Diesel, it's time to get up, man. It's time to get up, man. Your old man nap is over. Diesel, I don't think he's getting up. You don't learn a bit. So I'm at home for the morning today. Well, in the evening, I've gotta head out towards work really soon. We're just waiting for a video to upload and some laundry to get done. We've had problems with our roof laking lately again. I think I showed you that at the end of yesterday's video. So I've been up on the roof today already, shoveling off all the extra snow that has fallen in the past couple of days since the last time I was up there. And I was able to break off a lot of the ice that was dammed up on that side of the house over our bedroom. So I don't think it's going to leak in our bedroom anymore. But yeah, see that there? That came through there and onto our mattress. It's ice damming. So I was able to get all the ice off. There was probably about that much ice stuck on there, but I let the sun beat down on it for a little bit while I was up there and then I could break it off or sort of just kick it off with my foot. That was lucky, but there's still quite a bit of ice over this area here on the roof, right where this veranda out here, I guess that's what you call it, right where this roof meets the house roof. There's a little valley there. A lot of ice sitting up there yet, but it's melting off quickly. We'll go over and watch it go down. We don't have eavesdroff, so it just rolls off the roof wherever it wants to. It was pouring off before. Yeah, it still is, but you can see it there coming off pretty quickly. So I'm thinking within a day or two or a couple of days of some nice warm sunshine like this, all the ice should be off and that'll be that. We're planning on getting this roof-free done with metal later this summer. During the summer, it's not going to leak at all. It's just the ice that comes through. So as long as we get the roof-free done before next winter, we'll be good to go. So we have several months to save up yet. Britt was going to come on the truck with me today to BC. We're all excited about it, but since we had major leaking yesterday, there was two buckets in the kitchen, completely filled and overflowed just within like 10 hours. Three. Three hour? Oh, three buckets. Three buckets. Look at all the pails. So that's why I was up on the roof today, so it was not leaking in here anymore, but damage has already been done. At least we got no more water coming in and she's going to stay home for the next week or so until all that ice is fully melted off and then she's going to come on the truck. I got those for Britt for our three year anniversary. Three year. Well, it's not technically our three year marriage anniversary, it's just three year anniversary since we met, since I convinced her to. It's anniversary. It's anniversary since she allowed me to come and visit her and meet her. Not many flowers guys, that's twice now. I know. I'm a lucky gal. I gotta wait a while, otherwise you expect it all the time. Yeah, I wouldn't want them all the time anyways, makes them less special. I was just kidding, I get you flowers all the time. Yeah.  But they look pretty while they do. While they die? Yeah. That's true. So we're going to wait for our laundry to get finished and our vlog to upload and we'll head out. I gotta be in BC on Wednesday morning. I'm filming this Sunday afternoon right now. So we got Monday and Tuesday to get there and today to get a little bit of a head start just in case there's some weather in the mountains. It's actually a really warm day out here. Like look at this, you can see the water just streaming off of there, right? Beautiful. Beautiful, that's what I want to see. So that's the top of the roof there. You see all of that? That's all ice and it's all melting. So that's good. This here is all the ice. I broke off the roof. Like look how thick some of these pieces are, right? That's what's damming up the water on our roof and causing it to go up under the shingles. Just crazy. I pretty much got all of it off on this end of the house but that's what the aftermath of ice damming looks like after you take the ice off. The true aftermath is inside the house and in the attic. Where all that moisture damage is going to be. We're going to be getting a quote, hopefully this next week, in the next week or two, how much it's going to be to get everything redone. Season again, all the water is melting or all the snow was melting part, me turning into water, getting into the cracks of the highway and then freezing overnight, expanding a rough travel experience for the users of the highway. I'll just call it that. It's right out here. Yikes. So I have a pretty good feeling. And my good feelings are usually pretty good. I have a pretty good feeling that it's going to be a good trip, I think so. A little concerned about my engine though. Like I said, I'm nearing 1 million kilometers which is 600,000 miles in that ballpark and it's going to be time very soon for an overhaul. The last time I had it in the shop, they're looking for where I was losing oil. The only place I'm losing oil is the blow-by which means, I think I explained this to you already, right? Oil is getting past the piston rings or there's a chance that it is. And that means the piston rings need to be replaced and that means the engine needs to be overhauled which is a big job. Oil tested, see what everything looks like inside the engine. You can get the oil tested and they can tell you how bad the motor is inside in some ways. Once I do overhaul this truck though, like I know what's going to have to happen sooner or later, right? Nothing lasts forever. At least then I know it's good for years to come, right? Very expensive, you know? Replacing our roof this year which is going to be, I don't know, the only estimates I've gotten is like a ballpark of like $15,000. But we don't even know that yet. We gotta get a, and then this engine will be probably around $20, $25,000 depending on what all needs to be rebuilt and overhauled in there. But they'll probably do the whole thing right away. Such is life. Westbound right now on TransCanada across the Canadian prairies. Stressed out about it now all. We just gotta have faith that everything's gonna work out. We gotta, what's the saying again? Put our nose to the grindstone along with them on the truck. And that sort of gave me the itch to be a trucker myself, I guess. I loved it. Some of my best memories as a kid. God for dad. And I hope I can be as helpful to my kids one day as my dad is to me and my sisters. He can fix anything. He is just the classic fix it man dad. Something broke called dad, he'll fix it. He'll tell you what's wrong. Or at least he'll know what to do. I called my dad, told him what's going on. Turns out I think I may have been wrong. Probably about 30. So I don't think the piston rings are the problem anymore on my engine cause there's no blue smoke.  But there is still oil coming out the blow-by. So, what he figures is it could be a sticky valve than doing a full rebuild if it was the pissed truck serviced them. The whole life of this truck, since it was brand new, it's been serviced with semi-synthetic oil. They didn't have any semi-synthetic oil in stock and I needed a service really badly and I needed to get back on the road so I told him just put regular oil in, right? B, that this engine is used to living on semi-synthetic oil and I put regular oil in it. It's not liking it. It's trying to get rid of it. That could be the problem. So what I'm gonna do now is I'm gonna take a gallon of lupin. Is that what it's called? Oil treatment? Lucas, you guys know what I'm talking about, right? The white junk. If I need to add any oil, I'll add some lupin in there as well with it. And what that does is it adds, acts as sort of like an extra lubricant that's sealant inside your engine. It just helps the oil do its job better because it's regular oil. That should help. And then the next time I get my truck serviced, I'll go back to semi-synthetic oil with Lucas in there as well. You truckers know what I'm talking about when I say Lucas, right? Do that for a couple of oil changes and see if that changes everything. And if that stops the leak on its own, well, there you go. That was the problem. My engine just, it likes the good stuff. It's spoiled. It likes having the good stuff. And I gave it like McDonald's for a meal and it got the squirts. Sorry to use that analogy. I'm hoping that's the only problem. If there is an actual legitimate problem with the valves and this problem doesn't let up, well, then I'm gonna have to take it into the Volvo dealership, the Volvo shop. And they're gonna have to open up the engine and take a look. But from the symptoms that my engine is presenting, dad says that it's most definitely probably not the piston rings themselves. And it's probably just the top end that needs to be looked at. Worst case scenario. So you know, thank God for dad. And all of the experience he has, he's a very handy guy. And he's been through all of this before. Like he drove truck quite almost 30 years before. I even started driving truck and I've been driving truck for 12 years already. I started in 2006. That's even more. That's 13 years. Oh, wow. In October this year, I'll have been driving truck for 13 years. Wow. But I was local for the first while. I delivered locally within Manitoba and around Winnipeg. But I've been over the road since 2011. So eight years I've been doing this. Same thing as my dad. And he's been doing it almost 40 years. Wow. So I think he knows what he's talking about. He's been through a few trucks. He's been through a few engines. I'm gonna take his advice and do what he says he would do. And let's hope and let's pray and let's cross our fingers, whatever you wanna do that the problem is nothing serious. And I should say that it doesn't develop into something. It's not serious right now. That it doesn't develop into something serious. Let's say that. So I have a bit of an advantage. Having someone I can ask for or ask advice from. And then it just happens to be my dad. I hope I can do that for my kid one day. Like I'd love it if I had a son who got into trucking. I mean, I'm gonna open up as many avenues as I can for them once we do have kids. They can do whatever they wanna do, whatever makes them happy. But if they do decide that they wanna be a trucker just like their dad and just like their grandpa, I hope that I can be as helpful to them as my dad is to me. I hope that they can like feel confident asking me for advice like that. Speaking of kids, my buddy Moses and his wife Colleen are expecting their baby any day now. You guys remember Moses? He was a groomsman at my wedding. They're from Southern Virginia. And he's a truck driver as well. Drives a beautiful Kenworth. W-900, I'm jealous of his truck. But he's at home right now for a few weeks. They're waiting for their baby to arrive. It should be any day now. By the time you watch this, Moses might be a dad already. I don't know how many of you know him, but he's one of my best friends. He's a great guy. He's gonna make such a good dad and Colleen's gonna make such a good mom. I'm just so excited for them. I'm a little jealous. I'll admit it, a little jealous. I wish it was us as well, but super excited for them and wish them all the best. If you guys are watching this, if the baby is here already, I'm sure we've already all been in contact, but super exciting. I'm gonna end the vlog here now, though. Thanks for watching, everybody. 