8. Pack It Up, Pack It In, Let Bedtime Begin

[00:00:02] Speaker A: Did we name this podcast? [00:00:04] Speaker B: We called it Trips and Giggles. [00:00:06] Speaker A: Oh, that's right. Because I was gonna say welcome back to Trips and Giggles. [00:00:10] Speaker B: Pack it up, pack it in, let bedtime begin. So why are you laughing? [00:00:20] Speaker A: You laughed through it. I needed you to be serious. [00:00:23] Speaker B: Pack it up, pack it in, Let bedtime begin. [00:00:25] Speaker A: If you can imagine, nagging was doing this while doing this, like, really stiff Egyptian style dance to try to get our kids to go to bed. And yet I feel like that statement alone makes them not go to bed. Yeah, that's just the word. [00:00:41] Speaker B: That's when Nuggie puts her hand in the air and she starts bouncing up and down like she just don't care. [00:00:47] Speaker A: Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. Just the word bedtime makes them all of a sudden just realize they need to tape their eyelids the next three to four hours. You've said this many times, but I think if we said bedtime at like 5pm Then we'd maybe get to bed by 9. [00:01:08] Speaker B: Baby. Oh, my God. Yeah. We've talked about this in other episodes, but our children still don't want to get. Tonight, I would say was probably the best night. But maybe that's because we weren't around and the babysitter put them to bed. [00:01:21] Speaker A: That helped dramatically. [00:01:25] Speaker B: There's something behavioral. [00:01:26] Speaker A: You're not gonna miss out on your parents Good time if they're not here. All right, buyers. So we're. We're catching up slowly in the timeline. We're trying to tell this story of our adventure. [00:01:41] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:01:42] Speaker A: So we are in Northern Ireland. [00:01:45] Speaker B: Yes. [00:01:46] Speaker A: Which we said last time, but this time we're actually going to talk about it. So what are your impressions? How do you feel? The three part question. And thirdly, yours has more weight than mine when it comes to this place. [00:02:02] Speaker B: I love it here. I absolutely love it. I feel like. I don't know. I don't even know how to describe. Okay. So, you know, there's a history here, and maybe we should talk about that. [00:02:16] Speaker A: Did we talk about that before? [00:02:18] Speaker B: I don't think so. [00:02:18] Speaker A: Okay, we should. I think it's worthwhile to get the backstory in this place. [00:02:22] Speaker B: Okay. So When I was 16, I was part of a program called Ulster Project Delaware. And Ulster Project Delaware is to promote peace in Northern Ireland. And if you're not aware of this, Ireland is actually two different countries. What it is. And there was something called the Troubles. I think a lot of people probably know this, but there's probably people who don't. [00:02:50] Speaker A: Let's assume. Assume that, you know, telling stories about A history that people don't really understand. Was Liam Neeson in any of those? [00:02:57] Speaker B: Oh my God, stop it. Listen, I am not a historian and I don't want to butcher Northern Irish and Irish history. So all I'm going to say is that there has, there's been conflict about the, the British occupation of Ireland for many years. And I actually like downloaded a podcast so I can really get the actual full history because even though like, I've been talking to friends of mine from here since I was 16, which is 25 years ago, aka I mean our, the project I did was in the year 2000. That's wild. Isn't. [00:03:43] Speaker A: Was a quarter century ago. [00:03:44] Speaker B: Good lord. Yeah. Anyway, so all that being said, I was in ultra Delaware 25 years ago. It was to promote peace in Northern Ireland. They brought Catholic and Protestant teenagers over to the United States. They all stayed with host families. I was a considered a host family. My friend stayed with me. We did a bunch of stuff during the summer, like to hang out. We like did service projects, we hung out at the beach, we made out with each other. You know, like what teenagers do. [00:04:14] Speaker A: That escalated quickly. Just want to let you know, like I was following the story and all of a sudden. And then we made out. [00:04:20] Speaker B: No, I'm just kidding. No, no, no. You know, whatever. We were all teenagers, so it was amazing. There's lots of relationships that I developed during that short period of time that have stuck with me, one of which was my friend. [00:04:34] Speaker A: We don't name anybody on this podcast just in case they're personalized on me. [00:04:38] Speaker B: Oh, you're right, I shouldn't say her name. I'll delete that out. [00:04:42] Speaker A: Three people are listening. [00:04:43] Speaker B: Listen, I'm going to delete that part out. My friend who stayed with me and we've stepped, we've kept in touch. Now there are periods of times where we've gone years without like seeing each other or even like, quite frankly, like talking for long periods of time. [00:05:00] Speaker A: Also true of other of your friends. Not. This isn't a dig, it's just. No, you have friendships where like they understand that like periods of time life gets hard, completely blank out and then you'll get back together and it's like nothing ever happened. [00:05:12] Speaker B: Yeah. Yes. [00:05:12] Speaker A: You didn't miss a beat. [00:05:14] Speaker B: Exactly. I mean there I, I people heard of fair weather, she's awesome. [00:05:18] Speaker A: No weather friends. [00:05:19] Speaker B: I think it's a little bit of adhd. Slash I'm, I'm not a high maintenance friend and I don't think I have friends who are High maintenance. Because I don't think I'd be able to keep up with a high maintenance friend. [00:05:30] Speaker A: I think that's a good thing. If people aren't keeping score in relationships, there's no score. Much better situation. [00:05:35] Speaker B: Exactly. Exactly. [00:05:36] Speaker A: Social relationship this long. A 25 year relationship. [00:05:40] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:05:40] Speaker A: I know some people have friendships for a long time, but I. I think it's impressive. Like I'm saying that's a good thing for y' all to be friends and not to come up and be like, oh, you didn't call me on my birthday. [00:05:49] Speaker B: I know, right? I know. We were hanging out and. And she was basically like, well, if we've been friends this long, it's likely that we're just gonna keep being friends. Like, it's not gonna end now. [00:05:58] Speaker A: Just fail miserably and assault each other. It's still gonna stay at the situation. [00:06:03] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:06:03] Speaker A: Not that it's gonna happen. Very unlikely. [00:06:06] Speaker B: All I want to say about this is that when I was 16, we did this project the following, actually, that Christmas, and then the following summer, I came back to Northern Ireland to visit. And I distinctly remember at one point, I don't remember exactly which trip it was sitting on the beach here and just looking out over the ocean. And it was one of those moments where like, just the beauty and the awe of the environment just hit you. And it was like. It was just like you're looking and you're seeing and you're just like in complete peace. And. I don't even know how to describe it. It's. It's almost like when people meditate. Right. And you get that just like sense of total calm and like, all is right in the world. Right. And, you know, coming back here, I was like, you know, I. I don't know, like I was a teenager. I mean, we keep. We've come back for shorter stints. Right. Like, I brought you back when I. We first started dating. [00:07:08] Speaker A: Yeah. 19 years ago. You brought me here for the first time. [00:07:11] Speaker B: Yeah. And we broke up. [00:07:14] Speaker A: We broke up afterwards in March with. [00:07:17] Speaker B: By the way, like, traveling with. [00:07:19] Speaker A: I mean, I can imagine. Yeah. Like, let's figure out. Let's see how there are six. [00:07:23] Speaker B: We fought over, like, which restaurant to go to. [00:07:26] Speaker A: Yeah. Let's go do a, you know, travel. Let's put ourselves in the largest stress level situation. [00:07:32] Speaker B: Somehow. You stuck with me, though. [00:07:33] Speaker A: I think it's the other way around, realistically. I think that was the other way. But yes, you brought me here and we have pictures to prove that that was the case. And I met Your friend. Yes, I say her name and then I met your friend and drove stick shift with my left hand on the beach. [00:07:48] Speaker B: That's true. Yes. [00:07:49] Speaker A: I mean, it was, it was cool. And we're actually going to recreate some of that trip this time by going to a. Well, we talk about Sunday lunch later. [00:07:57] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, yeah. [00:07:59] Speaker A: My obsession with Sunday lunch. But we'll, we'll get that. So your impressions are it's just overwhelmingly beautiful and tranquil and makes you feel at peace, is that what you're saying? [00:08:09] Speaker B: Totally. I mean, the, the, the beauty of this place is wonderful. I think obviously there's nostalgia here because I've been coming here since I was 16. [00:08:16] Speaker A: Yeah. There's