Lost Grandparents, A Donut Bear Trap, & Our First Kids Story: Listener Episode #27

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Do not use if you have had a personal history of colorectal cancer or polyps, have inflammatory bowel disease, a family history of colorectal cancer, or certain hereditary syndromes or a positive result from another colon cancer screening method within that test's recommended screening integral. Cologard results should be interpreted with caution as false positive and false negatives do occur, available by prescription only. Hey everybody, we've got a guest host again today, and we're in my childhood bedroom. So the only person who would be a lac. And the only person who would be allowed in here morally is my wife. Yeah. So Mackenzie, welcome back honey. Thanks honey. We have been on the east coast. We've been doing a lot of family time. We did those shows in Philadelphia and Boston. Really fun. I went to the Boston one. It was fun. Yeah, it was great. And, and yeah, you had, you had like a real family vacation. I've sort of been doing a lot of stuff at home. I've been trying to clean up my parents. I don't know if digital footprints, the right word, but they have consolidating accounts that are on multiple emails with multiple passwords. Some of them are your father's email and your mother's password or phone number. It's very convoluted. And we've both been at it. If you think you're going to break into my parents' exfinity account by using my father's phone number and my mother's email, that has been rectified. So don't even try. But it has been hours. And then we were, you actually, I had to take a shower to get ready for this. And I've been trying to sort out their New York Times subscriptions, which the New York Times. Yeah. I mean, the gray lady, a great newspaper, great organization. I read the New York Times, but my parents each have digital subscriptions. And then they receive home delivery on a different subscription, which they don't receive. But they do receive it. And it is the actual home delivery paper was associated with an email address that my mother hasn't used for maybe 20 years. And the other thing for anybody else that might be doing this for their parents, this is what I just learned when I was after what like 45 minutes talking to an AI bot. Then I finally got a phone number to call the New York Times to get on a queue to talk to somebody because the bot was like, yeah, this is too complicated. Don't trust the bots. The bots are not helpful. So I finally get on the phone with somebody and we're talking about the email accounts. And it is possible to have your New York Times subscription, but access to the games through Apple. So now I have to go into Apple to cancel your mother's and your father's account for New York time games so that then I can go back to New York Times to consolidate or basically I think I'm going to open a new account, new family account for both of them. I'll tell you this. My parents are never accessing the New York Times through Apple. So if they got to go through Apple. If anybody needs help with this in the future, even just because I'm sure that we have all the numbers and all the contacts for all of the different accounts that exist in the world and how to consolidate. Also, like it's not just things like digital things, even trying to turn off all the lights and my parents house before coming to bed last night. It is a challenge. Every light turns off individually. It seems like there's about 26 lamps. You know what they need. Remember I got you Christmas clapper. I got Josh a clapper for this. It was so funny. Yeah, we used to briefly. Yeah, we did. It's a good idea. But if you had everything linked to a clapper. But then I feel like my mom would like clap poorly. And it would just, yeah, it would only create your father would probably clap and then punch it. I felt like doing last night, but you I mean, you've been on a journey. It was a melancholy journey. There was a celebration of life for your uncle who passed away about a year and a half ago, your uncle Mark. And he and his wife and his daughters had this summer place to have this summer place way up in Maine. But I'll let you tell it. I've been up and down the coast, the east coast, this trip. But yeah, I started it while I'll just start from the beginning. So I came to Boston. I met you in Boston for your live show. But I had the whole day to kill. So my friend Caleb, who we've mentioned before, we had a picture on the bridge of flowers together. But he picked me up, and we went out to Crane's Beach, which was spectacular in Ipswich in Ipswich. Yeah, which is beautiful. We looked at maybe getting married there. But I think it was going to be a little too pricey. Yeah. So I suggest if you're in the area or if you're doing coastal visits, I would start there. It was lovely. Then we had your live show. That was awesome. And I went to my hometown, Shelburn