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say if you've got morning fellas morning Joe gets coffee into us getting ready for the day over the top of the pipe you get a backslope it but okay and in all honesty he if he's coming to inspect it you can't do none of that you can only get to the tops of the pipes all right and then he has to come inspect it then you can then you can back fill it okay but that whole thing's only what's staked out there is three foot like 12 foot is what he's 12 with yeah that's where it is morning job morning see existing grade elevations negative 34 negative 36 negative 38 negative 36 off that benchmark I need that other thing at eggs I'm gonna change my name but I need I need yeah good morning good morning what do you need darling just just those eggs I guess I'm gonna go I'm not gonna cook any meat yeah are you guys probably what are you gonna haul like six more loads and then move back yeah six six 12 somewhere in there as soon as we get jammed up so I'm just wondering how to plan cooking the doughnuts when you guys have to all be back here would you say three loads two hours that's what I figure 40 minutes of loads of 80 and that's smooth operating wow so six loads two hours yeah dinner time we can stop anytime really I think we should have until lunch and then move the digger back about noontime now give me enough time to get that flat now get that leechfield in before that guy gets in here I'm gonna be and we'll shift back I'm gonna meet him at two branch you don't know where it is you can move in here but a different right oh yeah so the site planner there's a different guy from the inspector you're gonna get more people involved you can't have a conflict of interest the guy can't approve his own plan but no honestly the guy coming the guy this next guy coming ain't got no say a environmentalist designed that and they say this is the ticket but this guy coming he ain't got no say whether it's gonna work and all he is is doing an evaluation to see if you put it into conspex pretty much right he's gonna follow those numbers that's it right every inspector I've ever seen wants their money and that's it they're gonna they're gonna go walk down and look at it and say yep yeah if you try yeah I'm hoping he's a decent enough guy if something's not quite right if you say well if you just do that just make sure you do that and then you're here for it that's so silly he's so he's not he lives in Pittsfield this guy right main driving up from Pittsfield oh and we're paying a mileage and whatever the cost of the inspection what are you hunting with Stevie on six yeah yeah pump pump yeah yeah YouTube Joe same the same guy does Joe yeah lay the fadda with the pumps game yeah Joe and the sides crow foot sides we just I got a scope do you scope yeah we don't want another part coffee or I'm good with this is there any left of that yeah there's probably two or maybe three cuts left there's a lot of room we'll get to work Joe and the other guys in our hunting group for my bachelor party surprised me for that god I couldn't run away that's pretty cool yeah he says it is worth getting married now she was standing right there oh my god didn't go I get married again maybe they'll buy me another one he was thinking he was thinking about a shotgun you want to watch that coffee no I'm good thanks Joe he was thinking about a shotgun after that build your first house exactly how your ex likes gonna want it yeah very much laugh now take it you get a machine and it screws the peer into the ground right and there's rods that go out so you don't have to dig the holes and I think appears that I have to look it up but I think they're only a hundred bucks or so a piece but it's the machine getting it in here to drive to do it yeah we got at least 18 inches maybe more I bet we got over two foot I bet it's two feet in that corner of shale yeah I just don't know if it would go through the shale that's probably not you want them yeah we're gonna see we can break today good to see you fellas and good luck on the moose on I'm sure we'll we'll talk to you before then nice meeting you guys I'm gonna catch up with you I gotta walk to the pit to get catch up with you how about what we dump oh okay all right you yell donuts we'll hear you looks like he's doing some serious math looking good buddy I hope this baby dumps for you should jump right on her I'll drive you out in a stream by the time we got this buggy stopped if we ever run into them birds again we're gonna have some words I'll tell you that something smells rancid how's it going Donnie look what I found your coffee pot no coffee in there oh yeah we're gonna this thing works super oh is that the new improved this is the new one oh can we get it in the light this was Marty from Canada somebody yeah this is the new improved donut scooper router and it works super so will you pick up the the holes with that end right the holes with that end and you can pick up the donut with this in unbelievable really great so I'm gonna go get us some spring water we got a spring over here that never freezes I guess run to you around but ought to go pretty good in that coffee pot we ain't eating donuts with no plastic coffee pot we're eating the matter we're eating donuts with coffee made in a metal percolator yep yep I agree that's what I think I think I'm on board perfect I think we need about eight loads total is what I think so that'll get us to like noon and then that'll leave you guys enough time to do that leech field oh yeah that was well what's that smell oh my donnie you want to know that smell is he's got one going right there for coffee yep hasn't started yet that's wicked nice gravel though man that's gonna make a nice pad there for that I mean it's gonna be nice we are so far ahead of the game it'll be good hard to believe how much dirt we're putting that clear and really be honest with that that's a lot a lot of dirt shouldn't have to do it anymore after this week but we do we do you'll be in good shape a lot more than one a lot of camps are built on you know what I mean oh yeah mostly just build them on the ground it's a great rig plus when you got a regular side donut in there you can flip it over with this which is great what'd you get that do donnie a guy from new brunswick made it far yeah this is drivers did you really yeah see that this is the first one that he gave us yeah and then I was suggesting to him geez can you come up with something that would take out donut holes because I cooked donut holes and he just sent this to Joey that's pretty cool which is a great rig seem to be up in that corner somewhere oh sweet that's what happened every mornig when I drive my feet in that sleeping bag it's just like a just like scratching a lottery ticket that ain't good you know that's the warmest place in that camp all day went out here yeah not good do you see uh peak taxidermy was here no peak oh that is this one is one of his best geez jeffrey did that yeah jeff on the weekend what a taxidermy you know donnie I had my first confident fight of the trip this morning and you're making greasy old donuts hey that'll slide right yeah yeah eggs for breakfast everything should be good donnie don't like a blinker slide right out nice donnie made these in his house about 10 people stopped by old buddy owns that dump trailer and his wife stop he's driving them into him she goes over and why are you cooking these in she's a health nut she goes lad she goes oh my god she turns around to her husband says you can have one because I've already had six yeah I'm gonna try one Joe I gotta try one open up raw in the middle who cares I'm thinking good best donut I ever had that's good donnie hands down I want to feel like it's a little carry on don't worry I've been waiting long for these donuts I've been hearing about them for a while now oh why is he so I don't know donnie I'm a good couple lamb on the divider in the truck going back and forth probably wouldn't last too long would they we thought we cut a track as soon as we turned on the road that we hunt down what is it like 10 miles I think it's 10 miles that it goes to where we actually turn off and get in the woods and we got maybe halfway down and here comes this track right out onto the road and it turns and goes the way that we're heading and it never picked its feet up the whole time it's looked like cross country ski track 10 inches of snow never looked at them up to the top of that snow dragon and he went like five miles right down the road and then it went up into the woods right before where we turn off and park so he went up there into the woods we parked walked up the road around a big corner get in there a ways and what track comes right up and across it keeps going is that same track we followed in another mile and a half he didn't lift his feet and then no he was tired that was the best donut I've ever had in my life I put a little maple syrup I thought I was going to say cinnamon of something like something yeah it's got cinnamon and nutmeg but I took some of that maple syrup we're going to get another east grand trip this year oh boys I hope so we're going to get another west grand trip this year we're going to get a moose head trip this year oh yeah we're going to get a pike trip in this year I don't know you're going to draw a fine line job between divorce and fishing you know yeah you're on it and you're not helping us well we had a good run guys we had a really good run but now we got all sorts of troubles that's something he'd do what's that spare what's his size spare same or different same it looks the same same same rim yep yeah try it hit the load off don't matter we can't well we had a good run guys we had four or five in a row no problems and all sorts of problems these guys got hung up bad had to winch themselves out while we were away and we almost made it back we had a little blowout here looks like the valve stem I don't know if this got tubing or not but she's got just some dry rot rocket ship on your back window no how'd they get there who was that wasn't like a red rocket it wasn't me surprisingly I was thinking about it all right I'm gonna try to dump this and then come up empty to change it okay well we're dumping it now kind of buggered in here I can't really move around much try to get around this pile I'm gonna show the boys how to jack off a two axle rig right there just drive one up on a block the other will come with it as quick as jack in Jefferson County you're jack off are you ain't kidding usually changing tires for nascar on sunday but this will do that thing that thing's got a soft stock camera that's way different than mine any good it's almost like that new nut drive we got can you tell them it's got tube it's got to have a valve stem that's in there Joe yeah you're right so what the hell blew the tube or the seal look at the dry rot look oh yeah she's terrible that one terrible just sitting around imagine we're gonna have to I guess I'm never gonna financially