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Hit play on a cozy, candid ride through creative tinkering, 80s nostalgia, and the kind of gratitude that only grows after a hard season. We start in the studio where we stress-test a new workflow, recording in Reaper and Audacity at the same time to chase better sound without risking the show. That practical look at tools and trade-offs opens into a broader conversation about making independent media in a value-for-value world—keeping the feed free, leaning on community, and learning in public.
From there we move to the table—Thanksgiving memories, a second quiet dinner at home, and a cat that insists on a cameo. Music threads it all together. We found WSQK, a Stranger Things–themed internet radio station that spins 80s tracks and sly story nods, and it turned into an all-day soundtrack. The nostalgia isn’t just fun; it’s a mood shaper. That sets up a timely dive into why singing helps your health, pulling from BBC reporting on reduced stress, steadier heart rate, group bonding, and the simple joy of joining in rather than just listening.
We also chew on a science headline: the oldest sequenced RNA from a woolly mammoth calf frozen in Siberian permafrost. It’s a fascinating claim that deserves both curiosity and caution, so we unpack what RNA can reveal, what speculation might overreach, and how to love science without surrendering our questions. The emotional center lands in a personal story of recovery after a 2019 stroke—losing speech, movement, everyday skills—and the slow return of strength through prayer, rehab, family, and time. Gratitude shifts from a holiday word to a lived practice, and that’s the heartbeat carrying us forward.
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Bruce (00:00):
Singing is really good.
Capella (00:08):
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Bruce (00:30):
All right.
Welcome to episode 130 of ourpodcast, The Ugly Quacking Duck.
This is Bruce.
Sunny (00:40):
And I'm Sunny.
Hello, everybody.
All right.
Hello, Sunny.
Good to have you aboard.
Hello, Bruce.
It's good to be aboard.
I'm glad you're here.
Bruce (00:53):
Well, thank you.
I'm glad to be here too.
If it wasn't for me, it wasn'tfor you, we wouldn't have a
podcast.
Sunny (00:59):
Well, that's true.
It's great to be here.
It's kind of cold outside.
Bruce (01:05):
Yeah, it's really cold outside.
It's been uh kind of nasty forthe last several days, and it's
right now 33 degrees on thisTuesday afternoon, and I've
started recording in my homestudio, uh, which is my normal
place, and we're trying to getit all together today, this
(01:28):
afternoon, hopefully.
Now we're not gonna we're notgonna promise we don't have to
stop and finish it up tomorrow,but we'll see.
Sunny (01:38):
Oh yeah.
No promises.
Bruce (01:41):
Thank you for your vote of confidence there, Sunny.
Sunny (01:44):
Well, you know how it is.
I don't want you to get toohappy.
Bruce (01:48):
Um, not sure that's the right word, but okay.
Uh uh, I'll try not to get tooexcited.
How's that?
Sunny (01:56):
Uh that works.
Hey Bruce, what are you doingwith two screens up at the same
time?
They look the same, but theylook different.
Bruce (02:09):
Wow, that's a good explanation.
Okay, so we're trying somethingdifferent today.
I've uh downloaded a new DAWprogram.
It's called Reaper, and I'm notconfident enough in editing to
just throw it in line and startgoing and do my podcasts.
(02:30):
I don't want to do one and thenI'll be able to edit it.
And I definitely don't want todo one and have to redo it when
it didn't work out.
So, what I've got going on,which may not work out, I'm
recording on both of theprograms on my Audacity and on
(02:50):
my DAW uh Reaper.
We're gonna see if I can go inand edit it and you know get it
post-edited and everything so Ican upload it using the Reaper.
Now, if it fails, hopefullyI'll be able to fall back on
Audacity and do that because I'mused to that one.
(03:11):
That's the main thing.
There's a couple uhsimilarities to Audacity that
I'm used to, and then there's alot of differences that I'm not
used to, but it's got a couplethings that Audacity don't, and
it does a couple things thatAudacity don't, and it's
(03:32):
supposed to be a smallerprogram, so Audacity's got
really big, and it hogs a lot ofresources and hard drive space.
If this one's smaller and I canlearn it, I'll probably switch
over to this one.
Anyhow, I've got both of themrunning at the same time to
answer your question, Sunny.
(03:53):
Um, so I can record andhopefully they're recording
right.
They look like they are.
I hope they don't give eachother feedback.
If it records good, then I'llbe able to edit it on one of
them, hopefully, and I'll beable to upload it and we'll have
a good episode.
What do you think about that?
Sunny (04:12):
I think I don't know what to think.
It's almost like you got aplace to fall back on if it
doesn't work, right?
Bruce (04:22):
Exactly.
Yep, I've got that safety netgoing on, and uh like I said, it
looks like I can handle the newReaper, but there's a few ifs
about editing, and I apparentlyit saves everything while you
edit, so if you mess up, you cango back to it.
(04:44):
But I just don't feelcomfortable with with that.
So I've got both programsrunning so I can do at least one
of them.
There you go.
Folks, I hope we didn't boreyou to death with that.
Sunny (04:57):
Oh yeah, you probably did, like you always do, but
while you're talking about that,everybody we're glad you come
aboard, and I hope you come backif this is the first time.
If not, Bruce, take it away.
Bruce (05:14):
All right.
If not, this ain't your firsttime, or is not, speak properly,
then I hope you uh keep comingback, and I appreciate you being
here to begin with.
And uh you'll have to let usknow if you can tell any
difference uh in this uh we'llprobably leave a a little bit of
a hint on our uh details ofthis episode once we get it
(05:38):
done, you know, the definitionand everything of the episode to
let you know which one we endedup with.
But hopefully there won't beany difference in the sound.
If there is, hopefully it'sbetter.
Sunny (05:53):
Yeah, yeah, hopefully it's a lot better.
Bruce (05:57):
Well, that yeah, I'd love that a lot better, but it both
of them are just recording.
So who knows?
I'll tell you more about itafter we get done.
Maybe after we use it quite abit, I can tell you a little bit
more of the details and some ofthe things I like or don't like
about it.
But anyhow, that's what we'redoing, and it's the week after
(06:22):
Thanksgiving.
Sunny (06:23):
Yay!
Bruce (06:24):
Thanksgiving.
I want to do it.
Sunny (06:27):
I want to do it.
Thanksgiving.
Bruce (06:33):
Well, that wasn't quite like what I did, but it's close
enough, Sunny.
Thank you for that.
But I hope everybody had a goodThanksgiving.
Uh it was uh really nice herewhere we did it, and it was just
short-lived because I had to gohome early, go to bed, and I've
had to do this every year, Ithink one year, where I got to
(06:58):
have the next day off, so Ididn't have to go home early.
And usually they play games andeverything, stay up late.
But I had to go home.
And I had to get to bed earlybecause I had to get up earlier
because we opened up earlier atwork.
You know, it was Friday, good,what is that, Black Friday day,
(07:19):
and everybody comes in andspends lots of money.
Sunny (07:23):
Lots of money.
Yeah, that's crazy stuff,Bruce.
Bruce (07:29):
Yeah, it is, it really is.
But anyhow, that's what we did.
And uh, but it was still good.
The food was good, the companywas good, the conversation was
good.
We watched a little bit offootball, which I'm, you know,
I'm I can give or take that.
I like watching sci-fi'sactually during Thanksgiving,
but anyway, that's either hereor there.
(07:50):
Now I hope everybody had a goodThanksgiving.
Uh I hope you're thankful foruh things this year.
It's been a good harvest foreverybody.
I hope uh many things are goodand the blessings are good.
The King, Father, and Creatorhas treated us all good.
We've survived another yearalmost completely through this
(08:14):
year.
Believe it or not, it wentfast.
We've only got this month left,and we'll be in a totally new
year.
So wow.
I can't believe that.
Sunny (08:25):
Oh yeah.
Well wait here around as longas I have, and then you won't
believe it.
Bruce (08:30):
Oh, really?
How long have you been around?
Sunny (08:33):
Uh I'm not saying that was a slip.
Bruce (08:37):
Well, I'd say so, but okay.
You're gonna have to tell meone of these days.
Sunny (08:41):
No, I don't.
Bruce (08:43):
Oh burn.
You know, there's one thingthat I hope I can do very well
on this new program, and I do iton audacity, and it's really
easy, and I like being able todo that, and that's when I
pause, and I really don't pause,I just hit the mute button on
(09:04):
my mic so I can cough or youknow, scratch, or whatever makes
extra noise that you don't wantto hear because you're
listening to the podcast, andthen I hit start over again on
the mic and I turn it back on.
That's a long pause sometimes,and I go in audacity and take it
out.
It just takes a split secondafter I get done.
(09:25):
But uh I don't know if exactlyhow to do that on Reaper, so
we'll see.
It ought to be interesting.
But back to what I was talkingabout.
Thanksgiving was great.
This year's been eh, you know,there's been a lot of trouble
and a lot of good.
And I don't even know what thatwas.