weight to this for you. You. [00:08:17] Speaker B: Right. [00:08:18] Speaker A: It holds more than just me, Captain Rando, coming out to a place like this. [00:08:23] Speaker B: Yeah. But I mean, on top of that one, I mean, like our Airbnb I think is working out relatively well. Right. I mean, I think there's stuff that we, like every place that's not ours is not, you know, there's stuff that we would change about it. [00:08:39] Speaker A: Right. But I mean, I think we can go into this. [00:08:41] Speaker B: We can, we can. But let me just like, I'll finish my list and then, and then I'm gonna ask you what you think. [00:08:46] Speaker A: Yeah, but it's irrelevant. [00:08:47] Speaker B: No, it. [00:08:48] Speaker A: Honestly, I'm going for the ride. Rusty wagon. [00:08:51] Speaker B: Rusty wagon. Obviously seeing my friend and her now husband and kid and all that is great. Our kids seem to get it. Well, our kid keep. Our oldest keeps asking to hang out with them. Right. And then I think our nanny is awesome. I just. [00:09:12] Speaker A: We. What a, what a changeover. Like, we went from like, I just thought about this earlier. I think I was in the bathroom and I was like, how do we go from someone who is like seeing our kids in front of a TV for six hours and bring them to random people's houses to like this incredibly interactive, proactive person. Like, she, like eats all of her own food, brings her own food. [00:09:35] Speaker B: I know we keep saying, like, listen, we're giving, give, let me give you money. Like, do you want to eat something? She'll, oh, I ate already. Like, don't worry about me like that. But not that. That doesn't even matter to me. [00:09:45] Speaker A: Those pieces to me are the details of someone who's like, she doesn't need to do that. But the other way around was like an expectation that we were going to do something versus the proactivity and detail oriented nature of this nanny who is amazing and so interactive with our Kids and takes them on walks all over the place. Which granted, like you couldn't exactly do that in San Miguel. [00:10:09] Speaker B: Yeah, that was, that was partly like. [00:10:10] Speaker A: Environment or accident access to the beach and the playground. [00:10:14] Speaker B: There are like multiple beaches. Walked away. Yeah. [00:10:17] Speaker A: Like so just the access to kid friendly activities is amazing. But like the trust. I mean within day one you could tell immediately that she was just incredibly responsive. [00:10:29] Speaker B: Very. Yes. [00:10:29] Speaker A: Asked lots of questions. Like wanted to do right by the kids. And like asked about what is their screen time? How do you feel about this? [00:10:39] Speaker B: Is it okay to take pictures? [00:10:41] Speaker A: Can I do this? Can I send this to you? Like very much like asking questions. [00:10:45] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:10:45] Speaker A: And just so good with them. [00:10:48] Speaker B: Totally. [00:10:49] Speaker A: So, yeah. That peace of mind is priceless. She could charge. She is more. It's more expensive. I mean it's more expensive here, which. Sorry, I'm going off on my thing. Finish your thoughts, Go ahead. [00:11:00] Speaker B: There is an amusement park a block away from our house which is both good and bad. There are multiple beaches. There are two playgrounds. So again, like it's super easy for our kids to be here, which is great. I think it's easy to work here. Right. Like you, I mean you have found a. Which we didn't even realize, but there's a co working space like half a block from our house. [00:11:25] Speaker A: Which. Yeah. Your friend was like, hey, you should check this place out. [00:11:27] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:11:28] Speaker A: And I can go into that on my time. You finish your thoughts? [00:11:30] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean it's just, it's. I feel like it's partly because it's familiar maybe, but it's just easy. I would say there are cons and I can go into that, but I was just like, generally, I feel like it's a breath of fresh air to be here. [00:11:47] Speaker A: Yeah, I would say so. [00:11:48] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:11:50] Speaker A: Well, you can ask me or do you want to finish? [00:11:52] Speaker B: Yes, I want. I. I'm done. I want to hear you. [00:11:54] Speaker A: I want to be fair. [00:11:55] Speaker B: Please. What, what's your thoughts? [00:11:57] Speaker A: I am just. Listen, I understand sidekick status. Like at some point Robin has to be happy with being Robin. And that's okay. Right. Like there's nothing wrong with that. You gotta be Robin. You know what I mean? Like, teams don't succeed unless you play your role. That's important. Dr. Byer, that I. I'm only the. [00:12:16] Speaker B: Lead here because I know this place. Otherwise I think, you know, Mexico, whatever. [00:12:22] Speaker A: You lead because you chose this. This is your choice. [00:12:27] Speaker B: Well, sort of. We were going to go to Manchester. We were going to spend more. We were actually going to spend this month In England. [00:12:34] Speaker A: I'm talking about this trip. This is about trips and giggles. We're on the trip and you're having the giggles because you chose the trip. Right? [00:12:43] Speaker B: Yes. [00:12:43] Speaker A: I'm talking about ownership here. I'm not talking about. Oh, we were trying to go to England because I had a. Oh, I. [00:12:49] Speaker B: Thought you were talking about, like, coming to Northern Ireland. [00:12:52] Speaker A: We are on your ride. This is your ride. [00:12:57] Speaker B: Listen, you know, you're right. [00:12:59] Speaker A: You know what I'm saying? Like, you have purchased an RV and said, I'm on this travel. [00:13:04] Speaker B: I did not purchase any sort of rv. [00:13:06] Speaker A: This is a metaphor. [00:13:07] Speaker B: Metaphor. Okay. [00:13:09] Speaker A: Get in the vehicle and I'm going to take you to great places. [00:13:13] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:13:13] Speaker A: Okay. [00:13:14] Speaker B: Yeah. I think that you're happy that I brought you to this great place. [00:13:20] Speaker A: I think that's debatable. But what? I think it's debatable. [00:13:25] Speaker B: Lies. Straight up lies. [00:13:27] Speaker A: I said this to you before that there's a point where if you don't. [00:13:31] Speaker B: You said you weren't homesick today. [00:13:33] Speaker A: I'm not. I'm not. But. But I miss some of the pieces that I cannot recreate. [00:13:39] Speaker B: Okay. Yes. While we're traveling. [00:13:41] Speaker A: Because I suffered so much in Portugal that I was able to now expect this level of pain. [00:13:49] Speaker B: Wow. [00:13:50] Speaker A: And distress. [00:13:51] Speaker B: Wow. [00:13:51] Speaker A: Like, I'm guessing the second time you climb Everest is easier than the first time. [00:13:59] Speaker B: You are such full of shit. [00:14:03] Speaker A: That's my guess. Right. [00:14:04] Speaker B: There has to be you. Literally. Okay. [00:14:07] Speaker A: Right. [00:14:07] Speaker B: I'm just gonna put down for the. [00:14:09] Speaker A: Record, the first time is different than the second time. [00:14:12] Speaker B: The other day you walked home from our friend's house who. They have a gym in their house. That's the other thing. And you were like, I could be here for a while. [00:14:23] Speaker A: Correct. Because we don't have a home where we're straight up homeless. And I have to accept the fate that I've lived in. [00:14:33] Speaker B: Oh, my God. Otherwise, the drama, the absolute drama. [00:14:39] Speaker A: Otherwise we're just miserable. Right. And I have reached a moment through the depths of. [00:14:45] Speaker B: Are you. You're just putting on a performance at this point? [00:14:47] Speaker A: It's not a performance. [00:14:48] Speaker B: It is. [00:14:49] Speaker A: We've talked about this. We've had this conversation multiple times. This exact situation. Listen, you don't have to be mad at me. I'm not accepting the fate that I'm in. [00:15:01] Speaker B: You're right. [00:15:02] Speaker A: Okay. [00:15:03] Speaker B: Okay. [00:15:03] Speaker A: You asked me my impressions. [00:15:05] Speaker B: Your impressions? [00:15:06] Speaker A: 1. We came here in April after Portugal. We said this before because you were like, well, three months isn't enough for me. [00:15:16] Speaker B: I don't want to go home. [00:15:17] Speaker A: Yet. And when we came here last time, it was. It was a lot colder. So the weather is nice here. But I mean, just the sheer beauty of this place is off the charts. [00:15:31] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:15:31] Speaker A: So if we haven't said it, we're in Port Rush. I mean, that's that in Northern Ireland. And I think to me, like I told you this today, I would never have chosen this place. [00:15:42] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:15:42] Speaker A: Like, there are so much. [00:15:43] Speaker B: Don't tell people the name of the town. We don't want them coming. [00:15:45] Speaker A: We can't say Port Rush. We're in Belfast. Belfast, Northern Ireland. [00:15:51] Speaker B: We want it to be a secret. Don't all these people. Just kidding. [00:15:57] Speaker A: No, you. This place is a kind of a gem. Like