recover from this all right guys we're putting in the world's most useless leech field in the world we're required by lyric my law in order to get this permit to put in a three thousand dollar leech system for a sink that we don't even know if we want to have a sink yet this can't something that you could easily do with a five gallon bucket just dump on this ground right here your bucket water yeah we're required to have this whole fancy elgin system pretty pretty ignorant that we have to do this but we gotta do it as you can tell I'm not too happy about it so we got to get this in we got an inspector coming in about an hour and a half to get this done by the time he gets here we'll show you how to do a system for a sink that's quite a toe David half two inches check the height on that have PVC pipe yeah uh we put mesh on top of this or no or does that go over the pipe yeah I get some mesh netting or mesh uh fabric Stevie that piece of fabric's got a bunch of uh metal pieces and at the end of it I think we're gonna need them what that's just that fucking one there all right Brandon shaking hands with the unemployed over here Stevie's gonna run out and see if he can go bring this inspector in and so he can inspect our handiwork Stevie's heading out right now he'll be back in about 35 minutes with uh with Inspector Gadget raining though don't he yeah we've been lucky these Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday four days four days just a little bit of rain here and there yeah just a sprinkle really thank you well if you guys hadn't heard we got a leech field in there somewhere between $2,203,000 and we got to pay for this guy to come up and inspect it too even though we had an inspector that is licensed to do unorganized townships but Lyric wouldn't allow it so we got the one guy in the world that could come do this according to them and we got to pay him mileage too yeah inspector leech field that we don't even need if we didn't put a sink in we still needed to have a leech field for a sink so go figure we can't just put it on the ground government bureaucracy it is finest yeah so we're not happy about this leech field but we did it yeah and it's done and hopefully this guy signs off on it Stevie went out to get get the inspector and hopefully he inspects it and it's up to all the standards we belted exactly the way they told us to build it so we'll see good day for a hot dog not a red snapper but it'll do not a louis lobster no we're getting Joe we're pretty damn close I noticed there weren't any puddles up there that's a good sign I don't know where this inspector gadget is Stevie must be gone for like years ahead of where we was we're like years away where we would be if it wasn't for you guys Gawney would still be in his tent you can I'd be whittling away trees with my axe all right we got the inspector and Stevie here let's go see how we did the sand must be STM standard C-33 concrete sander equivalent okay you come from millenocket yeah Lee Emory and sons tell them Elgin and drains because this won't work I got one of them how's they work pretty good so that won't work for for a friggin sink we're not even gonna use no I know because these things so it just the plug right up so friggin quick I know I know it's painted that's why you gotta read these things yeah it said it says it said didn't say coarse heavy coarse coarse sand okay keep reading don't feel bad those guys from maybe the same thing they got it from st peter I think you can get it from st peter too but I'm not sure I don't even know where we read that where it said yeah where to say it right there sand must be ASTM standard C-33 concrete sander equivalent I know it ain't you because you're the inspector but this is a bunch of that we even have to have this thing for a think that we're not even gonna use twice a year when you can put an outhouse right over there and let this drives me nuts the state get involved with every friggin other camp in the north main woods is running a pipe into the ground well that's until they get friggin caught what's it gonna harm look at this there's no lake within 20 miles of us I agree with you there's no better filter than what he's standing on right there in the world I know it ain't you but so we got to go trucking sand from three and a half hours away from somewhere's what how much time do we have to do this I think is in portage isn't it Nashville you know where Nashville is well you know what portage is yeah okay and you know where the entrance to pinkham mill is coming down south from portage on 11 yeah okay the next town is Nashville oh ashland the next town no nash nashville okay and then you got well no he's not even down there he's just outside of portage just south of portage what's the name where the horses used to be yeah okay right below that there's a sign says uh pelletier pit uh saint peter pit or some foolishness on 11 yeah all right so we'll dig that out of there that stuff pollen do we need to cover it with that same stuff yeah you need to cover the top of it you need to put like six inches on top six inches so six inches below and six inches on top i mean i just look at this thing now six inches relief directly beneath and nine beside and yes you need to bring it up to the top of them with that sand with that stuff oh from the sides too say you need to come out from the side yeah you need to go up to the top to the top but whatever you got extra i'd i'd cover it with that before i put this stuff on it or wherever you're gonna put in on it damn it well how long you can have the machine for another couple hours oh okay yeah uh i don't know maybe i can go get some i'd dig that out yeah okay where you're supposed to be yeah don't go below that right okay and that way you know you come in you put your six inches of frigging sand down you put those on then you put your sand around the perimeter of them yeah yeah and then come out nine inches with the sand and then over it like yeah whatever you got use it up on top of the unit okay around on top yep we'll figure it out on our end how we're gonna do it yeah and then you know make sure just dead sand is what it is no no no no can't be dead sand it's actually stone it's concrete sand you know what you use for making mortar yeah doing the chimneys you know with the bite by the bag is that you can't i just didn't know they sold that type of sand by the uh oh yeah that's just live sand right it's uh it's uh yeah it's a it's a sieve number 33 and it's real lively i mean it it feels gritty gritty it you know when you put it together it just falls apart yeah there's nothing no staining on your hands it doesn't pack no no dust okay no dust no no then you think that guy has it in nashville maybe my understanding yeah okay you know elgin indrains that's what you got to tell them elgin indrains yeah that's what these are you had to go to macha live them more falls or something to pick these up wind them wind them yeah so you should have given you a brochure with them yeah we got a brochure yeah okay yeah well i don't even want to get started on this now but that failed we don't have speck 33 sand that's concrete grade nearest stuff of that's probably what 100 miles from here not here so we know yeah so we got to take this whole thing apart dig it out we got to find speck 33 concrete grade gold dust to put underneath this foolish thing and then rebuild it the trouble is get the stuff here we need like six to eight yards and then you know if the camp's built before this is done then i don't know how we're gonna get it in we're gonna have to come around one way or the other with a tractor or something but i like that is what it is we gotta gotta get them gotta get the king go okay anything you do so if i if i had known that all you had to do is go like that and just touch the dirt we would have known that wasn't we got it out of there there's a bunch of frigging joke does that make much sense to you Cameron zero but i don't work in the state of Maine so this monster is kicking the balls and that's the only inspector that lurk allows in the unorganized township even though there's other guys that are licensed for it they'd probably fail it to ludos but it's just a bunch it's just crazy you got the best filtration system in the world right there or there's not a lake or river stream within 20 miles of us and they're worried about our sink waste that we're going to create in the winter for a month's use that's the state for you it's pretty aggravating when they create a racket like that when it rains of course we're going to get some rain on us now steve's or Cameron's going to grab steve's truck and we're going to take this half load it's not much in there and get that dump down there and so Brandon can get it spread out while we still get the excavator here got a couple small projects for him to do with the excavator i rented that thing for a week but the boys are taking off tonight so we're going to have to have that excavator out of here tonight yep she's getting mucky now joe yeah i know whoa that's full and no problem for a ford though that's easy work that dodge would have spotted a circle oh my god we would have had to get the ford to pull it out those are good tires ko2's them generally the same thing as those general grabbers they they're good tire that helps yeah if that dodge had some some rubber some new dirt tracks or something that thing with chisel it'll be up here oh yeah that's just this crying shame that system didn't have you know what though donnie we can't let it end on a negative look at what we got done when we showed up we got so much done yeah for brand and i told him we needed to cut a couple trees kind of a couple of a couple loads of gravel yeah right yeah right i'll pick and get some sand here where's he going up the load camera and camera was waiting for him you hit the charger thing on the table okay yeah but no i mean we're light we're ready to build you know what i mean you're ready to put a base down at least now we're a lot further ahead than what we were oh definitely yeah but oh that's great oh you got the blowdown yeah most of that you left the top you freaking chowder head it is i can't i ain't getting out there what do you want to go shake the other one yeah sit right underneath it that'll be down for too long you don't worry oh great can't brandy we can't be happier than you guys you guys set us ahead in two months yeah we got a chance of getting weather tight water tight be able to use it this fall yeah definitely hopefully that'll happen couldn't have done it without you yeah we could have but wouldn't it would have been picking shovel yeah yeah yeah so so guys listen we're not gonna let it end on a negative like that where that guy failing the the three four five thousand dollar sink system where we got a ton done we moved some serious earth we took down some serious trees got them all bucked up taken care of had an awesome time had an awesome time working together worked through some jams got unstuck together fixed some things changed some tires had an awesome time built up some great camaraderie and and great friendships and and uh had some awesome food donny come out of it come back to life that was great yeah and we're so we're gonna leave here with a super