Falls. I was there for four days. I think I made a point to walk across the bridge of flowers at least twice a day. I got a lot of videos. I got a lot of it like to watch a walk across the bridge of flowers is maybe like a minute 20 minute 30. And I got a lot of minute 30 long videos. Yeah, on Marco Polo, an app that that we use to sort of send videos back and forth. And you can't fast forward through them. So a lot of times I would be like, you can if you have the membership kind of a paid membership. Yeah. So I got to watch a minute 30 or I got to put my phone down and be like, that was great on me. But anyways, I got some hometown hometown time say that three times fast. I got a lot of good dog walks with my mom. Then I was at my dad's. He my stepmom and I then drove from Shelburn Falls to Macchia support main. That's in an area of main. They called down east and it's like an eight hour drive up the coast. It's right near the Canadian border. It was like only Canadian should call it down east. I know I was like, why is it called down east main? Yeah, it's called down east main because it's in a little down eastern like blip little peninsula on the coast. Yeah. Okay. So there we were or there we went. So we had a very long road trip. It was fun. We stopped in Portland main for lunch and then continued our drive. And we had Thursday night, just the three of us together and we went on a really nice walk, like a hike, I think was loon long. I can't remember the name of the trail. But the next day my stepbrother Jamie and my stepsister Katie met us up there and then we went to my uncle's sort of family compound, the homestead, which I think they've owned since like the early 80s. I hadn't been there since I was in middle school and it was awesome. My cousins Abby and Allison, like along with their mom, my on Joanne, they put together like a really amazing ceremony for my uncle and I told them they I said my cousin Abigail works or has worked in like ballet production and stuff and I told her that was an excellent production for your father. Yeah, it sounds like it was all around. It was beautiful. It was like a tree planting. Yeah, we did a tree planting where we had a number of people like reading different poems and then we play some of my uncle's ashes under a plum tree and had like a beautiful ceremony for that. And then we went on a whale watch out of Lubak main. And it was like a perfect main day. It was like warm in the morning and beautiful for this tree planting. And then we drove to Lubak and it got dark and gray and cold. And we went out in this tiny boat. It was a whale watching boat. But I think it only fit like 28 people. And so yeah, we just like shot right out into the ocean. - Main style. - Main style and we saw some minke whales. And we saw some purposes. And then my cousins had planned to have like a ceremony at sea for my uncle. And we sent him off in between these two beautiful islands. And a bald eagle was looking. I mean, it was just, you couldn't have, it was wild. How beautiful and perfect it was. And it was really fun to be there all together with family. And my sister said in the car. She was like, when was the last time the five of us were in the car so much together? - Yeah. - And it's been a while, you know, 'cause they all have kids and I live in California. And it was a, it was just a really lovely weekend and a classic family road trip. - Yeah, it, you know, it was a while ago that your uncle marked past. And it's, I know that it sort of was weighing on your father, his brother, that this was coming up. It's sort of obviously all the emotions are brought back to the surface. And so I know your father was nervous about giving his remarks. You said he got a lot of laughs. - He did such a great job. Yeah, I mean, it was really an upbeat weekend. And I think that helped my dad with his remarks. And he got a lot of great laughs. And shared a lot of great memories. And it was, it was a celebration of my uncle's life and it was really lovely. - Yeah, I mean, Maine is a, they call it vacation land for a reason. And yeah, it had been, you said maybe since fourth grade was the last time you were there. And I- - I think middle school. - Middle school. - Yeah, well. - Sixth grade, seventh grade, something like that. - How dare I. Then, yeah, I mean, I would love to get up there. I was unable to make this trip. But, yeah, I feel like the family wants to make it more of a regular thing. And hopefully we can get up there next summer and see some other friends in Maine that we wanted to see this time around. But didn't get a chance to. But, yeah, the summer is busy for people out there. - Summer is busy, yeah. - And then I got back to New Hampshire last night and your parents and I had a great dinner. We went to not the copper door, which was your mother's favorite. - Yeah, we did. We went across the street from the copper door to the Bedford Village Inn and it was lovely. And so, yeah, it's