Okay, act, baby. Yo, check this out, man. I'm with one of the hostess with the mostess, man. Yo, this is one of the most gorgeous ladies of the new school, leaders of the new school, man. She has got a voice that will command a whole arena. Come on now. You know what I'm saying?  Say that. Backwards and forwards. It don't matter who she's talking to.   Like I said before, she is the host with the most analysts with all the analysis. Y'all give it up for the one, the only. The one, the only, Stephanie. I'm called my, Thompson, let's go. Come on. Yeah, and her voice is music to my ears. I watch her ear every day for nothing. By far the best intro I've ever, ever received. So thank you. I remember you so deserving. I appreciate that. And I appreciate being here, Jack.  You know, I feel, I feel like I made it. I feel like I made it now. Yo, you did, man. The birds are chirping. And I appreciate that. I love waking up to birds chirping. Yes, yeah.  It is what it is. Why not, Jack? It's like another reason to appreciate God. I did it, but I just feel like my windows ain't thick enough. You know, like man, it's like, is this motherfucking in my house? Trying to wake you up with nature. It's just too real in my house in the morning. Okay. Well, yeah. Okay. Your birds sound disrespectful. It's like they there, right? By the window. Mine not disrespectful. Doing that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I, you know, I was once, you're 28 now, right? 29. Oh, you're 29. Come on now. Turn 30 this year. You turn 30 this year. I do. Wow. May 1st, Taurus. Which I think you're Taurus, right? Yeah. See, and that's why the kindred spirits. Okay. You knew that I was a Taurus? I may have looked at a, you know, interview or five, 10, 11, 12, you know, plus I watch you. Yeah. Yeah, I don't just, when I tell people, I appreciate you or I love the work that you do. It's not just cause it sounds good or it's the right thing to say. It's cause I genuinely do. Man, I thought you was Captain Kangaroo the whole time and wait a minute. Captain Kangaroo. That was what I was like.  Yes, I am. Yes, I am. That's what's up, man. And why are Taurus is special to you? So I appreciate Taurus because of our loyalty. I think we are some of the most loving people. It's just, you know, just like a bull because that's what represents us. It's like you flash a red flag so many times. Like I'm going to tell you like, hey, so that's the bull kicking back. Hey, I don't like that. That's the orange. Hey, I don't like that. And then you keep flapping, flapping, flapping that red thing and then I'm just going to charge. And at that point it's no return. But it takes time to get there. Before that, we're the most loving people. It does. And motherfuckers, we always trying to act like, you know, you ain't getting more change. How are you? Why are you acting like? It's like, no, and I'm, I love communicating. Like I will tell you, I don't like that. Don't do that. That's hurting. And then after so many times it's like, oh, okay, so you don't understand this language. Okay, let me level up, which I don't like going there. But if I have to. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's a, man, I've never heard it, you know, spoken so eloquently. And now I know how to do it from here on out.  Don't use it as a crutch. Yeah, I don't know.  No, no, Jack, it's, I mean it's all.  No. Yeah. Jack, you, you, it's like, we know that's a part of us, but it doesn't mean we had, we use it as an excuse or a crutch. It's like. Listen, let me, I don't, like a lot of times, like in my, I'm 40 now. So I'll be 41 next month. Come on, 41.  Oh no, that's a fact for sure. You know, when you just see me not talking to you or calling you or accepting your calls and blah, blah, blah.   So he knew he had them disrespected me. So you don't explain why you just cut people off?  Okay, see. Because, but I had, but this was the third time. Okay. This was the, no, I'm sorry. This was the fourth time. And, you know, really, it's, you really are supposed to make the same mistake twice. Correct. First time, you know, that's on me. Especially once again, once again, when you get my age, Yeah. It started to get a little redundant. Like, yo, you feel for that again? Yeah. And I do it to myself too, Symphony. I'm like, damn. You did it again.  I know better. Yeah. And I think that's a lot of us too. Like we, we put up with more than we need to, but I, and I think too, I think you hit it right on the head.  And that's okay. As long as, as long as I've communicated to you along the way, hey, I don't like this, but you keep doing it. Then yeah, cut them off, block them.  But yeah, no, I'm not about to, even at 29, I don't believe in having people in my life that just don't add value. Or, you know, and that can be in a challenging way, or just, you know, all positive. Like I love friends that hold me accountable.  I love those. But if you're just all negative, or I feel like the energy is just not right, you know, no, no, no, block, my block list have grown. Yeah. Yeah, no, I love a good block. Yeah.  And you're like, man, you know, what, I think 50 cent, he said it the best, man. You know, the people you talk to about nothing determine your outcome. And what that means is that if you spend your time talking to somebody that has nothing to teach you. Yeah. You know, what are you talking to them for? Yeah. You know what I'm saying? You're wasting your time. Yeah, and time is something you can't get back. You'll never get it back. It's the most valuable thing in the world. Yeah, we say time is money and I find that to be one of the most false statements that we push. Time is not money, because I can get money again and again and again, but I can never get my time back. No. And especially I feel like right now, like time is just moving so fast. Like I don't know what it's been lately like. My time has just been. It ain't even been lately. What's happening now, as you get older, it's not enough time, because it's more behind. When you were younger, you couldn't wait to get to where you are now. Right, yeah.  Yeah.   Like it still blows my mind that it's 2023. My mind is like in 2025. Like I don't know where the last two years went, but they just, yes, it's maybe that I'm just getting older because, but I don't know. When I went to Mexico, time slowed down a lot. When I was baiting it, I don't know. You was having all the fun in there.  No, I couldn't see. You know nothing? No, I took it out. I see you. You was on that with them girls. I'm gonna tell you two things, two ways I know you like. Okay. You will never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever. You were twerking from the front. Catch me on live twerking. You were twerking from the front. And two, I don't even drink. You don't drink? No. Get out of here. That's crazy. Hey, yo, Chrissy, let me get another drink. I'm gonna drink it. You want some water? I have some. Okay, cool. I brought water and kombucha. Now, kombucha has a little alcohol in it. Technically, fermented tea, but. Fermented tea? Yeah. That's how you do it. It's good. Oh, okay, you look good, girl. You got to work. Oh, she's fine. It's all right. Come back here one more time. One more time. Yo, spin around for, yo, come on now. That way. I think she's trying to play shy. Girl, you're shy. She ain't nowhere near shy.  She just showed me a picture of her butt naked.  She comfortable even with, that's like too much for her right now. What should be comfortable in? Man.  With the kucha cutters on. Okay, okay. With the kucha. Girl, baby, do what you do. Ass out, all that, yeah. And y'all be, y'all like it. Shit, and she, you know. We deal with it. Not, not y'all, not y'all deal with it. We deal with it. Come on, Jay, look at her. You know what I'm saying? You know, everybody got their friends. Look at her. No, you look good though, mama. You look good. Yeah, you more than welcome. Come back one more time. We make it much better. Because we gotta, you have to motivate your people. You have to motivate your friends. And that's your way of motivating your people. Yeah, yeah, more time. Go ahead and twist it. Okay. More time, yeah, right there. Because sometimes you gotta put the medicine in the candy. Sometimes you gotta put the medicine in the candy. Because it's full of sugar. We'll make the medicine guide now. I see what you did. I saw what you did. All right.  That's Chrissy, the bartender right there. You can catch her around here in these Atlanta streets. Come on. And tip her good. Tip her good. Actually tip her great. Yeah, you should. You shouldn't leave without a tip. You should tip her. Yes, yes. You should definitely tip her. As a matter of fact, anybody that gives you service, you need to be leaving a tip. Period. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. 100%, yeah, yeah, 100% man.  You know what? I saw your neighbor.  I saw your neighbor. The sun was out. I will say though, it was a great time as far as like the weather, but it was actually probably the worst vacation I've ever been on though. Why? Tell me what happened. I heard a white couple try to proposition you. Oh my gosh. Okay. Put it down, put it down, put it down.  However, my experience is my experience. So I was there, as I said, I don't drink. I'm not a- It's black girl. The person doesn't matter. The people there. See how you trying to get me? The person, yeah, the person doesn't matter. It looked, the person doesn't matter. It was a girl. I can say it was a girl. I knew it. I knew it. That's all the way you look at Chrissy. Not like that. Not like that. Not like that. She's a married woman. Whatever. A married woman. Anyway, focus, focus. He's a married woman. You said she's a married woman. You see? That was last. That's how headline. That's what y'all be doing. Who is y'all? Y'all just what y'all be doing on that show. You can never compare me to y'all. Did you say I am one of one? Yeah, you even won that one. I am the only symphony. So I can never be prepared to be compared. But anyway, Jack. I'm sorry. It was right there. Of course people were drinking, right? Like everybody was just drunk, toasted. So. Man, everybody don't drink. Everybody there was. Like they were done. Anyway, so they were, I had a couple. First he started out telling me how much he loves his wife and then he was like, yeah. She calls this time like leaky time. Like when I wake up in the morning and I'm really hard and Seaman just starts coming out of my penis. And I'm like. I was, I say, we didn't know you was gonna do that.  I didn't know. I didn't know. We didn't know you was gonna do that. Surprise. Surprise to y'all. Spoiler alert. But it didn't stop there, Jack. Okay. It didn't stop there.   I had my hair pushed back and it was like in a big bun. Mind you, I'm probably the, it was a couple of other black people there, but I have locks in my hair. And so I'm the blackest looking woman there. You know, in the sense of like. Vlogging it. Yeah. In the sense of like if people thought I was from, they were asking me like, oh, are you from Africa? Are you from da da da?  