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Alright folks, put the download button on our survivalist podcast.
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So folks, I do apologize. There’s been no show since Thanksgiving week, I believe, or the week after Thanksgiving.
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I do apologize for that.
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I have just been, we have just been crazy busy with the holidays and I’ve been under the weather.
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I had like a bronchitis or something and I just could not, I had like no voice. I didn’t feel bad, I really didn’t.
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I felt fine, but I just could not, I just could not speak. It was unbelievable.
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I’m sure my wife probably enjoyed that.
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But, you know, it’s one of those things that, let me tell you, I was taking that, I wrote an article up on the site, survivalinfo.org
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about how I take, I think, vitamin C every day and the ritual I’m on for these, for vitamins.
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And I’ve got to tell you, generally I do get over things.
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Every time I start taking vitamin C, I do see myself getting over stuff a lot faster.
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But, you know, just the bronchitis, I could not get over that.
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And then we were busy with the holidays.
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And then I was going to record a couple days and I just, the weather was unbelievably bad.
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And I was traveling those days, so I couldn’t do it. I was traveling, it’s just unbelievable.
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I said to my wife, my gosh, you know, the holiday weeks, coming up into the holidays and all that,
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it’s just, it’s unbelievable how crazy it is. I think Christmas should be every other year.
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I mean, it’s unbelievable how just crazy busy you get around the holidays. It’s just, it’s unbelievable.
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So folks, you know, we had that.
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All those two folks like to say, if you want to support the show, you can go to survivalinfo.org.
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All that money goes into hosting and the site and all that.
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Like I said, I’m not taking any paycheck or anything like that from this, trust me.
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But, I would like to point out too, folks, if you go to techgeekdeals.com,
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that’s another host, another site that I host.
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It’s all different tech Amazon deals that I’ve actually, I’ve actually tried all that stuff on there, believe it or not.
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And all that. So if you go to techgeekdeals.com, that helps support the show as well.
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And does help, you know, me pay for the hosting and all that, so I can really continue to do this.
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So I appreciate that.
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Also too, folks, I’d like to say thank you very much for going through the,
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looking at our subscriber numbers and our listener numbers.
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Everything’s up compared to what it was, you know, a couple weeks ago and all that.
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So I do appreciate everybody. The show just keeps getting bigger and bigger, and I really do appreciate that.
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I do enjoy doing the show.
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Like I said, you know, honestly, I’m not making any money on this, but I do enjoy doing it, so I appreciate that.
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So, OP the Wonder Dog and I are coming back.
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We actually went out, I’ll tell you, this is a rare day off for me.
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You know, I’m usually traveling for my business or, you know, doing something on the homestead.
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But rare day off for OP and I. I got to take him out on his first.
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We actually have Cottontails going on right now.
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And I actually got to go out with him a little bit.
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He’s definitely got a lot to learn.
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I was putting him on the rabbit tracks myself.
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I have a rabbit’s foot I’ve been having him play with the last week or two.
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I try to gear him up.
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We actually, we didn’t really get anything, but I didn’t really see much rabbit tracks to begin with.
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Usually I do go hunting around this place, and I usually do see quite a few rabbits.
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And I really didn’t see any. I did see some around deer season, but I did not see much today when OP and I were out.
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We went out for a couple hours and I had to put him on the rabbit tracks a few times.
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Once I put him on the tracks he started really getting it.
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So, you know, I had him built too. I also had him on a leash.
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You know, a 20 or 30 foot leash.
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You know, I didn’t have him loose yet. He’s not ready for that yet.
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He’s still a little too young for that.
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I do have the GPS collar that goes up to five or 800 feet.
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It’s a track of them. I still have that. But, you know, I have all that stuff.
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So I have all of it ready for him.
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But right now it’s just, right now I’ve got him on the leash right now.
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He’s just not ready. I know a lot of people when they go rabbit hunting, they just let the dog go and just follow him around.
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You know, the dog kind of does the work.
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He’s still a little young, you know, I’m still training him.
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But we’re getting there. We’re getting there.
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So, and we went out, like I said, you know, you put him on the track.
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The way I find it the best to teach a hunting dog for rabbits is you actually have the hunter have to put him on the tracks.
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And then once he kind of gets the knack of it, after all, he’ll start finding the tracks himself.
