May 5, 2025 • 37 mins
Poor Nora! Has this ever happened to you? You take a couple pills to help with some cold symptoms, only to have it get physically stuck with you? Nora found herself in a real pickle and when Google suggested "immediate medical attention" she tried everything from drinking copious amounts of water to sleeping upright like "the Dutch used to sleep" and even going for a morning run - all while hoping the pill would dislodge itself without intervention. But fear not...the situation is under control now.
Between opening night celebrations of a junior high musical and surprise birthday festivities, the Noras share their parallel journeys auditioning for Wheel of Fortune. While one solved puzzles solo against the clock, the other competed live against fellow contestants, leading to good-natured speculation about who might actually make it onto the show. We even taste test the limited-edition "Moon Punch" Capri Sun created for the March lunar eclipse, which prompts nostalgic discussions about the juice boxes our parents would (or wouldn't) buy us as children.
The conversation shifts to bicycles - from childhood memories of banana seats and BMX bikes with pegs that "burned the inside of people's shins" to dreams of opening a bike shop called "Off The Chains." We uncover fascinating bicycle history, learning how early models were described as "uncomfortable, no brakes, dangerous, no steering" before the revolutionary idea of making both wheels the same size. Did you know a Tour de France cyclist once reached a speed of 63 miles per hour going downhill? That's like "you're going to die" fast.
Whether you're reminiscing about your first bike, wondering if robots should really be running marathons, or simply enjoying our signature "highs and lows" segment, this episode captures the small moments that make life both challenging and delightful. Join us for laughs, nostalgia, and the comfort of knowing we're all just figuring things out as we go.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
Hi, thanks for joining us today.
It's Nora and Nora.
Welcome to all, and an extraspecial welcome to those tuning
in for the first time.
We're glad you're here.
We sure are.
You're smiling.
I can't look at you.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
I'm trying not to laugh Because of what I just
disclosed.
Yes, Usually I'm the one whonow I know how you feel.
Because, usually I drop a bombon you right before we record.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
So what's happening is?
I told you something off air sowe wouldn't have to talk about
it on the podcast and you'rebringing it up as we open the
show.
We don't have to.
I'm sorry.
I just I couldn't.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
I needed a little bit more time to compose myself.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
And I also didn't tell you this, assuming I would
get laughter as a reaction.
I was looking for maybe likecompassion.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
I was worried and then you kept telling me the
12,000 things you did to try toresolve it.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
And then that's what I'm laughing.
So, listeners, I took twoDayQuil two nights ago, which I
understand.
You should probably takeDayQuil in the day, that's
neither here nor there.
And the pill got stuck.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Wait, maybe that's in the direction.
It's like if you take them atnight, they get stuck.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
So I took the pills with not a lot of water and then
I carried on finishing up myevening jobs and then I realized
the pill was stuck in my throat.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
But you could breathe .
You weren't choking on it, youwere just like oh yeah, it was
something.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
So I drank so much water in like gulp fashion.
Oh yeah, So'd get some likeflow.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Some water pressure, some pressure To like, force it
down.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
But that didn't work.
No, it didn't work.
And also I was like, oh my gosh, I'm going to be up going to
the bathroom.
That didn't help either.
So I slept in an elevatedposition.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
This is like how the Dutch used to sleep yeah,
sitting like straight up.
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
And that also didn't work.
So then I just figured I'd goon a run in the morning because,
like the, the dislodging yeahyeah, yeah, yeah, no no, but
tell our listeners what you readwhen you Googled it.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Oh, just just to share in case any of them run
into a similar situation.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
So I read if you have swallowed a pill and it feels
stuck, you should seek medicalattention immediately, oh, not
after a run no.
Or eating on your chest, towhich one of my kids did say
(03:04):
what are you doing?
That's not going to work, butyou're fine now, I think.
Yeah, I still feel like Well, Ididn't until we started talking
about it.
Now I have like a Like phantompill.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Yeah, you know, like if you have a splinter or
something and then it's, thesplinter gets taken out, you
still feel like you feel it.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
yeah, oh it also said to take prilosec what's
prilosec?
Speaker 2 (03:31):
oh, like heartburn yeah, if it was stuck there.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Oh so I bought some.
How'd that go?
Speaker 2 (03:37):
I was, you know, I didn't really have heartburn,
yeah, but I was just reading anarticle that said that, if
you're, how about your coldsymptoms Resolved completely?
Maybe the pill being therehelped your symptoms more.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Oh my gosh.
But enough about me.
How are you?
I'm good.
You are smack dab in the middleof fabulous yes, well, when
this drops, it'll be done in thebest way possible.
You are incredible.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Oh, you're very kind.
'll be done in the best waypossible.
You are incredible.
Oh, you're very kind.
Tell our listeners what you'vebeen up to.
I'm putting on a show.
My junior high musical openedon Thursday night and I'm so
proud of the kiddos.
They did a really awesome job.
They brought their A game andthe biggest thing is I'm like
just have fun.
Like no one wants to see sadkids on stage, so I was.
(04:30):
They looked like they werehaving a blast.
I also love when small thingsgo wrong and I see how they rise
to the occasion and pivot andwork with it and help each other
.
And a few little things wentwrong and I was really proud of
them and how they handled it andyeah, it was really good you
are giving him such a gift ofconfidence on stage.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
I hope so, and they looked fantastic and we talked
about this off air and theirdaughter has the best smile on
stage.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Oh my gosh, so happy.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
But we talked about off air, about how you really
are responsible for thechoreography.
You're responsible for choosingall of their costumes, all of
their hair, all of their makeup,all of the lighting, all of the
set.
Like you do it all for AnneMeany.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
She does all the singing and then I have some
nice parents who help that I cankind of bounce ideas off,
because some you know like I'll,be like I know I would like
something like this, you knowyou made the bus.
A very nice parent made me abus, which I was so grateful,
because you really need a bus,you need it.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Well, I just I hope you know how incredible
everything was.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Oh, thank you, I was really happy with how it all
ended up and people who seem tolike it and it's just, I wanted
to do a super fun show, sillyand just full of love and fun
and laughs, and I feel likethat's what delivered.
That's what they got.
So I'm excited to see it againtonight, because the kids will
(06:06):
be excited and jazzed up andthen we'll have our last show on
Sunday and then I will comeback to Earth and focus on
everything else.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Speaking of Earth, oh , Well, planet.
Yeah Well, actually just thesolar system, oh okay.
What do we saw?
Oh, just the solar system, oh,okay.
But I saw you got your MoonPunch.
I saw it at the store.
I'm so excited.
So a couple weeks ago,listeners, we talked about Moon
Punch, a drink that Capri Sunlaunched for the lunar eclipse
(06:43):
March 14th, and it was just ajuice box to I don't know was it
a marketing?
Speaker 2 (06:50):
what was it to celebrate the?
Speaker 1 (06:52):
eclipse yeah, to mark you, to mark the eclipse there
you go, eclipse occurs, yada,yada, yada.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Oh, they've got some.
This is a great box to read.
You can learn a lot.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
Constellation tells you oh, all the phases of the
moon, and I think the juiceboxes have the phases on that.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
We're going to find out.
Oh, there's a thing over here,oh.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
This box is like a cereal box.
You can read it.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Let's see Little Moon Punch.
Let's see what phase.
I got A waning gibbous.
Oh, what'd you get?
Speaker 1 (07:25):
Well, I don't know how to say that Did I get the
same one?
Speaker 2 (07:29):
you did Waxing gibbous, what are you?
I'm waning and you're waxing.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Ew, I'd rather be waning I don't know.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Well, I don't know.
So, oh God, help me.
Sorry, I broke the box, that'sokay.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
So this little punch to celebrate the lunar eclipse
was obviously on sale, becausethe lunar eclipse was March 14th
.
Oh sure, oh, they're ice cold,oh good idea, this sheet.
Shake it up.
They glow in the dark what thepacks.
So if you're listening to thisand you think you might, be,
interested, hustle over to yourlocal Kroger or.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Mariano's.
Do you think it tastes like themoon?
It.
Do you think it tastes like themoon?
It's like rocks.
Oh God, look at you Dive inright in.
Oh moon-ish, Huh, Hmm, oh no Imean.
Tastes kind of like water.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Moon water.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Moon water.
You know what it tastes.
Like Water with like the end of, like maraschino cherries, like
a dash of that Like grenadine.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Yeah, I'm looking for the nutrition facts on it.
That was 11 grams of sugar.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Wow, here we go.
What's in it?
Water, sugar, oh, pear andcherry.
Yeah, oh, that's what I said,cherries, look at my palate, so
refined for juice.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
I could be a juice sommelier, that's what I'm going
to do when the musical's over.
I think they're in high demand.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
I'll do kids' birthday parties, oh great.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Everyone put your straw in your juice box my mom
never bought these when we werekids.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
My mom wouldn't buy them either, mm-mm.
But my mom bought Hi-C, whichis not bad.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
Oh, so would my mom, yeah, same.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
But I think also I never buy these because I feel
like a lot can go wrong with thestraw.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
You know what we got banned from at my house.
Oh, what Squeeze-its.
This is a core memory I have.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Squeeze-its Were those like the bottles with the
tops.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
We had just moved to Arizona in white carpeting.
Oh, I twisted a squeeze-it andthat was it.
Damn, those were so good.