Oh, right. Oh, I ain't now. Oh, I ain't now.  And I don't want to say anything because I know the person right now. And I'm just sitting there like itching. Like my face is hot. Then the couple comes back and was asking if I can come to, asking if I can come to the room with him and his wife, trying to get him and his wife to, or get his wife to like touch my butt. Oh wow. And like a couple men coming to me like, it shouldn't be like that. What I saw at the pool, it looked real nice. I just want to tell you that. And I was just like, you know, Dear Heavenly Father. What was you like? Dear Heavenly Father. Dear Heavenly Father. I come to you today. Please give me the patience. It was honestly the worst trip because all I kept thinking in my mind is, one, it's disrespectful to even say certain things. Yeah, that's not right. Think what you want to think. But like to my face to say it and have the boldness to say it and then show up next day as if you didn't. But in my mind, I was like, if these were black men talking to a white woman like this, oh, y'all would be in like, y'all would be done for. Your job would be gone. You might be arrested. Might get beat, you know, beat up in the middle of the night. But the boldness to like say it to my face and show up next morning like, oh hi, Symphony. Wow. Good morning. And I'm just like, I really want to say some things. So it was a great experience because I got to get away for a little bit. But it was the worst. That's probably the worst.  I know your fine tail get them at the gas station. Oh, dang, she, no more, but you once did. Don't do me like that. Yeah, I do know what she's talking about. Like the electric pump. Yeah, I do get electric, the electric stop. Why she do me like that, Jett? Why she hit me like that? I didn't roll back out of from out of town with Chrissy before. How many times she had to stop? Man, my nigga, it took us by two days to get back home from a two hour trip. Correct.  One electric pump stopped. It, cause it sounds nice, right? I got some batteries in my book bag. Correct, it sounds, the idea of it is beautiful, like, and I even thought about it. Like I really want an electric Jeep, but yeah, to stop, that many things. I'm gonna think about it.  We gotta stop again. I mean, she, you know. In the, That's Buck Hood now. Yeah. Surround. Oh. Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Smart woman. Hold on, hold on, where are you from? Where are you from, Chris? Miami. Oh, okay, so yeah, you did know, okay. Yeah. You know. You have to pay, you have to pay attention. Yeah, you gotta pay attention. Everywhere I go, my neck is on the swivel. And I was about to say, oh baby, I keep one tuck. Don't, don't, don't play with it, don't play with it, don't play with it. Now baby, who's gonna play with it? Y'all, I can tell both of y'all are real violent behind the scene, cause they're so nice. They're really nice, really good people. You have really great people, but it's just if you push me there, but also too, like, to live in the world that we live in and not be prepared for the worst case scenario at all times, y'all, some of y'all men be real aggressive. I said some. No, no, I'm aggressive. I'm definitely aggressive. You one of them? I'm, but I'm aggressive if you let me be aggressive. Okay. You allow me to. Give me an example, give me an example. Okay, like, I didn't hit on you before. Have you just, but not in a subtle, it was in a subtle, okay? But that's no, not in a aggressive way though. That's aggressive for me. Okay, okay. That's aggressive for me. Okay.    That's all I was saying. I knew what you meant. It's okay, I knew what you meant. That's what I meant. Well, yeah, no, you've been a gentleman. Every time that we, Yeah, it was super regular. Every time I've seen you, I've been around you. Yeah, I'm light aggressive. Yeah, I wouldn't put you in that category. Yeah.  Real heavy. So heavy. Like, for instance, what's heavy? Heavy light.  I want to hear yours too. But she works in a bar. That's why I really want to hear, what's the heaviest aggressive? What's your heaviest? My heavy, yeah, my heavy, I wouldn't compare my heavy to hers because she's in a bar. But yours might be lighter. That's what I'm saying. You think you have her? Hers might be lighter than yours. I don't know. So it makes it worse. Exactly. You can't say it real bad because I'm so... Okay. What's your sign? Okay, I'm gonna have to, okay. Look. What's your heaviest, Chrissy? And what? And aggressive come-ons to you. Guys, approaching you. Oh, baby. What's some shit?  Hold on my phone, time out. I'm a bartender. Wait, do the VIP with me? What do I mean? The VIP were on. They wanna be on the VIP. They be doing it? No. I mean, no, that does not happen. No. We civilians. Yeah. But, yeah, yeah. Hey, I ain't been in the VIP since I was, like maybe 16 years old.  What happened?  My most aggressive was on my trip. That was the most aggressive. And that's what it was. It was like, because I feel like growing up, I've always had to deal with the typical, like, hey girl, let me get your number.   What?  What? I love my rejection. At all. I love rejection. And then, and then, they don't. And then you'll tell them they, you'll tell them you have a boyfriend. Oh, no, I've had, I've dated older men. Baby, it's just like that. And then I just be looking like, you haven't had any life, I don't know. What's the, what's the what? But anyway, yeah, I've had men where you'll tell them, like, oh, I got a boyfriend. And he'd be like, well, if I was your boyfriend, I wouldn't have you at the gas station by yourself. And it's like, boy, no, if you was my boyfriend, you'll be hollering at another woman at the gas station while I'm at the other gas station for my life. Stop playing. But yeah, no, so I'm used to that. But my trip, I've never experienced that in my life. I was like, and I ain't know what, you know, how to respond. I was sweating. It was, that was the worst for sure. Now you guys, now I've never, have I ever been in VIP? Yeah, you have. I don't think I've ever been in VIP, Jeff. Yes, you have, you have. Okay. Now that's when I used to dance now. I did do my videos. You used to dance? But I used to have them. Oh, you learned the new things. I don't know you. I used to use VIP for them, they wanted to make coke. Yeah. And I made money, hella money. You were selling coke as Nancy? No. Oh. Cause they don't know how long they been in there. You were dokin'. What?  You was cancin'. I don't know how long they been in that VIP. They just know they got that white with them, they good. Oh my God. It's crazy out here. It's all, listen. That's what I said, time. I thought I knew y'all. Time is the most valuable. You can get money in multiple ways. You can't get time in multiple ways. Wow, that's nuts. Okay, man. Your VIP experience? Oh my. You thought you was about to not tell me? I was in Magic City. This is before, once again, I'm 17, I'm 41 now. So it don't look like the way it look now. This motherfucker, as a matter of fact, inside my memory is actually ragged in a motherfucker. So mind you, I'm a young man. I'm workin' at MCI World Come and whatnot. Kevin Samuels was workin' there when I worked there. Really? Yeah. Really? I remember him workin' there. He's been around for that? Well, I mean, I know he's been alive. But he wasn't doin' that. He wasn't doin' that. Okay, okay, okay, okay. He was one of the top salesmins there though. Okay. Yeah, and so MCI, you'll hear a lot of guys, my age and a little bit older, that were workin' at MCI World Come. And I was makin' more than everybody in my house. I was makin' maybe 2,000 to 2,500 a week at a sellin' long distance and whatnot. Come on. But mind you, it was some kind of scam, some shit, cause the company end up foldin' and stuff after a while, but I had already quit and committed to comedy by them. But so I had took one of my checks. Well, half of, I took maybe $700 of my check and went up to Magic City at 17 years old with a fake ID. Oh, Lord. And man, this was for BBLs. Yeah, yeah, like before the... Different era. Man, these motherfuckers were so naturally fine.  And they were all just walkin' around like ponies. It's everywhere in there. Not like ponies, Jack. They were all round there, mother... Lookin' so... Bruh, and when you young, you just be nothin' for nothin'. Oh my gosh. I'm 17, like just walkin' around, nothin'. Ah! Ah! Yeah, they thought I was having seizures in there. But anyway, I sit down and I called myself by the, I ordered a Shirley Temple, because I heard, I thought it had alcohol in it, but I didn't understand it, didn't, because I'd seen it on TV. I used to drink it all the time. I went drinking at the time. Right. Oh, that's good, you said 17. This is 17. Yeah, I was 17.  Asked me to go in the VIP with her.   You're not thinkin' that. Right, for sure. Yeah, you're like, yo, I'm fuckin' a grown-ass woman and I can't wait to tell my homeboy.    And she was like, that's perfect. Give me that, I'm finna rock your world.  And I was like, I need to get my world rock because I was just havin' regular sex. Right.  Right.   And I thought we went together. Ooh, Jack. That was my first and last finesse in VIP. I was gonna ask, what'd you learn from that? Yeah, I learned that these hoes don't love me. Well, you know, yeah, I... Yeah, I thought we went together for real. In her defense, Jack, you know, you went to Magic City. Yep, yep, yep, I didn't know what that was. Yeah. It's okay, but you learned. I thought we had a connection. Mm, no, you had a money connection, you know. You were at ATM, she, you know. But you know, I'm glad you learned something. Yeah, I, yeah, listen, I learned so hard of a lesson that it never happened to me again. Well, one more tip time later on, but yeah. What happened to never again? Hey, but the next time... That's how folks meet up, like, yeah, no, I definitely learned. I learned my lesson two hours later. Here you go, Jack, pull him back up.  It never happened in the strip club again. Okay, it was just somewhere else. Nah, yeah, and the next time it happened, it didn't even have no sex involved. Oh my gosh, Jack. Yeah, and so that's a whole different robbery.  You have the most extreme stories. Yes, I do. Definitely. Ever. But other niggas got them too, but they just won't tell you. You're right, you're right. They won't tell you.  Or when they lumped along. And we appreciate your vulnerability. Now, people that are watching this, younger guys who's probably 17. They gonna say that. They gonna say that. That was me, I did that. But even, oh, I thought about doing it. Let me not do that. So you're just, you know, preparing. I give away the secrets now. Yeah. I give away the signs, all of that. So you'll know that you're supposed to be getting fucked on the first date or the second date at the most. At the most. That's not really where I was going. Oh, that's the one what she was gonna say.  You know what?  