That was a weird sound, but uhI don't know if it picked it up.
(09:49):
I'm getting a lot of noise inthe studio today from the uh
outer limits of the cats and uheverything.
But we're back to Thanksgiving.
Uh a couple days later, we hada um both myself and my wife was
off, and uh our daughter washome, so we had a special extra
(10:12):
Thanksgiving dinner, and uh shefixed she had gotten some
Shannon, my wife, had gottensome turkey breasts at the store
thinking that we was gonna needthem for Thanksgiving we
didn't.
But she fixed one of those andsome mashed potatoes and two or
three other things, and it wasawesome to have a second dinner
(10:35):
like that.
I think the cats are cuttingstuff up in the other room.
Anyhow, it was very nice tohave that uh second dinner.
It was enjoyable, it's good,and we sit down and watch
stranger things.
But I'm gonna have to pause andfind out what's going on out
there.
What was that?
(10:56):
Yeah, it was a cat, that's whatit was.
Sunny (10:59):
I knew it.
She wanted in, didn't she?
Bruce (11:02):
Yep, she wanted in.
Sunny (11:04):
Well, I heard her scratching, but I didn't want to
tell you.
Bruce (11:07):
Well, thanks.
You just waited till she gotlouder, didn't you?
Sunny (11:11):
Oh yeah, it was funny.
Bruce (11:12):
Okay, well, yep.
Excuse the uh noise if youheard that, but uh we had a cat
wanting in the studio and I hadthe door shut, of course.
But hopefully it is quiet downnow.
But anyway, we've back to theuh second dinner.
Um this uh was the week thatStranger Things episode season
(11:34):
five come out, and I think whatthe first three or four
episodes, and uh everybody wasexcited to watch it, so we sat
down and watched it and atedinner.
And I only got to watch seasonor episode one, and I had to get
ready for bed again, but it wasquite interesting.
But listening to one of myother podcasts that I love to
(11:58):
listen to, they talked about aradio station that had um come
about and it played 80s music.
And I thought, well, that'd bekind of cool if it just plays
80s music.
And I heard them say somethingabout strangers things, but I
didn't really catch it, youknow, because I I don't know
what I was doing, I was doingsomething else while I was
listening.
Sunny (12:18):
Oh, that's what you always do with podcasts.
You go do your chores, yoursweeping, dishes, whatever,
exercise, and then you listen tothe podcast at the same time.
Bruce (12:32):
Very true, and that's probably what I was doing.
But anyhow, it they talkedabout that, and I thought, well,
I'll look that up eventually,and I forgot about it, because
this has been a week ago or so.
And uh the other day, daughtercame in with a t-shirt that says
Stranger Things, and it hadWSQK on it, which was the name
(12:57):
of the radio station that I hadput into memory to look up.
And I seen that and I went,wait a minute, I didn't really
catch the the thing because wewatched that one first episode
of the season five, and they wasin a radio station, and I
(13:17):
hadn't caught that was the nameof it.
So anyway, uh they had produceduh Netflix and Global, I think
it's the name of it, wenttogether, put up a internet
radio station called you got it,WSK W SQK, I'll get it right.
(13:42):
Um Squawk, the Squawk, theSquawk, something like that.
Radio show station, and itplays 80s music, which was the
era that Stranger Thingssupposedly occurred in, and it
has hints and side notes andinner storylines about you
(14:06):
guessed it, Stranger Things.
Sunny (14:09):
Oh yeah, that was cool then.
We had listened to it what?
All one day.
Bruce (14:15):
Oh yeah.
I turned it on, hooked it upand on the computer, and then I
hooked it up on the TV so wecould listen to it, and I like
that type of music quite a bit.
It takes me back to the olddays and uh memories and all
that.
I'm not gonna say too much.
Pa I don't want to date myself.
Sunny (14:38):
Too late, old man.
Bruce (14:40):
Hey, watch it.
I could call you old man,except you're not a man.
Sunny (14:45):
Yeah.
You don't know what I am, doya?
Bruce (14:48):
No, no, I don't.
I um so don't worry.
Nah, I'm a nice person.
You just said you're not a man.
Sunny (14:58):
Well, I'm still a nice person.
Bruce (15:02):
Okay.
Oh well, there you go.
We'll leave it at that.
Sunny (15:07):
Yeah, you better leave it alone.
You might find out more thanyou want to.
Bruce (15:13):
Yeah, uh-huh.
Anyhow, if you like the 80smusic, you like Strangers
Things, I dare you to go checkit out.
I think you have to look upGlobal and uh look up WSQK on
their search engine, and you canlisten to it.
You'll have to create an yeah,you'll have to create an
(15:36):
account.
It's pretty good.
I enjoy that music, like Isaid, I enjoy them talking about
the show because the show'spretty neat.
I can tell you I've enjoyedwatching it, and I'm not one of
those uh what do they call it,fanboys, but I enjoy it.
Sunny (15:52):
Fanboy versus a fanboy.
Bruce (15:57):
I am not.
Sunny (15:58):
Oh yeah.
Bruce (16:00):
No, now if you're talking Star Trek, Star Wars, X-Files,
yeah.
Sunny (16:05):
Oh yeah, well, this show's about like those.
Bruce (16:08):
Except for you don't really travel in space.
It's more like X-Files orSupernatural, and I like
supernatural too, than it is uhStar Trek or Star Wars.
Sunny (16:20):
True.
Yeah, I can see thesimilarities.
Bruce (16:24):
Okay, well, there you go, folks.
Um, Stranger Things uh lessonis not very good, but if you
want to hear it, you want tolisten to the music, I dare you
to go search it out and listento it.
Again, that's on the internet.
I think AM Radio actually has aWSQK radio station on the AM
(16:50):
radio.
But this is also, I didn'tmention this, out of the UK.
I don't know if Global's out ofthe UK.
I don't think Netflix is, Ithink it's based in the United
States.
But anyhow, if you're in the USor UK, you can listen to this
station.
I dare you to.
Sunny (17:11):
Hey Bruce, I noticed uh at the beginning of the show,
the episode, that you um gave alittle bitty um what, um
sentence about something, kindof a hint.
I kind of like how you do that.
So tell me what that meant.
Bruce (17:32):
Oh, you meant the thing about singing.
Sunny (17:35):
Oh yeah, that's exactly it is good, but everybody knows
that.
They like listening to it.
Bruce (17:43):
Yeah.
Well, it wasn't about music.
That comment that you wastalking about was specifically
about singing.
I had read an article, here wego, an article.
Sunny (17:55):
Oh, I knew you were gonna bring that in, but go ahead.
Bruce (17:59):
All right, thank you for that vote of confidence there.
Yeah, I read an article and itwas about singing and how that
it could be or is, according totheir studies, actually good for
you.
And this being the time of yearthat, you know, everybody goes
out and sings carols forChristmas and they do it in
(18:22):
groups, and they do a lot ofchoir practicing and stuff this
time of year.
That's what the story wasabout.
And I actually downloaded thearticle's uh location, and I
will put that up in just asecond.
Now, since I have both of mymonitors took up by two
(18:43):
different um DAW programs, I'mhaving a hard time functioning
and and snapping back and forth.
So give me a second.
Now, this article uh is aboutsinging, and it's found in the
on the BBC's website.
So if you want to look it up,and I I tell you to go ahead and
(19:05):
look it up because it's apretty good article, but it's
why singing is surprisingly goodfor your health.
And it like I said, it's anarticle, and it's talking about
how it boosts the brain, itreduces pain, joining others in
song can bring some wide-rangingbenefits.
Sunny (19:29):
Oh, good for you.
Bruce (19:31):
Yeah, that's how I come up with that.
And you don't think I did itmyself.
Sunny (19:36):
Well, I never know what you're coming up with and what
you're dreaming of.
Bruce (19:42):
Well, again, thanks for that vote of confidence, but no,
this is actually an articlethat I read, and they give quite
a bit of examples.
Uh they even had examples whyit's good for your respiratory
system, for The vibrations itputs out supposed to be good for
(20:03):
your heart rate, your bloodpressure.
Uh, in groups, has even foundto boost immune function.
So there's a lot of differentbeliefs and studies in here, uh,
even talking about effectivestress reliever.
That's singing, not justlistening.
Sunny (20:25):
Yeah.
You have to do it.
Bruce (20:28):
Yep.
Do it to it.
Yay.
Okay.
Yeah, it's a good article.
Go back and read it.
Again, it's found on the BBC,and the name of the article is
Why Singing is surprisingly uhWhy Singing is Surprisingly Good
for Your Health.
(20:48):
It's even got a picture of someCarolers singing.
Now it may be a bunch ofbaloney and hogwash, but most
people remember times when theywould get together as their
friends and they just sing anddance to the music and how good
that made them feel.
So if nothing else, that goodemotion is healthy.
(21:12):
So there you go.
Well, while we're on thesubject of news articles, I
found another one here a whileback, and I wanted to bring it
up.