been great. It's been great having you here. And it is gonna be great to get home. But, some revocations, everybody. People do a lot of traveling. And I think we've got some stories from some of our listeners. Maybe there's some revocation stories. Maybe not. We'll find out. Hey, we're gonna take a quick break and hear from some of our sponsors. - This episode of Family Chips is brought to you by Colo Guard, a non-invasive colon cancer screening test. - You know, Poshy, what's your 45? No matter how young you look, Poshy, hmm. It's one of those things that's easy to put off because you think it'll be a hassle and life is so busy. - Yeah, and I think a lot of people assume they need to schedule a procedure, take time off work, or deal with all the prep that comes with a colonoscopy. - The process was honestly incredibly simple. I requested the test online. It'd be a telehealth professional who's delivered right to my door. I sent it back without having to press fast or rearrange my schedule, my busy schedule. - Yes, I'm here. It fit right into my day and it really took away a lot of the excuses people have for putting screening off. It's non-invasive, can be completed at home in about 15 minutes and it can detect 95% of colon cancers. - We also learned the colon cancer is actually the pneumonia cancer killer. People under 50 in the US, good news. It's also one of the most preventable cancers. So keep up to date with your screenings. So if you're 45 or older and at average risk, don't wait. If you're 45 or older and at average risk, talk to your healthcare provider about screening for colon cancer and ask if Colo Guard could be right for you. You can also request a Colo Guard prescription today at cologuard.com. Colo Guard products are intended to screen adults 45 and older at average risk for colorectal cancer. Do not use if you have had a personal history of colorectal cancer or polyps, have inflammatory bowel disease, a family history of colorectal cancer, or certain hereditary syndromes or a positive result from another colon cancer screening method within that test's recommended screening interval. Colo Guard result should be interpreted with caution as false positive and false negatives do occur, available by prescription only. Support comes from Shopify, hey, Bashi, hey Sufi. Starting a business is a big deal. Shopify, thankfully, makes it simpler. All the tools you need to launch are already included and ready from day one. 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(laughs) It's like, it's just getting started. - Okay, the sharks trying to get you and you have to run away from them? - Yeah, so it's a tank-based, this is my idea. It's a tank-based Jim, right? It's no weights, no bands. You basically just get into your part of the tank. You press a button, door opens, sharks come in. And then, you know, I would do like a five-minute set of trying to stay away from, anyway. All you need is the idea. - Like Shark Jim, Shopify handles the rest. Start your free trial at Shopify.com/trips. (upbeat music) ♪ Here we go ♪ - Hi guys, this is Jenny from Wisconsin. So my family trip story takes place in the late 80s when my grandparents decided to take my sister and I on an East Coast tour in my grandpa's Oldsmobile, while our parents went on an anniversary getaway to the Caribbean. It was an incredible trip, taking us from Wisconsin to Gettysburg, Washington, DC, Philly, Boston, New York, and Niagara Falls. With all four of us loaded in the boat of his car, making our way at grandparents-style speed through some of the biggest and most crowded cities in our path. I have vivid memories of us driving down the streets of Manhattan in bumper to bumper traffic, looking for parking so we could get on the ferry to see the statue of Liberty. I need to point out that my grandpa was not always the most patient man and often had choice words for other drivers while on the road, even back home. And I think my mom was concerned that driving halfway across the country with eight and 11 year old girls in the back seat for 10 days might add some stress to our road trip. To remedy this, she bought him a small noise machine toy that made a buzzing sound when you pushed the buttons. Kind of like what you'd find in the game of taboo. To this day, I'm still not sure if he was supposed to press it in place of swearing or if he was supposed to press it to cover up the swearing. But either way, it's set in a place of honor in the front seat between my grandparents for most of the trip. While there are many stories from this road trip that I could share, the best one took place during our time in Washington, DC. I don't know if it is still the same today, but back then there were about five lanes of traffic in a roundabout near the Lincoln Memorial. And if memory serves me right, only one of those lanes actually got you to the memorial. The other four lanes took you on a 10 minute detour across the river to Virginia. We