And yeah. Not on the first, not on the first or second date. Listen, listen. Find out first. Oh, bless it. And find out first, fellas. Ma'am, before, I think you find this hell and everything, but do you think I'm sexually attractive? Oh my God. Are you sexually attracted to me? And if they tell you no, nigger, you probably shouldn't go out on a date. That sounds like a six day trip. So you're saying you only go on dates to have sex? No, I'm saying I only go on dates with people that I have a connection with. And if you don't have a connection with me, but I just got a connection with you, then we're not connected. But men are more physical. Like y'all see things, like women, I've dated men that I didn't find attractive, but because of the emotional and mental connection, like that, like I oversaw. How long did it take? Watch what I'm about to do for y'all, fellas.  I don't recall. She don't even know. She recalls, she don't want to tell you. But I also like, I tell people from jump, like if sex is what you're aiming for, this is not the place for you. I tell guys that from the very beginning. Now that's dope. Yeah, if you want to have sex, I'm gonna go, you don't want to date me, because I don't want to have sex. Now I'm not a virgin. I've had my experiences, but I don't want to have sex again until I'm married. Because I've seen the effects of how sex, what sex can do to a relationship for me. And yeah. What did it do to you? Love is blind. Love can be blind. I know. Again, standing situations that I don't need to be in. So, and then plus two, like, I realized some men rely on like sex to like block out this emotional availability. Like I really desire my man to have, be emotionally available. What does that mean to be emotionally available? Talk about how you feel. Being able to, if we have an issue, articulate what you're feeling and hear me too and understand what I feel and let's converse about the things that we experience. You know what, you know what happens.  Let's have angry sex. And it's like, no. Yeah, yeah, I get that. We gotta talk, we gotta talk about it. But see, I think that goes into once again, the same thing that I'm talking about. And that's the interview process and whatnot. And if you get there off the rip, like talking. Yeah, talking. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, talking and making sure that, you know, it's not just him being interested in you. Right. You being interested in him. Cause a lot of women are not interested in the guys that they're talking to. They wanna see how far that you will chase them. How much you wanna know about me and whatnot. And then that's how I depict out of all my options, how far I go with you. Who's going to work the hardest? But who's working hard for him? Nobody. Well, I don't date women, so I can't, you know, what you've experienced is what you've experienced. But for me, it's important for me to pursue my man as well. Like I don't like, like just being, like he's doing all the work. Naturally, I put in work as well because I do feel like men don't have, and I think we're getting to a place where it's becoming better, but like y'all don't have those safe spaces or where you're able to, you know, you have to go out and have all this armor on. Black men have it the roughest to me in the world because like y'all, just what the world put y'all through is just crazy. You know, black women go through it too, but black men do as well. So for me, like I always want to create a nirvana, a safe space for my man. When he comes home, you feel comfortable to release and take your K-pop, talk about what you feel, being able to release.  It's not just you doing all the work. So I don't date women. I don't know what other women do, but as for me and my friends, we pursue our men. 100%, I definitely, I definitely, I concur with that. I agree with you on that. Oh, look, I was a green-way object. Yeah, we got to a good space with that. And ladies, y'all need to start pursuing y'all men for real. Like y'all really need to show them love. Black men have it tough out here. We have it tough as a community. As a matter of fact, black men and black women stop all this going back and forth and trying to compete with one another and going, head, head, oh, well, you did this and I did that. We don't need that. It can't be tip for tap. It can't be tip for tap because we go through enough as black people and we're never, and I don't like using words never and always, but we will never make it to the other side where we say we want to be until we come together collectively and say, you know what? I know you go through it and I go through it too. There's no reason to compare our traumas or compare what we go through on a regular basis. I understand what I have empathy for you. You have empathy for me. Let's heal one another and then move forward. But we will never reach where we want to reach until we do that. Yeah.   He be paying this and that and that and that. Don't lead him on.  They talk about you like that. Yeah, yeah, don't lead him on. They talk about you like that. And I don't have that. You don't want to be that guy. You don't want to be that guy because it is another guy that's out here.   You want to be that nigga. Now, hold on. No, Jack. No, Jack. If she asking you for shit, if she asking you for shit, you better make sure you say, hey, so what's that going to get me? Well, Jack. Jack. Yeah, what that going to get me? Jack, or just walk away. Leave. You ain't got to ask for, oh, what's But if you don't, if you walk away, you don't know what that will going to get you. First thing, what's she going to say? You got to stop. No, no, no, no, Jack. Chrissy, where you at with it?  She's going to give you the secret.   Is that you, Chrissy? You be saying that.  OK, 35, but my soul is very old. Same here, yeah. I don't believe in that back and forth drama stuff. I'm quick to just walk away. We can't talk about it, communicate about it. Yeah, and just be upfront. Like if you hear for one thing, say that because you're giving me the opportunity to choose. Let me figure out if I want to say it. Yeah, yeah, and that's the thing with men and women. Like if you want to be in a situation and it's like, hey, I'm just here. I want to be here for six. OK, cool. I'm here because I want to spend money. Say that and give it to them. Yeah, because you never, and some people make, some people get jiggy with it. Some people be getting down to get down. People love it. Yeah. There's people for it. But don't stay, Jack. Just leave. No, no, 100%. Yeah, definitely leaving if I'm not getting my drink money back or I'm not getting my Ruth Chris money back. You be taking on the Ruth Chris. Come on, Jack. OK.   That's what I like. I was going to anyway. And you just happened to be. It wasn't because you wanted to go. OK. OK, that makes sense. Yeah, and it balances out that way for you. You know what I'm saying?   So it's like, I just ain't finna take this motherfucker because I just learned another name. Women will make you what they learn. Like, you could be my food buddy.  She telling you a friend thought. You're like, what is a food buddy, fellas? A food buddy is a guy. Well. She ain't been to this restaurant yet. You take her out on different food dates and whatnot.  And she got by, like, 10 of y'all in the phone that she didn't talk to that day that's asking her to go out. She just trying to see who want to take her to the best place. You know what I'm saying? You don't want to be that nigga. But it's all about the type of chick that you pursuing and whatnot and what she's asking for from you. When I say that, ask her, what happened to the last guy you was dating? And you got to listen to that and don't be thinking to yourself, I'm better than him. Correct. Because she just ain't met me yet. You know, no. She like that. Yeah. Don't be trying to change nobody. No. You know what I'm saying? And the same thing with women. Don't be trying to change them.  You know what? I've been asked to be a baby mama before. No, you haven't. I swear to Bob. It just dawned on me. I don't know. He has, I think he has three, four baby mommas. Ashley, you know what? I've been asked twice. This is crazy how this is like, oh, I've been asked twice. One guy in the industry. Actually, both. Both in the industry. Now, you definitely got some good-ass baby momma. If I wanted a baby. Dang, I bring baby momma energy. Yeah, man. You got the kind of athletic build. I feel like I bring like mother, like the mother to my children energy.  Can you do that? Be the mother to your kids. 16-year-old already has a beautiful mother. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, no, but I've been asked twice. And that's just crazy to me. So what did you do? Oh, no, I told him, no, I, no. Oh, OK, cool. I thought it was pending. Let me just. You got to ask. Thank you for asking. No, Jack. I told both of them, no. And in the, don't disrespect me like that. No. You definitely more than a baby momma. You see what I'm saying?  That's the, that's what I'm talking about. Not, you know. And some people be like, really? Me? No, they don't, Jack.  No, I will believe that.  And that lifestyle may work out for some people.  And that's OK. Like, I don't see anything wrong if both of y'all have an understanding of like, hey, this is what I want. This is what you want. It makes sense for a woman to want to be Nick Cannon baby momma. I get that. For them, yeah. It don't make, make sense for somebody who want to be Nick Gunn baby momma. Or Nick, or Nick Pistol baby momma. That don't make sense. But I also don't think those type of guys would even ask somebody to be their baby momma. No, it always makes sense. Like, you have to have, you have to have some type of stability to like want women to be your baby momma, right? 100%. You, you think that, but it is some, some people like, damn. I just want.  It do be people that just be like, I just want, I just want to keep it. Yeah, I want that for my self. I don't want a relationship. I just want to keep it. I want, they want access to you because of the way you make them feel. And you want them people to make people feel good. I appreciate that. Yeah, I appreciate that. And so they want that energy and an offspring that gives off of that too. So you have to be really protective of your power. Oh yeah, no, I am. I've learned that the hard way, the hard way for sure. But yeah, no, I can't, I can't be no. You had abortion. Have I ever? I have. I thought you said you learned it the hard way. No, listen, that's not about that. I learned I have to protect my energy, Jack. Got you. I understand. Jack said he has to ask. And that's OK. It's for them. Because I know you. You know, you know, I wouldn't disrespect you like that. It's your dog. It does not bother me at all. 100%. It does not bother me at all. Showed up. So like, you know, tell us where it all started at, man. Did you always want to be a, first, I need to understand what you categorize yourself as. Would you say you are a journalist or a reporter? Would you say that? I say multimedia personality. Because I host events. So like MCing, you know, I moderate comedy-hype news show. I conduct interviews. So just multimedia. And now I'm into like producing. And I have my own TV show. So yeah, I just use multimedia personality because I do so many things. And I plan to do more things. But to go to what I think your other question was, was did I always want to? I think it was always in me. Because when I was younger, I used to put on like little productions for my family. So I used to put on like talent shows and like all those things growing up.  