I saved it because it was kindof an interesting read and um
scientific, and I'm not sure howto take it, but the story was
found in Science Alert, and it'sabout uh Yucca Y-U-K-A, Yucca,
(21:38):
Yucca, the woolly mammoth.
And this woolly mammoth wasjust it just gave scientists the
oldest RNA ever sequenced, andthat's what the article's about.
It goes back and talks abouthow this woolly mammoth that
lived and died nearly 40,000years ago, that's the first
(22:03):
pause I had when I startedreading the article.
40,000 years ago, has given usa spectacular scientific first
about the species, and it's theoldest RNA they've been able to
sequence.
So that's what they talkedabout.
(22:24):
The oldest one up until thatpoint was a old 14,300-year-old
wolf puppy.
And then they found this one,and it was found, I believe, in
2010, and they uh dug it up inthe permafrost of Siberia, and
(22:47):
they was able to find a littlebit of the RNA.
They still had to piece ittogether, so the picture's not
exact, if you ask me.
But they was able to piece itthe RNA together to give a
picture of what the animal wasdoing physically before it died.
(23:10):
Now they gave a good example ofwhat the difference between RNA
and DNA in DNA is.
Basically, the DNA is what thegenes are made of and what you
know the body's made of.
The RNA actually is what thegenes are doing just before it
(23:34):
died.
It's a little bit moredetailed, but they say the RNA
does not last very long at all.
So the fact that they foundthis and it's that old, which I
question, that will give them abetter picture of what this
ancient mammoth, and it's acalf, they said, and in later on
in the article they said itdied 39,000 years ago.
(23:59):
So they stretched the length toanother or 1,000 years to make
the story look better purposely,I guess, at the beginning.
So because they said 40,000years ago, nearly.
So they rounded it up so you'dcatch that, which I did.
(24:19):
But they said it lived and died39 years ago, and it was
discovered in the Siberianpermafrost in 2010.
So I was right there.
And they were able to piecethis together and find out, and
I thought was interesting theydiscovered that he uh was
injured by, are you ready forit?
(24:40):
He was attacked by a lion,prehistoric lion, and he was
injured and fled to a mud holewhere he died.
Now, how they discovered allthat by reading the RNA, I'll
never know.
Because uh that sounds like alot of pre-guessing or finding
(25:01):
evidence to fit their theorymore than it does actually
finding a picture that is clear.
But again, that's my opinion.
And that's what they do.
They they form these theoriesand these opinions, and they
make everybody else believe it,and they've really not proven
(25:23):
anything.
But anyway, that's what theirarticle is talking about.
If you want to look it up,discover more, and read more, it
is found again on the ScienceAlert webpage, and the title of
it is Yucca.
I guess that's how you saythat.
Yucca, the whole whole mercy.
Sunny (25:47):
All right, spit it out, Bruce.
You're tongue tied.
Bruce (25:51):
I guess you can say that.
But anyway, Yucca, the woollymammoth, just gave us the oldest
RNA ever sequenced.
That's the title.
Go look it up.
I made it through that.
Sunny (26:05):
No, you didn't.
You just blew it out of thewater, but not in a good way.
You sunk your dat battleship,boom.
Bruce (26:16):
Oh, that would have been a good sound effect if I had a s
a boom and a sinkingbattleship.
I don't.
You guys are lucked out.
Sunny (26:28):
Oh, yeah, they did.
Believe me, guys, you luckedout.
Bruce (26:32):
All right.
Well, anyhow.
Yeah, that was a good article,though.
I went and read the wholething, and uh, I just talked a
little bit about it.
Not saying because I read it Ibelieve all everything's in
there and what they say, butit's good read anyway.
Fantasy sometimes.
I like sci-fi and fantasy.
Sunny (26:53):
Oh, yeah, you do a lot.
Bruce (26:56):
Yeah, a lot.
Sunny (26:58):
Well, why?
Bruce (27:01):
Well, because one thing, it's mostly not true, but it's
got enough truth, the sci-fipart, got enough truth in it
that it makes it tangible, andyou can enjoy it and not get
carried away into garbage about,you know, truth.
Because I really hate watchinghorror movies and stuff like
(27:23):
that that are so truthful aboutlife that it just, you know, you
just makes you sick.
Uh a good point of that is whenI was a young man, uh the
drive-in had the Hills That HaveEyes and Chainsaw Massacre.
(27:44):
Uh double feature.
And me and a buddy went andwatched uh I think it was the
Hills Have Eyes that come outfirst.
But anyway, after watching uhmost of the double feature, I
said, Man, I can't take no moreof this.
It's too much like what's rhappening in real life.
(28:06):
I don't want to be sick.
Let's just leave.
So we did.
Um but there was other movies Iwent and seen to drive in that
wasn't nearly that bad that Ienjoyed.
So it wasn't just movie seekingthat bothered me, it was the
type of movies.
I sure hope these uh recordingsare gonna come out good.
(28:29):
I'd sure hate to try toreproduce this episode from
scratch.
That would not be any funwhatsoever.
So we was talking aboutThanksgiving, and I wanted to
bring that up one more time thisepisode because we talked a lot
about it last episode, but ithas a special place in my memory
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and in my heart because back in2019 in September, uh I lost my
brother, and then in Octoberended up being in the hospital
for heart problems, and ended uphaving a stroke and lost the
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ability to use my whole leftside to think and to speak, and
it didn't look too good for mewhen they uh kicked me out of
the hospital, and I said thatbecause that's the way insurance
does after a certain amount oftime, and um, they was really
worried about me.
In fact, they was worried somuch about me they took me down
(29:34):
into the rehab room and taughtme how to roll around and get
back up by pulling myself upbecause they didn't want
something to happen to me when Igot home.
But that's how bad a shape Iwas in.
Uh, I mean, they didn't expectme to ever be able to walk
again, and they was notexpecting, you know, me to turn
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out as good as I did.
So, with that said, I actuallygot to leave the hospital a week
before Thanksgiving.
So I got to spend Thanksgivingwith my family, and I was really
worried about that.
I was tired of being in thehospital anyway, but being able
to spend the holidays with myfamily was really weighing heavy
(30:18):
on me, and it bothered mebecause I couldn't get out of
there, but it worked out good.
So every year I try to remindmyself of that moment, um, those
few weeks, and how quickly ithappened to me, and it happens
quick, folks.
Don't take nothing for granted.
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One minute I went to sleep andI woke up the next morning, and
they was going to come in andwalk me and get me ready to
leave because my surgery wasover, and it, you know,
everything appeared to be good.
And I think I'd been in therethat extra day, you know,
because that's what they do,give you a day to make sure
(31:00):
you're healed up, and uh thenyou they get you up and get you
walking around and they kick youout.
But when I woke up, I couldn'ttalk, I could hardly think.
Um my left side would not move,and it was it was a mess from
that point on.
Um, it was very uh I'm notgonna go in depth with I don't
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really want sympathy.
However, I do want to spend amoment, be thankful to remind
myself what it was like, and toremind my listeners how great
the creator, the father, thesavior is, because that moment
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happened, I couldn't doanything.
I was at the mercy of thepeople taking care of me, my
family, and the father.
And through his grace, manypeople come in, many people
prayed for me, many miracleshappen, and even though they
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sent me home and was not happyabout it, I'm telling you, the
doctors was very upset, but theyhad to, um, because I couldn't
afford it without the insurance.
They was not happy because ofthe progress was not enough.
I was making progress, butthrough all that, through the
moment I got home, um, I hadgood help and I was able to do
(32:27):
exercises and work my way up togetting better, and it took a
while, and I'm still not 100%and probably won't ever be, but
I'm a lot better.
I'm probably, I tell the doctorI'm probably 95%, but it's
probably more like 90.
Especially when it's coldoutside like it is.
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Mercy, I can't hardly walk.
My uh muscles cramp up and I'min trouble then.
This time of year, I usuallywait to after Thanksgiving to
sit down and realize thatanniversary has passed, and I
made it another year, and thingsare still getting better.
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I'm still getting strong, I'mwalking a little bit better, I'm
moving a little bit better, I'mtalking a whole lot better than
I did before.
And I'm actually able to thank,you know, I couldn't even use
my phone, I couldn't countchange out uh when they come in
and tested me after thathappened.
The simple things like to uhread, and I I think I had
(33:31):
trouble with that.
Maybe they had to read thequestion to me at first, but one
of the questions was, you know,show how to get from blah,
blah, blah, northeast, uh, onthe street.
It was real simple directions.
I couldn't do it.
I just couldn't function wellenough in my mind to put those
(33:52):
two things together.
And same way would change noneof the normal, simple things
like making a text come out onmy phone.
I couldn't even figure out howto work my phone.
I had a simple push-buttonphone like everybody has.
It was a smart phone, but notvery smart, and I couldn't
figure out how to use it.
And I'm not trying to, again,get sympathy from anybody.
(34:17):
I really uh don't like sharingthis.
However, if I don't share it, Ican't give people and God the
blessings for what he's done.