just didn't know it at the time. The first trip across the river was no big deal. We picked a lane, it was the wrong lane, and we ended up in Virginia. My sister and I stayed quiet in the back and honestly maybe didn't even realize it was a mistake. We turned around and came back to DC and the roundabout. Take two, Grandpa picked a lane. And again, we found ourselves crossing the river and in Virginia. At this point, my sister and I could tell this was definitely a mistake and made eyes at each other, but did our best to suppress our giggles as my grandma shushed us quietly from the front. By the third and fourth times across the bridge, my grandpa was understandably fed up and the curses began to fly. And my grandma grabbed the buzzer and started jokingly pushing buttons. Every time he uttered some profanity under his breath. Whether we picked the wrong lane or couldn't get in the right lane due to the roundabout traffic, we even crossed the bridge to Virginia a fifth time. And at this point, my grandpa had reached his limit. While my grandma pushed the buzzer with a vengeance, my grandpa swiftly grabbed that thing right out of her hands and tossed it out the window and into the river. (laughing) At this point, my sister and I were rolling in the back seat and my grandparents couldn't and help laugh along with us. We did finally get to the Lincoln Memorial that day, along with all the rest of the monuments we had planned to see. And while the buzzer did not finish the trip with us, my mom still likes to take credit for helping ease grandpa's stress on the trip, even if not the way she intended. Thanks for letting me share the story and keep up the great work. - Oh my gosh, Jenny, that's amazing. - Five times to Virginia. Five times, we were, I was leaving the stealer game a couple years ago and my dad was driving and we, and maybe I was driving, I don't remember, but the traffic is so bad and gnarly and redirected and we ended up crossing this bridge and leaving Pittsburgh and it was so funny, but to do it five times is just amazing. - And at least you had the little kid giggles in the back seat to sort of like top it off. - Yeah, I think like, I'm sure, if your grandfather was the kind of person who gets stressed out and maybe swears, I wouldn't know anything about that. - Nor would I. - But having his wife there, your grandmother, to then take that buzzer away from him and be using it and to have his granddaughter's laughing, I'm sure at some point when that stress and frustration gives way to comedy, it has to be such a delight and. - Well, and then it becomes such a wonderful memory. - Yeah, exactly. - And I was sure like in years after that, it's like, remember that time we went to Virginia five times by accident. - Which is, has to be a stronger memory for you than the Lincoln Memorial. - Yeah. - It is the journey a lot of times that is the story that's so, oh my gosh, that's so funny, five times. - Yeah, roundabouts will getcha. - Roundabouts will getcha. - They do that. - Yeah. (laughing) - Well, I also applaud that your grandparents for taking you on that trip that just sounds great and eight-year-old and an 11-year-old, they must have loved it so much and to get you girls for a trip like that while your parents probably needed a much-needed trip away, maybe some time away from the girls. - Yeah. - Awesome. - Yeah, really good on them for driving. - Damian Katie would do like a one trip per summer with their grandparents in a camper. - Oh, wow. - Yeah. - And they would just like head out for a week. - I never, I mean our grandparents visited us and we visited our grandparents, but Seth and I never took trips with just them. - Yeah, I don't think I did either. - Yeah. - My grandparents. - Yeah. - Yeah. - But in a big old, old mobile in New York City that also strikes me as a good visual and also as little kids for a time in New York City. - Yeah. - That's exciting. - Yeah. - Well. - Way to the store, thank you for sharing. - Yeah, thanks so much. Five times. That's awesome. (laughing) All right, what's next, Sam? - Hi, Seth and Josh. It's Lisa from Oakville, Ontario, Canada. - I love your podcast and listen to it every week. After I heard Will Forte talk about his bearing counter, I was reminded of one my husband and I had during a trip we took before we had kids. We were RV camping at Grandi Provincial Park in Ontario and we saw some commotion a few campsites away. We noticed a smallish bear walking through the site. Everyone gave the bear plenty of space and eventually it went back into the woods. That evening, the park warden set up a bear trap so they could catch it and relocate it. The first night, they put some bread in the trap. The bear didn't come. The next night, they put some meat in the trap. The third night, they put in some Tim Horton's donuts in the trap and they caught the bear. (laughing) It's a bear Canadian story. Thanks again for all the laughs and I hope you have a great