I used to tell myself that I wanted to be a lawyer. Because I like debates. And even to this day, like I like a good debate. When it comes with, you know, you have your information, I have my information. And then we can debate on something. So and then, but I went to college to actually be a physical therapist. So I ran track in college and just said, oh, I'm going to be a physical therapist just because I was in the sports arena. And then my junior year, I was like, yeah, this internship made me realize this is not what I want to do. But, you know, I'm going to finish college and then see where life goes. And honestly, I got into media. Sounds cliche, but because of God, I moved to Atlanta for a corporate job, started going to different events, and then just kept meeting people.  Have you ever done this? And I'm the one to never say no. I'm like, yeah, yeah, yeah, I did, I did. And then it just, it just kept happening from there. I wasn't lying, Jack. I was stretching. What do young people say? You was manifesting. No, I was stretching the truth. I'm playing with you. Because I told you, I used to put on little productions for my family. So technically, I've hosted. Technically, I've done interviews. You know, technically, I did those things. Technically.  It was a technique, yeah. You see, they just said, have you ever done it? And I was like, yeah, I have. So now. And I showed up and did it. Yeah. And now I've done it. So now. Yeah. Big. So how do you land into being a personality? What you mean?  How did you even get to that space? Well, is that the first thing that you started off with? No. So I started, I started out modeling. And I was at a, I was doing a, I think it was a hair show or a fashion show or something. And the photographer there, he saw me and he was like, it's just something in you that I saw. And he was like, I would love to do a photo shoot with you.  This is back home in Greenville. Big shout out to Chris Kelly. And so I did my first. That's the thing from Chris Cross? No. No. That's what you talked to? No, no, no, no, no, no, no. This is from Greenville, South Carolina. He's a photographer, as well as a studio owner out back home. So yeah, he was like, hey, I want you to do a photo shoot. Did my first photo shoot. And then he was like, hey, come to a fashion, you know, a fashion show with me. And I went there and met a guy named Jerome in the house media. He's always a nigga named Jerome. I know Jerome and his production is in the house. Jerome in the house, big shout out to Jerome. And I started doing red carpet interviews. And Jack, I was working a full-time job, literally. And I would leave and probably do three, four events after my full-time job, doing like red carpet events, hosting different people's parties and all this kind of stuff. And then every time I went to a red carpet event because I wasn't getting paid, my idea was, OK, every time I leave, I need to leave with some type of contact information or connect with somebody. And just make sure it's mutual. It makes sense. And I would just go and just be myself.  I'd like to introduce myself, blah, blah, blah. And then met a guy named Daytrick Davis with Dayray Media. Daytrick. Big shout out to Daytrick. Yes, I'm shouting them all out. He's a Daytrick. Yeah. This man, I love it. And yeah, so then we started doing events together. And it just grew from there. So Comedy Hype came around during the pandemic. So by time, Comedy Hype came around by this time, I've hosted with Bronner Brothers, Essence Festival. I've been on tour with Ford. They do an HBCU tour. And big events like that as well as events here in Atlanta. And Comedy Hype reached out to me during COVID. And everything was shut down. I was supposed to do the Tom Joyner cruise that got canceled because of COVID. And then next thing I know, Comedy Hype reached out to me by email. Yeah, man, I was so hurt. We were rehearsing for Tom Joyner cruise because the crew that I was going to go with, big shout out to Amari, I was going to go with. The whole thing is a lot different. And I really love it because we get to do some dancing and some games. And it's very interactive with the crowd. It's not just welcome to such and such and dah, dah, dah. And curating the event. But you're actually involved with the people. So we were coming up with a dance. And it was great. It was going to be with Christina Grainsville, Amari Harvard, as well as DJ Genius. And I know there's one more person I'm forgetting. But yeah, we were supposed to do it. And then it got canceled. And maybe like a week or so later, Comedy Hype reached out to me. They emailed me and were like, they were looking for a moderator for a new show that they were going to be putting out, Comedy Hype New Show. And told me to come by the studio. And since then, it's been history. It's been a great ride. I've learned so much about comedy. Oh, so you wasn't really into comedy like that before on this type of level? No, I've always been a fan of comedy, obviously. Yeah, of course. But never having the information that I have now or understanding the art of comedy.  I'm like, no, I would never disrespect that art. Because people that really understand what y'all do and what y'all do for the culture, there's no way I could ever get on stage and disrespect that art. So the things that I've learned up to this point, man, it's been so eye-opening to not only like comedy, but just life in general. Because that's what y'all do. Y'all take the things that we go through, put it in a storyline, and then come on stage. And sometimes make us laugh, sometimes it's not. Sometimes it's a think piece, depending on who's the comedian. But it's definitely been a journey that I'm appreciative of, because it's opened my eyes to so much. And then learning about a lot of the black stories that I didn't know about, the TV shows, how to use us to spit us out for networks, and things like that. Yes, it's been a good journey. But now, I think now we're 810,000 subscribers on YouTube. What? Yeah. We'll hit a million. We'll hit a million. That's amazing. Man, yeah. And I wish I could go back to see what it was from the beginning, like when I first got there. But I remember when I came in, Pierre was there. And you know Pierre. He gave me the hardest time. Who's your favorite comedian and all this kind of stuff?  That's all you. No, he wasn't. That's his game. No. That's his game right there. Pierre has never tried me. Contrary to what everybody thinks. Yes, he did. You just didn't know he was. No, no. You didn't pick up on it. You didn't pick up on it when I was trying you. Jack, Pierre did not. Pierre, no, literally, stop making me laugh. I'm not laughing. I'm telling the truth. Pierre has never tried me. Sometimes I see people in the comments like, oh, Pierre, just flirting. Pierre has always been like a big brother. Him and Capone have always been.   Well, I don't use that. I don't use that time loosely. You don't want to say that. I don't use it loosely. I don't use it just, oh, everybody's my big brother.  Watch this. Well, I won't say a certain person.  So there's just some things that I do not know. I do that too. Jack, who have you connected me to? No, I do it. Like, you want to be connected with. No. What you want to do? We can play this game. Don't play. No, Jack. I just choose not to. It's true, but. Yeah, he 50. I'm 40.  I can't stand this man. I appreciate you. I know, I know, look, I'm be looking at you the side now, like Jack trying to help. No, I'm gonna tell you, I'm like, listen, if I do this. And you, I'm gonna tell you, you can start right. I'm gonna be like, no, you can start right there. You can start, because what's for me is it's gonna happen regardless. All right, what's for you to come faster if you do it like this? I don't like fast. What should I do it slow? I don't do my business fast. I like, I like my business take its time. So you sound like a cat, wouldn't I? I do my business. Not like cat. Cat would be doing his business. We're on the. If fast business don't, fast business crash fast. I know you are.  I don't do my business. I don't like, I don't like it fast. I ain't talking fast. You just listen slow. My business ain't even South Carolina. South Kackalacket, born and raised. We're over here doing the business. But I love Georgia though. I love Atlanta. I do love Atlanta.  No, my dad actually moved down here over 10 years ago. And cause I used to come to Atlanta all the time. Like I used to go, I can't remember the name of the skating ring, but I used to go to a skate ring. No, it was a skate ring that turned to a team club. It turned to a team club. Oh, okay. I don't know. Cause there was a couple of them, I think, in Atlanta. Got you. But yeah, no, I used to come up here all the time and have always loved it. Like my dad used to make sure we did things around the city. Like we used to go to the underground, like the old underground. We used to catch the Marta on the book. You started out selling drugs? I stopped. I started and stopped the same day there. Yeah. What, did something happen? Yeah, I was, I met this dude and he was like, I'm trying to sell him some weed and stuff. And he was like, how much you got?  I got a hundred and twenty dollars. Where he said, give me that. I'll be right back.  He didn't come back. I waited there like three days. Jett, did you stop selling? You should stop selling drugs that day. I did. Okay. Completely. The games are real. I realized I was not Franklin St. No. That day. No. I'm like, I don't got this. No, it ain't in you. And it's okay. Yeah. It's okay. Now you out here slanging jokes. Yep. For 100%. Mm-hmm. And it's working and stuff. You know, so you got this new show. Yeah. Tell us about this show, man. Man.  Including you. Including you, you're on it. Thanks to you. Yeah, no. It was truly an honor. So I have a show called Black Friday Report that I co-produced with Killer Mike. So the show actually came up. I don't know if you have seen Trigger Warning on Netflix. But in Trigger Warning, one of the episodes, Killer Mike, he... Oh, yes, I have seen that. Yeah, where he's tried to support Black on Businesses for like three days. He's crazy. Listen, again, I would never disrespect the art of comedy.  Now, Killer Mike is funny. He funny enough to do it. He is funny. If he ever thought to like, hey, let me partner with this comedian to really learn, like, he's funny. You know why he don't do it? Why?  