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The main thing is, like I said, buy a rabbit’s foot and give him a rabbit’s foot to play with.
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And, you know, that kind of gets them started.
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You know, when I’ve trained dogs to do bird hunting, I usually will get a couple of fake birds from, you know, Field and Stream or online or whatever.
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And, you know, throw them and have him retrieve and throw a little further, throw a little further.
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You know, start really getting the dog used to retrieving and mouthing and all that and grabbing them and all that.
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It’s a lot of patience, folks.
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Those of you that think training a hunting dog is going to be a one, two, three thing, trust me when I tell you it’s a ton of work.
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And, you know, don’t be shocked if it doesn’t go the way you planned it the first couple of times you go out.
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But it’s a lot of fun, especially if you’re going around rabbit hunting, bringing the dog with you.
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It really does make it a little bit easier.
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Also, when you go bird hunting, you know, if you’re shooting and you get a bird, having the dog go and retrieve it, it really, you know, it really makes the hunt a lot more enjoyable for you.
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And the dog really enjoys it as well.
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I know myself, my other dog, he lived for going hunting.
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And, you know, I remember a buddy of mine, when we used to take the dog and he used to retrieve it all, it first made it really enjoyable for us.
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You know, he was a hunter having to shoot all the birds and then go and retrieve them and all that.
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It’s a lot of freaking work.
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So that’s what the dog is for.
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You can also, too, they also have places, folks, by the way, that you can rent dogs.
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I was pointing that out.
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A friend of mine who doesn’t have a lot of money, he wanted to get a hunting dog.
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And his wife and him are a little tight on money right now.
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They’re raising a couple of kids.
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So I said, well, you know, you have places you can rent a dog.
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So I was showing them a couple of places you can actually rent a dog.
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And it’s not expensive.
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They charge you, but they show you what to do.
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And that’s like $25, $30 for the day, or four hours, however long.
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Some places do it a little bit differently.
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But you can actually rent a dog that’s already trained and, you know, all that.
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It really depends on you and the person.
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I know up here in Pennsylvania this year is the first year you can actually use leased dogs to find deer.
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If you shoot a deer and you can’t find it, you can actually bring your leased dog out with you and help find it.
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There’s a lot of things going on right now with that.
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It’s pretty cool.
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Like I said, I always like beagles.
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I think they’re probably one of the best rabbit hunters out there.
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Like I said, I like to bring him out for bird season, too.
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But I want to start with rabbits first because they’re a little bit easier to train them.
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And then once you get used to doing those things and kind of get used to hunting and being out in the woods and all that,
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then we’ll go ahead and go from there.
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One of these two I’d like to point out, too, it’s a little bit cold this time of year up here.
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So we’re okay.
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But if you are going to bring your dog out into the woods, they’re going to be going through the brush and all that kind of stuff.
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I recommend getting either some kind of flea or tick prevention collar for them because,
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especially not so much this time of year when it’s cold,
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but when you’re going to go out for cottontails and stuff and birds in the spring, obviously that’s when you’re going to have all the ticks.
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And obviously you want to keep the dog as healthy as possible.
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So I recommend that.
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But like I said, he was — like I said, once I got him on the tracks, he was doing pretty good.
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Like I said, he didn’t really come across anything.
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But then again, I didn’t really see anything either.
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I only found a couple of tracks.
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I don’t know, maybe if this time of year, maybe the cottontails are picked pretty good or what happens.
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I mean, the small game is open from now until the end of February in Pennsylvania.
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So we’ll probably go out a couple more times for rabbits.
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We went out for about an hour or two. It’s a little bit cold today.
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So him and I went out for just a little bit just to kind of get him to wear him out a little bit so he gets a little exercise.
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Me too. I need a little exercise as well.
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So we don’t really get many days off.
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So today was a good day for that.
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So I went ahead and did all that.
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There’s a lot of small game right now.
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Right now I’m just doing the rabbit thing.
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There’s so many different ones we have coming up right now.
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Small game wise.
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I mean, it’s unbelievable how many different small game seasons there are.
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And it’s really up to you what you want to do.
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I mean, you can take the dog almost on any small game hunt.
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They’ll enjoy it.
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Like I said, I mostly do rabbits and birds.
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You know, pheasant.
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I like to do ducks.
