Episode 124 It was you Fredo! PCA has just a plan? And Mikey is back on the couch!

Episode Summary

Episode 124 of A Cigar Hustler's Podcast opens with Mike and Mikey cracking into a package of Pichardo cigars sent over by Wes at Crowned Heads — the Classico (Ecuador Sumatra), Reserva Familiar Connecticut, San Andrés and Habano. The hosts light up the San Andrés and Connecticut and smoke them through the show while catching up on home-renovation chaos, a jammed finger from a failed wasp assassination, and the first morning back at the gym after three months of COVID closures.

The news block starts with a retraction: two weeks after reporting that Inter-tabac 2020 in Dortmund, Germany would proceed unchanged, the hosts confirm via Cigar Coop and Ministry of Cigars that the September 18–20 show has been canceled — following the cancellation of the 2020 PCA Trade Show. They then run through the ten retailers chosen to receive RoMa Craft Tobac's CRAFT 2020 release (150 boxes each), including B&B International Cigars, Hogshead Cigar Lounge, Omerta Cigar Company, Owl Ear Smoke Shop and Two Guys Smoke Shop. Mike is candid that he isn't upset about missing the allocation — he's upset about how it was handled, with no heads-up from his rep — while stressing he's still on good terms with Skip Martin and Michael Rosales. A deeper breakdown is teased for the Patreon secret show.

The back half digs into the Premium Cigar Association's four-point recovery blueprint for Congress: exempting premium cigars from FDA premarket review and substantial equivalence, temporary liability protection, PPP reform and greater flexibility on loan forgiveness, and tax policy adjustments including opposition to higher excise taxes. The hosts' verdict: good asks, but the document says what the industry wants without explaining how any of it gets done. They also cover the Massachusetts flavored tobacco ban taking effect (with its ill-defined "smoking bar" on-site consumption exemption and a 75% vaping excise tax), Disney World and Universal Orlando's phased reopening rules, and the Miami Dolphins turning Hard Rock Stadium into a drive-in theater.

It wouldn't be Episode 124 without the domestic content: Mikey's wife Brittany calls in mid-show — twice — to publicly chew him out for ignoring her texts, earning the episode its "back on the couch" subtitle. Also covered: the missing Bang Energy rep, lounge inventory woes, and an iPhone Significant Locations privacy tip.

In This Episode

1. 01
   Pichardo Cigars from Crowned Heads' Wes
   The hosts unbox samples sent by Wes at Crowned Heads and light up the Pichardo San Andrés and Reserva Familiar Connecticut on air.
2. 02
   Home Projects, Gym Reopening and a Jammed Finger
   Flooring for the whole house, rescreening the patio, a mistaken lawn-care customer, and the first 6 a.m. gym line after three months of COVID closure.
3. 03
   Retraction: Inter-tabac 2020 Canceled
   Cigar Coop and Ministry of Cigars confirm the world's largest tobacco trade show in Dortmund, Germany is off for September 18–20.
4. 04
   RoMa Craft CRAFT 2020 Retailer List
   The ten shops receiving 150 boxes each of CRAFT 2020, and Mike's frank take on being left off and how the news was communicated.
5. 05
   PCA's COVID Recovery Blueprint
   A point-by-point read of the Premium Cigar Association's asks on FDA premarket review, liability protection, PPP reform and tax policy — and why the hosts think there's no actual plan.
6. 06
   Massachusetts Flavored Tobacco Ban Takes Effect
   The statewide ban on flavored tobacco including mint and menthol, the vague 'smoking bar' exemption, and a 75% excise tax on vaping products.
7. 07
   Florida Reopening: Disney, Universal and the Dolphins
   Phased theme park reopenings with masks and temperature checks, Volcano Bay plans, and Hard Rock Stadium becoming a drive-in movie theater.
8. 08
   Brittany Calls In
   Mikey's wife phones the show live — twice — to air grievances about unanswered text messages.

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Transcript

Hey, this is Mike, too. Welcome to episode 124 of a Cigar Hustlers podcast. This week, I knew it was you, Fredo. PCA has a plan.

And back to sleeping on the couch for our Mikey. I'll listen more this week on episode 124. Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike Square, Mike Square. Alright, this is episode 1, 2, 4.

1, 2, 4. That sounds good as 1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3. Well, as always, have episode 1, 2, 3.

1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 4 of a Cigar Hustler podcast starring Mike Szczepankevich. Oh, no, it's not. Starring Mike.

Darn, Mike Steffankiewicz, it's, what are you doing? I'm gonna pick a cigar. My friend Wes at Crown Head sent me cigars. Oh!

Fine, pick a cigar. The new Ace Yada Yadas. Ace Yada Yadas? Yeah.

I'll tell you what they are. He always sends nice notes, that Wes. He does send nice, nice notes. Yeah, a nice door handle.

Door handle. Did he send a holder of some sort too, a cigar holder? Like a desktop thing? Yes, I did.

I don't use it. It actually just sits over there in my desk. Oh, it's very nice. Would you like to read the note?

Is it personal? Wait, is it personal? We don't want to know if it's personal. " Is it a card?

" And that's it. I love you. Oh, that's very nice. Wes is such a nice man.

Looks like he's lost weight, too, on social media. He looks thinner. He's always been skinny, though. Yeah, but he looks thinner in the face.

Makes him look younger. Ectomorphs. Fucking ectomorphs. Thank you for sampling these.

I hope you enjoy them. Regardless, would love to have you on board as one of the first to carry these in the area. Oh, I thought they were going to hire you instead of have you on board. See info sheet attached.

West T. Is it on his airplane? It looks like an airplane receipt. These are the Picardos.

Oh, look at you. Pichardos. Are they representing? Are we representing them now?

I thought this was Ace Prime. Is this Ace Prime? No, I don't think it is. Pichardo.

The Pichardos. Oh, those are those Picards that I saw earlier. Picardos, yeah. Oh good, Greg's out behind the door yelling.

Let's see, the Pichardos. We have the Ecuador and Sumatra, which is the Classico. Yeah. The Reserva.

Oh, this episode brought to you by Picardos. For Connecticut. The Reserva Famular, Connecticut. Oh.

We have the San Andreas. Ooh, San Andreas. And the Habano. No, you're not good at these live reads.

You're making people not want to represent us. Oh, I don't really care. They're never going to rip. Well, they're sponsoring this episode.

I'm about to smoke a cigar. I'm intrigued to try it. I figured I'd discuss what I'm going to smoke. Oh, what you're going to smoke.

Good for you. Look at you. Are you smoking a cigar, Michael? Well, I always have one, but, you know, I could subside.

