2:05:45 Okay, he was like a fair point fair point and he was like a high-end spy not just some guy but that's interesting Yeah, well I can see it's a good one is Scott's the guy who's got this persuasion thing going on. Yes, you know he should run for president Imagine all the people who could do that. Oh, yeah We do have a few people to thank for show 1009, Matthew Stegman at the top of the list. He sent an interesting note in that I want to read. I'm going to read it now. I'm going to just get through these. Now what is this 10101 for?
2:06:40 It doesn't say. It's just one of his numbers. Ah, this is the zero tolerance note. Yes, that was interesting. Yeah, I like that note. Do you have a copy? Because I don't think it's in my pile. Well, isn't it in Squirrel Mail? That's what I went to Squirrel Mail to pull these things out and I may have just overlooked his, but if you can dig it up in the meantime, we can read it because it's worth reading. I'm looking now because it's a very good I can look it up to I have it still I just didn't print it Because I print my stuff out Matthew Anderson. How's that working out for you? It works great. I got the pile of paper I Can scratch on it? I can scratch notes on it. I can you know highlight things I want to read can't do that on my screen. I
2:07:27 Matthew Anderson, $100 from West Roxbury, Massachusetts. Nuts. Anonymous, 100 bucks. He sent a note in, it's a short note. What does it say? He says, I don't know, maybe he's requesting job security karma on my behalf. Please credit me as anonymous. If job security works, expect a bigger check. And we're going to put a special job security karma at the end. Let's see if it works. I mean it's more for everybody. Brian Mann 9690. He needs a de-douching. Give him that. You've been de-douched. His wife is solidly in dimension A. He says this is good. Then I guess he's got issues with the family. Sir Herb Lamb in Sugar Hill, Georgia 8008.
2:08:19 A boob? Scott Napier in Hagerstown, Maryland, 75, 75. To all the douchebags out there, sack up and contribute already. Yes. Sir Rick in Arlington, Washington, 69, 96. Brian Richardson in Aurora, Illinois, 69, 69. Along with Baron Mark Tanner in Whittier, California. We have to do another LA meetup. Everybody went to see him. James, yeah, oh you're the famous Mark Tanner and wittier. It's always wittier. James Stoddard, 6633, a long time douchebag, he writes, and then he's got a call out in here. He says a friend of his passed away at the age of 33, the donation of 6633, which comprised of three 33s, a number he never failed to point out.
2:09:11 When he ran across it hmm the best and only way I could think it honor him was a donation to the best podcast in the universe who worked together He was the most brilliant dude named Ben ever. Oh, that's nice. Oh, no, we give him Yes, go ahead finish up give him a lift to work Thursdays were referred to as not Thursdays But as no agenda day we listened during the commute hearing him groan when a Maxine waters or Pelosi clip was played always brightened the day This past Tuesday has suffered a massive seizure and places life on support passing away on Friday. I had warned him that if I donated before he did, that I would be obligated to call him out as a douchebag. Obviously I had intended to do this under different circumstances but I am following through. Douchebagging the dead!
2:09:55 Yeah, I'm gonna have to play it. Here we go. Please call him out as a douchebag, which we just did because I cannot have him exit this world as such. Please de-douche him. Yes, of course. You've been de-douched. That was sweet. Onward. One little sidetrack. I realize a lot of people have no idea what we're talking about when we're talking about a dude named Ben. And in particular Tina didn't know. She understands what it is, but what's the genesis of dude named Ben? I thought I'd just take 15 seconds to play the clip where it comes from. The reason why we believe in sysadmins and IT administrators because they really are keeping the world afloat. Technology sucks, all software has bugs, and these guys and girls make it work. And they also help you find your password.
2:10:52 And but they are treated with disdain just disdain and disrespect pretty much everywhere and even in the in the workplace They are like second-class citizens, you know called nerds and geeks and dweebs and get one of those shitheads up here so when I believe it was Shafit's chef shafits. He was grilling Lois Lerner about her emails You may recall the IRS scandal which turned out to be true. I And she's like I don't know just say I'd some somebody in IT. I don't know and this yeah And this is what ensued and this is how we came up with dude named Ben. I didn't actually interact directly with people in the IT arena There was somebody whose name was I can't even remember his last name I think his first name may have been Ben. Oh a guy named Ben a dude named Ben, man
2:11:42 I know who I am! I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude! You a dude that don't know what duty is! I forgot that was on there. Yeah, a dude named Ben. So that's where it comes from. Just spoken with disdain and we believe that our dudes in dudettes named Ben and Bernadette wear this moniker with pride. And that's what the, we got dude named Ben, we got dude named Mohammed, we got dude named Ben Mohammed, we got all kinds of different kinds of dudes named Ben on the show. And listen to the show, because we, probably one of the few shows where we're not dudes named Ben by any means, but we know enough that we're not making fools of ourselves when we chat about technology. Whereas most other commentators are. Very full of it, yes.