They had that weird plasticbottle.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Yeah, and then people would chew on the straw.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
Yeah, those were weird.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Those were weird.
They were just a whole lot ofsugary syrup.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
I liked juice boxes when I was a kid.
Same I mean.
What's not to love?
You know what's a nice juicebox?
That?
I would buy for my kids whenthey were younger was the Honest
Kids.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
I still buy those you do.
Yeah, I used to drink thosewhen I was pregnant.
Kevin has one in the morning.
Oh, he does.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
Yeah, do you put them in the?
Speaker 2 (09:58):
lunchboxes?
No, because I feel like theyget warm.
I'd rather them just drinkwater, A nice cold juice box.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Yeah, it's good for fortune, it's good for human
control it is yeah, is it apple?
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
I like apple juice.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
Something else happened this week that was
super exciting, it sure did.
It's kind of a continuation ofan adventure we had in February,
that in February Nora and Iwent to a casting for the Wheel
of Fortune.
It was part of the auto showand we went and it was fine.
It was long, but like a typicalcasting like you don't leave
(10:33):
there feeling good aboutyourself You're like, well,
that's all I could do.
And then I had kind offorgotten about it.
I had forgotten about it toountil I didn't.
And then last week I got anemail saying are you available
to do a Zoom casting, like thenext step?
And I was excited but I was sadbecause you hadn't gotten an
(10:53):
email and we were all in thistogether.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
But I was happy for you.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
You were so happy for me and that was really really
nice.
I was happier for you, I thinkthan I was for me, because then
you got your email.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
Oh yes, then a couple days later, yeah, Because
you're T for Taylor and I'm Wfor Westphal.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Maybe that's why I was just going down
alphabetically.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
But yeah, you're in letters and words and jumble and
crossword and I'm not.
Yeah, so we each individuallyauditioned for this and our
auditions looked very different.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
Yes, which is interesting Mine I had to play
against other people and Iprobably came in a solid second
out of three.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Okay, so I played solo.
I was on the Zoom call.
We should probably letlisteners know that we were both
on Zoom.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
And I met the other two potential contestants
they're all in the room togetherand then, one by one oh God,
that sounds creepy he took usinto the room In the virtual
waiting room, yes.
So then I had a screen that hadfour puzzles on it and there
was four groups of them.
(12:05):
So in total I had 16 puzzlesand, I think, 90 seconds on the
clock for each grouping.
Yeah, mine was so different,and so I was able to solve four
out of four.
On the first one, that'samazing, silly cry, baby.
This one, that's so, that's soweird puzzle.
Well, at least that's what Ithink.
Yes, so four out of four on thefirst one, but then the other
(12:28):
12.
I did not do nearly as wellbecause I only got two and I
only.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
We only had, so I had two other ladies on with me and
we had to see who got themfirst.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
I think it would have been helpful for me to have
somebody else on there like so Icould spitball, like if I could
hear their ideas and build offthose.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
But no, we weren't allowed to spitball.
You had to just guess when youknew it oh.
You weren't allowed to sound itout and like, uh, this fish.
And he told me to try and soundit out yeah, which is usually
what they do on Wheel of Fortunefor that final round, but no,
ours was just like.
Say it when you know it, If youknow it, say it.
You see something, saysomething.
(13:10):
So we haven't heard.
I don't think I'm going to getpicked, but I think you will.
That's I like your positive.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
I would just be happy if one of us got picked.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
You should get picked .
You answered a lot of puzzles.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
No wait, six out of 12, six out of 16?
.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
Well, you don't know what the other people got, true,
so All right?
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Well, stay tuned.
And you had your birthday.
Yes, I did.
It was a very big week.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
We have had a big week.
No wonder we haven't recordeduntil Friday.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
No wonder we spent 47 minutes catching up before we
could record.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
Oh, and I didn't bring your gift.
What a ding-dong.
Speaker 1 (13:45):
But we're going to celebrate your birthday properly
.
Yeah, and I'll remember thatRyan was out of town in the
afternoon so we had a 7 ambirthday party.
I got a long run in in themorning which you know is my
favorite.
It was before I had the pillsituation and then I came home
to small cakes and cards andtreats and gifts and I mean the
(14:07):
whole shebang at 7 am that'samazing 7.27,.
The big kids left and then thelittle guys got off to school.
Ryan and I did some plantingand worked in the yard a little
bit, and he asked where wewanted to go to lunch.
Yeah, where'd you end up going,bona?
Yes, for your birthday.
I said yep, that's where wewant to go.
(14:28):
Yep, and then he headed off tothe airport and I had a typical
mom.
What do you get at Bona?
Oh, I get this protein bowl.
I really do like to get asandwich, but if I'm trying to
be good, it's steamed spinach,roasted red peppers, tomatoes,
grilled chicken it's so good anda side of fries.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
Yes, their fries are delicious, that sounds.
See, when I go to Bona, I panicbecause they have so much on
the menu that I'm like I don'thave time to read all this, and
then I usually just get a beefsandwich.
They have everything, but Ilike the sound of this protein
bowl.
Their pizza is very good.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
They have everything Catherine Grace wrote an article
about, or an essay about howit's the greatest place.
It really is a good spot.
I want Bona how it's thegreatest place.
It really is a good spot.
No one won't want to.
But how about?
So then in the evening I had,we had a divide and conquer
because Ryan wasn't home, Right?
So Mike and I hit a soccer gameand a baseball game.
And then Mike stayed at thebaseball game or the soccer game
(15:26):
and I told the big kids just tograb dinner and come home and
they said meet us at Hill Grove.
And they set up a littlebirthday dinner.
Wasn't that cute?
Oh Nora, they were verythoughtful.
That is really sweet, I know.
Yeah, they took good care of me, that's awesome.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
So you had early in the morning and then at night.
Yeah, you were up late on yourbirthday.
Nice work, guys.
Were you late on your birthday?
Oh?
Speaker 1 (15:52):
no, not really.
No, probably like 9.30.
Oh, late for me, but yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
Well, that's awesome, I'm glad.
And speaking of running, didyou hear that in Beijing they
had robots running a halfmarathon?
Oh my, gosh why.
Exactly, there was a Beijinghalf marathon and they had
thousands of people running inthis half marathon.
Wait, were they people orrobots?
Well, they were humans androbots, oh okay, but some were
(16:17):
like three feet nine inches tall, and then the tallest one that
one was oh, some fell down.
The tallest one was five feetnine.
I can show you the video later.
He finished it in two hours and40 minutes with a robot.
I don't know if he has a gender, but two hours and 40 minutes
for a half marathon.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
Who controlled him?
Speaker 2 (16:36):
His keeper, His scientist.
They had the people who therobots had.
Like it's almost kind of likewhen the disabled runners run,
Like they have a guide.
Like the robots had to have aguide, I guess, to make sure
they could go roll, did the?
Robots only run as fast astheir guide.
The guides ran as fast as therobot.
(16:57):
What if you were the?
Speaker 1 (16:58):
one controlling the robot?
Speaker 2 (17:00):
Yeah, so I think they were like run, robot run, and
then they what if you wanted toswitch robots?
Speaker 1 (17:05):
She goes, wait, my robot's too fast, you better get
ready.
You can't get too far.
What if you're rolling by?
She wears so fucking big.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
But a lot of these guys have, like khaki pants on
Because they're not runners,they're scientists.
Oh, these guys are.
Oh, that robot was really fast.
Speaker 1 (17:20):
Oh my gosh, he looks like a person.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
Yeah, humanoid robots .
These guys were prepared.
That's the one that won.
Then these guys are in likekhakis and flannel shirts.
That one has a sun hat, thisone has oven mitts on.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
oh, boxing gloves oh, that robot has a knee problem.
He's got khakis on.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
He's in the PT after this.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
But isn't that so crazy?
That's so funny.
Have they ever done this?
Speaker 2 (17:48):
before.
I think it was the first timethey had to resemble humans.
They couldn't roll, theycouldn't be on wheels, they had
to walk or run.
I love that.
Your first question was why?
Because yeah, why?
But two hours and 40 minutes isthat a good time for a half
marathon?
Yeah, that's right.
Pretty good For a robot?
Yeah, that's right, pretty goodFor a robot.
(18:11):
Yeah, for I mean for a human.
How do you gauge?
But for a human, is that a goodtime?
No, no, no.
Okay, take that, robots, we'restill faster than you.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
No, maybe it is.
It's all relative.
It's all relative.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
Yeah, it's better than a robot I could build, and
I'm glad that robots are takingcare of their heart health.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
Healthy robots, that's what we need.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
And I am still like buzzing from our nightcap with
the Norris.
That was so fun, so fun.
That drink was delicious, Iknow it kind of scares me when I
like a whiskey drink Same.
Do you ever get that song inyour head?
Like a whiskey drink, a log, adrink like from that 90s oh my
god, I get mad.
Is that what I get up to get mechumbalumba whenever I like a
(18:59):
whiskey drink I'm like a whiskeydrink sing the song that
reminds me.
I sing this that was a weirdsong.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
I say danny boy in it why are they called chumbawumba
, that song?
Speaker 2 (19:16):
is called.
Speaker 1 (19:17):
Tell them something.
What does that mean?
No, maybe that's what happenswhen you have too many whiskey
drinks.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
You feel chumbo?
