Let me show you what this bad boy can do. Hey, welcome back to Titanium Man Garage. And today we're going to be working on a 2002 Sportsman 500 HO, nice looking camouflage one. I'm going to show you what I got going on because a lot of people are asking me questions on this. So when I go to start this thing, in the overflow tank here, it starts to bubble and cool and spits out. And I did notice I'm getting a little vapor out of the tailpipe. It's not white smoke. It's just a kind of a vapor-y, wet-ish kind of look to it. Back story on this is the guy ended up re-boiling the thing and put a new head gasket in everything and he complained about overheating issues. So my guess is he never checked to see if the head was warped or not. Probably put a flimsy gasket in. And it's probably pushing compression back into the coolant lines and that's what's causing it to bubble in that tank.  That's going to tell me everything right there. I'm about 100% sure that's the issue. There would only be one other issue, it would be the thermostat, it might be blocked off. And I checked that already and oddly enough the thermostat was messed up. The spring was really messed up when I pulled the thermostat out so it wasn't opening and closing properly. At first I thought that was the issue, if at all, easy fix, wrong. So yep, I got a little coolant coming out of the exhaust and bubbles coming out of the, I call it the puke tank, out of the puke tank and we're going to see what's going on. So another thing I'm going to check here, another telltale sign is I'm going to pull a spark plug, I got it loose already. And I want to see if that spark plug is wet, if it's wet, it's telling me coolant's getting in there. Ha, that's actually a first, I don't think you can see that in the camera. It's dry, it needs a new plug, so that tells me that the gasket is somewhat working but for some reason it's blowing back into the coolant lines. So I'm still going to check that head, make sure it's not warped and go from there. Okay guys, I hate to burst your bubble on this one but I already put out three videos on how to replace a head. So what I'm going to do is I'm just going to add a link and you can see how I did it. If you look at some of my videos about the Polaris Ranger and a 99 Sportsman I did, I pulled the head off and yeah, I could videotape that but it'll be another three hours long and I don't want to make this video too long. Alright guys, so here's where I'm at.  I took the eight bolts off the cover, rocker cover and I looked at the cam, the cam actually looks really good. I pulled the carbon air box off so it's all ready to go. I've got maybe 20 minutes into this. I also did pull the water pump cover off. I want to make sure that that's spun when I pulled the rope and it does and I just moved it now but I did put the engine at top dead center.  So I'm actually going to put that back.  This is your timing chain tensioner. I'll pull this cover off, I'll get the chain off, unbolt that and I also have my, as you can see, my coolant lines disconnected and drained. So hopefully it won't be so messy when I pull it apart.  I know I've got a bad view here but it's one here, one here, one here, one here. Once you get everything disconnected, that's a slider right off. What I'm seeing is I see a flimsy little gasket here. So I hate to knock products here but my guess is it's a niche piston and gasket, not knocking niche but the gasket they put in with the kit is really flimsy. My guess is the gasket didn't hold up. It's holding up enough to where there isn't coolant going into the piston but it's blowing back into the coolant causing the bubbles in the overflow tank.  Spend the money, do it right. So I'll keep going. Alright guys, so I got everything to assemble like I said, tensioner's gone, cover's gone. I took the three 10mm bolts out of the cam gear. I've got my little cheater hook, I got the chain hung up. There's two 10mm bolts here. Yeah, you want to see something funny. I went to go loosen the head bolts and this one's loose already. I can turn it by hand. So that's why it was leaking. So I'm going to pull all these four bolts off, like I said it's a 14mm with a 12 point. I'm going to buzz them off, check that gasket and I'm going to replace it with a good Polaris gasket but there's my problem, loose head bolts. So whoever did this didn't do the torque specs correctly for Polaris. You get a manual that says everything in there. I can kind of rattle it off but I don't even remember it by hand. I think it started off with 22 foot-pounds, then up to 52 then you back it off two turns, then you torque it to 11 foot-pounds, then it's a quarter turn on each bolt, another quarter turn on each bolt. So you're driving it in, you're backing it off. The reason behind that is the bolts do stretch so you want to make sure they're in tights. I used to work at an engine plant. We did the same thing with brand new engines.  Okay guys, got her pulled and yeah, pretty much called that one.  Why would you put that in your machine? There's only three thin layers, actually four thin layers. Let me show you a good Polaris gasket. This is a good Polaris gasket, it's nice and thick, there's actually a thick layer of metal in there. It doesn't bend, I'm flexing on it. I mean, if I really put pressure it would bend but it's nice and solid, it's got a sealing edge on there, what does that have?   I'm guessing, I'm hoping that's actually pretty smooth and I won't have to worry about it. Actually it looks like the guy did some refinishing on it, I can see some scratch marks, I might clean that up a little nicer. I'll get rid of the scratch marks, finish it off with 600 grit, put this head gasket back in, tighten the head down to the proper torque sequences and call it a day, that should be it. So like I was saying before, if you buy a piston kit online, like I said, I wasn't really knocking the piston but the gaskets that come with it, the head gasket, they're usually junk. You can go ahead and buy the whole kit if you want, but just go out and buy yourself a Polaris head gasket, a good one, as long as this is what's going to happen. Another thing I wanted to show you, you can see right here on the edge, this is all sealing tight, so there wasn't any coolant getting into the piston, that's why the spark plug was dry, but you can see the outering, these are the coolant parts, you can tell something was getting in there. So I'm guessing it was probably sealing enough for the coolant to get in, but with the compression stroke, it was probably blowing back into the cooling ports as you can see, and that's what was causing the blow back and the bubbles in the overflow tank and in the radiator. I actually had the radiator cap off and hit the throttle and it just shot right up the radiator. So yeah, I was building up pressure in the cooling system and you can see that's the reason why. You can kind of see, I don't know if you can see it in here, but there are some scratch marks. My camera is not focusing for some reason, so I apologize for that. So I'm going to go ahead and clean this up, make a right, put it back together. So one last thing I'm going to do, only because I guided and torqued that down, I don't trust those torque specs when you were building this engine, is there are four 12mm bolts in here, or really got a 12mm head. I'm going to go ahead and torque them down to 49 foot-pounds, that's where they belong. Just kind of double check his work and I'm going to put it back together. Alright guys, I'm going to try to show you this. This is an easy to do with a camera, but I'll take the head and I'll go in a crisscross pattern with a straight edge and look up into the light, and I hope you can see that, but there's light in between there. Same with here, and this side actually rocks back and forth a little bit. So you want to do it right, you take it into a machine shop, have that head machine smooth. It's not that far off, I'm going to take a little 320, sand it out and finish her off with some 600 grit, done it about 20 times, I've never had an issue with it. I'm going to clean that up, put her back together, but so you guys know what to look for. I mean, there you go, crisscross, there is light underneath there. So, and there's that. Alright, so I'm using a little PB Blaster as cutting oil. I got my 320 grit. As you can see, I already started sanding, you can see the high and low spots here. So I'm going to keep going, I'm going to crisscross pattern this way first, flip it, this way. We got to take off a lot of material, go really fast back and forth. I don't think I'm going to have to take much off. Now when I finish it off, I try to give it a little spin, so if any marks, any sanding marks you get are in a circular pattern, and it'll help from any leaks. That's cleaning up pretty nice. And I'll finish that off with 600 grit, wet dry sandpaper. That's looking pretty good. Got most of the little spots down. There's a little oxidation here. I took the straight edge and I went cross both ways. I'm not seeing any light, which is a good sign.  Piece of glass works really well. I have a flat piece of large tile, so I got it nice and smooth. I got the thicker head gasket in. I'm at the point of the timing chain now, so I had that on a hook. I used to just go ahead and try to hook it back up and try to get the line up, but you never know where you are with the flywheel in line with the gear. So what I learned over the years, it's a lot easier to pull a flywheel off, and that's actually really nice and clean.  That way I know my timing is dead on. I don't have anything to worry about. Not that I throw that cam gear in with a chain like that, I'm guessing. I'm guessing where exactly the right point is at the top of the center. I don't want to guess, so I want this right. So that's the way I'm going to do it, and I suggest you guys do the same thing. Just takes a little guesswork out, not that you get this all back together, and you're like, why is a run like crap? Is the timing off? Is there something wrong with the carb?  So yeah, I got the bolt, or I got the nut pull off of here, puller, pull that bad boy off, pull the stator off to check my timing marks, line up the chain, put the cam in, the cam gear in, and we'll get the valves adjusted, make sure the valve lash is correct. I do have videos on how to rebuild an engine. I didn't want to make this video long, going step by step. I still got to do my torque sequence up here for all four bolts. I just got them snugged up right now. What I like to do is I like to get it on there, put the motor mount on, so this whole thing doesn't twist, and go through my torque sequence, and then line everything up, put the tensioner back in, check my valve lash should be 0.006, and yeah, that's kind of it. Once you get used to doing this, it's actually not that bad. I'm going on three hours. I did take a little break for lunch, so maybe two hours, and we'll see how this thing turns out. All right guys, so this is what I mean by guessing. See the chains all hung on there. There's two silver links down here. They should be at the top. So if I were to put this all back together, I wouldn't know for a fact where my timing marks are. So I'm going to go ahead.  There's two dimples on top of here that'll line up with the two silver links. So I'm going to rotate this whole chain, everything line up where it's supposed to be, and we are close. Turn a little bit, and I want to line everything up so it's in the right position. Part can be a little bit of a trick. There's my one silver link at the bottom. I'm going to line that up with the timing mark on the gear, the crank gear. Let's straight up. Put what's supposed to be, and up here, there's two silver links. I grab my cam gear, put that in place, and push this back to the tooth. Normally I do this on the other side of the shop where the lighting's a little better. Bolt in here just so it stays in place. Another good part about a stator off is I can kind of check the oil too. I'm sure I probably got some coolant in the oil. I love here, but... So you got two silver links with the two little indents up here, and then down at the bottom, there's a silver link, and that lines up with the timing mark. Now I know my timing's perfect at top dead center, so when I put the... When I torque everything down, and then I set the valve lash, I know I'm right where I need to be. I'm going to head and put those cam bolts back in, torque my head down. Now you notice I didn't torque the head down first. I did that for a reason just in case I had to move this out of the way.   That's just me. I don't know if there's a right or wrong way to do it, but I just found it's easier for me to do it that way. All right, fast forward two hours later. I did have to torque the jug bolts down because the guy didn't have that torque correctly. Got everything all back together. Did the torquing sequence for the head. Got everything all put back together nice. Go to fire it up and kind of ran funny. So ended up taking the car apart. I found some dirt in the jet. Got her all back together. And let me show you what this bad boy can do. Puketank isn't gurgling anymore. Guys, if you got a little back pressure in your cooling system, maybe it's backfiring a little bit. You got some funky going on. Check that flimsy head gasket. See if somebody put one in there or maybe the head's warped. Who knows? Sometimes you buy something you never know what you're going to get. I thought I got a good deal with the guy rebuilding the engine and turned out to be a little bit of a nightmare. So I got probably a total of six hours into this. And I did have to adjust the throttle cable after I put the car back on. Other than that, yes, it runs good. All right, so I hope you guys enjoyed this video. Hit the thumbs up if you liked it. Subscribe if you haven't. I got plenty of Polaris repairs on my channel. And like always, till next time.