positive we were thinking about staying the night but it's just gonna rain rain we're all done doing everything we can do we're bringing that machine back can't thank Brandon enough he had some stuff going on at home he could be attending too but but he's here so I have a feeling he may be sneaking off bear hunting my my buddies from Ohio drove here last night so they're probably getting there around noon time one o'clock today so I think I got a GoPro in your truck yes you do use it I should I'll give you some batteries yeah and uh but now them guys have been coming a long time so if we get back in town in time we'll probably swing by camp and have a cold paw on the way down Ashley if you're watching this he's up here working still this is this is tape delayed yeah it's really uh it's Wednesday yeah all right but now it's a lot of work it's a lot of work to do anything up here like you're a long ways from hell you know what I mean you I figured I done the math I figured when you move 250 tons of dirt wow is what we move for gravel I mean that's that's a lot that's a lot with a cup the old Yugoslavian GMC and an old mopi she was screaming for mercy yeah she just getting broke in I think and I don't know if you videoed this earlier but we we took the elevation reading coming in the road into camp he has 375 feet elevation difference so we're literally pulling the hill the whole way to camp from the pit so yeah all in all and a lot of fuel and a lot of energy a lot of energy what do you guys got to say hey try like hell we we got a lot done for in a short amount of time a little bit of weather kind of held us back flat tires anywhere near as much down if it wasn't for these fellas Brandon and Cameron we tried can't thank them enough that's the fuel such a huge help I'm just glad I got some donuts we paid them in donuts yeah and we're gonna let them stay for two nights two nights this year we'll let them stay yeah in the lower cabin yeah in february when it's warm that's right so if you guys liked it good to meet you we'll see you again until next time thanks again bud yeah thank you yeah thanks again for all the help nice to meet you Brandon thanks a lot no problem we're gonna throw them tires in we'll just all go out together and we'll meet up in Ashland all right okay as long as we make their own fuel hey you guys leave the door open so the mice can get out yeah we had to let it leave the door open look at that there ain't a puddle on this thing and it's been raining for well over an hour that's some good stuff right there we're ready we're ready to build so next time you see us you're gonna start seeing some lumber get moved can't thank these guys enough as I said and really appreciate the support for the channel draw a little love to Brandon and Cameron they read the comments too guys let them know what you think of those guys and if you think Brandon's just as terrible an operator as I thought he was I probably should have been running that thing I hope he took videos dawning and him loading in the pit do you think he did you wait you wait till you watch him you're gonna be you're gonna be amazed when you watch him Chris it's your lucky day oh man made those this morning hope they're still good oh I bet you they're gonna cost you I enjoyed your video and I thought I can do that you put them in the microwave for or fry pan for 10 seconds it'll change your life with a nice cup of coffee and three two I like to keep it even ready you know what do you think fellas I think if we can get this 21 more miles to Prescott y'all I'd be really happy Prescott we call it breastgizzle yeah whatever you want to call it I just want to get there what are you gonna do drop her off drop her off three hours and 20 minutes or so south and we'll be home oh you've got my number no problem any problems give us call we get rid of that we'll be we're gonna we're gonna swing out of here in a different way we're gonna try to go by that homage with the hotel through Smyrna yeah yeah we're gonna look at over looking up on your phone it's called the pioneer place do you see that st peter pit we don't see it yeah they might be worth calling yeah they know what's falling into the woods right at least it's there and not no rock in or whatever it'd be further away it's not right close but it could be right right who knows maybe I'll run my one time up here for a trip bird hot to something get three or four you guys it won't one way or another we're after us whatever yeah we'll figure it out all right all right well guys can't thank you enough hell of a trip yeah double go-froze that's it yeah he's the outlaw don't give us down east yeah that's Cameron stevie yeah yeah and don't he's in the truck eating doughnuts your camp huh yeah yeah we just cleared the lot and truck come through here I said there's an outlaw you know it yeah we're coming down there fishing give you guys competition this year good Chamberlain oh good yeah it's one of our favorite places right in the parking lot good for you yeah we'll be there if we get in you should be oh yeah it's so much room up there's plenty they're not out every year oh yeah when I first did sign up like 10 or 15 years ago it'd be full you know I mean 40 some sites plus the other catalog they don't even open catalog no more and I think we only had 28 last year I went down there in the 80s you know before you couldn't get a pick up in here yeah yeah he grew up there yeah it's pitted out big time though the a lot of the older fellas are phasing out there's a few younger guys getting back into it but a lot of them are snowmobiling that's what they're doing putting the camper up there and going off trail yeah it's worth it though the fishing yeah coming back from the trains we got soaked all day yeah oh my god we can't thank you guys enough for watching and supporting yeah we appreciate it thank you clean yeah yep we never swear and if we do it never shows up on there yeah thank you that's important he's a pretty good editor yeah looking up right now y'all thank you so much soaked up enough we appreciate it guys I think yeah we'll see you this letter yeah we'll see you in there this letter even we're not as tough as you guys I'm made of sugar yeah you want to get some we know better than that yeah


وأقول في القرآن ما جاءت به آياته فهو الكاريم المنزال وأقول قال الله جل جلاله والمصطف الهدي ولا أتأواله الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والثاناء الجميل وشدوى الله إله إلا الله وحده لا شريكة يقول الحق وهو يهدي السبيل وأشدو أن محمد العبد هو رسوله صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وأصحابه والتابعين لهم بحسان إلى يوم الدين أما بعد but isn't health not also in the hands of Allah is Allah not the one who gives health is Allah not the one who can cultivate a nurture of son in a healthy way why do you take him to the doctor why do you take the precautions of protecting from your child poisonous food making sure he sleeps he's 8 12 13 15 16 hours a day why do you do all of that but when it comes to the deal it is الهداية وبيد الله وقايدة وزال الله's hands الله قايت who he wishes نوح عليه سلام his son was not you know upon you know the path of his father نوح you know الله قايت who ever wishes you don't say that when it comes to the deal and that's a contradiction a clear contradiction and this contradiction comes from only focusing on the dunya and the hereafter is not in your heart you don't realize that there's this world and there's also another world and the world that really matters is the hereafter that's the place that really matters not this particular world that we're living in right now I'm going to stop there in شاء الله تعالى anything which I have said that was wrong or incorrect is from me and شيطان ام الله and his سبحانك الله وبحمده أشد ولا إله إلا الله أستغفر وقوى


Hello everybody, E here. Welcome back to another book review. Today we are going to be talking about Night Bitch by Rachel Yoder, but first a word from our sponsor. Hi guys, JB Taylor here. I'm talking unplugged This is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi dystopian Story it's about a woman things that I affirm would who discovers the world. She's living in is a lie it's a digital prison for the mind and And you follow her in her efforts to escape It has a lot of twists and turns I've been complimented on how well I wrote the female characters which Something you always want to hear lots of action love twists and turns It's just a fun fun story it's it's gotten a lot of good feedback I'm three stars and up Goodreads and Amazon Lots of people are enjoying it and I think you will too. So check it out The audio book is coming later this month. So look for me on the channel again because I'll probably be promoting it too Peace. Thank you JB Taylor for sponsoring this video now on with the review Okay, so night bitch by Rachel Yoder is the story of a mother Raising a little boy and she may or may not be turning into a dog That is in the description. So that's not a spoiler The reason why I wanted to read this book was because it was Semi-touted as a piece of feminist werewolf fiction that kind of deal. It is not Werewolf fiction. So don't go into this expecting werewolf horror I guess is my only is my only disclaimer here. The book is It's written in I want to bring this up because there I've spoken to a lot of you recently Who don't like present tense and this book is written in present tense? It is written in such a manner as it feels almost like a fable It feels like a fairy tale the way it is written the the woman in question is unnamed She's referred to as the mother until finally. She's calls. Well, she doesn't call herself.  Sorry feminist literature. I fully agree with that. It definitely dives into the inequality of the genders Um So sexes either one. I know they're not interchangeable. I'm just not sure which one to use here With with this one you get there is a sense of foreboding There's a sense of dread and before I go any farther. I need to give you a content warning There is graphic and I mean graphic Animal cruelty in this book involving cats and rabbits So if those are any of your triggers then definitely definitely stay away from this one Um, the the entirety of the book like I said is full of dread. It's Every single chapter. I'm like, well, what's gonna happen. Where is this gonna go? especially after The animal cruelty there is a scene of animal cruelty that comes out of nowhere. It's kind It's it's it's foreshadowed. Don't get me wrong But it is written in such a brutal stark way. It I feel it comes out of nowhere I did expect something to happen to the animal. Um, I didn't expect it to be as gruesome as the rest of it and this is why And this is this is important because the rest of the book up until that point feels more like a dark comedy Um, I lapped quite a bit. I read this one to my wife shell over the course of about three or four days It's a very short book. I'm very very easy to read Um, the writing is exceptional. Um, if You know, the if you have a problem with present tense, you're gonna struggle here because the book is written in present tense Um, but I loved every aspect of it other than the animal cruelty. Was the animal cruelty needed? Yes, it was but I do realize that that is a trigger for some people now There's more to it. You can't just gloss over or skim over that the that part of the book It's very important to the later stages of the book. Um, so I could give you a page number But it's not really going to help you because after it happens it is referenced over and over again In fact one time it is referenced in full detail once again I know I'm kind of harping on this, but I know how How problematic animal cruelty can be animal death murder any of that stuff torture any of that stuff And I want you guys to be aware Um, what my wife said as soon as we got done was and I quote this is a powerful last book Every mother should read it now. I can't speak to that So that's why I'm telling you her quote because I I don't know because I'm not a mother.  