The Trout Stream
The Trout Stream
#90 - MAMA WE'RE ON A RACECAR!
The mic’s hot, the porch light’s on, and we’re rolling straight into a milestone—complete with a twist we’ve been dying to share. After a short break, we bring the full spread: a cold open laced with hidden Garth Brooks titles, a NASCAR playoffs duel separated by a single point, and the final vote in our BBQ side dish bracket that crowns a surprise champion. It’s the familiar rhythm you love—fast sports talk, food debates, small‑town volunteer chaos—turned up with stories that stick long after the outro.
We dig into the mythology of the number 90, from Jordan Davis’ freight-train speed to Julius Peppers’ clean Carolina blues, and wander into the stat-nerd weeds on who’s worn 90 in other leagues. Golden Trouts go to legends and lifelines: Lee Corso for shaping Saturdays, North Wilkesboro for returning to the NASCAR points slate, Jared Allen for a Hall of Fame line that hits home, and to family for keeping us steady. The Trout Stream even found its way onto a real race car—Carter Clepp’s no. 99 Bandolero and go‑kart—proving that community travels fast when you invite it along.
Paul’s Weird News brings the delightful absurd: an 82‑year‑late library return with a mysterious note, an osprey that “preheated” dinner on power lines, and a wallet rediscovered under the hood after 151,000 miles—gift cards alive, lottery numbers gone. And then the news that made our break make sense: we’re having a baby. We talk honestly about fertility hurdles, cravings, moving the studio, and the friends who make the load lighter. It’s sports, life, and everything in between—stitched with humor, kindness, and just enough chaos to feel real.
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Remember that summer where we went down to the river? I must I forget who we were with, right? And I remember we went to get some drinks and I asked you, Hey, what do you want? And you said, I want two pina coladas, and I gave you a look, and last minute, you side said, Never mind. Give me give me one of them long neck bottles over there trying to like fit in with everybody else. And you're like, oh man, I I really need those pina coladas because I'm learning how to live again. Do you remember that? We were down on the beaches of uh Cheyenne. It was a bunch of us, it was a group of us. I don't know. I try to remember it, but like that weekend there was more than a memory for me. It was like it was like a good ride cowboy type of moment. But then the girls were there, and you remember when they walked away, and I was like, hey, what are the girls doing over there? And you're like, man, what's she doing now? I have no idea. But I'm trying to figure that out with my own life. Beaches of Cheyenne. We were in Cheyenne, standing outside the fire, just hanging out, all of us. As the thunder rolled in, it was such a great time. And I remember you and I are standing outside the fire, just hanging out. You're like, we are much too young to feel this old, right? We were we're still in our early mid-30s, tired of working for a living, just trying to make the change that we need. Meanwhile, the whole time, underneath the midnight sun. Remember that? Vaguely. Hello, friends, and welcome back to the Trout stream. My name is Harry Troutman, and with me as always, a man who became the queen of his own beehive. Hi, I'm Paul Troutman. So pick up a pollcast align and join us on a stream. We have a lot to go over, a quick intro. You ready? I'm gonna hit some bullet points. We hand out golden trouts for the good. We hand out eagles for the bad. We will crown, finally crown, the winner of the best barbecue side dish bracket. And then, of course, we got PWN and packing up the truck. We got a lot to fill in. We got four weeks into the NFL seasons. It's wild, but I'm getting ahead of myself. Paul, listeners, everyone, welcome back to the Trout Stream and welcome to episode 90. Shameless plug. Welcome back. Episode 90. Feels like we've been gone for over 90 days. We haven't. We are still in your hearts and in your ears. Man, it's good to be back in the studio. I will say this. I hinted at some news last episode, and I said I cannot talk about it. And I promise, if you want to stay around until the very end, which I hope everyone does, we have some news that we need to share. It will help explain our absence here. But other than that, nothing too crazy. Buddy, how was your past weekend? Funny you should ask. I didn't keep you quite up to date. Little one didn't want to sleep. Piper at one point looked at me and said, Dan, I ain't going down until the sun comes up because I'm ready to stay up all night and party with you. And I just looked at her and I said, It's 10 o'clock, it's time for bed. They were really excited. Uh, we really just hung out at the house. Went to the park a few times, had a little picnic, picked up some sandwiches from a local chain delicatessen. Love that's a state named after a man named Michael. Jersey Mike's. Really? Really nothing. That was it. Quick, easy, simple weekend. I'm not reviewing, not covering the last 60 days worth, or however many days it's been since we were last in the studio. Harry, I want to hear about your time because listeners might not know this. We talk on occasion, but we don't spill the beans on everything. No, we can't. Uh this past weekend we went back to the in balls, and then we went to Angie's best friend, Jess. We went to her house, had a great game night, had some delicious pulled chicken, dude. It was so good. Yeah, crockpot style. Crockpot pulled chicken. Huge shout out to Jess. Amazing brownies. I played a lot of what do you mean? A good choice. Great, good game, good game. Funny game. And then, yeah, just uh honestly, I I uh I can't tune in later. Tune in later to this episode to figure out what's going on. We gotta get moving. We got a lot to cover. We got a lot to cover, and I really dislike when I listen to other shows like Stay Till the End for News. We have way too much to cover, and we're not spoiling anything. This is all part of the plan. Just bear with us. By the end, you're gonna be like, I saw with all the dominoes fell. I'm telling you guys, it will all make sense here. The dance is gonna make perfect sense at the end. It is going to make sense at the end. Let's give a shout-out to a couple previous listeners, one from Noracross, Georgia. And you know what? Let's shout out the hometown buddy. Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. Listen, I got about, I mean, like I said, it's been it's been a while. I have Egg Harbor, New Jersey, and Norcross, Georgia. I just said that. Livington, New Jersey. Uh, what about Manila, Utah? Manila, Utah. I wonder how much flavor's there. Uh well, they were enjoying the flying uh episode 87, the Flying Zebra. So wonder if they make folders there. You know, they got to. I mean, what kind of name is Manila? I don't want to judge. No, I'm not judging. I'm not. But Manila is a ch is a choice. That's a solid choice. And uh in another's eyes, you could win a different route. So thank you for everyone for the continued support, even when we took an impromptu break. Pause, right? We took a break. We took a little pause, you know. We took a little pause. Well, I don't even want to say we took a pause because truth be told, I had something, you had something, we had something. It was just kind of tough. I'm not gonna lie. It was one of those things that we uh having a successful podcast. I don't think we we really accounted for times like this when both of us have life. You know, our life's obviously come first, but it's tough. Not just life, but also our volunteer work we do and the things outside of our home we do. Like two weeks ago, I was working at the American Honky Tonk Bar Association. I had a uh big bingo night I was holding down there. Was it bingo or was it the chili cook-off? Chili cook-off was three weeks ago. I do apologize. Yeah. So you did the chili cook-off prior, a week prior, then you had bingo. You want the chili smell out of the smart honky tonk bar association hall because if not, the fever that you would get being in there at the same time, astronomical. Well, last year I didn't people complain and say basically they were getting maced by all the chili powder. They were. Yeah. Yeah. It's not great. Bill did not he went to the hospital after that and they just told him go take a shower. He's already on oxygen, dude. Yeah. Yeah, I know. Bill can't keep his stuff together. He can't. Chance and Guy tried making a chili. It did not work out. They were eliminated. NASCAR still in season, still in the playoffs. Paul, not only did you get the win last week, not only did you beat me last week, you got the win last week. I got the win-win last week. So, quick flash in a hurry. Where are the points? What are the standings? What is going on? So the listeners understand. Harry and I text, if we have somebody who wants to challenge us, I will send you the screenshots. Now, there was even one race where during all this, Harry was out camping with zero seller service. Sent me his pick, screenshot of his sent pick, and try sending that immediately. I got it hours later. I saw the screenshot. I needed the timestamp. Yeah, I had the timestamp and everything, and I was like, I need to know. I need to know. I need to know. And actually, he was right the whole time. So funny enough, we are in it to win it in the playoffs, Harry. One, two, we are five races in the playoffs. One of us has three wins. One of us has two wins. That's the closest we can get. I'm at three. We're at two. After you beat me in the regular season, 14 to 11. Yeah. Yeah. After you dismantled me in the regular season, 641 to 558. Here we stand now. I have three wins. You have two in the postseason. You have 159 points in the postseason. That's not bad. It is not bad. But what's better is I have 160. Buddy, it is good to be back. I have a one-point lead and I have 10 bonus points. So I have theoretically 11 points. An 11 point lead. I am in one. Win. Call me 2023 Ryan Blaney. I am not going to show up until the playoffs start. No disrespect to Ryan Blaney. Love him. Love the Penske mentality. Keep going, boys. Oh, that is tough. Honestly, at this point, I wish there was a way like you could just write down points and we won't do anything until the end. Add them up together. That would be great. Just keep it going. Just double tap it up. It's close. It's too close. And that's why I love it. It's so great. I'm so glad to be back after our break. You won last week. Like I said, you were spot on. So you go first with the picks. Who do you have at 90? Wearing 90. 90 could have gone many, many different ways. I have decided to take it this route. First, I'm going to go with it. The most recent, the most current, the most active, the fastest tracked 90 in NFL history since StatCast has come out. Blocks a field goal against LA Rams, runs it back 60 yards, running 18 miles an hour at 350 pounds, calling the locomotive freight train Jordan Davis. Why are we not putting him in as running back? Yeah, you want to ban the tush push. You got Jordan Davis or Jordan Mylotta. I said my lotta from day one. We've been saying my lotta for years. You and I both. When they recruited, not to take away from Jordan Davis, but when they drafted Mylotta, I said put him in the backfield. He's a rugby player. He knows how to handle football. He's a rugby player. He knows how to handle football. Anyway, I digress. Yes, I don't know if we said it on the show or a normal conversation, but you came to me and you said, what is your price to take on a hit by Jordan Davis? Yeah. And after the block and pickup and recovery, and realizing that man runs 18 miles an hour. And he's over 330 pounds, by the way. I don't know my number anymore. I don't know what it would be. For him to hit me full on. Full on. He has a 15-yard head start. Two commas. Low number. But also he's got to run into this. You know what I'm saying? You ever seen a locomotive hit a locomotive? I have. It's not pretty. Right. If you're gonna head on collision, use this for a lesson later. Go faster than the other guy. Hey man. It's gonna hurt, but it might hurt less. At least it's what Coach Evans used to tell us in football. He might be bigger, just go faster, and it'll hurt less. Alright, cool. Yeah, Matt checks out. He said hurt less. He never said it's not gonna hurt. Yeah, you know, it's like, you know, the train leaves Chicago at four o'clock. How many chickens does Hank have? You don't know. Just run fast and hit the guy. All right. Why are you worried about chickens? It's a football field. I'm running as fast as I can. Speaking about big, speaking about running as fast as you can. I don't know who I'd rather get hit by. Number 90, Jordan Davis or Harry. I'm gonna take the same green. I'm gonna take the same font, same number, but I'm gonna go back 20 years to the mid-2000s, about 2005. Corey Simon. That was a big scary man. That was a very large human being. That is for sure. I don't know if he could fit through a doorway. That's tough. That's I don't know. Yeah, I think his home had the French doors like I have here. Yeah. Because I'm scared of him. I would say this to his face if given the opportunity. How did you get through a doorway? I am still very scared of you. I love you, sir. Thank you. Goodbye, sir. Thank you. Now, scary. Impressive. My last 90 is probably the greatest number 90 in sports history. That's a bold strategy, Cotton. The number one 90 ever. NBA, NFL, NBA, NHL, KHL, CFL, NASCAR, Indy. I don't I forget. Does IndyCar do numbers? Not really. The first player drafted by Carolina Panthers to be inducted into the National Football Hall of Fame. Cool last name. Added to my cheesesteak. Whizwit. Julius Peppers. I say it all the time. I say it all the time. And I will continue to say it every time I see, every time it comes up because it's just like, you know, that that sports third eye opening on my forehead. Julius Peppers jersey was another one I saw in high school. And I was like, why are you not wearing a Pers jersey? Right. Right. So two things. One correction, it would be provolone with Peppers. Understood. Secondly, yes. Julius Peppers, something about that Carolina black and blue, when they came out in the well, they became a team in like 95. Remember when in middle school somebody had a Kerry