Hey guys, shea bear 1,000 here Are you guys using an old camera that's still in 4.3? And you want to change it to 16.9 if you're tired of your screen? Looking like this. I'm going to show you how to make it look like this Today on shea bear 1,000 Okay guys, this is how We're going to make that happen what that's doing is changing your aspect ratio, okay? So your acts aspect ratio and these old cameras are 4.3 and you want to change it to 16.9 which is this right here, okay? Now I'm using this power director 15 now don't be alarmed you can get a free version of it But it does have a watermark if that does not bother you fine, but I don't like that I don't you know, I mean especially because this is not a promotional video. They're not paying me I'm not being promoted to do this or they're not you know This is I'm doing this on my own free will as you can see it's from cyberlink. It's power director 15 I also have 14 and I have 17 but the 17 is not the free It's the free version. Okay, but this power director 15. I have I did a free upgrade They call it 16, but actually all it is is power director 15 with More stuff you can use that I'll never use okay I'm going to get rid of this. This is just free stuff that you can put in your video or practice on or whatever so What I'm what I'm going to do guys is okay. I've got my camera hooked up. All right, so I'm going to go to capture All right, and it'll bring my camera up right here. Now what I'm using right now is a Sony DV or mini DV mini DV So it's got the little discs now. I can import this into my computer In a couple different ways I can actually take that disc out and put it in my disc drive and import it that way or I can use a capture card which I'm using right now now The capture card that's a different that's a different video if you want to see how I do that I will do a video. I'll probably just do it anyway But let me know in the links below in the link below if you know if you want to know how to do that This I gave $40 for this one. It was originally 60 and I bought it at we got this at Best buy okay, but like I said, there is a free version and if you want to try it You you know you can try it out and if you like it then okay, then you can purchase it Which I I'm not sure what they what they cost online But I'll I'll put the price on the screen and put a link in the description below But the capture card I'm using is a $7 capture card. Okay, so I mean They're cheap. They're cheap Just it's a USB Just make sure anytime you use USB capture cards make sure you put them Plug them into the 3.0 USB port. It works much better. Okay, I also have another one by It's dazzle by pinnacle studio now They're like 40 bucks and but I like this cheap one better. It seems to work better no lag time But the dazzle it is also a An editor But I didn't get $40 for it. They wanted $15 for it was brand new at a flea market I got it for 10, but what we're going to do right now is let's just go ahead and we're going I got my camera turned on brought up. There's my clips I'm going to use this clip right here, and I'm just going to hit record now I'm going to get down here my camera and I'm going to Play that clip and what it's going to do. It's recording this clip right now. This is just a few second clip I recorded in the backyard just to show you how to Change your aspect ratio So we're not going to be doing any editing per se. So let's go ahead and stop this here Okay, so it stopped now I'm going to stop it on my camera and as you can see it brought it up here now You can change this and name it whatever you want like a test clip or you know demonstration clip whatever But I'm just going to leave it like that. I'm going to click okay now. It should bring there It is it brought it up here now. I'm going to go to edit. Okay, and what that's going to do It's going to bring it here And then it's going to put it over here in my preview window and down here on my timeline Okay, or storyboard whichever you prefer now as you can see It's got the black bars on the side because and also make sure this is in 16.9 Because this clip is in 4.3 Okay aspect ratio as you can see the black bars on the side now. I wanted to go full screen Okay, now there's a couple different ways you can do that. Okay. I'm just going to click on that make turn it blue Okay, now see you can crop this you can move this around and crop it, you know, however you want I don't want to do that Because I found an easier way. All I'm going to do is go down here to my storyboard my timeline Right-click it now on this pop-up menu here. You'll see clip attributes It's like the third one from the bottom or third one up from the bottom Go over here to set aspect ratio Okay, click on that and it'll bring this window up here and now the second one down It says this aspect the aspect ratio of this video is 4.3. So click on that All right Now it should come up stretch clip to 16.9 aspect ratio If it doesn't just click your little arrow and make sure it does and then from then on unless you change it It'll stay like that every time you bring it up and then watch over here on your In your preview window watch as soon as I hit okay, I click okay, and there it is now We are in full screen. There you go. Just like that. It's easy. That's how easy it is So I'm going to undo that right up there And I'm going to show you again I'm just going to come down here to my storyline storyboard timeline whatever right click it set clip attributes Set aspect ratio and Then go to the second one down to where it says the aspect ratio of the video is 4.3. Click on it Make sure it says stretch clip to 16.9 aspect ratio and click okay And there it is. That's all there is to that guys. It's that simple So guys, that's how you change your aspect ratio through an editing software I don't know what other softwares you can do that with but this is the one it is right here That's what the box looks like See power power director 15 ultra Like I said it This did cost me 40 bucks. I'm not sure what they're running online But if you want the free version it works fine. It just has a watermark That's all you know, I mean and every time I look in this camera because you know, it's wide angle It looks like that TV's crooked and I keep turning around, but it's not just this camera but anyway, so and This is the camera right here That I just showed you that I was using now you can also It's a it's the same way with any any your old old for your your old footage is your old clips Um Kind of made it worse, but anyway It works, you know VHS tapes the same way now in order to import it If you want to see me see how I do that with a capture card, I'll be glad to show you just leave it in the comments below And uh, and I'll show you how to I'll probably do it anyway One day this week and we'll see but There's not much to it at all guys Uh, if if you know your way around a computer just a little bit you can figure that out With the help of youtubers There's a lot of youtube videos on how to do it and probably something better than mine But I try to I try to go into detail pretty much on what What the task is because a lot of guys they'll they'll start off. Okay their their uh title will say you know how how to crop or how to change aspect ratio and Excuse me and When you start watching your video first of all they're talking about a whole bunch of other stuff that you don't want to know how to do You know, so I didn't want to add that in Because I didn't want to bore people You know what I mean? Like I'm boring you right now But and then and then it's like they touch, you know, their their Their videos like 12 minutes long and they touch on everything for 10 to 10 and a half minutes on that you didn't want to know about and then like a minute and a half on how to do that And then they or they they don't talk during they just play Play music and they show the mouse clicks and they're going really fast and you got to stop and pause and all that I try not to do that. I try to explain to you and also, you know, be feel free to ask questions down below so And I'll I will also show you how I've got my mics set up. I'm using this one right now And you guys have seen this one, you know, it's got the You know that on I can show you how I've got that stuff all set up and You know just some stuff like that some technical for the for anybody that may be just starting out You don't need a lot of money, you know What I give for this camera 10 bucks or something. I I can't even remember what I gave for that's without the light But you know, I had to buy batteries for it and these batteries are kind of junk. This one's about done I get I get about 12 minutes on this battery here. It came with two and a charger One of them never did really hold a charge, right? But It did come with a battery the battery that came with it is the original battery and it'll it'll it'll stay charged It'll hold a charge. I mean you can get through four minutes out of But um, I mean, you know, so you can find these cheap cameras, you know, like like this is one I got at a At a flay market, you know Works fine Um, it just you don't need a whole lot of stuff. Use your phone. You know, use your phone. Uh, just remember don't Guys don't know video time.  So anyway guys, thanks for watching. I appreciate it I'm gonna get off here take some medicine and uh edit this video for you guys So I hope you enjoyed it and I hope it helped. I really do Uh, because I know I you know when I started I got my first used Uh computer I think I gave 20 bucks for the monitor and everything and it was old it was uh When it was 98, I think I didn't even know how to turn one on or shut it off and I learned all this myself I didn't get any classes Probably 70 percent of the stuff the technical stuff I learned from youtube and um The rest of it, you know, I just I taught myself. I just figured it out Well, probably 60 off youtube 40. I just figured out on my own So it's not that hard. So anyway guys I'm gonna take some medicine. I'm gonna get off here and leave you alone Thanks for watching guys. Appreciate it. Shea bearer the myth the man legend. I'm gone for now Don't forget to check out monkey 1000 channel. She's awesome and uh if you do feel compelled to Subscribe to my channel. Uh, be sure to click the little bell icon so you can get Notified of when I upload videos. Thanks very much guys. Take care and be cool. Bye. Bye