Speaker 1 (19:27):
Oh no, and then you start to have something.
Should we check in with oursponsor?
Speaker 2 (19:37):
Yes, oh, hey, there, Nora, Nora, just the girl I
wanted to talk to you about.
Tell me more.
You know.
You know I direct a children'smusical and I've got this props
list that I'm trying to workthrough and I really need a tire
.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
You think I have a tire.
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Well, I don't know, I'm just getting desperate.
Where does one get a tire?
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Well, that would be great, because you know what?
Why don't I just get my carsome new tires, put the old one
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And now back to the show.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
So our topic today is not Chumbawamba or tub thumping
or robots.
Speaker 1 (21:06):
It's bikes, bicycles, thumping or robots.
Speaker 2 (21:07):
It's bikes, bicycles and hooray for bikes.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Yeah, I mean hooray for bikes, but do you like to
ride a bike?
Speaker 2 (21:15):
I do like to ride a bike.
Sometimes I forget that it's anoption.
You know that it's not alwaysfirst top of mind for me, like
oh.
I could just ride my bike.
But I also think that's becauseAl got me a baby seat for my
bike for well, not for me forRose and I never liked it.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
I did not feel safe.
I didn't like riding her around.
Speaker 2 (21:40):
You didn't ride your other kids on a bike, no, what
Well?
Aiden was in London and Ididn't feel safe riding around
in London.
Rory was New York and Idefinitely didn't feel safe
there.
And then in South Bend therewas nowhere to go.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
Oh, yeah, and then.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
Texas.
I think I was just sad.
And then when, Rose, I just Inever felt safe doing it, but
you had your kids on a bike, onthe back of your bike.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
I had kids on the back of my bike.
It's one of my favoritemilestones, yeah, and I had them
on two wheels like freakishlyearly.
Speaker 2 (22:11):
You did yeah.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
Yeah, we're ready to roll my youngest believes that
our neighbor taught him how toride his bike.
Speaker 2 (22:18):
Oh you did?
Speaker 1 (22:19):
It was me.
Yeah, you were running down thestreet, so we just kind of go
with it because it's funny.
I taught all four of mine.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
Did you teach your kids?
I taught aiden and rory, al didkevin and rose I like in in
europe they have more baby seats.
Speaker 1 (22:37):
They're at the front.
I've seen those around and Ilike that better.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
I wish I had one of those because number one I felt
like rose kept kicking me in thebutt well and it just felt like
I would think it would be.
They can't be too big ifthey're in the front Right.
But then I always felt like Iwas like you.
Okay, back there.
I felt like I kept having tolook behind me.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
Well, yeah, not safe.
No, no, I got eyes forward.
When I was a kid, the bikeswere like your only mode of
transportation.
Indeed, yeah, yeah, Like that'show we got everywhere.
And then we moved to Arizonaand that was not quite the thing
.
But my dad had a baby seat onhis bike that we slid off and we
made a seat cushion for it.
(23:16):
So, we made like a, like arumble seat, like a sidecar.
So I would pick up my friendWhitney on that bike and she
would sit on the back.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
That's very clever.
It was clever of us.
So now that I don't have thebaby seat on there and Al bought
me a beautiful bike and it's avery nice, proper bike, but I
kind of I'm jealous of your,like I wish mine was cuter, like
.
It's not a cute bike.
Speaker 1 (23:43):
My bike is 22 years old.
Oh wow, I don't know if it's.
It's from my sophomore year ofcollege.
Okay, my dad made sure I had afantastic parking pass when I
went down to school my sophomoreyear, which I really appreciate
.
But I wanted a bike.
So when I was in Tucson I sawthis bubblegum pink beach
(24:05):
cruiser and I knew I had to haveit, and that was how I got
around.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
That's amazing and I still have it.
Speaker 1 (24:12):
It's probably one of my most favorite things.
Speaker 2 (24:16):
I kind of wish I had, because my sister has a cute
like beach cruiser kind of bike,but because I wanted a basket
so I could hold stuff in it.
But because mine has, like alllike the brake wires in the
front, you could never really doa basket.
But with the Target KateSpadesale I got a little.
Speaker 1 (24:32):
Did you get one?
I got a bike like a side basket.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
Because also, if I'm riding my bike, it's probably to
either go somewhere or runerrands or I want to pick stuff
up, so it'll be nice to have.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
I ride my bike to the grocery store a lot, or in the
town.
Speaker 2 (24:48):
Because you have a nice basket.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
Yeah, I'm a big bike rider.
Speaker 2 (24:51):
That's great, and you're in bike season.
Now I am in bike season.
It's almost.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
I love bike season, but I look back to my childhood
and I have so many memoriesbuilt around bike riding yeah.
And we put kids on handlebarsand kids on pegs.
Speaker 2 (25:07):
Oh, you were a daredevil.
No, handlebars and kids on pegs, and oh, you were a daredevil.
No, I never did that but wewould ride our bikes around all
over.
I broke my arm I when I felloff my bike.
Okay well, I broke both my arms, not at the same time, but one
time playing football, the othertime I fell off my bike it was
kind of that's when I was like Iguess I'm not cut out for this.
Oh, that's funny, sean.
(25:28):
My brother tackled me and Ijust fell back wrong on it, and
that was it, that was it.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
Yeah, as adults, I love a bars on bikes.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
Oh, like the pedal thing all together, oh that.
I like that, but no like if youdo like a pump, crawl on your
bike.
Oh a pump crawl and we didbirthdays on bikes.
That was super fun.
Have you ever done one of thoselike group bike?
Speaker 1 (25:49):
things.
Yes, they were big in Arizona,okay.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
I did one in Dayton with my college friends and that
was really fun.
Speaker 1 (25:55):
Wait, have you been to the bike shop in Dayton?
Speaker 2 (25:57):
No, which shame on me .
It's still there.
Oh, it's still there.
It's a national historic site.
Oh, yeah, so because I did alittle research on it.
But the Wright brothers werefascinating.
Yes, because they were.
They had a bicycle shop beforethey went into airplanes, but
before that they had a printingcompany.
(26:17):
They did so.
It was a printing company andthen they just got into bikes.
And it kind of reminded me ofyou because they were just they
got.
They both got bikes becausethey were relatively new and
they just got really into it andloved bikes I love bikes and
then learned how to repair them.
Oh my gosh.
Yes, and then, they ended upopening a shop.
Speaker 1 (26:38):
You know, that's my dream, I know.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
And what did?
Speaker 1 (26:40):
you say manifest it.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
Yeah, throw it out, throw it out there.
Okay, yeah, your bike shop.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
I would like an old-fashioned bike shop with
like an old-fashioned cashregister and kind of like cozy
vibe in there.
If you have a dog, maybe I'dhave a little water bowl out
front and some treats.
Speaker 2 (26:55):
Well, not if I have a dog.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
No, if someone was a dog.
And then I'll have like cutelittle greeting cards and bells
and baskets.
Oh yeah, I think that's a greatidea.
I even have a name for it.
Oh what, yeah, I don't have aname for it.
Oh what?
Should I share it?
Or should I wait for the grandreveal when I get?
Speaker 2 (27:15):
the shop.
I don't know.
I kind of want you to share it.
Okay, it's going to be calledoff the chains, oh that's good,
yeah, that's really good.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Um, and even if somebody else wants to open it
and then I just work there,that's okay too, okay okay.
But I need to be paid well andhave lots of days off on a
flexible schedule and I don'tknow you want to open your own
business and have lots of daysoff on a flexible schedule.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
And I don't know how.
So you want to open your ownbusiness and have lots of days
off?
Speaker 1 (27:31):
Mm-hmm oh okay and not a lot of referrals.
Sure, okay, throw it out there,but like in the summer.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
Maybe you could just franchise it, come up with like
the ideas of like what peopleneed to open it and then sell it
like a.
Okay, that's some food forthought.
Yeah, all right, like smallcakes, what's a franchise?
Speaker 1 (27:49):
I kind of like the feel of like a neighborhood bike
shop.
Speaker 2 (27:51):
Oh, okay, well, we'll see we can talk about it.
We'll iron it out All right,thanks.
Do you remember your first bike?
Speaker 1 (27:57):
That's what I was going to ask you.
Yes, I do.
Do you remember yours?
Speaker 2 (28:04):
Yes, blue BMX kind of like a mountain bike.
We were in California, what?
Speaker 1 (28:10):
I had a little tomboy face, didn't you?
Weren't you able to like ridearound your pool in the backyard
?
Speaker 2 (28:14):
We had our backyard in California was awesome.
We couldn't ride around thepool but there was this like
concrete slab that was probablyalmost like a half court
basketball court.
I think of it as beinghumongous.
I bet my dad and maybe itwasn't as long as I thought-
Wouldn't that be funny to goback and see it.
Yes, I would love to, and wewould just ride our bikes Like
the backyard was massive and itwas great.
(28:37):
Oh, and I would.
Yeah, we'd ride our bikes allover the place there.
My mom used to ride her bike alot in California and put Sean
in the back of her bike andstuff like that.
And then Pennsylvania was crazybecause it was so hilly.
And I got a new bike inPennsylvania and it was
fluorescent green and like hotpink.
No way, I wonder if we had thesame one.
(28:58):
Oh, my gosh, that's funny.
Yeah, oh, and then I had a bikein college but I don't remember
what.
I must have brought it home.