So, which one would you like, Michael? No, no, please, you pick. No, no, no. Is there a Connecticut?

I know you're not a big fan of the Connecticut. There is a Connecticut, and I am a fan of Connecticut. Yes, but the San Andreas would be more something I think you would try. The Connecticut is the black rapper.

It's a black rapper, Connecticut? Well, it's a black band. Black band. Ah, excellent.

Oh, thank you, Michael. You're welcome. You're welcome, Weasel. And the San Andreas is a white band.

Do I go San Andreas or Haban? No. Oh, I think you would probably enjoy the San Andreas better. Boom, boom, boom, ba-boom, bum, bum, bum.

Alright. Are we gonna review these on the Patreon? We don't have enough to review them. Oh.

We're just gonna smoke them and enjoy ourselves. Oh. As we talk. As we talk about our weekly podcast.

I have to fix it because my stand is a mess. I should get the other stand. That we never use? Yeah, 'cause this one's...

Probably a good idea. This one's all types of cattywampus. Cattywampus. Well, as we set these up and light them, anything exciting happen?

I have a few things, but you go ahead. I can tell you one thing that was exciting that happened to me. Yes. So a wasp made its way into my patio.

Ah, you hit him with the death hornet? No, it could have been possibly a murder hornet. Murder hornet? Death hornet?

So I went to go, so it landed on the wind. You hit him with the cinnamon. It landed on the, no, I didn't have the spray. Oh, oh no.

The spray's out. Oh geez, that's what he heard. So, yeah, he knew he was there. Hey, the spray's out, let's go to monkeys.

So he landed on the window, and I didn't want to break the window, so I grabbed my- The screen window or- A window. Oh, glass window. He made it in the house or in the patio? No, in the patio.

Oh, gotcha. Still on the patio. Okay. Still a window.

It's been so long since I've seen it, I didn't- Yeah, I understand. I'm familiar with the layout of the patio. So I didn't want to smash the window. Drew and Kayla could draw me a schematic or something, maybe.

You know, give me that cigar back, you ungrateful fuck. So I didn't want to smash the window, so it made sense to take my flip-flop, and instead of, like, grasping it and wham, I was gonna grab it like this, and BAM! Okay, that still seems like it would break the glass. So I hit the window.

You broke the glass? I jammed the fuck out of my finger. Oh. The wasp got away.

I had to get him-- Well, if your finger hit the glass, he had a spacing. I had to get him at a later date, like a few seconds later, up top. Oh. So I jammed my finger and it is definitely very, very swollen right now.

Oh. And of course, this is day one that the gym opens up. Of course, I break my-- I mean, three months of no gym. You were in fine.

No issues with the hands. And then, of course, the day before, I go ahead and now I look like this one finger has diabetes. Uh oh. Big and purple?

It's not happy. Oh, I'm so sorry. But I powered through it, don't worry, it still worked out. Still worked out?

Yeah. Did you just keep the finger up? Worked out. No, I just made it happen.

I didn't even think about it until afterwards. It's like, oh yeah, that finger's fucked up. Oh, that finger's fucked and now my hand hurts. But I went to the gym at 6am.

I was in line with 20 other people. It's so exciting at the gym open. That's when they opened. 20 people were actually waiting?

25 people. Wow. We were all six feet apart. Everybody a little jittery from the pre-workout.

Totally. Did it. It's all right. One guy with the steroids was all sweaty.

We all got in and worked out. It was great. Wow. It's great.

My screen work's almost done. This is exciting. Rescreening the patio? Yeah.

Oh, good for you. I'm a professional. Let me know. I got nothing on any screen.

Take it, take it. We can screen it. Oh, wow. You're that good now.

Yeah, I believe it. Holy crap. I don't look at you. I'm professional.

I mean, but it's a pain in the ass. It is. I've done it before. It's brutal.

You got to pull it tight. You have the little wheelie tool. You got the wheelie tool. The clips.

Have you used the clips? No. Oh, yeah. The clips.

It's all about the clips. All about the clips now? When screening said patio. Like I said, patio, if you don't have the clips, it's just a waste of time.

So you gotta have the clips. Wow, look at you. Tiles coming along, fireplace looking nice, almost done, ran out of grout. Oh, so you have more than one project going on at a time now?

I have broken the rule. I have broken the rule. You started the flooring? Not yet, it came, I just got the confirmation that they, so I ordered 117 of these fucking boxes.

Where are you actually flooring? The entire house? The whole, the whole house. The whole house.

Bedrooms and everything? All of it. The room with the pads on the floor for the children? Yep, it's all coming up.

Wow. That's a lot of work. So I ordered 117 of these. Bedroom 2?

Yep. Ah, so just like the tile job at my house. Pretty much. Apparently it takes three and a half weeks.

Oh, good. So, I ordered 117 of these things, and I just got a confirmation email today that like 12 of them are on their way. Like, what the fuck am I going to do with 12? Like, that's not even close.

So, I don't know what's going to happen there. I guess I got a call or something. Make sure that they're still sending me the rest of them. Yeah, I guess.

Did you get it from a flooring company or one of the big bucks? Costco. Oh, Costco? Mm-hmm.

Could be a problem. Could be a problem. I might be toting 12 of these things back. So they deliver, I guess, that kind of stuff.

You don't have to go pick it up? Yeah. Oh, that's nice. Yeah.

Hey, it's a pain in the ass. Taking rooms apart and everything, I mean, you know, as you know, we slept in the living room for three nights, on the floor, on the mattress, is it, it's not ceramic though, it's some type of, it's vinyl. Oh, okay. It's like a rubber.

Oh. I'm picturing like spongy as you walk around the house. It's not. But it's 100% waterproof, which is nice.

Oh, that's nice. Yeah. It's good with children. It's good with kids.

Yeah. And dogs. Oh, okay. The tile, 24 hours, let that dry, and then the grout, 24 hours, that dry, and then you put furniture back, right, so that was, yeah, with you, you just.

Snap and go, baby. Yeah, wheel it out and off, you go. Oh, good for you. Yeah.

So, you could do a room in a day. Mm-hmm. Empty it out, put down a new floor, oh, you're probably still two days. Empty it out, strip the old stuff up.

Yeah, something like that. By then, your finger's really throbbing. Yeah, my finger will be very throbby. Next day.

But, you know, you'll have Drew, so. I will. Yes. Hey, are you doing your video games?

Yep. Oh. We'll just all wait for you to be ready. All right, thank you.

Okay, I'm ready. Oh, you're ready now. Oh, good, good. Well, we discussed that I bought a new mower.

Yes. Yes. So I'm out cutting the grass this past weekend. Yes.