day. - Oh my gosh, Tim Horton's. - That's how you catch a bear. - Respect. My good buddy, Scott Speedman, famous Canadian. For his 50th birthday, I got him a commemorative Tim Horton's mug with a Maple Leaf on it 'cause yeah, that's him, that's him. - Have you ever had a bear encounter? - I've seen a bear, but I wouldn't say that I've had a bear encounter. - Yeah. - So. - Oh, sorry. - I just want to stay far away from the mic. - Yeah, well, I did ask before we started this. I was like, do you want the comfy chair or the chair that's breaking, that is the chair that's in my salad bedroom. And she said, I think I have the comfy chair, but now she's getting so comfy. - I'm getting too comfortable. - Kicking back. Yeah, no, I've seen bears, but not super up close. My mother at this house where we are right now, she told me, I've probably told this story in the pod, but there was a bear and back when we had two dogs, she said the dogs were going crazy. So we had the dogs inside and then I didn't want to let them outside because of the bear. So I went and I walked the property to make sure the bear was gone. And I said, mother, with what? Like, we're not gun people. We, I mean, I said like, what would you have done if you saw a bear? She's like, I don't know, but it was gone. It's like, well, that's not a good plan. - It's so funny. My mom and I, when we go on dog walks, we go to this field and it's surrounded by a forest and a lot of times when we get to the field and, you know, we're making the dog sit and give them treats. We'll start yelling, no bears, no deer, no bears because we don't want the dog, like if the dog see a deer in the meadow, they might run after it. So we make a big commotion before, but I've never had a bear encounter, but there is one in my mom's neighborhood. - Yeah, yeah. We, there's a fox on our property here, which I saw the other day, which I hope that our dog Albert is friends with. But yeah, I had a friend also. My friend Doug Stradley talking about Maine guys. I told him I was gonna be hiking in Glacier National Park and I was worried about bears and moose and he wrote me in a text, he wrote, "The word "hio leak" a very long word and I thought, oh, maybe that is the call that has bears and moose to go away. So I kept hiking on these like amazing trails and every now and again, I would just go, "Hio leak." And then I told him that I was doing it the next time I saw him, I was like, oh, I did "hio leak" and I had no encounters. And he was like, oh, that's nothing. I was just something I texted you. He didn't, it's not like a call or anything. - Was it like an accidental text? - No, I think it was just like a random thing. - Stradley being random. - Stradley being Stradley. So, well, thank you for that, Lisa. That is, that is, that's, that doesn't do anything, although it worked for me. Thank you for that story. I'm glad that Tim Horton's to the rescue again. Yeah. - Hey, we're gonna take a quick break and hear from some of our sponsors. - Support comes from Whiskar. Hey, Bushie, we're not cat people. - No, historically not. - But, but we know cat people and we love cat people. Cat people, as you've always said, cat people are people too. - Yeah, well, this is good news for cat people and who we love. When you're getting ready for sleepless night, diaper changes, non-stop cleanup, the last thing you want in your mind is the state of your cat's litter box. 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And we know, you know how cool it is. Chicago during the winter. A particular weekend we went and it was even colder in Chicago than I was back home like minus 30 degrees with the wind chill. Yeah there was like extreme cold warnings. You know it's a kind of where where you're not even supposed to be outside or like or like you'll die. And our parents insisted on making us take the buses and subways around the city the entire time. The first day we were there we we were going to the wills tower but we got there and it was cloudy so you couldn't see anything just all right. Then we did a walking foodie to our outside of a cold and wind and it was freezing. Yeah but the food was pretty good though hot dog and hot beef and stuff. Oh yeah and the brownie at the end. Oh that was the best but then we had to walk back home to the hotel. We watched the bears in the NFC playoffs against Los Angeles Rams and even no day lost. It was a awesome game. There is an ultra mega pass at the end of the games and send the bears into overtime but they lost. Except we had to sit outside at that last shot because they didn't have any tables. Yeah and we had to walk home in the cold night. Yeah but I think dad took us to the pool that night. Yeah he did get to do fun stuff like go to the aquarium and the museum. Which was awesome. Yeah overall it was a good trip and we think your kids would like to go but maybe consider going in the summer. Yeah dad. Our mom is planning a real trip for us tonight mega