This week on the anxious truth. We're talking about social media and the dreaded doom scroll how you can be more intentional with your social media Use to avoid the pitfalls and the traps. So let's get at it Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the anxious truth. This is podcast episode number 267 recorded in July of 2023 I am drew linsellata creator and host of this fine podcast or at least what I hope is a fine podcast The anxious truth is the podcast that covers all things anxiety anxiety disorders and anxiety recovery So if you are struggling with things like panic attacks or agoraphobia This is the place for you and if you're new to the YouTube channel or new to the podcast You just sort of accidentally stumbled in welcome I hope you find it all useful and applicable in some way Of course, if you're a returning viewer or listener welcome back. I'm always glad that you're here today We're gonna talk about social media and the dreaded scroll of doom and we'll talk about what the doom scroll is It's kind of a funny thing that everybody's decided to call it. We'll get into that in a little bit We're gonna talk about how to be a bit more intentional with your social media use so you can get the most out of social media in your anxiety Recovery without falling into some of the traps that are really common in this community before we get into that It's just a quick reminder as always that the anxious truth is more than just this video or this podcast episode on my website At the anxious truth comm you will find a bunch of other resources including books that I've written and workshops and courses that I've created 266 previous podcast episodes all of which are free a bunch of free social media content a bunch of stuff that I think is useful in recovery It's useful psycho educational material. It's inspirational. It's encouraging. Hopefully it points you in the right direction Head on over to the anxious truth and take advantage of all the goodies free and otherwise If in fact you are using this work in your recovery and you're digging it And you want to find a way to support it in a more official or formal way All the ways you can do that are also on the website at the anxious truth comm slash support Including maybe buying a book or some merchandise or taking one of my courses, but while that's always nice It's always appreciated, but it's never ever required in any way that you can support this work By maybe just subscribing to the YouTube channel or liking a video or writing a podcast review or just asking a question in my Comment section somewhere. Thank you. I appreciate it very much. It means the world to me So let's get into today's topic, which is the dreaded social media scroll of doom to doom scroll And a lot of people have never heard this term many people have but some people don't and they get a little nervous Like what's the doom scroll? Well doom scrolling is just sort of a popular term I don't know who coined it, but I kind of dig it It's that thing where by default when you don't know what else to do you pick up your mobile device You pick up your phone and you just start scrolling Maybe that's on Instagram or tiktok or Twitter or Facebook But you just scrolling and scrolling and scrolling all day long. It's become known as the doom scroll And why do we not like the doom scroll? Well, listen, everybody gets a little bored and sometimes we want to fill time and we will scroll social media to fill time I get that sometimes we just are out of brain cells and it's been a long day And you just want something mindless and you might scroll through social media to do that. That's totally fine I'm not saying that it's always evil and you should never ever ever be on tiktok or Instagram. I'm not saying that at all Of course, there are there can be benefits to using social media in your anxiety recovery But there can also be some pitfalls and what we're gonna talk about today is a way to be a little bit more mindful in your use Of social media as an anxiety recovery tool so you can help to avoid some of the traps and pitfalls that that sort of Default doom scrolling can lead you into So for anxious people who are trying to get help with their anxiety On social media platforms the doom scroll often becomes a distraction technique or a soothing technique And distraction being oh, I'm getting really anxious I better pick up my phone and go on Instagram and start scrolling really rapidly or go on You know tiktok and scroll or go to YouTube and find a video to watch Sometimes it's a soothing thing. I'm really afraid right now because my anxiety is kicking up And it's triggered this fear in me and I feel like I'm under some sort of threat that I can't identify Let me fire up Instagram and go look at what Drew has to say and what Josh Fletcher is saying what Kim Quinlan is saying and Let's see maybe somebody's gonna make me feel better So there's distraction. There's the instantaneous soothing Sometimes we go into the default scrolling scrolling scrolling mode because we're just looking for answers Which is totally fine Everybody's entitled to look for some answers and I'd like to think that I'm providing some quality information You know my usual collaborators that I work with all the time. I trust the things that they have to say I think there's good information out there But sometimes the excessive perpetual doom scroll that you engage in by default Some days is meant to just try and find that one little bit of magic information Where's that magic post? Maybe there'll be a new person that I can follow Maybe there's a technique that I haven't heard of yet. Maybe I'll hear somebody describe my Specific fear perfectly and and will soothe my fear and tell me that it's gonna be okay And that can become a bit compulsive So you can have a compulsive need to read and learn and gather resources and gather stories and and and be Calm down and and be educated and learn the mechanics and the theories and all of those things and that can become part of your automatic doom scrolling too But in the end that can lead to Maybe less than perfect results or even less than beneficial results Certainly you can use social media as a tool in your recovery But if we are not careful and we default to just mindless Automatic compulsive scrolling all the time without a goal in mind or a realistic or critically Evaluated goal we can fall into some traps. What are those traps? The first trap would be That you use social media scrolling as a safety device when you get anxious you immediately go and start scrolling That's a problem because it teaches your brain that when you are anxious You have to do something to get away from it and we know based on the principles of recovery If you've been following along or reading my books or whatever it happens to be You know that that's kind of a habit that we want to break So the doom scroll the automatic scroll the mindless Unintentional scroll can become a safety device or an avoidance behavior You can also wind up being overwhelmed with anxiety and recovery information So this becomes especially true if you are following a bunch of accounts like mine on Instagram and tiktok and all over the place and you just follow 50 different anxiety accounts and Advocates and gurus and teachers and coaches and therapists and you just spend all day long consuming all of the information that we create You can wind up an information overload. This is actually reasonably common Even for people who maybe don't have the automatic doom scrolling problem every once in a while Almost everybody winds up in a situation where they are just drowning in Information about anxiety and being constantly reminded of it and constantly immersed in it That could be a negative consequence of defaulting to picking up your phone and immediately scrolling social media without any intention Just doing it just because so information overload is a thing and Information overload as it pertains to anxiety recovery can sometimes lead to recovery paralysis like I all I I've seen 16 different posts today about exposures and and steps and techniques and tapping and oils and and meds and Regulating my nervous system and facing fear and I'm just overloaded with it I'm overwhelmed and I'm paralyzed because I don't know what to do Like if you've ever Been in that position know that you're not alone That's actually a very common place that many people wind up with wind up in quite often when they consume so much Information in the doom scroll of anxiety social media That's normal if you find that you're you go into sort of brain lock because you're just Overwhelmed with the amount of information you're being being you know immersed in it's like a fire hose coming at you That's a thing. It's not just you And the other thing that can really happen and there are other issues that that can be pitfalls in terms of just mindlessly scrolling social media for Your anxiety, but the other common one is mixed signals So many times if you are looking to social media for anxiety and recovery resources You feel like you have to follow everybody that seems to make some sort of sense Or if they have a big following or your friends mentioned this person I better follow them too So then you wind up following me and other people who sound like me and other therapists and some coaches and some mental health Advocates and some wellness people and next thing you know you are following a hundred and fifteen different anxiety and mental health related accounts and that overwhelming fire hose of information isn't only a problem in terms of its volume and the amount of information but you start to get mixed signals and differing Opinions and differing advice so I can tell you right now that if I picked up my Instagram And I scrolled for maybe ten minutes just the people that I follow who are other content creators in this space If I was a recovering person I would hear at least probably three different almost conflicting approaches to this Now I'm not saying that they are entirely in opposition to each other But without somebody to help you integrate those desperate this not desperate Desperate that's very different Different messages together and understand how to put them into the particular context that you go in and out of every day It would start to feel like well this person is telling me to do one person This person says to do another this person says that I have to regulate my nervous system This person says that's not a thing this person says I should tap on my cheek This person says don't ever do that this person says avoid your triggers This person says triggers aren't a thing you can really wind up in a bit of paralysis because you don't know who to trust and You don't know what to do like everybody's giving me different things here. Which one is the right air quotes right thing So those are the most common problems that you come up against when you just default to scrolling on social media Endlessly, I'm gonna say mindlessly because that's a bit of a nasty thing to say but without direction So if you're scrolling is not intentional. It's just automatic I scroll just because I have to scroll and I have to look for I get to see what all the anxiety people are saying today But why so what I would tell you to do is not to just sign off forever and sometimes I get a little bit I get up, you know