Collins jersey. And that thing was looking clean. But there's so many. Like Javon Kurse wore 90 with Tennessee Titans. Right. And that looked good, right? That literally now on my show sheet. I've had six months to prepare for episode 90. And tell me why I just now thought of Javon Kurz wearing 90 for Tennessee. I have him later on. Because they start 9-0 and somebody put a beat of white tape between these two numbers, said 9-0. Oh, okay. Turns 90 to 9-0. Love it. You're right, though. The Carolina Panthers 90. I I think once this is done, we're going to have a bracket for like best uniform that's not Philly teams. Okay. Because like I can't vote on anybody else that's a Philly team because biasedly they're the best. But the Carolina old school black with that blue Julius Peppers jersey, top notch. Before I bore listeners, before I get too deep, I got to pass it over to you. I want to hear about your 90s. Send it to me. Because we are two brothers, because you taught me everything about sports, I like to pick someone who's also a brother. That, all that being said, all that sentimental stuff being said, I'm picking this person because he is a brother, because his brother played and was an absolute freak. This guy is an absolute freak. TJ Watt, absolute freak on the defensive line for the Steelers, the other friendly Pennsylvania town. Yeah. You're not gonna not. You're not gonna not. Not gonna not, dude. He is a scary dude. He is a scary dude, and good for him, and uh really high paid. I love what JJ said. It'd literally be something that I wouldn't post if you signed a giant contract of I'm never reaching for my wallet again, we're eating together. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Of course. But also, do they have to? Valid. Great pick by TJ. First of all, I'm annoyed. I'm very annoyed at anything of that. But here's something that's not gonna annoy you. Did you know that there's only seven players in MLB history to wear the number 90? 9-0 in the back of a baseball jersey. The first time it happened, it was in 2018. And folks, I'm gonna say it every time when it says 2018, baseball came around in 1883, when the Dutchens were settling in Montana. They're playing professional baseball and nobody wore number 90. Yes, for those that are about to email me and right into the show, I know how they the numbers started when they first began. It was your batting order. Right. Got it. That's why Babe Ruth was number three. Lou Gehrig was number four, Mickey Manel was seven. Weird how that works out. Yogi Berry was eight. Wonder why. But Adam Kimber, Timber with a C, he won for five teams. So that to me tells me Adam Kimber's number is ninety. He probably got hand to him one time, had a really good game, good season, good series, and was like, stick with it. That's what I got, homie. It's funny you say that because two players in the NBA have worn 90, including including Drew Gooden wore for six teams between 05 and 2016. That means that was his number. 90 was his number. Dude, and it's wild to think about like 90 outside of football is nobody's number. No one's number. It's Drew's and it's Amir Johnson in 16, 17.
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SPEAKER_01:Yeah, think about like NHL is the only thing we're missing. Don't have any stats on that one. No. But you want to be a stud in NHL, wear number 90. Get two goals. Greatest 90 of all time. Get 10 points. I mean, I don't know if that's going to be the stat, but like if you want to be the have a stat line, let's say with the Phillies, no Philly has ever worn 90. Wear it for one year, boys, and be like, oh, I'm the greatest person ever to wear the number 90. If you're into that kind of stuff, if you're the type of guy that you want to be like, to make you feel my love, I'm gonna wear 90 and have a great year so you all remember me. The 90th song on the Billboard Top 100, The Archie's Sugar Sugar. Great song, actually. Sugar Sugar. Honey, honey. Speaking of honey, we have the highest-grossing movie Black Panther Wakanda Forever. Yeah. Feels like that's a repeat because something else big came out. Something else came up and moved it. I don't remember. We've been out of the loop. Number one album in 1990, Public Enemy Fear of a Black Planet. Are you ready for some 90-year-old celebrities? We shall be free. Send them my way. We are gonna go with the legendary, the great Lee Corso. Lee Corso, spoiler alert. You hear that name again. We have the Dalai Lama. Not a spoiler alert. We have Judd Harish. He was the dad in Independence Day. I'm trying to think of what else he was in. We also have Judy Dench, movie actress. Didn't she play the queen in one of the James Bond movies? I have never seen a James Bond movie, but I'm pretty sure it's neither. Dame. Dame? Mm-hmm. Judy Dench? Yeah, I think. I think she's a dame. Judy Dench? Yeah. Yeah. What are you saying to me? She was knighted? Oh, I didn't know that's how that works for the ladies. Yeah, you're not going to call her a sir. Buddy, I'm thinking you're having what might be a medical emergency just by saying Dame? Dame? Dame? I'm like, what does that even mean to me? Was she a babe in the day? I don't know, bud. I don't know what she looked like if she was a dame back in the day. I don't know what she means to me. The honorific title of Dame, Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1988 for her substantial and distinguished contributions to drama and the performing arts over a career spanning more than six decades. If I had to think off the top of my head, that is what was saying on her bio. Not that I'm reading. I haven't read anything yet. Okay. To confirm, yes, she does play the queen. Quite a bit of that. That makes sense. Okay. Yeah, I mean, that's not her only role, obviously. She's been in a lot of other things. She's been in Pirates of the Caribbean. You don't get damed, date dame hooded, like knighthooded, but like anyway. Yeah. She was in murder on the Orient Express. That's enough for. Yes. And last but certainly not least, we have uh Julie Andrews, which is crazy because we brought up Julie Andrews on our last episode. And between the last episode and this one, she had a birthday. It's October 1st, by the way. Happy birthday, Julie Andrews. Back to back, the Princess Diaries weirdly makes another appearance on a podcast with two dudes talking about sports life and everything in between. Uh, that in between apparently is the Princess Diaries. Now, bud, let's move on. Because we got to keep it quick, flashing in a hurry. We have oh no, this one's gonna be a little longer this week, Harry, because everybody needs to know 90 is a milestone, and 90 is welcome back cotter time. Oh man, you know what else is so sad? I just realized that Mae Young has passed away. Uh, these are celebrities that have passed away at 90. So May Young was a wrestler. And for those who wrestling, actually actually in the 2000s, did a couple spots and took a couple bumps. So she went through a table at 70 something, 60, 70 years old. Yeah. She went through a table. So unfortunately, Mae Young, no longer with us. Herbert Hoover lived to 90. Doris Roberts from Everyone Loves Raymond, or my personal