And this car drives by slowly. okay just a neighbor waves stops backs up rolls out her window very nice older lady from the neighborhood never met her before she goes how much do you charge to do a yard of this size she thought i was a professional yard man wow look at you fancy new mower and everything i guess she uh you know i went man this is my house oh okay and then she drove away but you know i was doing doing such a good job should have shot the moon yeah that's my my wife goes you should have that We could have paid for the mower. Ninety dollars, man. Ninety dollars.

Ninety dollars. Paying the ass, and then with my battery problem. It's electric. It's a two day job now because I got away on the battery to charge.

I know, you don't listen to me. No, so. I didn't want to get the fucking good battery. Two and a half day wrap up into somebody else's yard, too.

That's all I'll be doing all week. It's funny because it's going to be months of abuse for you with this fucking battery, and then eventually you're going to buy the better battery that you don't have to worry about. And you're like, why didn't I just do this before? Well, all I did this time, I mowed the side and back one day, then the next day, I mowed the big part, the front and the other side.

It burned that well. Here's the thing, dude. Batteries, they lose their life. Yeah, I know, I know.

But it'll be a couple years before they die. Okay, okay. All right. What do I know?

You don't know. You don't know anything. All right. There's motion at my door.

I don't know what's going on. This must be a lizard or something. It's driving me nuts. Oh, wife's got a flooring guy coming in, give her a quote.

Oh, no, it's my kids. They're toting something out. Your kids are stealing the house. It's not the sister, is it?

We're done with her. She's outside. It's the two boys. They've escaped.

They're attacking the city. Greg's asking if we started the podcast yet. Have we started the podcast yet? Yes.

Does he want to be on it again or something? Does he need to come in for the "what does Greg want now" section of the podcast? Should we pause and let him finish whatever it is he needs to talk about? No.

No? No. Alright. Okay.

This is kind of good. Is it? Yes. We have a retraction from two weeks ago.

Two weeks ago we announced that the Inter-to-back 2020 was going to be going with no changes. And now? It has been canceled. Cigar Coop has confirmed that the InterTobac 2020, the world's largest tobacco show, has been canceled.

InterTobacco was scheduled to take place on September 18th through 20th at the Dortmund Exhibition Center in Dortmund, Germany. Cancellation is the latest cigar trade show to be canceled because of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. The company that organized the trade show had said two weeks ago, which is when we announced it, that it had been optimistic that it could still hold InterTobacco but was going to evaluate the health and safety guidance set forth By the local authorities, since then, Cigar Coop, our friend Cigar Coop, which, matter of fact, I think last week was the anniversary of him being on the show. Oh.

He, they have learned. That was the day he gained some respect for us. Yes, it was actually. Oh, you guys are just some slapdick show.

It's probably gone now. Probably so, yes. But it was there for a minute. We had him for a couple of weeks there.

By exhibitors about the health, safety, and viability of going forward with the trade show. And ultimately, this led to the cancellation of the show. A formal announcement has not yet been made. Earlier today, Ministry of Cigars first reported the cancellation, stating several exhibitors had been contacted and indicated the show had been cancelled.

Cigar Coop has validated this information as well. He's validated the information. Validated. Validated.

Cancellation of Inter-Tabac 2020 follows the cancellation of the 2020 Premium Cigar Associate Trade Show and Convention, which was scheduled to open on July 10, 2020, but has also been cancelled. So if you had tickets or were planning on going, it is now free, or not free, but your time has now been opened up in September 18th through the 20th. Wow, September. Yeah, that's a little far in advance, I thought, too, but I guess they're...

I mean, PCA gave us, like, three weeks. Heads up. Yeah, heads up. Hey, I'm not doing it now.

Is Vegas even open yet still? I don't think so. I don't either. I don't think it's still open yet.

I don't think so. All right, Michael. There might not be any buildings left. Well, the buildings are there, but that's it.

Craft 2020, they have announced the release, Michael. Ah, yes. Michael Rosales, co-founder of Roma Craft, told Half Wheel-- Okay, here we go. This is from our friends at Half Wheel-- that the company selected these 10 accounts to celebrate the anniversary of this great company.

Yes. Each of the following stores will receive 150 boxes. 150. Skip has said previously that an opportunity like this is an easy $10,000 for any store that would...

A quick double up. A quick double up, yes. Mm-hmm. So, B&B International Cigars in Philadelphia.

Yes. Boiling Springs Wine & Cigar in Boiling Springs South Carolina. Uh-huh. Cigar Warehouse in Sherman Oaks, California.

Cigar Warehouse. Cigar Warehouse, what did I say? Yep, you're good. I'm just repeating you.

Oh, Hogshead Cigar Lounge in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Bob is a very nice guy. La Cultural Cigars & Social in Kansas City, Missouri. Michael's Tobacco in Yulee's, Texas, Omerta Cigar Company, Oklahoma City, that's one of the companies I still place orders for to Florinata.

I like Omerta, it's a good shop. Yes, Owl Ear Smoke Shop, Scottsdale, Arizona, our friend Lenny, our boy Lenny approved, Primo Cigar Shop and Lounge in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, New Hampshire. This is the fourth craft release, though there's an associated witchcraft cigar. Each of the releases has used multiple tobaccos on the outside of the cigar, showing off some of the Nikka Sweeney's Factory's rolling brownness.

Mm-hmm. So we're not on the list. We didn't make the list. We didn't make the list.

Nope. Some of our close friends didn't make the list either. Our close friends didn't make the list. Well, some of our close friends didn't.

Yeah. Some of our close friends didn't. Aha. And we will get into this more on this week's Patreon.

I'm sure there is some things there, but... We can touch on a couple things. Hold back just a little for the paying people. Here's what I want to do on the Patreon.

I want to review the retailers that are receiving the Craft 2020. That's what I want to do. We're going to break it down for you and give some real in-depth information about... This is all your opinion information.

Listen, it's all my opinion. But there's a disclaimer on this fucking thing. Yeah, it's at the end of the show. Good show.

Yeah, we've protected ourselves. We're protected completely. We might be able to afford an attorney for an hour at this point anyways. I'm sure we know an attorney.

Hey, just look at the paperwork real quick. All right. Don't read all that. No, no, no, no.

Just the highlighted words. Yeah. So, um, here's, I don't care that I didn't get, get the craft. Well, now.

No, I don't care. Oh, I didn't care before. Okay. We said, even, I said on the previous show, hey, you know, could happen, might not happen.

Right. Right? How I was handled, it's a totally different thing, it's a totally different thing. So, you know.

What's the disrespect? It's just the, no, it's just the level of friendship that you think you have. Right. With somebody, even though, you know, they're your sales rep, whatever, you're still friends.

