Duck Call Room

Uncle Si’s Cold Weather Plan Makes Everyone Nervous

55 min
Jan 27, 20264 months ago
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Summary

The Duck Call Room hosts discuss preparations for an incoming cold weather event, covering emergency planning, food security, and various tangential topics including sushi restaurants, ramen noodles, dream interpretation, fitness tracking, and debt relief strategies.

Insights
  • Regional infrastructure differences significantly impact how communities handle extreme weather; southern states lack cold-weather preparedness systems that northern states have developed
  • Personal preparedness for emergencies extends beyond basic supplies to include backup power, food storage, and contingency plans for family care during extended outages
  • Data-driven health monitoring through wearable technology is becoming mainstream for tracking fitness, stress levels, and physiological responses during high-stress situations
  • Debt relief and financial planning services are gaining prominence as economic pressures increase, with negotiation windows potentially closing as lenders tighten standards
Trends
Extreme weather preparedness becoming more critical as climate patterns shift and create unexpected seasonal eventsWearable fitness technology adoption increasing among mainstream audiences for health monitoring and data analysisSubscription fatigue driving demand for personal finance management tools that consolidate and cancel unwanted servicesNiche restaurant concepts (conveyor belt sushi, specialty ramen) gaining traction in regional marketsDebt relief services positioning themselves as proactive solutions before lender policies tighten furtherFamily-oriented content and lifestyle integration becoming central to podcast sponsorships and brand partnerships
Topics
Cold Weather Emergency PreparednessInfrastructure Resilience and Regional DifferencesBackup Power Systems and GeneratorsFood Security and Long-term StorageWearable Fitness Technology and Health MonitoringPersonal Finance Management and Debt ReliefSubscription Management and Cost ReductionRegional Dining Experiences and Food CultureDream Interpretation and Sleep ScienceFamily Safety During Extended Power OutagesStress Response Monitoring Through Biometric DataEmotional Eating and Weight ManagementREM Sleep and Sleep Quality TrackingConveyor Belt Restaurant ConceptsSpecialty Ramen and Asian Cuisine Trends
Companies
Sainsbury's
Grocery retailer mentioned in opening advertisement discussing price matching and budget planning for families
Aldi
Discount grocery chain referenced in Sainsbury's price matching strategy during opening ad segment
Nectar
Loyalty rewards program mentioned as part of Sainsbury's promotional messaging for savings
Yeti
Cooler brand mentioned by host as having inventory available for emergency preparedness during freeze
Petco
Pet supply retailer mentioned in context of rabbit population management discussion
Taco Bell
Fast food chain referenced humorously in apocalypse survival food priority discussion
Golden Corral
Buffet restaurant mentioned in context of chocolate fountain and conveyor belt dining concepts
Delaware Park
Venue mentioned as location where zebra racing occurs
Naruto Ramen
Specialty ramen restaurant discussed as exceptional dining experience with anime-themed atmosphere
Rock and Roll Sushi
Sushi restaurant concept mentioned in discussion of conveyor belt dining experiences
People
Uncle Si
Primary host discussing cold weather preparations and various lifestyle topics throughout episode
Hunter
Co-host contributing to discussions on emergency preparedness, dining experiences, and fitness tracking
Martin
Co-host discussing fitness data, wearable technology, and personal experiences with emergency situations
Johnny D
Host reading emails and facilitating discussions on various topics including emergency preparedness
Jacob
Referenced as family member whose dog is present during recording session
Christine
Referenced as family member and mentioned regarding blanket usage during cold weather
Big Dave
Referenced as neighbor with backup power and food security during emergency situations
James
Email contributor working night shift in Wisconsin, recently lost father, seeking Louisiana travel advice
Jared Floyd
Referenced as chief meteorologist providing weather forecasts for cold weather event
Josh Allen
Referenced as nail biter observed during bench time in football context
Chris Pratt
Referenced as inspiration for wearing two watches simultaneously as fashion trend
Quotes
"The big freeze is coming. Look, if y'all, I guess by the time this airs though, it's going to be over. It'll be the big thaw."
Uncle SiEarly episode
"I got three fire pits and one fireplace and I'm ready to burn stuff."
Uncle SiCold weather preparation discussion
"They got better pipes. They got stuff ready for it. Infrastructure."
HunterRegional infrastructure discussion
"I'm going to let the host of the obstacles out on the front. But if anybody needs a Yeti, I got some."
Uncle SiEmergency preparedness
"Father, help us to know it's not our job to know why. It's our job to trust in you, trust that you have our best interest in mind."
