tradition, newOrleans, so Yikes, yeah, I
don't, that would suck Cause howI eat.
I would like Inhale Said coinerbaby, like you know what I mean
.
That would be terrible.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Galette.
Galette de la what?
What?
That's the king cake.
Sorry, oh, thank you, coinerbaby.
Like you know what I mean, thatwould be terrible.
Galette de Bois what case?
That's the king case?
Sorry, oh, thank you very much.
Did you look it up, galette?
Speaker 2 (12:30):
de Bois, thank you, yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
I was like okay.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
Yeah, you had to do that for our listeners.
Yeah, that's for you people.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Roi would be king R-O-I.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
Oh, really that's crazy.
I think Latin king is Rex,rexum, yep yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
All right educational moments for myself yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
Like one of the first .
The way I know this is whenKing Alfred was trying to unify
England and propose the idea ofEnglish which there is no such
thing as an actual Englishpeople until this point he
started putting out coins thatsaid Angloris Rexum, which
literally meant King of theAngles, and that was one of the
first ones.
Like that, my friend.
That's how I know that.
(13:12):
Anyway, check this one out, bro.
I know you did this yesterday.
Whip out your red underwear.
If you're hoping 2025 will be aspicy year, uh, make sure to
slip on some red panties beforewhat the fuck so?
Or boxers.
I'm assuming this doesn't haveto only do with women, I don't
(13:34):
know, but apparently red pantieseverybody on new year's day
supposed to wear them.
This is a common in latinamerica.
Wearing red underwear on newyears is believed to bring
passionate relationships for thenext 12 months.
Uh, it's up to you if anyoneelse gets to know you're wearing
them, I guess.
So there we are.
That's another one, my friend.
There was one that you told methat I was like what the fuck?
(13:55):
And I didn't look into itbecause I kind of wanted you to
fill me in, but uh, I believethe french word and Spanish word
for it is pan.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
It has to do with that.
Oh, the bread.
I thought it was in Ireland,though, where you smack bread
against the wall to bring goodluck.
As much fun as I make with mypeople's cuisine Scottish, Irish
and English for the most partit's like yeah, I don't, I'd
rather.
I don't know, maybe if it'sstale bread then, but otherwise
(14:27):
it seems like a waste of bread,Like I'd rather just eat it with
some Kerrygold, Kerrygoldbutter, which I was thinking
about.
Here's the Scottish one,apparently the Isle of man
specifically, but first footingis it's very important who the
first person that walks throughyour door, and I'm thinking
about that.
No one came to the house andlike the shop's more.
(14:48):
Even though I'm only here threedays a week, it's really more
home to me.
Yeah, because it has boogiestamp and my but, anyway, yeah,
somebody I hadn't I think I'dseen him years ago, maybe at the
old shop and he just just camein and was, yeah, just a really
nice guy Like said he was superexcited to see how different
(15:10):
this place was than everywhereand I was like, okay, that was
cool.
I was kind of thinking about it.
I was like you know, whoevercomes in, they're going to be
cool.
But I was like all right, thatwas somebody you know.
Yeah, but I was like all right,that was somebody you know.
Yeah, it was a good way tostart the year.
No, it's fantastic.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Yes, it's fantastic.
Speaker 1 (15:27):
Typically they're supposed to bring, apparently
like a gift of shortbread orwhiskey or something.
But I can't expect, you know,some random person who just
happened to pull up like, whoa,they're open on New Year's Like
I should probably bringshortbread and whiskey yeah,
might as well.
Oh, they're open on New Year'sLike I should probably bring
shortbread and whiskey yeah,might as well.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
Did you know?
I just Might as well.
Yeah, you inspired me, myfriend.
In Scotland apparently they callit Hogmanay is the word for the
last day of the year, and Idon't know Seems like it's
relatively Like, they still kindof do that and it comes from
like old Norse traditions orViking comes from like old norse
(16:05):
traditions or viking, actuallynot norse.
That's kind of you don't wantto say that vikings are
encompassed, kind of denmark,norway, sweden, any of these
peoples up from there, andincluding the, they're probably
their islamic brothers that rodewith them, I'm assuming,
because there was a lot ofdifferent peoples that were
actually vikings, not just abunch of honkies with braids, my
friends, um, that's a realthing.
And also in Scotland, becausewe love our Scottish people.
(16:25):
Okay, I don't know why, but wedo.
It doesn't even have to do withOwen, okay, it's just how it
works out, I guess.
But baking a black bun.
Black bun is a traditionalScottish cake for celebrating
the New Year, a fruity dessertof shortcrust pastry raisins,
currants, brandy and spices.
Of course there's brandy inthere, okay, with Scotland, and
(16:46):
not that singer from the 90sguys I'm talking about, like you
know.
Speaker 1 (16:50):
So anyway, nonetheless, here's one I like
in Ecuador, which mom lovesEcuador.
She's been there at least twice.
But burn away your grievances.
So it's tradition to, not onlyfor your own sins, but she's
been there at least twice, Ithink twice.
But burn away your grievances,so it's tradition to, not only
for your own sins, but images ofsinister or evil people, and
(17:14):
you light them on fire and thenalso all your past, all the bad
stuff you just.
It's called a Los Anos Viejos,which translates to the old
years.
I think I got that right Again.
Here we go Spanish, and thenGalatea.
It's French, but yeah, I couldget with that one.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
Right, no shit, not only carry grievances, but burn
them away.