Were there a lot of bike ridersat Dayton?
Yeah, people did ride theirbikes a lot to get around campus
.
Because not every a lot ofpeople had cars, but a lot of
people didn't.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
You didn't really need a car, like a wide campus.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
It's getting bigger.
When I was there, it's not.
It was.
It's not as wide.
It wasn't as wide as it is now.
It's definitely more sprawling.
Wait, so what was your firstbike then?
Speaker 1 (29:26):
It was also blue.
Oh, it had a banana seat.
Oh my sister had a banana seatand a Hagerty Chevrolet sticker
right in the middle bar.
Oh, two little handles.
Speaker 2 (29:35):
It was cute and we called it the blue bike.
We used to do this thing inBeverly.
We did it probably like threeyears.
It was like the Beverly MysteryBike Tour.
Speaker 1 (29:44):
That sounds vaguely familiar.
Speaker 2 (29:46):
Yeah, that sounds vaguely familiar, yeah, you
would put a sticker on your bikebecause you were like a part of
the group, yeah, and you wouldhave to go around to different
places?
Yes, I wonder if we were thereat the same time.
I don't think I ever did it, oh, but yes.
Okay, that sounds familiar, butit was a thing and it was so
fun.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
We used to love doing that.
Yeah, I did a flashlight on thefront that you could remove and
then take with you and put backon.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
Okay, in case you were bike riding yeah.
Speaker 1 (30:12):
And then I had a blue bike in Beverly, again Betty.
We named her Betty.
She was a mountain bike.
We put pegs on her.
Oh yeah, I think that wouldburn the inside of people's
shapes.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
Betty with a vengeance Betty Whoa.
Speaker 1 (30:28):
Because I think the pegs were too short or the width
of the wheel was maybe too wide.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Oh, I see they're like.
Who's riding on Nora's bike?
Speaker 1 (30:40):
Never mind, I'm just going to go home, but I think we
were so desperate to get frompoint A to point B.
You'd ride on Betty and just becareful.
Speaker 2 (30:48):
You were like your legs bowed out Bowed.
Yeah, my dad is a huge bikerider.
Speaker 1 (30:53):
He is, and he went to the Netherlands for biking,
didn't he?
Speaker 2 (30:55):
He did.
He biked across the Netherlands, he biked across Italy, he
biked across.
He went from Paris to Londonbut there was a boat involved.
He just biked across the water.
He's done.
I think Michigan he and myUncle Bill, his brother, they do
a ton of bike riding and theystill do it.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (31:13):
Mm-hmm, I think they're looking at another trip.
I forget where they wanted togo, but he tries to pick places
that are flat, that's very smartthere are these companies,
these bike tour companies thatyou bike ride a certain amount
and then you get to the hoteland then the company you give
the company all your stuff inthe morning, they drive it to
(31:34):
the next hotel your suitcase andstuff and then you ride your
bike.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
I'm, I'm in for all that.
My mom did one through burgundy.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
Oh, I would like to do that.
I would like to do that.
Speaker 1 (31:43):
That would be nice, and then here in chicago they
have bike the drive.
Speaker 2 (31:47):
Yes, my dad used to do that and then Shore to.
Speaker 1 (31:50):
Shore, shore to Shore , yeah.
Speaker 2 (31:52):
Yeah, oh, that probably goes right by Grand
Beach.
Yeah, my dad does it.
Yeah, or did it?
Speaker 1 (31:58):
Hasn't done it in the last couple of years.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
But yeah, it's really good exercise there's a lot of
opportunities to bike ride.
Speaker 1 (32:03):
The only tricky thing is when you do it for exercise,
is how much time it takes.
Oh, it takes longer to bike toburn the calories than it does
to run.
Oh, really.
Yeah Huh, but I like biking.
Speaker 2 (32:16):
Yeah, I remember when the Divvy bikes came out.
Speaker 1 (32:21):
Well, they were called City Bikes in New.
Speaker 2 (32:22):
York.
They're very popular and peopleuse them all the time.
But that is not for me.
No, it makes me nervous to ridemy bike in New York City.
I've never done it, but mybrother-in-law and sister-in-law
were champs.
They do it all the time.
Speaker 1 (32:38):
You know who, what we need, what we need a tandem
bike.
Oh my God, two Norris and abike.
Have you ever ridden a?
Speaker 2 (32:44):
tandem bike.
We could take our show on theroad.
Speaker 1 (32:45):
I wonder if it's hard though.
It can't be that hard.
It's not harder than producinga middle school musical.
Speaker 2 (32:51):
It's less people to worry about.
That's for sure.
Speaker 1 (32:54):
So, yeah, if you're out there, let's manifest that
too.
Speaker 2 (32:56):
Yeah, let's do it, because I bet you it would be
easier than some of the earlybikes that were created.
I like too that in 1818, thisbike was called the dandy horse
or running machine, but all ofthese bikes up until, I would
say, 1885.
So, like the first 75 years ofbikes, it's all described as
(33:20):
uncomfortable, no brakes,dangerous, no steering.
Like this bike had no pedals,no steering or brakes, it was
difficult and dangerous tomaneuver.
Speaker 1 (33:32):
Could you imagine if our kids hopped on a bike like
that?
Speaker 2 (33:35):
No, no.
And then another bicycle hadcrank pedals, so I don't know
what that means, but they had nobrakes and a lot of head-on
collisions.
And then they had this otherbike with the gigantic front
wheel called the Penny Farthingbike and again very difficult to
(33:56):
get on and off, unstable.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
How do you get on that?
Speaker 2 (34:00):
bike you would need a stool or a friend, a ladder or
something.
A friend, yes.
And then, finally, in 1885,john Kemp Starley was like what
if the wheels are the same, youknow the same size, and we get
the wheels working together?
Because on some of the firstbikes with pedals, the pedals
(34:20):
would only move the front wheelbecause there was no chain on it
.
Well, cheers to this guybecause he really Way to go,
John, yeah, but then at the endthey show this bike of the
future.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
Oh, I don't really appreciate that it looks kind of
like suggestive it doesn't lookright no, no, it looks kind of
good, I was reading up on thetour de france.
Speaker 2 (34:41):
Of course you were, of course I was.
It's 21 days long.
That's too long, that's a long,that's a long time.
It's a big commitment.
It takes them about 80 hours.
Speaker 1 (34:52):
So I'm like, why don't you just?
Speaker 2 (34:54):
make it shorter days and ride your bike longer.
I don't know.
I feel like that's not a gooduse of time 21 days is a
terrible use of time, but it's2,200 miles and guess how fast
they go 15 miles an hour 25 to28 miles per hour.
On flat land.
They're hauling, but thefastest ever Tour de France.
(35:14):
Time recorded ever was 63.1miles per hour.
Speaker 1 (35:17):
Oh my gosh, Isn't that insane.
How do you make your way downthe hill?
Speaker 2 (35:22):
Well, I guess this guy would go Hold on, but that's
kind of that's dangerous.
Speaker 1 (35:27):
That's really scary.
That's like you're going to die.
Like if you hit a rock, it'slike goodbye.
Speaker 2 (35:33):
Yes, yes, how is that ?
Speaker 1 (35:34):
That's just bananas, you know what that makes me want
to tune into it, though.
Check it out Now that I knowthey go so fast.
Yeah, I get nervous when Iwatch a lot of people biking so
close together.
Speaker 2 (35:44):
Yeah, I don't like to watch that.
That's something I have nointerest in watching live.
No, you're fine.
Speaker 1 (35:52):
I mean, if we're going to watch it for eight
hours straight.
Speaker 2 (35:55):
I'd like something exciting to happen.
Eighty hours.
Speaker 1 (35:57):
No, no, how many hours straight.
Speaker 2 (35:59):
Oh, like in a day.
Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (36:02):
Not that many.
Speaker 2 (36:02):
A few.
Speaker 1 (36:03):
Because that'd only be ten Right Right.
Speaker 2 (36:06):
Not a number.
Smart, we could do the math.
We could, but we won't we won't.
Speaker 1 (36:09):
Should we jump into highs and lows?
Let's do it.
Where are you at my low.
Speaker 2 (36:14):
my high and low are kind of related.
My high is the musical but mylow is.
I am so behind in all the otheraspects of my life right now
Like I have so many emails fromschool about Teacher
Appreciation Week and to sign upfor things for the end of the
year and I'm like I can't rightnow or ever You've done all the
things I know, but I doappreciate the teachers and
(36:37):
would like to participate inthat, but just give them a nice
end of the year gift.
I just feel like my car smellsbad, like it needs to be washed.
I just am like I need to get myother life things done.
Speaker 1 (36:46):
Yes, I get it so.
Speaker 2 (36:48):
I just, I mean, I have a pretty good reason why
it's all behind, but I stilldon't like that feeling.
How about you?
Speaker 1 (36:55):
My low is that they had to reschedule the Wheel of
Fortune I had planned to do iton my birthday and I was so
excited.
And then I had to wait an extraday, but that was okay, because
whatever it still got done,yeah what about your high.
My high was my birthday.
Oh, I love my birthday becauseI get to talk to so many people
(37:16):
and it's a good reminder abouthow lucky I am and how many
incredible people are in my life.
Speaker 2 (37:19):
It's just, it's a happy day and your kids really
stepped up yeah they did andthat's got to feel good on you
Like, wow, I did a good job onthese guys.