I think when he retire, he might. Yeah, it's easier. It's like it could be a side hustle for someone like him on his level. People would come to see him. But when you gotta do show after show after show after show and whatnot, like it ain't, it don't balance out to what he does in one night as runner-jewels or with the deals that he on another level. Yeah, no, he is. And it's crazy. It's like he's still growing. Like he's still relevant. He's still growing. I'm super excited for the things that's coming. Like the managers, like I'm always in awe that we are even connected. And I'm always grateful like I don't take that relationship. That's the cloth you come from. Yo, you are amazing. I appreciate it. A wealth of knowledge. You are a role model. And you got your head on straight. You know exactly what your purpose is. And you know, when I see you, I see a young Tracy Edmonds. Come on. You know what I'm saying? Come on. I don't say that lightly. Like that. And it's saying, what the young people say, it's saying no cap. Yeah, no cap. No, I appreciate it. I don't take those words lightly at all. So thank you. I appreciate that. Dig, dig, dig. So yeah. So yeah, in the show, he talks about supporting black on business. He challenges us to support black on business every Friday. So I took that challenge and ran with it. Like I've always been a person to support black on. Like to this day, every day, you will see me in black on right now. My shirt is black on. Shout out to Kelana Barfield.  Shout out to who she thinks she is. So every day I'm very intentional about wearing a black on product every single day. But when he pushed out that, it was like, okay, well let me take it to social media and I'm a whole him accountable. So I used to like ask everybody every Friday, like, hey, here's who I'm supporting, who are you supporting? And then I would ask killer Mike, okay, like, hey, it's Friday, who are you supporting? And then he and I connected. He like, he appreciated me holding him accountable. And so I thought of an idea to where we should host like black Fridays at the swag shop. And he connected me to, you know, the store there and we started doing those at the swag shop where every Friday black vendors would come there.  Oh yeah, I felt your arm earlier. Yeah, yeah, no, it's. It's thick. You know, it, my mama didn't bless me with a lot, but she blessed me with a lot of hair that I do have. So I used to go get my neck, but every time I was there, like people would come with like, whether it's clothes or food or whatever to like sell it, you know, come into barbershop. So like that was the culture of bar, you know, the being at the barbershop.  That's me for real. Like these arms are crazy. It's, it's, yeah, no, I could probably braid my arm. You could comb your head. No, I could. I could. What's that? Yeah, no, it's there. And I'm not ashamed of it. No, no, no, no. I've done photo shoes and they'll be like, do you want me to take it off? And I'd be like, no, keep that. Can I tell you something? What? It's sexy. Is it? Yeah. I've never been told that before. No, it's very sexy. Thank you. Yeah, I appreciate it. I didn't know I was into that. I'm gonna start treating it like a beer. Yeah. And really like take care of my hair on my arm. Yeah. I should come out with a product. Yeah, that's good. That's good. I like it. I mean, I need, I got to hop on it right after this. Listen, it ain't symphony and they don't have the platform that you have. There you go. Y'all heard it here first. Y'all heard it here first. I'm gonna come out with something. 100%. Okay, let me focus. It's sometimes it get dry, so I'm gonna come out with it. Yeah, make sure your hair wet. Yeah. Let me finish my, let me finish my story of things. So anyway, so Killer Mike told me to come out. This man, my stomach is tight. Boy, I don't need to work out. I just need to come around here and laugh. Killer Mike told me to come up with something for social media so that he could support me because he appreciated what I was doing. And I'm a creative, so social media is nice, but I'm thinking about longevity. How can I reach more people? How can we spread more messages? Because the dollar only stays in the black community for six hours. That blows my mind.  Granted, some people don't go to Walmart anymore. I eat myself.  So that's, I want people to, if you have a bad experience at a black on business, yes, hold them accountable but give them that feedback back to them. So that's where I came up with the idea for Black Friday Report, which is my new TV show where myself and a celebrity guest, we go in, we visit a black on business, that's activity-based because there are different black on businesses.  You may not just have access to them or you don't know about them. So let me create a platform for them. So we go and visit a black on activity-based business and at the end of our experience, we grade it in three categories and as you know, the cost, the customer service and the overall experience because based on the research, those are the top three reasons why people stray away from supporting black on businesses. It costs too much, the customer service is bad and then they talk about what it looks like, what it smells, the venue and all these type of things. So just overall, and just putting the, as we said earlier, when Ms. Fine walked up here, putting the medicine in the candy, look, she said, that's me, putting the medicine in the candy of like, hey, we're having a good time but I'm also giving you a call to action of when you go support these black on businesses, one, show up because the dollar needs to stay in our community for so much longer than six hours. Like we're the number one consumers. There's so much power in that. We talk about not having power, but my gosh, we, first of all, we have culture and we run them numbers up. We keep businesses alive for a long time. We make their businesses pop. There's so much power that we do have. We just have to know how to use it.   So I want, I want Black Friday report to not just be something that's entertaining but also informative and where I'm speaking to your subconscious because consciously you're watching and you're just having a good time. But I want you to watch it every Friday and subconsciously I'm just talking to you.   So yeah, Black Friday Report airs every Friday at 8 p.m. on Peachtree TV and we're also in talks with Bigger Network so you'll see it in other places as well. That's what's up. Hey, Wizzy Craig, he had a question for you. Yeah. Hey, Craig. How you doing? Good, how you doing? Pretty smooth. So I know you working with Killer Mike. Yes.  You know what I'm saying? So do you feel like you're doing that with all the works that you're doing?   For a while I didn't understand the impact I was making because sometimes you work so hard, right? That you don't take the time to look up or look at yourself, right? Until the other day, somebody struck it like right in my, like right in my throat. It was just, you know, sometimes you get that fraud when you got the crowd in your throat, it was right there. So they said, you come from South Carolina, like I'm from South Carolina. I, you know, my dad was here but I didn't really know anybody. And I've come to Atlanta and been able to create opportunities for other black owned businesses. And, you know, the things are nice, being on a billboard, being on TV, but like there are true businesses that look to me and thank me for like, hey, I appreciate you for X, Y, Z. A couple of people have come to me like, hey, you helped me create a business that's doing very well. So now, yeah, I do understand the impact that I'm making and I don't plan to stop. So now that I have that understanding, it's like, oh, it's really go time. Like it was go time before, but now that I understand, like truly understand my impact and I see it not just, you know, people telling me or whatever, like I see the value in that, absolutely. And it's not going to stop anytime soon. So yeah, I appreciate it. You got anything else with us? Yeah, one more thing. Come on, Craig. The name Black Friday Report. Did y'all come up with that name, like after y'all came up with the idea? Cause I know you're explaining it that you're going to these different businesses every Friday, but like I was thinking too, like maybe they got the name from, you know, the day after Thanksgiving. So like, was it the name first and then the idea or like the idea and the name? No, so actually I came up with the name first. So because he challenged us every Friday to support a black owned business. And he said, you know, redefining what Black Friday is. So I took that and then knowing that I wanted to give the businesses feedback, like a report. So then that's why I combined the Black Friday Report. Crazy thing is I, so I came up with the idea and called Caleb. I'm like, hey, I want to present something to you.  Like to this day, I keep it, but it's so, it's hideous. Like it's, it's so hideous. But I met him at the studio and broke down what I wanted to do. And he was like, oh, let's run it. Like he love, he love the name. He love the concept. And he was like, oh, let's, let's go with it. And it just made sense. Like I did think about, you know, the day after Thanksgiving, but that would, that didn't come to after, like when I thought about it and I was like, oh, this is it. I didn't even consider the day after Thanksgiving at all. However, you know, it, it all makes sense.  If you can say, oh, the day before Thanksgiving, you know, I got to show up at 4 a.m. people standing in lines to fight to get inside. If you can do that for a business that probably don't give two craps about you, your culture or anything about your community. My gosh, you can pour it to your community every Friday. It can be as small as going to go buy a necklace, cologne. Like there are businesses that have affordable things that are within your price tag. But then also there are some people that you go and buy the Louis and the Gucci's and a blah, blah, blah.  However, you, if you can spend that money, then my gosh, you can go spend this money over here, somebody that sells hats for $400. Shout out to Fruitwish and Hat Company. You know, they're hats, high quality, real hats. And I hear people like, oh, it's expensive. But then I'm looking down at your shoes, like, well, hold on, one plus one equals two, right? The money that you spent, do are they pouring back into your community? Because I doubt it. Like it just, there has to be some reshaping of the way that we see each other and the way that we see our businesses and the way that we understand our people and what we need. Cause we get upset when we see somebody else do something to us, but it's like, but what are we doing for us to make sure that we're protected and that we're good? So yeah. 100%. God is good. And this is not for me, this is for a friend. Somebody wanted me to ask you. They know that you're waiting until you get married to have sex. But in between that time, are you cool with tongue kissing and feeling on each other? Shout out to your friend for that answer or that question. For me personally, because for me, there has to be limits, right? So when you're practicing celibacy, you have to have that conversation with your partner of what's far for you. Like what gets you in the mood? Because, you know, when the, when things get to rolling, you know, sometimes the tumbleweed- Things get to trolling. You see what I'm saying? So it's just like for me, I have to be mindful. So I can't do the like, oh, all right. So we gonna, we gonna tongue kiss and rub and touch our body parts, but we gotta stop, right?  