And that's what this point ofthis anniversary is, because I
come from all that, and it couldhave easily went a different
(34:38):
direction.
But through, like I said, goodhands at at the hospital, good
family, and people that came by,friends, uh, my wife's family
and friends, and um members ofthe church and friends, each and
every one of them come by andprayed.
(34:58):
I could I couldn't even praywith them really because I
couldn't think good enough ortalk.
And they'd come in and say, Canwe pray?
And I'd all I could do is yeah,or shake my head because I
couldn't talk well enough orcommunicate well enough to let
them know anything I needed.
But they did it.
And each time I got better,each time I felt better.
(35:21):
Very many, many miracles, andjust the fact that I woke up and
still breathing was a miracle.
So that was in 2019, and thisis 2025, so you can count up how
many years that is, and it'sbeen a blessing.
I've been able to, like I said,continue to grow and get
(35:43):
better.
I actually uh went back to workand then I got laid off and I
moved on to Rural King, whereI'm at now.
And besides the limp, theyprobably have no idea my
history.
So if they're listening tothis, they know now.
But uh I I've gone through acouple years and not really
(36:04):
talked about it on the podcast,but I need to again so I can
give the God the glory for thatmiracle and bring me through
that, and I can show that I'mthankful at this time of year
for that.
So um everybody, you know,likes to say what they're
thankful for or should.
(36:25):
Maybe they don't like to, butmaybe they should.
And I actually read a blogwritten by an elderly guy that
no, it was uh it was the woman,the journalist, um, that wrote
an article about the thing she'sthankful for.
And I read that and was verymoved, and I appreciated
(36:46):
somebody else that did that, soI thought, well, I better do
that this year.
So I'm thankful for all thosethings coming back to me and
being able to grow even at myage, being able to change and
mature in other ways, andstrengthen in other ways, and
(37:08):
for the family and friends andloved ones and the church people
that help me get where I'm at,and above all, for the Creator,
Father, Savior, and Holy Spiritthat I have around me and in me
that has gave me thisopportunity to continue to grow.
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And one of the things that Ialways wanted to do was somehow
be a radio station, or I evenstarted a pirate radio station
there for a while.
I did an internet radiostation, but when I found out
how easy it was to do a podcast,I started contemplating that
because that's very similar tohaving a a radio station, with
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the exception you can't playmusic.
Or I guess you could if youwanted to pay royalties and
stuff, and that would just drainevery drop of money I have.
So, nope, we're not doing that.
Every now and then we'll find asong that we like that the
newcomer has put out that we canshare, and uh I do that
(38:15):
occasionally, but I don't do itmuch because Spotify and Apple
II sometimes will kick you offor kick that episode off for
sure because of the music.
And Spotify is really bad.
They don't care if you own it,they don't want anybody's music
being played except theirs.
So they will boot you outpretty quick.
(38:39):
So to keep me uh free of allthat, I kind of limit what I do.
And anyway, I'm ratting andraven, not really talking about
what I had anticipated.
But I'm thankful, and this isit made it through another year,
another Thanksgiving season,was with my family.
(38:59):
Part of them, most of them areout in other states and away
from the ham home, and I don'tget to see them very often, but
I'm thankful for them and mychildren, grandchildren, and
yes, great grandchildren.
Don't hold that against me.
I have some.
Sunny (39:15):
Oh, you are a great, great grandpa, right?
Bruce (39:22):
No, just great.
No?
Yeah, just great.
Sunny (39:26):
All right.
I won't make you any older thanyou really are.
Bruce (39:30):
Well, thank you.
I appreciate that.
You're such a nice person.
Sunny (39:36):
Well, I'm not really a person.
Bruce (39:39):
Quit that.
One day you are, one day youaren't.
Sunny (39:42):
Oh, you poor thing.
Bruce (39:44):
Okay.
Well, anyway, thank you forlistening to me, guys, and being
part of that.
And again, I am very thankful.
And you probably didn't knowany of that about me, and I hope
you don't remember it.
Forget it.
Next year I'll tell you again.
Sunny (40:00):
Oh no, not next year.
Bruce (40:08):
Oh yeah.
Next year.
Does that mean we're gonna keepdoing this?
I think we're gonna try to keepdoing it as long as I'm
allowed, as long as I havestrength, as long as I have
listeners.
That's important, you know.
Sunny (40:23):
All right.
I want to do it forever andever and ever.
Bruce (40:27):
Well, unfortunately, we probably won't make it that
long.
Sunny (40:30):
Well, you might not.
Bruce (40:33):
Alright, well, any Oh, I don't even want to think about
that.
Anyway, yeah.
As long as I've got people outthere that's willing to listen
to me, I'm gonna keep doing it.
And I hope you'll take part andbe part of the show by
participating in the questionsand stuff we have from time to
(40:54):
time.
Give me comments, yeah, emailme, you know, stuff like that.
Sunny (40:59):
Yeah, participate, yeah.
We like that.
That way we know you're outthere, we know you're listening,
and we know you're breathing.
Bruce (41:10):
Oh, yeah, that's important.
Breathing's pretty important.
Sunny (41:14):
All right, Bruce.
That was a good story.
I'm glad you shared and uhshowed everybody you're human
and you've been through junktoo.
Bruce (41:24):
Well, uh I just want to say thank you um to the people
involved, and thank you toagain, my father, my savior, and
the Holy Spirit, the creator ofall, um, for bringing me
through that.
So that's the whole purpose ofthat, and I'm glad I was able to
bring my listeners, the podcastpeople through that with me.
(41:50):
And uh yeah, I haven't said itin a long time.
Help has always been nice, andI appreciate that.
And from the flock, if you'relistening out there, come on
down and let's fly together,okay?
Let me know.
I've checked my email uh rightbefore I said this to make sure
(42:13):
no latecomers have come, butI've asked you to comment on my
last show.
Still no comments, and youknow, you may listen to it a
month from now and comment then,and I'll be able to look it up
and I can bring it out on theepisode following that.
If you want to leave us amessage, it's uh the
(42:36):
uglyquacking duck at gmail.com.
If you want to go to thewebsite, the uglyquacking
duck.com, and you can uh look upstuff there, and you can leave
us a voicemail on the contactpage.
Uh that's a pretty neat thing,man.
If you got a phone with a mic,which everybody does nowadays,
(42:57):
you can actually leave me amessage there, and we can uh
play it on the next episode ifyou want us to.
If you don't, you better tellme, and uh I can answer it there
too.
So that's it's a pretty neatthing.
We don't ever talk about itvery much.
We've done it a few times, butthere's several different ways
to get a hold of us.
(43:17):
And if you have a newer 2.0podcast player, there's a
description on there that uh wehave automatically put on our
episodes.
Right at the beginning, it saysclick here, and you or it lets
you click or however it works,and you can text us.
(43:40):
So it's a quick way to get atext to us so we can comment on
it.
So what I'm telling you isthere's many different ways that
you can be part of this show,and I'd really like it if you
did.
If you talk to us, send usartwork, you know, help us with
comments or questions or subjectmatter, be great.
(44:05):
It really would.
But I hope you all enjoyedThanksgiving, and this is
December, so this is a reallybusy month with Christmas going
around and everybody preparingfor New Year's, which is less
than a month now because this isthe third, and it's gonna hit.
It's coming around, and it'sfast.
(44:27):
I mean, this year has beenfast.
And I hope it slows downbecause guys, it's coming quick,
and uh, I don't like that.
I like to enjoy a little bit ofyou know the simple things.
Anyway, I'll shut up, quittalking, and I'll let you guys
get on with uh other podcasts orTV shows, whatever you do when
(44:50):
you're not listening to this.
Sunny (44:52):
Well, I hope they listen more, come back and listen more.
Cheers.
Oh, never mind, we got Capella.
Yeah, the AI that can tell youall about it.
Bruce (45:07):
That's right.
So we're gonna say bye rightafter Capella tells you what is
going on in life and what we'regood for.
Capella (45:15):
There are many ways you can show your support for the
Uggy Quacking Duck Podcast.
First, simply keep us in yourthoughts and prayers, and maybe
send good vibes too.
Second, spread the word.
Tell your friends about us,even the ones with questionable
taste in podcasts.
Third, share your talents.
If you have skills intechnology, art, or anything
else that could help us, we'dlove to hear from you.
(45:38):
And finally, considersupporting us financially.
Equipment, hosting, and websitecosts add up, and any
contribution is greatlyappreciated.
We promise not to spend it allon rubber duckies, unless you
want us to.
Thank you for your support.
Sunny (45:53):
Alright, that was cool.
I really like it, AI voice.
Bruce (45:58):
Well, I do too.
I that's why I kept it in.
I may go back and change it oneday and re-record uh the intro
and the value for value, butright now I think it's working
good, and I don't I I reallylike it.
Sunny (46:12):
Yeah, you did a good job that time.
Bruce (46:15):
Well, thank you.
I appreciate that.
Sunny (46:18):
Well, you're welcome.
