Budget Travel Hacks, Traveler’s Checks Explained & Zombie Movie Secret 😂🌴 | Sunburnt Ep. 32

**Thomas** (00:00:00:00 - 00:00:28:15): What up everybody? It is the sunburnt podcast where we talk about comedy and tropical travel. This week's episode, we are jumping into budget travel tips. The history of traveler's checks starts last week. We're doing more Guinness Book of World Records records. We are talking about more sunburnt vacation rules and digging into the man himself, Jimmy Buffett's life, to find some untold Buffett facts. **Chip** (00:00:28:18 - 00:00:31:04): This is this is. We're giving them too much, this episode. **Thomas** (00:00:31:04 - 00:00:46:16): It's simply too much. And all you got to do is stick around and watch. You can even like or subscribe whatever you want to do. To my right, as always, is my co-host. You know him from Tires on Netflix. You know him from his stand up special. Move Closer. It's Philadelphia's own chip chantry. **Chip** (00:00:46:18 - 00:00:57:01): And over here to my left is Emmy Award winning writer, producer, and owner of the nation's largest collection of beanie adults, Mister Thomas O'Brien. **Thomas** (00:00:57:06 - 00:01:08:23): Watch out, China! I'm coming for the world's largest collection of beanie adults. Watch out! China! This is the summer podcast where we talk about comedy and tropical travel. Let's get into it, Chip. Let's do. **Chip** (00:01:08:23 - 00:01:10:09): It. **Thomas** (00:01:10:11 - 00:01:11:06): Front desk. **Chip** (00:01:11:11 - 00:01:17:19): Hi, this is Mr. Chantry in room 308. I'd like to make a complaint. My TV remote control is disgusting. **Thomas** (00:01:17:21 - 00:01:21:14): Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Chancery. We'll have somebody come up and clean that right away. **Chip** (00:01:21:16 - 00:01:26:17): No, no, no, it's not dirty. It's just every time I turn the TV on. The Big Bang Theory is playing. **Thomas** (00:01:26:19 - 00:01:28:12): And you're at two and a Half Men guy. **Chip** (00:01:28:12 - 00:01:30:08): Yep. Champ. Tommy. **Thomas** (00:01:30:10 - 00:01:52:15): It is episode 32 of the sunburn podcast, where we talk about comedy and tropical travel. We are sitting pretty. I can't even believe this. 62 days away from Chip Chantry. Is Thanksgiving in Paradise, where we are going with our friends and family to Waikiki to have a week of fun in the sun. And on the Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving. November 26th, you are doing, running your new hour at the Blue Note Comedy Club or the Blue Nut Jazz Club right there in Waikiki. **Chip** (00:02:01:18 - 00:02:19:02): Yeah. It's going to be great. And we're two months out, which is honestly the perfect time to say, you know what? Screw it. This year for Thanksgiving, I'm coming out to Hawaii. Why not come after all? Why? Because you'll have never been away. I can't go away. Yes you can. This is actually, I'm going to talk about some traveling tips. This is potentially the perfect time to book some flights, book some hotels, and just be like, you know what? I'm going to do some crazy. I'm going to Hawaii. We'll see some comedy and, have fun in the sun for a week. **Thomas** (00:02:30:13 - 00:02:34:11): And I actually booked my travel, months in advance. **Chip** (00:02:34:11 - 00:02:36:11): Yeah, you're much more prepared than I am. You're much. **Thomas** (00:02:36:11 - 00:02:51:13): More comfortable. You're a professional traveling stand up comedian. So you book your stuff much later than I did. Pretty recently, actually. And you got yours for cheaper than I did. We're literally on one of the same flights you booked it for cheaper than I did. **Chip** (00:02:51:19 - 00:03:09:03): It's. You ride that weird wave I don't understand how and why airlines do it, but, yeah, the the prices go up, they go down and it's. I, I've seen the movie Wall Street. I know how it works. They were they're all like doing the thing and they're this and that and they're like sell, sell by by. I think that's all made up. **Thomas** (00:03:09:04 - 00:03:30:11): We are buying flights. We're not selling flights. And you did it right. I did it wrong. Which means there's still time for you to get a great deal comparatively. You know, it's not too late. Book your tickets. Come on out. Blue note jazz club. Tickets at Blue Note, hawaii.com, or a sunbird podcast.com. And our tickets section. Don't go for the resellers. It's not helping us out. And you will overpay. So those are the two places to get the official tickets. Chip, we are really, really in the midst of a fantastic episode, and I think we should just jump right into it, buddy. **Chip** (00:03:49:22 - 00:03:53:05): You know, we have to do before we get off to. Let's let's get some slather on right now. **Thomas** (00:03:53:05 - 00:03:54:18): Let's get some slather going. **Chip** (00:03:54:21 - 00:04:04:12): Get some of that sunblock on. We might be in our studios, in our basements, garages, respectively, or whatever, but you don't know what kind of what kind of rays we're getting later today. **Thomas** (00:04:04:12 - 00:04:06:23): If you want to be transported with us. **Chip** (00:04:07:01 - 00:04:09:06): Yes, put put some of that on. **Thomas** (00:04:09:06 - 00:04:15:09): A little Hawaiian tropic or a sunscreen of your choice. Yeah, it's a little bit of summer right in the nostrils. **Chip** (00:04:15:09 - 00:04:17:12): Maybe it's a homemade proprietary blend. **Thomas** (00:04:17:12 - 00:04:25:15): Oh, yeah. All right. If we've got any people out there making their own homebrew sunscreen, hit us up in the comments. Let us know what that's all about. **Chip** (00:04:25:17 - 00:04:34:19): My wife actually made some. It was it wasn't effective at all. She had the blend. She boiled it all together and then I immediately put it on my skin. Ooh. **Thomas** (00:04:34:19 - 00:04:38:12): So that was like a whole different kind of burn. Not necessarily from the sun. **Chip** (00:04:38:14 - 00:04:53:17): No apps? Absolutely not. Yeah. And by the way, before we get started, I made that joke about beanie adults at the. And if you want a horror story, I know, I know, we're coming up towards Halloween. If you want a horror story, go look at the original Cabbage Patch Dolls. **Thomas** (00:04:53:23 - 00:04:58:03): I don't think they ever were like, beautiful items. Weren't they all pretty weird? **Chip** (00:04:58:04 - 00:05:19:18): They're all pretty weird. But the the first ones are horrific. I like horror story fodder. It's it's awful. They were made by this very sweet woman in, I believe, Kentucky or Tennessee. And she just made them out of love and they're kind of crazy. And they were actually larger, too. They were larger than they were. They were like more like children rather than babies. And they're really creepy. And then allegedly, let's say this guy Xavier Roberts came along, saw them and was like a toy collector, antique kind of guy. And he's like, oh, I want to make these blah, blah, blah. And he basically just stole the idea and made his own and then made billions of dollars off of these ugly dolls, leaving this lady sort of in the dust. And, oh, yeah, it's, there, I did a deep dive, for an old podcast on the crazy Cabbage Patch Riots of 1983, and then it went back in history. If you want a full horror story, go learn about Cabbage Patch Kids. **Thomas** (00:05:58:21 - 00:06:16:21): I had no idea. I mean, these kids were already living in a cabbage patch. How great could their lives have been? But to know there was this much strife circulating around it, I also love the idea of a sweet old lady doing her best and just making horrifyingly bad dolls. **Chip** (00:06:16:23 - 00:06:19:16): Yet. And that's that's basically what was happening. **Thomas** (00:06:19:16 - 00:06:33:07): That is so funny to me. Like, I can see that character that's almost somebody out of an Adam Sandler movie. Yeah. It's just like, you know that he does great with the old ladies. It's like this woman is making dolls for people and they are just horrific. **Chip** (00:06:33:07 - 00:06:37:17): They just, like, look like melted candles from hell. Yeah. **Thomas** (00:06:37:19 - 00:06:38:20): I love it, dude. **Chip** (00:06:38:21 - 00:06:55:11): All right, let's let's jump in. We get we don't have time to talk about, Cabbage Patch Kids all day. Or maybe we do. What if this is our highest rated episode and people are like, no, we need more Cabbage Patch talk? Like, what if this just becomes. I mean, hey, look, it's not too late to pull the plug on Hawaii. I don't have to fly out there and do two shows. If it if we get enough comments, let's see if this just becomes a Cabbage Patch Kid history. Podcast. We'll see. Let's see what happens. **Thomas** (00:07:08:08 - 00:07:28:14): Yeah. I mean, only time will tell. The, the other option we have because we do need that breakout episode. Yes, we need that episode that long for. We've had and we've had a lot of success with shorts, a lot of success with, you know, different forms of content. But the episode The South, we need that one episode that gets to 100,000, half a million people. And we've been workshopping a couple of things, telling everybody that we are two retired NFL players is not off the table. **Chip** (00:07:37:08 - 00:07:41:14): Yeah, we've thought about that. I'm growing my beard a little bit longer. **Thomas** (00:07:41:16 - 00:07:46:20): You're growing your beard a little bit longer. We are trying to lift weights, become a little bit stronger. **Chip** (00:07:47:01 - 00:07:48:06): Yes. **Thomas** (00:07:48:08 - 00:07:57:06): For the visuals, we think that might work. We think the New Heights podcast has a lot going for it. And we think we can steal some of that shine potentially. **Chip** (00:07:57:08 - 00:07:58:12): Yes. Yeah. **Thomas** (00:07:58:14 - 00:08:05:03): Or we go all in on the Cabbage Patch thing while wearing Hawaiian shirts there. I mean, those are the two things on the table. **Chip** (00:08:05:08 - 00:08:07:23): Yeah. That's more in our lane. I feel like. **Thomas** (00:08:08:01 - 00:08:09:07): Yeah, definitely let. **Chip** (00:08:09:07 - 00:08:17:13): Us know if you want more Cabbage Patch Kid talk every week. Let us know in the comments. But, you know, we should do let's let's give them something that they want. **Thomas** (00:08:17:14 - 00:08:22:12): Let's give them something to talk about. How was your weekend, man? What did you get into? **Chip** (00:08:22:12 - 00:08:25:22): Speaking of tropical, I was down in the great state of Maryland. **Thomas** (00:08:26:00 - 00:08:27:16): Oh. **Chip** (00:08:27:18 - 00:08:45:19): I was doing. I was working at a conference for teachers. My buddy Jay, we did a workshop for teachers. And we got to see