Yeah, yeah. Correct. And then now I'm hurt out. No, no. Men talk about, and see, but I, and the thing is, I love having conversations about sex because I still think it's important.  We don't talk enough about sex and not just like, I agree. We don't talk enough about like what we need and our sexual experiences. People wanna know what y'all need. Men, there's a, there's a series called Sex, Love and Goop. It was on Netflix. Sex, Love and Goop. And it was G-O-O-P. The most informative series I've ever seen because women, a lot of women never experienced a real orgasm. Never. We fake it. And we make it, and we make it seem real. We just fake it so much that it'd be like, we think like, okay, this is the norm, but there are a lot of women that never experienced it. And it's just, sometimes y'all just gotta slow down and just, you know, take it, learn, right? Because what I learned from that series is how they actually took the clitoris out of books because they were like, oh, it's childish for a woman to be experiencing an orgasm. White man came up with that idea.  So education, you gotta educate yourself. It's very difficult to take a woman there because our bodies are a lot more complex. But men just go educate yourself. Start with Sex, Love, Goop. It was a great series. I learned a lot about men. You learn about men and women. And it's like a sex therapist that takes a couple of couples. You know what I'm talking about? A sex therapist that takes a couple of couples through different experiences and they learn what they like and all these type of things. So, you know, learn. But yeah, I think women need to have more conversations about it because y'all get y'alls. Y'all be good. Y'all be, yeah. And yo, cause I'm celibate too. So when I was having sex though, I wanted to definitely understand what it takes for women to get theirs. Cause you know, I think that was my goal. I didn't care about me. Really? That shit's... That's selfless. Yeah, and it's not right. That's the end, that's selfless. It's not right. That's selfless. Why everybody laughing at you? People don't believe you. I believe you, Jack. You get the immaturity. Jack, I believe you. Immaturity. Jack, I believe you. People evolve and you know. Then you know, you've grown personas. You see, come on. Being infamous and all that other stuff. But yeah, they don't know how I really am. You right.  You know, you have to, like I'm... When I get married, that's... Yeah. Jack, you want to get married? Of course. I've been married before. Oh, I did. I did know that. I did, I did. Yeah, it was a hot six months. Yeah, I think I heard that in one of your stories. It was on the comedy hype, yep. Okay, yeah, yeah. Definitely, yeah. Got married on Valentine's Day. Got divorced on Halloween, you know. Yep, you got... That's two crazy... That's two crazy holidays. Got a trig and a trig. It happens.  There you go. Can I be in the wedding? Say it again? Can I be like a flower girl or... I think that we probably can find a place for you there. Yeah, I feel like I could be a lit flower girl. I'm actually about to have my first grown flower girl experience, but it's not real. I never got... You know what's funny, too? I never got a chance to be in a wedding because I got married to the couriers. Oh, so are you... When you do get married again, are you gonna have like a wedding? It just depends on where we are financially. Okay. Yeah. Yeah, well, I mean, this had to be big though. Say it again? It doesn't have to be a big wedding. It doesn't, but then it depends on who you marry and what they need. That's true. That's true. So once again, it's not about me. It's not about you. It's always been about the woman and, you know... It's about y'all. Happy spouse, happy house. Yeah, happy spouse, happy house. There you go. Instead of happy wife, happy life, happy spouse. That's not cool. No, that is, I don't want that, please. Oh my, let's get rid of that. We both got to be happy. Correct. I do not want a yes, man. Don't just... Okay, whatever you say. I'm definitely a no-man.   Okay, baby, yeah, okay. Whatever you say. And then he gone about his business. But truly, like men deserve to be loved on, like, nah, happy spouse over, yeah, yeah. And so that's what I'm doing in my life right now. I look forward to it. That's why I was asking that. Yeah, no, yeah, no. In the meantime, no. But we can hold hands. I like holding hands. Yeah, 100%. I'm a hand holder. Yep. Jack John Abel, it's... What a... Okay, Jack. Sure thing. Sure. Man, I really appreciate you coming over here to New Jack Thriller City, man. And I'm, like I said, I'm a really big fan of yours. And I can't wait to see what's gonna happen. And I can't wait for the new show. Even like I said, even though I'm on it, if I wasn't on it, I did something that I definitely support. And I support you in whatever you do. This isn't your first, and I hope it's not your last time that you come on here. And I look forward to, you know, just like I said, just growing and expanding this friendship. Yeah, absolutely. And again, I appreciate you for having me here. I don't take your words lightly. You know, we joke, we have a good time, but anytime that you pour into me, like I really take a moment to stand still and receive it, because I don't take words lightly, especially when they're coming from someone that I really care about. So thank you so much for having me. All I ever wanted to do was pour into you. And until next time, I'll see y'all later. This is New Jack Dillard City. We over when we out of here. Jacky. Take a seat. Right, Slick. Look, don't even say that. They always want to slide in there. Slick is on no wood. Okay. Look, like look. I'm, like, look like I'm on fire now. She has me in the free around it.


This is a phone, Chet! Uh, wait, what? Wait, what? Wait, it's a fake phone! And... Guys, so... Are you gonna say the same thing? Guys, that's crazy big P.O.Box! You have to go to the P.O.Box three times, go back and forth. Let's get started. This part is Aspen's, and this part is mine. Okay, so, 26 for me, 7 for Esfan, Ginny, 1 for Asmongold. Let's see how many for Ginny. 33! I lost. Oh, first present! PlayStation 4, Tetris Effect! Tetris? Because... I like Tetris. On PS4? Yeah! Do you have a PS4? Can I borrow your PS4? What? Can you bring my drawer that I built today? Ginny built the drawer to put all her stuff in, which is about the size of one of these boxes. So, I don't know how this is actually gonna work, Ginny. What the...   Amaranth Celebrity Card Pack. Ages 18 plus. Oh, my God!  Amaranth, make this? Amaranth... Wait, I got three packs. Let me see. Can I show these on stream? I think so. What the heck? Amaranth Celebrity Card Packs. Chat. We're gonna open some packs next stream. It's gonna be a huge deal.  Oh, there's a note on this one. This says, a gift for you. Your behind is going to be so clean using these. Enjoy the fifth one, dude. Plumber TTY can install it. Your choice, Shipper, from Sek... Content for me and then present for Aspen. Yo! Wait, what is this? A bidet? A water fountain. We can put this in the sink in the kitchen. What? Yeah, you put this in the sink in the kitchen. Shh. No, no, no. This is bidet. Yeah, but it's a water.  No, no, no. Do you know how to install it? Yeah, you just put it in the pipes. It's not as easy as it looks, bidet. That's what she said. Box in a box. It's a box in a box. Box in a box. Insert battery. Oh, this is a hula hoop. What? Oh, it's two of them. It's not... Oh, what? Are you sure it's a hula hoop? Yeah, it says please uncoil, gently stretch, and lay hula hoop flat for eight hours to allow the hoop to form properly. Uncoil gently? Uncoil gently? Gently. I'm gentle. Can we just unloop it? Maybe. Can you hula hoop? Yeah. Try, try. No, I was joking. I like... Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Okay, chat. Do you guys think Jenny can hula hoop? Seven. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Wow. Wow. Look at that, dude. Let me try. Now you're really showing off. High or low? Waist. Where's my waist? Is it where my pants are or is it like in the middle of my stomach? Waist. Okay. How do you do it? Like this? Yeah. Wait, do you move from the butt or do you move at the knees?  I can't move my hips in a circle. I can only move it. Yeah, I can only move it back and forth. Oh, this is just a tool for... Oh, a ball hat. Yeah, a ball hat, tool for a selfie stick and pocket. I'm going to put these two in here and then I'm going to open the diamond here. Just keep a storey silver engagement post-chip. Why would you say that? Wait, what the heck? Oh my God. Wait a second. Is this actual diamond earring? Wait, let me see. Wait a second. It's a penguin earring, penguin diamond earring. This is glass. But it says... It's glass. Just kids silver. It's glass. But it's cute. Just kids toys. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? I don't know. Is it earring, necklace? I like earring a lot. What about nose ring? No. What about butt ring?    Yeah, it's like a big bowl ring between my... I'm going to get a zipper. Okay. Oh, this is for Finn. Hey, Finn. It's your boy, Ice. I'm sure living with those two can get loud at times. I want to make sure you get a full night's sleep. Use these to take off the edge. If these aren't enough, drink your problems away from Icepal. Nice. So this is for Finn. Ear plugs. Very good. Ear plugs. Ear plugs. Nice. We're not that loud. We are. Are we? Yes. Not late. Not that late. What do you mean? What? No easy clap. I'm saying... Am I loud for you? I think I am. You are kind of loud, but it's okay. Like, I wake up multiple times when you're streaming. Why are you easy clapping? I was talking about streaming. Jats, spam the white hardos. This is a t-shirt. It might be the last spam of the t-shirt for now. Okay, let's see. It might be small. By the way, chat, I'm a 3XL t-shirt. A lot of people don't know that. I'm a 3XL, just a heads up. What is that? This is an XL. Okay, okay. Good one. Actual good one. We're just friends, okay? Yeah, do you have Asian girlfriend? I do. I'll see you later, Jenny. She's downstairs. Here, this shirt's for you. You can wear this. It's XL. I'm never going to be an XL. I love my Asian girlfriend. Who makes that shirt? Why would that shirt exist? I would put this on, but it actually won't... You know, no. It's not going to fit. Shadowlands Collector's Edition? Chat. This is from Blizzard. That means they sent me two of these on accident because they sent me another one a month ago. Don't tell them. Don't tell them. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's Collector's Edition. I have another one. They sent me another one a month ago. Can you speak Persian? Badda, badda, badda. What is this? Speak American. What is this? Why aren't you speaking American on my channel? Is this a game? No, I don't know. Is this a game? Is this a game? Should I... What is this? Open it. Open it? Open it. No. Open it. Open it. Oh, my gosh. A Bob Lilly signed Dallas Cowboys football. No way, Mike. That's so cool. No way. Look at that, dude. Certified number? A certification number? I got to make sure to keep this. It's got to stay certified. Look at this, dude. Dallas Cowboys Handbag. Yes. This is a Cowboys Handbag chat. Look at that. Where's the Bob Lilly? Here it is. Here. Look at that. Bob Lilly Hall of Famer number 74. Yeah, that's real football. Go along. I'm just kidding. You're not supposed to throw these, actually. These are collectors. Oh, really? No way. This is so cool. That's so cool. Dude, Mike. You're the man, man. Thank you, dude. Thank you so much for this. The man, man. Pure raw local honey. Oh. Local honey. That's the good stuff. If you've ever had, like, actual, like, local honey, we have, we have a lot of that in Texas. We're like, especially for, I'm Kay Kona, right? So we got, like, local honey and all this stuff. Oh, that is hilarious. This is from Paul. No way. Get ready for it. Boom. There it is. Trey Quinn, the legend himself chat. There it is, dude. Trey Quinn. There it is, dude. The legend. Who?  Gift content this year. It has written off a lot of boring days. I can't wait for a season 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7. From Sekhmet. Thank you so much, Sekhmet. Thank you. How does he get... How does he get a green card? Okay, what is in this... What is inadmissibility? The possible waving inadmissibility. Most troublesome ground of inadmissibility. Jean's picture frame backpack. The limit is only your imagination. Ooh, your imagination. Mods, uh, Banbaticus. Also sub mode. This is a phone, chat. Uh, wait, what? Wait, what? Wait, it's a fake phone. Ah! What? It says it's a... It's a prank phone. It shocked me. Cool play. Fine, and then I just give it to you. Did you get a lifetime of lube? Merry Christmas. No, I didn't. I unbearable. I already have one. Oh, gift from Cadence. A gift for you from Princess Cadence. Mm, Cadence. Thank you, Cadence. Cadence. Look, these are real turtles. Wait, what? Yeah. No way they send turtle like that. Ginny's like, wow, can I cook them? No. I feel like the ones that are as fan and Ginny are going to be so troll. Another clothe that says, you look like need a drink. You look like I need a drink. Sorry about my life. Isn't this yours? No, I think that's yours. You look like I need a drink.  No, no. Isn't it? No. So if I wear it and then that means when I look at you, I want a drink. Yeah. So... Wait, why would I want a drink when I look at you? Because I'm such troll. Yes, that is why. Oh, this is as fan and Ginny. We can have one as fan and Ginny. No. All at the end. First class packaging from Max. What is that? No way. What is that? Oh, that's a keyboard. Look at this, Chet. Look at this. Custom keyboard keys. I think for the Corsair K95. Look at this. The Crusade Guild logo. S-Fan. Whoa. With an ashbringer. Yeah. I just got the Corrupted Ashbringer. That's actually cool. Does this actually work? Oh, it works. No way. It actually works. That's so cool. It actually works. That's crazy. No way. You may want to clean some of the hairs in here. No, that's for... Wait, okay. I saw that video on YouTube. Somebody took a clip from Ginny's stream where she cleaned my keyboard. And what did you say? Pubs. She said gross. Why is S-Fan's pubes in the keyboard? But then you started picking at them and you started holding them like this. Because I had to clean the gel. If you thought that it was my pubes, why would you touch it? Was it actually your pubes? Yes. No, it was my beard hair. Because my beard hair falls into the thing if I'm scratching my face. Look at that, dude. There's the S-Fan and then there's the... Ooh. Everyday cookbook. There's an everyday cookbook, Chad. Is this like a juicer? It's a juicer. Ginny, we can bake a cake with this. Bake a cake? And we can mix... We can mix cake batter, pancake batter. Oh, this is a mixer. Yeah. I thought mixer was canceled. I thought mixer got shut down. Neck and shoulder heating pad. Whoa. Oh, that's good because my neck has been hurting. Yeah. Yeah, hope it helps from Granny Nani. Hope it helps. Thank you, Granny Nani. It is getting warmer. Ooh. Look how regal I look. Yeah.  Unbelievable. Unbelievable, dude. And... I saw this. I saw this in there. It's a fake spider. I saw this in there, so I yelled. See, I got you back. Yeah, you're welcome. I got you back. Good one, Taco Parm. Also, I got you back. Taco Parm. What the heck? Dude, high five. Internet, high five, Taco Parm. Ooh, lottery tickets. Lottery tickets. Wow. Actual real... You should scratch those. Not right now. Scratch one of them. Just one. No. Just one. Please. Okay. Just one and then save the other two for your stream. Let's try scratching this. Open the table. Yo, this is not going to... Okay, chat. We're going to open the tables. Here it is. It's time. Open the table for what? Will Ginny win money? Yes. No. Yes, Van Dam. Tables are open, chat. Yes, Van Dam. The tables are open. The rule is match any of your numbers to any of the winning numbers. Win prize shown for the number. Over 10 million in prizes. Show it to chat. Okay, chat. Ooh. All right. What state lottery ticket is this for? The winning numbers are 12. Wait, how do we redeem this? 25. I don't know. How do you? So you have to match at 12, 25 and 36. 12, 25, 36. So scratch one off at a time and then see if you get a matching number. Next number is 12 with $50,000. But I don't have 12. Wait. Yeah, you do. What the heck? Ginny, you have 12. What?  Look, it's 12. Show chat. Yo. Show chat. Do you have to match all of them or any of them? Any of the winning number. What the... Show chat, show chat.  That's like one week of your streaming. $50,000. No, for real? How do you redeem it though? What state is this from? Read it out loud. When you win $2, $4, $5, $10, $15, $20, $25, $50, $75, $100 or $500, please sign your ticket below. All other winners with prices greater than those numbers are not available to be claimed at any time and you may never be exchanged for prizes or cash unless being paid from your own money. We got you made it. Is this fake? It's fake. Yeah, of course, dude. Ma, it's been that guy. You made it. I actually thought I won $50,000.  It vibrates. Do you hear? Chat wants me to wear it. I don't want you to. Why not? Okay, dude. Seriously? Seriously?  This is, this is disgusting. I, I can't believe, I will be back. I can't believe this is just, it's a good shirt. It's not a good shirt. What? It's a good shirt. No, it's not. What do you mean? No, it's not. Don't like it? What? It actually feels kind of weird. It is weird. I'll be right back. What are you doing? No, that would be weird. Did you go to bathroom? I'm tired. Oh, wait, this is Aspen Ginny. Ooh, Aspen Ginny. Oh, whatever. Wait, it's one T-shirt. What the heck? I saw it. Is this TOS? I think this is TOS. Is it? I don't know. Meowko wears it on her stream. Yeah, but she's not banned, so. Yeah, but it's different. Dearest Aspen, so you can join more Taste Senses on your eggs. Oh, wait, this is even more? Chad, you ever ate cucumber the long way? Oh, wait, hold on. One, two. Wait. Dearest Ginny, maybe a fun project for you to do on stream or not. It's from Granny Nani. Granny Nani. Thank you. Dearest Aspen, something interesting that you can do on stream, maybe. Hugs and a very merry Christmas. Granny Nani, again, thank you so much. Craft the candle. Let's get crafty. I think this one's for you. And then national geographic crystal growing lab with light up display pace. Ooh. Light up. RGB gamer crystal growing lab. Nice. Thank you, Granny Nani. Not cool, Dan, thank you for the 500 bits. Esfan, why does Ginny have so much more than you, Saj? Because Ginny is cooler than I am. Thank you for the 500 bits. Oh, I'm not. You're cooler than I am. I know, I was just being nice. Hey, Esfan, I was inspired by the potential OTK Dungeons and Dragons campaign. So I ordered a custom miniature and dusted off my paint brushes. Many Esfans was painted over the course of about 13 hours. While I'm watching your streams on Monday and Tuesday this past week, I sprayed on a protective coating, but it's still a good idea to hold it by the base. I sent you a Discord PM with the pictures. You can show on stream. This is maybe hard to see on your camera. Love the streams. Thanks for providing countless hours of entertainment while I'm stuck working from home. Evil coat rack. Thank you so much, dude. Did I get these? Let's see if you can see it, chat. Whoa. Hey, dude. This is sick. Look at this chat. This is sick. Actually sick, dude. And there's the Crusade Guild Tavern. That is so... Dude, you are unreal. How did you paint this?  Dude, evil coat rack. Thank you so much, man. Timber giant.  Wait. This is a good stream content. This is going to be so good. This will actually be so fun to play. We should play this on New Years. Yeah, we should. S-Fan number 69.  Buffalo Bills number 69. Sick, dude. Den gang. Look at that, dude, from the den. Nice. Nice. Thank you, guys. Look at that, dude. And 87, Virginia. Wow. 87 for Ginny. Very good. For the bills. That's so cool. There you go. Thank you so much. Hello, Miz. Hey, hold on. Miz, this is S-Fan. Yeah, this is S-Fan. Sure. Uber home. Grown adults, right? I'm busy right now. I'm busy drinking. And I won $50,000 on lottery, so I'm leaving you behind. Tell him the milkman is here. The milkman is here. Okay, that was good. So anyway, yeah. Chad, if somebody could pick Miz up from the airport, that'd be great. Okay, a minute. Ooh, wait, a tablet? Wait, that's actually good. Mods. Mods? Wait, that's sick. This is probably super expensive. And? Throat comfort, because we talk a lot. Yes. Very good. Throat code is good, too. We have some throat code. Let's drink tea together. I have a cup of tea. Oh, my gosh. It's a Harry Potter. Oh, my gosh. Okay, I'm going to show this one first, Chad. Because people know that I love Harry Potter, and also I love Tetris. They give me a lot of these. This is so cute. Oh, nice. You get a lot of cozy things. Oh, yeah. Ask the class thingy. Yeah, yeah. Which one was it? Your Ravenclaw? I knew I was going to be Ravenclaw. Yeah, whatever I do, I'm always Gryffindor. I like Harry Potter. Do you like Harry Potter? Frick Harry Potter. Yeah, actually Harry Potter is cool. Okay. Yes, Mark, we're in. I have very strong... What is it? Ego? Not ego. Oh, this is Ginny and S-Fan. Ooh, gold wrapping. Honey butter desserts. Elegance is for dessert. Ooh. A gingerbread house kit. Exquito, thank you, dude. Disaster, gachi, please. It's not chat. Here's my question to you. When have I ever done something that's turned out to be a disaster? Actually, don't answer that. Yeah, never mind. Okay. Careful. It's okay. The house is going to open. This is for weeb fan from Rib. I'm not a weeb. Please be a weeb gift. What is this? I'm not a weeb. What the frick? Why does this exist? This is an honest question. Why does this exist? It's like, why? Because you like it? No, I don't like this. This is not for me. Why not? No, it's not for me. It's good. It doesn't matter. She's dressed like a rabbit. Yeah. This is like promoting furry. And you're wearing furry shoes. No, that's not furry shoes. It's just slippers. This is a weeb furry. Is that the reason why you let me leave in your house? Because I'm penguin? Dude, Michael, do you work for the frickin pentagon?  