I. I have. You know, you see videos, you see youtubes of all kinds of different places. Bali, I mean, these unbelievable. Hawaii is done often, right. You see the sunset. Switzerland done often. Right? [00:16:16] Speaker B: Yeah. And different parts of Ireland, like Galway or like whatever. Right. Like different parts. But they. You don't often see videos of. [00:16:23] Speaker A: I have never seen it. I mean, like, granted, you're more of like a travel. [00:16:29] Speaker B: I don't see a lot of tiktoks. [00:16:30] Speaker A: About here when it comes to like social media and like YouTube and shit like that. For me, I would never have thought of this. Like, the only reason that I know this place is because of Bushmills. [00:16:41] Speaker B: Yeah, that's it. [00:16:43] Speaker A: That's the only reason I know this exists. If it wasn't for Bushmills. [00:16:46] Speaker B: I mean, that's a reason to come here if, is it not? [00:16:49] Speaker A: Yes. Especially when you go to like random bars and they have like nine bottles of different kinds of Bushmills. Whereas, like, you're home and you have two kinds, the original and blackbush. And there's nothing else, which I give them credit for distribution points out of the place of like a distillery that's been open since 1608. Like, that's fantastic. I could go off about Bushnells, but like, we're not gonna do that. But it is a benefit. You said. What are first impressions? We are close to what I think is one of the greatest distilleries in the world. That's just personal opinion. What do I think? What are my overall impressions? You nailed it. I mean, it is breathtaking. I have spent enough nights walking baby through three mile walks to get her to sleep in. Just portions of it where I'm feeling so angry that I don't have time to myself. But I actually feel a sense of like feeling relaxed on the walks because of how damn beautiful it is so I've been able to see multiple sunsets. [00:17:48] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:17:49] Speaker A: You know, we did the walk the other day up Remore Head and I mean you're on a peninsula. [00:17:55] Speaker B: I mean. Yeah, you can see Scotland, 270 degrees. [00:17:58] Speaker A: Of water and volcanic rock. [00:18:00] Speaker B: Oh, it's gorgeous. [00:18:01] Speaker A: It's out of control. Just a wild level. I mean, I don't think. I think of Ireland as a volcanic island because it's been here for. I don't know, you should get the history on this ship. We try to tell people truth, but it's just seeing those, the voltage, the formations, the volcanic formations and then nothing but these unbelievably blue waters. I mean, it's insane. I mean, the only piece you're missing here that if like some people are lovers of this is like the tropical nature. [00:18:26] Speaker B: Yeah. It's not, it's not going to be warm. [00:18:29] Speaker A: Temperatures from 55 Fahrenheit to 80 Fahrenheit. That's kind of the range that we've experienced. [00:18:37] Speaker B: Yeah, the water is cold. Like, I mean we bought our oldest. [00:18:41] Speaker A: Is not the worst. I mean that's straight up ice water. [00:18:44] Speaker B: I mean we bought our oldest a, a wetsuit so that she could go swimming. [00:18:48] Speaker A: They put on a wetsuit. Loved it. Yeah, Freaking loved it. Right? [00:18:51] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:18:51] Speaker A: And that's great. And we got like a used webs wetsuit because there's a local place. But I mean, so far my impressions are we have a, have a local workspace, which is amazing. So. And I connected with the guy who owns it, who was super nice and gave me a monthly rate which I thought was amazingly fair for what I paid. I think I paid like 350 bucks. [00:19:14] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:19:14] Speaker A: And I get a month every single day from 8:30am to 6:30pm, which I don't use the entire time and work in this workspace with high speed Internet, which at our place in Mexico, even though I really liked that basement, the sound in there reverberated. [00:19:33] Speaker B: It was also not private at all. [00:19:35] Speaker A: CRYING AND SCREAMING yeah, I just didn't get work done. Yeah, I really didn't. And here I'm like getting it done, like really incredibly productive every single day. Nobody bothers me other than the fact that I can't get the damn toilet to flush. It's like a UK toilet. [00:19:53] Speaker B: Yeah, the toilets in the UK are hard to flush. [00:19:55] Speaker A: What is up with that? [00:19:56] Speaker B: I mean, you have to push really hard. Like our oldest, like a couple of times was like, mommy, can you come in here and flush the toilet when we're out in Public. Because the toilets are hard to flush. [00:20:05] Speaker A: Granted, they don't flush the toilet anyway. [00:20:10] Speaker B: What do you mean? [00:20:11] Speaker A: Your child. [00:20:12] Speaker B: Oh yeah, yeah. [00:20:13] Speaker A: Your oldest has this propensity. [00:20:16] Speaker B: Oh yeah. [00:20:16] Speaker A: To go to the bathroom, wash hands. Amazing at washing hands. But does bathroom hands and then toilet. [00:20:24] Speaker B: Yes. [00:20:25] Speaker A: So the then toilet is about a 30% effect. [00:20:29] Speaker B: 30% accurate. Yeah. [00:20:31] Speaker A: So that's another issue. But yes, I. I sat the other day, I'm in the workspace and I don't know what we ate something pretty heavy. So I really just bombed this place up. Right. [00:20:41] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:20:42] Speaker A: And I'm in there for probably seven to eight minutes just reflushing because it won't flush. [00:20:48] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:20:49] Speaker A: It's just this little, little dribble. [00:20:51] Speaker B: You have to hold it down. [00:20:52] Speaker A: I did. Okay. So don't woman slain me on how to hold down a toilet flusher. [00:20:59] Speaker B: Okay. [00:21:02] Speaker A: I did. [00:21:03] Speaker B: Okay. [00:21:03] Speaker A: The workspace is great. [00:21:05] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:21:06] Speaker A: We are a block and a half from a brewery. [00:21:09] Speaker B: Oh yeah, that's true. [00:21:10] Speaker A: Which was complete. Another bonus. And it's super cool because it's like a little tiny place. [00:21:15] Speaker B: Yeah. It just opened. [00:21:17] Speaker A: They make. They. You know, there's a bunch of people that brew beer and they work together. [00:21:21] Speaker B: It's good too. [00:21:22] Speaker A: And they all switch up working and they just can't. They've been canning for a while, but they finally opened up like, I mean it's a garage, but it's really a brewery behind it. And they just opened up like a pop up table and some chairs. Amazing. Super chill, really nice people. They're just genuinely happy that people come in and love their beer. It's just so nice to talk to all these people. And so the different people working are the brewers of the beer. [00:21:46] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:21:47] Speaker A: Fantastic. [00:21:48] Speaker B: Right? [00:21:49] Speaker A: Local pubs are cool. I love the one around the corner already. I'm like, we could just hang out at this place. [00:21:56] Speaker B: Oh yeah, yeah. The place around the corner. They have. Yeah. And. Oh, so one night like you a week ago, my friends a little bit last time. Did I? [00:22:05] Speaker A: Yeah. Because we started in this because we were talking about. Because that was part of the conversation last time was the fact that you went to the music thing. [00:22:11] Speaker B: Oh yeah. And Claire Cordy was still asleep or not still awake. Yeah, yeah. So like they have live music, traditional Irish music from a local. Just group of like people that get together and hang out, including my friend. And they play traditional Irish music on Thursday and Friday nights. It's super cool. But like even if it's not that night, it's like we've gone in there now twice because we Trust this babysitter so much. We actually have gone on two dates, which is very rare for us. [00:22:41] Speaker A: Should we talk about that? We're just talking overall impression. [00:22:44] Speaker B: So anyway, and so we've gone on two dates since we've been here, which is fantastic. And we've like gone to that place, that pub, twice. And we just like. [00:22:55] Speaker A: I love ending there. That's the best part. [00:22:56] Speaker B: Yeah, we've just like. It's literally a half a block away. [00:22:59] Speaker A: Half a block. [00:22:59] Speaker B: We sit there, we have like a half of a pint of beer, I. [00:23:03] Speaker A: Grab my Bushmills, and we just, like. [00:23:06] Speaker B: Talk for, you know, an hour, 45 minutes. It was nice. It was wonderful and quiet, but, like. Nice. [00:23:13] Speaker A: Yeah, it's not real busy, you know. [00:23:14] Speaker B: My friend was like, oh, it's your local. I was like, oh, cool. It's our local. Local. [00:23:18] Speaker A: It is our local. [00:23:18] Speaker B: It's our local. [00:23:19] Speaker A: The guy was super nice. That three. The three tooth bartender we had. [00:23:23] Speaker B: I know. [00:23:23] Speaker A: Super nice. Super nice. Oh, there's a little left in the bottle. So you gave you more. [00:23:26] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:23:27] Speaker