a lot of really actually speaking of Cabbage Patch Kids, you know, so sometimes I work with, like, teachers. Yeah. I used to be a teacher. And what we didn't realize until sort of the. I don't say the last minute, but like, later on, it was for, like, mostly like pre-K, like nursery school teachers. Yeah. And what a wild bunch they are. Like, what a wild, crazy bunch of people they are. And, yeah, we had a good time. It was a it was a good time driving down to beautiful Hagerstown, Maryland. **Thomas** (00:09:02:13 - 00:09:07:17): Was it Maryland or Delaware and Wayne's World, where there in the front of the green screen, like we're. **Chip** (00:09:07:17 - 00:09:10:09): In I should I should know that and I don't. **Thomas** (00:09:10:10 - 00:09:12:13): Well, cut it out. **Chip** (00:09:12:15 - 00:09:16:21): If you have a question about Teen Wolf, please, let me know and I can give you any answer you need. **Thomas** (00:09:16:21 - 00:09:18:21): Who's your favorite teen wolf Fox or babe? **Chip** (00:09:19:01 - 00:09:25:10): I mean, it's it's Fox, hands down. That's not even a question that should be asked. All right, how was your weekend? **Thomas** (00:09:25:12 - 00:09:49:17): A weekend was good. Did, dad was in town. I think we hit the last, like, proper go layout on the beach day of the year here in Southern California. The baby was out there. And also, great news. The baby is getting a sense of humor, love and jokes. She's got the knock knock down, okay? She hits, hits. It hits you with a knock, knock, knock on anything. And then you go, who's there? And she goes, funny. **Chip** (00:09:58:09 - 00:10:02:04): I, I mean, just it's a really. **Thomas** (00:10:02:05 - 00:10:02:11): Yeah. **Chip** (00:10:02:12 - 00:10:11:12): Right. That might be my favorite joke of all time. Like, that's just it's like she's she's alerting you to the humor is here. Yeah. Placeholder. It's it's right here. **Thomas** (00:10:11:17 - 00:10:12:07): Yeah. **Chip** (00:10:12:09 - 00:10:12:22): I love that. **Thomas** (00:10:12:22 - 00:10:17:20): So much telling you where to laugh like that. She's putting it together one and a half. Really? Unbelievable. **Chip** (00:10:17:20 - 00:10:30:05): Get my, my niece, who is now I got a freshman in high school, which is crazy, but when she was, like, 5 or 6, you know, her kids, they didn't want to talk to you necessarily. Or at least to me. Children don't like to talk to me. **Thomas** (00:10:30:10 - 00:10:33:03): Yeah, it's. But like built in safety mechanism for them. **Chip** (00:10:33:05 - 00:10:48:09): It is it is that success they. But like I would ask Jose about how do you like, you know she's like 5 or 6. How do you like school house. How was your day, how was school today or whatever? And she would just she would look at me. She just go, you're funny. **Thomas** (00:10:48:11 - 00:10:49:22): **Chip** (00:10:50:00 - 00:11:01:20): Like trying to compliment me, but, like, just to throw me off. So I forget that I'm asking her about, like, so Jose, tell me, what's what's your favorite thing to do in school? You're funny. **Thomas** (00:11:01:22 - 00:11:02:22): **Chip** (00:11:02:23 - 00:11:04:12): All right, I guess we're not having this conversation now. **Thomas** (00:11:04:14 - 00:11:08:14): That's a great line to make it seem like you're in a conversation. **Chip** (00:11:08:14 - 00:11:18:18): Let's do this. Let's see. Here. Try this. Watch us. Pretend, we're in an interrogation. You're a police officer? Yeah, a detective. You're interrogating me about a major crime. Go ahead. Scene. **Thomas** (00:11:18:18 - 00:11:23:13): So where did you kill Madeline? Us. **Chip** (00:11:23:15 - 00:11:25:08): You're funny. **Thomas** (00:11:25:09 - 00:11:26:09): It works. **Chip** (00:11:26:11 - 00:11:37:10): And then it works, and you're like, oh, I guess I am, I do, I am, I am kind of, charming and, quick and witty. And then you'd like. I guess I better go sign up for an open mic night, and then you let me go. **Thomas** (00:11:37:12 - 00:12:01:05): It's so funny. There's this kid in high school, probably a little awkward. Socially. Sure. And, his dad gave him this tip. He was a friend of mine, and he used it a couple of times for telling me what happened. But he was just like my dad said, if I ever don't know what to say, and somebody tells me something about themselves, say, well, it's about time. And and it works surprisingly well in a lot of situations. It's like it's just a cheat code for fumbling through, like an interaction that you're not, like, really prepared to have. **Chip** (00:12:14:06 - 00:12:16:15): Yeah, well, it's about time. **Thomas** (00:12:16:15 - 00:12:29:14): Yeah. It's just like it's, Tell me, tell me, anything that you've, purchased or done recently. Give me that. **Chip** (00:12:29:16 - 00:12:33:10): Oh. The other day, I, I, I ordered a new pair of glasses. **Thomas** (00:12:33:12 - 00:12:35:09): Oh, it's about time. **Chip** (00:12:35:11 - 00:12:39:22): Is he? Because it's. I should have treated myself to. I know glasses a long time ago. **Thomas** (00:12:39:22 - 00:12:52:00): It kind of. Yeah, it's a very fun thing. It's a fun thing. It's like it's complimentary. You can add a little excitement. And even if it's something mundane, then you're just like, oh, this person is really on board with me improving my life. **Chip** (00:12:52:02 - 00:12:55:17): I, I love it, it's the It's the About Time podcast. **Thomas** (00:12:55:19 - 00:12:57:10): It's about time. Yeah. **Chip** (00:12:57:13 - 00:13:02:01): We just talked about watches and Cabbage Patch Kids. **Thomas** (00:13:02:03 - 00:13:04:08): And FaceTime the technology. **Chip** (00:13:04:10 - 00:13:05:10): Of course. **Thomas** (00:13:05:12 - 00:13:13:18): Yeah. So, yeah. Speaking of hacks, that's a communication hack. We're talking about some hacks for budget travel. Chip. **Chip** (00:13:13:20 - 00:13:20:17): Yeah. All right, so if you are not a multi multi-millionaire like Thomas and I are. **Thomas** (00:13:20:19 - 00:13:21:22): Yep. **Chip** (00:13:21:23 - 00:13:41:02): If you're one of the peasants out there, but you still want to go on vacation, hey, maybe it's to Hawaii. Like, maybe it's to, Hawaii. This Thanksgiving is. Yes. Or wherever you go. I, I, I've read every some articles and I, we put together there are some tips for traveling on a tight budget. You're like, I don't have the money to go on vacation. You probably do. If you use some of these hacks, they will work. By the way, Thomas, I did some deep research. I also developed a couple of my own hacks. **Thomas** (00:13:49:03 - 00:13:50:00): Chip tips. **Chip** (00:13:50:00 - 00:13:50:16): Chip tips. **Thomas** (00:13:50:20 - 00:13:52:07): Budget chip tips. **Chip** (00:13:52:09 - 00:13:54:14): Chip tips. That's just the tip of the chip. **Thomas** (00:13:54:16 - 00:13:58:09): Just the tip of the chip because it costs less than the whole chip. **Chip** (00:13:58:15 - 00:14:18:18): Then the whole chip. And that's that was the worst back page, advertisement I've ever put out. So, okay, let's say you're planning on going to Hawaii or wherever. Yep. Some of these tips happen before the vacation, during the prep, and then some of it's during the vacation. So first of all, number one, airfare, if you're flying somewhere, you got to get that airfare we were just talking about. Yep. I just call it an air flier, I think, which I think is a special different thing that I wouldn't say. You know, you have the little wings or maybe a couple other pins. **Thomas** (00:14:27:10 - 00:14:51:02): It's a very office space version of travel. Everybody has to wear, 5 to 10 pieces of air flair. Right? I know a lot of people that do that. Do you have any memorabilia of, like an old airline or something that people like? I know a lot of people that will wear like a vintage, like, Hawaiian Airlines hat or something like that and just get complimented up and down on the, the airline there. **Chip** (00:14:51:04 - 00:14:55:11): Because you look like a pilot from the 60s, like they would have flown Don Draper somewhere. **Thomas** (00:14:55:12 - 00:14:57:13): You know, who looks like a pilot from the 60s. **Chip** (00:14:57:15 - 00:14:58:00): Who's that? **Thomas** (00:14:58:00 - 00:15:04:02): Always has Joe Bob. Yeah. Oh, yeah. It's just a pilot look. **Chip** (00:15:04:03 - 00:15:06:19): Yeah. He does. He's got that look. He's got the shades. **Thomas** (00:15:06:21 - 00:15:07:11): Yep. **Chip** (00:15:07:13 - 00:15:09:01): Yeah, yeah, I think I'd. **Thomas** (00:15:09:01 - 00:15:13:19): Love a nice pair of shades. Chip, what's your favorite sunglasses of all time? **Chip** (00:15:13:21 - 00:15:16:05): Giant oversize novelty. **Thomas** (00:15:16:09 - 00:15:17:22): I like lightweight Ray-Bans. **Chip** (00:15:17:22 - 00:15:46:08): I've never been a real sunglasses guy. I just, I and I'm going to get a pair for Hawaii, but it's. I feel like it's just one more thing for me to carry around that I'm going to lose or break. So really, the only time I really wear sunglasses besides, at night, just like Corey Hart told us, is I have a pair of sunglasses in the car that I use, and I don't even use those in the car anymore because now I need my actual glasses to read the directions on Google Maps. So I'm I'm not a big sunglass. I wish I was more of a sunglasses connoisseur. **Thomas** (00:15:52:01 - 00:15:56:03): We got to get you a, prescription sunglass for the trip, buddy. **Chip** (00:15:56:03 - 00:15:57:13): That could be fun. Maybe I'll do that. **Thomas** (00:15:57:13 - 00:16:22:04): I like that a lot for you. And I'm trying to think, like, when you move, like it's a non-negotiable here in Southern California. Like it's so sunny all the time. If you don't bring sunglasses around, you're going to squint. You're going to hurt your eyes. You're going to do all kinds of stuff. And I'm trying to think back like, I don't remember you ever throwing on a pair of shades when we went on, like a Starbucks walk, or. **Chip** (00:16:22:08 - 00:16:27:01): I don't think I did when I was living out in L.A for that. Yeah. I don't think I had sunglasses with me. **Thomas** (00:16:27:03 - 00:16:31:11): Oh my goodness. Yep. You're so brave on this pale little peepers. **Chip** (00:16:31:11 - 00:16:35:08): My Irish eyes are smiling, apparently. And they're just going to dwindle. **Thomas** (00:16:35:09 - 00:16:37:16): Smiling, dying. Who's counting? **Chip** (00:16:37:16 - 00:16:39:05): Speaking of smiling and dying. **Thomas** (00:16:39:05 - 00:16:40:14): Yep. **Chip** (00:16:40:16 - 00:16:57:15): Here are some tips. Some, er, flare tips. So when you're, when you want to get the your airline tickets at the right time, as they say, set up alerts online. You know, they have like I