get my my my Dander up and sometimes I'll post things about like hey turn off your phone for the rest of today And I'll continue to do that from time to time as reminders You don't have to leave social media completely But one way that you can probably avoid the doom scroll and the pitfalls I just talked about is to get a little bit more intentional when you decide that you're going to access social media from an anxiety standpoint And you could do that by asking yourself a few questions So before you pick up your phone and you fire up tiktok or Instagram or whatever it is you're gonna go to Maybe you can ask yourself a couple of questions and the first question that I would ask is what am I hoping to find right now? Why do I need to scroll do I have a specific question that maybe drew or Josh or somebody might be able to answer and maybe they Said something about it today. Okay, that's fair. Do I have something specific that I'm looking for is there something I'm unclear about is there a success story a particular success story that maybe I'm hoping to see I don't know Maybe you don't have to answer that question. I can't answer for you but first ask what am I looking for right now and if the answer is Well, I'm bored and bored makes me anxious So I need to scroll through all my anxiety accounts to see what they're saying just to scroll Well, maybe that's the thing you want to question if you are dealing today with some intrusive thoughts that really scare you Maybe they're disturbing thoughts about themes that you really hate and are afraid of or maybe you're having a particular physical symptom That really scares you What are you hoping to find am I I'm gonna scroll just because maybe somebody will say something about this racing heart And it'll make me feel better about that. Okay. Well, that's at least an answer to the question. Ask the question What am I trying to get today when I scroll? Then consider putting a time limit and you could set it you could use your watch you could use an egg time You could use the phone itself There are sometimes apps you can use that limit your screen time on certain social media apps You could try all of those things, right? But now that I've decided that I'm looking for something specific and there's no right or wrong answer there But at least you've set some sort of intention. How long am I gonna allow myself to scroll to try and find what I just said I'm looking for 10 minutes 15 minutes 20 minutes 30 minutes only you could decide what's right for you But it's all too common to not set that intention to do it sort of automatically on autopilot and boom 90 minutes later or two hours later. You're still scrolling and you don't even know why So what am I looking for and how long will I give myself to find it? The third question that I think is valuable to ask is If I know what I'm looking for and I know I'm gonna give myself 20 minutes to find it And then I'm shutting this down and walking away from it It what am I gonna find in those 20 minutes? If this is a thing that I have been looking for for weeks or months or possibly years in the scroll and I still Haven't found it. What are the odds that I'm gonna find it today? So this is where you it's almost a follow-up to the first question What am I looking for cool that answer that without judgment, but then maybe pop back in and say, okay? Well, this is a new thing. I'm looking for is it practical Is am I looking for an answer to a question that even exists? Have I been searching for this information now for the last six months? Hoping to hear something a little bit different about dpdr that will somehow make me less afraid Am I likely to find that today in the 20 minutes? I'm allotting maybe not So what happens if I don't look for it today ask yourself that question And then I think the other thing that you might consider is What else could I do right now? This is not to say that you should never access social media Let me be clear about that. I want to make sure that I'm being clear about that But maybe you set a time during the day where well This is when I this is when I do that or this is when I do that about mental health again You know if you want to scroll through funny cat videos just because your brain is a little fried and you need To break totally fine. I get that maybe don't make that the only thing you do today But that's okay to do that But if you're gonna set limits and be intentional about your mental health use of social media in the context of anxiety information anxiety recovery ask yourself well instead of scrolling now to look for Something else about dpdr or something else about the scary thought or something else about you know air hunger That I've been looking for for months and months and months Maybe this is the day that I'll find the magic words that will make it click And I won't be afraid of that anymore. Am I likely to find that probably not so what else can I do today in this moment? For this next 15 or 20 minutes instead of scrolling. What can I actually do to take some step toward recovery? That's a pretty big question to ask and sometimes there might not be necessarily a clear answer Because you might be going to the scroll automatically because you feel incapable of taking action But that's a good time to put down the phone for a second and ask Okay, wait a minute. I'm scrolling because it's a substitute for taking action because I don't feel like I can do anything right now But maybe I can do something and some days That's as little as getting out of bed or off the sofa putting on some actual clothing brushing your teeth brushing your hair Making yourself a cup of tea and having a sandwich on some days That is actually forward progress and that's perfectly okay Forward progress doesn't have to be oh my god I busted through my anxiety brick wall and I made a huge leap forward and look at me recovering now Recovered doesn't work that way anyway, so Challenge the automatic scroll by asking what else can I do instead of that for the next 15 or 20 minutes? So take yourself through those series of questions. What am I looking for? How long will I give myself to find it? Should I even be looking for that or is this something that I've been looking for for months? And what are the odds that I'll magically find it today if I haven't already found it and what might I do instead of scrolling for the next 15 minutes? That can actually show me that I'm capable of taking care of myself even in the smallest ways So when you ask those questions Before you fire up Instagram or tiktok or YouTube you're being a little bit more intentional with Why you're going to scroll right now? I'm going to scroll for this particular reason now These aren't always black and white questions Sometimes you won't have good clear answers to these but even just asking the questions can put the brakes on a little bit and make you a little Bit more mindful and a little bit more intentional when you decide to scroll because if you ask the question Or am I looking for and your answer is I don't even know okay? But you at least answer the question and now you are making a more mindful and conscious choice to scroll anyway So that counts ask yourself those questions go through that little exercise It'll only and you know mentally it's only going to take you 20 seconds 30 seconds probably to run through that and then you can decide Should I scroll now? Yeah, let me put it off. I'll do it later. Okay, cool What else can I do right now while I'm anxious or while I don't have answers while I don't know while I'm unsure? What can I do? That's a big question and finding answers to that is really a big part of the recovery process So I don't want to belabor the point because now we've gone on for about 15 minutes on this topic And that's about enough But when you can be a little bit more mindful a little bit more purposeful a little bit and a little bit more Intentional with the way you use social media as part of your recovery You may find that you're getting more benefit from it when you do scroll. It's more productive. It's more educational It's more informative and maybe it motivates actual actions and on the flip side of that You may find that you're experiencing less adverse impact from just endless endless scroll because another thing that the scroll can do is make you feel bad because I keep looking and I keep reading and I see all these Posts and they're so happy and sometimes it makes you feel bad Sometimes it makes you feel bad because you have a little bit of resentment for people who are feeling better That's normal.  What am I doing? That's another two and a half hours that I wasted I could have been doing my exposures. I could have been cleaning the house. I could have been taking care of the kids I could have been doing my email or my schoolwork. It can make you feel bad and there's no reason for that That's a self-inflicted wound So consider being a little trying your best use those five questions come up with your own questions It doesn't matter. You don't have to use my questions but start with those to try to make your use of social media in a mental health and recovery context a bit more intentional a bit More mindful a bit more purposeful and it'll help keep you out of that like endless doom scroll That just never ends and often doesn't go anywhere and doesn't really have a purpose when you really dissect it So hopefully that has been helpful I mean, I think it's a practical tip. It's something you can try Remember whenever you do things that are different So if scrolling social media is a habit and it's a habit based on Soothing yourself or distracting yourself or trying to find words that make you feel better in the moment Not doing that will be a challenge So while this might not seem like a big scary exposure thing to do it is the breaking of a habit and in the context of an anxiety disorder so many of our habits are Essentially comfort and safety seeking so when you back away from that habit and challenge it and do something a little different often It will feel difficult. It will be challenging. You might feel Little responsible a little scary to do that. You might feel a little vulnerable if you stop scrolling today That's okay. You can work through that know that that is normal.  It's even harder for anxious people So that's it. That is episode 267 of the anxious truth in the books on more mindful and intentional use of social media to get away from the dreaded doom scroll Again, if you're digging all of this and you want more from me Just go to the anxious truth calm and check out all the other stuff that I have And of course if you are listening to the podcast on Apple podcast or Spotify Some place where you can rate and review the podcast Maybe leave a five-star rating if you dig it or take a second and write a nice review because it helps other people find the podcast And then more people get help which is kind of why I do this to begin with first If you're watching on YouTube hit the like button leave a comment subscribe to the YouTube channel hit the notification bell So you know when I upload new stuff, but I will be back next week again with another podcast episode Don't know what I'm gonna be talking about but I will be here remember that Disordered which is the podcast that I do with Josh Fletcher comes out every Friday This one is every Wednesday. Disordered is every Friday go to disorder.fm and check that one out It's really good. That's some of the best work. I've ever done digging doing that with Josh and yeah See you guys next week Be more intentional today be more mindful with your social media use and take some tiny step Forward toward recovery because no matter how small that step is they all do add up in the end Every one of them counts even when it's hard even when you struggle even you don't get it perfectly right It's better to try to take a step than to not take a step at all. I'll see you next week