There are certain scenes like that Um where she's struggling with everything that she does There is a strong theme of whether or not motherhood should be considered Work as in, you know, whether or not, you know Um, a mother should go out and work and raise the kids and clean the house and all that stuff Um, in my opinion, that's not right. It shouldn't be put up with but I know several women deal with this So it all rang true Um There's uh, there's another scene. Okay. Well, actually I'm just the ending The last scene I want to talk about because I I risk going into spoiler territory with everything else But the ending was so brilliantly done. I had no idea it was coming. It's not that it's a big twist or anything um, but it's it It's one of those endings that it was so satisfying to see And I kind of felt like it was a happy ending and I don't normally like happy endings That's why I'm bringing this up Because I do struggle with happy endings. Um, I don't know why I don't know where that comes from But I'm not I'm not too fond of the you know, you're atyp You're not atypical your typical fairy tale ending or any of that stuff The happily ever afters don't do anything for me But in this one it felt like everything was good I don't know. Maybe I missed something. Um, but I do think that uh, that The ending is a happy ending that might be a spoiler for some people. Um, if it is apologize But it it certainly did not go where I thought it was going to especially after the scene The the gruesome scene of animal cruelty and there is some more at the end of the book So like I said, you know be aware, you know cats and rabbits. Um If you're an animal lover period, uh, you need to be aware of these things Now I'm going to I am personally and going to give it four stars Um, and that's only because that scene really really bothered me I think it was not out of place, but I think it was far too graphic tonally for the rest of the book and that's just My own subjective opinion. My wife, of course, is giving it five stars.   Um, and they I've had them myself So sometimes kids just get on your nerves and that's a lot of this book until finally She figures out her place in her own head. Um, and how she wants to be thought of, you know, whether it be mother Artist, um, that's another thing.  I would love to hear from anybody who's read this whether or not they loved it Whether or not they hated it whether or not you felt meh about it But if you felt any of those things, let me know why you felt that way Give me some examples or explain yourself if it's a spoiler, please tag it spoiler But I want to have a discussion with you, especially if you hated it If you hated it or felt meh, why'd you feel that way? Let's talk about it. Okay But until next time I have any you've been you this has been another book review. I'll talk to you guys later. Bye. Bye


Wow, hey guys. I just tried to film and probably said the same sentence without realizing it For five minutes straight. So, hi, by the way, I'm Kinsey. If you guys are new here, maybe watch a different video first This might not be the one. Anyways, I just wanted to kind of sit down and talk with you guys Because I feel like I'm in like a very different place than like I've been letting on But I don't even want to say that like I don't want to say that it's been fake because it hasn't But also, I feel like it's only half of the story and especially like me do you guys on tour and stuff I feel like I'm just not really sharing. I think I Want to share a lot with you guys and I want this channel to be a place where it's like very real and Like this is real life. It's real people But I think sometimes either like overshare or under share and I think way more of the time I share a lot less than I think that I do or like I Trying like mental health and stuff. I've talked about that on my channel a lot But I haven't talked about it in probably I can't even tell you the last time I talked about that So yeah, basically, I don't know. I don't know what I'm trying to say. This video is probably gonna be all over the place I'm just gonna talk to you guys Yeah, it's I don't even know the point I think it's just kind of like opening up to you guys and If any of you guys feel this way or anything that is amazing. No, that is amazing. That is not good but Just like a way of like connecting with you guys I think a lot of the time too. My videos are about like being productive working really hard Whatever, I think that's awesome. I think that's just small minutes go a part of life I think there's so much more to life I want my channel to be way more about like loving people than it is about like working really hard And I know that it is more about working really hard I feel like but I don't really want that and I don't really know how to change that and A lot of the time when I meet you guys especially on the tour that we were just on which is so amazing and so fun A lot of you guys were like you inspire me so much to work harder and like do whatever and blah blah blah Which is amazing, but I also Know that I don't want you guys to think that I always am on a hundred fifty percent and I don't want you guys to think that you always have to be on a hundred fifty percent and Yeah, basically, we'll get we'll get to the story. I don't know. I think Since I want to say probably since getting out of school, which is kind of where it's been starting summer I've been feeling a little bit off, and I think it's just kind of spiraled down and down But in that there's been like really really high highs and really really low low, so I don't want to say I am one thing When I don't know if that makes any sense like some days are really good and some days are really really bad And when they're bad they're very very bad. I also hope this is in focus if this isn't in focus I am going to personally call Canon myself. Anyways, it's a Wednesday night, by the way I have some tea just got back from church. It's like midnight. Okay. Anyways, I don't think anyone cares. I have not been feeling myself I've not been feeling great either, which is so Like almost just like it's I don't want to say stupid It's just annoying because it's like everything in my life is going really great Like I am being I'm doing a lot of the things that I've literally prayed for for like ever I love my life. I love my friend. I love like the leaders of my life. I love like my church I love my family like I'm in a really good place with so many really good Relationships in my life Work stuff is going good that I like really always wanted to do Yeah, like there's not really anything that's like super super off right now That would like make me feel this way if that makes any sense I hate like I think the reason that I don't talk about this on the internet like mental health and anxiety and depression is because Even though I know that this isn't true And I know that they're not linked and I preach that they're not linked But I don't know why it's so ingrained in me Like I don't want to like sit here and talk to a camera and up enough about this because then I think like People are just gonna think I'm complaining or people are just gonna think I'm ungrateful or whatever and like that Couldn't be further from the case like I am so grateful like a few weeks ago I was in the car with Morgan and we were literally I just got back from New York. I was in our life like two days I was going to the JoJo concert and if you guys know JoJo or know me and JoJo you know that like JoJo was like my childhood like that is one of my favorite artists in the world So I was going to like one of her like a concert of hers And I was leaving for Chicago the next morning, which is another one of my favorite cities And I was with Morgan that whole day And I was just talking to her and I was like I just need you around me, but I was like I Like I was like having like a shortness of breath all day Like I was like I would like be really pale at some points like my anxiety was just so bad And it happened so bad And I remember I was driving in the car in the way the concert and I was like Morgan like I am walking in The days that like I've wanted for so long like I should be so happy right now Like I'm doing all these amazing things. I'm meeting all these people I'm doing the things that I want to do. Why do I still feel this way? Like my soul itself is not good like I'm not good and it's like some days I'm really on like I'm amazing and then some days I'm like really really low and like I have struggle with anxiety depression for a very long time. I've had a lot Okay, I don't know how to say this the past two years have been a lot better But I don't think it's more so like I've learned how to deal with it a lot better And I definitely am in a way healthier place if that makes any sense Like I was diagnosed in like seventh grade Diagnosis that like that sounds kind of weird to say but anyways diagnosed in seventh grade Also sounds weird to say and I was on meds for a while. I'm not on meds anymore. I think meds are amazing I think getting help is amazing therapy everything amazing done at all Still need to do it all. I don't know. I was just like I don't know why all of a sudden It's just so bad again. Normally. I'm really good at taking precautions. I know the things that like trigger me I know the things that make me a lot better make me feel a lot better whatever and I was like I'm just feeling so not good right now and like if you look on my Instagram And if you look at my vlogs and stuff I am my vlogs I do talk about it a little bit and I you can kind of I can tell my vlogs when I'm feeling this way I'm not very good at hiding it But it's like you would think that I'm having the time of my life and like I was But I'm also just like something is just very off like I'm just not okay I'm feeling better right now than I normally do because I just went to church And I was a great service pretty much about this kind of in my mind But when I was back especially in between the tour dates and I was just in LA for a few days one I think like when I get back from trips, I'm always in a weird mood I don't know why that is as matter if I want to be or not. I'm sure that's a thing Really affects me negatively. I don't know why I wish it wasn't a thing But also it was like to the point where I'm okay This is like an idea I've been thinking about but it's like how we're so like accessible to people 24-7 Also, it kind of contradicts, but it doesn't like I love people I want my capacity for people to be as what it's supposed to be as much as it's supposed to be That's like why I want to be doing anything on this earth is because I love people It's not for any other well God, but it's not for like any other thing whatever But it was like to the point where I was kind of going crazy And I was like I think it's not even like It's not that I think I need to hold back from what I'm doing It's not that I think I just like in a very unhealthy place Like to the point where I get a text message and it would like set me off like it'd be like oh my god Like I can't like I can't do it.  