think it's like Google Flights. Skyscanner I think is one where you can just be like, I want to go to Hawaii. These dates boom. Let me know when prices drop or they're going up or whatever. Then you can kind of ride that wave and figure out when the best time to buy is that. So look for that. They say book. They say generally book a month in at least a month in advance. So if you're going away, you still have another month before that month timeline. **Thomas** (00:17:14:13 - 00:17:25:05): And you have found it, dip you found it. Dip it. Yes. I don't know if it's come back up or not. Yeah. But if you're you're thinking about coming, just look at it and come. It might be cheaper than you think. **Chip** (00:17:25:07 - 00:17:43:23): Yeah, absolutely. If you have a schedule that's a little bit more flexible, definitely fly midweek as compared to the weekends. If you can fly like on a Thursday rather than a Saturday. Yeah, yeah. Do that. That's going to drop it down probably a couple hundred. And then then there's what we call shoulder season. Thomas did you know about shoulder season? I didn't know this. **Thomas** (00:17:44:15 - 00:17:45:22): About shoulder season. **Chip** (00:17:46:00 - 00:17:52:03): I knew what it was, but I didn't know what a name. And it is shoulder season. It's not the season where I just use shoulders at the gym. **Thomas** (00:17:52:09 - 00:17:54:02): **Chip** (00:17:54:11 - 00:18:13:18): It's just the the off peak periods, like in the fall, maybe in the spring when the fam isn't taking the kids on their summer break or maybe winter break, you know, over Christmas. So it's, during the fall, which, hey, we're in the fall, too. Yeah. It's, So go they said not only is it cheaper, but then there's less crowds too. So, yes, you're not fighting with everybody. **Thomas** (00:18:15:23 - 00:18:20:15): And oftentimes it's the best weather, for the whole year, depending on where you're going. **Chip** (00:18:20:20 - 00:18:34:12): Not too hot, not too cold. It's best we go to the Jersey shore a lot. Or, my, my father in law rents a place like, in the fall and in the spring every year. And it's like the crowds aren't there, but the weather's beautiful and it's like, it's the it's the perfect time to go. **Thomas** (00:18:34:14 - 00:18:36:23): He's been a shoulder season men for a long time. **Chip** (00:18:36:23 - 00:18:39:08): Shoulder Cesar Mahan. **Thomas** (00:18:39:10 - 00:18:40:22): Shoulders Cesar. **Chip** (00:18:40:23 - 00:18:42:22): Chavez Cesar Mahan. **Thomas** (00:18:43:00 - 00:18:46:12): That sounds like it could be a stand up comedian. I think a shoulder Cesar Mahan. **Chip** (00:18:46:12 - 00:18:55:12): Yo. No, he was great in the Catskills back in the 50s. Back shoulder. Cesar Mahan murdered. He had that novelty song. Daddy, give me a duck. **Thomas** (00:18:55:14 - 00:18:57:16): Quack, quack. Daddy, give me. **Chip** (00:18:57:16 - 00:19:20:05): A duck, duck, quack quack quack quack. He killed, he killed all the. During the season and offseason. All up and down the Catskills, speaking the Catskills, the hotels. When you're booking your hotel. Yeah. Try to book directly with the hotel so you can use the aggregates, like the expedia's or the whatever. Look for the prices, but then give him a call up, give him a ring, go right to that hotel. And a lot of times you can get a cheap deal because you're cutting out the middleman to a certain extent. So let them do the work. Let them do the find that, I mean, look, I'm not telling you what to do, but, like, that's what people do, too. Like, for, like, more like house rentals and that type of thing too, where it's like you might find it, but if you have a direct contact, hey, maybe you can cut out the middleman. **Thomas** (00:19:38:11 - 00:19:39:07): Yeah. **Chip** (00:19:39:09 - 00:19:51:22): Oh, one last thing too. When you're booking hotels, when you're booking flights, if you don't have a lot of money, maybe you get those credit card points, use those reward miles or whatever you might have on your credit card. Boom, bang. You might get a free flight. **Thomas** (00:19:51:22 - 00:19:56:22): I will also throw one other thing out there if you have a triple A card. **Chip** (00:19:57:00 - 00:19:57:18): Yeah, **Thomas** (00:19:57:20 - 00:20:02:22): I don't know how they do it, but they have. There's a lot of magic in those triple AA cards. **Chip** (00:20:03:00 - 00:20:05:20): I learned that recently. I did not realize how good it is. **Thomas** (00:20:05:20 - 00:20:21:14): Yeah, yeah. If you have a triple AA, a card, you can get a substantial savings. At many, many hotels, you might not even think about it. Like specifically, Marriott I know, has a really good deal with them. What? Is there anything else I can think of. **Chip** (00:20:21:18 - 00:20:22:18): One time of year? **Thomas** (00:20:22:18 - 00:20:23:22): It works here. **Chip** (00:20:23:22 - 00:20:24:08): A triple AA. **Thomas** (00:20:24:08 - 00:20:25:13): Member? Yeah. **Chip** (00:20:25:15 - 00:20:31:18): They will show up to a hotel room and you can have a rolled up carpet. **Thomas** (00:20:31:20 - 00:20:33:08): **Chip** (00:20:33:09 - 00:20:36:19): That might seem heavier than just a regular carpet. **Thomas** (00:20:36:21 - 00:20:38:03): Yeah. No questions asked. **Chip** (00:20:38:03 - 00:20:42:21): No questions asked. They will take that carpet away. No questions asked. One time of. **Thomas** (00:20:42:21 - 00:20:47:11): Year. That's a big benefit. That is well worth the price of admission. Triple AA everybody. **Chip** (00:20:47:12 - 00:21:00:16): Now, once you're on vacation, couple of tips to, cut those prices down. Get used to public transit. Do they have a subway system? Is there a train system? A bus system? Yeah. Rather than booking a, you know, getting a taxi, you're getting an Uber everywhere. **Thomas** (00:21:00:20 - 00:21:01:09): Yep. **Chip** (00:21:01:11 - 00:21:15:10): If it's not walkable and then it's it's. By the way, I like this too, because I like being a part of if we're going to like another city, I want to feel what it's like to live in that city. I don't want to just be a tourist. If you want to eat, you're going out to restaurants, find out where the locals eat. Don't go to the touristy spot because it might not be the best. Usually it's not. And usually they jack up the prices. Go to that neighborhood that's a little off the beaten path that has the best food in the world for a lot cheaper. Where? Where the. **Thomas** (00:21:28:20 - 00:21:29:19): Locals go. Yeah. **Chip** (00:21:29:19 - 00:21:45:18): And then you may want to rent a car if you if you're going car rental, that can be pricey, but it can save you some money in the long run because a then you're not paying for taxes. YouTubers if you're doing that, you can also go to a I think Thomas you might utilize this. Sometimes you can then maybe go to the grocery store with a car. **Thomas** (00:21:45:19 - 00:21:46:10): Yeah, pick. **Chip** (00:21:46:10 - 00:22:02:21): Up, you know, some peanut butter and jelly, some cold cuts or whatever. Then you have a meal a day maybe, where you can just eat in the hotel room or wherever you are, rather than going out and, paying for restaurant for every single meal. So sometimes that that rental car can save you money in the long run. **Thomas** (00:22:02:23 - 00:22:03:17): Absolutely. **Chip** (00:22:03:18 - 00:22:21:09): Okay. Now you're going to eat out? Probably. Yeah. I thought this is an interesting thing. If you're going to splurge on a meal, you're going to be like, you're gonna have one big meal, one fancy meal a day like, this is the thing, do it at lunch, not dinner. Really, because lunch is cheaper as long as, like the, you know, if they're doing the same offerings. Generally lunch is cheaper, it's less crowded, you know that. You know. Yeah. They have the lunch menu. So if you go and you do splurge meal, do it at lunch, have that as the big meal and then maybe something smaller for dinner because that's the priciest meal. **Thomas** (00:22:33:21 - 00:22:35:18): I never thought of that, but that's totally true. **Chip** (00:22:35:23 - 00:22:50:02): Yeah, yeah, I thought that was great. Or a splurge at breakfast. Why not go for it? Get those Mickey Mouse pancakes, then. You could always look up, like, go online. My wife is great at this, Groupon and Eventbrite. **Thomas** (00:22:50:04 - 00:22:51:02): Yeah. Like. **Chip** (00:22:51:04 - 00:23:14:02): Look to see what kind of events are happening in that town or wherever you are. And you might be able to get a group discount or like, you know, some sort of discount on some sort of experience or a show or whatever it is. Yeah. So don't forget about those when you're on vacation. So, so those are, those are some tips to travel where you can really cut down the bottom line of your trip. But I also did come up with some tips of my own that you can use to really save money during travel season. **Thomas** (00:23:23:19 - 00:23:24:20): Chip tips. **Chip** (00:23:24:22 - 00:23:28:02): Chip tips okay. If you're eating at a restaurant, even like a fancy restaurant, order a hearty meal filled with protein. It can be that expensive cheat meal. Whatever it is, eat that very large meal. And then here's here's a tip it's all about timing. Before the waiter brings the check, you and your party run out of the restaurant and flee into the streets, never to be seen again. Free meal. **Thomas** (00:23:58:01 - 00:24:01:02): That's a that is a tip down. **Chip** (00:24:01:04 - 00:24:01:17): Right? **Thomas** (00:24:01:19 - 00:24:07:14): That's a great that's a great, savings. And yeah, I can't I can't see how that would go wrong. **Chip** (00:24:07:20 - 00:24:08:22): No. Okay. Here's another. **Thomas** (00:24:08:22 - 00:24:09:23): One. Chip tip to. **Chip** (00:24:10:00 - 00:24:35:10): Chip. Tip two instead of paying for a pricey hotel room if you're staying at a beach resort or somewhere near the ocean, like we will be in a way, instead of paying for a pricey room the first night you're in town, find a small shed. Maybe in someone's backyard, maybe utility shed a municipal shed. Drag that shed to the beach with a proprietary blend of glue and sand. Cover that shed with sand. **Thomas** (00:24:37:19 - 00:24:38:03): Yeah. **Chip** (00:24:38:08 - 00:24:46:02): Make it look like a giant sand castle. And then you have to make it a little ornate, because if it's so ornate, people aren't going to mess with it. **Thomas** (00:24:46:02 - 00:24:47:07): It's delicate. Potentially. **Chip** (00:24:47:08 - 00:24:52:18): Then you can quietly live inside that sand castle shed for the entirety of your trip. **Thomas** (00:24:52:20 - 00:24:55:05): That's a palatial room for free. **Chip** (00:24:55:07 - 00:24:57:00): Yes, on