favorite, Grandma's Boy. Grandma's Boy. So great. Richard Attenborough, not to be confused with David Attenborough. Richard, uh, he was the guy from Jurassic Park, the original. The original scientist who had the mosquito inside the chunk of Amber. Side note, I didn't see that movie until I was an adult. Really? Same, I'm pretty sure. Also I like he at one point says, you know, no expenses has been spared, but everything is super cheap. Chuck Berry, Don Rickles, Enzo Ferrari, Fidel Castro. Oh, makes sense. Florence Nightingale. Wait, that's a real person. Yeah, we're gonna learn more about her next week. John Adams, Winston Churchill. Oh, Winston. All right. You ready for the two that are gonna hurt the most? Probably not, but send it my way. It's just more realizing they're not here anymore. One is Sean Connery. Oh my gosh. And last but certainly not least, who we miss the most. And I think we'll pour one out for him. Passing on December 16th, 1980, at the age of 90, from Henryville, Indiana. He was a Virgo, Colonel Sanders. We'll never forget you, buddy. Harlan. We love you, bud. If tomorrow never comes, we'll still pour one out for you. Yeah. Good old Harland. Harlan's a great name, by the way. I don't hate Harlan? H A R L A N D. Harlan. That's a good one. Yeah, that's a Yeah, Harlan Williams. Harlan David Sanders. Wait, who's Harlan Williams? Harlan Williams is an actor. He's been in a lot of comedies. Uh, one, I don't know if you've ever seen it, half baked. Yeah, yeah. He has like the real nasally voice. I think he's like taller. He was in Dominator. Very tall. Yes. Very tall. I met him. Very tall. What? How'd you meet him? Let me go back here. Probably 20 years ago, when I lived in Vegas, at work, they were always pushing these volunteer opportunities. And I volunteered for this Halloween event, and they looked at my frame and said, You're being a guard between these two establishments, this club and this club. Nobody get through unless they have wristband. Very long story short, I was told I cannot take tips. An agent goes, My guy wants to get through. I was like, he needs wristband. You know, I'm playing tough guy card. And I look over and went, hey, I opened up the velvet rope, let them through. Later on in the night, I sat in his booth in one of the clubs and we hung out for a little bit. Oh, we are down to the final 12. Round of 12 playoff drivers. Paul, who are you? You go first. Who are you going with? I'm going to take the rising star. Needs a win. He's sitting in the bottom four. I'm taking came back in the 4-5. I'm going to take Michael Jordan's 45 machine of Tyler Redick. You know, it that is funny because while you mentioned Michael Jordan, I'm going to come into the 2-3. I'm coming with Bubba Wallace. Okay. Okay. You want to come back with a 2-3. I'm going to stick with the 4-5. We're going to see where we're at. Before or after retirement, when was MJ better? I don't know. Or maybe post 45 when he put the 23 back on and won some championships. We'll see what happens. Just got to tune in, man. Tune in next week. See what happens. Watch a race. I don't know, Harry. Same team, two of a kind. We're working on a full house here. I guarantee you next week is an action-packed race this weekend at the Rovell. There's going to be some bumping, some jiving, and a lot of good times. We were gone for quite some time, and there have been hundreds of golden trouts. Minimal hundreds. Probably 312 to be exact. Our social media game, you would not think we have not recorded, thanks to you. We put a fishing after work out, a short episode. A little bonus episode out. We put one of those out. So we didn't abandon you guys. So golden trout while life was happening. Buddy, you get a golden trout for keeping us alive on the socials, doing everything you can while not recording. Well, I wear my red hat, my red Phillies hat for good luck every single day I can when not in uniform. Love it. That's what keeps us going. The listener engagement, the messages we get. We've gotten some messages, and people think we're lying. Folks, I wish I can key you in on some messages because we have a new fan base that's expanding. Yeah, I don't get it, but I love it, dude. And I'm in. I'm so in. I am. It's like I said, it's all your work, it's all your hard work, uh, and I appreciate it. I have a plethora of golden trout's handout. And I'm gonna jump right in here. You already mentioned the man's name once. I'm gonna mention his name again till the eternity. The number two pencil in my hand, not so fast, my friend. The one, the only, the immortal Lee Corso will always get my golden trout for what he's done for college game day, what he's done for Saturdays. I despise that man for a while because he was always right, he would always pick Ohio State. NCAA, like 04-05, he was the one commentating it, like the video game, and he would always make fun of me when I was losing. No way. He would have little sound bites in there. I think it was him and Kirk back in like yeah, it was 04 to 05 time frame. It made me so mad just listening to him like scold me and make fun of me, and I wasn't good. But I love Lee Corso. He's America's granddad, I think, for the football field. So this one goes out to you. My next one, I wrote down NASCAR's schedule for 2026. Look, I'm not trying to be too NASCAR heavy, but the tracks that are on there, the alignment they have, North Wilkesboro is back to being a points race. I love it. Those that don't know, Google search North Wilkesboro. Go to NASCAR.com, look up some historic races on there. By the way, I don't know if anybody knows this. You can go to NASCAR.com and watch just about any race you want to. There's a few that aren't on there for reasons. But go back and watch like the 1986 NASCAR season. You can watch every single race, start to finish. It's phenomenal. Don't Google who wins. Watch tracks like North Wilkesboro. North Wilkesboro. It is phenomenal. My third golden trout goes out to Jared Allen and his Hall of Fame speech. I am a dad of three beautiful girls. I love it. I am a girl dad. I wear that hat with pride. People ask me, oh, when are you going to have a boy? No, never. And Jared Allen was on stage at his Hall of Fame speech. And what he said was, My legacy is not this golden jacket. My legacy is those girls sitting in the front row right there with my last name, looking back at me. That is my pride, my joy, that it means the most to me. My golden trial goes out to Jared Allen for his speech. My golden trial goes out to my wife and my girls because we've been away for a while. We have. And that has been my rock. People don't realize this, my rock, and you know, we're not just doing this. Harry gets the golden trout for being my rock on our recording night. This is the night we look forward to the most of the week sometimes. These girls have been here every single day. They get my golden trout. And Jared Allen, more specifically, golden jacket gets a golden trout. You made the Hall of Fame. Phenomenal. My last one. Harry, I've told you I got a bucket full. I've been reaching deep in this pocket. Leave a light on because I don't know when to stop. I can't stop, won't stop. Carter Clepp is going to get my