Johnny DClosing prayer
Full Transcript
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It's on the table. I don't know. Bella's dog, Jacob's dog. Whoever they're dog. I don't know who's dog. It's the brown dog. We did discover a family pet. Why it doesn't like me. Because Jacob just happened to take duck hunting when he goes. She growled at me. Is that right, Dixie? Is that right? Yeah. This is a pretty dog. But she growled at me again when I walked in. But turns out she also growled at Hunter. Here. Oh, she don't like Star Wars. She don't like nerds. That's what you always say. John David. John David. I'm being hunted. We're in it together though, Hunter. It just seeps out your pores. Yep. She can sniff a weakling when she sees one. Rows at us. I wonder what that is about. She likes Hunter now. I got her. Yeah, we, thanks for a second. She don't trust us and now she does. I made her get a little belly rub from, I think, their friends. And just fair warning, if I have to get up and leave, it's because my kids are here. So wrecking shots. I tried to get them to hang out. Dad forgot snacks. And they were not interested. Oh, oh, I ain't, I ain't good. The good news is I know where Christie's Toy Chest is. So they're probably in their destroying Christie's office. There you go. That's fine. Run wild, children. Yeah, run wild. It'd be all right. Hashtag family business is all good. The Duck Commander family daycare. Oh, man. No, it's here, man. The big freeze is coming. Look, if y'all, I guess by the time this airs though, it's going to be over. It'll be the big thaw. Hopefully y'all have power to watch this on YouTube or to charge your phones or listen to this. I'm not sure, but man, if you do, be sure to like and subscribe. Tuesday, it'll still be frozen. Yeah, but hopefully. I think it was 19 for the morning. I just hope we got power. That's the one. Like it's about to get cold for somebody. They got a fireplace. That's right. I got a three fire pits and one fireplace and I'm ready to burn stuff. All right. And you're surrounded by trees. I got to change all, buddy. I hope we have power because I'm going to be in the woods and belly going to be at the house. Oh, boy. You go to the woods, you may get stuck there. So better prepare accordingly. Oh, I know. I'm not getting without a walking distance of Big Dave's house. It ain't going to lose power and it's going to have good food. I'm going to start crowding that sucker too. It's going to look up. Y'all going to look up. It may going to be a Kawasaki in the driveway. And Martin's back. You could sleep in that thing, honestly. You could. I don't want to. It's nice. It's got a heater, but I don't know that it can keep up with 16 degrees, 15 degrees. So what's your plans for the big freeze? Do nothing. Hunker down. Hunker down. You're going to be snuggling up. You got a generator? Well, you're going to be snuggled up with them blankets. Oh, okay. That's stuck up, Ms. Christine. Here we go, baby. You say you put on like 10 blankets at night. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah. And there's roads. It was just, you can't even roll. You're going to add any more for the freeze? Once you get in, you just lay there because you can't move. A little side, a little baby. Too heavy, too. Oh, man. Too heavy. It does stink that it waited until all the way to right now to get there. Oh, I know. Like, no. Well, that's not typical. It stinks that it's doing it at any point. It's typical. Last few days, it'll be a shoot-em-up. Well, it's like February, March is usually our coldest years. I feel like the last five years. I have a just burning question to ask, though. Yeah? We get these checklist of rules when this happens down here. Right. And it's all very foolishness because I don't think people in Minnesota are filling up their bathtubs with water to flush the toilet. Why do we have to do that? And they're cool. They're just like, oh, it's 18 inches of snow. We're good. Oh, because they got the infrastructure for it. I was just going to say, they got better pipes. They got stuff ready for it. Infrastructure. Yeah. Just like if it were to get 105 up there, they'd be folks dropping like flies because their air conditioners ain't big enough to keep their house cool. And like, yeah. There was another checklist that said be sure to have plenty of ice chest available in case your refrigerator and freezer goes out. I said, gang, I got a porch if it's that cold. Oh, and outside. A lot of truth to that. It is. A lot of weird rules. I think that's just for the longevity of how long we could potentially be without power. Yeah. So, because I mean, technically your refrigerator and freezer are both ice chest. They're kind of what they do. Yeah. If you don't want it. Yeah. If you just leave it closed, that's kind of their thing. And they're taking it a while for. I'm just going to let the host of the obstacles out on the front. But if anybody needs a Yeti, I got some. So I got plenty of them. I got a couple. But yeah. Yeah. If your power's not underground, we're probably going to go out. Yeah. Ours is buried, but I mean, it doesn't matter if the transmission stuff. Sure. So we'll see. We'll see what happens, Hunter. What are you planning on doing? You got any shows downloaded? What's your? I'm so excited. I got blankets. I got warm drinks. I got blankets. He's prepared. He's been waiting for this moment. Warm drinks, blankets, movies. I'm, I, I cannot wait. Hunter said locked inside sounds great. Yeah. That's why that dog growled at you, man. Man, me. No one's going to come over. No one's going to ask anything of me. It's, it's my ideal weekend. Martin, bring that cow stocky. We're showing up to Hunter's. Yeah. It's ideal weekend, boys. I'll be pulling Johnny D on a trash can. Smell it in. I'll get it out of your house. Unless you do that, then I have weekend plans. I can see Hunter in like a parka inside. It's so weird. It's like 16 degrees. Just like, it's just, you go to different places and it can be that cold and it ain't that cold. Yeah. Yeah. The wet cold here. Yeah. It's, I went, I went to, uh, when we hunted real grand in New Mexico. Yeah. It was six. No. And I wasn't cold. Yeah. I was. Colorado. But it ain't, it ain't, it ain't a wet cold. Like Louisiana. I go to Colorado. It's like that. I've already been in single degrees once this year. And it wasn't that bad, but we were in North Missouri. So. Well, no, no. That's why I'm saying it's. It was tolerable. It's weird. Weird. Yeah. Yeah. Because it gets to six degrees here. But it's been 75 for the past month. So. Yeah. Yeah. It's, I went on a walk outside this morning. I was like, I got sweaty and I was like, how's this going to happen? I'm going to be interested with all our trees, dude, because a lot of them butted out when we had like that second week in the 80s. So, and now they're about to get dough popped. By. They're finna get. By ice and. Speaking of trees. And Minnesota. Did you see the warning they got? Oh yeah. Exploding trees. How cool is that? That's not cool at all. Was it from the ice? It's so cold in Minnesota right now. It's the trees. That the trees will just blow up. Like, do we have a video of this? What it could potentially do. Is it like blow up or like I just like