Right, yeah. You hang out, you get your kids together and shit and stuff like that. Excuse me. You good?

Yes. I couldn't put this again. I don't agree with the approach of totally fucking just no contact, dead airing me. You don't have to give the laptop back though, right?

You know? No. Okay. Thank God.

Skip and Michael are still my friends. We're still friends. We still do business together. Oh, look.

Greg is on the show. He's right. Yeah. You got to be able to hear him because I can hear him in the headphones.

I just, yeah, I don't appreciate how Danny handled things. I really don't. You know, he could have called. He could have gave me a heads up, said, hey, just want you to know.

I looked over this, and I went over it in my head over and over and over again, and I just didn't think. It was a tough call. I had to make decisions somewhere. Hey, and, you know, we couldn't do it for you.

We couldn't do it. And I would have been like, you know what, dude? Hey, I appreciate you. Appreciate the heads up.

Reaching out. It was nice to say something. Right. Something of that magnitude.

I didn't just have to find out on the street like everybody else. Hey, you're still my boy, you know. Yeah, we're still friends. I'll make it up to you maybe at a later date.

I don't even give a fuck about that. Yeah, but you say those things. All of that's irrelevant to me. What is relevant is the fact of, I thought we were friends.

And now that's quite clear that we are not friends. Because, go ahead. " Right. And I, you know, I look, there are times when you want to do it.

Which that would apply why you didn't get it. " And, you know, I might have said, "Okay, well, I disagree with a couple things," or whatever the case may be. Right. But I still would have appreciated that, right?

So the fucked up part is that Danny will never say that he fucked up. Right. Right? You know.

No. Like that's the difference. On top of the fact. All right.

And if you want any more information, become a Patreon on the show. You're going to get some good stuff this week. Yeah. I'm not sending that one to you, Skip.

Oh, so you can not get that one? Yeah, I can get it. Oh, okay. I don't give a shit.

All right, on with the- Neither does he. No, probably not. No, no. On with the show then.

Mm-hmm. Unless there's any final words, final thoughts? I feel like we covered it. Okay, all right.

That's good, right? We'll move on, yes. I'm happy. Are you happy?

I'm satisfied. Are you people at home satisfied? I'm a little tired, because I didn't go to sleep last night, but- Were you pondering your response? Uh, no.

I wasn't pondering my response at all. All right. What the hell was it? I just couldn't sleep.

It was crazy. Wow. And then I woke up super early to go to the gym because I had to. Oh, you're so excited.

That was why you couldn't sleep. You were too excited. " Should I take my pre-workout now? It's only two in the morning, but I should probably go.

It's like, "You know what? " I'll just sleep in a car out front. I will be the first person. Yeah, I can get in and get in line real fast.

" It's like Black Friday. Gotta get there early. Did I eat enough protein today? I don't know if I had enough protein.

I should probably go eat some chicken. Maybe eat chicken? Eat some chicken? Take a shake?

I should probably take a shake. I even took like a Clif Bar. I never have carbs at the end of the night. And I was like, man, I gotta, you know.

You're free, you're hitting it. No, I just need to, I need like carbohydrates to kind of slow you down and put you to sleep. Oh, really? Yeah.

Wow. So I'm like, you know, I'm going to do this. This will put me to sleep. Get the fuck out of here.

No, you know what? I finally fell asleep. I finally fell asleep. What did I hear?

Son of a bitch! Did you act like you were asleep so maybe Brittany would get up? No, I got it. Do you guys have a deal where like you always do the night shift and she does the day shift because she's home all day?

No, here's the deal. Like 90% of the time, she gets it. She really does. And like, not only that, but even if I go to get it, she'll fucking...

But you're doing straight formula, right? So it's not like it's necessary for her to go. Yeah, she just hits the button. We hit the button.

We had the... A mute? A mute? The formula Keurig, it's called the baby Brezza.

Oh, very nice. It's fucking amazing. Oh, little pods? No, it's like you dump the formula into this thing up top, and there's a tank of water in the back.

Holy crap. You select your ounce, you hit the button, fucking you're on your way. Oh. The problem with this thing is that you can set temperatures.

Yeah. Wow. So we've set the temperature, and the baby likes the temperature, nice and warm. But not too hot.

So if you try and get... So there's none of the... Not on the wrist? Nope.

That's all out the door. Holy crap, things have gotten... Is there a machine that changes the diaper now too? No, not yet.

I'm working on that. That doesn't matter time. So, but the fucked up part is that Teddy, baby Teddy, she won't take cold formula. Like, so if you're outside somewhere, you better have hot fucking water.

Oh, yeah. " Oh no. Oh no. I might be hungry.

3, please. Guys, this is inadequate. Go talk to somebody. I can't believe there's a machine that doesn't work.

I'd like to speak to your manager about my formula temperature. Wow. Oh yeah, she's bougie AF. Wow.

So when you go to a restaurant, if you're out, do you go, excuse me, can you heat this to 92 degrees please? No, here's what we do is we take one of these fucking things, and we heat it up, heat the water up before we put it in there. And it stays warm for a while. And then you're in business.

Gotcha. I've never tried hot stuff in it before. No, it works. Well, I bet.

Eco Vessel. All right, I think we have time for this one before we have to go to break. Okay. Disney will be reopening, Michael.

The phase reopening plan was presented with, it's a big deal because we live in Florida. I mean, it's not cigar related, but it's a Florida store. It's a big deal to the world. Yes.

The phase reopening plan was presented this past Wednesday during a meeting with the Orange County Economic Recovery Task Force. I like the name. I think we should try to start a Volusia County Economic Recovery Task Force. The Vigar Hustler Task Force.

Oh, ooh. That's way better than Hustler Mafia. That's the Mafia, yeah. Okay.

Under the plan, the Magic Kingdom and the Animal Kingdom would open July 11th. Epcot and Hollywood Studios would open a little later, July 15th. The Disney theme park, which employs some... Nobody cares about Epcot anyways, unless it's food and wine fest.

Drinking, yeah, unless you're going drinking. You're going to get hammered. 70,000 people worked there. They planned to begin a phase reopening July 11th for its Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom parks in July 15th.

I said it twice. The company said on Wednesday, Walt Disney World as well as Disneyland Resorts in Anaheim, California, they both closed mid-March because of the coronavirus pandemic. Disney is implementing several measures to reopen safely and prevent the spread of the coronavirus at its parks. They have four things they're doing, Michael.

They're going to be sanitizing, sanitizing, and sanitizing. You're going to be bleached when you walk in, you're going to be bleached when you get on Dumbo, they're going to bleach you again when you get off. Some things are not opening. Of course.