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I like to do, like I said, rabbit.
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Those are my big ones.
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There’s a bunch of them as I go out.
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I can’t think of them all top of my head, but I do have the book.
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And I’ll make a point.
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Trapping season opens up too relatively soon here.
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I’m not sure I’m going to do trapping this year.
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Only because I’m not sure I’m going to have the time.
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Plus too, I’m trying to train Opie.
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So I may not do trapping this year.
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It really depends on my schedule.
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I will say one thing though, folks.
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Up in PA here, I’m not sure it is in your state.
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Just because you have a hunting license does not mean you have a fur taker’s license.
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So if you are interested in fur taking, folks, you may want to go ahead and check.
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Like I said, up here, a hunting license and a fur taker’s license are two different things.
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So make sure you go ahead, folks, and you check your state you’re in and check your listings and all that.
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And make sure some states you only need a hunting license.
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A general hunting license is a trap.
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But in PA, you actually do need a…you actually do need a trap’s license.
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So it’s a fur taker’s license.
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So it’s a little bit different up here.
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But try to make sure that you know your town, you know your area, you know your state.
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So you don’t want to end up with a fine or even lose your hunting license.
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So just something to think about there.
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Also, two folks, a couple things I did want to talk about.
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So for those of you that have been talking to me, tweeting, my Twitter, KB3YUA,
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you know, they’ll be talking and stuff like that.
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You know, we were talking about…I actually have been on…we’ve been talking about diet and all that.
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I’m actually right now on Weight Watchers via the app right now because I’ve got to lose some weight.
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I’m way overweight and actually having some issues with some blood pressure and stuff like that.
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But a couple people have pointed out Keto.
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And you know, a bunch of people had luck with that.
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Leo Laporte, he’s on the Tech Podcast Network.
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He’s on a Keto diet. He’s doing really good with that.
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A couple other handful of people that I know are on that.
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Keto, popular celebrities.
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Who else is on Keto?
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I think it’s on…I think even like maybe Paul Theraud and a couple other guys have been doing the Keto diet.
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And also too, I think a couple of the guys over at the Prepper Network and some of that are actually on that too.
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I’m actually…I actually…I tried Keto. It’s just not for me.
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I can’t really…The thing I liked about doing…the thing I like about doing Weight Watchers is I can actually go ahead and eat what I want.
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And as long as I keep track of the points on the app, I’m pretty good.
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I’m kind of…with my hectic schedule, it’s kind of tough for me to pre-plan meals on that.
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I try, but it’s hard. So with this, I can’t eat what I want as long as I stay under my point limit.
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So that’s something I wanted to point out as well.
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So you really got to make sure that if you’re going to go on a diet…
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And dieting is actually important guys.
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Kevin Smith, he’s one of the guys that’s on Weight Watchers right now.
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And so is…well I think there’s a couple other musicians that are on that.
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And diet’s really important.
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A lot of people…the reason why I went on…a couple buddies of mine…
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A buddy of mine recently had some heart issues.
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He’s a young guy like me.
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And almost…he’s a little older than me, but he’s not even…I think he just turned 40.
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He’s having heart problems.
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And another buddy of mine, you know, he’s in his 30s, had to have a step put in.
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You know, so it’s one of those things where, you know, I’m one of those…
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Like, I got to eat healthier.
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And I got to lose weight. You know, I got two kids and all that.
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And I want to be around for them as long as I can.
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So, you know, it doesn’t really…you know, the only thing is it does stink that you’re…
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You know, you got to…I mean, just think, watch it.
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You have to watch what you eat. I agree with you on that.
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But, you know, when you really look at it, if you are going to be doing some homesteading…
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And stuff like that, most of these programs, you can eat as much fruit and vegetables as you want.
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For the most part.
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So that might be something too, if you are looking at a diet.
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You might want to look at keto.
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If you are doing that, because a lot of people can do keto if they’re, you know, massive homesteaders.
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Because everything you are growing is going to be able to be eaten.
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But fruit, vegetables, plants, all that stuff is all going to be able to be eaten on keto.
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So if you are looking to possibly do some sort of diet, you may actually want to think about looking into the keto diet.
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Because you may actually, if you are homesteading, you may be able actually to use that.
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And it may work, you know, perfectly for you in your space.
