Editing The Pen Addict 233/transcript (section)

== Thanksgiving Food ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, that's awesome. Well, since we're actually on this subject that we didn't plan on touching, we do have a question later in the Ask TPA that's not pen-related. But it's, do you have any, like, traditional holiday meals or foods that you, like, have to have either for Thanksgiving or Christmas? Is there something, like, it wouldn't be that holiday without that food?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, it's Christmas. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. And, like, is there something specific you have?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Like, for me, I mean, this happens more frequently than Christmas, but it's my nan's roast potatoes because they are the best. Like, we have them every, you know, we have more often. But it's, like, the whole meal. So, you've got, like, the, what we call pigs in blankets, which is, like, tiny sausages wrapped in bacon and turkey and, oh, man, the whole thing. The whole thing. I can't wait. I'm so excited for it. Like, it is a shame that, like, we don't do the full meal with trimmings, like, twice, like you guys do. Right. But, yeah, because the Christmas dinner is relatively similar to Thanksgiving. I guess you guys don't have, don't necessarily have turkey as the thing for Christmas because you do it for Thanksgiving, right?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right. So, that's my purposeful thing that I like to have. Number one for Thanksgiving. My mom makes a spinach, kind of, like, a cream spinach casserole that's really different than anything I've ever had. She knows that she's not allowed to come to Thanksgiving unless she brings that for me. Like, that's my thing. She just gets turned away at the door. Yeah. Yeah. She knows. Like, there's not even a conversation about this. And then for Christmas, since you've had, like, you're saying, like, the entire setup for Thanksgiving, I always like to do something different for Christmas. It used to be steak and shrimp for just years and years and years. And now, sometimes I'll just do, I'll smoke something, you know, something on the smoker, you know, like a pork butt or something like that. Just do something different than you did the traditional turkey stuff for Thanksgiving, and then I'll do something different for Christmas. So, yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I think that makes a lot of sense. Like, I don't know. I don't know. There's obviously a reason. I don't know why turkey is the bird or, like, is the meat that everybody eats traditionally at these times of the year. But, yeah, for us, it's Christmas, and it wouldn't be Christmas without it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. Yep, exactly. So, that question was from Caribbean Sky in the Slack channel. So, I thought that was a fun question. So, yeah, good to know. We had another fun question last week when we were talking about Declan wanting to write in the shower and wanting a pen. I don't know that I've ever gotten more feedback on a question than that one, which I kind of thought would happen, right? That's why I wanted to bring it on the show because I thought it was a great question, super unique, and then so many people had opinions on this. The most common answer, and I sent this on to Declan, he's like, oh, wow, that looks really great. It's called My Aquanotes, which is basically a pad and a pencil that you attach to the wall.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, pencil, you say?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yes, pencil. So, that was definitely the most common. Who recommended a pencil last week? You did. You did. Yep. So, you know, people were talking about the Wopex pencil, which is a more plastic-based barrel instead of a wooden-based barrel. So, we'll handle the, you know, the water and the humidity much, much better. And, you know, when you think about it, you know, all the diver slates all have, like, pencils attached to them, right? You know, for people going underwater, doing underwater diving, they'll take a slate and a pencil to write their notes with. So, that really seems to be the key here is the pencil. So, I appreciate everyone sending that in, and that was good stuff. And this, I got this Aquanotes link, like, five times at least, if not more.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Rather than using any, you know, like, a wooden pencil, even if it's got something covered with it, you could just use a mechanical pencil, because it's plastic.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, but we were talking about any rust factor of any metal parts. A lot of those have metal clips. They'll have metal sleeve around the eraser. Different little bits that will, it doesn't necessarily matter that they get wet in the shower, but they might get the humidity that stays in after, and that's what's going to get into those parts and corrode them.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I bet you could find something, though. Yeah. It's mostly plastic.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You know, like, one of those, like, cheap, big-type things? Yeah, the Paper Mate one that you see everywhere. It's yellow with the pink eraser. Yep. That looks like the pencil. That Paper Mate one, that's actually probably a pretty good one. I don't know what that one's called, but...

'''Myke Hurley:''' Like, I bet there's got to be one of them. Like, there's got to be something where it's all plastic parts except for, like, the spring. Right. And then I think you'd be good. I think you'd be good. And plus, they're so cheap, you could just replace... You're going to replace them before they rust anyway. Right, right. So there you go. We solved it. Aqua notes to stick on the shower wall, and it comes with a little sticky thing, and then some kind of cheap mechanical pencil. That's how you take notes in the shower.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'm digging it. I'm down with that. Are you going to start doing that?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Do you know what? Our new place has a pretty good shower.

'''Myke Hurley:''' We haven't... I've kind of been confined to baths for a long time. So yeah, maybe. If Adina will allow it. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'm going to go with no.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm probably not going to do it. To be honest, my phone is waterproof now. So I would just open the shower door and just write it down on my phone and then get back in the shower again. You need the iPad on the wall in the shower. That's where we're headed. Honestly, as soon as they make a fully waterproof iPad, I would do that. I don't want to put it in a bag or anything, but we're going to mount one in the kitchen. I have an old iPad Air, and we're going to put it in the kitchen. I would totally put it in the shower. You could watch movies and stuff. It'd be awesome. I would 100% do that if they make a waterproof iPad.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay. Don't bring it to the pen show. We're not going to put it up in our mutual shower. Yeah, you say that, you know you'd love it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Did you do any shopping over this holiday shopping extravaganza weekend, Black Friday, Cyber Monday? I mean, my mailbox was inundated with stuff. Did you do any stuffing besides at the dinner table?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, but nothing that's super relevant for the show. When you're buying a house, Black Friday slash Cyber Monday, it's pretty sweet. You can buy a lot of things that you need. Like, dumb things. Like, a drill. And you can get them for super cheap. So, I did a few things like that. And there's still some stuff that I'm looking at on Amazon. Like, Amazon's got some decent deals on some smart home stuff. And it's still running through to the end of the week, right? Because Cyber Monday and Black Friday are now week-long events. I think it needs to be rebranded. Yeah, it's lost its meaning. So, I'm still looking at some stuff. But no, I didn't buy any pens or anything. Yeah. Just because that's not where my dollars are going right now.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'm like you. I bought a TV. Oh. But that was out of necessity because my 15-year-old TV died last week. Like, early in the week.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, that's not too bad, though.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No. I mean, I got 15 years out of a Samsung TV. But, you know, so I bought a TV. But the one thing I did go...

'''Myke Hurley:''' Great time for a TV to die, though. Like, if a TV is going to die, like, a couple of days before Black Friday, it's a great time for a TV to die.