I believe Dumbo will, though. How can you not have Dumbo? Can I please just read this? No, I know how I feel.

Employees and guests will require to wear a Pace mask covering and undergo temperature and screening before entering the park. Nice. So you have to wear a mask and they're taking your temperature. Rectal temperatures.

Disney will reduce capacity at its parks and the resort will temporarily suspend parades, fireworks, and other events that cause crowds. - I have a list of the five things. - No fucking parades? - I have a list of the five things later that they're not doing.

There's five things. Disney will also increase the number of available hand sanitizing stations. - Let me tell you something. - You know what?

Go ahead. We went to the mall this past weekend. - Okay. - Specifically go to one store, which we heard was open.

- Okay. - So we did. - It's got nothing in it now, but go ahead. - Yeah, little to nothing in that place now.

- But go ahead. - Little to nothing. - We're not talking about that. - But there was no hand washing stations in the mall anywhere.

- They don't, they're not concerned, with your well-being. No, you figured at least by the escalator, a little squirt of hand sanitizer? Ridiculous. Was there at least a person wiping shit down?

No. Not even a person? No. Fuck you.

Shop at your own risk. Yes. The plan was approved at a Disney school park. There were no arrows going one direction?

Well, yeah, the escalator goes down. I'm just saying. You can't write up on it. That sounds like a wager to me.

We got four minutes here. Disney World's Magic Kingdom, which has trademark attractions like Denderellis. Cinderella's Castle in Space Mountain are the world's most visited theme park, Accounting for more than 20 million visitors in 2018, according to a report. Okay, we get it.

They're opening. Okay, fine. So, hey, I will tell you this real quick. You want to know the five things you're going to do?

Before we go to a commercial. What they're saying? You sanitize before you get on the ride? You sanitize.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. There are five. Okay, there's no fireworks. There's no parade.

No parades. No fireworks. No character meet and greets. Okay, obviously, because you can't come into contact with people.

No playgrounds. That makes sense. Okay. No Disney makeovers.

I don't know what that is. Well, you have a daughter. You better get the hang of this, because you can go over now and have her made up like a princess. Oh, they turned into a princess.

Yes. Well, now they can't. They can't touch you. Okay, so let me tell you something.

First of all, I'm willing to bet that they might not even bring fireworks back after that. You think so? It's such a big part of it. Shut it down at Magic Kingdom.

It doesn't matter. There's so many people there. Who gives a shit? That's true.

Right? It's like, no. We're only going to do fireworks at Hollywood Studios. Why only?

Well, if you do it there, you can see it everywhere. It doesn't. But you usually, when you go to the theme park, you go with the intention of staying to the end for the fireworks. Right, that's it.

So, the only reason I think they would bring it back is if... Numbers are down. Yeah, people start leaving earlier. Right.

Like, oh, why say it's all 10? It's affecting your numbers. Why say it's all 10? Because it's no fireworks.

Right. Why am I going to hang around? Why am I going to buy the new, the $20 Disney burger? I bet you they make some modifications to cut some costs.

Just lasers. So, I still have, what do I have, two minutes? You have a minute and a half. Okay, so just so you know, briefly.

Yes. Universal's opening up Friday. Do you have to wear a mask? Yes.

Wednesday and Thursday, they're doing premiere pass holders only. So I booked a reservation for Volcano Bay Wednesday, not confirmed yet to go with my family, but I am working on it, goddammit, I am working on it, we are going to go! How do you wear a mask at the waterboard? I don't know, it sounds like waterboarding, but I'm willing to take the trip, take the shot here.

Are they opening that too? Yeah, that's where I'm going. How are they going to make sure there's no germs in the water? I don't know.

Extra chlorine. There is, I mean, chlorine kills viruses, right? I don't know if it kills coronavirus. I mean, it sounds good to me, and you're going to be outside, it's going to be very hot.

Very hot. So you won't be in here Thursday and Friday? I won't be in here Wednesday. That's the day we do the Patriot.

We're going to do that today. I'm very busy. I have things to do. All right, we'll do it tomorrow.

No, we can do it today. I don't care. You can't do it tomorrow. I work.

Okay, again, we can't do it things on Tuesday. I open. Well, Greg does close tomorrow though. So there we go.

There we go. Problem solved. Do it tomorrow. We can do it today.

We'll do it tomorrow. All right, we'll do it tomorrow. Okay. Take the break.

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Yes. Oh, there's a drop at 2905. You go ahead and you save that. You go ahead and play it back to back for the rest of your life.

Back to back. Oh, I have the one where you say that I did all this. It was on one of the other shows you run. Anyway, PCA.

I like to think that you collect them. And then you put like a montage together for yourself that you play at night. I do. It helps me sleep.

It helps me sleep. I play it over and over in headphones as I sleep. How do I do all this to myself? Why am I so tortured by becoming the Cigar Hustlers?

Ah, yes. Oh, that's right. Okay. The Premium Cigar Association, representing 3,000 retail tobacconists, 30,000 employees, 250 premium cigar manufacturers, and millions of consumers across the country, recognize the extreme financial difficulties placed on our industry in the wake of the Corona 19.

PCA is now calling upon Congress and the administration to take action to create conditions where our members can not only rebuild, and recover but eventually grow their businesses. We hope that the Congress and the administration will consider four key areas that are critical to recovery for our industry. Okay, I have the actual blueprint here. You ain't paying attention.

I am. God bless it. What's going on? The PCA has put together a plan that they think the Congress and the administration should do to help the cigar industry.

Awesome. They don't explain how this happens, just this is what they feel should happen. Okay. Which, okay, you're not even paying attention to the show.

I'm listening. No, you're not. What are you doing? I'm listening to you.

What are you doing? I'm listening to you. Okay, if you'd like to hashtag MikeyDoTheShow by himself. That's very boring.

Just sit there texting people. All right. All right. So, as I always say, PCA has made a blueprint that they, I don't know, they're sending it to somebody, they've got somebody they want to give it to.

They don't explain how this happens. Okay. Just this is what they feel should happen. Leave us alone in really big...

Well, actually, that's pretty much the first part. Pre-market review and substantial equivalency. You could just go away? They believe the Food and Drug Administration needs to exempt premium cigars from pre-market review and the substantial equivalency process.

Agreed. Next? Yes, but they don't say how any of this happens. Okay.

That's what I feel is the problem with the entire thing. So you're saying there's no plan? There's no plan. What we would like...

What we would like, that's right. Is for you to go away. It's for you to go away. It's for you to go away.

