March 4, 2026
466. Our Podcast Failed But This Question Saved It...Sorta!
Today’s episode didn’t go as planned.
It was supposed to be our Podcast News and Comment edition, but my internet had other ideas. Most of the show didn’t make it. What did survive was the opening few minutes, and that’s what you’re getting here!
I kicked things off with a question that sounds incredibly creepy at 7am. I promise there was a reason for it! The team rolled with it, and what followed was one of those unscripted moments that perfectly captures the personality of this community.
Live content comes with risk. Tech fails. Internet drops. Plans change.
What doesn’t change is the chemistry, the humor, and the willingness to roll with it. This episode is a reminder that connection beats perfection every time!
We’re back tomorrow at 7am Eastern. Watch live or catch the archived video or audio at:
podcastingmorningchat.com/joinus
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Today on the Podcasting morning
chat, we had an epic fail.
2
00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:08,960
So normally today this is our
podcast News and Comment day.
3
00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:12,600
And if you are really interested
in hearing the news stories as
4
00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:16,840
best you can, you can go check
us out on YouTube.
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00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:21,960
You can find
thatinformation@podcastingmorningchat.com/join
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00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:24,280
us.
That'll give you all the links,
7
00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:29,280
including the link to our
archived YouTube Live from
8
00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,760
today.
But we had a big fail because
9
00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:35,000
yours truly's Internet
connection failed.
10
00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:38,400
It was really spotty today.
I don't know why.
11
00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:42,360
I have no indication for my
Internet service provider of any
12
00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:46,120
issues, but here we are.
So what we're going to do is we
13
00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:51,600
were able to capture the opening
5 minutes or so of the show with
14
00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,160
a little bit of fun before we
dove into the news.
15
00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:57,280
And thankfully the Internet
connection was strong during
16
00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:00,440
that opening segment.
And well, I'm not, I'm not going
17
00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,560
to tell you exactly what it is.
I'll just tell you, I ask what
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00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:07,520
appears to be a very creepy
question and I'll explain why I
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00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,200
ask it.
And thankfully the team plays
20
00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:12,760
along.
So before I play that clip for
21
00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:16,840
you, I want to remind you that
we are back tomorrow live at
22
00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,640
7:00 AM Eastern on all the
streaming platforms, which you
23
00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:23,560
can get that information with
the join us link I just shared
24
00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:27,000
with you and of course will be
available on all of your
25
00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:31,200
favorite podcast platforms.
Now here's that clip.
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Good morning again, podcasting
morning chat.
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Thanks so much for being here.
I am your host Mark Ronik and
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currently on stage with me my Co
hosts Jonathan Howard, DRFA
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producer Ashley BC Babbles,
Ralph Estep, Alex Baelish and
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Nick Nolback.
Also good morning to Nikki AKA
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Tide here from our audience
joining us as she usually does
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on stage.
Love that.
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Thank you, Nick.
As I alluded before we got
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00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,960
started this morning to the
team, I had a question that will
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00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:10,520
come off creepy when I first say
it and then I'll explain the
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question before we dive into the
news.
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What are you wearing right now?
I'm asking because I was
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thinking about this earlier.
If I'm a member of this
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community and I'm listening
regularly, I think at some point
40
00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,880
I'm probably curious about what
everyone's wearing this early in
41
00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:32,360
the morning, joining the
podcasting morning chat, for
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example.
I'll start.
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So I'm wearing what I'll
probably wear today, this
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T-shirt that, you know, I tend
to wear T-shirts.
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A lot of times they say podcast
or something like that on them.
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I've actually started steering
away a little bit from that, but
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it's usually a black T-shirt.
That's kind of my thing, but I
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will usually be wearing either
my pajama bottoms or sweatpants.
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Currently I'm wearing
sweatpants.
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I will change that after
breakfast this morning, but like
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I'm curious if anyone's fully in
their PJS or if you're fully
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00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:05,920
ready for the day.
Ralph, I'm going to start with
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you.
I think from what I'm looking at
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here it looks like you could
probably just get your day
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going.
Good morning Mark, I'm
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absolutely ready to go with the
day.
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Bright eyed and bushy tailed as
they said.
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Been up since 4:15 AM and you
know you can come and see me
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right now if you want to, just
by going to
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podcastingmorningchat.com/join
us.
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And I got a special treat for
everybody.
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Make sure you watch us tomorrow.
I am going to have a very
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special hat on tomorrow so make
sure you check it out.
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OK, thank you, Ralph.
That was not planned, ladies and
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gentlemen.
I promised anyone else.
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What are you wearing right now?
I feel so creepy saying that.
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Go ahead, Jonathan.
Mondays and Wednesdays.
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Monday because I'm on camera and
Wednesday because I go straight
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from my next meeting.
I am fully dressed, ready for
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the day.
Every other day I join.
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I'm in my sweats.
I'll share.
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Yes, go ahead, Dr. So I've got
yoga pants, a sports bra, and
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00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:05,680
some schleppy top over the
sports bra, AKA my grubbies.