A: What are you doing, man? [00:23:28] Speaker B: Listen. So this is the other thing my friend was like. We were talking about what was a culture shock the first time you came to America when you were 16. And one of the things that she said was in certain states. Now I know this is not true everywhere. That there aren't like local communities, right? Like small towns that you could just like walk out of your house where. With your stroller, sl. Pram buggy and. And just like go for a walk. Right? And that's the thing that we were talking about that we didn't like about being where we were. [00:24:00] Speaker A: That's why we sold our house. [00:24:01] Speaker B: That's why we sold our house. [00:24:01] Speaker A: Which also we should say, your friend came to Delaware. [00:24:04] Speaker B: You're our friend who came to Delaware. Right? So that's a concern. New Jersey does have small towns, right? Like there's. But there are places where you, like, just drive and you drive to, like a mall or a strip mall or whatever. There's no, like, it's a lot of. [00:24:19] Speaker A: Street town area, whereas, like, that's the norm here. Including a train. [00:24:24] Speaker B: Exactly. Like, there's also a. Like a block and maybe two blocks away from us is a train which you can take to a lot of local towns, including Belfast. And so we were talking about that and I was saying how we had this situation with our car seat, right. A little while ago where the cars. Apparently the car seats in UK have this thing where they beep if they're not installed correctly. [00:24:52] Speaker A: Oh, man. Well, is that true of all of them or is this. [00:24:56] Speaker B: Apparently this is. Apparently this is because I, when I was talking to my friend about it, she was saying this is like the norm for UK car seats, which I was not aware of. We could not get this fucking thing to stop being. [00:25:08] Speaker A: Which we said last time we ordered this and it didn't come until the Thursday of the week. Right. So yes, I explained this whole story last time. And so it gets in and you. [00:25:17] Speaker B: Try to install it and it's beeping non stop. I mean, for like 45. [00:25:22] Speaker A: We thought it was the car. [00:25:23] Speaker B: We thought, at first up, we thought it was the car. I had actually put our child in the car seat. And then we realized it's the car seat that's beeping. Belfast. [00:25:31] Speaker A: Oh, that was the Belfast. [00:25:32] Speaker B: And that's like. We were already like super kind of behind schedule. And I'm like, I'm trying to figure out, well, we were like, how do we get this stupid battery out of the car seat so we can at least just install it and go. Right? [00:25:49] Speaker A: So you went. [00:25:50] Speaker B: So I started running up and down the street of the like, of all the shops that are right around our. Where we are. [00:25:56] Speaker A: The level of anger that Megan had. [00:25:58] Speaker B: Oh, I was furious. [00:25:59] Speaker A: You know, her would not be. I don't want to describe it really well, but the other day our oldest was like, mommy, you say the F word a lot. [00:26:11] Speaker B: It's true. When I lose my coal, I curse too much. I was really mad. [00:26:17] Speaker A: There's no judgment here. It's more. I'm pointing out what she said. Yeah, it's not really a listen situation. Words, as I've told our daughter many times, are not bad words. Society is the one that labels situations. It's more or less how you use them and the impact that it has. [00:26:37] Speaker B: I think the truth is that I do probably need to work on my emotional reaction to certain situations because I don't want to overreact. And I probably. I think there are certain situations where I can be calm and cool and collected. And there's a lot of situations where I do overreact. And I do need to work on that so that I am not demonstrating that for our kids to adopt. [00:27:03] Speaker A: I didn't write this in our notes, but when you said, I don't want to overreact, the only thing I could think of was today when you dropped your phone in the bathroom. [00:27:13] Speaker B: Oh my God. [00:27:14] Speaker A: And I just heard fat. [00:27:20] Speaker B: Okay, I want to say. [00:27:22] Speaker A: Do you think, baby, is she bleeding? Is she Hurt. What happened? You know? [00:27:27] Speaker B: Okay, here's what happens. Number one, we're off the rails. We're totally off the rails. Remind me to come back to looking for a screwdriver. Okay, what. What was happening was. Why do I talk about myself pooping a lot? Okay. [00:27:44] Speaker A: Did you say this previously? [00:27:45] Speaker B: I was talking about in. When the bathroom. Then the toilet was broken in Mexico. I had taken a poop. A shit in the toilet. Okay. Anyway, everybody poops. There's a book about it. Okay. I had to go to the bathroom, and our youngest wanted to take a bath, and it was like, fine, Cool. I'm gonna put a little bit of water in the bathtub. You can splash around in there. I'm gonna do my business. Then we're gonna go. [00:28:17] Speaker A: I mean, you're two feet away. I mean, you could reach in and wash your hair while pooping. If you want to be efficient. [00:28:23] Speaker B: Yes, you could. [00:28:24] Speaker A: You could duel it up. [00:28:25] Speaker B: Exactly, Exactly. So I'm sitting there, as a good parent does, watching TikTok. [00:28:36] Speaker A: I'm being vigilant at our youngest because, you know, water is a dangerous thing, can hurt toddlers. But I'm in there flipping through things about people being like, I sold my house and traveled forever. I moved to Europe and didn't come back. And how bright it is. Not in. [00:28:52] Speaker B: Exactly. So anyway, she. The. The. One of the, like, the problems with this bathtub is that there's a. I. [00:29:01] Speaker A: Love that you're blaming the bathtub. The first thing that comes out you. [00:29:05] Speaker B: There's. [00:29:05] Speaker A: There's a problem with the bathtubs around here. [00:29:08] Speaker B: There's. There's a. Where the water drains out. If you touch it, it sort of pops up and open and the water starts draining out really fast. And our little one hits it all the time. She, like, sits on it, and then it just pops open. The water drains out. [00:29:24] Speaker A: It's funny. [00:29:24] Speaker B: She's enjoying that. I know, but. So she goes, oh, oh, oh. And I'm like, on the toilet holding a phone. What I should have done is put it down, but there's no place really to put it down. So I'm holding it in one hand. I am very klutzy. I know. I could have put it on the floor. [00:29:40] Speaker A: Put on the floor. [00:29:41] Speaker B: Okay. [00:29:41] Speaker A: How is that not an option? Oh, there's nowhere to put it. On the side table. Put it on the floor. [00:29:47] Speaker B: Okay, fine. I was holding it with the phone. [00:29:49] Speaker A: Like you're in a fire. [00:29:50] Speaker B: I was literally just going to lean over, pop down that little thing again. So the water stopped Draining out and then like go back to finishing my business. [00:29:58] Speaker A: Unbelievable. [00:29:59] Speaker B: Listen, I'm very klutzy as maybe you know, and as I lean over the bathtub, the. The phone drops into the bathtub. Well, I had also put bubbles in there. [00:30:13] Speaker A: Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. I'm sorry. I just want to understand. I'm trying to visualize. So the phone is still in your hand. [00:30:20] Speaker B: Yes. [00:30:21] Speaker A: And so you're on the toilet. Is it in your left hand? [00:30:24] Speaker B: Is it my left hand? I'm reaching with my right. [00:30:27] Speaker A: So reaching across your body. Phone in the left hand. Couldn't put it down on the floor. [00:30:35] Speaker B: I'm not watching anything. I'm just holding. [00:30:37] Speaker A: It's like a velociraptor. You're trying to reach into a bathtub, which is at least a two foot drop, let alone a four foot reach. So you're. [00:30:47] Speaker B: I'm trying to keep my butt on the toilet. [00:30:49] Speaker A: Yeah, you're. You're. You're. You're floating. You're airbutting this time. You're. You're. You're in a shady McDonald's in Missouri. Like, you are floating above the. The seat here. And so you. So you hit your hand and it just slips out. [00:31:01] Speaker B: Well, I don't know exactly what happened. I just. [00:31:04] Speaker A: It all happened so fast, Damon. [00:31:06] Speaker B: I think I just lost the phone. [00:31:08] Speaker A: Just flew out of my hands and doing a bubble. [00:31:10] Speaker B: I think I just lost a. Oh my. I just. [00:31:15] Speaker A: The fact I have to hold this. I'm watching an influencer who's telling me about travel right now or the ones with. Who wrote 18 miles of text on the screen. And I'm reading all of it, but I can't see anything on it. [00:31:29] Speaker B: I like those. I know you don't like them. [00:31:31] Speaker A: They're terrible. [00:31:32] Speaker B: Anyway, it. The problem was not only was my. I had not wiped. Okay. And then also there's like a layer of. Of bubbles on the water. So I can't see where my phone had dropped into the bathtub. [00:31:49] Speaker A: And so you're prepared to put your hand in. [00:31:51] Speaker B: I'm trying to find it while also keeping my butt above the toilet. [00:31:58] Speaker A: And so you're also screaming. So what did Baby. How did baby. [00:32:01] Speaker B: She just sort of stopped and stared at me with sort of a like incredulous look on her face. Sort of a like, why are you getting so upset look on her face. [00:32:14] Speaker A: I feel like our. I know. I'm doing a tangent for the tangent. I feel like it's such a moment of reckoning when your children look at you. And they're like, why are you freaking out right now? [00:32:27] Speaker B: Especially a two year old. [00:32:28] Speaker A: You have a lot of moments where they're like, what's wrong with you? [00:32:31] Speaker B: Well, I was also thinking, oh, my God, this phone is gonna be totally dead. How do I replace it while we're overseas? So that is also going through my head. [00:32:41] Speaker A: So you're pooping, hovering over the toilet, reaching into a bubble bath. Your child is draining out the water. You're trying to find the phone, and you're having an anxiety attack about where you can get another phone. [00:32:52] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:32:52] Speaker A: How do you function in life? How do you actually, as a professional and as a parent, function in life? [00:32:58] Speaker B: If this is what I should have done is gone. Take a deep breath and go, I. It will. It will work out one way or another. But I wasn't. I just was immediately reacting to my phone completely submerged in a bathtub, and I couldn't find it under the bubble. So I'm like searching with my hand. [00:33:18] Speaker A: You're like, you're dunking in. You're trying to find the precious gold and here it is under the surface. [00:33:24] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:33:25] Speaker A: You know, I'm glad we called this trips and giggles, because it really is shits and giggles. We talk about using the bathroom at least 20 of this podcast. And meanwhile, it's like, clearly people should. [00:33:37] Speaker B: Have just been straight up calling it shits and giggles. [00:33:40] Speaker A: Like this has. [00:33:41] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:33:42] Speaker A: Meaning to it. [00:33:43] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:33:43] Speaker A: I cannot believe the tangent that we just. I know to do this story. So you. Oh my gosh. [00:33:49] Speaker B: So wait, wait, wait. Okay, going back. [00:33:50] Speaker A: We were gonna. We were gonna go back to the point. [00:33:52] Speaker B: Going back. My friend said basically that that was like the culture shock of America not, Not having. Okay. When we were having this issue with the car seat, I literally ran down the street. I. I went into one shop, random shop, and the owner was like, oh, you can borrow my screwdriver. And I brought it. I was like, wow, that's super nice. Thank you so much. I came back, we screwed, took the battery out, blah, blah, blah. Fixed the whole thing. [00:34:21] Speaker A: We didn't fix it. We removed the battery so that it's probably installed, violates UK law, is now out of the car seat. So we're way more American now. Like, we finally followed US rules. [00:34:36] Speaker B: It's good to go. At least it's not beeping anymore. [00:34:38] Speaker A: It's not beeping. And we were able to get in the car and drive to Belfast, but. [00:34:43] Speaker B: And then I returned the screwdriver. They were super nice. Oh, I hope you got your Car. Like, I was just like, it's so nice. So I'm telling my friend about that, and she's like, what? That wouldn't happen in America? And I go, well, maybe sometimes. [00:34:57] Speaker A: But, like, I would believe in some places. In some places, I think movies like this, you know. [00:35:03] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:35:03] Speaker A: Small towns. [00:35:05] Speaker B: Yeah, maybe in some small town. I mean, not where we live. [00:35:09] Speaker A: No. [00:35:09] Speaker B: Even if we had gone to a neighbor, they probably would have. I mean, our neighbor, Old neighbor would have cursed us out. [00:35:15] Speaker A: Or hit us with a Trump sign. I'll make your face great again. [00:35:20] Speaker B: Right. Let alone a random person giving us a screwdriver. [00:35:27] Speaker A: I don't think it's. The days of asking for a cup of sugar is going to be realistic. No, it was very nice because you were also really angry. You had gone to a shop that was open before it was closed and then ended up the spa. [00:35:38] Speaker B: Yes. [00:35:38] Speaker A: That actually gave you a screwdriver. And we got the Belfast. [00:35:41] Speaker B: Yes. [00:35:42] Speaker A: Does that cover. I mean, does that cover our impressions here or. [00:35:45] Speaker B: I mean, I think so. I just. There's so many. I will also say this. There, we're like, not. I don't know if we're walkers or not walkers. There are so many great walks around here. Like, I went out with my friend and some of her high school friends. What. You know, and their kids and stuff. And we went on this gorgeous walk that was, like, probably even more beautiful than where we were before. And. And then we, like, drove. I just. I can't get over it. Like, I just. I think I'll stop there because I don't want to, like, belabor the point. I just think that it's beautiful here. [00:36:26] Speaker A: It is. I mean, we. I mean, we went into this tonight. You were asking questions about what makes it beautiful. And we thought. You and I have talked about this a lot. Like, there are. We're probably more used to us. Towns which are beachy. And so you have the beach. In some places you have, like, long stretches of beach and you just get to see waves and you can look down the beach for miles and you see, like, the docks or lifeguard stand. [00:36:53] Speaker B: Yeah. There's stuff that's kind of nice. [00:36:55] Speaker A: And depending on where you are, you can see the sunrise over the horizon, which is gorgeous. And I've seen that before. And in some places, the water is more beautiful than others. North Carolina we've been to before, which is like, more. You can go in the water, whereas New Jersey, you could step on a syringe and get hiv. And it's cold, most likely. So but here, and this is more my style and reminds me more of Hawaii without like the heat is. You see you, you can go up to. It's not a mountain, but let's call it elevation. There's multiple areas of elevation. [00:37:30] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:37:30] Speaker A: So you see rock formations and, and you see cliffs and you see the side of cliffs and you see islands in the horizon. You can see Scotland, you see Islay island, you can see Donegal. Like those horizon based almost, I don't know, they're almost dreamlike shadows that you see of these like land masses are unbelievably beautiful. And we felt this way in Seattle. [00:37:56] Speaker B: Oh yeah. [00:37:56] Speaker A: Like we had very similar. [00:37:59] Speaker B: Yeah, I felt sick. You said, like, would you get sick of it? And I was like, well, when we lived in Seattle, we didn't get sick of it. [00:38:04] Speaker A: No. I mean, you saw that over and over again. I took the drive so many times and I saw Mount Rainier and it was gorgeous. It was purple and white and pink and beautiful every single morning. And I just asked the question here. I'm like, do you ever get tired of this beauty? And it really is breathtaking. I mean, I will honestly say it is, it is a breathtaking place. I mean, I know there's, there's other videos of other places in the world, but for me this is from just a striking standpoint is great. [00:38:33] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:38:35] Speaker A: I mean, there are some pieces that are not perfect. Right. Like, we could talk about that too. Like, it's expensive here. [00:38:41] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:38:42] Speaker A: We spent a shitload of money this month, including the fact that we had to get a rental car, which I don't love because we had to get from Belfast to here. And they put a 3,000 pound hold on the car because we declined the insurance. Which in the US if you do, you decline the insurance. They're like, well, if you figure it out, bring us a car back. [00:39:04] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:39:05] Speaker A: And here, they're like, no, no, no. Here's this 3,000 pound hold. Side note, there's nothing on our credit cards at all whatsoever. [00:39:12] Speaker B: I don't know what happened with that. [00:39:14] Speaker A: Talk to them about it. [00:39:15] Speaker B: Yeah, we were gonna go back and see if we could exchange the car for something bigger. And then we were like, well, we don't want them to actually put the hold. [00:39:23] Speaker A: We drove to Belfast, we went to the airport, we dropped off the old car seat because we got the new one that stopped beeping after we pulled the battery out. And we're like, do we go in and tell them? And I was like, our credit card. [00:39:34] Speaker B: Is just drive away fire right now. [00:39:36] Speaker A: Let'S just go to dinner and get some food. [00:39:38] Speaker B: Let me just say that our credit card is also on fire because the British pound is so much stronger than the dollar at this point, which is also just sort of like. [00:39:48] Speaker A: Like a buck 35. Yeah. So, I mean, when I say it's more expensive, it is