golden trout all the way from Greenville, Indiana, driving the number 99 Bandolero, the number 99 go-kart, finishing third place a couple weekends ago. Let's go. At the Toma Sparta Speedway in Wisconsin, what makes it special is a young man with skills. His dad is powering and working on his machines for him, but the most important part, folks. Pictures are coming. I've been waiting. I've gotten the permission. The Trout Stream logo is on a race car. Let's go, baby. The number 99 machine of Carter Clapp, Bandolero, and his go-kart. One has a legacy decal, one has our modern decal. Either way, we are here to support him. We have a new favorite driver. I believe every listener should follow him. We will send out all of his information. You can follow him and support him every way you can. Carter, congratulations. We're waiting for that big win in your Bando series. It's just completely unbelievable that we, the Trout Stream, we're on a race car, dude. We are on a race car. And it's not just any race car, it is a winning race car. Carter is dominant in the go-kart series, working his way up to the Bandaleros, finished third, heat one, finished sixth, and heat two due to car issues. Wasn't his fault. He was pushing for the win. Car broke. Cars break, man. It sucks. It happens. Well, you listen, Med. The 99 car has fans for life. For life. We have we're fans of more cars for life, more to follow. You know who you are. We want to have more conversations with you. Maybe have you on. I'm about that life. I'm about that life. Pre-show we talked, we said, hey, uh, we're back. Let's not do too many eels. But I said, and this is coming from me, dude. I'm always the one that says, hey, let's skip eels this week. Hey, let's avoid the negativity this week. Hey, let's just keep going. But then there's times and places where eels need to be handed out. I'm sure you see it in your everyday life. We got a new all the time. We got a new diner in town. I have not eaten there yet. I'm waiting for the buzz to die down and I'm waiting for that grill to get a little seasoning on it. Oh, you need a season on that grill. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, you don't want to eat off a fresh, you don't want to be one of the first people to eat off Nah, you got to season that cast iron. Yeah, yeah. Thank you. Thank you. So regardless, I'm checking I'm checking Google to see if it's open yet. When it's not, it's not. And a couple, and it already has some reviews. Now, when we launched our show, we gave ourselves each we each gave ourselves a great review, obviously. So what you're gonna do. You're gonna do that. Right. You got to. Our wives did. Reagan did. But uh this woman gets on and she goes, I think it's fishy that you already have high ratings and you're not even open yet, which is fair if you don't know how the internet works. But then what really drove me crazy is she said, I'll be the judge of that. And it bothered me so much. Because I'm like, who is this lady? Thinking that she is the diner decider. How many diners does she have under her belt to be the diner decider? I'm not one to judge, right? But when you come back to me again with this answer of what makes you the diner decider, ma'am, I need to know how many diners has she been to. Like, that's my thing, dude. Like, what makes it and like the internet is such a crazy place. Oh, it's wow, West. Because she just has no idea what she's saying. She thinks she's 100% okay and accurate and all that stuff. Well, I need to go back and see if she updated it. We need to go back and ask these questions. Just like, after further review, I can confirm that it's at least four stars. You know what I mean? Like it's a good Thursday night game. Okay, upon further review, rolling on the field stands, Scrapple needs to be fried a little bit longer. I'd be fine. Where did I go? Thank you, Deborah. You're going down 30, right? The back way upstate. Yep. I remember. Now they did change that intersection there at the very end. Or when you're getting off 41 on the 30. Mm-hmm. Or third. No, you're getting off 41 to go on to 30. Yes. There used to be a friendlies there. Yes, I remember friendly. Everybody knows friendlies. That's no longer there. It's now the Gap Diner. Okay. Friendlies building? Yeah, they remodeled. Okay. Okay, okay. Completely new. Anyway, they deep fry their scrap. Yes. Buddy. My mouth is salivating right now at the thought of it. And I'm not even hungry. I mean, I'm breathing, so I'm hungry. Yes. There are some people with deep fry it and some people that pan fry it. I'm okay with either as long as it's crispy. As long as I'm happy. But yeah, I just thought it was I thought it was I thought she was funny and kind of weird and like so authoritative. And it's just like we need to reply back to her. We need to reply back to her. Watch the thunder rolls as she gets mad and being like, how was it? Yeah, did you even eat there yet, lady? Yeah. Like you're hurting me. I'll be the judge of that. It's just to me, it's so crazy because like she doesn't even realize she's hurting the business because she only gave him one star. That's not the unanswered prayers we needed. No, that's that's why it's the eel. Like, if you want to give it five stars and be like, I'll be the judge of that. But it's more along the lines of like giving it one star because you feel like you're the authority, you're you're the diner decider. Nah. Get out of here, lady. Diner decider. That is going to be a new segment coming next week. Be on the lookout for it. Yes, that's going to be us. That's our new duty titles. We are going to travel the country deciding if your diner is worthy or not. America did decide on their favorite side dish bracket, though. But it has been weeks upon weeks. We are in October. Barbecues have been over. For some. For some. You are correct, sir. For some. Not for all. And not for you, because you have the winner. You have the champion of America's favorite barbecue side dish. Harry, when we got matchups here, right? Mm-hmm. You love Scrample. Papa loved mama. I like flipping burgers. We all have things that we love and we are good at. I love eating at diners. I love when our fans vote on this. Harry, this was close. This was very close. I'm going to give you the numbers now, and we're going to kind of lead the fans on a little bit. 55 to 44. 45, I guess, if I can do math. Right? 