Lux presents Hollywood, the Lux Radio and Robert Young in the Gay Sisters. The Mill. Ladies and gentlemen, there's a popular belief that all fame the same way. It's about being born in Chicago. Then by being f***ing brighter, and finally by reaching down to pick up... Barbara Stanbick was born in Brooklyn, Robert Young in Chicago. But there the resemblance ends. The truth may be less glamorous, but it's more logical. Both our stars and their trade the right way, by serving a hard... In fact, between the two of them, they have about a hundred pictures to their credit. Robert Young has just finished Journey for Margaret at the metro, and tonight we've picked Barbara Lay. It's the Thriller Gay Sisters. You'll hear Barbara as the incarious to a huge fortune and the courage to give up every cent of it for a principle. And our bitter enemy, played by Bob Young, owes that secret. And there's one secret I wish I knew. How to bring back my hair? Short by a good many lawyers who are accustomed to taking me at my word. Veronica Lake was telling the audience about a man who bought $180,000 worth of war and offered a lock of mine to anyone who'd buy a 10 cent war stamp. My desk ever since. I have so few hairs to give from... I can't back down as my hair holds out. But from now on, the deal is off. The quality of my hair leaves much farther sell you. There's no doubt at all about the course always makes good. And now for the exciting drama we promised on the first act of the Gay Sisters. Starring Bob and Robert Young as Charles Barclay. In 1917, when Fiona Gaylord was eight years old, her father went to war. The night before he left, they sat and spoke together at the library of the family mansion. The land is the Gaylord's religion, Fiona. For 150 years, we have bought land. And we have grown richer and richer. We have gone to Europe and to Harvard and to the dogs. But we never sold the land. And now Fiona, you're the Gaylord who's going to carry on in my place. Always be a Gaylord, Fiona. Never sell the land. For 23 years, Fiona Gaylord has remembered those words. For 23 years, while the Gaylord will was dragged through the courts, she has watched the once great fortune dwindle to almost nothing. But she has held fast. Fiona Gaylord has never sold the land. Proceed, Mr. Gibbons. Well, Your Honor, as you know, this is in the matter of the will of the late Ten Gaylord. I am the proponent of that will and the attorney for the Gaylord's sister. When did Ten Gaylord die?  Yes, Your Honor. And you're still trying to get the will probated? Yes, Your Honor. Well, just what has happened in all these 23 years? Well, when Ten Gaylord died, there immediately appeared another will which it is claimed was executed in France. There was naturally a will contest. Well, was there a great difference between the French will and the American will? No, Your Honor, except that under the French will, Ten Gaylord set aside 10% of his estate as a trust fund for a certain charity. It's that charity which is fighting to establish the validity of the French will. And who represents the charity here?  Oh, Mr. Wheeler, can you tell me something about this charity, please? What is it? It's a settlement house for working boys. The Third Avenue Neighborhood Club. Thank you. Continue, Mr. Gibbons. With the estate tied up by this contest, the three little Gaylord orphans didn't have any money. So we had to make appeals for allowances to enable the orphans to fight this French will, which we claimed and still claim is invalid. And are these the three little orphans? Yes, Your Honor. Miss Fiona Gaylord, Evelyn Gaylord, now Lady Burton, and Miss Susanna Gaylord. Three little kittens who lost their mittens. You're Fiona Gaylord? Yes, Your Honor. I assume this one is... Lady Burton, Evelyn Gaylord. I've just returned from England. And this is Susanna the Youngest? Yes, Your Honor. Mr. Gibbons, who's been administering the estate all these years? Mr. Van Rensler, until his death, when I became temporary administrator. And this case has been in the courts ever since? It was a very large estate, Your Honor, and there were a great many suits. You will find the record here. This matter of the charity is the last of the contests. Well, since this contest seems to be over 10% of the estate, didn't it ever occur to anyone that it might be settled amicably between the heirs and the charity? Oh, certainly, Your Honor. As a matter of fact, about four years ago, we were on the verge of a settlement when the charity suddenly broke off negotiations. No, it wasn't the charity. It was the one man who warmed himself into the control of the charity, Charles Barkley. It was he who refused to settle. Miss Fiona, please. The Gaylord sisters have always been willing to give to the charity the 10%. And we're willing to do it now. But that's not what they want. They want to prolong this litigation indefinitely. And the man who was behind them is Charles Barkley. But hadn't been for him, this case would have been settled years ago. I must caution you, Miss Fiona. You'll only complicate the case. Complicated? Oh, don't make me laugh. It's so complicated. Now it looks like a dish of spaghetti. Just how does Mr. Barkley enter into the litigation?  Only because Mr. Barkley pays the bill. And why does Mr. Barkley pay the bill? Because Mr. Barkley wants to buy the Gaylord mansion, tear it down and erect in its place a hideous monument to his vanity to be known as Barkley Square. Now why count Mr. Barkley buy the Gaylord mansion? Because it's not part of the estate which is in litigation. I got it direct from my grandmother. It belongs to me and the Gaylord never sells the land. Your Honor, it embarrasses me that a client of mine should be guilty of such misconduct. As for Mr. Barkley, I shouldn't be interest himself in this charity the same as he has in so many others. Right, Miss Fiona. Don't wave your hands at me. Your Honor, for over 20 years this mess has been going on. We've practically grown up in court. I knew what a subpoena he was before I could spell cat.  They'd written books about this case and teach it at Harvard. It's an annual performance. The Gaylord circus is coming to town. And who pays for it? We do. We've been living on our expectations, borrowing on them until the moneylenders pull down their shades when they see us coming. If we can find a butcher who doesn't know us, we can last three months longer. And if the case isn't settled by then, I'm going to give the estate away to save my soul and shout hallelujah.  Hallelujah! Miss Fiona, you can't leave the courtroom like this. Oh, can't I? Get out of my way. Fiona! Come on, Susanna, don't stop. Fiona, there's Charles Barkley. I said don't stop. I said don't stop. Which one is he? That man over there. He's coming this way. Keep going, Evelyn. Miss Gaylord, may I speak to you, please? No. Ring for the elevator, Susanna. Miss Gaylord, just a moment. As unpleasant as this is for both of us, I think you ought to listen to a little common sense. I hate common sense, Mr. Barkley. It's so common. You're starting your case all over again with a new judge. You heard your own attorney say that it may take years to settle the estate. Now, I want to buy the Gaylord house. Over my dead body. If necessary. Mr. Barkley, why are you so set on buying our house? Oh, a whim, Lady Burton. A whim of iron. You better persuade your sister to make a deal with me. There'll be very little left for any of you if she keeps on fighting. And I can afford to keep on fighting indefinitely. Fiona, why don't you set up?  Ring for the elevator again. You'd better get over your stiff neck pride, Miss Gaylord. You ought to remember there's Barkley pride, too. Where are your grips, Evelyn? Still down at the pier. I rushed right off the boat. Miss Gaylord. Get a cab and pick them up. In six months, you may have to walk. I've done that before. No, you haven't. Down. Miss Gaylord. If Saskia ever answered the door inside of 10 minutes, I think I'd drop dead. Saskia! Oh, Fiona, the house looks terrible. I thought we had ruined in England, but they've got nothing on me. Oh, wait till you see the inside. We've closed off the east wing to save fuel. Saskia! For heaven's sake, Saskia, where have you been hiding? I came as soon as I could. We've been standing out there for ages. Take Miss Evelyn's grip. I never get any rest in this house. Never second. Oh, keep quiet. Have there been any calls? A fellow named Niles again from Miss Susanna. Gig! What did he say, Saskia? I don't know. I couldn't hear good. Hello. What are you doing in here? I left the ball in here. Saskia, I thought I told you to keep this child out in the kitchen with you. I can't help it. I just want to get my ball. Well, get it and get out. Go on, scat, scat. Yes, ma'am. Fiona, you frightened the child. No, I don't. He likes it. Who is he anyhow? Oh, that's Austin. Austin? Have you been adopting children while I've been gone? He's no trouble. Where the little nipper come from? Saskia brought him from the country. He's a relation or something. How old is he, Saskia? I don't know. Don't be so curious, Evelyn. Saskia, is tea ready? No, it isn't. I didn't have time. I'll give you ten minutes to bring tea here. Go on. You have no heart. No, I know. Only stomach.  Well, at least it smells the same. Like the Gaylord case. Well, I don't know how you two have stood it, really. Believe me, you get used to it. You've got to get used to it. Well, I'm beginning to wonder if they ever settled cases in this country. I'm going to see your Mr. Gibbon tonight. I'll settle it. Well, what in the name of... Saskia, what's that racket? He's fighting. He's fighting. Who is? What's the matter? Austin, out in the back. A big boy is punching him. Why doesn't he punch back? Oh, you've got to stop it.  