crack from inside, you know what I mean? I don't know. It said exploding. I don't want to see this. I'll see if I can. I didn't mean. I don't know if it's like cracking an egg or wave somebody from Minnesota. Holler at us. Tell us what that's about. Send us a video. Videos. Hopefully it doesn't affect your house. Crack. It's trying to read, but Michigan.com. Do I think of exploding? I think of fire. I'm like, does it? It's not. I'm just thinking about a bunch of shrapnel, just like toothpicks go in there. Yeah, that too. But the, what are they saying now? How bad is it going to be? When temperatures drop, the bark shrinks, but the inner wood takes a bit longer to cool down. If the temperature drop is sudden, this causes unequal contraction between the bark and inner wood tissues, causing a frost crack. This sudden split can even cause a loud bang. Bang, baby. Why did people stop? But it will explode. Oh, yeah. It'll definitely go. Why did people just say this is where we're settling? That's pretty wild. Where the tree is like gunshot. Is that cold? I wonder if it like shoots out or just falls. You know what I mean? Man. If it cuts in half or it kind of like just shoots out. What happens when the wood turns petrified? What happens there? Petrified. Petrified wood. I don't know nothing about petrified wood. I found some, but that's not all I know about it. Let us know about the petrified wood. Well, no, no, because that's pretty wild there. Yeah, it is. The tree that turns into rock. Yeah. I mean, literally turns into rock. I just wonder how much of this stuff we're going to get. Yeah, me too. That's the big wonder. Well, hopefully not. Your chief meteorologist, Jared Floyd, is on. Hopefully not very much. I don't trust any of me. I hope it's a short duration. I am. Because he's not. Well, it's only going to be about two days worth of bad. Well, no, that's not all about it. Yeah. Short duration. About two days a long time when you got to win three-year-olds. Yeah. And you stuck inside. No, I wasn't down there. You're going to take them on a little ride in the calisthenics. Hold on. Well, I got to figure out how they're going to sleep without their sound machine. But I got my little lithium power station that'll run them for a minute. They'll run them all night anyway. I'm just winging it. Just winging it. Just going on it. See what happens. I feel like that's how it is. They're going to say whatever they say, and it could snow five inches or never. Well, I'm not worried about food, right? Right. Like, got a gas griddle, got freezers full of ducks, deer, fish. Like, I'm not worried about to eat. Right. That's not an issue. But why is, why? Man, cold. Why is everybody so concerned with the toilet paper? Yeah, I'm not going to crap that much either. Oh, yeah. We'll be able to leave on Wednesday, y'all. Yeah. And some people, hey, some people get anxious, you know. Oh, we'll be able to get out and about Tuesday. Martin, remember back in the day when you had to get an excel sheet and try and break down your whole budget and do it all yourself and all you had to learn excel to? Oh, yeah. So much easier now with Rocket Money. Oh, that's all you got to do is download the Rocket Money app and then put all your stuff in there, put all your information. They going to give it to you. It tracks it for you. Look, Rocket Money is the personal finance app that helps finance and cancel your unwanted subscriptions. It monitors your spending and helps lower your bill so that you can grow your savings. Them subscriptions scary. Remember when I had that Winebox subscription I didn't know about? That's not near as atrocious as the high school football in the state of Colorado. I got a lot of weird subscriptions. No, I used to, but now I have Rocket Money. You can see all your subscriptions in one place, including the ones that you forgot about. And if you see something you don't want, Rocket Money helps you cancel it. Look, Rocket Money's dashboard gives you a clear view of your expenses across all your accounts with automatic transaction categorization and tags that show spending patterns. You can create personalized budgets just like Johnny Dee was talking about. They do it for you. You don't have to get on excel and do it yourself. 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What kind of jackets you going to wear when you walk out? Oh, yeah, no. I, I, boom, boom, boom, go pick a bump, come here. Come here. Yeah. Hey, libel to just crack the window. Oh, yeah. Just raise one and shoot them and then go get them. Yeah. Raise them. That's how, that's how it works. Yeah. Yeah. So I was one of the things I used to enjoy about when I was a kid. Yeah. Is, is all the birds were easier to kill. With the, there was snow on the ground. Ain't no hiding. Yeah. Okay. Got a good background, huh? Yeah. Like a butthole. Robin. And you ate those? No, but Robin gets bright. Okay. What you wouldn't taste? Oh no. Oh, they're good. They're brown thrasher. That was a blue jade. Hey, look, a brown thrasher is a, a quail. Yeah. Yeah. It's white meat. Yeah, but now. There was a party throne when I killed a brown thrasher. Oh, the quail tasted so good. Oh, that thing was, hey, that was, that's a quail. Those kind of birds don't taste the same anymore though, because now they're died. It's like Walmart parking lot cigarette butts. Well, now they're not real, right? They're all drones. We could find out this week. Disappointed in that movement. It really died off. That guy was in charge of that was hilarious, and he just gave up on the dream, man. He sold enough stickers. He said, I'm out. I'm good. So yeah. Oh man. Yeah, I don't know. We'll see what happens. I know this place is going to shut down. So in the apocalypse, you're just tagging out the yard birds. Oh, hey, they're easy to kill. Well, you start on your porch and you kill what's close, and then you start expanding from there. All you gotta do is crumble some bread. Toad out there at ice. Shoot gallery. Oh, he's baiting now. Now he's baiting. Yeah, we bait. Hey, man, the apocalypse all is fair. I don't disagree. Yeah. I always told Stone if the apocalypse happens, I'm just going to walk down to his house. He can be in charge. Just tell me what to do. And he said, Johnny D, we'll start with the squirrels and we'll end with the doll. There's plenty of both in that neighborhood. You hear that? Hey, depending on how bad it gets. And on how bad it gets. It's how low we go. Yeah. So he puts the cats before the dogs. That's interesting. We ain't got no clue. Oh, that's the last vote. The cat. The cat. Not Taco Bell. That's when you're down to the starvation. Taco Bell, that's first on list. Not if you were in 2024 through the Midwest. Remember, they're eating the pets. Oh, never mind. That's just a blast for the past. Eating the dogs. Eating our dogs, man. Eating our dogs. That's terrible. I'm not interested. Anytime that's part of your campaign, that's reaching there, man. I have to be in a pinch for that. I always like to get conversations going with people that, you know, they're not country people. Yeah. And then you ask them, tell them, well, what would it take, you know, before you would eat, you know, your pets? Oh, it would. You know, they were saying, oh, I would never get that hungry. I said, well, I'm great, sir. Yeah, you would. You would get that hungry. Hey, you would come down. You'll be surprised what you would say. I'm gonna try that. Now, the good news is I'm stocked up enough where it's a long time before I go to pet. Yeah, I'd have to go to pet. Yeah, before I got a picture on that. That's that billboard that used to have all the animals on it, and it said, uh... Oh, where do I rank? Pet or food. Where do I, where do you draw the line? And there was a very clear line, like between the cow and the dog, of where everybody would draw the line. Right here. Yeah. Right here. Yeah, that's where I'm eating. That's what I'm not. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Although the rabbit was on the wrong side of that line, if I remember right. Definitely edible. Oh, yeah. I know that he is. Thumper's getting smacked, you know what I mean? We don't have enough wild rabbits here. I've seen some recently. Well, we used to. What got them? No, I'm serious. Did you get them? Hey, oh, what you tell me? Down at Fields or, you know, I mean, I would see like a hundred. Really? Going down for ducking in the wee hours of the morning. No, I'll, I'll see. From Leigh Ann, where you turn on Leigh Ann Road. Down at Fields Lair. Just rabbits everywhere. There was rabbits everywhere. And there was also a big cat somewhere. Oh gosh. It goes, hey, both tracks. Wait, like how big of a cat? Like a black Panther. About a little bit in this. I'm starting to see. I mean, hey, it was regular opposite way. It was regular sightings, okay, on Fields property after rains with the rabbits were there. And then guess what? No rabbits. Guess what? No, no cat tracks. None. So in order to find a black Panther, you need rabbits. Food source. We just need to go to the pet store. Well, no, no, food source and release a bunch of rabbits onto the. Food source. Food source. Petco sponsors. Paramount in their world. Shout out, Petco. And there's one way to make a bunch of rabbits is put a few of them together. Oh yeah. They do like that. Get re-populated. Get half and half. Yeah. Ten males, ten females, and hey, come back two weeks later, you got 50 rabbits down. Reproduction. Okay. You know that commercial energy out of Bungie? Hey, that's what's happening. Going around banging a drum? Oh, they're banging. They're banging. They're banging. They're banging. I feel like rabbits really felt a lot of style. He's saying them rabbits, they're always in the rut. Hey, that's it. Hey, the rut is always on rabbits. I don't even know how to handle this. I don't either. Because I was just thinking about how rabbits aren't cool anymore and they used to be. Oh, no. Everything used to be rabbits. What else? Because they got all batteries. Oh, rabbits batteries. Serial cartoons. Dude, I feel like rabbits at night. I feel like rabbits used to be, or like a bunny used to be like the best, what would you show and tell when you're like kindergarten? Oh, the kid that would bring the rabbit was always cool. Yeah, like look, there's Easter, my bunny, and he's like, has a big old brown. Every time I see, every time I see it, what is in zebras? Every time I see zebras, I can't believe they didn't domesticate them and ride them. Zebra? No. Is it, do you think anyone has done that? I was looking up what animals reproduce the fastest. Look, zebras are on the list. He's on the zebra. White man, hey, the wild mustangs, hey, we roped them and rode them. There's got to be somebody super rich that owns a zebra and they ride it. I got by candy lake used to have zebras. No, I'm saying, but like rides one. I could just see a super rich one. Oh, no, no, no, they got zebra races in the Middle East. No, they don't. 1,000. You pull that up. I'm trying to see that. You don't know about zebra races, do you? No, they throw money on it. They do have camel races in the desert. Yeah. Boom, right there. That's for sure. No way. Google zebra race. I've never seen this in my life. Hey, I've never seen that before. They do ride them. That's actually really cool. They got a bunch of clowns riding a bunch of zebras. I wonder what the... Those aren't clowns. Those are just human beings in bright colored uniforms. Jockeys, if you will. I wonder what the difference is speed. How much faster or vice versa? Who's faster, a zebra or like a Mustang? Oh, I'm more, I'm way more interested in your list, by the way. The fastest, or yeah. Probably the Mustang. It's not right. It really skips a lot. But it doesn't. It may not be. Second-carrier? No, no, yeah, because it may not be because, hey, there's a lot of spas, spas, chase zebras. That's what I'm saying. I don't know. Yeah. All right, that may be the other way. Hold on. They do it in Delaware. What, zebra races? At the Delaware Park. But I just wondered why they didn't domesticate them. Did you not just see those people try to ride them? I don't think they like them. I know, but just, hey, look, yo. What? Figured out. I guarantee you, before I would walk, if I was on the continent of Africa, I would rope me a zebra and ride it. Well, they did that with camels. Yeah, they figured out the camel was way more friendly. Easier. It's easier to fool with the camel, yeah. Yeah. The only thing you got to worry about is when he's pissed on you. Yeah, a big old tongue. He chews tobacco and spits a lot. It's piss. Oh, my God. And what's that one? What's that name? Did you just say Peru? And that was from Peru too and spit too. Lama's alpacas. Lama, Lama Red Pajama. Yeah. Oh, I've read that book too many times. Yeah. Ludacris does a great one. Does he? Oh, yeah, look it up. It's fun. Like the rapper? Yeah. Nice. Lama, Lama, hey, Red Pajama. It's a good one. Really? Oh, yeah. That's how I read it every time. Lama, Lama, Lama, Pajama. Oh, I didn't know that. That really spiced up Lama, Lama, Red Pajama. I know, I'm sure it's good. And our bedtime story, hey, pipe down, Hunter. You get, you have kids one day, you'll know. Do any things. Yo, if they want to read Lama, Lama, Red Pajama, you just sit there and read it. But the way you make it enjoyable for you is you get Ludacris to read it to your children. Yeah. The voiceover. Luda, Luda. Listen, there's no shortage of duck calls and camo around here. That's a given. But now there's no shortage of good coffee either. And that's because our very own John Luke Robertson and the Duck Commander crew have dropped their brand new coffee, Commander Coffee. This is a bold, full-flavored coffee. It's roasted fresh to order. And whether you're climbing into the duck blind, sitting in a deer stand, or just trying to survive a Monday morning, this coffee is going to deliver. 