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00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,400
We just call that Grubbies.
Grubbies.
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Like when my husband comes home
from work, I say OK, go ahead,
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get in your grubbies.
Grubbies, all right, there you
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go.
So Dr. in her grubbies and she
78
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will be cooking some eggs around
7:17 AM this morning in her
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grubbies BC what say you Sir?
I say I'm in the grade today.
80
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So you see the Gray top.
They are matched by a nice pair
81
00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:37,200
of very comfortable Gray sweats.
However, I do divert from the
82
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Gray down to my nice fluffy wool
brown slippers, keeping my my
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00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:46,200
toe beans nice and warm in this
morning.
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I mentioned to Ralph, Mark and
Ralph this morning I am
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00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:54,440
currently responsible for a 10
year old type 2 diabetic blind
86
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Chihuahua.
So I am doing low energy on the
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ensemble for a couple weeks.
It's got to be a little bit of a
88
00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,640
challenge taking care of that
pup, I'm sure.
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Oh, I love it.
It's a great experience.
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I'm sure you should see BJ's
face when he says that.
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And lastly, I'm going to go to
Sid.
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Sid, the question of the
morning.
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I know you're a minute or two
late, so you may not have heard
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it.
I'm asking everybody the creepy
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question, what are you wearing
right now?
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Because I figure this early in
the morning, some people are
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probably really not dressed to
impress quite yet.
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But you are in the Bahamas, so
I'm curious, are you out walking
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already, You know?
Mark, I've not had a sip of
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coffee and I'm sleep.
That's not your business.
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OK, I've got on my workout
shorts and a little lightweight,
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pretty mean.
I'm not.
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I gotta have some coffee, then
I'm going to go on my walk.
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That's really, that's really a
creepy question.
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I know it is.
So early in the morning I said
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Halloween and I didn't know it.
No, you know, it's just that I
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was getting myself a little
together this morning and
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thinking the audience might be
curious what everybody wears
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when they start this early in
the morning recording a podcast.
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So I just figured, let's, let's
just figure that out and let's
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let's answer the question.
So thank you all for indulging
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my creepy question.
I appreciate it.
00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:04,280
Today on the Podcasting morning
chat, we had an epic fail.
2
00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:08,960
So normally today this is our
podcast News and Comment day.
3
00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:12,600
And if you are really interested
in hearing the news stories as
4
00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:16,840
best you can, you can go check
us out on YouTube.
5
00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:21,960
You can find
thatinformation@podcastingmorningchat.com/join
6
00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:24,280
us.
That'll give you all the links,
7
00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:29,280
including the link to our
archived YouTube Live from
8
00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,760
today.
But we had a big fail because
9
00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:35,000
yours truly's Internet
connection failed.
10
00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:38,400
It was really spotty today.
I don't know why.
11
00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:42,360
I have no indication for my
Internet service provider of any
12
00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:46,120
issues, but here we are.
So what we're going to do is we
13
00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:51,600
were able to capture the opening
5 minutes or so of the show with
14
00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,160
a little bit of fun before we
dove into the news.
15
00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:57,280
And thankfully the Internet
connection was strong during
16
00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:00,440
that opening segment.
And well, I'm not, I'm not going
17
00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,560
to tell you exactly what it is.
I'll just tell you, I ask what
18
00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:07,520
appears to be a very creepy
question and I'll explain why I
19
00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,200
ask it.
And thankfully the team plays
20
00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:12,760
along.
So before I play that clip for
21
00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:16,840
you, I want to remind you that
we are back tomorrow live at
22
00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,640
7:00 AM Eastern on all the
streaming platforms, which you
23
00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:23,560
can get that information with
the join us link I just shared
24
00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:27,000
with you and of course will be
available on all of your
25
00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:31,200
favorite podcast platforms.
Now here's that clip.
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00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:35,040
Good morning again, podcasting
morning chat.
27
00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:38,960
Thanks so much for being here.
I am your host Mark Ronik and
28
00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:43,840
currently on stage with me my Co
hosts Jonathan Howard, DRFA
29
00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:48,760
producer Ashley BC Babbles,
Ralph Estep, Alex Baelish and
30
00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:52,720
Nick Nolback.
Also good morning to Nikki AKA
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00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:57,240
Tide here from our audience
joining us as she usually does
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00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:58,560
on stage.
Love that.
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Thank you, Nick.
As I alluded before we got
34
00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,960
started this morning to the
team, I had a question that will
35
00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:10,520
come off creepy when I first say
it and then I'll explain the
36
00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:12,560
question before we dive into the
news.
37
00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:18,000
What are you wearing right now?
I'm asking because I was
38
00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,800
thinking about this earlier.
If I'm a member of this
39
00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:25,200
community and I'm listening
regularly, I think at some point
40
00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,880
I'm probably curious about what
everyone's wearing this early in
41
00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:32,360
the morning, joining the
podcasting morning chat, for
42
00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:34,240
example.