because of the difference between the US Dollar. So our dollar does not go as far here versus, like, a peso. [00:40:00] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:40:01] Speaker A: We're kind of eating it. [00:40:02] Speaker B: Well, even like in Portugal, when we were there in January, the euro was pretty close to the dollar. It's not anymore. [00:40:09] Speaker A: I mean, that's really different, though. Like, that was a very different. [00:40:11] Speaker B: But. Yeah, but also, I just. Generally, Portugal was cheaper. [00:40:15] Speaker A: I mean. Yeah. I was gonna say take the euro out of the picture. Portugal was way cheaper in general from a sense of, like, cost of anything. [00:40:23] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:40:23] Speaker A: Versus here, which is, you know, we're. We're facing a lot stronger pricing. So, like, I told you this the other day, but I don't know if I said this. I feel like I'm very repetitive on this. You know, a 650 pound beer is a $9 beer. [00:40:41] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:40:41] Speaker A: So it's like, you're not really ready for that because you look at the number and you're like, oh, we did okay. I'm like, oh, our dinner was 60 pounds. It's not bad. And I see the bill for 98 bucks, and I'm like, yeah, that was not good. [00:40:53] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:40:54] Speaker A: So it's. It's throwing me off. [00:40:57] Speaker B: It's true. But also, I. I mean, yes, things are more expensive. I. I also. But I feel like there's, like, there is some sort of. If we cooked more, maybe it would be a little bit better because I feel like the groceries are slightly either equal or slightly more affordable because the fruit is more affordable. [00:41:17] Speaker A: Yeah, you are right. Those prices are good and better. I'm planning on doing such, but I think that's part of the Airbnb magic is, like, you end up with a situation. Like, I complained about this. I didn't have a blender in Mexico, and we stole one from the other house that we went to when we had Maggot Fest 2020. We're doing good. We covered a lot of topics just on the top of our heads. [00:41:37] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:41:38] Speaker A: On the list, like, we nailed a bunch of them. [00:41:41] Speaker B: Yeah. So I. I mean, well, also, I did. [00:41:46] Speaker A: Oh, it's okay. [00:41:47] Speaker B: The groceries, I would say, are more affordable in some ways, or at least some of them are. I would also say the fruit I've Said this to you like two or three times. Our youngest, the two year old keeps asking for peaches. [00:42:03] Speaker A: Oh my God. Every morning. [00:42:05] Speaker B: Every morning she wants a peach. Peach. Peach are like sweet and juicy and like how a peach should taste. [00:42:13] Speaker A: Where are they from? Did it say where they're from? Because they're not from here. They're not growing peaches. [00:42:18] Speaker B: Yeah, I don't know, but I, I don't know where they're from. I'll look the next time we go. But we've gotten them from two different grocery stores and they are so good. And I'm like, why the hell don't our peaches taste this good? [00:42:30] Speaker A: All of the produce and fruit I've had here is amazing. And again, it's unlikely comes from here. When we were here, it was like the third day there was a. When I see 70 mile an hour wind gust, storm. I'm not lying. Like people were walking down the street screaming because they were like trying to hold themselves up with the level of winds that were coming in. [00:42:54] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:42:55] Speaker A: And it's. Listen to me, Ireland has always been that like, I'm like the winds here are howling, strong winds. And it rains randomly. [00:43:05] Speaker B: We are on a peninsula, so that's probably part of it. [00:43:08] Speaker A: But the wind level for two days, like I was like, we have really reached the full gamut of clothing here. [00:43:15] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:43:15] Speaker A: From like holy, it's warm. Like we're like a greenhouse because we have basically almost all windows in the first floor. To feeling straight up cold. [00:43:25] Speaker B: Yeah. And putting the heat on in the house. [00:43:27] Speaker A: Barely 50 mile an hour, 50 degree Fahrenheit weather with these 70 mile an hour winds. [00:43:34] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:43:34] Speaker A: That like I was holding my hat, clenching it for dear life as I walked to work. I want to know where they get the produce from. [00:43:43] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:43:43] Speaker A: I haven't looked at the labels. Is it coming from Portugal? Is it come from Spain? But you're right, wherever it's coming from, it's fantastic. [00:43:52] Speaker B: Yeah. But like a lot of the meats and cheeses are local. [00:43:56] Speaker A: Oh my God. So the first thing we got, we got to this local spa was Colerain cheeses. [00:44:00] Speaker B: Oh. [00:44:01] Speaker A: And so we got this cheese from freaking, what, five miles away. [00:44:05] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:44:05] Speaker A: It's amazing. [00:44:06] Speaker B: It's really good. [00:44:07] Speaker A: You know, they don't like they're in the us Everything's sharp cheddar here, it's mature. Which makes me think like you're dating an old older woman. Like it's like the silver fox of cheese. [00:44:16] Speaker B: Well, and there's also levels of it. There's like Four different levels. [00:44:19] Speaker A: Yeah, there's like multiple maturity levels and. [00:44:21] Speaker B: I'm like, I don't think, sort of mature. Extra mature. [00:44:24] Speaker A: I'm not mature enough to eat this. I don't understand what the fuck you're. [00:44:28] Speaker B: Talking about right now, but it's really good. [00:44:30] Speaker A: Oh, my God, the cheese is phenomenal. If you can imagine, I'm handing our two year old these like, like slices of square cheese and she's like gobbling it. Her mouth's still half full and she's like, montreu mon crab. It's amazing. Yeah, that and the peaches. So, like, it is nice for, like the mornings. We've definitely fallen into a food routine where the kids are eating large quantities of fruit. And I do roll over to Spa. I know you like Marks and Spencer's because you're bougie, but, like, I'll roll over to Spa around the corner and I've just picked up grapes, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, oranges, pineapple, bananas and cheese. And we live off this stuff right now. [00:45:15] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:45:16] Speaker A: We'll get into a cooking spell because I just ordered myself a knife. I'm pretty excited about that because last time with Portugal, I brought my Kai knife. [00:45:26] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:45:26] Speaker A: And this time I was like, I'm gonna buy a knife in one of the places where we go. [00:45:31] Speaker B: And you got it from where? [00:45:33] Speaker A: Sheffield, England. [00:45:35] Speaker B: Ah, okay. [00:45:36] Speaker A: Again. [00:45:37] Speaker B: So, yeah, local. Well, not local to Ireland, local to the uk. [00:45:40] Speaker A: I did look, I was very close. I looked in Northern Ireland. I did research. I found a forgery that makes putters for like £3,000, which is so cool as shit that they even have that. [00:45:51] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:45:51] Speaker A: So I love that there is, like, local businesses here that are forging metals. Like, that's cool as shit. [00:45:56] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:45:57] Speaker A: I'm like, we've talked about this idea of going over to Emerald Guitars, which is in Donegal. There's a lot, like, made stuff. But this was a place that I found as like a local company, the UK in Sheffield, that basically has their own woodworking shop. They don't have a steel mill, so they don't have a forgery, even though it sounds like their future is that way. But they bought a shitload of Japanese steel and now they're building their own knife collection and accessories too. So you can get pizza cutters, all kinds of shit. They're called Kattos K A T T O. Again, not paying us. I just think their knives are absolutely beautiful. I got this handmade olive handle and I don't want to be a snob here in order When I get off on this tangent, it's not the hardest Japanese steel or the best Japanese steel. It's an AUS 10. [00:46:49] Speaker B: Listen, Damon has a few different vices of things that he really researches and loves. Japanese steel knives are one of them to cook with. [00:47:01] Speaker A: I love Japanese. So anyway, it's not the greatest metal in the world or the hardest or whatever, but the work that they do with it and the work that they do to make it, it is absolutely stunning. So I will cut with it and tell you more about it, because this episode is all about me cutting with knives and going. [00:47:22] Speaker B: That's what people want to hear. Damon, how was that knife cutting through an avocado versus a piece of meat versus an apple? [00:47:31] Speaker A: If you're asking buyer, the true test. [00:47:33] Speaker B: Is a couple of different things. I wasn't asking, but here we