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Lottie's got this new thing where she gets a thing in the mail and teaches you how to cook something. And last week was sushi. Yeah. It wasn't terrible, but I don't like sushi. Oh, really? What? It's just not good food. Oh, man, I love it. That's crazy work. I'd rather deconstruct it and make it a jambalaya. You should work at a worm shop. Now a bowl is great. Like. No, but like, caging it up and make it. You know who come up with sushi? Who? Lazy people. What? You ain't ever tried to make it to you. Because there's way too many steps. It looked difficult. I was like, just put all that stuff in a bowl. What kind of sushi did you make? I didn't do nothing. I just said, what did they make for you? I saw some crab and tuna and something. I don't know. Yeah, I saw your wife. I love raw tuna. I felt bad about that because I was like, I got you tuna. So there's more protein. I said, hmm, here's the problem. I wish when you talked about that. I was like, your boy ain't eating fish. That's the wrong color. I must say one thing about it. It is pretty looking. What's that? Sushi is pretty looking. You know, it's prettier looking. They roll it up and you know, they roll it up in little nice rolls. And it's all these different colors. Yeah. Pizza way prettier. But did you all put like cucumber and asparagus and all that stuff in there? There's all sorts of weird stuff. Cream cheese. Yeah. Yeah. All the yeah. I ate a roll just, you know. Just for fun. Yeah. Then I went and found some chicken nuggets. My dad fried last summer. And I went back to America. Thank you. A little bit of fire to it. Can I send you a video of a sushi bar that I went? It's not a bar bar, but it's called a sushi bar. Oh, Hunter's like, I'm still Christian guys. I didn't go to a bar bar. I went to a sushi bar. Yeah. Y'all stay off me in the comments. Yeah. I do have a drink every once in a while. But you know. A golden corral bar and buffet. It's okay to say a buffet bar, man. I made it ate a chocolate fountain, but it's close. Send me the video, Hunter. I'm so excited. What is it? You had them make you? You videoed the guys making it? I just looked over at Hunter and he was scrolling through his phone with the speed I've never seen before. Wow. How long ago was it? You were there. August. Just type in the word sushi, man. It's 2026. It's like a conveyor belt of sushi. So you just sit down at a table. No, you didn't go to rock and roll sushi, did you? No. I forgot what it was called, but it was in Texas. Hold on. That's good. What? Tap. Hold on. I'm out. Yeah. Sushi on a conveyor belt in Texas? So many problems. Is this when you went to the Barbie movie? No, this is when I went to go see a band. Christian Metal? Is this Give It Up for Jesus Christ? Give It Up for Jesus Christ. My chemical romance. Oh, I know my chemical romance. Hunter really would have thrived. Oh, they had sushi. In 1992. Oh, no. Yep. Assembly line. Oh, you just grabbed it as it went by if you liked it. How did they know what to charge you? They charged you by plate and you put your plate into a thing that just like takes it and it just counts how many plates you. I don't like the future. That's cool. I used to like the future, but now the future's getting too far. What happens if you throw your plate on the ground? Break it. They ask you to leave. What happens if it's... What if you grab the wrong one? Like, I don't want to be charged for something that's trash. Is there a sneeze guard like at Golden Corral? Because what if the person on the conveyor belt before you sneezes on it? Yeah, your placement on the belt is key in this deal. I don't like this place. Now, if there was a Popeyes with a conveyor belt to chicken, I'd be there. Hunter, I'm not one to micromanage you, but I could be back to August on my phone way quicker than that. I don't know what all your documenting on there, but August wasn't that long ago. The conveyor belt. Hunter, was it... Oh, they cover it. It's in like a bowl so you don't get... There is a sneeze guard. That's cool. What is that? Something look like two big shrimp. I think it was. What kind of sushi was that? I don't remember. That's two shrimp. I think it was eel. That looks like a pork. That's eel. That's nigiri or something. All right. We've gone too far. That wasn't even sushi because that was just sitting on a bed around. Are you like sashimi? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. That Raymond Noodle place in town is awesome. Yeah, what about that? No, you... Have I talked about that yet? Noruto place? Just on your Instagram stories. What is that? So you know how I've always said you want the vibe to be right in a restaurant? You don't want to walk into the Hibachi and be a bunch of white dudes. Yeah. Yeah, that's terrible. You leave. So there's this place over in Munro. I was like, let's try it. It's ramen noodles and they make fancy ramen noodles now. Oh, yeah. I love ramen. Ramen's good. It's pretty good. I've always had it in the package. Unkatsu. Yeah, yeah, that was there. So I walk in and it's like Hunter opened a restaurant because there's like Japanese cartoons everywhere. What's it called? Hanime. Everybody wearing dark colored hoodies. Yeah, there's a lot of band t-shirts. That's a bleach hair. No, band t-shirt. Ascara. But then I'm like... Did it smell weird? No. A lot of different color hair. I really expected to walk in and it'd be like this super like... I thought... All right, let's just say I thought it'd be a fourth grader checking me out and a couple other kids working. You thought you were going to Eastern. Yeah. But I wasn't it. It was just a bunch of hunters working at a Japanese restaurant together. Well, ramen ain't nothing but broth and noodle. No, sir. It is much more than that. It is heaven in a bowl. Oh, I don't disagree. That's what I love about ramen. This place was phenomenal. Yeah. And I was actually... I was trying to go back last night, but I also had to do something and I was sad. Yeah. When I tell you, I wish I... Whatever that guy's name is and started that joint, I wish I was him on the cold front because he'd just be sitting at home making deliciously hot soup with noodles and... What'd you get? I don't even know. The Naruto place. Couldn't tell what it was in the bowl. What's the name of it? Naruto. Oh, no, I got the order. No, the name of the place. Oh, Naruto Ramen. Naruto. Is Naruto... Is that a cartoon? It's Naruto. It is an anime, but I've heard it Naruto and Naruto, so I can't tell you. Well, bro, I can't. Look, I'm with you with Star Wars. I draw a line somewhere. Naruto. Yeah. But it is so good it hurts, but it was so spicy too. Where is it? Over by the college. Well, when you leave, you should get your bowl of ramen noodles. That place, it might be the best restaurant we have in town. Best restaurant? It's a chain. So I know there's another one somewhere in Texas, but it's a chain all over the country. Man, why is there... No, there's only two. I looked at... I deep dove this place. Well, maybe the second one is also Texas. Three-port. Oh. I do like ramen noodles. They do have one at Shreveport. This place is where you want... The guy that we hunted with in Missouri made one night where he called it duck ramen, which he just made a really spicy broth. There's some ramen noodles in it, and then... There's some duck at me then? Seared duck. He seared a bunch of duck breast and sliced it then, laid it on top of it, and it was fantastic. Sounds like it. Then we took the leftover noodles and dumped them in a gumbo the next day and ate them in a duck blind. That's good too. Yeah. They come up with some really fantastic stuff. They know how to make a broth. That's actually probably the best part about being an American. You get everybody? We just steal everybody else's food. Hey, Vietnam. And it's