I know.
Speaker 1 (37:30):
It's like you gave a birthday present to yourself.
I'll remember that.
All right, we have just beentalking and talking and talking.
Speaker 2 (37:37):
Should we land the?
Speaker 1 (37:38):
plane Yep.
All right, we'll see you guysnext week.
Bye, bye.
Hi, thanks for joining us today.
It's Nora and Nora.
Welcome to all, and an extraspecial welcome to those tuning
in for the first time.
We're glad you're here.
We sure are.
You're smiling.
I can't look at you.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
I'm trying not to laugh Because of what I just
disclosed.
Yes, Usually I'm the one whonow I know how you feel.
Because, usually I drop a bombon you right before we record.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
So what's happening is?
I told you something off air sowe wouldn't have to talk about
it on the podcast and you'rebringing it up as we open the
show.
We don't have to.
I'm sorry.
I just I couldn't.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
I needed a little bit more time to compose myself.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
And I also didn't tell you this, assuming I would
get laughter as a reaction.
I was looking for maybe likecompassion.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
I was worried and then you kept telling me the
12,000 things you did to try toresolve it.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
And then that's what I'm laughing.
So, listeners, I took twoDayQuil two nights ago, which I
understand.
You should probably takeDayQuil in the day, that's
neither here nor there.
And the pill got stuck.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Wait, maybe that's in the direction.
It's like if you take them atnight, they get stuck.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
So I took the pills with not a lot of water and then
I carried on finishing up myevening jobs and then I realized
the pill was stuck in my throat.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
But you could breathe .
You weren't choking on it, youwere just like oh yeah, it was
something.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
So I drank so much water in like gulp fashion.
Oh yeah, So'd get some likeflow.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Some water pressure, some pressure To like, force it
down.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
But that didn't work.
No, it didn't work.
And also I was like, oh my gosh, I'm going to be up going to
the bathroom.
That didn't help either.
So I slept in an elevatedposition.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
This is like how the Dutch used to sleep yeah,
sitting like straight up.
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
And that also didn't work.
So then I just figured I'd goon a run in the morning because,
like the, the dislodging yeahyeah, yeah, yeah, no no, but
tell our listeners what you readwhen you Googled it.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Oh, just just to share in case any of them run
into a similar situation.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
So I read if you have swallowed a pill and it feels
stuck, you should seek medicalattention immediately, oh, not
after a run no.
Or eating on your chest, towhich one of my kids did say
(03:04):
what are you doing?
That's not going to work, butyou're fine now, I think.
Yeah, I still feel like Well, Ididn't until we started talking
about it.
Now I have like a Like phantompill.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Yeah, you know, like if you have a splinter or
something and then it's, thesplinter gets taken out, you
still feel like you feel it.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
yeah, oh it also said to take prilosec what's
prilosec?
Speaker 2 (03:31):
oh, like heartburn yeah, if it was stuck there.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Oh so I bought some.
How'd that go?
Speaker 2 (03:37):
I was, you know, I didn't really have heartburn,
yeah, but I was just reading anarticle that said that, if
you're, how about your coldsymptoms Resolved completely?
Maybe the pill being therehelped your symptoms more.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Oh my gosh.
But enough about me.
How are you?
I'm good.
You are smack dab in the middleof fabulous yes, well, when
this drops, it'll be done in thebest way possible.
You are incredible.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Oh, you're very kind.
'll be done in the best waypossible.
You are incredible.
Oh, you're very kind.
Tell our listeners what you'vebeen up to.
I'm putting on a show.
My junior high musical openedon Thursday night and I'm so
proud of the kiddos.
They did a really awesome job.
They brought their A game andthe biggest thing is I'm like
just have fun.
Like no one wants to see sadkids on stage, so I was.
(04:30):
They looked like they werehaving a blast.
I also love when small thingsgo wrong and I see how they rise
to the occasion and pivot andwork with it and help each other
.
And a few little things wentwrong and I was really proud of
them and how they handled it andyeah, it was really good you
are giving him such a gift ofconfidence on stage.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
I hope so, and they looked fantastic and we talked
about this off air and theirdaughter has the best smile on
stage.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Oh my gosh, so happy.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
But we talked about off air, about how you really
are responsible for thechoreography.
You're responsible for choosingall of their costumes, all of
their hair, all of their makeup,all of the lighting, all of the
set.
Like you do it all for AnneMeany.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
She does all the singing and then I have some
nice parents who help that I cankind of bounce ideas off,
because some you know like I'll,be like I know I would like
something like this, you knowyou made the bus.
A very nice parent made me abus, which I was so grateful,
because you really need a bus,you need it.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Well, I just I hope you know how incredible
everything was.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Oh, thank you, I was really happy with how it all
ended up and people who seem tolike it and it's just, I wanted
to do a super fun show, sillyand just full of love and fun
and laughs, and I feel likethat's what delivered.
That's what they got.
So I'm excited to see it againtonight, because the kids will
(06:06):
be excited and jazzed up andthen we'll have our last show on
Sunday and then I will comeback to Earth and focus on
everything else.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Speaking of Earth, oh , Well, planet.
Yeah Well, actually just thesolar system, oh okay.
What do we saw?
Oh, just the solar system, oh,okay.
But I saw you got your MoonPunch.
I saw it at the store.
I'm so excited.
So a couple weeks ago,listeners, we talked about Moon
Punch, a drink that Capri Sunlaunched for the lunar eclipse
(06:43):
March 14th, and it was just ajuice box to I don't know was it
a marketing?
Speaker 2 (06:50):
what was it to celebrate the?
Speaker 1 (06:52):
eclipse yeah, to mark you, to mark the eclipse there
you go, eclipse occurs, yada,yada, yada.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Oh, they've got some.
This is a great box to read.
You can learn a lot.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
Constellation tells you oh, all the phases of the
moon, and I think the juiceboxes have the phases on that.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
We're going to find out.
Oh, there's a thing over here,oh.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
This box is like a cereal box.
You can read it.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Let's see Little Moon Punch.
Let's see what phase.
I got A waning gibbous.
Oh, what'd you get?
Speaker 1 (07:25):
Well, I don't know how to say that Did I get the
same one?
Speaker 2 (07:29):
you did Waxing gibbous, what are you?
I'm waning and you're waxing.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Ew, I'd rather be waning I don't know.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Well, I don't know.
So, oh God, help me.
Sorry, I broke the box, that'sokay.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
So this little punch to celebrate the lunar eclipse
was obviously on sale, becausethe lunar eclipse was March 14th
.
Oh sure, oh, they're ice cold,oh good idea, this sheet.
Shake it up.
They glow in the dark what thepacks.
So if you're listening to thisand you think you might, be,
interested, hustle over to yourlocal Kroger or.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Mariano's.
Do you think it tastes like themoon?
It.
Do you think it tastes like themoon?
It's like rocks.
Oh God, look at you Dive inright in.
Oh moon-ish, Huh, Hmm, oh no Imean.
Tastes kind of like water.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Moon water.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Moon water.
You know what it tastes.
Like Water with like the end of, like maraschino cherries, like
a dash of that Like grenadine.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Yeah, I'm looking for the nutrition facts on it.
That was 11 grams of sugar.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Wow, here we go.
What's in it?
Water, sugar, oh, pear andcherry.
Yeah, oh, that's what I said,cherries, look at my palate, so
refined for juice.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
I could be a juice sommelier, that's what I'm going
to do when the musical's over.
I think they're in high demand.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
I'll do kids' birthday parties, oh great.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Everyone put your straw in your juice box my mom
never bought these when we werekids.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
My mom wouldn't buy them either, mm-mm.
But my mom bought Hi-C, whichis not bad.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
Oh, so would my mom, yeah, same.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
But I think also I never buy these because I feel
like a lot can go wrong with thestraw.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
You know what we got banned from at my house.
Oh, what Squeeze-its.
This is a core memory I have.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Squeeze-its Were those like the bottles with the
tops.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
We had just moved to Arizona in white carpeting.
Oh, I twisted a squeeze-it andthat was it.
Damn, those were so good.
They had that weird plasticbottle.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Yeah, and then people would chew on the straw.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
Yeah, those were weird.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Those were weird.
They were just a whole lot ofsugary syrup.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
I liked juice boxes when I was a kid.
Same I mean.
What's not to love?
You know what's a nice juicebox?
That?
I would buy for my kids whenthey were younger was the Honest
Kids.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
I still buy those you do.
Yeah, I used to drink thosewhen I was pregnant.
Kevin has one in the morning.
Oh, he does.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
Yeah, do you put them in the?
Speaker 2 (09:58):
lunchboxes?
No, because I feel like theyget warm.
I'd rather them just drinkwater, A nice cold juice box.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Yeah, it's good for fortune, it's good for human
control it is yeah, is it apple?
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
I like apple juice.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
Something else happened this week that was
super exciting, it sure did.
It's kind of a continuation ofan adventure we had in February,
that in February Nora and Iwent to a casting for the Wheel
of Fortune.
It was part of the auto showand we went and it was fine.
It was long, but like a typicalcasting like you don't leave
(10:33):
there feeling good aboutyourself You're like, well,
that's all I could do.
And then I had kind offorgotten about it.
I had forgotten about it toountil I didn't.