the beach. **Thomas** (00:24:57:00 - 00:25:09:12): You want to be on the beach? You want to hear the waves. You want to be surrounded by beauty and art and, you want to. You really want to feel the local weather. You don't want to be burdened by a sea. **Chip** (00:25:09:14 - 00:25:10:10): No. **Thomas** (00:25:10:12 - 00:25:14:22): Glass windows, all that kind of stuff. Get in a shed. **Chip** (00:25:15:01 - 00:25:15:11): Yes. **Thomas** (00:25:15:11 - 00:25:20:01): Live like the king of the houseless. **Chip** (00:25:20:03 - 00:25:22:08): Yes. **Thomas** (00:25:22:10 - 00:25:24:13): That's a great tip. Chat. That's a great tip. **Chip** (00:25:24:15 - 00:25:26:15): And it just the hundreds of dollars you will save. **Thomas** (00:25:26:16 - 00:25:27:19): Trip tip three. **Chip** (00:25:27:23 - 00:25:45:14): If you are staying or you're in a high tourist area. Okay, Thomas, this one's for you. I'm picturing you being able to do this. Okay? What you want to do is, I'd say even once a day, put on a little sailor suit with a sailor hat, white shorts, knee socks. **Thomas** (00:25:45:16 - 00:25:46:22): I'm into to this one. **Chip** (00:25:47:00 - 00:26:06:20): Okay. This is a fancy lady. Maybe carry a lollipop with you. Oh, and then go into a restaurant. Or maybe a food store and make it look like you're crying. Or at least that you were. And then say, find a clerk or somebody who works there and say, in a very sad way, maybe you're whimpering a little bit. Just say, I can't find my mom and dad. And then while they're calling the authorities to get this APB out on this missing child, and then just mention that you're hungry and they're like, oh, this poor kid is hungry. Yeah. We can't. Can we give you a hamburger or something? And you're like, yes, please eat a hamburger and then just say, oh, I think I see my mom. And then again run out of that restaurant dressed as that sailor. But you're you're you're a full grown man, Thomas, but you're dressed like a little sailor boy. They think you're an eight year old. **Thomas** (00:26:36:21 - 00:26:46:00): Yeah. No, this is this is great. And can I can I throw a name on it? Can I put a name to a face here, please? I want to call this rule this chip tip the little boy blue. **Chip** (00:26:46:02 - 00:26:54:15): I love it I that is what we call the little boy blue I see I, I think we can write a book. Maybe that's our next. **Thomas** (00:26:54:19 - 00:26:55:18): Chip tips. **Chip** (00:26:55:23 - 00:26:57:07): Summer podcast presents. **Thomas** (00:26:57:07 - 00:27:03:21): Some great podcast presents, chip tips. I I'll get ChatGPT on and I think we might go to press tomorrow. **Chip** (00:27:03:23 - 00:27:13:05): Great. Let's do it. Chip tip for this sort of leapfrogging off of something you said in your, vacation rules about buying souvenirs. **Thomas** (00:27:13:07 - 00:27:14:12): Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. **Chip** (00:27:14:14 - 00:27:21:16): Okay. Now, instead of purchasing souvenirs on vacation for friends, family, coworkers. **Thomas** (00:27:21:18 - 00:27:22:21): Yeah. **Chip** (00:27:22:23 - 00:27:26:14): Fake your own death. **Thomas** (00:27:26:16 - 00:27:28:03): For their kids. **Chip** (00:27:28:03 - 00:27:47:09): If you are deceased, they will not be expecting you to return. And bring them a t shirt with Dollywood on it or whatever it might be, right? So all you have to do is spend a little bit of money by, putting an obituary in the local newspaper back home. **Thomas** (00:27:47:13 - 00:27:48:01): Yep. **Chip** (00:27:48:03 - 00:27:54:16): That has your name, age, everything. Maybe a cause of death. You can be a be creative with it. Have fun. **Thomas** (00:27:54:18 - 00:27:55:08): Yeah. **Chip** (00:27:55:09 - 00:28:09:05): And then, they think that you're no longer with us. So then, therefore, you do not have to buy souvenirs for anyone. And then you. What you do is you pack up and you start a new life. Yeah. Instead of paying for those pricey, pricey souvenirs. **Thomas** (00:28:09:07 - 00:28:28:19): Yeah. You know, you don't want to get somebody's, keychain with their name on it when you can just fake your own death. And pro tip, if in your obituary, you do the. In lieu of flowers, yes. This charity that helps beautiful young men see the world. **Chip** (00:28:28:21 - 00:28:30:04): I see where this is going. **Thomas** (00:28:30:04 - 00:28:37:21): Set up a 501, see a nonprofit, and you take that cash and use it to help you. A beautiful. **Chip** (00:28:37:21 - 00:28:39:08): Beautiful young man. **Thomas** (00:28:39:10 - 00:28:41:00): See the world. **Chip** (00:28:41:02 - 00:28:43:00): Again. It's what we call a win win. **Thomas** (00:28:43:00 - 00:28:44:08): Thomas. Yes! **Chip** (00:28:44:09 - 00:28:45:13): Yeah. **Thomas** (00:28:45:15 - 00:28:53:22): Yeah, it's a win win win with the wind in your hair and the sand on your toes. It's a win win win. **Chip** (00:28:54:00 - 00:29:05:23): So I want you to win, win, win this Thanksgiving while we go to Hawaii. And look you're basically going to make money when you come with us to Hawaii this year. **Thomas** (00:29:06:01 - 00:29:10:14): I've got two other, just mild little hacks. **Chip** (00:29:10:16 - 00:29:12:20): Oh, so Tommy tips. **Thomas** (00:29:12:22 - 00:29:24:14): It's just it's more of the front end of what you were talking about. But I will say, like, remarkable. If you're a Costco member. Remarkable, auto rental program. **Chip** (00:29:24:15 - 00:29:25:13): Oh, really? **Thomas** (00:29:25:14 - 00:29:25:21): Yeah. **Chip** (00:29:25:21 - 00:29:27:01): Really? They do everything. **Thomas** (00:29:27:02 - 00:29:28:06): Rates. **Chip** (00:29:28:08 - 00:29:31:15): And when you rent a car at Costco, you can actually rent eight at a time. Is that right? **Thomas** (00:29:31:15 - 00:29:34:03): Yeah. Oh, definitely. Are you kind of have to. **Chip** (00:29:34:05 - 00:29:35:13): It's by the fleet. **Thomas** (00:29:35:15 - 00:29:55:06): But the, the rates are great. And then there's some benefits to, like, if you're, you can put a second driver on there for free. Normally, read the fine print, see what you're, you're seeing there. But they do get really, really good rates. And then also like specifically on Hawaii, but really anywhere if you're first stop after the airport is Costco. Yeah. And you get your snacks, you get your booze, whatever. Like you are hoping to imbibe on during your trip. **Chip** (00:30:02:13 - 00:30:03:01): Yeah. **Thomas** (00:30:03:03 - 00:30:14:17): You can really save on a lot of meals and snacks and that kind of stuff. Just have a little stash back at the room and you can, you know, rip it and grip it. **Chip** (00:30:14:19 - 00:30:25:09): I, I love it, I love it, I one of my favorite vacation. I don't know if I've, I've mentioned this before, but one of my favorite vacations, my buddy Freddy and I, this is years ago, went up to Maine before. **Thomas** (00:30:25:09 - 00:30:26:08): He got fingered. **Chip** (00:30:26:10 - 00:30:27:18): It was during actually. **Thomas** (00:30:27:18 - 00:30:30:17): Oh, wow. The story got fingered. **Chip** (00:30:30:19 - 00:30:31:12): Yes. **Thomas** (00:30:31:14 - 00:30:32:16): Oh my god. **Chip** (00:30:32:18 - 00:30:38:15): And it honestly it might have been the year that that movie came out is when we were up. So it could have been simultaneous. **Thomas** (00:30:38:15 - 00:30:39:15): Yeah. Great. **Chip** (00:30:39:17 - 00:31:00:07): But we went up and what we would do is whenever we get into town of Maine, you come into town first and then you go out to the nick where where we stay on the water. So we'd always stop at the grocery store. Okay, we go to Shaw's or Hannaford's and you pick up stuff. But what Freddy and I did was we got a few pounds of baloney, like couple loaves of bread for the week. Yeah, some cereal and milk. **Thomas** (00:31:02:10 - 00:31:03:05): **Chip** (00:31:03:07 - 00:31:06:01): So that was our day, right? **Thomas** (00:31:06:06 - 00:31:06:14): Yeah. **Chip** (00:31:06:14 - 00:31:24:05): And then every night. And we could do this in the area where we are because this invasive species came in. You can't do any more. But we would be able to walk out right on the bay, right in front of the house we stayed in and just pick within 20 minutes, pick a five gallon bucket of mussels. Oh wow. Right off the rocks. And then he was a great cook. He would literally just steam up the mussels and we'd have mussels for, for dinner every night. Every single day of the week. **Thomas** (00:31:32:19 - 00:31:34:00): Oh, you're wild boys. **Chip** (00:31:34:01 - 00:31:41:00): We were wild boys. So you might not be able to get your steam mussels, but check in a Costco. It's a great tip. Was there another. **Thomas** (00:31:41:00 - 00:31:43:10): Tip, too? No, no, no, that that was it. It was it was. **Chip** (00:31:43:12 - 00:31:44:09): The Costco two. **Thomas** (00:31:44:09 - 00:32:01:13): Hours specifically. Yeah. Tremendous rental cars. They have a whole like travel program that can be really good at times. Sometimes you just get like the publish rate, but you get some Costco add ons or whatever. We don't work with Costco. We're not sponsored by Costco. I'm just telling you what I've experienced. **Chip** (00:32:01:13 - 00:32:05:17): And I believe their best rates are flights to the nation of Costco. **Thomas** (00:32:05:19 - 00:32:12:11): It's true. You're not going to get a better rate on a Costco flight, and it's because they can fuel up the jets with their own gasoline. Cheap. **Chip** (00:32:12:14 - 00:32:16:04): See, that's what it is. The plane just come right in, boom, and then take off. **Thomas** (00:32:16:04 - 00:32:26:06): It's vertically integrated. Yeah. And and the hot dogs on the flight too. That's not hurting now then our other big travel trip is $1.50 hot dogs at Costco. **Chip** (00:32:26:06 - 00:32:26:16): I mean, come. **Thomas** (00:32:26:16 - 00:32:28:01): On, how can you beat that. Comes with a. **Chip** (00:32:28:01 - 00:32:32:03): Drink. So those are a traveler, chip chef. I said it to travel chips. **Thomas** (00:32:32:03 - 00:32:34:11): It's really hard not to say traveler chips. **Chip** (00:32:34:11 - 00:32:41:21): It really is. I'm going to work on that for next time. But, Hey, go somewhere on a budget. You can cut those corners there. Yeah. **Thomas** (00:32:41:23 - 00:32:45:02): And I cannot, overrate PB and. **Chip** (00:32:45:02 - 00:32:56:10): J's. They're the perfect peanut butter jelly. I mean, they're not the greatest thing for you in the world, but it's. It might be my, like, if I had to pick one food for the rest of my life. Honestly, it might just be peanut butter jelly. **Thomas** (00:32:56:11 - 00:33:06:10): Especially if in the