No, that's fantastic.
There are some traditions likethat.
People will do similar thingswith lanterns during certain
times of the year in differentcultures.
You know those ones like theChinese ones, but they don't
just do it in China, I'massuming, but like where they
kind of burn and it floats inthe sky.
It's very similar thing, whichalso made me think that I should
(17:58):
look this up for one.
2025, people, is the year of thesnake on the Chinese calendar.
I just looked up and the reasonI found that out is because
when we were reading about theChinese tradition of not
cleaning up, I was like, well,what day does that actually fall
on?
Because the Chinese new year isdifferent.
So, uh, it's supposed to be the29th of January this year.
(18:20):
So on the 29th of January,don't clean your house, people,
cause I don't know, you know,I'm just saying you know, just
remember that in the next fewweeks that on the 29th you shall
not clean your house, for goodluck, all right, all right, yeah
, I know.
Just I don't know.
Do you have anything that youlike to do on New Year's Day?
(18:40):
That's lucky to you, oranything like that.
Speaker 1 (18:48):
I mean, honestly, I just really try and have every
day of the week, just enjoy it.
Yeah, it sounds cheesy, butreally it's just sort of like I
don't know.
To be honest, I'm always justkind of relieved when all the
holiday stuff's done with andit's just like we can just go on
with the new.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
Right, well, that seems to be how it is for most
people, man, I mean except forkids, I'm assuming.
Usually, if you have to doanything for the holiday season,
like set it up or do shit likethat, you are very relieved when
it's over with.
Speaker 1 (19:16):
So I agree it just fucks up business stuff
sometimes.
Yeah, it does, meh, like a fewcompanies Just forgot.
They're like, oh sorry, like wedidn't say that it was the
holidays, and it's like Uh, huh,yeah, whatever.
But Anyway, yeah, so you knowme, and the holidays Always,
(19:38):
ever cheery yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
Well, yeah, yeah, the holiday episodes, yeah, always.
You know, I was thinking I waslike, hey, you know what?
I did wear red underwearyesterday, so I'm in good shape.
I'm trying to think of thethings I may have done.
That is the only thing that Ican think of.
And no, they were not the pantyvariety, they were just boxers.
Okay, owen, you know none ofthat.
Thanks for saying that.
Yeah, I have to clarify thatfor everybody out there.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
So, all that being said, what was your favorite
dish?
You ate at the thing you wentto on New Year's Eve.
My friend, I didn't go.
I ate so much Mexican food thatI just stayed home.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
I took a long nap.
You did, yeah, but I thoughtyou went to some.
Did you eat out or did you havefood at home?
Speaker 1 (20:24):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, but I was going to go to.
It was like a stoner partybasically, and I just wound up
yeah, I didn't eat all day.
And then about 1.30 am I metour friend Galen friend of the
show, I don't know if he'slistening yet, but yeah, and he
owns a dispensary here, growssome of the finest cannabis you
(20:47):
could ever get your hands on.
But we went and ate.
He's been by this place, I'vebeen to Santiago's here on Grand
Avenue and he lives up in theHeights and he said he'd
actually driven by Santiago'sand we talked about going to
lunch and then I brought it upand he was like okay, you know,
and then my neighbors, eddie andSandra, called and they were
(21:09):
actually we've gone to the oneon Grand several times, but they
were actually up at the Heightsone and offered to bring me
food when I literally the minutelike it was seriously like less
than a minute after I'm up withG.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
Oh wow.
Speaker 1 (21:23):
But so we went up there and what did?
I had a shredded chicken andbean and rice, burrito beans and
rice, on the side, chips andsalsa.
These peppers, which the ladywarned me, were incredibly hot
and seemed to kind of snickerwhen I was like, good, oh, they
weren't very hot for me, butthey're stuffed with shrimp and
(21:45):
cheese, oh wow.
And then I also had a porkbelly taco.
So I went home and, yeah, I wasgonna head over to the event
about 4 30 and I woke up aboutalmost six and was just like I
don't want to move much rightnow.
It makes sense.
Yeah, so sorry, that was along-winded.
(22:05):
No, I asked account, but checkout Santiago's people if you're
ever in Billings Montana.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
Yep, there we are Free plugs.
You know that's Seriously,though.
I mean, if something's good,you just say it.
You don't have to pay us moneyNot all the time but.
Speaker 1 (22:30):
Yeah, no, that's great.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
I've heard you talk about that place before too as
well, and it's nice to know thatthere are some good places in
Blings to eat with your friendsand family.
Speaker 1 (22:37):
Indeed, yeah, man, I'm very appreciative for you
and all my family on this NewYear.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
My friend, and you're included in this family portion
, likewise my brother.
Yeah for sure, shout out to alot of our folks out there like
Apocalypse Pit, my big brother,you know.
So that's included in thefamily thing and the home we can
, and I don't know we couldshout out a bunch people,
spooner, some Billings, folkslike.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
Hoover up in Missoula .
Yeah, for sure, dave, ricky, Imean Billings Dave out in well,
in between Livingston and those,yeah, shoot, yeah, we could go
on and on, but we love all ofyou, yeah, for sure, and
appreciate you.
Speaker 2 (23:12):
So let's get it.
It's 2025, people, let's seewhat disaster comes next.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Oh, Jesus, Much love everybody.
Yeah, Much love everybody.
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