go. Sorry. Go ahead. I'm not trying to dismiss you. [00:47:42] Speaker A: Weirdly, she just put in headphones and started listening to a novel, which is really interesting. [00:47:48] Speaker B: I was like, you know what? Let me keep talking. Okay. [00:47:52] Speaker A: She just found a novel about the history of Northern Ireland and about the soil and the ph levels of the soil. [00:47:59] Speaker B: Sorry if that felt dismissive. [00:48:00] Speaker A: Interesting. Did it feel dismissive or was it dismissive? I mean, I think it's. [00:48:04] Speaker B: I'm sorry if it was and. Or felt dismissive. [00:48:07] Speaker A: You know, for the most part, I will give you credit and say that unlike this situation where you're on a microphone, in most cases, you either A, entertain my passion for things that you're not interested in. [00:48:24] Speaker B: Yes. [00:48:24] Speaker A: Or B, pretend to entertain my passion. And I actually don't care which one of those ones it is, because either way, I usually feel heard. Except for this moment where I don't. [00:48:36] Speaker B: Well, here's what I'm going to say is I love that you like knives because you then cook dinner for me and I don't have to cook dinner, so I get a free dinner out of it. It's usually, well, no kidnapper. A delicious dinner, because I. Actually, Damon is a very good cook. [00:48:53] Speaker A: That's very kind. [00:48:54] Speaker B: And no. Very good. Very good. [00:48:58] Speaker A: I make a pop Tart like no one's business. [00:49:00] Speaker B: Oh, my gosh. You don't make. [00:49:01] Speaker A: I cut the crust off. [00:49:02] Speaker B: Anyway, Damon is a very good cook, and I am not a good cook. And someday maybe we'll tell that story. But, yes, I'm. I'm happy that you are into knives. And if that makes you happy and that makes you want to cook for me more, I'm happy about that. [00:49:20] Speaker A: Yes, I would like to Cook for you more. I think we're talking about groceries. I'm just saying that, like, prior to the situation, which has been the case in Mexico and here it seems to be the case that. And I understand this, this is not a knock on Airbnbs that the general point is, let me give you an IKEA knife that basically couldn't cut through anything if you want. [00:49:41] Speaker B: Yeah, it's very hard. I mean, it's even hard for me to cut through. Just like basic. [00:49:45] Speaker A: I push to cut through air. Like it has such a problem. Like, I go to the butter, you know, I put both hands on the top to push through butter. [00:49:53] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:49:53] Speaker A: And you know, that's a problem. [00:49:55] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:49:55] Speaker A: So in this case, I bought a knife that can actually cut. So if I'm chopping shallots and garlic vegetables, I'm going to do it. Right, Exactly. That is not the point, but I will. I do want to talk about this before we kind of move towards the end here. Here is. I think we talked about the BNB in Mexico, and I think we should talk about this BNB and kind of describe what it is and what it's like. And each place we go to is a little bit different. So what are your impressions of this Airbnb? [00:50:32] Speaker B: I think it's okay and good as a vacation home. I would not live here. 1. It's behind. It's like if you envision a. A street block. Right. There are houses along every sort of the block, every side of the block, and we are sort of like in the middle, like behind all of the houses. So we're not. [00:50:56] Speaker A: We're not from the main road. [00:50:57] Speaker B: Right, Right from the main road. We're not looking at anything except the backs of other people's houses. [00:51:03] Speaker A: Well, our houses, actually the majority windows faces another house. [00:51:07] Speaker B: Yes. [00:51:07] Speaker A: So it's like a side facing, the quote, unquote, front facing. There is no windows. [00:51:13] Speaker B: Yeah, there are no windows. [00:51:14] Speaker A: But if it did front face, it would face the back of the houses that face the main street. [00:51:18] Speaker B: Right. [00:51:19] Speaker A: So there's. That's the reason why it's like, well, let's let light in. But we're really not facing anything. [00:51:24] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:51:24] Speaker A: Other than a barbed wire fence or a stone wall. [00:51:29] Speaker B: I think they did a relatively decent job of decorating. The bed is semi comfortable, more comfortable than other places. [00:51:37] Speaker A: Our bed, comparatively to the bed in the other bedroom, I'd say is much better than what we've had previously. [00:51:42] Speaker B: Yes. [00:51:42] Speaker A: Like, I've had pain and discomfort, specifically in Portugal, which was just an absolute nightmare. [00:51:47] Speaker B: Oh, that Bed was terrible. [00:51:48] Speaker A: This is tolerable, in my opinion. [00:51:51] Speaker B: There's no desk. I. So that's it. Like, it's very hard for me. Like, I. I don't always go with you to the co working space because I don't always want to pay for it. [00:52:03] Speaker A: But, like, well, that's not the issue. It's more you. You having things that are private. [00:52:07] Speaker B: Yeah. Like, I have a meeting. Like, I don't really want to have in, like an open coordinate. [00:52:11] Speaker A: You have private meetings at times. And it's like, well, I don't want to do this meeting in front of eight other people. [00:52:16] Speaker B: Right. So I like, I. I don't love that part of it because there's no desk. [00:52:24] Speaker A: You don't like your computer propped up on a suitcase on a bed. [00:52:27] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:52:28] Speaker A: You don't like that. That's not like a. Yeah, it's probably. [00:52:31] Speaker B: It's. It's not the most. It's not the most easy thing to do, I would say, like, there's not a lot of storage space. So there's things just sort of like. It feels like things are just all over. But I think that's like an Airbnb or a hotel. Right. Like, that is what it is. [00:52:50] Speaker A: Years ago, and I won't go too far on a tangent, we would look at houses in different places and you would like these places that had no storage. I mean, when I say no storage, I mean no storage. You're like, this is perfect. [00:53:03] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:53:04] Speaker A: I'm like, where are you going to put anything that you don't want to be? Insight. [00:53:10] Speaker B: Right. [00:53:10] Speaker A: So we kind of live with suitcases, just kind of. [00:53:12] Speaker B: I mean, we have like four suitcases that are just sort of sitting out on the floor. I mean, you're really using one as a taste. [00:53:20] Speaker A: You're killing it, really. I mean, you're like, I'm not going to let this. [00:53:22] Speaker B: There's a lot of plants and I don't know how. I did water them one time in the last two weeks. I honestly don't know how much to water them. I don't know if I watered them too much or too little. [00:53:34] Speaker A: We've killed every plant we've ever had. We've killed succulents, we've killed them all. [00:53:39] Speaker B: I mean, the fact that they have left us here for more than a month with no plan for how these plants are going to get watered is. Is, you know, quite frankly, their problem. [00:53:50] Speaker A: When we got in, right, there was no broom. [00:53:53] Speaker B: No broom. [00:53:53] Speaker A: There's no scissors, no vacuum, no cleaning supplies, no cleaning Supplies. And. And. [00:53:59] Speaker B: And we have two children. [00:54:00] Speaker A: Other places that we've been in. There was no plan to have any cleaning within the month that we're here. [00:54:06] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, I reached out after a couple days and was like, hey, after, like, cleaning up the floor of rice. [00:54:13] Speaker A: Rice, dude. With freaking rice. [00:54:15] Speaker B: With, like, a paper towel, a wet paper towel. On my hands and knees. [00:54:19] Speaker A: I was like, fingers and a magnifying. [00:54:20] Speaker B: Is there a broom somewhere that I could potentially use and will there be somebody who comes in to clean? If not, that's fine, like, but okay, it's not. But I do need, like, some form of cleaning supplies. We're gonna be here for six weeks. Like, I need something to clean up, something. [00:54:42] Speaker A: Well, we bought trash bags, which we did, you know, so we kind of covered that on the spectrum, which is pretty normal. And I'm like, that's fine if we have to buy stuff like that. But I still am not okay with, like, you know, you at Airbnb pay a cleaning fee commensurate upon the time that you spend. [00:55:00] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:55:00] Speaker A: So you pay a fee that's compounded if you stay four to five weeks versus one week. That fee is assuming you're gonna be cleaning more than one time within a month, let alone feeding your damn plants. [00:55:12] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:55:13] Speaker A: So to me, that piece was kind of a mess. We had a shower that wouldn't get hot. [00:55:18] Speaker B: Yes. So we had that, like, knobs that were falling off of the cab. [00:55:22] Speaker A: We had multiple knobs. You go to grab the knob, there are