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So that’s something, just something for you guys to think about going forward.
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Because I know a bunch of guys talked about different kinds of diets and all that stuff you can do.
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I know there’s all…you know, that’s the only thing I told my wife about diet plans is there’s just so many of them.
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And you don’t know which one’s good, which one’s bad, and some of them are racket, some of them aren’t.
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So, you know, it’s one of those things where you just got to find what one works for you, what fits your lifestyle, and go from there.
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But like I said, a lot of people, a lot of homesteaders are doing keto.
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And that’s easy working out really well.
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Some people I know are doing low carb diets.
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Those work out really well if you’re homesteading because obviously most people that are homesteading are eating fruit, vegetables, meats.
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They’re not eating much carbs, so that works out well for them.
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You know, a low carb diet is kind of tough if you’re Italian that likes pasta. You know what I’m trying to say?
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But like I said, I’ve been doing the Weight Watchers thing right now.
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And Kevin Smith is on that.
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And I was reading about him doing it.
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And he was saying that he eats potatoes and he eats corn and all this kind of stuff.
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And it really helped him tremendously lose a lot of weight.
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And he’s doing free foods because you’re allowed to eat apples and fruits and all that.
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And those are free foods.
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So it’s basically just eating anything that you can eat, any plant or any fruit.
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It’s basically the processed stuff you’ve got to stay away from.
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So even that is even, you know, that’s the way you actually should be eating.
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And that’s the way you’re going to eat if you’re a homesteader and all that kind of stuff.
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And you know, you don’t hear much about cholesterol and all that kind of stuff back with the older people.
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Because back then they ate real food.
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There wasn’t this much processing. There wasn’t prepackaged stuff.
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There wasn’t all this.
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Our grandparents, you know, they didn’t have cholesterol problems.
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Because why? They didn’t eat processed foods.
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You didn’t go out to eat as much back then.
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You were home at night to eat dinner.
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Somebody was home to cook your meals.
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You didn’t have both parents working.
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You had to throw something together real quick.
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All this stuff really does make a difference in our diets and how we eat and how we live.
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And a lot of people don’t realize that.
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And a lot of people say, “My grandparents never had cholesterol problems.”
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Yeah, because they ate right.
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That’s the difference, you know.
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And people don’t realize that.
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The older people didn’t have cholesterol because they weren’t, you know, both people didn’t have to work and all that.
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And it wasn’t like it is nowadays.
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I brought this up before in another podcast.
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But, you know, back in the day, you know, before the way things are now, you know, nowadays we work to support our households.
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Back then, okay, the household supported you.
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You know, you farm the land.
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The land that you own paid for itself.
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The, you know, all that, you know, that was the way it was back then.
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You know, now it’s the opposite direction.
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We work to support the house, where back then your house and your land supported you.
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You know, it’s totally different than it was years ago.
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Also true, you have a lot of people that have, both parents have to work now.
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With the economy and everything going crazy the way it is, you know, both parents have to work now.
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And we’ve started getting into this prepackaged, preprocessed, pre-stuffed food.
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And it’s become very unhealthy for everybody.
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You know, and it’s a big problem.
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And a lot of people now are having cholesterol issues and heart procedures and all that from eating crappy food.
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And fortunately, that’s the way our society has become.
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Everything’s quick and go.
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You know, for a prime example, McDonald’s didn’t plan on making America fat.
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It saw a problem and found a need and made a business because of it.
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It wasn’t their fault.
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And if you look at hamburgers and stuff of McDonald’s back in the day compared to what they are now,
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now it’s designed to maximize profit.
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Where back in the day it was there, you know, McDonald’s was really more concerned about quality control and stuff like that.
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So it’s a little bit different now.
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So that’s something I wanted to point out.
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Also, two folks, a couple things I want to talk about too.
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I don’t usually try to talk about politics that much.
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But if you’re watching the news and all, you see what’s going on.
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It’s been all over the internet, all over the television, all over that.
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Where Congress voted to, you know, impeach Trump.
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Now it’s going to go to the Senate, which is going to be majority Republican.
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And I just think this is becoming one big joke.
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The same thing the Republicans did to Clinton back in the 90s.
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Now the Democrats are doing it to the Republicans.
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It’s just unbelievable and it’s just so blown out of hand.
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It’s so blown out of proportion.