falls. So we will put back and how that goes. Love the podcast. Bye. Oh my god. That's a good one. It's about the first three time three person story. I don't know if it's the first three person story but it's I think that's the first children's story we have and my gosh you guys that was spectacular. It was really well told. That was a great story well told. Yeah kudos to you and I'm sure your parents must be glowing to hear how well you just told that story. Yeah Chicago is no joke in the winter but it sounds like you did so many fun things. You really like crossed a lot of things off your list. I would also warn you against summer in Chicago. It can be so hot. It can be the flip side. My preference is you know went to northwestern and was born just north of the city. The fall anytime I'm back there for a homecoming it is just yeah just an excellent excellent place to be. Yeah but yeah I feel like you guys have done more things in Chicago than I've done. Yeah and you've only been there once. Have you done a walking food tour? No but I'm also vegan so they'll be like yeah I mean it's not harder it's just more bleak especially in Chicago because they're going to have amazing like sausages and they're going to have like great pizza and I would just be like no I'm fine. Do you have salad? Do you have like a tofu wrap? Do you have a can of chickpeas that I can just eat? Have you been to did they say aquarium? I have been to the yeah the shed aquarium. It's amazing. Well well now we have things to add to our list the next time we go to Chicago. Yeah and Niagara Falls that's going to be the cool one. Seth always says the Canadian side is the side to check out so be sure you do that when you go. That was awesome. Yeah also going to a football game. You've been to one football game and it was a Bears game. It was? Yeah it was a Bears New Orleans. It was in New Orleans and we have friends who are Saints fans and season ticket holders and we were down doing something with them so that's fun it's always fun to see a game. Yeah and it sounds like they weren't necessarily your teams which also takes a lot of the stress out of it. That's how I felt. Yeah. I was there for the beer and the snacks. Yeah who is your team? Well I feel like I have to say the Steelers because I'm in a Steelers house. I don't want to get in trouble. Well just how long it took you to say who your team was I think means you don't really have a team. Yeah I don't. Well you guys you know Seth will be back next week. Which light bulb just went off in my room because it's not just the chair that's breaking everyone it's also the lamp. Yeah you also have you also have some really funny decorative Western spurs in your room. And I don't know where those came from I think maybe my mother put those in here when I started dating you as a hint to be like hey keep this horse girl around or if she'll help in any way she can to help me and snare you into a life of love and happiness on it. Yeah. Well thanks for listening everyone and thank you for your stories. Not to I mean look Jenny Lisa you guys were incredible but Fiona Stewart Meredith you guys you stole our hearts. Yeah and let your story be an encouragement to other kids out there who listen to the pod to maybe send in some stories of your own. Yeah. Maybe we'll have a listener episode once that is all kids stories. Oh that's such a good idea. Yeah you should do that. And I'll try to keep swears out of the songs for those. Oh yeah that's a good idea. But also you guys are living in the world here some swears just don't use them yourself. Yeah. Unless you're with your friends. And also I just want to say like it's this I've been on the east coast for like 10 days and it's been so fun just like hanging out with family your family my family my mom my dad my stepmom everybody and I think it's really important sometimes it feels like you don't have time to fit those kinds of trips in and it's really important to do that and it's fun and everybody has a great time so take an extra take an extra trip and go visit your family. All right everybody thank you bye. Go. Google. Stoosh. Chicago. In the winter. Meredith Stewart and Fiona. That's true. Tampa got as low as minus 30 degrees rose their bonds but eight lights of great food. Top of the seers tower was all foggy. But they love the shed of quarry. Next up going to see that night I got a phone the first I hope they get to see the sun. Lisa at a camp watch some warden try to tempt a bear with meat and bread. A bear said yeah no thank you. I'll condemn you. Give me all your Tim Hortons instead. Jenny took a drive from Wisconsin. New York Boston feeling and DC grandma brought along a toy buzzer buzzed it when granddad got angry. You know they just kept them ♪ Doing loops to Virginia ♪ ♪ Lakin', my Mario ♪ ♪ Was where they tried to go ♪ ♪ The grandma might have buzzed ♪ ♪ That buzzer won too many times ♪ ♪ 'Cause Granddad threw it ♪ ♪ Right out the window ♪