I don't know if I ever want to be or if I'm ever supposed to be and it's just kind of like I don't know it's just I don't know something I've been dealing with this past year because it's just I Don't want to say I'm spending myself to them But I think I there's a lot of different areas in my life with a lot of different people and I don't want to be A bad friend. I care about people But also I think to love people and to do whatever you're not supposed to be everything for everyone And I think that I was putting the pressure on myself to be that even though I didn't want to be that so it Doesn't really make sense nothing in this video really makes sense Am I gonna post this who knows well basically like just not feeling okay If my mom came in town my family's in town right now, and I'm like I'm just really not okay I've been telling Joe this like Emotionally, I'm just like not there and there's something off and something wrong I like mental health is very real and that is a very real thing and that is what it is at the end of the day There are things that I do personally that helped me a lot like right now I just deleted all my social apps. It's not because I think I first off clearly I don't think social media is bad I think social media is one of the best things to ever happen, but for me it Can distract me like I find like right now?  It's also what I think it's healthy for everyone to unplug Also exercise I got interrupted but what I'm saying is I think it was like a combination of Everything self-induced for me. I feel like it's a combination of like Just being so everything is like you're so easily accessible to everyone. It's just a lot Putting like so much pressure on myself. Just like I don't like not taking care of myself Not prioritizing self-care just kind of like being on the go But I know this probably doesn't make any sense and like it really doesn't because Anxiety depression, which I hate even yeah, it's just like it Doesn't it make sense and but the last thing I think there is not making this video is because the last thing I want to do this channel is to like make this like character, I think That is like that and like everything that I post my channel is me It's just like this is also me and there's more to the story And I think that it's just important to like let you guys know where I'm at almost and I'm definitely getting better Things are getting better. I've talked to like Danielle and Morgan and like my family and like my all my best friends Basically about this and this has been a thing in my life like ever so I always end up it ends up being fine And again, I don't want this to come off as like I'm not complaining about my life. I love my life I'm so grateful like I could cry. I'm so grateful But it's just goes to show like there's a lot of people who are way better off that feel this way There's a lot of people who are way worse off to feel this way. It's a thing I hope something in this video made sense From here, I'm going to go back to like my really healthy habits and take care of myself and kind of just like take the time That I need to I deleted my social apps. I already mentioned that that helps me just to unplug And just like spend time with family over the next few days I'm not like taking time off you wouldn't even know if I took time off YouTube because a lot of things are pre-filmed right now but I Hope this was helpful to someone. Does this even make sense? I don't know. It's just me talking to you guys and being honest and Yeah, if any of you guys ever feel this way you were not alone It is not all like girl boss working 24-7 follow-up We all have this and I just don't want it I don't want to like paint this picture as something that it isn't that makes any sense If you are dealing with any of this though seriously go see a doctor. There's medication. There's therapy There's so many things that you guys can do I probably need to go watch therapy do it's a great thing. I'm so behind it I hope you guys enjoyed this video. That's such a weird thing to say. Um That's pretty much it for the video. That's all I'm gonna say right now I'm just in a weird place, but it's fine Totally fine. This is more so just like I don't want anyone to think that life is Something that it isn't for me. Anyways, I've explained this so many times I just I hope that this helps someone and does something. I love you guys so much. I really do um Thank you guys so much like I'm so grateful for you guys and my life and again I'm not complaining at all.  We're always there for each other I love when you guys like befriend each other in the comments or at meetups or whatever It's so freaking cute. Okay. I love you guys so much and I'll talk to you soon. Bye


Well, everybody seems to be in place. Thank you all, and welcome to the White House. I'm always pleased to be able to meet with you, who operate in a business in which every minute counts, where everyone struggles to maintain the highest quality, while at the same time fighting against an ever approaching deadline. Making a decision under pressure of a deadline can be helpful. America is facing a deadline of sorts in the form of an ever-increasing national debt. And with the pressure building to come to grips with this problem, we have an opportunity to make real progress, cutting spending, progress that should have been made a long time ago. Now, it's not going to be easy. We went the extra mile to reach an agreement with the Republican leadership of the Senate. And I agreed to compromise concerning defense and domestic spending issues. Now, maybe hard to do, but it's about time that everybody in government gritted their teeth and started being part of the solution rather than part of the problem. The choice is not, as some would have us believe, between cutting spending and raising taxes. The public doesn't want a tax increase. And more to the point, tax increases will not lower the level of deficit spending. Tax increases will not reduce government's demand on the private economy, which is the core of the problem. Tax increases would only serve as to kick us back into recession, leading to higher deficits. When it comes to taxes, what we need is simplification and reform, not increases. And I think we can and will simplify the system and significantly reduce personal and corporate tax rates. We can lay the foundation for lower deficits and a vigorous expanding economy. I see a consensus building on the idea of tax simplification. And the last few days' news should really make that build fast. If we can also agree on reasonable cuts in spending, there is every reason for optimism about America's economic future. For years, we've known that we must get our fiscal house in order. Now, we have a proposal to do so that will encourage strong and steady growth without raising taxes, without jeopardizing assistance in the needy or to the needy, and without endangering our security. You know, when John F. Kennedy said to us 24 years ago, ask not what your country can do for you. The federal government wasn't doing nearly as much as it's doing today. And that's why it's in time here in 1985 to remember the second part of what JFK said. Ask what you can do for your country. And in doing that, support this fair and responsible proposal to get spending under control. The news media is a vital part of decisions like this. That's why I'm talking about it here. Through you, people are made aware of the issues at hand and the alternatives and the consequences. Your function is vital to the viability of democracy. Without a free press, democracy won't work. And all of our other rights would be in jeopardy. Thomas Jefferson is often quoted at gatherings such as this as saying, we're at left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government. I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. Of course, he said that before he was president. One of the first institutions to be attacked by tyrants, whether they're dictators of the left or right, is the press. We've seen this happen far too often and it's happening in Nicaragua today. It shouldn't be forgotten that the one incident that precipitated the uprising against the Samosa dictatorship was the assassination of Pedro Joaquin Chamorro, editor of La Prensa, the nation's largest and fiercely independent newspaper. Yet control of the press under the Samosa dictatorship, which was decried by the Sandinistas, was minuscule compared to the iron-fisted censorship now endured today by Nicaraguan journalists. Humberto Belli, former editorial page editor of La Prensa, details this tragedy in his book, Nicaragua, Christians Under Fire. It describes attacks by Sandinista mobs, official closings, the censorship of the news, the kidnapping and beating of reporters. It should be on the reading list of every journalist. Pedro Joaquin Chamorro Jr., who took his father's place as editor of La Prensa, watched the insidious destruction of press freedom and the suppression of other fundamental human rights by the communist regime and he fled the country. Today, news in Nicaragua is as controlled as that in any Eastern European state. Even the broadcast of religious services has been interfered with. The papers are filled with what the communists consider to be good news. And as Senator Pat Moynihan once observed, countries with newspapers filled with good news are likely to have jails filled with good people. And the jails are being filled with good people. Recently, we learned that 10 or 11 members of the Social Christian Party were rounded up and imprisoned to force them to confess to being counter-revolutionaries, more than 100 family members of these political prisoners were also arrested. And that's the kind of country the Sandinistas are building. The other night, I told of what was happening to those 10 or 11 prisoners. And it was straight out of the Cuban handbook. They are put in overheated, dark cells. Then they are fed at varying intervals, like 12 hours between two meals, but giving you the next meal two hours later and so forth. All of it to create a disorientation and make it easier to break them down. This pattern, as I say we've seen before, bigger jails are being built and they're called relocation camps. Refugees are pouring out of the country. What we're witnessing in Nicaragua is the imposition with ever-increasing intensity of a pro-Soviet dictatorship serving as a base camp for the spread of communism in our hemisphere. Several years ago, there was honest disagreement over the nature of the Sandinista regime. That regime had been obscuring its true goals, deceiving its own supporters, and using a reformist cover to lull the press and potential adversaries. But by now, there