Bruce (46:20):
Okay.
Let's say goodbye.
You want to?
Sunny (46:23):
Yeah, let's say goodbye.
Bruce (46:24):
All right, we're gonna say goodbye, folks.
I appreciate it once again.
Come back, be part of the show,and above all, tell your
friends about it because that'show we grow, okay?
This is Bruce.
This is Sunny.
And we hope you uh have a goodweek and a good weekend and come
(46:46):
back.
Sunny (46:46):
Yep, that's a good thing.
Bruce (46:48):
May the Father's blessing and love go with you.
73, everybody.
Bye.
Bye.
Singing is really good.
Capella (00:08):
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Or at least that's what somepeople say.
We prefer to think of ourselvesas charmingly rough around the
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Bruce (00:30):
All right.
Welcome to episode 130 of ourpodcast, The Ugly Quacking Duck.
This is Bruce.
Sunny (00:40):
And I'm Sunny.
Hello, everybody.
All right.
Hello, Sunny.
Good to have you aboard.
Hello, Bruce.
It's good to be aboard.
I'm glad you're here.
Bruce (00:53):
Well, thank you.
I'm glad to be here too.
If it wasn't for me, it wasn'tfor you, we wouldn't have a
podcast.
Sunny (00:59):
Well, that's true.
It's great to be here.
It's kind of cold outside.
Bruce (01:05):
Yeah, it's really cold outside.
It's been uh kind of nasty forthe last several days, and it's
right now 33 degrees on thisTuesday afternoon, and I've
started recording in my homestudio, uh, which is my normal
place, and we're trying to getit all together today, this
(01:28):
afternoon, hopefully.
Now we're not gonna we're notgonna promise we don't have to
stop and finish it up tomorrow,but we'll see.
Sunny (01:38):
Oh yeah.
No promises.
Bruce (01:41):
Thank you for your vote of confidence there, Sunny.
Sunny (01:44):
Well, you know how it is.
I don't want you to get toohappy.
Bruce (01:48):
Um, not sure that's the right word, but okay.
Uh uh, I'll try not to get tooexcited.
How's that?
Sunny (01:56):
Uh that works.
Hey Bruce, what are you doingwith two screens up at the same
time?
They look the same, but theylook different.
Bruce (02:09):
Wow, that's a good explanation.
Okay, so we're trying somethingdifferent today.
I've uh downloaded a new DAWprogram.
It's called Reaper, and I'm notconfident enough in editing to
just throw it in line and startgoing and do my podcasts.
(02:30):
I don't want to do one and thenI'll be able to edit it.
And I definitely don't want todo one and have to redo it when
it didn't work out.
So, what I've got going on,which may not work out, I'm
recording on both of theprograms on my Audacity and on
(02:50):
my DAW uh Reaper.
We're gonna see if I can go inand edit it and you know get it
post-edited and everything so Ican upload it using the Reaper.
Now, if it fails, hopefullyI'll be able to fall back on
Audacity and do that because I'mused to that one.
(03:11):
That's the main thing.
There's a couple uhsimilarities to Audacity that
I'm used to, and then there's alot of differences that I'm not
used to, but it's got a couplethings that Audacity don't, and
it does a couple things thatAudacity don't, and it's
(03:32):
supposed to be a smallerprogram, so Audacity's got
really big, and it hogs a lot ofresources and hard drive space.
If this one's smaller and I canlearn it, I'll probably switch
over to this one.
Anyhow, I've got both of themrunning at the same time to
answer your question, Sunny.
(03:53):
Um, so I can record andhopefully they're recording
right.
They look like they are.
I hope they don't give eachother feedback.
If it records good, then I'llbe able to edit it on one of
them, hopefully, and I'll beable to upload it and we'll have
a good episode.
What do you think about that?
Sunny (04:12):
I think I don't know what to think.
It's almost like you got aplace to fall back on if it
doesn't work, right?
Bruce (04:22):
Exactly.
Yep, I've got that safety netgoing on, and uh like I said, it
looks like I can handle the newReaper, but there's a few ifs
about editing, and I apparentlyit saves everything while you
edit, so if you mess up, you cango back to it.
(04:44):
But I just don't feelcomfortable with with that.
So I've got both programsrunning so I can do at least one
of them.
There you go.
Folks, I hope we didn't boreyou to death with that.
Sunny (04:57):
Oh yeah, you probably did, like you always do, but
while you're talking about that,everybody we're glad you come
aboard, and I hope you come backif this is the first time.
If not, Bruce, take it away.
Bruce (05:14):
All right.
If not, this ain't your firsttime, or is not, speak properly,
then I hope you uh keep comingback, and I appreciate you being
here to begin with.
And uh you'll have to let usknow if you can tell any
difference uh in this uh we'llprobably leave a a little bit of
a hint on our uh details ofthis episode once we get it
(05:38):
done, you know, the definitionand everything of the episode to
let you know which one we endedup with.
But hopefully there won't beany difference in the sound.
If there is, hopefully it'sbetter.
Sunny (05:53):
Yeah, yeah, hopefully it's a lot better.
Bruce (05:57):
Well, that yeah, I'd love that a lot better, but it both
of them are just recording.
So who knows?
I'll tell you more about itafter we get done.
Maybe after we use it quite abit, I can tell you a little bit
more of the details and some ofthe things I like or don't like
about it.
But anyhow, that's what we'redoing, and it's the week after
(06:22):
Thanksgiving.
Sunny (06:23):
Yay!
Bruce (06:24):
Thanksgiving.
I want to do it.
Sunny (06:27):
I want to do it.
Thanksgiving.
Bruce (06:33):
Well, that wasn't quite like what I did, but it's close
enough, Sunny.
Thank you for that.
But I hope everybody had a goodThanksgiving.
Uh it was uh really nice herewhere we did it, and it was just
short-lived because I had to gohome early, go to bed, and I've
had to do this every year, Ithink one year, where I got to
(06:58):
have the next day off, so Ididn't have to go home early.
And usually they play games andeverything, stay up late.
But I had to go home.
And I had to get to bed earlybecause I had to get up earlier
because we opened up earlier atwork.
You know, it was Friday, good,what is that, Black Friday day,
(07:19):
and everybody comes in andspends lots of money.
Sunny (07:23):
Lots of money.
Yeah, that's crazy stuff,Bruce.
Bruce (07:29):
Yeah, it is, it really is.
But anyhow, that's what we did.
And uh, but it was still good.
The food was good, the companywas good, the conversation was
good.
We watched a little bit offootball, which I'm, you know,
I'm I can give or take that.
I like watching sci-fi'sactually during Thanksgiving,
but anyway, that's either hereor there.
(07:50):
Now I hope everybody had a goodThanksgiving.
Uh I hope you're thankful foruh things this year.
It's been a good harvest foreverybody.
I hope uh many things are goodand the blessings are good.
The King, Father, and Creatorhas treated us all good.
We've survived another yearalmost completely through this
(08:14):
year.
Believe it or not, it wentfast.
We've only got this month left,and we'll be in a totally new
year.
So wow.
I can't believe that.
Sunny (08:25):
Oh yeah.
Well wait here around as longas I have, and then you won't
believe it.
Bruce (08:30):
Oh, really?
How long have you been around?
Sunny (08:33):
Uh I'm not saying that was a slip.
Bruce (08:37):
Well, I'd say so, but okay.
You're gonna have to tell meone of these days.
Sunny (08:41):
No, I don't.
Bruce (08:43):
Oh burn.
You know, there's one thingthat I hope I can do very well
on this new program, and I do iton audacity, and it's really
easy, and I like being able todo that, and that's when I
pause, and I really don't pause,I just hit the mute button on
(09:04):
my mic so I can cough or youknow, scratch, or whatever makes
extra noise that you don't wantto hear because you're
listening to the podcast, andthen I hit start over again on
the mic and I turn it back on.
That's a long pause sometimes,and I go in audacity and take it
out.
It just takes a split secondafter I get done.
(09:25):
But uh I don't know if exactlyhow to do that on Reaper, so
we'll see.
It ought to be interesting.
But back to what I was talkingabout.
Thanksgiving was great.
This year's been eh, you know,there's been a lot of trouble
and a lot of good.
And I don't even know what thatwas.
That was a weird sound, but uhI don't know if it picked it up.
(09:49):
I'm getting a lot of noise inthe studio today from the uh
outer limits of the cats and uheverything.
But we're back to Thanksgiving.
Uh a couple days later, we hada um both myself and my wife was
off, and uh our daughter washome, so we had a special extra
(10:12):
Thanksgiving dinner, and uh shefixed she had gotten some
Shannon, my wife, had gottensome turkey breasts at the store
thinking that we was gonna needthem for Thanksgiving we
didn't.
But she fixed one of those andsome mashed potatoes and two or
three other things, and it wasawesome to have a second dinner
(10:35):
like that.
I think the cats are cuttingstuff up in the other room.
Anyhow, it was very nice tohave that uh second dinner.