Oh, all right. All right. Get the tea, will you? I'll show you. Won't give me the ball, huh? You alone? I'll show you. Austin! Austin! The Gaylord! What's the matter with you? He's punching me. Oh, why don't you fight back? Punch him in the nose. I can't reach him. He's too big. Then kick him in the shin. Go on, kick him. All right. There. Oh, that's it. Give him another one. You want another one? Oh, one more. Go on. Oh, oh. All right.  When I first saw you, I thought you was coming to help me. Well, I did help you. I taught you how to fight back. Yeah.  Oh, here's the bandages. Oh, Austin, let me see you. What have they done to you? Now, now, don't cluck over him, Saskia. Just tend to your cooking. But he's hurt. He's bleeding. Oh, I can't leave him alone for one tiny minute. Oh, you should see the other guy. Austin's the hero. He is wounded, but not slain. He will lay him down and bleed a while, then rise and fight again. How, Austin? Yes, ma'am. How do you like living in the city, Austin? Oh, I like the country better.  Well, you know, it's a tough world. You don't learn to get tough living in the country. The cows look too kind. Walking up Fifth Avenue is like walking through a jungle. You mean lions and tigers and wolves? Yeah, with clothes on. There you are. You're a new man. You mean that and go out and fight again? Well, not right away. I'd take it easy for a while. What foul concoction are you brewing here, Saskia? Vegetable soup. Well, I never would have guessed it. How do you cook it? She's swell, ain't she? I like her. She's got no heart. Only her stomach. The papers ought to be signed tonight, Miss Fiona. I can explain them if you wish. Never mind the papers, Gibbon. If you're in the mood for explaining things, you might explain what you meant by humiliating me in court today. Now, Miss Fiona, you know as well as I that a member of the bar must govern his conduct according to the rules, the ethics of his profession. Rules, ethics, tribe. See here, Gibbon.  Well, since you've descended to personalities, no lawyer could sit silent in court while his client made such an undignified and violent attack on a man of Charles Barkley's position and importance. Oh, so that's it. Well, if you're so enamored of Mr. Barkley's noble motives, go and ask him for a job. We can get along without you. Why, you just can't change lawyers overnight in a case like this. Why can't I? It isn't done. Well, it's being done right now. I've let you piled for this estate for years. But now you've got all you're going to get out of us. Given you're through.  Get out. Very well. Very well. And take your briefcase with you. What's happening? Are we being bliped? No, but Mr. Herschel Gibbon was just blitzed right down the front steps and into the gutter where he belonged. Oh, that's all the noise. Is everything all right? Oh, yes, everything's fine, Susanis. Sounds like a man's needed here. Would I be any help to three ladies in trouble? I'm not very strong, of course. Who are you? Fiona, this is Gig Niles. This is my sister Fiona. Hello. Gig Niles. Aren't you that very bad modern artist who smelled up the place painting a picture of Papa? Right. The Gaylord post of the Legion. Anyway, you know what you like. Yes. Is he what you like, Susanna? Yes. I don't know that I blame her much. I'm the other sister, Mr. Niles. Sure. I know a Gaylord face when I see it. How's England, Lady Burton? Fighting. Evelyn's husband is at it. The RAF. Yes, I've read about him. Fiona, what happened? I've fired Gibbon. You've fired him? We'll have to get another lawyer then. Oh, we'll get on. New York's crawling with lawyers. Let me see. A Ralph Padlock. He might be just the right man. Why? Years ago, my dog bit him. What's that got to do with him? Well, he knew I was a Gaylord and he didn't sue me. I'll call him up. Besides, he's supposed to be a good lawyer. What a good lawyer. I have anything to do with this family. So you're an artist, Miss Niles. You don't look like an artist. So you're Lady Burton. Go on. Tell me what I look like. Sendier a bomb with a monocle. Excuse me, Lady Burton. Your sister and I were talking about something before and we didn't settle it. Greg, please. Not now. Susanna, when are you going to marry me? Isn't he informal? What about it, Susanna? Well, there's something I've got to tell you. Oh, don't worry, you're silly yet about your husband. You know. You knew I was married. I've known all the time. I went to school with a skunk. Say you're Alan. How could a live girl like you marry a fruit plate like that? Well, I've tried to get the marriage and no, but he wants a great deal of money. I can't pay him until the estate is settled. Suppose I murder him. Oh, no, Higgs. I wouldn't like the idea of waiting outside prison. And I don't like waiting any place. Darling, I love you. You know that. Excuse me. You've forgotten Evelyn. No one forgets Evelyn. Look, Evelyn, what's wrong with me? I offered to take a woman away, give her love, life, and everything a woman's supposed to dream of. And what happens? She says no. I wouldn't. Nobody asked you. You know, I'd quite forgotten how exciting American men can be. Well, girls, at last I have some good news for you. Well, it's about time. What is it? Mr. Padlock's coming right home. Hooray for the gay lords there. You see, I've brought you luck. Did you bring your gas mask, too? Yes. Why? Padlock's going to need it when he opens up our case. We can get this case out of the court in, let's say, another year. That means you'll take it, Mr. Padlock? As a lawyer, I'm very happy to get it. Oh, thank you. But there's one thing I want to ask you.  I've never understood either. Why does he, Fiona? I don't see that the reason is important. Well, apparently he's the monkey wrench in the buzzsaw. You know, it might be a bad idea if we had a conference with Barkley. No, I won't have it. Fiona, you seem to be almost afraid of Charles Barkley. Why? Afraid? Afraid of that country, Claude Hopper? Me go to him? If Papa were alive, he'd be coming to our house, to the back door, hat in the hand. Well, if you feel that way about Barkley, I'll have to see what I can do with Gilbert Wheeler. Maybe I can enlist his sympathies. Who is this Charles Barkley who makes emotions run so high? He's a strange man, stirring big cauldrons and never spilling a drop. He has a brilliant mind, a great organizer. Let's forget it, please. Very well. Well, by the way, just a word of warning. Don't make Gibbon any more angry than he is already. Yes, I know.  After that, Mr. Barkley, I disassociated myself completely from the Gaylord sisters. Yes, I heard they fired you three weeks ago. Well, that's the story they tell, and I haven't denied it. Matter of fact, I've leaned over backwards to avoid embarrassing them in any way. I've even waited all this time before coming to you with my proposition. Oh, you have a proposition, Mr. Gibbon. I was attorney for the Gaylord sisters for a good many years. I know a great deal more about the Gaylord sisters than they suspect. I have no doubt. Mr. Barkley, suppose I could give you certain information which would enable you to buy the Gaylord house, tear it down, and complete your Barkley Square project. You have such information, Mr. Gibbon? I have. And you wish to sell me that information, Mr. Gibbon? Well, sell isn't exactly the word. Oh, I see. Well, Mr. Gibbon, before we decide on a word, I'd want to be sure that the information was something I could use legally or ethically. Mr. Barkley, what I know concerns a certain person. If that person found out that you discovered this secret and were in a position to publicize it, that person would do anything to prevent such publicity. It isn't a question of what's legal. It's a chance to make her agree to your terms. Make her agree? Naturally, it's so one of the sisters. Naturally. But before we discuss it, I'd want to be sure the information is really valuable. But I've just told you. And it can only be valuable if it's something I don't already know. Oh, you couldn't know this, I'm afraid. Why not? Because if you did, you would have used it. Perhaps. Mr. Gibbon, I assume the information you wished you'd give me is of a somewhat scandalous nature. If it weren't, it wouldn't be valuable. You see, Mr. Barkley... Just a moment. Is this information concerned Fiona Gaylord? Yes, yes, it does.  How did you know that? Well, I have ways of finding things out, too, Mr. Gibbon. You mean to say you've had this information and you haven't used it? No, not yet. So you see you've come to tell me something I already know. Good day. Just a minute, Mr. Barkley. After all, you owe me something. Well, if you wish to send me a bill for your time wasted, why... Do you know why I'm here? I thought we went over that pretty thoroughly. Oh, no, we haven't. You know the reason I was chucked off the Gaylord case. It was because of the way I strained to your defense in court. Well, surely, Mr. Gibbon, that was your sense of justice speaking. When we do right for right's sake, we should not expect to be rewarded. I don't think there's anything further to discuss, Mr. Gibbon. Now, see here. I'm going to be rather busy for the next hour or two. Good day. Good day, sir. Hello, Wheeler. This is Barkley. Wheeler, I think we'll have to use some information I've been holding out on you. If we don't find any evidence, if we don't, somebody else will, so it doesn't make much difference. It's about the only Gaylord. She has a child. 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We fed the monkey peanuts. And I saw a giraffe. Saw? Yes, ma'am. Saw. We had popcorn and hot drinks and two kinds of ice cream. Uncle Geek got my muscle. He said it was bigger than an oyster. Oyster? Yes, ma'am. And even gave me a quarter but Uncle Geek wouldn't let me spend any. You mean Susanna, don't you? No. I mean Aunt Evelyn. The one who says Blimey calls me Nipper. When did you start this aunt business? It was Uncle Geek. He said it sounded more friendly, like there was relations or something. Am I a relation, Miss Gaylord? Well, yes you are. Miss Gaylord, do people read all the books in this room? No. Not if they can help it. What do you like to read, funny?  