Two Grumpy Vets and a Duuude

Bryan actually beats Rich to the call for the first time in show history — and Rich never lives it down. From there it's a full three hours: Rich jacks up a sagging furnace with a pair of house jacks and declares war on an ant invasion, Bryan's ELD takes a total brain fart and knocks him back to paper logs, and the guys work through diesel and grocery prices, government holidays, and a hard debate over a child murder case in the news. On the ham radio side, Rich walks through his new 2m/70cm dipole, a solo 65" TV mount and shack sound upgrade, and the choice between a Moxon and a hex beam for the upcoming contest season. There's RTTY, Morse code, and a tribute to the last of the Navajo code talkers. Bryan lays out his trip to Amarillo to go be a granddad, and the back half covers Rich's comms trailer dreams, a round of AI robocalls, and Bryan's find for Website of the Week. Links Mentioned FMHY.net — Bryan's Website of the Week pick, a massive community-run index of free tools, self-hosting guides, and media resources Simpson's Meats — the quarter-cow pricing Bryan referenced PodcastApps.com — the Podcasting 2.0 app comparison site Bryan was checking feature support on TrueFans — podcast app/directory mentioned in the podcast-apps discussion Podfriend — the older app Bryan remembered for its comic-book-style transcripts, now working on a v2 Support the Show We don't run ads — we never have and we're not about to start. If something in this episode made you laugh, think, or yell at your speakers, that's worth something. You can support the show with your Time (share an episode with a friend), Talent (send us episode art), or Treasure (value-for-value support through our show page). Get In Touch Bryan: [email protected] Rich: [email protected] If you are struggling with life please reach out to The Suicide Life Line - Dial 988The world needs you here. 

This week, we kicked things off with one of those small-world moments that somehow turns into a full conversation, then rolled straight into a lively discussion about changing place names, history, public memory, and how politics, media, and marketing all shape the way people think. As always, we didn't all agree, but that's part of what makes these conversations matter: three friends working through big ideas in real time, with plenty of humor, frustration, and honesty along the way. We also talked about how everyday annoyances — like stores rearranging aisles and rising prices on basic goods — tap into bigger questions about trust, economics, and whether regular people are getting squeezed from every direction.From there, Rich took us deep into ham radio world with a full breakdown of the antennas he's building, why different designs matter, how signal gain works, and what he's planning for future contest season. We got into radio gear, coax, soldering, certifications, and the never-ending urge to build just one more setup. Along the way, we swapped stories about old electronics stores, credit scores, grocery costs, dogs getting into trouble, childhood games, and the strange combinations of food that somehow make perfect sense to the person eating them. In the end, it was one of those classic episodes: part serious debate, part technical rabbit trail, and part old friends just enjoying the conversation.Links MentionedLet's Enhance — Rich's Website of the Week pick. Turns old, low-res, or scanned photos into high-definition images.Support the ShowThere are no sponsors on this show — it's all listener-supported through a value for value model. If you've got your time, your talent, or your treasure, all three help us keep going. Share the show with a friend, send us your thoughts (good or bad — we'll read them on air), send in artwork for an episode, or drop something in the tip jar through your podcasting 2.0 app at podcastapps.com. Every bit of it is appreciated.Get In TouchBryan: [email protected] Rich: [email protected] If you are struggling with life please reach out to The Suicide Life Line - Dial 988The world needs you here. 