It was enjoyable, it's good,and we sit down and watch
stranger things.
But I'm gonna have to pause andfind out what's going on out
there.
What was that?
(10:56):
Yeah, it was a cat, that's whatit was.
Sunny (10:59):
I knew it.
She wanted in, didn't she?
Bruce (11:02):
Yep, she wanted in.
Sunny (11:04):
Well, I heard her scratching, but I didn't want to
tell you.
Bruce (11:07):
Well, thanks.
You just waited till she gotlouder, didn't you?
Sunny (11:11):
Oh yeah, it was funny.
Bruce (11:12):
Okay, well, yep.
Excuse the uh noise if youheard that, but uh we had a cat
wanting in the studio and I hadthe door shut, of course.
But hopefully it is quiet downnow.
But anyway, we've back to theuh second dinner.
Um this uh was the week thatStranger Things episode season
(11:34):
five come out, and I think whatthe first three or four
episodes, and uh everybody wasexcited to watch it, so we sat
down and watched it and atedinner.
And I only got to watch seasonor episode one, and I had to get
ready for bed again, but it wasquite interesting.
But listening to one of myother podcasts that I love to
(11:58):
listen to, they talked about aradio station that had um come
about and it played 80s music.
And I thought, well, that'd bekind of cool if it just plays
80s music.
And I heard them say somethingabout strangers things, but I
didn't really catch it, youknow, because I I don't know
what I was doing, I was doingsomething else while I was
listening.
Sunny (12:18):
Oh, that's what you always do with podcasts.
You go do your chores, yoursweeping, dishes, whatever,
exercise, and then you listen tothe podcast at the same time.
Bruce (12:32):
Very true, and that's probably what I was doing.
But anyhow, it they talkedabout that, and I thought, well,
I'll look that up eventually,and I forgot about it, because
this has been a week ago or so.
And uh the other day, daughtercame in with a t-shirt that says
Stranger Things, and it hadWSQK on it, which was the name
(12:57):
of the radio station that I hadput into memory to look up.
And I seen that and I went,wait a minute, I didn't really
catch the the thing because wewatched that one first episode
of the season five, and they wasin a radio station, and I
(13:17):
hadn't caught that was the nameof it.
So anyway, uh they had produceduh Netflix and Global, I think
it's the name of it, wenttogether, put up a internet
radio station called you got it,WSK W SQK, I'll get it right.
(13:42):
Um Squawk, the Squawk, theSquawk, something like that.
Radio show station, and itplays 80s music, which was the
era that Stranger Thingssupposedly occurred in, and it
has hints and side notes andinner storylines about you
(14:06):
guessed it, Stranger Things.
Sunny (14:09):
Oh yeah, that was cool then.
We had listened to it what?
All one day.
Bruce (14:15):
Oh yeah.
I turned it on, hooked it upand on the computer, and then I
hooked it up on the TV so wecould listen to it, and I like
that type of music quite a bit.
It takes me back to the olddays and uh memories and all
that.
I'm not gonna say too much.
Pa I don't want to date myself.
Sunny (14:38):
Too late, old man.
Bruce (14:40):
Hey, watch it.
I could call you old man,except you're not a man.
Sunny (14:45):
Yeah.
You don't know what I am, doya?
Bruce (14:48):
No, no, I don't.
I um so don't worry.
Nah, I'm a nice person.
You just said you're not a man.
Sunny (14:58):
Well, I'm still a nice person.
Bruce (15:02):
Okay.
Oh well, there you go.
We'll leave it at that.
Sunny (15:07):
Yeah, you better leave it alone.
You might find out more thanyou want to.
Bruce (15:13):
Yeah, uh-huh.
Anyhow, if you like the 80smusic, you like Strangers
Things, I dare you to go checkit out.
I think you have to look upGlobal and uh look up WSQK on
their search engine, and you canlisten to it.
You'll have to create an yeah,you'll have to create an
(15:36):
account.
It's pretty good.
I enjoy that music, like Isaid, I enjoy them talking about
the show because the show'spretty neat.
I can tell you I've enjoyedwatching it, and I'm not one of
those uh what do they call it,fanboys, but I enjoy it.
Sunny (15:52):
Fanboy versus a fanboy.
Bruce (15:57):
I am not.
Sunny (15:58):
Oh yeah.
Bruce (16:00):
No, now if you're talking Star Trek, Star Wars, X-Files,
yeah.
Sunny (16:05):
Oh yeah, well, this show's about like those.
Bruce (16:08):
Except for you don't really travel in space.
It's more like X-Files orSupernatural, and I like
supernatural too, than it is uhStar Trek or Star Wars.
Sunny (16:20):
True.
Yeah, I can see thesimilarities.
Bruce (16:24):
Okay, well, there you go, folks.
Um, Stranger Things uh lessonis not very good, but if you
want to hear it, you want tolisten to the music, I dare you
to go search it out and listento it.
Again, that's on the internet.
I think AM Radio actually has aWSQK radio station on the AM
(16:50):
radio.
But this is also, I didn'tmention this, out of the UK.
I don't know if Global's out ofthe UK.
I don't think Netflix is, Ithink it's based in the United
States.
But anyhow, if you're in the USor UK, you can listen to this
station.
I dare you to.
Sunny (17:11):
Hey Bruce, I noticed uh at the beginning of the show,
the episode, that you um gave alittle bitty um what, um
sentence about something, kindof a hint.
I kind of like how you do that.
So tell me what that meant.
Bruce (17:32):
Oh, you meant the thing about singing.
Sunny (17:35):
Oh yeah, that's exactly it is good, but everybody knows
that.
They like listening to it.
Bruce (17:43):
Yeah.
Well, it wasn't about music.
That comment that you wastalking about was specifically
about singing.
I had read an article, here wego, an article.
Sunny (17:55):
Oh, I knew you were gonna bring that in, but go ahead.
Bruce (17:59):
All right, thank you for that vote of confidence there.
Yeah, I read an article and itwas about singing and how that
it could be or is, according totheir studies, actually good for
you.
And this being the time of yearthat, you know, everybody goes
out and sings carols forChristmas and they do it in
(18:22):
groups, and they do a lot ofchoir practicing and stuff this
time of year.
That's what the story wasabout.
And I actually downloaded thearticle's uh location, and I
will put that up in just asecond.
Now, since I have both of mymonitors took up by two
(18:43):
different um DAW programs, I'mhaving a hard time functioning
and and snapping back and forth.
So give me a second.
Now, this article uh is aboutsinging, and it's found in the
on the BBC's website.
So if you want to look it up,and I I tell you to go ahead and
(19:05):
look it up because it's apretty good article, but it's
why singing is surprisingly goodfor your health.
And it like I said, it's anarticle, and it's talking about
how it boosts the brain, itreduces pain, joining others in
song can bring some wide-rangingbenefits.
Sunny (19:29):
Oh, good for you.
Bruce (19:31):
Yeah, that's how I come up with that.
And you don't think I did itmyself.
Sunny (19:36):
Well, I never know what you're coming up with and what
you're dreaming of.
Bruce (19:42):
Well, again, thanks for that vote of confidence, but no,
this is actually an articlethat I read, and they give quite
a bit of examples.
Uh they even had examples whyit's good for your respiratory
system, for The vibrations itputs out supposed to be good for
(20:03):
your heart rate, your bloodpressure.
Uh, in groups, has even foundto boost immune function.
So there's a lot of differentbeliefs and studies in here, uh,
even talking about effectivestress reliever.
That's singing, not justlistening.
Sunny (20:25):
Yeah.
You have to do it.
Bruce (20:28):
Yep.
Do it to it.
Yay.
Okay.
Yeah, it's a good article.
Go back and read it.
Again, it's found on the BBC,and the name of the article is
Why Singing is surprisingly uhWhy Singing is Surprisingly Good
for Your Health.
(20:48):
It's even got a picture of someCarolers singing.
Now it may be a bunch ofbaloney and hogwash, but most
people remember times when theywould get together as their
friends and they just sing anddance to the music and how good
that made them feel.
So if nothing else, that goodemotion is healthy.
(21:12):
So there you go.
Well, while we're on thesubject of news articles, I
found another one here a whileback, and I wanted to bring it
up.
I saved it because it was kindof an interesting read and um
scientific, and I'm not sure howto take it, but the story was
found in Science Alert, and it'sabout uh Yucca Y-U-K-A, Yucca,
(21:38):
Yucca, the woolly mammoth.
And this woolly mammoth wasjust it just gave scientists the
oldest RNA ever sequenced, andthat's what the article's about.
It goes back and talks abouthow this woolly mammoth that
lived and died nearly 40,000years ago, that's the first
(22:03):
pause I had when I startedreading the article.
40,000 years ago, has given usa spectacular scientific first
about the species, and it's theoldest RNA they've been able to
sequence.
So that's what they talkedabout.
(22:24):
The oldest one up until thatpoint was a old 14,300-year-old
wolf puppy.