I used to like them when I was little. Now I like Daniel Boone and Buffalo Bill. I remember Buffalo Bill coming to this house, to this very room. You mean you really saw Buffalo Bill? I not only saw him, he kissed me. Buffalo Bill kissing girls. Well, I was only a little girl. What did he look like? Did he wear his big white hat here in this very room? Yes, he did. And did he really have long white hair? Down to here? Oh, yes. Oh, I remember it so well. It was a winter day and Papa, my father, invited a lot of friends for dinner. I was so excited to be allowed to come. I read... Hello, Fiona. Oh, hello, Susanna. Austin and I were just hardying up in here. That's enough, Austin, run along. Aunt Susanna, Uncle Geek got my muscle. He said it was bigger than a nurse's. I mean, oyster. Well, you learn by your mistakes. That's more than I can say for your mother. Did you know my mother? Yes, before you were born. Go on, scat, scat. Just a minute. Come in, Mr. Padlock. Sorry, I telephoned you so late, but I had to see you tonight. What is it? It's something I want to talk to you about. Come into the library. They got me out of bed an hour ago with this letter, telling me something that you, as my client, should have told me first. A letter? It's about a child, a boy, who's living here with you. Would you like to read it? No. No, I don't have to read it. Miss Gaylord, I'm your attorney, at least for the present. I must have this whole story truthfully from start to finish. Not now, not tonight. Can you be at my office the first thing in the morning? Yes. Very well. Good night, Miss Gaylord. Evelyn, are you asleep? Who's that? Susanna, come in here. The owner, what kind of an hour is it? Sit down and keep quiet. What is it? You sit down too. Sister has a bedtime story to tell you. Well, it must be important. It is. It is well known that we're going to have one choice juicy scandal break over our heads. What kind of a scandal? About Austen's mother. Austen's mother? Who is she? I am. You? Well, who's the father? Charles Barkley. Charles Barkley? Oh, no. Oh, I wish you were right. Do you remember when I was 21, I suddenly got my hands on some money? The money that sent you to Europe, Evelyn, and got you married? Yes. And the money that gave you your debut, Susanna? Well, a great encephalonia died and left $100,000 to be given me the day I got married. We were still living like gay lords in those days, and we needed that money. We had to have it. Oh, remember Cousin Willie, the pimply-faced kid who was always crazy about me? Oh, I do. Well, I thought I could marry him, give him $25,000 of the $100,000, and call it a day. I made old Van Renssel advance me that much, and I started for over a month. Somewhere along the road, they were building a bridge. I didn't notice the paving was still wet, and I started to crawl. Suddenly, somebody yelled at me. Hey! Hey, stop! Where do you think you're going? Woodland, isn't this the way? Not over this bridge. All right.  Now that we're done in my asphalt. You know there's gonna hold me up? I finished in time. I was gonna get a bonus. I'm so sorry, really. Well, it's all right, I guess. The pretty little bridge. Thanks. Are you the foreman of that gang? No, engineer. Oh. Well, if you could take a few minutes off, would you like to show me the road? Well, I guess... Sure. Thank you. You don't know what a help it would be. I'm sorry I yelled like that. That was how I met Mr. Barclay. I guess I must have charmed him pretty quickly. He, uh... he had that span you look in his eye, the way Snooker used to look when he saw his dinner. And I got an idea. Why go chasing all the way upstate after Cousin Willie when I had a much more attractive stat for my purpose closer at hand?  A few days of eucolic lovemaking, a few moonlight nights, and I'll have the ring on one hand and Aunt Sophronia's money in the other. And so you married him? Well, it wasn't that easy. I found a place to stay nearby. I had to set the stage. I did a good job, too. I picked out a nice moonlight night about a week later. It lured him off the porch toward the apple orchard. We walked until I thought he wouldn't have strength enough left to propose. So I picked out the biggest and juiciest apple tree and parked myself under it. I knew the great m- It's at just the right angle. Well, he whispered, I'll never forget this. Fiona! Why don't you hear the rest? You've got mouth confused. How could you do a thing like that? Yes. But on the day of the wedding, I had a problem. How did you get rid of him? Well, he ran out to the village drugs, the money out of the suitcase, the ring off only and why. I was too late. I read the note. Yeah. Yeah. It's $25,000. Yes. Thanks. You're going to leave me? Yes. You said you were going to let me leave you and force you. I am. What happened? I'm not sure yet. I'll have to think about it. All right, I'll let you know. Darling's been charled as men. Or is that so? Grab the money. World away in a little... I wonder how you found out about it. Well, I don't know. Fiona, what have you done with Austin? Miss Copeland. Our old nurse. She took Austin as soon as he was... She took Austin as she meant that no one else I could trust. I've become here so that I stumble. Funny little fright in him. I want to keep him away from me. Maybe I... I tell you I'm perfectly willing to accept the boy as my son. Isn't that enough? No, he's not your son. Miss Gaylord. He isn't even my son. Mr. Pedlock, if Miss Fiona Gaylord is still not willing to admit the child is hers, then my client has nothing left to do but go to court. You'll have to prove it first, Mr. Wheeler. We will prove it. In court. After a scandal. Just a moment, Wheeler. Miss Gaylord, this is my last appeal to you. From now on, you'll have to be reasonable. If you aren't, it'll mean ruin for you and your sisters. And in the end, I'll get the boy anyway. Are you leaving now? Yes. Goodbye, Pedlock. Goodbye. Sorry. Fiona, don't do anything mad. Please. Well, Mr. Pedlock, where did all that get us? I don't know. The one ace they hold is the fact that you were married to Charles Farclay. That doesn't mean he can prove his Austin's father. He doesn't have to. What? The child was born in wedlock, so its parents cannot be questioned. All he needs to prove is that you are the mother.  We have witnesses who will testify that on February the 24th... I knew she was about to have a child. She had no baby. I was called in as physician. On February 24th, the child was born. A boy. The mother gave her name. I was the nurse for Dr. Phillips. And the woman we attended in that case was her over there. Fiona Gaylord. Put that coat on him, Evelyn. I'll finish packing the grip. Stand still, Austin. What am I going, Miss Gaylord? You're going away with Aunt Evelyn for a while up to Uncle Gig's place in the country. Already Fiona. Good. Charles Barclay thinks he's going to march and hear with a court order and take this boy away. I'm going to spoil his pleasure. Once you get Austin out to Gig's place, we're safe. I'm glad you thought of it. I hope Gig likes children. He likes me. He's got my muscle. He said it was big, isn't he? Yes, I know. Erster. Oyster. Now listen, Austin, you're going to stay inside unless you're with Uncle Gig. Mm-hmm. And don't tell anyone your name. No, ma'am. You'll have a good time there. Much better than you do here. But I have a good time here. You do? Sure I do. I like it here. Well, that's fun. Fiona, do you suppose that's Barclay? Saskia, don't answer it. Evelyn, take him out the back way. You can get a taxi at the corner. Hurry. Come on, Austin. Goodbye, Miss Gaylord. Goodbye. Miss Gaylord, you've got a heart and me a stomach. Is that right? Yes, that's right. Now go on. Sask, Sask. Goodbye. Goodbye. Come in, Mr. Pedalock. Thank you. I brought Mr. Barclay and Mr. Wheeler with me. Do you mind? Certainly not. Come in, please. Miss Gaylord. I'll handle this, Wheeler. We have a little bad news for you, Miss Gaylord. Bad news is not exactly a novelty to me. Sit down. I have a court order for my son. I've been expecting that. I've come to take him. I've been expecting that, too. Then you intend to comply with it? You're going to let me take him? Of course you may take him. If you can find him. Why? Where is he? Well, you see, this is a very old house, as you may have noticed. And we're terribly troubled with rats. So there's a man. I believe he's called the Pied Piper of Hamlin. You may have heard of him. And he came here and played a lovely little tune on his pipes. And Austin heard him and followed the Pied Piper right out of the house before I could stop them.  Oh, I forgot. You haven't any children. I have a son. Yes? You realize that what you're doing constitutes contempt of court, Miss Gaylord? But I'm doing nothing. You know where that child is? No. Not at the moment. Headlock, what are you going to do about this? If I may have a few minutes with my client alone. Are you going to tell us where the boy is? I don't know where he is. All right. I came here prepared to be generous.   If that's what you want, that's what you're going to get. Come on, Wheeler. You know where the child is? Of course I do. Miss Gaylord, I've been very patient with you. And I know by now how useless it is to argue with you. So I'm going to be very frank. I won't be a party to a conspiracy.  Do you mean that? I do. If you can get another lawyer. And if I can't? If you can't, you'll have to fight it through alone. All right. I'll fight it through alone. Get out. Now for station identification. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System. After a brief intermission, Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Young will bring us act three of the Gay Sisters. And now here's a young bride to be with a friend who's dropped in to say, Mary, how exciting. Being married at an army camp. Oh, you've been in such a world, though. I didn't get a chance to see any of your trousseau things. Well, goodness, I haven't had time to get very many. They're all in that suitcase there, Betty, if you want to take a peek. 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You'll enjoy its creamy caressing lather, its light clinging fragrance, and you'll find it costs very little. Get three cakes of luck's toilet soap tomorrow. Now, Mr. DeMille returns to the microphone. After the play, we'll bring our stars back to the footlights for some personal questions. But now here's Act Three of the Gay Sisters, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Young. It's evening of the same day. In the cheerless drawing room of the Gay Lord Mansion, Fiona and Susanna are waiting for Evelyn's return. Fiona's eyes are blazing as she paces the floor angrily. Charles Barclay standing here so smugly with his court order threatening me, telling me what he's going to do. Well, I'll defy him and the courts. Blast them all to blazes. The moment Evelyn gets back... She won't be back. What? Evelyn won't be back. Why not? If Gig's there, she won't. Well, what's Gig got to do with it? Oh, Fiona, how could you send Evelyn up there? Give her that chance. How could you, Fiona? I don't know what you're talking about. Don't you know she's mad about Gig? Don't you know she's been trying to take him away from the others and she came here? Gig and Evelyn? Oh, you're crazy. What about Britain? She's never loved her husband. She told me herself. And she's been seeing Gig all the time. Well, of course she's seen him. He comes here to the house and he...  If anything like that had been going on, I would have seen it. No. You wouldn't see it, Fiona. You'd never see anything that didn't concern you.  