I'll start.
43
00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,280
So I'm wearing what I'll
probably wear today, this
44
00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,360
T-shirt that, you know, I tend
to wear T-shirts.
45
00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:42,320
A lot of times they say podcast
or something like that on them.
46
00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:46,120
I've actually started steering
away a little bit from that, but
47
00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,640
it's usually a black T-shirt.
That's kind of my thing, but I
48
00:02:49,640 --> 00:02:54,000
will usually be wearing either
my pajama bottoms or sweatpants.
49
00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,000
Currently I'm wearing
sweatpants.
50
00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:00,080
I will change that after
breakfast this morning, but like
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00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,920
I'm curious if anyone's fully in
their PJS or if you're fully
52
00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:05,920
ready for the day.
Ralph, I'm going to start with
53
00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:07,680
you.
I think from what I'm looking at
54
00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,720
here it looks like you could
probably just get your day
55
00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:12,400
going.
Good morning Mark, I'm
56
00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:13,880
absolutely ready to go with the
day.
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00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:15,560
Bright eyed and bushy tailed as
they said.
58
00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:19,080
Been up since 4:15 AM and you
know you can come and see me
59
00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:20,520
right now if you want to, just
by going to
60
00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:23,760
podcastingmorningchat.com/join
us.
61
00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:25,960
And I got a special treat for
everybody.
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00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,480
Make sure you watch us tomorrow.
I am going to have a very
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00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,280
special hat on tomorrow so make
sure you check it out.
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00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,360
OK, thank you, Ralph.
That was not planned, ladies and
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00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,160
gentlemen.
I promised anyone else.
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What are you wearing right now?
I feel so creepy saying that.
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00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:43,880
Go ahead, Jonathan.
Mondays and Wednesdays.
68
00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,040
Monday because I'm on camera and
Wednesday because I go straight
69
00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:50,240
from my next meeting.
I am fully dressed, ready for
70
00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:52,480
the day.
Every other day I join.
71
00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,520
I'm in my sweats.
I'll share.
72
00:03:55,600 --> 00:04:00,800
Yes, go ahead, Dr. So I've got
yoga pants, a sports bra, and
73
00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:05,680
some schleppy top over the
sports bra, AKA my grubbies.
74
00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,400
We just call that Grubbies.
Grubbies.
75
00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:12,160
Like when my husband comes home
from work, I say OK, go ahead,
76
00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,200
get in your grubbies.
Grubbies, all right, there you
77
00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,880
go.
So Dr. in her grubbies and she
78
00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:21,720
will be cooking some eggs around
7:17 AM this morning in her
79
00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:27,920
grubbies BC what say you Sir?
I say I'm in the grade today.
80
00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:31,760
So you see the Gray top.
They are matched by a nice pair
81
00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:37,200
of very comfortable Gray sweats.
However, I do divert from the
82
00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:43,040
Gray down to my nice fluffy wool
brown slippers, keeping my my
83
00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:46,200
toe beans nice and warm in this
morning.
84
00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,440
I mentioned to Ralph, Mark and
Ralph this morning I am
85
00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:54,440
currently responsible for a 10
year old type 2 diabetic blind
86
00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,360
Chihuahua.
So I am doing low energy on the
87
00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,200
ensemble for a couple weeks.
It's got to be a little bit of a
88
00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,640
challenge taking care of that
pup, I'm sure.
89
00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,000
Oh, I love it.
It's a great experience.
90
00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,200
I'm sure you should see BJ's
face when he says that.
91
00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,520
And lastly, I'm going to go to
Sid.
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00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,840
Sid, the question of the
morning.
93
00:05:14,840 --> 00:05:18,120
I know you're a minute or two
late, so you may not have heard
94
00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,040
it.
I'm asking everybody the creepy
95
00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,720
question, what are you wearing
right now?
96
00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:26,560
Because I figure this early in
the morning, some people are
97
00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,760
probably really not dressed to
impress quite yet.
98
00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,320
But you are in the Bahamas, so
I'm curious, are you out walking
99
00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:36,240
already, You know?
Mark, I've not had a sip of
100
00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:39,640
coffee and I'm sleep.
That's not your business.
101
00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:46,280
OK, I've got on my workout
shorts and a little lightweight,
102
00:05:46,280 --> 00:05:47,160
pretty mean.
I'm not.
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00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:49,360
I gotta have some coffee, then
I'm going to go on my walk.
104
00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:52,240
That's really, that's really a
creepy question.
105
00:05:52,280 --> 00:05:54,640
I know it is.
So early in the morning I said
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Halloween and I didn't know it.
No, you know, it's just that I
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was getting myself a little
together this morning and
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thinking the audience might be
curious what everybody wears
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when they start this early in
the morning recording a podcast.
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So I just figured, let's, let's
just figure that out and let's
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let's answer the question.
So thank you all for indulging
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my creepy question.
I appreciate it.