great. Amazon used to make... Hey, if you got a cold, you're going to get you a bowl of soup. Moms on. Hey, you ain't got a cold. Y'all carry on without me for a minute. Uh-oh. Martin's kids. The kids are acting up, boys. Well, we'll carry on without you. I'll keep dropping. Because I have great news. But you are going to miss the fact that we have the complete dictionary of dreams now for all of size dream interpretations. I need to take that home and read some of it. Oh, what do you think? What was your last dream about? Oh, my last dream was I was in Phil's four-wheel drive, just, I mean, pick up deep and mud. And I kept going because I knew if I once I stopped, I'd never get it out of there. All right. So I just kept your pedal to the metal and hey, you know, and I woke up and was literally pour out and out of breath from fighting that steering wheel and mud. Yeah. Mud's not in here. What is it? What's in there? What is the chapter called? Like, or... No, it's by... If you have a certain thing in your... Yeah. You have a dream. This to tell you how to interpret. You ever been on a dream on a Ferris wheel? Because I could tell you what it means. I mean, maybe. My main... Here's my main dream. I've always... I get myself on a mountain where I have to jump off of it. You got that one? It's the wildest thing I've ever... Yo, it's got mountain and mountain lion. You ever dream about mountain lions? Oh, no. Mountain. You are dreaming of challenges or obstacles that... Obstacles? Obstacles or mountain... Challenges. Does it say obstacles like that in there? Yes. Geez. I read it how I want. Especially as they relate to new ideas. You're 79 years old. 78 years old. 78. Mountains are formed when two opposing vectors of movement in the earth... Well, that's just the definition of mountains. No, no, because I always get... I always... I'm climbing. I got one question. So... Yeah. Do you have a lot of obstacles in your life? Obstacles. Obstacles. Obstacles. Okay, hold on. The mountain is symbolic for newly formed high-vantage place that... Mem? I skipped one. No, I think what I... Here's what I've accrued it to. All right. I'm always... I'm always going to be on the high ground. Right. Well, I'm in control of the area. Obi-Wan Kenobi. Good. That's good. Yeah. I'm serious. That's good. Hello, it's a new year. You don't have to deal with it and hair any longer. The folks over at NutriFolk can help get your hair back to where it was. And you know how I know? Because I know... Because Brittany has got her head of hair back. She got that full head of hair. I never knew that there'd be that much shedding, but you know, it was a lot. It is no more because she started on postpartum and now she's graduated up to just the women's core for women under 45. So, you know, she's done the whole system. We got everybody on it now. Alicia's on it. Phillip's wife. Phillip's on it. He's on it. Phillip's on it. My sister's on it. I mean, what else... 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Find out why NutriFolk is the best selling hair growth supplement brand at nutrifold.com spelled N-U-T-R-A-F-O-L dot com promo code. That's nutrifold.com promo code. Hold on, this book is awesome. Yeah. Where we at on dreams? Have you ever had a dream about diarrhea? If you have, at the heart of the interpretation of this image and a dream is the lack of control that diarrhea represents. I haven't had a dream about diarrhea, but I woke up in it. Something is out of control. Yeah. I'd say so. Maybe your stomach. Yeah. Out of control. Yeah. I haven't dreamed about it, but I woke up in it. We found the mountain size just on the mountain top. Looking down at everybody is basically what it says. Oh, really? He's amazing. I think it's, I forgot to have an advantage point of being high, have to high ground. Oh, okay. I'm serious because that's my, that's the one that I do more often. Why does he jump? He has to give up. Get out. He has to give up his high ground. Get out of control. You gotta get off the high ground. You gotta get off the high ground. Yeah. There you go. Maybe you're in control and you gotta give up your control. What's so wild about it is, it's like I was telling Jacob, I said, these are not little heels. These are some serious places I've gotten myself into and the only way you can get out of it. I actually just interpreted it. It's bailout. Mount Dris. No, but that's where you want to be. Bailout of it. Because you were in the lower depths of friction causing emotional states, but now in the long run, you have built new, higher terrain upon which you can see more of your life. Not going to jump higher and further. Anybody. Hunter, you had any weird dreams? I'd really like to interpret you. Not recently, man. Y'all are missing the most interesting man in this room, aka Hunter. He said, I actually used to dream about fingernails a lot. What? What about them? That you had them? It's in the book. It's had what? Let's hear it. Oh my goodness gracious, sakes alive. What? I need to know. Fingernails are often adorned to draw attention to them, but they can also be a place where anxiety is expressed in the biting of them. Well, ding, ding, ding. Either way, the creative expression associated with fingers as a symbol has the added distinction of adornment when fingernails are featured in a text. Creative, creative fingers. Even if that adornment is the evidence of an alebiter. Are you a nail biter, Hunter? I am not. But you are creative? Yes. Josh Allen is a nail biter. Some may say that. Josh Allen, what does that got to do with anything? I heard you were talking about nail biters. He's a nail biter. Ellen bites her nails. Watch him when he's on the bench. He's over there, Josh. On the bench? Yeah. On the bench. On the bench. When he takes a sitout, he eats his nails. When he takes a sitout. You don't want them things long. They look like a witch. Hey, they're good for scratching. You don't like a back scratch? Don't touch me. I'm saying if your wife was scratching your back, you don't like that? No. You don't like anyone scratching your head? I would. Sharp objects. That hurts. Really? Geez, here. I'm just talking about really a back scratch and a head massage. Yeah, me too. That's good. That's what they say, I know. I mean, a doorpost hates to see me come and I'll put my back in between and start rubbing. Yeah. I don't like that. Like a side post. Many the poo? Oh, getting that thing. Like a big polar bear or a grizzly bear on a tree. Yeah, gobbling big into that. I do that. Rub this back on everything. I like it. Big Dave does it all around the store. Does he? He's just laying a scent. He's making a little scrape. Certain dominance. He's a little buckerel right there. I just wish I dreamed more, but... I don't like dreaming. It's always weird. I wear these dreams for me as I go to sleep and I'll wake up at like three or four o'clock and I'll pee and I'll go back to bed and that dream, I'll have a dream between then and eight o'clock and it'll be like the weirdest dream I've ever had in my life. And then I'll wake up and I'll forget it all, but I'll just feel so like out of it. Just like, what just happened? When do you dream? What stage of sleep? Rem sleep. Is that REM sleep when you dream? Hey, what is it? We'll