Could someone please read this and consider it? Point number two. Temporary Liability Protection. They would like limited liability protection should be provided for businesses that adhere to best practices set forth by the federal guidance issued by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Sounds great. They don't, again, don't say how. So like, do your job? I don't get it.

So don't sell to underage people? Yeah. Paycheck Protection Program Reform. Form.

Allow businesses more time to fully spend the money that they've been given by the government. Aha! Spend more money. Again, they just say what they want, they don't say it.

Okay, we will follow this up by tying it to pigeons and setting it across the nation. Well, that falls into number two. Greater flexibility use of the funds. Aha!

So you can tie it to the pigeons. Now we have the pigeons. Yes. We're going to buy various pigeons.

Small businesses should be permitted to include rent and payroll to meet the 75% threshold of the PPP loan forgiveness. Provide additional allowable uses of funds. So is this like a "we gotta sound like we're doing something over here"? Yeah, that's what I'm getting at.

Oh, that's what you feel? That's the way I feel. It's like... Okay.

Tax policy adjustments, continued postponement of deadlines to certain tax filings, tax deduction for businesses expenses related to social distancing, you can't... The world is on fire right now, nobody gives a shit. I mean, that's the real. Restore the business, entertainment, and food and beverage tax deductions.

Oh, that's nice. Okay. Entertainment expenses are a regular function of business and should be treated as a tax-deductible expense. Ah.

Oppose increase in excise tax and user fees for premium cigars. So if you're a cigar company, you get tax breaks. Yeah, okay. I like it.

I like it. Sounds like a great idea. It does sound like a great idea, but how do we get this done? S.

Senate. They want you to call your congressman. And the congressman to dance-offs. Oh, nice.

I guess it's going to happen. We're going to breakdance. I didn't read that part into the thing. I didn't see about the dance thing.

If the crowd likes my dance more than you, we get to advance. Eventually, it leads to somebody going against Nancy Pelosi. Oh, and the dance officer? Nancy can probably shake it.

Yeah, we're all screwed at that point. Yeah, that'd be crazy. Massachusetts Flavored Tobacco Band Now in Effect. Great.

As of today, actually today that we're recording this show, the sale of flavored tobacco products is now illegal in most retailers in the state of Massachusetts. I like that somebody is still there just really driving this home right now. Driving this home. You know what?

We're gonna fuck everything else. I don't care. Riots, fucking coronavirus. The flavored tobacco is the problem.

That's the problem. But there is one exemption to a new law that businesses defined as smoking bars were able to sell flavored tobacco products and vaping products for on-site consumption. Oh, you can smoke it here if you'd like. You can vape here.

Because there's nothing better than a montage of flavored cigars burning together. We sell that groovy blue. Yeah. It fills up the entire lounge with great.

You know what? Let's get some of that. Let's throw some chocolate in there. Throw a couple of Cuba Cubas.

It'll be great. You walk in, it'll smell like a flower. It's going to be amazing. They smell nice when you come in.

Maybe our old lady is going, oh, it stinks. " Oh, that'd be nice. Yeah, we should do that. It's very fluffy.

No, we'll do what we did back in the day with the restaurants. Oh, smoking and non-smoking? Yeah, they'll be flavored and non-flavored. There'll be like a half wall that still covers over, so it still pours out everywhere.

Like the smoking and non-smoking on the airplane. Exactly. Oh, they used to do that. I'm sorry, stewardess.

I'm sitting in... No, no, actually, sir, you're one row behind them, you'll be fine. Yeah, no, it's completely, the air is going to be great right there. The air circulates forward.

It goes that way. You're going to have no issues. They have not constituted what a smoking bar is, per the state's general guidelines. Oh, we'll get back to you on that.

We'll get back to you on that. You know there's a lot going on right now. Wait a second. We're only halfway through this right now, so.

But the law is going to go in effect, but we'll let you know how to clearly define it. Tobacco or other nicotine delivery products that include any added flavorings, Including mint and menthol, are included in the ban. Oh, they also snuck into 75% excise tax on vaping products and e-cigarettes. That's it.

It received overwhelming support in both chambers of the legislature, passing the House 127 to 31. This is in Massachusetts? Yeah. 31 guys held out.

31 of them. I feel like we should start dumping tea again, gentlemen. Oh, in the Senate, 32 to 6. So, six guys in the Senate.

I gotta vape, man. They all get together. They smoke where they want, and they just don't respect the authority. That's like the, it's like the Boston Tea Party of 2020.

Oh, that's, oh, that's right, Massachusetts. Oh, and now you saw the Kinect. I saw the Kinect, now, yes, now I got it. Thank you.

Sorry, I was working, doing the show, as you were just yelling things. I'm just living my best life over here. Living your best life over there, smoking at San Andreas Pichardo. Pichardo.

The Jean-Luc Pichardo. Oh, Star Wars cigar. Star Trek. Ah, whatever.

Oh my God. Uh-oh, down to the last page. The last page. The last page.

They're complaining that the shows are getting shorter. That we're running out of things to talk about. Who's they? People.

John Yorgulite? No, no, not him. He loves the show. He's our biggest fan.

I wanna know who's complaining. Nope. Can't give the name. Come on.

No, it's more than one. More than one. More than one. We gotta leave you wanting more.

Locals. Locals. Oh, it's Mark Gordon. No, no, he loves the show, too.

We gotta leave you wanting more. I just want you to keep yelling names so you find the right one. We have to leave you wanting more. Is it Evan?

Oh, no. If it was Evan, I wouldn't care if it was Evan. Yeah. Hmm.

Let's see. Wait a second. So people actually listen to this show? Yes, apparently so.

That's amazing. Apparently they do. Well, hey. We're still the number one rated show on Podbean, I check every week.

Because you're the greatest producer of all time. I check every week. Well, except your microphone is humming. You're the greatest producer of all time.

Here's another bit for you. You're the greatest producer of all time. At 37:41. We're cutting them too short.

Look, man, there's not a lot going on in the cigar industry. You guys don't want us to talk about Corona, and we're not talking about anything else. No, Jason said that we can continue to talk about Corona. Well, you have to.

He said he just wanted the one week of the solace. Oh, okay, well. " Well, unfortunately, there's not any of that news now either. Yeah, like, that has now gone away.

Evidently, it's over. And look, I refuse to fucking sit here and debate about riots. I'm just not gonna do it, okay? Okay?

I'm a cigar-loving individual, and so is Mike. We love everyone. We love everybody. And that's all that matters.

All right, talk about something from my mind. I light this thing back up. It has the little P with the shield on it, the Pachardo. I wonder if it, like, if I hit it, it will communicate to the other one.

Oh, hello? Captain's log. 1-5-9. Two to beat down.