55 to 45, very, very close percentage-wise. Plaza salad versus deviled eggs. Where are we? I think I don't know. That's the crazy part. I genuinely do not know. Right. Because like I said, Papa loved deviled eggs. Mama loved pasta salad. Papa loved mama. I mean, she used to ask him, ask her how she was. This is tough, man. Where's your heart? Is it deviled eggs or pasta salad? No, it's just barbecue. Because it's just a barbecue. The thing is, I like a sweeter barbecue, so I like the zing of a pasta salad. I love a good zing of a pasta salad. There's nothing wrong with the tri-color spiral noodles. Here's what we're putting in there. We are gonna go to the cracker barrel cheese. We're gonna cube it up. We're gonna get some broccoli. Mm-hmm. Which is weird. I don't see too many people using broccoli. Nope. Cucumber? Yep. Pepperoni? Yep. Oh, actually, we switched to the little pepperonis. Go on. Oh, the mini pepperonis? We've switched to the mini mini peps. Yep. Less cutting? What cutting? Dump the bag and go, buddy. That's what I'm saying. No cutting needed. Maybe some salami? Olives, yes or no? I'm out on olives. Everyone else loves them. I'll pick. Black or green? Black. I like both. Green olives are disgusting, but go on. We've said it before. First, if you haven't had the good ones with the blue cheese inside them or like a little garlic inside them instead of the pimento pit. I digress. Pasta salad can go any way you want. Yes. It is like the most random shuffle you've got. Somebody made it one time with what they had in their pantry. They fell in love. What do you call this? I'm like, I don't know, pasta salad. Still invited to my salad party later this year for my birthday. You have deviled eggs on the other side. You don't realize how full you get on deviled eggs until you're on like 15 or 16. Pasta salad, you get pretty full. By like the second helping. Deviled eggs are made one way. Pasta salad made multiple ways. But winners can only be decided one way, Harry. And here it is for the win. 55% of our listeners, our fans, decide to vote for deviled eggs as your winner for favorite barbecue side dish. I was trying to keep the fans engaged here on the edge of their seat as they're driving down the highway. Wow. I can believe it. I can believe it, actually. I also can believe it because I've seen it. But it was good. That was a very good round of voting. It's time to start talking about our next bracket. You and I have got ideas. We have ideas. We are officially in fall season. We are officially in the spooky season. There's so many avenues we can go right now. Several that just popped into my head that we don't even have written down yet. No. Like uh, what's your favorite rodeo? You got one? Boom. Put that on the we can make a chart. A barrel race. Barrel race is a good one. Okay. But I digress because it is time. It is time for America's favorite segment. PWN Paul's Weird News. Here is your host. Paul. Thanks. Shout out out here on the streets, Harry. Now I got some doozies for you. Hey, have you ever checked out a book from a library? I have. Yeah, I doubt that. Have you ever been late on that return? I have. Yeah, I believe that. Yep, that makes sense. Because uh you and I both have. How about this, sorry, for you? In San Antonio, a library book has returned after it was borrowed from a San Antonio public library. It came with a letter to saying grandma won't be able to pay for it anymore. Oh wow. Library book, grandma won't be able to pay for it. That's a shame. Wonder how long she had that thing checked out for. How about 82 years? What is she paying for? The book is your child, his family and friends, by marriage and family counselor, Francis Bruce Strain. It was checked out in July of 1943 and returned this summer from a person in Oregon. So somebody from Oregon sent it in and said, sorry. So somebody's father passed away and they inherited a few box of books that he left behind. Right? What happens? They wrote in a letter and they're like, I looked in here and went, it was checked out when their father was 11 years old. So it was a grandmother. Checked out a book about how to take care of her life and her family and her children. And I was like, oh, I'm just gonna hold on to this. She bounced around with her government job. She bounced around. Their grandma did, and she's kept the book with her on her hip pocket. It has to be a great book if it has been around for 82 years, and the library wasn't asking for it. Was there an overdrift or overdue charge? They uh reports indicate they did not charge them anything. They just thanked them. But like the return letter just had initials, didn't even have names of like who sent the letter. Oh, they just shipped it back. I'm so sorry. I missed that part. Yeah, they shipped it back, and in the letter, they had initials in there. I mean, like explaining like big brain. Grandma, big grandma's work for the government, went to the Mexico City embassy and then bounced around from there.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:So she uh a sorry about that, but here's your book back with uh my initials. I'm not gonna tell you my real name. That's smart. That's smart, yeah. Yeah, not even mad about that. But Harry, let's go from San Antonio, let's go to a little prop jet. Let's go straight into it. Due north. To a little country, I don't know if you've ever heard of it, called Canada, where they had recently had to deal with a brush fire and they did not know the cause of said brush fire, and they were trying to figure it out. Fire rescue services, social media actually made jokes about the fire, about the culprit. So this is where in Vancouver, British Columbia. I still don't understand the territories in uh Canada, but I know Vancouver, I think, is in the west side, like right above Seattle, right above Washington State. Because the Canucks play over there, I believe. Osprey, Harry and Osprey, which is like a big giant bird, also named for an airplane, caught a fish, but got tired of the heat, and he dropped it onto power line, sparking a brush fire in Western Canada. Here's where it gets funny because the I say funny, ha ha, the fire rescue service social media. I told you they like funny games. You're like, oh man, that osprey, he was tired of raw fish and wanted to give cooking a try. Canadian humor. Like, how many times do we have to hear about this? Happened in Virginia where a bird dropped a snake on a transformer, boom, sent power out, caused mass fires. Another time it was fish dropped something else on a power line, boom, mass chaos. When do we start banning birds near uh that can cause problems? Yeah, can't they like make some kind of like noise machine to keep birds away from power lines? Yes, and it starts with the letters 12 gauge. I would believe, I don't know, I'm not a scientist, but when the investigators found that the fish had been, quote, dropped by a local osprey onto hydro lines with the resulting embers starting the fire on dry grass. Isn't the fish wet? For how long, though? I don't believe an osprey is gonna fly around with a fish dinner air drying it long enough for it to be dried fish. I don't know. I mean, I could be wrong. I never met an osprey, but next time I do, I'll ask him. I mean, it's no different than getting out of the pool and like running around as a kid as a kid, you know? You could drive pretty fast that way. I'm not saying bone dry. You're not allowed to run around a pool. They always blow the whistle at you. Well, I didn't mean running around the pool. I I didn't say run around the pool, I said run around. Get out of the pool and then go run around. Just run around somewhere. Yes, in the big open field next to the pool. Uh everyone has. Yes, I remember that. You remember growing up? The big field we had next to our pool. But now that that fire is secure, Harry, let's get back on our airplane. Let's head east, cross the border from the United States into Canada. Let's go to a little state called Michigan. Where an