talk about what we got up. Depends on what? The one back sleep. That's rush sleep. Rem sleep. Is that REM? Yeah, that's rush sleep. Rush sleep. That's why it's so weird. You're going back to sleep and you're actually tired of it than you normally are. But I always have the weirdest dreams like in between that time. No, no. Yeah. Ever when I sleep fully, it's always that if I wake up and go back to sleep. Man, not before last I had almost two hours of REM sleep. That's good. That's why I was checking. I was like, huh. Martin loves all this data. Hey, you hadn't joined the group, man. Oh yeah, I was going to ask you how that was going. Yeah, I'm in the group. Did you join the group? Yeah, I'm in the group. I hadn't looked at the group. Dude, the problem is we invited some nerd who apparently just runs his whole life. Yeah, look, there I am. Justin Mark, washed all Paris walking. I'm in the group. I'm in the duck call room Garmin group. He's whooping. We haven't. If you got a Garmin, join the duck call room group. I'm in fourth place. Martin, we're, see you're not on the leaderboard. Are there competitions? You're not on the leaderboard. That's what I don't understand about. Who's number one? Some guy named Adam. Adam, shout out to Adam. Some guy named Adam was walking 18,000 steps a day. So he's absolutely done. I might be Adam and Roach. This week I've had 70,000 steps. That's all I know. 70,000? This week, yeah. That's pretty good. Well, I like it because I like going back and looking where I'm hunting. I like watching and see what I did while I was hunting. Yeah. You're going to have to fix this for me. I'm going to fix that. Also, we might not have told it. We did start the group and we put it up on Instagram. So if you want to join the group. What's it called? It's called Duck Call Rhythm. You just go to groups. If you have a garment. And we're going to fix Martin. So he'll show up on the leaderboard. Y'all have a deal on a garment watch? We'll link it in the show notes. No. We'll link it in the show notes. I didn't go with that big daddy. How much is that one? Don't worry about it. Y'all sell those at Honey Hole or what? I don't care about it. No. Y'all don't sell those? No. Come on. I'm trying to spend some money with you. I want to have far walk in my drink. I'm pretty far. We want to put one of these on you side just so we can see how much you sleep. I'm more out every time I'm stopped. I'll wake you up. I just realized this. I don't know if you're talking about it. You wear two watches. It's the new thing I'm trying out. That you wear one for flexing and then one for walking. See, but I've been doing it for a month and you just realized. I know that's what I'm saying. Yeah, but the one is his grandpa's watch. So that's kind of cool. It's a weird thing. This one's for fun. This one's for steps. Yeah. How do you feel? Do you feel like balanced or what? You feel a little heavier on one side? Well, see the deal was I saw Chris Pratt did it once. So I was like, well, he's cool. So I got to be able to make fun of me if Chris Pratt did it. I'm not making fun. I just didn't realize I'm making fun of myself every day. That's fair. I look down. I'm like, do I really want to do this? Pratt, Pratt, Pratt can do it. Why can't I? Yeah, anybody can. Well, there's so much information out there. Like Martin knows what his heart rate was when that guy was robbing him. Yeah, the data is what I'm obsessed with. Somebody robbed you? Well, he came out to house. He didn't rob me, but he attempted to. Interesting. He got shot. That's how handy it gets to have when that happens. What a gun. Well, yeah. So then you say, OK, yeah. Never heard a gun refer to as a gadget. That's a neat little gadget to get there. Well, my pulse stayed the same. My heart rate raised five beats per minute. Oh, more than that. No, Martin's heart was beating out of his chest. Yeah, I ain't ever pointed a gun at somebody with bad intentions. And I didn't have any bad intentions. My intention was just. You was hoping he didn't have any. Yeah, all about it. And I had was protect myself. Yeah. But, you know, yeah, no, it is cool. The data is what, yeah, I love it. I like sitting there looking at heart rates and SP02 and all that kind of stuff. It's just different, different, cool stuff. Let you know how you're doing in life, like where you're at. What's your what's your fitness age? 36. And you are 36. Yeah, I'm 40 and a half. I didn't know they did half. It's a 40. I was 36 and a half. Yeah, mine's 40.5. I thought about the wagon. Yeah. It kind of went through a little stressful time. And you know how those people, they're like, oh man, I kid, it's just been stressed. I ain't been eating. Now you got me wondering. I am the opposite. Oh, I'm an emotional leader. Yeah. Yeah, when things get tough, I eat. Yeah. So I gained about 20 pounds. There you go. Good for you, buddy. And like. It was fun doing it. Olken season. In like two months. But now I'm already back down. I would like to see some of the Navy Seals on this thing when they're on a mission. Sure. They got a little bit different trackers. No, no, no. You can buy the one. I would like to see what their bodies go through when they're on a real mission. The crazy thing about them is their heart rate would probably never increase. Just what's why. They definitely would be stressed. They're just trained animals. But what is the date? The day? The day is the 22nd. I'm almost at two years, though, since like the 28th or 29th, that leap year got me. I woke up 252 pounds, got down to 199. I'm trying to just remain at 215. 199 was a weird world and I didn't like it that much. So that was too small. Are you still jump roping? I jumped up last night. Yeah, he logs that on there. But I stopped because the life got too crazy. But now I'm back. Well, in the weather. And my step streak will be at two years. Might as well stay you in the hospital and just tip my mind off a thing. You're playing on steps for this freeze, then. And so I'm not seeing what you were talking about. What are they? Very small laps. They're heart rates and all that. They don't do what a normal man would do. I bet it doesn't even blip on the radar. Yeah, they don't do what a normal man would do. They're the type that it may actually slow down. Like calm, cool. Because I read a book about one that he wrote about all of his combat tours. And he had a lot of that in there. He was always telling himself, calm down, slow your heart rate. Yeah. And I bet he got 10,000. What do they call it? The zone? Like getting into the zone? Like a... Well, it ain't a zone. No, I'm saying it's like playing. It's... They go to a place of their own. Right. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. But I'm saying there's like a mind thing where you get into this thing where it's a tunnel vision. It's go time, Martin. Is it? Yeah, it is. If you're stressed about getting out of debt, it's go time. Oh, it absolutely is. It's always go time when we're talking about getting out of debt. And that's why you need to talk to the folks over at Dunwoodyt. Dunwoodyt is one of the best we have ever seen at navigating debt relief. 2025 was a record year. They enrolled over 102 million dollars in debt for our listeners and for others. And here's why we're telling you this now. 