2:12:32 Dean Roker, double nickels on the dime. Sir Ben of Oakland, 51.35. Michael Supko in Belmont, New Jersey, 50.50. Andrew Benz. in Arnold, Missouri, $50.05. Now the following people are $50 donors, name and location, Mika Miller or Mika, ah, you know I got a note. Mika from Mika, Mika, it's Mika Miller in Bethel, Pennsylvania, yeah, Mika. John Camp in Antlers, Oklahoma. Daniel Zanguzan, Zanguzan, Zanguzan, Zanguzan in Bellevue, Washington. Sean Rigaldo in Burlington, Vermont. Joel Darun, Savannah, Georgia. Andrew Denton in San Diego, California. Scott Lavender in Montgomery, Texas. And last but not least, Sir Israel Cazares in parts of, no, I want to thank all these folks for helping us out on 1009.
2:13:33 Yes, one double o niner our value for value model. It's always hard with a three-day weekend. It's February's for some reason are always why is that you try it's only 28 days as part of the problem So what does that have to do with people just not? Contributing I don't know something about the February month is always and I don't know I have no idea about it It's a slow month for everybody. That's why they made it so short and we also have almost no end of show mixes and Yeah, I'm playing older ones which is fine. Yeah, we got enough. We do but still it's noticeable. Yeah. Hmm. Okay, let me read a couple of notes. I couldn't find Stegman's note. Oh, okay. I'll dig it up. If it's not we'll read it out loud on the next show. Okay. But this from Roman who says just remember that 88-88 donation no agenda is ham amount is 88 shorthand
2:14:29 Yes, similar to but different from meaning from the 73 and as I can it's hugs and kisses 88 says hugs and kisses Yes, and as a ham who has been licensed for over a quarter of a century I find your a cultural appropriation of amateur radio donations to be as about as offensive as Elizabeth Warren claiming to be a native in John Really stop being such a did John stop being such a dick to Adam. Okay. Well true. I He's the sweetest human being in any form of media. When you get pissy at him on the podcast, I get seriously tempted to send Barbara Boxer to your address and phone number with a, hey baby, my wife is out of town, wanna party?
2:15:11 She'd be there in five minutes. Other than that, the show has been awesome as Adam makes up for your deficiencies. And I look forward to another 10 years of the best podcast in the universe, 73 and 88 Roman. Yeah, 73 and 88. But we're not appropriating culture for your edification, my good colleague. Dvorak had his amateur radio license before I did, convinced me to do it. And then I of course went nuts and got my general. Never did the extra. Yeah, well you'll probably do that eventually. And I remember I've actually had a QSO with you.
2:15:51 Once yeah, remember that that one time. Oh, yeah, that's the thing I kept but first I put the radio in the car the one the one yeah I'll hook it up again, and we'll do it again. I was thinking of hooking my stuff up again to the certainly the D star That's fun D star. Yeah, he starts nice a nice product. He stars a nice product I think they want us to say that D stars. Yeah another note. I get these notes out of the way It's not a nice product man. It's proprietary codec so it's not nice I That's how hams talk, okay? Okay, for you and whoever says that is not nice, but it works great. It does. It works great. It works well. John and Adam, I'm a long time douchebag making this donation to honor a long time friend and fellow douchebag who passed away. This is the one we just did. Yeah, you just read that one. He got that one. Eric got that and put it in the note. Okay, so I got only one more.
2:16:43 This from M. Adamson. Gentlemen, as my wife and I were enjoying our breakfast at one of our favorite hotel restaurants on 33rd... I've read this. Okay, I'm good. I'm good. It's all been done except for the one that we have to look up which we'll read on the next show. Yes. Okay. I'm sure you'll remember that. I'll put it on the list. Hey, Jobs Karma for those who need it a double. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. And Jobs. Let's vote for Jobs! You've got... Karma. And strangely, no birthdays. Zero birthdays. That doesn't happen very often. It's a short month. And no nightings. We do have one title change.
2:17:35 And that is the producer who came in this morning with the top number. We're very proud. He technically is a baronet but has not asked for any such change in status. But it's Sir James Irvine who now changes his title to Sir James Irvine, Knight of the RV. And we cannot thank him enough for his support of the best codpiece in the universe. Which is I think what you said earlier. I almost said it. I think that would be an outstanding product for us to put on the market. Yeah. From the people who brought you the best podcast in the universe. Now comes the best codpiece in the universe. Yeah. Yeah, you're catching up. Merch. Merch. Merch. Merch. Merch, baby. We got merch. Are you familiar with Dan Pena? No.