And then they found this one,and it was found, I believe, in
2010, and they uh dug it up inthe permafrost of Siberia, and
(22:47):
they was able to find a littlebit of the RNA.
They still had to piece ittogether, so the picture's not
exact, if you ask me.
But they was able to piece itthe RNA together to give a
picture of what the animal wasdoing physically before it died.
(23:10):
Now they gave a good example ofwhat the difference between RNA
and DNA in DNA is.
Basically, the DNA is what thegenes are made of and what you
know the body's made of.
The RNA actually is what thegenes are doing just before it
(23:34):
died.
It's a little bit moredetailed, but they say the RNA
does not last very long at all.
So the fact that they foundthis and it's that old, which I
question, that will give them abetter picture of what this
ancient mammoth, and it's acalf, they said, and in later on
in the article they said itdied 39,000 years ago.
(23:59):
So they stretched the length toanother or 1,000 years to make
the story look better purposely,I guess, at the beginning.
So because they said 40,000years ago, nearly.
So they rounded it up so you'dcatch that, which I did.
(24:19):
But they said it lived and died39 years ago, and it was
discovered in the Siberianpermafrost in 2010.
So I was right there.
And they were able to piecethis together and find out, and
I thought was interesting theydiscovered that he uh was
injured by, are you ready forit?
(24:40):
He was attacked by a lion,prehistoric lion, and he was
injured and fled to a mud holewhere he died.
Now, how they discovered allthat by reading the RNA, I'll
never know.
Because uh that sounds like alot of pre-guessing or finding
(25:01):
evidence to fit their theorymore than it does actually
finding a picture that is clear.
But again, that's my opinion.
And that's what they do.
They they form these theoriesand these opinions, and they
make everybody else believe it,and they've really not proven
(25:23):
anything.
But anyway, that's what theirarticle is talking about.
If you want to look it up,discover more, and read more, it
is found again on the ScienceAlert webpage, and the title of
it is Yucca.
I guess that's how you saythat.
Yucca, the whole whole mercy.
Sunny (25:47):
All right, spit it out, Bruce.
You're tongue tied.
Bruce (25:51):
I guess you can say that.
But anyway, Yucca, the woollymammoth, just gave us the oldest
RNA ever sequenced.
That's the title.
Go look it up.
I made it through that.
Sunny (26:05):
No, you didn't.
You just blew it out of thewater, but not in a good way.
You sunk your dat battleship,boom.
Bruce (26:16):
Oh, that would have been a good sound effect if I had a s
a boom and a sinkingbattleship.
I don't.
You guys are lucked out.
Sunny (26:28):
Oh, yeah, they did.
Believe me, guys, you luckedout.
Bruce (26:32):
All right.
Well, anyhow.
Yeah, that was a good article,though.
I went and read the wholething, and uh, I just talked a
little bit about it.
Not saying because I read it Ibelieve all everything's in
there and what they say, butit's good read anyway.
Fantasy sometimes.
I like sci-fi and fantasy.
Sunny (26:53):
Oh, yeah, you do a lot.
Bruce (26:56):
Yeah, a lot.
Sunny (26:58):
Well, why?
Bruce (27:01):
Well, because one thing, it's mostly not true, but it's
got enough truth, the sci-fipart, got enough truth in it
that it makes it tangible, andyou can enjoy it and not get
carried away into garbage about,you know, truth.
Because I really hate watchinghorror movies and stuff like
(27:23):
that that are so truthful aboutlife that it just, you know, you
just makes you sick.
Uh a good point of that is whenI was a young man, uh the
drive-in had the Hills That HaveEyes and Chainsaw Massacre.
(27:44):
Uh double feature.
And me and a buddy went andwatched uh I think it was the
Hills Have Eyes that come outfirst.
But anyway, after watching uhmost of the double feature, I
said, Man, I can't take no moreof this.
It's too much like what's rhappening in real life.
(28:06):
I don't want to be sick.
Let's just leave.
So we did.
Um but there was other movies Iwent and seen to drive in that
wasn't nearly that bad that Ienjoyed.
So it wasn't just movie seekingthat bothered me, it was the
type of movies.
I sure hope these uh recordingsare gonna come out good.
(28:29):
I'd sure hate to try toreproduce this episode from
scratch.
That would not be any funwhatsoever.
So we was talking aboutThanksgiving, and I wanted to
bring that up one more time thisepisode because we talked a lot
about it last episode, but ithas a special place in my memory
(28:52):
and in my heart because back in2019 in September, uh I lost my
brother, and then in Octoberended up being in the hospital
for heart problems, and ended uphaving a stroke and lost the
(29:12):
ability to use my whole leftside to think and to speak, and
it didn't look too good for mewhen they uh kicked me out of
the hospital, and I said thatbecause that's the way insurance
does after a certain amount oftime, and um, they was really
worried about me.
In fact, they was worried somuch about me they took me down
(29:34):
into the rehab room and taughtme how to roll around and get
back up by pulling myself upbecause they didn't want
something to happen to me when Igot home.
But that's how bad a shape Iwas in.
Uh, I mean, they didn't expectme to ever be able to walk
again, and they was notexpecting, you know, me to turn
(29:57):
out as good as I did.
So, with that said, I actuallygot to leave the hospital a week
before Thanksgiving.
So I got to spend Thanksgivingwith my family, and I was really
worried about that.
I was tired of being in thehospital anyway, but being able
to spend the holidays with myfamily was really weighing heavy
(30:18):
on me, and it bothered mebecause I couldn't get out of
there, but it worked out good.
So every year I try to remindmyself of that moment, um, those
few weeks, and how quickly ithappened to me, and it happens
quick, folks.
Don't take nothing for granted.
(30:38):
One minute I went to sleep andI woke up the next morning, and
they was going to come in andwalk me and get me ready to
leave because my surgery wasover, and it, you know,
everything appeared to be good.
And I think I'd been in therethat extra day, you know,
because that's what they do,give you a day to make sure
(31:00):
you're healed up, and uh thenyou they get you up and get you
walking around and they kick youout.
But when I woke up, I couldn'ttalk, I could hardly think.
Um my left side would not move,and it was it was a mess from
that point on.
Um, it was very uh I'm notgonna go in depth with I don't
(31:21):
really want sympathy.
However, I do want to spend amoment, be thankful to remind
myself what it was like, and toremind my listeners how great
the creator, the father, thesavior is, because that moment
(31:42):
happened, I couldn't doanything.
I was at the mercy of thepeople taking care of me, my
family, and the father.
And through his grace, manypeople come in, many people
prayed for me, many miracleshappen, and even though they
(32:03):
sent me home and was not happyabout it, I'm telling you, the
doctors was very upset, but theyhad to, um, because I couldn't
afford it without the insurance.
They was not happy because ofthe progress was not enough.
I was making progress, butthrough all that, through the
moment I got home, um, I hadgood help and I was able to do
(32:27):
exercises and work my way up togetting better, and it took a
while, and I'm still not 100%and probably won't ever be, but
I'm a lot better.
I'm probably, I tell the doctorI'm probably 95%, but it's
probably more like 90.
Especially when it's coldoutside like it is.
(32:48):
Mercy, I can't hardly walk.
My uh muscles cramp up and I'min trouble then.
This time of year, I usuallywait to after Thanksgiving to
sit down and realize thatanniversary has passed, and I
made it another year, and thingsare still getting better.
(33:08):
I'm still getting strong, I'mwalking a little bit better, I'm
moving a little bit better, I'mtalking a whole lot better than
I did before.
And I'm actually able to thank,you know, I couldn't even use
my phone, I couldn't countchange out uh when they come in
and tested me after thathappened.
The simple things like to uhread, and I I think I had
(33:31):
trouble with that.
Maybe they had to read thequestion to me at first, but one
of the questions was, you know,show how to get from blah,
blah, blah, northeast, uh, onthe street.
It was real simple directions.
I couldn't do it.
I just couldn't function wellenough in my mind to put those
(33:52):
two things together.
And same way would change noneof the normal, simple things
like making a text come out onmy phone.
I couldn't even figure out howto work my phone.
I had a simple push-buttonphone like everybody has.
It was a smart phone, but notvery smart, and I couldn't
figure out how to use it.
And I'm not trying to, again,get sympathy from anybody.
(34:17):
I really uh don't like sharingthis.
However, if I don't share it, Ican't give people and God the
blessings for what he's done.
And that's what this point ofthis anniversary is, because I
come from all that, and it couldhave easily went a different
(34:38):
direction.
But through, like I said, goodhands at at the hospital, good
family, and people that came by,friends, uh, my wife's family
and friends, and um members ofthe church and friends, each and
every one of them come by andprayed.
(34:58):
I could I couldn't even praywith them really because I
couldn't think good enough ortalk.
And they'd come in and say, Canwe pray?
And I'd all I could do is yeah,or shake my head because I
couldn't talk well enough orcommunicate well enough to let
them know anything I needed.
But they did it.