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Hopefully the subject line read you to read the email. Amber, you got me. Good work, Amber. Can we please get more emails read? Seriously, love all you guys. Don't really fire Johnny D. Thank you for that. And she said I'd be missed. So we've kind of slacked off on the emails. We have. And by we, we're going to turn that W upside down and make it a me. There's just a lot of them. Yeah, it is a lot of them. And but because of that, now it's not a lot of them. And no fancy, all that is still sitting somewhere. They're just not like, they're hard to force into a podcast. There's not questions. There's not other stuff. I mean, there's some good stuff in here. And there's some deep stuff. But like, make it shorter. Hit me with the too long didn't read version of it. And we're going to get back into the emails. And also with that, can we ask chat GPT to summer? They do now. The good stuff. Yeah. But I feel bad doing that. Why? It's there. I don't trust it. Have you seen that movie with Tom Cruise? Which one? Where the AI kills everybody. Yeah. Because they're robots. But robots. We're headed there. Can't trust robots. You think? Can't trust a robot? Really? That cop was pretty cool. Yeah. They're going nuts. All right. Well, here, look, here's one that it's a little lengthy. That cat that brings your chips is pretty nice. Oh man, that's awesome. All right. What? I'll put it. What cat? I was talking about robots I like. The robot cat that brings you. That's right. That brings you food. That is the best robot we've ever had. Although humans do it better. I agreed. But it's always good for a laugh when a cat brings you chips and also. My kids do love it. Anyways, James was from Wisconsin emails in. And this one has been AI Overviewed, which is hilarious. And it makes me want to read the whole email here. Drunken Skonys. No, he's not. He is a law enforcement officer from Wisconsin. And he works the 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Oh, he got some stories. Yes. James. Thank you for this. For this. Yes. Well, he doesn't have any stories today, but. Dang. Thank you for your service. Yes. Of sticking up with the Wisconsinites from that hour. Yeah. You imagine. Yes, I can. Anyways, he, let me make sure I got this right. This is not where podcasts thrive. Yeah, I know. The violence is not. The AI is confusing me, Martin. That's what I do. Just read it. I'll cut out the pauses. Anyway, okay. That's not AI. He emailed in before. That's H. And apparently we gave him suggestion, and it was very stone suggestion. Oh, good. Get that TV and phone out of there. And well, apparently we really helped him out. Well, good. And he's in a way better place now. Um, he's also been through some other stuff. It looks like, see this is a pretty long email, so I'm trying to get through it all. But question, where should me and my family visit during their trip to Louisiana? Because they're going on a journey as a family. Oh, that's cool. They hit a couple of states up every year, and they're going to get all of them. They're saying like what part? Like what city? When they're coming to our state. New Orleans. You got to go to New Orleans. For like a day. Yeah. A day maybe two. Just for the dining, the culinary experience. So the Commander's Palace. The food. The food. New Orleans. The China food. Cafe du Mont, French Quarter. Is it Commander's Palace? French Quarter. Have you ate there? Yeah. It's good. Fallen. PWF. I thought you were about to roast me for a while. No, it's just, you're just pulling out all the stops without, I mean, that's kind of the pinnacle, isn't it? I mean, it's good. I like it. I like it. I mean, I've ate there once, I mean. But that's, you know, New Orleans. It's our shining spot. Don't go to Shreveport. Hey, how high time it? How high go to Shreveport? I can probably say I wouldn't really spend any time in Alexandria. Hop over to the Lafayette area and get you some Boudin to take back home. Have I told you about my sales rep? No. But does he bring you Best Stop Boudin or something? No, he brings me chicken cracklins from some gas station right south of Lafayette. Oh, I know that gas station. It's so good. I lost a few pounds and then I gained them all back to the gas station. New Orleans is like your fine dining experience. Slide over to Lafayette to eat after gas stations. Yeah. What's it called? Because it's so good. It's a beautiful sandwich place there. Old time grocery. I like that place in Lafayette. Yeah. The, are there the blue dog down there? The blue dog little restaurant. But that's really about, and then you can slide about here if you want to. Or you can time it around the Angola Rodeo. You can go to the prison. That would be worth, that's worth doing too. Yeah. Going our big state prisons rodeo. Yeah. Do it for fun. It's cooler than you think. It really is. That's a cool place. And you probably leave with a rocking chair, you know, or something. Some other, some other. I saw Willie when he had to go bring a trailer. Which is wild. So yeah, there you go. And then here's the last part of his question. It got all kind of, and this one's pretty heavy. His father suddenly passed away in November, which is tough. It was one of those heart attack things where nobody saw it come in and boom. And it just hits you like a ton of bricks. And you know, I'm kind of partial to those people. And we all are in this room because it's been a lot lately around the Duc Commander family, the, all of us that are in here. So he asked if we could say a prayer for everybody that's lost a loved one recently. There you go. And I think that's a great way to end it, James. Yeah, we'll wrap it up right there, James. Thanks for your service and enjoy our state when you come inside. You want it? You're in charge of that. Why are you putting me in? He said, no, you're the elder here. I'm just the announcement guy. Like I'm the announcement guy. I want to hear you say that. He puts you on the spot. I want to hear you say it. Well, I've been known to pray before. So we'll end this one without a Bible verse and we'll just speak to the Almighty. Right here. Father, we just thank you for the opportunity to do this podcast and have fun and talk about the weirdest and wildest stuff that comes in our heads, but also get to just point people to you. Our brother James up in Wisconsin, doing hard work up there all night long, protect him, protect the people he works with, Father, but also going through a tough time that all of us have experienced when death comes from out of nowhere. And you had plans with that person and you don't know why and you ask questions. And Father, help us to know it's not our job to know why. It's our job to trust in you, trust that you have our best interest in mind, and trust that one day through your son Jesus, we will all be together where there'll be no heartache, no pain, no tears, and there will be joy and laughter. And hopefully somebody from Lafayette brings chicken skins and it's in his name. We pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Wouldn't that be cool if there was just chicken skins everywhere? We'll see y'all next time right here in the call room. We're out.