Pull the Thermostat, Pay the Cheese Tax

Bryan, Rich, and the Duuude get together for another round of life, mostly unplanned, with Rich and Ron in the same room for Cruisin' the Coast week. Bella slides out of her harness during a Jeep ride and ends the day with a new harness and a Lamb Chop toy. Thousands of hot rods roll into town, a dozen of them break down in the driving lanes, and the rain cancels the drag races. From there it's pull-the-thermostat theory, Rock Auto prices, Mopar coolant, control arms, a Louisiana State Police run-in, truck cameras that judge your elbow, Rich's porch screening and a 70-and-a-half-inch measuring screwup, a Suzuki Samurai with an engine bigger than the car, a surprise CDL school payout for Ron, Bryan's AI influencer rabbit hole, tornado stories, France's school riots, Mississippi's reading scores, and the college bubble. The best part: Rich walks into a ham radio club meeting on Thursday night and walks out a member, with new friends, club shirts, and a calendar full of POTA and contest events. It closes with Route 66 on the Air and QSL cards, Bella's cheese tax, Tulsa King on Rich's couch, a steroid pack that took the edge off Rich's pain, liver and thiamine talk, and WorldCam.io as the Site of the Week. Links Mentioned WorldCam.io – Site of the Week, live webcams and traffic cams from all over the world RockAuto – cheap parts for the 3.6 Jeep: thermostat housings, control arms, coolant Elk City Hamfest – the Elk City amateur radio club's hamfest page ARRL – where to look up ham radio clubs by county PodcastApps.com – directory of modern podcast apps that support live tags, funding tags, and chapters Fountain – a modern podcast app that can pick up the live show Podcast Guru – a modern podcast app that can pick up the live show TwoGrumpyVets.com – the show's website, with the Value for Value tab PayPal – one-time or recurring support for the show Metal Cloak – the adjustable control arms and drag link Facebook – where the car pictures, videos, and canceled-drag-race news showed up TikTok – where the AI influencers kept popping up YouTube – the AI-generated jazz videos playing for Bella BBC – the report on the French school protests Paramount+ – home of Tulsa King Petco – where the new harness and the Lamb Chop toy came from Walmart – delivery for the hoagie supplies and green olives Lowe's – where the porch screen door came from CVS – the extra-strength magnesium CafePress – possible show merch, if the t-shirt prices ever behave Canva – for album art (2000x2000px, please) GIMP – another option for making show art Zoom – the recording platform, with its usual drama Support the Show No sponsors here — you are the sponsor. Support us with your Time, Talent, or Treasure: Time – share the show with someone who'd enjoy it Talent – send us album/episode/chapter art (2000x2000px) Treasure – hit "Support This Show" in your podcast app for one-time or recurring support via PayPal Get In Touch Email Bryan: [email protected] Email Rich: [email protected] Got a question for the Duuude? Send it to either email above and we'll make sure he sees it (eventually). If you are struggling with life please reach out to The Suicide Life Line - Dial 988 The world needs you here. If you are struggling with life please reach out to The Suicide Life Line - Dial 988 The world needs you here.