have been too many incautious statements, leaked memos, and secretly recorded speeches to deny the violent character and intent of this dictatorship. The Miami Herald, which only eight months ago had not come to this conclusion, recently editorialized that the Sandinistas are indeed trying to establish another Cuba and that this is a severe threat to Central America and to our own national security. If we permit the Soviets using the Sandinistas to establish a beachhead in the American mainland and to spread their subversion, the free world will face a major challenge to the geopolitical balance of power. Economic instability, political subversion and terrorism and a flood of refugees will likely be the price of our paralysis. We could turn around one day and find a string of pro-Soviet dictatorships in Central America and a threat to our southern border. Congress had better come to grips with just how high the stakes are if Central America is lost. I'm asking Congress to work with me to support our peace proposal and not to desert those who are struggling for democracy against the communists. Together, we can prevent a crisis from happening and I'd like to request something of you as well. I'm not asking for stories in support of my program in Central America. I only hope that the news media takes the time and effort to present both sides. The communist disinformation machine is hard at work. We have reason for concern in this account about charges against the freedom fighters. For example, the falsehood that the democratic resistance is mainly composed of ex-backers of Samosa and this is patently untrue. Yet when voiced by apologists for the Sandinista regime that charge often goes unchallenged. Last week, a major publication disclosed that in handling the story of alleged crimes committed by the Nicaraguan democratic resistance, it relied on information thought to be from an independent investigation. As it turned out, the supposed investigation had been carried out by people closely aligned with the Sandinistas and was done in close collaboration with that regime. One national publication had the courage to admit the mistake of giving credence to the report. How many other broadcasts and print journalists didn't bother to correct the record and just shrugged off the whole incident. Accurate information about what is happening in Central America is essential and I know that your readers and your listeners can count on you. That's what freedom is all about. And again, I'm most grateful for your being here and I'm gonna quit doing a monologue now and figure out a dialogue, all right? Mr. President, I want to bring it out from Miami. We all know about the situation of the Nicaraguan threat that we represent for this country on the hemisphere, but yet, don't you think that the people of the United States are so confused to be having 90 miles away in Cuba a calamitous leadership as for our enemy? Do I think that they've become used to it, you say? I've never thought about that before, but this could be possible that that they've kind of wiped it out of their minds. I don't think in government we can afford to. And yet it's the source. Yes, it is the source of the subversion that is taking place and it's not alone in Nicaragua. There it's proceeded to the point of a revolutionary government, the Sandinistas, but we do know that throughout all of Latin America, under various names, there are guerrilla groups and invariably they have received their training and they receive their support and encouragement from Cuba and they are assailing the duly elected governments in many of the democracies there in Latin America. The subject briefly, this month marks the 10th anniversary of America's disengagement from Vietnam. I wondered if you could give us a single recollection that you had, vivid recollection of that time and also, sir, tell us what lessons you believe that we've learned throughout that experience. I hope we've learned some lessons. My recollections, I was governor at the time and that was going on. I was burned in effigy on every campus in California. Things have changed since then. I think the other many memories and one of the first would have to be that with all that was going on and with all the propaganda here in our own country and the forces that were rising up in opposition to that war was the unselfish heroism of the young men and women in our military who were over there and giving their lives and fighting and who believed in the cause they were fighting for. I think if I had to come out with one thing learned, I would have to say that never again must a government of the United States ask young men to go out and fight and die for a cause that we're unwilling to win. And that was the great tragedy. That was the great disgrace to me of Vietnam, that they were fed into this meat grinder and yet no one had any intention of allowing victory. Well, the truth of the matter is we did have victory and incidentally could I just say one complaint that I have. We continue to talk about losing that war. We didn't lose that war. We won virtually every engagement. The Tet offensive was distorted back here in the reporting. That was a victory for our side. But what happened? We signed the peace accords having built up the South Vietnamese Army to where we thought that with our equipment and all, they could defend themselves. And we made a pledge to them that if the North Vietnamese violated the ceasefire, the peace accords and attack, that we would supply the fuel for the tanks and the helicopters that we'd left there, we would supply the ammunition for the guns and all for them to defend themselves. And when the North Vietnamese did violate the agreement and the blitz started toward the South and the then administration in Washington asked the Congress for the appropriations to keep our word, the Congress refused. We broke our pledge as a government on that basis. And so we didn't lose the war. We just, when the war was all over and we'd come home, that's when the war was lost. How much progress has been made today on fashioning a compromise over having the Congress approve the aid for the Nicaraguan Conference? Do you feel that this has to be a showdown vote next Tuesday in some fashion that fits the personalities of the President against the Speaker in some fashion? Or do you want to see this worked out this afternoon? Well, I have met an AM meeting all the time with congressmen of both parties. And the plea that I'm making is that this is another one of those things where historically in our tradition of closing ranks at the water's edge, we shouldn't be dealing with this as Democrats and Republicans. We should be dealing with this as Americans that have a problem involving our own national security and our relationship with friends and allies. And frankly, I'm sorry that it's coming to a vote on Tuesday and I think that was deliberate on the part of the leadership in the House of Representatives. To bring that vote up before we could really sit down and go at all the places where we had agreement and disagreement. Now, many of the people that I've been meeting with are basically supportive of the plan, except they feel that there are others that are wavering one way or the other, that if we could make some alterations in the plan, keep basically the agreement there or the arrangement that we have and the goal, but that there are places here and there and timing and so forth. And I have made it plain to all of them. We love to talk to them about that. My feet aren't in concrete on this. Yes, there's leeway. We're flexible as to the details of this program. But how much time do you have? It's Thursday and they've said the vote must be Tuesday. I think it is immoral to demand that vote that quickly. Mr. President, I wanted to invite you to intend to try to seek a meeting. I'm really seeking to get the speaker and to tell what we're going to be talking about. Well, as I say, we've been meeting and I don't know that I have a meeting with him but I've been meeting with chairman of committees. I've been meeting with groups. I've been meeting with individuals on all of this and have heard some of the proposals and have sent by them my word that this, this and this in the plan. Yes, we're prepared to be flexible. Yes, we'd like to listen to all of the suggestions. Young lady. What kind of compromise would you be willing to accept on that? What's that? What kind of compromise would you be willing to accept on your proposal when they're operating? Well, one that basically leaves the goal that what we're trying to get in contrast to the propaganda, the sans anesis that we're waiting with an upraised club to clobber that we want what the contras themselves asked for several weeks ago. The laying down of arms, a ceasefire and then the coming together in a peaceful negotiation as to how they can restore the original goals of the revolution. And we've asked for this in connection with the Contadora countries and their participation. We're in total agreement with the 21 points that have been adopted by the Contadora countries. I have called personally and met with the leaders of the neighboring countries, Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador. President Duarte has said this program of ours is the right idea at the right time. I have called Alfonso the president of Argentina and, as a matter of fact, the president of Spain. And I've found widespread support among all of them for this plan. But within the plan, for example, the timing we've said that the negotiations, we want the church to mediate so there can be no question about somebody trying to pull undercover tricks. And we've set a period here for negotiation and then a checkpoint at which if there is no evidence that the one group is trying to negotiate seriously, that then there is a trigger there that opens up more aid from us to the contras. Now, some have suggested that maybe that period should be longer. I'm very pleased. I'd be very willing to sit down and discuss that with them as to whether it be longer, things to do with the fencing of the money and so forth, things to do with the assurance that the money would go to food, and clothing, and shelter, medicine for the families of the contras. Mr. President, with regard to your budget program, I'd like to ask what response you have to the farmers in the Midwest who say that your program is going to cripple the American plan to farm? Well, we have spent more on farming, I guess, than has ever been spent before in history. And we will be spending some $15 billion this year on that. We know that there are some unusual problems that have come about basically through the credit situation with farmers and the fact that farmland was one of the great inflationary items that went up as a hedge against inflation. And borrowing was done on that inflated value with the land, and now with the reduction of inflation, which I think is a value to all of us, that land price has gone down and they find themselves unable to borrow or burdened with debts that no longer have the proper collateral surrounding them. We've put together a program. I don't say that it can resolve everyone's problem or save everyone, but we have put together a program and with regard to emergency