these, like, wooden round knobs. You grab it, you pull it, and you fall backwards because you put your weight on it. So, you know, you basically had just like a. I don't know, a raw screw there that you had to try to pull out with your fingers and have massive bleeding. [00:55:39] Speaker B: The owner was very nice. I mean, when she came back from. [00:55:42] Speaker A: Vacation after she responded two weeks later to the concerns that were addressed. [00:55:46] Speaker B: You know, she was very nice and she did come and fix all of the issues. [00:55:51] Speaker A: I'm still not cool with paying for the cleaning. I just think that's a shit bag. When you're paying a really good amount of money for a house, I'd love. [00:55:58] Speaker B: To know, like, what the norm is for longer term rentals. [00:56:03] Speaker A: I mean, is that the case? Is that we're asking here? I mean, I guess we're generally asking. This is like, if you run an Airbnb for a month. I guess I got used the other one. We were in Mexico. I mean, like this. [00:56:11] Speaker B: Yeah. They just came. They like, it was Just part of the deal. [00:56:15] Speaker A: Every week. [00:56:16] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:56:16] Speaker A: And come clean the place. And they were really good. And they would replace toilet paper and trash bags. [00:56:21] Speaker B: And the water cleaned out the maggots. [00:56:27] Speaker A: Cleaned out the maggots. It's on the list. Will clean out your maggots. Oh, I love this place. Let's take care of that, you know? Yeah, I don't know. I just. There is a. A laundry list of things that I made looking at, like, the Airbnb of, like, what's. Oh, this one gets me. And this is more of a UK thing. So I should say this. There is a washing machine. [00:56:54] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:56:55] Speaker A: There's no dryer. And listen, I'm not gonna hit the Airbnb in this because I'm actually used to this. Like, there being this. But there was no drying rack. [00:57:05] Speaker B: Yes, there was no drying rack. So we're hanging clothes just, like, randomly around the apartment. [00:57:10] Speaker A: Chairs, radiators. I mean, there's a bathroom next to the washing machine, which is like a back room where one of the entrances is. And I'm just hanging off faucets, drains, toilets. [00:57:24] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:57:24] Speaker A: I mean, you name it. And of course, it's like. It's a low. It's a small capacity, which is totally understandable. Like, I'm not upset because of, like, UK capacity of washing machine. I think I'm more like, we're in a country where it's windy 70 miles an hour sideways, it's raining intermittently all day. I face this in Mexico, where I put shit out. [00:57:45] Speaker B: Well, there's not even. There wasn't even a. Like, a line outside side. Like, I went. [00:57:49] Speaker A: I saw whatever that thing is. [00:57:50] Speaker B: Yeah. But I think that. I think that's a dog leash, actually, because it's retractable and there's nowhere to hook it on the other side of the house. So I'm almost positive that that's like a dog leash. [00:58:03] Speaker A: It should also be something you wrap around my neck, because I can't take it. You know what I mean? You're just like, this guy, can't take it. Let's just wrap him up around the neck. [00:58:11] Speaker B: And our nanny both went out in the yard and we could not find. And. And when I did finally ask, she was like, oh, yeah, I probably should have left you a drying rack. So there must have been. There's no drying. [00:58:23] Speaker A: She also left the wrong key in the. We had the key to the other house. [00:58:27] Speaker B: I know. [00:58:27] Speaker A: Which you had an opportunity to go. I really wanted adjacent to us and was like, no, I'll just leave the key. [00:58:34] Speaker B: I wanted to snoop, but I didn't feel like it was. [00:58:36] Speaker A: You're the ultimate snooper. [00:58:37] Speaker B: I know. I really wanted to, but listen, walk. [00:58:40] Speaker A: By houses and, like, stare in their windows and stick your face up against it. [00:58:44] Speaker B: I was not given permission. And I also didn't know if there's cameras, so I just can't take it. [00:58:50] Speaker A: With your intermittent rules. Just. That's one you should have broken. You could have gone in there. [00:58:55] Speaker B: I know. I should have just, like, actually text her and be like, can I just, like, walk around just to see, Just for fun. [00:59:00] Speaker A: I think you should have just took. [00:59:01] Speaker B: Just for shits and giggles. [00:59:03] Speaker A: Holy shit. Taking your bum out and just rub it on the furniture. You like that? I put a broom in my house. Here's my bum on your furniture. How you like that? How you like, man? [00:59:12] Speaker B: I would have liked. I would have liked to see. I think part of it, like I said to you, I think part of the problem is that this house and the house next door, the owner is selling them, and they have sold. They. There is a sale. Agreed. And I think that as. As nice as she is, and, you know, I think when your house is being sold, you're like, peace. The fuck? [00:59:37] Speaker A: No, you're out. You're out. I'm just saying, like, this place looks really good and the picture looked really good, but it comes back to this, like. And I think about this. The house we're gonna move into is like, what is the functional nature of this house? [00:59:51] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:59:51] Speaker A: So both of us have attempted to use an electrical device in the bathroom. [00:59:56] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:59:56] Speaker A: There's no flux in the damn bathrooms. [00:59:59] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:59:59] Speaker A: At all. [01:00:00] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:00:00] Speaker A: It's just. It's almost like you make this place up and then you don't live in it. Like, you have no livability in the situation. I just think you're missing out on understanding. I mean, at least there's an oven, which is helpful. [01:00:14] Speaker B: There's a microwave. [01:00:15] Speaker A: There's still no damn blender, which I'm. [01:00:17] Speaker B: There's a fantastic tea maker kettle, though. Listen, listen. I agree with you. [01:00:22] Speaker A: If you lived in a cardboard box in the uk, it would have, like. It would have a kettle in it. You know what I'm saying? [01:00:27] Speaker B: I agree with you, but I also think this feels. And maybe it's just because, like, I. I am feeling good in every other aspect. I feel like this is way better than where we were in Mexico. Also, there's no dangerous stairs, that our child could fall three stories down and die. [01:00:44] Speaker A: But she. We don't have a gate because when we went to the grocery store to go get a gate at Sainsbury's, we. [01:00:49] Speaker B: Didn'T got the wrong size. [01:00:51] Speaker A: We didn't have a tape measure. So I bought a gate that was too short, and now we have a gate. So sitting in a bedroom, we haven't. [01:00:56] Speaker B: I know. We really should just return it, to be honest. [01:00:58] Speaker A: Just piss the money away because we couldn't figure that out. [01:01:01] Speaker B: Sell it on Facebook. [01:01:02] Speaker A: Argos is like, well, you should really go measure. And you're like. And I was. [01:01:07] Speaker B: That's why I sent you, because I was like, I'm not exactly sure how. [01:01:10] Speaker A: To blame on my. [01:01:11] Speaker B: I was like. I go, I. You know, she goes, you really should measure and come back. And I was like, I really want it for tonight. I'm gonna send Damon over. He'll probably know how much. [01:01:20] Speaker A: How the hell am I supposed to. I mean, listen, I appreciate your confidence, but, like, I measure when I put things up. When I met. When I put up acoustic panels, when I do speakers. I mean, I measure 27 times from the floor, from the ceiling, from the adjacent wall, from the other speaker. It is a multiple measurement opportunity. [01:01:40] Speaker B: Yeah. No, Yeah. [01:01:42] Speaker A: I did not measure it. And we're probably a good, I don't know, foot short. [01:01:49] Speaker B: Yeah. We really just need to return it or. I don't know, it's. We've now been here two weeks and our child hasn't fallen down the stairs, so we might as well just return it. [01:01:58] Speaker A: I just want to, for the record, say I didn't want to get it in the first place. [01:02:01] Speaker B: Did you not? [01:02:02] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:02:03] Speaker B: Yeah. That was kind of more my anxiety, I'm sure. [01:02:07] Speaker A: I'm not saying there's a theme here, but if you're scoring at home. [01:02:15] Speaker B: Oh, my God. Okay, well, listen, it's 11:30 and I am exhausted, so I'm sure that our children will wake up sometime in the night. So I'm just gonna say, this is fun. I enjoy talking about it. We have lots more to talk about, but I think it's time to. Peace out. [01:02:33] Speaker A: I think it's time to pack it up. [01:02:35] Speaker B: Pack it up, pack it in. Let bedtime begin. That's an inclusive cluo. Oh, my God. [01:02:43] Speaker A: Such an ass. [01:02:46] Speaker B: And on that note, bye. That's chips and giggles.