scenario you have to make it, you know, there's a lot of there's a lot of foods I can think, like, I think I probably eat that for the rest of my life, but if I had to make. **Chip** (00:33:06:12 - 00:33:07:04): **Thomas** (00:33:07:04 - 00:33:09:19): Pad say you every day for myself. **Chip** (00:33:09:19 - 00:33:10:16): It's a lot of work. **Thomas** (00:33:10:16 - 00:33:31:17): P.B. and J and the hotel room. PB and J in the car. Yeah. PB and J and the tub. PB and J on the roof. PB and J in the basement. PB and J on the beach. You can take them anywhere. And they're, they're rugged. They last for the day. They won't spoil on you. Yeah. And they cheap up. Yeah, they cheap, they cheap. **Chip** (00:33:34:03 - 00:33:35:08): And you get your protein. **Thomas** (00:33:35:09 - 00:33:39:10): You have that for a meal and then you splurge on the other things. PB and J. **Chip** (00:33:39:12 - 00:33:41:12): PB and J that's that's that's all we're going to do. **Thomas** (00:33:41:12 - 00:33:43:19): Do you think we can get PB and J to sponsor the podcast? **Chip** (00:33:43:19 - 00:33:55:11): I would love for the good people, the Peanut Butter and Jelly Council to sponsor the separate podcast. I think we could go as far as say we we rebrand it and call it the sunburnt sandwich. **Thomas** (00:33:55:13 - 00:33:59:03): Oh sunburnt sando sandwich Sando. **Chip** (00:33:59:03 - 00:34:00:16): It's just peanut butter and jelly. Yeah. **Thomas** (00:34:00:18 - 00:34:03:21): Peanut butter and jelly. Maybe a peanut butter and honey. **Chip** (00:34:03:23 - 00:34:08:23): Maybe with, like, a, like an orange slice. Next to it would be like the sun going down a. **Thomas** (00:34:08:23 - 00:34:10:06): Little vitamin C. **Chip** (00:34:10:11 - 00:34:11:23): Yeah. See, it's healthy. **Thomas** (00:34:11:23 - 00:34:16:01): All around, buddy. Well, that was great. Thanks. So much for doing that research. I hope you all enjoyed it. **Chip** (00:34:16:01 - 00:34:17:12): We all just saved a lot of money. **Thomas** (00:34:17:12 - 00:34:37:17): And I hope you guys just take a trip. Yeah, go somewhere fun. See a place you haven't seen before. Do it on the cheap. Do it on a long weekend. Yeah. Get out of town, see the world, visit your fellow humans. It is a blast. And it's, it's one of the reasons I think we're on this planet is to kind of see how everybody else is doing things. Yeah. Enjoy it. Partake. **Chip** (00:34:40:15 - 00:34:41:20): Be kind of checking it all out. **Thomas** (00:34:41:20 - 00:34:45:00): Thomas. Yeah. Check to check, check, check to check it out. **Chip** (00:34:45:02 - 00:34:47:17): How about we travelers check it out? **Thomas** (00:34:47:22 - 00:34:49:21): Let's travelers check it out. **Chip** (00:34:49:23 - 00:34:56:19): Okay. Last week, we teased we were. We were talking about travelers checks. We made a joke about it, and we're like, wait, what are traveler's checks? **Thomas** (00:34:56:20 - 00:34:58:04): No clue what traveler's checks are. **Chip** (00:34:58:04 - 00:35:16:01): Still, I remember using them. I don't remember when I was a youth, but on some trip they they were given to me and I had to use traveler's checks. I don't remember exactly where, but I was a child. Okay, so and then we're like, well, what are our travelers checks? Do people still use traveler's checks? Are they even still a thing? **Thomas** (00:35:16:03 - 00:35:16:21): Right? **Chip** (00:35:16:23 - 00:35:35:07): Did a little research. I'm going to give you that two minute quick spiel. Traveler's checks. Okay. Yeah. The history of traveler's checks, first of all. Okay, so they started actually, do you want to take a guess when the first traveler's check was issued? **Thomas** (00:35:35:08 - 00:35:37:17): 1974? **Chip** (00:35:37:19 - 00:35:41:13): Good guess. You're about 200 years off. **Thomas** (00:35:41:15 - 00:35:43:12): What. **Chip** (00:35:43:14 - 00:36:09:09): About 200 years off? So in the 1700s. Whoa. London credit houses would issue letters of credit to sometimes to sailors, but mostly to wealthy tourists, because sometimes the exchange, you know, the different, currencies and all that were tough with they were traveling overseas. They would offer these letters of credit, which were basically the first traveler's checks. **Thomas** (00:36:09:12 - 00:36:10:16): Okay, that's wild toad. **Chip** (00:36:10:17 - 00:36:16:21): But then Thomas, a little closer to your time frame. Yeah. In 1891. **Thomas** (00:36:16:23 - 00:36:18:14): Yeah, a little closer. **Chip** (00:36:18:16 - 00:36:23:11): American Express issued the first modern traveler's checks. **Thomas** (00:36:23:16 - 00:36:26:23): American Express has been around since 1891. **Chip** (00:36:27:00 - 00:36:30:01): Yes. Crazy, right? I mean, before that apparently, too. Yeah. **Thomas** (00:36:30:07 - 00:36:31:21): That's nuts. I had no clue. **Chip** (00:36:31:22 - 00:36:34:09): Yeah. Don't leave home without that fact. **Thomas** (00:36:34:11 - 00:36:45:15): So, like the Trojan, like the, the Trojan like mascot for it was probably just who was president, when the company was founded. **Chip** (00:36:45:17 - 00:36:57:23): There were a few Trojan presidents. Yes. Yes, they were Whigs. Which is funny you say that the Trojan, because that is America's best. Because when I even just Google image search travelers checks and all of them had the Trojan guy on it. So yeah, which makes sense. **Thomas** (00:36:58:03 - 00:37:08:15): I mean, I remember my dad having them and I remember the Trojan guy, like, I remember that's the only thing I remember about traveler's checks is like, I think you had to sign them and. Yeah, they were American Express. **Chip** (00:37:08:17 - 00:37:30:08): Yes. So yes, I think that's, that's that was that's like the big house. That doesn't, I should say. Oh, well actually we'll get to that. So now, Thomas, I think you said 1974 74. That makes more sense because they grew in popularity in the 1900s and then especially the second half of the 20th century. So the 1950s up through the 1990s, that was traveler's checks heyday. That was their big moment to shine. Everybody traveling was using traveler's checks. They were doing it. But now times we are in the 21st century, heck yeah, I there still are traveler's checks available. You can get them. But we have people have credit cards, ATM machines, debit cards, where you can use them. So many places, even abroad where you don't really need traveler's checks. So they've really gone by the wayside. So we don't really use travel checks anymore. Although I think you can if you really want to. I think you can still, purchase them. **Thomas** (00:38:03:01 - 00:38:06:04): What's the main functionality of a traveler's check? **Chip** (00:38:06:04 - 00:38:07:23): So let's say you want to travel. **Thomas** (00:38:08:01 - 00:38:09:01): Yeah I do. **Chip** (00:38:09:02 - 00:38:28:12): You don't want to carry a whole lot of cash around or the exchange rates or whatever. What you would do is you would go to, maybe American Express, you would go to a bank wherever it is, and you would get some traveler's checks. Usually, generally you pay a little bit of a fee for them. There's a little, you know, you're going to pay a little extra. And then they will issue checks in different denominations like $20, $50 check, $100 check. And you get a stack or how many checks you want for however much money you want in those generally 20, 50, hundred denominations. And then you sign the top of those checks, okay. And there's like a space at the top where you sign it, your signature. Then you take those checks, you take them on vacation, and then when you want to pay that, you basically pay as if you're paying cash, but in front of the clerk, you then when you're buying something on on location, you sign it again. And if those signatures match up, that 14 year old girl who's working at a hot dog stand in, you know, Tallahassee, is like, yeah, okay, this is you. And then they take it as cash, basically. **Thomas** (00:39:17:04 - 00:39:20:23): So that's it's just the double signature. That's the big. **Chip** (00:39:21:00 - 00:39:36:14): It's the double Sigi. That seems to be it. And then so then the thing is, if you. So this is what a lot of people worried about crime on vacation. They uproarious thing where people are like, oh, my God, I'm going especially going into foreign land where I'm going to be murdered and whatever it's like, not stop it. But, they're afraid they might lose money or have the money stolen. So if you've cash stolen, you're kind of done. But if you travel checks, you can then call the bank or the institution and they will cancel those checks. And usually within 24 hours, we will issue new checks, to your location. So they're a little bit more secure so they can be canceled or anything. But it just it seems like a lot it seems like, like, I feel like it's almost like if I was going on vacations rather than traveler's checks, I would just buy a stack of scratch off lottery tickets. **Thomas** (00:40:12:15 - 00:40:13:19): **Chip** (00:40:13:21 - 00:40:27:23): And then I would get to a store. I'd be like, oh, I'd love to buy this novelty t shirt. Let me see what I got. And then I would just start scratch, scratch, scratch. In a way I feel like that's just as easy. And then, oh, here's a $6 winner. Oh, great. Here's an $8 winner. All right. I only need four more of these, and I can have this t shirt. **Thomas** (00:40:30:15 - 00:40:33:12): That's one thing. I really want to relax when I'm on vacation. **Chip** (00:40:33:17 - 00:40:34:04): Yeah. **Thomas** (00:40:34:06 - 00:40:39:10): And if I felt pressure to mirror image my own signature. **Chip** (00:40:39:12 - 00:40:40:03): Oh, my God. **Thomas** (00:40:40:03 - 00:40:41:14): How consistent is your signature. **Chip** (00:40:41:14 - 00:41:00:00): Chip? Not vary. I will say mine is very. I take it for my dad. This way is you cannot read my signature. Mine is very like, you know, like kind of crazy, wispy, like all over the place. Yeah. So in that respect, it's kind of easy because it's a fast thing. But yeah, it's I'm not very consistent. **Thomas** (00:41:00:00 - 00:41:08:06): I remember being a kid and, practicing signing my, signature on baseballs. Chip. Oh, yeah. **Chip** (00:41:08:06 - 00:41:10:18): Your autograph. Because you're going to be a famous baseball player someday. **Thomas** (00:41:10:18 - 00:41:26:03): I legitimately did not put a lot of effort into baseball. Yeah, but still thought, like, there's a 5050 chance this signing a baseball thing's going to become, mandatory in my life, so I better get a good one. Now, I don't blame me, but, yeah, my signature is all. **Chip** (00:41:26:03 - 00:41:30:14): Over the place. In your adult life, how