This isn't bad. It could be worse. It could be better, but it could be worse. You know, I got a question for you.

Certainly. What the fuck happened to Bang? Like, we've had zero... Oh yeah, we've had nothing, we've heard nothing from them, have we?

I mean, maybe we should just send that guy... Maybe he lost his job. You should reach out. With the pandemic.

You should reach out. Yes, I should, I should follow up on that. As concerned. And...

Well, you know, we haven't placed any orders in a long time here, either. What, for Bang? Yeah, now there's... We, the lounge has been closed.

I understand. I understand, but now there's Monster even in the vanco. I know, we gotta fix that. I told them not to do that.

Oh. They did it anyways. I have nobody respecting this. Steve.

I think it was Naya. Naya, she does what she wants when she wants. She's the biggest "fuck you" to me. " She carries that knife.

" Now she has a boat. I have to complain to your father. I'm like, because her dad's a regular here. " Well, he likes Monster.

There's the connect. There's the connect. Interesting. Interesting.

All right, Michael Liddell. Go ahead. Reach out to the guy. Yes.

And why don't we send him some cigars? Find out if he's a smoker. Okay. Actually, don't find out if he's a smoker.

Just get his address. Don't even reach out to him. Just get his address. We'll send him a package.

Let's send this guy some cigars. Oh, there you go. And a sticker and some other stuff for the show? Yeah, get him some stuff.

Oh, that's a good idea. Well, you know what? We don't drink it anymore on the show either. We do drink it on the show.

I was drinking the Star Blast earlier today. The problem is that we don't have, like, we haven't rejuvenated our lounge inventory. Yeah, right, of everything. And there's only so much cotton candy I can drink.

Yeah, the flavors that are left are not any of my favorites. That's the only flavor that remains for me, at least, and the Sour Head, I don't like Sour. I think we've got that, the blue one, which I'm not sure. Blue Raspberry.

Oh, is it Blue Razz? Yeah. I don't like Blue Razz. I like the Patriot or whatever that one is.

The Star Blast. Star Blast. The Patriot? I don't know.

Mike Cola is running low. Alright. We gotta put together an order for that. The guy hasn't been back around either.

No. There's a lady in charge now, have you seen that? There's a lady CEO now for Bank doing the stuff online. I did not see.

Maybe some changes have been made. And they've cut off us. I don't know. Who cares?

Yeah. But, you know, just, let's just send them some cigars. Okay. Hey, we appreciate you supporting us.

We appreciate you supporting us for the time. Try these, we don't think they'll taste like diabetes. Definitely need to include that in the statement. Something really sweet, maybe put a groovy blue in there.

Ooh, these are really sweet, also taste like diabetes. There you go. Perfect. And these are, but we got to give them some Postanias and stuff.

Well, obviously. Obviously. If you get some. Those are running low too.

We don't really have any, that sucks. All right, here's our final story. Dolphins are going to transform Hard Rock Stadium into a drive-in movie theater that's horrible. With movie theaters shut down and sporting events on hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Miami Dolphins are bringing the best of both worlds to South Florida.

There's no movies coming out right now. The team announced, well, just listen, the team announced plans Tuesday to create two outdoor movie theaters at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. One will be an open-air theatre outside the team's home stadium, while the other will be a drive-in theatre inside the stadium that can accommodate up to 230 vehicles. According to a news release, the theatres will showcase classic Miami Dolphin content from the team's 54-year history, motion picture films, hosted commencement ceremonies and other events.

First of all. Well, they'll do movies that the Miami Dolphins are in, not just movies about- Oh, Aventura? Yeah, that's the first thing came to my mind, too. Where they sold the dolphin?

First thing came to my mind. We spent several weeks planning this. Laces out, Dan. We spent several weeks planning this to be able to provide people with a safe option to go out and enjoy movies, classic Dolphin contents, concerts, and celebrate 2020 graduates.

Look, Miami's a mess anyways. " Garfinkel? Garfinkel. Garfinkel?

Garfinkel as Einhorn? G-A-R-F-I-N-K-E-L, Garfinkel. Garfinkel as Einhorn. Yes.

That sounds very familiar. Finkel is Einhorn. That's when Ace Ventura determined that she was a dude. Oh!

She was the field goal. Oh, so they used a real name? Oh, for fuck's sake, Mike. Listen, here's the problem.

If you're from Florida, I'm from South Florida most of my life. Yes. You call it Joe Robbie Stadium. Well, I'm from Central Florida.

It doesn't get called anything else. It's not Dolphin Stadium. It's not Hard Rock Stadium. Not Hard Rock Stadium.

Because the Hard Rock apparently bought it. Not any of that shit. It's Joe Robbie Stadium. Like here, they don't call it the arena anymore.

What's it called here now? I have no idea. I'm not from here. See what I did there?

It's right. They provide options for everyone where they can be safely, sociable, distant, and socially present at the same time. As Florida begins to reopen, Governor Rob DeSantis said earlier this month Last month, he was hesitant to reopen indoor theaters, although he said drive-in theaters are 100% fine. The Dolphin said food and beverages will be available-- Governor DeSantis?

Yes. I like this Governor DeSantis. He's a good guy. I like him too.

The Dolphin said food and beverages will be-- we should have him on the show. He looks like he put on like a solid 20, 30 pounds of-- Oh, the Corona 19. Yeah. He looks like the Corona 30.

Let's see back. Food and beverage will be available for delivery at the stadium theaters through an online ordering The online ordering and payment system. Restrooms will also be available for use. Oh, they're going to open the bathrooms.

Is there an app for the bathrooms? No, you go pee in the bathroom. Like a virtual line? You go pee in the bathroom.

A stadium virtual line in order to continue the social distancing. Maybe just pee in your car. Yeah, like if you go to a football game, you got to pee. I want to see how that's regulated.

Every other urinal? It's going to piss off a lot of people. Is there not the trough system at the Joe Robbie Stadium? I feel like that's kind of like a circa 1980s thing.

Oh, so as they remodeled, they took that out? As times have passed. Not sanitary? I just feel like it's kind of weird.

You know what's funny? It's funny that you bring that shit up, because a buddy of mine, growing up, he was a bigger kid. I mean, a little fat, but he was bigger. Yes.

Big Jets fan. So, Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, AFC East Conference, you know, they play, they always play a home game. Right. So, one day they went to the, uh, to the, uh oh.

Oh, who is it? Anybody want to put on the show? It's my wife. Put her on the show.

Are you going to answer it on the show? Um, I mean, she's very angry with me right now. Oh, perfect, put her on the show. Okay, I'll put her on.

Make sure I talk about this story, and we'll get to the hour. Hello? You're on speakerphone for the podcast. It looks like there was no spelling errors in your text.