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Yeah, I don’t care if you’re what side of the fence you’re on, Democrat or Republican, that doesn’t matter to me.
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But, you know, it’s just, it’s so ridiculous in the sense that it’s, nothing is going to change.
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I mean, it’s not. He’s never going to get impeached. He’s never going to be taken into office. I doubt it very much so.
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The only reason why it worked, you know, Nixon resigned, you know, so all that.
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It’s not going to, you know, people are saying that they’re going to take him out of the White House in handcuffs and all that.
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It’s not going to happen. And if he for some reason would get impeached, the Vice President will pardon him.
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So it’s such a joke. It’s unbelievable.
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And, you know, it’s just becoming one of these things that it’s just, you know, now they’re going, now the Congress is mostly Democrat.
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Now it’s going to go to the Senate, which is mostly Republican, and they’re going to say no and this whole thing’s going to get dropped.
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I think, you know, it’s a lot of it is just trying to do a smear campaign. The Republicans try to do it to Clinton.
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They tried to do it before Clinton was president. They tried to do a massive smear campaign on Clinton before he was president.
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That didn’t work out for them.
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They tried to do it when he was president. They tried to impeach, get him impeached over the whole thing with Monica Lewinsky, which is another joke and a half.
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And, you know, it just got just so ridiculously out of hand.
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And, you know, I didn’t agree with it when the Republicans did it to the Democrats, you know, and Clinton.
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I don’t agree with what they’re doing with Trump. It’s basically just a big political jockeying game.
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It has nothing to do with us, the people. It has everything to do with them trying to win the election in 2020.
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It’s a political move. It has nothing to do with, it’s not going to, you know, it’s just, it’s not helping the American people.
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It’s basically, it’s keeping them from getting anything else done. It’s keeping them from the bigger issues.
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It’s keeping them from trying to pass any of his bills, trying to do anything that really, you know,
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it’s all a political game. It has nothing to do with us, the American people.
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It has everything to do with them carving the world out to make it a little bit better for them, trying to get themselves reelected,
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trying to get themselves in a position of higher power. That’s all politics, that’s all that politics down in Washington right now
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is just one big dog and pony show for the 2020 election. That’s all it is.
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It’s not, it’s nothing that’s going to change anything for the American public because the truth is, no matter what happens,
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if they get him out of office, Pence is going to take over right where he left off. It’s not going to change anything.
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And they’re going to try to smear him, which is not going to work because the people that follow him don’t care.
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They’re going to vote for him either way, no matter, even if he gets away with it, they say, “Oh, we speared him all over the news.”
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It’s a big deal. I mean, the old saying is any press is good press. So, and the people that are going to vote for him
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are going to vote for him no matter what. It’s not going to change a thing. It’s a big joke.
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And that’s my, I really feel that way. It’s just a big joke. So, it’s just a bunch of rich guys in Washington
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that make more than any of us will ever make, that make decisions that affect our lives, that affects the taxpayers,
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that they don’t care about us, they care about themselves. That’s just the way I feel.
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So, it’s just really one big joke. Like I said, I don’t talk politics very much, but it’s kind of getting annoying to see this where,
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I mean, it’s basically, it’s not about us, it’s about them, them trying to get into more positions of power,
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them trying to jockey for election, them trying to jockey for this, trying to do that.
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It’s all a bunch of rich guys that make more money than we do, better healthcare than we do,
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and all trying to improve their families, their power, their money, their situations.
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They’re all in some way, they’re all in any way liars and crooked and all that.
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I don’t trust a single politician. I don’t care who they are. I don’t trust any of that.
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I mean, I think, I mean, it’s all a game. They have to be elected leaders, and I think that’s great,
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but to a certain degree, they’re all in somebody’s pockets, and maybe just take somebody to a podcast
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and saying that out loud for everybody to hear that and understand that, because, I mean, that’s kind of what it is.
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I mean, and nothing’s going to change. I mean, it’s not. Nothing’s going to change.
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No matter what they do, nothing’s going to change. So, I mean, it’s one big joke, and it’s, like I said,
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it’s all in everybody’s, everybody’s in everybody’s pocket, everybody’s bought and paid for by somebody.
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They don’t care about the people. They care about themselves and their agendas passed and all that,
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because that’s what it’s about. It’s about positioning themselves for the next election.