loans that amounts to $650 million. So far, we've been amazed at the low call on that. There wasn't any great rush to that money. But I think we have to face one thing. The overall situation of the American farmer is due to government's interference in the first place. The two-thirds of farming that is out there not participant in any of the government regulation or subsidy programs does not have these economic problems and has been knowing an ever-increasing per capita consumption of its produce compared to the farms that are overly regulated with the government. I had to take his question because he's from WHO every morning. And you say, obviously, on the budget panel, it's going to take a lot of giving a lot of people's thoughts. Something here and here to a lot of people is a long-term supporter of land price. Well, see, I'm old enough to remember that in World War I, the federal government took over the railroads and ran them. And it was a complete disaster. And people at that time said never again. Well, the government has taken over the railroads again. We now have an offer, a sizable offer, for Conrail. And I hope that the Congress will let us accept that offer. And we'll put freight back in the private sector, and we'll get a pretty good chunk of money. And the second with Amtrak and the passenger traffic, I was told by the president of one of our leading rail lines that if the government in the beginning had allowed the railroads to operate under the same rules and regulations that they applied to Amtrak, they wouldn't have had to give up the passenger traffic. They could have run that at a profit. But now Amtrak is so subsidized that you have to wonder why people should be taxed to pay $35 for every passenger that gets on an Amtrak train in addition to the fare that that passenger is paying. And I gave one example here about a train in the Midwest that takes passengers in the winter down to Florida for the winter vacations. And I was given some figures that indicated that the government could buy every one of the passengers on that train a round-trip airline ticket and give them $100 spending money and be money ahead instead of taking them down an Amtrak. I think it's time for us to admit, we don't know how to run a railroad. Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, I have one question. Oh, I'm sorry. Yes. Regarding the upcoming trip to West Germany, 53 senators have signed a letter requesting that you drop the burden to the cemetery that should enlighten this in a way of other opposition. Would it damage German-American relations to seek some other gesture of reconciliation throughout that visit? And secondly, would you say that it was a failure of political analysis to realize the fallout that resulted from the itinerary as it was scheduled? The failure that I will admit to, and I realize now, I should listen to you. The failure that I will admit to is in the press conference, I didn't completely answer the question as to why I had said no to an invitation to visit Dachau. And I realize now that I, given those who were questioning me, credit for knowing more than they knew about the situation. Elmette Cole, some time ago, back, I guess, when we were celebrating or observing the Normandy landings last June, he and President Mitterrand went to a military cemetery together in Verdun. Now here were the representatives of the two countries that have been at odds for the War of 1870, the First World War, the Second World War. The impact on all of Europe was so great to see them standing together at this ceremony that Elmette Cole told me about this and told me how deeply he felt about it. Now the summit places us in Bonn in Germany close to the time of the anniversary. And he invited me to accept an invitation to be a state visitor following the summit meeting. And he suggested to me this visit, as he had done with Mitterrand, to a cemetery there. The cemetery that was picked, Bittberg, was picked because at the same time also, there has been a church service with our military at Bittberg. We have a base there in our Americans, and I'm going there and go to church with them and have lunch with them. And the Coles will be with us also. When the invitation to visit a concentration camp was offered, whether it was my confusion or the way in which it was done, I thought that the suggestion had come from an individual and was not a part of the state visit. And I thought there was no way that I, as the guest of the government at that point, could on my own take off and go someplace and then run the risk of appearing as if I was trying to say to the Germans, look what you did and all of this. When most of the people in Germany today weren't alive or were very small children when this was happening, and I know the feeling they have. And I know this government that for 40 years, what he'd asked me to do in the cemetery was that we should start this day now, observing this day, as the day that 40 years ago, the world all that took place. And today, after 40 years of peace, here we are, our staunchest allies in that summit are the countries that were our enemies in World War II. Now, their leaders have come here and visited Arlington. They have leaders from Germany, from Italy, from Japan. And this cemetery, only found out later, someone dug up the fact that there are about 30 graves of SS troops. These were the villains, as we know, that conducted the persecutions and all. But there are 2,000 graves there. And most of those, the average age is about 18. These were those young teenagers that were conscripted, forced into military service in the closing days of the Third Reich when they were short of manpower. And we're the victor. And they're there. And it seemed to me that this could be symbolic also of saying what I said about that what this day should be. And let's resolve, in their presence, as well as in the presence of our own troops, that this must never happen again. Well, when the furor erupted and got as far as Germany, Helmut Kohl sent me a cable. And the cable informed me that there was a mistake, that the Dachau was a part of the state itinerary, the planned trip. Well, I immediately communicated and said, fine, that's fine with me. If it is you, the government, that is inviting me to do this, I am more than happy to do it. Because I have said repeatedly, and I would, like on that occasion, to say again, the Holocaust must never be forgotten by any of us. And in not forgetting it, we should make it clear that we're determined the Holocaust must never take place again. I think that it would be very hurtful. And all it would do is leave me looking as if I caved in in the face of some unfavorable attention. I think that there's nothing wrong with visiting that cemetery where those young men are victims of Nazism also, even though they were fighting in the German uniform, drafted into service to carry out the hateful wishes of the Nazis. They were victims, just as surely as the victims in the concentration camps. And I feel that there's much to be gained from this. And in strengthening our relationship with the German people who, believe me, live in constant penance, all these who have come along in these later years for what their predecessors did, and for which they're very ashamed. No, I can't take any more. I'm told that I've run out of time. I've got those comments. Thank you all very much. Well, nice to see you.


What is that one particular cool thing? I don't think anybody can say that anymore. Fashion is in the coolest time ever because of accessibility and that equally makes it the worst time because of all this never-ending chaos of information to keep up with forever changing trends, to keep up with social media. I could sit here and try to act like I know what's going on with the industry and the fashion world but I really, truly think that nobody knows what's happening right now. My name is Chad Muska and I'm a skateboarder and a creator. I think if I hadn't explained to somebody what it is I'd do, it would be a different answer each day. I wake up, I think, and I create every day. What do you create? I create, I create. From the beginning, I was always like, as soon as I was able to have my name on a board or on a shirt or anything, I've always wanted to be very involved with that process. When they asked me if I wanted to have a shoe, I was so hyped, and that's when I started to sketch concepts and gather some things I was inspired by. This was my first shoe that I had out on ES Footwear. Sometime around 1996, maybe I would say. It was just the Muska shoe. I started kind of coming up with concepts and sketching some ideas and then got to work. So there's a stash pocket in the tongue. I was inspired by like kangaroos, I don't know if you remember those, and they had the little stash on the side. I always thought that was cool as a kid seeing those. I was like, I gotta look a little pocket on there. And amongst other uses for it, came the birth of the stash pocket. So from the success of the ES shoe, Spon Circa basically, and it was sort of just the evolution of kind of where I left off. And the idea was to create the most technical skate shoe ever. So we had like airbags in the back and there was an airbag in the front even as well. So this was kind of new at the time, like bonding the rubber to the toe. This was a fun time in shoe design for me because not only did we start this company from scratch, but the ability to create anything that I wanted to come up with at this time was there and there was really not a lot of resistance. High top one. Now looking at this shoe, it looks fairly simple. Doesn't look like anything special, but at the time, it was in skateboarding was kind of stirred up a lot of things just based on the height alone. Skinny jeans had been hitting, but the high top didn't really hit with it. And I just kind of saw that as a cool look. Not only looking at it as like as the shoe, but thinking about how does that shoe apply from a head to toe look. The first season it came out, it was like sales reps going into shops and not even taking it out. I felt a lot of doubt from a lot of people on and then I had heard my other friend hit me up and was like, holy shit, Kanye West just came into Supreme and bought some of those, bought your kicks. And I was like, nah, like that's crazy, like no way.  And then some other video came up and then from there it was just like all of a sudden it was like pretty much overnight it was just everywhere, flash had them on and then it was like Heidi Klum had them on, the Olsen twins and then this, you know, like just these random mix of people, you know not to mention all the rappers then into Justin Bieber's and Lil Wayne and I just I just couldn't believe it. I just, you know, I was like wow, it was just insane. There's a lot that goes on to a company, you know, it's not just, you know, make a t-shirt and sell it. They see the success but they don't see all those things that went into making that success and the years of work and the years of failure and never stop working at what you love to do but also know that like there'll be a lot of disappointment along the way in order to be successful and then once you're successful, that's not where your job stops, that's where it begins.