Thank you. That's it? See, I told you she's angry. Very angry.

Very angry. What do you do? What do you do now? I was ignoring her for your text.

Yeah, I don't understand how you respond to a text. I respond to that text, and then it's fucking radio silence from you. I didn't see the text! I'm doing the puns!

You have a watch on! It doesn't go off sometimes, I told you this. There was multiple tests. There was knives set.

I don't understand how to issue it. Can you call and yell at him every week? This is great. I have to go.

Bye, Michael. Love you, Brittany! Love you. Love you, bye.

Bye. Well, she didn't say she loved me this time. No, she doesn't love you. She was so nice to me Friday night.

I kept filling her wine book glass and everything. So... Like her personal waiter. I think that back then they had the trough.

Yes. Okay, so... You know, this kid's like 13 years old. But he probably looks like he's 16 or 17.

Gotcha. And fucking some dolphin fans are a little shit-faced, they walk in and... He's got a jet shirt on. And he's peeing at the urinal.

And the guy yells, "Hey, Jets fan! " To this little fucking kid. " I mean how fucked is that, so I think that's kind of why they went away from the trough, because people get drunk and they're fucking, you know, like... " You know, you fucking know that it, that impacted him for the rest of his life, because I didn't hear that story...

Yeah, now he probably has issues. I didn't hear that story until he was in his late 20s, early 30s. Oh wow. I'm like, holy shit.

Like, who the fuck would say something like that to a kid? Yeah. No, he's traumatized. Traumatized for life.

Goes up to his wife. Honey, is my dick okay? So now that's why I don't like anybody in the AFC East except the New England Patriots. Oh, I thought you were going to say, no, you don't like anybody to your dick.

Oh, yeah. Was it you? Were you the child, Michael? I'm not a Jets fan.

You might have been back then. I don't know. Nah, you don't. No, you don't shift.

How could I possibly shift from Jets to New England? Maybe you shift from New England to Tampa Bay. I did not have a logical explanation for that. Maybe that was the moment you switched because the Miami Dolphin guy made fun of you peepee.

Maybe. " See, I should have never taken that phone call because now you're all amped up and you're going to tee off on me as well. You're lucky. I was going to yell, "He's been ignoring you.

" He's answering everybody else's text messages today. I think when I put this on silent, my watch doesn't go off, it's weird. I don't know why, I have not changed any settings on my phone, but my wife's text messages I don't get announced that they're there. I wonder if Apple's running some kind of statistic thing.

For husbands to mute the wives? I wonder how fast we can uprate the divorce ratio. By cutting these things out. That motherfucker never responds to me.

Oh, you wanna see something cool on your phone? I don't know. Come on, we got 10 minutes. Alright.

Go to your settings. Okay. Go to privacy. Okay.

Okay, let me have it real quick. It's easier than telling you everything. No. I'm not gonna change anything.

No, I don't trust you. I'm on privacy. Okay, now turn here so I can see it real quick. Okay, scroll all the way down.

There'll be a little... What's the last one? Advertising? No, no.

There's one that says... Analytics and improvements? No. There's one that says something about locations that says here something, I don't know, just let me see it real quick.

Motions and fitness? Let me see it real quick. Location services? Okay, hit that.

That's the top. Maybe it's not the top one. Okay, now maybe go to the bottom, it'll say something like places you go recently, some form of that, somewhere near that, the bottom. A gray arrow indicates that an item has been used, your location in the last 24 hours?

No. A purple arrow indicates that an item has recently used your location. Don't read any of that, okay, maybe it's not all the way down to the bottom. At the bottom.

System Services? No. Anyway, you're, just let me have it real quick. I don't do anything.

I don't trust you. Oh, so you have the newest phone. This could be just a little different. Everything is so small.

Location Services, Location Alerts. Let's see, yours is a little different. Maybe it's System Services. Oh, it is, it is, it is on yours.

Oh my God. Yeah, like, I'm giving you 10 seconds. Nope, it's right here. Oh, you got to do your face to open that up.

Hit the button again. Did it open? Yes. Okay.

Now, your phone now is tracking everywhere you go regularly to send you ads and information about things you go to. Look, those are all the places you go to often. It tells you how many times, what day you were there and everything. Apple is logging that information.

You go to the top, you can turn that off, just that specifically function off. Okay, alright. Significant. Off.

Turn off. Isn't that weird? Not today, Isis. Exactly.

Clear history. Yep. Significant locations cannot be cleared. Then why give me the option?

It's a damn shame that no people are doing this and now you can't do it. Damn shame what they did to that dog. Alright, now that we covered that. I thought it was neat.

I saw that on social media somewhere. It's terrible. It's terrible. Alright, we're 51 minutes.

You got anything else? Let's call your wife back. Did you text me? I was joking, don't call her back.

I think it'd be funny. Go ahead. I mean, shit. Open up the doghouse.

She's not going to answer. She's not going to answer. Hey, we're still podcasting, I just wanted to make sure that you're good and you don't need anything else. You're a fucking asshole.

Let me explain something to you. Okay, I've watched these fucking podcasts before I haven't seen them in a while because I'm home with these children. You're constantly looking at your watch, looking at your phone. Always.

Always is. Britt, always. Exactly. Exactly.

I mean, it's at home. It's attached to your hand. So when I text you and you don't respond, it makes me very angry. Okay.

Could you get my wife on the phone? I had the same speech. So I saw the first text. I didn't see the other text.

So I'm sorry. You didn't see the other five. I get it. It happened.

They must have came through so fast, that you were not alerted that they were there. Welcome to my world! Never answers any of mine either. Maybe that was the case.

Okay, well, I have to go, Michael. I love you. Yeah, love you. Goodbye.

Bye. There you go. There's an extra minute of fucking me getting chewed out. Anything else?

Anything else you wanna call? I love her. Alright, we're gonna go now. All right, you happy now?

Stretched it. My name is Michael Szczeponkiewicz, and this is my life. All right, guys. We'll see you in about 20 minutes on the Patreon.

Bye. Bye. Just to confirm, Mike Palmer is better than me. Yes.

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Hi, I'm doing, I'm Husto-E-Raw. Yeah, we just don't have to do a single podcast ever again. Perfect. I'm good, Mike and Mike, how are you guys doing?

The Hojo D. Hojo, it's the Hojo. Demandre. You didn't even let him fuck it up all the way.

I couldn't get past Hojo! I don't even have to try to hit the record. He's not even going to try. We're going to cover a lot of ground here, Mike.

All right. Try to keep up. That's a sign of a good podcast. You'd be like four cigars when I walked in a door.

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