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Oct 15
793 – Storms & Swords
Annoy Your Friends
– Hurricane panic and pre-storm stress discussed
– Conversations about storm preparedness in relationships
– Social media’s impact on storm preparedness vs. 20 years ago
– Stocking up for storms, including peanut butter M&M’s
– Reminder to check on neighbors and safety tips for generator use
– Warning about generator dangers and power surges
– Cheap ceiling fans like Hampton Bay and Hunter mentioned
– Jokes about ceiling fans blowing off due to power surges
– Mention of Food Truck Fiesta in Sanford
– Early Halloween costumes and decorations discussed
– BDM event on October 19th, BDM membership required
– Walmart hurricane alert panic story
– Discussion on reducing generator noise with plywood
– Anecdote about a neighbor’s odd tree securing method
– Ratchet straps and social media trolling related to storm prep
– Post-storm debris raking and helping elderly neighbors
– Neighbors inspecting damage after the storm
– Neighbor’s request for help with a fallen fence
– Concerns about kids wandering into a neighbor’s unfenced pool
– Debate on kids playing outside post-storm vs. past generations
– Childhood memories of playing in floodwater and making forts
– Anecdote about a septic tank flooding and playing in sewage water
– Mini trampoline four-wheeling in a flooded backyard story
– Subdivision with a connected shopping plaza, including Winn Dixie, mentioned
– BMX biking and playing with cardboard in retention ponds
– Sliding down industrial fly ash piles near a power plant
– Complimenting a helpful neighbor with the fence
– Skepticism about neighbor’s motives for fixing the fence
– Liability and insurance issues with pools and unfenced yards discussed
– Story about “gypsies” using a pool while family was away
– Nostalgia for walkie-talkies and 80s childhood activities
– Guilt about not helping neighbors leads to action
– Fixing a fence in the dark while trespassing in neighbors’ backyards
– Awkward exit after fixing a neighbor’s fence while they watched
– Walking into places you don’t belong and feeling awkward
– Reflection on society helping too much without being asked
– Filling a neighbor’s trash cans with water as “punishment”
– Debate on minding your own business vs. getting involved
– Mention of taking marijuana pills and Bud Light during the hurricane
– Call from listener Jameis about storm impact
– Joke about Jameis listening to Tom and Dan since 1998
– Music break: cover of “Lovefool” by Bad Suns
– Guardian Water Services ad, emphasizing RO system benefits during hurricanes
– Getting back to normal after Hurricane Milton
– Jameis being a stockbroker and owning three boats
– Story about following “Lieutenant Dan” during a hurricane in Tampa
– Lieutenant Dan being calm and attributing survival to God
– Lieutenant Dan buying a boat for $1,200
– Ross receives a Bud K gift card for his birthday
– Ross discusses buying scratch and dent Lord of the Rings items from Bud K
– Joke about kids preferring video games over guns or swords
– Mention of Fortnite adding Leatherface and Shaquille O’Neal as characters
– Amazon delivery drivers working during hurricanes, delivering non-essentials
– Anecdote about a Kroger delivery driver during the storm
– Ross buys a $30 sword cane from Bud K
– Joke about using the sword cane for assassination
– Houdini’s death after being punched unprepared mentioned
– Ross buys a $12 scratch and dent machete from Bud K
– Machete features, including vine-cutting notch, discussed
– Crystal uncomfortable holding the heavy machete, fearing loss of control
– Brass knuckles legality discussed as a concealed weapon in Florida
– Gladiator tongs from Bud K, originally for charcoal, joked about as self-defense tools
– Butterfly knife trainer and flipping practice discussed
– Nostalgia for forearm weapons and getting two by mistake from Bud K
– Ross buys a pocket knife engraved with “PP Sprinkles” as a joke
– Ross gives survival gifts, including a General Lee pocket knife for Dan
– Joking about Florida rednecks having secret rooms filled with weapons
– Discussion about self-defense methods, Crystal preferring to yell at intruders
– Shirtless raking competition with a neighbor, painful for Ross
– Details Construction Group ad, specializing in home renovations
– Mention of Jim from Pennywise and his new band, The Black Pacific
– Discussion of Perry Farrell’s onstage freakout at a Jane’s Addiction concert
– Perry blaming his band for being too loud on stage
– Speculation about releasing unedited audio to push Perry to get help
– Dave Navarro being sober and possibly covering for Perry’s behavior
– Jokes about podcast hosts performing into old age, with digital enhancements
– Discussion about bodybuilders overusing steroids, being physically compromised
– Brazilian bodybuilders injecting silicone into muscles, unable to do pull-ups joke
– OLE location possibly being turned into a church, discussed
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