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That’s what everything in Washington is about. They don’t understand what the American people go through.
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They don’t understand that. They just understand, you know, they don’t, that’s it. It’s all a big joke.
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So, I’m sorry to talk politics, folks, but I just had to get that off my chest for everybody to hear,
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because, you know, I think it is the, I think, you know, that’s my feelings on it.
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No matter what side of the fence you’re on, you and me all get up every day and go to work
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and go to the grind and all that, and they take our money and do whatever they want with it,
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not what we want them to do with it. So, but some of these folks, I would like to bring up
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just a couple of quick things, folks. I’m not trying things that I don’t want to,
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I’m not trying to, you know, get any more politics, but I just want to point something out.
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Somebody had sent me a message the other day. They know I’m a big bow hunter, archery hunter.
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They asked me what kind of bow I used. I actually have been using a PSE for hunting.
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It’s lighter. I found it a little bit easier to carry, some of that. I like it.
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So my versatile looks a little bit cooler. I’ve been using my Hoyt for competition
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when I was shooting competition bow. I have not done that in a while.
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I used to. I don’t right now. There’s a place up here called the Hunter’s Gallery.
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I actually used to shoot bow there every week. I was in a league.
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I have not been doing that this year only because I’ve got other things going on right now,
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but I mostly use a Hoyt for competition shooting and for hunting.
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Some of the archery stuff I was doing at the Hunter’s Gallery, I was using the PSE too
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because it was just lighter, easier, faster.
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I used mostly a PSE as an everyday user. I do use a Hoyt for competition shooting.
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Like I said, I have not done competition shooting in a while.
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I use the carbon fiber arrows. I have the aluminum arrows for the Hoyt.
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I don’t really use them. I like the carbon fiber ones personally.
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I find they’re lighter. They’re faster. I think it really depends what you want to do with it.
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By the way, those of you guys that like to go hunting, they do have the new thing now
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where you can put it on the end of the arrow. When you actually shoot and then it will hit.
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If you don’t hit anything, it will actually spark. Not spark, but turn an LED light on kind of thing.
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That’s where you can actually see what the heck you were, you know, you can find the arrow.
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I never really understood why they make arrows and stuff camouflage because, I don’t know,
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I just don’t, it makes it a lot harder to see in the woods.
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Same thing with people that walk around with the woods with a camouflage, you know,
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OtterBox on their cell phone. It just makes it harder when you drop it in the woods to find it.
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So I always pointed that out as well.
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So a couple people asked me that question. They asked me what I was using rifle wise.
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I haven’t really rifle hunted in a while. I will be when I go out bird hunting.
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But like I said, right now, I haven’t really rifle hunted in a while. I mostly archery hunt.
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Like I said, I do have a rifle, but I have not been out with it in quite a long time.
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I’m probably going to have to have a service and all that before I go out with it.
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But I do have a rifle for bird hunting. Like I said, I haven’t really gone bird hunting in quite a while.
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I’m actually way overdue for that.
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So, but yeah, like I said, that is, I will actually, that actually will get that service and oiled up and all that before I actually go out.
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Like I said, I haven’t really gone gun hunting in a while.
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Like I said, I will probably, you know, have all that service before I go out.
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And, you know, like I said, I haven’t really gone gun hunting in a while.
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So I’ve been doing a lot with archery just because I’ve been enjoying it a lot.
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I don’t get to go out as much as I’d like to. But when I do go out, I do like to do the archery stuff.
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So I’ve been doing the bow stuff a lot.
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So, somebody asked, somebody did send a tweet and asked me, I just want to go through my tweets here.
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Because you guys did send me some questions the last couple of weeks and I haven’t had a chance to answer them.
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Somebody asked what kind of food I’m feeding Lopey.
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I’ve been doing the blue food, you can find it at Wal-Mart.
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I’ve used that for most of my dogs.
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The reason why I’ve used that is because most of the dogs I’ve had that have been on that have usually been very healthy.
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So I’ve actually been using that right now.
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It’s not cheap, I will say that. It’s actually probably the most expensive food I’ve seen at Wal-Mart when I go.
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But like I said, I’ve been using the blue food. It does keep him…
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So far so good he’s having any problems with it or anything like that.
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But I’ve been using the blue food.