And each time I got better,each time I felt better.
(35:21):
Very many, many miracles, andjust the fact that I woke up and
still breathing was a miracle.
So that was in 2019, and thisis 2025, so you can count up how
many years that is, and it'sbeen a blessing.
I've been able to, like I said,continue to grow and get
(35:43):
better.
I actually uh went back to workand then I got laid off and I
moved on to Rural King, whereI'm at now.
And besides the limp, theyprobably have no idea my
history.
So if they're listening tothis, they know now.
But uh I I've gone through acouple years and not really
(36:04):
talked about it on the podcast,but I need to again so I can
give the God the glory for thatmiracle and bring me through
that, and I can show that I'mthankful at this time of year
for that.
So um everybody, you know,likes to say what they're
thankful for or should.
(36:25):
Maybe they don't like to, butmaybe they should.
And I actually read a blogwritten by an elderly guy that
no, it was uh it was the woman,the journalist, um, that wrote
an article about the thing she'sthankful for.
And I read that and was verymoved, and I appreciated
(36:46):
somebody else that did that, soI thought, well, I better do
that this year.
So I'm thankful for all thosethings coming back to me and
being able to grow even at myage, being able to change and
mature in other ways, andstrengthen in other ways, and
(37:08):
for the family and friends andloved ones and the church people
that help me get where I'm at,and above all, for the Creator,
Father, Savior, and Holy Spiritthat I have around me and in me
that has gave me thisopportunity to continue to grow.
(37:28):
And one of the things that Ialways wanted to do was somehow
be a radio station, or I evenstarted a pirate radio station
there for a while.
I did an internet radiostation, but when I found out
how easy it was to do a podcast,I started contemplating that
because that's very similar tohaving a a radio station, with
(37:54):
the exception you can't playmusic.
Or I guess you could if youwanted to pay royalties and
stuff, and that would just drainevery drop of money I have.
So, nope, we're not doing that.
Every now and then we'll find asong that we like that the
newcomer has put out that we canshare, and uh I do that
(38:15):
occasionally, but I don't do itmuch because Spotify and Apple
II sometimes will kick you offor kick that episode off for
sure because of the music.
And Spotify is really bad.
They don't care if you own it,they don't want anybody's music
being played except theirs.
So they will boot you outpretty quick.
(38:39):
So to keep me uh free of allthat, I kind of limit what I do.
And anyway, I'm ratting andraven, not really talking about
what I had anticipated.
But I'm thankful, and this isit made it through another year,
another Thanksgiving season,was with my family.
(38:59):
Part of them, most of them areout in other states and away
from the ham home, and I don'tget to see them very often, but
I'm thankful for them and mychildren, grandchildren, and
yes, great grandchildren.
Don't hold that against me.
I have some.
Sunny (39:15):
Oh, you are a great, great grandpa, right?
Bruce (39:22):
No, just great.
No?
Yeah, just great.
Sunny (39:26):
All right.
I won't make you any older thanyou really are.
Bruce (39:30):
Well, thank you.
I appreciate that.
You're such a nice person.
Sunny (39:36):
Well, I'm not really a person.
Bruce (39:39):
Quit that.
One day you are, one day youaren't.
Sunny (39:42):
Oh, you poor thing.
Bruce (39:44):
Okay.
Well, anyway, thank you forlistening to me, guys, and being
part of that.
And again, I am very thankful.
And you probably didn't knowany of that about me, and I hope
you don't remember it.
Forget it.
Next year I'll tell you again.
Sunny (40:00):
Oh no, not next year.
Bruce (40:08):
Oh yeah.
Next year.
Does that mean we're gonna keepdoing this?
I think we're gonna try to keepdoing it as long as I'm
allowed, as long as I havestrength, as long as I have
listeners.
That's important, you know.
Sunny (40:23):
All right.
I want to do it forever andever and ever.
Bruce (40:27):
Well, unfortunately, we probably won't make it that
long.
Sunny (40:30):
Well, you might not.
Bruce (40:33):
Alright, well, any Oh, I don't even want to think about
that.
Anyway, yeah.
As long as I've got people outthere that's willing to listen
to me, I'm gonna keep doing it.
And I hope you'll take part andbe part of the show by
participating in the questionsand stuff we have from time to
(40:54):
time.
Give me comments, yeah, emailme, you know, stuff like that.
Sunny (40:59):
Yeah, participate, yeah.
We like that.
That way we know you're outthere, we know you're listening,
and we know you're breathing.
Bruce (41:10):
Oh, yeah, that's important.
Breathing's pretty important.
Sunny (41:14):
All right, Bruce.
That was a good story.
I'm glad you shared and uhshowed everybody you're human
and you've been through junktoo.
Bruce (41:24):
Well, uh I just want to say thank you um to the people
involved, and thank you toagain, my father, my savior, and
the Holy Spirit, the creator ofall, um, for bringing me
through that.
So that's the whole purpose ofthat, and I'm glad I was able to
bring my listeners, the podcastpeople through that with me.
(41:50):
And uh yeah, I haven't said itin a long time.
Help has always been nice, andI appreciate that.
And from the flock, if you'relistening out there, come on
down and let's fly together,okay?
Let me know.
I've checked my email uh rightbefore I said this to make sure
(42:13):
no latecomers have come, butI've asked you to comment on my
last show.
Still no comments, and youknow, you may listen to it a
month from now and comment then,and I'll be able to look it up
and I can bring it out on theepisode following that.
If you want to leave us amessage, it's uh the
(42:36):
uglyquacking duck at gmail.com.
If you want to go to thewebsite, the uglyquacking
duck.com, and you can uh look upstuff there, and you can leave
us a voicemail on the contactpage.
Uh that's a pretty neat thing,man.
If you got a phone with a mic,which everybody does nowadays,
(42:57):
you can actually leave me amessage there, and we can uh
play it on the next episode ifyou want us to.
If you don't, you better tellme, and uh I can answer it there
too.
So that's it's a pretty neatthing.
We don't ever talk about itvery much.
We've done it a few times, butthere's several different ways
to get a hold of us.
(43:17):
And if you have a newer 2.0podcast player, there's a
description on there that uh wehave automatically put on our
episodes.
Right at the beginning, it saysclick here, and you or it lets
you click or however it works,and you can text us.
(43:40):
So it's a quick way to get atext to us so we can comment on
it.
So what I'm telling you isthere's many different ways that
you can be part of this show,and I'd really like it if you
did.
If you talk to us, send usartwork, you know, help us with
comments or questions or subjectmatter, be great.
(44:05):
It really would.
But I hope you all enjoyedThanksgiving, and this is
December, so this is a reallybusy month with Christmas going
around and everybody preparingfor New Year's, which is less
than a month now because this isthe third, and it's gonna hit.
It's coming around, and it'sfast.
(44:27):
I mean, this year has beenfast.
And I hope it slows downbecause guys, it's coming quick,
and uh, I don't like that.
I like to enjoy a little bit ofyou know the simple things.
Anyway, I'll shut up, quittalking, and I'll let you guys
get on with uh other podcasts orTV shows, whatever you do when
(44:50):
you're not listening to this.
Sunny (44:52):
Well, I hope they listen more, come back and listen more.
Cheers.
Oh, never mind, we got Capella.
Yeah, the AI that can tell youall about it.
Bruce (45:07):
That's right.
So we're gonna say bye rightafter Capella tells you what is
going on in life and what we'regood for.
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Uggy Quacking Duck Podcast.
First, simply keep us in yourthoughts and prayers, and maybe
send good vibes too.
Second, spread the word.
Tell your friends about us,even the ones with questionable
taste in podcasts.
Third, share your talents.
If you have skills intechnology, art, or anything
else that could help us, we'dlove to hear from you.
(45:38):
And finally, considersupporting us financially.
Equipment, hosting, and websitecosts add up, and any
contribution is greatlyappreciated.
We promise not to spend it allon rubber duckies, unless you
want us to.
Thank you for your support.
Sunny (45:53):
Alright, that was cool.
I really like it, AI voice.
Bruce (45:58):
Well, I do too.
I that's why I kept it in.
I may go back and change it oneday and re-record uh the intro
and the value for value, butright now I think it's working
good, and I don't I I reallylike it.
Sunny (46:12):
Yeah, you did a good job that time.
Bruce (46:15):
Well, thank you.
I appreciate that.
Sunny (46:18):
Well, you're welcome.
Bruce (46:20):
Okay.
Let's say goodbye.
You want to?
Sunny (46:23):
Yeah, let's say goodbye.
Bruce (46:24):
All right, we're gonna say goodbye, folks.
I appreciate it once again.
Come back, be part of the show,and above all, tell your
friends about it because that'show we grow, okay?
This is Bruce.
This is Sunny.
And we hope you uh have a goodweek and a good weekend and come
(46:46):
back.
Sunny (46:46):
Yep, that's a good thing.
Bruce (46:48):
May the Father's blessing and love go with you.
73, everybody.
Bye.
Bye.
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