And then last week I got anemail saying are you available
to do a Zoom casting, like thenext step?
And I was excited but I was sadbecause you hadn't gotten an
(10:53):
email and we were all in thistogether.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
But I was happy for you.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
You were so happy for me and that was really really
nice.
I was happier for you, I thinkthan I was for me, because then
you got your email.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
Oh yes, then a couple days later, yeah, Because
you're T for Taylor and I'm Wfor Westphal.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Maybe that's why I was just going down
alphabetically.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
But yeah, you're in letters and words and jumble and
crossword and I'm not.
Yeah, so we each individuallyauditioned for this and our
auditions looked very different.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
Yes, which is interesting Mine I had to play
against other people and Iprobably came in a solid second
out of three.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Okay, so I played solo.
I was on the Zoom call.
We should probably letlisteners know that we were both
on Zoom.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
And I met the other two potential contestants
they're all in the room togetherand then, one by one oh God,
that sounds creepy he took usinto the room In the virtual
waiting room, yes.
So then I had a screen that hadfour puzzles on it and there
was four groups of them.
(12:05):
So in total I had 16 puzzlesand, I think, 90 seconds on the
clock for each grouping.
Yeah, mine was so different,and so I was able to solve four
out of four.
On the first one, that'samazing, silly cry, baby.
This one, that's so, that's soweird puzzle.
Well, at least that's what Ithink.
Yes, so four out of four on thefirst one, but then the other
(12:28):
12.
I did not do nearly as wellbecause I only got two and I
only.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
We only had, so I had two other ladies on with me and
we had to see who got themfirst.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
I think it would have been helpful for me to have
somebody else on there like so Icould spitball, like if I could
hear their ideas and build offthose.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
But no, we weren't allowed to spitball.
You had to just guess when youknew it oh.
You weren't allowed to sound itout and like, uh, this fish.
And he told me to try and soundit out yeah, which is usually
what they do on Wheel of Fortunefor that final round, but no,
ours was just like.
Say it when you know it, If youknow it, say it.
You see something, saysomething.
(13:10):
So we haven't heard.
I don't think I'm going to getpicked, but I think you will.
That's I like your positive.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
I would just be happy if one of us got picked.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
You should get picked .
You answered a lot of puzzles.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
No wait, six out of 12, six out of 16?
.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
Well, you don't know what the other people got, true,
so All right?
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Well, stay tuned.
And you had your birthday.
Yes, I did.
It was a very big week.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
We have had a big week.
No wonder we haven't recordeduntil Friday.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
No wonder we spent 47 minutes catching up before we
could record.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
Oh, and I didn't bring your gift.
What a ding-dong.
Speaker 1 (13:45):
But we're going to celebrate your birthday properly
.
Yeah, and I'll remember thatRyan was out of town in the
afternoon so we had a 7 ambirthday party.
I got a long run in in themorning which you know is my
favorite.
It was before I had the pillsituation and then I came home
to small cakes and cards andtreats and gifts and I mean the
(14:07):
whole shebang at 7 am that'samazing 7.27,.
The big kids left and then thelittle guys got off to school.
Ryan and I did some plantingand worked in the yard a little
bit, and he asked where wewanted to go to lunch.
Yeah, where'd you end up going,bona?
Yes, for your birthday.
I said yep, that's where wewant to go.
(14:28):
Yep, and then he headed off tothe airport and I had a typical
mom.
What do you get at Bona?
Oh, I get this protein bowl.
I really do like to get asandwich, but if I'm trying to
be good, it's steamed spinach,roasted red peppers, tomatoes,
grilled chicken it's so good anda side of fries.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
Yes, their fries are delicious, that sounds.
See, when I go to Bona, I panicbecause they have so much on
the menu that I'm like I don'thave time to read all this, and
then I usually just get a beefsandwich.
They have everything, but Ilike the sound of this protein
bowl.
Their pizza is very good.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
They have everything Catherine Grace wrote an article
about, or an essay about howit's the greatest place.
It really is a good spot.
I want Bona how it's thegreatest place.
It really is a good spot.
No one won't want to.
But how about?
So then in the evening I had,we had a divide and conquer
because Ryan wasn't home, Right?
So Mike and I hit a soccer gameand a baseball game.
And then Mike stayed at thebaseball game or the soccer game
(15:26):
and I told the big kids just tograb dinner and come home and
they said meet us at Hill Grove.
And they set up a littlebirthday dinner.
Wasn't that cute?
Oh Nora, they were verythoughtful.
That is really sweet, I know.
Yeah, they took good care of me, that's awesome.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
So you had early in the morning and then at night.
Yeah, you were up late on yourbirthday.
Nice work, guys.
Were you late on your birthday?
Oh?
Speaker 1 (15:52):
no, not really.
No, probably like 9.30.
Oh, late for me, but yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
Well, that's awesome, I'm glad.
And speaking of running, didyou hear that in Beijing they
had robots running a halfmarathon?
Oh my, gosh why.
Exactly, there was a Beijinghalf marathon and they had
thousands of people running inthis half marathon.
Wait, were they people orrobots?
Well, they were humans androbots, oh okay, but some were
(16:17):
like three feet nine inches tall, and then the tallest one that
one was oh, some fell down.
The tallest one was five feetnine.
I can show you the video later.
He finished it in two hours and40 minutes with a robot.
I don't know if he has a gender, but two hours and 40 minutes
for a half marathon.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
Who controlled him?
Speaker 2 (16:36):
His keeper, His scientist.
They had the people who therobots had.
Like it's almost kind of likewhen the disabled runners run,
Like they have a guide.
Like the robots had to have aguide, I guess, to make sure
they could go roll, did the?
Robots only run as fast astheir guide.
The guides ran as fast as therobot.
(16:57):
What if you were the?
Speaker 1 (16:58):
one controlling the robot?
Speaker 2 (17:00):
Yeah, so I think they were like run, robot run, and
then they what if you wanted toswitch robots?
Speaker 1 (17:05):
She goes, wait, my robot's too fast, you better get
ready.
You can't get too far.
What if you're rolling by?
She wears so fucking big.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
But a lot of these guys have, like khaki pants on
Because they're not runners,they're scientists.
Oh, these guys are.
Oh, that robot was really fast.
Speaker 1 (17:20):
Oh my gosh, he looks like a person.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
Yeah, humanoid robots .
These guys were prepared.
That's the one that won.
Then these guys are in likekhakis and flannel shirts.
That one has a sun hat, thisone has oven mitts on.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
oh, boxing gloves oh, that robot has a knee problem.
He's got khakis on.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
He's in the PT after this.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
But isn't that so crazy?
That's so funny.
Have they ever done this?
Speaker 2 (17:48):
before.
I think it was the first timethey had to resemble humans.
They couldn't roll, theycouldn't be on wheels, they had
to walk or run.
I love that.
Your first question was why?
Because yeah, why?
But two hours and 40 minutes isthat a good time for a half
marathon?
Yeah, that's right.
Pretty good For a robot?
Yeah, that's right, pretty goodFor a robot.
(18:11):
Yeah, for I mean for a human.
How do you gauge?
But for a human, is that a goodtime?
No, no, no.
Okay, take that, robots, we'restill faster than you.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
No, maybe it is.
It's all relative.
It's all relative.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
Yeah, it's better than a robot I could build, and
I'm glad that robots are takingcare of their heart health.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
Healthy robots, that's what we need.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
And I am still like buzzing from our nightcap with
the Norris.
That was so fun, so fun.
That drink was delicious, Iknow it kind of scares me when I
like a whiskey drink Same.
Do you ever get that song inyour head?
Like a whiskey drink, a log, adrink like from that 90s oh my
god, I get mad.
Is that what I get up to get mechumbalumba whenever I like a
(18:59):
whiskey drink I'm like a whiskeydrink sing the song that
reminds me.
I sing this that was a weirdsong.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
I say danny boy in it why are they called chumbawumba
, that song?
Speaker 2 (19:16):
is called.
Speaker 1 (19:17):
Tell them something.
What does that mean?
No, maybe that's what happenswhen you have too many whiskey
drinks.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
You feel chumbo?
Speaker 1 (19:27):
Oh no, and then you start to have something.
Should we check in with oursponsor?
Speaker 2 (19:37):
Yes, oh, hey, there, Nora, Nora, just the girl I
wanted to talk to you about.
Tell me more.
You know.
You know I direct a children'smusical and I've got this props
list that I'm trying to workthrough and I really need a tire
.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
You think I have a tire.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
Well, I don't know, I'm just getting desperate.
Where does one get a tire?
Speaker 1 (20:00):
I know a guy, you all have a guy for everything.
Hagerty Buick GMC ServiceDepartment is full Of tires Of
the answers.
They have a fresh start tireevent going on now.
Buy three, get one for a dollaron select tires Wait buy three,
get one for a dollar.
Yes, and I'm sure if we headdown to 93rd and Cicero, we'd be
(20:23):
able to find something for you.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
Well, that would be great, because you know what?
Why don't I just get my carsome new tires, put the old one
in my show?
Speaker 1 (20:33):
I mean, I think we just solved that problem,
prayers answered.
While you're there, you cantake a look at the rest of their
inventory too Hummer, evs,sierra pickups, I mean you name
it Buick, encores, gosh, theyhave it all, yeah, everything
for a great great deal, right onthe corner, right on the price.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
How can I get a hold of them?