Rich, Bryan, and Ron settle in for another round of weather complaints, heat index bragging rights, and home-repair swapping — Ron's up early for a run to Abilene, Rich shares how sealing his AC ducts dropped his electric bill about $2 a day, and Bryan's still fighting a 130-degree attic and an old house that used to run a $500-a-month natural gas bill before the wood stove took over. From there it wanders everywhere it usually does: Rich's dilemma over joining a ham radio club (and the Thursday-night scheduling conflict that finally pushed the show to Mondays), hitting 10,000 downloads and sorting real listeners from bot traffic, a Hennessy Velociraptor sighting, celebrity deaths and the Dolly Parton/Freebird duet nobody knew existed, a long detour into AI, data centers, and the power grid, and the usual politics-and-government venting. Rich lays out his plan to shoot video for Cruising the Coast with his new phone and gimbal — which is also where the episode gets its name. Bryan talks about his wife wanting to see her uncle while she still can, growing older, and the Ocean Pacific corduroy shorts he's bringing back. Route 66 trivia and a website of the week round it out, and Ron closes with a trucking safety tip everyone needs to hear. Links Mentioned Mobile Amateur Radio Club (W4IAX) No Agenda Show Podcast Apps (find a modern podcast app with a funding tag) Make My Drive Fun — website of the week iHeartRadio Daily Mail Edison Research Amazon — for anyone else who needs Ocean Pacific corduroy shorts back in their life Support the Show We're a value-for-value show — no sponsors, no ads. If we got you to laugh, think, or yell at your speakers, that's worth something, and there are three ways to send it back: Time — Share the show or this episode with someone who'd enjoy it. Talent — Make us some album art (2000x2000 square) and we'll credit you and post it on the site. Treasure — Support us through any modern podcast app with a funding tag, found at podcastapps.com. Whatever you think it's worth, one-time or recurring, entirely up to you. Get In Touch Bryan: [email protected] Rich: [email protected] If you are struggling with life please reach out to The Suicide Life Line - Dial 988The world needs you here. 

This week we kick off griping about the brutal summer heat before Ron takes us deep into trucking life — special permit testing on hazmat cylinders, DOT stops over faded UV labels, and a surprise job site move from McAlester to Ada. From there we go all over the map: celebrity deaths and the state of the news, flock cameras and surveillance, liberty vs. safety, generational apathy, and why we'd rather argue like friends than agree like strangers.Bryan gives us an update on the podcast player he's building and tells the story of a 99-year-old grandma who reportedly beat up a home intruder. We get into driver-facing AI cameras, backward-facing cameras coming to new vehicles, the national debt and gas prices, and a detour into ham radio contests, HAARP, and shortwave radio. We close it out with the website of the week, a couple of car trouble stories, and our usual value-for-value pitch.Links MentionedStartMyCar.com — https://www.startmycar.comDeFlock (flock camera tracking map) — https://deflock.meSayre2Weatherford.com (Bryan's podcast player build) — https://www.sayre2weatherford.comPodcastingApps.com — https://podcastingapps.comSupport the ShowThis show runs on value for value. If you got something out of it, that's worth something — your time, your talent, or your treasure. Share it with a friend, send us album art, or support us through a modern podcasting app via PodcastingApps.com.Get In TouchBryan: [email protected]: [email protected] If you are struggling with life please reach out to The Suicide Life Line - Dial 988The world needs you here. 

This week Rich, Bryan, and the Duuude catch up after a scorching week — Zoom hiccups, a dead grape myrtle bush, and heat indexes pushing triple digits. Ron doesn't hold back on a gas plant nightmare that nearly cost him his PTO in throat chops, while Bryan gets his hyperlocal news site off the ground and Rich rolls out season three of his other podcast. From there the guys wander through vacation planning, Ron's untouched model kit collection from his grandpa's estate, the last Blockbuster on Earth, dying malls, Rich's GrapheneOS privacy plans, telescope shopping for a nebula shot, and Bryan's oilfield frac work — plus the usual detours into politics, TV, and everything in between. Links Mentioned sayre2weatherford.com — Bryan's hyperlocal news site for Sayre, Elk City, Clinton, and Weatherford goblin.tools — this week's Website of the Week, a collection of simple tools (Magic To-Do, Formalizer, Consultant, and more) for when things feel too big podcastapps.com — find a modern podcast app that supports live streaming so you can catch the show the moment it goes live Support the Show This show runs on value-for-value. If we made you laugh, think, or groan, you get to decide what that was worth. There are three ways to do it: Time — share the episode with your friends, family, and enemies. Talent — send us album art or other creative work. Treasure — hit the Support This Show button in your podcast app to send something through PayPal, one-time or recurring. Get In Touch Bryan: [email protected] Rich: [email protected] If you are struggling with life please reach out to The Suicide Life Line - Dial 988The world needs you here.