many baseballs have you signed for people? Zero. Okay, good. **Thomas** (00:41:30:15 - 00:41:33:17): Yeah. I can't even tell you the last time I saw a baseball in real life. **Chip** (00:41:33:19 - 00:41:35:08): Yeah. **Thomas** (00:41:35:10 - 00:41:40:14): Except for that lady who, stole the baseball from the little kid. I saw that clip all over the place. **Chip** (00:41:40:16 - 00:42:02:19): It's just Phillies. Karen. Man. She's she's, she went viral for a little bit. I don't think they actually ever actually specifically identified who she was. There was a lot of, false claims of people being accused that just look like that lady. But I don't know if the actual lady ever came forward or or not. It's because the world has been a crazy, crazy place. These past two weeks. I don't know if you've checked the news, but, that sort of got overshadowed. **Thomas** (00:42:08:22 - 00:42:16:13): Well, I have checked the news and it's mostly about tropical travel and budget travel tips. That's mostly what people have been talking about. **Chip** (00:42:16:13 - 00:42:19:00): That's what people are talking about these days. And signed baseballs. **Thomas** (00:42:19:00 - 00:42:26:20): I think. What was wild about that, incident with the baseball, was it it wasn't a Phillies home game, was it? **Chip** (00:42:26:22 - 00:42:28:13): No, I think it was down to Florida. I want to say. **Thomas** (00:42:28:16 - 00:42:36:10): Yeah. So like, that's just a Florida person who is just disparaging your guys. Good name is fans. **Chip** (00:42:36:12 - 00:42:39:22): But I think she might have been a Phillies fan, too. I think she had a Phillies shirt. **Thomas** (00:42:39:22 - 00:42:44:23): No, no, I think she was a Phillies fan. But she wasn't she but she's not living in Philadelphia. **Chip** (00:42:45:00 - 00:42:57:04): It's be splurging the good name of Philadelphia sports fans. That sparkling reputation that we have has there is now chink in the armor. And it's not, it doesn't look good for us at all. **Thomas** (00:42:57:08 - 00:42:59:16): I hear Lenny Dykstra is furious. **Chip** (00:42:59:18 - 00:43:01:22): He is so angry. **Thomas** (00:43:02:00 - 00:43:03:19): So angry about the reputation. **Chip** (00:43:03:20 - 00:43:05:10): He's literally spitting nails. **Thomas** (00:43:05:14 - 00:43:09:21): Speaking of just monumental feelings. **Chip** (00:43:09:21 - 00:43:10:05): Yeah. **Thomas** (00:43:10:05 - 00:43:34:06): Big stories. We're going to switch on over to the biggest stage possible. We are going to crack open the good book. We're we're kicking off the 2025 Guinness Book of World Records, and Chip and I have each picked one that speaks to our soul, that moves our minds, body and spirit to want to accomplish more. Yes. And, solidifies our wonder in the world. Chip, what is your Guinness Book of World Records? Fact for this. **Chip** (00:43:38:15 - 00:43:48:08): Week? All right, this one isn't super tropical by any stretch, but it is. As much as I love the tropics, it is getting to be one of my favorite seasons. It's spooky season. **Thomas** (00:43:48:10 - 00:43:51:19): I love spooky season. I shout out Spooky Steve. **Chip** (00:43:51:19 - 00:44:13:10): Spooky Steve, our, hearse driving, tour guide through all all over the country. It used to be Savannah. I believe in in Las Vegas now. Spooky. Steve. I started watching horror movies. You know, it's like I get into them. My. Yeah, my, my wife has a, has an appointment after work today, so she's going to be she's not going to be home for a while. So I think it's like hunker down a little bit early, cut out, get some dinner and just sit down and watch a it's like it's a it's my favorite time of year. **Thomas** (00:44:21:00 - 00:44:25:06): I love it. Have you watched any this year or like have any on the docket? **Chip** (00:44:25:06 - 00:44:47:14): We always kick it off with and we just kicked it off with Hubie Halloween. The Adam Sandler 2020 classic. I am such a, cheerleader for that ridiculous movie Hubie Halloween. If you've not seen it and you're like, it's, it's a ridiculous made for Netflix Adam Sandler movie, it will put you in the Halloween spirit more than any other. And then there's one other horror movie that I've watched so far this season that I always kick it off to is, God, this is a great, terrible, terrible movie that I love. I fell asleep watching it the other night. It is the 1985 made for TV movie The Midnight Hour, which actually comes up in my Guinness Book of World Records today, that action movie. It was an ABC made for TV movie 1985. I was eight years old. I remember watching it on Halloween night, like me and my friend and my brother went out trick or treating. My friend slept over and we stayed up late and watched The Midnight Hour. It stars Peter Louise, it stars Sheri Belafonte. Who's the Reading Rainbow guy? LeVar Burton, LeVar Burton. It it's just it's just it's amazing. It's like all of these great. And, it but you can find it on YouTube. It's it's a terrible movie, but I love it so, so much. So anyway, speaking of movies and spooky season, my Guinness Book of World Records this week is the most appearances by a movie in other movies. **Thomas** (00:45:56:07 - 00:46:04:03): So the most times a movie has been kind of like a character in a different movie. **Chip** (00:46:04:04 - 00:46:24:20): People are sitting there watching TV and there's a movie on TV. Yeah, it's that movie that's playing like a lot of times it's like some, you know, crazy B movie or just sometimes they'll even make it up or whatever it is. Yeah, but this is an actual movie that you see in other movies and, the record goes to. George Romero's 1968 classic night of the Living Dead. **Thomas** (00:46:31:06 - 00:46:32:19): That's surprising to me. **Chip** (00:46:32:21 - 00:46:47:16): Yeah. Yes. Right. Yeah. And it's, as of January of 2024. Night of the Living Dead has been seen in 129 movies, but. **Thomas** (00:46:47:21 - 00:47:01:04): That's got to be the winner by, I don't know, it's 5050. The next closest thing. Absolutely. That's so many times for that. So many that old, that old chestnut to be brought out. **Chip** (00:47:01:10 - 00:47:04:05): Yes. And there's a reason why. **Thomas** (00:47:04:07 - 00:47:06:15): Okay. I'm. I'm waiting for. Okay. I'm confused. **Chip** (00:47:06:17 - 00:47:17:21): Okay. So the reason George Romero's 1968 classic night of the Living Dead has been seen in so many movies is because it is public domain. Anybody can show that movie basically at any time. **Thomas** (00:47:21:06 - 00:47:23:11): Came out in 68 and it's public domain. **Chip** (00:47:23:16 - 00:47:24:17): It's public domain. **Thomas** (00:47:24:21 - 00:47:27:03): And no other movies from 68 are. **Chip** (00:47:27:05 - 00:47:53:10): Not that I know of. It's not copy written. Okay, okay. So it's not copy written. Now here's the deal. Okay. Originally, night of the Living Dead was called night of the Flesh Eaters. And in that print of the movie, they made the movie, you know, now boom, they the flesh eaters. And then it had the copyright card on there saying that, you know, copy written or whatever had the right it was copy written. And then at the last minute, they decided to change it from night of the Flesh Eaters to Night of the Living Dead. And when they switched that out, they forgot to include the copyright card and then I guess, like, reregister it or whatever. So just that little mistake has, first of all, cost George Romero millions of dollars. Wow. And it's just public domain. Anybody can use it because of that little slip up. So now especially horror movies, if they want to reference an old movie and it's a great old movie, it's classic movie. Yeah. That they can just show snippets of it without any permission, without paying any money, and they could just make it happen. It's been in you can see night of the Living Dead in Halloween two in, clerks, Grindhouse, the Tarantino movie. Grindhouse. Yeah. The midnight hour that made for TV movie that I talked about. Yeah. And Natural Born Killers, Woody Harrelson, is another one that, and those are, just a few of the 129 movies and countless TV shows that will use clip it clips from night of the Living Dead. **Thomas** (00:48:59:09 - 00:49:13:00): That is. Wow. So this isn't just a world record for a film being featured in other films and TV shows. It also might be the biggest the world record for the biggest copyright goof. Oh, of all time. **Chip** (00:49:13:00 - 00:49:28:07): It has to be. I mean, George Brett. He's lost like because back like I never remember this, but like back in video store days, like there would always be, like weird copies of it because they never had to buy it from a company. They could just burn copies, just record copies and just like. **Thomas** (00:49:28:09 - 00:49:28:19): Put a little. **Chip** (00:49:28:19 - 00:49:45:16): Cover on it and they can show it for free. So I think I will say this, I think to drive up numbers of this podcast, this could be our breakout episode next week. We just welcome the show and then we just show night of the Living Dead in its entirety for the episode. **Thomas** (00:49:45:19 - 00:49:58:07): I think at least some clips. I mean, that could be a fun, spooky season. In addition to the somber podcast Tropical Travel, mix it with a little, you know, flesh eating. **Chip** (00:49:58:09 - 00:50:17:12): Action. See, I love it. Sunburnt flesh eat. Right. I think it's I think it's the best. Oh, oh, oh. Were you a guy? Did you at your home I and I again I do not want to. I think the, statute of limitations has expired. Were you and your family, people who pirated movies, like, did you like record? We get like a movie from the video store and like, recorded on like a separate VCR or anything like that. Because we did that, I. **Thomas** (00:50:24:21 - 00:50:35:20): Think we had aspirations to do it. I had a friend who like it. It was their their family's life's work to just recreate blockbuster inside their home. **Chip** (00:50:36:02 - 00:50:39:08): I love this family. This is this. That's my life goal as well. Yeah. **Thomas** (00:50:39:08 - 00:51:00:15): It was such a different world, though. Like, you know how everybody's, you know, 4K and they've got like a real nice home set up. Like it was exactly the opposite. The TVs were such garbage compared to what we have today. Yeah, they would put it on super long play okay. And they could fit 2 to 3 movies on a single VHS tape. **Chip** (00:51:00:20 - 00:51:03:08): Yes, we had the same thing. Yeah, yeah. **Thomas** (00:51:03:14 - 00:51:23:05): So it's like you're already on a VHS and then you're like, let's make it three times worse. Yeah, because we just want the ability to watch this thing. So they would go rent movies and they would never watch the actual tape that they came on. They would just watch it for the process of stacking it up. And they had a little computer. They had like a little like spreadsheet where you would look it up and see what number the tape was on. **Chip** (00:51:27:10 - 00:51:29:12): That's amazing. They really went all out. **Thomas** (00:51:29:12 - 00:51:37:09): Really well organized. It was all on this like fold out shelf. I can remember it. And, yeah, just a lot of, a lot of classic films in there. **Chip** (00:51:37:11 - 00:51:55:19): That's beautiful. I remember, one of our favorite tapes when I was very little. Had the three movies. You ready for this? Vacation. Wow. Grease. Grease. Footloose. So, a little comedy, a little dancing, a little song, a dance. Yeah. And then the, the very serious dancing of Mr. Kevin Bacon. **Thomas** (00:51:55:19 - 00:52:00:02): Yeah. When? When the dancing has a risk on it. That's how you know it's serious. **Chip** (00:52:00:04 - 00:52:00:17): Exactly. **Thomas** (00:52:00:17 - 00:52:02:04): When there's a cost. **Chip** (00:52:02:05 - 00:52:24:10): Yeah, but, yeah. So, that is my Guinness Book of World Records. The most appearance of a movie in other movies. 