Speaker 1 (20:52):
You can check them out on haggardycarscom, or head
on down to 93rd and Cicero andjust tell them, nora sent you.
And now back to the show.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
So our topic today is not Chumbawamba or tub thumping
or robots.
Speaker 1 (21:06):
It's bikes, bicycles, thumping or robots.
Speaker 2 (21:07):
It's bikes, bicycles and hooray for bikes.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Yeah, I mean hooray for bikes, but do you like to
ride a bike?
Speaker 2 (21:15):
I do like to ride a bike.
Sometimes I forget that it's anoption.
You know that it's not alwaysfirst top of mind for me, like
oh.
I could just ride my bike.
But I also think that's becauseAl got me a baby seat for my
bike for well, not for me forRose and I never liked it.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
I did not feel safe.
I didn't like riding her around.
Speaker 2 (21:40):
You didn't ride your other kids on a bike, no, what
Well?
Aiden was in London and Ididn't feel safe riding around
in London.
Rory was New York and Idefinitely didn't feel safe
there.
And then in South Bend therewas nowhere to go.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
Oh, yeah, and then.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
Texas.
I think I was just sad.
And then when, Rose, I just Inever felt safe doing it, but
you had your kids on a bike, onthe back of your bike.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
I had kids on the back of my bike.
It's one of my favoritemilestones, yeah, and I had them
on two wheels like freakishlyearly.
Speaker 2 (22:11):
You did yeah.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
Yeah, we're ready to roll my youngest believes that
our neighbor taught him how toride his bike.
Speaker 2 (22:18):
Oh you did?
Speaker 1 (22:19):
It was me.
Yeah, you were running down thestreet, so we just kind of go
with it because it's funny.
I taught all four of mine.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
Did you teach your kids?
I taught aiden and rory, al didkevin and rose I like in in
europe they have more baby seats.
Speaker 1 (22:37):
They're at the front.
I've seen those around and Ilike that better.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
I wish I had one of those because number one I felt
like rose kept kicking me in thebutt well and it just felt like
I would think it would be.
They can't be too big ifthey're in the front Right.
But then I always felt like Iwas like you.
Okay, back there.
I felt like I kept having tolook behind me.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
Well, yeah, not safe.
No, no, I got eyes forward.
When I was a kid, the bikeswere like your only mode of
transportation.
Indeed, yeah, yeah, Like that'show we got everywhere.
And then we moved to Arizonaand that was not quite the thing
.
But my dad had a baby seat onhis bike that we slid off and we
made a seat cushion for it.
(23:16):
So, we made like a, like arumble seat, like a sidecar.
So I would pick up my friendWhitney on that bike and she
would sit on the back.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
That's very clever.
It was clever of us.
So now that I don't have thebaby seat on there and Al bought
me a beautiful bike and it's avery nice, proper bike, but I
kind of I'm jealous of your,like I wish mine was cuter, like
.
It's not a cute bike.
Speaker 1 (23:43):
My bike is 22 years old.
Oh wow, I don't know if it's.
It's from my sophomore year ofcollege.
Okay, my dad made sure I had afantastic parking pass when I
went down to school my sophomoreyear, which I really appreciate
.
But I wanted a bike.
So when I was in Tucson I sawthis bubblegum pink beach
(24:05):
cruiser and I knew I had to haveit, and that was how I got
around.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
That's amazing and I still have it.
Speaker 1 (24:12):
It's probably one of my most favorite things.
Speaker 2 (24:16):
I kind of wish I had, because my sister has a cute
like beach cruiser kind of bike,but because I wanted a basket
so I could hold stuff in it.
But because mine has, like alllike the brake wires in the
front, you could never really doa basket.
But with the Target KateSpadesale I got a little.
Speaker 1 (24:32):
Did you get one?
I got a bike like a side basket.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
Because also, if I'm riding my bike, it's probably to
either go somewhere or runerrands or I want to pick stuff
up, so it'll be nice to have.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
I ride my bike to the grocery store a lot, or in the
town.
Speaker 2 (24:48):
Because you have a nice basket.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
Yeah, I'm a big bike rider.
Speaker 2 (24:51):
That's great, and you're in bike season.
Now I am in bike season.
It's almost.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
I love bike season, but I look back to my childhood
and I have so many memoriesbuilt around bike riding yeah.
And we put kids on handlebarsand kids on pegs.
Speaker 2 (25:07):
Oh, you were a daredevil.
No, handlebars and kids on pegs, and oh, you were a daredevil.
No, I never did that but wewould ride our bikes around all
over.
I broke my arm I when I felloff my bike.
Okay well, I broke both my arms, not at the same time, but one
time playing football, the othertime I fell off my bike it was
kind of that's when I was like Iguess I'm not cut out for this.
Oh, that's funny, sean.
(25:28):
My brother tackled me and Ijust fell back wrong on it, and
that was it, that was it.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
Yeah, as adults, I love a bars on bikes.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
Oh, like the pedal thing all together, oh that.
I like that, but no like if youdo like a pump, crawl on your
bike.
Oh a pump crawl and we didbirthdays on bikes.
That was super fun.
Have you ever done one of thoselike group bike?
Speaker 1 (25:49):
things.
Yes, they were big in Arizona,okay.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
I did one in Dayton with my college friends and that
was really fun.
Speaker 1 (25:55):
Wait, have you been to the bike shop in Dayton?
Speaker 2 (25:57):
No, which shame on me .
It's still there.
Oh, it's still there.
It's a national historic site.
Oh, yeah, so because I did alittle research on it.
But the Wright brothers werefascinating.
Yes, because they were.
They had a bicycle shop beforethey went into airplanes, but
before that they had a printingcompany.
(26:17):
They did so.
It was a printing company andthen they just got into bikes.
And it kind of reminded me ofyou because they were just they
got.
They both got bikes becausethey were relatively new and
they just got really into it andloved bikes I love bikes and
then learned how to repair them.
Oh my gosh.
Yes, and then, they ended upopening a shop.
Speaker 1 (26:38):
You know, that's my dream, I know.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
And what did?
Speaker 1 (26:40):
you say manifest it.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
Yeah, throw it out, throw it out there.
Okay, yeah, your bike shop.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
I would like an old-fashioned bike shop with
like an old-fashioned cashregister and kind of like cozy
vibe in there.
If you have a dog, maybe I'dhave a little water bowl out
front and some treats.
Speaker 2 (26:55):
Well, not if I have a dog.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
No, if someone was a dog.
And then I'll have like cutelittle greeting cards and bells
and baskets.
Oh yeah, I think that's a greatidea.
I even have a name for it.
Oh what, yeah, I don't have aname for it.
Oh what?
Should I share it?
Or should I wait for the grandreveal when I get?
Speaker 2 (27:15):
the shop.
I don't know.
I kind of want you to share it.
Okay, it's going to be calledoff the chains, oh that's good,
yeah, that's really good.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Um, and even if somebody else wants to open it
and then I just work there,that's okay too, okay okay.
But I need to be paid well andhave lots of days off on a
flexible schedule and I don'tknow you want to open your own
business and have lots of daysoff on a flexible schedule.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
And I don't know how.
So you want to open your ownbusiness and have lots of days
off?
Speaker 1 (27:31):
Mm-hmm oh okay and not a lot of referrals.
Sure, okay, throw it out there,but like in the summer.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
Maybe you could just franchise it, come up with like
the ideas of like what peopleneed to open it and then sell it
like a.
Okay, that's some food forthought.
Yeah, all right, like smallcakes, what's a franchise?
Speaker 1 (27:49):
I kind of like the feel of like a neighborhood bike
shop.
Speaker 2 (27:51):
Oh, okay, well, we'll see we can talk about it.
We'll iron it out All right,thanks.
Do you remember your first bike?
Speaker 1 (27:57):
That's what I was going to ask you.
Yes, I do.
Do you remember yours?
Speaker 2 (28:04):
Yes, blue BMX kind of like a mountain bike.
We were in California, what?
Speaker 1 (28:10):
I had a little tomboy face, didn't you?
Weren't you able to like ridearound your pool in the backyard
?
Speaker 2 (28:14):
We had our backyard in California was awesome.
We couldn't ride around thepool but there was this like
concrete slab that was probablyalmost like a half court
basketball court.
I think of it as beinghumongous.
I bet my dad and maybe itwasn't as long as I thought-
Wouldn't that be funny to goback and see it.
Yes, I would love to, and wewould just ride our bikes Like
the backyard was massive and itwas great.
(28:37):
Oh, and I would.
Yeah, we'd ride our bikes allover the place there.
My mom used to ride her bike alot in California and put Sean
in the back of her bike andstuff like that.
And then Pennsylvania was crazybecause it was so hilly.
And I got a new bike inPennsylvania and it was
fluorescent green and like hotpink.
No way, I wonder if we had thesame one.
(28:58):
Oh, my gosh, that's funny.
Yeah, oh, and then I had a bikein college but I don't remember
what.
I must have brought it home.
Were there a lot of bike ridersat Dayton?
Yeah, people did ride theirbikes a lot to get around campus
.
Because not every a lot ofpeople had cars, but a lot of
people didn't.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
You didn't really need a car, like a wide campus.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
It's getting bigger.
When I was there, it's not.
It was.
It's not as wide.
It wasn't as wide as it is now.