Be careful. Are you okay? Yeah, I'm fine. Dead fan? No, I'm fine. I didn't actually hit myself. I just freaked out. Wow. Look at that. He made this. Aw, this is pretty. Yeah. Is it necklace for you? Show stream. I think that's for you. He said enjoy your gifts to S-Fan and Ginny. Oh, really? Yeah. Thank you, Michael. Oh, there's a small one and a big one. Wait, maybe the small one is yours. The big one is mine. Oh, yeah, open that one. This one is S-Fan and Ginny, Chet. Oh, nice. Cute. Yeah, it's a little one. Nice. That's soft. Aw, that's cute. Very good. Chet, we have three more in the peel box. Three more left. Freaking nuts. This has been the longest peel box ever. Ever, ever. It has a smile pointing down. I'm sorry my wrapping is kind of scuffed. I didn't feel like being extra. Merry Christmas from Princess Cadence. I wrote which gift belongs to who in the folded papers. Thank you so much, Cadence. Thank you, Cadence, for Penguin's TTY. Ooh. Ooh, nice. For Penguin's TTY. Thank you. Again, very good. Ooh, cozy stuff. Yeah. I don't need blanket. I just like use all this stuff together. For anyone. This one's for anyone. Ooh, you open it. Hold on, let's see what's this other one. For Persian guy with beard. Very good. Persian guy with beard. Okay, so this one is Reese's Puffs Treat. Ooh. Wait, you could win the new PlayStation 5 console. We can win a PS5. Custom t-shirts. Whoops. Everything tastes better with a little bit of Tony's. True. That's good. True. Very good. True. Little bit of Tony's. Little bit of Tony's. Frick. Frick. Yeah, this would actually be a good shirt. Yeah. Like, this would be a good merch. Thank you, Cadence. Thank you so much. Okay, so we have two left. Cross-champ. As a note, Dallas Cowboys. Merry Christmas, that's man. This is a CNC cut made out of three-eight inches R500 steel, AR500 steel with a coating of clear coat to prevent any rust. I make them myself to give to my friends and family during the holiday season. And I thought of you, been enjoying the mainstream lately and the variety of content you provide. Keep it up. Kiss a homie from Zombie Lee's. Dude, this is badass. He made this himself. Look at that. Three-eighths inch AR500 steel.  You see that chat?  Look at those. Nice. Look at that, dude. The toy is to be assembled by adults. Oh, no. We're not adults.  I don't know. Giant connect four. What toy is this? It's connect four. Did you ever play connect four? No. Connect four is actually a good game. Yeah? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, kind of lift it up a little bit. Okay, I'm going to slide it in. Is it in? Push it down a little bit. Nice. Okay, I'm going to do the same on this side. This might be good for New Year's. Okay. Okay, so I'm going to put in one yellow. And then I stop you from making four line. Yeah, and I have to get four. We have this similar stuff, but it should be five. This diagonal count. Diagonal counts. This might actually be hard. I haven't played this in years. This is different from Korea one, by the way. Yeah, well, we do four in a row. Wait, what the frick?


Forests. Where are they important for sustainable development? People have relied on forests since the beginning of humanity. Today, forests cover around 30% of Earth's surface and about 90% of people in extreme poverty depend on them for their livelihoods and they provide food, water, clothing, medicine, energy and household materials. Actually, we all depend on some standard forests. Forests give us a sense of environmental services that other land uses don't. Forests regulate a hydrological cycle, allowing better water distribution and availability. They also protect soils from erosion, preventing landslides and river sedimentation and protect us from natural disasters like fruits and growths. Forests store about half the carbon-containing terrestrial ecosystem, mitigating lower warming and ocean acidification. And they represent most of terrestrial biodiversity, playing a vital role in the adoption of Earth. Even more important, all these benefits are framed in a context of climate change and full exploitation of natural resources. Every year about 30 million hectares of forest are lost and only the hectares of primary forests become disturbed. Together, that's like two football fields every three seconds. Well, we all know that stuff. We can continue disrupting natural balance and pretend nothing will happen. But have you considered the social benefits that forest conservation imply? The last gift forest gave humanity is a necessity to be organized for the sustainable use. To enjoy what forest provides now and in the future, we must work collectively, educating us in common good and co-existed principles, creating a space for discussion and articulating with national and global society. Forest sustainable use requires local empowerment and goal, thus creating ideal concepts for the inclusion of minorities and gender equity. It requires territorial organization too, so we can prevent land use conflicts and promote planning and growth. Also, it generates income and employment, reducing citizen immigration and its consequential problems. Forest populations are usually vulnerable populations. Promote forest management and you will reduce an equity. Forest even improved people's interpersonal relationship and emotional health. So, let's make things the importance of forests. Development needs an integrated approach. Forest in relation needs to communicate in relation. Think forests.


The Brainerd Lakes region is undergoing a shift in its aging population, causing many businesses to become desperate for workers. We asked our Brainerd reporter, Logan Gay, to investigate the issue, and she joins us now with more from Brainerd. Logan? Yes, Dennis. Well, if you live in the Brainerd Lakes region, then you have certainly noticed health, wellness, science, and pretty much every window. While working on this three-part series, I talked with many business leaders who deal with the issue every day. On our first report, I will share with you the struggles of the business community. According to the Brainerd Lakes Area Economic Development Corporation, there are 62,500 people living in Crowing County. With the population of that size, many employers are struggling to find personnel to fill their vacant positions. Across the region, we really are hearing a lot of the same story that employers are not able to find workers to fill their vacancies and that there isn't necessarily the skills that they need in our community. The workforce shortage has created a fierce competition between the local businesses. The success of many of the businesses depend on finding enough skilled workers. It used to be the businesses just competed with each other over customers. Well, that shifted. Now they're competing with each other for workers, and whoever wins that competition is going to be set up for success in the future. So the big question is, how did we get here? Well, the answer is simple. As the baby boomers begin to retire, there are just not enough people to take their place. Of the 62,500 people, over 17,000 of them are over 45 years old. Minnesota's economy is better than many other states, so we have a lower unemployment rate, so there are less workers available to begin with. Secondly, we have the baby boomers aging out of the workforce and are not being replaced in sufficient numbers to fill those positions that are opening up. So that number of working age Minnesotans between 25 and 64 will start dropping next year, 2017, and we do not get back to where we are today in 2016 until 2040. Businesses are not only struggling to find workers, they are struggling to find workers who know how to be a good employee. Do they show up to work on time? Do they get along with people?  Those are all complaints that you hear quite often. The workforce shortage does not affect just one industry. Mayerfield based Cloud Stamping, a prominent manufacturing company that employs over 440 people is seeing historically low applications. I've been here for 30 some years and for the first time in all those years where we've got open positions, we can't fill particularly in second and third shifts. Business leaders believe that in order for business to survive through the shortage, they are going to have to start getting creative. This means replacing humans with automation and even filling a large part of the workforce with recruits from overseas. What we might see is more relaxation of those work visas or even immigration. It's really hard to tell, but I can tell you this, the way things are headed right now, there's no way that we can keep on this path and not have things change. While talking with Matt, the chamber president, he also mentioned that many of the companies in the hospitality business industry are currently the companies who need the most help from overseas. Alright, thank you very much, Logan, for that report from our Brainerd Lakes studio. Now on the next part of this series, we will continue the workforce shortage conversation and learn about how it has affected even our very own hospitals. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.


Chichester's Northgate Gyratory, known locally as the fire station roundabout, is changing. New features are being put in to keep cyclists safe. Electronic signs, triggered by sensors, will warn drivers that cyclists are in the cycle lane before they turn off to exit. Senior cycle training officer Ed Clark explains some of the difficulty in navigating Northgate's gyratory. Northgate's quite a busy environment, so when you're in the cycle lane you're on the outside of the flow of traffic, so it just makes you a bit less visible to motorists. So the boards that are going up are just going to help motorists be a bit more aware that a cyclist is approaching. If you are a motorist, please take extra care whenever you drive around Northgate. Advanced driving examiner Adrian Short describes the correct way to navigate the gyratory. When you're driving around the gyratory, you should be moving over towards the near side of the carriageway, making sure that you keep a distance away from any cyclists that are in the cycle lane, and certainly making sure that you indicate your intentions early and prior to your exit before you take the exit off the gyratory. The vehicle-activated signs are going to be positioned at certain locations to alert drivers on Northgate gyratory to the presence of approaching cyclists. Whether you're a cyclist or a motorist, Northgate Gyratory is a busy roundabout. Please take care, pay attention, think bike.