1968 George Romero's Night, living dead. And I will say two. He has suffered great financial losses from this, but also because it's such in the Zeit Geist and it's a go to that. I think it's also kept the movie alive. So it sort of like kept his legacy alive. So therefore I think he got some notoriety from it to a certain extent. So I think it helped in a certain way. **Thomas** (00:52:32:13 - 00:52:36:07): He definitely got some benefits out of it. And also, the name is so much better. **Chip** (00:52:36:07 - 00:52:39:19): Now of the Flesh Eaters, like that's just a schlock B-movie. **Thomas** (00:52:39:19 - 00:52:42:07): The name change was a strong name change. **Chip** (00:52:42:09 - 00:52:52:16): Strong change, strong change. Absolutely. All right, so that's that. Tommaso, if you see United Living Dead, just know that you can watch it whenever you want. What is your Guinness Book of World record? **Thomas** (00:52:52:19 - 00:53:00:04): My Guinness Book of World Records drifts from the world of copyright into the world of performance. Chip. **Chip** (00:53:00:06 - 00:53:01:00): All right. **Thomas** (00:53:01:02 - 00:53:16:02): And it ties in Tropic Lee because it includes one of my favorite tropical animals, the parrot Coco. My world record is for the most items identified by a parrot in three minutes. **Chip** (00:53:16:04 - 00:53:17:03): Whoa. **Thomas** (00:53:17:05 - 00:53:22:03): Yeah. You know, you want your parrot action confined to three minutes. **Chip** (00:53:22:05 - 00:53:23:11): Oh, absolutely. Yeah. **Thomas** (00:53:23:12 - 00:53:27:17): You don't want to know what they can do in 30. You also don't want to know what they can do in one. **Chip** (00:53:27:20 - 00:53:30:02): No, it has to be specifically three. **Thomas** (00:53:30:02 - 00:53:35:19): This is the world's most talented parrot from what I can tell. And you want to put a nice three minute timer on them. **Chip** (00:53:35:19 - 00:53:36:11): Yes you do. **Thomas** (00:53:36:12 - 00:53:42:14): This parrots name was Apollo. Great name. And he's an African gray. **Chip** (00:53:42:18 - 00:53:43:03): Okay. **Thomas** (00:53:43:05 - 00:53:50:04): Which feels a little funny coming off your tongue if you say it as a white person. **Chip** (00:53:50:06 - 00:53:51:19): Yeah, it is literally a gray. **Thomas** (00:53:51:19 - 00:54:13:05): Area and it really is. But you can't think about parrots in terms of race because first of all, their parrots and they don't have that. But also one of the most famous parrot sayings, Polly want a cracker takes a whole new tone and turn when you, bring in, you know, human racial identity into it. **Chip** (00:54:13:06 - 00:54:15:08): Literally ruffle some feathers. **Thomas** (00:54:15:08 - 00:54:22:19): Yeah, yeah, it'll ruffle some feathers. Anyways, Apollo was a guess how many objects he named in these in these three minutes? **Chip** (00:54:22:21 - 00:54:26:11): Oh, geez. I mean, he's a bird. Like ten. **Thomas** (00:54:26:13 - 00:54:36:03): Kilos. It was 12 objects. Whoa. It's not fake. He's really doing it. Like. Yeah, they just bring out an object in front of him and he says what it is. **Chip** (00:54:36:05 - 00:54:37:02): Okay. **Thomas** (00:54:37:04 - 00:54:51:11): So he was able to do 12 objects. Here's the thing, though. The examples they give in the Guinness Book, are a block, a rock and a sock. **Chip** (00:54:51:13 - 00:54:52:21): All right, doctor Seuss. **Thomas** (00:54:52:23 - 00:55:07:18): Yeah, yeah, there's a lot of ox in there. Lot I did, I did look it up. I did some outside research. He also named bug and a couple other things that weren't ox. Okay. But, they do sound a little. **Chip** (00:55:07:19 - 00:55:09:20): He's got it, too. He's got a tape, is what you're saying? **Thomas** (00:55:09:22 - 00:55:16:18): He does have a tape. It was done in Saint Petersburg, Florida on December 18th, 2023. **Chip** (00:55:16:20 - 00:55:17:23): Okay. So recent. **Thomas** (00:55:18:01 - 00:55:24:12): It's pretty recent, but he was born in 2020. He was hatched in 2020. Apollo was a. **Chip** (00:55:24:13 - 00:55:35:04): You don't think about parrots as hatching. You just think of like birds hatch. But like I don't think a parrot. What parents do hatch, don't they? I mean, it's like I always just think parrots are just kind of they're. **Thomas** (00:55:35:04 - 00:55:39:16): They start off as eggs and it's it that's how it that's how it said in the good book is hatching. **Chip** (00:55:39:16 - 00:55:47:09): Yeah. No I mean you're, you're right. But it's like I just don't pick like a big bright parrot, even like a gray parrot like that. You don't think of it coming from a little egg. **Thomas** (00:55:47:09 - 00:55:58:14): Yeah, but born in 2020. Hatched in 2020, in The Good Book at 2023, can you imagine being in the Guinness Book of World Records at three years old? No. **Chip** (00:55:58:14 - 00:56:04:05): Even as a as a child, as a as a human child, that's pretty impressive. **Thomas** (00:56:04:09 - 00:56:09:12): The owners say that Apollo has the intelligence of a human toddler. **Chip** (00:56:09:14 - 00:56:10:04): Okay. **Thomas** (00:56:10:06 - 00:56:28:12): And he has quite the following on YouTube. If you go to Apollo and Friends. Friends I spelled friend. As you can see, videos of Apollo like, being flash cards and he can tell you what color they are. **Chip** (00:56:28:14 - 00:56:29:14): Yeah. **Thomas** (00:56:29:16 - 00:56:55:21): He can also recognize like, different types of objects, like he knows what materials things are made out of. Like if there are glass, metal or paper. He understands some numbers. And, dude, he's just the cool. Like, if you hear his voice, like, go on the YouTube channel. I could watch it all day. He's got a very distinct voice and he just rattles off these words. **Chip** (00:56:55:23 - 00:56:56:09): I love. **Thomas** (00:56:56:09 - 00:57:00:17): It. 1.8 million followers on YouTube alone. **Chip** (00:57:00:19 - 00:57:02:15): I mean, that has to be a record. **Thomas** (00:57:02:17 - 00:57:05:22): For a pair maybe, I don't know, like animals do. Well, on social. **Chip** (00:57:05:23 - 00:57:07:11): Yeah, yeah, we. **Thomas** (00:57:07:13 - 00:57:14:23): Maybe we should just name some colors, name some objects, and we can grow this following to an Apollo, like, standard. **Chip** (00:57:15:01 - 00:57:18:11): Rock solid rock block. **Thomas** (00:57:18:13 - 00:57:38:23): If you want to check him out, go to Apollo and Friends. 1.8 million followers. I just watched the video this morning, and I was talking about where he names colors, and it is worth the time. Strangely addictive. Congrats, Apollo. Yeah. Now. Oh, the ripe old age of 5 or 6. Congrats on making the good book. And, we welcome you into the, the sunburnt Hall of Fame here. You're a tropical bird doing incredible things. **Chip** (00:57:45:22 - 00:57:47:07): Huzzah! Young man. **Thomas** (00:57:47:09 - 00:57:48:07): Huzzah! **Chip** (00:57:48:08 - 00:57:51:01): Well done. **Thomas** (00:57:51:03 - 00:57:54:10): All right, buddy, it's time to get into some vacation rules. **Chip** (00:57:54:13 - 00:58:02:13): Yeah, we gave you some chip tips. Now we're going to give some actual rules. Things. These are these things you must abide by. **Thomas** (00:58:02:15 - 00:58:04:00): The dude must abide. **Chip** (00:58:04:02 - 00:58:09:07): Here's vacation rule number 123. If you're traveling with a group, there's party time. There's beach time, and there's me time. All right? You don't need to be joined. The grass skirt the entire vacation. Let people breathe. It's an all inclusive resort, not a three legged race. You don't have to be together the entire time. **Thomas** (00:58:30:04 - 00:58:34:06): Chip likes a little room to rob you. Like a little. A little chip time. **Chip** (00:58:34:08 - 00:58:36:02): Yeah. Off the leash, maybe. **Thomas** (00:58:36:04 - 00:58:39:23): Yeah. Are you one of those people that does need, like, your own time? **Chip** (00:58:40:02 - 00:58:55:09): I do like my entourage. Like, I love being with people, but that I like to have a little bit of time off, like, all right, now I'm going to have 30 minutes of just let me just do my thing and then come back, refuel and boom, I'm ready to go. So I love, I love, I love both, but I do need to kind of have both. **Thomas** (00:58:55:09 - 00:59:09:12): I think I oddly need zero me time, really. I've been described as a puppy person, okay, I don't I might not like put out that vibe, but like I could be around people all day. Like, that's why I love being married and having a kid. There's always people around. **Chip** (00:59:09:14 - 00:59:31:10): Right? Yeah, yeah. No. And I think my wife and I work pretty well because we're both we love being together, but we're also like independent people. So we can just do like me time as well. Like even in the house, you know, like different spots and then come back together. Yeah. But it's, even when I was a little kid, like, I would just, like, play with my little Star Wars figures and stuff like that, and my, my mom, like, you know, there's kids down the street. I'm like, yeah, I know, and, like, I had lot, I had friends, I loved hanging out with kids, but like, my brother was somebody like, my brother always needed to have friends around. And I'm like, I could just do entertain myself for two hours, not talk. **Thomas** (00:59:42:22 - 00:59:52:19): I can do it. I could as a kid, too. Like I, I could dig into a book or do something by myself. But I'd always