It's definitely more sprawling.
Wait, so what was your firstbike then?
Speaker 1 (29:26):
It was also blue.
Oh, it had a banana seat.
Oh my sister had a banana seatand a Hagerty Chevrolet sticker
right in the middle bar.
Oh, two little handles.
Speaker 2 (29:35):
It was cute and we called it the blue bike.
We used to do this thing inBeverly.
We did it probably like threeyears.
It was like the Beverly MysteryBike Tour.
Speaker 1 (29:44):
That sounds vaguely familiar.
Speaker 2 (29:46):
Yeah, that sounds vaguely familiar, yeah, you
would put a sticker on your bikebecause you were like a part of
the group, yeah, and you wouldhave to go around to different
places?
Yes, I wonder if we were thereat the same time.
I don't think I ever did it, oh, but yes.
Okay, that sounds familiar, butit was a thing and it was so
fun.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
We used to love doing that.
Yeah, I did a flashlight on thefront that you could remove and
then take with you and put backon.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
Okay, in case you were bike riding yeah.
Speaker 1 (30:12):
And then I had a blue bike in Beverly, again Betty.
We named her Betty.
She was a mountain bike.
We put pegs on her.
Oh yeah, I think that wouldburn the inside of people's
shapes.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
Betty with a vengeance Betty Whoa.
Speaker 1 (30:28):
Because I think the pegs were too short or the width
of the wheel was maybe too wide.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Oh, I see they're like.
Who's riding on Nora's bike?
Speaker 1 (30:40):
Never mind, I'm just going to go home, but I think we
were so desperate to get frompoint A to point B.
You'd ride on Betty and just becareful.
Speaker 2 (30:48):
You were like your legs bowed out Bowed.
Yeah, my dad is a huge bikerider.
Speaker 1 (30:53):
He is, and he went to the Netherlands for biking,
didn't he?
Speaker 2 (30:55):
He did.
He biked across the Netherlands, he biked across Italy, he
biked across.
He went from Paris to Londonbut there was a boat involved.
He just biked across the water.
He's done.
I think Michigan he and myUncle Bill, his brother, they do
a ton of bike riding and theystill do it.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (31:13):
Mm-hmm, I think they're looking at another trip.
I forget where they wanted togo, but he tries to pick places
that are flat, that's very smartthere are these companies,
these bike tour companies thatyou bike ride a certain amount
and then you get to the hoteland then the company you give
the company all your stuff inthe morning, they drive it to
(31:34):
the next hotel your suitcase andstuff and then you ride your
bike.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
I'm, I'm in for all that.
My mom did one through burgundy.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
Oh, I would like to do that.
I would like to do that.
Speaker 1 (31:43):
That would be nice, and then here in chicago they
have bike the drive.
Speaker 2 (31:47):
Yes, my dad used to do that and then Shore to.
Speaker 1 (31:50):
Shore, shore to Shore , yeah.
Speaker 2 (31:52):
Yeah, oh, that probably goes right by Grand
Beach.
Yeah, my dad does it.
Yeah, or did it?
Speaker 1 (31:58):
Hasn't done it in the last couple of years.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
But yeah, it's really good exercise there's a lot of
opportunities to bike ride.
Speaker 1 (32:03):
The only tricky thing is when you do it for exercise,
is how much time it takes.
Oh, it takes longer to bike toburn the calories than it does
to run.
Oh, really.
Yeah Huh, but I like biking.
Speaker 2 (32:16):
Yeah, I remember when the Divvy bikes came out.
Speaker 1 (32:21):
Well, they were called City Bikes in New.
Speaker 2 (32:22):
York.
They're very popular and peopleuse them all the time.
But that is not for me.
No, it makes me nervous to ridemy bike in New York City.
I've never done it, but mybrother-in-law and sister-in-law
were champs.
They do it all the time.
Speaker 1 (32:38):
You know who, what we need, what we need a tandem
bike.
Oh my God, two Norris and abike.
Have you ever ridden a?
Speaker 2 (32:44):
tandem bike.
We could take our show on theroad.
Speaker 1 (32:45):
I wonder if it's hard though.
It can't be that hard.
It's not harder than producinga middle school musical.
Speaker 2 (32:51):
It's less people to worry about.
That's for sure.
Speaker 1 (32:54):
So, yeah, if you're out there, let's manifest that
too.
Speaker 2 (32:56):
Yeah, let's do it, because I bet you it would be
easier than some of the earlybikes that were created.
I like too that in 1818, thisbike was called the dandy horse
or running machine, but all ofthese bikes up until, I would
say, 1885.
So, like the first 75 years ofbikes, it's all described as
(33:20):
uncomfortable, no brakes,dangerous, no steering.
Like this bike had no pedals,no steering or brakes, it was
difficult and dangerous tomaneuver.
Speaker 1 (33:32):
Could you imagine if our kids hopped on a bike like
that?
Speaker 2 (33:35):
No, no.
And then another bicycle hadcrank pedals, so I don't know
what that means, but they had nobrakes and a lot of head-on
collisions.
And then they had this otherbike with the gigantic front
wheel called the Penny Farthingbike and again very difficult to
(33:56):
get on and off, unstable.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
How do you get on that?
Speaker 2 (34:00):
bike you would need a stool or a friend, a ladder or
something.
A friend, yes.
And then, finally, in 1885,john Kemp Starley was like what
if the wheels are the same, youknow the same size, and we get
the wheels working together?
Because on some of the firstbikes with pedals, the pedals
(34:20):
would only move the front wheelbecause there was no chain on it
.
Well, cheers to this guybecause he really Way to go,
John, yeah, but then at the endthey show this bike of the
future.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
Oh, I don't really appreciate that it looks kind of
like suggestive it doesn't lookright no, no, it looks kind of
good, I was reading up on thetour de france.
Speaker 2 (34:41):
Of course you were, of course I was.
It's 21 days long.
That's too long, that's a long,that's a long time.
It's a big commitment.
It takes them about 80 hours.
Speaker 1 (34:52):
So I'm like, why don't you just?
Speaker 2 (34:54):
make it shorter days and ride your bike longer.
I don't know.
I feel like that's not a gooduse of time 21 days is a
terrible use of time, but it's2,200 miles and guess how fast
they go 15 miles an hour 25 to28 miles per hour.
On flat land.
They're hauling, but thefastest ever Tour de France.
(35:14):
Time recorded ever was 63.1miles per hour.
Speaker 1 (35:17):
Oh my gosh, Isn't that insane.
How do you make your way downthe hill?
Speaker 2 (35:22):
Well, I guess this guy would go Hold on, but that's
kind of that's dangerous.
Speaker 1 (35:27):
That's really scary.
That's like you're going to die.
Like if you hit a rock, it'slike goodbye.
Speaker 2 (35:33):
Yes, yes, how is that ?
Speaker 1 (35:34):
That's just bananas, you know what that makes me want
to tune into it, though.
Check it out Now that I knowthey go so fast.
Yeah, I get nervous when Iwatch a lot of people biking so
close together.
Speaker 2 (35:44):
Yeah, I don't like to watch that.
That's something I have nointerest in watching live.
No, you're fine.
Speaker 1 (35:52):
I mean, if we're going to watch it for eight
hours straight.
Speaker 2 (35:55):
I'd like something exciting to happen.
Eighty hours.
Speaker 1 (35:57):
No, no, how many hours straight.
Speaker 2 (35:59):
Oh, like in a day.
Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (36:02):
Not that many.
Speaker 2 (36:02):
A few.
Speaker 1 (36:03):
Because that'd only be ten Right Right.
Speaker 2 (36:06):
Not a number.
Smart, we could do the math.
We could, but we won't we won't.
Speaker 1 (36:09):
Should we jump into highs and lows?
Let's do it.
Where are you at my low.
Speaker 2 (36:14):
my high and low are kind of related.
My high is the musical but mylow is.
I am so behind in all the otheraspects of my life right now
Like I have so many emails fromschool about Teacher
Appreciation Week and to sign upfor things for the end of the
year and I'm like I can't rightnow or ever You've done all the
things I know, but I doappreciate the teachers and
(36:37):
would like to participate inthat, but just give them a nice
end of the year gift.
I just feel like my car smellsbad, like it needs to be washed.
I just am like I need to get myother life things done.
Speaker 1 (36:46):
Yes, I get it so.
Speaker 2 (36:48):
I just, I mean, I have a pretty good reason why
it's all behind, but I stilldon't like that feeling.
How about you?
Speaker 1 (36:55):
My low is that they had to reschedule the Wheel of
Fortune I had planned to do iton my birthday and I was so
excited.
And then I had to wait an extraday, but that was okay, because
whatever it still got done,yeah what about your high.
My high was my birthday.
Oh, I love my birthday becauseI get to talk to so many people
(37:16):
and it's a good reminder abouthow lucky I am and how many
incredible people are in my life.
Speaker 2 (37:19):
It's just, it's a happy day and your kids really
stepped up yeah they did andthat's got to feel good on you
Like, wow, I did a good job onthese guys.
I know.
Speaker 1 (37:30):
It's like you gave a birthday present to yourself.
I'll remember that.
All right, we have just beentalking and talking and talking.
Speaker 2 (37:37):
Should we land the?
Speaker 1 (37:38):
plane Yep.
All right, we'll see you guysnext week.
Bye, bye.
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