That's all you can see.  Well, it's all right for you to sacrifice your own happiness, but you've sacrificed mine, too. All I know is I love Gig, and I've lost him. Susanna, come here. Susanna! Hello? Yeah? Evelyn, where are you? I thought you'd started back long ago. It's what? Reigning? Well, you're not going to walk back, or are you? You'll be back in the morning? No, I don't see. If Gig had any sense, he'd chase you out of there. And you needn't take that injured tone with me, Evelyn. I want you to come back right now. Do you hear me? Hello? Hello, operator.  Miss Fiona! Saskia, what is it? Miss Fiona! Miss Fiona! What's the matter with you? What happened? She's in there. She's on the floor. What are you talking about? Miss Susanna. She had a button in her hand. Call the doctor. Call the doctor! Quick! Susanna, are you all right? Open your eyes, Eve. I'll take another swallow of coffee. What did you try a thing like that for? Oh, Fiona. Yes, I know.  The Gaylord case is finished. Evelyn and Austin came back last night. They came back? Well, I went up and got her. Oh, then you're giving them the child's bark? Yes. Oh, Fiona. You're doing this for me. I'm doing it for all of us. But Austin, what about us? Everything's going to be all right for everyone. Go to sleep again, darling. Go to sleep. Does it meet with your approval, Mr. Buckley? Yes. Miss Gaylord? No, this won't do. Won't do? When I agreed to a settlement, I thought, of course, since he's so young, he'd remain with me. I'm entitled to more than that. Just what do you want? Only what the law allows, equal custody. The boy's time will be divided between us, six months with you and six months with me. He's schooling. What about that? We'll arrange that between us. And his vacations. With whom does he spend those? Both of us alternately. Those are small details that can be worked out later. There are no small details in a child's life. Everything's important.  No.  They're not going to cut that child in two. You can't keep him to yourself. No, but you can. I'll give him up to you. Are you sure you know what you're saying? Quite. If that child is going to begin to have parents, let him begin properly. Right now, he doesn't know he has any more. If he finds he has a father, he... Well, he'll never miss not having a mother. Is that your decision? My only decision. Let's get this over with. Saskia? Yes, ma'am. Send Orson down immediately with his hat and coat. Orson, come here. Orson, this gentleman is Mr. Charles Barkley. How do you do, Orson? How do you do, sir? Mr. Barkley is going to take you home with him. Why? Mr. Barkley will tell you about everything later. And now, Orson, be a good boy. Yes, ma'am. And do as you're told. Yes, ma'am. When am I coming back? Well, it's not very polite to talk about that when your visit hasn't even begun, is it? No, ma'am. Goodbye, Orson. Goodbye, Mr. Barkley. No, wait. Yes, ma'am. I just want to fix your collar. There. Run along. Hello, Burgundy. Do you want some champagne, Susanna? I don't know. Oh, stop thinking. This is a much better idea. You know? For 20 years, we've been saying, once the estate is settled, we'll all be happy. Well, the estate is settled, so we sit in the wine cellar and drink it up. Here. Are you happy, Sue? Oh, deliciously. I shouldn't have asked that. I know what you must be feeling about Orson. You're sweet, Susanna. You're the soft one of the family. Why should I miss Orson?  I hardly even know him, and he hardly knows me. He's much better off where he is than with me. I mean it. No, you don't. I know you. You're so hard and callous and indifferent, but underneath you're not. You talk of Orson and your wedding as if it didn't matter. And all the time, you're eating your heart out. I have no heart. Fiona, I've just discovered something about you. You and me, we're both alike. I've lost big Niles, and you've lost Charles Lockett. Lost him? And don't let him see the tears.  Here, we need another drink. Poor Papa's seller. Nothing left of him. Poor Papa's children. Nothing left of them. Fiona? Yes? Fiona, what is love? Love? Love is something you cut out of yourself, or it moves in and cuts you apart. And you walk? Walk? Mm-hmm. That stuff people do on too late. I never heard of it. Well, then you stay where you are, and I'll get a blanket. It's cold down here. Fiona? I'll be right back now. Sit tight. Susanna? Who are you? Oh, hello, Gage. Where's Susanna? Where's Susanna? Where's Evelyn? Evelyn's on a plane back to England. I brought her on myself. Good. Now, where's Susanna? Is she down there? Uh-huh. She wants to know what love is. Thanks. Go on and tell her. Tell her that love is... Gage, where are you? Oh, he's gone. He's gone. Austin's gone. Austin, you liked it here. You said you did. Heal my muscle, Uncle Gage. It's as big as a nurse does. I taught you to fight back, didn't I, Austin? I will lay me down and bleed a while, and rise and fight again. That's the thing to do. Only, I'm so tired. But I've got no heart, and you can't get tired without a heart. You can't live without a heart. Fiona? Right here in this very house. Buffalo Bill kissed me. Fiona. Share it in. Let me fix your collar, Austin. Let me touch your cheek. Just once more. Just touch your cheek. Fiona, look at me. What? What are you doing here? Well, the door was open. Get out of my house. Oh, no. It's my house now. You're getting out. Well, I'll go in the morning. You're going tonight. Now. Oh, and I suppose you're going to carry me. Yes. Oh, let me down. Let me down. Stop screaming. I'm still your husband. Did you bring me? This is my place. I've ordered some breakfast for you. Hungry? You, um, what happened last night? Well, I brought you here and stuck you under a nice cold shower. Feel better? I'm not sure. You will. Breakfast will be very special. Baked apples, coffee, nice thin pancakes, and Vermont tastes made with syrup. Do you remember Vermont? Yes, vaguely. Apple orchard in Vermont. I remember perfect. What are you thinking about? $25,000. Pretty good tip. Pretty good. And you took it. Yes, I married you, didn't I? No, I married you and I paid you for it and money. Hello. Austin. Hello, Austin. Come on in. What are you doing here? I'm... I'm chasing a deer.  My mother? Then we are relations. Oh! Well, I... I was thinking if Buffalo Bill could kiss girls, I could too, huh? Why that? That's very handsome of you, Austin. Had your breakfast yet? No, sir. Why don't you think you better have it now? But I don't want it. God, yes, ma'am. Fiona, I love you.  Wouldn't have me if I was the last man on earth, would you? No. Good. We can go somewhere from there. I was afraid you might have become indifferent to me. Fiona, I've loved you since the first moment I said, I said I'd never stop. That's why I took Austin. I thought perhaps where he went, you might follow him.  Oh, Fiona, why don't you stop fighting me? It's funny. It's very funny. What is, darling? This room, it... it smells just like apple blossoms. Just as long as stars like Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Young are around, we can bring you performances like the Gay Sisters. And they'll turn out just as well. You know, I listen to the Lux Radio Theater every week, CB, and I keep waiting for the night when a couple of actors will get up here in your stay. Thanks very much, fellas. It was good. It wasn't much good, but you tried. Embarrassing moment, CB. Well, it can't happen here, Bob. We'd find out before Monday night. I have seen you involved in a very embarrassing moment, though, CB. Remember that scene in Union Pacific where I was supposed to tip over a big iron stove and I complained that it was too heavy? Well, you just finished telling me a minute before that you played tackle on a football team in Brooklyn at the age of eight, so I figured you were pretty strong. Uh-huh. So I tried and couldn't budget, and you said, I'll show you how. Then you gave it the old stamps and touch. Pushed it right over, huh? Didn't move an inch. Oh. Well, how could I know it was bolted to the floor? Those things happen to everybody, including you, Bob. Oh, sure. I'll never forget the time my wife's great-aunt came out to visit us. I never met her, and she was a little doubtful about actors and general, so my wife described my so-called good qualities at some length. She just about sold me as an acceptable relative when my five-year-old daughter fixed it up good. She piped up with the... I don't know about all those things Mother's telling you, but Daddy sure is cross as a bear when he gets up in the morning. By the way, what was that about you playing on a football team, Barbara? Uh-huh. I was eight years old, Bob, in Flatbush. You know where the Brooklyn Dodgers are. Who doesn't? I'll bet you were the prettiest tackle Brooklyn ever had. Not out of that.  If I have any, it's just soap and water, CB. But the kind of soap is very important. It's got to be luck soap. I've always used it. Oh, by the way, I hope it's all right to mention that here. Well, yes. Yes. As long as it's you and as long as it's luck soap. But play are you producing next week, CB? A double-barreled hit, Bob, that scored a success first on Broadway and then on the screen. The name of the play is Broadway. And the stars are George Raff, Lloyd Nolan, and Janet Blair. This is a roaring drama of the Great White Way during the 1920s, with all the thrills of the most famous street in the world in one free act play. And we have two stars from the Universal Picture, George Raff and Janet Blair, plus Lloyd Nolan. Broadway is a real thriller, CB. I'll be listening. Good night. Good night. Good night. Good night. Day 56, the flight of the day, our sponsors, the makers of luck's toilet soap, join me in inviting you to be with us again next Monday night when the Lux Radio Theatre presents George Raff, Lloyd Nolan, and Janet Blair in Broadway. This is Cecil B. de Merelle saying good night to you, from Hollywood. Barbara Stanwych is now filming the G-String Murders, a Hunt-Stromberg production. Paired in tonight's play were Bobby Larson as Austin, Lois Collier as Susanna, Dorothy Lovett as Evelyn, Leo Cleary as Gibbon, Fred Mackay as Gig, Griff Barnett as Peadlock, and Noreen Gamill, Boyd Davis, Joe Latham, Paul Langton, Jane Beers, and Joe Panario. Our music was directed by Lois Silver, and this is your announcer, John M. Kennedy, reminding you to tune in next Monday night to hear George Raff, Lloyd Nolan, and Janet Blair in Broadway. What'll feel like a million? Try VIMS, the new vitamin mineral tablets. If you're vitamin starved, VIMS will help you build up resistance to coals and safeguard your energy. VIMS match the six vitamin formula doctors endorse, and they meet U.S. government standards too. So get that VIMS feeling. VI for vitamins, double MS for minerals, VIMS. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.


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