be wondering, like, what are people with friends doing right now? **Chip** (00:59:52:20 - 01:00:05:15): I will say, like when? Like my wife, she and her mom usually go away once a year. They go like over to Europe or something like that together. Yeah, hiking. It's like whole thing. They'll be gone for like a week or two and like, I'll be like, oh, I got the place to myself. It's just me and the dogs would be great. Hang out. Whatever. And then by like day three, I'm like, oh, wait, I haven't talked to another human being in 72 hours, like, I'm something's off. Something's weird. And then like, oh, I need to fight. And then like, I go hang out with a friend and be like, all right, I'm normal again. **Thomas** (01:00:20:19 - 01:00:33:08): I think that was also one of the things that was so exciting about starting comedy for me was just when I was a single dude, it gave me a place to be with people I loved seven nights a week. **Chip** (01:00:33:10 - 01:00:49:10): Oh, absolutely. Like that was. And it was also, I would assume, for you too, like, I, I had friends in high school and college and they're great and all, but like, yeah, I found my people with standup. So it was like I had to go every week, like to be there to be a part of it. Like every week, every night, you know, just to. Yeah. Because you just wanted to hang out with your buddies. Yeah. It was the best. **Thomas** (01:00:52:06 - 01:01:02:23): Just hang out with your buddies and there was a place to do it. And I didn't have to invite anybody. Like, it was like, really? The, the cheat code for what I needed socially at the time. **Chip** (01:01:03:01 - 01:01:09:02): Yes. Yeah, yeah. Me too. Me too. I'm Rick. Thomas, what is your vacation rule? **Thomas** (01:01:09:06 - 01:01:27:10): My vacation rule is rule number 328. And it's this. Try exotic foods. Even if you have IBS. YOLO is how many travelers enjoy life. But yo, Poe isn't a thing at all. You only poop once, Chip. It's not a thing. **Chip** (01:01:27:15 - 01:01:29:20): It's that YOLO is not the way. **Thomas** (01:01:29:20 - 01:01:30:07): You got to. **Chip** (01:01:30:07 - 01:01:37:12): Do it. It's set. Absolutely. I 100% agree. Live life to the fullest inside and out. **Thomas** (01:01:37:14 - 01:01:56:14): Yeah, it's like I do have a little bit of IBS and especially spicy food will really throw me in, strange bathroom necessity situation. Okay. But if it's, if it's food that I can't get somewhere else, if it's authentic, if it's exciting, you just got to throw caution into the wind and go for it. **Chip** (01:01:56:16 - 01:01:57:16): Yeah. Like. **Thomas** (01:01:57:18 - 01:02:11:04): As much as on vacations. The last place I want to be desperately searching for a restroom. I still got to try anything. Or why should I go? Why should you go try it all? Live life. Use a public restroom in Singapore or wherever you happen to be. **Chip** (01:02:11:05 - 01:02:15:16): There has to be a lot of outtakes from Anthony Bourdain shows. **Thomas** (01:02:15:18 - 01:02:23:14): Oh my gosh, he's eating a raw duck egg. And you think he had it? It was all roses and the restroom and everything moved normally? **Chip** (01:02:23:19 - 01:02:25:02): No, not at all. **Thomas** (01:02:25:04 - 01:02:29:19): And, raw fermented duck egg. **Chip** (01:02:29:21 - 01:02:32:19): Just in a just an African gray parrot egg. **Thomas** (01:02:32:20 - 01:02:35:11): Don't say that. They can talk chat. **Chip** (01:02:35:13 - 01:02:36:18): You know, we should say, though. **Thomas** (01:02:36:20 - 01:02:38:07): What should we say? **Chip** (01:02:38:09 - 01:02:39:21): We should say some Jimmy Buffett facts. **Thomas** (01:02:39:22 - 01:03:07:16): Oh, that man, Jimmy Buffett. We dig in to Jimmy Buffett's life every week, unearthing new factoids about him, his process, his vibe, his lifestyle. And, it's been one of the most rewarding things we've ever done in our whole careers. Really digging into this person. He played by his own rules. He inspired millions, created a whole community based around having a good time, getting the most out of life. And we celebrated him with these facts today. Chip, what is your Jimmy Buffett fact for the week? **Chip** (01:03:12:04 - 01:03:26:00): Jimmy Buffett never wore a Walkman, a Discman, or streamed music. He just had a steel drum band on call at all times. **Thomas** (01:03:26:02 - 01:03:27:23): That is sweet. **Chip** (01:03:28:01 - 01:03:30:23): That's pretty powerful. He just call him up and be like, boys need a song. **Thomas** (01:03:31:01 - 01:03:34:19): That's the way to do it. That's the way to do it. Steve. That's his genius. **Chip** (01:03:35:01 - 01:03:35:14): Yes. **Thomas** (01:03:35:14 - 01:03:39:03): I mean, he did make a fair amount of scratch, especially towards the end. **Chip** (01:03:39:03 - 01:03:39:23): He did. **Thomas** (01:03:40:01 - 01:03:55:22): But he didn't use it like for a golden boat or to celebrate himself. He use it because he needed that sweet steel drum in his ear, when he needed that steel drum in his ear. And why not have them around on call? Great use Jimbo. **Chip** (01:03:56:01 - 01:03:58:22): Absolutely well done. How about you, Thomas? **Thomas** (01:03:58:22 - 01:04:21:05): This is actually a topical fact based on kind of what's going on in the world today. Taking a look back at his life and seeing how he would feel about some stuff that's going on at the moment, I always enjoyed his perspective. Sure. So, this is my Buffett fact for the week. Jimmy Buffett wasn't a fan of censorship, except for the word ship tucked right in there at the end. **Chip** (01:04:21:08 - 01:04:24:09): That's the nice thing about censorship is there is a ship in there. **Thomas** (01:04:24:13 - 01:04:40:22): Yeah. I mean, I think it's just the fact that he could see a way to the sea through all the negativity in the world, you know, and he just focus in on that back part censorship. He wasn't a fan. He did have some body or songs. **Chip** (01:04:40:23 - 01:04:42:11): Yes, he did that. **Thomas** (01:04:42:13 - 01:04:59:04): Sometimes people wouldn't want him to play, in front of his, their kids and know he was like kind of the biggest, the most amount of censorship I want in my life is, oh. If you don't want your kids to hear it, why don't you put your little fingers in their ear holes and block out, the parts of the tune you don't like it? He wasn't completely above, changing it in certain situations, though. He wasn't like a peer. He didn't feel like I have to honor my words. This is whatever. He would change songs from time to time, depending on if he felt the vibe was right, to talk about certain subjects, and specifically, songs that dealt with, lovemaking. **Chip** (01:05:22:20 - 01:05:24:18): Oh, yeah, or boozing. **Thomas** (01:05:24:18 - 01:05:37:23): Sometimes he would change the words to, incorporate like, safer sex terms or, you know, moderation or, designated drivers, that kind of thing. **Chip** (01:05:38:01 - 01:05:41:21): I love it. The man, the man would he could party, but he was wise. **Thomas** (01:05:41:23 - 01:05:58:07): Exactly. And more than anything, at least from the outside, I know myself. It appeared he was happy. And I think the person who has more happy days on this planet that, anybody else is the one who won life. You know what I mean? Yep. **Chip** (01:05:58:09 - 01:05:59:13): Absolutely. **Thomas** (01:05:59:15 - 01:06:05:13): That's what we're searching after. That's what we're trying to find. That's what we hope Mr. Buffett is leading us to. **Chip** (01:06:05:15 - 01:06:09:09): Absolutely. Great fact, Thomas. Great fact I love. **Thomas** (01:06:09:09 - 01:06:30:20): Thanks, buddy. Well, dude, this has been an amazing episode, man. It's absolutely flown by. We've actually gone significantly over. We were having the rundown of what this episode is going to be, before we started it. We kind of, you know, are shaping it through the week, and we actually pulled a couple of things out. We're like, I don't I we, we're probably going to be on time if we take this thing out. We took those things out and we still. **Chip** (01:06:32:23 - 01:06:33:17): Still. **Thomas** (01:06:33:19 - 01:06:56:17): Delivered more show. Yes. More shit. Buddy? Well, dude, as always, I love doing this with you. It's been the most fun thing I get to do. This is the 32nd episode we've done. We are sitting 62 days away from chips and trees. Thanksgiving in Paradise, which I am so excited about. This year we wanted to do something fun. Do something tropical, mix it with comedy. We came up with chips and trees, Thanksgiving and Paradise, where we're going to Waikiki the day before Thanksgiving and doing, a show right there on the beach at a beautiful jazz club in the Blue Note jazz club Hawaii. And, yeah, dude, I'm fired up about it. It's, we're nine weeks away, and, that means we've got, you know, 9 or 8 podcasts to go before we're going to be putting our toes in that sand. **Chip** (01:07:26:21 - 01:07:27:16): **Thomas** (01:07:27:16 - 01:07:28:13): Having. **Chip** (01:07:28:15 - 01:07:30:11): Tootsies and specific. **Thomas** (01:07:30:12 - 01:07:50:10): Yeah. Putting our tootsies in the. I check the water. This are the water temperature this weekend when I was at the beach, it was chilly. I, you know, have to dip the baby's feet in. And I just checked the water temperature in Waikiki. On Sunday. You want to guess what the high was for water temperature in Waikiki? **Chip** (01:07:50:12 - 01:07:53:12): You know, I'm not good with water temperature. Like 60 to. **Thomas** (01:07:53:12 - 01:07:55:01): 80 degrees sharp. **Chip** (01:07:55:03 - 01:07:56:07): Oh, my God. **Thomas** (01:07:56:09 - 01:07:58:12): It's like a bath water. **Chip** (01:07:58:14 - 01:07:59:16): That's amazing. **Thomas** (01:07:59:18 - 01:08:21:22): It really is truly amazing. And I'm just, like, replaying at my mind. I'm like, yeah, I can feel the difference. I can feel the difference between the Pacific here and the Pacific. There. And I am so excited in November to just take a float in that warm water. Dude, it's going to be unbelievable. This is the sunburnt podcast where we talk about comedy and tropical travel. Until next time, stay burnt. Front desk. **Chip** (01:08:26:16 - 01:08:33:00): Hi, this is Mr. Chantry in room 308. I'd like to make a complaint. My TV remote control is disgusting. **Thomas** (01:08:33:02 - 01:08:36:19): Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Chantry. We'll have somebody come up and clean that right away. **Chip** (01:08:36:21 - 01:08:41:13): No, no, no, it's it's not dirty. It's just every time I turn the TV on, the Big Bang Theory is playing. **Thomas** (01:08:41:13 - 01:08:44:03): We'll go ahead and get that TV removed right away.