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And like I said, it’s pretty expensive stuff. It’s not cheap.
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But he likes it and for the most part I’ve had really good luck with it with all my other dogs.
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So I’ve been sticking to that.
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Like I said, it’s a blue bag.
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I think it’s Blue Mountain, but they call it blue. It says blue right on it.
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It’s a blue bag, you can’t miss it.
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Like I said, it’s not cheap, but I’ve used it for all my dogs and they’ve all been pretty healthy.
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So knock on wood, let’s hope this does the same for him.
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A couple of people asked me about Opie.
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A couple of questions I got about dogs. Let me see if I can find the one I had.
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I should have had these all written out already.
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Somebody asked me about the chip. I actually did have him chipped.
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I bought the lifetime subscription for the chip.
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I don’t know if you guys know that, but if you do have your dog chipped,
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you will have to buy a subscription to the company that actually provides the thing.
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So if somebody would actually go ahead and look for him.
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There actually is a chip in him.
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However, just because you have your dog chipped, doesn’t mean it’s always going to work.
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In the sense that you have to pay a subscription.
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They either have $25 a year or $70 or $80 for a lifetime.
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So I usually, depending on the dog and the age of the dog, obviously Opie is a puppy.
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So I got him for the lifetime.
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But what that actually is folks, is they chip him.
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What you have to do is activate the chip and then the subscription you pay.
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If somebody would catch him and would actually scan the chip,
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and this chip wasn’t registered, it would say call whatever.
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They would call you and say, “Hey, we think somebody found your dog,
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but the chip isn’t activated. You want to activate it and see maybe if this is your dog.”
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I know it’s not the greatest system in the world to do, but it is the next thing.
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I also have a dog tag on him and a collar on him to help in case somebody doesn’t have a chip reader.
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I don’t, it’s RFI and all that obviously.
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I do have a chip reader and all that.
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Plus I also have dog tags on him with my phone number, his name, our address, all that stuff.
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I wanted to point that out as well because it’s really important.
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A couple people that asked me about that, like I said, I do actually have them chipped and all that.
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In Pennsylvania when you do take dogs out in the woods, you do actually have to have the GPS collar on them.
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If they catch you with it, it’s actually a fine. Without it, it’s actually fine.
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I actually do have that. Like I said, I had them on a leash so I didn’t have that.
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If you have them on a leash, you don’t have to have that.
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I actually have it for my other dog. I actually kept it, but I have not used it yet.
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But I do have that as well.
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If you’re going to take your dog out in the woods, I would recommend definitely have them.
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I would like to have just a little more safety. I actually have his name on a collar.
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Then also too, like I said, I have a chip in him and also have the GPS thing on him as well when he’s out in the woods.
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I have three things to try to keep him from getting lost.
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If he does get lost, hopefully somebody will find him and he has all that info on him.
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Obviously if he loses his collar, he’s got the chip on him.
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So, as far as taking your dog out, yes, you do have to be extra careful with that kind of stuff.
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I am really careful with that. I do appreciate everybody’s concern with that.
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I talked about, there was a question on here, “Why don’t you train him for rabbits?”
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I actually read that and I already answered the question.
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Like I said, I mostly flee that the rabbits put and all that kind of stuff.
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But that was a question, somebody had a question, “How do you train him for rabbits?”
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I talked about the rabbits, putting them on the tracks and all that already.
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Somebody did ask that question on my Twitter.
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By the way folks, I love all the Twitter questions I’m getting. I really love it.
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Again, my Twitter, KB3YUA. I will absolutely, positively do my best to try to answer those questions when they come in or on the next show.
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If I can, I do apologize for having that show for a couple weeks.
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But like I said, I do love all the questions. I do appreciate that.
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If you have any questions at all, like I said, you can send me on my Twitter @KB3YUA, my ham radio call sign.
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We will eventually, somebody asked about doing a show on ham radio.
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Eventually I probably will go over some of that stuff.
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But right now, it will be a show, don’t worry about that. We’ll talk about it on some show.
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We haven’t done it right this second, so we will though.
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Like I said, I want to thank everybody for listening. Like I said, if we don’t have a show before then, I wish you a Merry Christmas.
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If not, maybe we’ll see you on the next episode.
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Thank you very much. We’ll talk to you either on the next episode.