auto worker lost his wallet and it was found under the hood of a car in Minnesota, 51,000 miles later. When I first read this, I thought it said it was 151,000 miles away. And I was like, How many times did they go around the earth? I digress. That was a nerd statement. So a retired Michigan auto worker looked at a Facebook message from a stranger asking a question, Did you lose your wallet years ago? Now, imagine that. Look, this is something he randomly goes, Hey, man, did you lose your wallet? I'd be kind of freaked out. And the next part said, if so, it was in the engine bay of a car. Oh. Richard woke up, looked at his message, rubbed the eye, you know, he's got the sleep in his the retirement sleep in his eyes. So he's waking up at 4 a.m. to drink his coffee to count train cars and yell at kids walking by. Could not believe what he was reading on his phone. Probably had to put his readers on since he's retired. A decade-old mystery was solved. A decade old? Like, how do you lose your wallet for a decade and be like, man, I don't know what I did with that. Harry, if I can't find my wallet, I stop everything. I interrogate my children. I interrogate my wife. I look at the dog and say, Did you eat it? And then I start yelling at neighborhood kids playing basketball three houses down, like, do you come to my house and steal my wallet? When really it's just in my other pants. Did you ever lose your wallet in the other back pocket? Can't cargo shorts. I cannot put my wallet in my side pocket. Like when you travel, travel hack, get everything out of your back pocket. And when that sign says, Hey, do you have all your valuables? Don't check for your valuables right there because that's where they're set up at. That's where the pick pockets are. So when a sign says, Do you have all your valuables? What are you gonna do? Phone wallet, keys, Pat. Boom, boom, boom. Yeah. Now they know where your stuff is. Yeah, I put my wallet in my side cargo pocket before. End of the world. Thought I lost it. But Richard couldn't find his trifold wallet, stuffed with$15, his driver's license, his work ID. Gift cards worth, he says, approximately$275. And Harry, the most important thing, lottery tickets. Are they winners? I don't know. So it was a Christmas gift from his sons. Years prior. But Richard goes by Big Red. You can imagine that. He works in the auto industry. Blue collar guy. Why does he have the name Big Red? He's a very large man with red hair, I'm assuming. Yes. Safe. I haven't I'm not looking at pictures. Uh let's send it to the review board. Yeah, that's safe. That's safe. As he was affectionately known at Ford Motor. Affectionately known? It's Big Red. Anyway, go talk to Big Red down there.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:You know who it is. The wallet was discovered by a mechanic, sandwiched between the transmission and the air filter box of a 2015 Ford Edge with 151,000 miles on it. So here's the thing. Between the transmission and the air filter box at 150,000 miles. Is this the first time you're changing your air filter at 150,000 miles? Well, it doesn't mean the it's a box, so it could be under said box. If you've got to move that box for the first time, and it's under there. The filter box wouldn't snap in place after a repair, so the mechanic messed around a little bit, pulled it back out, and the wallet was sitting on the ledge where it needed to snap down. I wonder if he had to loosen the box up to get to something else, and then it wouldn't go back in place, and he went absolutely insane. That would make the most sense. That's what I'm thinking it is. Anytime you work on something, if you work on something, you always need another half inch. A half inch would be great. How do we get that half inch? We can just move this box, but then I can get my hand, my big hand down in there to fix it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I'm gonna do that. I'm gonna move that box. I'm gonna take out the four screws. His name's Big Red. It makes sense. So Big Red, he said he searched 30 to 40 cars that day. Like when he realized his wallet was missing, he's on the assembly line, Ford Motor in Michigan. He's working. Checked 30, 40 cars, couldn't find it. You know, they say if you love something, it'll come back to you. He loved that wallet because here it is, a decade later, 151,000 miles later, Big Red has been reunited with his wallet. There is no word on if those were winning lottery tickets or not. Screw the lottery, dude. Them gift cards are still good. Cabellas, the outdoor retailer, said the$250 in gift cards remain valid. Oh, let's go, Cabellas. But has offered to give him new cards anyway. Let's go, dude. The$25 gift card was from Outback Steakhouse, and the status of that card is unknown. Which is crazy because, or is it not crazy because there are no rules there? Right. The rules just right. And unfortunately, the lottery ticket in his wallet, the numbers had faded long ago. Unreadable. So therefore, we don't know if Big Red could have been that mystery multi-million dollar winner. It could have turned into big green real fast. Big green. But that's it for me out here in the streets. Back to you with Studio T. Buddy, this has been fun. This has been a great episode. Great to come back. A lot of editing, a lot of stuff that's just for me and you. I wish we can uh one day we'll put out a raw, unedited version of this episode. And trust me, yeah, it will be great, but it doesn't stick to our core values of family-friendly entertainment. That's for sure. Wrapped up in you, that would have to be one of those Patreons. You gotta pay five bucks to get one of those. Yeah, we're uh we're getting there. Yeah. It's good to be back, buddy. We got a lot of, I got a lot of editing to do. A lot of editing. Angie and I, however, like I said later in the episode, we'll have an announcement. I I have hinted that we have big news. I mean, we were calling everyone. We we we called her parents, my parents, we were calling Baton Rouge, we called Shrevesport, we called pretty much everywhere because it is official. It is official. We're having a baby. Man, no, no more beer run, more milk runs. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So we are halfway through the pregnancy. We are super excited. It's a lot, dude. It's a lot. That's why I needed to miss some times. We had some appointments and things going on. A lot of life all at once when you're pregnant, that's for sure. Yes, yes, dealing with it multiple times from my end. Uh, it is a very, very busy. Those OG listeners of our show know we started two months before Piper was born. Yes. Like the very first episode was released October of 2022. If I get my date right, it was like the 20th to 21st. Piper was born two months later. Episode like I don't know, within 10, 11, Piper was our first guest of the show because she was being fussy and not eating for mom, and she was on in my arms as we were recording. All that to say, this is the most exciting news we've had on the show in a very long time is Trump's potential sponsorship for race cars. Is Trump's a lot of things that we've done? This is the most exciting news we've had. It's been hard to keep it all in. It has been very hard, honestly. Because it's like, hey, hey, what'd you do this weekend? I don't know. My wife threw up and ate cheeseburgers all weekend, dude. That's what we did because she's pregnant and hormonal. Like, I that's what we did. Okay, we cried at Hallmark movies because we needed a good cry, both of us. Yeah, I mean, it happens, right? You know, and like everybody's gonna try and give you parental advice here. You know, all of our listeners are the only one is watch out because when a thunder rolls, you get wipes and diapers ready because it happens. Yeah, I um I've been around plenty of babies. Katie and Steve have four kids, Miss, obviously, and then you have Chuck. So you know, I I've been around plenty of children. Listen, man, we're just excited for the baby and a lot of work to do. I am already perpetually tired all the time. So, yeah, a lot of great support already from a lot of people, but a good reason to miss some shows for us anyway. Oh, 100%. I I think it's the most valent, valid reason missing shows. Yeah, we also uh like I said, man, it's it's doctor's appointments, it's it's uh we're we're doing a baby class, we're trying to learn everything. Uh apparently pika is really common in pregnant women. Uh during our baby class, they remind us every week not to eat weird stuff. Not to eat dirt or chalk or uh what's the big laundry detergent and potting soil. Don't eat potting soil. That's weird. Yeah, don't eat dirt. Almost every other week, our baby class has mentioned don't eat dirt. It's probably something to do with the iron and uh Yeah, it's pica, and your body's just trying to absorb nutrients as fast as possible. I would say the the deliciousness of it. Well, that for laundry detergent, yeah, I get it. They're just giant, yeah, they're just giant gushers. As sweet, sweet candy. Well, they don't taste like candy, but they're the same concept. Yeah, check, check. Do not eat Tide Pods. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We are a family-friendly show. We know there are children listening. Hold on. This just in from our legal department. Yeah, disclaimer, we are not advising on eating Tide Pods or any kind of laundry detergent pods. We are now free and clear and null of any legal notices because your kids ate Tide Pods while listening to our show. So legal says we are now clear to talk about it. Don't eat Tide Pods. But yes, I'm having a baby. This has been the news we've been excited for. A couple rules with new baby. If it's recording night, we know where priorities are. Yes. Right. Recording. I'm just kidding. I hope the folks understand how excited you and I are. Yeah, I know you're excited. Like you're more excited than I am. But the excitement level has been there for quite some time. Yeah. Um, I'm gonna I'm gonna open up. Uh, Angie and I had some fertility issues. So it was definitely uh uh uh a fight and a battle to get to this point. Uh but we're excited and we could not be happier. I will be losing the recording studio, much like you, and moving to the garage for now. Tell you the garage is where it's at. I know your backdrop is a lot cooler than mine, I will say that. I I had to adjust and I've been hiding the deer antlers accidentally the whole time. But Ange and I uh we're super, super thankful and yeah, super appreciative of just everyone that's been reaching out and making sure we're okay and if we need anything. And um yeah, Angie, uh, does Sabrina have any cravings with the girls? I'm talking strong cravings. Like we'll punch you in the mouth for it. She had that desire naturally, so I don't think it had to do with cravings. Uh, that's fair. There was something, I can't remember it right now, but there was. Yeah, Ang is just cheeseburgers, dude. She just wants to and I love my wife. And I'm poking fun, but she peels the burgers apart, like a double cheeseburger from McDonald's. Just the cheap little, the cheap little what used to be a dollar, not a dollar anymore, by the way, ladies and gentlemen. Inflation. Those burgers, yeah. She but she peels them apart and just like eats them one patty at a time. Because she doesn't eat the buns. Yeah, that happens. I get that. Uh, I don't just eat the bun, like like you know what I mean? No, I'll eat a sandwich like a sandwich. Yeah. If you if you listen to our latest fishing after work, you'll understand. We'll eat a sandwich. Love a sandwich. I know it was annoying to say, we'll talk about it later. I didn't want to talk about it at the top of the show because I know it needed to be reserved for the end of the show. Because if not, we were going to talk about it way too much and not get into everything else. But if you listen all the way through, we appreciate you as always, even more so. And yeah, that's that's all I got, buddy. I uh, like I said, we we have about two hours of recording here, and I can already cut out a half hour of just BS. But I it's so glad I'm so glad to be back. It's so nice to be back, and those that stick around to the end. It is always great to have friends in low places. It's great to have friends in high places, it's great to have friends with the trout stream. We want to thank each and every single one of you. With that, 30. You managed to hide 33 song titles. I got one in. But all the credit goes to you. As always, the 90th highest-selling album in the United States, Garth Brooks, the ultimate hits. Not just a regular CD, the ultimate hits containing 34 songs. This was the most I've ever had to sneak into one episode. So if the beginning doesn't make much sense, you'll know why. How many did you sneak? Go back and listen to it again. Yeah, go back and re-relisten to the beginning again. How many did you sneak in the opening story? I believe it was close to 14. Oh man, yeah, you went. You had to. I mean, what choice did you have? Realizing before we even got too deep in, I got 20 in early to get us to like what a normal album would be. Thanks to Garth. He gave me a challenge that we succeeded at. Thanks, Garth. We really appreciate 90. Uh, 90 feels like another great milestone for us. We're 10 away. Huge milestone. I was trying to avoid it. Huge milestone. I love it. 10 away. 10 away. Be sure to follow us on Facebook at the Trout Stream. We have a group. We have a page. It's where we drop, where we post. Be on the lookout for the next bracket idea. And on Instagram and Twitter at TroutStreamPod. That's right. Facebook, the Trout Stream, Instagram and Twitter slash X Trout Stream Pod. Also, TikTok. The old Tic Tac. Don't worry about the old Tic Tac. Follow us on TikTok at TroutStream Podcast. Great. That's been our hot spot right now. That's been our Mecca. That's been our bread. Go to our TikTok right now and tell us what your Mount Rushmore of sandwiches would be. Leave a rating review on whatever streaming platform you list to us from. The best way to expand a trout stream is by word mouth from listeners like you. Tell your friends, families, coworkers, enemies, Harry's who else? Liam Neeson. Tell our good friend Liam Neeson, who surprisingly looks like Fidel Cashro, according to Harry, about your new favorite podcast. 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